The Peats Ridge Festival has been cancelled. Damn.
Here’s that tune I was talking about before.
It’s No Frills Thanksgiving at the Abercrombie - good idea, terrible name. Processed turkey slices and mayonnaise sandwiches under a trailer park sky. (What next: Black & Gold Christmas? Buy-Lo Diwali?) In fact it’s a drum & bass local producer showcase, with a record fair, food and cheap beer. Sounds alright. I have finally finished a tune so I’ll be playing that at some point in the evening. I meant to post it up here but I’ve left it at home. I’ll do it tomorrow if I’m not too hung over.
Caught the Versionaries yesterday at the Beach Road in Bondi … their “Style Wars” tune is brilliant.
Another dubstep’n'roots set for your aural delection:
Fire Pon Rome - Anthony B
Tesla - Ekaj
Herbsman Hustling - Sugar Minott
Highland Spring - Benny III vs Hatcha
Cherry Oh Baby - Freddy McGregor
Sensi Skank - MRK-1
Time - Ekaj
Zombie Jig - Benga
Man a Lion - Bushman
Row Fisherman Row - The Congos
Row Fisherman - Sizzla & Louis Culture
Blue Notez - Mala
Cay’s Crays - Fat Freddy’s Drop (DMZ rmx)
I Got Too - MRK-1 feat. Sizzla
Bury the Bwoy - Mala
Naked - Shackleton
Magic Beans - Nightwalker
What’s the Matter - Tippa Irie
Stagger - Skream
Morning a Come - Cocoa Tea
Lion mix download (right click and Save As and all that).
[ Edit: apparently some people have had problems downloading, so I put a mirror on GotDarker:
http://www.gotdarker.com/?fileref=65b50c2aa82a08d1ec426647cc3c98db ]
A quick roundup of good listening material:
BunZer0’s tribute mix of Wascal’s dubstep tunes is heavy - that first track (remix of D-Force’s Original Bad Boy) alone is worth the download.
I skimmed through a mix of 100% Japanese dubstep by DJ百窓, which is interesting, if a bit odd, especially the choice of vocal samples (Goodfellas sample made me laugh, and there are some weird poppy vocals in there that just sound silly over big basslines). And Neurosis Orchestra’s mix The Shadow Forest is great moody stuff.
DiamondEye has a couple of dnb mixes for download - one liquidy one of his own tunes and a mad ragga/dubwise one with some classics on it. I missed Alix Perez’ Sydney show last weekend so I’ve been listening to his mix from JJJ.
NY-based Hipstep Massive is spreading its tentacles across the globe. It has reached Sydney, first in the form of a Sydney-based slot on its net radio show (featuring 4th Quadrant’s DJ Aggrovator and yours truly, tune in to hipstepradio.com tomorrow midday Sydney time) but there’s more to come in a tangible form .. watch this space.
Just heard from my mate Yoni (of Melbourne’s Top Ranking Sound) that ozreggae.com has opened an online shop. Getting hold of tunes in this neck of the woods is pretty hit-and-miss so this is filling a much needed gap. Big up!