Some freshness for ya face:

SUB SWARA PODCAST #008
Hot off the podpresses, Subswara’s third podcast in as many months! This used to be one of those every 4-5 months podcasts, so I’m really glad they’ve been picking up the pace. I really can’t stop saying good things about Sub Swara until I see every one of you at their shows (and they’ve been hinting at the next Sub City Sessions – the last one was epic).

Featuring superfresh unreleased exclusives from DZ, Benga, Dev79 remixing Erykah Badu, LD remix of Mungo’s Hi-Fi, and a spanking new track from Sharmaji and Juakali of Sub Swara.

You’ve Got the Love (The xx Remix) –

couldn’t find the original story, but this song was one music bloggers entire year-end list, eloquently stating that (and I’m paraphrasing here, sorry) while it might not be the most facemeltinglyskullcrushing blah blah whatever, it does exactly what all good music should do, “get you laid”!

BRAINFEEDER PODCAST – 10 YEARS OF FLYING LOTUS MIXED BY GASLAMP KILLER
ft. Art by Flying Lotus…. really nothing more to say here that the title doesn’t already. These two names are synonymous with awesome in my book.

SCHLOHMO XLR8R PODCAST
This kid is 19? Jesus, he was a freshman when I was a senior! And he’s totally killin it on chilled-synth-wonk-wobble-nu-illbient juicebox beats for introspective kids who spent a lot of time watching cartoons with spaceships and robots and staring out car windows. I mean, seriously, he drops a track by Low Limit (of Lazer Sword) called “Trapperkeeper”! 80s babies ftw.

Oh and for the record, Schlohmo is not, afaik, the UK Beatboxer Shlomo as some others have asserted.

BONUS XMAS MIX BATTLE:
DJ Cable vs Murdertronics

Both Cable and Murdertronics dropped Christmas-themed mixes this week (tho Cable’s was from last year) and both feature quite a few of the same tracks. Who killed it harder?? Both have their merits but I’d be interested to hear what y’all think…

Link to Cable’s Mix and post about it.

Murdertronics Christmas featuring MegaBone Mix 01  by  Murdertronics

flyer by the effervescently phosphorescent LenoraJayne.com


This is going to be a seriously Brooklyn throwdown…soooo many good people will be in the building tonight!!! We got Code of Arms, Odi & Diggadee representing Konkrete Jungle and Methods and the Darkroom Crew. Jubilee and Proper Villians repping Nightshifters, and American Dream Team will kill it as always,  Atom C will bring out the NYCRavers krew, no doubt, Ritalin and Sam Black (TOGETHER AGAIN!!!) for some serious Original Brooklyn flava… 


If everything goes off, this could be a historic night…see you there!!!


Info below ripped + condensed from the fbook event:


COPY:

Join us as we take you on a musical and counter-cultural experience that explores our electronic community and its long-lasting relationship with all things chemiluminescent. This evening will truly be a trip to the cutting edge of psychedelia and beyond…We encourage you to bring items of a glowing, fluorescent, luminescent, and blinking nature.

LINEUP:
MICRO
VENOM
X-DREAM
GONZO
ODI and DIGGADEE
HAVOK
THE AMERICAN DREAM TEAM
PROPER VILLIANS
COBRA KRAMES
JUBILEE
DREAD
RITALIN and MurdaMouf
JOHN BAS
CODE OF ARMS
JET VS AUDIOPHILE
KB SONIC
ATOM C

INFO:

DOORS by SAM BLACK (natch!)
TIME: 9pm sharp till the sun comes up. (10-6)
AGES: 18 to enter 21 to glow (Please have proof positive ID for entry and purchase of alcohol. In other words … no ID no entry)
LOCATION: Hello Brooklyn 18 Commerce Street Brooklyn (map), NY (F or G Train to Smith/9th) (RED HOOK)
PRODUCTION: We will be sparing no expense this evening to make this venue truly glow!

Lights, Lazers, and Black light installations by Power Trip Lighting. (this is a very good thing)
Visuals by VJ Awaiz
sound by AudioLust

FREE: U.V. face and body painting and Glow Sticks ALL NIGHT!

ADMISSION:
$15 in advance @ BROOKLYNGLOWS.COM till dec 24th
$20 @ The door Before 11pm
$25 After 11pm

Drink specials all night
$5 vodka shots with PBR
$5 vodka well mixer drinks

Happy Holla-Daze!

And a whompy New Year!

And now… a heavy dose of remixed holiday audio/video schlock from dem boys called Eclectic Method. Get your xmas Love & Hate on in under 3 minutes! Party hard with the Gremlins, Muppets and the Pumpkin King!  Heavy beats + choice samples!

Eclectic Method – Haul The Decks 2009 from Eclectic Method on Vimeo.
via Brian Life (thanks homie!)

One of the really standout artists I found this year was Streetlab. Based just down the road from us in Brooklyn, these two gents have been cranking out remixes that absolutely knock my socks off.

And today they announced via facebook that THEY ARE GIVING AWAY EVERY TRACK & REMIX THEY PRODUCED THIS YEAR. Click on that bigass link to get em! These are two prolific dudes – something like 20 remixes and another half dozen originals. And they all slay. In particular, I want to listen to that Hall & Oates remix all the goddamn time.

Their style really reminds me of The Philip Steir remix of “Magic Carpet Ride” from the GO soundtrack (anyone else play that one till your discman broke?) – they preserve the vibe of the original track while amping it up with modern production… par example, peep their most excellent remix of Gimme Shelter below:

The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter (streetlab mix)  by  Streetlab

So what are you waiting for?! Go cop the rest of these fantastic tracks!

Streetlab – 2009 Roundup

(Dancehall reggae + 50 stars simultaneously going supernova + aural autofellatio) / 2009 =

REDLIGHT

It’s no wonder the likes of Rusko, Jackmaster, and Toddla T have his tracks in rotation…

Here’s his Badboy Crab Meat Mix (dl in link) for FACT magazine

Tracklist:

Redlight & Dynamite – Weepers* MASSIVE
Redlight – Kid Soldiers (2:25)
Redlight – Champion Style (4:42)
Redlight Feat Serocee, Dread & Omi – Be With You (Dubplate Mix) (6:00)*
Redlight – Rock Bottom (8:22)
Redlight Ft Jenna G & Jammer – Pick Up The Phone (9:44)
Redlight – Stupid (12:14)*
Redlight Ft Redskin & Scorpio – Twist Up (13:23)
Redlight – MDMA (15:12)* MASSIVE
Redlight Ft Redskin, Zaniah & Dread – Feel So Good (17:00)*

Cop Lobster Boy EP on Lala sooner rather than later.

I get so HYPED when the little blue dot shows up next to the Brainfeeder podcast in my iTunes. More than any other crew, Brainfeeder makes me miss the West Coast. And today’s mix is extra hype because it’s chock full of fresh exclusives from one of my absolute all-time favorites….from San Francisco, California: