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11-10-10

KINGDOM KINGDOM

KINGDOM’S WORLD TOUR KICK STARTS TOMORROW!

Pretty gutted there’s no Manchester date but hey ho, I’ll be in full effect at the Night Slugs All Stars compilation launch at Counter Culture on Friday moving my booty back and forth to Ciara like it was made to. FROM DUSK TO DAWN! Not much can fuck with that line up son…

BOK BOK & L-VIS 1990
GIRL UNIT
KINGDOM
JAM CITY
DEEP TEKNOLOGI
LIL SILVA
plus OFF MODERN hosting room 2 w/ Greenmoney, Tomb Crew and residents…

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FRIDAY 12th NOVEMBER
10pm – 6am @ brand new venue COUNTER CULTURE
7-9 Crucifix Lane, London SE1 3JW

£5 Earlybird.
£8 Advance,
£10 On the door

AV IT!

11-10-10

IF YOU KEN WHIT AH MEAN?

Numbers on Friday with James Blake, Girl Unit and Joker was just as I thought it would be….MENTAL. Some bright spark (or some bright sparks cigarette) set the fire alarm off during in Joker’s set and we saw someone get whacked around the chops with a belt buckle. Then we got complimentary chicken nuggets in McDonald to soak up all the Bucky. Glasgow, you dreamboat.

Anyways, here’s a nice new mix from the one they call Jackmaster straight outta the Numbers camp with a tracklist to boot. Ranging from Ludacris to T. Williams and Untold, this one is sure to get all those eclectic tastebuds a ring-a-dinging.

Jackmaster Mix by Pigeon Promotions

Track list:
Ludacris – Girls Gone Wild
Cowbell Edit
DJ Sneak – Move Your Butt
James Fox – New Jack Swing (Unreleased)
Bounce Camp – Big Dancin (Top Billin’)
Pearson Sound – Blanked (Forthcoming Hessle)
T. Williams & Breach – The Bees (Unreleased)
Untold – Stereo Freeze (R&S)
R1 Ryders – ???? (Unreleased)
Horsepower Productions – Mexican Slayride (Forthcoming Tempa)
Joe / Ludacris – How Low Claptrap (DJ Orgasmic Blend)
Hudson Mohawke – Thunder Bay (Unreleased)
Alias – Gladiator (4×4 Mix)

11-02-10

THE RETURN OF BASSLINE?

Just found this bad boy on the Mixpak Records Blog. DJ Pantha with some stealth new bassline track called ‘Candy Shop’.

‘WHEN YOU WAS SLEEPING…I SAID I WAS CREEPING’

I think the majority of people hated bassline, but I enjoyed the MC’s with Huddersfield accents and dancing like this…

11-01-10

TILT SHIFT

We posted the new Mosca track, ‘Tilt Shift’ on the blog a few weeks back…and now Manchester’s own from Swing Ting boys Samrai & Platt have gone done a killer remix of it for your aural pleasure.

Mosca – Tilt Shift [swing ting remix] by Samrai
The Tilt Shift EP is forthcoming on Fat City this autum/winter.

If you like what you hear then Mosca plays at The Oldboy’s night, EAT MY BEAT, on 20th November. It’ll be way into Movember so I expect to see the porn taches in full effect by then.

11-01-10

FLEX YOUR BICEP

With the stench of Halloween still thick in the air our guest at this weekends rave BICEP dropped us over a dastardly mix to get things warmed up. Its part of their 3 hour Marathon Halloween mixtape. The last third being devoted to us and their forthcoming show, specially sliced off neatly into an hour chunk for your listening pleasure. This darkness was compiled over the past year from scored film soundtracks, dusty vinyls and anything we have recorded. Bicep take you on a journey though all the sounds that have shaped their favourite time of year…

Brian Bennet – Chain Reaction
Master C & J – Face It
Gino Soccio – There’s a Woman
M – Pop Muzik (Todd Terje Remix)
The Immortals – The Ultimate Warlord
Fast Eddie – Acid Thunder (Fast Eddie Mix)
Lime – On The Grid)
Shakedown – At Night (Alan Braxe Mix)
Hard Ton – Flawless (Lowlow Flow Mix)
Inner City – Big Fun (Simian Mobile Disco Remix)
Quando Quando – Love Tempo (Remix)
Blackbelt Andersen – Sondag
Actor One – Popcorn
Soft Rocks – Light Bulb / Yello – Angel No
Oni Ayhun – OAR003 – B
Isolee – My Hi-Matic
Smoky N Mirrors – Trippy Disco
Musique – Summer Of Love
A Number of Names – Shari Vari

DOWNLOAD THE MIX / GET TICKETS

10-28-10

PUNKS JUMP UP TO GET BEAT DOWN

Punks Jump Up were the very first guest djs we ever booked at our night… to be honest we didn’t have a clue what we were doing back then but one thing was certain, these guys KILLED it. We’ve brought them back to manchester a couple times since, once to Sankeys and another time in Common which was a total blast! But the return leg to the rave cave is well over due.

Since those times 4 years ago they’ve not let up, they’ve been a constant barometer for hyped up electro party bangers and always on point with remixes for the likes of Tiga, Gossip, Crystal Castles, Zongamin, Kele, Miike Snow, to name a few. So its good to see them back in the saddle with a new Single “Blockhead” dropping on Kitsuné’s Anniversary Masion No.10 comp next month. It will also be getting a full release backed with some badman remixes no doubt before the end of the year, and rumours are their debut LP will be dusted by the end of the year scheduled for release summer 2011. Filled with Cameos from Peter Bjorn & John, Chromeo, Black Kids, DVNO, Saintsaviour (Groove Armada), We Have Band and more things look to be hotting up for these guys in 2011 so keep an eye on their prize.

For the mean time cop this mix which features the aforementioned single…

love.

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10-27-10

EMMA

Watch out boys, the underground music scene is slowly but surely becoming an even playing field. FORGET about brostep sausagefests and testosterone raging DJs flicking the crossfader with their tallywackers…The grrrrrls are going crazy out here and EMMA is no exception.

I could get poetic and be like ‘oh yeah the casually ommiting bleeps swathed in ethereal female warbles’ and continue in all the rest of that pompous music reviewers shite talk but no, Midnight Highway is just HEAVY. And the video oozes some straight up 80s supafly/ sexy murder mystery/50’s sci-fi space rocket vibes which are just doing it good and proper for me right now.

ENCARTA 96! If you don’t know then…you probably just didn’t have a computer back then.

10-26-10

WELL HUNG

We’ve just peeped this nice mix online that
Andrew Hung of Fuck Buttons put out a few weeks back and its got a lot of stuff that im really into at the moment. Some great future house vibes, spazzy pop and acidic electronica… just what the doctor ordered for a bit of mid day listening.

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?mzrgoey0l3d

1. Broadcast – Tender Buttons
2. Four Tet – Angel Echoes (Caribou remix)
3. PVT – Window
4. Earthling – Nefisa
5. Cocteau Twins – Cherry Coloured Funk
6. The Bug – Skeng
7. Factory Floor – Lying
8. Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy
9. Britney Spears – Breathe on me (James Holden vocal remix)
10. Chloe – Distant
11. 808 State – Pacific State
12. Booka Shade – Bad Love
13. Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM
14. Paul Kalkbrenner – Gebrunn Gebrunn

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10-26-10

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES

CONTORT YOURSELF & NOW WAVE Present: “DEATH”

A Hallowe’en special
Friday 29th October – 10pm until the Death,
Joshua Brooks, Princess Street, Manchester

The second coming of “DEATH” sees Now Wave & Contort Yourself locked in an unholy unison, forming a two headed behemoth once again, bewitching your soul with the promise of a horrendous bounty… Resident Djs from both teams will be filling the venue with a horrific sound track of spine tingling electro, terrifying disco and blood curdling bass.

OVERALL PRIZE FOR BEST COSTUME:
£100 cold hard ca$h
Lifetime guestlist to both Contort Yourself & Now Wave events
Some really cheap champagne!!!

* PLUS * PLUS * PLUS * PLUS * PLUS * PLUS * PLUS * PLUS *
£250 Worth of American Apparel For Best Dressed Boy & Best Dressed Girl.

* PLUS * PLUS * PLUS * PLUS * PLUS * PLUS * PLUS * PLUS *
American Apparel Goodie Bags for the first 100 in on the night.

£5 advance, £6 before 11pm, £7 after

TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM:
http://contortyourself.com/index.php/tickets/

10-25-10

NOVEMBER MIXTAPE

OLDBOY steps up for the november mix tape which were dishing out nice and early as we’ve been late with the last two… nice dirty techno flavours with a big dollop of bass for good measure: Download / Stream / Ignore

TRACKLISTING:
1.Hot Natured – Equilibrium
2.Art Department – Vampire Nightclub ft. Seth Troxler
3.Azari & III – Indigo
4.Soul Clap – Bobby
5.CSY & Stripes – Somethin’
6.Sidney Samson, DJ Gregory – Salon ft. Drama S
7.Girl Unit – I.R.L (French Fries Remix)
8.Velour -Scent of Romance
9.DJ Haus N’ Benz – More Girls
10. MJ Cole & Wiley – From the Drop (L-Vis 1990 Remix)
Mixed by: OLDBOY

Alternative Download:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/81859250a06ca19e/

NOVEMBER-MIXTAPE by ContortYourself

10-22-10

HAPPY CLAPPERS

Elyte and Cnyce’s paths were crossed for all time when a Sun Ra light beam sent from Saturn collided with the P-Funk Mothership and sent them tumbling to earth. Now, Soul Clap time travels on a musical spaceship of dopeness…

We love Soul Clap, we just thought we’d bring it to your attention as we slotted one of their tracks in the Nov mixtape which is coming your way very soon… until then enjoy their XLR8R mix from earlier this year and a couple free tracks at the bottom of the post.

01 Soul Clap’s Boston, Massachusetts Intro
02 Soul Clap “Dreams Of Tomorrow (Mo Money)” (Wolf + Lamb Black)
03 SECT “Hi-Fi All Around” (Culprit)
04 Soul Clap “Extravaganza” (Wolf + Lamb Black)
05 Tanner Ross & Sergio Santos “Excuse Me While I Hit This” (Airdrop)
06 SECT “Man Of Wisdom” (Culprit)
07 Clapz II Dogz “Dogz” (Glass Table)
08 Mystery Roar “Mayhem (Soul Clap Edit)” (Dopamine)
09 Axel Bartsch “Daight (Soul Clap’s E-Funk Remix)” (Suol)
10 Gadi Mizrahi & Soul Clap “Yer Body (Kills Me)” Double Standard)
11 Bad Rabbits “She’s Bad (Gadi Mizrahi & Soul Clap Remix)” (Karmaloop)
12 Bon Johnson ft. Dana D “From the Heart” (white)
13 Armand Van Helden “Spin The Bottle (Axis Mix)” (AV8)
14 Darryl Douglas “Holding On (Kon’s Edit)” (white)
15 Soul Clap “Baker Man” (AUX)
16 Soul Clap “Ghosts Edit” (white)

Soul Clap Boston Mix For XLR8R Download

Soul Clap – Rock The Boat  (Download)
Soul Clap – “Bobby”  (Download)
Soul Clap – “Kissing Game”  (Download)

http://soundcloud.com/soulclap

10-19-10

PART OF THE SUMMER NEVER DIES

Download URL (320kbps): http://bln.kr/PZH~/

More info here: http://knobjockeys.org/

10-18-10

POPEY-M

Boltonmore and I are gonna clock up some serious mileage on the Pope Mobile next month for an eagerly awaited/severely belated night in Glasgow hosted by the one and only Numbers.

If anyone wants to join in the fun, there’s always room in the Popey. We’ve only got one VERY STRICT car rule – no brostep on the CD player.

Oh…and a Man vs. Food esque KFC challenge at a random service station of our choice.

Joker
(Kapsize, Hyperdub)

James Blake
(R&S, Hessle Audio, Hemlock)

Girl Unit
(Night Slugs)

Numbers
Friday 5th November
Sub Club, Glasgow
11 till 3am
£10

Whilst we’re here…

Ahhhhhh.

10-18-10

JACKMASTER URB MIX

Jackmaster just dropped this mix for URB and its HUGE!!!! we had him down last year and he blew us away with not only his skills on the decks but the sheer audacity of his selections… look no further than this mix to understand why we love him so much.

01. Wish & Fonda Rae – Touch Me (KN Records)
02. Oni Ayhun – OAR003B (Oni Ayhun)
03. Optic Nerve – Light Span (Direct Beat)
04. Cajmere – Brighter Days – Underground Goodies Mix (Cajual)
05. Logic – Blues For You – Hard Dub (Strictly Rhythm)
06. Boiling Point – Good 4 U (Nice N Ripe)
07. Pierre’s Fantasy Club – Mystery Girl – Set Me Free (Forthcoming Numbers)
08. The Untouchables – Dance To The Rhythm (Strictly Rhythm)
09. Violet – Burn The Elastic (Radio Rhythm)
10. 69 – Filter King (Planet E)
11. D Rashid & Rishi Bass – Raw (G-Rex)
12. JTRP – Dungeons (Forthcoming Deep Teknologi)
13. DJ Gregory – Klappa (Defected)
14. Breach – Man Up (PTN)
15. Ill Blu – Meltdown (Forthcoming Numbers)
16. CJ Boland – Sugar Is Sweeter – Armand Van Helden Remix (FFRR)
17. DJ Technics – Get Up On It (Baltimore Break Beats)
18. Sony – Sugar Rush (???)
19. Lil Silva – Different VIP
20. Ill Blu – Overdose (Forthcoming Numbers)
22. Tonka – Freeze – Edit (Great Stuff)
23. Mosca – Done Me Wrong (Forthcoming Numbers)
24. Ghosts On Tape – Homeless Gypsy Dub (Unreleased)
25. Grievous Angel – Move Down Low VIP (Soul Jazz)
26. Hardhouse Banton – Colonel (Jackmaster Special)
27. Damage – 808 VIP (Unreleased)
28. Boddika – Rubba (Forthcoming Swamp 81)
29. Boddika – Syn Chron (Forthcoming Naked Lunch)
30. Raw Milk – Spreo Superbus (Forthcoming Numbers)
31. Addison Groove – 5 Mins Of Funk (Unreleased)
32. F – Slowdown (Unreleased)
33. Ytac – Switchism (Bomb Shop)
34. Ramadanman – Glut (Hemlock)
35. Unknown – Untitled (???)
36. Geeneus – Congo (Tempa)
37. Macabre Unit – Lift Off (Terrorrhythm)
38. Icicle – Anything (Forthcoming Tempa)
39. Instra:Mental – Voyeur (Forthcoming Disfigured Dubz)
40. Skream – Jukebox (Unreleased)
41. J. DOE THEM
42. Submerse – Hold It Down (Forthcoming Well Rounded)

Download it HERE

10-15-10

YOU GONNA WANT ME

We’ve been following HEY TODAY! for some a while now, since the early days of COYO/ But its more recently that they’ve made an impact globally when they released one of the most anticipated single of this year “Talk To Me” on Turbo. After Tiga had been playing it in his sets for nearly a year, it finally dropped and everyone went nuts for it! Off the back of that they’ve rehashed Tigas anthemic hit “You Gonna Want Me” which is disgustingly good, had a hand in Boris Dlugosh’s massive track “Bangkok” and released their latest EP on Polymorphic Records, headed up by this single “Strange” which is a brutal argument of Techno and Dubstep which pretty much will tear your face off.

Keep an eye on these guys cos we think they’re gonna blow up real soon… and who knows you might catch them at a rave near you soon? until then enjoy these treats

Hey Today! – Talk To Me

Tiga – You Gonna Want Me (Hey Today! Remix)

HEY TODAY! DJ MIX 06.10.10(2) by HEY TODAY!_DJ MIXES

…no track list for this one but if you’re desperate to know what something is hit up the comments and we’ll do our best to shed some light?

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10-14-10

UNBELIEVABLE TEKKERS

Teki Latex may not have come directly to your attention before but he’s been a MASSIVE influence on the sound of our night for the past 2 years. Yeah, i know he’s the guy from TTC but more importantly he’s the mand behind both INSTITUBES and SOUND PELLIGRINO. In our books that deserves an massive round of applause… two of the most forward thinking, influential and consistently on point labels there is.

Anyway enough of us sucking him off… Check out his latest single below which dropped a few months back on SP and has killed it in our sets ever since, and if that’s not enough check his new promo mix. This dude know’s what’s up and’s got the skills to pay the bills… keep em peeled as he might be dropping into a cave near you soon! Until that day enjoy these.

Teki Latex – “Dinosaurs With Guns” (official video) from Institubes on Vimeo.

track listing:
Detroit grand pubahs: Sandwitches
Soul Clap: Sex In The Kitchen
Butch: Mushroom Man
Cajmere: Perculator (Claude von stroke remix)
Mikix the cat : deep down
Butch: XTC
Tensnake: Coma Cat (Roundtable knights)
Lorenzo Vektor: Turn it up (canblaster remix)
Usher: OMG
TWR72: Tunnel
Momma’s boy: Bot Band Concerto
Teki Latex: dinosaurs with guns (canblaster remix)

Grab the mix > H E R E

10-11-10

LUNICE

To put it bluntly, Lunice is a mad bastard. A wild-man on stage, his sets encompass DJing, MCing and even a spot of breakdancing. He’s certainly someone I’d like to see bouncing around the cave at some point.

FACT have had the man himself put a mix together and it’s amazing, cop it sharpish like, as it’s only available for three weeks.

FACT Mix 189 – LUNICE
TRACKLISTING
Welcome to the future (Intro)

Theophilus London – Computer Love

Uffie feat.Pharrell Williams – ADD SUV (Hudson Mohawke Remix)

Diamond K – Handz in the Air (Lunice Remix)
Lunice - We Can Go

Swindle – Airmiles

Addison Groove – Footcrab

Ramadanman – Work Them

Gucci Vump – Sha! Shtil! (L-Vis 1990 Remix)

Trina feat. Lil Wayne & Rick Ross – Currency

Beyonce – Diva

Lunice - Hitmane’s Anthem

Mexicans with Guns feat. Tiffany Preston – Sell Your Soul (Lunice Remix)

Dipset – Salute

Lil B – Diary Pt.3 (Lunice & Al Ripken Jr. Remix)

Thunderheist – L.B.G. (Lunice Remix)

Chop Chop – Red Durt (Lunice Remix)

Lunice & Al Ripken Jr. – 1980s System

Mary J. Blige – Work That (Lunice Fumble Mix)

T-Pain – Fire

Lunice - Beluga Beam

Cassie – Me and U and Krystal Klear (Lunice Remix)

Ryan Leslie – How it Was Supposed to Be

Brandy – What About Us (Lunice Fancy Forty Mix)

If that mix isn’t enough to convince you to keep tabs on him then check out this footage from Montreal’s Osheaga Festival. If he goes this crackers in broad daylight, imagine how hard he goes once it’s dark!

10-11-10

LICK IT GOOD

Im sure you know that we’re into The Martin Brothers in a big way… their latest single Steal Drums has destroyed the cave on many an occasion and “Dum” is one of our favourite tracks of all time! But branching out on their own these two are just as devestating. If you’ve copped the October Top 10 Mix then you’ll recognise this track from it, an awesome mash of Alter Ego, Claude Vonstroke, Khia and of course Christian Martin. We love the drawn out vocal loop over building over the rough synths, keeping you waiting for a whole 5 minutes before we get stuck into some real business. A sturdy bassline, strange futuristic vocal echoes, plinky plonky techno melody and a good old fashion dollop of JACK make this one bump along with a presence. Thanks to JACKMODE you can download this one for freemans… click the arrow at the side of the player below douchebag.

ALTER EGO VS. CLAUDE VONSTROKE – WHO’S AFRAID OF MY NECK (CHRISTIAN MARTIN EDIT) by Jackmode

http://www.myspace.com/christianmartinmusic
http://www.myspace.com/justinmartinsmusica

10-07-10

OCTOBER TOP 10 MIX

This month COYO Don HUMANMAN takes the helm with a full on jacking dance party tape, throw your hands in the air and lose your shit cos this one’s got a bump to it.

1. Bot Band Concerto – Momma’s Boy [Sound Pelligrino]
2. Breakfast – Le Le [Gomma]
3. Who’s Afraid of My Neck (Christian Martin edit) – Alter Ego vs. Claude VonStroke [Jackmode]
4. Zzafrika – ZZT [Turbo]
5. Bring It – Bobmo [Institubes]
6. Any Which Way (Carte Blanche Remix) – Sissor Sisters [Polydor]
7. In It Together (Acid Girls Remix) – Human Life [Lifex Recordings]
8. We Have Love (Hot City Remix) – Hot Chip [Parlaphone]
9. Won’t Be Long – Drums Of Death [Greco Roman]
10. Pineapple Crush (MCR Warehouse VIP Mix) – Lone [Cheap Thrills]

Alternate Download:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/812343490fa69e6f/

ContortYourself

10-06-10

HOUSEHOLD GOODS

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs latest single “Household Goods” premiered last weekend on the Annie Mac show. After the success of the last EP, this next single had its work cut out and this doesn’t disappoint! As ever 8-Bit pop is crushed into submission by rolling bass and synths, while the ever catchy melody and flowing vocals juxtapose the aforementioned… or something like that?

If you like what you hear then make sure you reach to our IN THE CITY SPECIAL headlined by TEED, with SHAKE ALLETTI and HUMAN LIFE to boot! This is only 1 of many events being held over 3 days, across the Northern 1/4 with over 150 bands playing including:

(Breath In) No Age, Sky Larkin, Mount Kimbie, Male Bonding, Yuck, Pulled Apart By Horses, Crystal Fighters, Factory Floor, Egyptian Hip Hop, White Ring, Skepta, Kisses, Spectrals, Monarchy, Gallops, Windmill, Ital Tek, T3eth, Andreya Triana, Mazes, Chiddy Bang, Mz Bratt, Lady Chann, Is Tropical, Porcelain Raft, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Oh No Ono, O Children, Futures, Architects, Chad Valley, Team Ghost, Sophie’s Pigeons, Donae’o, D/R/U/G/S, Standard Fare, Scorcer, American Men, Fiction, Breton, Brown Brogues, Ellen and the Escapades, Catherine A.D., Mz Bratt, David’s Lyre, Let’s Buy Happiness, Worship, Orphan Boy, Danny Mahon, Dignan Porch, Napolean IIIrd, I Am Blackbird, Plank, Jodie Conner, Dog Is Dead, Slow Motion Shoes, Young British Artists, Beaty Heart, Eagulls, Lissi Dancefloor Disaster, The Bewitched Hands, Mujeres, Youthless, Bright Light Bright Light, Ruff Diamondz, Angel, Maverick Sabre, Stealing Sheep, John Wiese, Ice Black Birds, Brasstronaut, Mont Blanc, Golden Glow, The Supernovas, The Woe Betides, Klaus, My First Tooth, Rum Shebeen, Rum Shebeen, Beans On Toast, Labyrinth Ear, Fixers, Frontiers, Smatka, Sophie Rose, Becoming Real, I Am Blackbird, Gypsy & The Cat, Electricity In Our Homes, Chapter Sweetheart, Seerauber Jenny, The Steals, Entrepreneurs, Japanese Voyeurs, Ed Wood Jr, Clock Opera, Richard Dutton, These Monsters, Chickenhawk, Castrovalva, Mojo Fury, Shapes, Honour Before Glory with many more to be announced. (Breath Out!)

festival wristbands are only £29 which get you unlimited access across all the venues over all the nights… mis this and miss out!

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