DIZZEE GOING BONKERS

Here's a sick rendition of Armand Van Helden's track with Dizzee Rascal on Jools Holland Later. Thanks, Tom!

Make the Girl Dance - Baby Baby Baby

leave in to the French, haw-haw

hahhhhhh Brits

What the world needs now

The world's most awesomely annoying instrument - The Otamatone.

Buy one here

Meowsynth VSTi - the world's first meowizer

Download from Knobster website


The Drawdio - MacGyver shit.

Drawdio website

The Web's Most Popular DAW's

Here's a chart showing the most popular digital audio workstations, based on recent search activity on today's four most popular search engines.



1. Pro Tools
2. Cubase
3. FL Studio
4. Cakewalk Sonar
5. Apple Logic
6. Adobe Audition
7. Ableton Live
8. Apple Garageband
9. Sound Forge
10. Sony Acid


via Digital Music Doctor

DJ Booths by Reynold Rodriguez

Want one of these? Well you might have to save up a little. Reynold Rodriguez has made himself a name with his hand-made, custom DJ Tables, which he's presented in editorials in Flaunt Magazine, BPM Magazine and exhibited at the Milan Salone Satellite, New York ICFF, LA-CABOOM design festival, ESQUIRE Design House and the 2007-2009 Winter Music Festival. They go for up to 8,250. Plus shipping. Warning: any DJ standing behind one of these will immediately develop a god complex.








Check out some more on the Spacetek website

Love it or hate it.

A Weezer album, 3 Prodigy compilations and a mix of Miles Davis classics. All 8 Bit.


Weezer - The 8 Bit Album (free dl)

The Prodigy - Emulator Punks! (free dl)

The Prodigy - Pixel Bit Chipology! Classics. Inside (free dl)

The Prodigy - Pixel Bit Chipology! Classics. Outside (free dl)


Kind of Bloop - Miles Davis 8 Bit Tribute

Buy Kind of Bloop here.

The Stalacpipe Organ

We told you about the Waterorgan in Croatia a while back, how bout this one - the Stalacpipe Organ in Virginia, the world's largest musical instrument.

History of House Music

UK's Channel 4 released this three-part documentary called "Pump Up The Volume" some years back. Features interviews with Paul Oakenfold, Jamie Principle, Vince Lawrence, Joe Smooth and many residents of some of the scene's most influential clubs, such as the Warehouse in Chicago.

Part I


Part II


Part III


Jamie Principle & Frankie Knuckles - Your Love (1985)


Oldschool classic featured in the film. Sounds like a contemporary track until the vocals kick in and give away that it's from the 80s.

Uhm..

Beautifully random. Beyonce ain't got shit.

Deux Helix

Here's another up-n-coming producer ensemble that made use of our fine little dropbox. Deux Helix have quite an interesting approach to electro. If I wouldn't have known they're from LA, I would have tipped France. Hard hitting beats, dreamy sounds, squares and saws, blips and blops, all of which I like a lot. The tracks have a dark, psychedelic, almost mystical ring to them, best suited for those foggy clubs filled with people that only come out at night. Love those places.

Deux Helix - Complex Nervosa

Deux Helix - Univers Parallele

Deux Helix - Near Death Experience

Hudson Mohawke

I like odd names, they intrigue me. Often you're left to find that the music doesn't live up to the coolness of the name - but not this time. Hudson Mohawke - we mentioned him the other week as he was featured on the Wireblock Records XLR8R podcast.

I'll admit, I rarely get this excited about an artist. He is one of the few that juggle with genres and does it well. Forward thinking, mainly hiphop style rhythms and clever, catchy melodies. Reminds me a bit of Flying Lotus.

His debut album "Butter" is out this October. No doubt it'll be biiiiiig.

Pre-order "Butter - Spreadable Edition" - includes the record (vinyl), an exclusive t-shirt and a sticker - all wrapped inside a Hudson Mohawke Butter tub! How kewl is that?!

Also check out his interview with FACT Magazine


Hudson Mohawke - Butter Snips (Sampler)


Hudson Mohawke - Rising 5


Hudson Mohawke - Polkadot Blues


Hudson Mohawke - Oooops


Hudson Mohawke - Overnight


Hudson Mohawke - Velvet Peel

Oneman - Fall For Autumn Mix 2009

Talented UK DJ Oneman supplied XLR8R with a crispy crafted mix best described in its name. Summer's coming to an end, the frequency of festivals and outdoor parties is slowly going down. Enjoy what's left of it, wrap up and then go inside cuz that's where it's happening now. This chill mix is for those that really still want to sit outside when the party is over or someplace else.
Features fresh tracks by some of the UK's most sought after artists, including Skream, Zomby, Mala, Scuba, D1 and others.

Get the mix here.

Crookers

So Crookers' highly awaited debut album "Tons of Friends" is set to finally hit the stores January 2010. Expect some Dancehall and Autotune. Along with the record comes a long list of prominent guests that will support the guys on it: Spank Rock, Major Lazer, Tim Burgess (Chemical Brothers vocalist), Roisin Murphy (former Moloko singer), Kelis, Kid Cudi, Pitbull, Radioclit, Rye Rye and Madness. Kanye is rumored to be in too, although I'm sure we wouldn't hear too many complaints if he wasn't.

Here's what they're teasing us with so far..

Crookers feat. Kardinal Offishal & Carla Marie - Put Your Hands On Me


Crookers - Tons of Friends Teaser

Crookers 2nd Micromix

Crookers - Put Your Hands On Me (Beataucue Remix)


For more info on Crookers, visit www.crookers.net.

Retro Atari Coolness

Here's part of Atari's artwork archive which was auctioned off at Sotheby's in 2007. The entire collection included over 2,000 original marketing designs and materials from 1981 to 1983. The whole thing was expected to sell for up to $250,000. Yikes. I wonder which rich nerd has these hanging up in his bedroom.

Download a free Atari 2600 Sample Package by Creative Commons (features 28 short percussive samples recorded from an Atari 2600 console) here.


























All images are from Art of the Arcade. They update their archives every month.

Look what I found

Any of these sound familiar?



First Moog Quartet - Hey Hey


David Whitaker - Stadust (from the C64 game "Lazy Jones")


Edwin Birdsong - Cola Bottle Baby


George Duke - I Love You More


Kraftwerk - Computer Love


Labi Siffre - I Got The


Gershon Kingsley - Popcorn

Footage from Benga & Skream @ Trouble & Bass 3rd Anniversary Show @ La Poisson Rouge, NYC 09.19.09

If you ever get a chance to catch this duo, drop everything and do it. One of the best shows I've seen in a looooonngg time. Drop the Lime, AC Slater, and the rest of the Trouble & Bass crew... BIG. UPS.

Cashmere Agency Presents - Mr. Grustle & Tha Russian's Dubstep LA: Embrace the Renaissance Vol.1 [Mixed by Plastician]

This mix is for everyone who likes pounding their head against the wall every once in a while. Or at least likes listening to tracks brimming with intensity. This is the first comp I am aware of that combines harder UK dubstep with American dubstep and Hip Hop. Mixed by the seasoned Rinse.fm dj Plastician, this comp moves forward heavily and relatively smoothly considering the content. Aside from a couple of tracks, this is a collection of downright bangers and party anthems, perfect for drunk driving or intentionally pissing off your neighbors! But you didn't hear that from me.

In my opinion, everybody should have this mix to blow off some steam once in a while. Download and unpack this ZIP and crank up your sub.


Tracklisting:

01 Matty G - West Coast Rocks [Caspa remix]
02 Jams F. Kennedy - All the Girls [prod by Joker & Rustie]
03 Excision & Liquid Stranger - Get To the Point
04 Eve - Me n My [prod by Benga]
05 Xzibit - So What [feat U-N-I] [prod by D1]
06 12th Planet - 68 [VIP]
07 DymeDef - I Know [prod by Starkey]
08 Grand Puba - Get It [12th Planet remix]
09 Pawn & EMU - Headshot [feat Werd2Jah]
10 RX - Malt Liquor [feat Chae Hawk]
11 Snoop Dogg - Snoop Dogg Millionaire [feat Tanvi Shah] [prod by Wild Animals and Chase & Status]
12 SKisM - Back Off
13 Murs - Mad House [prod by Chase & Status]
14 Cambo - Area 101 [prod by Jakes & Joker]
15 Caspa - Rat-a-Tat-Tat [feat Dynamite MC]
16 Type 7 - The Story [feat Youngsta]
17 Seven & Elvee - Waves
18 Ras Kass - Westcoast Dub [prod by 12th Planet]
19 Kelly Dean & Steady - Teflon
20 Alexander Spit - I Got That Dy Lan [prod by Excision]
21 Grouch & Eligh - Satellites [prod by Jamie Vex'd]
22 Virus Syndicate - Talk To Frank [prod by MRK1]
23 Excision & DZ - Yin Yang
24 U-N-I - Drive-By [feat Theo & Curt@ins] [prod by Chase & Status]
25 Starkey - Beatingz
26 Mestizo - Let It Spray [prod by Rustie]
27 Plastician - Elixir
28 Droop-E - Tonight [feat Kanobby] [prod by Silkie]


while on it, you should pick up Plastician's volume 06 mix CD for Rinse.fm. You can also catch him spinning on rinse every Monday from 11pm - 1am London time (6-8pm EST).

Osborne - The Count -- hilarious video

MDSLKTR UPDATE

Modeselektor are back on tour and show no signs of slowing down. After the success of their collaborative project with Apparat, MODERAT, the Berlin duo are on the road again visiting cities in Europe and North America.

UPCOMING SHOWS
Oct 10 2009
FESTSPIELHAUS HELLERAU / MELT! CLUB DRESDEN, Sachsen
Oct 17 2009
REX CLUB / BERMAN SHOW Paris
Oct 22 2009
FABRIC London
Oct 23 2009
BUTTON FACTORY / DEAF FESTIVAL Dublin
Oct 24 2009
WAREHOUSE PROJECT Manchester
Oct 29 2009
BLUE BIRD Denver
Oct 30 2009
CERVENTINO FESTIVAL Guanajuato
Oct 31 2009
THE FORUM Los Angeles
Nov 1 2009
CLUB 101 El Paso
Nov 2 2009
TEATRO ESTUDIO CAVARET Guadelajara
Nov 4 2009
MOD CLUB Toronto
Nov 5 2009
9:30 CLUB Washington DC
Nov 6 2009
CONGRESS THEATRE Chicago
Nov 7 2009
MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG New York City


As if that's not enough, they have a new mix being released on the prolific GET PHYSICAL label (Booka Shade, M.A.N.D.Y., DJ T.) on September 25th. Check out the tracklist:

Tracklist
01. Modeselektor - Outro
02. Rustie - Zig-Zag
03. Missy Elliott - Lick Shots (Instrumental)
04. Osborne - The Count
05. Boy 8-Bit - The Cricket Scores
06. Felix Da Housecat - Kickdrum
07. Alex Cortex - Huyendo Part 2
08. G-Man - Quo Vadis (OLD SCHOOL TRACK!!!)
09. Norman Nodge - NN 8.0
10. Benga - Emotions
11. Peverelist - Clunk Click Every Trip
12. Untold - Anaconda
13. MOVES!!! - All Skate
14. Busta Rhymes - Gimme Some More (Amended Version)
15. Joker & Rustie - Play Doe
16. Mark Pritchard & Om’mas Keith - Wind It Up (SICK!!!)
17. Djedjotronic - Dirty & Hard (feat. Spoek) vs Dorian Concept - Trilingual Dance Sexperience
18. Horsepower Productions - Let’s Dance (Club Mix)
19. Robert Hood - Unix
20. Major Lazer - Pon De Floor
21. Boys Noize - Easyjet
22. Siriusmo - Nights Off
23. Modeselektor - The Black Block (Marcel Dettman Redifinition)
24. Scuba - Klinik
25. Animal Collective - My Girly
26. Modeselektor - Fill #1
27. Siriusmo - Breath
28. Si Begg vs Juice Aleem - Rock My Hologram (Original Instrumental)
29. Moderat - A New Error

You can find more info at the Get Physical website or on Resident Advisor.

The SCB side of Scuba

The more techno-oriented stuff isn't really my forte, although I really dig it when the time is right. And this mix just makes the time right.

Scuba, creator of Hotflush Recordings, has recently done an exclusive mix for the MNML SSGS blog under his relatively new SCB moniker. The author of the post, PC (Chris), says, "SCB's mix not only belongs among the best SSG mixes so far (which, I think I can say openly, has been an incredibly high standard), I think.... well, I'll let your ears tell your brain, but personally I reckon SCB has just re-set the standard," and comments on the post range from "scuba represents the distillation of everything that is great about electronic music in 2009" to "How nice is this ?! I thought much of the hype surrounding Scuba was just that - hype. Eating my words now. Gorgeousness. Thank you" to "This is a total burner, LOVE it!" to "unbelievable mix, this is the exact fusion of everything ive been loving out of the dubstep crossover from the last few years. but now finally it seems techno has truelly engulfed the new influences. techno is evolving once again and this is exactly where its at right now for me."

Here 'tis - enjoy!


SCB - MNML SSGS Mix 37

download



Tracklist:

01. Tommy Four Seven - Surma (T47 Tool) (Electric Deluxe)
02. Frozen Border - 3-2 (Frozen Border)
03. Hauntologists 2 (Hauntologists)
04. Donato Dozzy - Menta (Time to Express)
05. Roska - Proverbs (Roska Kicks & Snares)
06. The Dolphins - Broken Hobo (Affin)
07. Shackleton - Death is not Final (Skull Disco)
08. Mike Shannon - Sweets (Wagon Repair)
09. Horizontal Ground - untitled (Horizontal Ground)
10. Falty DL - Play Child (unreleased)
11. Digitaline - Altra (City Foxx)
12. A Made Up Sound - On & On (Clone Basement series)
13. Silent Servant - Violencia (Kalon remix) (Sandwell District)
14. Red Snapper - Moving Mountain (Scuba remix) (Lo Recordings)
15. Appleblim & Ramadanman - Justify (Will Saul & Mike Monday remix) (Applepips)
16. N/A - Variance (Marcel Dettmann remix) (Sandwell District)
17. SCB - 20_4 (unreleased)
18. Kowton - Stasis (gmix) (Keysound)
19. Joy Orbison - Tentative Bidding (unreleased)

Another amazing XLR8R Podcast: Untold

XLR8R comes through again for me, this time pulling in Untold for an exclusive mix:

Untold - XLR8R Podcast, 09.10.09

download

Tracklist:
01 Julio Bashmore "Um Bongo's Revenge" (Unreleased)
02 Bakongo "Bambara" (Roska Kicks & Snares)
03 TRG "Now You Know" (Unreleased)
04 L-Vis 1990 "Hide" (Dress 2 Sweat)
05 Green Velvet feat. Walter Phillips "Shake & Pop (Instrumental)" (Relief)
06 Rod Lee "Let Me See What U Workin With" (Dress 2 Sweat)
07 Unknown "Unknown" (Unreleased)
08 Untold "Don't Know Don't Care" (Hemlock)
09 Untold "No One Likes a Smart-Arse (Hemlock)
10 Kode9 "Dislokated" (Rephlex)
11 Zomby "Expert Tuition" (Ramp)
12 TRG "Siberian Poker" (Unreleased)
13 Mount Kimbie "Sketch on Glass" (Hotflush)
14 A Made Up Sound "Rework" (Unreleased)
15 TRG "Strobe Lick" (Unreleased)
16 Untold "Gonna Work Out Fine" (Hemlock)
17 Joy Orbison "J. Doe" (Unreleased)
18 Ramadanman "No Swing" (Unreleased)
19 Untold "You Didn't Win the Holiday (Chequebook Mix)" (Unreleased)
20 Ramadanman "I Beg You" (Unreleased)
21 Geiom feat. Marita "Reminissin' (Kode 9 refix)" (Berkane Sol)
22 Ramadanman "Tempest" (Unreleased)


He has been makin waves for a while now in the progressive dubstep scene, releasing records on the dubstep trifektah of H labels, Hotflush, Hemlock & Hessle Audio. He's got a bunch of big shows coming up as well, including one @ WMF in Berlin on September 25th with Modeselektor and a slew of other huge DJs:

Hilarious Video: Udachi & Jubilee - Smoke Rings

Low budget and awesome....best of both worlds!

OFFICIAL VIDEO: Smoke Rings - Udachi and Jubilee
by quizbowl

Udachi and Jubilee are a couple of the Trouble&Bass crew peeps causing waves recently - BIG ups!! This track along with PayPur (nice Lil Wayne sample in der) are comin out on their new Paypur EP on Nightshifters, with plenty of remixes to go around. woop!

09.03.09 XLR8R Podcast - Wireblock Records

This post is semi a shoutout to XLR8R Podcasts in general - YO XLR8R, U ILL, NOT SICK!! I've definitely picked up more than a few new tips from them - they exposing dope new music left and right!

However, this post is more focused on their most recent podcast, which features the record label Wireblock out of Glasgow, Scotland. They are home to one of my favorite producers lately, Rustie. Rustie just came out with a much-anticipated EP which is clippin the seismographs over in the UK, called Bad Science. It is seriously Bad ass shit from a mad scientist.



Wireblock is also home to Hudson Mohawke, Alex Cortex & Lory D. They don't mess! Peep this exclusive Podcast - It is BUSINESS. It was put together by two of the three founders of Wireblock: brothers Neil (a.k.a. Nelson) and Calum (a.k.a. Spencer) Morton:

Nelson & Spencer - XLR8R Podcast: Wireblock Records, 09.03.09

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Tracklist:

Spencer:
01 Redinho "Intro"
02 Redinho "Bare Blips" (Numbers)
03 Hudson Mohawke "Ooops" (Wireblock X LuckyMe)
04 Rustie "Keesha Resmack" (Unreleased)
05 Ghosts on Tape "Straight From Cassette" (Wireblock)
06 Slugabed "Barbara" (Numbers)
07 Hudson Mohawke "Acoustic Lady" (Warp)
08 Harmonic 313 "Computer Bridge"

Nelson:
09 Fatima Yamaha "What's a Girl to Do" (D1)
10 Donae'o "Riot Music" (Universal)
11 Redshape "Dog Day" (Millions Of Moments)
12 Ying Yang Twins "Shake (feat. Pitbull)" (TVT)
13 Break Machine "Are You Ready" (Judge Chop)
14 Hard House Banton "Sirens" (Spoilt Rotten)
15 Enur feat. Natasja "Calabria 2007 (Acapella)"
16 Untold "Just For You (Roska Remix)" (Hotflush)
17 Pierre's Pfantasy Club "Mystery Girl (Set Me Free)" (Wireblock/Numbers)
18 Ghosts on Tape "Predator Mode" (Wireblock)
19 Lando Kal "3D Action Jackson" (Numbers)
20 L-Vis 1990 "United Groove (MJ Cole Remix)" (Mad Decent)

Spencer:
21 808 State "Flow Coma (AFX mix)" (Men/Rephlex)
22 Model 500 "No UFOs Loop" (Metroplex)
23 Mr Oizo "Positif" (Ed Banger)
23 Sparky "Portland" (Stuffrecords/Numbers)
24 Modeselektor "Silikon (Siriusmo Remix)" (BPitch Control)
25 Alex Cortex "Phlogiston" (PAL)
26 Close Up Over (a.k.a. The Black Dog) "Olivine" (Warp)
27 Joy Orbison "J. Doe" (Doldrums)
28 Wedge & Shadz "Running Away (Guido Remix)" (If Symptoms Persist)
29 Taz Buckfaster "Strikefirst" (Numbers)
30 Joy Orbison "Hyph Mngo" (Hotflush)
31 Afrika Hitech "Blen" (Warp)
32 Zomby "Digital Fauna" (Brainmath)
33 DJ Assault "Techno Freak" (Assault Rifle)
34 Remote "The Swarm" (Underground Resistance)
35 Moderat "Seamonkey (Untold Remix)" (BPitch Control)
36 Rustie & Joker "Play Doe" (Kapsize)
37 Martyn "Vancouver" (3024)
38 Guido "Orchestral Lab" (Punch Drunk)
39 Hudson Mohawke "FUSE" (Warp)

Native Instruments announces Komplete 6, shipping Oct 1st

KOMPLETE 6

Here's the motherload y'all.

Every single piece of Native Instruments software in one box. They don't mess!

Komplete 5 sold for $999.....now Komplete 6 is only $499!!! And there's tons of updates: Absynth 5, Kontakt 4, Guitar Rig 4, plus all the old favorites like Reaktor, FM8, Battery and Massive.

If you are any sort of electronic music producer, this price for this amount of stuff should make you dizzy. Git on it!

One of those weekends that eats your whole paycheck

Thursday Sept 17th - BENGA
@ Harper's Ferry - $15, 18+ 8pm
(hopefully this is the real show, bc his myspace says he's in Champaign IL haha!)


Friday Sept 18th - WOLFGANG GARTNER
@ Webster Hall in NYC - $1 before midnight, $1 drinks before midnight!! You need to RSVP for that price though. 19+ 10pm


Saturday Sept 19th - BENGA & SKREAM & DROP THE LIME & AC SLATER & STAR EYES & THE CAPTAIN
@ La Poisson Rouge in NYC - $15, $20 at door, 11pm 21+


If ur not all over this then ur stoopid