BLAST FROM THE PAST -- Ms. Dynamite

If you don't remember Ms. Dynamite, then check this. Back in 2002, she came out with a few semi-hits that rocked UK and European pop charts and resonated loudly in the up and coming UK garage scene. Here is the hit that grew highest on the charts:

Ms. Dynamite - Miss Dy-Na-Mi-Tee


She continued to make music with the garage scene including these two dope tracks with Sticky:

Sticky feat. Ms. Dynamite - Boo


Sticky feat. Ms. Dynamite - Bad Gyal (Radio Rip)


Later, she encountered some legal trouble in 2006 and kind of disappeared from the limelight for a while (except for some TV appearances). That was, until I saw this:



Now after some research it seems as if she's venturing into the dubstep world, and I wouldn't be surprised to see her featured with some of the best in the near future ;)

The Nextmen feat. Ms. Dynamite & Andy Cato - Lion's Den

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.

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

Like New York City? Four Tour Dates Not To Miss

Friday, September 4th
Warp20 - A Celebration of Warp Records and Two Decades of Music and Film
BATTLES, !!!, FLYING LOTUS, PIVOT
@ Terminal 5, $27.50


Saturday, September 19th
Trouble & Bass 3rd Anniversary Show
BENGA & SKREAM and the TROUBLE & BASS CREW (DROP THE LIME, AC SLATER, STAR EYES, THE CAPTAIN)
@ Le Poisson Rouge, $12


Monday, September 28
Deep Space NYC
DJ FRANCOIS K., MALA (of Digital Mystikz)
@ Cielo


Saturday, October 10th
HARD NYC
CROOKERS, MAJOR LAZER, RUSKO, JACK BEATS, DESTRUCTO
@ Terminal 5, $30

If anyone else knows of some do-not-miss shows, NYC or Boston, please add comment below

What's your favorite DAW?

Just watched a half-hour clip of Dubstep's A-lister Benga, going through his process of making a beat.

He uses FL Studio (formerly known as Fruity Loops) and Logic to produce his tracks, two of today's most commonly used DAW's. But while Logic is found in most professional production studios (frequently substituted according to preference by Pro Tools and Cubase), FL Studio is often bashed by producers as a "beginner's software" that produces a complementary sound. These people are usually surprised to hear successful artists of all genres (like Boy 8-Bit, Beastie Boys, Timbaland or Benga) working with it and creating crisp results. Yes, it is a simple program and anyone who uses its on-board samples will always recognize them in other songs. But combined with a controller, synthesizer, external plugins, own samples or other DAW's, FL Studio provides limitless capabilities. It remains the most user-friendly DAW on the market, which was always FL's key to success. Anyone who has an idea, can just sit down and realize it quickly. And you don't have to be Timbaland to do it.

Personally, I love Fruity Loops and the concept behind it. But since I came across Ableton Live a while back and Native Instruments' Maschine more recently (which has a very similar software setup to FL Studio), I've just been losing touch.

What's your favorite DAW? Any tweakers out there, let us know what you think!

Watch Benga working on a beat here.

Benga - Pleasure

Tracks To Chew On

These are some of my favorite tracks recently - I bet you'll understand why. Give them a listen...



Joker & Ginz - Re-Up



Dub Child - Take Me [Reso remix]



AC Slater - Calm Down



Suspicious Stench - Mega



Benga & Walsh - Military



Bass Clef - Opera


...and to top it off, here's a little bonus remix, spicing up and older fav:



The Streets - Blinded By the Light [Nero remix]

Drinkmusik presents: Fancy Rat Mix

It's time for a new and exclusive Drinkmusik mix! Indulge in 40 minutes of dubstep with lots of hard hitting head-bopp material. Yeeeah! Let us know what you think!






Denna – Fancy Rat Mix

right click here to download


1. Major Lazer – Hold the Line
2. Rusko – Twitter Dat
3. Bun vs. Ill Bill – Choppa
4. Nero – This Way (Denna Edit)
5. Ital Tek – Cyclical
6. Reso – If Ya Can’t Beat ‘Em
7. The Others – Kingpin
8. Mad Professor – Your Rights My Rights
9. Grifta – Dub Buxton
10. Deadmau5 – I Remember (Caspa Remix)
11. Kid Kudi – Day N Night (Rusko Remix)
12. Benga – 26 Basslines
13. Toasty – The Knowledge
14. Denna – Aboulia
15. Zomby – Spliff Dub (Rustie Remix)
16. The Streets – Blinded by the Lights (Nero Remix)

Projekt Festival

The Summer Solstice Projekt Music and Arts Festival

All I need to say is Benga & Skream - Thursday June 18th. Who cares if it's in rural Maryland - it's their only stop on the East Coast (only other stop in the US is in San Fran on the 19th). Spinning together or back to back, I don't care. I WILL be there...oh yes, I WILL be there.

At first glance, this looks like a semi-weak festival other than these two heavy-hitters of dubstep on Thurs nite. But Leon Sonkin, Shpongle, Conspirator, The Egg and many more will also be there, as well as a live painting exhibit from the artist Alex Grey - scope out some of his work on google images.

The tix are pretty damn cheap, $105 for a 3-day fest. And who doesn't like summer camping?


Tunes to persuade:

Skream - Midnight Request Line


Skream - Blue Eyez


Skream - Oskilatah


Buraka Som Sistema & Skream - Blipstream


12th Planet - Control [feat. Emu] [Skream remix]


La Roux - In for the Kill [Skream let's get ravey mix]


Benga - 26 Basslines


Benga - E-Trips


Benga - Crunked Up


Benga - Night [feat. Coki]


Leon Sonkin - Live at Silk City Diner 05.25.08



Even better, some vids to wheedle:

YES&NO - Volume 8: Zomby Sparrow Mix

Newest Mix from YES&NO!

This is more of a home listening mix, perfect for driving or commuting, or chillin on sunday morning. Coming it at just over an hour and 15 minutes, this can help you get through over an hour of a fucking terrible day! If you're looking for a more club/dancy mix, scroll down a bit in the blog and grab YES&NO - Volume 7: Milky Mix, posted on Wed Feb 25th. Let us know what you think!

download 'YES&NO - Volume 8: Zomby Sparrow Mix'



1. Art of Noise - Moments In Love [Caspa remix]
2. Starkey - Let You Go
3. Zomby - 1 Up
4. Sam Sparro - Black & Gold
5. Tom Trago - Fluor Green Legged Gangster
6. Roots Manuva - Again & Again [Matt Helders (Arctic Monkeys) remix]
7. Siriusmo - Urlaub in Berlin
8. Mike Snow - Animal [Crookers version]
9. Apparat & Ellen Allien - Floating Points
10. Barbara Morgenstern – Move
11. Tacteel - Too Late To Stay
12. Extrawelt – Fernweh
13. Alva Noto - U_08-1
14. Mike Slott – Flunky
15. Benga - Night [feat. Coki]
16. Zomby - Spliff Dub [Rustie remix]
17. Radiohead - Reckoner [The Twelves remix]
18. Martyn – Shadowcasting
19. Dizzee Rascal - Where's da G's [Bun B + Pimp C (UGK)]
20. Burial - Distant Lights [Kode 9 remix]
21. Caspa - Cockney Violin
22. Moderat [feat. Paul St. Hilaire] - Let Your Love Grow
23. Bassnectar - O


Enjoy

-YES&NO

YES&NO - Volume 7: Milky Mix

TURN UP LOUD AND ENJOY


Tracklist
1. Mystery Jets - Hideaway [Switch remix; Diplo edit]
2. Modeselektor - Kill Bill Vol. 4
3. Zomby - Kaliko
4. The Bloody Beetroots - Cornelius [mix oi!]
5. Tonka - Website [Malente re-edit]
6. Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat [Computer Club fat eric remix v.04]
7. Rustie - Zig-Zag
8. Benga - E Trips
9. The Bug - Poison Dart [feat. Warrior Queen]
10. Deadmau5 - Reward Is More Cheese
11. Lil' Wayne - A Milli [Nadastrom remix]
12. The King Blues - Come Fi Di Youth [George Lenton remix]
13. MRK1 - Devils & Angels
14. Santogold - Shove It [Boy 8-Bit remix]
15. Zomby - Strange Fruit
16. Scott Cooper & Andy George - Jump & Twist [Jokers of the Scene remix]
17. Popof - Serenity [Noob remix]