MIA - Illygirl (Borgore Illygore remix)

Mandarinebeats.com Exclusive: 004 Valta Heavy Bass Mix Vol. 1

4th Exclusive material came in my hands. This time, Valta made a set for you, my readers. This is a compilation of progressive movements in Modern Electronic Dance Bass Music: Wonky, Booty Bass, Electro, Heavy Bass, Niche, UK Garage, Dubstep & Breakstep

He is one of the most outstanding cultural activists on our post soviet and east Europe space. Together with his friend Minikin he runs Kievbass Nights in Kiev, weekly "Kievbass radio show" on International Bass Radio SUB.fm. and on Kiss.fm called "One Selekta". DJ and promoter of 10 years experience. Producer hitting with his production from small underground labels to majors like Ministry Of Sound.

Mandarinebeats.Com Exclusive 004: Valta Heavy Bass Mix Vol. 1 by Mandarinebeats.Com on Mixcloud

01. Sueme - Little Fluffy Dice [Dot Com]
02. Baobinga - State Of Ghetto Jackin (TRG rmx) [Trouble & Bass]
03. Roxy vs. El-B - Bad [Chost]
04. Piddy Py - Giggle Riddim [Dress2Sweat]
05. Barbarix - Bass Rocker [Aquatic Lab]
06. Cursor Miner - Hair Of The Dog [Lo]
07. High Rankin - Sitting In The Wet [Sub Slayers]
08. Blackmass Plastics - Pandemic [Rag & Bone]
09. High Rankin feat. Gyto - Bubble & Squeak [Cheeper Thrills]
10. Monkey - Jacket [Rudeez]
11. Hawerchuk - Camel Toe [Planet Mu]
12. Noodles (Groove Chronicles) - Black Puppet [DPR]
13. Mr Virgo feat. Jstar - Hipnotiq 2 [Strickly Bangorz]
14. Valta & Minikin - Bad Sex [CDr]
15. Kanji Kinetic - The Buffalo [Coin Operated]
16. Moves!!! - All Skate [Dress2Sweat]
17. Stagga - Face Gets Splat [Rag & Bone]
18. Schema - Street Scum [Wicky Lindows]
19. Distance - Twilight [Chestplate]
20. Valta & Minikin - Keep Moving [CDr]
21. ID - Flay [Cool & Deadly]
22. Horizons Of Darckness - Impure Thoughts [Urban Graffiti]

By the way, this mix was recorded live from vinyl, like every djset that Valta did, do and will do. Valta belongs for such a rare class of Djs who playing only from vinyl. And this is the first set from Heavy Bass Series destined to different blogs around the web, and I'm happy that first one is for Mandarinebeats.com!

Download Valta Heavy Bass Mix Vol. 1 here.

Links:
-Twitter
-VKontakte
-Kievbass official

Jazzsteppa - Investment Decision Ep

Following the success of the mighty ‘Big Swing Sound’ for Studio Rockers, we are proud to announce the return of the inimitable sounds of Jazzsteppa to the label with the fantastic ‘Investment Decision’.

Born out of a meeting of minds at a Berlin Jazz festival in 2006, the unique Jazzsteppa collective effortlessly and genuinely collide the worlds of live and electronic music, combining the experimentalism and soul of Jazz with the programming and dancefloor aesthetic of dubstep, and in the process inject a breath of fresh air and a new perspective to both. Releases on the revered Hot Flush imprint and their own JazZstePpa label, amongst others, have seen them hone their sound to a fine art, bursting with energy, musicality and low-end weight.


Lead track ‘Investment Decision’ is an explosive call to arms. It enters on a backbone of claps, with hi-hats and melodies rising up through them, building anticipation before stopping dead. A vocal sample and injection of mid-range bass signal the drop, giving way to a hefty half-step beat and thick swathes of schizophrenic lfo’d bass. Swept along by the skittering hi-hat undercurrent, the bass jumps violently as the horns then blast in, filling the track with a bombastic energy.



On the flip, Jazzsteppa take a smoother approach on ‘Sweet Tooth’. Riding in on a fuzzy lead line punctuated by blasts of horns, it drops into an undulating bassline caressed by soulful vocals . As the track progresses, synth lines judder in and out of the mix and flourishes of brass float around the atmosphere, sweeping through the fuzzy core of the track with ease. It also comes with the instrumental of ‘Sweet Tooth’ so that the instrumental can take centre stage.
‘Perspective’ provides an interlude to round things off with a short, sharp blast of squealing horns and a barrage of live drums.‘




Download release at:
-Juno
-iTunes
-Beatport
-Trackitdown

Contacts:
-Jazzsteppa myspace
-Jazzsteppa official website
-Studio Rockers Myspace

Also do not forget to check the interview with Studio Rockers label owner Tony Thorpe for Mandarine_Beats.

Mensah - Brian Badonde Riddim + Datatransmission Podcast 113

Mensah - Datatransmission 113 Podcast

Tracklist:

01. L-VIS 1990 - UNITED GROOVE (GUARACHERO MIX)
02. MENSAH - LONDON GIRLS
03. L- VIS Ft SHADZ - FOREVER YOU
04. ADDISON GROOVE - FOOTCRAB V.I.P.
05. MENSAH & DIE - TRANSCO
06. SMD - CRUEL INTENTIONS (JOKER RMX)
07. MENSAH & SWINDLE - DUTCH POT
08. DR MEAKER - PLAY THE FOOL (MENSAH RMX)
09. SUPERISK - FIND YOUR WAY (MENSAH RMX)
10. BAOBINGA & MENSAH - NSG
11. MENSAH - PULSE 80's
12. MENSAH - 1986 WAS THE FUTURE
13. MENSAH - DIGITAL DREAMER
14. JOKER - BRING IT DOWN
15. MENSAH - UNTITLED FUTURE FUNK
16. MENSAH - STAPLETON ROAD
17. MENSAH - UNTITLED
18. P MONEY & SUKH - SLANG LIKE THIS
19. NOAH D & MENSAH - KASHMIR
20. TERROR DANJAH - AIR BUBBLE (SWINDLE RMX)
21. MENSAH - ACID DUB V.I.P.
22. JOKER - PSYCHEDELIC RUNWAY (MENSAH RMX)
23. BENGA & WALSH vs MENSAH - BISCUIT FACTORY 175bpm MASH UP
24. DISTANCE - NIGHT VISION (tease)
25. TC - HO TAP
26. DIE & INTERFACE Ft WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT - BRIGHT LIGHTS (MENSAH SPECIAL)
27. NETSKY - SECRET AGENT
28. CAMO & KROOKED - TIME IS TICKING AWAY
29. UNKNOWN - BOMBACLAT
30. MATT - U - WATCHIN U

And as a bonus free Mensah track:

-Mensah - Brian Badonde Riddim

Contacts:

-Mensah Myspace
-Mensah Twitter
-Mensah YouTube Channel.

Valta Dubstep mix @ Batiskaf 030 Kiss.Fm Ukraine 07.07.2010

Check VALTA‘s exclusive heavy weight dubstep mix he did for Batiskaf Radio Show @ KISS FM Ukraine.

Download

tracklist:

01. Hellfire Machina vs Odi – Messiah Dub [Filthy Digital]
02. I.D. – Tell Ya [Sub Slayers]
03. Stagga – Face Get Splat [Rag & Bone]
04. Skream – Simple City [Tempa]
05. Subscape – Chomp Stomp [Dub Thiefs]
06. Distance – Clockwork [Tectonic]
07. EL-B – Think UR Greezy (feat. ITA) [Ghost Records]
08. Chimpo – Steppin (feat. Fox) [Contagious]
09. DJ G – Shadow Skanking [Narco Hz]
10. Benga – Rock Music [Tempa
11. MRK1 - Trouble Shoot [Dark Circles]
12. Skream – Kinky [Ringo]
13. Bassnectar – Art Of Revolution [Amorphous Music]
14. Pirate Soundsystem – My Dimension [Coin Operated]
15. Bruce Stallion – Screw You VIP [dubplate]
16. RZA & MF Doom – Think Differently (Feat. Casual) (Hellfire Machina Remix) [Code Of Arms]
17. Sarantis – Meditate [Black Acre Special Branch]
18. RSD – Naked Mariokart [Black Box]
19. Lost – Metalfoot [HENCH]
20. DQ1 – 4 Real [dubplate]

Distance - Train Wreck Mix for RBMA Radio

Distance - Train Wreck Mix for RBMA Radio

This mix is a masterpiece! I'm listening it for two week already and do not bored about him!) Mixing is perfect, tracklist is perfect, atmosphere is perfect! It's the best dubstepmix that i listened for last half a year.

Tracklist:

01. DJ Distance — Beyond
02. Cyrus — The Calling
03. Deleted Scenes — Reasons
04. Commodo — Eastern Bloc
05. Mr Lager Feat Alys Blaze — Tell Me (Distance remix)
06. Cyrus vs Tunnidge — Lights
07. Kryptic Minds feat Alys Blaze — Time Flys
08. Malice — Distance
09. Distance vs Cyrus — Emperors Fury
11. Distance vs Tunnidge
12. Unknown — Stutter
13. Distance — Twilight
14. Distance — Devastator
15. Distance — Ill Kontent
16. Distance — No Warning
17. Tunnidge — 7 Breathes
18. Deleted Scenes — Hysteria
19. Pinch — The Boxer
20. Distance — Clockwork
21. Distance — Reboot
22. Distance vs Benga — Wrong
23. Distance - Menace

And some bonuses:

Distance - Radical
Distance - Victim Support

Distance's Links:

Myspace
Twitter
Blog

Mandarinebeats Interview 006: Mensah

Mensah - fast developing, open minded, good sounded, wide spreading and supported by many people artist from Bristol. His first appearance on Dubstep scene is connected with his "Sahara / Not A Shy Gyal" release on Lo Dubs Label in September of 2009. Since this not full year, he is being nominated as "Best new producer" at Dubstepforum\Junodownload awards, sighed on H.E.N.C.H. label, took part in many, was invited to BBC Radio One Extr1 on MistaJam Show as a guest and also he gave a mount of other guestmixes and interviews for different sites, blogs & radio shows. And here is he on Mandarine_Beats again, and on this time he answered on some of my questions according his music. First was his exclusive guestmix, link on which you can see below.


-What's the weather like today in Bristol?

Sun is blazing and the girls look HOT!!!

- You were nominated for "Best new producer" at Dubstepforum\Junodownload awards, what do feel about this?

It was nice to be recognized but this is not why i make music. There was alot of talent in the category so i guess i felt blessed to be included.

-One of your tracks is called "Stapleton Road" and I know it's the most dangerous street in Bristol. Why did you call it so? Maybe something connects you to this street?

Hahaha, It's not as bad as the press portrayed it to be but it's significance is that it's the main road in my area. As a kid thats where we hung out alot of the time and i felt that the tune reminded me of those times. It doe's have it's dark sides to it but it is one of those places that truly feel like home.

-You will play in Moscow 29|05|10, what do you expect from your visit to Russia? Do you know your Saint-Petersburg date? Maybe you'll perform somewhere else in Russia?

Yeah i can't wait for Moscow...unfortunately my visa starts on the 29th so i can't do the St Petersburg gig :-( But next time it will hopefully be a longer stay with more dates.


-What about your future releases? What, when and where will it be released?

I have a tune called 'Pulse 80's' which is out now as part of the H.E.N.C.H. mixtape project and my EP 'Untitled Future Funk' will be out on H.E.N.C.H. 3rd May 2010 so look out for that one. And 2 more 12" on HENCH before the end of the year.

- I've never heard remixes made by you. Why don’t you make it? What do you think about remixes on your tracks?

I have remixes that i have done coming out now. One is a tune called 'Nightmare' by Badness ft Skepta and Lil Nasty which will be out on No Hats No Hoods on the 12th April 2010. The other is a remix of Baby D's 'Let Me Be Your Fantasy' which has no release date so keep your eyes peeled. (Both of them you can listen in his guestmix at MistaJam show: MB add) There are a few more I have done that will be coming out this year as well. As far as my tracks being remixed I am in the process of picking artists that i would like to let remix my music.

- What style of music do you concern yourself to mostly?
And how did you come to this style? Was it a long way or just on the spot decision?

I don't think I have one sound....it's varied because I like to keep things fresh and it depends on what mood I'm in at the time. I like melody and so i try to incorporate that into my music.

- How do you see future development of dubstep\fusion\grime\garage music scene? And what do you think about so massive interest to dubstep? Does it hurt the movement or develop?

I don't know really to be honest. I think that the music will go in different directions...it kind of has already. As long as people keep doing new things it will stay strong.

Mandarine_Beats Exclusive 001: Mensah by Mandarine_Beats on Mixcloud

And at the end, here are some usefull links for you:

-Mensah Myspace
-Mensah Twitter
-Mensah YouTube Channel.

And as for bonus:

-Mensah Guestmix on MistaJam Show
-Mensah first appearance on my blog, including full biography

Mandarinebeats Interview 005: Rony and Suzy

Today on my blog, Thomas and Nicolas Giets - two brothers from the west of Belgium. Producing their own music for 10 years now, and having their own techoglitchingdubstepelectronica style based on Indie Rock culture, they are perfoming always LIVE. So as for me they are suck kind of oldschool generation of electronic music makers, whithout whom, modern electronic music will be have such a digital and lifeless face. I think such kind of artist, is somewhat foundation of modern electronic music scene, while newcomers (not all, but those who really faithful to their deal) are fast running locomotive of developing.

I try to make this interview a little bit more interesting, because music of Rony & Suzy is very experimental and unusual, and speaks for itself and that's why my role in this interview is very little, and here is only musicians speech.

Please welcome! Rony & Suzy talking about their childhood and involving in electronic dance music, their style and thir music, their "Others Are Us EP" and poster for this release, future plans and many more.



Our passion for music started with the Indie scene: Pixies, Sonic Youth, Nick Cave, Crass, Einstürzende Neubauten, Slint, Nirvana, Codeine and much more…It was really an exciting time! Our parents and our sister listened a lot to music at home. We were always on discovery, recording innumerable tapes and we loved to discuss about all these bands, their attitudes and the incredible sound they made. A little later we discovered the techno/house scene which made the nights even longer and more mysterious. New sounds, new morals, different acting and being!! The mix of the two cultures brought us to enjoy « extremer » forms of electronic music. Artists like Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Otto von Schirach, Animals on Wheels, Unit Moebius, Bisk,... have carried us to other dimensions…

At the very beginning we made music seperately. Thomas distorted his guitar with friends while I played the drums with others. Once in a while we got together to try out new stuff. With our own instruments, an old Casio Keyboard, an old recorder, a microphone… When we discovered the techno music one thing came clear : We had to save money for a Computer and a Synthesizer. That’s how everything began. Bit by bit new machines joined. The instruments and machines have always influenced our music(style) a lot : acoustic instruments, midi, analogue/digital, hardware/software,….

We perform since more or less 10 years and we have never played DJ Sets. We would certainly have fun doing it : We could pack in it all different styles of music and observe how it is received by the audience…But you don’t become that easily DJ and the time we would need to invest in we would loose for our own muic. For us it is more important to research and to puzzle out our own sounds, rythms and emotions.

Every aspect of life influences us and as you have already noticed, we have a bunch of different influences. It’s impossible to count them all. And amongst them we don’t count just music. We are flowed through with influences and we nourish from that. Additionally comes the medium. We wouldn’t get to the same result if we would play with guitars, drums and tomato tins or if we would work together with a rapper on the newest version of a known sequencer software. That goes without saying! Even if nowadays you can copy a lot. As well even if you are able to mix everything or to link one with another. It is simply not the same feeling.

At the moment we are very much dancefloor orientated. We just love to watch the people move on our music. It brings us much joy. And we enjoy a lot to create danceable music, less with the head and more with the heart and emotions. It can also go to many directions. But that’s rather not us deciding about. Right now we feel that we are influenced a lot by reggae and dub and that’s fine like that as long as we enjoy it. If tomorrow we would be more involved with techno or ambient it wouldn’t be a crime either, would it ? But we are lacking of time!! It is actually one of the most important aspects of our creative process.



We are very glad!! incredible glad about our new 12"! Finally we have the possibility to release our own record. It is something conrete, tangible, tactual. Of course, with a little more distance we would have changed a few things on the tracks. But with distance everything is easier…. We are very grateful to Quentin and Christophe from the label « lamadameaveclechien » for this project!

That’s difficult to tell how long we had been working on it. The ideas were there a long time. That’s why the beginning went very fast, as usual. But then comes the setup, the structur and the subtleties and it takes terrible much time until we are satisfied with our work. We do exchange a lot too! Many sounds and rythms are worked on by each of us seperatly till we eventually can say : “ that’s exactly it ! “ . We often put songs aside for some time so that they can mature and we can take some distance. It is quiet crazy how much time and effort we invest in it. We think that some of our friends don’t really understand it.

As mentioned, it was very important for us that our music gets released on something tangible, concrete like vinyl. It was as well supposed to be useful for DJs. Many of them are using software too. Maybe we are already too old, too conservative or oldschool…no idea! On the one hand music in the internet is something really great : since we are surfing in the net we discovered hundreds of musicians. Otherwise we would never have been able to do that so fast. But on the other side it looks like excessive consumption. To how many percent of what we downloaded are we still listening? How many do we remember? What did the artists receive of it?



About poster we can say that it is engravings. They originate from Cheryll’s thesis during her art studies. The topic of her thesis was «personal impressions of Brussels». They are part of a complete collection and we chose them. They apealed to us. It was simply a feeling. They were a perfect match to the music, to the atmosphere and to the title of the record. But they leave as well space for interpretation. That’s what we like most. She made as well an engraving under the influence of our music but we had already made our choice.

We don’t have plans. We just want to continue making music and to have fun doing it. But one thing is certain : We want to have more often live performances and if we have the possibility we want to continue releasing our music. But not an album. Right now we are not interested in it.

We have tried already once to make a track with lyrics in a while and are still trying. We enjoy trying but till now the result was never satisfying. We love the human voice. It brings warmth and humanity in the music style which sometimes seems to be a little cold. Oh I forgot ! We have once made a remix of a song with rap. We hope very much that it will be published one day. We are crazy about it ! The voice found its role in the song but we guess the lyric have lost much of their meaning. We have « abused », well, changed it so much so that it is more used as sound and not anymore as comprehensible language.



OthersAreUs by ronyandsuzy

You can found them on:
-Myspage
-Facebook
-Soundcloud
-Homelabel site

Marseille - Otake Mix

Here is Techno mix from Mako Label's resident - Marseille. Really Techno mix, with deep Drum & Bass and Dubstep ending. Good to be listen at the end of the day for relax.

Marseille - Otake Mix

Tracklist:

01. Blagger – Strange Behavior (DJ Koze aka Swhaimi Remix)
02. Radio Slave – Koma Koma
03. Paul Ritch – Walk The Line
04. Matthias Meyer – Tout Va Bien (Kollektiv Turmstrasse Remix)
05. Marseille – Blackness
06. Ben Klock – Subzero
07. Skinnerbox – Turteltaube
08. Radio Slave – Dedication
09. Kenny Larkin And Shlomi Aber – Sketches (Shlomi Aber Version)
10. Noise Invaders – Time
11. Marseille – Over My Soul
12. Drop Top – Triple Play (Dj Manaia & Klipar Remix)
13. Major Lazer – Pon De Floor (Ex Carter Remix)
14. Computer Juice – Computer Juice (Tai & D.I.M. Remix)
15. Noisia – Split The Atom
16. Marseille – The Underground
17. Audion – Push
18. Congorock & Crookers – Sbombers
19. Marseille – UFO Attack
20. Noisia – Machine Gun
21. The Proxy – Parasite
22. Spor – Kingdom
23. Noisia & Phace – Floating Zero
24. Spor – Kaori
25. dBridge, Instra:mental & Skream – Arcacia Avenue
26. Code 3 – Living Proof
27. Instra:mental & dBridge – Detroid

More Marseille on my blog is here.
Marseille Myspace

Easter Gift from Skream

Clap Your Hands by SKREAMIZM

As for bonus, because i think, that his "Clap your hand" isn't worth to be posted alone, here is his poetic remix on Chromeo!!! So deep and fragile, such kind of tracks need to be listened with your boyfriend or girlfriend, to share together Chromeo's vocals and dance in a rhythm. As Skream noticed by himself "my favourite remix made the last year".

Chromeo-NightByNight-Skreams SexStepRemix by SKREAMIZM

Skream Soundcloud
Skream Myspace
Skream Twitter

Mensah guestmix for BBC Radio 1extra

This shy guy just blow my mind with his guest mix!!!!
Such a massive tunes! Mix includes purple and aggressive dubstep tunes, some exclusives, and i hope he'll send me a tracklist soon!

Mensah guestmix for BBC Radio 1extra

Tracklist:

01.Mensah - Digital Dreamer
02.Gemmy - Back To The Future (tease)
03.Mensah - 1986 Was The Future
04.Mensah vs Jakes - Pulse 80's V.I.P vs Rhythm
05.Major Lazer - Pon De Floor (Skandal Remix)
06.DJ Zinc - Killa Sound (Skream Remix)
07.Mensah - Stapleton Road
08.L-Wiz - Tvångströjjan
09.Mensah - Untitled Future Funk
10.Sukh Knight & P Money - Slang Like This
11.Skream - Filth (tease)
12.Badness - Nightmare (Mensah Remix) (feat. Skepta & Lil Nastie)
13.Rude Kid - Electric
14.Subscape - Midnight
15.Nero - Innocence
16.Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Mensah Remix)
17.MC Jakes - Warface 2010
18.Redlight - Robot Chopsticks
19.Mensah - Acid Dub

VARIOUS ARTISTS - Gas Giants EP

The penultimate release in Domestic's Planet series sees yet another selection of incredible new music, each representing the artists planet of choice. Some, like Hektagon, Mike Lennon and Onken have already established themselves as producers to be reckoned with in their fields, the others are less established but by no means lesser contributors. Previous 'Planets' have been taken on by Atki2, Hindzy D and label owner Rubik. The Gas Giants EP once again sees Domestic's wide ranging choice of styles fully represented, with everything from ambient to dubstep, shoe-gaze to breakcore jostling for space.

Tracklist:

1. Being – Jupiter
2. Hektagon – Saturn
3. Mike Lennon – Jupiter
4. Mink Freud – Uranus
5. Onken – Uranus
6. Pete Rypstra – Neptune

And bonus: Rubik - Untitled track



Domestic would be the vehicle for a new interpretation, one which best represents the 'truth' of today. Over the coming months Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will once again be up for a creative analysis, although this time it will be shared by many, not just one.

Estimated orbit of complete Solar System: Unknown.

As well as The Planets, Domestic will be the home of non-astronomical musics by some of the aforementioned artists and others. There will be no set genres and no set rules. Ever.

This forthcoming ep you can buy after 22\03\2010 at all usual web musicshops, but preorder is avialable now on:
-Amazon
-7Digital
-Boomkat
-Junodownload

Dubstepper.ru Podcast #1 – Znamin

My Bro from Ulyanovsk, begin his own line of podcasts from his Dubstepper.ru.

His first guest is Znamin, man from Ulyanovsk too. Dj'nig since 2006 in native town, he, slowly no straitly climbing up on the mountain of success, and now he has his own works on Dubxtent Recordings. Wish to him a good luck!)

More info HERE!

13.03.2010 DUBSTEPPER.RU PROMO pres.: ATOM BASS @ Арт-кафе "ПИАНИНО" [DUBSTEP\DRUM & BASS\JUNGLE]

УЛЬЯНОВСК ВВВПЕЕЕРРЁЁЁДДД!!!!!


Все подробности тут!

DUBSTEPPER.RU

What the Hell are you, Stenchman?

Stenchman, is one of my favourite artist, he has so fat sound... Best tracks in my opinion are: Sound of The Future, Primetime Swine and What the hell are you!!! This three bangers makes me crazy, most of all - PTS! But, it would not be released in nearest future, i'm so sad about it....

-Lil Wayne - A Milli (Stenchman round the bend remix)
-Outkast - Bombs Over Baghdad (Stenchmans cheeky bums over bod dad refix)
-Stenchman - What The Hell Are You



Stenchman myspace
Buy Stenchman's "Who the hell are you on 12" or in didgital.

Valta & Minikin - Protection (survival)

My friends from Kiev, shared with all the people their free tune!
Enjoy!

Valta & Minikin - protection (survival)  by  kievbass

More information about KievBass on my blog, you can find here.

Kievbass official website,
Kievbass myspace.

Borgore - Nympho! + Ice Cream

Hey Kids, It's Borgor! Do you know what is HARDCORE!



Боргор как всегда на высоте, пару недель назад, сидел в тачке, и ждал деда, делать нечего было, влючил радио, а там играло Рнб... думаю дай заценю.. как никак на дабстеп похоже, и что-то я так увлёкся и мне понравилось, было пара супер качёвый треков, без тупой пидоской читки тип как у, блин, даже не знаю их имён, да не важно.
В общем я пропёрся и подумал о смеси дабстепа, грайма и рнб, и вот, вселенная ответила мне в стиле Боргор!!! Ice Cream и Nympho два сверх грязных трека, две рванины, что я рекомендую каждому, и о боже всё это переводить на английский...
хехе!



Buy Ice Cream Ep\12".

Borgore Myspace
Borgore - Ice Cream
Borgore Official website

Uproot - Amusia

Huuuuuugeee!!!

http://www.myspace.com/uprootmusic
http://www.juno.co.uk/products/Suspect/382720-01/

Mandarinebeats Interview 003: Studio Rockers

Heelloo to all my readers, I'm came back from my looong holidays and have some tasty things for you!!))) At first here is new interview for my blog with owner of "Studio Rockers" label from England. On this label have releases such a good musicmakers as Surje, Decyfer, Hackman, Cotti, Evs, JazZstePpa, The Widdler, Caper, The Moody Boyz, Eskmo, Bionics, Ans and releases from MRK1, Pempi and Rush are coming. Here, Tony Thorpe tells us about his plans for future, and about his label, so let it begin!)
And the second post will be with good mix from Roby Howler, russian Jacking\Fidget\Midget\Tech house fellow, whom has tracks released at "Crux Da House" Label.... Also in plans exclusive mixes from Crispo and The Other Side, both russian musicians, about whom i'll tell you in future.... So, if Dubstep gods will help me, i'll make some more interviews with intresting people! Enjoy!)

-Why did you started to releasing music?.

I’d been thinking about starting a label for a while and then the whole dubstep sound really started coming into it’s own and I thought it’d be a good time to put our sound across before the scene got too diluted.

-How do you choose your artists? What do they need to be released? Do they sent for you mastered and ready to release music, or "green" tracks which need to be mastered or remastered? Was there a situation were an artist send for you very very bad qality track, but with something very fresh and intresting, and you finish it at the studio by yourself?

I spend a lot of time on myspace checking out what’s there because these days there are so many talented young producers out there promoting their own music that wouldn’t necessarily be sending their demos out to labels but a lot of them are making some really heavy sounds. Nearly all demos will be unmastered but we would expect producers to have a certain level of competence with mixing down their own tracks. If we received something that was creatively mind-blowing we might make an exception but that is extremely rare and generally we expect producers to have their mixes up to a certain standard before we would release with them.

-How do your studio looks like? What stuff does it have? Do you have parties there, or only use it for work?

My studio looks quite chaotic at the moment with some new bits of equipment lying around that I'm planning to use in the near future. But there is some organisation amongst the mess! There's lots of different stuff in here but mainly synths and midi keyboards. I never have parties in my studio, it's purely for work.

-At your myspace in "Artist" section there are MRK1, Pempi and Rush but they have not got solo releases on label, when would they released?

That's true, well spotted! These artists had tracks that featured on our recent compilation album 'Studio Rockers @ The Controls'. But we do have plenty of releases lined up for 2010 so you can expect to hear more from these artists this year. The next release we have scheduled on the label is MRK1's single and that should be coming out next month so look out for that one!

-Why there is so much time between Anx's releases? He was the first who have a release on your label, now his release is 11th,
can we expect that 21st release will be his too?)

It's just the way it worked out really. When we started out we had so much material from so many different artists that we didn't get a chance to release a next single from anybody. But now it just felt like the right time to come with a 2nd release from Ans, so who knows maybe his next one will be the 21st release, that could be the pattern!!!

-Have you got any requirments from Russian produccers? Maybe you heard some of Russian music produccers? What do you hear about dubstep movement in Russia?

We haven't actually had too many demos from Russian producers as of yet but we'd welcome any that come our way. Russian producers are definitely making some good stuff right now, especially in drum n bass where hospital records have been pushing some of the russian dnb producers like Subwave and Electrosoul System.

-Does the pirates hurts you? Free music shareing is good or bad in your opinion? How much do you envy from your solds?

Yes, free file sharing of our music definitely hurts us. There's plenty of good music available for free that's legal and the cost of music has come down so much in recent years that there's no need to share & download music that isn't free. People have to respect the value of music and realise that they are only damaging the artists and labels that they love by not paying for it. We are a small independent dubstep label and we rely solely on the revenue from our record sales to stay alive, so when people are downloading or "sharing" our music for free then it really damages our hopes of continuing as a label. Recently our album was available to download for free before it had even been released, and the people uploading our releases and sharing them for free claim to be fans!!

-Are you intrested in dubstep tendences in the world, or your label has it's own music style way?

We are always interested to hear what other labels and artists are up to but try not to follow what others are doing. In the end we try and have our own style and we hope that we can take our label and it's sound in a unique direction.

-Do you have special equivalents for music, or there are no borders for music style of your label? And what music you wont be release in any way?

No not really, we appreciate anything that is creative and original and pushes musical boundaries but we are essentially a dubstep label so whatever we release won't stray too far from that sound. But you may see us deviate from this style in the future if the right music comes our way, but it might have to be something truly original.

-Vinyl, CD or digital releases? What do you prefer? And what prefer your buyers?

We will always prefer vinyl to CD's and MP3's. The music sounds better cut to vinyl than it does in it's digital formats and there will always be something more enjoyable about owning the record than there ever will be about having just another MP3 in your itunes folder! If people bought more records and we could survive that way, we'd happily release vinyl only but these days at lot of dj's have made the switch to digital, I think it's a real shame!

-Your first label compilation is released now, what do you feel? I heard there was a party dedicated to it, how it was? Do you plan to make it regulary, or it will be random releases?

It feels good to have put an album out, we obviously put out quite a few singles first but there are already plans to put out some more albums in the future so watch this space. We did have a couple of launch parties for the album which went really well and hopefully there'll be a few more regular Studio Rockers parties in 2010.

-What are your plans for future?

The plan for the future is just to keep on doing what we're doing really. Hopefully we can build on the success of the album and release some more quality singles and hopefully some more albums too. We'd also like to get some regular parties going for all of the fans of Studio Rockers who want to see the artists out there playing their records. And who knows, maybe a Russian release or even a Studio Rockers party in Russia!!!

-What can tou advice for newcomers in dubstep production?
Can you wish something for your listerners and for readers of this interview?

My advise would be to keep it original, don't try and follow what other producers are doing. Just because they are successful it doesn't mean that you will be. Try and produce your own style and keep your own identity and stick with it, you may not find your style overnight! I wish all of our listeners a massively happy 2010 and hope that you all keep checking what we do!

And here is a little bonus - free track from The Moody Boys!

The Moody Boys - Witness The Day

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Mandarinebeats Interview 002: Hektagon

Hektagon's tracks were the first I had listen in Dubstep, it was a track "Hektagon - Strange voices" and from his tracks and tracks of Kromestar and Cluekid i opened for myself a beautifull world of Dubstep music! And now, since one year and a half, i have an honor to ask some questions to Hektagon. That is great, i think!)



-Let's start from a simple and very popular question in Russia, How are you? What are you doing now? Tell everything, without limits.

I am doing very well thanks. Right now I am working on a few remixes and on a second album.

-Your album is released, what do you feel? How long have you been working on it? What were the difficulties? What did you worry about most of all, or maybe still worrying? Why did you call it “London”? What is the best\the worst track on this album from your point of view? Does your mother like it?

I think is great that I have managed to write a whole album I feel very proud. I have worked on the album for 6 months solid. The pre-mastering of the album was very draining I have worked 17 hours days at Vin100 studio to make it sound right. I have worried on how will the album be received by the listeners. I called it London because I wanted to reflect what this city makes me feel musically. I love every single track on the album; each one of them has a story to tell. She loves it.

-And now let’s start from the beginning of your career. I know you started to make music in Northen Spain, why did you start with Hip-Hop? And who supported you that time? Maybe any of your relatives?

I just loved Hip-hop, it was so cool back then, and I felt I was always learning and hearing fresh things. All my friends but it was just the beginning.

-How did you progress from hip-hop maker into dubstep?

Well I started to experiment more and more with hip-hop using slowed down sounds and samples which were not heard in hip-hop tunes before, and one day I accidentally heard a track by Nookie called the sound of music on tv and it blew me away. Then I started producing D&B for 6 years and met a lot of other musicians along the way, while studying sound engineering and music tech, that open my mind to other sounds. It feel very natural to produce dubstep, however I make many different styles of music I don’t like to restrict my self.

-Is your music style depends from the place where you live in?

Yes definitely.

-You have not so many your own solo releases, and now album is ready, why? Some people are waiting for years to make their own album. Don’t you think it is "green" or you do not want to waste your time, and an album for you only one step for anything bigger and greater?

Well I have had a few releases already and I have been making music for over 12 years so yeah I think I was ready, I have many other unreleased albums I have made through the years. The label though it will make more sense to have an album out instead of a collection of singles, so people can really appreciate my sound.

-What stuff do you use for your production? Have you got a special algorythm for your production? What can you advise for the begginers in dubstep production? What is the first thing they need to know in they work?

My brain and a few plugins. No I don’t have a special method I just go with the flow and try something different every time I write a song. I will say to beginners in Dubstep production listen to what is out there and what people are producing at the moment and do the complete opposite, the scene will only grow by people trying different things out, not by copying each other.

-Collaboration with what people was the most interesting for you? Whit whom do you wan to collaborate in future?

I haven’t though of that yet, I will say I would like to collaborate with people that have got a completely different approach to music making so I can learn more things.

-What is the ideal party for you? Describe it...

The ideal party for me is the one in which each tune the dj plays sounds very different and interesting. Also the best nights are the ones in which when you leave the venue you can still remember some of the tracks and think to your self that was awesome.

-Do you know something about Russia? Maybe you have heard someone from Russian music producers? Would you like to visit Russia for party or an excursion?

Yes I do but I have never been to Russia. I have heard of producers such as DJ Vadim.
Sure, I would love to visit Russia. Actually one of me and Vin100 tracks called Perpetual got released on an ORB compilation Cd called Tundra and Sunflakes which was released on Russian label called Ketama. I might be coming over to Russia to Dj around Feb-March 2010.

-If you can change something in your life, what would it be?

Hmm, that is a difficult question; I will say I would not change anything since you never know what the future might bring.

Thank you and Good luck! =_)

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You can buy his album at Beatport.

Русская версия интервью в группе Вконтакте.