We soldiered the storm clouds last Thursday to see Geeneus, MistaJam and Ms Dynamite fill up Digital with an allsorts crowd of Kangol reppin’ jungle heads and 1st year blonde girls terrified of bass. Now, I gotta say I’m a painfully dedicated Ms Dynamite fan, if the Brownie Guides did a badge for reciting ‘Boo’ I’d have a gold plated one. So I was kinda tense at the prospect of seein Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley stepping back on to the sweaty stage and kicking out a hard party; BUT she ran the tightest show I’ve seen in ages.

A throbbing 40 minute set back 2 backed gleaming new tracks ‘Bad Gyal’ and ‘Lions Den’ with nostalgic explosions from ‘It Takes More’ and ‘Put Him Out’. A rush of UKG fanatical crowd jammed their way forwards, with girls hanging off beams and Dynamite plucking a few men out to lead some So Solid vocals, everything was on fire. There was total control and experience rattling out of that voicebox “I’m not a fucking DJ so don’t bother requesting, just get what you’re given and enjoy it” and it was totally enjoyed, even with a rotten apple VK in my palm and my jacket under every fucking photographers feet. I think at least 60% of the crowd pissed themselves when the chants of “hyperrrr” starting teasing out, and when Dynamite launched into ‘Boo’ it was a multi-heart attack for everyone between those balmy walls. It was like listening to it first time around in Falaraki wearing a camo print Morgan skirt and ugly wooden wedges from Faith; I could almost smell the fish-bowl cocktails and tropical vomit.

Nostalgia to one side, this was a fucking titanic night and when the long-long-long-time awaited album ‘Democracy’ FINALLY arrives I’m gonna gel my hair for a month in ode.

Start flexin that white tracksuit again- Dy-na-mi-tee:

Yeah we’re back again with the installement of Kenya Nights. This smashing Dubstep Party Grime Bassline Uk-Garage Sublow and Bassheavy Music Event will take place on the 19th December @ Ziel Zwinglistr. 22 8004 Zürich.DJ’s: Elusive Bastard, Koolkat, Staga and Blade.  Drop by and have a insightful Music Safari! For more infos and teh Flyer check please: http://bit.ly/7dSj0E

Being the nice boys that we are, we have just sorted your Christmas Eve raving for this year… Fez Club… Cambridge… Princess Nyah… Ill Blu… 10pm onwards. You can thanks us on the night in Corona, Jagerbombs and mince pies. If you have been to any of the previous Signal raves this year then you know what to expect init.

New Radio Signal mix soon come later today so be patient for that but why not watch a couple of Nyah video’s. Shes soooooo lovely. Might try and link her on the 24th… Maybe

Ever spoiling the party, Dave “2562″ Huismans is perpetually rattling peaceful climes with tribal rhythms and buzzsaw-edged breakbeats. After leading a techno/dubstep hybrid charge on his visionary Channel Two 12″, Aerial LP, and more, the Netherlands-born producer hasn’t yet outgrown his affection for minimal Berlin sounds. Huismans treads more melodic, danceable ground on sophomore full-length Unbalance, dazzling with curt drum edits and rather inventive compositions altogether. Read the rest of what I have to say at Blurt, and check out 2562’s FACT Magazine mix here.

Ms. Dynamite

Ms. Dynamite – Bad Gyal

A week of firsts. I have a lengthy essay about Falty DL’s 2009 output in the November issue of the Brooklyn Rail, an 11-year old progressive politics-, arts-, and culture-focused newspaper based in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Grab a massive slice at Anna Maria when you get off at the Bedford Ave. L stop in Williamsburg this weekend, and scoop up an issue of the Brooklyn Rail on your way out the door. If you’ve made a point not to be in the area because you really don’t need to be around for another Yankees parade, check out my piece on NYC producer Falty DL here, and the rest of the issue is available here. Grab Falty’s mix from Sonic Router here.

Basic Element – This Must Be A Dream

Jag måste börja med att erkänna en sak, jag var inte speciellt förtjust i Eurodiscon (även kallad Eurodance) när den började slå igenom på 90-talet. Var mer insnöad på UK Garage/House, Pianohouse och mer Funky House vid den tiden. Men som med allt här i livet så kan man ju alltid ändra sig och numera är jag barnsligt förtjust i den här musiken och Basic Element tillhör mina absoluta favoriter inom genrén.

Det som framförallt gör att jag fastnat för Basic Element är sångerskan Saunet Sparell som hade en framträdande roll i gruppen under de åren hon var med. Hon kan SJUNGA som få här i världen är förunnat, och därtill är hon vacker som en forntida gudinna. Hon har ett sånt tryck i rösten trots sin späda fysik och därtill en makalös kontroll på alla toner hon producerar.

Basic Element – The Ride

Kan ju hålla med om att låtarna musikaliskt är lite enhanda, men när man med åren haft dem som regelbunden musikdiet så inser man att det finns ganska mycket som utmärker respektive låt. Det kan vara en liten detalj kring hur verser och refräng sjungs eller hur grundrytmen är upplagd.

Basic Element – The Fiddle

Den här låten är den som jag hade svårast att ta till mig när den kom. Kan bero på att jag får såna Rednexvibbar av den. Men som alltid så räddar den fantastiska Saunet Sparell hela kalaset genom ett klockren sånginsats.

Basic Element – Shame

Avslutar så den här lilla Basic Element-festivalen med min absoluta favorit bland de låtar som de släppte under sin storhetstid på 90-talet. De som känner mig och vet vilken musik som jag gillar allra bäst är nog inte förvånade över att jag tycker bäst om just den här låten. Den är ju som en enda lång hyllning till den klassiska 70-talsdiscon rent musikaliskt. Nu var iofs Basic Element inte den enda Eurodiscogruppen som flörtade med 70-talsdiscon, men jag får nog säga att den här låten är en av de som lyckats bäst i det racet.

Vill avsluta det här inlägget med att tacka Saunet Sparell för att hon med sin röst inte bara har förtrollat mig utan även lyckades vända min aversion mot en hel musikgenré. Sen får jag också tacka Peter Thelenius och Cesar Zamini som faktiskt var de som 1992 startade gruppen och förutan vilka vi aldrig fått ta del av ett stycke fantastisk svensk musikhistoria.

Tjillevippen

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When we got the tip off for a So Solid re-birth there were visions of Asher D lacing up his Air Max, Ms Dynamite flexing her gunfire vocals and Neutrino bleaching his roots for a strong team reunion. Then we got the video and the hype balloon popped. This is unfortunately, the kind of come-back that stinks of overdrafts and overdue mortgage payments – a need for cash flow and credit.

‘Since you Went Away’ has some high points: Lisa Maffia’s vocals are as sharp and decent as they ever were, Romeo still growls along like a new engine, but the court-side seats and suit\shades combination don’t make us wag our tails the way we hoped – this guy was a uk garage heartTHROB – now he looks like the guy from HSBC that still wears CKOne. Mega puts on a reliable show, some neat rhymes and traditional style, but the groupies and 90’s chorus melody just doesn’t offer enough.

The kind of UKG comebacks we’ve seen recently have been explosive. Ms Dynamite’s ‘Bad Gyal’ is a contender for track of 2009, Maxwell D and his ‘Blackberry Hype’ led rise is a transformation into quality UK Funky and inimitable MC style, We’ve seen Zed Bias sticking a bass heavy luxury seasoning over ‘Neighbourhood’ making something so era-definitive into a contemporary 2009 highlight. MJ Cole has teamed up with some of the UK’s most important DJ’s (L-Vis 1990, Toddla T) and rattled out quality work that pushes his talents in front of a whole new audience. Even Heartless Crew have made a valiant and respectable effort with  ’The Greatest 09′, with nods to bashment popularity.

So Solid – you’ll always have a warm spot in our heart – but like my year 8 history teacher always said :

MUST TRY HARDER.

Ok, this hasn’t been done before to my knowledge. Having a short flashback conversation with my boy Mr Stylus reminiscing the good old days when UK Garage was on top of the music scene. I started out extremely influenced by the UKG scene and attempted (i say that with a pinch of salt) to emulate DJ EZ. His skills and techniques within sets would embarrass any other DJ and the way he could cut up a tune whilst an MC was freestyling over the beat was ridiculous.

I had to upload one of the biggest sets for you all to appreciate how big it was back in the day.
Garage Fever 2003! Shout out to the legends in the game, DJ EZ, MC Viper, B-Live, CKP, Sparks & Kie on this one.

Leave comments if you appreciate the flava raver! This is BAWSE !

Download: GarageFever 2003 (DJ EZ Feat. Viper, B-Live, CKP, Sparks & KIE)

I decided to find a reason to post stuff on this blog a little bit more often, so I’ll drop you some tunes I’m feelin’ when I get the time. Enjoy.

First one is an absolute UK Garage anthem: Wookie – Battle

In het ondoorzichtige woud van Britse muziekstijlen, die op een of andere manier van 2-step zijn afgeleid, is UK Funky de nieuwste mode. Belangrijk in deze stijl zijn de skanks, een soort hippe macarena’s. Hoe dom verplichte dansjes ook zijn, een mix tussen een skank en voorzorgsmaatregelen tegen de varkensgriep is dan weer wel grappig.

Musique urbaine, noire et underground, le Grime est chronologiquement le descendant direct du UK-Garage qui l’a précédé. Il en reprend plusieurs éléments, principalement les rythmiques brisées et les tempos, tout en y intégrant des éléments empruntés au reggae-dancehall et au Hiphop.

Né dans les quartiers de l’Est de Londres au début des années 2000, autour de quelques musiciens locaux, le genre s’est lentement répandu au reste du pays. Là où le UK-Garage était léché, policé, fédérateur, le Grime se veut abrasif, revendicateur, et avant tout « authentique ». revendiquant ses origines dans la rue, il se rapproche du Hiphop américain pour la violence des textes, les allusions sexuelles et les relations difficiles avec les forces de l’ordre locales. Il s’en distingue toutefois par les éléments typiquement britanniques, breakbeats remontant à la Jungle, patois jamaïquain, support des radios pirates, diffusion en mixtapes, etc. Avec son son électronique, minimaliste et volontairement sale, le Grime maintient ses distances par rapport au Hiphop britannique, dont il est parfois considéré comme le pendant sauvage. Il tente toutefois aujourd’hui un rapprochement vers le mainstream, suite au succès de quelques-uns de ses représentants. BD

Quelques suggestions ::

Virus Syndicate ‘Present Contagious Vol.’

Compilation Grime réalisée par Virus Syndicate, des instrus Grime bien inventives et des mc’s en pleine formes qui rappent comme des malades . .

Skepta ‘Greatest Hits’

Premier album du jeune Mc et producteur londonien paru sur le label Boy Better Know, label qu’il a fondé en 2005 avec Wiley!

Dizzee Rascal ‘boy In Da Corner’

1er album de celui qui est sans doute devenu le plus connu et le plus commercial. Très bon exemple de Grime ‘Classic’ avec des sonorités encore bien rap.

Les compilations Rinse sont également intéressantes pour découvrir ce qui se passe sur la radio du même nom….

Il y a toute une série d’album Grime à côté des Nouveautés Rap !

Faites-vous plaisir !

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I don’t have anything remarkable to share with respect to an excuse for not updating The Whisper Council. I’ve been working on a couple of longer review pieces that I’ll link to when they are published, and I suppose that’s what kept me behind over here for the most part. I’ve been absorbing a great deal of solid 2009 releases — in promo form and in purchases from local retailers — it’s almost hard to run down a list of the good stuff that’s been in my headphones and in the living room of late. I’m also thinking that there might need to be a couple of changes around here that would somewhat improve the look of this blog, but I don’t quite know what they should be yet. Anyways, GO PHILLIES, and come on in, fall weather. Right now it’s green tea and the first Adem record, but here’s what I’ve been listening to on the trips back and forth into the city over the past couple of weeks. And thanks for your repeat visits to this site.

Although the Brackles number on the Mary Anne Hobbs comp doesn’t grab me in the manner that the other artists on there do, his Rawkus 12″ on Planet Mu snaps and cracks hard. Rob “Brackles” Kent steers winding, stringy synth lines over punchy breaks for “Air Pie,” which is so incredibly frazzled it’s tough not to jump up on the desk at work and throw everything off it when this comes on. The kick is as prominent as possible on “Air Pie,” while Kent’s gurgling set of analog-sounding organs and glassy 8-bit patterns dance around vocal samples and a playful bassline. I’m now revisiting “LHC” on Wild Angels; maybe I just missed out on its overtly melodic arrangement and driving garage rhytmn because he was in such good company? Get Brackles’ grime-loaded FACT mix here.

I had intended to write a lengthy post on Broadcast’s new collaborative effort that finds them paired with London experimental musician Julian “The Focus Group” House. Instead, I’ll direct you to fetch the October issue of The WIRE magazine; Joseph Stannard’s cover story, which traces this record’s odd and wondrous aesthetic from conception onward, is a superb example of contemporary music journalism (unedited interview transcript here, but go buy the actual magazine). I would definitely reference early psyche/electronic explorers The United States of America and their 1968 self-titled opus in describing Broadcast & The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age, but there is a lot more to say about this new mini-album on Warp and its far-out brew of tape loop collages and acid pop. Recommending this one for long train rides — it’s hardly an easy listen, but I’ve grown fond of it anyway. All this noise and freakish samples, peppered with segments that lend more of a song structure like “Witch Cults”…it’s really jarring.

The world lost another incredibly talented musician by the name of Anthony Williams in September. Having garnered across-the-board critical acclaim for years as turntablist Grand Master Roc Raida, this loss won’t be soon forgotten for anyone who’s had the distinct pleasure of seeing him perform live. I didn’t have the chance to see him on the decks, but I hold in high regard 1997’s X-Pressions, the first-ever turntablist group LP from Raida’s masterful outfit, NYC’s The X-Ecutioners, which were formerly The X-Men. Members Roc Raida, Rob Swift, Mista Sinista, and Total Eclipse are collectively an unbeatable cast on X-Pressions. Their debut is a hard testament to the unheralded critical importance of the DJ in hip hop, but it also stands as a manifesto of the then-fledgling turntablist genre that, on this album, happens to sound like the turntable-as-instrument art was already decades-old. I’m recommending that you check out the cuts that fire through the pugnacious “One Man Band,” which is one of my favorites here. Then, head over to Unkut for a marvelous rundown of forgotten beats that Raida put together in the producer’s chair, and see DJ Step One’s blog for a Raida Hot 97 set circa 1994 (be mindful of the questionable ad content at Mediaupload when opening at work). DJ A-Trak penned a lovely tribute here. My condolences to Roc Raida’s family and friends; he will be sorely missed.

Time and Place:
Doors: 22pm – 5am
Entry: £13 on the door
@ The Arches
51-53 Southwark Street, London Bridge
SE1 1RU

It’s time to put on your dancing shoes. Tonight Chew The Fat! hit The Arches to celebrate their 12th birthday. Yes, 12th! It’s going to be a birthday party to remember, with sets from some of the coolest DJs, who will be playing an eclectic mash-up of underground sounds and getting the party started with the finest Grime, Dubstep, Garage, Electro, UK funky and a whole lot more…

ROOM 1 hosted by Chew the fat!:

Speaker Junk (Herve & Trevor Loveys)
Riva Starr
Doorly (Reclaim The Dancefloor)
Aquasky

ROOM 2 hosted by Urban Nerds:

Marcus Nasty
Spyro (Rinse.FM)
Flirta D
Rattus Rattus

There’s no room for posing here, just jump onto the dancefloor and get on it!

Lookin at the heavy tonnes of tunes Noodles have worked on over the last 13 years is like a research project of my dancing carbon-footprint. Since 1996 when Noodles set up the Groove Chronicles and DPR record labels, he’s been pushing diamond nuggets of UK Garage into our ears.  If I built a royal palace for UKG pioneers, Noodles would be there in some gem encrusted chaise longue with Wookie, MJ Cole and The Dreem Team hanging about, playing pool with fabergé eggs.

Noodz recently produced a pure UKG mix for FACT magazine, featuring a Milk Tray type combination of Zed Bias, Sunship, Archetects , Artful Dodger and acres more.  This mix is the kinda thing you rediscover and never wanna put down, like eggs and soldiers, jager bombs and My So Called Life – nostalgic, exciting and fucking DELICIOUS.

Noodles – September 2009 mix for FACT

1. 4hero – Hold It Down – (Wookie Remix)

2. Zed Bias – All Night Jam (Steve Gurley Remix)

3. Brandy & Monica – Boy is Mine (Architeches Remix)

4. Sugababes – Run for Cover (G Force Remix)

5. Headtop – The Matrix

6. East 17 – Each Time (Sunship Remix)

7. Frankie Paul – Kissing Game (Large Joints Remix)

8. Troublesome – DJ Luck & Shy Cookie Remix

9. After Party

10. Zoom & DBX – Comin Again

11. If Your Girl Knew

12. Confetti

13. G.O.D

14. Dub-a-holics – Just in Case

15. Roots Manuva & MJ Cole – Dreamy Days (Remix)

16. Steve Gurley – Lessons in Love

17. Midnight Caller

18. Ghetto Lovin’

19. Lynden David – Hall (Artful Dodger Remix)

20. Menta – Sounds of Da Future

21. Groove Chronicles – 1999

22. Sunshine Anderson – Heard It All Before

23. Headtop – Madshit

THIS GOES HARD!

Lil’ tropical-raverton-garage-dancehall-funky mix I done did a couple of weeks ago. Bass in your face.

Part 2 was ALOT and fingers crossed if you turn up to this one then Part 3 will be just as good. 07525 350126 is you if you would like to get some advance tickets for the cheapness of £5. We’ll even deliver them to your door, providing your not living in somewhere like Manchester.

New Radio Signal mix soon come so be patient for that.

I suppose that if you don’t like the song you can ogle the ladies in the video, unless of course you are listening to it on the radio;). Then there is no escape:).

This time around, DJ Cable has gone in with a mixture of Dubstep, Grime, Bassline, UK Garage, and some Southern Hip Hop from the likes of Crissy Criss, High Rankin, Rusko, Joker, Emalkay, Ruff Squad, Tempz, Bonecrusher, David Banner and more. The selection is pretty upfront and aggressive (sprinkled with a couple of classic anthems too),banging from start to finish.

01. Intro…
02. Mark Instinct – Invader
03. N-Type & The Others – Technophobe
04. Maniac – Thug
05. The Prodigy – Warrior’s Dance (Benga Remix)
06. JME – Standard
07. Reso – Smash Yer Face In
08. Crissy Criss – Kick, Snare
09. Distance – Night Vision (Skream Remix)
10. Jakes – Rock The Bells
11. Emalkay – Explicit
12. Chase & Status – Saxon
13. Chase & Status – Saxon (OH SNAP! Edit Stylee)
14. The Count & Sinden – Hardcore Girls (Project Bassline Remix)
15. Jammin – Hold On + “Scratch Interlude”
16. Ludacris Feat. Shawnna – What’s Your Fantasy
17. Jakes & Joker – 3Klane
18. Skepta – I Spy
19. Tempa T – Next Hype
20. Rusko – Mr. Muscle
21. D.O.K. – Warning
22. Benga – Buzzin’
23. Kyza – Go (Bar 9 Remix)
24. Foreign Beggars Vs. Rouge A Levres (Feat. Primecuts) – Hit That Gash (Itchy Naaan Re-rub)
25. Vista – Forcefield
26. Bonecrusher Feat. Killer Mike & T.I. – Never Scared
27. Caspa – Marmite
28. Ruff Sqwad – Xtra
29. Skream – Simple City
30. High Rankin – No Money For Guns
31. Joker – Do It
32. Seven – Drop
33. David Banner Feat. Lil Flip – Like A Pimp
34. Chingy – Juice
35. Fused Forces – What’s Going Down
36. Basement Jaxx – Raindrops (Doorly’s Dubstep Remix)

DJ Cable Mash Down vol 3

It’s Friday!

Our favourite track of last year was clearly Kyla and Paleface’s ‘Do you mind’, her latest is just as nice, like bossanova and sangria.  It’s kinda late for a summer anthem but this will definitely see us out until the end of August.

Plus it’s good to see Crazy Cousinz step it up with some variation, one sample gives us flash backs to Aladdin on the Mega Drive which was a way younger summer obsession.

We wouldn’t mind spending the whole night.

Download the Crazy Cousinz album here.

The New Dawn EP
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1. Break The Ice
2. Can U Feel It?
3. Godfather Sage – The Bounce (DJ Nav Remix)
4. New Love Interest
5. Ill Be There For You Remix
6. At Night Remix
7. Just Have To
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This EP represents DJ Nav’s first contribution to the UK garage scene which has now branched out into many new and vibrant sounds. The New Dawn EP harks back to the Sunday scene and to the old-school UK garage sound.

Featuring 7 tracks covered in big synths and deep bass, this one is for people who love the good vibe. Strictly house & garage grooves inside. Check out the following link to listen to the EP, once there, click on ‘download’ to get a free copy. Higher quality mp3 versions of the entire album and select tracks can be downloaded for a small price.

Watch out for future installments of UK garage with 4×4 and 2step mp3’s forthcoming. Please direct questions and comments to 1djnav@gmail.com