It's the only version anybody's playing out it seems. It's one of our favourite tracks of the year.
2010's been a tipping point for D Double, with Street Fighter Riddim making his name known on the overground too. We're hoping 2011 is an even bigger year for D Double. Dizzee Rascal, how about helping your boy up with a collaboration or summat? C'mon, Dirtee Stank - fix up!
Here's a preview of the Swamp 81 release after that courtesy of Addison Groove. I'm not allowed to say my sources, but I've heard Burial is even jumping on the Swamp 81 ship. Let's see what 2011 brings...
This remix is so over the top it's like a musical version of "Dad's Home" & "Dad's at Work". I'm losing my shit to it. It's like getting the star on Super Mario and going out and happy slapping people (in a nice, non-traumatising, non-consequential, god-mode way).
"MERRY XMAS! To celebrate a great year I've decided to share a selection of 20 Zed Bias and Phuturistix remixes, rare bootlegs and instrumentals from between 1998 and 2000. About 6 years ago I had lost a box of DAT tapes and randomly found them again this year... these DATs contain all my early recordings and here I've selected some cuts that are unavailable digitally anywhere and I've had them remastered so they are ready for bangin, in the car, in the club or on your ipod... Enjoy!" - Zed Bias
Oneman killed it last Friday with a number of Phuturistix bootlegs, don't pass this up!
It's that time of the year. Alongside Jimmy Carr's bloated face lurking about on Channel 4 every night counting down the UK's top 100 daytime agony aunts, Get Low Blog is gearing up for a glut of top 10 videos, breakthrough artists, festivals and fruity loop snare samples. Because lets be honest, it's bloody easy.
Apologies for the long list of youtube beds but it's the easiest way for readers to hear our selection of the most exciting tracks of 2010.
GET LOW BLOG'S TOP 10 TRACKS OF 2010
2010 has been a stirling year for Get Low. Alongside festival appearances and established growth into new cities and venues, 2010 has seen us re-consider our approach to electronic music and where we believe the scene is heading. 2009 was the year that Dubstep blew up. Skream sold 400,000 records, Dub Police became a staple monthly event at Fabric, TV commercials and beds were awash with grumbling basslines and it became de rigeur for there to be a dubstep remix on every chart single release, through Katy Perry to The Chelsea Pensioners (probably). It is inevitable that this explosion of interest would create an interesting vortex within a scene that had previously been fiercely insular and independant, funded and supported by its own keen gaggle of supporters, much like D&B was in the mid 90's.
Skream, Benga, Rusko and a handful of others rightly reached for the stars, taking advantage of their natural charisma and pop hooks to penetrate the global conciousness. Major labels invested in Dubstep in a big way, from Magnetic Man through to the True Tiger outfit. Many of Dubstep's original innovators hastily took a step back from the monster they had helped to create. Mala halted his once regular slew of releases, giving us only the admittedly brilliant Return To Space LP in 2010. Loefah moved away from his sour, halfstep style to explore an entirely new scope of sound, mixing 80's inspired 808 rhythmic patterns with grimey, uneasy melodies that sounded like nothing before. His label Swamp 81 shot ahead of the pack to swiftly become the label that embodied this new sound that was once, and possibly still is, Dubstep. Recruiting Headhunter in his new guise as Addison Groove was a genius stroke, aswell as securing Ramadanman's startling new body of work.
The rise of funky and house has seen a new space open up between 130 and 140 bpm, exploited most efficiently by Redlight, formerly DJ Clipz. It is this angle, lazily labelled "future garage" by many, that has seen some of the most innovative and exciting music in 2010, and it is this sound that looks set to be the hip noise of 2011. If Redlight, Jamie XX, James Blake, Dark Sky and the Night Slugs crew continue generating the quality we have seen from them so far then there will be surely be much to look forward to.
Below is our pick of the tunes that have shaped our year.
10. REDLIGHT - STUPID (DIGITAL SOUNDBOY)
This could have been the equally great vocal version featuring the fearsome Roses Gabor, but the original instramental is just simply HARD. 'Stupid' consistently moves dancefloors and is large enough to blast out in 6,000 capacity festival tents, as Skream did at Bestival to devastating effect.
9. ADDISON GROOVE - FOOTCRAB (SWAMP 81)
Both incredibly sparse and delightfully rich, Footcrab ushered in 2010's progressive sound at the same time as marking Swamp 81 as a label with serious intentions to push the letter. Genius.
8. BREACH - FATHERLESS (PTN)
A moody, angst ridden stomper from Ben Westbeach cloaked as the mysterious Breach, 'Fatherless' takes it time to drop but is definitely worth the wait. Like Redlight's 'Stupid', 'Fatherless' explores the murky waters between Dubstep and Tribal House to devastating effect.
7. RAMADANMAN - GLUT (SWAMP 81)
Yet more bassy magic from Swamp 81, with Ramadanman re-inventing himself as a trailblazing producer with a style bang on trend. No idea why this didn't appear on his own Hessle Audio imprint however, I certainly wouldn't have given this banger over to another label.
6. SKREAM - FIELDS OF EMOTION (TEMPA)
The choice cut off the mixed bag that was "Outside The Box", 'Fields of Emotion' is a joyously melodic stomper with references to Silkie's lightness of touch. Superb track.
5. ZINC FEAT MS DYNAMITE - WILE OUT (RINSE)
Nothing new here, but Zinc's low end bassline has proven it has the power to just simply make people move. A cross demographic smash that became huge across House, Funky, Dubstep and Pop, 'Wile Out' was also responsible for re-introducing Ms Dynamite into a scene that was crying out for strong, powerful women figures. We had Ms Dynamite at several Get Low parties throughout 2010 and consistently witnessed her awesome stage presence and popularity amongst girls bored of sweaty Dubstep raves full of gurning lads. Gamechanging stuff.
4. KATY B - KATY ON A MISSION (RINSE)
Alas, another boring choice. However, the importance of this chart destroying Summer anthem cannot be underestimated. Played across the board in the UK and America, 'Katy On A Mission' combined Benga's rolling, muscular dancefloor nous with Katy B's sultry, evocative vocal skills. It is a track that contains all the best elements of Dubstep and Pop music in a way that Magnetic Man's limp "I Need Air" never was and has turned a whole generation of teenagers onto well made Bass music. An unbelievably crucial song.
3. MAN LIKE ME - LONDON TOWN (OURTIME)
A curveball here, but this brilliant ode to London is too good to miss out. Man Like Me have been on the grind for years, never saturating their unique take on pop music, whilst their live shows are consistently magical. A band to be treasured, as their hilarious turn in the recent IKEA advert shows.
2. JAMES BLAKE - CMYK (HOTFLUSH)
As time will no doubt tell, 2011 will be the year that James Blake establishes himself as the credible bridge between Dubstep and chart music. His superb cover of 'Limit to your Love' may have put him on the map as a man that could sing as well as produce, but CMYK was the real showcase of his abilities. Slicing Kelis' RnB gem 'Out There' with Destiny's Child, CMYK is a fragile, weird piece of music that gradually builds into a heartstoppingly beautiful crescendo.*
1. GIRL UNIT - WUT (NIGHTSLUGS)
'WUT' is arguably a boring choice for the Get Low Blog Tune Of The Year, as many other blogs have done the exact same thing. However, Girl Unit has created a track that combines several strokes of genius at once. As-well as introducing us to an exciting new artist on the incediary label 'Night Slugs', 'WUT' gave us a glimpse of where UK Bass music was heading at the same time as reminding us why we fell in love with Dubstep in the first place. In a year where Joker has failed to develop his own take on the sound after a string of awesome tunes in 2009, Girl Unit has filled the void with a synth drenched monster.
*CMYK was the closing song for our set at Outlook Festival.
Been rattling this track in our DJ sets for the last few months, and after working a lot with Jammer on his live tours and club appearances I really hope this track gives him the mainstream acclaim it deserves. Jammer has very much been on it for a minute, and his tireless work ethic sets an example for all young MC's in the game about how to really grind. If 1xtra dont get behind this track then they're fucking stupid.
Produced by Toddla T, "Back to the 90's" references 90's culture with a kind of moist eyed reverance, dispatched through the Merkleman's signature delivery. Get the champagne out!
After the BONFYAAH night madness featuring The Heatwave and Quest, and surprise sets from Chefal and Silkie, GET LOW is back at Brixton's world famous Dogstar for a very special Christmas Carnival. With a date as close to baby Jesus' birthday as possible, we have a suitably festive blend of sound of London's biggest DJs and future superstars in the making. Come shake a leg and pull a cracker.
GARAGE // HIP HOP // FUNKY // DUBSTEP //ELECTRO // TROPICAL // D&B // UK BASS
ONEMAN
Rinse FM // 502 Recordings // Standard Place
We're delighted to welcome back ONEMAN as our carnival headliner. After a great year that has seen Oneman establish his show on Rinse FM, set up his own 502 Recordings label and become the headline DJ of the burgeoning "future garage" scene, Oneman can currently do no wrong. His unique blend of Garage, House, off beat Dubstep and the occasional curve-ball creates a different kind of vibe on the dancefloor. Once you see Oneman play, it instantly becomes the best set you've ever seen. Don't just take it from us, Oneman is Pitchfork's 2010 DJ of the Year. Real Talk.
Singer, DJ, and all things inbetween, Yasmin has established herself as one of the most exciting acts in the music industry and is set for a HUGE 2011. From featuring onDevlin's smash single "Runaway" and regularly becoming jam-hot on Mistajam's radio show, Yasmin will be making a highly exclusive appearance at GET LOW spinning her trademark blend of Hip Hop, RnB, and party tunes which she has showcased over the last year at her highly popular clubnight Bad Intentions. Check out her new forthcoming single produced by Shy FX. Big tings a-gwan.
We have been trying to get Smutlee on a GET LOW lineup for a long time, as his incendiary mish mash of Funky, Bashment and Grime is right up our street. Regularly killing dancefloors at some of the best nights in London, Smutlee is essentially shorthand for incredible party vibes, guaranteeing all the gyaldem on the floor.
Buds has developed a reputation as one of the quickest D&B DJ's around. Through epic song selection and classic old jungle, make sure you stick around for the last hour to catch Buds bringing in Christmas Eve in style.
BEATS IN ABUNDANCE
Old school cohorts of GET LOW, superb party outfit BIA will be providing a fabulous fanfare of disco, pop and the fruiter forms of electronic music. If you heaven't heard of BIA then shame on you, come and be educated in music - if you're not converted, you have no soul.
A Vagabondz favourite, D-Rail never ceases to surprise. With an ability to read and react to crowds backed up by a fiendish record collection, D-Rail hits the nail on the head with spot-on precision that gets a room moving.
MADBOY ZIMBA
(The Brothers Grime)
Madboy Zimba cannot be categorised. Breaking the mould for traditional turntablism this tropical troublemaker tears up the dancefloor wherever he goes; with regular bookings all over London this is someone you are bound to see a lot more of.
Firing tunes like predator drones, the GET LOW residents are infamous for making hands involuntarily gunfinger above one's head. They've dj'd alongside a who's who of the biggest names in underground music, regularly headlined the legendary 1000+ event the Garden Rave and currently headline the biggest resident only electronic night in East Anglia, The Mansion Rave. Making a splash in the London scene, they top up earholes, rumble chestplates, wobble knees and bring bassline to your nostril. We make dancefloors dangerous.
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