Anybody who runs a fairly successful blog will understand the avalanche of emails and promos that get sent to said blog every single day. It's a nightmare to keep on top of everything, especially when you have a terrible internet connection at one yard and no internet connection whatsoever at your other yard (as in my case). Coupled with a dodgy laptop screen and the supposed downfall of blogging in general, in favour of micro-blogging sites such as Tumblr or people just going straight to the source of music through fan pages and Twitter, sometimes it's hard to see if blogs are still relevant.
To make up for lost time, I intend to go through all 1000+ unread emails and post up the diamonds from the chaff. Trust me, there's a lot of chaff. This is going to be like the blogging version of writing The Illiad. So, in no particular order:
His "Working With" refix has to be one of the greatest tracks to come out in a long time. I play this song out on the reg, including shirt & shoes bars and student commercial nights. It's bloody massive! Pearson Sound flexes his musical knowledge like a 'roided Jodie Marsh with this impressive mix. Put this on and drop some acid like you're surfing a shark through time and space.
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WERK - THE LIVING GRAHAM BOND
Solid Bmore banger with added trumpets. The original is the only one worth bothering about, although 'Warehouse Bird' is pretty nifty.
SWEET TALK EP - SEAN & DEV
Pleasantly surprised by these guys. Some very listenable house here, they've got that 90s Daft Punk-esque compressed snare & hat sound on lock.
OWLS - BOTNEK
Cool little track from Botnek, Annie Mac agrees too. Great drop. Check out the rest of his Soundcloud page, some finds in there.
HEY LOW (Sonkin Remix) - DEV79 & THRILLS
"Purple Future Bass" just about sums this up. When Dubstep dies down in the US and/or becomes algamated with Hip Hop, shit like this will be on the Top 40 in 5 years, with Drake & Lil Wayne crooning over it. It's already happening if you listen out. Check out the rest of the Secluslasis stuff, it's pretty cool.
RED ALERT (HEAVYFEET vs NICK THAYER BOOTLEG) - GROOVE ARMADA
Nifty rework. Getting love from a variety of big DJs, A-Skillz, DJ Craze, Rob Da Bank et al. Free download here.
GET LOW - GEENEUS ft. MS DYNAMITE
Free download! This track gets hammered by the likes of Redlight on the reg. Good title too.
GET 2 KNOW ft. SLIX - DEV79
Futuristic Grime track.
We're only allowed to share the radio edit, so here it is!
We're only allowed to share the radio edit, so here it is!
COUNTDOWN (TOP BILLIN PARTY EDIT) - BEYONCE x JACK BEATS
Now let's be honest, the Hervé remix is the boss dog of all remixes of Countdown. And I found the original Jack Beats a tad lacking. Top Billin seemed to agree, as they've given it a once over and with a bit of spit and polish updated Jack Beats' original with a shot of "good". Adjectives aren't my forté. Free download!
SUSTAINED LOUD SOUNDS - DJ ZINC
A promo tune to push Zinc's new Crack House EP. Which is fab by the way, 'Juicy Fruit' is amazing!
Phew! So these are my picks from sifting through 200 emails today. I'll try to get another few mega posts in for Christmas, but it all depends on the internet connection.
If you want to send us a tune, please please, for the love of God please, send us the Soundcloud link of your beautiful creation. It's a pain in the arse having to download your stuff to listen. Soundcloud mane!
