Three men, two tracks and four counts of unexpected and unforgiving bass. Dark Sky are a production trio from London that just keep churning out some extremely varied and inspiring tunes. Do yourself a favour and cop the Frames EP and check out Pictures Music, this label is seriously one to watch!
That girl in the car looks well chuffed!
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![Kode 9 - Bubble 'n' Squeak [Mix] (mp3)](http://btglondon.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/kode91-150x150.jpg "Kode 9 - Bubble 'n' Squeak [Mix] (mp3)")
Currently the featured mix on the excellent Percussion Lab website is this latest mix offering from Roughquest. Here’s what Percussion Lab had to say: “His “Beats & Treats” mix revolves around dirty fat beats that have inspired him throughout his career. Mashups galore featuring samples from Cannibal Ox, Souls of Mischief, Jaylib, Company Flow and Beck…”
Above cover artwork is also by Roughquest, photography by Therese Flanagan.
Cinematic Orchestra – Channel 1 Suite [Ninja Tunes]
Flying Lotus – RobertaFlack (feat. Dolly) [Warp Records]
Roughquest – Take It Easy [Dub]
Lynx & Kemo – One Love [Soul:R Recordings]
Altair & Es.tereo – Void [Dub]
Vishnu – Mindtalking [Dub]
A Tribe Called Quest – Youthful Expression [Jive]
onesmallthought – Jealous [Dub]
Yoru – Breath Out… [Rudimentary Records]
Muted – Robin [Manifesto Music]
Roughquest – Lazy Sunday [Rudimentary Records]
Dr Octagon – Blue Flowers [Mo' Wax]
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Download: Roughquest Beats & Treats Mixtape
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Out now on Rudimentary Records is ‘Play’, the hypnotic Sub Bass and Down-Tempo/Dubstep debut from Oxford-based producer Roughquest. A solid 4 track EP and highly recommend purchase. Available from Boomkat and Juno.
Symmetry (ft. Asher Dust)
Dirty Liquid
Alone In The Jungle
Lazy Sunday
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For more Roughquest, checkout his Bare Ingredients mix we posted on the blog in May. You can also check the EP medley on his Soundcloud.
![Au Revoir Simone - Another Likely Story [Neon Indian remix] (mp3)](http://btglondon.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/aurevoirsimone01-150x150.jpg "Au Revoir Simone - Another Likely Story [Neon Indian remix] (mp3)")
Here’s a little exclusive mix recorded for the blog by Oxford-based DJ and We Are Elements co-promoter, Azonica. Around 30 minutes of House, UK Funky and Dubstep.
Egyptrixx – The only way up (Ikonika Remix)
Fuzzy Logic – In the morning
Doomwork – Macacos
Nu Birth – Anytime
Joy Orbison – The shrew would of cushioned the blow
Kode 9 – You don’t wash (Martyn Remix)
Pearson Sound – WAD
Seiji – Elevator
Ramadaman – Glut
Pangaea – Sunset Yellow
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![Dorian Concept - Trilingual Dance Sexperience [Tropical Hands Remix] (mp3)](http://btglondon.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/oliverjohnson-150x150.jpg "Dorian Concept - Trilingual Dance Sexperience [Tropical Hands Remix] (mp3)")
Notts based DJ/production duo Brackles and Shortstuff initiate Pollen Records with a raw dubstep/garage joint backed with a Geiomix. Hmmm Nice!
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This track epitomizes what I like about dance music: warm sub-bass and tough drums. Not loads of horrible mid-range synths; but enough to add character to the music. Happy World Cup – in the words of Terry Venables: “please let my dream come true”.
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A compilation of tracks thrown together by Oxford’s Roughquest for Rudimentary Records. Rudimentary Records second EP and Roughquest’s first is dropping soon. Watch this space.
Boards Of Canada – Amo Bishop Roden [Warp Records]
Four Tet – Hands [Domino Records]
Flying Lotus – Testament Testament (feat Gonja Sufi) [Warp Records]
Polizei – Turn The Lights Down [Dub]
Trentemoller – Evil Dub [Poker Flat Recordings]
Ed Rush & Optical – Lithosphere [Virus Recordings]
Viktor Vaughn – Raedawn [Sound-Ink Records]
Boards Of Canada – Sixtyten [Warp Records]
Blu Mar Ten – She Moves Through (ASC Remix) [Free]
SKV18 – Trampolin Queen [Dub]
Leftfield – 21st Century Poem [Hard Hands Records]
Also features samples from Cannibal Ox’s A B-Boys Alpha, Gang Starr’s 24-7/365, Madvillain’s Great Day (Four Tet Remix), Burial’s Endorphin and Disney’s Blackhole Storybook with a dash of Zorba The Greek!
Such a great mix that I had to give it some cover art.
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Download: Roughquest Bare Ingredients Mix
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Nice mix from Jamie xx of The xx for Parisian fashion boutique Colette. Photography by Ibán Ramón, unrelated to mix.
Electrelane – I Only Always Think
The Streets – Streets Score
The XX – Crystalised (Dark Sky remix)
Silentone – Beat For
Rossi B & Luca – Jah No Dead
Clubroot – Lucid Dream
Darkstar – Aidy’s Girl Is A Computer
Burial – Unite
Fantastic Mr Fox & Rich Reason – Lo-Fi-Ve
Joy Orbison – Hyph Mngo
Skream – Trapped In A Dark Bubble
Silentone – Dub Plate 1
Aardvarck – One1
James Blake – Sparing The Horses
Boogaloo Crew – Hedgehog Sound
Zomby – Expert Tuition
Deadboy – Heartbreaker
Bad Autopsy – Psionic Terror
Cooly G – Narst
Zed Bias – To The Left (Test)
MJ Cole feat Serocee – AO (MJ’s Open Your Gob Dubb)
DJ Champion – Motherboard
Bertrand Dupart – Ketokole (Boddhi Satva Ancestrial mix)
Fantastic Mr Fox – Plimsoul
Emvee – Glitch Dub
Dorian Concept – Trilingual Dance Sexperience
The XX – Islands (Jamie XX remix)
Silentone – You’ve Got No Love (feat. Nigh)
Egypt – In The Morning (Original Club mix
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Download: Jamie xx Colette Mix
![LCD Soundsystem - 45:33 [Pilooski Remix] (mp3)](http://btglondon.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/triangle_roof-150x150.jpg "LCD Soundsystem - 45:33 [Pilooski Remix] (mp3)")
![J DIlla - Make Em NV [The Roots Remix] (mp3)](http://btglondon.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Cristo-Redentor-4-150x150.jpg "J DIlla - Make Em NV [The Roots Remix] (mp3)")
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![Grooveman Spot - Affection [feat. Ahu] (mp3)](http://btglondon.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/StickHumourG1-150x150.jpg "Grooveman Spot - Affection [feat. Ahu] (mp3)")
Oscillations are free digital compilations brought to you by Jus Like Music and Apple Juice Break focusing on, but not exclusively too the genres of hip-hop, electronica, neo-soul and dubstep.
Broken Haze – Block
Om Unit – Neptune
Chairman Kato – No Coincidence
Vital – Gaffer Tape
T.Hemingway – Dirty
le N?KO – Crushed Universes
Decepticon Bootleg Machine – Orbit162
Lunice – Perpetual Leisure
Invisible Inc – Paradise
Paper Tiger – Good Feelings feat. Sabira Jade
Ocuban – Favela feat. Kit
Cohoba – Caltri
Dza – Shifty
East Winston Lake – Indigo’s Wah Wah (prod. Akello Light)
Grillo – Fronting The Weekend
Bluntspeakers – 1000 Miles
Sampology – Mamaye
Dipak Chand – Nurse, Hello
BUG – Indica
Jesse Futerman – I Love You So
XLII – Roll Upon You Like XLII
Slugabed – Power Of The Mind
Alex B – Murked
Greymatter – Too Much
Elroy 4.0 – Nemo’s New Shimmery Coat
00Genesis – Dew
Constrobuz – Listen Close
Mr Beatnick – Plastic Memory
ANGO – Hep, Hep
Suzi Analogue + Stalley – Gate 28 (Analogue Radiowave Edit)
Kidkanevil – Zo0o0o0p!!! feat. Oddisee
Flick Brown – It Be Called N.C. feat. Akello Light
Cazeaux O.S.L.O. – Negro-Orgen
Piff Herrera – Windpipe
Debilorithmicos – Devil’s Hand feat. Racecar & Sarah G
8Bitch – In The Moog For Love
Ghost – CIA
Stevo – untitled971
Inko – Komet Kameratene
Beatcasso – Untitled 48590
S.maharba – M/L/M/H
You can find both compilations on the Just Like Music Records site.
This has been out for a while but it is pretty awesome. The only Dubstep track I know that changes key, twice!
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Artwork by Sougwen Chung
Some nice niche stuff from an emerging subgenre of the Dubstep/House scene – ‘Lovestep’. Featuring all your favourites, the mix was put together by Percussion Lab founder Praveen. As well as putting together this mix, Praveen has hooked up with Machinedrum and artist Sougwen Chung to form the SepalCure Lovestep music and arts project.
Pangaea – Memories
Burial – You Hurt Me
TRG – Broken Heart (Martyn Remix)
Untold – Dante
DFRNT – Tripped (Synkro Mix)
Synkro – Inhale
Sines – Memories Are Here
DFRNT – Tripped (Ital Tek Remix)
FaltyDL – Party
Joy Orbison – J. Doe
Sepalcure – Deep City Insects
Floating Points – K&G Beat
Download/Stream: Praveen – Lovestep Mix
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Pearson Sound (Ramadanman) is one of David Kennedy’s latest projects, again taking the dubstep sound to new realms of dope. Get your laughing gear round the below techy goodness.
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What a don!! This guy is my new Joy Orbison / Martyn /
Floating Points all mixed together. Catch him at Fabric this Friday.
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![Jamie XX - Colette [mix] (mp3)](http://btglondon.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/02_iban_ramon-150x150.jpg "Jamie XX - Colette [mix] (mp3)")
Like so many other leftfield dubstep producers, Spatial is really testing the boundaries of the genre. He seems to enjoy incorporating his own variation of the nostalgic Chicago house synth sound. This sound has also been somewhat adopted by Untold, another upcoming producer in the same vain as Spatial. Check out the below tracks and let me know what you think. The only downside to Spatial, as trivial as it may seem, is his incessant tenancy to name all his tracks 5 digit numbers. Maybe this gives off more of a digital / techy vibe but its fucking hard to differentiate between each track. Not practical…sort it out Spatial!!
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