Top Of The Pops 2009

Since many are posting their collection of top tracks from 2009, I thought I would do the same. It has been my debut year of Dj-ing, and I have never loved music more than I do right now. Many thanks to Giles "Beezer Holmes" Walker and to Scott "Let It Bleed Aberdeen" Forest for all of their help and support. Also thanks to Club Snafu, Korova and Origin for giving me many opportunities and chances to play.

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Top Tracks of 2009

1. Major Lazer : "Pon De Floor"

2. Joy Orbison : "Hyph Mngo"

3. Gucci Vump : Sha! Shtil! (L-Vis 1990 Remix)"

4. Sidney Samson : "Riverside"

5. Noob & Brodinski : "Peanuts Club"

6. Duck Sauce : "anYway"

7. Diplo & Laidback Luke : "Hey"

8. La Roux : "In For The Kill (Foamo's Skream Remix Bootleg)"

9. Erol Alkan & Boys Noize : "Death Suite"

10. Dizzee Rascal ft Armand Van Helden : "Bonkers"

11. Sebastian Tellier : "Kilometer (Aeroplane 'Italo 84' Remix)"

12. Jesse Rose : "Touch My Horn"

13. Mowgli : "London To Paris"

14. Boris Dlugosch : "Bangkok (Rusko Remix)"

15. Little Boots : "Stuck On Repeat (Fake Blood Remix)"

16. Tiga : "Shoes"

17. Yeah Yeah Yeahs : "Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)"

18. Riva Starr ft Noze : "I Was Drunk/Black Cat White Cat"

19. Siriusmo : "High Together"

20. D.I.M. & TAI : "Lyposuct (Noob Remix)"

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This is in no particular order, and is not my completed list, since there have been so many amazing tracks this year. Acts to look forward to in 2010? I reckon you should keep an eye on . . . HOT CITY . . . CHAOS DANS LE CBD . . . DOUSTER . . . LORCAN MAK . . . RIVA STARR . . . SOLO . . . HARVARD BASS . . . RENAISSANCE MAN . . . and many more.

Hello 2010?

MK x

Elevator Music

Fabric have a brand new compilation out next month "Elevator Music", Volume 1 of a series of compilations focusing on the up and coming talents of the bass genre with exclusive tracks from Untold, Hot City, Juilo Basmore, Mosca, Shortstuff and more brilliant acts we should all be keeping a close watch on for the upcoming new year. Check out the promo video and full track listing below.

fabric presents Elevator Music: Vol. 1 from Fabric London on Vimeo.

Elevator Music Volume. 1 :

01. Hot City - 'If That's How I Feel'

02. xxxy - 'Sing With Us'

03. Doc Daneeka - 'Drums In The Deep'

04. Hackman - 'Pistol. In Your Pocket'

05. Julio Bashmore - 'The Moth'

06. Untold - 'Bad Girls'

07. Octa push - 'Doctor Bayard'

08. Shortstuff - 'Behave'

09. Skinnz - 'Ukraine'

10. Mosca - 'Gold Bricks, I See You'

11. Martyn - 'Friedrichstrasse'

12. Vista - 'Elixir'

13. Caspa & Rusko - 'One Of The Same'

14. Om Unit - 'Encoded'

15. Starkey - 'Black Monolith'

16. Shortstuff & Brackles - 'Melvin Blue' (Digital Bonus Track)

17. Hackman - 'Pistol. In Your Pocket' (Hypno Remix) (Digital Bonus Track)

MK x

Take Your Brain Higher

Our buddies and previous Hush Hush guests Pirate Soundsystem have a few new Eps out, one on Coin Operated Records and one on the Cutlass Supreme owned (and other previous Hush Hush guest) Wide Recordings.


So here's a cheeky sampler of one of the tracks from the Coin Operated Ep and couple of remixes.

Also check out a new interview with them here and our last interview with them back in early 2008 here.


Pirate Soundsystem - My Dimension

Freestylers - Ruffneck (Pirate Soundsystem Remix)

Double 99 - RIP Groove (Pirate Soundsystem Remix)

Peas.

Sock Footed Rave

Dj Critic, Mc Jonny Biscuits (pictured) and myself did a wee radio show which you can get over here.

Direct Link (Right Click, Save As)

Dance Me

Riva Starr's new single, featured on his upcoming album "If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade", is out for release on the 11th January 2010 - "Dance Me" is a great track and a great video!

Remember, Riva Starr is hitting up Club Snafu in 2010! Don't miss this.

MK x

SWITCH - the real thing

Sure, sure, we at Electrique Boutique HQ have the monthly night "switch" on a Wednesday, but this is not to be confused with that. This is Let It Bleed presenting THE man himself - SWITCH

He is one the biggest, ground breaking writers, producers and remixers of music around. He has produced and worked with the likes of M.I.A. and her massive hit 'Paper Planes', Amanda Blank, Santigold and Simian Mobile Disco. He is also one half of the awesome Major Lazer, the biggest act of 2009 with their amazing single 'Pon De Floor'. He has remixed for the likes of The Chemical Brothers, Bassment Jaxx, Florence and the Machine, Bjork, P Diddy, Armand Van Helden, Kelis and Spank Rock.

This will round off the year for LET IT BLEED ABERDEEN who have hosted some amazing acts for us this year, including Aeroplane, The Bloody Beetroots, Pat Mahoney, Carl Craig, Dj Mehdi, Brodinski and Steve Aoki.

Support from Djamba (Everything Else Suck, Hush Hush)

Visuals from M.O.C. (Do It!)

Get your Advance Tickets HERE or pick up from Athenauem or One Up

MK x

Bare Jokes Man

Mix i did to promo a night i have upcoming.

Feeling Purple Mix

Tracklist

Cooly G - Love Dub
Todd Edwards - Counting
The Count & Sinden - 1234 (Hot City Remix)
Toddla T & Herve - Shake It (Doneao Remix)
Deadboy - U Cheated
Emvee - Groove
Geeneus ft Katy B - Good Life Refix
Zomby - Digital Fauna
Dj C ft Ms Thing - Jump Up & Bounce
Ramadanman - Revenue (Untold Remix)
Gel Abril - Spells Of Yoruba (Tactic Remix)
The Widdler - Sensi Samurai (Original Mix)
Gemmy - Shanti Riddim
Big Boi & The Purple Ribbon Allstars - Kryptonite
Jakes and Joker - 3K Lane
Guido - Orchestral Lab
Freeland - Do You (Joker remix)
Darkstar - Need You
Hudson Mohawke - FUSE
Silkie - Purple Love
Rustie - Response
Dorian Concept - Trilingual Dance Sexperience
Skream - Swarm
Naphta - Soundclash (Grievous Angel VIP)
Untold - Stop What You're Doing (James Blake Remix)
Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo
Raffertie - Antisocial (B. Rich Remix)
Little Boots - Remedy (Rusko's Big Trainers Remix)
Sean Paul - So Fine (Joker Remix)
Taz Buckfaster - Wetter Is Better
Bobby Caldwell - What You Won't Do For Love (DZ Remix)
313 Bass Mechanics - Pass Out (Acapella)
Gemmy - Rainbow Road

Wile Out

Stumbled across this banging track by Dj Zinc ft. Ms Dynamite, on a Jack Beats mix - due for release in January, and already being played out by the usual Radio 1 crowd, I felt I had to share it. . . wow . . .

☆ BLAU! ☆

This track has been hitting up the clubs and festivals for the last few months. The collaboration between Laidback Luke and Lee Mortimer have produced a heavy bass track, with a hint of trance and a massive fidget drop. The EP is out now (available on Beatport HERE) on Fool's Gold Records and includes remixes by Doorly, Noob, Nacho Lovers and LA Riots = WOAH.

Laidback Luke & Lee Mortimer : "Blau" (Original Mix)

Laidback Luke & Lee Mortimer : "Blau" (Noob Remix)

And a bit of Dubstep for Beezer. . .

Laidback Luke & Lee Mortimer : "Blau" (Doorly Dubstep Remix)

MK x

Zomby (His Flesh Is Undead) [Again]

A few years back now we had a failed attempt at interviewing Zomby, the awesomely talented, poster boy for the hardcore continuum. It fell through, but he did gift us with this minimix, which i have decided is good enough for a repoast.

Zomby Minimix

Enjoy!

Riva Starr : Drunk House

Every once in a while a new producer just smashes their way through into the bigtime. That's what's happening with Riva Starr's sneak in and blow the place up approach. An act whose influence comes from blogs, wild afterparties, music that works for the kids as well as the cool europeans, Riva seems to have sprung onto the scene fully formed - but in reality he's been working his arse for years. Riva Starr plunders the best in tech house and beeping synth lines to create a dirty dancefloor affair. His first appearance came on Jesse Rose's superb Frontroom label with the 'Thizzle' EP which led to the release on Claude VonStroke's pivotal Dirtybird label with the 'WTF?!' EP.

I keep seeming to stumble across more and more productions by this talented producer, including some superb remixes such as 'Beat That Bird' by Claude VonStroke, 'Love Long Distance' by Gossip, 'What is Guru' by Renaissance Man and the amazing 'Juice and Gin' by The Young Punx. He is allowing us to enjoy a fresh new sound, which thankfully the people are accepting with open arms. Get on the Riva Starr bandwagon.

RIVA STARR- I WAS DRUNK(feat.NOZE) & BLACK CAT, WHITE CAT (112Kbps) by Rivastarr

Riva Starr OCT09 MIXTAPE by Elite Music Management

Disco Partae
C. Vonstroke-Vocal Chord
Lucio&Pep- Rainforest
RoundTableKnights-Calypso
Planets(The Revenge Lost Grooves)
Bis_Co
Dualton-Perros
RivaStarr-Caballeros
Hardrive-DeepInside(J Rose RMX)
RivaStarr & Jesse Rose Feat. BalkanBeatBox-BulgarianChicks
AVH-TheFunkPhenomena
2000AndOne-StateOfHouse(RivaStarrRechunk)
Oliver$-Hope
Tiramisu(Dj Madskillz RMX)
Paul Woolfrod-False Prophet
Piper&Farley-Airbag (rivaStarr RMX)

MK x

He had Macaroni and Cheese for Lunch

BIG love for Mr Louis Brodinski who played a pretty wild set on Friday night as part of Let It Bleed and Mixtape. Many apologies for those who weren't able to get in due to capacity, but we did warn you to buy ahead... when will you learn?! Anyways, this is just a quick post cause I'm freezing and my cup of tea is waiting. Never fear, Louis left with a big smile on his face, so I'm sure he'll be back in his pimping coat soon enough. Here are a couple of pictures and a video from the night, more will be up on the Snafu website soon. Thanks again to Scott for the support slot.

MK x

Keep it goin louder

Major Lazer "Keep it Going Louder" from Eric Wareheim on Vimeo.

I adore Tim and Eric's brand of humour, i will happily admit that even though it shows how immature i am. The video for Major Lazer's Pon De Floor track made me lol so much i actually sent the link to my mum (she liked it)

This is the new video Eric Wareheim has done for the Major Lazer boys and it is equally lulzy. It's probably worth mentioning that our pal Let It Bleed has booked one half of the Major Lazer team (Switch) to play in Snafu early next year.

More French Fiddling. . .

I just can't seem to get enough of Brodinski. He is churning out some spectacularly lovely things. He has recently posted another mix on his Smokemashine Blog - it's swell.

Brodinski - Smokemashine J (Special Mix For Japan)

1. Deep Sound - Tech (Milton channels Rmx)

2. Alexx Wolfe - The Beat Is Unleashed (Fokke Rmx)

3. Electric Rescue - Nord Ouest

4. Alan Fitzpatrick - No Religion

5. Boys Noize - Drummer

6. Noob & Brodi - Peanuts Club (Monsieur Monsieur Rmx)

7. Tony Senghore - Love.Cure.All (David Eckenback Rmx)

8. Roska - In My Handbag

9. Gucci Vump - Sha! Shtil! (Lvis 1990 Rmx)

10. Toddla T - Rice & Peas (Zed Bias Rmx)

11. Thomas P Heckmann - Stardust

12. Lvis 1990 - United Groove (Kingdom Rmx)

MK x

Art & Cash

One of my favourite Berlin producers are the fantastic duo Modeselektor. They've just released another electro-bass heavy EP 'Art & Cash' and the official video for this is already doing the rounds.

Directed by artist Pfadfinderei - who describes the story like this . . .“Versed on the international art trade floor it was easy for them to win over two sought-after art dealers; to seal the deal and to go on a shopping spree. “Art & Cash” is the shocking “behind the scenes” documentary of that German art campaign. In the process a scandal was revealed that is shaking experts to this day. For years and under the watchful eyes of millions did the “Fantastic Nobodies” – exceptionally gifted art counterfeiters and weirdos from Brooklyn – manage to sell themselves as renowned works of art, thus creating inexplicable damage…”.

I also recently purchased the seductive Body Language Vol. 8 mixed by Modeselektor

providing you with one of the widest palates you're likely to find, from bass-heavy-reggae, hip-hop and dubstep to calmer climes. This mix may be a great way to get anyone into electronic music, and slowly but surely nudge me into the dubstep direction. When it comes to their compilations, they somehow make the most obscure new music sound at home with radio hits from the late 90s. Body Language Vol. 8 is a perfect example of their Djing and mixing style - they are at the top of their game.

MK x