N-JOI - Music From A State Of Mind (Back To The 90ies Vol.1)

OK, you guys think the whole Baltimore movemenet and Surkin´s White Knight Two  are the next step in todays´s hipster culture.

But maybe you are curious about where it all came from. So this is the first episode of a few records i´ve recently ripped that shall provide some proper indepth info about those predecessors that made clubmusic what it is today.

N-Joi.

N-JOI - Music From A State Of Mind (zip)

2manyDJs, Soulwax & Jack Tennis

Tonight, 16.05. is ravetime in Berlin.
2many DJs are on tour to promote their new documentary DVD "Part Of The Weekend Never Dies". Watch the trailer and you know what it means to be a part of their parties. So come over if you are around!
And by the way: we've heard that they are working on a "As Heard On Radio Soulwax Part 2" follow up...
This is the line up for tonight:
Venue: Maria

22:00: "Part Of The Weekend Never Dies" (Movie screening, 60min)

Live:
Soulwax

DJs:
2manyDJs
Mixhell
Goose DJ-Team
Jack Tennis
DJ Coop

Part of the Weekend Never Dies trailer

MELT KLUB mit Infadels, Dillon, Klee & dj supermarkt

In case you are in Berlin. Check this out at Maria Club:

21.30 Dillon
22.20 Klee
23.40 Infadels
after: dj supermarkt

to get into the mood here is Alex Metric's banger-rmx of Infadels new single:
>>Infadels - free things (alex metric rmx).mp3

AUDIO BULLYS - Gimme that punk

Always really liked their records and their style-mishmash between Electro & Breakbeat & The Specials. And, hey, remember that they used this lazy english "rap" way before The Streets. But somehow, here in Germany, they never really made it. Now they're back with another catchy banger. This is raw, but Pop, and you can dance to it, and, i guess, a lot of people in the UK this festival season will get absolutely smashed on this tune. There are some more new songs on their myspace page, which all sound very AUDIOBULLYS...
For me their first 12 Inch (with "Real life" and "Hit the ceiling") ages ago on SOURCE records really was something very special. I'm still playing it sometimes these days. It's absolutely timeless.
The video was directed by Mister "PUNK" himself DON LETTS. He was the guy that introduced Punk-bands like The Clash to Reggae & Dub (he was a DJ at that time) and he did some really great documentaries on Punk ("punk attitude" is absolutely essential to lovers of Punk). Enjoy.

>>Audio Bullys - Gimme that Punk.mp3 (zshare)
(this mp3 is a special version with all kinds of weird samples thrown in of the bands that are mentioned...)

http://www.myspace.com/audiobullys

Moonbootica - We 1,2 Rock (MALENTE Remix / Special Re-Edit)

No mercy for Malente. Yes. I Re-Edit my own remix here as I could have done a slightly better job I must admit. Though the feedback to the remix was good and many DJs still play it, something must have gone wrong, cause it only works 98% on the floor.

But what went wrong? Touché didn't like Moonbootica's vocals and would have loved to have an instrumental. Moonbootica themselves told me they don't dig the mix at all, but couldn't put their finger on why (I hope it's not their vocals after all...) I'd say the original remix is partly perfect. And I actually found the original parts that have been perfect and re-arranged them in a better way. The main trick here was to shorten the track a lot and cut the bass in the breakdown. When you play the new edit out be sure to put in some delay effect towards the end of the second break. Yes I still left a bit of work for you here, so take part in my re-editing process. Hope you're playing on a pioneer mixer for the delay and do me a favour make it a 3/4 delay.

Hey, you wanna hear a weak excuse why I did not make this Remix right in the first place? Here it is: I didn't have enough time to check it in the club as this was the tune I finished last for my "Whow" 2CD and 12" Album Sampler end of last year. And now I should forgive myself. Especially after this Re-Edit... What? You guys don't know Moonbootica? Shame on you. Go throw some money at them!

We 1,2 Rock (MALENTE Remix / Special Re-Edit).mp3


www.myspace.com/moonbootique
www.moonbootica.de

Voodoo Chilli - Street Players

Herve aka Vooddo Chili aka The Count here with his take on Discofunk-Cutup.
The new TITANS EP on CHEAP THRILLS is all Disco-madness with a nice B-more Twist.
For "Street Players" Herve ripped CHICAGO's Classic "Street Player" which was also sampled by Kenny Dope for "The Bucketheads - The Bomb". I tested this version 10 days ago in Darmstadt@603qm and about 1000 people were going mad to this one.
I am sure I am gonna drop it for the fun of it again today at the Berlin Battery Party. By the way - Herve aka the Count is playing together with Sinden at the Man Recordings-Tent@Melt!Festival this summer.

Act Yo Age (Sweat it Out) / Dj-Mix

Bastions of Bounce, assassinators of fakers ACT YO AGE are in the building.

Coming live and direct from a Love bunker deep in the neon gothic forests of Xanadu, ACT YO AGE are rapidly shaking the tree from which the apple fell, brining forbidden sonic fruits to the hungry zombie masses across this universe and the next.

Part werewolf, part faster pussycat, part robot love machine, collectively AYA brings a wealth of musical experience, with fifteen years between them. See them ride fearlessly through the intergalactic night and enter the strobe zone, cutting down imitators in their path and loving freely at each and every turn.

They do not go quietly, nor do they travel unarmed, they pack an attitude adjustment ray gun set to decimate and aimed squarely at any demon or dancer that knows how to shake and bake.

They live for dress ups and die for a dance competition in the toilets, they believe all that glitters in not gold, nor kryptonite for that matter. They are oft to be found on midnight forays for rainbow dust, pixie blood and endlessness itself, that nearly always end in tears.

They have been hyped and tipped to be the next hot thing, but these two beat freaks say they will be content with a rumble in the bassbins, a zap in the speakers and nothing less than murder on the dancefloor.

Here is a Dj-Mix from Sindeys newcomers ACT YO AGE.....Tim Sea....thanks for giving me a good time in Sidney! Jan.

INTRO
LARRY TEE FEAT PRINCESS SUPERSTAR “LICKY” (ACT YO AGE REFIXX) (IO MUSIC)
ACT YO AGE “LOVE BOUNCE” (SWEAT IT OUT MUSIC)
HEART OF GLASS “STONE FOX CHASE” (ACT YO AGE GETS NASTY MIX) (TINTED)
LARRY TEE FEAT PEREZ HILTON “MY PENIS” (ACT YO AGE LOVES IT..) (UNRELEASED)
DON DIABLO “WHOS YO DADDY” (ACT YOU AGE RUB A DUB) (TINTED)
FRANZ & SHAPE “PSYCHADELICA” (ACT YO AGE DUB MIX) (RELISH)
RQM “MISS PACMAN” (ACT YO AGE EXCUSE ME PARTY TRICK) (EXPLOITED)
OUTRO

BERLIN BATTERY PARTY @ Picknick

The sun is shining! Yes - and so much going on these days in Berlin. Thursday its DIPLO playing at the GHETTOBLASTER-Night at TAPE Club, but you could also go to the RELISH-night with BENI from RIOT IN BELGIUM and HEADMAN at COOKIES. Well – and there is a bit of BUSY P the same night at ICON.Friday its SEBASTIAN TELLIER at COOKIES… Grab the JACK TENNIS Edit of KILOMETER at Berlin Battery here. And Saturday its our next edition of a BERLIN BATTERY-Party down at PICKNICK. Before that you could go to Admiralspalast and see JAMIE LIDELL in concert. Right around the corner of Picknick there is the SCALA-Party from Conny with BOYS NOIZE, SURKIN and PARA ONE...but yes - we all go to PICKNICK. We have TOMBOY (WHOMADEWHO) and FREDSKI (young troublemaker these days:) from Copenhagen. They both form a new project called TARTELET which is a bit deeper but still straight down my alley. So - grab the full package and join us at the Berlin Battery-Party at PICKNICK on Saturday. TOMSKI & FREDBOY aka TOMBOY and FREDSKI and SHIR KHAN & SUPERMARKT in the main room. And upstairs Jackin House with DAN M! from Copenhagen and ANDRE HERZIG from Superclub playing exrated Miami Bass Tunes!

Here is an old remix of TOMBOY he did for GORILLAZ called KIDS WITH GUNS. It never came out...only on a promo-Vinyl… I originally wanted to license the tune for my MAXIMIZE!-Compilation, but I couldnt do cause GORILLAZ didnt give permission to EMI. Just click the header (headline) and you get the track.

Well – and if you are still in a party mood - after PICKNICK you can go to PANORAMABAR and visit the MADE TO PLAY-Night for some Afterhours with SOLID GROOVE aka SWITCH, CLAUDE VON STROKE and JESSE ROSE. Its gonna be a long weekend!

ESSER - i love you (video)

Some people really take a huge burden on them to bring their music to people. Heard this catchy pop song by extremly talented young London fellow ESSER and fell in love immediately. Sounds like a Gorillaz track fronted by a crooner from the thirties. But then i saw the video!!! I guess everybody involved in the video really enjoyed the shooting (throwing all sorts of food at the singer looks like big fun), but as you can see in the end, for Esser this was a real struggle with his inner...self...body... (don't want to say too much, just watch it until the end).

http://www.myspace.com/esserhq

Jaimie Fanatic - Break Ya Neck (MALENTE Re-Edit)

Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Honestly, what comes to your mind when you hear the name of this city. Well I guess I should have asked for Amsterdam and you would have given me the "weed"-answer right away. I'd say it's well suppressed that a unique style of music called "Rotterdam Hardcore" was born here in the early 90s. A kind of hilariously cheap, too fast and distorted sound that is still around today and undeniably had an enormous effect on a lot of other questionable music from Scooter to Jump Style. Many of you know it, but not too many would admit that they do.

I'm sure that on the contrary just a bunch of you know that Rotterdam is the home of Jaimie Fanatic, an outstanding and yet still underrated producer & DJ. He also runs his sneaker store in Rotterdam, so be sure to visit while you're here. Jaimie doubtlessly is affected by Rotterdam Hardcore. But he embraces it the same way he embraces Hip-Hop and Fidget. It's in his blood (though I'm not really sure if he's aware of that).

I for my part love music you can either love or hate. And Jaimie produces exactly this kind of stuff: From the unbearable "Interactive - Dildo"-Remix he did recently to the groundbreaking "Mic Perry - Have A Nice Day " or "Calvin Harris - Rock Band"-Remixes. On the original release (PBR) "Jaimie Fanatic - Break Ya Neck" he delivers a full vocal and an instrumental version. Be sure to get them and his other releases and show him some myspace love, goddamn!

Jaimie Fanatic - Break Ya Neck (MALENTE Re-Edit)
www.myspace.com/jaimiefanatic

Souls of Mischief - Cabfare

One of my favourite HipHop-songs of all time was "93'til infinity" from the "Souls of Mischief". I remember that there circulated a track called "Cabfare" on a Hieroglyphics Mixtape, which never came out. So it was only available on Cassette. They couldnt clear the sample which was originally from "Bob James" - "Angela Theme". It was used for the opener of a US-Tv-Series. However, a friend of mine had a one-sided white vinyl bootleg of the track and I was really jealous. In 2001 they reprinted "93 Til Infinity" and "Thats when ya lost" again as a bootleg on Vinyl and guess what - they included "Cabfare" also known as "Taxi" on "That's when ya lost". Here it is: a piece of HipHop-History. "Souls of Mischief" with "Cabfare".

Yo Shir Khan, I've something special for you: BOB JAMES - Angela (Theme from Taxi) played by Garfield and his friend Odie. Have fun with this one:



Cheers, Jack Tennis (with thanks to uglytalented)

Metronomy - My Heart Rate Rapid (Primary 1's Love Letter to Metronomy)

To me one of the most interesting productions comes from Metronomy these days. After their great remix for Late of the Piers "The bears are coming" here is the first single: "My Heart Rate Rapid" from their second album:"Nights out". The single was just released on Because Music and comes with a fantastic Primary 1 Remix. Metronomy have toured with CSS, Kate Nash, Foals and Bloc Party. They are a realy good live band with their helping hand of their dance troupe and now trademark light show.
Get the record@Juno here: Metronomy @ www.juno.co.uk