CG NEWS & PODCAST: January 2012

Thursday, January 26, 2012

DJ 2rip @ Xmas Glow in NYC at Morgan Room 12.26.11

Some footage Shee & Tizzle took of me while in the booth for the NYC Ravers & Original Brooklyn holiday party at the Morgan Room. Crowd was eating up the filthy beats.

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Maztek - Rock Da Disco [Free Download]

Ladies and Gentlemen Grab that shit and play it loud
a little present for all the fans in da house

Join my
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Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/Maztekhq

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Falinox - Color Control [Free DL]

Artist: Falinox
Title: Color Control
Genre: DnB
Release: 15 January 2012
Label: Lifted (Free Release)

Free download link (Falinox's Facebook) - http://www.facebook.com/falinox

Brand new and massive tune from Falinox. Released as a free track from the forthcoming EP which is set to be released on Lifted in April 2012. Show support to the artist and tell all your friends!!

Falinox:
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/falinox
Soundcloud - http://www.soundcloud.com/falinox

Lifted:
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/liftedmusic
Official Page - http://www.liftedmusic.com
YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/liftedmusic

DnB²:

http://www.DnBSquared.com

Keep up to date on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/dnbsquared
Follow us on Twitter @DnBSquared
Keep up to date on Myspace - http://www.myspace.com/dnbsquared

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Buy RAM's DIMENSIONS 5 EP NOW!!!

GET IT HERE

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Rico & Scoop - The Journey (Dubstep)

Bringing you some Dubstep from Rico & Scoop. The tracks are not like any other Dubstep you have heard, They are trying to bring something new to the table.
Forthcoming on the Raise The Dead LP (Dangerous New Age Recordings)

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Manufactured Superstars ft. Scarlett Quinn - Take Me Over (High Maintenance remix)

Liqsperiment? Yes, Liqsperiment. It will be a new addition to Liquicity where we try out new stuff. Remember that Liquicity will always be about Liquid drum and bass. With Liqsperiment we give opportunities for new awesome sounds to show themself. They can inspire the music world to go a direction we want. Because we are Liquicity, And all of us together have quite a big saying.

Let us know what you think in the comments below. Inspire others to join Liquicity so we can grow further. Let us grow so big that we have the power to change the music industry.

Share the love: http://tinyurl.com/6uovm2y
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Okay, most of us got quite enough of the wobbles, distortions and Skrillex sounds by now. Thats why it's time for something new. This remix really stands out. Colorful yet powerful, with a dark undertone but very uplifting at the same time. What do you think? Let us know in the comments below.

Available to buy now on Black Hole Recordings.

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D&BTV LIVE #180: CAUSE 4 CONCERN

Line up:

7:00pm - 8:00pm: Prolix
8:00pm - 9:00pm: Silent Witness
9:00pm - 10:00pm: C4C

Connect with Drum&BassArena:

Website: http://www.breakbeat.co.uk

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/officialdnba

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/officialdnba

Risky's Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/therisky

Bookings for Prolix & Cause 4 Concern (North America) can be done through:

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Dope Arcade & xKore - Savage (out now!)

Dope Arcade sends shockwaves through the stratosphere at full tilt while renegade laser bass beams blast foes! Huge stomping drums penetrate the frontline and these Dub/Drumstep rockets annihilate the high score! Add a masterful co lab with xKore on "Savage"....and it's game over!

Released by: Heavy Artillery Recordings
Release/catalogue number: HAR112
Release date: Jan 24, 2012

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FREEBIES from Maztek!!!

some freabies for you
www.maztek.net
www.facebook.com/maztekhq
www.youtube.com/maztekhq

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Matrix & Futurebound live @ rockhouse salzburg 21.01.2012

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MATTY G and 6BLOCC in CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS - Video

California Dubstep OG's puttin it down in Champaign, Illinois. Big up Brandon of Furthersound Agency for having us rock tha spot. MUSIC: MATTY G - 50,000 WATTS (6BLOCC REMIX)

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Robyn Chaos - Possession (Kemal & Rob Data Remix)

An oldie but a goodie!

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Saturday, January 21, 2012

SKRILLEX “FIRST OF THE YEAR RAP RMX” F/ THEORY getting blogged!!

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SKRILLEX “FIRST OF THE YEAR RAP RMX” F/ THEORY

World famous and five time Grammy nominated dubstep DJ Skrillex teams up with the rapper Theory to make a rap remix of the Skrillex track “First of the Year.” Lots of these dubstep and electro DJs are trying to fuse together with hip hop to bring the two worlds together and so far they’re doing it.

Bookings for Theory (North America - EDM) can go through

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*Note - this is not an official remix of "First of the Year" by Skrillex its a rap refix which is licensed under a Creative Commons License

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

BSE - Chaingang (Jade remix)

BSE - Chaingang (Jade remix) by jadednb

Jade's remix of Black Sun Empire's massive hit Chaingan

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Saturday, January 14, 2012

6BLOCC - LEAN LIKE A CHOLO (moombahton remix)

6BLOCC - LEAN LIKE A CHOLO (moombahton remix) by 6Blocc

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Free Track: C.A.B.L.E ‘Forms’

C.A.B.L.E. - Forms (free download) by C.A.B.L.E.

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DJ 2rip presents “Sacral” [3 hour mix!!]

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This mix serves many purposes. The first & foremost is that there is a lack of widely publicized deep music out there. This mix was designed to be something that you could listen to while at work, relaxing at home, meditating, giving someone a massage, having intercourse, or sleeping.

The name of the mix is “Sacral” like the second energy chakra of the body. This chakra holds the key to how we relate to the external world, including sexual powers. There is a correlation between mental well-being and sexuality. The journey of this mix starts off very deep with ethereal synths to provide for relaxing melodies to help let your conscious mind float away. The second half of the mix features emotional & vocal tracks & rhythms which I attribute to being with someone that you hold an attraction to either mentally, physically or in a relationship sense.

The length of the mix is about 3hours & 15 minutes. It was a large undertaking going through all of these tracks and putting them in a comprehensive order to meet this vision I had. I hope you’ll be kind enough to post comments on my Facebook wall at www.facebook.com/thedj2rip to let me know how you feel about this mix.

TRACKLISTING/SETLIST:

V.I.V.E.K – Motherland
Commodo – Uprising
V.I.V.E.K – Roots
Benga & Walsh – Dreamscape
Skream – Phatty Drummer
Vex’d – 3rd Choice
MRK1 – Stardust
J: Kenzo – The Roteks
Truth & Silkie – Feel
J:Kenzo – Ruffhouse feat. Rod Azlan
Distance – Loosen My Grip
Cyrus – The Calling
Search & Destroy – Candyfloss (Loefah Remix)
WE BANG – The Future
Dub Fiend – Stoner Daze
Liondub – The General Riddim
Rogue State – Champion Sound
L-Wiz – Girl From Codeine City
Ital Tek – Cyclical
Ital Tek – Strange Love
DatA – LEaves
Funk Ethics – Blues Is Now
Enigma Dubz – Without You By My Side
Atma & Kzss – Illegal in 9
Martyn – Broken
Alex DeLarge – Flower Eater
Commix – Be True (Burial Remix)
Ulrish Troyer – Lost In Addis
Burial – Fostercare
Tomas Risible – Following A Moon Shadow
Luke Leihfield – Blindsided (Cillo Remix)
Kaioi & Tripwire – I’d Give Anything
Oceanlab – Satellite (Widdler Remix)
Joker – Milky Way
Unknown – American Beauty (Remix)
Starkey – Miracles
Caspa & Rusko – Rock Bottom
Coldplay – Trouble (Amoss Remix)
Cillo – Breathe
Trentemoller – Moan (Enigma Dubz Remix)
Enigma Dubz – Hard To Smile
Blackmill – Evil Beauty
Joker – Electric Sea feat. Jay Wilcox
Morgan Page – The Longest Road (Grifta Remix)
The Widdler – It’s A Fine Day
Kastle – So You
DJ Fresh – Hypercaine (Nero Mix)

Bookings for DJ 2RIP can be done through

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DJ Marky DnB Set January 2012

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Featuring tracks from Marcus Intalex, Spirit, Break, Calibre and a host of Marky originals and forthcoming Innerground beats, this is an absolute face-melter that cannot and should not be missed!

TRACKLISTING

1-Lana Del Rey-Born To Die [Marcus Intalex Remix] [Polydor]
2-Lynx & Maple-Shaku [Digital Soundboy]
3-Octane & DLR-Orndnace [Dispatch Records]
4-Optiv & BTK-Forcefield [Renegade Hardware]
Break-Splash Step [Quarantine Records]
5- T.I. – Freak [Innerground Records]
6-Decimal Bass-Day After Day [Dubplate]
7-DJ Marky- Ya’ Thang [Innerground Records]
8-Calibre-Whril [Signature Records]
9- Calibre & Marky – ??? [Signature Records]
10-Total Recall-There’s Evil There [Dubplate]
11-Dub Phizix & Skeptical-Marka Feat. Strategy [Exit Records]
12- Spirit – Three In One [Phanton Audio]
13-Optiv- Waterboard [Quarantine Records]
14-Dialogue- The Symptom [Total Recall Remix] [Dubplate]
15- Chase & Status Feat. Sub Focus & Takura -Flashing Lights [S.P.Y Remix] [Mercury Records]
16-Fierce, Vicious Circle & Jubei -Fiend [Quarantine Records]
17-Eastcolours- Acidized [Samurai Records]
18-DJ Marky & S.P.Y- Ultranova [Innerground Records]
19-Roy Green, Protone & Dublab- Break [Innerground Records]
20-Hazard- Foodfight Part I [Playaz]
21-Flaco-Colossus [Innerground Records]
22-D-Kay & DJ Lee- Wax’d [Metalheadz]

DJ 2rip at The Shift in Pittsburgh PA

2RIP playing at The Shift on Jan 6th in Pittsburgh, PA. This is a video of him doing some dubstep moombahton track layering and going completely ballistic on the mixer.

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BTK interview on KMag

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Hailing from Brazil but now based in Switzerland, BTK is a drum & bass DJ, producer and label owner of Dutty Audio. With numerous big releases coming in 2012 we decided to catch up with him to get the lowdown…

You’re originally from Brazil but now reside in Switzerland, how did you end up there?
Yes, I was touring Europe in 2007 for the second time when Jonas Blokhe4d, who at that time was living in Zurich, invited me to come and visit for a few days. Cheese, chocolate, a lovely country, stunning girls and a very healthy drum & bass scene were pretty much the reasons that made me stay.

Most of your collaborations seem to be with Optiv, how did this partnership come about and how does your work with him differ from your solo material?
Well, the fact that we live in the same country, both use Cubase and we always have lots of fun working together, helped to keep the good flow of collaborations going. Our first tune was Crawler and at this very moment we both hope that won’t be our last. I did a few solo tunes in the past, Drop It was my biggest release until now and it’s cool to see something that you did alone being this well accepted in the scene but, all in all, I find it boring working alone in the studio.

Your first release of 2012 is the Over The Edge EP with Optiv on Renegade Hardware, tell us a bit more about the tracks on it and how they came about…
It all started with a remixes EP that didn’t happen. Optiv and I had the Forcefield remix done, heavy support from Ed Rush and Audio on that one, but the idea that the tune would never be released was sad.

Scott [Cold Fusion] mentioned that he was putting another various artists EP on Hardware and asked us for a new tune. I sent him Over The Edge, convinced him that it is the next Messiah on the dancefloor and came up with the idea of an Optiv & BTK EP separate release.

Some say that End Run has that Virus vibe because of the techno stabs and action break in it, meanwhile Insight is a deep roller. We’re very proud of this project and I personally would like big up Ink and Scott who are taking care of the label and definitely putting Renegade Hardware back on the map.

You also have 12″s with Optiv coming on Demand and Frequency, what can you tell us about those releases?
Demand is a label which I have lots of love and respect for. They had a very special tune I did called Things I Do as their first release and I’m always happy to work with them. Our next single will be Jackknife / Menace Part 2 and it’s coming out in March.

The Frequency release, Zero Hour / Berserker, will be the second Optiv & BTK on the label following the same big dance floor vibes as our last one, Let It Hit Em / Mind Over Matter. The tracks have received really good promotion and support from Andy C.

You’re also working on an album with Optiv, what can you tell us about it at the moment?
We finished a few tunes and sent to Ed Rush & Optical for proper feedback on those. For now we’re just writing lots of beats and when we have a solid eight to ten tracks we will move forward to wrap it up. No rush to get it done or deadline for an exact release date at the moment.

Done any interesting remixes recently?
Yes, I did a solo remix of one of my favourite Cause4Concern tracks, Paranormal, and it shouldn’t take long to be released. Optiv and I have also remixed The Upbeats’ Big Skeleton, coming out this year on NonVogue. Hopefully for this year, I’ll have a few more remix offers, it’s nice to have the opportunity to twist someone else’s idea.

What’s happening with your Dutty Audio label this year?
It’s slowly growing, recently I saw that the last release, Whatever with Optiv, finally made it to Beatport’s Top 10, which is definitely a big look for the label. I haven’t got the next release planned yet, but the label is always open for demos.

Where can we see you DJ next?
Here’s a quick list of what I’ve got confirmed for this year:
Jan 20 – Marley Club, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Jan 21 – Subclub, Bratislava, Slovakia
Feb 18 – Volks Club, Brighton, UK
Feb 25 – Area Club, London, UK
Mar 02 – Unsichtbar, Saarbrücken, Germany
Apr 06 – Hasselt, Belgium
Apr 14 – Ubu, Rennes, France
Apr 27 – Fluc, Vienna, Austria

Got any new years resolutions you can share with us?
I’ve been planning on joining the gym close to where I live, quit smoking, visit my family in Brazil and also beat up DJ Ink more often on Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition for PS3.

What are you looking forward to in 2012?
More parties, more releases, more money, more bitches, golden chains, holidays in Acapulco, finishing Batman Arkham City and for Blizzard to finally release Diablo 3.

Anything else you want to tell us about?
For bookings contact butoke@gmail.com and submit demos for Dutty Audio on AIM to duttyaudio.

Bookings for Optiv (North America) can be done through:

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Edward Oberon & Paul T 'Love Is' / 'Absolute' Mars Recordings [MARS003]

Edward Oberon & Paul T 'Love Is' / 'Absolute' Mars Recordings [MARS003] by stholdings

Released on Jan 23rd: For our third installment on Mars Recordings we've decided to go for Green Vinyl! This has nothing to do with Aliens, we wouldn't be that obvious, but it's the colour chosen by the artists and we think it looks like another great Mars package.
Musically, well Edward Oberon & Paul T have conjured up 2 awesome tracks. "Love is" is absolutely sublime with it's warm bass line and delicate sounds to the breakdown, while keeping the drums nice and punchy, a great tune to roll out. "Absolute" harks back to the deep sounds of old Good looking by the likes of Big Bud or Tayla. Ridiculous sub-lo bass and deep strings, this is how Mars do things and we feel it's another quality 12" where the music & the packaging matters.

Bookings for Edward Oberon can be done through:

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Friday, January 13, 2012

Xilent w/ MC Youthstar LIVE @ Arena, Vienna 07.01.2012

A massive night in Vienna, Austria. Big ups to DisasZt, MC Youthstar, MC Daxta, Playma, Wreckage Machinery for recording :D and many more!

Tracks featured:
Studio Killers - Ode to the Bouncer (Xilent remix)
Xilent - Choose Me II

Booking for MC Youthstar (North America) can be done through:

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HERES ANOTHER DISPLAY OF YOUTHSTAR W XILENT

Smooth - Cyber Funk ON UFK!!!!

Available to buy now from the VIPER store: http://ukf.me/wm0JVd

Become a fan of Smooth: http://www.facebook.com/lukasmooth
Become a fan of VIPER: http://www.facebook.com/viperrecordings

http://www.facebook.com/ukfdrumandbass
http://www.ukfmusic.com
http://www.twitter.com/UKFLuke
http://www.twitter.com/UKF

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Gridlok KMag Interview - Jan 2012

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We catch up with Gridlok to talk about his work with Blokhe4d on Bad Taste, his Project 51 record label and his recent release on Commercial Suicide.

Your two tunes with Blokhe4d have been released on Bad Taste and Hospital, but how did you end up working with them?
The first time I met Vegas was when he came to Miami with Fresh as Bad Company. We'd bumped into each other a bunch since then and always got along well. When he started doing Blokhe4d with Jonas we talked about linking up in the studio and made it happen on my last European tour!

How is the production process different when collaborating with a group that already consist of two people?
They obviously have their chemistry and I was this rogue entity coming into the picture. But we are all seasoned vets so it's all good switching it up sometimes. That's what collaborations are for! SWWWIIITCHHH!!!

In what ways do you think the tracks show your style and which do you think elements show Blokhe4d's?
We kinda layered the vibe of my beats with theirs and I think you can hear it in both tunes. It's got that funk break element to it but also Blokhe4d's power drums. Musically I think they are more melodic than usual for me and less melodic than usual for them, so we kinda met in the middle with a melodic feel but with dark notes. These tunes really are a hybrid!

The storming Bad Kat is already out on Bad Taste Recordings, can you tell us what the inspiration for that track was?
Well, I can tell you how the name came together! Everything was going great with the tune. We were taking a break and I decided to grab my phone. Their new kitten had decided to run amuck and knocked a potted plant five feet down onto my phone. It was shattered and I was pissed. When you are half way around the world it feels unsettling to not have your phone with you! So there was definitely this cloud over our heads for the remainder of the session and so we decided to name the tune after the little bastard!

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Inside Info feat. SW@T - Bottled (Sneak peak of the music video)

Check out this sneak peak to the Inside Info feat. SW@T music video for "Bottled" due to release on Viper Recordings in Feb.2012

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

DJ Bailey & MC Tali Live

DJ Bailey & MC Tali Live by Samir Laribi on Mixcloud

Bookings for MC Tali for (North/South America) can be done through

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Q-BiK interviewed by X-Press Magazine (Perth)

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Q-BIK
For The Love Of Drum’n’Bass

Q-BIK, aka PJ Ehsani, is a massive Sons Of Anarchy and Breaking Bad fan. He also loves reality TV shows concerning deadliest cats on National Geographic – something he got into whilst touring America and Europe over the last two years. ANNABEL MACLEAN chats with the Perth based drum’n’bass producer ahead of his gigs at Southbound and Big Day Out.

Q-BIK does not like Asian food but he does have a soft spot for sushi. The Perth based, New Zealand expat has spent the last couple of years showcasing his mad drum’n’bass to fans in Europe, the UK, Canada, America, South America, Asia, New Zealand and across regional Australia. “It’s really hard going to Asian countries - I mean there’s some stuff I eat but a lot of it, I’m not a fan of,” he says down the line from his Perth base. “I think it’s more of the fish sauce stuff and Thai dishes that I’m not really a fan of.”

Having had a “crazy couple of years” on the road and in the air, Ehsani is planning on focusing on production back home in 2012 and scaling back on the touring. Globetrotting has opened several doors for the DJ and producer – his first 12” My House was signed to UK’s Planet Funk Records and gained support from a fair few international big wigs. “It seemed to be very well received by so many different people,” he says of My House, still in awe. “Pete Tong even played it on his Radio One Essential show which really helped and Pete Tong doesn’t play drum’n’bass so that was a massive honour and it certainly opened the doors for me a lot over in Europe and the UK and the USA as well.”

It wasn’t only Europe, America and the UK who were receptive to drum’n’bass, Ehsani did a show in Columbia last year which was massive. “They have such a good thing down there but they don’t have finances or the money to bring over massive, international names,” he says. “But, the scene there is quite big; we had about 500 people in the club that night and I was like ‘really, in Columbia?’.” There were a couple of dodgy moments though – “It was crazy – when we were driving along from the airport to the hotel and the promoter was like ‘ok, in this area we need to lock our doors and roll our windows up’. There were a few times like that… driving home from the gig back to the hotel – our taxi driver was going about 100km down a 50 [kilometre] area running red lights, so I felt a bit uncomfortable then.”

Ehsani recently played to 700 people in Broome alongside Greg Packer and MC Assassin which turned out to be the biggest show Broome’s had in the last year. Geraldton and Karratha are also high up on the ‘best shows’ list for Ehsani but sometimes, punters don’t know how to act at a gig, which is why Ehsani has MC Seeka and MC Xsessiv alongside him for parts of his current national tour. “I’ve been using both of those guys and I’ve worked on tunes for both of them and then I’ve released tunes with both of them so it’s always nice to have an MC when I go on tour,” he says.

“It adds that extra element and the interaction with the crowd and for our type of music, sometimes it’s important – [especially] when you play places like Geraldton and you just play a track and people are like ‘ok, what do I do here’. We played in Kalgoorlie in the middle of the year and that was weird. Nobody really knew what to do – they all just kind of stood there. Maybe we have to play some music videos of people dancing – doing the Melbourne Shuffle or something (laughs).”