VIDEO: Eglo Records on Spine TV

Link:
www.eglorecords.com

DOWNLOAD: Metske - Donky Pitch Mix

Skwee entrepreneur Metske has put together a promo mix for the next Donky Pitch, the second event from the Brighton crew where our old pal Slugabed is resident, which is this time headlined by the crown prince of wonk DJing, Rinse.FM's own Alexander Nut.

DOWNLOAD: Metske - Donky Pitch Mix

Tracklist:

Kelpe - Shipwreck Glue (Architeq version)
Metske - Skeptic
Melkeveien Feat. Sagtann - Melkeveien
Cuverville - Troglodytes (Original Mix) Straight into Mesak remix
Metske - Pixskweee
Fulgeance - Hardi
Metske - Egg and SIDchips
Boyz of Caliguia - Must amamba
Metske - Dark Skweee
Eero Johannes - Katt witt 700 watt
Easy - Skweee Rider
Metske - Isotopic
Luke Vibert - De Pimp Act Kouala
Melkeveien and Nino - Yo!
Eero Johannes - Natt I Sparvagnen
Sparton Lover - Sex with a woman
Metske - Virtuoso
Metske - Over Hill



Link:
www.myspace.com/donkypitch

EVENT: Deviation 2nd Birthday

Someone said once before that their only tip in surviving a packed Deviation is to "bring a spare t-shirt," and I can only wholeheartedly endorse that statement.

Link:
http://deviationmusic.net/blog/

DOWNLOAD: Alexander Nut - Ballers Mix

Scotland knows how to do it. Lucky Me's Ballers Social Club are entertaining Alexander Nut this Friday and so they present the interweb with this: a dope as fried fuck promotional mix from the said artist.

DOWNLOAD: Alex Nut - Ballers Mix

Tracklist:

Dizzie Rascal - Flyin' (instrumental)
Tiago - Bable Fish
Rustie - Shadow Enter
?>£>$>$>$$>$ (Floating Points remix)
Dark House - Darkhouse Mediation
Om Unit - Cradle
Dam Funk - Chocolate
Funkineven 1956 'She's Acid'
Floating Points - Peoples Potential
Karizma - Nessesary Madness
Rustie - Bad Science
Afrika Hi Tech - Blen!
Brackles - Get A Job
Brackles & Shortstuff - Sutorita Faita
Untold - Its Gonna Work Out Fine
Pearson Sound - Wad
Tempa T - Next Hype (Plastician Remix)
Joker - Retro Racer
Skepta ft Wiley - Are You Ready
Zomby - Godzilla
Shuanise - Catch

Link:
www.myspace.com/ballerssocialclub

INTERVIEW: Reecha [Dirty Canvas]

Ahead of Dirty Canvas' Room 3 takeover at fabric this Friday we went direct to the source with one of the night's promoters, armed with a laptop, a copy of Ga(y)rage Band and an industriously inquisitive look splashed on our mug.

What happened next needs no introduction... well, it actually does, else you might be confused, but you dig the sentiment, right? Enclosed here is an interview and a completely live mix teased out in one take by Reecha.

Sonic Router: Can you provide those who may not know you with a bit of background info?

Reccha: My name is Reecha. I co-run a night called Dirty Canvas and a label called No Hats No Hoods. We've just released our 7th record which is Tempa T's Next Hype - which has remixes by Brackles and Starkey amongst others.

Outside of music who are you? What do you do on the daily?

I am me and I make Ps

People say you’re the Asian George Clooney… Why pick the Reecha moniker when Asian George has an equally impressive ring to it?

I think that would be disrespectful to the rest of my heritage - as I am nearly as Welsh as I am Asian. However I am planning a folk gabba side project underneath the Asian George appellation. Reecha is the only nickname I had at school, whereas my likeness to the sometime Nespresso spokesman is something that occurred in later life.

What’s your involvement with Dirty Canvas?

Check question one, fool.

What can we expect from the fabric takeover?

I hope the same you can expect from any Dirty Canvas night. For me the biggest challenge is the find the balance between throwing a good party and being progressive musically. Although we have originally been more associated with grime, I like to think that our real base is garage - its all its forms and offspring - whether that's grime, funky or dubstep etc. I guess on the night that's pretty well represented by what both Brackles and Mumdance do - who both come from completely different places but manage to be great club DJs while still satisfying those who want to stand in the corner and scratch their beards (note I have a beard and have nothing against them). That for me is the most exciting thing about music right now - well the exciting thing about underground UK dance music at least - people seem to be becoming more open and being less obsessed with labels.

I think Alex Nut is a great example of that too - I pretty much listen to his Rinse show religiously and he's one of those few people who you really do trust to just bring quality whatever he's dipping into and Silkie is making really great music at the moment so I feel particularly proud of the line up.

In short, it will be amazing.



Tell us a little about the mix you’ve made for us…

Its crap.

Probably could have been tighter but there you go - its just some music I like at the moment. Its got some new stuff, but also some pretty old tunes - but I personally find it quite interesting to 'recontextualise' (i.e. pitch up +8 ) a record by placing it with something it wasn't intended to relate to. Its got on the new Martin Kemp remix he's just done for us [No Hats No Hoods] which I don't think anyone would have heard - its not intended to fully represent what Friday will be like but its just a glimpse of what I might play at least.

Can we expect any original Reecha productions at any point soon?

I used to make some fairly generic UK hip hop - but I stopped drinking tea and lost my backpack. I also wrote about 4 hours worth of punk songs about girls not liking me whenIi was in my teens so it would only be right for me to attempt to subject the world to more. I gotta sort out some shit then I'm gonna get back at it - aided by some people who are infinitely more talented than me.

You got any wisdom for the interweb you’d care to share?

You look uncannily like Gary Lucy.

::

DOWNLOAD: Reecha - Sonic Router Mix



Tracklist:

1. Floating Points - J+W beat (Forthcoming Planet Mu)
2. Karizma - Groove Accordingly (R2)
3. Donaeo - Party Hard (My-Ish)
4. Kerri Chandler - Bar A Thym (Nite Grooves)
5. Royal T - 1 UP (Martin Kemp Remix) (Forthcoming No Hats No Hoods)
6. Roska - Elevated Levels (Roska Kicks and Snares)
7. MJ Cole - Funky Dub (Unreleased)
8. Menta feat Ms. Dynamite - Ramp (Bigger Beats)
9. Shortstuff and Mickey Pierce - Tripped Up (Unreleased)
10. Tempa T v Dj Oddz - Strung Up Hype (DJ Oneman Mash Up)
11. Hard House Banton – Sirens (White)
12. Tiger Flight - The Great Escape (unreleased)

Links:
www.myspace.com/reechamusic
www.myspace.com/dirtycanvas
www.myspace.com/nohatsnohoods

EVENT: Summer Bubblers @ Cargo w/ Joker & Bullion

We've been given 2 pairs of tickets to give away to a week on Saturday's Summer Bubblers event at Cargo in East London which features Joker, fresh from slaughtering Sonar, Bullion, De Tropix and the one Alexander Nut.

To be in the running for a couple of tickets simply email us your answer to the follwing question:

Joker's record label is called what?

A) Kaprize
B) Kapsize
C) Kaplies

Winners will be announced next week.

Link:
www.cargo-london.com

EVENT: FWD>> + Rinse @ matter

To celebrate a heady and hectic 15 year milestone of the undisputed champion of London's pirate radio, Rinse.Fm, Friday 31st July sees bass music's most exemplary club night, FWD>>, go toe to toe with Rinse for a night of the most forward thinking music around.

Just oggle that line up for a second...

Advance tickets are £15 and available from: www.ticketweb.co.uk

Links:
www.ilovefwd.com
www.rinse.fm
www.matterlondon.com

EVENT: Dirty Canvas Room 3 Takeover @ fabric

From humble beginnings in the Whitechapel Art Gallery, the Dirty Canvas club night has succinctly and surgically carved its own niche into London’s nightlife. As the first club night to regularly feature grime music alongside dubstep, garage, bassline and hip hop, they stood as highly vocal pioneers throughout their shows at the heralded regal hollows of the Institute of Contemporary Arts. Since those days they’ve taken their hyper-wiggle formula to the dancefloors of London’s Cargo, Rhythm Factory and 93 Feet East before taking themselves further afield, cross promoting parties in Brighton and Bristol, with Plat Du Jour in Barcelona and taking over The Villa in Berlin back in April of this year.

Friday 10th July sees Dirty Canvas welcomed with open arms into the freshly tweaked soundsystem space of FABRICLIVE’s Room Three. Bringing the proprietor of one of 2009’s most anticipated ‘musical’ dubstep album’s, Silkie, residents Reecha and DJ Magic have irked out one of the most varied bass music lineups you’ll see all month. Alongside Silkie, the Applepips affiliated Brackles will be bringing his sleek, tech infused, super quick mixing to the platters, alongside the dancehall tempered bass pressure of Mumdance and the eclectic selection prowess of Rinse FM’s own Alexander Nut. With MC Badness hosting, the vibe is sure to be on par.

Expect the unexpected.

Link:
www.myspace.com/dirtycanvas

PRE-ORDER: Floating Points - J&W Beat/K&G Beat [Planet Mu]

Floating Points, aka Sam Shepherd, a composer and producer residing in London via Manchester, has already made an impact on the thriving beats scene after only a handful of releases on labels like Eglo Records (the label he runs alongside Alexander Nut), R2 and now Planet Mu. With a mix on Mary Ann Hobbs’ BBC Radio 1 show already under his belt, he is really making moves and when you listen to his music you can instantly hear why.

‘J&W Beat’ has some of the skippiest funky rolling garage rhythms around, which is underpinned by a seismic dancehall bass, dense melody and psychedelic bleeped out synths. ‘K&G Beat’ on the flip takes things a little deeper with the electronics and pads taking more of a prominent roll. Both tracks have a really warm soulful even jazzy feel but unlike some of Floating Points deeper house/disco style cuts, which are more grounded, this sounds like the ideas where streamed straight from outer space.

Shepherd takes slanted 2-step and hip-hop beats, smeared synths and layers of mesmerising, atmospheric electronic trickery, couples it all with some earth moving bass and aligns the product with that all important slice of soul, otherwise known as the sultry spine that runs through all his work; again proving that he definitely has one of the most exciting sounds on the underground today.

Words: James Balf
Out: 6th July 2009

Link:
www.myspace.com/floatingpoints

COMPETITION: Win Tickets to Why Not?

Thanks to the kind folk at Ammunition we've got the chance for 3 of you and a one of your buds to head along to Why Not? on the 12th June at the Arches.

Sets on the night from Shy FX (dubstep set), Appleblim, Headhunter, Ramadanman, Oneman, Youngsta, Chef, Alex Nut and so many more (full lineup here).

Simply email us your answer to the question below to be in the running for a pair of tickets.

Which London venue has Why Not? NOT been previously held at?

A) Mass
B) Scala
3) Ministry of Sound



Link:
http://www.whynotdubstep.com