Punks Jump Up Drop Free Xmas Mixtape

Ho Ho Ho.

We love Christmas time. Drunk dudes sliding all over the icy pavement, frostbite and winter flu. Not to mention being broke as hell and feeling the Sambuca shame from all the midweek office parties. Can't wait till it's 2011.

London party duo, Punks Jump Up, have no such remorse and have upped the stakes with a thumping Xmas mix guaranteed to liven up any seasonal blues. Their new single, Blockhead, features remixes from Zombie Nation, In Flagranti, SymbolOne and many more, drops in Jan 2011 on Kitsune.

Download the PJU December Mixtape here.

Punks Jump Up Dance Report Dec -10 by Punks Jump Up

Nero Take It Back To The 80s With 'Me & You'

BBC Sound of 2011 nominees, Nero, go old school and retro fit it back to the 80s with a thumping Neo Geo-esque, Fatal Fury style video for their new single, 'Me and You'.

Where have all the cool video arcades gone? Let's bring back Gauntlet, Metal Slug, Double Dragon... We hate our new HD ready LCD TVs.

Shy FX's Free Christmas Raver Giveaway

Get your rave on Christmas style with everyone's favourite festive DnB stalwart, Shy FX. Party like it's 2011 already. F*** 2010, it was crap.

You can download Shy's new single, 'Raver', for free. Yes free.

'Raver' is out on Digital Soundboy this week and features remixes from Breakgae, MJ Cole and Shy himself.

Nero Remixes N.E.R.D & Daft Punk's 'Hypnotize U'

Hard as nails on a Friday afternoon.

We like this.

Download it for free here and check out Nero's new single, Me and You' out in January next year.

On The Road With Fenech-Soler

Wish we all could just hit the long road...

DJ Fresh & Sigma Drop Free Mt Eden Remix of 'Lassitude'

Is DnB making a comeback?

Well, who knows and who the f*** cares, with tunes as thumping as this, no one even knew it went away.

DJ Fresh and fellow cohort, Sigma stick to the formula and deliver a party-tastic classic. 'Lassitude' will be released this November on Breakbeat Kaos.

Watch the video here.

Download Mt Eden's remix here.

James Blake's 'Limit To Your Love' Music Video Arrives

This is just what we need on a Wednesday morning.

A spellbinding composition by pop's new messiah, James Blake and stunningly photographed by Danish auteur, Martin De Thurah, 'Limit To Your Love', is out on Atlas this November.

Do not miss out.


James Blake - Limit To Your Love from James Blake on Vimeo.

Mount Kimbie Hit The Road

Rising Stars, Mount Kimbie, pack the Rolands, Gibsons and Yamahas for a month long trek across the UK.


We can't get enough of 'em and neither should you.


Their new EP, 'Blind Night Errand' will be releases on Hot Flush this November.


Catch the band at the following dates:
14th October - Band on the Wall, Manchester
16th October - Airwaves Festival, Iceland
17th October - Optimo Club, Glasgow
18th October - Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh
27th October - Cardiff Arts Institute, Cardiff
28th October - The Shipping Forecast, Liverpool
29th October - Heavyweight, Newcastle
30th October - Mountain of 9 @ Amolfini Gallery, Bristol
20th November - Warehouse Project, Manchester


For a sneak peak at the Mount Kimbie live experience, the boys are giving away a stunning live version of 'Ruby', recorded at Berghain, Berlin this year.


Download it here.
Ruby (Recorded Live at Berghain, Berlin) by Anorak London

XOYO Launch Party Postponed Till Further Notice

With regret, XOYO is having to postpone its launch tonight due to unforeseen technical issues at the venue.

XOYO apologises sincerely for any inconvenience this may cause people planning to attend this evening

The team are aiming for this to be resolved within the next 24 hours and all ticket holders will be refunded.

More information will be announced shortly on the opening of the venue.

Aeroplane Launches 'Superstar' Video

Aeroplane (Vito) has released a stunning video for his new single, “Superstar”, out on Wall of Sound this September. 

Quirky, stylised and a whole lot of fun. Just in time for his Bestival headline set this weekend. He only needs to keep the rain clouds at bay.

Check it out here.

Fenech-Soler Drop 'Lies' Video Right Here

Mid week pick up with this awesome video from the new glitter boys, Fenech-Soler. Tongue in cheek pop that doesn't take itself too seriously, exactly what we need when the work load's bogging you down. Might just crack open the bottle of Prosecco stashed away in the kitchen.

The new single, 'Lies' will be released in September on B*Unique Records.

Watch the video here.

Mighty Mouse Drop August Lost In Space Mixtape

Ah, August in Berlin.

Bicycle rides around Treptower Park. Frolicking amongst the abandoned fairground rides in Spree Park, Planterwald. Falling over wasted Spanish students in Club Der Visionaere. All in a day's work really.

Just like these dudes, Matt & Colin AKA Mighty Mouse. Twisted nu disco house wizards that come up with the craziest, most bad ass productions this side of the Atlantic. It sounds all nice and summery but there is a darker, more sinister undertone to the duo's productions. Just don't play it backwards.

Download out their stunning Lost In Space Mix right here.

AUGUST 2010 MIXTAPE: Lost In Space by MIGHTY MOUSE by Mighty Mouse

Tracklisting:

1. Naomi 'Note We Never Play'

2. Quasifunk 'Dancing In The Jungle'
3. Douze 'Les Paradis Artificiels'
4. Clock Opera 'A Piece Of String' (Magnets Remix)
5. Blamma Blamma 'Beyong 17' (Mighty Mouse's Lost in Space Remix)
6. Jaga Jazzist 'Banabfluer Overalt' (Prins Thomas Diskmiks)
7. Bell X1 'Flame' (Chicken Lips Version)
8. 4Tech & Nano Tech 'I I I' (Original Mix)
9. 40 Thieves feat, Qzen 'Don't Turn It Off' (Original Version)
10. Stefano E Bene & Hard Ton 'Why Your Love' (Katzbatz Remix)
11. Bassheads 'Is The Anybody Out There)
12. Kitkalitto feat. Petteri Sariola 'Traveler'
13. Health 'Nice Girls' (Little Loud Remix)
14. Severed Heads 'Dead Eyes Opened'

We're Going to Spank the Squirrel with Ben Westbeech @ The book Club Tonight!

Friday. Oh yes.

We'll be getting some reading action (not really) at the Book Club tonight with Strictly Rhythm's wunderkind, Ben Westbeeech over at the phenomenal, Spank the Squirrel night in East London. Expect some upfront, jacking house naughtiness and not a book nerd in sight.

See you there.

Download his latest house mix here.

FEB 2010 HOUSE MIX BEN WESTBEECH by benwestbeech

DJ Fresh Drops New Video for 'Gold Dust'

This video kicks ass.

We love it.

Might be time for a little DnB revival courtesy of old schooler, DJ Fresh.

Download the Vent remix of his new single, 'Gold Dust' here. Fresh's new album, 'Kryptonite' will be released this August on Breakbeat Kaos.

Aeroplane Announce New Single 'We Can't Fly' on Wall of Sound

First there were two and now there's just one.

Arguably the most anticipated act to crash land this summer (no pun intended) has arrived with a single so smashingly cool it is literally going to blow the rest of the competition, along with Fabio and his bunch of invalids, out of Africa, Ibiza and beyond.

Aeroplane aka Captain Vito DeLuca, has dropped his First Officer, Stephan Fasano, and is currently flying solo to the heady heights of super stardom. 'We Can't Fly' is the new single taken off his forthcoming debut album of the same name coming our way this September. You can check it out here. Believe the hype.

Ghostpoet Releases 'The Sound of Strangers' EP on Brownswood Recordings

This dude's causing mega bloggage at the moment. Just signed to Giles Peterson's Brownswood label, Ghost's digital only EP, 'The Sound of Strangers' is the perfect antidote to a dismal England comedown. Beckenbauer's right, Der Kaiser has spoken. Might just buy an Algerian flag and move to the Algiers.

Download 'Morning Feat Micachu' here.

Bot'Ox Drop Free Logo Remix of 'Overdrive'

The Frenchies always seem to get away with it. Crazy ass names (The club 'Rectum' in Gaspar Noe's 'Irreversible' springs to mind), accents that women love and uber chic bands with the most insanely addictive set of tunes you could ever imagine. Fast cars, drugs, casual sex - I'm just happy my Rage Against the Machine tickets arrived and didn't get nicked by the postman.

Another Parisian duo revving it up are, Bot'Ox (we could NEVER get away with that name) with their latest single, 'Overdrive', out on I'm A Cliche Records this summer. Expect rolling basslines, krautrock influences and mad as hell electro beats. To get us in the mood, they're giving away a remix by fellow French upstart, Logo, last seen on Kitsune's Maison 9 compilation, absolutely free.

Catch it here.

Chapel Club Drop Free Horrors Remix Of 'Five Trees'

 

Fell asleep during the election vote count last night. It was a depressingly underwhelming experience, switched over to catch the last hour of Schwarzenegger's 'Red Heat', a true 80s action, exploitation classic. Bad humour, gratuitous nudity, racial profiling and big ass guns. It was Arnie at his deadpan best. "I do not want to touch his ass. I want to make him talk!". Amazing. I pissed myself laughing.

Another bunch of dudes laughing all the way to indie stardom are Dalston new wave rockers, Chapel Club. Currently on tour around the country, the band will be putting on a special show in London at the Village Underground on May 27. To get us in the mood, they've roped in fellow slim fit buddies, the Horrors to remix their new single, 'Five Trees' out on A&M this month.

And it's pretty damn good too. Download it here.

Mount Kimbie's New Remix EP Giveaway

 

The post Easter comedown has arrived and we've returned to the grinding five day week. Just got back from some crazy ass party over at Cookies & Cream in Berlin last week, it kinda hurts after being on your feet for 22 hours. Never really wanted to come back,  it was almost too painful coming into Luton airport.

Well, here's one way to beat the blues and suicide Tuesdays. Uber buzzy production duo, Mount Kimbie, are giving away the FaltyDL remix of 'Serged', absolutely free. The guys are so cool it hurts. Everyone wants a piece of 'em and you can too at no extra cost.

The duo's Remix EP in two parts will drop this April on Hot Flush Recordings. Catch Dom & Kai live at Big Chill House on April 23 and ride the wave before it crashes. Download the track here.

Herve Drops Hot! Drum Attack on Cheap Thrills

We love Easter week. It makes Tuesdays feel like Thursdays, everyone's getting sick on Cadbury's mini eggs and a massive four day weekend beckons. Just what the hell do we do?! Three day parties with a killer comedown after or some quality spring time with the girlfriend? Might just stay in and watch Chelsea put a few goals past Man U for the title race decider. Damn, we're spoiled for choice.

Think we'll just kick start the weekend right now with Herve's, 'Hot! Drum Attack', taken off his new single, 'Zombies', out on Cheap Thrills this April. And it is a floor filler. Thumping ravey synths and a groove that bites you hard on the arse, you won't be sitting down for weeks.

Download it here.

Burns Drops New EP 'So Many Nights' on 2112 Records

Burns is smokin' hot a the moment (no pun intended). The self proclaimed purveyor of European Sex Dance Music and all round party hipster, will be lounging it up in Miami next week rubbing shoulders with the scene's A list, playing records to hot Latino girls at various pool parties and generally getting shit faced for a whole fuckin week. No big deal.

The closest action we'll be getting is a Pizza Express takeaway and Lost on SKY 1 tonight. But fret not, Burn's has dropped a tasty little EP, 'So Many Nights' out on 2112 Records this Spring, full of zany French electro tinged melodies to get the party kickin' right in our living rooms.

Get it exclusively on Beatport now.

Check out the video of his recent US tour with Deadmau5.

Atari Teenage Riot Announce London Reunion Show & New Single 'Activate'

Sheeeeeeeiiiiiittttt!

This is massive. Haven't got this excited since Transformers hit the big screen back in 2007 and the movie was crap. But this folks, we assure you will not be fecal. Old school electro-hardcore veterans, Alec Empire, Nic Endo et al, have re-united for a special one off reunion show at London's Electric Ballroom on May 12.

Not since their riot inducing spectacle back in 2000 have these guys got together on stage. Having roped in new rioteer, MC CX Kidtronix, ATR will be dropping a brand new single, 'Activate' out this May on Digital Hardcore Recordings. Undeniably the defining zeitgeist of the era with their barbed apolitical discourse and punk rock attitude, the time for a big ass kick in the balls by ATR is a long time coming.

Download the free ATR 'Digital Hardcore' remix by The Builder here.

Atari Teenage Riot - Digital Hardcore (2010 Remix by The Builder) by Alec Empire

FENECH SOLER // STOP AND STARE // MODA MUSIC

 

We're back on the radar after slipping off the grid the past couple of weeks. A little soul searching was in order and what better way to do it than with the uber buzzy act of the moment, Fenech Soler. These guys definitely know how to kick it the whole nine yards. Glitter, masks, ravey electro synths - This screams 'hipster fest'. But in a good way.

Check out the Kitsune-esque video here.

GOLDEN BUG // THE GAME FLAMINGO EP // GOMMA

 

Weekly yoga classes at the office have certainly created a chilled out atmosphere among the various departments. Maybe it's just being upside down that gives you a whole new perception to things around you or it could be the rush of blood to your head. Anyways, feeling all this zen makes you want to party. Nothing like stretched limbs to give you that extra mileage on the dance floor.

We're definitely loving the new 6 track EP, 'The Game Flamingo' by Barcelona based Parisian electrofunkster, Golden Bug. Another quality retro-tinged release from the ever expanding Gomma stable. Check it out here.

SCREAM CLUB & ELECTROSEXUAL // BREAK YOU NICE (HARD TON REMIX) // CRUNKS NOT DEAD

Living overseas. You gotta love it. Far from home. Strange city. Foreign language. Total freedom really. That is till you're broke, homesick and realise that all the food's pretty shit. Oh well.

Americans in Berlin, Cindy Wonderful and Sarah Adorable, have however embraced the foreign hedonism wholeheartedly and under their hip hop. electro rave guise as Scream Club have taken the capital's feted party scene by storm. These guys know how to throw it and we absolutely love it.

Teaming up with Berlin's synth meister, Electrosexual, the duo have released their brand new single, 'Break You Nice / Screaming & Crying' on their very own Crunks Not Dead label out this Spring. This is a full on peak time excursion in pop punkness, peppered with zany hip hop beats and ravey synths. Definitely more to come from this lot.

Check out Hard Ton's Remix here.

DUB PISTOLS // GANJA // SUNDAY BEST

We love these guys. Bad ass as ever.

Does exactly what it says on the tin. The Dubs brand new single taken off their new album, 'Rum & Coke', out on Sunday Best Recordings.

MUSTANG // CHAMELEON CIRCUS // GOMMA

We've been off the grid for awhile but are now back on it like vomit. Moving house is a real pain in the ass. All that banging, drilling & nailing. Never seen so many holes in my life. Feel like Tim Allen in Home Improvement albeit without the canned laughter.

Anyways, here's a little something to bring the smiles back on faces. Gomma's latest signing, Mustang, couple of pretty chilled looking dudes from Brussels give us a retro sounding disco-fied excursion in modern pop, filled with old school synth vibes and wonky humour. Their new EP, 'Chameleon Circus' is out now.

Be cool and check it out.

Mustang - Chameleon Circus (excerpt) by Gomma

CHAPEL CLUB // O MAYBE I // MUSIC VIDEO

Holy shit, is that Martin Rossiter circa '94? Could have swore that was Gene. But hey, we've been known to get it wrong from time to time.

These dudes rock. Chapel Club from Dalston, East London. Came out of nowhere really and looks set to take indie-dom by storm. Might be the new look for us, cardigans and hairspray.

Gonna burn our New Era caps and Nike Dunks.

SLICE & SODA // YEAR OF THE DRAGON // INSTITUBES

We love it when stuff like that gets dropped in our inbox on Mondays. In between putting together a workable game plan for our impending move from the leafy confines of North London to the daily excess of East London, at least we can hang out with the Bangladeshis. And the amazing Tayyab's curry house is just round the corner. Moving homes suck. We like popping the bubble wrap.

At least we got the playlist sorted. French hip hop's great. They don't take themselves too seriously. loadsa crazy effects and lyrics we can't understand. Brilliant. French producer, Para One, of TTC fame drops a funky, electro-tinged ditty, 'Year Of The Dragon' under his new guise as Slice & Soda on the uber chic, Institubes label. Might just move to Paris instead.

Check it out here.

DEADMAU5 // MAKE ME MAKE THAT SOUND // PLAY RECORDS

What is it about Fridays and big room electro house?

We have no clue but it kinda makes sense, so here's the ubiquitous deadmau5 (aka Joel Zimmerman) with a stompin Miami styled monster that's sure to get the Latino girls wobblin' like guacamole on ice. Slightly borders on the side of cheese, but hey, who gives a fuck. The girls love it and so do we.

Check out, 'Make Me Make That Sound' taken off the album, 'deadmau5 At Play Volume 2' out on Play Records this Spring. Get ravey.

TAPE TO TAPE // DEVIL MADE ME DO IT I (C90 REMIX) // RELISH

Lets get disco-fied on a gloomy Wednesday morning.

We've substituted Doritos & Pringles for pistachios & raisins, wondering if it's actually the healthier option after all. We make certain lifestyle choices during the week to feel better about our binge drinking and recreational drug use on weekends. We wanna quit but can't seem to do it. Might go the Pete Doherty route and remove our natural brain opiates. We won't feel a damn thing then. No fags, no drugs, no booze. Perfect.

Well, we definitely want to feel London's Tapes to Tapes new single, 'Devil Made Me Do It' out on Headman's Relish Recordings. Old school vintage synth action galore, it's like a natural high. Might just stick to this then. Check out The C90s Remix here.

OCELOT // OUR TIME (CALVERTRON REMIX) // WALL OF SOUND

More Ocelot shenanigans  this time round. These guys know how to liven it up. Check out the video below.

Bristol's Calvertron goes for the in-yer-face, wonky big room effect we love to hear on Monday mornings.

Download the remix here.

CHAPEL CLUB // O MAYBE I // EAST CITY RECORDINGS

We love name dropping buzz bands. Kinda shows that we're in the know, penultimate scenesters, with our finger on the pulse sort of thing. We wanna be the cool kids even if it's just for a day. We choose not to engage in the tiresome discourse and boring rhetoric. We just wanna stick on our old Obituary records and pretend we're John Tardy growling, 'Slowly We Rot'.

Here today, gone tomorrow. But we're living in the now and these guys drop it like it's hot.

Download Chapel Club's new single 'O Maybe I' here.

MEMORY TAPES VS GUCCI MANE // EXCUSE ME (MEMORY TAPES VERSION)

Dayve Hawk AKA Memory Tapes goes for bling with a kick ass reworking of Gucci Mane's, 'Excuse Me'. We love this shit.

Download it here.

MYD // TRAIN TO BAMAKO // MENTAL GROOVE RECORDS

Grey Mondays. They're the worse.

Can't believe the Togolese football team's press officer got gunned down in the line of duty. K.I.A. The hazard's of the profession. We honour you fallen comrade.

On the African tip this time round is young French upstart, Myd, with his stellar production, 'Train To Bamako', taken off 'Radioclit Presents: Saga Africa EP' out on Mental Groove now.

Download it here.

FREESTYLERS // PAST PRESENT & FUTURE E.P // FREESTYLERS RECORDS

Unbelievable.

The thermometer clocked a groin shrinking minus 15 degrees last night. Frankly, we've had just about enough of this cold shit. It's not funny anymore. So it snowed a couple of days, we got outside, made snowmen, took some photos, saying how lovely our inner city borough looks covered in the white stuff. But fuck this, we want the heat back. Promise we won't complain anymore.

Feeling the heat are West London's finest, Freestylers, who are back in the 2K10 mix with a brand new E.P, 'Past, Present & Future'. Remember the old school rave-tastic anthems? 'Ruffneck'? 'Don't Stop The Rock'? Ha. Feels like it's '98 all over again.

Check out 'Bounce To This' and get those dusty breaks 12"s outta the cupboard!

GOMMA DANCE TRACKS EP 2

Snowed in today.

Might as well party to Gomma's new 'Dance Tracks EP 2' while sipping chamomile tea from your Superman mug.

We love Martin Brodin & Dumb Dan's, 'Blood Stud'.

dan le sac VS SCROOBIUS PIP // GET BETTER (VILLA VOCAL REMIX) // SUNDAY BEST

Yes, we're back and we've made it. Crossed over from one decade into the next. Still remember the mild hysteria surrounding the '99 / Y2K transition with total system failures, bank accounts getting wiped out and all that. In the end, the only thing that happened was that Britney Spears got to number one with 'Baby One More Time' and The Verve spit up. That's about as punk rock as it got. Wonder what's the defining moment of 2K9?

Anyways, ready to kick it 2k10 style are our fav electro-hop thespians, dan le sac VS Scroobius Pip, with their brand new single, 'Get Better' taken off the highly anticipated sophomore album, 'The Logic Of Chance', out later this spring. Check out Villa's vocal remix here. This might just be a great year ahead.