Jakwob moves away from the heavy dubstep he’s gained a following for with this excellent 10 track album which he’s made available through Jakwob.com. This freebie entitled ‘The Prize’ also comes with its own share of guests most notably Kano, Ghostpoet & Youngman. The vibe is chilled and minimal but theres still plenty of low end bass in there and we love it. Incredible music to be giving away for free. Get it on your system and get out in the sun. The track ‘Island’ with Ghostpoet and ‘Let It Fall’ featuring Rocky Nti are favourites in ‘ere.
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Käärkäsi – Hypno EP | Lejal Globe
We featured Estonian artist Kusto on this blog recently and it would appear word has been spreading throughout the local music scene over there – this just dropped into our inbox courtesy of Käärkäsi (another name I’m inevitably going to pronounce wrong).

The theme is basement-thumping dark garage reminiscent of Zed Bias and El-B‘s earlier work. Filthy undertones are punctuated by moments of melodic bliss, but you won’t relax for long – the persistent development of skippy rhythms and the grubby sub bass grinding away underneath keep your limbs moving. For that reason in particular, this little lot are going straight into the ‘playing out’ folder.
Released under the Lejal Globe imprint, you can grab all 5 tracks on iTunes or Amazon, or if you would rather get a 320 or wav (and why not) they are available on Juno. Preview the whole thing below via Soundcloud. Go on then!
Robot Bodypop 12.05.12
artwork by Beomyoung Sohn
Yes! The Robot Bodypop show once again. This weeks show does not deviate from the high standard we set ourselves with more killer bass music than you can shake a dub siren at. Delving into some old classics with a cut from Ratpack and brought right up to date with music from Razor Rekta, some roots influenced vibes from Jahtarian Dubbers, the mighty Tallan as well as the odd exclusive, Peaman most notably. As always theres freebies in there to get your grubby little hands on and keep your ears peeled for the competition to win tickets to Cable. This week we’re flying without a guest mix so its just the two of us carrying you through for 2 hours. Enjoy.
Tranquility – Controlled Kaos
Keep Rackin VIP – Kusto
The Don – Nas (Hype City RMX)
Defen Ze Gener8r – Peaman (Vocal Mix)
Defen Ze Gener8r – Peaman
Hedge Your Bets – Taz
Leviticus – Phillip K Dick (Footwork RMX)
I Was Standing With My Rizla – Ratpack
Rude Boy In A Stylee – Big Kann & Plastic Jam
Full Throttle – F
You Want – Inkarv
Atmosphere Pressure – Gatekeeper
Apologies – NDread
Dark Ages – Eddie K & Minus ft Beezy (Vodex RMX)
Yellobone – Salva (Shlomo & 2KWTVR RMX)
Original – Baobinga, Kahn & Rider Shafique
Lapdance – Aeolho
Only One – Tallan
Georgia – Enigma Dubz
Reference One – Fornax
Aztek – Razor Rekta
Never Knows Best – Sook (Boot RMX)
Trust You To – Joss Ryan
Do You Remember The Time – JMSN (Hwood RMX)
Deaf Ear/ Swirling Light – Acre
Bullets Will Bounce – Jahtarian Dubbers
Great – Hatti Vatti ft. Echo Ranks
Security – Compa
Free Beats
A varied selection up for grabs this week but as fresh as always and most importantly, legal. Robot Bodypop is a hotbed for links to free riddims in case you didn’t know. but you do now.
Up first is a chilled number from our very first guest on the Transmit Sessions, Controlled Kaos. It’s some months old now but we’ve never played it and it is a great track, so here it is.
We are loving Kusto’s output at the moment. A spate of free tunes is complimented by this latest VIP available via soundcloud. Check it.
And we have something a bit special this week. Ahead of their new single coming out on Moshi Moshi next Friday bass music badmen Hot City have crafted this rerub of Nas’ track ‘The Don’, and it is fresh as a bagel. Pick it up here. Keep your ears pricked for more releases, as these guys are dancefloor kings!
Next it’s Baobinga, Kahn and Rider Shafique with ‘Original’ courtesy of the Red Bull Music Academy. A fresh vocal cut and I’m not sure how long its going to be up for free so bag it while you can.
Lastly, on a more experimental tip is the free EP from Acre with the Be Mine In Outer Space EP.’Deaf Ears/ Swirling Lights’ features on this weeks show because its wicked, frankly.
Just how sick is Bandcamp for freebies? Very.
NDREAD – Everything | ICU Audio

Much like chocolate gateaux, Garage is at its best when it’s chilled and crispy. That’s certainly the case for this amazing new release from 2-step producer and SUB FM DJ Ndread. Rolling in with the retro-esque ‘Everything’ we are bounced along nicely into the beautiful soulful vocal mix of the track ‘Apologies’. This is then complemented by the instrumental to round off the release. You can preview our favourite track from this release below, and buy the whole thing from Juno here.
Dub All or Nothing & Chew the Fat! present The £5 Spring Sale | Friday 18th May 2012 @ Cable | Ticket Competition
Chew the Fat! saddle up to Dub All Or Nothing to offer another wallet soothing showcase of every facet of bass music, building on from the success of the hugely popular showcase the duo crafted in January. Once again the premise is simple; buy your ticket in advance or arrive before 11pm and it’ll cost you a mere fiver, all for an obscenely strong and wide-ranging smorgasbord of bass led sounds.

In the main room there will be an doubled up assault of drum and bass and dubstep to craft some speaker shredding sonics, headed up by Bar9. Whether applying their vision via remixes of Nero, Example, Eurhythmics and Does it offend you, Yeah? or their own patented floor slaying records ‘Midnight’ and ‘Murda Sound’, the deadly duo are a force to be reckoned with. Layering dense levels of warped noise and shuddering bass to create an intense and full frontal barrage of sound, it’s music that is not for the fainthearted and evocative of the sheer seismic power music can create.
Joining them will be West Country wizard Calvertron, a man whose sound has quickly caught the ears of an unbelievably diverse cast of jocks; Busy P, John Digweed, Tiesto, Benny Benassi and Fatboy Slim amongst his fans. Polish wunderkind Xilent is next up, his unmistakeable brand of D&B already seeing him find favour with Zane Lowe after the New Zealand DJ made his ‘Beyond’ track his ‘Hottest record of the World’ and praised it’s ability to marry dubstep and D&B.
Rednek return for after a scintillating performance back in January, hot on the heels of their new album which sees a release through Champion Records on the 28th May. Millions like Us are also in the building, their ‘Equinox’ EP released on Bristollian record label D-Style, with the final spotlight falling on Substantial Error, whose single ‘Sunshine’ opened up Skream & Benga’s takeover of the BBC R1 airwaves.
The second room will be hosted by Wandsworth music imprint Bullet Train Records. The brainchild of bass music pioneer Marco Del Horno, Bullet Train’s wide and varied output has seen them release a killer slew of singles combining deep house, electro and of course every crevice of bass music. Joining Marco in the room will be Moshi Moshi lynchpins Hot City, their latest single causing sever ruminations across the whole spectrum of bass music.
The room is rounded off by some of the lynchpins of both labels, with Bullet Train represented by the wide ranging palette of Last Japan, who’s collaboration with hotly tipped grime MC Trim ‘East’ has started garnering heavy plaudits from DJs and tastemakers alike. Maribou State are in the corner for Chew the fat, still fresh from the success of their ‘Olivia’ EP and video from January, with Woz completing the room.
COMPETITION TIME!
We are able to offer the chance to WIN two tickets to the aforementioned frivolities on this Saturday’s show, but if you want to be in with a chance you will have to tune in! That’s this Saturday right here on www.robotbodypop.com

Listen to the show to hear the question – you need to answer correctly in order to win. It’s multiple choice and frankly piss easy so just pick the right answer and email us with it at robotbodypop@gmail.com. Title your email ‘Competition’ to help us pick it out amongst all the spam and indecent proposals. We will randomly select one winner by Wednesday 16th May 2012 and get in touch on the email.
Good luck!!
Big up to Jimmy Coultas at Sentric Digital for the press release and tickets.


