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Mampi Swift & Charge Recordings – The History

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Being a junglist the name Mampi Swift conjures up memories of dancefloor madness. Not just from the man himself and his mixing style but also the depth of his productions. After a short break and fresh for 2012, it brings a smile to my face to say Mampi Swift & Charge Recordings are back. His brand new album entitled ‘The History’ is already receiving huge DJ support from the scenes heavyweights. There’s no doubt that with a killer LP and some huge remixes of the Charge back catalogue that Swift is ready to turn DnB on its head once again. Something I’m finding incredibly welcome. We’ve been lucky enough to recieve a sampler here at the Robot Bodypop and the track ‘Gangster’ which Bailey spun recently on 1Xtra is a monster.

Another favourite is the mighty ‘Warrior code’ by Gridlok and the absolute tearout ‘Class Of 1999’ by NC-17 & Mr Explicit. It’s also the name of one of my favourite films. Back of the net.

You can cop previews of the album here at Mampi’s Soundcloud page

An incredible return to form and we are eagerly anticipating the full release and are hoping to chat some breeze with Mampi in the coming weeks to find out where he’s been hiding so keep your eyes peeled.

Bitlord 1st Birthday | Joshua Brookes, Manchester

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If you are looking for some cheap and cheerful guaranteed entertainment on the 1st of September Joshua Brooks plays host to the first birthday party of the only retro gaming/dubstep night in Manchester – BitLord. Preceded by a tournament of classic arcade games, headline DJ’s on the night include the excellent Sleeper (Chestplate), Rob Sparx (Z Audio), Mrs Jynx (Planet Mu) and Eden Zoo (Boka). The undercard isn’t to be sniffed at either featuring one of our favourite local DJ/Producers Metrodome and his MC Black Josh. With drinks promotions on the night, the only thing at stake here is your gaming pride – So you’d better get practising them hadoukens!

Circus London | Yousef, Dinky & Matt Styles | Friday 31 August

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In just a week’s time, Circus are coming through with a great opportunity to see out an eclectic summer with some solid club vibes from four big name international house DJ’s right here in the nation’s capital. I mean London.

Liverpool’s Yousef, Chile’s lady of the dance Dinky and Dutchman Matt Styles all lay it down at The Egg from 11 til 7am.

As they’ve had a recent refurb the atmosphere should be tip top with great music guaranteed – If you like your house and you are out in London next weekend you would be foolish to miss out on this spectacular event.

Circus London

Friday 31st August

@ The Egg

200 York Way, Islington London, N7 9AX

11pm-7am

Yousef

Dinky

Matthew Styles

Adv £10/£15 Students £10 w/ loyalty Card – Egg Members £13 – £20 OTD

Nearest Tube – Kings Cross St Pancras

The Eyes – Harder

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Estate Recordings goes from strength to strength showing that the recent Umbro bursary was well deserved. The new single, their 7th release, drops on the 20th August and it’s a killer.

On the A side it’s the first release from super-producer and selector Chimpo and ridiculously good vocalist Fox. They go by the name of The Eyes and it’s a fantastic mix of talents with each artist going back to the roots of music with the vibes on this plate. Both tracks found their way onto the playloist of this weeks Robot Bodypop radio show.

‘Harder’ is a reggae anthem with a hook, which should have people singing throughout the summer. On the flip you have ‘Come Again’ which switches up the vibes with a dancehall riddim this time featuring Strategy found recently rocking speakers worldwide with ‘Marka’

Talented video work from Joe Gavin once again. Really excited to see whats next from both Estate Recordings and The Eyes.

Octane & DLR – Method… in the Madness

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With releases on RunDNB, Audio Tactics and most notably Renegade Hardware and Dispatch Recordings, Octane & DLR are set to drop their long player on the 10th September on Dispatch Recordings. Pushing the limits with their cross-genre vibes has gained them huge support from their peers. Regular radio play comes as a result, as the sound they have spent the last 12 months meticulously carving is ridiculously fresh. The album features mouth watering collabos from Break, Cern and EBK as well as guest vocalists and MC’s Fokus, Kemo, Gusto and Marion.
To whet your appetite catch this preview mix as its absolute FIRE! Just when you thought you’d heard it all before.

Be sure to check out the full dates of each drop

FULL ALBUM RELEASE DATES:
Vinyl album sampler + digital formats drop on 13th of August 2012
Vinyl plate 1 + digital formats drop on 3rd September 2012.
Vinyl plate 2 + digital formats + Full album CD + full album digital (plus extra bonus tracks) drop on 10th September 2012.
Vinyl plate 3 + digital formats drop on 17th September 2012.

CHEW THE FAT | 3 YEARS OF CABLE | £5 PARTY | COMPETITION

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Those folks at the Fat! Club have done it again! To celebrate 3 years at London’s premium night club Cable they are putting on a line up of head wiping proportions on Friday the 15th of this month. Including sets from Robot Bodypop favourites Reso and Hostage, plus a Bare Noise set featuring the formidable vocal skills of Stig Of The Dump this is guaranteed to go off. Plus they aren’t turfing out until 6am so you don’t have to worry about missing the last train – Just make sure you bring your bass face!

Room 1 

Bare noise feat Stig of the dump
Killsonik (mta)
Reso
Document One
Marco del Horno
Statix
Visuals : mind over matter vjs

Room 2

Hostage
Lee Mortimer
Warrior One
Lakosa
Tripper (them)

Cable Street Tunnel, London Bridge, SE1 3JW

10pm – 6am

£5 adv on the door before 12/£10 after

www.thefatclub.com

****STOP PRESS****

*COMPETITION*COMPETITION*COMPETITION*COMPETITION*COMPETITION*

Don’t fancy stumping up for the entry fee?

You may be in luck – We have TWO guestlist places for this amazing night up for grabs.

All you need to do is submit two names for the guestlist via email to robotbodypop@gmail.com

 

The winners will be selected completely at random and the successful respondents will be informed on June 13th 

 SIMPLE!

You have to be innit to winnet so get involved!