About 6 months previous we sent a begging email to dark garage proponent El-B for a copy of this insane VIP mix to play on our show. Whilst not forthcoming he did take the time to drop this short reply into our inbox a couple of days ago
just got this msg now. lool
holla
neglecting to mention that the track in question had been made available to all and sundry via Soundcloud for a limited time only – Cheers mate! If you haven’t yet heard it then you are in for a treat. The original track minus Wiley‘s vocal came out in february as a limited vinyl – Hopefully they will be re-stocking soon. Big up if you caught this VIP whilst it was available and if you didn’t thats some snide luck. Catch it at the end of 1nejack‘s set on this weeks show. Next time.
Bank Holiday weekends can take it out of you, but hearing Kusto’s new vibes helped sort my tattered mental into a more manageable mess for the working week. Available on a ‘name your price’ basis from bandcamp (give generously) the Pyongyang EP stretches from ethereal atmospheres to rhythmic club bass. There’s a nod to the mainstream on ‘Raquel’ too which features an anonymous female vocalist crooning somewhat inappropriately over a dark sounding beat. The last track ‘Keep Rackin” ticks all the dancefloor boxes making this a formidable varied release. Pay as much as you are able and help the artist by sharing to your mates.
Yes! Back only a mere 2 weeks since last storming show and this weeks promises to be more of the same. Nestled in between the new releases the amount of freebies is reaching reaching double figures! I know, awesome innit? Theres some new cuts from Cluekid & 6blocc, some brand new talent from man like Earl Grey and Peaman, some jungle badness from Concord Dawn as well as a classy bit of Inner City. Topping all this off is volume 3 of the mighty Transmit Sessions, this week handled by US based Controlled Kaos. Check the feature on him too. Treat your ears man.
Bounce – 6blocc
Sleepless – Portico Quartet (Peamans PeaMIX)
Blame It On The Voices – Sleeper
Dread Commandments – Radikal Guru (Killawatt RMX)
Stroke – SOUL Muu-Szik
Evolution – Cluekid
Subconscious – Seven
Trapped Nerve – Earl Grey
Warrior Stance – Darquan (Amit RMX)
This Applies – Radikal Guru (Hatti Vatti RMX)
The Truth – Kromestar
Good Life – Inner City
My Philosophy – Noah D ft. Jahdan Blakkamore
High Grade – Gentlemans Dub Club
Conscious – Rdubz
Oil Slick VIP – Iant
Electrocute – Concord Dawn
Mind Driven – Mad-Ziontist
TRANSMIT #3 : CONTROLLED KAOS
Seasons Dubstep remix – Controlled Kaos
Paradox – Formless
Riddem (P-Note remix) – Dee:See
Inhale – Ben Verse
Arps – DJ MADD
Caveman – MATT U
24 hours – Baadklat /Requake
Condemned – Haack
Wormholes – Benton
Sidewinder – Killawatt
Therapy – J Kenzo
Discipline – Chewie
Double Blind – MATT U
Pitbull – Triage
The Force – Controlled Kaos
Gold – Jack Sparrow
This is 96 – Badklaat
Next Phase – Phaeleh
Snowed in – Silkie/Von D
Untitled – Silkie/Skream
Your the one – Von D
This weeks transmission originates from way across the atlantic in the suburb of Chesterfield, Virginia deep inside the big ole US of A. Whilst yet to gain widespread recognition Controlled Kaos attention to detail and high workrate marks him out as one to watch in 2012.
Big on the drums and atmosphere, his tight sub weighted productions have featured on numerous free releases as well as the ‘Timelapse’ LP on the Dank N Dirty Dubz label. There’s a brand new 3 track EP in the offing on LU10 this month, and he also has forthcoming releases on Depth Records and Illicit Trade, including the heavy roller above – ‘The Force’. The brand new ‘Slug Proof EP’ is out now.
In addition to that you can catch his regular radio broadcast every wednesday between 1pm and 2pm GMT (6pm-7pm EST in the US) via electrolouis.com.
We asked what we thought would be a few routine questions to get to the man behind the music.
What was your first musical purchase?
My first musical purchase was a drum set.
Okay, great. Which is your favourite track in this playist? What does it make you think about?
My favorite tune in the mix has to be Von D – Your the one, I love the jazzy vibes in it.
We’ve not seen you do many remixes – Is there anything you are keen to have a go at? How do you feel about the whole dubstep remixing trend?
I am not really big on remixes because I prefer to write my own, remixes are fun to mess around with though. As far as the whole remixing “trend” I think some are good some are bad and some are people just doing it to try to get noticed.
What will be the next big thing?
I have no idea what the next big thing is, I just hope it sounds good haha
Whats the biggest animal you could throw over a crossbar?
On the Robot Bodypop show we like to feature up and coming producers and this week Mancunian Earl Grey caught our ears with a little freebie he popped off. Checking out his other tunes was a treat. Soulfull vibes are present through out and each track making the best use of space available. Smooth chords and use of harmonies make these deep tracks instant favourites in ‘ere. ‘Untitled 145’ and ‘Lone Wavelength’ are personal favourites. Check out the tracks on his Soundcloud and also pick up the mighty Amen roller ‘Trapped Nerve’ featured on this weeks Robot Bodypop show.
It’s a bit of a giveaway extravaganza this week. In fact there isn’t even wriggling space as we have packed our mixes jam tight with.. tight jams (yeah wot) and gathered them all here just for you the listeners. We want you to know that we care.
First up its some sweet 2009 vibes from Sleeper named ‘Blame It On The Voices’. Moody and deep as you would expect and it comes alongside 3 other jams that you can pick up from the Hedmuk blog.
Next up its some soulful 140 vibes from Canada with the mighty ‘Stroke’ by SOUL Muu-Szik. Summer vibes on this one. Bag it and check out his other cuts there on Soundcloud.
Moving on it’s some tit-for-tat remix shenanigans from Darquan and Amit. Amit up first remixing the seminal ‘Warrior Dance’ by Darquan
And then Darquan up with a rolling badman take of Amits ‘Dirty White Trash’
Neither likely to feature on Soundcloud for very long but theres a ton of sites with links to either tune so Google could be your friend if they disappear from there.
Next it’s dirty 180bpm business from newcomer Iant. aka Ian Taylor – He’s done this VIP of the ‘Oil Slick’ cut and made it available for free via rudebass.com. It’s some techy minimal vibes – grab it here.
Next up, more of the high BPMs from the legendary Concord Dawn who have just not stopped making banging drum and bass since their heyday in the late 90’s and early 00’s. Grab ‘ElectroCute’ on soundcloud.
And finally, another newcomer on the Robot Bodypop – With a name like the Mad Zion-tist we really did not know what to expect. ‘Mind Driven’ completely blew us away. It’s already one of my favourites.
More freeness on the way from Killian once he’s cleared up the days excrement and tears.
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