Hell yeah, more Noodleman goodness. More soulful & vibrant Deep Disco that he’s known for. I am way into his work.

If I were you I’d grab a copy of Noodleworks 01.

It’s almost become required for Aeroplane to keep on keeping on with their monthly chart installments giving us the heads up on what the belgium duo are listening to.

This month shows no slowing on disco blaring tunes with Adelaide bros The Swiss getting a mention for their remix of The Holidays. On a side note Simon the lead of TH will actually be recording some vocals for the Bag Raiders next lick #hypehype.

Aeroplane “Chart Mix” February 2010 by Aeroplane (Official)

01. Golden Bug : “Flamingo”
02. On The Prowl Presents OTP Party Breaks #1 : “Lifetime Groove”
03. Black Van : “Yearning”
04. Bottin & Rodion : “Galli (Give It Up)”
05. Hannulelauri : “Injury Time”
06. The Holidays : “Moonllight Hours” (The Swiss Remix) ysi 320Kbps
07. Burns : “So Many Nights”
08. Slice & Soda : “Year Of The Dragon” (Villa Remix)
09. DyE : Nike
10. Fern Kinney : “Baby Let Me Kiss You”

Be sure to check out our interview with Golden Bug before he plays Picnic Social (sydney).

Ubbs

I didn’t say it, but…

Canada: barely better than America at a sport they invented. – TFLN

Happy Olympics, everyone!

Dmitry Fyodorov – Simcoe (Video Edit) (awesomely dark, tech house)
Don Diablo + Sidney Samson – Rise Up (prediction: massive remixes to come)
Jack Peñate – So Near (Penguin Prison Remix) (Penguin Prison is unstoppable)
Mojib + UNKLE + The Radio Dept. – May Day (what a great collaboration)
Penguin Prison – Something I’m Not (“bold piece of electro pop with a killer vocal delivery”)
Silver Columns – Cavalier (Time + Space Machine Remix) (I love the back and forth action)

Beats™

Tagged: Dmitry Fyodorov, don diablo, jack penate, mojib, penguin prison, sidney samson, silver columns, the radio dept., time + space machine, unkle

The Clipse have long been one of my favorite rap duos. I can’t even tell you where my affection for them streams from, but everything they do, to me, is just pure brilliance, and that is a strong statement especially for a hip-hop artist to claim. Their sophomore album Lord Willin was really what affected me; hearing Grinding for the first time was like a religious experience. It was one of those songs I was profusely singing everywhere I went, booming in my CD player or simply just telling other people about it.

With that said, I am highly disappointed with their latest effort, Till the Casket Drops. The first thing I did was quickly read reviews. They were mostly favorable and had high praise for the unique departure for the duo. In my opinion, they were wrong.

Till the Casket Drops is exactly what I have been preaching against- artists who have maintained integrity in their music veering towards a more mainstream or pop focus. The Clipse used to be known for their gritty, raw and individualist lyrics/beats. This time around, I was so caught off guard by the bubbly over tone of the tracks, I couldn’t even focus on their, as Malice and Pusha put it, “coke rap” ridden lyrics.

Despite the fact that they rap about things most others do as well, it’s their performance value and execution which makes their music so attractive. Paired with the incandescence of The Neptunes, The Clipse were unstoppable. The thing that killed them on this album was their production team including DJ Khalil and…Diddy.

This is not to say that The Clipse cannot do better. They can. Their last album Hell Hath No Fury was absolutely magnificent and was filled with the past effects which made people love them in the first place. I in no way am saying that artists are not supposed to experiment and take a risk. But when the risk is so over done that it sounds like a plea for mainstream acceptance, there is a problem. The album also had it’s good takes as well; Kinda Like a Big Deal featuring Kanye West, I’m Good and Popular Demand (Popeye’s) featuring Cam’Ron were all standouts for me.

All I have left to say is: next album please.

Clipse featuring Kanye West- Kinda Like a Big Deal
Clipse featuring Pharrell- I’m Good
Clipse- Popular Demand (Popeye’s)

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Most global communities around the world can claim some sort of indigenous melody as their own, and these personalized cultural chords have become what we often bracket as ‘World Music’. A term that seems to imply that it’ll never make it to the Top 40, and you won’t be hearing it on the back of the bus on a tiny loudspeaker. However in the realms of dance music it’s these world sounds that just seem to crop in and out of focus, whether it be an African chant, Swedish ambiance or a debka drum lick from some Israeli Psy-trance…these composites of ethnicity are everywhere.

These rhythmic worldly discourses are no new thing, as multitudes of varied over sea strains creep around the unmonitored corridors of the inter-web, until they claim musical sanctuary far away from home, and another crazy variation on the global boombox appears. Here’s a bit of 100% organic world produce that’s been on my player recently…

He headed to Cape Town having once been a lad from from Wigan, and with an English touch he brought the sounds of Kwaito a space age makeover with warm analogue grooves, that ring the sirens of Chicago and Detroit. Make sure you wander down to Pollinate Records where you can find more of Jumping Back Slash‘s Kwaito house gems for free download, and check their impressive rosta of artists who are contributing to the lo-fi sounds of the future.

Jumpin Back Slash – Ibhithi One

Jumpin Back Slash – Ibhithi Five

Jumping Back Slash – Ibhithi Six

So dubstep’s radius of influence has set sail to the furthermost corners of the globe, and this time it has landed on the shores of Delhi, where the incoming sounds are reverberating in a 12×10 bedroom that belongs to the East Stepper. Touching up his drums with quintessential Indian percussion, he makes use of his trusty djembe and doumbek, to twist the expectations of the south London steppers.

East Stepper – Damn Them Coke Lines

He’s from Australia and little be known about about why he’s called Cairo. But he’s got a free release on the horizon and be sure to look out for his ‘After Dark’ e.p. Living room ambiance and low end pressure all over this one.

Cairo – Unknown

The manifesto of the Dub Traffik Control is to “make dem speakers burn”. These boys hold their flag high and go by the names of El Poeta and Eddie Turbo, who stake most of their influences from the roots of dub and reggae, with a heavy dosage of hip hop and funk. Carlito Headset (aka. El Poeta) also plays a load of next level dance-hall sounds with a Cumbian twist.

Be sure you take a trip down to Generation Bass where I picked up a few of these gems!

El Poeta – Ayoba!

Carlito Headset – Cumbia Dub murder

Darkly

1. Fred Falke – When I Look Into Your Eyes (Quinten 909 Remix)
2. Muffin – Seagulls
3. Golden Bug – Flamingo
4. Breakbot feat Irfane – Baby I’m Yours
5. New Young Pony Club – Chaos (Rory Phillips Mix)
6. Meroz – Passion
7. Barretso – We Won’t Stop
8. Dada Ft The Other – Majestic 12 (Super Mal Remix)
9. Lorenz Rhode – Like A Player
10. Priors – What You Need (Grum Remix)