I was a fan of British Garage music when it first came to the States in the early 2000's. It didn't take off as well here as it did in the UK but some of the artist I still play frequently, including Craig David and MJ Cole.
I was looking for a mix to put on this blog and I stumbled upon this mix from DJ Spoony. Spoony has been active in DJ since the mid 90's and was a show host on Radio 1's Weekend Breakfast Show from 2003-2006. After his time at Radio 1, he did other radio shows and mainly did club events.
This mix was done for the Rinse FM podcast earlier this month. Enjoy!
The last time we featured British DJ Buttkick was in December, 2014. At the time, Buttkick was just coming back into DJing after a 15 year hiatus. Since then, he has developed a name for himself as a nu-disco DJ with an international following. This mix debuted in January this year and it reflects some of the changes Buttkick has been through this year. "I've had an interesting year to say the least, i got married, started a new, quite intense job and delved into the world of music production thanks to Ableton. I've enjoyed every minute of it !" You can check out his original tracks and mixes on his Soundcloud page:https://soundcloud.com/ian-western Enjoy! Tracklisting (with comments)
1. Sister S - Living Ecstasy (Norinton Remix). A brilliant remix of a classic on Boots R Us Music Label.
2.Yomakomba - Girl From Calabria (Caroline Remix). One of my biggest. Gorgeous tune with some great synths released on the Spacewalker Label.
3. Leon Sweet - Sunny Bigler (Original Mix). I was waiting AGES to get a hold of a copy of this. Leon is banging out some great stuff and this blew me away when i first heard it. Out on Trash The Wax Volume 2 on Paper Disco.
4. Tony's Way Back Machine - In The Beginning (Original Mix). Theres various remixes of this track, including the quality MiDiman remix, but this original for me is the best. I'm a sucker for pianos and this makes me smile whenever i play it. Out on Piano Pressure Volume 1 on Pole Position Recordings.
5. Kosmetique - Palace Gates (Rude Jude Remix). Quality track on Palace Gates EP on Computer Science Label. Brilliant track, simple.
6. Mark Lower - I Got A Dream (Manuel Kane Remix) This Kane Remix is a stunner, played it loads of times. A pleasure to mix in with. Out on Spirit Soul Records.
7. Deelicious - You Know How. Brilliant track on Gregg Holmes' label Hot Digits Music. Gorgeous track that swings along. Love it.
8. Mark Lower & Man Of Goodwill - Time To Be Free (Mark Lower Edit). Second Mark Lower track to make it onto my list. He's done a few collabs with Man Of Goodwill and this is a quality one. Out on Enormous Tunes Label.
9. Cinnamon Chasers - Fields (Original Mix). Picked this up last week and it blew me away. Gorgeous synths. Out on Modus Recordings.
10. Sonic Future - I Pretended (Original Mix). Probably the biggest tune i have in my box at the moment, possibly along with the last track on this mix. This is stunning, the synths are monstrous. Out on Modus Recordings. This is the @Highlighted Track@ of the mix.
11. Jay Vegas - Say To Ya (Original Mix). Another quality tune out on Hot Stuff Records.
12. 16 Bit Lolitas - Beat Organ (Original Mix). When i first heard a mate of mine David Nickleford playing this i nearly passed out. Where these guys got the synth from for the main line i have no idea but it is deadly. Out on Anjunadeep. Probably the biggest tune i have at the moment.
Yes, you read the title correctly...this weekly mix was broadcasted yesterday on BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix
And it's phenomenal!
Some people consider Ritchie Hawtin a British DJ. Some people say he's a Canadian DJ and still some call him a Detroit DJ. In actuality, he's all 3, Born in the UK, Ritchie later moved to Windsor, Canada, across the border from Detroit. He started the wave of techno DJs that came out of the Detroit area in the late 80's. He has since evolved to a producer and a record label exec.
Enjoy!
Here's the tracklisting:
01 Andres Campo – White (Lander B & Oscar Escapa Remix)[FLORIDA] 02 Mladen Tomic – 7 30 Drink 03 KH – Smoky 04 A++ & Lolla Tek – Lucy Overdrive (Ovi M Remix)[BLACK KAT] 05 Macromism – Alphabet (ANNA Remix)[OCTOPUS] 06 Dee Green – Pure 07 Pig&Dan – Lizard King (Julian Jeweil Remix)[ELEVATE] 08 J. Phlip & Huxley – What You Want (Vin Sol Remix) 09 Kronoxs Gaist – Blakk 10 Nuno Lisboa – Inapt V5 Demo 11 Alka Rex – Orleans Bradel (Kamran Sadeghi Remix) 12 Carlo Ruetz – Prayer Demo 13 K.A.M.A. – Allen Anacharca 14 Joy Orbison – A213[RUSH HOUR] 15 Bleeding – Madness 16 Bass Clann – Day By Day 17 ID – ID 18 Anestie Gomez – Suffo 19 ID – ID 20 Sakro – Lemonade 21 Reduction – Pablo Say 22 Lizz – Serial Lq Cut 23 Spielkamerad – Creepers (Vincent Hole Remix) 24 Alese Kosso – Nicandra (ALISONN Remix) 25 Radu Mirica – October 17 26 Derek Marin & Someone Else – Little Helper 27 Tunnel – Nostalgia 28 JSPR – Pl 29 Carlos Beltran – Southland 30 Elmar Strathe – 06 31 Deuce Parks – Dream Warriors 32 Lie2You – Run Out
One of my favorite websites is Drum 'n' Bass Arena out of the UK, If you have ever been a fan of d'n'b, this is one of the premiere websites to listen to mixes and newest productions. I used the website frequently when I was producing "Subterranean" in Atlanta.
I was feeling nostalgic this week.I was looking around for a mix this week and I found this exclusive mix that DJ Seba did for the website last month.
Seba isn't some random DJ. He's been around the d'n'b scene since 1995. I first heard of him through LTJ Bukem's label Good Looking records with his track with Lo-Tek called "Sonic Winds." A couple of years later, Seba started his own label Secret Operations in Sweden. Even though he was putting out some d'n'b tracks at that time, he was mainly mixing and producing house tracks. That was until 2003, when Secret Operations began increasing the amount of d'n'b tracks on their label.
This mix was done in celebration of 2 releases Seba did last December, "Jungle Music" and "Cloudless." You can read the interview and hear those tracks here. There's no tracklisting, but if you're a fan of 90's d'n'b or you want to know where dubstep sound generated from, this is the mix. Enjoy and download!
We last featured Buttkick on Mode.Radio's Weekly Mix #19 in November and he had a wealth of good responses. So we decided to feature one more mix before the year ends out. Here's what Butt Kick says about "Space Discoteque:"_ "This is a recording of my latest broadcast I performed on Mixify.
I've gone for a style I regard as space disco for this one, quite deep and cosmic in places, plenty of synths.
The highlighted track for this week is "Dim Sum - Coucoud Disco (Lifelike Remix)" - quality track on the Soundress label.
Other tracks I've featured are by the likes are Matt Hughes, Ben Macklin, Ray Mang, Andy Hart and others."
I stumbled upon Buttkick a few weeks ago and I was pleasantly surprised. He's from Devonshire in the UK and has recently returned to the scene after 10 years away. This mix features tracks from the likes of D-Pulse, MAM, Sixth Avenue Express, Satin Jackets, Kris Menace & BlueAzure etc from labels such as Editorial, Outcross Recordings, Eskimo Recordings & Nurvous Records. There's no tracklisting, but this is good stuff. Enjoy!
I stumbled upon this Essential mix two years ago and I thought it would be perfect for this month, since we're featuring other Dubstep DJs. It's a 2 hour set with mixes from The Plastician, Roll Deep and Digital Mystikz. Recorded February 12, 2006. Enjoy!
The Plastician
Aftershock 'Tug Of War' (Aftershock Recordings) Chunky B 'Diss Me Like Dat' (Dubplate) Digital Mystikz 'Shattered' (DMZ) Digital Mystikz 'Untitled' (DMZ) D.O.K. 'Boogeyman Remix' (Aftershock Recordings) D Coy 'Barbarian' (Dubplate) Roots Manuva 'Colossal Insight (Jammer Remix)' (Big Dada) Footsie 'It's War' (White) Geeneus 'Parasite' (Dumpvalve Recordings) Geeneus 'Old Skool Chapter II' (Dumpvalve Recordings) The Plastician 'Cha VIP' (Terrorhythm Recordings) The Plastician featuring Shizzle, Fresh, Napper 'Cha Vocal' (Terrorhythm Recordings) Wiley 'Murkle Man Instrumental' (White) Jammer 'Murkle Man Outburst' (Jah Mek The World) Flirta D 'Murkle Man Freestyle' (Dubplate) Ripperman 'Rubble' (Adamantium Music) Wiley 'Dragon Stout' (White) Slu Dem 'Grime' (Slu Dem Productions) Young Dot 'Bazooka' (White) Scratchy 'Shangooly' (Dumpvalve Recordings) Skepta 'Duppy' (Risky Roads Recordings) Skepta 'Duppy vs Request Line' (Dubplate) Skream 'Request Line' (Tempa) Macabre Unit 'Lift Off' (Terrorhythm Recordings) J Sweet 'Kerb' (Sweet Beatz) JME 'Deadout' (Boy Better Know) Jon E Cash 'Hoods Up' (Black Ops) Wiley 'Gangsters' (New Era Music) Wonder 'Undertaker' (Dubplate)
Digital Mystikz
Digital Mystikz ' Misty Winter' (Soul Jazz) Digital Mystikz 'Earth A Run Red' (Soul Jazz) Loefah 'Left Right Left' (Dubplate) Digital Mystikz 'Blue Notez' (Dubplate) Digital Mystikz 'Serious' (Dubplate) Digital Mystikz 'Torture' (Dubplate) Digital Mystikz 'Haunted' (Dubplate) Skream 'Tapped' (Tempa) Digital Mystikz 'Ancient Memories (Skream Remix)' Loefah 'Goat Stare' (DMZ) Digital Mystikz 'Shattered' (Dubplate) Digital Mystikz 'Left Leg Out' (Dubplate) Digital Mystikz ft Spen G 'Anti-War Dub' (DMZ)
Roll Deep
Roll Deep 'Creeper Vocal' (White) Roll Deep 'Runaway' (Relentless) Roll Deep 'Stingroller Vocal' (White) Roll Deep 'New Dawn' (Relentless) Wiley 'Gangsters' (Wiley Kat) Wiley 'Eski Boy' (Wiley Kat) JME & Skepta 'Don't Get Rude' (Boy Better Know) Flirta D 'In Da Club' (White) Nocturnal ft Ghetto 'Back in a Big Way' (Nite Knights) Trend 'Untitled' (White) Eski Boy Instr 'Still Tippin' [Plastician rmx] (White) Skepta 'The End' (White) Skepta 'Are You Done' (White) Nocturnal 'Back in a Big Way' [rmx] (Nite Knights) JME 'Awox' (White) Ruff Squad 'Extra Rmx' (White)
I'm a former radio DJ from Atlanta who lives in Nashville, after living in the Bay Area for 6 years. Mode.Radio is my podcast. It started out featuring re-broadcasts of my Atlanta radio show, "Subterranean." Now I feature DJ Sets on 3 shows, Weekly Mixes, Debut Series, and Radio Ready.
