Pedro 123 – Slush EP – Get Some(Preview)

In between running a taste-making music blog and club night of the same name the label arm of Get Some presents its fifth release, the Slush EP, from the precocious talent that is South-London’s own Pedro 123. After a flurry of groundwork over the past year having remixed tracks for Trim, MIK, Lakosa & iO and Starkey it’s evident that his passion for Grime and Garage is the stimulus for his tracks. It’s no surprise then, that the 18-year-old has already received praise and multiple spins from Radio 1′s Skream & Benga, Dirtybird’s French Fries and Rinse FM’s Roska, Brackles and Monki for his well-informed approach to his productions.

Title track Slush sees playful Zomby-esque synths teased over a thumping kick drum which acts as the skeleton of track whilst groove-laden drums interject for some off-kilter rhythmic patterns. Utilizing a selective sound palette, the raw textures and shape-shifting percussion compliment the minimalist aesthetic of the track and make for an intriguing A-side.

On the other side Jetpack Joyride benefits greatly from descending synth chords that are accompanied by a barrage of Eski-influenced kicks and snares. Whilst the track is slightly more urgent and unrestrained than the A-side it’s anchored by a heavily swung Garage drum pattern that gives it an old-school feel.

Remix duties come courtesy of highly-revered Bassline producer and Unknown to the Unknown signee, Checan, who takes the track back to ’95 on his reinterpretation. With a euphoric intro that evolves into crashing 4×4 drums, chopped Reggae vocals and sublow basslines the memorable synth-work of the original remains but with the addition of melancholic chords in the breakdown.

 

As London’s ever-evolving musical landscape ploughs on this addition to the melange sees a young producer who sticks firmly to his roots and adds a refreshing spin whilst doing so. With Pedro 123′s refined ear and multi-faceted music inspirations the release of the Slush EP sees him top off a landmark year with some of most accomplished work to date.

Artist: Pedro 123

 Title: Slush EP

 Label: Get Some

 Catalogue No: GSR005

 Release Date: 12.11.12

 Format: 12″ Vinyl & Digital

Tracklist:

1. Slush

 2. Jetpack Joyride

 3. Slush (Checan Remix)

Brackles – “Chasing Crazy” (Official Video)

Guy Andrews – The Wait / Hands In Mine (HFT022)(Preview)

Following last year’s triumphant debut on Untold’s imprint Hemlock, Brighton based producer Guy Andrews is back with his first 12″ for Hotflush Recordings. A superb followup to his 2011 auditory missive, The Wait / Hands in Mine merges percussive elements with heavy basslines resulting in two dark dancefloor cuts.
More INFO

Guy Andrews – The Wait / Hands In Mine

Following last year’s triumphant debut on Untold’s imprint Hemlock, Brighton based producer Guy Andrews is back with his first 12″ for Hotflush Recordings. A superb followup to his 2011 auditory missive, The Wait / Hands in Mine merges percussive elements with heavy basslines resulting in two dark dancefloor cuts.

Side A is a bass-driven afrobeat stepper, while on the flip, Andrews shows off his ability to manipulate genres by using a deep bass kick and frenzied rhythmic percussion to dial up an atmospheric tune.

With recent acclaim from XLR8R, Resident Advisor and Truants along with DJ and radio support from the likes of Benji B, L-Vis 1990, Brackles, Sound Pellegrino, Shortstuff, Benjamin Damage and Throwing Snow, Guy Andrews is on the rise. Lookout for another 12″ via Hotflush this Fall.

Release date: May 28th 2012

Pursuit Grooves new Frantically Hopeful EPK

Pursuit Grooves will be releasing her solo LP “Frantically Hopeful” in June on Pinch operated Tectonic Recordings. It is guaranteed to be a stand out album for 2011 with early buzz play by Brackles and AlexNut of RinseFM and Anthony Valadez of KCRW

stream “Peace Talks”

and “Transformation of Consciousness”

The LP continues rhythmically where last year’s ‘Fox Trot Mannerisms’ EP left off but launches into a different head space with lyrics touching on current affairs and technological dependency.

Juggling all angles from production, songwriting, MCing and singing, Pursuit Grooves continues what she does best, fusing elements of electronic, hip hop, house and broken beats with sensual melodies and vocals. ‘Frantically Hopeful’ challenges conversations and feet alike, offering a true backdrop to the world we live in today.

Pursuit Grooves has 4 albums under her belt plus numerous live gigs performed in the UK, Germany, Spain, Japan, Australia and beyond. Having received kudos from Gilles Peterson, IDJ, DJ Magazine, Fact Mag, Boomkat etc for last years EP “Fox Trot Mannerisms”, Vanese Smith is one of the few producers in the eclectic beat scene who is also an energetic and skilled vocalist/MC who also mainly uses a hardware sampler when performing live. She is also a 2008 Redbull Music Academy alum which also included Onra, Teebs, Dorian Concept, Lukid, Cardopusher and Fatima. Providing sounds that are equal parts soul, house, and broken beat, Pursuit Grooves always DELIVERS!
© Tectonic Recordings

Brackles & Shortstuff feat. Terrible Shock – Good Foundations 12″ Vinyl (BLR005)(preview)

 Blunted Robots have done another record. If we say it’s Future Garage, will you like it more? DJs showing love include Sinden, Mr Scruff, Jackmaster, Rob Da Bank, Hot Chip, Roska, and Toddla T.

a1 Brackles & Shortstuff feat. Terrible Shock – Good Foundations
a2 Brackles & Shortstuff feat. Terrible Shock – Good Foundations (Instrumental)
b1 Brackles & Shortstuff feat. Terrible Shock – Good Foundations (Doc Daneeka Remix)
b2 Brackles & Shortstuff feat. Terrible Shock – Good Foundations (Accapella)

Listen to sample of Good Foundations

Download: FACT mix 193 – Tom Kerridge

This Friday’s FACT session is packed with exclusives, and comes mixed by the more than able hands of RAMP Recordings boss Tom Kerridge.

The label debuted mid-way through the last decade, releasing leftfield hip-hop from the likes of Count Bass D and Kankick. 2008 saw the label hit second gear in terms of productivity, and with it, a shift in focus to the UK’s underground dance music spectrum, with releases arriving from Zomby, FaltyDL, 2562 and Taz Buckfaster.

2009 was marked by a Zomby album, One Foot Ahead of the Other, alongside singles from Shortstuff, Hot City and Flying Lotus, while 2010 has seen Ramp enter its album stage proper, with P.U.D.G.E’s Idiot Box, Maxmillion Dunbar’s Cool Water and Shortstuff’s Summer of Shortstuff 10” project. Kerridge doesn’t just run Ramp of course, he also handles the few-more-shady BRAiNMATH label, which has spent the last few years peddling one-sided, limited vinyl releases from the likes of Untold, Airhead, James Blake and Bakongo, while his newest venture, PTN, sees him indulge his love of house music, with releases so far from Breach, Hackman, Doc Daneeka and Hypno.

As you might expect, more full-length offerings are pencilled in for 2011; read our interview with Kerridge over the page for an insight into what the label has on the horizon. And while you’re doing that, download his FACT mix, which features unreleased cuts from Brackles, DJ Dom, Hackman, T. Williams and more alongside classics from Two Lone Swordsmen and Pepe Braddock.

Download: FACT mix 193 – Tom Kerridge
(Available for three weeks)

 

Tracklist:
1. NOCHEXXX – Vapour Cruz [forthcoming RAMP Recordings]
2. Computer Jay – ZapBack (feat. AliBaBa) [forthcoming RAMP Recordings]
3. DJ Dom – Sunshowers [forthcoming Blunted Robots]
4. Two Lone Swordsmen – Glide By Shooting [Emissions Audio Output]
5. Nick Høppner – Brush Me Down [Ostgut-Ton]
6. Pepe Bradock – C. U. @ Minna & Lafayette [Atavisme]
7. DJ Dom – Computer Love [forthcoming PTN]
8. Braiden – The Alps [forthcoming Doldrums]
9. Aramac – Hurt Inside [CD-R]
10. Shortstuff – Bumpy Chuckles [CD-R]
11. Brackles – Blo [!K7]
12. Hackman – Daylight Fires, Buzzin’ [forthcoming PTN]
13. T. Williams – People’s Choice [forthcoming PTN]
14. Brackles – Earphone Memories [CD-R]

http://www.factmag.com

Download: FACT mix 186 – Blunted Robots

This Monday’s FACT mix is an exclusive-filled session from one of the most promising dance labels around, Blunted Robots.

The work of Brackles and Shortstuff, the label debuted last year with Martin Kemp’s (Brackles’ obscenely talented brother) ‘No Charisma’, a crossover anthem that seemed to infiltrate the sets of everybody going, backed with Mickey Pearce’s ragga stomper ‘Innami’. Two more Martin Kemp 12”s have followed, broken up by Bok Bok’s seasick ‘Citizens Dub’ and another minor classic from Brackles and Shortstuff, ‘Pipey D’.

The fifth Blunted Robots 12”, a collaboration between Brackles, Shortstuff and Nottingham vocalist Terrible Shock will be out towards the end of November, backed with a remix by Doc Daneeka. To celebrate this, as well as the label’s first birthday, they’ll be hosting Room 3 at Fabric, as part of the club’s own birthday celebrations on October 15. Brackles, Shortstuff, Martin Kemp, Scratcha DVA and Doc Daneeka are scheduled to play.

They’ve also teamed up to deliver their FACT mix, packed with unreleased cuts from the Blunted Robots camp and future label material from Terrible Shock and DJ Dom. If that’s not enough, we’d also point you to the Robots’ newly-inaugurated YouTube page, where they’ve uploaded their past singles as well as some unreleased curios.

Download: FACT mix 186 – Blunted Robots
(Available on three weeks)


Tracklist:
DJ Dom – UCSM
J:Kenzo – Ruckus (Martin Kemp remix)
Brackles – Spider
Shortstuff – Naughty Step
Martin Kemp – 2781half
Brackles – Blazeby
Brackles & Shortstuff feat. Terrible Shock – Good Foundations (Doc Daneeka remix)
Martin Kemp – Know We Can
Brackles – Lighthouse
Shortstuff – If The Sock Fits
Martin Kemp – Fix
Shortstuff – Bodge Job
JME – CD iS DEAD (Mickey Pearce remix)
Brackles – I Can’t Wait
DJ Dom – Sunshowers

http://www.factmag.com

Download:DVA -XLR8R Podcast 160

It seems like ages ago, but it has only been a year since we put Cooly G on the cover of XLR8R and began exploring the mutant strain of UK funky being turned out by a select crew of UK producers. A big part of that article was focused around DVA (a.k.a. Scratcha DVA a.k.a. Leon Smart). The former grime disciple and long-time Rinse FM jock was one of the first artists to champion the deeper, housier side of funky, and continues to push boundaries with his percussion-heavy production style and occasionally bonkers sense of melody. On top of his DJ duties, he also runs his own label and has released music on Blackdown’s Keysound Recordings and Kode9′s iconic Hyperdub label. In fact, Hyperdub is home to Scratcha’s next 12″, “Just Vybe” b/w “Step 2 Funk,” which includes a collaboration with vocalist Fatima. That record doesn’t drop until October 4, so this exclusive XLR8R podcast will have to tide over the DVA faithful in the meantime. As expected, he’s sprinkled in plenty of dubplates and unreleased tunes; pay close attention, as this mix is probably a good indication of where funky is headed next.

Download:DVA XLR8R Podcast 160

01 Kismet “Loose Screw”
02 T.Williams “In the Deep (DVA’s Hi Emotions Remix)” (Deep Teknologi)
03 Dark Sky “High Rise”
04 Just Felix “African Sisters” (Six Red Apples)
05 DVA “Take Your Seat in the Stereo Mix”
06 L-Vis 1990 & T.Williams “Stand Up”
07 Fingaprint “Night Time (DVA’s Hi Emotions Remix)” (Invasion)
08 Redlight “Source 16″
09 Cooly G “Gritting” (Dub Organizer)
10 DVA “New World Order” (DVA)
11 Benga “Falling”
12 Cooly G “Dis Boy (DVA’s Hi Emotions Remix)” (DVA)
13 Brackles “Spider” (Rinse)
14 Roska “Take Off”
15 The Bug feat. Warrior Queen “Poison Dart (DVA Remix)” (Ninja Tune)
16 Sentel “Chapel 20″ (Concrete Cut)
17 DVA feat. Fatima “Just Vybe (Soule:Power Mix)” (Hyperdub)
18 Gugu “AC Riddim” (DVA)
19 CPU God “Too Much Booty”

http://www.xlr8r.com

Peverelist & Hyetal- ‘The Hum’ / ‘rrrr’(drunk019)preview out 18th Oct 2010

Artist : Peverelist & Hyetal
Title : ‘The Hum’ / ‘rrrr’
Cat. drunk019
label : Punch Drunk Records
Format :12″ vinyl & digital
Release : Monday 18th Oct 2010

Punch Drunk continue to twist, redefine and push forward the template of dubstep with a new 12” combining the talents of rising star Hyetal and Bristol veteran Peverelist.

As part of the second wave of Bristol dubstep producers, Hyetal has already made his mark, garnering critical acclaim for his recent 12” ‘Phoenix’ on Orca and previously releasing 12”s on labels such as Reduction and Soul Motive in addition to his collaboration with Shortstuff on Punch Drunk earlier this year.

This is Peverelist’s second 12” release this year following his ‘Better Ways of Living’ release for Punch Drunk and his recent mix for Resident Advisor.

Both producers bring their trademark ingredients to the table, Hyetal’s kaleidoscopic synthesis and Pev’s deadly junglistic rhythm section combine to produce two very different tracks.

The Hum is immediately grabbing, brimming with propelling energy and uplifting melodics. The cryptically titled ‘rrrr’ is a much darker disorientating psychedelic affair, slowly luring you into it’s groove, providing another typical Punch Drunk curve ball.

Strong support already from Ramadanman, Ben UFO, A Made Up Sound/2562, Untold, Brackles, Shortstuff, Pariah and more

Peverelist & Hyetal ‘The Hum’

Peverelist & Hyetal ‘rrrr’

Punch Drunk Records
www.twitter.com/peverelist
******************************************************
Promotional stuff arrived via email (extramusicnew(at)gmail.com ,
send your stuffs via e mail or soundcloud, promote yourself…!!!
******************************************************