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I.D. - Latin, Soul, Funk mix

November 30

That there is Ray Barretto. He's one of my favourite musicians, a conga player that made his name in the 60's and 70's in New York. There was a great scene in East Harlem in New York back in the 60s, where musicians of Hispanic descent (Mr Barretto above was born to Puerto Rican parents) infused their traditional musics with the influences of the culture around them - US soul, blues, and so on. Correspondingly, down in Brazil around the same time, local musicians were doing the same thing - the likes of Banda Black Rio and Jorge Ben were being influenced by US soul music coming over the airwaves, and incorporating those sounds into their music.

This is a mix I put together of all that kind of stuff (and more. It even features the theme to Shaft In Africa which is quite possibly the funkiest piece of music ever written). Hope you enjoy it (stream below or right click and download from this link):

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Fresh Binga Mix for Shit The Bed 16

November 29

Again, a ridiculous line up. I mean come on. Just silly. Well chuffed to be playing at STB, always amazing vibes and thoroughly recommended for a top night out - at the last one I ended up in a speedboat (!) with DJ Die and Mensah. I'm really looking forward to checking Serum - properly feeling the new-old-skool jungle vibes he's bringing, quality stepping drums and wobbly sub without the cheese factor. And obviously Andy C simultaneously inspires (cos he mixes so ridiculously well) and depresses (because you know you will never mix that ridiculously well) - amazing.

Anyways, the STB crew got in touch and asked me for a mix to go with the night, and I decided that it would be a good excuse to have a bit of a musical rant about the amount of overly tasteful music that gets such a lot of love at the moment. Now obviously I'm not saying that any form of seriousness or restraint in dance music is a bad thing, far from it - just that it has recently seemed a bit as if there's been a lot of quite bland music being celebrated. So, I thought it would be a good excuse to brock out a mix of uber-fun-time classics old and new, hopefully while avoiding anything too ridiculously obvious. Which I guess is pretty much what I do every time to be fair, but still - it was definitely fun starting a mix with 'Rush The DJ' and going from there!

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1. Dynamite MC vs TNT - Rush The DJ - Talkin' Loud

2. Skinnz - Put It On Me - Well Rounded

3. Hem & Terrible Shock - On A Mission (Shortstuff RMX) - Berkane Sol

4. SX - Woo Riddim - Stay Fresh

5. Baobinga & I.D. - Wang It - Build

6. Bassboy ft SG & Slickdon - Oh Yes - Insatiable

7. Skinnz - Keep It Gutta - Boka

8. Borderline - Elastic -

9. TRC - Oo Aa Ee VIP - Butterz

10. Rick Ross - B.M.F. - Def Jam

11. Taz Buckfaster - Gold Tooth Grin - Numbers

12. Rachet - Electrical Bass Sweep - Rwina

13. Baobinga & Mensah - N.S.G. - BUILD (w/ Joe - Claptrap and Addison Groove - Footcrab)

14. Waka Flocka Flame - Hard In Da Paint Remix ft Ciara - Brick Squad

Enjoy, and see you down the front on Saturday :)

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Vital Mix Bizzle for Wednesdayses

October 27

It's the middle of the week. On the one hand, you're feeling kinda wistful and a bit spun out cos it's been a while since the last weekend... But on the plus side, another weekend is fast approaching, so maybe there is some light at the end of the tunnel.

A mix suitable for the former part of that equation would probably sound something like this Hyetal mix for XLR8R. I've been working with Hyetal quite a bit recently (all shall be revealed soon enough) and it's been really interesting watch him hone an aesthetic, rather than just aim to make club bangers and get hype. 'Phoenix' is only the entry point to the Hyetalian musical world, and this mix should give some clue as to where he may be going with it all. Great stuff.

As for the second part of the Wednesday syndrome? It has to be the spectacular Butterz show from Rinse on the 21st October, featuring Terror Danjah and Kode 9, chatting about Terror's forthcoming album for Hyperdub, and playing 100% Danjah music. Get hyped in the office and slew the water cooler.

(BTW looks like all the signed TPs for BUILD004 have gone!)

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Bass Music Mix 23 - Marcus Visionary

September 7

Marcus Visionary has been making some serious waves recently, so we were super hyped when he agreed to do a Bass Music Mix for us recently. His album Carib, which came out about 3 months back, has been on steady rotation round my way ever since, and I rarely play a set that doesn't feature a track off it - the combination of tuff, rolling beats and no-nonsense grooves makes them ideal for switching up between dubstep and breakstep, double dropping, even 3 deck mixing. It's really recommended. But Marcus is ridiculously prolific, and will soon be coming with another EP, 'Humble' on his own Liondub label, more releases for Digital Soundboy, and pushing his new site Channel One Station. That's what I call a work ethic.

So, massive biggups to Marcus for finding the time to do us this mix - it's one of the most varied we've had in a while, starting off with roots reggae vibes, and taking in funky, dubstep, and soca along the way. Brilliant stuff. No tracklisting this time I'm afraid - we'll just have to get all Sherlock and do some detective work on it...

Before we get started, could you do a quick introduction for people who might not be familiar with your music - who are you, what do you do and where do you do it?

My name is Marcus Visionary aka Marcus Sills. I'm a dj, producer and promoter from Toronto Canada. I'm part of the Digital Soundboy camp and I co run Liondub International with dj Liondub out of Brooklyn N.Y.C. I'm also about to launch a new label called 'Inner City Dance' with Dj Lush who is a legend in the Toronto Jungle scene.

Biggups for the mix, it's quality! You start off with some classic dancehall, bashment and similar - was JA music your first love, something you grew up with?

My family is from guyana and we always had reggae, soca, soul, rnb and funk playing around the house. My sister was into pop music and my brother was into rock so I had so many influences surrounding me. The music I always gravitated more toward was reggae. Early Yellowman, Dennis Brown, Bunny Wailer etc. I think it had alot to do with the bass coming into my room from the basement while I was asleep. Reggae will always be my first love.

The mix progresses into kind of funky-bashment territory - I think it's really interesting how people like The Heatwave are linking the UK and the JA sound - is this something you aim to do with your music? Do you have any plans to produce funky?

I don't think I intentionally try to link the music back to J.A but it's always a major influence in my music. I love what Heatwave are doing right now. I feel like it's definately helping dancehall evolve to a better place. I do plan on making some funky. I had one funky track on 'Carib' called 2012. I've been experimenting with alot of house and funky. Maybe after my Jungle LP.

Next, the mix heads into the world of dubstep and all things related. A lot of people got to know about you first through your Drum & Bass work - what inspired the change in tempo? Has it refreshed you in terms of rekindling the fire for DnB?

I think that alot of jungle people could relate to the dub in dubstep. It was a natural progression for alot of people. After 20 years of working in the 170+ bpms, it was time for a change for alot of producers. You can see that with the entire DSB camp. We're all experimenting with different tempos and genres. I think making a variety of styles has definately helped me look at dnb and jungle differently. After my Humble LP I'll most definately be doing some more experimental DnB sounds drawing from all my new influences.

With the Carib LP, and your forthcoming remix for Tayo, there's a real sense of percussive energy - a real driving steppers beat that propels things along, which I really like. Is that an aspect of music that's particularly important for you, getting the drums right?

I've always made dancefloor oriented music so giving the drums energy was something natural for me. I was inspired by the whole half time double time that you have in jungle. It works really well in dubstep as well. Alot of the one drop dubstep stuff does'nt move me drum wise. I enjoyed bringing in elements of soca, kuduro, house, techno and broken beat.

The mix ends up on a Soca vibe. Obviously Soca has been massive in the islands for time, but it seems like it's really starting to get some wider attention lately - why do you think this is? Are people becoming more open-minded, or is there a danger of it just being a 'flavour of the month' type of thing?

Soca has been the soundtrack to my childhood up until now and I've always loved it. I think Funky has helped people embrace soca much more as there are alot of soca/funky refixes. Funky also uses alot of elements from soca music drum wise. I think it has definately started off as a flavour of the month thing but I think it will evolve. The young producers in Trinidad are making some darker, harder more intense riddims that people in the UK and North America can relate to. Some of it is closer to Jungle bpm wise pushing 160+. Lyrically it can be more like grime with people like Bunji Garlin and Skinny Fabulous pushing things forward. With riddims like Kickback, Hunny Bunny, Fax Machine and Gutter Riddim things are going to get very interesting. It's getting younger and more progressive so it's starting to finally reach more people around the globe.

What's your musical background, and how would you say your sound has evolved over the years?

That's a tough question as it's long. I love all music of black origin: from reggae to soul to jazz to hip hop to house, techno and all of the new sub genres. When I started playing early jungle in 91 it was a perfect fit as it had the dub basslines and the energy of the U.K with the breakbeats. I think that my sound has now evolved to a point where I can incorporate more of the music I've grown up with. This is the first year that soca is somewhat 'cool' to play out! Before this most of my friends hated soca and some still do.

For those that don't know, you've released on some of the classic DnB labels such as Flex, Digital Soundboy and Chronic - any stories from back in the day you can share with us?

I haven't done anything for Chronic yet but I'm working on it! Bryan G. has always been a great supporter. I'm honestly just honoured to be a part of the DSB camp as they are one of the most progressive labels out there right now. There are alot of stories but I don't want to upset anyone. On a positive note.. Shy FX has just made my weekend by sending me his first single 'Raver' off his next LP larger than Life. Watch out for it!

Are you a workaholic? I ask because having just released the Carib LP, you've got 'Humble' coming out soon on your label Liondub... What's the concept behind the album, and how was it working with legends such as Sugar Minott, Johnny Osbournce, Bunny General and Pad Anthony?

I spend most of my time in the studio. I work in long spurts of time. Sometimes I'll get into studio mode for 2 months where I'll make a track every two days. I'll make the track in one day and mix it down the next. I think music is supposed to flow out naturally so if something is being too difficult I move on and try something else.

Liondub from N.Y.C hooked up all of the vocal sessions for the 'Humble' LP. He lines up dubs for sounds around the world as many of the jamaican artists live or are always passing thru NYC. It was an honour and a dream to work with legends such as the late great Sugar Minott. Before he passed Sugar was very excited about building more music in the future. I still have one more track of his to finish which will come out after the LP. I've also had the honour of doing a large amount of work with Johnny Osbourne who I think is one of the greatest voices in reggae music. He's very humble person and he is also very interested in making music that kids now can relate to. Last time I was in NYC he came to the Pinch show I was playing at. I asked him what he thought King Tubby would think of dubstep? He said Tubby would have liked it and would have been doing it in his own way. I'll always remember that. Big up Liondub for the links.

You recently launched www.channelonestation.com - what's the idea behind the site, and how do you see it developing.

We eventually would like channel one to be an online radio station. It's great because dj's/producers are busy but this way everyone can record mixes from home. We're hoping to build our roster with some likeminded dj's who want to keep pushing things forward.

Any shout outs or upcoming projects you'd like to plug?

Shouts to the whole Digital Soundboy camp, Liondub camp, www.channelonestation.com, and watch out for my new label 'Inner City Dance' coming soon..
Humble EP 1 & 2 will be followed by the Humble LP. The LP is 100% reggae, dancehall and dub inspired jungle. Taking it back to my roots.

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It's Still Summer - Grapes / Fireman Sam Mixes!!!

September 1

Well there's been a bit of a chill in the air recently but it's not autumn yet! So here are two mixes that should help you hold on to the last vestiges of those good Summer vibes just a little bit longer...

First up is Bristol's own Fireman Sam, a resident at Bristol's epic Shit The Bed nights and a promoter of 'The Bustle' at Basement 45 - their next bash is October 2nd and will see D Double E, Oneman, Mensah and a bunch more mash it up next stylie. This mix goes from Ragga and Bashment through Funky to Grime and Dubstep, and even features a sneaky blast of the next Build... Well worth a check!

Next up, we've got a mix from Grapes, hailing from Germany. He also promotes, in this case the 'Clap Yo Feet' night in Hamburg... And is a bit of an expert in Dirty South hip-hop, so much so that we've got him beavering away working on a special mix to showcase New Orlean's finest.

But first, check out this unusual blend of screwed-up sizzurp-sippin Southern hip-hop blended with Purple-esque dubstep - it's perfect for cruising in 'tha whip' with the subs up high and the roof down low, or something. Basically, 808s aplenty and an interesting concept, combining to create an overall win.

Grapes - Night Screwz

Grapes - Late Night Surpstep Mix by tooKlonk

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Weekend Mixes

August 13

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Too many mixes! My computer is overflowing with the bastards this week, and I can't post all the mixes I've enjoyed or I'd be here all day. Here are the highlights though....

Bedtime Bunnage went mad and put up two great podcasts this week, but this was the more interesting, I think. Dubstep/electro wizard Geiom, the man who runs Berkane Sol records, showed another side to his musical excursions with this deep DnB mix. Featuring the likes of ASC, D Bridge and even a couple of tracks from himself, this plots a course from the skittish and paranoid, to the mellow and spacious, and is definitely worth chucking on the earbuds for a late night walk around town.

Tracklist and links at the bedtimebunnage post.

Oh dear, it's an XLR8R podcast again. Well, they have been on fire lately and it's only fair to link this up, since it's so good and all. Bristol's Guido follows up his recent album with this classy mix which showcases once more his ear for melody. Loads of really cool blends in this; in particular 'Mad Sax' in to the Body Snatchers 'Only Hunnerds' works a treat. It also features his and Baobinga's collab 'Bumba' which might even be a premiere of this fine track.

Grab it at the XLR8R site.

Staying in Bristol, here's Atki2 of the Steakhouse / Ruffnek Diskotek crew, who's just dropped this fine Karnival mixtape for Chrissy Murderbot's year of mixtapes. From Sticky and Geeneus to Sizzla and Vybez Kartel, this mix is unashamed bashment vibes and brightened up my evening last night no end. Highly recommended!

From there we journey to Berlin, to the home of Nightshifters Records and DJ Donna Summer, who has put his artistic hat on for this mix - another one for the We Are Skitzo crew - which takes a little detour away from his normal party-centric vibe and off into more leftfield pastures such as Autechre, Meat Beat Manifesto and Ennio Morricone. Nice. Tracklist here.

Finally, I was just going to leave it at that, but I spotted this mix by Brandon Sek of the Happy Please blog over at Discobelle. They describe it as being 'dark and moody tech-house' but it doesn't sound much like tech house to me. Maybe I'm a bit out of the loop? It's certainly dark and moody though, but I'd say it's more kind of 80's film soundtrack music with a kind of twisted Italo influence. If tech house was this good I'm sure I'd listen to a lot more of it. It's even got a John Carpenter track in there and I'm sure he's not tech house Anyway, see what you reckon here.

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Weekend Mixes

August 6

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You know, I've been so busy recently, I haven't even had a chance to affront your eyeballs with any pictures of unattractive brutalist architecture. Well, no time like the present, so here's a big picture of the Trellick Tower in London, which I was admiring this week on a train out of West London. It was designed by Erno Goldfinger, who was apparently the inspiration for the James Bond character. So the story goes, he was about to sue Ian Fleming the use of his name, until Fleming told him he'd just change the character name to 'Goldprick'....

So anyway. Mixes for you to enjoy this weekend. Let's start with my favourite mix of the week, from F. F is somewhat of an expert when it comes to blending deep, rolling dubstep, and melodic techno influences, and this is a great example of his stuff. It's a podcast for Concepto Radio in Spain, which looks to be a pretty good site, if you hablais Espanol.

Next up, let's stay on the deepish dubstep tip and turn to the latest Resident Advisor podcast, from Bristol's very own Peverelist. You'll likely know what to expect from him by now; this is a man fixated by rhythms, counter rhythms, polyrhythms and bass that whacks you in the gut. I often find that with Pev's tunes, if I just drop the needle down in the middle of the track, I don't really get into it. But if I play the track from the start, then by 3 minutes in I'm lost, adrift in the interplay of the snares, percussion and looping melodic motifs. So find some time and give this mix the attention it deserves.

Peverelist - Resident Advisor Podcast 218.

Let's now emerge (slowly) from the deep, with this mix from Mackaveli repping the Fabric crew in Mixclouds's 'Curators Series'. Starting out with the awesome Mt Kimbie remix of Foals 'Spanish Sahara', it pretty quickly swings up towards B'more club courtesy of DJ Class, and classic 2 step from Wookie. It's a scattershot approach but they're all wicked tunes so it makes for a fun ride:

....and speaking of B'More club, one of the original players, Debonair Samir just uploaded this mix on his soundcloud; 63 minutes, 41 tunes, all produced by the man himself. It's not big, it's not clever, but my goodness is it fun. I suppose that depends on whether you consider the sound of Lil Jon shouting over a Think break to be fun - we certainly do. It also contains Samir's remix of Dizzee Rascal - 'Pussyhole' which I cained solidly in my sets for about a year. Big. Tracklist at the soundcloud page.

Last of all, oh look, it's me again. Well, if I can't plug all my hard work on this blog, where can I plug it? I've been booked to play at the Phono festival in Denmark next month, which looks sick - and as a prelude, the guys involved asked me to do a mix for their blog. This one starts out ambient with one of my favourite producers, Tim Hecker, and stays moody, cold and deep, although gets more banging later. It also involves a personal favourite tune of mine which concluded me & Bao's first album, and concludes this mix also.

Anyway, stream below, tracklist at the post on weareskitzo.

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Solo I.D. tunes mix

August 5

This week has absolutely flown by. Apologies for the paucity of blog posts this week - and indeed for the downtime (if you even noticed!); the blog was down yesterday and half of today due to a DoS attack on our hosters, Posterous. Luckily, they're generally pretty on the ball and quickly set up a new server, so now I've pointed the domain to the new server (no small task for a technical halfwit like myself) and we seem to be back on track.

So, as you might have gathered from Sam's post earlier this week, I was playing in Kiev at the weekend. It was one of those gigs where everything goes right, and any working DJ will tell you that this is something of a rarity. We all have our ideal of what a gig should be like, but it's not often that everything matches up to that - the club is full, the crowd are going mental, the sound system is good, the monitors are clear, all the equipment works, the booze flows steadily from the bar to your hand, you get your selection and mixing spot on, and girls even start taking their clothes off. Yep, to get all those, including the last one, is very rare indeed. So, on that front, out to the Kiev crew for a wicked night. The dude with the mic in the photo above is Valta, one of the promoters, and if you want to see the rest of the photos from that night, you can find them here.

As a prelude to that night, I had done a mix for the Kievbass Radio Show on Sub.fm. I decided to do an egotastic mix of entirely my own solo tunes, which I've never done before - and I think it came out pretty well. I suppose I would. But I reckon it shows quite nicely where the I.D. profile is going - dark, spacious, jungle-influenced breakstep and dubstep (and even some DnB at the end there). You can check the full show archive here, or just stream my mix below.

Mediafire link for the download crew.

I.D. ft Rider Shafique -The Light (dub)
I.D. - Nine Tree Hill (Mata-Syn)
I.D. - Rollage (dub)
I.D. - Halflight (dub)
I.D. - Feudal (dub)
I.D. - Akusative (Cool & Deadly)
I.D. - Stitch (dub)
Vipercorps - Overclocked (I.D. remix) (Lucky Break)
I.D. - Tell Ya (Sub Slayers)
F Word - Death Valley (I.D. remix) (Dusted Breaks)
I.D. - Flay (Cool & Deadly)
I.D. - Once Again (dub)
I.D. - Mustang (Sub Slayers)
I.D. - She Said (dub)

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Weekend Mixes

July 30

I wanna go back to Lisbon. It's great. Someone there should book me.

Anyway - hup! It's the weekend already. That came around quick. I've been checking a few decent mixes this week, and here's the picks of the bunch:

First up, here's the mighty Altered Natives - the man who supplied Bass Music Mix 14, which got more hype more quickly than pretty much any other mix we've hosted - with his promo mix for the 'Work' night in Bristol. Which, rammed into the tiny sweatbox of Take 5 Cafe on Stokes Croft, is quickly proving to be one of the best nights in the city. It's on tonight, so if you're in the area then get yourself down. But get there early!

Next, I'm gonna big up this Mosca mix from the Fabric blog. I know, I know - Mosca gets bummed on this blog and this is probably not a mix that's going to want for publicity, but whatevs. It's a class mix and one of the best I've heard this week. So, give it a spin. And try not to be too distracted by Rubidan's engagingly crass track 'Pelvic Floor'!

Coming back local again, this mix is from Bristol producer Wascal, who seems to have been involved in a scrap with Mosca as to who could fit the most tunes into their DJ mix. This mix squeezes in some of the deeper crew who I don't hear enough of in mixes - Jus Wan, Furesshu, and Pangaea, for instance, but still bangs it out at points. Wascal has even gone to the effort of trackmarking the mix on Soundcloud, which is massively handy for the trainspotters among us (hello). Wish more people would do this, even tho I can't be arsed myself...

Finalement, here's a mix for the post-party comedown crew. I was listening to this about 3am on Tuesday or Wednesday (they roll into one sometimes) whilst trying to wrestle with some pretty tedious spreadsheet work, and it kept my head together. Maybe it will help yours? Anyway, it's by Lee Hume of the Lost Souls crew, with some seriously leftfield selections - from Four Tet and Can to The Jones Girls and even the bloody Deftones (!) - trust me though, it works.

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I.D. interview in K Mag

July 14

K Mag are loving us lot right now. Here's an interview with me, to coincide with the release of my Mustang EP on Sub Slayers. Looking back over it, I sort of feel like I should've gone into more detail on the old midrange/sub quandary. I remember a few years back, chatting to a record shop owner in Vienna, who told me that he always finished his club night with our track 'Hood Thang' - and the next day, people would come into the shop, desperate to find out what the track was. Then they'd listen on headphones, and decide not to buy it. Was this because the bass is all sub and only really comes into its own on a system? Or maybe it only sounds good when you're pissed. Hey ho. Anyway, read the interview here. And don't forget my summer mix, embedded below:

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