New release on bass music oriented label Chateau Bruyant from France. This new EP gather 4 french producers for 4 tracks. The highlight on this one is for me the first tune by Youthman & Redeyes call Bitch & Gunz, which is a mix of house, ghetto tech or future garage call it how you want but it works good and bang hard in a club trust me ! Those 2 guys has been producing music for years now and had releases on several labels like Metalheadz, Bingo or even Gilles Peterson's imprint Brownswood. The rest of the EP is strong too with tunes by Eatdust, X_j and Mael cruising from dark dubstep to weird future beats. It's out now on you can get it digitally basically everywhere !
Heavy Remix by french duo Tambour Battant, they smashed the 10 000 people on the beach at Plages Electronic Festival this summer in Cannes with that tune ! They also just got a release on Man Recordings on the Bert on Beats remix EP, you can check it here
This week, we've got a new mix for our bass music mix series from the man like Chrissy Murderbot from Chicago. 2011 has been pretty busy for him, touring & promoting juke all over US and Europe with DJ Rashad and also releasing his album, "Women's Studies" on Planet Mu. Murderbot has been in the game for years now, I was a fan of his ragga jungle productions on Mashit back in 2005 and he's also known for having made a mixtape a week on his blog during 2009 and 2010. Chrissy was kind enough to take some time in his mad schedule to answer few questions and deliver a massive bumbooclaat mix!!
So, please introduce yourself - who are you and what do you do?I am Chrissy Murderbot. I am a DJ/Producer living in Chicago, making and playing lots of different kinds of fun, forward-thinking party music. What's the deal with this mix? Is it the kind of set you'd play in a club?This mix is definitely the type of set I would play in a club, albeit shortened a little. I like to start out with something slower and build up to faster / more energetic types of music. I get really bored by DJs who just play one tempo for their entire set... So what have you been up to lately? The past few months seem to have been very busy for you...Been INSANELY busy. Lots of remix work, lots of mixtapes, still promoting my album Women's Studies on Planet Mu, about to drop my new EP, I'm A Asshole, on my own Loose Squares imprint, as well as releasing new EPs from DJ Lil'Tal (on Loose Squares) and James Braun (on Loose Squares's sister label, Sleazetone). Also about to head on tour with Machinedrum, followed by a West Coast tour with EPROM in October and a solo European tour in December. You run the label Loose Squares - can you tell us about it? What's the thinking behind it? There's two labels--Loose Squares and Sleazetone. Loose Squares is an outlet for fun, uptempo booty music. Sleazetone is more on the deep-house-meets-bass-music tip. I suppose the uniting thread in both of them is that they are tunes I feel really strongly about, and that kind of connect the dots between UK dance music culture and Midwestern house, ghetto house, juke, techno, etc.
You're putting out this new EP of remixes of a juke/footwork classic, “Pop Yo Back” from DJ Lil'Tal. Can you tell us more about it?
That's the next Loose Squares release. It's this CLASSIC juke/footwork tune here in Chicago called "Pop Yo Back"...one of those trax that is absolutely legendary around here but has never had a real proper release. We've got some awesome remixes from Squire of Gothos, Star Eyes (from Trouble & Bass), Sonido Rampage y Nader (from Ghetto Division and T&A), Mister Ries, and Kaptain Cadillac. Very diverse takes on this track...I'm really excited about it!
Speaking about juke, what came first, juke the dance, or juke the music? Can the two be understood separately? Will we see dancefloors globally adopting their own kind of juke dancing?
Well this is a big misunderstanding--a lot of people confuse juke and footwork. When you talk about "juke" the dance, that's basically just freak dancing, or fuck dancing, or grinding, or whatever you wanna call it. Anybody can juke. It's just instinctual and everybody is born with that ability. Footwork is different--that's the really crazy stuff you see in youtube videos from footwork battles and stuff like that. And in terms of the music, Juke music is just a faster, more modern version of Ghetto House. Footwork is the stuff that evolved from juke specifically for the footworkers--the tracks with the really sideways rhythms, halftime claps, etc. Footwork dancing has been around since before footwork music really existed as a thing, but they both kind of evolve together and inform how the other will develop.
What is the actual difference between juke and jit, and do Chicagoans hate jit?
There is no hate. Chicago has a lot of love for Detroit and vice versa--so many great musicians in both places. As for jit, it is another really footwork-oriented dance, but it comes from Detroit. The dances are very similar, and they evolved from the same kind of dances that came up from the South with all the African-American immigrants to Chicago and Detroit in the 1910s and 1920s. They really are very similar in concept, there's just a lot of moves that are different and stylistic kinda stuff like that. I'm not a footworker so I'm the wrong guy to ask. As far as the music goes, footwork dancers dance to footwork music, and jit goes with ghettotech. Ghettotech is a lot more four-on-the-floor, more high-energy I guess, and has a lot more of that Detroit flavor. You will never see a Detroit dude jitting to some track with halftime claps and a completely off-the-wall rhythm like in footwork music, but in Chicago that's the type of stuff the dancers prefer. They'll get pissed if you give 'em 15 minutes of four-on-the-floor kick drums. Again, neither of these scenes are really my thing...I'm more about dance parties and people on the dancefloor having fun than I am about competitive dance battle stuff.
Which artists are you really feeling at the moment?
Machinedrum, Jumping Back Slash, Cardopusher, Pacheko, Walton, Juketastrafe, DJ Lil'Tal, James Braun, Submerse, Seiji, MC ZULU, Atki2, Hanuman, Baobinga, DJ Nehpets, Big Dope P, Trustus, Eprom, Famous Eno, Africa Hitech, Om Unit, Murlo, Slick Shoota, Aquadrop, Kush Arora, Akira Kitechi, Trim, TRC, DOK, Julio Bashmore, Funkystepz, TWR72.
TRACKLIST: Jumping Back Slash - Shosholozaaaaaa! (unreleased) James Braun - ID (forthcoming Sleazetone) Kill Light - Dumbo (LU10 Records) P Money - Blackberry (Butterz) Chrissy Murderbot & Johnny Moog - I'm a Asshole (forthcoming Loose Squares) Cycheouts Ghost - CHG2 (ROMZ) Cardopusher - Everybody (forthcoming DVA Music) Traxman - Who Needs Forever (unreleased) Clicks & Whistles with Cedaa - Topaz Bounce Juketastrafe - Work Baby (forthcoming Loose Squares) Squire of Gothos - Big Yellow Smiley Faces (Rag & Bone) A Guy Called Gerald - This Is The Right Time (Juice Box) Cloud 9 - Call My Name (Movin Shadow) DJ Lil'Tal - Pop Yo Back (Mister Ries Remix) (forthcoming Loose Squares) Chrissy Murderbot & DJ Gant-Man - I Nutted In You (forthcoming Loose Squares) Nocturnal - Stay Down The Road (Murlo Roadmix) (unreleased) Yo Soy Sauce - Chrissy Murderbot Bootybusted Remix Chrissy Murderbot - Friendship (forthcoming Halo Cyan) DJ Diamond - Rep Yo Clique (Remix) (Planet Mu) Eprom - Twerkul8 (unreleased) unknown Slick Shoota - Love You You You (unreleased) Chrissy Murderbot - Braaain (Planet Mu)
Remember J:KENZO ? He did the Bass Music Mix # 7 last year for us ! He just gives away a track for free call Dreanought to celebrate his birthday few days ago, you can grab it here : http://soundcloud.com/jkenzo/j-kenzo-dreadnought As the man says himself : For maximum impact please connect your Subwoofer ;)
Skream has just posted this on Facebook, he's giving away 5 tracks for free including his remix of loefah Indian Dub from 2004. Grab it while you can here : http://www.sendspace.com/file/v314w7
You can also download for free the whole CD release here :
http://bit.ly/9IAglW1. 12th Planet Feat. Juakali - Reasons 2. Dustmite - Game Over 3. Kelly Dean & Steady - Teflon Feat. Kemst 4. DLX & Kemst - City Of Cars 5. DJ Evol - Out Of Breath 6. 12th Planet Feat. Juakali - Reasons (Doctor P Remix) 7. Dustmite - Game Over (Distance Remix) 8. Kelly Dean & Steady - Teflon Feat. Kemst (Excision & Datsik Remix) 9. DLX & Kemst - City Of Cars (Von D Remix) 10. DJ Evol - Out Of Breath (Bird Peterson Remix)
Our friends at We Fear Silence are linking with Bristol's mighty Tectonic for another night at Corsica Studios this Friday - the last one was by all accounts dutty as owt - but this time, the occasion is the launch of 2562's new album 'Unbalance'. We'll have a review up very soon (short version: it's great), but to get a bit of a different perspective, we hooked up with Tectonic label boss DJ Pinch...
How did you first link with Dave?
He hit me up on myspace actually. I really liked the track he sent (it was called 'Resistance Dub') and I asked him for some more tracks and didn't hear back for a few months. When he got back in touch it was with an 11 track demo! I knew I was interested in working with him towards an album for Tectonic from the material he sent me and we soon got that rolling.
Was it obvious straight away how much of a badman he is?
Indeed - badman with stripes!
What's the A&R process like between you and Dave?
He sends me stuff - I like it usually, then he spends X amount of time mixing it down over and over until he's tired of it - and then it's usually ready for mastering!
How do you feel this album compares to the last one?
It's a big move from the sound of the first, I think (without wanting to sound too much of a dick) a more mature sound than the first LP. It takes in many new influences and directions, plays around with the tempo a bit - still has that characteristic '2562' sound, especially in the drums, but the journey is a different one from 'Aerial'.
Any plans for a Pinch / 2562 collaboration?
Well we did do a tune together already - called 'Sandcastles' and are looking to get together another one somepoint soon. We did 'Sandcastles' at my place so I guess I'll need to make the return visit out to The Netherlands somepoint...
What else is coming up over the rest of the year for Tectonic - did I hear something about a Get Up remix package?
You heard right! Remixes including the massive RSD mix - as well as the original which has never been available on vinyl before - to hit shops mid Nov. Oh and there's a music video to look out for too...
Don't sleep on the back room btw - I caught Brackles at The Tube in Bristol recently and he slewed it, man definitely knows his way around a pair of turntables. Quick mixing and great tune selection.
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