Skweeeeeeeeeeeee

I first heard of this sub-genre of a sub-genre (possibly of a sub-genre) in late 2008/early 2009 on what has now become the ego mess that is dubstepforum. Without really pursuing it, Skweee kept peeking around the metaphorical corner and winking at me. When Rusko released a Skweee remix of Kotchy, I honestly dismissed the style fairly quickly.



not so into that one to be fair...

However, recently I have been watching skweee pop up in my internet meanderings again, and I thought it only fair to give it a real digital whirl. To my happy surprise, skweee is really fucking awesome. Everything I like about fruitbeat is in it, and in addition, some nordic funky analogue sounding synthesizer shit that sounds like dam funk wrapped up in several giant jackets sitting cosily by a fire in fucking Scandinavia or something similar. (NB : Czech dis shit out)

Well, after that little jaunt down adjective avenue, here comes the kicker.

Listen to the shit out of this badboy...if gypsies made funk it would sound something like this I think. Best of all, that wee package is utterly free. Who new post-dubstep could be so enlightening!

More linkies and information come from 'ere and old uncle google too.

For a lovely introduction piece, have a read of this little morsel from The Guardian.

And now for something not completely off topic - it is about Scandinavia - but what may be the newest low for reality TV...



Yours sporadically,

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(I don't know what that is meant to be.)

Greymatter Remix EP + bumpin' bloggery

I first stumbled across the name "Greymatter" on the Jus Like Music "Oscillations" compilations - as spoken about earlier in the scroll - with the track "Too Much". Dig that one outta yer archives to take the taste test...

Anyway, so Greymatter have a series of remix EPs on the go - the first featured mixes from the likes of the Romanian cosmonaught TRG and fresh 3024 lieutenant Illum Sphere. This one comes correct with stonking shuffles from another 3024 camp member and Hyperdub Illuminati...actually he just rules. Definitely my favourite of the forward-thinking, onward-moving funky soldiers: Altered Natives. African? vocals glide over broken funky beats...something for the clubs this winter I think!

Also featuring on this particular package is Mr Lager, with a smooth mix of "We Are One". This beat is reminicent of Mr Lager's style - remember his tune on Subfreq, "Tell Me"? Lovely hihat work pushes this tune through it's paces, and the percussion energises it so there is little doubt how well it would work on a (perhaps more educated) dancefloor.

Also a lovely house reworking of "Raw Root" from Klic - my house music spidey sense isn't as strong as it could be but I think it's choice...more on house later. It's a goodie.

"I love these remixes" - DJ Marky (BBE / BBC Radio 1)
"Brilliant! Full support!" - Simbad (Raw Fusion / G.A.M.M.)
"The Altered Natives remix is sick!" - Brackles (Planet Mu / Blunted Robots)
"Strong release from Greymatter" - Kidkanevil (First Word)

(Nice work of the external quoting there I thought!)

Even more fortuitously, you can pick up the Throwing Snow remix FREEEEEEEE from the Jus Like Music Bandcamp. Shot fullas.

This EP lands next monday...pick it up from everywhere you like to buy music - vinyl and digital will be swimming over the airwaves this time next week...(I Expect.)

Given the obsession with Burning Man, it wasn't too hard to give the Wolf + Lamb chaps a listen. These two New York types changed their music direction entirely upon visiting the desert for the first time, and now that week on playa is what influences them most throughout their year. I guess I can understand what they mean! Anyway, deep house and minimal techno...worthwhile listens - being the fan I am of afterhours parties and the fascination with the deep music one exposes oneself to there, this stuff really grabbed me.

Check out the Disorient Deep Playa mix, and the 2009 Afterhours series...

Righto, fun have.

Slipper Sessions Special Edition Once Again

jockeys, as they throw down in a stylish, dignified and well kept manner, whist holding on dearly to everything that makes it worth while.

Cheap Drinks, Swell Beats, Tasty Treats and Two Fireplaces. Take That Auckland!

Featuring:

Dubhead; the Emperor of the 7 inch...

Lowe1; the Prince Regent of High Frequency radio

Exile; the Sultan of Bass Appropriate

The Death Valley DJs; the Knights who Prop up the Table

and

Dave Seeka; who does things as well

GET INVOLVED!

Mark Pritchard / Harmonic 313

Flyer soon to come...the man is a absolute legend of electronic music, releasing on some of the most well renowned and loved labels about - Good Looking, Hyperdub, Warp, Deep Medi - the list goes on and on.

One Auckland show only! Kfm HQ, upstairs 204 Krd in the gallery space. Boosted sound, epic visuals, only 15 hukka on the door. Saturday 17th April. Be there or be a kind of smaller oblong sort of a shape.

So anyway, because this exciting show is on the horizon, its time to share some of the beats I like so much...

Dirtbox (Harmonic 313):



Battlestar (Harmonic 313):



Heavy As Stone (Mark Pritchard):



Wind It Up (Mark Pritchard):



The Way (Global Communication) :



There you go...rich, full and varied! I have no idea what to play before him, but being the professional I am, I do have one or two sneaky ideas up my sleeve...

Ikonika 'Fish' - the last record I bought



Also maybe some DJ Mujava, if not just to jump on that tropical / afro house bandwagon so many people are on at the mo...perhaps some of the ol' Concept of Dorian, some o' dat FlyLo shit!, perhaps a wee bit of funky, maybe some deep house...omnitempo multigenre is the only path to travel down I think.

Other news come in the form of a block party - fuck yo shit up out the back of the Ginger Minx this friday! I can't wait. I will be joined by the always-wicked Scratch 22 and his aural geekiness himself, Mr Stinky Jim.



What else to say? Things are crazy busy right now, hard to find time to dig through tunes, spend money on music, let alone do thousands upon thousands of dense readings on ethical theory...

Next week, hopefully, I'll throw up a transcript of an interview with one of the most interesting people around, the icon that is Kiwi. Never heard of him? Then best get yer ass out to the desert this year for Burning Man.



I'm in the crowd somewhere. Gosh!

Yours sporadically yet vehemently volatile and veracious,

D

The week that was...

No radio tomorrow night, circumstances outside of our control deign otherwise. Instead, some tunes and exciting news from the week that sit well within the realms of fantastic music that you won't catch many other places...

Firstly, this week brought deeper listening from the wonderful character Bullion, in the form of his tunes "Crazy Over You" and "Say Goodbye To What?". Absolutely strange and fruity yet catchy and moving.



Secondly, great news from one of my favourite remixers of the unconquerable Flying Lotus material, a chap by the name of Dimlite. He has released a tune for free on the Fabric site, and its well worth the 3 minutes it ought take to download. Played it at the Ginger Minx this past wednesday and it sounded wicked on the system there.

What else has happened? Well, its just lovely being back at university after a break. Also, wander on over to BassmusicBlog for the free album that was released last week. Other than that, watch this space for particularly exciting news relating to a tour of New Zealand being announced soon. All I can say at this point is keep saturday the 17th of April free at this point...

Anyway, watch this and remember what dubstep used to be...

Tired eyes versus Friday Night

So the inimitable motherfucking Gaslamp Killer touched down in AK last night. Despite being fraught with technical difficulties and strange results of sound the man's west coast phreakish hyphy-purple WOW-next level hiphop steez had a crowd going loony. Highlights in the form of phresh synth-laden goodness from the one and only flying lotus, and THAT tune I've been thrashing for some time, JAmes Blake's remix of "Stop What You're Doing".



Trying to DJ afterwards was hairy at best, I had been on a ballastic beatport bender earlier in the afternoon and had such treats as the new Slugabed and Kuedo from the wonderful quality control that is the Planet of Mu, but due to CDJ nightmares that didn't happen. A shame...



What to do now but linger in that trustworthy infallible mode of spinning large black discs on turntables...what a pleasure it is to drop "Midnight Request Line" on wax just about 5 years after it burst dancefloors apart with its arppegiated goodness.