2562 aka A Made Up Sound “XLR8R Podcast”
Over the past few years, Dutch producer Dave Huismans (a.k.a. 2562) has carved himself a solid niche in the murky territory that sits between the worlds of dubstep and techno. While he’s best known for his heady, low-end explorations, he also indulges a love for (slightly) clubbier sounds under his …
Future Classic: Von D “Moon Eclipse” ft. Warrior Queen
Ok ok … so this came out a little while back in 2010. With the way music moves these days maybe I should have put this in my forgotten treasures section. But if you haven’t heard it, it’s new to you! Soooo… I wanted to post a track from Von …
Future Classic: Amp Fiddler “If I Don’t” (Dubstep Rmx 2)
Hmmm…. I really hate sharing this nugget because it’s one of those pretty rare white labels that you won’t find on Beatport, Juno or any download site. But being the nice dude that I am I’ll spread the love, anyways this jam is just too good to stay trapped in …
Forgotten Treasure: Lynden David Hall “Forgive Me” (Artful Dodger Remix)
Ahhhh I miss those classic 2step days. Back in 1999 to 2003ish every single R&B track came with 2step remixes on the 12′ single. Artful Dodger, Sunship, MJ Cole, Groove Chronicles… good ol’ days. This is amongst my favorites from those days. Lynden David Hall was a very talented british …
Future Classic: James Blake “I Never Learnt To Share”
In the small world of underground and independent electronic music there aren’t many artists that are as hyped up at the moment as London’s James Blake. On the strength of a handful of EP’s and a few remixes he was on everyone’s 2010 playlists. People from Pitchfork, Fact Magazine, Mary …
Future Classic: Altered Natives “Danny Does Acid EP”
Talk about a holiday treat. Mr. Altered Natives, definitely one of the producers that killed us in 2010 is hitting us up with a free EP working on his Acid influences. Acid House that is… I was having a chat with him about some his influences (read the post here) …
Future Classic: Bowly “Rumi”
Another day another Montreal track from a local talent that is already starting to get major attention from heads worldwide. Bowly is one of my favorite peoples in the city. Love Djing with the guy, love eating poutine at 5am after shows, love geeking out about music with the dude. …
Forgotten Treasure: Tuff Jam “Feel My Love” (1997)
Holy gariiidge classic! This track is from ’97 a few years before I started playing UK Garage myself. Tuff Jam (Matt “Jam” Lamont and Karl “Tuff Enuff” Brown) were two of the most important people in the first 10 years of history in UKG. I have a promo version of …
Roska “BBC Radio1 Essential Mix”
It’s been a big big year for our man Roska. He was already the don of the UK Funky movement but in 2010 he just took it to another level, first off with his full lenght record on Rinse, on countless remix projects and of course, all while pushing his …
Future Classic: SBTRKT “Step in the shadows EP”
The SBTRKT project has been making a lot of noise in the last year remixing some of the top names out there and pumping out a few quality EP’s in 2010. I had been playing a few tracks of his but this is by far his most complete work so …
Forgotten Treasure: DND “Diamond Rings” (1999)
Hands down one of my favorite 2step tracks of all time. DND is a little more known for his jacking 4×4 Garage productions but this jam is definitely on every hard core 2step Garage head’s list.
Future Classic: Maddslinky “Make a change” LP
Most definitely one of the essential records of 2010 for me. Zed Bias makes a furious comeback under his Maddslinky moniker, not that he’d been away but it had been a while since he’d released under his aka more geared towards broken beat and future soul. For those who are …