Black Dominoes just sent over this absolutely massive remix of Passion Pit’s The Reeling. Passion Pit just recently massive attacked the most up to most blogged artist on Hype Machine, but I didn’t see this mix anywhere and it’s got just the right amount of sweet ‘n phatty. Gentle swelling synth lines, a nice gritty base bed and Passion Pit’s luscious urban harmonies sit wonderfully under the slappy wooden percussion running the track.
According to his MySpace bio he’s from Atlanta, Georgia and has only been in the game for a year. Looks like he’s already killing it alongside the big guns. Up up and away!
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BeatauCue make some fantastic afro infused rhythmic house that sounds like nothing I’ve ever heard before. They did a fantastic remix of Pon Di Floor which was featured in the Major Lazer Essential mix from the post below (Diplo’s set). I dug a few more of their tracks up for your grinding pleasure. Fresh.
This track sounds like a marching band stompin’ through a tropical rainforest with an ominous figure instructing them where to march next.
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And finally a little last but not least bonus, another choice cut from Guns Don’t Kill People, Lazers Do:
Major Lazer – Jump Up (Feat. Leftside & Supahyp) (Direct)
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Busy Signal continues to be the hottest artist in the Dancehall scene. He is on fiya right now with a couple blazin new tracks on the “Indiscretions Riddim” produced by Juke Boxx Productions. Indiscretions is really chill new riddim with a catchy guitar riff at the start which is blowing up the dance across the world. These two Busy tracks show the true versatility of this artist as everyone know: Busy can flow; fast or slow.
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I’ve been really feeling the new reggae coming out this year and the Indiscretions Riddim is definitely one of the hottest riddims of 2009. It is packed full with the usual suspects who dominate the dancehall circuit as well as a couple up and coming artists. Here are some of the big cuts on the riddim!
Finally, a new EP from Boy 8-Bit. I’ve been waiting for this ever since I killed the Suspense Is Killing Me (ha!) for myself by listening to it 100+ times in the weeks following its release. The same thing appears to be happening with pretty much every track off the Baltic Pine EP (released at the end of June), but the real stand out track is A City Under Siege. It’s got just the right touch of baltimore zeal and makes me feel like I just smashed an 80’s 8-bit rendition of Prince Arthur’s Quest for the Holy Grail and am watching the closing cut scene. Baltic Pine feels more like exploring a mythical castle for the first time or the kind of music that would play while a princess looks at herself in the mirror and slowly morphs into a zombie… something like that.
Wolfen and Chapel of Ghouls hit heavy as well, but you’re going to have to show this man some Beatport love for those. Untouchable.
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Collie Buddz has some new music floating around which indicates there’s likely a 2nd album coming from this dancehall star. After the success of the first album many are waiting to hear if the young artist can come back strong. Here are a couple big new tunes from Collie.
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Hopefully we’ll see him pass through Toronto some time soon. Las time he passed through Hamilton in Dec.2007 it was a SICK show! Check out some of the footage I got from that show:
I guess it doesn’t take long to start getting promo material in the mail once you start ”un blog”. I remember listening to piles and piles of demos and promo CDs spanning every imaginable genre when I was volunteering at CKUT back in Montreal and let me tell you the quality metrics were more or less as follows: 1 release in 10 was listenable and maybe 1 release in 20 was actually good. That’s taking a random sample of course… Given that I’m expecting a lot of spam to start filling the Plugged Not Thugged inboxes, this was a rather delightful early treat.
It seems Jaymo and Andy George’s Party Moda has spawned a record label: Moda.
Hitting the streets with a massive first release are The Requesters. The Requesters EP has subtracted that fidget widget heard everywhere and instead inserted a little poppin’ disco cheese into its beefy thunder rumpin’ dance smashers. We’ve got Pianobytes, a track from the EP, as well as their summer mixtape for you below.
The full release is available exclusively on Beatport at the moment. Fun!
Plugged Not Thugged presents a new dubstep mix from Evidence and myself. Some HUGE tunes dropped in this mix so check it out! It’s hot off the press having been recorded only a couple of hours ago, so I thought I’d throw it straight up on the blog. You can catch Evidence spinning at the Sukh Knight party Aug.8th @ Suba Lounge.
This is a little baltimore infused edit I did of Mylo’s Drop The Pressure a long ways back (circa October ‘07), sprinkled with a little mid 90’s cheese: vox cuts from Ce Ce Peniston’s Finally.
It got dusted out of the digi-crate archives my last couple of sets and people were really feelin’ it, so I thought I’d share. Basic.
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Toronto dubstep/drum n bass/electro producer Evidence is back with another MASSIVE tune “Habitual Ritual”. In my opinion. his best dubstep creation so far. This version of the tune is a Plugged Not Thugged exclusive as we await its full release on Intelligenix in the fall. You can catch Evidence spinning at one of the biggest dubstep shows of the summer: Sukh Knight Aug.8th @ Suba Lounge in Toronto. Other local support includes 40 hz frontman Spyne (40 hz) and Sidenote(Sensoria.me). Evidence also sent us a couple other unreleased bits for you to sink your teeth into!
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Sukh Knight is on fire right now and his recent mix on the Big Up Podcast series is just amazing. Grab it, have a listen and come see the 19 year old British producer in the flesh Aug.8th!
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