This video is amazing… and it involves dancing dolphin trainers at Marine Land. Um… what?
I don’t know much about this guy, but his tracks are a grease fire waiting to happen. He goes by the name of Hot City and he’s crafted a wicked jackin’ house bomb in No More. What can I say, ravey piano stabs just never seem to get old to me…
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Infrasonics, the label that put out this track, have some pretty interesting dubstep as well.
James Curd’s latest We Just Won’t Stop sounds as sweet a poutine from La Banquise tastes. This Chicago man’s flow has a vintage Kurtis Blow like feel to it and the track beds some of the infectious disco backings consistent with a lot of DFA’s recent releases. Dick Diamonds and myself have had this one on loop the past couple of weeks in the HQ of Plugged Not Thugged and we’ll keep looking for more like it… though it’ll probably be tough. It’s just such a versatile piece… it could go at the beginning, middle or end of a DJ set… it could wake you up in the morning or put you to sleep at night… it could even be the anthem symbolizing an end of summer bender. Truly a choice cut kids, keep an eye on this guy. He’s also got some neat stuff that just came out on Child’s Play so definitely check that out if you’re feeling this.
James Curd – We Just Won’t Stop (buy high, share low)
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In case you’re still hungry, here’s a poutine lovers anthem for good measure.
Excision is the mastermind behind some of the darkest dubstep coming out at the moment. This young producer is repping Kelowna, B.C and his brainchild Rottun Recordings has been gaining a lot of steam lately with HUGE releases from the likes of Datsik and Tom Encore amongst others.
This mix was done for the 2009 Shambhala Music Festival in beautiful British Columbia where I heard Excision tore it up with the likes of Datsik, Benga, Bassnectar, Spor and Ewun (just to name a few). This festival has been getting better and better headliners each year and I will be looking forward to making the trip next summer!
Attention Toronto massive… the Plugged Not Thugged crew has been cookin’ a roast of epic proportions… a prototype-jam coming to you next Friday (August 28th) at the one and only Augusta House in Kensington Market.
Check the Facebook invite for the full rundown and come get GEEKED with us! Extra special treats for early birds… trust us, you do not want to miss them.
Big, BIG ups to Augusta House for making this possible!!!
Dubstep has arrived in this fine city of ours and there is one promotion company that is absolutely TRAIL BLAZING their way through the end of 2009. Embrace has gone ahead and booked some of the biggest dubstep dons in the game today and I am absolutely ecstatic for the next few months in Toronto!
…and if that ‘aggressive’, ‘in your face’ style isn’t your cup of tea, then check out this amazing Burial Remix of Jamie Woon’s “Wayfaring Stranger”. Very atmospheric and chilled the fuck out. Love it.
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I’m not usually the resident dubstep advisor up in this piece, but I’ve recently stumbled across some stellar tracks that I’d like to share with the Plugged Not Thugged familia. Hailing from Santa Cruz, California, Matty G has got a few productions that will leave you dub tuckered if you’re not careful. His latest release on Argon Records is a two track LP of step rockin’ fire. The two tracks, Rock Like This and The Scratch The Bass are both fantastic and take more of a rhythmic approach to the genre as opposed to the clunk and drop tradition most dubstep tunes celebrate. Finally, this cat was also responsible for that awesome West Coast Rocks mix from early last year that had a sick remix from Caspa too.
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For the last couple of weeks our good pal O-God has invited a number of local artists to showcase their talent amongst the kids shakin’ down at his weekly jam Kicks ‘n Dubs by getting them to do a painting throughout the evening. The works have turned out beautifully every single time, but both the Diamond Mind and myself were blown away by the stunning works of the unbelievably talented Cheryl Voisine. She is part of the La Stache Studio collective and if you want info and updates link her group on Facebook.
She also took the time to hook us up with a little info about the work showcased on her website:
As far as my site goes, I guess I don’t really put down examples of what my art can be applied to because I don’t want anyone to think that that’s all I do. Pretty much as an illustrator I’m a commercial artist and am open to any interpretation that that takes on. I think it’s important that people don’t pigeon hole illustrators into any specific category. That being said I along with the others that I have worked with along the way (either through my collective, through collaborative efforts with other artists or flying solo) have worked on many different projects whether it be concept illustrations for ad agencies, murals, poster design, book illustration, t-shirt designs, and even industrial design and graphic design. I hope that in the future that expands to include many other exciting ventures and pretty much anything creative that I can wrap my brain around I’ll try my hand at.
I was also absolutely mind blown today by the musics of 17 year old Sonic C from Miami. The simplicity of this Dutch inspired booty space launcher is extremely effective. Big ups to O-God for turnin’ me onto this. The internet suggests I’m a bit late here, but seriously… 17 years old? This kid really is sonic, so 2009… keep an eye out.
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On December 9th, 1994 Garnett Silk was taken from us at the young age of 28. He lives on through his music which helped form the early 90’s foundation for conscious roots reggae. Few artists can boast such a powerful and soothing singing melody. Here is a classic tune from the Late Great Garnett Silk that features a young Buju Banton. “Let Jah be praise and wicked man be scatter. Listen to Buju and the Archangel.”
And here’s a little something special for the true heads. In 1999 the mighty KILLIMANJARO sound crew released a tribute album of all their exclusive Garnett Silk dubs. Big up the one like Redstripe for linking me with this classic set.
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For the last couple of weeks our good pal 
