Sean Terriblini, better known as S-T3RRA, is an electronic music producer and DJ from San Francisco California who I met online nearly a year ago. This young and extremely personable producer released his first EP Kissing Cliche on France’s Noise Dealerz has been making waves with his interesting “horror-electro” productions – - real wicked tunes which incorporate little bits of punk, thrash and horrorcore into electro music. I asked S-T3RRA to make us an exclusive plugcast a while back and he agreed – - however, his exclusive mini mix did not meet our time requirements of 45 minutes, so we could not post the hot mix as a plugcast. Sean will get us a longer mix for the plugcast series in the near future, hopefully around the time he releases his upcoming Mandrake EP. For now, enjoy S-T3RRA’s minimix and a copy of the song Kissing Cliche off his last EP of the same name. Also, dont forget to check out some of the cool shit this guy is working on by visiting his myspace and soundcloud sites, electro smashers await.
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I put this mix together to pass around while rollin’ around the wild Canadian west and realized I totally forgot to slap it up on the blog for y’all to hear. That and I’ve now got an officialMr. Mandelephant Soundcloud for any of you who want to follow my auditory antics here on in.
Our good friends Sam and Biz of The Killabits shot another hot little nugget our way today, and we have decided that this special tune needs to be shared with the bassheads of the world immediately. This special tune was recently released by Universal/Republic Records, and has already racked up over 130,000 views on Youtube in less than a month. The banging track is a Killabits remix of Stephen Jerzak’s song She Said, which features Leighton Meester. Until now, the song has only been available through the Killabits facebook fanpage, but the group now wants it to be made more widely available by offering PnT the exclusive right to share this banger. This song is a great example of just how versatile the Killabits are when it comes to making heaters that draw on music from a wide variety of genres, styles and artists. I would urge all the bass lovers of the world who are planning to pass through Toronto to try their best to check one out the Killabits’ energy filled performances at a weekly Bassmentality party, thrown in conjunction with their friends Zed’s Dead. In fact, if you move fast enough you can even catch both the Killabits and Zed’s Dead rocking with Plugged Not Thugged’s Mr. Mandelephant and Billionaire on September 1st for the Bassmentality/Adrift Booty Shaking Competition at Wrongbar.
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Due to troubles experienced with the FTP server this week, I am a bit behind in posting a bunch of heated content to the blog — including this weeks plugcast (008), which features another MUM production duo known as the Tempered DJs. The DJ’s consist of two lads — Pete Stanley and Mike Knapper — who produce a generally deeper and darker blend of techno and tech house. The Tempered DJs have seen growing success since signing to MUM records in 2009, with the explosive release named theKeane’s Changed EP – - which sent ‘That Picotto Track’ flying to the 1 slot on Trackitdown’s Tech chart – and it rode high in their Top 20 Tech House Chart of the year.
Our good friends at MUM thought that it would be a good idea to have Pete and Mike send us an exclusive promo-mix to commemorate and support their latest release named The Greenhouse EP. This three song EP was released in early August and has received amazing support while selling very strongly on most internet retailers. Check out this hot exclusive mix along with a tight little collaboration MUM shot us between the DJs and Harry ‘Choo Choo’ Romero called I Want Out.
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What is poppin today everyone? We apologize profusely for the lack of updates since the 6th, but our FTP has decided to jam the fuck up and has stopped percolating. I am not a tech-saavy one like Mandelephant, and since he is out in Vancouver playing in the mountains we do not have our reliable tech-titan support as usual. I cannot upload tunes onto the server, so while I have hot mixes such as ‘The Dubsmack Mixtape’ by Toronto’s Terror Tone and week #8’s Plugcast by Europe’s Tempered DJ’s, I just can’t upload and share them with you readers. Luckily for us, I have some goodies from a young UK producer/DJ called YoYoYoni, who just so happens to be a very avid PnT reader and fan. His Late Summer Mix 2010 has been spinning in my car on constant repeat for a week straight – longer than a kid with ADHD and no meds could ever dream of. The whole mix is solid, and includes songs by our good friend O-God, who was really stoked on the mix as well. My favourite part of the mix is the ultra high energy segment between ~14:00 to ~18:00. Download the mix and see why. I have also included a couple of the edits Yoni used in his mix, and they are little nuggets for sure. Keep checking back because we are working our asses off to remedy the problem – and once we do, its all over for you and your ears!
YoYoYoni – Late Summer Mix 2010
Tracklist for this mix can be found after the jump…
Major Lazer vs Drop The Lime & Sinden – Sound of Sex Sax (YoYoYoni Edit)
Jamtech Foundation ft. Sizzla – The Agenda (YoYoYoni’s Go 2 Skool Edit)
Gooffee has sent us their exclusive podcast — called Getting Plugged & Gooffee — as part of this weeks special plugcast double drop in celebration of MAJOR RAGER’s one year anniversary. These young producers have been making some serious waves as of late, gaining popularity with their hot Intellegenix release EP 2. In fact, Juno chose the duo’s tune Fat Pound (Terror Tone Remix) — remixed by Major Rager family member Terror Tone — as the site’s number one recommended electro tune for the month of June. These young and extremely talented producers not only know how to grease off hot bangers in the studio – but they also know how to get a greasy party banging hotter than a sauna. The boys came and closed out the night for Major Rager #9 — Terror Tone’s Snake Charmer EP Release party — and I don’t think I have seen a Rager hit such a wild peak as when they played with the Terror. These guys are definitely on the come up and I suggest that you keep them on your radar because they will be bringing that heat that nobody wants to miss. If you happen to be in Toronto this weekend and want to see a wicked set by extremely enthusiastic DJ’s, then come check Gooffee at Major Rager’s birthday this Saturday. Get hyphy.
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MAJOR RAGER 1-year Celebration Bonus: Gooffee has also provided a special tune for the PnT fans out there to celebrate our Rager’s 1-year birthday party. This hot little Gooffee remix is of Bach in Black, a sweet tune by Toronto duo Beat Burrito who are also signed to local Intellegenix records. Check these beat beaners out on Beatport by clicking here.
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Toronto’s Ash Ainsworth and Chris Sanakidis — more commonly referred to as the Tape Deck Bros by hot young girls — have been corrugating the hell out of the scene in the past year with their in-your-face party rocking and cardboard headpieces that remind me of low-budget Daft Punk helmets made by broke-ass college kids who have completely mismanaged their funds. These two Mega City natives have been producing music together since before their electric shift to electro-house in the mid 00’s. The former “Animal Clinic” band members have been working their asses off and it seems to be working out for them, as the Bro’s have been gaining a strong following among throngs of horny,young and sweaty college kids that fiend for high-energy parties which are perfect for freaking the fuck out.
If you really want to get an idea of how these guys corrugate the dancefloor with their electro-house vibes and sweat inducing flavour, check out this exclusive PnT mix the boys sent us to pump up the pre-game crowd before they make their first appearance at our monthlyMajor Rager party in Kensington Market this coming weekend. You can also catch the two box-heads at the beginning of every week for Monday Meetings at the Social — the location of their highly popular weekly residency thrown in conjunction with the Mansion Entertainment group. The track listing for the mix can be found after the jump.
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MAJOR RAGER 1-Year Celebration Bonus: This coming Saturday’s Major Rager is the official one-year birthday of the series, The Tape Deck Brothers have decided to celebrate by including a 320 kbps remix they did of Dr. Dre & Eminem’s classic Forgot About Dre. If you loved the original, get blazed on this.
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Plugcast 004 comes in from Montreal’s multi-talented DJ/producer/blogger Matthew Hiscock. This fantastic mix comes packed with some fresh future-dub vibes from my beloved hometown with tunes from Hissy Fit (Hiscock’s production moniker), Skinnybones and Bowly (all Montreal natives) as well as Headhunter & Invisible’s ultra-infectious Love Dup from from the always incredible Soul Motive camp!
From 2004 to 2007 Matthew ran Bodega Records with releases that garnered support from Lee Burridge and James Zabiela among others and now runs the Make Some Bass blog which features interviews on the production techniques used by some of our favorite heads (Bok Bok, Dubbel Dutch, ID & Baobinga). Cutting to the chase now… take it away Matthew.
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If you’re feeling this, be sure to check the remix he did for ID & Baobinga here. Awesomely, Matthew has decided to dedicate this mix to a Ontario’s John Pruyn who had his artificial leg ripped off by police during the G20 (and subsequently got thrown into a cell). Read about this here… absolutely ridiculous.
It’s hump day once again, which unfortunately means you probably will not be getting laid. It’s OK though. Regardless of how bad Wednesdays are, there is always good news to be found mid-week here at Plugged Not Thugged. The third Plugcast in our series comes from one of our local favorites DJ TASC – undoubtedly one of Canada’s sickest turntable manipulators and dance floor agitators . We hope that you have packed some extra ice in your coolers because this one is EXTREMELY hot. In fact, this shit is hot enough to bake your ass like a mo’ fucking meatloaf. Put on your sunscreen and helmet now so that you can minimize the ass-kicking that this spaceballer is about to dish out.
This mix is extra special because exactly one week from now, TASC and fellow heavyweight Marcus Visionary will release “The Stash House EP” – their second collabo release since 2009’s “Sunday Morning EP” on Bad Concept Records. The 4-track EP will be the debut release for TASC’s brand new Spaceballers Music imprint. The release draws from it’s soundsystem roots with bassline roller ‘Grind Time‘ and the deep, dark and bouncy ‘Ruffneck’. The title track – ‘The Stash House’ – brings with it deep melodic strings while party-poppin’ “Drop” guarantees the ignition of an explosive jam. TASC and Visionary successfully fuse their musical influences on this EP to bring you steady house grooves with lashing subs that will leave your frame rattled and joints sore. Don’t sleep next to a monster – download the mix, watch the promo videos then head over to any major digital retailer on July 28th to cop this bangin’ EP.
If you just can’t waituntil next week before gripping these tunes, you can fast track by picking up apre-release copy like we did at Bandcamp.
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The second installment in our newly minted podcast series comes to you all the way from Mt. Shasta California from the one and only First Lady of Beatdown Lady Blacktronika! No stranger to PnT, Lady B’s infectious Bill Withers rework Make Me Whistle was featured here just last May, so we’re absolutely ecstatic that she’s contributed a mix to our podcast series. This one is filled with deep soulful summer grooves to get glazed and freaky to on a Sunday afternoon in the sun with a lover. She’s also been hard at work starting her own imprint, crafting new tunes and spinning on her weekly Bang Deep radio show for Stickam. Be sure to keep your eyes here for more Lady B action soon and the interview we promised you in May!!!
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