Two serious basscasts this week…

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.

Plugcast 004 – Matthew Hiscock – Sound Cannon

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.

Tracklist after the jump.

Tracklist:
1. xxxy – Straight To Video [xxxy]
2. Hissy Fit – Crosstrainers [www.matthewhiscock.com]
3. 2562 – Unbalance [Tectonic]
4. Ramadanman – Tempest [Hemlock]
5. Skinnybones – Outerspace-Makarapa [skinnybones]
6. Bowly – Bleeps [Berkane Sol]
7. Ramadanman & Midland – Your Words Matter [Aus]
8. Headhunter & Invisible – Love Dup [Soul Motive]
9. Sbtrkt – When Doves Strike [sbtrkt]
10. Hissy Fit – Outdoor Life [www.matthewhiscock.com]
11. Atlantic – Dandelion Crush [Alternative Route]

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 wait until next week before gripping these tunes, you can fast track by picking up a pre-release copy like we did at Bandcamp.

TASC – Plugged Not Thugged Stash House EP Promo Mix

TASC & Marcus Visionary – Grind Time (FREE PROMO GIVEAWAY)

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!!!

Plugcast 002 – Lady Blacktronika – My Man Is Playing Tricks On Me

Toronto dance/electronic music aficionado Denise Benson very kindly invited us out to play her Synchro party this coming Friday at Andy Pool Hall in Toronto and we couldn’t be more excited! In preparation for the occasion, I recorded an exclusive promo mix for all our heads to get down and decent to before we hit it! Check the Facebook event to sync the dance report. Summertime vibes all the way through here!!!

Track list below.

1. Nicholas Jaar – Mi Mujer
2. Malente, Dex – Habibi (Shir Khan Remix)
3. Dapayk Solo – Berfluserg
4. Venom & Damage – Deeper (Doc Daneeka Remix)
5. Dario Nunez – Do You Remeber
6. Thunderheist – LBG (Alias Remix)
7. Dubbel Dutch – Throwback
8. Hackman – Always

To kick off the new plugcast series here at PnT, we chose one of our favorite up and coming tech house production duos Curious George & The Agent (CG&TA) to provide the first of the series.  Some of you may remember our first post about these UK tech monsters back in March shortly after they had dropped the successful Amsterdam EP; it had several Beatport Top 50’s, received radio play by the likes of Roger Sanchez and support from house legend Carl Cox.  CG&TA formed in 2008 and signed to the respected MUM recordings label in 20o9 which helped establish them as key players in Manchester’s club and production scenes.

The duo is back at it again, following the successful Amsterdam EP with a new release on MUM called the Burning EP.  This new EP features three new tracks and promises to be a hit in Europe and abroad.  It’s officially released to all retailers on Friday July the 9th, but for those who are especially eager to hear the new tunes, we have great news: this PnT exclusive features some of the new productions, and the songs are available for early bird purchase only on djdownload.  Get ready to shake, bounce and shuffle to an absolutely feverish exclusive mix – nothing but pure heat from CG&TA!

Update: The Burning EP is now available on Beatport!  You can buy these hot tunes here!

Plugcast 001 – Curious George & The Agent

SPECIAL BONUS: As a special bonus commemorating the new plugcast series, Curious George & The Agent and MUM have generously provided PnT with another track to share with our readers.  Who wouldn’t love these guys?

Curious George & The Agent – Tarauaca (Commemorative Plugcast Giveaway)

Check out the track listings after the JUMP

Plugcast 001 Tracklist

Curious George and the Agent – Disco Cant Have [Amsterdam EP]
James Jackson – What’s That!?! (David Jones & Neuroxyde Remix) What’s That!?!
Cassius – Cassius (Tim Green Remix)
Curious George and the Agent – Things You Do [Amsterdam EP]
Curious George and the Agent – Burning [Burning EP]
Kaiserdisco – Amalfino Azuli Presents Miami
Curious George and the Agent – Before You Were Here [Burning EP]
Curious George and the Agent – Perplex [Burning EP]

Electronic music producer and skateboard enthusiast Hans Edquist (aka: Barletta) has been a very good friend to us here at Plugged Not Thugged, and we would like to wish him a very happy 24th birthday.  Barletta is a prime example of how great the Toronto scene can be because this guy doesn’t just put his heart into his tunes and shows, but into everything he loves, including his community.  Back in May we had Hans out to our first LARGE MARGE, a new monthly thrown in conjunction with Major Rager.  As per usual, the man simply killed his set and brought pure energy to the party.  While his set was amazing, what really blew my mind was when he dropped the Large Marge Anthem, a tune that he made especially for the party’s debut.  Using samples from songs such as O-God’s Barbara Streisand Remix, our boy made us a very special tune that we will never forget.  We would like to share this awesome little diddy with our readers, along with a sweet new edit he sent us of Pendulum’s song The Island  pt. 2. Happy Birthday Barletta, we love ya bud.

Barletta – Large Marge Anthem (Major Rager / PNT Exclusive)

Pendulum – The Island pt. 2 (Barletta Edit)

The PnT crew is really excited to announce that we have some amazing exclusive mixes coming our way from some of our favorite producers.  We just received an absolutely massive tech-house mix from our friends Curious George & The Agent (UK) as well as one from the First Lady of Beatdown — Lady Blacktronika (USA).  We also look forward to a promotional exclusive from our hometown turntable champion DJ TASC (CAN), which will be available for download here at Plugged Not Thugged before his new EP with rude boy Marcus Visionary (CAN) drops next month.

Curious George & The Agent sent us this really sweet bootleg of The XX’’s tune Crystallised.  This little nugget was featured in DJ MAG a few months back and I thought it would be a good idea to share this savory morsel and another little bonus before unleashing the new mix.  Make sure to chew one hundred times before swallowing kids!

The XX – Crystallised (Curious George & The Agent Remix)

Rulers of the Deep – Track Three (Curious George & The Agent Remix) (buy)

Our good pal Luke “Terror Tone” Dziadkowiec just finished his latest release called The Snake Charmer EP and put together a brain melting promo mix to showcase his new work. This extremely focused and hard working cat crafts a nasty blend of bass music that synthesizes elements of house, break beat, garage and UK Funky into a chunky sub rattling stew that’s sure to bump floors the globe over. For our Toronto heads, be sure to catch Terror Tone tonight at our monthly Major Rager jam at Augusta House in Kensington Market.

In addition to half of the tracks in this sizzling mix being his own, TT also got some serious love from the guys over at Bass Music blog for his remix of Tongue Riddim. Big!!! As a bonus, we’ve got two juicy cuts to get you drooling over this release… Sunday morning off along with the Paul D remix dropping in June on the upcoming Snake Charmer Remix EP.

Terror Tone – Sunday Morning

Terror Tone – Sunday Morning (Paul D Remix)

The Snake Charmer EP is out on now Intellegenix and available on Juno and Beatport.

Terror Tone – Snake Charmer Promo Mixtape

Terror Tone – Die For You (John B Dub).mp3
Sub Focus – Move Higher
Rusko – Woo Boost (Subskrpt Edit)
Arcade – Jugo Cario & Diario Popular (Douster Remix)
Terror Tone – Snake Charmer
Momma’s boya – Maldito Nino (Yankee Zulu Remix)
T2 feat. Jodie Aysha – Heartbroken (Wideboys up norf mix)
Redlight – Pick Up the Phone (feat. Jenna G and Jammer)
Roska & Jamie George – Wonderful Day
Terror Tone – Sunday Morning (dual mix edit)
Hot City – Setting Me Free
Terror Tone – Mumba Dub
Baila Baila – Ralvero (Bassjackers Remix)
Gooffee – Fat Pound (Terror Tone Remix)
Zinc Feat. Ms. Dynamite – Wile Out
Terror Tone – On The Run
Twizzle – Skydiving (Greenmoney Remix)
Syntonics – Hook up My Tonez (Terror Tone Bassline Mix)
Classixx – I’m On It feat. o8o (AC Slater Remix)
DJ Defkline + Red Polo – Remember Dre (Booty Breaks mix)
StereoHeroes feat. Mic Terror – Juke Dem Hoes
Terror Tone – Frog Stomp
Lucy Lo’ – Blair Beat 5 (Terror Tone Remix)
Marcus Visionary – Mabaruma
Douster – Journey To Tethys Sea
Redlight feat. Roses Gabor – Stupid
Egyptrixx – Battle For North America
Azid Disko – Not Like The Rest (Terror Tone Remix)
Little Boots – Earthquake (Terror Tone Remix VIP)

This Friday (April 23rd) the Plugged Not Thugged fam will be invading Suba Nightclub in Toronto for an evening of Greasy Nuggets (Facebook Event). We’ve got the talented Lucy ‘Lo From 84:85 headlining the night with support from myself, the Hotmess DJs as well as Billionaire, Ballistik and Dick Diamonds.

We are excited to announce that Toronto’s DJ Barletta sent us a special little treat that he put together for the fans of Plugged Not Thugged.  To pump up the party monsters who are attending MAJOR RAGER #8 at Augusta House this coming Saturday, Barleezy—who is headlining the event—has assembled an Exclusive Plugged Not Thugged Minimix that is sure to get the Rager crowd amped for another mega-gnarly shaker in Kensington Market.  The minimix is nothing but pure fire, and gives fans a small taste of Barleezy’s new work which includes the likes of Toronto natives Paul D & Terror Tone, among others.  The track list is provided below, along with a link to the mix.

Barletta – Exclusive Plugged Not Thugged Minimix

TRACK LIST:

Paul D + Barletta – Intro
Funkagenda – H3lix
Reflekt – Need To Feel Loved (Barletta Remix)
Max Alexandre + Barletta – Is it all gone (Paul D Remix)
Terror Tone – Sunday Morning (Barletta Remix)

It’s been a long time coming, but I’d like to introduce all you loyal PnT readers to the first official new addition to the team since we got things going last January. Coming to us with keen ears, quick fingers and a penchant for only the greasiest in heavy bass and electro knockers is a man with more nick names than real names, ladies and gentlemen… DICK DIAMONDS!

It seems that most blogs worth talking about these days have some sort of mix series going for ‘em, so to celebrate approximately one year in the blogosphere and the start of our mix series I present you PnTM-1: Mr. Mandelephant’s Sinister Nugget Mix. 70 minutes of sub infused house knockers mixed by yours truly using two Stanton STR8 150s, a DJM 800 and an SL1.

PnTM 1 Mr Mandelephant Sinister Nuggets by PluggedNotThugged

Tracklist after the jump.

1. Kasper BJ – Alcatraz (Kenton Slash Demon Remix)
2. James Braun, Dan M – Lessons Part 2
3. Sebo K, Metro – Saxtrack (Reboot Twisted Fist Remix)
4. Kolombo – LOL (Kolombo Remix)
5. Jesse Rose – Heavy Still (Zombie Disco Squad Remix)
6. Vernon – Give Me Love (Shaun Reeves & Lee Curtis Remix)
7. Riva Starr – Dance Me feat. Trim (Payme Remix)
8. Moss Eisley Cantina – ** (Fredski & Thomas Barfod Rework)
9. Gregor Salto – Mystery Baila
10. Invasion – Spells Of Deception (Boy 8-Bit Remix)
11. Volta, Salvatore Freda – Tiramisu
12. Heinrichs & Hirtenfellner – Down
13. Dennis Ferrer – Hey Hey (DF’s Attention Vocal Mix)
14. Theo Parrish – Falling Up (Carl Craig Remix)
15. Junior Boys – Hazel (Ewan Pearson’s House Remix) – Dixon Edit
16. Zev – Forget The World feat. Beckford