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!
A couple months back I linked Lee N.B. Funky Harris on Facebook and became a fan of his funky digital retail outlet (ukfunky.com). Though the site is a little difficult to navigate, he does send regular on point updates via fb with all sorts of goodies. Lately they’ve been pushing quite a lot from G-REX recordings run out of Holland by Gregor Salto and Co. Many of the releases from this camp reveal how heavily funky bass has been influenced by the deep tribal sounds of Afrobeat. Lying somewhere in between Afrobeat, Funky and House are Salto’s Morning Drums release from early ‘09 and Jason Cheiron’s Abokuta EP from late ‘08 (this one screams deepened Zombie Disco Squad to me). Both have heft, both have chunk and both will be getting a proper rinse. A favorite nugget from each below!!!
Gregor Salto – Morning Drums (buy)
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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.
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Payme’s take on Riva Starr’s latest lemon packs some of the best hydraulic bass knock the PnT Rockit 6s have heard in months. Trim butters this beat with serious swagger and low riding flow rocking Dance Me A Dance on the up and down. Some sexy minimal blips and toms in there to round out the chunk as well… so heavy! Couldn’t find much (or rather any) info about this mystery producer, so if you know the deal speak up. Cop this along with the rest of the release in all it’s three hundred and twenty K glory here.
Riva Starr feat. Trim – Dance Me (Payme Remix) (128K)
Taken down by request from Made To Play.
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…
Hot City – No More (buy high, share low)
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Infrasonics, the label that put out this track, have some pretty interesting dubstep as well.
Skream and Benga are currently on their world tour which has seen them pass through much of Europe and are now set to tear up Western Canada this weekend with a Sunday stop in Toronto @ Wrongbar. $20 Advance Tickets can be bought online HERE and are in stock at Play De Record and Rotate This in Toronto.
Here is a very recent set from the dynamic duo live @ FWD from June 7th, 2009.
Skream & Benga live @ FWD – June 7th, 2009
99 MB
MP3 @ 128 kbps
1hr 48mins
Tracklist can be found below….after the jump…..
Also, back in September of 2008 they played to an outdoor audience in Barcelona, Spain. MC LowQui is on the mic and the tunes are heavy. Ive been rinsing this mix for a couple months steady anticipating the slaughterhouse that will be Sunday night!
Skream & Benga ft. MC LowQui live in Barcelona – Sept 2008
82.4 MB
MP3 @ 192 kbps
1 hour
Tracklist after the jump…
Dubslingers Wednesdays @ Thymeless (355 College St @ Augusta) is Toronto’s longest running dubstep weekly. Running strong for almost 3 years now, dubslingers was started in 2006 by dj and producer Jawbone. Some of the other usual suspects that have been working dilligently at pushing the dubstep sound and keeping this weekly running are Sidenote, SubHuman, Coi, Capro, and Link. I see big things in 2009 for this relatively new musical genre and these dubslingers deserve a BIG UP for pushing the sound forward.
Check out the 2009 Dubslingers Promo Mix (mixed by SubHuman).
Tracklist after the jump.
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