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A Next Reggae Round Up!

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on July 6, 2010
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The acoustic guitar driven “Bomb Drop Riddim” is a Tarik “Russian” Johnson production that dropped earlier this year.  The Vybz Kartel ganja tune Marie takes the whole riddim by far but don’t overlook a strong message from the conscious artist I Octane in This is Real (Pressure).

Vybz Kartel – Marie

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I-Octane – This is Real (Pressure)

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Gyptian – Better Day

The biggest name in dancehall right now is still the “Gully God” Mavado.  Produced by Steven “Di Genius” McGregor, Nine Lives sends a simple message reminding us to not take things in life for granted; “From yuh have life, yuh have everyting”.

Mavado – Nine Lives

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I have heard at least five different remixes of Gyptian’s Hold Yuh floating around.  Lately, the Major Lazer rework has been getting some heavy rotations up at our parties around Toronto.

Gyptian – Hold Yuh (Major Lazer Remix)

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Here are some other tracks that have caught my ear lately.

I Octane – Lose a Friend

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Konshens – This Means Money

Mavado – Gyal A Mad Ova

Vybz Kartel – Turn and Wine (DnA Riddim)

Mary J Blige ft Jah Cure – Each Tear (Black Chiney Remix)

Wayne Marshall – Work Hard (Major and Minor Riddim)

The Killabits

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on June 11, 2010
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The Killabits have been in the studio again and have sent us over some heavy artillery.  Our Toronto homies have been crazy busy with their Bassmentality bi-weekly @ Wrongbar which has built up to being one of the rowdiest and most energetic crowds in the city.  Be sure to catch them spinning alongside 16 Bit on July 21st @ Wrongbar!

This first tune has already hit 100,o00 views in its first month on Youtube and is a perfect example of that high energy party music that these dudes just love to make.

The Killabits – Stray Bullet

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These next few remixes will be sure to catch your ear.  The Wha La La Leng Jungle Remix is pure FIIIIIIYURRRRRR.  A bouncy beast of a tune with a rib cage rattling bass line.

Poirier ft. Face T – Wha La La Leng [THE KILLABITS REMIX]

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Major Lazer ft. Collie Buddz & Linda Ortiz – Never Good Enough [THE KILLABITS REMIX]

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Aloe Blacc – I Need A Dollar [THE KILLABITS REMIX]

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Sam and Biz also sent over a clip from upcoming debut dubstep release DSGSTNG which will be available to the digital world June 16th and features a Bombaman remix.

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The June 16th Bassmentality is now the official release party and the boys are bringing Juan Basshead (MIAMI, USA) to smash up Wrongbar!

Major Lazer – Never Good Enough

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on March 10, 2010
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I’ve been waiting for this one to surface since I first listened to the Major Lazer Essential Mix back in July 2009.  The catchy hook sung by Collie Buddz has been ringing in my head on repeat for way too long.  Toronto can get ready for the return of MAY-JAH LAY-ZAH on Saturday April 24th as Embrace continues to set the pace with another huge party at Sound Academy which also features Drop The Lime.

Major Lazer ft. Collie Buddz and Lindi Ortega – Never Good Enough

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Exclusive Mix from DJ LOWCASH!!!!

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on January 11, 2010
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DJ Lowcash just sent over this FIRIN’ new exclusive mixtape for the Plugged Not Thugged crew.  Had the pleasure of seeing this cat grace the decks last week in Toronto and the man has crazy energy and got the crowd moving with his upbeat style of dubstep.  Lowcash is lucky enough to know some of the big dogs over in U.K and as such has a few unreleased treats to unleash in this mix.  My personal fav is the last track “Rockstar” by Benga which I’m hoping we’ll see released some time this year. Enjoy!

DJ Lowcash – Plugged Not Thugged Mixtape <—- right click, save as.

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10 Elephant Nuggets From 2009

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on January 8, 2010
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To follow up Billionaire’s massive bass assessment for ‘09 here are 10 pieces of pie that got my gullet greased this past year. In no particular order…

Renaissance Man

Spraycan was without a doubt one of the most innovative house tracks to hit wax this year, but what was most impressive about Renaissance Man was their ability to follow up its enormous success with such consistent creativity. With glowing bass lines chunkier than your grandma’s beef barley, it’s no surprise their cuts were so often sought after pre-release. I also have to credit them for opening my ears up to a lot of tech tunes that I would have otherwise missed; all of their mixes were gold.

Renaissance Man – Rhythm

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Buy Renaissance Man.

Joy Orbison

The jury is clearly out on this one…
Though Joy Orbison was definitely a mega-hyped phenom, it was for good reason. On top of bridging the many gaps that exist between the UK’s many schools of rhythm and bass in Hyph Mongo, the dude also managed to put together the BEST in 105-115 disco heaters with his BSRkR01 mix. This mix aptly showed the true depth of his influence and was hands down my favorite mix of the year.

Joy Orbison – Hyph Mngo

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Joy Orbison – BSRkR01

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Buy Joy from Hotflush Recordings.

Thriller – Genie
Floating Points – Love Me Like This
C.O.M.B.I. – It A Late
Eddie C – Make It Better
The Revenge – Night Flight
B.W.H. – Stop
James Pants – We’re Through
Alicia Meyers – I Want To Thank You
Fudge Fingas – DinsDins4Dada
Bumblebee Unlimited – Lovebug (DK Edit)
Arthur Russell – Hop On Down
Nite Jewel – Weak For Me
The Samps – Traincummings…..
C.B. Funk – Subway To Cologne
Kate Bush – Cloudbusting

Big ups to Asian Dan for being on this early.

Sound Pellegrino

In less than a year, Teki & Co. turned their digital imprint into a taste maker’s wet dream. Running the gamut from 001’s Baltimore infused baile house banger by ZDS (Eurovision) to heavy hitting tech house treats and then onto L-Vis’ hard funky tunes or Solo’s midget house beasts, there was very little that wasn’t covered. Impressively on point for such variety. I’m really looking forward to what they’ve got in store for 2010.

Zombie Disco Squad – Esperanto

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Solo – Rawmania

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Buy Sound Pellegrino.

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Foxtrot 4 Mini Mix

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on July 9, 2009
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Fantastic 4

To celebrate our 4th in a series of serious monthly monsters, a 6 track mini mix for y’all…

Foxtrot 4 Mini Mix

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Les chansons:
1) Major Lazer – Jump up feat. Leftside & Supahyp
2) High Powered Boys – Up Down
3) Thomas Bangalter – Spinal Scratch
4) Rod Lee – Feel Me
5) Jesse Rose – Night At The Dogs
6) DJ W!ld – E Ai Francoa

Foxtrot Rhythms Two Point Oh

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Got a new mix for y’all…

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Live from the spaceship… Get busy and Download it.

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Major Lazer – Pon De Floor

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on June 8, 2009
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I’m convinced this is going to be a big, if not the biggest player off the Major Lazer EP coming out in a couple short weeks.  Cop the Pre-Order bundle and you even get one of those super dope “Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do” t-shirts.  Anyway, Pon De Floor has got just the right balance of those strange yet catchy sounds (re: autotuned baby?) that Diplo and Switch seem to churn out time and time again… it’s fresh ‘n throaty.  Got a short-caked remix from Victoria’s Ernold Sane for you too.

Major Lazer – Pon De Floor (Extended Mix) (320)

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Major Lazer – Pon De Floor (Ernold Sane Remix) (320)

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Ghislain Poirier Soca Grease

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on June 2, 2009
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Ghislain Poirier has been an unmissable presence in the Montreal club scene for the better part of the last decade. Moving away from the eletro-bassbin bounce a little, Ghislain now appears to be greasing his rhythmic gears by focusing on the more percussive elements of his tracks. Now he’s got Ninja Tune slammin’ the streets with some serious Soca vibes… talk about sonic evolution.  This is a mix he did on Sinden’s show on Kiss… the Major Lazer and Alison Hinds remixes smash the whole set.

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Ghislain Poirier – Live On Kiss

I’ll have to admit at first I was a little skeptical as I saw him display one of the worst DJ sets ever a few summers ago at Club Soda in Montreal.  However, he stepped it up somewhere as this mix slays harder than Buffy on crack.  Shake your bon bon!

Tracklist after the jump!

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