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Plugcast 006: Tape Deck Bros.

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on August 4, 2010
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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 monthly Major 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.

Plugcast 006 – Tape Deck Bros – Plugged into the Tapedeck   (PnT Exclusive Mix 2010)

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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.

Dr Dre feat. Eminem – Forgot About Dre (TapeDeckBros Remix)

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Plugcast 005: Spyne (40hz)

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on July 30, 2010
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Hot off the decks we deliver to you Plugcast 005; an exclusive new mix from 40hz front man Spyne.  The Toronto bass ambassador has titled this one Medication Meditation and with it you will find a fresh mix packed with deep selections with the emphasis on melody and dark bass lines.  40 hz Productions have been throwing jams in T.dot for a couple years now and are known for bringing the freshest new talent and backing them up with by massively reinforced sound systems.  This recipe for success has created a solid following of Toronto bass enthusiasts.  Spyne also runs the 3rd week of the month for the Archi-Textures weekly in Toronto and you can catch him performing tonight at the Vaski party at the Great Hall.

Plugcast 005 – Spyne (40hz) ‘Medication Meditation’

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Dubstep Drop ver 3.0

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on July 28, 2010
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I’ve been away for a minute but I’m back with some fresh new dubstep bangers for your ear drums.  Crank up that sub woofer and sit back and rumble to this shit.  Skream has been on the whole giving away free tunes tip lately and I gotta say I am loving it!  His 3 volumes of “Freeizm” have been well received  and he also dropped this new BANGER of a tune “Raw Dogz” via his twitter page.  This tune is straight gangsta shit with that chilling Big L sample “Pullin out gats fo’ fun!”.

Skream – Raw Dogz

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Skream – Metal Mouth

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Mangetic Man is the first Dubstep “supergroup” to surface and has to be one of the biggest collabs in the game to date.  Skream, Benga and Artwork are the masterminds behind this exciting new trio.  Their live show has been getting rave reviews over in the UK and Europe and we can only hope that we will see them in Toronto in the next year.  The new tune “I Need Air” is already blowing up all over the world and is in some ways carving a new “pop-step” sub genre.  The Magnetic Man album is set to be released October 4 and you can pre-order a copy at Amazon or HMV.

Magnetic Man – I Need Air —– (buy here)

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Magnetic Man – Mad

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Last week 16 Bit passed through Toronto and just DESTROYED Wrongbar with a very diverse and high energy set.  These two young Londoners know how to throw down and this tune had the place going off.

Plan B – She Said (16 Bit Remix)

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16 Bit – Jump —– (buy here)

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Don’t sleep on these other two bangers as well as Bar 9 puts his chainsaw dubstep twist on a poppy UK vocal track and Matty G uses the Redman sample to perfection “Listen to my 808 BUMP!”.

Example – Kickstarts (Bar 9 Remix)

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Matty G – My 808 —– (buy here)

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Synchro

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Mandelephant
on July 15, 2010
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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.

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Birthday Anthems

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Dick Diamonds
on July 5, 2010
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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)

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Pendulum – The Island pt. 2 (Barletta Edit)

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Chase & Status @ The Guv

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on June 14, 2010
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This Friday June 18th you can catch Chase & Status playing on the city’s best sound system in the main room of The Guvernment night club.  Destiny and TorontoJungle.com are again bringing in another huge headliner just 2 months after they drew around 2000 to the Andy C jam at Kool Haus.  For more information about the event including ticket info check it out HERE and HERE.  Check out the link below to download a relatively recent mix from the UK bad boys.  See you on the dance floor.

Chase & Status – Triple J Mixup [13-02-2010]

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Deeper

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Mandelephant
on June 10, 2010
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Love this. Out now on Fools Gold. SCUBA!

Bassmentality

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on May 5, 2010
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The Bassmentality crew have just moved their bi-weekly dubstepathon to the uber-thick subs down at Toronto’s Wrongbar and asked us here at PnT to be their official bass blog aficionados! Woop!

The new night kicks of this evening with residents Zeds Dead and The Killabits whose heavy dubstep remixes have been featured extensively (ZD, KB) on Plugged Not Thugged this past year.  Check the Facebook invite for all the specs and stay tuned for some PnT action at Bassmentality in the coming months!!!

Barletta – Sweet Shop Edit / Gravity Remix

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on April 29, 2010
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Toronto’s own DJ Barletta is a man on a mission.  Dude just cranks out sooo many dirty tunes its almost ridiculous.  In between producing on a regular basis he is out rocking crowds all over the fucking place.  He came through and just murked out our Major Rager monthly last month and recently sent us over a few juicy little bits for you to sink your teeth into.  The first one is a nice little edit of the Doctor P dubstep anthem “Sweet Shop”. The first 2 minutes is pure Barleezy fiyaaa and then he lets the original rolllll out.

Doctor P – Sweet Shop (Barletta’s 420 Edit) <—–(right click, save as.)

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This next remix has got summer anthem written all over it.  I’m really feelin this one.  T-Dot oh yeah, we so larrrrge.

The Others – Gravity (Barletta Remix) <—–(right click, save as.)

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Exclusive Spring Mix: Hotmess DJs

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on April 25, 2010
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Chris James and Derek Brian Williamson might strike you as two regular joes who like the odd party.  But once they team up and hit the decks, any type of jam—be it a supper club social or a seedy shaker in a run down dumpster—quickly becomes a raunchy hot mess that resembles a very sweaty carnival in Rio de Janeiro—minus the elaborate outfits and blinding glitter.  I have seen these guys turn motionless hotties into flamethrowers and head-bobbing wallflowers into heat seeking missiles when they unleash their signature disco, hip-hop and electro-club banging muffin mix on a hungry crowd packed into a club so hot it resembles your momma’s oven.  The Hotmess DJs have a steady following and are constantly being booked to play some of  Toronto’s most popular establishments.  These guys put in work, and their versatility on the decks becomes obvious once you have listened to one of their sets live and direct.  Chris and Derek were stoked when we asked them to put together an exclusive mix for our blog, and we are just as stoked to share it.  Greasy nuggets on speed.

HOTMESS DJ’s – Plugged Not Thugged Spring Mix

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