In case giving away Voids One / Voids Two and letting you name your own price wasn’t enough for you, San Francisco’s DJG is celebrating reaching 2000 followers on his Soundcloud by giving away a free classic track of his in 320.
Big ups to DJG for the continued growth, and respect to people for cluing into one of the people who is making America proud with an accurate representation of the “American Dubstep” sound.
After spending a few weeks watching the majority of my Twitter feed filling my screen with comments about how big this release sounded in the club it has fortunately made it’s way out of the dubplate bin and into the hands of the masses as vinyl and digital release. The latest release on Punch Drunk imprint “Idle Hands” sees Bristol based Kowton exploring the a minimal-influenced house vibe with the two tracks ‘She Don’t Jack’ and ‘Drunk on Sunday’
‘She Don’t Jack’ exists somewhere between Garage and house, the comparisons to Appleblim and Ramadanman’s ‘Void23′ seem somewhat appropriate. Although the track is not nearly as epic, perhaps due to the fact it’s not nearly as long, both seem to suggest a new movement in Bristol’s ever-evolving yet constantly influential sound. Extremely haunting, yet still dancefloor functional – a huge tune that was making noise online for obvious reasons. ‘Drunk On Sunday’ comes a bit more subdued than the previous, with a focus that is less on shuffling dance minded beats, a spare yet solid percussive beat carries the track’s rich bass sounds. Definite late-night stamina crew vibes on this one.
Bristol is clearly setting itself apart as one of the fore-runners of the house music sound with influences that clearly draw on the soulful / human aspects evident in the Detroit sound, however still maintaining a bleak vibe and garage influenced syncopations that are undeniably ‘un-American.’
Kowton – She Don’t Jack / Drunk On Sunday [IDLE005] is available from all finer vinyl / digital shops.
Update: Good friends mnmlssgs have recently tapped Kowton for their latest in the ssg special mix series, get the download from them here
Everybody claimed it was dead but grime is looking alive and well as we begin our journey into 2011. At the forefront of this resurgence is the quickly rising Butterz label, helmed by Elijah and Butterz and featuring releases from some og grime’s heaviest hitters.
In support of his latest Orangeade EP release on the Butterz label, our friends at Sonic Router recently sat with Royal T for a lengthy interview and an obligatory mix which should definitely be on your list of music to check out today.
With all the recent appreciation coming to grime with grime podcasts featured in XLR8R, Fact Magazine and Resident Advisors well-estabilshed podcasts in addition to the exciting resurgence of grime tunes from producers like Royal T, it’s exciting to see grime music reaching a stage beyond the confines of London.
Full tracklist beneath the fold here, much thanks due to Sonic Router, and of course the GRIMESPREE blog – for putting me on to the sounds of Royal T long ago.
Some might be surprised to find a mix from Reso on this site, given the breadth of most people’s knowledge of him is confined to his harder more aggressive sounds. Some of his newest bits that have been played from me show a diversity that I think few people realize or appreciate from him. To celebrate the launch of his new website, Reso has shared a mixtape with a stellar tracklist as well as a three track EP.
Highly recommend both of these, full tracklist for the mix beneath the fold.
Another installment from Compound One to their podcast series, previously featured here – this time including some stellar tracks from good friends Subreachers as well as other excellent selections. Choice cuts from Compound One once again.
Also be sure to check out their latest release out now digitally and on vinyl, Pum Pum Beat / Back Off – finally putting an end to the long respite between Compound One releases, which while few and far between are always worth picking up.
HotFlush Two sets off it’s 2011 release schedule with a new single from previous contributor to the imprint George FitzGerald. With HotFlush’s various imprints contributing releases from FitzGerald, as well as similar minded artists Joy Orbison, Sepalcure, and forthcoming releases from Incyde, the label shows a strong focus for the melodic and soulful explorations of underground music.
FitzGerald brings back the signature sound he established through his HFT012 release. Expounding on a spacey garage influenced sound with requisite soulful vocal edits, ‘Don’t You’ further establishes his place in the regrettably named ‘post-dubstep’ movement. FitzGerald’s original is backed with an edit from Scuba’s firmly established SCB moniker, giving a floor-moving techno exploration of the original.
George FitzGerald – Don’t You (HFT014) will see release on 12″ and digital formats on 17-Jan 2011. Don’t be a dummy, bag this.
Our first artist spotlight for 2011 features Belgian based producer / dj ‘Antics.’ I was tipped off to his sound through his collaborations with good common friends of ours ‘Subreachers.’ Recently I had a chance to sit down with Elvin to discuss music, and other miscellanea. He was also kind enough to submit an exciting mix exploring the deeper sounds of dubstep that we always try to push heavily on this site.
Check out the wonderful mix below, complete interview and tracklist beneath the fold. Streaming version of the podcast below, to download click the arrow on the right hand side or follow this link
For the few of you out there who are actually hypermiling, or for anybody who thinks that the information from Fuelly isn’t sufficient, Griffin Technologies has developed a Bluetooth enabled OBD-II adapter for tapping into that port sitting beneath your car that you likely forget exists except that one time a year you go to get your emission sticker renewed.
The device, named CarTrip, connects to your automobile’s OBD-II port, which is in all cars made in the past 15 years or so – giving you a glimpse at fuel consumption, speed and acceleration information, as well as demystifying that nagging “Check Engine” light you’ve been seeing.
Whether you have a legitimate use for something like this, or am just a fan of useless statistics like myself, pretty cool stuff here.
Deep selections again on this mix curated by October, head of the Caravan imprint. This mix comes as a promo for his upcoming show this weekend in Bristol alongside such heavy hitters as Kowton and Chris ‘Puffin Jack’ Farrell.
A smart selection of deep house and techno vibes on this one. Check beneath the fold for a complete track listing – and much thanks to October and the Caravan / Multiverse camps for making this selection available to all.
For more information on October’s upcoming AntiNYE event in Bristol click here
I have gotten around to uploading yesterday’s Sub.FM broadcast from Distal and myself . My apologies for downloads being scarce on the past few shows; it’s been busy lately but we have this one to tide you over.
Thanks to all who submitted tracks, and most of all those of you who locked in and joined us in chat.
We’ll see you in two weeks on the 16th for this month’s next installment of ‘Late Nite Tip’ To download, click the arrow in the player below.
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HotFlush Two sets off it’s 2011 release schedule with a new single from previous contributor to the imprint George FitzGerald. With HotFlush’s various imprints contributing releases from FitzGerald, as well as similar minded artists Joy Orbison, Sepalcure, and forthcoming releases from Incyde, the label shows a strong focus for the melodic and soulful explorations of underground music.
Our first artist spotlight for 2011 features Belgian based producer / dj ‘Antics.’ I was tipped off to his sound through his collaborations with good common friends of ours ‘Subreachers.’ Recently I had a chance to sit down with Elvin to discuss music, and other miscellanea. He was also kind enough to submit an exciting mix exploring the deeper sounds of dubstep that we always try to push heavily on this site.
For the few of you out there who are actually 
