DJ Sneaks #20 Too Many T's

Yes yes!

Finally back with another DJ Sneaks and hopefully a selection of superb mix tapes later in the week.

This DJ Sneaks edition we're bringing in the Hip Hop. Fresh from the Camberwell streets......well maybe a comfy bench in the Camberwell Tiger (South London's finest boozer for those that don't know).



Too Many T's step up this time round with a mix spliced together by their occasional collaborator and DJ on hand Mr Biscuits. But first a little bit about the boys themselves.

Too Many T's.... aka Ross Standaloft and Leon Rhymes are two lovable cheek mongers of an Emcee duo. After forming in the summer of 2011, Too Many T's have been gaining attention from all directions with their tight but tongue in cheek take on rap all laid down over real sounding funk and Sesame street soul influenced hip hop beats. Check out the below video for their track "Medina life" to get an example of this if my use of descriptives above has left you a little lost. The video recorded in on the streets of Marrakesh last Spring and released in December it definitely gives you an idea of what the boys are about.



The Kicks.
Was pretty hyped to get Too Many T's to step up for the kicks mix as i know Leon Rhymes is a bit of a trainer addict as well. Up Towns all the way with Leon selecting a pretty different pair of Nike Air Force 1s for show and tell. Here's his bit about them.....

"Trekking around New York's Lower East side looking for some fresh kicks at the end of 2011 I stumbles across these fresh AF1s in a vintage store - unworn but without the box - in perfect size and had to have em. Love the double set of red and pink laces and the splatter mid soles to give it that extra pop. Now i know they were release in 2008 and it turns out they're Supremes - and women's - but I'm now in touch with my feminine side, and anyway, they look fresh as fook"



The Mix -

A corker of a mix laid down from a selection of Too Many T's influential jams. Mr Biscuit brings the skills in big time as well, with every track cut, rubbed and mixed too a T....
Featuring classic Eric B and Rakim right through to classic UK beauts by artists including Jehst and Foreign Beggars. Most definitely one for the download. Check it on the Soundcloud player below also featuring the DL link.



Find more deets on Too Many Ts on the links below and for the London crew check out their high energy live show, Friday the 9th March at the Hoxton Pony, Shoreditch.

www.youtube.com/TooManyTVs
www.facebook.com/toomanyts
www.soundcloud.com/too-many-ts
www.twitter.com/toomanyts
www.toomanyts.com

We'll be back later in the week and on the usual house music tip.

Peas.
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DJ Sneaks #18 Two Charming Men

Another fresh DJ Sneaks mix and pic today sent through from our Irish friends Two Charming Men.
The boys are busy as ever working hard in the studio with remixes upcoming on Top Billin for Lorcan Mak and MiSK as well as a number of originals now available on their Soundcloud here.

As well as the production tip the guys aka Niall D'arcy and Conor Conroy have also been assisting Irish dance music heart throb (thought I'd slip that in) Lorcan Mak on the build up to his label launch for Stay Hungry Records, keep an eye out for stuff dropping on SHR soon.

The Kicks.



Superb pair of retro re release Nike Air Pegasus 89s which i believe belong to Niall. The Pegasus first made popular in the early 90s has seen a big resurrection recently with the retros dropping in a number of new colour ways and it's similarity in style and popularity to the Air Max 90 meaning there's likely to be more colours to come.

The Mix.

Packed with a lot of jack this one as well as featuring one of their own original tracks "I want" currently doing the rounds with love from NT89 and more. crack it on loud as a pre weekend warm up.18 large house tracks of the moment taking you through to an even bigger ending Two Charming Men: DJ Sneaks Mix // November 2011 by Two Charming Men

Track Listing -

1-Mark Farina - Radio (Phil Weeks Dub)
2-DJ Deep & Jovonn - Back In The Dark (Original Mix)
3-Tom Budden - Tree Dance (Original Mix)
4-Michel De Hey Vs. M.I.R.K.O. - Give Me Light (Rodriguez Jr. Remix)
5-Two Charming Men - I Want (Original Mix)
6-Classixx - Into The Valley (Julio Bashmore Remix)
7-Justin Martin & Ardalan - Lezgo (Original Mix)
8-Munnibrotherz - Moon Chon Chayoh (Zombie Disco Squad Remix)
9-Evil Nine - Little Prince (Original Mix)
10-Mosca - Done Me Wrong (Original Mix)
11-Frankie Grimes - Upgrade (Original Mix)
12-Gregor Salto & DJ Gregory - Vem Rembola (Main Acid Mix)
13-NT89 - Persian (Original Mix)
14-Jagerverb - Magnum (Original Mix)
15-Kriscuk - The Beginning (Two Charming Men Remix)
16-Todd Edwards - Saved My Life (Original Mix)
17-D. Turk & Doc Link - No Good For Me (Guy Robin Remix)
18-Double 99 - RIP Groove (Vocal Mix Feat. Top Cat)

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DJ Sneaks #16 Monkey Safari

Oooof! Got super excited when this DJ Sneaks edition came through this morning. Extra added value today with our first double Sneaker image, first DJ Sneaks featuring classic Asics, a seriously tight mix plus a snippet of a rather tasty release.

Hailing from Halle Germany, Monkey Safari have made quite an impact over the past few years smashing clubs the world over with their smooth sample based house. With their own label What! What! Rolling along nicely and the launch of their new label Mambo things are not looking to slow down anytime soon. We caught their set at Gottwood festival earlier in the summer and it was definitely one of our festival highlights. The guys are also members of the mighty Jackmode family and their new 4 track Ep “Big Mama” is out now as the third release on the new Jackmode label. We are loving the release a lot with the opening track “Son” going straight into our sets from now on.

Check out the promo video below for snippets of the release and get on over to Beatport here to cop yourself a copy.

Monkey Safaris Kicks-

Lars’ Kicks (Left) - A very classy pair Asics Gel-Lyte III reworked by Japanese brand Zillion here. The release name “Everything is a remix” is also the company motto for Zillion who are known for producing clothes made with material salvaged from old kimonos!? High quality Japanese fabric “Chirimen” is used on the uppers and the off white looks slick. Nice to see they are getting worn as well as this pair needs showing off.

Sven’s Kicks (Right) - Onitsuka Tiger koi klub model. This super limited pair are designed by the extremely cool Berlin berlin based Koi Club founder Yoske Nishumi. The collaboration series takes the classic 80s Asics X-Caliber kick and has turned them in to a very enviable shoe. Serious style vibes with the denim, black and red colour ways. I would like a pair of these.

This is what the guys had to say about them – “A good friend of ours sent us these strong limited shoes three months ago. We didn´t know how they were going to look like but she said we would definitely like them and yo, she was right. Now we doin our safaris almost every day in these nice boots.... sometimes in Memphis”

The Mix-

A superb mix opening with the amazing Poirot rework of Lykke Li’s “After Laughter” as well as being packed with their own originals and a number of other Jackmode fam favorites. Also note the crazy track going under the name “Safari in Memphis” by “Unknown” slipped in the second half of the mix. Recorded for the regular Jackmode show on Pulse radio this is definitely worth a stream. Check it on the player below with track listing below that.

Tracklisting-

1. Lykke Li - After Laughter (Poirot Rework)
2. Noir & Haze - Around (Solomun Vox Mix)
3. Monkey Safari - Tripster
4. Veitengruber - All You Got
5. Nick Monaco - Nicks Episode (Ardalan Remix)
6. Round Table Knights - All Night feat. Ghostape (Monkey Safari's Tennis On The Table Mix)
7. Unknown - Safari In Memphis
8. Stereo Express - La Vie En Rose feat. Orlando
9. ZDS feat. Spoek - We Should Bang Tonight (Monkey Safari's Hells Bells Mix)
10. Oliver Schleenvoigt - Nane
11. Monkey Safari - Son

DJ Sneaks #15 Kitsch & Sync

Our latest DJ Sneaks mix for your ears today sent over by Mr Josh Panton. Josh... a highly skilled rave promoter, party purveyor and all round top bloke has put the mix together to showcase the sound of his new bi monthly party venture Kitsch & Sync which will next be taking place at Bar a Bar in stoke Newington on Saturday the 1st October. The venture is being being run by Josh and a rabble of other highly qualified party organising veteran as an excuse to get a proper Sunday party style house music vibe on a more accessible (work on Mondays tends to ruin a Sunday party for me at least) day of the week and more importantly without breaking the wallet.

Entry will be free but guest list only (We'll come to that shortly) and they have also taken the running of the bar for their events into their own hands keeping prices at a minimum. Expect cocktails at near on cost price and a balloon bar as well. Full details and flyer at the bottom of the page and Facebook event page here where you can get your name down on that list.

Josh's Kicks-

A hard worn but very classic pair of Nike Dunk Low Safaris.

Josh sent though quite possibly the best blurb we've been sent yet with a DJ Sneaks image so I'll let his words tell you what you need to know.

"The sneaks were my favourite shoes in the whole universe when I bought them and I only very recently gave them their funeral at Secret garden Party. Nike Dunk Low Safaris. A very rich man once offered me £300 when high on pills at Corsica studios to buy them off me + a taxi fare home to Streatham as obviously Id be leaving shoeless. I turned him down, the £300 would have gone a long way but these trainers are gonna stay with me forever. In their hay day they were without doubt the flyest shoes on the planet. Now they look old & disheveled but wink like an old man in a chair reminiscing over his philandering days."

Josh's Mix.

A mix of slow sexy grooves building up to some meaty heads down house later on. This is what he had to say about it. "Mixed at 8 am after getting home, on my turntables. No funny business, just Serato & records. A vein and slightly tipsy attempt to try and showcase the music from Kitsch & sync."

kitsch & sync dj sneaks mix by Kitsch & Sync

Track List-

1-True Romance - CD Version David August

2-Passion feat. Mr. White - DJ T. Remix Phreek Plus One

3-Gonzales - Original jozif

4-Thinking Of You - Original Soulade

5-Oasis - Jozif Remix Shonky

6-Dee-p Nothing - Lazaro Casanova Miami Vice Remix Michael Mclardy

7-Gentle Doubt - Original Mix Andre Lodemann

8-Ultravision feat. Jaw - Original Mix Seuil

9-Face It - Leftside Wobble Re-Edit Master C&J

10-Mr. Duke - Original Mix Sebo K

11-Grey Area - Burnski & Robert James remix Simon Baker

12-Playdo - Laura Jones Remix Matthew Burton, Nick Lawson

13-Want You In My Soul feat. Stee Downes - Original Mix Lovebirds

The next Kitsch & Sync event is Saturday 1st October

10.00-05.00am

Bar a bar,

133-135 Stoke Newington Road.

Like their Facebook page here innit

DJ Sneaks # 14 Tony Volker

So, we thought we'd try something a little different. We've got a couple of mixes coming up over the next few days that are not our usual house fodder. Obviously the House music is still our staple diet but as stated by our good buddy Sam whilst relaxing on the beach at Stop Making Sense festival - " Have you got anything that isn't House?" So here you go.

First up is a mix tape from the immensely talented Tony Volker. Tone has spent the last few years secretly slipping off to his bed room to produce the most amazingly charming acoustic based music.



We were always aware of his love of the guitar and knew he could knock a tune together. But he quietly let known to us a few months back that he has put a selection of his favorite bedroom creations in one place resulting in a genuinely brilliant and original album. His sound is made even more endearing by the fact that he has put it all together purely for the love of making his music and the occasional crackle of a lomo bedroom recording set up adds to the chilled and upbeat atmosphere he's created on each song. Any way, enough of my descriptive bollox, the Album "Moving Plates" is up on his Bandcamp page here for sale at the price of what ever you want to give. He's also given us a couple of freebies to download below so get on the DL and see what you think.

Losing Streak Mp3

Night Time Parasite Mp3

Tony's Kicks - Tony has sent us an image of his pair of Mercurial Nike footy boots. A hint toward his sporting past we think, with many a tail of coaching young boys past over to us at the pub table. (No.....Tone is a teacher for anyone with a sick mind). Anyway, nice to have something a little different to go with a slightly different DJ Sneaks.



Tony's Mix- As we've stated, something a little different today. A throw back to the old ways of making a mix tape. We all remember when a mix tape meant putting together a selection of tracks in one place that would play one after the other without having to change the CD or for those of you old enough...the tape. I think these mix tapes, especially when passing them on to other people are the hardest to put together. Have a listen on the player below and get on over to Tony's Bandcamp page and buy his album for something a little different to the usual housey house to get you through the day.

Tony Volker- Dj Sneaks Mix by Tony Volker on Mixcloud

DJ Sneaks #13 Kiwi - "The Summer Mix"

Going in hard with the DJ Sneaks mixes over the next few days as our couple of weeks off have meant a back log of superb mixes and delightful kicks pics have been piling up. We have something a little different to the usual house tip coming soon from singer/producer Tony Volker as well as a fresh take on the mix tapes of our yout from Artist and Graphics man HeyGus. But today a summer mixtual treat from DJ, Producer and all round club man Kiwi.

Kiwi (from New Cross and not New Zealand he states) has put together a smooth selection of "Honey infused vocals and shlomo grooves" which has been sound tracking my morning in the office rather nicely.



Kiwi aka Alex Warren is no new comer to the DJ walk of life with most of his time spent running his ongoing club night Orlando Boom as well as heading up bookings at one of our favorite Dalston rave pits The Nest. His recent bootleg rework alongside Joe & Will Ask? of Moloko "The time is now" has also been one of our choice grooves of the past few months. Get yourself over to his Soundcloud here for a listen.

Kiwi's Kicks-

A limited edition release of the Nike Air Max Structure Triax 91s here. Not too clued up myself on the Triax editions but am liking the colour way and it could even be the first low air max to temp me away from my love of the 90s and classic Air Max 1s. The pic he's sent over is pretty smooth as well..




Kiwi's Mix -

As I've already mentioned above, Kiwi describes this mix better than i ever could so i'll leave you with his words and let you ears do the er..........listening.

Kiwi kicks off a new residency at new party "Kate Boss" launching at the Nest on the 2nd September. scoot over to here for full deets.

Kiwi- "The Summer Mix" (Recorded live) "Honey infused vocals and shlomo grooves"

The Summer Mix (Recorded live) by Kiwi by Kiwi_

TRACKLIST

1) Fear of numbers - Footprintz
2) Houston We Have A Problem (Original Mix) - Genius Of Time
3) Bakerman (Soul Clap Remix) - Laid Back
4) Envision (Ame Acoustic Remix) - Osunlade
5) Want You In My Soul ft. Stee Downes (Original Mix) - Lovebirds
6) The Shady Shores - Tanner Ross & Soul Clap
7) Best Of - Deniz Kurtel & Mykle Anthony
8) I Can't Get No Sleep - Joe and Will Ask vs Kiwi
9) Body Shiver - Waifs and Strays
10) Everybody (kiwi remix) - Miguel Migs
11) Falling (Original Mix) - Maceo Plex
12) Open for Service - Crazy P
13) Cruel Summer (Summer Dub) - Bananarama
14) Love Recycled 1 (Original Mix) - Solomun
15) Got To Be Real (The Giraffe, the Pelly and Us edit) - Cheryl Lynn
16) Lost In Music (Gay Marvine edit) - Sister Sledge
17) New Life (Perseus 'Summer of 83' Remix) - Jeremy Glenn
18) Get up disco - Soho808

DJ Sneaks #12 Mr Solid Gold + Trouble Vision Carnival Warm up Party

And we're back!

Sorry for the lack in posts over the past 2 weeks. We have been off gallivanting in Croatia at the amazing Stop Making Sense Festival and what a time we had. Massive love to the Stop Making Sense crew for having us and the Trouble Vision family along. We'll be posting a little review with some pics, videos and hopefully the radio show we recorded live on the beach stage for London Fields Radio as soon as i can track it down.

So, on to today's latest DJ Sneaks mix from our very own Trouble Vision boss man Mr Solid Gold aka Christopher Gold.

The Kicks
A seriously fresh pair of Nike Air Max 1s have been hanging out on Mr Solid Gold's feet recently, all out black definitely looks good on the Air Max 1s, keeps them club fresh and are a little rarer than this summers in your face colour schemes in the same model. The pic below in standard Mr Solid Gold style snapped straight from the office on a right foot only tip as he's busily thinking up London's next club smashing line up.

In his words- " OK, So yeah the Air Max 1s offer premium comfort, while not sacrificing any style. Its a win win with these puppies."




The Mix
A true purveyor of sound and party, Mr Solid Gold has put together a selection of summer beauts.
I'll let you take in his words again for a wee bit of what it's all about.

"It's basically a selection of some of the tunes i've been playing over the summer, from grimey clubs to beautiful countryside. Recorded totally live (no monkey business) with some old and some new, its basically a real mixture."

Get on the Soundcloud Player below for a refreshing ear journey as well as the download link and track listing below that.

Mr Solid Gold - Summer Mix 2011 by TroubleVision

Download link

Track Listing -

1. Young Edits - How We Walk On The Moon
2. Om Unit - The
3. Andi de Luxe - Boobsie Collins
4. Medlar - Terrell
5. KZA - Le Troublant Acid
6. Oni Ayhun - OAR003-B - Original Mix
7. Soul Clap - Lonely C [Feat. Charles Levine]
8. Marcus Worgull - Long Way - Original Mix
9. Duff Disco - How We Do
10. Ben Westbeech - Something For The Weekend (The Revenge Keep Up Dub)
11. Manuel Tur - Most Of This Moment (Isoloe mix)
12. Somore - I Refuse-What You Want (feat Damon Trueitt - Phil Weeks remix)
13. Session Victim - Good Intentions
14. José James - Blackmagic (Izmabad 118 Remix)

Trouble Vision Carnival Warm up......

So to coincide with Mr Solid Gold's mix we need to remind you that Trouble Vision returns this Friday at Corsica Studios for it's legendary Carnival Warm up party along with an album launch for Tom "T Willy" Toddla T's album launch. This one is a sell out as ever and the line up is huge, limited tickets will be availible early (doors at 10pm so before this is recomended). Check out the flyer and face book link below for more info.

Catch Robin and Myself there later in the eve playing in room 1. Also, for the East London crew we'll be playing earlier in the evening for the Urchins boys at Just London at 93 Feet East, Brick lane. Come say hello!

Nuff Parking!

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