Artworks Amsterdam, Throwing Snow XLR8R mix, J Dilla tribute tape

Sorry for the small amount of content recently, the last few weeks have been rather busy and our broken promises of a new DJ Sneaks and all the rest have been noted so we'll try and pick things up for you soon.

A few little nuggets to make you aware of today.

Artworks Amsterdam
Firstly we're going to be in Amsterdam this Thursday (16th Feb) laying down some tunes at the Artworks exhibition and after party. The exhibition itself will be featuring work by Super A, M Jay, Collin Van Der Sluijs and Rutger Termohlen. We'll be joining the Hear No Evil team in providing beats along side Throwing Snow and Blende. Check out Ross Throwing Snow's XLR8R mix from January over on the XLR8R site here for some serious tune selection as well as a number of his own Jams.

It's Our first trip to the Dam so any Dutch readers out there drop by and say hello. Heard big things about the Artworks exhibition parties. RSVP here - exhibition@glassworksamsterdam.nl for entry with full deets of the event here and the exhibition flyer below.




J Dilla - A Tribute to the Drum.
Made aware of this by the missus so props to her for for alerting your ears to this one.
Last week was the anniversary of the passing of one of hip hops greatest producers.

James Sewitt Yancey aka J Dilla was one of the true masters of the MPC. His beats are the basis of what hip hop is to me and his productions for a Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde, Erykah Badu and many many more are some of the greatest examples of smooth soulful sampling ever laid down .
The below is a collection of influenced tributes and Dilla remixes that you need on your music player and it's all up for free download.




And as i said earlier, more posts, mixes and general banterbury to come soon so hold tight.

Going to finish with this.

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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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Lively indeed

A little over excited for tonight’s throw down at Dalston’s superb new (ish) venue The Nest.

Tonight "Lively" a bi monthly house session with residents and party curators Rachel Barton and Christian Nockall welcome some very special guests in the form of Bristol's Julio Bashmore and Italian man of the moment Riva Starr as well as us two chaps having the honor of laying some sound plates down too.

Expect this one to be seriously popping with Julio and Riva being two of the most buzzing acts of the moment as well as Rachel And Mr Nockall also being two of our favorite DJs who certainly know how to lay down a quality selection.

Check the following link for a free download of Riva Starr's Doors Re Chunk http://www.rivastarr.com/lively.htm

Also have a listen to the below Julio Bashmore's "Julio House" remix of Deadboys's Heartbreaker, one of my personal favorites.

Deadboy - Heartbreaker [Julio's House] by JulioBashmore

Full Party Details for Lively at the nest can be found on the Facebook event page here or on the below flyer.

See you there!