Friday Mixtuals - Pelski + Coat Of Arms + Creed & Stone

As promised we're back with three top level mixes for this week's Friday mixtuals. Really spoilt for choice here as each mix is a right beaut. I've had all of them playing on constant rotation over the past few days. Definitely all well worth downloading on to your players and they're also going to leave you trying dig out a weighty bag load of tracks.

First up every ones favorite blogger Pelski steps up with his latest splice.

Pelski - "House & Disco Fix #1".
Proving that he can mix like a goodun as well as having a very sharp ear, Pelski serves up a top class mix of laid back disco funk and groove laden house treats.



Stand out selections on this one including Dave Allison's "Soda Pop" prove he's on the ball when it comes to treating us to hard to find gems. Check it on the Soundcloud player below with a fresh download link here and track listing over on the Soundcloud page here.



Coat Of Arms - "February - March 2012 Mix"

With Eats Everything taking over the World and Chris James busy slamming out jam after jam you may be forgiven for overlooking their joint Project "Coat of Arms. Their debut record and massive Summer groove "Is this something" was a staple number in pretty much every DJ set i heard towards the end of last year.



The boys have recently joined Future Boogie on the bookings front so hopefully we'll be seeing a lot more of them as a duo over the nearing festival season. Check out the mix on the Soundcloud player below. Packed with Coat of Arms material taking you smoothly through a selection of sub ridden house and deep treats. Download also available here.



Creed & Stone - Sping Mix- 2012

Fresh from the Jackmode Berlin Office Creed & Stone have mixed us another big one. After meeting back in the Spring of 2011 their work for Klasse Recordings and Jackmode Agency brought together two chaps with a love for Berlin's underground house scene. Dickon Stone and James Creed decided to combine production, selection and DJ blendation skills and under the suitably appropriate name Creed & Stone haven't looked back since.



Filled with Deep percussive rollers, this one brings a slightly darker feel to the table but without loosing an inch of groove. Take an earful on the player below with download link also available over on the Soundcloud page.

Also below that check out James Creeds Solo release debut on Klasse Recordings - "The Soft Parade Ep" on the Soundcloud palyer at the bottom of the page. It's out now and available in all good download stores.

The Apocalypse is Coming......at 433

So as promised, we got loads of stuff for you this week. Today is strictly one for the London crew or anyone that may be visiting town next Friday.

We are super hyped for this one as a lot of effort is going into every aspect of the party....that and there's something special about taking a very large sound system and cracking it in the middle of ware house.

Friday the 2nd March brings the first party in the Apocalypse Survival Guide series, and what a session it is looking to be. Taking place at the 433, a new creative community venue based on Caledonian Road, N7. The guys behind it are promising to bring "a series of interactive, immersive and experimental late night clubbing events" which sounds like a sack load of fun to me.



The parties.....or chapters as they are being called open with the theme "Appeasing the gods". The 433 are enforcing a strict Mayan fancy dress theme with Mayan beauticians on the door to spruce up any one to dull or late to put in the effort for a small palm crossing of gold nuggets. Guests will be welcomed in to the warehouse-turned-temple with performances and interaction from actors/sacrificial priests thoughout the night. I've seen some sneaky pics of the DJ booth being built and it looks like this is going to be something seriously worth checking out.

We will be joining the DJ line up for the evening alongside Fife & Lex Darker (Yeah, Maybe), Ad Pan (Audio Farm) and resident Larry Sun (The 433).

Got a feeling tickets are going to fly for this one so get over to the Facebook page here for full details as well as the links below and we'll hopefully see you there!
O
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The 433

Tickets
Super Earlybird Tickets are priced from £5 and are available from:
Facebook (www.facebook.com/the433)
Skiddle (www.skiddle.com) 0844 884 29 20

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.
O
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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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Congaloid Records @ That Mix Mag Thing + Solo mix tape

2012 is here.. Sorry for the lack in recent posts, we were on the verge of doing some best of 2011 lists but ended up having too much Xmas fun and the rest is...well a blur of lost evenings actually. We promise to keep the content levels up for the rest of 2012.

Huge amounts of love to the Teif New Years eve crew. Corsica Studios was definitely rocking from start to finish with Teif boss Matt Hesseltime's and Will Saul's sets definitely being my high lights of the evening.

Straight back on it seems for 2012. This Friday sees Mix Mag's "That Mix Mag thing" London party hand over room 2 to our main man Solo's new Congaloid records label. We've mentioned quite a bit of Congaloid news over the past few months so it's good to see things getting in full swing with a number of releases out and on their way and a regular party in the pipeline.

Heading up the Cogaloid line up will be the main man Solo himself as well as label mate Seka. Me and Robin have also been asked along to do a little warm up session as well so get down early and say hello.



In preparation Solo has also cracked together a mix for Mix Mag's mix of the week. In typical Solo style it is packed full of groove laden funk fulled house and will definitely aid your January blues removal. It may also entice you down to the Queen of Hoxton tomorrow eve to get 2012 off to a proper start. Doors from 4pm and entry is FREE all night. Check the Facebook event page here and get the mix on the Soundcloud link below.

http://soundcloud.com/mixmag-1/motw-solo-congaloid

And hopefully see you tomorrow!

O

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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)

O.

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Commonphase Delft Mix

A new mix today sent over from our Belgian brothers from other mothers Commonphase.

Commonphase are Yves Massignani and Niek Kosten, two Belgium based DJs and purveyors of quality house music parties. We met the guys a few years back on the hook up recommendation of DJ and Italian all round nice guy Solo who said we should definitely check out what they have going on. We were not disappointed. Yves and Niek have been working hard over the past few years to bring an element of class to the dance party scene in Belgium, consistently booking top house acts and putting them on in venues ranging from super club style dance floors to gritty intimate rave pits and always managing to pull off top events.

Photo by Jan Vandevyver

We joined them last year in Leuven Belgium for one of their regular events Temposphere and had one hell of a night (unlimited Stella due to the brewery being just down the street was a cheeky bonus), the guys also know how to get a crowd bouncing with forthcoming DJ Sets across Europe and one hell of a set laid down at our Superfilth closing party back in March.

Check out their latest mixtual on the Soundcloud player below, a superb selection of house and bass with a Belgian twist. Download link also on the player so you can crack it on your pods.

O
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Delft by Commonphase

Lovebox Classic House Mix

Another treat from the boys at Lovebox today, and this time it is a selection of classic Lovebox party tunes from the box of Hot Blood member and Lovebox originator Jools Butterfield ( I've inserted a "recent" picture of the man himself below).



Jools certainly knows his house music and this mix certainly backs up that claim. Lovingly spliced together by our previous Lovebox mix supplier and fellow originator Andy Williams.

Jools has stepped up proper style as the selector extraordinaire on this one and as he puts it this is a mix where every track featured has most definitely "stood the test of time". Featuring cuts from Nuphonic, Strictly Rhythm and many others this is one for the real house heads.

For anyone lucky enough to have tickets for Lovebox festival taking place next weekend (15th, 16th 17th of July) you are definitely in for a blinding session. Tickets have been flying with only Friday and Sunday day tickets left. Get your self over to the website here and grab them before they are all gone!

Catch me and Robin on the Saturday afternoon at the Art Against Knives van and come say hello. We'll be rolling out our summers finest and with the stage being for a very good charity and the fact it is an open air sound system decked out with function one noise blurters it is looking to be a goodun!

Get on the mix download on the Soundcloud player below and get with the hype and we'll hopefully see you at the Box!

O
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Hot Blood Feat Jools Butterfield - Lovebox Promo Mix 2 by Lovebox Official

Track List
1.Anthony Mansfield – Oh Snap
2.Chris Cuevas – Hip Hop
3.Cricco Castelli - STreetlife
4.Harddrive feat Kenlou - Desire
5.Space Jam – Jam On the Beat
6.Party Rockin Nuggets – Golden Nuggets
7.Block 16 - Elektrocution
8.Jack Prongo K - Ucci

Mid week tunage

Mid week boredom has set in hard however the weekend is almost upon us so there is light at the end of tunnel.

Just a couple of tunes for you to listen to today to lift your spirits and get your leg shake on. One old one new. The first is a classic from Cobblestone Jazz "Dumptruck". Been far too long since we've played this in our sets and a tiny synth bleep in our second tune of the day reminded me of the tracks greatness and has made me promise myself it will go back in the sets for the upcoming month of party.



Bringing us nicely on to our second tune of the day and new comer track piece to the party is this superb release from Maceo Plex "Falling". Heard this on Joe Ransoms Kiss show on Thursday night but due to my sieve like memory it had slipped my mind, fortunately Dr Solid Gold aka Mr Trouble Vision himself was good enough to crack this on his Facebook wall to remind me of the importance of alerting people to this future summer classic!

The Mp3 is forthcoming on the Visionquest label (or out now on 12" in all good stores). Falling is the opener for the Visionquest Beach Spring Summer 2011 Ep and a seeeeeriously groove ridden summer slice of laid back pie. Have a listen below and go buy it.


O

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Fill Yer Boots with June and Medlar + June mix

Ooooooof, what a weekend that was! Massive big ups to the Gottwood crew for another superb festival. Also huge love to all the peeps who made it over to deepest darkest Wales to play and rave. Was great to catch up with some proper good people.

To keep you on your dancing toes and alert you to one seriously nice mix make sure you get on over to the Fill Yer Boots event page here for details of their next party taking place at Plan B Brixton this Saturday the 9th of July.



Hearing amazing things about the Fill Yer Boots crew with their parties cracking together some seriously well thought out and ahead of the times line ups and their mix series definitely worth downloading to your pocket players. This time round they welcome These Days label signed June who has also provided them with the superb mix below as well as Wolf Music's Medlar and top class residents Leisureware and Daniel Ghazvinie.

It will definitely be a top quality night of deep disco flavoured house slices and some serious portions of groove cake. If your around Brixton town this Saturday do not miss out and make sure you cop the mix download below.

O

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Fill Yer Boots Guest Mix Six: June by Fill Yer Boots

Track List -

1. Myriadd - Beyond This Life
2. Sterling Void - Serve It Up (Extended Original Instrumental Version)
3. Underground Resistance - 303 Sunset
4. Jomanda - I'll Give It To You (Come Get It) (Seduction Mix)
5. Hieroglyphic Being - Inconsistent Measure
6. Steve Poindexter - State Of Shock
7. Hot Hands Hula - 70th And King Drive
8. Virgo - Go Wild Rythm Trax (B4)
9. DAF - Brothers (Gabi Mix)
10. Pierre Pfantasy Club - Dream Girl (Wet Dream)
11. Terrance McDonald - Mind Over Matter (New Mix)
12. Jeff Mills - Zakir

Fill Yer Boots with June and Medlar

House music at Plan B, Brixton
Saturday 9th July, 11pm-5am
£5 on the door

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=231419080205343

Resident Advisor: http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?265150

http://www.fillyerboots.com

http://www.plan-brixton.co.uk

Oli D.A.B & Robin Presents On London Fields Radio

Thought it's about time we had something from us up here as we haven't posted a mix in a while due to us both being stupidly busy with gigs and the toils of modern life and its far past needed.

On Saturday afternoon pre Trouble Vision we made the journey up to the lovely Wilton Way Cafe in London Fields to record our first show for London Fields Radio.



London Fields Radio still in it's very early days has managed to set things up very nicely with the booth and recording desk positioned in a cosy window corner of the Cafe bringing an element of bustling Hackney on a sunny afternoon to the recording. After a few initial technical issues ( and us probably needing to sort out mic volumes for the next show) we managed to get our heads round the desk and put together this first show. Bit ruff around the edges but we now can't wait to get on to the next show hopefully in the next few weeks. We'll keep you posted with dates for that one as the Wilton Way Cafe coffee is unbelievably good, so even if it's not to say hello, you should swing by for the chilled afternoon house music and a large cup of strong coffee.

Have a listen on the Mix Cloud player below and check out the London Fields Radio podcasts here (new web site coming soon)

Also....Spot the mistakes.
Gottwood dates 30th June - 3rd July Tickets here
And the last track is actually Stuffa & David A Tobin - Proof (Wolf+Lamb remix)
Enjoy!

Oli D.A.B & Robin Present...Vol.1 by London Fields Radio on Mixcloud

DJ Sneaks #9 Pelski

Back in today with another DJ Sneaks mix and keeping in with the faithful festival kicks theme we are very happy to welcome Mr Pelski himself with this amazing mix put together in preparation for the upcoming Gottwood Festival.



If you have not heard of Pelski or read his prolific Pelski blog then you have most definitely been missing out. Pelski and his co writers have been consistently on top of their game for for a very long time now with their blog and party crew churning out some of the best content and freshest tune recommendations around. Their step up on to the party promo scene has also been just as successful with their most recent party collabs alongside the mighty Jackmode agency putting on some of the best line ups of the past year.


Pelski's Kicks......
Pelski aka Duncan Pelham has sent us over a quick snap of his festival faithfuls, and what a classic pair. Pelski's Air Max 90 Infrareds have most certainly done the rounds. I did cringe a little when i saw how these classic Air Max 90 colourways had been trodden through the dirt quite some bit, but then it is quite satisfying to know you have a sweet pair of foot ware that has already taken its bite of muddy field grime and chewed a fair piece of warehouse cud. These are the smooth kicks that you can wipe down with pride and take on to the next session without having to worry about weather or ground conditions and will keep you looking fresh as well as comfy throughout the party.



The Air Max 90s first released in 1990 (as the name probably gives away) are one of the most classic Nike releases ever and the Infrared is quite clearly one of the smoothest colourways.
It turns out Pelski is a bit of a Nike fan also being the proud owner of two pairs of the Terminator high tops but we will be saving those for another day.

This is what the man himself had to say about his faithful foot ware ....." These bad boys are the undisputed holy grail of Nike Kicks. They've been everywhere with me in the last few years - festivals, gigs, holidays, work - and are comfier than a pair of fluffed-up Wallice and Gromitslippers".

I'll vouch for that!

Pelski's Mix.....
Alongside ourselves and the rest of the Trouble Vision crew Pelski will also be heading down to Anglesey in Wales from the 30th June to the 3rd July for the second instalment of the mighty Gottwood festival. Gottwood, now in it's second year was quite possibly one of our favorite festivals of 2010 with this years looking to be even better.
Pelski will be joining forces once again with The Berlin based Jackmode agency hosting a stage and welcoming guests including The Round Table Knights, Matanza, Monkey Safari and of course Pelski himself.
Pelski has put together his "Gottwood's got soul" mix as a wee warm up to the onslaught of fun ahead and i think that if you haven't got a ticket yet this mix may just get you in the mood to get one sorted!

Check it on the Soundcloud player below and download it here

Gottwood's Got Soul Mixtape by pelski

Track List
1. Herp Albert – Rotation (Dj Harri Edit)
2. Good Parts – Temptation 100
3. Meanderthals - Andromeda (Idjut Boys Mix)
4. Solomun – Love Recycled 2
5. 6th Borough Project - 7 Grams Of Funk (6th Borough Project Edit)
6. Genius Of Time – Houston We Have A Problem
7. Prins Thomas – Kukkelure
8. DJ Nature – Everyone
9. Session Victim – We Want To Thank All Our Friends
10. Blawan – Getting Me Down
11. Black Traxx – Your Mind Is So Crazy
12. Phil Weeks – All Day Every Day (Joss Moog remix)
13. Drrtyhaze - New York City Jacks (Popular Peoples Front Remix)
14. Teengirl Fantasy – Cheaters (John Talabot’s Classic Vocal Refix)

Lewie Day Mix

Wow! That was another hell of a weekend! Kicking things off on Thursday when we guested alongside T.Williams on The Darksky NTS radio show. Huge love to Darksky for having us along. NTS is really doing things proper stylee down in Dalston so make sure you take the time to tune in and i guarantee you'll be hooked.

We also laid down the first recording for our new London Fields radio show live in the Wilton Way Cafe in Hackney on Saturday afternoon which was a lot of fun. Look out for the podcast being posted here in the next few days.
Saturday evenings edition of Trouble vision was also a huge success, big ups to Tensnake, Lee Foss and all the TV crew....... mad props as they say.

Sooooooo, to ease us into the new week i thought I'd crack up the tasty little number below. This mix was put together by Australian producer and DJ Lewie Day (the slightly less mysterious moniker of Tornado Wallace it turns out) for the Dark Audio podcast series last month. They also have a wee interview with Lewie on the web site here so check it out if you get a chance for a little more insight into the inner workings of the man himself.



Really loving all the Lewie Day stuff I'm hearing with "That's the thing" originally released last year being one of my favorite set openers recently.........seriously super smoooth summer vibes through out from Lewie with his sound really showing how things from down under are stepping up.

Get on a listen or cheeky download of the mix here and check out a few YouTube streams of "That's The Thing" and "Bedwetter" below.





Back up Mix download link here http://www.darkaudio.co.uk/podcast/audio/darkaudio_podcast_056_Lewie_Day.mp3

Danny Daze Mix and New Era Artist Collabs

Just a quickie today to alert your ears and thoughts to something that may be of interest.

First up, for the New Era heads. Check out the below preview pic for New Era's first releases from their new artist collaboration series. Stepping up for the first set of sweet ass designs is esteemed British illustrator Jon Burgerman.



The collection of seven one-off 59FIFTYs and 9FIFTY snapbacks will be available from the New Era online store and from New Era Flagship stores from June 20th. I'm definitely going to try and cop my hands on one.


Also check out the video below for the New Era XC project.

New Era XC | London from Chris Read on Vimeo.

Second up is a mix that you NEED on your generic Mp3 player.
Put together by US producer and DJ Danny Daze as his Hot Collections Galactic Radio mix it is filled from start to end with chilled and clean house music treats. Seriously good throughout.



Get over to his Soundcloud page here for more release info and links.

Danny Daze - Lazy Daze (Hot Creations Galactic Radio Mix) by Danny Daze

DJ Sneaks #8 Firas

Been itching to get our latest DJ Sneaks mix up as it has been a wee while and what better way to bring in mix number 8 than with a tribute to a trusty pair.

Now I know we usually like to post the shiniest or flashest footwear a DJ may own and treasure but that loyal pair of kicks that keeps your feet comfortable yet looking pimp even in the muddiest of rave fields is sometimes forgotten and with the festival season upon us this is the pair that will hopefully take you through the next few months with pride.

My trusty Nike Air Max lights have been everywhere with me and still brush up clean as well as hold down the occasional washing machine spin with the stiff upper lip of an SAS commando so i am also glad that this edition of DJ Sneaks is displaying another pair of festival proven Nikes.

Stepping up with his veteran pair this time round we welcome Filthy Few boss man and one half of previously posted Caze Nove, Firas Waez. As well as his duo project alongside usual partner in crime Jay Karim, Firas has established himself as a serious player on the Dance music scene across the UK and beyond playing out regularly as well as hosting radio shows for NME, Snowbombing, Bestival radio and more with his latest mix below being put together for his new show every Thursday from 4-6pm on House FM.



The Kicks.
Firas is rocking his festival faithful Nike Dunk highs in white canvas with a tasty blue trim. White may not be the first choice of a rural action sneak but with the canvas model being pretty rugged as well as handling a good scrubbing these have most certainly done him well. We touched on the history of the Nike Dunk with DJ Sneaks #5 from Franky Redente so not going to go to much into it again, but the Basketball designed high ankles will definitely provide good support in muddy terrain.




We asked Firas why he chose these as his Sneaks mix choice.

"I've decided to go with these as they have done me proud over the last year. Broken in at Glastonbury, muddied at Bestival and trounced around London. They're nearing retirement age and for that reason, I put them on display today."

Big call.


The Mix
Just listened through the mix and it is definitely going straight pon di mp3 player, smooth clean house bombs throughout. No track listing just to keep you guessing but i will definitely be mailing him for a few hints on some.

Check it out on the mix cloud player below alongside the download link
Firas has also sent us over a free download of his latest production work "With Me" available on the Soudcloud at the bottom of the page. Get on the DL


Firas - House FM Mix http://www.mediafire.com/?01x46z4ub6pgb9b

Firas - House FM June 2011 Promo Mix by F I L T H Y F E W on Mixcloud

Firas - With Me by firas

Pelski and Jackmode Presents at Counter Culture

One hella big weekend coming up this week so we thought we'd go over a few of our recommendations. We'll be bringing more info on our Friday night set at the On+On launch later in the week as well as some Thursday eve recommendations but today we thought we should concentrate on Saturday's epic musical gathering put together by the mighty Jackmode agency and the king of the dancy musical blogisphere Pelski.

This Saturday Jackmode and Pelski take over the Crucifix Lane Counter Culture ware house space, a venue that has been providing London's underground with some serious line ups over the past 6 months.

Jackmode and Pelski have already laid down two huge parties at the venue in November and December of last year and once again the set list sheets will not be disappointing.
Heading up room 1 this time round are San Francisco based siblings and Dirty Bird veterans The Martin Brothers.



After Smashing Trouble Vision a few weeks back, Justin Martin alone is enough to get the dance floor juices flowing, so the first UK set by Justin AND his brother Christian in quite some is certainly one not to miss. Their crunching signature style of house will most certainly be making the most of the Crucifix lane function one system and the lovely people of Jackmode have sent us over the first ever Martin Brothers mix tape to show us how.

This mix is really rather special, filled with a number of my favorite current jams and put together in the care free yet tight as a ducks arse style that can only be expected from the Martin Brothers. Get the mix and the track listing at the bottom of the post and talking of ducks we've also posted the official video for The Martin Brothers track "Duck Face" to give you an idea of the crazy but dance floor perfect creations these two tend come out with.



Joining The Martin Bros this Saturday are plenty of other Jackmode family members all worth the trip down to crucifix Lane in their own right including some of our personal faves...... Mr. Ho, Luca Lozano, Johanna Knutsson, James Creed, Charles Darkly and Mr Pelski himself. Another notable addition to the line up and laying out his solo project is one half of Zombie Disco Squad Nat Self. And in true gentlemanly style Nat and Jackmode have also provided us a free download of a tasty little number you can find posted at the bottom of the page as well.

If you are looking for a serious session this Bank Holiday make sure you get on down to Crucifix lane on Saturday night and hopefully we'll see you there! Full party deets on the two links below.

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THE MARTIN BROTHERS - MIX VOL. 1 (SPRING 2011) by Jackmode

Track Listing

1. T. Williams – Heartbeat (Paul Woolford Rewurq) [Local Action]
2. And.ID - Erotica [Mobilee]
3. Audiofly – Fela (Davide Squillace Simple Chaos remix) [Get Physical Music]
4. Will Saul & Tam Cooper – Hi-Lo [Simple Records]
5. Jesse Rose & Martin Dawson – Nonstop (Catz 'n Dogz remix) [Made to Play]
6. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – How Far (2 Bears remix) [Greco Roman]
7. Canblaster – Jet Pack (Kry Wolf remix) [Sounds of Sumo]
8. Pimp Sessions & Soil – Pop Korn (Doc Daneeka remix) [Brownswood Recordings]
9. Kill Light – 4D [Cheap Thrills] 10. Sade – Love is Found (The Martin Brothers bootleg) [Epic Records]
11. Onur Ozer – Oval [Cocoon Recordings]
12. Terry Toner - A Walk in the Dunes (Alexi Delano remix) [Echoism]
13. Riva Starr – Jump (The Martin Brothers remix) [Snatch]
14. Scott Grooves – Mothership Reconnection (Claude VonStroke Energy Pattern remix) [Soma]
15. Marcel Knopf - Perchance to Dream [Clap Your Hands]
16. Burial – Stolen Dog [Hyperdub]

WHEN I'M STONED I MISS YOU - NAT SELF EDIT by Jackmode