Rolling dance partisans 2011

Did you just get Cok Bok’ed? Is your Ramadanman in a jam? Can you tell your Roska from your Mosca? Is Hugh Jackman really playing Hackman in the up and coming post-dubstep film? Will your future garage be built by Will Bevan? It’s the dance partisan thread! Yay!

Know you’re Jamie XX to your Jamie Vex’d?

Few good mixes that set the tone nicely for the beginning of the year…

Bok Bok: http://www.factmag.com/2010/12/17/fact-mix-211-bok-bok/

Oneman: http://www.xlr8r.com/podcast/2010/12/oneman

T.Williams: http://www.xlr8r.com/podcast/2011/01/t-williams

Elijah & Skilliam: http://blackdownsoundboy.blogspot.com/2011/01/elijah-skilliam-01012011-mix.html

For me at least

that t.williams one is v.great

anyway, because it came out too late in the year to grab many people's attention, the completely banging "taking it down" by brenmar (the entire at it again ep is well worth checking btw)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD70jxSwCZ4

and i love julio bashmore's forthcoming ep too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4blc6DniUA

Dro Carey

http://vimeo.com/17016998

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MlL_KRXcEc

I don't think I've heard Bashmore go for such an anthemic sound I kind of dig it. His Soul Motive 12" is still my fave of his. The Night Slugs 12" with Hyetal didn't do it for me dispite really digging them both. I though Hyetal's colabs with Peverelist and Shortstuff last year where miles ahead of that one. There is potential still mind.

New Bashmore EP is great, I liked the Velour 12" a whole lot too. Have had a lot of trouble getting into Brenmar's non-remix stuff, feels really c'n'p to me.

the velour ep was the first bashmore thing i really loved (and my introduction to hyetal)

oh apart from has remix of claude vonstroke & j phlip's "california", that was excellent

Anyone else here hear the Kode9/Spaceape LP already? Not really digging it on my end but wondering if there's something I'm missing.

Loving this Pearson Sound (Ramadanman) tune:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK86NohafCk

That Pearson Sound track is really nice yeah, he's got a knack for the 170 stuff I'd like to hear more of it.

Untold and Rockwell have done a collab thats sounding pretty sweet too: http://soundcloud.com/critical-music/rockwell-v-untold-rekohu-sunrise

This got mentioned on the Actress thread, but Downliners Sekt = interesting.

Damn that Pearson Sound cut is lovely, way less aggy than what Kennedy was doing throughout 2010

I kid of dig Downliners Sekt we chatted to them a few months ago: http://www.sonicrouter.com/2010/11/interview-downliners-sekt.html They have a nice glitchy thing going on. You can even dl their EP off their site for free. The Electronic Explorations mix is cool too.

There are a few bits on the Ramadanman EP and latest Pearson Sound 12" on Hessle that have that rolling melodic, jungle sound going on just at a way slow pace. I wouldn't call any of his stuff aggy mind. Depends what you're playing it off I guess, I mean its pretty aggy compared to Caribou for example haha

Note me down as one of the few who just don't get Mount Kimbie and James Blake.

Sounds to me like an indie oriented/Prefuse 73 kind of take on the music and its not to my taste.

And I was deeply disappointed at the turn Darkstar have taken, so its nice to find some kind of combination of traditional musicality with bass music that doesn't sacrifice the strengths of either approach. I feel like I'm watching both Hotflush and Hyperdub go the route of Warp: increasingly interested in crossover into indie. Could just be my take on it, Hyperdub is still releasing some great Funky.

Hyperdub (is) increasingly interested in crossover into indie.

nah, not aside from the darkstar album. some of the label's newer stuff is grime-y, but not indie.

Well, Burial has pretty much funded the label's growth up until this point.

It definitely wouldn't hurt their chances to have another hit like that, but yeah they're still supporting Terror Danjah.

What I've heard of the King Midas Sound material is very song oriented, although its more of lover's rock feeling than an indie one.

I think I'm alone in preferring that they stuck with singles, the only album I really go back to on the label is Untrue.

aside from untrue, i kind of agree with you.

I dunno, other than the Morgan Zarate single (which I'm surprised more people aren't talking about in general) , Hyperdub seems to have been playing it safe for a while now (see: the recent run of Terror Danjah singles). The King Midas Sound material does slay, though-- just, nothing unexpected, you know?

xxxxxost yeah, I guess I found the s/t EP pretty harsh-sounding (kind of austerely queasy, no?), would love to hear him going more in the "Don't Change For Me" direction but the Pearson Sound singles (esp. the "It Takes a Muscle" rework) show an extension of sound for sure

the pearson sound single is pretty enough but i stuff that sparse and slow tends to drag a bit for me (unless it's mad percussive) without the propulsion or focus of eg his spark remix or "your words matter"...

Really feeling this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T23oWRITwU

I think I saw him mentioned on the funky thread too

Chat with Braiden for TheQuietus: http://thequietus.com/articles/05532-sonic-router-017-braiden-interview-the-grass-is-always-greener

Really feeling this Airhead mix: http://electronicexplorations.org/the-show/141-airhead/

i like ramadanman's uptempo minimal drum thing, but "pitter" is just so far ahead of anything else i've heard from him

Pitter is such a big track, love the Bok Bok track on the same 12" as well. Prob my fave from him so far. Hopefuly Ramadanman has mroe of those twisted synth weapons in his bag, its pretty diffrent to the rest of his stuff so hopefuly he's been exploring it more.

I sware this will get less like a spam-a-thon from me in good time when others pick things up a bit, but for now I may as well keep it rolling and show you some bits...

I'm pretty excited for these ravey fuckers: Mista Men, CRST, Randomer... Interviews and mixes bellow. They all take it a bit raw and a bit hype in their own little way. Mista Men have a heavy northen funky flex, CRST love their garage and Randomer is just twisted. They all have a load of energy, I can see some big tunes coming from this lot.

http://www.sonicrouter.com/2010/12/interview-mista-men-greenmoney.html

http://www.sonicrouter.com/2010/11/interview-crst-no-hats-no-hoods.html

http://www.sonicrouter.com/2011/01/interview-randomer-super.html

In other news... Blawan is a beast: http://sonicrouter.blogspot.com/2010/07/interview-blawan-hessle-audio.html I mean...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQyEBaZAV50

Worth voting in the DSF Awards just to get Martin Kemp's remix of Brackles Glazed in a free DL package from Juno tbh.

http://www.dubstepforum.com/awards/index.html

Damu - Gargoyle
http://vimeo.com/18872301
Very nice indeed. Been feeling his stuff for a while now so its cool that a load of it is on its way out this year.

Wiley - It's Wiley (Royal-T Remix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsUXKHh9v20

Too big.

Starkey and P Money joined Butterz at Rinse the other night too: http://www.grimeforum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2053294&postcount=1

Sounding shit hot.

This mix might be up the ilm street...

Always Everything #001: Flex Mentallo

Gucci Mane - Volume (instrumental) [Prod. J.U.S.T.I.C.E League]
Morgan Zarate - Hookid
Young Jeezy - What They Want
Maximillion Dunbar - Down There
Gucci Mane - All About The Money (Instrumental) [Prod. Drumma Boy]
Beyonce - Diva
Rustie - Dragonfly
Young L - Loser
Ginz - Boss
Rick Ross - MC Hammer (feat. Gucci Mane)
SX - 10:28am (Instrumental)
Pearson Sound - Blanked
Ciara - Ride (feat. Ludacris)
Becoming Real - Showdown In Chinatown (Instrumental)
Dozen - Too Much (Illum Sphere)
Ludacris - Party No Mo
Superisk - Find Your Way VIP (Instrumental)
Kuedo - Joy Construction
The-Dream - F.I.L.A
Jam City - 2 Hot
Hype Williams - Ooovrrr

http://alwayseverything.tumblr.com/post/2826495409/always-everything-mix-001-flex-mentallo

http://alwayseverything.tumblr.com/

Really good site too.

We caught up with Royal T, grabbing the chance to premiere his new ‘Special Stage Mix’ as we did it...

http://www.sonicrouter.com/2011/01/interview-royal-t-butterz.html

0. Sonic 2 - Emerald Hill Zone
1. Royal-T - Chaos Emerald
2. JME - Shut Up And Dance
3. Royal-T - Shut The Funk Up
4. Royal-T - Bounce
5. Spooky - Spartan (DOK Remix)
6. TRC - Oo Aa Ee (Royal-T Remix)
7. S-X - Woooo Riddim (DJ Q Remix)
8. S-X - Woooo Riddim (Royal-T Remix)
9. D Double E - Bad To The Bone
10. Oxide - Nuff Of Dem Watch Me (Instrumental)
11. Wiley - It’s Wiley (Royal-T Remix)
12. Royal-T - Orangeade VIP
13. Swindle - Mood Swings
14. Yasmin - On My Own (Royal-T Remix)
15. Mr Slash - 1999
16. Royal-T - Royal Rumble
17. The Streets - Skills On Toast

Links:
www.myspace.com/royaltbeats
www.twitter.com/royaltmusic

http://www.sonicrouter.com/

anyone heard chymera's curl ep? His stacatto piano stabs are squarely out in front of the mix, in an aggressive way that jolts the songs. it's great.

here it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6V7f4ohMlI

I've not heard that track, its kinda cool nice one.

Really hope this arrives sometime this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYPnyVJJihA

The cheesy piano angle doesn't quite reach the hight of this beast though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MexqcPGxtoU

The Brey Tropical Flavour Remix of Mr Mitch on the Butterz Feb Zip Is really something: http://bit.ly/gUo9Lb

i'm feeling these new morgan zarate tracks. especially this one (it's fast too, like 147).

maybe it's just me, but this sounds more "american" to me that a lot recent hyperdub stuff? i was surprised to find out he's a uk dude.

He's really good, I think there is an album on the way as well. Its Morgan Spacek.

Its got that Brainfeeder kind of sound I guess, I mean its not far off someone like Samiyam anyway.

Hyperdub have some mad faster bits, there is a really good LV & Quarta330 track that runs at about 150-ish too I think.

That reminds me LV album on the way for Keysound woop!

yeah, it reminds me more of brainfeeder sidechain-heavy rap beats, it has a looseness that i like

Oh man can't wait for this...

Shackleton, T++, Mordant Music
Fireworks
HONEST JON'S RECORDS

* Shackleton - Fireworks
* / T++ - Fireworks, Aussen Vor Remix
* / Shackleton - Undeadman
* / Mordant Music - Undeadman, ReMMix
http://www.honestjons.com/shop.php?pid=37824

Shackleton, King Midas Sound
Deadman
HONEST JON'S RECORDS

* Shackleton - Deadman
* / King Midas Sound - Deadman, Death Dub Remix
* / The Bug - Deadman, Crackle Remix (download only)
http://www.honestjons.com/shop.php?pid=37823

Allstar lineup, clips sound well nice.

new-ish direction for honest jon's?

i thought it was mostly a reissue label.

The last few years they have been doing the odd bit of dance stuff. Actress has an album on there and a 12". T++ did a double 12" last year too. Mala remix of Moritz Von Oswald Trio. Shagaan Electro bits... Stuff like that. They're opening it up a bit now I think. They still do re-issues too. I think Actress hinted at album number two for Honest Jons on twitter recently, should be good, can't get enough of Splazsh.

oh yeah!, the actress album. it's the kind of stuff i should love, but i've had trouble getting into it. strangely enough, i think it has something to do with an odd, negative-reaction to the cover sleeve. just something about it bugs me.

I really like the sleave. Actress isn't the easiest dude to get into though, it took me a while and I'm a sucka for this stuff. It really crept up on me after a while.

Xpost: Funny you should say that. When I first got all enthusiastic about Actress pretty much just because I really liked the cover of Hazyville (this was before Splasz came out). Then I heard his music and lost all interest, until I saw him live/got Splasz (whose cover I'm indifferent about), which I quite enjoy, even in spite of its various idiosyncrasies (like, why are all the high end frequencies cut off on Seniorita, for instance?)

This Jay Weed dude is pretty awes.

He sure is Tim, have you heard the next 502 as well?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSOV3LnL_0k

Oneman is spoiling us.

Gota love Nakedlunch and Idle Hands...

They have a new artist on the way called Kevin McPhee and he did a mix for us: http://www.sonicrouter.com/2011/01/interview-kevin-mcphee-nakedlunchidle.html

I was impressed.

Joe does it again...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfZX1HWF1fY

yeah 'after light' is my jam

Lucas! That VIP mix! Such a minor tweaking of the OG but so good.

The Matt IQ Electrotastic remix is just lovely and insane also.

We need to alert the funky house sceptics thread.

LOL at juno calling it Euro Dance/Pop Dance.

got to see samantha ronson open the other night

she played izzo and other radio hip-hop jams of a decade past

to a crowd of gays waiting for junior vasquez

they started booing and yelling for her to get off the stage

the last thing i recall is her trying to save the set by going on the pa and telling everyone to keep hip-hop alive

it was all so magical

lol

LOL at juno calling it Euro Dance/Pop Dance.

i've garnered many a gem off juno by going to X-Genre-I-Wouldn't-Listen-To and seeing what they've miscategorized

to find any grime i have to browse through the DUBSTEP / GRIME category which is.... just not pleasant.

at Reckless Records in Chicago there is a "Rap/Dance" section

which is probably the best section in the store

Hi, the new release on Komisch is out now. It's by Tricaustic and is called ‘Caustiphobic Pressure’.

There are clips on Soundcloud http://soundcloud.com/komischrecords/sets .... also there is a killer mix on the Komisch Soundcloud from Tricaustic here:

http://soundcloud.com/komischrecords/tricaustic-split-wrists

Is it just me, or does looking at "I am the 99%" protests lead anyone else to having Sicko Cell stuck in their head?

http://www.formularecords.com/post/11357388774/champion-ruby-lee-ryder-sensitivity-out-on-12

ALERT!

why is good stuff being allowed to crop up on this gash thread? sort it out.

like, preditah? literally are you dumb?

haha

people are terrified of us tho rtc

this thread is ment to be a free for all it aint my fault you're topo precious to fight your corner here and take over a bit. I'm into the shit you are and a whole load more, no need to get silly haha. Plus I couldn't remember which thread I last said that fucking amazing track by Champion was gonna hit wax was so just spaffed it here as soon as I saw it.

Love it.

http://i.imgur.com/OQu4S.gif

memmogram

I'm pretty glad that I'm no longer trying to engage with any of this music anymore, contributing to this thread and the Funky thread was just generally not any fun.

I like most of the people who post, just don't have time for the endless aesthetic hashing of styles and signifiers.

sorry, you are...?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tfA30AwFv8

ever so handy that anything can go on this thread

here you go then:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrPzMEKcRV0

yes yes http://boilerroom.tv/peverelist-40-min-mix/

So what is this track everyone's been playing this year that has the vocal that goes "all for me, all for me, all for me sir, sir" or something like that.pre

just getting around to this emika album now, i dig it way more than expected. her production is really nice, and sounds very confident in its minimalism.

I'm way too into her album. And that Brandt Brauer Frick rework & corresponding video. And a video of her performing live with BBF.

This is out, finally:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_47mfrCh92g

Also - Bangs & Works II is bloody delicious! As in, it's actually listenable!

may sucker myself into the brooklyn electronic music festival this weekend

http://meanredproductions.com/4849

Lineup (constantly evolving):

Diamond Rings
Fischerspooner DJ Set featuring Casey Spooner
Braille
Matthew Dear
Dubbel Dutch
Girl Unit
Nick Hook
Hudson Mohawke
Jackmaster
Kingdom
Michna
Nguzunguzu
Schachtofbronx
Tittsworth
Thugfucker
Reggie Watts
Daedelus
Ecelectic Method
Treehouse DJ’s
Doldrums
Dominique Keegan
Stretch Armstrong
Tim Sweeney
Cubic Zirconia
Party Supplies
Spinoza
Dre Skull
JDH
Total Freedom
Matt Shadatek
Dan Wender
Blacky II
Turrbotax Djs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW8UnXzP3ms

Did King steal that for 'Love and Pride' btw?

if you mean...

'Did Kuedo steal that for 'Scissors'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oO-fD6ZySw

Then yes you might have a point but I have no idea who King is or what 'Love and Pride' might be.

I'm not even 30 or anything, I know I shouldn't post on ILM under that age but...

Maybe Kuedo sampled this too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlXtrnh-Ejo

Fischerspooner DJ Set featuring Casey Spooner

saw ten minutes of this as the worst possible warm-up for Kraftwerk a few years ago; was some girl DJing while Spooner shouted things like "IT'S ALL GONNA HAPPEN -- NOW! NOW! NOWW! NYAOW!

That sounds like it could be pretty amazing in the right circumstances

new greenmoney set

http://soundcloud.com/greenmoney/mixpak-fm-23-greenmoney

It's as much partisans as it is bobbins so I might as well mention here how brilliant Scuba's entry in the DJ Kicks series is.

I've been really enjoying his production work lately.

The looped freestyle samples and the long trancey breakdowns with the soft shimmering curtains of static. I'll probably hate it in 6 months but right now it sounds great.

Oh yeah, for anyone wondering who I am.

I'm Siah Alan / Babylon Sister / sistern / probably something I've forgotten. The mods can rest assured that I'm done with the sock puppets.

A couple of years ago I started the original dance partisans thread, and I used to be a slightly trollish dubstep DJ, I'm not pollywog though.

long trancey breakdowns? sounds like my kind of thing. what tracks of his contain that stuff?

Adrenalin and the rest of that single.

And when I say trancey I mean something like trance with the main arpeggio replaced with giant tuned washes of static.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejcGVuzB8zs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YPmLyArC8M

What's really interesting about the mix is that it starts off quite fast-paced and drawing more on "traditional" techno-influenced dubstep* tropes (I forget which track it is that sounds like a techno take on "Pulse X") but it gets slower in tempo and more housey and 4/4, yet because the last tracks are based on these trancey structures, the energy and tension in the mix actually increases. Of course, this is all discounting that hipster-house version of "Rhythm Of The Night" that weighs the mix down two-thirds in.

*this could also read as dubstep-influenced techno to be honest

Anyone heard the new one by Author? I'm digging it so far - good to know someone's still making traditional dubstep (as opposed to brostep or post-dubstep stuff) without it sounding boring.

Splurt Diablo mix: http://www.sonicrouter.com/2011/11/splurt-diablo-sonic-router-x-uncle-albert-mix/

Serious grime vibes, mix is fuck'd.

I saw Sepalcure play live last night and I'm pretty sure I felt that feeling you feel about musical artists that you just... Anyways, looking forward to their album (which comes out on Monday!)

Ooh, I'm jealous.

Just bought the single from the album, and you reminded me to play it. Mmmmm.

I'm trying to find a reason to like UK pop dubstep/American brostep and its killing my soul. There's just sooo much shit.

Might do a new thread for the year if there is any love for it, but in the mean time...

SR Mix #114: Peverelist [Punch Drunk/Livity Sound]

http://www.sonicrouter.com/2012/01/sr-mix-114-peverelist-punch-drunklivity-sound/

You can't beat a new mix from Pev.

Anyone really into the Young Echo guys at the moment? They're on one.

El Kid - Hypnosis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEGPhix5ylM

Zhou - I Remain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJifYCdmzog

I did a thread. No one cared

I care! I just don't have much to contribute, I'm more of a taker than a giver when it comes to these sort of threads.

Well we'd all be lost with jimithexploder
Rollin Dance Partisans 2012