Since all eyes are locked in at South Africa nowadays, we wanted to present some of the great club-music South Africa ( and Africa in general) has to offer at the moment!
DJ Zhao has compiled an incredible mixtape of African and African-inspired dance music called “Ukulwa”. ““Ukulwa” translates to “war” in Zulu, and rather than divorcing diverse sounds such as kwaito and kuduro from their political context, he weaves the tape together with samples of people praising Mandela and giving empowering paeans to freedom, ensuring that even as we dance, we remember what we’re celebrating. In Zhao’s own words: “South Africa is surely rising as a proud modern nation, even as we rejoice in these blissful rhythms, we must remember this war, and both continue, and continue to be inspired by, this struggle against domination, against injustice.””
Also throwing in a mix featuring more South African Kwaito music, by Moroka (the newest member of The Secousse Sound System from London). This mix contains older and newer Kwaito and it’s a good one! (Perfect soundtrack for the World Cup)
The purple w0w sound is now a global phenomenon – with Joker, Guido and Gemmy (aka ‘The Purple Trinity’) on the cusp of becoming household names, Earwax is proud to present this enormous release from man like Gemmy.
‘Maroon Chant’ and ‘Last 3 Digits’ are both expertly tailored for maximum dancefloor impact, guaranteed to cause a stir in the dance.
Preview:
Gemmy “Maroon Chant / Last 3 Digits” by Multiverse
Big Support on this one from Mary Anne Hobbs, Joker, Sinden, Appleblim, Freq Nasty, MJCole, Ben UFO, 2ND II NONE, Bok Bok, Baobinga, Roska, Stryder, Tomb Crew.
You can grab the vinyl from boomkat
The summer is here and with the summer comes the House season. Defected released a compilation, in collaboration with Toolroom Records, Size, Strictly Rythm, Deconstruction etc., called “This Is House” on May 28th this year. Here’s a great mass interview in which many great DJ’s/producers explain what house is to them! The interview feature guys like Mark Knight, Riva Starr, Arthur Baker, Pete Tong, Erick Morillo and Afrojack. Enjoy!
Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team aka Orgasmic and Teki Latex recorded a great mix for Triple J radio (aired on June 5, 2010) with “a gazillion new tracks” including tunes from people like Teki Latex, Egyptrixx, Para One, Mixik the Cat and Lil Silva and so on. Enjoy!
This FACT mix, released a couple of days ago, comes from the man behind Hyperdub, and one of modern dance music’s most celebrated producers and DJs, Kode9.
“Debuting on Tempa in 2002 with ‘Fat Larry’s Skank’, Kode9 has spent the last decade exploring an aesthetic that’s taken him from suffocating dread-filled dubstep to toxic house music. Along the way, he’s released a superb album (Memories of the Future, with frequent collaborator Spaceape) and become just as famous for his record label as his own productions: since Hyperdub’s inception in 2004, it’s released albums by Burial, Ikonika and King Midas Sound, and singles by Zomby, Terror Danjah, Cooly G, Mala and more.
This month, 9 will release the latest in K7’s DJ-Kicks series of mix CDs, a journey from elasticated house and dancehall, through soul, funk and hip-hop, to overbearing dubstep and grime. Kode is one of the world’s best DJs – his extended sets at Plastic People last year are spoken of with pure reverence, and this year he’s let out specialist mixes in 2step and “sino-grime”. Here he contributes a mix of “mostly ’94-’96 jungle”, bound by an icy, misty quality. Lemon D, DJ SS, Undercover Agent and more feature.” – FACT mag.
Here’s FACT mix 156 by Kode9:
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Check out the video for the forthcoming BYOB single on Loaded Records!
To help push the release of the track on June 13th, they are giving away two FREE remixes – a dubstep mix from J Majik & Wickaman and an electro mix from Lazy Rich.
BYOB is a really exciting young British artist, releasing his debut single ‘Best Shoes’, getting Radio One airtime and supporting Roll Deep. Find out more about him here:
Keep Watch vol. 18 features 36 tracks of the past, present and future of UK grime, funky, garage and dubstep curated by none other than DJ P.O.L. Style.
Amongst the plethora of tracks you can find many of Night Slugs’ recording artists like Girl Unit, Moska, Egyptrixx and of course L-Vis 1990. The mix continues with classic Dj Narrows track followed up with a handful of grime riddims that will blow your mind such as Rebound X’s “Rhythm ‘N’ Gash”. the grand finale is comprised of NMBRS records exclusives from SRC and Kavsrave followed by dubstep innovators Joker, Benga and a current favorite of ours Dubbel Dutch’s edit of Youngsta’s “Bongo”.
BUILD003 is out on vinyl and digital now! And to celebrate, Baobinga and Cosmin TRG went back to back for a MiniMix battle – check it out in the mixcloud player below or download here
Also, if you wanna be as cool as the other big players supporting this tune like Sinden, Jackmaster, Martyn, Bok Bok and a bunch more. Then head over to juno to grab the digital or the vinyl version now.
To celebrate the release of Mindflow’s 12″ ‘Switched’ 07.06.10 , Never Say Die is releasing an exclusive mix by Mindflow himself. It features a wide range of exclusive tunes from big artists, check out the track listing below and grab the mix here: Never Say Die Vol. 4
As if that’s not enough they are also releasing a exclusive free tune from Mindflow called ‘Crunch’ which has been floating around for some time Grab it from here
the last tune is a part of the massive ‘This is Suicide Dub’, which is a compilation of the main artists featured on the label. You can grab this album on beat port now.
Track list:
1.High Rankin – ‘Losing My Way’
2.Evolve Or Die – ‘Wheel and Come’
3.Temper D & Balkansky – ‘In Pictures’
4.Sekklow – ‘Be Alright’
5.Decibel – ‘Gadget’
6.Cutline & Barbarix – ‘Hey! Plane
7.Sticky Disco – ‘F*?k Acid’
8.Cliffhanga – ‘I love it’
