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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Download: FACT mix 156 by Kode9 (direct download)

BONUS: Throwing in a free giveaway from Kode9 and DJ Kicks, called “You don’t wash” (Dub) which is a mellow UK Funky affair:

Kode9, DJ Kicks – “You don’t wash” (Dub) (direct link)

FACT mix 147 was released today and it features non other than Redlight. Redlight is “best known for his drum’n’bass productions as DJ Clipz, as whom he released singles on labels like Full Cycle and Audio Zoo, Redlight is the latest alter-ego of Hugh Pescod, which he uses to refine an individual vision of bass music where grime, dubstep and squealing electro bleed into a sometimes overwhelmingly vibrant fusion, often soundtracked by ragga and grime vocalists”. Check out Redlight’s interview with FACT magazine here.


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Download the great mix here: FACT mix 147: Redlight (only available for three weeks)

Tracklist:
1. Redlight – Wat
2. Breakage ft. Newham Generals – Hard (Redlight Special)
3. Doc Daneeka – Deadly Rhythm
4. Redlight – Stupid
5. Redlight ft. Roses Gabor – Stupid Vox Special
6. Rude Kid – Jack Daniels
7. Zinc ft. Ms Dynamite – Wile Out (Redlight Special)
8. Benga – 1 & Only 1
9. D1 – Pitcher
10. Tempa T – Boy Off The Ting (Redlight Peace & Love Mix)
11. Redlight – MDMA
12. Rusko ft. Redlight – Scarewear
13. J2K ft Roses Gabor – Don’t Let Go
14. Zinc ft. Nolay – Killa Sound (Skream remix)
14. Redlight ft. Dynamite MC
15. Redlight ft. Dread MC, Omi & Serocee – Stay With U (Redlight V.I.P)
16. Roska – Squark
17. Redlight – Dubplate Slosher
18. Ramadanman – Glut
19. Redlight – Roller Xpress
20. Roses Gabor – Love Sick
21. Champion – Lighter
22. Redlight – Vibe Ride
23. MJ Cole – Thekla Riddim
24. Musha Man – Keep Up

FACT magazine recently released their latest addition to their mix-series and this time it was Sinden’s turn. This is what FACT had to say about the mix and why they asked him to do it:

“This coming month, him and Sbtrkt will inaugurate Grizzly, Sinden’s new label, with a collaborative single. Time we thought, to get Sinden on the FACT mix, and your man obviously doesn’t disappoint, delivering a mix packed with upfront material from Sbtrkt (including ‘Kind of Familiar’, one of the Sinden collaborations due for release on Grizzly), Deep Teknologi’s T. Williams, Ill Blu, Roska, Dubbel Dutch, Egyptrixx, Brodinski, The Martin Brothers and more.”

FACT mix 136: Sinden
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Download the mix here: FACT mix 136: Sinden

Tracklist:

DJ Sdunkero – Choosing Love [dub]
Sbtrkt – Asymmillation [dub]
T. Williams – Chop then Screw [Local Action]
Sunny Beach Happy Slap Mardi Gras – Mamacita (Bambounou Remix) [Demeto Mori]
Roska – Time Stamp [Rinse]
Ill Blu – Blu Magic [dub]
Dubbel Dutch – Deep Underground [Palms Out]
Samo Sound Boy – Wacka Flocka [dub]
DJ Posh E – Dada Supercat (Bub Dance Mix) [dub]
Deesq – Bubble like Club [dub]
Big Moe – I’ll Do It (Go Go Garcia Remix) [dub]
Sinden & Sbtrkt – Kind of Familiar [Grizzly]
Bassanovva – Terrortactyl [Grizzly]
Brodinski – Arnold Classics (Egyptrixx Remix) [Grizzly]
Martin Brothers – Duckface [Dirtybird]
Para One – Toadstool [Sound Pellegrino]
Miike Snow – Silvia (Sinden Remix) [Columbia]
Jamtech Foundation – Too Fast (Julio Bashmore Remix) [Discobelle]
Jay Weed – On the Nile [Grizzly]
DJ Canchola – Africa 09 [dub]
Ultravid – Clan of Wow (Kingdom Remix) [Silverback]
Guido – Cat in the Window [dub]

Here is a mix for the weekend from FACT magazine: Doc Daneeka makes some of the best house music around right now – with peers in Hackman, Roska and Julio Bashmore, he favours syncopated beats and polyrhythms over linear drive, and has remixed Delphic, Digital Mystikz and more in the past to great effect.
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Don Daneeka – FACT mix 131
Tracklist:
Doc Daneeka – Doc Daneeka is a Zombie (Dub)
Martyn – Friedrichstrasse (Fabric)
SBTRKT – 2020 (Forthcoming Brainmath)
Julio Bashmore – Batak groove (Forthcoming Soul Motive)
Yollanda Be cool – Villalobos For President (Dubbel Dutch Remix) (dub)
Mujava – mugwanti / Sgwejegweje
Doc Daneeka – Deadly Rhythm (Forthcoming PTN001)
Warrior one – King riddim
Venom and Damage – Deeper (Doc Daneeka remix) (Forthcoming Ten Thousand Yen)
R1Ryders – Hydraulic (forthcoming R1 Ryders)
Bassjackers & Apster – Klambu
Round Table knights – calypso (Made to Play)
Zombie Disco SQuad – Esperanto (Solo Remix) (Sound Pallignero)
T Williams – Afrik (forthcoming Local Action)
DJ Gregory + Sidney Samson – Dama S Salon (Defected)
Delphic – Doubt (Doc Daneeka VIP) (Tres Cool)
Killap – Police a come Run (E10 Riddim/ RossiB and Luca) (Forthcoming Planet Mu)
Hot City – Sweat (Ramp)
Wookie – Flex (S2S recordings)
Deadboy – Unofficial Girl (Forthcoming Well Rounded)
Chesus and Diverse Concepts – Baduka (Forthcoming Ten Thousand Yen)
Julio Bashmore – Footsteppin’ (Forthcoming Ten Thousand Yen)
Doc Daneeka feat. MayorMan – like a fool (Dub)

The 18 year old guy from Manchester we have been blogging about lately have been picked by FACT Magazine as one of the producers to watch in 2010. You can read an interview with him over at FACT Magazine for a quick insight into who Numan Kahn is. Numan did also create a minimix showcasing some of his latest production for FACT. It features two tunes from his Secrets EP, two unreleased tunes and one remix for Crookers and Miike. Peep it in the player below.

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Numan FACT Magazine Minimix
Tracklist:
Numan – Secrets (Subdepth)
Numan – The Way (Subdepth)
Crookers ft. Miike Snow – Remedy (Numan Remix) (Southern Fried)
Numan – Code Four (Dub)
Numan – Untitled (Dub)

Yay the first FACT mix of the year is here. And it is from no other than Deadboy. Featuring Theo Parrish, Scott Garcia, Julio Bashmore, Martyn and plenty of Deadboy’s own material, it’s a mix that perfectly reflects the blurred crossroads between house, garage, R’n'B and dubstep that the likes of Mosca, Bok Bok, Joy Orbison and more are currently inhibiting, with a sense of longing that runs through the mix – whether that’s for lovers past or the halcyon days of 2step. Bassline house star Burgaboy has rarely sounded as sad as he does on this mix.

Go to FACT Magazine to check it out.

Tracklist:
1. Three Chairs – No Drum Machine Pt.2 (three chairs)
2. Deadboy – Brock Lee Riddim (Well Rounded)
3. Deadboy – Heartbreaker (Well Rounded)
4. Theo Parrish – Soul Control (Sound Signature)
5. Martyn – For Lost Relatives (Aus Music)
6. Julio Bashmore – Footsteppin (unreleased)
7. Scott Garcia – It’s a London Thing (Underground Connection)
8. Deadboy – Lingua (unreleased)
9. El-B – Assassin (Ghost)
10. Cassie – Official Girl (deadboy unofficial girl remix)
11. Smokin’ Beats – Dreams (Smokin Beats)
12. Joy Orbison – J.Doe (forthcoming DLDRMS)
13. D-Malice – My Joy refix (white)
14. Deadboy – U Cheated (Well Rounded)
15. Burgaboy – You and Me (Strickly Bangorz)
16. Deadboy – If U Want Me (forthcoming Numbers)

Starkey has just done a mix for FACT magazine. And I could not agree more with the words FACT magazine uses to describe Starkey:

More influenced by grime than its more popular cousin, dubstep, Starkey’s made a name for himself with some of this decade’s most dynamic, overblown dance music: bass-heavy club tracks that are rhythmically all over the place, constantly changing direction, with dramatic key changes and leadlines that sear higher than the stars before imploding like dying stars.

Starkey has one of the biggest sounds around – and not in a cheap, tearout dubstep sense – his tracks carry tons of physical and emotional weight; tracks like ‘Miracles’ and ‘Crippling’ some of the most beautiful tracks produced by this anything goes, post-garage music.

Also, check page two for an interview with the king of street bass

Download the mix here: FACT Mix 91: Starkey
Tracklisting:
01- Starkey ‘Fourth Dimension’
02 – Starkey ‘Multidial’
03 – Nasty Nasty ‘The Reef’
04 – Starkey ‘Knob Twiddler’
05 – Wale ‘Ice & Rain’ (Skrewed by Starkey)
06 – Humble Dinosaur ‘D-Communication Dungeon’
07 – Dev79 ‘Live N Die 4 Tha Street Bass’
08 – Merciless ‘Time Machine’
09 – Starkey ft. Badness ‘OK Luv’
10 – BD1982 ‘Space Boots’ (Slugabed remix)
11 – Misk ‘Subterranean Crawlspace’
12 – Monkey & Stagga ‘Moog Lightning’
13 – Kid Simple ‘Fresh Like’
14 – Wollom ‘Serenade’
15 – SRC ‘Halloucinatin’
16 – Subeena ft. Jamie Woon & Om’Mas Keith ‘Solidify’
17 – Ebola ‘Alpha Paw’
18 – Pacheko ‘Lockdown’ (6Blocc remix)
19 – Starkey ft. Cerebral Vortex & Buddy Leezle ‘Club Games’
20 – PANTyRAID ‘Beba’
21 – Rx ‘Torture’
22 – Drake ft. Travis McCoy & Mickey Factz ‘Overdose’
23 – Starkey ‘Rain City’
24 – Kano ‘Rock N Roller’ (Starkey remix)
25 – Starkey ‘Lenses’
26 – Shortstuff & Hyetal ‘Don’t Sleep’
27 – Monkey ‘Cygnas X1′
28 – Ital Tek ‘Chemical Temple’
29 – Bon Iver ‘Woods’ (Starkey remix)