July 10, 2009
Loveys

T-Ski or to use a name most of us will be more familiar with; Mr Trevor Loveys has been keeping busy as of late with a lot of remix work using both handles, and here are some of the fruits of his labour, a remix for cockney electro pop act My Toys Like Me and this tasty collaboration with Aquasky both kindly sent my way this week.

July 09, 2009
Avalon

This duo aren't exactly strangers to the blog, one half of the team has already been featured a number of times now under the more familiar guise of Chesus & Rodski and the other half is better known as fellow Cardiff resident Organ Morgan. Avalon however is a totally different kettle of fish, leaving behind all traces of Garage and Baltimore influence and bringing the Funk, Disco and French House stylings to their tracks, sort of in the same vein as His Majesty Andre or the last Voodoo Chilli EP . Check out these two bangers below for a taste of what I'm raving on about.

July 08, 2009
Momma's Boy

Teki Latex's Sound Pellegrino is shaping up to be one of my top labels of 2009, with some very impressive EPs laid down by Zombie Disco Squad, Renaissance Man, Havard Bass and Douster this year alone. Next up to join their roster is Momma's Boy, also known as Mike Gnacadja or Mikix The Cat of the Trouble & Bass family. This new name brings with it a new direction than what we're used to with Mikix's tunes, Momma's Boy delivers a lighter more playful sound, with beats influenced by his Beninese roots, and bass influenced by his moves from Paris to Berlin. The 'Wedouwedou/Give It Up' double a side EP from Momma's Boy is forthcoming on Sound Pellegrino and will be available from Juno and all good download sites.

Momma's Boy - 'Give It Up' //Sound Pellegrino
July 07, 2009
July Chart
Electric Zoo Chart 07/07/09

01. L-VIS 1990 - 'United Groove' //Mad Decent
02. Radioclit - 'Secousse (Riva Starr Remix)' //CDR
03. Boy 8-Bit - 'Wolfen' //This Is Music
04. Rampage - 'Lovin You Is Easy' //Nightshifters
05. Dre Skull - 'I Want You (Bok Bok Dub)' //CDR
06. Big Weekend - 'Lemonade' (L-VIS 1990 Remix)' //CDR
07. Daniel Haaksman - 'Kid Congo (Ft. MC Miltinho)' //Man Recordings
08. Savage Skulls - 'Flabanco' //Dubsided
09. Riton & Primary 1 - 'Who's There (Instrumental Mix)' //Phantasy Sound
10. Guns N' Bombs - 'Samba Death Squad' //CDR
July 06, 2009
Come Grime With Me

Boxfresh presents ... Come Grime With Me! from Boxfresh International.

Some of the UK's finest right now have clubbed together for this great 'Come Dine With Me' spin off for Boxfresh and Vice, with host Manara cooking up treats for Nightsluggers Bok Bok & L-VIS 1990 and MCs Donae'o and the legendary Warrior Queen. Be sure to spot Bok Bok's bass refix of the theme tune, and you'd be mad to miss the next Nightslugs on July 22nd with Christian Martin (Dirty Bird), Cooly G (Hyper Dub), and residents Bok Bok & L-VIS 1990.
July 05, 2009
War

We're treated to another great Nightshifters EP this month from Chicago's Rampage, cooking up a storm of dubstep, rave, bmore and house in his new release 'War'. Not to leave it at that, Nightshifters have also roped in some impressive remix talent in the shape of Manchester's HeavyFeet and the Italian duo Blatta & Inesha putting their spin on these fantastic tracks. 'War' by Rampage is out now on Nightshifters and available to buy from Beatport.

July 04, 2009
Baile Funk 2.0

Daniel Haaksman is best known as the head honcho for Man Recordings, a label that played a huge part in the explosive growth of Baile Funk over the past few years putting out his Funk Mundial series with contributions from Crookers, The Count & Sinden, Edu K, Seiji and more. Daniel returns this month with his second EP on his prestigious label, his own 'Gostoso EP', an EP which aims to further the evolution of Baile Funk by bringing in a second generation of MCs, incorporating Miami Bass and Disco elements and touching on the Techno side of Baile Funk which is gathering great support from the likes of Crookers, Sinden, Fake Blood, Radioclit, Riva Starr, DJ Yoda, and Mixhell. The five track 'Gostoso EP' by Daniel Haaksman is out now on Man Recordings and available from Juno, with digital versions available from July 10th including two bonus tracks.

July 03, 2009
Puss Puss Cous Cous


Above is the new promo for Shab Ruffcut's latest EP 'Puss Puss Cous Cous' on Dandy Kid Records. All the info for the artists involved can be found in the interatctive animation above and to start/stop the music click on the track names 'Becky' and 'For What'. If the above animation does not display get Adobe Flash Player Here. Let us know what you think of this new format.
June 23, 2009
Summer Soundboy

Some hot new summer sounds from big blog favourite Hostage with this brand new track 'Soundboy' fresh from the man himself.

June 17, 2009
Grindin Chart June 09

Grindin Chart - June 2009

01. L-VIS 1990 - 'United Groove'
02. Diplo & Blaqstarr - 'Get Off (Jack Beats Remix)'
03. Friendly Fires - 'Jump In The Pool (Wild Geese Remix)'
04. Dre Skull - 'I Want You (Bok Bok Remix)'
05. Major Lazer - 'Pon Di Floor'
06. Jakwob - 'Wild Pitch'
07. Classixx Ft. Jeppe - 'Ill Get You'
08. Florence & The Machine - 'Rabbit Heart (Switch Remix)'
09. Health - 'Die Slow'
10. Duck Sauce - 'aNYway'
11. DJ Kaos - 'Love The Night Away (Tiedye Remix)'
12. Justin Martin - 'My Angelic Demons'
13. Untold - 'Anaconda'
14. Marina & The Diamonds - 'I Am Not a Robot (The Aspirins For My Children Remix)'
15. Dorian Concept - 'Trilingual Dance Sexperience'


The monthly Grindin chart is compiled by the Grindin network. Read more about Grindin here.
June 15, 2009
Inner Time

To long time followers of the blog, Brabe will be no stranger. Since his early days, fusing his classical background with a love for modern music Ive been a fan of this Dutch prodigy, and his tracks always seem to reflect his influences and musical experience down to a tee in perfect composition. Its clear that the early works of Dave Taylor and Trevor Loveys have rubbed off on young Brabe, as he continues to develop the deep house sound that the 'fidget' house phenomenon historically spawned from, staying clear of the over-used samples and techniques that categorise most 'fidget' clogging up our download stores today (That is of course excluding his satirical commentary of the genre, see below). The same quality can be vouched for in his latest EP on Jack Union Records as Brabe delivers a great record full of deep, jacking house vibes just in time for the summer. The 'Inner Time EP' by Brabe is out this week on Jack Union Records and available from Beatport and Juno.

June 12, 2009
Summer Loungin'
Always been a huge fan of the West London label Lougin' Recordings. An off shoot of the equally as excellent Front Room Recordings, the label was originally setup by Chris Belsey, Jesse Rose and Sinden as an output for some fantastic Broken Beat records putting out some classic releases from the likes of Solid Groove, Trevor Loveys, Sinden, Lil Bo Tweak and The Young Lovers. Trevor Loveys has a long history with this label working on a number of the above projects, but its been five years since he released his last solo EP with Loungin' and hes back this year with a welcome return record. With the 'Good To Be Here EP' Loveys delivers a package full of summer vibes and deep house grooves reminiscent of some of the old House Of 909 sounds that Trevor was first known for along with partners in crime at the time, Affie Yusuf and Nigel Casey. The 'Good To Be Here EP' by Trevor Loveys is out now on Loungin' Recordings and available to buy from Beatport and on vinyl from Juno.

June 11, 2009
Turbo Burn

Here's a couple of tasty cuts from Canada in the form of remixes from the country's finest Jokers Of The Scene and close pals Nacho Lovers. First up is the mighty JOTS doing their business all over Burns' latest single 'Turbo', and secondly Toronto's Nacho Lovers put their own touch on Cubic Zirconia's 'Fuck Work', courtesy of Discobelle.

June 10, 2009
Music By Numbers

Cardiff's finest, Chesus & Rodski have hit me up with a couple of new tracks and news on their latest dealings. First up, two new 80s inspired dubs taking Yaz and The Human League by the horns and given them the Baltimore treatment. The duo have also sorted out a new night in Cardiff, Music By Numbers and have roped in the likes of Raffertie, Foamo, Affie Yusuf and Mumdance for appearances over the next few weeks. Be sure to check out the Music By Numbers MySpace for more info and dates, and keep your eyes and ears out for the forthcoming On The Brink EP from the duo.

Chesus & Rodski - 'Don't Go There' //
Chesus & Rodski - 'Don't You Want My Bmore?' //

Chesus & Rodski- 'Music By Numbers 001 Promo Mix' //

Tracklisting:

Bill Conti - 'Gonna Fly Now'
Luny P - 'Gonna What Now?'
Chesus & Rodski - 'Don't You Want My Bmore?'
Mr T's Sexy Interlude
Chesus & Rodski - 'Don't Go There'
Lil Silva - 'Seasons'
Gracious 'Napa Man' K - 'Migraine Skank'
Hardhouse Banton - 'Sirens'
Basement Jaxx - 'Raindrops (Joker & Ginz Remix)'
Ed Solo - 'Age Of Dub'
La Roux - 'In 4 The Kill (L-VIS 1990 Hyperbass Remix)'
CRST - 'The Bouncer'
DJ POL Style - 'The Title'
CRST - '1 Just 4 U'
Zed Bias - 'Neighbourhood'
DJ Oddz - 'Walk In The Park'
CRST - 'Dance!'
Sonic 86 - 'Javisst'
BSS & Skream - 'Blipstream'
Ice Cream Interlude
Magenta - 'Ice Man'
Stagga - 'The Criss Gurgle Supply'
Stagga - 'Timewarp (Chesus & Rodski Remix)'
Dre Skull - 'I Want U (Bok Bok Remix)'
James Brown RIP Interlude
MJ Cole Ft. Digga - 'Gotta Have It (MJs Funky Dub)'
Chesus & Tony Blitz - 'Take It Back'
CRST - 'Sneezer Flex'
Rob Threezy - 'The Change Up (Jokers Of The Scene Remix)'
Dre Skull - 'Gone Too Far (Buraka Son Sistema Remix)'
Timberlee - 'Gunny Gunny (Schlachthofbronx Remix)'
Don Leisure - 'Bronx Dub'
Rocky's Parting Reprise
June 09, 2009
Mad United

The Mad Decent family have just dropped their latest record, adopting L-VIS 1990 to their clan. Check the vid above to hear the fantastic A Side 'United Groove' set to be many a person's Summer Anthem for sure, and you just got to buy this for the equally as good 'Come Together' on the track 2 spot. 'United Groove' by L-VIS 1990 is out now on Mad Decent and available to download from Juno now, vinyl pressings are to follow.
June 08, 2009
Lucky Us

Yet more Grindin bigups right about now while I spread the word of Bok Bok aka Alex Sushon whose fuilfilled everything LuckyMe could have dreamed of with his latest gem in their incredible mix series. Fantastic little showcase covering every finest cut of Funky, Dubstep and Heavy Bass you could ever need, all mixed to perfection.

Bok Bok - 'Manara's Golden Fleece Mix For LuckyMe' (Via LuckyMe) //

Tracklisting:

01. Refuge - 'U Best Believe'
02. Donaeo - 'Love To Happen'
03. Mosca - 'Square One'
04. Dre Skull - 'I Want You (Bok bok Remix Dub)'
05. Alison Hinds Ft. Machel Montano - '?'
06. DJ Cleo - 'East Rand Funk'
07. R1 Ryders - 'Rubberband'
08. Dorian Concept - 'Trilingual Dance Sexperience'
09. Shortstuff & Mickey Pearce - 'Tripped Up'
10. Zomby - 'With Lasers'
11. Electrik Red - 'Drink In My Cup'
12. Joker & Ginz - 'Purple City'
13. Terror Danjah - 'Sidechain'
14. Bok Bok - 'Crew Dub'
15. DJ Assault - 'Vandalism'
16. Mr De - 'Time Space Scrilla'
17. Basutbudet - 'Take Them Out To Eat (Bok Bok's Sundown Edit)'
June 05, 2009
June Chart
Electric Zoo Top 10 - 05/06/09

01. Major Lazer - 'Pon Di Floor' //Downtown //Mad Decent
02. Justin Martin - 'My Angelic Demons' //Buzzin Fly
03. Zombie Disco Squad - 'Heavy Breathing' //Made To Play
04. Havard Bass - '81' //Sound Pelegrino
05. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosours - 'Bournemouth' //Greco Roman
06. Jakwob - 'Wild Pitch' //CDR
07. Renaissance Man - 'What Is Guru (Riva Starr Remix)' //CDR
08. Solo - 'The Big Stef' //Dead Fish
09. Buraka Son Sistema - 'IC19 (Toadally Krossed Out Remix)' //Mad Decent
10. Patrick Wolf - 'Hard Times (Jack Beats Remix)' //CDR
June 02, 2009
L-Vis Is In The Building

Night Slugger, Curb Crawler and all round Big Bass Boss L-Vis 1990 has been turning heads this year with a heavy barrage of remixes for the likes of Buraka Son Sistema, Frankmusik, La Roux, Filthy Dukes and plenty of teasers from his forthcoming record on Diplo's Mad Decent. The genre bending producer side of L-Vis has also cooked up the fun concept of 'Dubble Step', remixing and editing some of the Dubstep champions of the past few months with dancefloor destroying effect, just check out some of the madness going on with these re-takes on tracks from Caspa, Joker and Benga. All you Cockneys in the London area should also be sure to head down to Fabric (Full Details Here) this Friday to catch the man himself live along with Sinden's Get Familiar Residency, including Duke Dumont, Toddla T and Radioclit in the main room, and even more acts.. should be a great night and if I still haven't convinced you yet check out the cracking promo mix hes knocked up especially for the occasion!

Buraka Son Sistema - 'IC19 (L-Vis 1990 Remix)' //Mad Decent
Caspa - 'Where's My Money (L-Vis 1990 Dubble Step Edit)' //
Joker & Jakes - '3Klane (L-Vis 1990 Dubble Step Edit)' //
Benga - '26 Basslines (L-Vis 1990 Dubble Step Edit)' //

L-Vis 1990 - 'FabricLive Promo Mix June 2009' //

Tracklisting:

01. Untold – 'Anaconda (L-vis 1990 Chopped n’ Screwed Mix)'
02. Christian Martin – 'Elephant fight (Justin Martins Jungle Remix)'
03. Crystal Fighters – 'Exatic Truth (L-Vis 1990 Remix)'
04. Boris Rush – 'Miami Push (Franky Rizardo Remix)'
05. Uncle Bakongo – 'Maasai'
06. Emvee – 'Glitch Dub'
07. Zinc – 'Pimp My Ride'
08. L-Vis 1990 – 'United Groove'
09. Lil Silva – 'Different'
10. L-Vis 1990 – 'Compass'
11. Justin Martin – 'My Angelic Demons'
12. Diplo & Laidback Luke – 'Hey! (L-Vis 1990 remix)'
13. L-Vis 1990 – 'Come Together'
May 30, 2009
Credit Crunch = No Money For Guns
Herve's global take over sees one of its regiments, Cheaper Thrills launch another release this week with Brighton's High Rankin making their debut for the label with the 'No Money For Guns EP'. The video for Herve's latest dabble in the genre laboratory, his single 'Baseball Bat' featuring Marina Gasolina was also released this week, and lets just say its.... different, so check it out here and do your best to try and believe what your hearing. 'No Money For Guns' by High Rankin is out now on Cheaper Thrills and available in both Digital and Physical formats from Juno and Phonica.

May 27, 2009
FunFunFun

AudioFun are Manchester's latest electro exports, and have been quickly snapped up by the likes of Southern Fried Records, BomSquad Records and even On The Brink Records for forthcoming EPs. To be honest Ive found that its really hard to describe their sound in just one post, as there is so much that this duo bring to the table, just a quick flick through their MySpace Player will show your the varied genres that they put into their tracks and this clash of minds is certainly working out for them.

May 26, 2009
Neoteriffic

Sorry for the lack of updates last couple of days, Im afraid the bank holiday weekend got the better of me as usual. Hope to get back on top of things this week after digging through the heaps of emails, so here one to kick things off from DJ Neoteric. To support his upcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand hes knocked together this fantastic new mix full of upfront remixes and forthcoming Dubsided tracks, and as a little bonus heres a brand new track from his production outfit Smoke & Mirrors and their track 'Insane!' which bootifully shouts out to the awesomeness of the classic from Cypress Hill and gathered the support of Diplo & A-Track to name only two superstar platter spinners. Check out the tracklist and tour dates below and download this stuff now!


Tracklisting:

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 'Zero (Erol Alkan Rework)'
Don Diablo - 'Too Cool For School (Trevor Loveys Remix)'
Lele - 'Breakfast (Kill the Noise Remix)'
Major Lazer - 'Lazer Theme (Smoke & Mirrors Remix)'
Gingy & Bumpdat$hit - 'Warehouse Bang'
Act Yo Age ft Drop the Lime - 'Night of the Horneadz'
Blaqstarr - 'Get Off (Jack Beats Remix)'
Lorcan Mak - 'Gypsy Bum'
The Body Snatchers - 'I Like What I See (HiJack Mix)'
Nadastrom - 'Squarez'
Rico Tubbs - 'Boom Riddim (Sharkslayer Remix)'
Kelevra - 'Love You (Jamie Fanatic Mad Mix)'
Jamie Fanatic - 'Programmed'
Jesse Rose - 'Touch My Horn (Crookers Remix)'
Black Noise - 'Knock You Out (Andy George Remix)'
Radioclit - 'Divine Gosa (Kevstar's Latin Remix)'
Alvaro - 'Make It Funky'
Groovewatchers - 'Sexy Girl (DJ Chuckie Remix)'
Silvio Ecomo & Chuckie - 'Moombah (Afrojack Remix)'
SonicC - 'Stickin'
Diplo & Laidback Luke - 'Hey!'
Mr Oizo - 'Gay Dentists (Arvenee + Misk Edit)'
Sound of Stereo - 'Jack My Trombone'


Tour Dates:

3/6 The Wall - Sydney
4/6 FBI Radio 94.5 6-8pm - Sydney
5/6 Civic Hotel - Newcastle
6/6 We Love Sounds Festival – Sydney
6/6 Locodisco - Nevermind - Sydney
9/6 Bedroom Night Club - Gold Coast
13/6 Euro Trash Bar - Melbourne
17/6 Kiss FM - Melbourne – 6.30-8pm
19/6 Hope Bros- Wellington, NZ
20/6 Cassette Number 9 - Auckland, NZ

More dates to be announced on myspace.com/djneoteric
May 20, 2009
Beautiful Shadow

Santiago & Bushido are true stand outs of the Chicago House scene and the achievements of their numerous EPs and their hit track 'Head Trick' from last year, which developed a huge crossover success with varied support from the likes of Switch, Moby, Tiesto and Diplo have shown that the pairing of this production duo has proved successful. The guys have kindly sent a brand new remix to one of their favourite blogs; Electric Zoo, months ahead of its official release with this fantastic remix of Prairie Cartel's 'Beautiful Shadow'. Additionally bundled with this great track is their latest mixtape full of new unreleased material and re-edits from the duo, so be sure to get downloading both of them now and keep your eyes open for their upcoming release on Potty Mouth Music which should be dropping on all your favourite digital distributors next month.

Prairie Cartel - 'Beautiful Shadow (Santiago & Bushido Remix)' //

Santiago & Bushido - 'S&B500 Mixtape' //

Tracklisting:

01. Kink - 'AWOL'
02. Santiago & Bushido - 'Dance (With Mr V Accapella)'
03. McLloyd - 'Tembisa Funk (Jokers of the Scene Remix)'
04. Prairie Cartel - 'Beautiful Shadow (Santiago & Bushido Remix)'
05. Audiostalkers - 'Front to Back (Santiago & Bushido Remix)'
06. Jaime Fanatic - 'Turn This Place Up (DJ Bam Bam Remix)'
07. Kobbe & Kevin Brown - 'Doctor Voodoo (Lex Da Funk Remix)'
08. David Tort - 'Acid (Lost in Acid Ausfahrt Mix)'
09. Wolfgang Gartner & Francis Preve - 'Yin'
10. Double Depths - 'Are You With Us'
11. Bass Weazel - 'Break the Bomb (Respect to Kenny Dope Remix)'
12. Santiago & Bushido ft. Colette - 'Make Me Feel'
13. Shadow Dancer - 'Together'
14. Bernard Jones & Jon Milson - 'Thirst (Santiago & Bushido Remix)'
15. Lee Mortimer - 'No Ordinary Girl (HiJack Remix)'
16. Calvertron - 'Doggy Style (DJ Bam Bam Remix)'
17. CZR - Obscure '(Santiago & Bushido Remix)'
18. Modeselektor - 'Suckerpin (Feadz Remix)'
19. Hot Chip - 'Hold On (D.I.M. Remix)'
May 19, 2009
Sax Attack
'Sax Attacker' by Tee Ski and Shab Ruffcut is a hypnotic rhythmic beat with a fusion of provocative sounds and samples, breaking down into a jazzy piano before grabbing hold of you with crazy distinctive and memorable sax. Accompanied and complimented with amazing graphics by Rebel Overlay, 'Sax Attacker' is not just a phenomenal dancefloor shaker, it is both visually and aurally stunning.
May 15, 2009
J Goon & Fresney

Following on from previous Australian exports mentioned this week heres another bunch of Aussies bringing something different to the table. J Goon & Fresney are still keeping things on the downlow right now, so no links to MySpace or anything, just two very good hip hop bootlegs, which dont follow Electric Zoo's standard posting patterns, but these tracks are just so laid back they deserve a good listen in this great weather were having!

May 14, 2009
Telepopmusik

Fabrice Dumont, 2square and Antipop, better known to many of you as Telepopmusik are back with their third studio Album. The first single to be taken from the album, 'Ghost Girl' is out on the 4th June bundled with some admirable remixes from Jesse Rose, Tittsworth and Blatta & Inesha. Below is the Blatta & Inesha mix for you guys to sink your teeth into, and the Italian duo are also having a mini tour of Portugal at the end of month and have sent over their latest mixtape and a bonus track to promote this. 'Ghost Girl' by Telepopmusik is out on Green United Music and available from 4th June.

Telepopmusik - 'Ghost Girl (Blatta & Inesha Remix)' //GUM
Blatta & Inesha - 'Ain't Nuthing Ta Fuck With' //

Blatta & Inesha - 'Ivory Mixtape' //

Tracklisting:

01. Kissy Sell Out - 'Kissy Sell (Jackbeats Remix)'
02. Beaudamian - 'Goes Cranky Miss'
03. Kelevra - 'Push That System'
04. Hostage - 'Murder Rocket'
05. Pink A Pad vs. Doc Trash - 'Lo Scocciatore'
06. Blatta & Inesha - 'El Ritmo Barbaro (More Barbarian Edit)'
07. MSTRKRFT - 'Click Click'
08. Blatta & Inesha - 'Ain't Nuthing Ta Fuck With'
09. Telepopmusik - 'Ghost Girl (Blatta & Inesha Remix)'
10. Sound Of Stereo - 'Heads Up (The Bloody Beetroots Remix) '
11. AC Slater - 'Banger (Drop The Lime Remix)'
12. Blatta & Inesha And Congorock - 'People'
13. Rampage - 'WAR (Blatta & Inesha Go to Luanda Rmx)'
14. Little Jinder - 'Polyhedron (Supra1 Remix/B&I Kuduro Edit)'
15. Massimo Ranieri - 'Se Bruciasse La Citta'