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Utah Saints Dance Something Good [Video]

February 29th, 2008

The dance craze of the 90’s is aimed to be the dance craze of the new millennium with the return of Utah Saints to the scene! The original UK dance-trance team is kickin it old school in the new video for “Something Good ‘08″:

  


Utah Saints - "Something Good '08"

  

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General Levy + Lily Allen + Heatwave [Audio]

February 29th, 2008

A Heatwave mash-up of General Levy and Lily Allen titled “Mad LDN”:

  

  

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DnB DJ Gets 4 Years For Less Than An Eighth Of Weed

February 21st, 2008

The continued popularity of Drum N Bass is greatly due to the tireless efforts of UK’s DJ Grooverider. He’s one half of the BBC Radio show “Fabio and Grooverider” and has promoted UK dance music for as long as I can remember (since the ’90s at least). Unfortunately, he has been sitting in a Dubai airport jail for three months for pot possession and was sentenced this week to a full 4 years in jail! ([More →])

T2 + Addictive “Gonna Be Mine” [New Video]

February 6th, 2008

You’ve probably heard T2 and Addictive’s sugary sweet tune “Gonna Be Mine” plenty by now, but have you seen the new video? T2 also has a new song out called “Butterflies”.

T2 feat Addictive “Gonna Be Mine” Official Video:

  

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Hyperbass Remix Of “Night” By L-Vis 1990?

February 6th, 2008

I now have more remixes for Benga & Coki’s “Night” than any other tune in the past year. M.I.A.’s tune “Paper Planes” was the most remixed tune on HearingTest for a while there, but now “Night” remixes have far outnumbered “Paper Planes” remixes. This latest one isn’t clearly credited, but the gory hyperbass lettering reeks of L-Vis 1990 and the user who uploaded it has almost the same name: sivl09.

Benga & Coki - ‘Night’ - SQUID ANIMATION Remix from L-Vis 1990

  

L-Vis 1990 music $pace

Benga & Coki’s original squid animation for “Night” debuted last week and I still get warm and fuzzy inside watching it. If you get tired of listening to “Night” try watching it with other spaced out electronica too. I recommend anything by Scuba or Nommo Ogo

Benga & Coki - ‘Night’ - DUB SQUID ANIMATION

  

You Don’t Know Ninja Tunes Like This

February 5th, 2008

A new compilation from Ninja Tune - You Don’t Know: Ninja Cuts - is filled with 50 tunes that map the sonic territory the label has explored during it’s 2 decades in the biz and adds sonar imagery of what lies ahead. The 3 CD set features tracks all the way 1998 reppin for the label’s early days (Mike Ladd’s rare classic “Blah Blah”) and big hits from every year since plus 9 tunes slated for release later this year! (Yet-to-be-dropped tunes like John Matthias’ fragile and ethereal “Evermore”, The Bug’s toxic dancehall slayer “Poison Dart”, and Pop Levi’s superb, princely “Dita Dimone”…) To celebrate such an amazing audio history, the Ninja Tune extended family is hosting a 3-room banger at Electrowerkz this month that features many of the artists on the 3CD collection!
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The Bug, Ghislain, Plastician +More Live Like You Don’t Know In London

February 5th, 2008

Every time I see an amazing lineup for live music, like this one for Ninja Tunes’ record release party or the Bang Face Weekender, I have to ask myself an important question: Do I live on the wrong side of the pond? When every flyer and lineup that I drool over is happening in or near London, it gets more and more difficult to understand why I stay in the US, with the ever-weakening dollar. This is the time of year where party people in the UK and Europe start to promote major music festival weekends that have me gazing at my passport with longing. Next up is a Ninja Tune extravaganza at Electrowerkz in London. On 15th February, a massive posse of premier musicians will take over 3 whole floors of the Electrowerkz nightclub to celebrate the new release of YOU DON’T KNOW: NINJA CUTS - one floor for each CD in the monster compilation! (There’s a whole post about the Ninja Tune compilation too, so scope that next.) ([More →])

Squarepusher Tops Unbelievable Lineup For Bang Face Electronic Music Fest

February 5th, 2008

As soon as I saw the lineup for the Bang Face Weekender, I started researching flights to England. It’s that exciting! Alas, the dollar is weak and gas ain’t cheap, so it’s only wishful thinking for now. This happens every year with some music festival or another and the lineups just get more siiiiiick every year. Bang Face hails itself as “A Neo-Rave Explosion of Acid, Jungle, Rave Hardcore, Drum & Bass, Breakcore, Techno, Electronica and Abstract Dance” which only hints at the range of amazing talent presented each year. The 3 day festival takes place at the end of April at Camber Sands and features three different staging areas - the Rave/Jungle/Breakcore Room, The Electro/Bass/Techno Room and a round-the-clock chill-out room. ([More →])

Kode 9 + Spaceape Spread Audio Addiction [Video]

January 30th, 2008

Classic Kode9 & the Spaceape tune and video. “Audio Addiction” vid directed by Mo Stoebe & Jasmin Jodry…

Kode 9 & Spaceape - Audio Addiction

Cuts From Ninja Tunes Comp [Audio]

January 30th, 2008

Ninja Tune is releasing an epic compilation album called You Don’t Know: Ninja Cuts that drops March 11th. It weighs in at 3 CDs, stacked with 50 Big Tunes from 1998-2008, from Mike Ladd to Pop Levi and from Roots Manuva to Wiley! Last year, HearingTest featured a few of the tracks that made the cut:

Ninja Cuts Album Cover

The version of “Free” by DJ Kentaro on You Don’t Know: Ninja Cuts is actually an “Armani XXXChange Remix” and the version here is the original edit from Kentaro’s Ninja Tune LP Enter. (I don’t have the remix yet)

Deep Sea Dubstep - New Video For “Night”

January 29th, 2008

Tempa just dropped the best dubstep video ever for Benga and Coki’s infectious anthem. Tempa rules! Turn the lights down low, light up a fatty and get lost in this:

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Autechre News - Download Quaristice Now, Tour Dates

January 29th, 2008

I just received this epic flyer from WARP with loads of news about the new Autechre album Quaristice and a bunch of live shows. I’ll post a full article when I get a chance, I just wanted to share this with you right away. It’s a big image, so it might take a minute to download, but it’s worth it. If you just want to cop the new album, jump over to BLEEP.com now. Check it out: ([More →])

Unreleased Burial Tunes From Kode 9 [audio]

January 29th, 2008

Audio from Kode 9’s SONAR set:

  

Burial - “Speedball2″:

Burial - “Stairwell”:

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DJ/ Rupture Discusses Ragga-Jungle With Remarc

January 22nd, 2008

I live in the kind of haus where random zines and propaganda often appear and disappear like time-traveling nomadic visitors. This week, an issue of Cyclic Defrost from January 2005 appeared on the kitchen table. Cyclic Defrost, one of the most exciting and well produced zines on experimental music culture, is based in Australia; and the fact that I picked up an issue from January 2005 and thought it was something fresh will attest to how ahead of the game their content is. This particular issue featured an interview with DJ/Rupture about his travels, his music, his influences, etc. A Boston-native who was living in Barcelona at the time of the interview, Rupture is an extremely active experimentalist who mashes everything from world music to breakcore and makes it sound good. Rupture recently teamed up with one of NYC’s hottest producers, Matt Shadetek, to form the multi-media platform that we often Big Up on this site: Dutty Artz. ([More →])

TS7 Cherish Unappreciated Bassline Remix [audio]

January 8th, 2008

The TS7 Bassline remix of “Unappreciated” featuring Cherish:

  

  

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