Elucid has been hard at work putting the finishing touches to his Super Chocolate Black Simian release which is out 11th January. Here's the first taste and think these are probably our favourite yet, even more menacing, intense, passionate and poetical than usual riding huge productions from Chasing Shadows and DVA. Not sure what type of war we'd ever want to get into, but whatever it is we've found our marching music.
Dream On by E L U C I D
Nigga by E L U C I D
Download: Elucid - Dream On / Nigga
For all those of you snowed in at the moment or simply can't move cos you stuffed yourselves too much over Christmas, here's a bumper blog post of new music that should see your speakers through to the new year in fine style.
First up, if you haven't picked up a copy of the Stagga single 'Genik Riddim' yet, get involved! The track featuring Skamma & Joe Blow from Squid Ninjaz is beastly and the release carries killer remixes from Starkey, Distal and HavocNdeed. Not for the faint hearted though, this is definitely on the grimier side. Here's a copy of the Starkey Remix (Radio Version just in case you want to play it to your mum or jam it on the airwaves).
Download: Stagga feat Skamma + Joe Blow - Genik Riddim (Starkey Remix - Radio Edit) / alt link
Next up is a fresh bootie from our boy Parker. as expected he's smashed it again with a beefed up Glitch hop take on a funk / soul club classic. Shall definitely be jamming this on New Years Eve this year. You can pick up a whole album of remixed classics (including this one) by registering over at Ghetto Funk.
Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady (Parker Remix) by DJ Parker 
Central Spillz shall be dropping their long awaited album 'Space Travel' next month. Everything we've heard from it so far is great and to celebrate they're giving away the original version of their rowdy calling card track 'What Ya Know About'.
Download Central Spillz - What Ya Know About / alt link
Been jamming the remix and 'tribute' version of Cassie's 'Skydiver' album hard recently and didn't even realise it's been given away as a free download. Some incredible Future Garage, Post-step, Glitch hop type remixes from the likes of Brackles, Altered Native and The Blessings. Pick up the whole album here or grab a little taster from Lunice and 8Bitch below.
Download: Cassie - Addiction (Lunice Remix) / alt link
Download: Cassie - Me & U (8Bitch Cover) / alt link
We've posted a couple of Kill Light tracks up here before but pretty sure we haven't put this one up yet. It's from their new EP on Black Butter Records and is a great fusion of deep tribal Future Garage vibes and more jump up Funky-esque flavours. Also if you haven't got the Rack N Ruin download from Black Butter yet, grab it here and check out their 'Skanker Riddim' below.
Download: Kill Light - Spitting Feathers / alt link
Skanker Riddim Free Download! by RackNRuin 
Foreign Beggars have been killing it this year and their Dented Records label continues to drop top quslity Hip-hop from their extended family also. The latest release is the Brainstorm Mixtape from LDZ (London Zoo) and is probably the best from the crew yet. To be honest we generally check for the guest spots which as always here includes dope spitters such as Dubbledge and Stig but this stands up the whole way through despite being rather too lengthy at 24 tracks.
Download: LDZ - Curryhouse / alt link 
Bossasaurus have been on our radar for a while but they have just dropped their first official album and by jove I think they've got it. Thoughtful journeys off the beaten track, epic journeys in space and funk excursions into the future. An all round winner for any fans of Glitch hop, Future Boogie or Instrumental Beats in general and all for free from their Bandcamp page.
Download: Bossasaurus - Light Pollution / alt link
Download: Bossasaurus feat. Robin Gazzara - Dark Days, White Lies / alt link
Some straight up Psycho-step on this Thrills remix from the first release off their new Be Bonkerz label.
xXxXx - Ekko Tech - (Thrills Dubstep Remix) by Be Bonkerz 
Back on the laid back and broody vibe, it's been a while since we heard from Inaudible but he's back with this dope double headed Glitch hop / Dubstep release on Bandcamp, which is rather openly entitled 'Feed Me Your Email'. Seems a small price to pay but if you're really not down with joining any kind of mailing list at all then hit him up on Soundcloud and he'll pass you a link anyway.
Download: Inaudible - Carnival
We also got the latest Thugstep mash up from DJ Nappy courtesy of those good fellas over at Rock The Dub.
Download: Hurricane Chris vs. Magnetic Man - A Bay Bay (DJ Nappy THUGSTEP Refix)
Hurricane chris - a bay bay (disc jockey nappy vs. magnetic man THUGSTEP mix) by djnappy 
Ghetts has been feeling kinda festive and dropped a new free EP for Grime Daily. You can pick up the whole thing there but here's our choice cut.
Download: Ghetts feat Wiley & Dot Rotten - Spun / alt link
And finally Philly rapper Gilbere Forte drops a little something over N.E.R.D.'s 'God Bless Us All'
Gilbere Forte' - King Tut Freestyle by gilbereforte
It's that time of year again... Merry Christmas to all the blog readers!
As a seasonal bonus, here are some Dubstep/UKG freebies that have put up by various producers... Skream has been a roll with his Freeizm EPs this year, and top off what's been an amazing year for both him and Magnetic Man, he's released a Freeizm LP, containing a selection of sought-after dubs.
DOWNLOAD
Tracklisting:
01. Intro
02. No Ready
03. Cold Outside
04. 10 Bit Dreamz
05. Minor
06. Back From The Zoo
07. Krazy Snares
08. Lightnin VIP
09. Left The Room
10. Commercial SellOut
11. CTO
12. Skwelcha
13. Emotional Shizzle
And if that wasn't good enough, Headhunter aka Addison Groove has decided to give away Footcrab VIP for free as well... The original brought something new to the table with its Juke-influenced 808 drums and chopped vocal samples, and the VIP will be a most welcome addition to DJs' sets.
Download it HERE
Last but not least, legendary UK Garage and House producer Zed Bias has recently liberated a load of lost tracks after stumbling across the DAT tapes.
Zed Bias - 'LOST DATS ARCHIVE' volume 1 (Xmas Giveaway) by zedbias
In his words:
To celebrate a great year I've decided to share a selection of 20 Zed Bias and Phuturistix remixes, rare bootlegs and instrumentals from between 1998 and 2000. About 6 years ago I had lost a box of DAT tapes and randomly found them again this year... these DATs contain all my early recordings and here I've selected some cuts that are unavailable digitally anywhere and I've had them remastered so they are ready for bangin, in the car, in the club or on your ipod.... Enjoy!
Elucid - FACEMELT! from Primus Luta on Vimeo.
Seeing as the snow has fucked up another one of my bookings this weekend, I thought I'd get back on the blogging...
Some of you may remember I made this back in 2009 as a DJ tool. After featuring it in my Discobelle and BBC 1Xtra mixes, and months of requests - here it is. Caspa's banger gets flipped into a breaks/booty bass number.
With the popularity of last week's Chrome Kids release, the "I Love Unicorns" maxi-single, its creator, Th' Mole, has also taken some flack. The Sickrime Komitty have just released a single called "Fuck Th' Mole!" in which they attack the unique MC's musical ability, self-promotional techniques, and his masculinity!
No dance genre can truly have said to come of age until it's contributed a remix of 'Walking In The Air'. Bless our bredren Linton Brown for this one, he had that summer sound locked down this year but now it truly is a Dubstep Christmas. You can pick up plenty free tracks (but not this one sadly) from his Soundcloud account.
George Lenton hit us with a couple of more chilled excursions than the thumpers we’re used to. First is an off beat and reflective reworking of ‘Mr Me Too’ from Clipse & Pharrell
Download: Clipse – Mr Me Too (George Lenton Remix) / alt link
Next one tomorrow.
We seem to have been stockpiling recently so here's a triplet of treats from our US West Coast cousins.
First up, you’d be forgiven for forgetting that Bassnectar is one of our favourite artists and a big inspiration to us kids by the blatant lack of posting recently. We’ve not only been sitting on this absolute beast of a bootleg he put together with Datsik, which uses a tune from two of my favourite artists growing up, Rebel MC & Top Cat; but we’ve sat on this savage mix he recorded for Annie Nightingale while he was here as well; and the first time he came to tear up a club in our home town, I was at a club in London that he’d played at a few days before! None of this is through anything other than a hectic schedule and the kind of planning that would make a Griswold holiday look like the Roman Invasion of Britain, we still got mad love for Lorin and family over here and these goodies show exactly why that is… Enjoy.
Download: Bassnectar + Datsik – YES / alt link
From Chrome Kids and the oddball MC who taught us 'How To Be Cool' last year, Th' Mole's 'I Love Unicorns' is an unlikely rap song withheart, guaranteed to make anyone crack at least a small smile.
Setting himself apart from the slew of 'hipster hop' Th' Mole is a truly unique individual, as he proves irrevocably with the b-side track 'Shocky Guy Go' which features Asian strings, symphonic arrangements and lyrics rapped in an imaginary language.
In addition to remixes of the title track by Robot Koch (Kitty Yo/K7), The Flying Skulls (1320/Daly City), and up-and-coming producer Frietboer, there is also a printable Th' Mole paper doll included in the download!
Pick up a copy from Bandcamp now.
Th' Mole: I Love Unicorns maxi-single - 01. I Love Unicorns (Robot Koch Remix) by magicalbass
Even Radio 1 music supremo and Bestival overlord had to agree that "This is immense". We believe the Robot Koch mix is due to be his tune of the day today, however he is knee deep in Bestival line up announcements (The Cure, Primal Scream, Brian Wilson, Magnetic Man, Crystal Castles, DJ Shadow, Grandmaster Flash, Norman Jay, LFO, Omar Souleyman, A Trak, Katy B, 65 Days Of Static and Pantha Du Prince so far... blimey!) so may have slipped by for today.
Yes that's right people it's the new High Rankin & Evolve Or Die video featuring Wizards Sleeve. Filmed in famous East End Gangster, Dave Courtney's private Dungeon!!
Chrome Kids - Knowledge Me
Mix recorded for Adam Walton's Mystery Tour on BBC Radio Wales (Oct 09)
Chrome Kids - Hulk Hop Vs Crunk Rock Mixtape
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