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The temptation to hibernate at winter is pretty strong but we're fighting the urge to spend our time indoors in the warmth, as that can soon get pretty gloomy when the lack of sun and social interaction kicks in alongside the Christmas shopping list. It's a good thing I did venture outside to scour the streets of Bristol for presents or I would never have bumped into local tune pusher DJ Lekan and I would never have been able to share these new tunes he just hit me up with. Both from Bristol boys but featuring two of the UK's top emcees, Roots Manuva and Sway respectively, these both have an intriguing kinda Grime meets Swing flavour although in different ways. That in itself is pretty Bristolian whether they realised it or not. You may have already caught Stone's track on Toddla T's Fabriclive 47 mix whilst the Kners tune, that was produced by one our favourite Glastofarian's Ninth Letta and also features one time X Factor singer Nicole Jackson, has been getting some love from BBC 1Xtra.

Download: Stone feat Roots Manuva - Amen / alt link

Download: Kners feat Sway and Nicole Jackson - Back 2 Bizniss / alt link


Seems only fair to mention another two Bristol based folk seeing as their remixes have been blowing up our blog big time. Parker has had a crazy amount of love for his Where's My Monkey bootleg with 56,000 views on the YouTube video. He's just dropped a heavy funk fuelled breaks / Hip-hop project alongside Boca 45 under the name The Beekeepers. Their Bee Funk EP came out yesterday on Jalapeno Records and to follow up his Pony Remix that was riding high in the Hype Machine popular list for some time, Boson dropped us this wicked little skank n grind track he cooked up.

Download: Boson - Bag-o-Wire / alt link


Why stop there? Whilst we're back wondering the streets of Bristol later, we may well wander into Mr Wolf's and catch the Weapon Of Choice night that, amongst a hefty line up features one of our local favourites, Vertebrae, an excellent crew of whom two of their members have hit us up with some fresh tuneage. Ben One gives us some weighty instrumental Glitch hop whilst Awkward features alongside an all star cast on this track from Chicago / LA rapper Open Mike Eagle.

Download: Benjamin One - We Can Try (26 Letters) / alt link

Download: Open Mike Eagle feat Awkward, Rift Napalm, Venom and Nocando - Combustible Party Truck / alt link

Of course we couldn't do a post about Bristol without including this remix from the city's current golden boy.

Download: Riton & Primary 1 - Radiates (Joker Remix) / alt link

Hansel & Gretel meet MJ image by Banksy.

Have to give major props to (The Mother Fuckin') Gaslamp Killer for being one of the most animated DJs we've seen drop a Dubstep set yet. Not to mention the fact that it was also one of the heaviest selections, including an exclusive new track Dub from Joker that meant he destroyed a Bristol dancefloor, pretty much using their own weapons against them.

Here's a new track from his forthcoming EP My Troubled Mind, dropping August 4th on Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder label. Something evil dug up from the haunted house of Hip-hop.

(YSI) Gaslamp Killer - Anything Worse / alt link

Support on the night came from Bristol based collective Vertebrae, a live Hip-hopesque crew who have been around for a while in some kind of form but who now seem to be made up of Awkward, Ben One and DJ Rogue, a strong line up of artists who have all earned their stripes and then some.

Although they're yet to have any finished recorded product in their current configuration, here's a few links to some of their recent solo output.


(SS) DJ Rogue – Self Harmony Mixtape Feat. MCs From Bristol


(DivShare) Awkward - Irons Podcast Vol One

Including new and exclusive material from the likes of Open Mike Eagle, Crunc Tesla, Lyrics Born and Awol One including tracks from Awkward's forthcoming Grand Prize LP


If you're feeling the Gaslamp Killer track we posted then you should most definitely appreciate these tasty treats from Ben One.

(YSI) Dobie - The New Madness(Ben One's Kold Sweat Remix) / alt link

(YSI) Ben One - The Good Life / alt link

(YSI) Ben One feat Derth Inc & Witchcraft - Over the Moon / alt link