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Only 2 more weeks to the World Cup and already football fans are bravely sporting their Engish Football tops here in the Welsh Capital. Whilst on the other side of the world where kick off is due to take place.... this is happening!

Jam Jar - Sync into the Sun by baka

and this...

Download: Liver - Lethargy / alt link

I think far too many people are overlooking the fact that South African duo Biscope are producing some of the most enjoyable Dubstep bootlegs out there. They've got some great chilled ones in their Lovestep range, some dancefloor fillers and now something a touch more dark and broody as they take on a classic Nirvana track in a marmite style move that will make you love it or hate it. Not hard to know what side of the jar we're sitting on though.

Something In The Way (Biscope Boot) by biscope

So right, we were going to post our latest mix for you all but as you can still listen to it online for the next 6 days on BBC iPlayer (about 1h41min in) we'll let you all do that first. It's a 20 minute mix for In New 1Xtra DJs We Trust. We were the Welsh representatives so we represented our homeland hard with 100% Welsh beef for your eardrums. What we have got for you this week is a mix that our bass blasting bredren Baobinga recorded for the same show last week. It's straight up and round the bend hyper than hype killer tracks from start to finish; next is from DJ Ames and Mystro, a taster of whom we gave you the other day with his SBTV rhyme. The mix is a kind of best of from the Natural Born Spitta, reminding us that in the last 9 years since we first caught him he's laid down some of the best rhymes out there; then finally Fletcher follows up his Cape Town Is Dope mix with a round the world romp that he originally dropped on Subcity Radio recently (it's also worth checking out the South African House mix just posted over at Blackdown..

Tracklisting:

1. Grievous Angel ft Rubi Dan - Move Down Low VIP - Soul Jazz (DUB)
2. The Body Snatchers aka Ginz & Baobinga - Dangerous ft Sir Plus & Yolanda (Bass Music Edit) - Passenger
3. Poirier ft MC Zulu - Gyal Secret Picture (Baobinga RMX) - Ninja Tune (DUB)
4. Rosie Brown - Bliss (Derrick Carter's Boom Bap Bleep Beats RMX) - Dot Bleep
5. Al Ripken Jr & Diamond K - Hands In The Air (Bok Bok RMX) - Top Billin (DUB)
6. Baobinga ft Spyda - Criss Like HD (Porier RMX) - Steak House (DUB)
7. Baobinga & I.D. - Tongue Riddim (Roska RMX) - Build
8. Kazey & Bulldog - We Ballin' - Dress 2 Sweat
9. Zinc - Super Sharp Shooter (Zed Bias ReFix) - DUB
10. Foreign Beggars - Get A Bit More (Baobinga RMX) - Never Say Die (DUB)
11. Shortstuff & Hyetal - Don't Sleep - Punch Drunk
12. Baobinga & I.D. - Wang It - Build (DUB)
13. I.D. & Skinnz - Shimmy - Double Science (DUB)
14. Gemmy - Maroon Chant - DUB
15. Ginz & Baobinga - Tha Good Stank - Build (DUB)
16. Joker - Tron - Kapsize (DUB)
17. Starkey ft Badness - OK Luv - Planet Mu
18. Terror Danjah - Bi-Polar - Butterz
19. Mensah - Acid Dub - Hench (DUB)
20. Baobinga - Ride It (Untold RMX) - Build
21. SDUK - Clunge - Slit Jockey (DUB)
22. SRC - Facepalm - Rwina (DUB)
23. Eskmo - From The Standpoint - Planet Mu
24. Ramadanman - Reclaim - Critical
25. Baobinga & I.D. - The King - Bass Music Sessions (DUB)
26. Jaydan - Something For The Mans Dem - Ganja
27. DJ Hazard - Wicked So - Playaz
28. Bullion - Young Heartache - One Handed Music


Download: DJ Ames & Mystro - The Rest Of Me (zip)

Tracklisting:

1.A Spitta Spotted Intro Feat Anecdote (Produced by Mystro)
2.One Of Those Days (Produced by Yesking)
3.Who You Gonna Blame (Produced by P-Money - New Zealand)
4.The Words Out Feat Skinnyman & Jargon (Produced by DJ Kuku)
5.Come Fly Feat Daniel Merriweather (Remix) (Produced by M-Phazes)
6.Interlude
7.I Got This (Produced by Jehst)
8.Like Dat Potion
9.There’s Something About DJ Ames (Interlude)
10.Awkward Thief (Produced by Blufoot)
11.U Live And U Learn (Produced by Earth Hip Hop)
12.Interlude
13.Fling Him On The Barbee (Produced by P-Money - New Zealand)
14.My Type Of Party (Remix) (Produced by C-Swing – (Black Einstein)
15.Step By Step (Produced by Keith Lawrence)
16.Open Mic Part 2 (Cutz by Shortee Blitz) - (Produced by Shape Shiftah)
17.Interlude
18.Rock This World Feat Dawn Penn & Kenny Knotts (Produced by Yesking)
19.Mess I Ever Had
20.09 UK Rap Up (Produced by Black Einstein)
21.Outro

Bonus Tracks
22.Overqualified (Produced by Mark de Clive-Lowe)
23.I Wanna Rock Freestyle


Download: Fletcher’s Around The World In Headphones Mix via Mixed Bizness

Tracklisting:

01 7FT Soundsytem - Piped Piper - Cape Town
02 Beats Antique feat Fanfarra Kalashnikov - Oriental Uno - Oakland
03 Poirier feat Face T - Wha La La Leng [Maga Bo Remix] - Montreal
04 Narchi - Bam Bam Remix - Cape Town
05 Dj C feat Mims / Jnr Reid / Cham - This Is A Stage Show - Boston
06 Mix n Blend - Full Ahead [Krushed & Sorted Remix] - Cape Town
07 Noah D feat Anthony B - Good Sound - Portland
08 Fletcher - Elektro Riddim - Cape Town
09 Breakage feat Roots Manuva - Run ‘Em out - London
10 Narchi - Squelch This - Cape Town
11 Dj C feat Quality Diamond - Let It Billie - Portland
12 Mr Sakitumi - Secret Asian Man (Live @ Earthdance) - Cape Town
13 Beats Antique feat Sweet Snacks - Extra Extra - Oakland
14 P.H.Fat - Big Five [Liver Remix] - Cape Town
15 T.O.B - 5 And A Half Steps - Cape Town
16 Jahdan Blackamoore - Let’s Go - Brooklyn
17 Narchi - Skeletons - Cape Town
18 Vent - Itchy Feet - London
19 Artista Desconhecido - Coco Desconhecido [Maga Bo remix] - Rio De Janeiro
20 Mix n Blend - Sik Wid It [Biscope Remix] - Cape Town

The new school of South African bass heavy party Glitch hop and Dubstep are pretty well represented on these pages but we rarely touch on the House aspect of things except for the occasional riddim ridden by Spoek. Well the scene over there seems to be on fire at the moment as the Kwaito scene gets quieter and the rhythms that are influencing alot of the House and Bass scenes in Europe in many ways could be said to have come full circle. This can be seen in effect throughout this EP from Outhere Records, a German based label with a history of strong African music releases.

We've already told you a little about Ayoba and it's meaning, the spirit of which is captured here by artists like the crazy blinged out man of the cloth Pastor Mbhobho (check the video for his title track) and DJ Mujava whose Township Funk on Warp was one of the biggest club anthems of last year (and the year before come to think of it).

Stream the whole EP at the label's Soundcloud account but here's a taster of the DJ Mujava track. Look out for a full length 13-track compilation due later in the year.

02 DJ Mujava - Mugwanti / Sgwejegweje by OuthereRecords

We have to admit we find it hard not to like any of the of the bass heavy, mechanically monstrous beats and rhymes that fire out way from the Cape Town direction. A seriously big and dutty sound combined with seriously good rhymes, yet there's something light hearted about everything that keeps it from being too... well, serious. Not that this has any reflection on the quality, not by a long shot but there seems to be a consistent characteristic of really enjoying making music. None outline this more perhaps than the trio of Narch, Mark Z and Disco Izrael who make up P.H. Fat. We've included a couple of their tracks in the past, plus one or two solo pieces and now they've hit us up with some new tasty tunes to share with you all.

Eskom by P.H.fat

Download: P.H. Fat - Eskom

P.H.Fat - Dinosaur Blood by P.H.fat

Download: P.H. Fat - Dinosaur Blood


We also have some tracks from a crew who are new to us here but that fit perfectly into our already high estimations of the Cape Town scene. Jam Jar is the combination of producer Soundproof and Bakaman on rhyme duty, who sounds similar to Michael Franti at times with a deep laid back delivery, but then switches up and fires flames on Neck Low, one of the more Dubstep influenced tracks. Here's a couple of examples but there's plenty more on Baka's Soundcloud account.


Jam Jar - Neck Low by baka

Download: Jam Jar - Neck Low

Jam Jar - Fire In The Jets by baka

Download: Jam Jar - Fire In The Jets

Plus finally we have an instrumental from a man who's no stranger to this page and who has worked with members of P.H. Fat and Baka in his time. If any emcees are feeling this beat enough to ride it then Liver would be most pleased.

dont be silly (full version) by theLiver

Download: Liver - Don't Be Silly

Seems that some world class players are congregating in South Africa this year, and no it's not football we're talking about. Here's two of their star strikers, Liver and Disco Izrael.

Liver feat. Disco Izrael - Earthworms by theLiver

Download: Liver feat. Disco Izrael - Earthworms

Biscope have been busy on the bootlegs of late helping us reintroduce some forgotten favourites into our Dubstep sets. These ones are more for the bar, or that 6 in the morning sunrise vibe and fall into that beautifully soulful realm the South African duo refer to as Lovestep.

Erykah Badu - Didn Cha Know (Biscope Boot) by biscope

Downloads:

Erykah Badu - Didn't Cha Know (Biscope Boot) / alt link

Jill Scott - Gettin' In the Way (Biscope Boot) / alt link

Pinch vs. Portishead - Number Day / alt link

Okay we know these are a day late but then again if we had the Monday mixtapes up to listen to then maybe it wouldn't have seemed like such a struggle to get them up in time, it's a vicious cycle. Then again we've heard all the fashionistas saying that in fact Tuesday is the new Monday, M Kat is the new black and Tropical Tech is the new religion, so who are we to argue.

First up Mumdance just sent through this mix he did for Redlight's show on BBC 1Xtra last week. A 30 minutes journey that takes us from his more grimey mind, with the help of MCs Jammer, C Gritz & Diesel into the deeper instrumental depths of his new productions and latest loves; next up the 'post apartheid, post Hip-hop poster boy' Spoek Mathambo, who is possibly the most prolific emcee of the moment, jumping on more bass bouncing beats than just about anyone else, serves up a slice of what he's been up to and what he's been into recently. He's also been blogging hard over at 2faced1; finally we celebrate a new collective of DJ’s, producers, artists and promoters called Get Hype Collective. The members are Jeuce, Pond Life, Toast, Yoghurt Warrior and Dave Verne and the producers of the group have all collaborated in a sick little mix which is waiting patiently for you down below. Also incase you haven't picked it up yet, our boys Monkey and Curtamos have provided remixes for the new Toast single Shipwreck, which is out on Robox-Neotech now. Pick it up here.


Download: Mumdance - BBC 1Xtra Mix ft Jammer, C Gritz & Diesel

Tracklisting:

01. Mumdance - Kerplunk Part 1
02. Shazam & Slater Brockman - Forward March
03. Silencer - Dirtbag
04. P Money - Left The Room
05. Wiley - Wot U Call It? (Tease)
06. Terror Danjah - Bipolar
07. Plastician - Cha (Switch)
08. Drop The Lime - Set Me Free (Zombie Disco Squad Rmx)
09. El Guincho - Kalise (Mumdance Rmx Ft Jammer)
10. Egyptrixx - Everybody Bleeding
11. Agent X - Decoy
12. Mums Of Death (Mumdance & Drums Of Death) - Golden Axe
13. Mumdance, Shortstuff & Brackles - Sick in a Bag
15. Mumdance Ft Badness - Sacrifice Riddim


Download: Spoek - Ghosts Of Bones Mix

Tracklisting:

PRELUDE - SPIKIRI KING DON FATHER
DARK NOERD - SMOKING TUSKS (AMAPHOYISA FIXUP)
SPOEK + SEKTA - PETER PAN
DJ MUJAVA - TUMI GWANGWA
DJ MENACE - YON’INDODA ENHLE
DJ SKHOKHO - DASHBOARD LOVE
SPOEK + DOUSTER - PUNANI
M-TECH - ANGIGCENGI
SPOEK + URCHINS - TICKETS (KID KAIO REMIX)
SWEAT.X + DJ WOOL - RED FOR DANGER
MUMDANCE + BRODINSKI - eUROSTARR (SHARKSLAYER REMIX)
SWEAT.X - JACK
SPOEK + SCHLACHTHOFBRONX - TOO HIGH (PINYIZA FIXUP)
SPOEK + XRABIT + DMG$ - BOOTY CALL
SWEAT.X - PEAS AND LEAVES
SPOEK + JUAN HUEVOS + BUGATI FORCE - wHAT WHAT WHAT
PLAYDOE + TOXIC AVENGER + CEREBRAL VORTEX - DOUCHEBAG
SPOEK + DJEDJOTRONIC - DIRTY AND HARD (KEATCH REMIX)


Download: Get Hype Collective – Get Hype Vol. 1

Tracklisting:

Ellie Goulding – Under The Sheets (Jeuce Rework)
Pond Life – Obsidian
Toast – Only One
Toast - Trouble
Synth Girl - Hurricane (Jeuce Rework)
Pond Life – Rinsed Out Rasta
Jacob Plant – Basslines In (Jeuce Rework) / Toast - Bag
Pond Life – Diamond Girl
Toast – Daft Step
Pony Pony Run Run – Hey You (Jeuce Rework)
Pond Life - Creep
Robot Disaster – Boy (Jeuce Rework)
Rafffertie – Antisocial (Toast remix)
Toast - Capsule
Pond Life – Space Marines
Toast - Bag

Whilst the Mix N Blend album is still warm in your players, we have yet more Bass packed goodies from Cape Town with these two tracks courtesy of Dubstep duo Biscope, one of whom is Electro producer Richard The Third. We have a bootleg remix of the soul classic Stand By Me that maybe shouldn't work, but it does so well, plus an original Hip-hop tinted dancefloor track that is bound to do damage.

Download: Ben E King - Stand By Me (Biscope Boot)

Download: Biscope - Fire

Buy some more Biscope from Juno.

Mix N Blend most definitely live up to their name on new album Look Mom No Hands which just dropped on the fairly seminal African Dope label. In fact when it comes to mixing up and blending the most exciting and relevant sounds worldwide today they are most definitely at the forefront. Like similar genre busting Dance music groups such as Basement Jaxx and Groove Armada, this is feel good fun music and although it won't revolutionise modern music, it means there's not a great deal of ego wanking and is that a bad thing? A number of our favourite glitched up Hip-hop and Dubstep crews come out of the group's native Cape Town and there's a few present here, such as: PH Fat on the Hulk hopping bounceathon Spring Step, which sounds slightly like it should be the theme music for a twisted kids detective series; or Fletcher who joins them on Shall We Swing, the kind of tune that might have been made if a mischevious time traveller decided to introduce computers and ketamine to a 1930s speak easy, reminding us of acts such as Freddie Cruger or Lucas (of 'The Lid Off' fame, remember him?). We've mainly posted up the crew's Dubstep outings previously and there are a few tracks that represent that here but there's so much more, with big Reggae and Hip-hop influence, Breaks, Drum & Bass, Soul, Jazz and a fair splattering of bass all being thrown into the Mix N Blend pot. You can pick it up from African Dope direct, Juno or Track It Down now.

We also have this super chilled Dubstep-esque remix of the Fat Freddy's Drop track The Raft by the crew (+ SFR) for you to download from their Soundcloud account.

Fat Freddys Drop - The Raft (Mix n Blend n Sfr's Re-edit) by mixnblend

Download: Fat Freddys Drop - The Raft (Mix n Blends n Sfr's Re-edit)

The next installment of Spoek Mathambo (Playdoe) and Big Space's (aka DJ Snyman) H.I.V.I.P excursions that aim to bring South Africa's finest mixes of 'Afrotech, Zulucore Space Disco, Tribal, UK Funky and Pretoria House' to the masses comes from their fellow Cape Townite DJ Mastercash. Spoek says he wants people to come visit South Africa and dance, well this is certainly some quality enticement.

(ZShare) DJ Mastercash H.I.V.I.P Mix (m4a)

Also out of South Africa, check these stunning slices of Electro-pop from Spoek collaborator (on the Moleke Mbembe project)Richard the Third from his album Third World From the Sun.

(YSI) Richard the Third - Dancing with the DJs Girl / alt link

(YSI) Richard the Third - Flux Capacitor / alt link

We have to give a mention and a big shout out to Glasgow promotions company Mixed Bizness whose blog is definitely one of our favourites at the moment. Here's a couple of their recent goodies repping the Cape Town scene that we've had on heavy rotation.

(Direct Link) Spank Rock - Bump (Liver Remix) / YSI

(Direct Link) Fletcher - Cape Town Is Dope Mix

For a full tracklisting on this killer mix of South African Dubstep and Bass heavy Beats, and for more information on both Liver and Fletcher check the Mixed Bizness blog .


The Wizard behind the Mixed Bizness curtain is Boom Monk Ben who has also just put together an hour of phat funked up beats from the bumpin' to the bashie to the down right dirty, all in the shape of his brand new mixtape.

(Direct Link) Boom Monk Ben - Here’s Ben, Ain’t He Swell…?

Tracklisting:

1. Mooquee - Polar Crunk (Good Groove)
2. Leisure Allstars - How We Roll feat The Good People (Substatic Remix) (Leisure)
3. South Rakkas Crew - Mad Again (Mad Decent)
4. Santogold - Say A-Ha (Tepr Remix) (Atlantic)
5. Heatwave - Things Change feat Warrior Queen (DJ C Remix) (Soul Jazz)
6. Jokers Of The Scene - Juggle It (Fools Gold)
7. CLP - Party Hardy feat Yo! Majesty (Shitkatapult)
8. A-Skillz & Krafty Kuts - Happiness (Finger Lickin)
9. Jon Ohms - King Of The Boots (Unreleased)
10. James Brown - Give It Up Or Turn It Loose (DJ Ayers Remix) (Unreleased)
11. DJ TaMeiL - Bump Like This (Unruly)
12. Boy 8 Bit - The Cricket Scores
Midfield General - Disco Sirens (Acapella) (Skint)
13. Tittsworth - Broke Ass N*gga (DJ Assault Remix) (Plant Music)
14. Rob 3 - The Chase (Mad Decent)
15. Thunderheist - Jerk It (Big Dada)
16. The Qemists - Dem Na Like Me (Subscape Dub) (Ninja Tune)
17. Mix n Blend - Tantrum feat Sfr & Ej Von Lyrik (Unreleased)
18. Magnetic Man - The Cyberman (Unreleased)
19. SFR - Kwaito Mandla (Unreleased)
20. Schlachthofbronx - Good To Go (Unreleased)
21. 6Blocc - Never Scared (Unreleased)

Chrome Kids favourite Ben Sharpa has just released this re-touch of a track he originally recorded in 2002 with King Pinn, just before the Zimbabwean MC’s untimely passing in May 2003.


One of Zimbabwe’s heaviest and more conscious rappers, King Pinn was born in the UK, where his father was studying at the time. The family moved back to Zimbabwe after Independence, shortly after King Pinn’s birth, so his father could take up the post of Deputy Minister of Agriculture there.

This track was recorded whilst King Pinn was studying at University in Cape Town, where he was active in the local Hip-hop scene, filming a few short documentaries on South African Hip-hop and recording with local crews: The Others; Dungeon Keepers; and Groundworks (Sharpa’s crew).

Although this track is officially unreleased a version did find its way onto the bootleg version of Ben Sharpa’s album B Sharpa which was floating about last year before its official release (without the track) on the Pioneer Unit label recently . Sharpa has added some extra drums, bass and synths for this remix however and it certainly bangs heavy. For more information on King Pinn visit here

(YSI) King Pinn & Ben Sharpa – Live A Little Remix

Here’s a few more original King Pinn tracks including one with his older brother Rassie Ai.

(YSI) King Pinn & Rassie Ai – The King & I

(YSI) King Pinn – King Concepts

(YSI) King Pinn – Centimetre