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Although most UK Funky heads probably don't know who Poirier is, he's been a big pioneer in fusing Soca riddims with Bass music. His new night Karnival at Club Soda in Montreal is guaranteed to live up to the name and be a lively explosion of music and madness. Certainly if this promotional mix by Poirier is anything to go by it will be. Ninja Tune just sent it over as they're dropping a new EP 'Run The Riddim' from the man himself on 28th September.

Download: Poirier - Karnival Mix (zip)

Tracklisting:

Intro by MC Zulu
Demarco - Love A Come Down (She Can’t Wait) (Stress Free Riddim)
The Dø - On My Shoulders (WILDLIFE! Remix Instrumental)
MJ Cole & Serocee - AO (Zed Bias Wind Up Mix)
Schlachthofbronx - Farafina feat. Ete Kelly
Izé - Oh Narina feat. Omrane
Buraka Som Sistema - IC19
Buju Banton - Me & Oonu (Wipe Out Riddim)
Bunji Garlin - Fire Fi Dem (Wipe Out Riddim)
Ricky T - Like A Jumbie (Poirier Edit) (V12 Riddim)

Mumdance flips this track by The Whip completely into a full on 'hands in the air' Carnival Rave Up. Whistle Massive!!

(YSI) The Whip - Divebomb (Mumdance Carnival Rmx) / alt link


And best to keep your hands up, cos this new stomping Electro track from Decibels demands a bit of floor action too.

(YSI) Decibels - Fully Paid / alt link

Look out for their official remix of Rico Tubbs - Work This Out dropping on Menu Music on May 4th.

Not really much to tell from Carnival… drink, dance, get squashed, lose people, dance some more, eat, drink some more and keep dancing til it’s time to go. The general pattern doesn’t really change. Of course there’s a lot more you can say about it but if you’ve been, you know and if you haven’t then I couldn’t begin to explain it here. Let’s just say there’s no better way to spend a Bank Holiday Monday.



What was missing for me this year was a Carnival ‘tune’, something fresh that you hear over and over again. To be honest we kinda got herded around sounds that just pumped out the classics and finally settled at Gaz’s Rockin Blues (dressed up the best as always - this time with an 'Around The World in 80 Days' theme) watching a ska band called The Trojans. Not really inspiration for a Chrome Kids post but good fun nevertheless and some great guest slots from Ska saxophonist Megumi Mesaku, the legendary Prince Buster and one of our favourite rappers Mystro…actually he’d be perfect for a post. Here’s two videos for two of the best Hip-hop tunes this year.

Mystro - U Live & U Learn



YesKing feat. Mystro - One Of Those Days



The first is from his now mythical forthcoming release on Beer & Rap the ‘Fuck Da Taxman EP’ which will hopefully see the light of day soon, and the second track is from Mark Rae / Rhys Adams project YesKing off their ‘Rock This World’ album which is also slightly mythical thanks to their distributor going bust after releasing just a few hundred copies and not letting go of the rest. Definitely worth checking if you can find one though.

I shall hopefully be reaching down to catch the last day of Notting Hill Carnival on Monday but for those who want to start early then I’d suggest heading to Man Make Music down at the Rhythm Factory over the other side of London for their annual carnival party, this time featuring two stalwarts of the bass community Glasgow Glitchmeister Rustie and B’more UK Ambassador Jackmaster.

Support comes from grime crew Man Scandalous Unlimited and resident DJs Sketchy and Another Amit.

Here’s a quick Dubstep mini mix from Another Amit consisting mainly of hyperdub

Another Amit - MMM Dubstep Mix

You can also download some Jackmaster mixes from his Myspace page

Whilst Rustie has just posted a new track Jagz The Smack on his page.