Following up from his killer Ludacris v. SebastiAn Mash up, Glitch hop pioneerKraddyhits us with another meeting of musical monsters. This time it’s a royal rumble between the Oakland crew, Luniz' classic I Got 5 On It and the purple tinted track City Hopper from Bristol's Dubstep don Joker. Grab a copy below.
Some may remember that before City Hopper dropped as an instrumental, the beat was used for theCentral Spillztrack How We Roll. Unfortunately we’ve lost our copy and the link’s expired but you can listen to it here and hopefully if the fellas are reading they can drop another download link in the comments below.
As we mentioned before, we're involved in this great venue here in Wales called the Cardiff Arts Institute. So far the weekend nights we've been booking in have been major fun and really successful. Fingers crossed this weekend should be another big one. Not only do we have the new signing to Rob Da Bank's Sunday Best label Sound Of Rum, headed up by super slam poet Kate Tempest on Saturday. But Friday we have some friends, family and f**king fantastic DJs who should be only too familiar to you lot.
Pangaea is one the most exciting producers in Dubstep right now and is part of the new guard really pushing the sound forwards. His releases on Hessle Audio (as well as others), a label he runs alongside Untold incorporate a soulful infusion of UK Funky, Garage and Techno and have helped make it one of today’s most progressive Dubstep labels. He is also a highly acclaimed DJ, with Mary Anne Hobbs calling his BBC Radio 1 mix "texturally one of the most exquisite mixes of the year … breathtakingly beautiful in every way".
Central Spillz are a lively Dubstep crew from Bristol who have helped to show that the MC can remain just as important as the producer in the scene. Working with some of the city’s top names such as Joker and Ginz, as well as their own inhouse producers Superisk and Sam Interface they switch up from party flows to thought provoking lyrics with an engaging energy between them that seems to be missing amongst many of todays MCs.
Our boy Monkyhas been an integral part of Cardiff’s music scene for many years since his days with top turntablist crew Optimas Prime. Along with long time partner in crime Stagga he has helped to project the city’s Dubstep scene into the wider world and his forward thinking productions have found favour with the likes of N Type, Starkey and Jamie Vex’d.
Drokkr has been flying the flag high (sometimes it seems even solo) for the Irish Dubstep fraternity with some of the gnarliest, gut ripping tunes going. Recently signed up to DZ’s Badman Press label, he has been stepping away from strictly 140bpm filth into Bass heavy Glitch hop territory and will be rinsing out all his productions for us here.
Adam Corner is one of those increasingly rare DJs who plays completely in the moment so you never quite know what’s going to come out of the bag, but you are guaranteed it’s always going to be just the right tune. From his time shifting vinyl behind the Catapult Records counter to his articles in Kruger Magazine(RIP) and nights such as Wonky Disco, he has always had his finger on the pulse and been an influential figure in the Welsh music scene.
Our bredren Superisk from out of Bristol's mighty Central Spillz collective hit us up with this killer mix, hosted by fellow Spillz member and general man about town Koast. We've heard a few of the forthcoming tracks from Superisk's Space Travel LP and they are sounding heavy. The Central Spillz boys will be hitting our home town of Cardiff alongside Pangaea and our very own Monky on May 21st, looking forwards to that one for definite.
Bristol crew Central Spillz have definitely got that meeting point between Hip-hop, Dubstep, Grime and Drum N Bass locked. Bringing back that back and forth rhyming that gives a great family vibe to their flows, they have been backed up this time by two of their hometown heavyweight producers in the shape of: Joker, who adds his purple tint to How We Roll and will be releasing the instrumental on Tectonicnext week under the name City Hopper; and Guido who boosts up the booze and drug fuelled tales of Fear & Loathing, a party animal's propaganda track rather than a wasteman's anthem, but then I guess that depends how well you're built for a Bristol night out.
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