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The guys over at Adult Swim who always have an ear for great music have teamed up with the Timbaland co-prduced beatmaking game Beaterator to bring some incredible remixes of Atlanta Hip-hop artists by such global leaders of the new school as Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, Starkey and Dabrye. Here's a player with all the tracks and a few of our choice cuts but you can download the whole lot here.

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Downloads:

B.o.B. - Satellite (Hudson Mohawke Remix) / alt link

Gorilla Zoe - Lost (Starkey Remix) / alt link

Goodie Mob - Is That You God (Dabrye Remix) / alt link


Those folks at Mad Decent also leaked this remix of the recently incarcerated ATL rapper Gucci Mayne. The track is taken from the forthcoming Diplo mixtape using tracks from Gucci's own Cold War mixtape, switched up by himself and a few friends.

Download: Gucci Mayne - Dangers Not a Stranger (Diplo Remix) / alt link

And whilst we're in remix mood here's a bunch of our favourite remixes we've recieved this week. Most of whom should need little introduction.

Downloads:

Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (Bossasaurus Remix) / alt link

Pink Floyd - Welcome To The Machine (Psymbionic Remix) / alt link

Bassnectar - Boombox (DJ Vadim remix feat Pugs Atomz) / alt link

Anti Pop Consortium - Get Lite (Tobacco Remix) / alt link

In his latest selections iamxl harks back to the days when he used to make mix tapes with two cassette decks, have Boyz N The Hood on repeat and upset his parents by blasting Gangsta rap at full volume. These cheeky little Electro refixes of some Hip-hop classics from the Vancouver veteran bubble along nicely enough with the Ice T and Too Short mixes but for us it’s all about the King T and Run DMC remixes that get just that extra bit dirtier and are aimed firmly at making sure those feet are on the floor and hands are up in the air.

(YSI) King T - Bass (iamxl Remix) / alt link

(YSI) Run DMC vs. Benny Benassi - It's Tricky (iamxl Remix) / alt link

(YSI) Ice-T - High Roller (iamxl Remix) / alt link

(YSI) Too $hort - In the Trunk (iamxl Bumpin' House Remix)

In the last 20 minutes since I got hold of a bunch of 2 Bit Thugs remixes they are very quickly becoming one of my favourite remix crews. I’m finding it increasingly difficult to type this cos all I want to do is jump on the table and wave the cat in the air like I just don’t care. These tunes are like a tractor with bad suspension, big bouncing beasts flinging dirt everywhere as they go and not stopping for anyone foolish enough to get in their way. Packed to the brim with funk, and basslines like a laser lasso, they’ve put their mark on such classics as It’s Like That by Run DMC, Cypress Hill’s Insane In The Brain and the B'more meets Miami in London re-rub of 2 Live Crew’s Party. This track here doesn’t seem to be a remix as such, and to be honest it’s one of the best from the lot. If this doesn’t get a dancefloor packed, then the club’s not open yet.

(YSI) 2 Bit Thugs – Mother F**ker

I’ve picked up quite a lot of music from the Middle East over the years (admittedly most of it was rather cheesy, if anyone has some ‘real’ music hit me off), however Israel is probably the one country from that part of the world that has musically eluded me in the past. Aside from maybe Yael Naim (who had that song New Soul on the Apple Macbook Air advert) and The Apples (not sure if there’s some kind of strange link here) I would have struggled to name anybody else from the region.

But now thanks to a new compilation ‘Shirbul’ from Israeli DJ / Producer Nadav Ravid, I finally have a sonic door through which to slide through and take a peek at what’s happening there, and just to help us along, they are all tracks which he has remixed in a Chrome Kids friendly fashion over the past 5 years.


Nadav Ravid is one half of future funk duo Polar Pair who have some releases out on the Tru Thoughts label and Botanika, a musical collective who also host a regular podcast (the latest of which I have posted below).

‘Shirbul’ means remix in Hebrew, at least it should be as there’s no other word which exists for it. Might take a little bit of time before it surfaces in the Hebrew dictionary however.

The whole compilation can be downloaded for free here or as a 51 minute mix by fellow Botanika member Amir Egozy here and is made up of exclusively the remixes which Nadav has done for Israeli artists, although in our selection below we have also included a fantastic Polar Pair remix of Bone Do Role’s ‘Jabuticaba’.

(YSI) Emily Karpel - Freckles (NDV'S Dirty South Beach Remix ft Puffy Nelson)

(YSI) Electra - Better Sound (Worse Sound Remix by Nadav Ravid)

(YSI) Laroz ft Trevor Ranks & Daddy Colonel - Sabo Ital (NDV Remix)

(YSI) T-Slam - This Whistle (NDV'S B-More Edit)

(Direct Link) Bonde Do Role - Jabuticaba (Polar Pair Remix)

(Direct Link) Botanika FM 2.10.08 Download (full tracklisting can be found here)

Scuse the lack of posts over the last few days... although the Chrome Kids family is growing, at the moment the blog side of things is down to me and this week has been the get ready for uni time. Should be back on it after Wednesday.


Speaking of Uni, last term after a documentary I was working on with somebody else about Dubstep in Wales was wiped off the computer (I know, I know - back that shit up), we quickly had to come up with a plan B and ended up doing a 'mockumentary' on Thugstep - which we described as being a cross between Dirty South and Dubstep (kind of). Well it doesn't suprise me that there are actually people out there calling the tracks their making Thugstep already and it's similar to what we described. I shall be covering a couple of them over the weeks but first I have to give mention to a similar (if not exactly the same) branch of Dubstep - Dirtystep (or Crunkstep maybe). Here represented by New York producers DJ Nebulla and DJ Dore in their 2nd installment of the Dirtystep Mixtape, featuring their own bootleg remixes of artists such as 3:6 Mafia, T.I. and Soulja Boy in a way that elevates the originals greatly and actually gives the 'Dirty' in Dirty South some credence.

(Direct Link) Dirtystep Mixtape Volume 2

and here's a few Direct Links to the individual tracks...

Nebulla & DJ Dore - Crank Dat

DJ Dore & CONstruct - Ay Ay Bay

DJ Dore - Slap

Nebulla & DJ Dore - Stay Fly

Nebulla & DJ Dore - Big Thing Poppin' (Do It)

You can keep up to date by checking the Dirtystep website.

LA Riots have been pumping out some BIG electro remixes of late and have decided to compile them all n a new mix series. Here's the first installment.



(ZShare) La Riots Remixes Volume 1

and our favourite track...

(YSI) N.A.S.A. ft. Method Man, E40, DJ Swamp - N.A.S.A. Music (LA Riots Remix)