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We recently told you about the excellent South African House compilation, Ayobaness. Well Schlachthofbronx, who have their own (unrelated) Ayoba Remix EP dropping next week have just hit us up with this killer refix of the DJ Mujava track from the EP.

Download: DJ Mujava - 'Mugwanti/ Sgwejegweje (Schlachthofbronx Remix) / alt link

Bonus Download: Die Antwoord - Zef Side (Slap In The Bass Remix) / alt link

We mentioned in our 2009 round up, the extra prolific nature of Spoek Mathambo, and just to highlight our point here's just a few of the projects that have caught our attention recently which have addded Spoek sparkle to their merits.


First up those bass hungry Bavarians Schlachthofbronx have a new EP out on Man Recordings, they hit us up with the title track Ayoba (a South African slang expression used for general appreciation) which features Spoek along with Gnucci Banana on a tropical hype tip.

Schlachthofbronx "Ayoba" feat. Spoek + Gnucci Banana by MANRECORDINGS

plus here's a video they recorded for the track




Next up, is a new EP from LA based rapper Subtitle, which as well as boasting a beat selection from the likes of Bearmod and Megasoid has this Mochipet produced bass bubbler featuring a killer vocal line up of Cadence Weapon, fellow Briefcase Rocker , Juan Huevos and of course Mr Mathambo himself.

Download: Subtitle feat Cadence Weapon, Juan Huevos & Spoek - 4 On The Floor / alt link

Finally is an EP we discovered at South African music blog Electro Trash from Sweat X (Spoek and Markus Wormstorm). Unfortunately the file is bringing up error messages but it might work for you guys, If anyone has any other links to this EP hit us up.

Download: Sweat X - Saviour & Messiah

Not only did Spoek provide us with a killer mix this week but he's also kindly dropped us this filthsome Kuduro style Hostage remix of a track he recorded with So Called Friend.

"Fever" / So Called Friend feat. Spoek (Hostage Remix) by RavingLoonyRecords

Download: So Called Friend feat Spoek - Fever (Hostage Remix)


All round bass music badman Baobinga kickstarts his new Build label with a helluva bang thanks to his very own Tongue Riddim alongside partner in grime I.D. The track is on a tropical tip mixing up Dubstep, Funky and Kuduro with a remix from UK Funky don and Rinse FM player Roska on the flip. to celebrate here's a another track from the duo on a similar tip that has already had support from the likes of TRG and Buraka Som Sistema.

Download: Baobinga & I.D. - Man Down / alt link


Heavyweight bass grinding Hip-hop track from Charlie Tipper and Terror Dactel courtesy of New York label Subdrive. A label well worth keeping an eye on via their blog as they regularly give out all the full-quality stems as DRM-free as part of their release package, to encourage remixers to get their hands dirty.

Download: Charlie Tipper - Vocaloid (Terror Dactel Mix) / alt link


Not one for the hardcore amongst you but a rather pleasant pop tune which floats along nicely over the Dubstep undertones from E Tubbs and Trill Bass. Sounds vaguely Swedish but that's not usually a bad thing.

Download: Owl City - Fireflies (Etubbs & Trillbass Insomniac Remix ft Catt) / 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

That's right people if you're anywhere even close to Notting Hill this weekend then it's Carnival time. Gonna be doing the rounds but mainly camped out with the Chew The Fat and We Fear Silence fellas over at Liquid Nation on Ladbroke Grove for the Sunday. They've got a marathon line up of peeps so make sure you pass through at some point. You will need to print a flyer out though so make sure you grab one from here.

Line-Up:

12.00 – 12.55 - Hey Joe & JP (The Fat! Club & ScenexScience)

12.55 – 01.50 – Raffertie (Planet Mu)

01.50 – 02.45 – Kaptin (Chrome Kids)

02.45 – 03.40 - A. Child (Phonica / Banquet) & DJ Sis

03.40 – 04.35 - Count Chocula (Cargo / Five Easy Pieces)

04.35 – 05.30 - Tom K (No Pain in Pop)

05.30 – 06.25 - Esselle DJs

06.25 – 07.20 - Jac The Disco (LOIARE)

07.20 – 08.15 – Rattus Rattus & Klose One (Urban Nerds)

08.15 – 09.10 - Pirate Sound System (Z Shed)

09.10 – 10.05 - The Boogaloo Crew (Trouble Vision)

10.05 – 11.00 - Solid Gold (Trouble Vision)

11.00 – 11.55 - Oli DAB & Robin (Superfilth)

161-165 Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, London, W10 6HJ
£2.50 Entry w/flyer / 12pm - 12am

The Recession Procession - £2.50 Entry / All Drinks / Barbeque Food


Speaking of Carnival, I doubt Bavaria has a similar equivalent so it's perhaps a suprise that Bavarian bass heads Schlachthofbronx manage to capture it's spirit so well. Their new digital album drops today joined in unison with a new Vinyl EP Belly Full Of Pills featuring Slushpuppykids (aka South African emcees Big Space and Spoek Mathambo) and it is pure airhorn / whistle blowing, big stack a speaker blasting Carnival jump up music. Here's a taster from both releases.

(YSI) Schlachthofbronx feat Slushpuppykids - Holdin That Dick / alt link

(Direct Link) Schlachthofbronx - Belly Full Of Pills Mix

okay so we're a bit late on this still...

01. Inja feat. Skinnyman and Fallacy - Hat Low (Mr Thing Remix)
02. Virus Syndicate & Kromestar - Hijack
03. King Cannibal feat. Daddy Freddy - Dirt
04. Mistabishi - Printer Jam(Barbarix Remix)
05. Major Lazer - Hold The Line (DJ C Remix) / YSI
06. Busta Rhymes Feat. Estelle - World Go Round (DJ Mehdi Mix)
07. DJ 0.000001 ft. Mochipet - Eazy-E On Atari / alt link
08. Jayou - Township Funk Remix (VIP) / YSI
09. Raffertie - Vomit Riddim
10. Curtamos - Kingston Town
11. Don Diablo vs The Roots - The Seed 3.0 / YSI
12. Don Leisure - 1 X 1
13. Celone - Shoguns Tale / YSI
14. Inaudible - Game Theory / YSI
15. Bassnectar - Art Of Revolution (Ghislain Poirier remix)
16. Squid Ninjaz - Wowzers
17. Mexicans With Guns feat. Cerebral Vortex & Spoek Mathambo - Nuts & Bongos
18. Thavius Beck - Wind Gusts
19. Joker & Jakes - 3Klane (L-Vis 1990 Dubble Step Edit) / YSI
20. Debruit feat. 215TFK & Stray - Sole Sweat (Reso Remix)

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

Gonna be playing a couple of dates with Playdoe over the next couple of weeks. Definitely one of our favourite groups (see interview here) and we were mightily upset when we were stopped from playing their thought provoking yet damned funky cover version of a Seun Kuti track The Bombs by the over sensitive BBC powers that be. We were also stopped from playing an Astrosnooze remix of the track Bomb Threat by This Is Radio Freedom. The references to bombs was deemed insensitive with the situation in Gaza happening??!! If anything I think tracks like The Bombs should be played even more but unfortunately we had to put up with that horrible feeling of being helplessly gagged. If you are a DJ please give it as much exposure as possible, we have a radio edit too if you need it just get in touch.

They're currently on tour in the UK at the following places. Catch them if you can.

27 Feb - Cargo, London
28 Feb - Camden Monarch, London
1 Mar Oakford Social Club, Reading
5 Mar - Mixed Bizness @ Glasgow School of Art
6 Mar - Snafu, Aberdeen
7 Mar - The Reading Rooms, Dundee
11 Mar - Lucerna Music, Prague
12 Mar - Fuzz Club, Sheffield
13 Mar - Start The Bus, Bristol with Chrome Kids
17 Mar - Kruger Magazine @ The Social London with Chrome Kids
18 Mar - BBC Introducing @ Bar Four, Reading
19 Mar - Guilford Boiler Roon, London

(YSI) Playdoe - The Bombs

(YSI) Playdoe - It's That Beat

Spoek from South African electro rhymers Playdoe just dropped us a copy of his new mix which he originally posted up on his blog a couple of days back. He mixes up some of the fresh new South African Kwaito artists with some classic old skool House / Techno and a few new tracks from UK House producer Geeneus. Killer.

He also sent us a killer new Playdoe track called The Bombs, it's an interpretation of an Afrobeat track by Seun Kuti (Fela Kuti's youngest...as far as they know) and it is huge... however we can't post it here yet so you're gonna have to tune in to us on BBC Radio 1 next Wednesday when we cover the BBC Introducing in Wales show for Bethan Elfyn. You can listen online at www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bethanelfyn or if you're in Wales or nearby you can peep it on 99.5fm.

(ZShare) Spoek Mathambo - H.I.V.I.P Dezemba Liazonz Mix

TRACKLIST

CABARET VOLTAIRE – DECAY
SIDELELE - BIG NUZ (SPOEK MATHAMBO 'BELL HOP' REFIX )
IZINJA – BIG NUZ
GEENEUS – INTO THE FUTURE
BUBZIN - DURBAN FUNK
BUJO MUJO - KHOLOI
?? - ANGICENGI
CNDO FEAT. BIG NUZ - SEDUCER
GEENEUS – NIGHT REMIX
DJ SKHOKHO - 04
DJ BONGS - BANGA
GEENEUS – YELLOWTAIL (SPOEK MATHAMBO 'MONATE FELA' REFIX)
?? – NO STRINGS ATTACHED
CNDO - TERMINATOR
CABARET VOLTAIRE – VIBRATIONS
RISQUE RYTHUM TEAM – THE JACKING ZONE
DJ SKHOKHO – 08 (SPOEK MATHAMBO 'AIDS IN THE HOSTEL' REFIX)

Also from South Africa are this dope crew PH Fat who just hit me up with their new bass heavy track Jabu's Dance Team. Lovin' the drop on this one and these fellas have also just made a track with Spoek, it all slots in to place nicely.

(YSI) PH Fat - Jabu's Dance Team