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By now, those of you with a penchant for gnarly basslines and swaggering bruiser beats may well have picked themselves up a copy of the new Timestretch EP from the West Coast master of such styles Bassnectar, which was due out this week but dropped early as it escaped from the Beatport cage like the Kracken in Clash Of The Titans. If you haven't got a copy then read no further, run over to here now and grab it (along with special DJ tools, bonus tracks, and bundle packs) before coming back and enjoying this delicious bootleg of the title track which features vocals from Nelly Furtado's Turn Out The Lights

Download: Bassnectar feat. Nelly Furtado - Magical World / alt link

Indianapolis DJ / Producer Cool Hand Lex just hit us up with his version of fellow Indie artist Grey Granite's Lay You Down. Flipping his rather rude uptempo Electrofied number, in which he insists he's 'not trying to f**k her' (or 'touch her' depending on the version) but has his sights on laying 'you' down, into a filthier Dubstepish affair which makes Granite's intentions seem even less honourable... maybe 'you' should be worried.

(Direct Link) Grey Granite - Lay U Down (Cool Hand Lex Remix) / YSI

You can also pick up a Clean Radio friendly version here or full RAR with both of the versions plus Instrumental and Acapellas here.

If your in the Indianapolis area you can catch Cool Hand Lex Friday Nights on Radio Now 100.9, WNOU


A couple of us recently headed down to rip up the Dark Side Of London night at Herbal and our hosts the Dropfellas passed us this killer Dubstep mix they put together. Some dutty skankin' business indeed, including their own Italian style take on For The Music by Virus Syndicate.

(Zshare) Dropfellas - Dubstep Mix Vol 2

TRACKLIST

01 KZS - ARE YOU HERE
02 CARDOPUSHER - LOW END LEGACY
03 F-ONE - SWAGGA (KROMESTAR RMX)
04 DAFT PUNK - TECHNOLOGIC (MOTHER INC. RMX)
05 NATASJA - ILDEDRAN I BYEN (2000F RMX)
06 GEMMY - BASS TRANSMITTER
07 RUSKO - MR. CHIPS
08 DZ - FIREMAN
09 BAKIR & DUBSWORTH - PUDDING POP
10 DE NIRO - BABYLON
11 STAGGA - POLICEMAN GET HYPE
12 KOSHEEN - GUILTY (PLASTICIAN RMX)
13 SEVEN - DARKNESS
14 ENEI & NERSA & EKTA aka GIANT - BADNESS
15 UNKNOWN - CMONKEY
16 DUBTERROR - MR.TERROR
17 VIRUS SYNDICATE - FOR THE MUSIC (MRK1 PROD)
18 RUSKO - HAMMERTIME (PAOLITO DROP)
19 THE BASSIST - RIDA
20 SKREAM - SIMPLE CITY
21 THE WIDDLER - SENSI SAMURAI
22 KROMESTAR & F-ONE - CRACKPIPE
23 CRISSY CRISS - SOAP DODGER

Okay so this is probably the third time we've posted this video since last year but we've only just got a copy of the Mosquito EP through which is finally going to drop later this month so figured it was a perfect time to re-post. Plus we just can't get sick of this tune, though we're most definitely infected... (okay that's enough now I promise).

(YSI) Virus Syndicate - For The Music (Instrumental) / alt link

Regular readers would already have seen this fantastic video from Virus Syndicate a few months back, but the track is finally being release on the forthcoming Mosquito EP through their very own Contagious Music label, so it's a perfect opportunity to post it again.

So I see that the wider student fraternity in the UK have finally caught on to Dubstep. Whether this is a good thing or not remains to be seen.


Wednesday night saw the busiest Dubstep only event in Cardiff with a packed Glo bar bouncin' to Monkey & Stagga, Elephant and Slipperz, Magenta and what should have been Rusko, no doubt the main reason so many students had descended on the night when most Dubstep weekly struggle to muster 20 to 30 people. Rusko was ill but N Type put in a killer set as replacement and despite most of the crowds ignorance to who he was, the atmosphere was real good after only a slight booing session at being told Rusko was a no show (all respects to MC Reuben for turning them round as well), and to be honest most of the Dubstep DJs and Producers in the place were happier with the change.

Can't say the same positive things about the crowd in Bristol unfortunately. Was speaking to Superisk who tells me the crowd at Thekla on Friday were pretty usual for the city these days. Didn't even realise it was a Dubstep night til I turned up, had decided to jump off the train early on the way back from London and made my way there to find out that Virus Syndicate and Benga were both playing. All good except for the fact that the boat (yes Thekla's a boat) was rammed full of student wannabe rudeboys with the biggest fronts I've seen at a club. I couldn't believe the amount of times I heard "Yo Blud" at full volume from some middle class kid with his cap sideways, arms up in the air and cheap cocaine up his nose. This coupled with the not so aggresive students who were far too busy stumbling round in K Holes meant space was a major issue and nobody seemed to be sharing their's happily.

We ducked out early after Virus Syndicate, who were decent in an Emcees over Dubstep kinda way, rather than as a performing group, which would have been better to see in my opinion as not enough people have that style locked at the moment. But we ducked out before Benga and headed to a house party where I picked up these videos from an early morning, last ones at the party YouTube swapping session. Thought I'd share them with you lot just incase there were any you'd missed.

First up is this crew of youngstas from Bristol itself.

Dem Grimey Yutez - Anthem



Second up is some of the Life4Land fellas on a bit of a squatters Hip-hop tip with SMB. Only really know Ed Cox out of Life4Land who's their co-founder and accordian player and makes crazy Gypsy Breakcore type stuff. Definitely worth looking into if that seems like you're style.

Life4Land - What You Know About Cribs



Finally, not sure how I missed this one as it's been around since March last year but Dizzee Rascal spits fire in this AOL 16 Bars Session. Can't find it on YouTube as AOL seem to have culled them all but here's a link, definitely worth checking.

Some may remember we posted up the video to Virus Syndicate's wicked little skanker of a track 'For The Music' a month or so ago. Well that's now dropped on Contagious Records so go pick it up...One of our favourite tunes of the moment.

Buy from: Boomkat

Plus here's a bumpin' 'Christmas' mix from Contagious label boss and Virus Syndicate producer MRK1 which features 'For The Music' alongside some fresh MRK1 tracks and a selection of Dubstep heavyweights from the likes of J@kes, Skream, Coki & N Type.

(SendSpace) MRK 1 Christmas Mix 08

Tracklisting:

1.MRK1 - Magnetic Devise
2.Lost - Neckback
3.Coki and N Type - Debt
4.Chimpo - The Game and Lil Wayne (YSI)
5.Virus Syndicate - For The Music
6.J@kes - Rock The Bells
7.Crissy Criss - Blow ya head off
8.J@kes - Janoo
9.Benny Page and Zero G - Trigger Finger
10.Bar 9 - Midnight
11.Benny Page and Zero G - Pan Pipes
12.Noah D and Roomate - Street
13.Benny Page - Step Out VIP
14.Bar - Infiltrate the mind
15.Skream - Meta-Lick
16.MRK1 - Kill Zone
17.MRK1 - Bonecrusher
18.MRK1 - I Got Too feat Sizzla
19.Tes La Rok Remix - Gangsters
20.The Bug - Skeng
21.MRK1 - Milli Remix (YSI)
22.Virus Syndicate - Make money everyday
23.MRK1 - Borderline
24.Chimpo - Lock off and War

As well as the 'Neva Argue' video I posted up a couple of days ago this video from Virus Syndicate has also just dropped for a track which isn't available on their Plant Mu released 'Sick Pay' album but is coming out via MRK 1's own Contagious Records. we presume some time soon.

Apologies for the lack of posts this week, been in Amsterdam and so decided to leave the computer for a while. Will catch up with everything and make sure I leave you a decent couple of posts this week. Was hoping to do some relevant to the Dam but have to say I found a distinct lack of suitable material while I was there. Even the clubs seemed to be missing some dirty bass driven goodness. There were a few things lined up for next week (typical) such as Caspa & Rusko and some D&B but couldn't really get a handle on any local people. If anyone out there can recommend any then shall do a special post for Dutch artists sometime soon.






Could have just been an off week of course but seems a shame as there's some perfect grimey venues out there. We ended up in a wicked little Reggae night at NDSM. A place which has it's own ferry so you'd expect a bit more than just a f**ked up bomb shelter looking building in the middle of an industrial estate. Thankfully though that's all it actually was, just a big warehouse with a phat stack of speakers at one end and the King Shiloh sound system at the other alongside LDM from Rome and their resident singer Dan I. Perfect for a bit of early morning skanking.




Before that we got lost in the same industrial estate and ended up on a massive party ship called the MS Stubnitz which had a Teepee pumping out jazzed up House on the top deck, Minimal Techno on the next floor and heavier Techno at the bottom. There was also a smaller room with a live band to the side. Almost a shame to leave it but the Reggae was calling. Definitely worth taking the trip to Amsterdam Noord for, most of the other places we ended up in were around the Red Light District but nothing really compared.


Just checking through the last few days post and have a copy of the new Food 4 Da Brain CD / DVD which has some exclusive tracks from the likes of Ghetto, Foreign Beggars, Terra Firma and Virus Syndicate. Haven't listened to it yet but had a quick check of the DVD which has 4 videos including these ones...

Terra Firma - Git Down



Virus Syndicate - Neva Argue



You can pick up your own copy from 24th November 2008. Check out f4db.com for more details.

Was hoping to put up the two exclusive sessions from this week's Mary Anne Hobbs show separately both of them were killer slices of dirty grimed out Garage Zed Bias w/ Broke N English and MRK1 w/ Virus Syndicate. Unfortunately that didn't happen (though it still might later), but here's a link to the whole show. Should last longer than the 7 days usual 'listen again' that the BBC give.




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