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XLR8R Magazine have an incredible mix from Kid 606 currently up on their website. Over an hours worth of funked up filthy bass heavy Electronic beats ranging from DJ Nasty to Drop the Lime and Rustie to Dexplicit with a few of his own freakishly phat productions thrown into the 47 track deep mix for good measure.

Kid 606 - Megachurch Meltdown @ XLR8R

(YSI) Kid 606 - Mr Wobbles Nightmare / alt link


Also up on the site is a Top 20 of their most popular April MP3 downloads with the Robot Koch mix of Th' Mole's How 2 B Cool from our latest Fre-Release single holding the top spot! We've included a few of our other choicest cuts below, but for a full phat selection including Ras G, Mochipet and Mr Lif head over to XLR8R.com now.

(YSI) Nosaj Thing - Coat Of Arms / alt link

(YSI) Flylo & Blu - GNG BNG (MeMix) / alt link

(YSI) Serengeti & Polyphonic - My Patriotism / alt link

(YSI) Daedelus - Off to the Races (Meanest Man Contest Remix Feat. Cuzzo) / alt link

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Our favourite Berlin Bass-Raider Robot Koch is currently riding high at the top of the Juno Download Dubstep charts with his new Aftershocks EP which once again sees him in a mighty combo with rapper Cerebral Vortex after their Vortex Cookies EP proved that the the wordsmith wires up perfectly to Koch's wobblesome and wonked up heavyweight stompers.


With some stunning guest remix spots from Flako and Stagga, the EP is the first release on Robot Koch's very own Robots Don't Sleep label, which he describes as 'like Motown with lazers'. Although he will still be releasing music on other labels, now he also has a homebase for his overflowing electronic pot of ideas. Pick up a copy of the EP now here.

There's also a video to go with the EP's title track, with illustration and animation from Laura Weider (aka Misu2020)



And as a special treat, here's a copy of Robot Koch's Major Lazer remix using the beat from How You Want It off the Aftershocks EP.

(MF) Major Lazer ft. Santigold & Mr Lexxx - Hold The Line (Robot Koch Remix) / YSI

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Bringin' The Heat

We've had plenty of boomin' murkiness in our output recently but the sun's blazin' hard so we figured it was time to turn the heat up a touch and let the tunes reflect the light for a while.


Definitely in keeping with this vibe is a new track from A-ux entitled Less Hate, More Love. Created as a warming antidote to the world's current economic and social climate, it's 80's Electro optimism certainly does make your 'soul-glo' a little.

(YSI) A-ux - Less Hate, More Love / alt link

Currently back in South Korea getting ready for obligatory military service, we hope A-ux manages to push further his mission to bring people together through music and avoids too much craziness over those 2 years.


The production on this new track from Mos Def's album The Ecstatic is part jazz loungin', part 70s cop show but all sunshine as he sings 'bright light from a distant star'. And just like our closest gaseous guardian, he 'most definitely' spits fire on this one.

(YSI) Mos Def - Casa Bey / alt link



If you still can't shake the darkness then our advice is to dance your clart off and Sweat It Out with a little help from the audio assaulting Aussie label who bring you 30 tracks of 'Baile, Bassline, House and Hoover stabs' from the likes of: Armand Van Helden; South Rakkas Crew; and Oliver $ as well as members of the Sweat shop such as KillaQueenz, Edu K, Oh Snap!!, Yolanda Be Cool and Act Yo Age who also mixed the CD. CD 2 is a bunch of label remixes which are unmixed for all the DJs out there.

As enticement to the main event, here's a sampler Mini Mix from Act Yo Age. the release of this

(MF) Act Yo Age - Sweat It Out Mini Mix

(YSI) Act Yo Age - Lucky 13 (Cut Off & John Ohms Remix) / alt link

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1901 To The Future


There's something beautifully addictive about this remix of the French Pop rockers Phoenix from Troublemaker & Tatelarock. It's got that warm rain shower feel to it, kind of comfortingly melancholy if that makes sense. Can imagine it at the end of the night as a last tune to drunkenly sway to.

Phoenix - 1901 (Troublemaker & Tatelarock Remix) / alt link

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Videos Roll On Hard Grimes

We might not be the biggest Bashy fans here but with Toddla T on production this track is killing it hard, even if he has forgotten there's a recession on.



Okay so maybe the recession hasn't hit the streets hard enough yet, Choong Family don't seem to have noticed it either, feeling this beat though.



Now this track's more like it. The best things in life are most definitely FR3E. Course I'm sure he'd also appreciate you buying the single when it drops on 1st June through We Make Ent.



(YSI) Choong Family - Spray (Clean) / alt link

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Anyone For Tennis?


ellesse is celebrating its 50th anniversary with the design competition CREATE TENNIS ART. Uber cool illustrator and typographer Si Scott designed the flyer and will be part of the jury; the iconic Italian sportswear brand has also collaborated with textile print superstar Kate Gibb and Greek animation genius Babis Alexiadis (check his animation here). Two great inspirations to enter the competition!

ellesse is now unveiling the results of a competition organised in collaboration with the London College of Fashion. The brand commissioned students from BA (Hons) Fashion Contour and BA (Hons) Active Sportswear to design a garment that reflects the brand’s heritage in tennis – and the results are rather impressive! The winner of the first prize is Eva Lai who is studying BA (Hons) Fashion Contour. Go Her! The winning designs will feature on the ellesse 50th Anniversary site and will be showed during the ellesse 50th anniversary party in Rome in July 2009. Eva will attend the event in Rome as part of her prize and also receive £1,500 and a fully paid 3 month design-based work placement.


You too could be part of the ellesse 50th anniversary celebrations, win €4,500 and be sent to the ellesse 50th anniversary event where your work will be on display. An opportunity you shouldn’t miss...

All you have to do is create a piece of art or design to commemorate the ellesse 50th anniversary inspired by the brand’s Italian heritage and sporting roots in tennis. The categories for the competition range from fashion and textiles, right through to fine art, sculpture, street art, graphics and digital. Deadline is May 10th and all the details and application form can be found on the ellesse site.

(YSI) George Lenton - Beware / alt link

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Free Package On How 2 B Cool

That's right people curb your anticipation we are finally ready to drop our second official Chrome Kids' Fre-Release. Once again we've teamed up with Daly City for a bumper pack of remixes of Th' Mole track How 2 B Cool.



There were two main types of kids at my school, those who were seen as being cool but grew up to be wife beaters and smack addicts, and those for whom cool was an uphill struggle until they finally left education and blossomed in later life. Th’ Mole might seem at first glance to be neither of these. He’s still very much the kid on the outside looking... well not quite in, but elsewhere… which of course is what makes him hyper cool. Not in a Mark Ronson ‘oh look I’m a little bit nerdy, aren’t I cool’ type way, Th’ Mole is the real deal. But have no fear, you don’t have to rock superhero style spandex outfits or make phat crunked out (and slightly tripped out) music to be cool ‘it’s really not hard there isn’t a trick’. To help you out, Th’ Mole has put together this handy 10 Point program.

10 Ways To Be Cool

1. When you're shopping don't just leave your groceries on the checkout counter while you shop. There are other people in the world besides yourself.

2. When driving, try to stay out of the fast/passing lanes unless you need to be there. You have the ability to reduce a lot of traffic, simply by letting faster cars pass you. When passing do it quickly and then get into a slower lane as soon as possible. (Even if you're at or above the speed limit, let people pass you if they want - you're not the freaking boss of the road!)

3. Tell your parental figures all of the things that you've ever been afraid to tell them, or as many of them as you can stand. Because it will help both you and them to grow.

4. Exercise every day. It keeps you healthy and makes you strong! Also, it will make you feel happier, and then you will be nicer!

5. Don't try to talk to someone while they're performing on-stage. Even if they're just staring at a computer, your intrusion may disrupt their performance. Also, just because someone is rapping on-stage, it doesn't mean that it's an open mic or a battle, so if you aren't scheduled to perform, don't try to.

6. Let your friends, relatives, co-workers, employees, employers, etc. know that you appreciate and/or respect them, whether it is with words, eye contact, hugs, or otherwise.

7. Babies are great, but if you decide to have one then you also have a responsibility. When you're in a restaurant or theatre or something, and that thing starts crying, take it outside. You should have known what you were getting into when you made it.

8. Also about babies, change your child's diaper as soon as it needs it. Don't try to pretend that you don't notice the poop smell, especially when you're in a public place. It's gross and inconsiderate. The same goes for letting your snot-nosed kids run around in public dripping snot all over stuff. We don't want your kid's disease.

9. One final parental note: don't yell at your kids in public. I don't think you should yell at them at home either, but unfortunately that's not my jurisdiction. But when your verbal abuse becomes a public nuisance then you definitely should shut up.

10. Say no to drugs!

Simple really, of course you could just download these remixes of How 2 B Cool by the kind of producers who make Fonzy look like Gordon Brown's brief case:

Ladyscraper who takes a break from his Gabbafied Breakcore excursions to drop a Breaky Dubstep-esque version; and Robot Koch (Jahcoozi / The Tape) who adds a slightly wobblesome bass in an Acid Crunk style - both of which give just the slightest hint of menace to Th’ Mole’s simple message of ‘don’t be mean and never tell lies’, kinda like, be cool, or else!

Download

(YSI) Th' Mole - How 2 B Cool (Ladyscraper Rmx) / alt link

(YSI) Th' Mole - How 2 B Cool (Robot Koch Rmx) / alt link

There’s also a remix from Th’ Mole himself who takes the chill factor down to around Blue Rasberry Slush Puppie plus Album Version Acapella & Instrumental. Don’t forget you can still pick up the original on Th’ Mole’s wonderfully colourful Greatest Hits (Ha Ha Ha) Vol. 1 album out now on Daly City Records.

(YSI) Th' Mole - How 2 B Cool (Th' Mole Rmx) / alt link

and the full package...

(Direct Link) Th' Mole - How 2 B Cool Remix EP (Zip)

Bonus Downloads

Couple of bonuses here too. A special track from Th' Mole as he wanders the plains of Europe in search of some parties to rock.

(YSI) Th' Mole - Dear Europe / alt link



Next up is a fantastic version of the Cher / Nancy Sinatra classic Bang Bang from Blondtron out of Canada, who have taken the instrumental from of our DJ 0.000001 Fre-Release as their base. A practice we wholly support, especially when done as well as this so get working on your own versions of How 2 B Cool people!

(YSI) Blondtron - Bang Bang / alt link

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