Elucid has been hard at work putting the finishing touches to his Super Chocolate Black Simian release which is out 11th January. Here's the first taste and think these are probably our favourite yet, even more menacing, intense, passionate and poetical than usual riding huge productions from Chasing Shadows and DVA. Not sure what type of war we'd ever want to get into, but whatever it is we've found our marching music.

Dream On by E L U C I D

Nigga by E L U C I D

Download: Elucid - Dream On / Nigga

For all those of you snowed in at the moment or simply can't move cos you stuffed yourselves too much over Christmas, here's a bumper blog post of new music that should see your speakers through to the new year in fine style.


First up, if you haven't picked up a copy of the Stagga single 'Genik Riddim' yet, get involved! The track featuring Skamma & Joe Blow from Squid Ninjaz is beastly and the release carries killer remixes from Starkey, Distal and HavocNdeed. Not for the faint hearted though, this is definitely on the grimier side. Here's a copy of the Starkey Remix (Radio Version just in case you want to play it to your mum or jam it on the airwaves).

Download: Stagga feat Skamma + Joe Blow - Genik Riddim (Starkey Remix - Radio Edit) / alt link


Next up is a fresh bootie from our boy Parker. as expected he's smashed it again with a beefed up Glitch hop take on a funk / soul club classic. Shall definitely be jamming this on New Years Eve this year. You can pick up a whole album of remixed classics (including this one) by registering over at Ghetto Funk.

Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady (Parker Remix) by DJ Parker


Central Spillz shall be dropping their long awaited album 'Space Travel' next month. Everything we've heard from it so far is great and to celebrate they're giving away the original version of their rowdy calling card track 'What Ya Know About'.

Download Central Spillz - What Ya Know About / alt link


Been jamming the remix and 'tribute' version of Cassie's 'Skydiver' album hard recently and didn't even realise it's been given away as a free download. Some incredible Future Garage, Post-step, Glitch hop type remixes from the likes of Brackles, Altered Native and The Blessings. Pick up the whole album here or grab a little taster from Lunice and 8Bitch below.

Download: Cassie - Addiction (Lunice Remix) / alt link

Download: Cassie - Me & U (8Bitch Cover) / alt link


We've posted a couple of Kill Light tracks up here before but pretty sure we haven't put this one up yet. It's from their new EP on Black Butter Records and is a great fusion of deep tribal Future Garage vibes and more jump up Funky-esque flavours. Also if you haven't got the Rack N Ruin download from Black Butter yet, grab it here and check out their 'Skanker Riddim' below.

Download: Kill Light - Spitting Feathers / alt link

Skanker Riddim Free Download! by RackNRuin



Foreign Beggars have been killing it this year and their Dented Records label continues to drop top quslity Hip-hop from their extended family also. The latest release is the Brainstorm Mixtape from LDZ (London Zoo) and is probably the best from the crew yet. To be honest we generally check for the guest spots which as always here includes dope spitters such as Dubbledge and Stig but this stands up the whole way through despite being rather too lengthy at 24 tracks.

Download: LDZ - Curryhouse / alt link


Bossasaurus have been on our radar for a while but they have just dropped their first official album and by jove I think they've got it. Thoughtful journeys off the beaten track, epic journeys in space and funk excursions into the future. An all round winner for any fans of Glitch hop, Future Boogie or Instrumental Beats in general and all for free from their Bandcamp page.

Download: Bossasaurus - Light Pollution / alt link

Download: Bossasaurus feat. Robin Gazzara - Dark Days, White Lies / alt link


Some straight up Psycho-step on this Thrills remix from the first release off their new Be Bonkerz label.

xXxXx - Ekko Tech - (Thrills Dubstep Remix) by Be Bonkerz


Back on the laid back and broody vibe, it's been a while since we heard from Inaudible but he's back with this dope double headed Glitch hop / Dubstep release on Bandcamp, which is rather openly entitled 'Feed Me Your Email'. Seems a small price to pay but if you're really not down with joining any kind of mailing list at all then hit him up on Soundcloud and he'll pass you a link anyway.



Download: Inaudible - Carnival


We also got the latest Thugstep mash up from DJ Nappy courtesy of those good fellas over at Rock The Dub.

Download: Hurricane Chris vs. Magnetic Man - A Bay Bay (DJ Nappy THUGSTEP Refix)

Hurricane chris - a bay bay (disc jockey nappy vs. magnetic man THUGSTEP mix) by djnappy


Ghetts has been feeling kinda festive and dropped a new free EP for Grime Daily. You can pick up the whole thing there but here's our choice cut.

Download: Ghetts feat Wiley & Dot Rotten - Spun / alt link


And finally Philly rapper Gilbere Forte drops a little something over N.E.R.D.'s 'God Bless Us All'

Gilbere Forte' - King Tut Freestyle by gilbereforte

It's that time of year again... Merry Christmas to all the blog readers!

As a seasonal bonus, here are some Dubstep/UKG freebies that have put up by various producers... Skream has been a roll with his Freeizm EPs this year, and top off what's been an amazing year for both him and Magnetic Man, he's released a Freeizm LP, containing a selection of sought-after dubs.

DOWNLOAD

Tracklisting:

01. Intro
02. No Ready
03. Cold Outside
04. 10 Bit Dreamz
05. Minor
06. Back From The Zoo
07. Krazy Snares
08. Lightnin VIP
09. Left The Room
10. Commercial SellOut
11. CTO
12. Skwelcha
13. Emotional Shizzle



And if that wasn't good enough, Headhunter aka Addison Groove has decided to give away Footcrab VIP for free as well... The original brought something new to the table with its Juke-influenced 808 drums and chopped vocal samples, and the VIP will be a most welcome addition to DJs' sets.

Download it HERE

Last but not least, legendary UK Garage and House producer Zed Bias has recently liberated a load of lost tracks after stumbling across the DAT tapes.

Zed Bias - 'LOST DATS ARCHIVE' volume 1 (Xmas Giveaway) by zedbias

In his words:

To celebrate a great year I've decided to share a selection of 20 Zed Bias and Phuturistix remixes, rare bootlegs and instrumentals from between 1998 and 2000. About 6 years ago I had lost a box of DAT tapes and randomly found them again this year... these DATs contain all my early recordings and here I've selected some cuts that are unavailable digitally anywhere and I've had them remastered so they are ready for bangin, in the car, in the club or on your ipod.... Enjoy!

Psychonautilus dishes up a dirty 8bit wobbler with this new remix of Th' Mole's classic anti-Christmas track, "Merry Xmas I Have No $".  For all the broke people, this MP3 is free.  Happy holidays!

 Th' Mole - Merry Xmas I Have No $ (Psychonautilus Remix) by magicalbass