Dub Pieces

Digital release today. . . Take it as a necessary pick-up if you haven't at alll been involved with these guys sounds before. Next up for 3024 - 2562 12' in December. Whole lotta numbers. Then roll on into 09 for the Martyn full length. I cant even grasp the amount of hours of headphone time that release is going to get. Just listen to 'yet' on his player.


Pips 003 from Appleblims Applepips see's Jus Wan on the buttons with Action Potential/Affletic (on his player) . . I'm not going to classify what exactly it is, but the A side, on first listen, is by far one of the most interesting electronic pieces ive heard this year. Will be watching anything else from this man, and the label, like a hawk.

+ the 3rd installment of Appleblim's rinse podcasts is up.

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Also worth checking. .

Peverelist - Clunk Click Every Trip/Gather - new on punchdrunk

Scuba - Twitch/Upside - Jamie Vex'd & Martyn on the remixes. 2nd and clearly standout interpretation of 'A mutual Antipathy's' album tracks. Out on Hotflush.

& somewhere or other there is a Beat Pharmacy album available for listening.

Thats alll I can think off going off the top. . . Even if you aren't normally a fan of this sound, go out on a limb and at least try a 30 second promo snippet, or a myspace player. . You'l be surprised at how far some of these artists have brought the music.

RA110: appleblim

01. Appleblim - Within Dub (Excerpt) - Unreleased
02. Henry & Louis - Rise Up (Pinch Rmx) - 2 Kings
03. Geiom & Appleblim - Shreds - Unreleased
04. Ramadanman - Humber - Apple Pips
05. 2nd To None - Waterfalls (Peverelist Rmx) - ARMY
06. DLX - Matter of Facts (Breakage Rmx) - Smog
07. White Boi - Tide - Unreleased
08. Martyn - Vancouver - 3024
09. Appleblim - Within Dub (Excerpt) - Unreleased
10. Geiom - Reminissin (Shackleton Rmx) - Berkane Sol
11. Adam Marshall - Chordtracking (Mike Shannon Rmx) - Kuji
12. Jim Rivers - Mirage (Tobias Rmx) - Simple
13. Ican Productions - Orquestra de Ican (Martyn Remix) - Unreleased
14. Radio Slave - Tantakatan (Shed Remix) - Rekids
15. Made Up Sound - D1 - Unreleased
16. Appleblim - Within Dub (Excerpt) – Unreleased

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Dubstep Allstars: Vol. 6

Appleblim on the right.

And he's the guest on the 1's and 2's in the newest edition of the Dubstep Allstars series. In my opinion the whole series to date hasn't been up to much. . there are plenty of other things I'd rather listen too. . like the guest mixes on Mary Anne Hobbs for one. But wherever this man goes, he always seem to appeal. Maybe its something about the sideburns that grow on his neck.

The tracklisting look's interesting to someone like myself, who just tends to keep tabs on the dubstep scene rather than live its every move. Maybe its just 'same old, same old' to the real heads. Who knows. . TL:

01 Peverelist - Gather
02 Peverelist & Appleblim - Circling
03 Pinch feat. Yolanda - Get Up
04 2562 - Moog Dub
05 Martyn - Suburbia
06 Jus Wan - Action Potential
07 2562 - Morvern Dub
08 TRG & Selector Dub U - Harajuku
09 Peverelist - Infinity Is Now
10 Skream - Percression
11 RSD - Pretty Bright Light
12 Mungo's Hi Fi - Babylon
13 Komonazmuk - Bad Apple
14 Komonazmuk & Gatekeeper - Cheeky Herbert
15 TRG - Decisions
16 TRG - Put U Down - Ramadanman Remix
17 TRG - Broken Hearts - Martyn Remix
18 Geiom feat. Marita - Reminissin' - Dubplate Version (Berkane Sol / Dub)

Out June 2nd on Tempa Recordings.

Brownswood Loves...Bass

I couldnt make the first of Gilles & Brownswoods new residency at equally new Eastvillage Club (Shoreditch, London). . I'm still slightly bitter, I won't lie.

My new friend Dayo breaks it down for you all. .

Gilles’ gig last night at East Village conjured up images of his old Bar Rhumba nights for some reason. I sense something big in the offing for him at East Village. It’s always nice when you can get your core crowd out (especially on a Thursday night) and he did just that. What a night!

As you all know East Village has just recently opened and it is very apparent that the management want to cater for clubbers who care about music; the state of the art sound system in place is bound to give eargasm.

Gilles was gradually building his set when I arrived - and it was great timing me for as well, because my tune of the night was just ‘rolling’ in: The Rebirth “This Journey In”. I've often said that Gilles is very adept at communicating with his hardcore dance floor audience. This was Gilles telling us that summer is around corner. A summer siren tune if ever there was one. It blew everyone away last night. And I’ll tell you another tune that got heads bobbing last night: Catalyst feat. Spacek “How About Us”. No exaggeration, I spotted EVERYONE head nodding and dancing when Gilles dropped this one. BIG TUNE. simple. And let me just say, right here right now: a definite contender for my tune of 2008.

And if you like, Gilles just set the high standards for the rest of the night - he dropped pure tune after tune after tune. Loved it when he played “Thank You Jesus” - yes Gilles. And how lush did Leon Haywood’s “Long As There’s You I Got Love” sound?. There were a lot of ‘old’ soul bwoys in the joint last night and I spotted their grin of approval when it was playing. An ALL-OUT ravers tune. Gilles also gave us some jazz, and I tell you what, that new oz version of “I Bet You Thought I wouldn’t Find You” is the bonkers. The dance floor went mad for it. Even Heidi was moving hard to it.

Then Gilles started to bang it. And by then, the PACKED dance floor was going into overdrive. Linkwood Family’s “Piece of Mind” blew everyone away (love the way they cut up Leo’s Sunships’s “I’ Back For More” on this one). Just shading it as my banger of the night was: Quality Control “Slippin’” - I almost missed a step on the busy dance floor when Gilles dropped this one. PROPER HOUSE - and a very clever cut up of War’s classic. Gilles P - take bow.

And then Gilles gave way to the very lovely DJ Moni. And I don’t know about you guys, but I thought she did really well - all things considered. UK dj’ing debut and all that! The crowd thinned out a bit after her first couple of tunes; but the mark of a good dj is to start from scratch and re-engage the floor. And she did just that! By the time I was leaving (had to be at work very early this morning), the busy dance floor had been reinstated. DJ Moni, now in her element, was dropping some deep deep house numbers - including one of my current faves - which was playing as I said my goodbyes: The Linkwood Family “RIP”. No joke, I was tempted to stay on when she dropped this one. Love this to the bone. And I would love to know the one she played before the Linkwood track. Proper deep. Blew me away. Big up DJ Moni (and her mate). Please come back soon. Respect. I love honeys from the states - they are always smiling - unlike some of our ‘screwface’ London girls - LOL!

Upstairs:

It wasn’t that busy upstairs - which is kind of understandable if you have a super star DJ downstairs (with photographers in tow) - naturally everybody wanted to check Gilles out. But that’s to take nothing away from Ross Allen and Thristian who both did a sterling job upstairs. I sneaked upstairs a few times (you’ll know what I’m like) and they were dropping some corkers. Thristian (nice one rudebwoy) played some wicked dubstep. Might have to text him for details. And the mighty Ross Allen (a pleasure to finally meet you sir) was dropping the living disco. I’m really back into my disco at the minute (music from my yoot) and so it was only natural that I should completely lose it when Ross played Candido “Dancing and Prancing” - HOW wicked did that sound again last night??? Love love love that! Original Acid Jazz music. But my tune of his set was this Kathy Diamond thing he played. He told me it was a little Maurice Fulton thing. I tell you what, I don’t know what I’ve been listening to all this while. Need that! Ross Allen always pulls them out - Full Respect!

BIG NIGHTTTT!!!

Gilles P - Give thanks! Respect.

A big thanks to him . . going to try and hold him down for this type of thing consistently. An impeccable taste in music, and very engaging when he writes.

EDIT: SHOULD REALLY SHOUT OUT THE CLUB AT SOME POINT TOO. . . By all accounts it looks like its going to be something special. Very suave set up and the web site matches. www.eastvillageclub.com

Ha**s Rules

Skulldisco keep on knocking me over with that sound.
Definetely suggest you get in on them if you like your dubs/drum and bass or just something a little bit different. Go check them out over at BoomKat...

Here's Shackleton playing a live mini set in store somewhere.. definetely taken with the middle eastern sound. Excuse the smuck with the camera.