Oh well, it works just the same. I’ve been feeling some of the new upbeat Dubstep stuff lately. Here’s something that’s been out a while from the Tempa label, and you can get the 12″ here.

V3 - Risin.mp3 (direct link)

Just yesterday my friend Xenia was talking about how she believes that Balkan music contains some secret element which makes urban people dance despite their wishes. I suspected it was just good clean fun, but she has a theory that Balkan music combines elements of traditional folk sounds with urban energy. She might have something there. I recall Momus getting obsessed with the idea of Urban-Folk ages ago, and my most recent trip to NYC -where the freak-folk movement evidently became a way of life- certainly backs that up. So what to do when an Angolan Kuduro producer DJ Znobia makes a track with (what I think is) a Balkan band sample? Well, um,  post that shit yo!

DJ Znobia - Ta Ai.mp3 (direct link)

Just watching Scarface and reminded me of this…

Dunno if you’ve seen this or not, but it’s awesome, funny, weird and made by Dan Deacon.

Wow Berlin, you didn’t disappoint in sheer scale of insanity last night, despite the super fucking-cold temps. This picture snapped this morning, unaltered, just on 1 street corner. Imagine that heap above multiplied by 30,000 and you start to get a bit of an idea just how crazy it is every year here. Wow…

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE!!!!!

It’s not only because M.I.A. has 24 MILLION myspace friends. It’s not because the song got nominated for a freakin Grammy. It’s not because it broke through to mainstream radio and was supported by Jay-Z and god-knows how many other celebs. It’s not because the wikipedia entry is longer for this one song than the post for Pamphylia.  It’s not because everyone has blogged about it to death and back. And it’s not because both of them are really fucking cool people. No! Well, yeah, actually YES - all those things help certainly. But it’s for the simple reason that Paper Planes is a fucking incredible song, one that immediately hypes you up, has an awesome beat, awesome samples,  great lyrics, and come on the chorus has GUN SHOTS and CASH REGISTERS! WOW!  This 2008 toast is for you!!!

M.I.A. - Paper Planes.mp3 (Zshare)

I’m pretty sure this will not be the last post for 2008! My mate and main host from this blog, Dj Donna Summer will conclude this beautiful year by a great one! But as i was just finishing to hear LIMPING BOY JONAS’s last mix, i decided to share it for your pleasure…The Limping Boy Jonas is playing alongside Eagle Boston or make the sound of OP:L BASTARDS and ANNIE but is also one of the main guy behind the New Judas label and his an amazing producer (responsible for Le Corps Mince de Françoise crispy pop tropical sound). And now it is confirmed is he a brilliant mixtaper!

LIMPING BOY - NEWYEARS (2008-2009) - MIX.mp3

Tracklist in comment!

Have all a wicked NYE and see you in 2009!

In my opinion there’s no artist who had a single greater impact than Fake Blood.  I think you can hear a visible difference in club music before and after his “arrival”. His use of more Rave oriented sounds and break beats mixed with the harder electro synths and weirder fidget sounds has really changed the whole scene. When he was just showing up the “banger” side-chained sound was getting a bit too easy to copy, and well, the quality of tracks was going down, but now more people are trying to creatively sample and chop things which can only make things better. His anonymity campaign also really paid off for him with tongues wagging his true identity to be soulwax and/or any number of famous producers. But perhaps his best moments of the year were his own two original tracks, “Mars” and “Blood Splashin / Fake Blood Theme” which are simply 2 of the fucking best tracks anywhere in any scene. Absolutely top-rate-fist-pumping-pogo-inducing jams. Here they are with a few other favorites.

Fake Blood- Blood Splashin /Fake Blood Theme.mp3 (direct link)

Fake Blood- Mars.mp3 (mediafire)

Underworld - Ring Road (Fake Blood Remix).mp3 (direct link)

The Kills - Cheap And Cheerful (Fake Blood Remix).mp3 (direct link)

It’s time for year end wrap ups so from now to new years I’ll be posting my best of year thoughts.

Jokers Of The Scene, probably my single favorite act of 2009, are two dudes from Ottowa Canada. They showed up strong in 2007 and throughout Y28 they kept it coming solidly. I first gave their NLLR Dj mix a listen when it came out in the spring, and I have to admit that at first I didn’t really get it. Their style seemed a bit to housey, a bit too normal even. But don’t be deceived! JOTS are artists. They are pushing the boundaries and toying with what sounds represent. Their tracks keep getting longer, more structural, their sounds more nuanced. Traces of Baile Funk, Bmore, Dubstep and old-school Rave keep showing up in unexpected places. Probably the best example of all this is the mammoth “Baggy Bottom Boys”. Fighting for the top track of the year in my mind, it’s got easily the biggest buildup of the year complete with fake-crowd noise and a piano stab that fills even the most gruff raver with a sense of hope. Here it is, one of my favorite tracks of the year!

Jokers Of The Scene - Baggy Bottom Boys.mp3 (direct link)

And here’s another one of their mixes that’s super freakin awesome:

Jokers of the Scene mix for MISHKA - Keep Watch Vol.1.mp3

see you there for the last great party of 2008!!!!!

Somehow, this here little blog is getting some decent traffic these days. I’m guessing it’s because we post up awesome music and people love to catch a glimpse of the hunky Birthday Party Crew… But we were happy to get a completely random email from I’m So Look You this week. I’ll let her introduce herself:

I am a female DJ muranao play in Nagoya, Japan.
I am a member of the electro unit named I’m So Look You.
Could you introduce “last Christmas (Wham! cover)” that I made to your reader of the blog?
It is a stocking filler from me.

God I love the Japanese English…  So she’s also running a blog, it’s in Japanese and looks like she’s just getting started, but we love us some Japanese culture, so any of your producers from over there, drop us a line!

I’m So Look You  - Last Christmas (MP3) (Zshare)

Awww… Did she get a kitty for Christmas? Is it second hand? Maybe the Tomb Crew will get you one for Xmas if you were a good kid this year…

Tomb Crew - Jingle Hells Bells remix 320.mp3 (direct link)

And if that’s not enough (is one track ever enough?) here’s an actual mini-mix with nuttin but Xmas served up Bmore style from Tommy kid of Chateau Lateuf! AHHH! Will be perfect for your drunken Christmas rave parties you have planned tonight!

Chateau Lateuf - Christmas  Minimix.mp3 (direct link)

Merry Christmas everyone! Have fun today!

Well hello there, Xmas girls! We just dropped by the ol’ Yule Log to pass out a few fun Xmas tracks for you and the whole lady gift-giving gang.  I’ve scoured the tubes to find these, what I consider to be the best Xmas mashups for you, our best friends in the whole wide world.

Velvet Santa.mp3 (direct link)

Christmas In Boston.mp3 (direct link)

Wonderful Christmastime (Rhythm Scholar Kringle Kut Remix).mp3 (direct link)

We’ve had a great 2009 with you all, and here’s a toast to a good 2009! May your holiday bury you in a flurry of confetti!

Ok, that’s just a cool picture. It has nothing to do with Rusko or his super awesome Essential Mix on the BBC! It’s true, I was not a lover of dubsetp in the past, no, in fact I was what one called a “hater”. But I hate no more on Dubstep, why? Because they quit being nerdy downers and starting bringing the fucking PARTY! Yeah, I guess Rusko is part of the new school dubstep crew which is bringing upbeat dance vibes to heavy, chainsaw bass. So even if you too are or have been a hater (Ah hem, Sly1?) take a listen to this and get tha fuck down!

Rusko - Essential_Mix Sat-12-13-2008.mp3 (direct link from BBC)

My label, Nightshifters, wants to wish you and yours a Merry New Year and a Happy Christmas!

Here’s a kick-ass bassy-wobbly dance floor jam in glorious 320 to celebrate:

Hostage - Ain’t No Man.mp3 (direct link)

Thanks everyone! Was a nice night last night! Confetti- music- smoke- a room full of birthday girls and even some sparklers! AH! (photographic proof above!) Picts are up at our Flikr site right ‘cheer!

As we hinted at before, we’re gonna take a little winter break until march and then we’ll be coming back bigger, stronger, and yes, with EVEN MORE CONFETTI! Of course, we’re gonna keep bloggin up kick-arse tracks, so no change there…

TONIGHT IS THE LAST BIRTHDAY PARTY OF 2008!!! YOU BETTER COME AND GET CRAZY AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS BECAUSE IT WILL BE AWESOME AND WE WILL NOT DO ANOTHER PARTY UNTIL MARCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Birthday Party Berlin:
December 20th - TONIGHT!
Berghain Cantina
Party Catani
Duran Duran Duran
The Birthday Party Crew: Unkle T, Mr. ouzo, OhBoyGeorgeMichelJacksonPollack, Sly1, Lil Jean, and Dj Donna Summer!

Séduit!

Le Corps Mince de Françoise & Norman Palm - Ray Ban Glasses (Winter Mix)

To wait till tomorrow’s last birthday party (that’s right fellas, birthday party berlin stops monthly parties - we will bring you less but even more awesome parties next year!) here’s a little mix I recorded on the fly  last night for fun. most of the tracks are taken from the set I did at the last Dry Guillotine (with proxy, das glow, felix cartal and les gillettes)

Tracklist after the jump.

Sly1 - wasting wastedness

the picture above is from the decapitator, an artist who remove the heads from major adverts around town, replacing them with ghastly, gory stumps.  pretty cool stuff :)

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Did we mention there’s a Birthday Party TOMORROW???? No, we couldn’t have. It slipped past us somehow… haha

Anyway, come and get Confettized! Yes, we know it’s not a word, but it conveys a certain feeling anyway.  And look at that picture! It’ll be better than that, even more insane- and it can be YOU standing there with a cat mask on! Yes! YOU could be hearing the most awesome sets by Duran Duran Duran and Patric Catani! YES! You could be teh one vomiting in the corner at 8Am! YES! Don’t miss out on all the fucking F>U>N!

INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!!

Here’s another track by the most awesome The Squire of Gothos. Their RAVE LORD E.P. (electrostimulation records) available here at Juno.

The Squire Of Gothos - Sandpaper Riddim.mp3 (direct link)