Italian House maestro Solo dropped us his February mix. We’re still not quite sure how we feel about the word ‘Midget’ but we do know this mix is amazing – vibes! Solo tells us he’s been locked in the studio for the last month working on his next EP and ’some new projects’ (we asked but he wouldn’t tell) before his Australian tour. So stay tuned and, for all those of you ahead of the curve, go check Solo on SoundCloud.
Mix For Thepop.Com by Reecha on Mixcloud
Dirty Canvas and No Hats No Hoods (its associated label) boss man Reecha put together this mix for POP magazine, featuring a selection of tracks forthcoming on the label as well as some of the most sought after dubs of the moment. With releases and remixes coming from Redlight, Untold, Tempa T, SRC, Mosca and Dok Daneeka amongst others we’ll certainly be keeping tabs this year. You can catch Reecha at Chew The Fat! Meets Dirty Canvas this Friday (February 12th).
Reecha is kindly offering one Fat! reader a Pars R Us t-shirt, as seen Tempa T’s infamous ‘Next Hype’ video (watch it here). To win simply e-mail club@thefatclub.com, subject line ‘Next Hype’, with your t-shirt size and something that will make us smile. Go!
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Rox - My Baby Left Me (DC Breaks Remix)
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New Rough Trade signing Roxanne Tataei aka Rox is sure to cause a stir with her radio friendly originals (watch the video) though it is the remix packages that have got us all excited. We’ve been enjoying the DC Breaks and Guido remixes of her first single ‘No Going Back’, now she returns with ‘My Baby Left Me’ and yet more quality remixes. Once again enlisting the talents of DC Breaks who are proving to be something of an unstoppable force, plus The Wideboys, Arms (one half of Ear Dis) and the legendary Terror Danjah the result is so much better than your usual indie-by-numbers release.
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Massive Attack - Paradise Circus (Breakage’s Tight Rope Remix)
When Bristol pioneers Massive Attack come with new material it is time to stand up and take note. ‘Heligoland’, their fifth studio album will be released February 9th after a seven year absence. We’ll avoid the ‘worth waiting for’ cliché, suffice it to say the long awaited and much rumored ‘LP5′ is a triumph. Pre order the album here. You can stream all the remixes on their Facebook page (simply become fan) and download Breakage’s excellent Dubstep remix right here.
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Co-founder of the institution that is Rinse FM and former member of Pay As You Go Cartel Geeneus has offered up four previously unreleased tracks for free. Go read his Twitter to find a link to the full package. Also download the amazing ‘Yellowtail VIP’ he gave away earlier this year ahead of Rinse’s 15th birthday celebrations. You can catch Geeneus playing alongside Plastician and Foamo in the main room at Chew The Fat! Meets Dirty Canvas next Friday (February 12th). We recommend you go listen to ‘Ultrafunkula’, a twisted slice of Funky featured on Bleep and photographer Shaun Bloodworth’s ‘North/South/East/West’. Read about the project here.
Your Niece - Z-Shed Mixtape 07 (MediaFire)
We are very happy to welcome back our favourite bass-bin crawlers, the Z-Shed gang. Hosting the second room at Chew The Fat! Meets Dirty Canvas (Friday February 12th) Mumdance, Raffertie and Randomer step up to rattle the speakerboxes. Z-Shed resident Your Niece has cobbled together this ramshackle mixtape for your aural pleasure. This kid doesn’t mess about, Beastie Boys intro, Lazer Sword and Snoop Dogg all rolled into one hefty serving. Oh and in case you didn’t know Your Niece smells of hammers.
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Annie Mac & Hostage – Essential Mix
This weekend BBC Radio One hijacked Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, as queen of Friday night Annie Mac and local hero Alan Hostage stepped up for a two hour session featuring some of the biggest, baddest and bassiest tracks about. Broadcasting live from Sugarbeat (complete with Scottish chants and all) the first live Essential Mix of 2010 ‘does exactly what it say on the tin’. Essential listening, though we did need a little quiet time after putting it on the stereo first thing Monday morning. Hostage’s ‘Valhalla’ is out now on Nighshifters. You can find the full release here and download the original for nowt.
‘Tongue Riddim’ Remix Parts (zShare)
In the same week as Baobinga & I.D. announced their free album project (read part one of I.D.’s ‘Diary of a Free Album’ here) Baobinga decided to unleash the full quality remix parts for ‘Tongue Riddim’, the first release on his own Build Recordings label. This is not a competition, just download the parts, have fun and send them the results. How very web 3.0… seriously we think it’s a great idea. While you’re waiting for that mammoth download listen to the second Build release, Baobinga’s ‘Ride It’ backed with a very serious remix from Untold.
Too many men? Too many dicks on the dancefloor? Not at Fat! We’re consistently impressed by the number of girls in attendance and we know you party harder than us. So when we realised (obviously it was a well calculated marketing plan and we don’t forget about these things) that Chew The Fat! fell on Valentine’s weekend we decided to run a competition for the fairer sex. It’s just like Wimbledon Ladies Championship. Only a bit different…
Mumdance - The Dadrock Mixtape Episode 1 (MediaFire)
To commemorate the first in a series of fortnightly posts for the folks over at Mad Decent, Mumdance has dropped something a bit different in the form of ‘The Dadrock Mixtape’. OK so it’s it’s not exactly ‘Dadrock’, although he has promised a drivetime classics mixtape, any of you who watched skate videos growing up will love this. For those of you who have only ever watched DVDs (we hope that’s not possible), think Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater soundtrack for the VHS generation. Check Mumdance’s column/ego trip for further reading on all the bands and grab the full version of his Gucci Mane remix while you’re there. He’ll be playing in the second room, hosted by Z-Shed, at Chew The Fat! Meets Dirty Canvas on Friday February 12th.
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