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Archive for November, 2010

Tuesday Selection

Cry bitch.

Haterz – Bare

Panther (Zeds Dead remix) – Barletta [ill]

Here Comes the Boom – Zeds Dead [ill]

Rain – Chizzle

Synth Kid – Chizzle

Perfect Pictures – Digital Farm Animals

Winter Blades – Digital Farm Animals [served chilled]

Two Lives (Tek One Remix) – Example

Stay (Millions Like Us remix) – Hurts

Love Cry (Joy Orbison Remix) – Four Tet [served chilled]

BRKLN CLLN – Joy Orbison

Wolfey


Shut The Lights Off | Caspa & Trolley

Slip (Vent Remix) – Opiuo


Relic – Beats Antique

[199 kbps]… [Served Chilled]

Dog Money (Lovemix) – Asbo (Loefah & SGT Pokes ) [Served Chilled]

Korg Back – Guido

[Recommended]

Shut The Lights Off (Caspa & Trolley Snatcha remix) – Adam F & Horx Ft Redman

- tsc


Monday Selection

Kashmir – Noah D & Mensah

Space Apes – LaBrat

Electro Therapy – Krew

Rise (Stressor Remix) – Fish Finger & Hardplace

Cookies – Ecliptik

Between Two Points (feat. Swan) – The Glitch Mob [served chilled]

Fabric – Skream

My Room – Juj [served chilled]

Reptilian MIDI Jazz – DNAE Beats [served chilled]

alh


Friday Selection

Rude Boy – Zeds Dead

Blood On My Hands – Noir

FRZR9000 – 16bit

Hold – Jack Sparrow

Stapleton Road V.I.P. – Mensah

Shaolin Style – Bar 9

Hot Boxing the Cockpit – Shlohmo

Night Light – Dark Sky

Walk – Olie Bassweight

The Kingmaker – Graphics

Heavy In Your Arms (C-Berg remix) – Florence & the Machine

alh


Thursday Selection

Time – Doctor P

Spirit Road (Borgore Remix) – Sluggo & Ultraback

Shut Em Down – Dr. Philth

Schizophrenia – Biometrix

Raw Dogs – Skream

Never Ending – Dismantle

Dirty Harry – Dismantle

Dirty Picture (Cookie Monsta Remix) – Taio Cruz feat. Kei$ha

Brush Fire – Traxione

Also, check out Martin Clark’s latest Dubstep column at Pitchfork Media .  Clark, a.k.a. Blackdown, was one of the very first underground journalists documenting dubstep out of the UK.   Also check out his November show on Rinse FM .

Wolfey


Bassnectar & Datsik

[John Dillinger 1903-34]

But first a little treat from Coma.

ON THE GROUND (COMA Remix) – Tambour Battant [sourcelink]

also…

we now have a dropbox… which means we want to hear your tracks. If you produce, or consider yourself a connoisseur of bass or just happen across a gem, then we encourage you to share your sounds.

..now here’s that Bassnectar Datsik Track. Enjoy.

YES – Bassnectar & Datsik


-tsc


11.24.10

Father Said – 12th Planet & Skrillex


Stay (Groove Armada Remix) – Hurts


Miami 2 Ibiza (Caligula Remix) – Swedish House Mafia

Logical – Reso



Bump – NumberNin6


Death Before Disco – Grimblee


Blankets – Schlomo

-tsc


Sub Antix Interview | Gotta Dance Dirty

(Photo snatched from Squitty Bubbler)

Take a peek here at an interview with Keith Stewart, better known as Sub Antix , from one of our favourite electronic music blogs, Gotta Dance Dirty .

alh


Monday Selection

(Philippe Halsman photography)

Ho! Riddim (Funtcase remix) – Marco Del Horno, Swerve

Zombie (Subvert remix) – The Cranberries

Love (At Dawn We Rage remix) – Felix Cartal

Unleash the Fucking Dada (At Dawn We Rage remix) – Dada Life

Titans – Slugabed

Capsules – Toast

Duppy Rock – Toast

Rock That Body (Skrillex remix) – Black Eyed Peas

alh


Saturday Selection

(Otto Dix. Etchings from Der Krieg . 1924 )

Worms! – Widelows

Broken Glass – Widelows

Wasteland – Black Sun Empire, SPL

Swallow (Funtcase remix) – Crystal Fighters [recommended]

Space Ship (Trolley Snatcha Remix) – Kano

Soldier (Rusko Remix) – The Temper Trap

Skills (Messiah Remix) – Cookie Monsta

Sine Language (Datsik Remix) – The Crystal Method [recommended]

Petty Cash – Document One

I Feel For You – Ajapai, Last Japan

Chewie Center – Subscape

Bare – Bring it Back [recommended]

Wolfey


Burning

Minerva Liberation Society (with Vincent Parker) – Deceptikon


Dissolving In Acid – Deceptikon


Tokyo Burning – Deceptikon


Pro Nails (Rusko Remix) – Kid Sister

…[Classic Dubstep]

Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt (NiT GriT Mix) – DJ Shadow


Gather – Peverelist


Burning – Various Artists

…[Classic Dubstep]

-tscragg


11.18.10

Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique (Tomba remix) – Devnik

Retro Space Battle – Butterfly Crash

Chrome – Butterfly Crash

Gold Dust (Mike Allison refix) – DJ Fresh

Inevitable (Metaphase remix) – Megalodon, Filth Collins

Die For You (JMajik and Wickaman remix) – Cutline

Reploid – Excision & Downlink

Forever – Kaza

Meathead – Flux Pavilion

alh


Nosaj Thing | LIVE

The electronic soundscapes of one of L.A.’s finest will be gracing Vancouver’s Biltmore Cabaret tonight. Jason Chung, better known as Nosaj Thing (No Such Thing), made a name for himself back in June 2009 with the release of his debut LP Drift and ever since has been astounding audiences with his mastery of gloriously haunting, experimental beats. This gifted producer, accompanied by Toro Y Moi and special guests, Jogger are not a trio to be shrugged off so grab a ticket at Zulu, Red Cat or Beatstreet and come with me.

1685/Bach – Nosaj Thing

Fog – Nosaj Thing

Caves – Nosaj Thing

Lords – Nosaj Thing

Reckoner (Nosaj Thing remix) – Radiohead

Lissoms – Toro Y Moi

Freak Love – Toro Y Moi

alh


Wednesday Selection | Who are YOU?

Hello everyone,

We’re really curious to know who has been following us here on Low-Life so please leave a comment (look at the bottom of the post) and tell us who you are!

Stress (Nero Remix) – Justice

Drag On (High Rankin Remix) – Urchins

George Lenton – On Repeat [served chilled.]

Boombox (Datsik Remix) – Bassnectar [gold star]

Buzz Me – Felguk [ravey electro tune]

For download,

NERO – BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix from last friday

BASSNECTAR – BBC Radio 1 Mix from Annie Mac show last friday

Wolfey


11.16.10

All Day – Subscape

Hypnotize You (Nero remix) – N*E*R*D & Daft Punk

It Was Written (Chasing Shadows remix) – Damian Marley

Welcome to Jamrock (Savoy remix) – Damian Marley

Putrid Creature VIP – Stenchman

This Island (Kaza remix) – Pendulum

Far From the Future – Producer Snafu

Technophone – N-Type & The Others

Blue (J.Rabbit & Obsidian remix) – Effel 65

And on a lighter note.

Fax Shadow (Shlohmo remix) – Toro Y Moi

Mbira Spirit – Juj

Steppin’ Up (Nacey remix) – M.I.A.

Glow – Butterfly Crash

Midnight in a Perfect World (Phizicist remix) – DJ Shadow

alh


Future Sound | documenting electronic music in London

Doc looking at electronic music in the UK mostly, featuring Roska, Scratcha DVA, Blackdown, Mark Fisher, and Lisa Blanning, plus footage from a live SBTRKT DJ set.  Check it out here .

Wolfey


Orbs

[ photo by tscragg]

Synkro – Back Then

B.Rich – Everyday Hustle (AC Slater Remix)

Ghetto – Commandments (16bit Remix)

-tscragg


Wobwobwob..

[ photo by tscragg. subject: Andrew]

VibeSquaD – Memberz only


VibeSquaD – This Earth


N-Type & Loefah – Way Of The Dub (Caspa Remix)

[Classic Dub]

Nosaj Thing – Coat of Arms (Boreta Remix)


Broken Note – Mask Of Gas


-tscragg


N-TYPE in Montreal

Check out our footage from N-Type ‘s set at Studio Juste Pour Rire in Montreal last evening here .

Wolfey


Sunday Selection

What is Light Where is Laughter (Skrillex Remix) – Twin Atlantic

Slats Slats Slats – Skrillex

Seventeen (Skrillex Remix) – Casxio

Machine Gun (Amon Tobin Remix) – Noisia

Love Goes Down (Doctor P Remix) – Plan B

Illygirl (Borgore Remix) – MIA

Hands of a Machine – Drift the Dean

Check out Nero’s mix on BBC radio 1′s essential mix from this past friday here .

Wolfey


From the Bassment..

Voices From God – Substep InfraBass


Africa VIP – Caspa & Rusko

…[Classic Dub]

Mr. Chips – Caspa & Rusko

…[Classic Dub]

Punisher – Pinch

Track

21 – Caspa & Rusko

…[Classic Dub]

Wormsign – Garvious

Louder – Caspa & Rusko …[Classic Dub]

Doncamatic (Joker Remix) – Gorillaz


Wonderland (Peace Treaty Remix) – Natalia Kills


Cling – VibeSquaD


And be Sure to check out VibeSquaD’s new EP The Fire

-tscragg.


Tuesday Selection

[ Study for the head of a Screaming Pope by Francis Bacon (1952)]

Wonkap – Gremlin

Sci-Fi – Widelows

Blood On My Hands – NOIR

Creature – Sine Here

Fogs – Kingdom [ Gold Star ]

U Don’t Like Me (Datsik Remix) – Diplo & Lil Jon

Domino – Datsik

Animale (Datsik Remix) – Don Diablo ft. Dragonette [ Gold Star ]

Tremel (Jamie xx Remix) – Glasser [ Served Chilled ]

Wolfey


PRETTY LIGHTS | Glowing in the Darkest Night

Pretty Lights, out of Denver, Colorado, offers groovy bass laden hip-hop beats polished to a blinding shine.  Enjoy these tunes off their latest record Glowing in the Darkest Night .

So Much in the Dark – Pretty Lights

Still Night – Pretty Lights

Drift Away – Pretty Lights

Gazing at the Glare – Pretty Lights

Wolfey


Saturday Selection


We Are – Baitface

Tomorrow – Baitface

Thugs in the Hood – Bare & Messinian

Blue Skies (Flux Pavilion Remix) – Jamiroquai [gold star]

Mr. Kipling – Subscape [gold star]

Wolfey