Sky Surfing single with remixes from Benga, Ross Orton + DJ Q out 31 August 2010 on Ninja Tune

Brand new video here

Toddla T comes absolutely busting out of the traps for his very first single for Ninja Tune/Girls Music. On a recent trip to Jamaica to collaborate with Major Lazer, Mr T found himself alone in the legendary Tuff Gong Studios in Kingston. Who should wonder in but the one-and-only Wayne Marshall who asked Toddla to play him some rhythms. As soon as he heard the beat which would become “Sky Surfing” he told the Sheffield whizz kid to hit RECORD.

The result is the hyperactive club smasher “Sky Surfing,” which runs through a million styles from dancehall to jump up hip hop to cheesy rave and makes them all sound as fresh, as squelchy and as downright fun as they ever have. Marshall himself sounds utterly revitalised by this genre-crusher, chatting and singing with equal ease and thoroughly enjoying this “JA-UK connect.” A blast of good time energy summed up in its title, “Sky Surfing” is set to go stratospheric.

The madness that is Sheffield’s OFF ME NUT RECORDS has gone viral. Be sure to check out their forthcoming releases from label loonies The Squire of Gothos, Dankle, The Moova, Fidel Cashflow, Chocolate Boy and other musical mental patients.

Over a year in the making, Nightshifters is proud to release a massive new EP by New York City’s own Proper Villains! “Big Top” is about as big as you can go, complete with swervey bass, air horns galore, ghetto claps and even some of that most coveted of rave resources – the piano breakdown! Yes, this is perfect for the festival season and if this don’t get those filthy ravers going, then nothing will.

The title track, “Big Top”, is a rolling bass-house masterpiece with massive undulating bass under horn stabs and wait -is that Ozzy? “Music Takes Me Up” keeps the rave going with an uplifting synth-line that lifts the roof right off the club. But it’s the track “Rave Juice” that will surly give you flashbacks of them old-school piano vibes all the way. We round out the release with “Sick Like” a hot as hell heaving rumbler that fits perfectly between old-school and new, UK and Detroit, house, dubstep, and jungle. Oh hell yeah, it’s that-kind of beast.
And to compliment the original tracks are a suite of remixes from producers around the world that push “Music Takes Me Up” in totally different directions – just like we like it. The collective known as C.R.S.T. from Wales strips the original down and gives it an eerie tech vibe – very deep. Representing Chicago and Ghetto Division comes MaddJazz with his marching snares and UKF flavors with a touch of Bmore. Edu K from Brazil has been heating up the scene lately and here he delivers a sort of double-time minimal joint with piano stabs and scads of swing. And last but most assuredly not least is the epic remix by Philly’s Emynd, a complete flip of the original with a classic Philly soul backbeat and horns-a-plenty.

Buy the FULL EP at the following digital distributors:
Juno Download:
iTunes
Beatport

http://soundcloud.com/proper-villains
http://www.nightshifterslabel.com

The fact that Columbus’s HOT MESS are not biggest dance act in the world right now is mind-blowing. Much like another Kellz favorite, The Squire of Gothos, HOT MESS‘s production remains on par, and often topping, all of the big names in dance music, and yet when I say “Have you heard of Hot Mess?” people think I am talking about Lindsay Lohan or something just as absurd.

Well that’s about to change.

I am making it a personal crusade to get the word out about HOT MESS. Much like how Conan O’Brien successfully campaigned to have DIRTY DANCING re-released over ten years ago, I want Hot Mess to be synonymous with Crookers, Fake Blood, Benga, Rusko and yes, even the Beatles. So in an effort to launch this “GLOBAL MESS” campaign, here’s a post of EVERYTHING I have found by HOT MESS over the past six or seven months.

DJs – go rinse the shit outta these tunes cause they are ALL at 320kpbs.

Promoters – contact Brandon&MJ at HouseHold and book Hot Mess in your city. Thanks to the House Hold family, Hot Mess are going to be at WMC this year. This might be the first step to their global explosion (I hope).

World – LET’S MAKE THIS HAPPEN. The “GLOBAL MESS” campaign is ON!!!

Go to the HOT MESS blog to grab their mixes & keep up on everything messy

The Murkle Man returns, showing a very different side to his musical character than that displayed on “Party Animal.” Produced by Rapid (best known for his work with Tinchy Stryder) this bass-heavy, grimey, electronic production is the perfect platform for Jammer to strike back at the itty-bitty, wannabe grime stars who spend their time online giving the metaphorical middle finger to anyone more successful than them. That this is achieved with a fair amount of humour and the use of the occasional outlandish put down (“I’m a Lambo/You’re just a Z3”) is testament to a recording artist who keeps on striving to make better music rather than looking for an excuse to – metaphorically or otherwise – shank someone.

Remixes come from West Coast beatmaster Lorn (part of Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder crew) and Brighton-based d&b duo, The Prototypes. Lorn takes the original and turns it into hard, dustep-influenced hip hop. The Protoypes, meanwhile, first slow down Jammer’s vox and then speed them up for an arena-crumbling drum ‘n’ bass workout.

Jahmek Power aka Jammer is one of the true pioneers of the grime scene. A builder of bridges and peacemaker rather than a loose cannon, Jammer is one of the few people in London who can count both Dizzee Rascal and Wiley amongst his friends and who has worked with Jay Sean, Kano, Tinchy, Chipmunk, Boy Better Know and just about everyone else, underground and overground. And if none of them have a bad word to say about him, that’s because, at heart, Jammer believes more in music than he does in ego.

“Better Than” should be enough to remind people that, contrary to current trends, you don’t have to rap about selling drugs and killing folk to be real. All you have to do is let your character shine through.

Jammer – Better Than – Single out on Big Dada (15th March)

New video for “Better Than”

The album “Jahmanji” will be out on 14th June.

Check out this BRILLIANT video for cockrockin’ shifter, DJ DONNA SUMMER‘s new track, “Raw”, off his forthcoming Nightshifters E.P. of the same name.

The 10-track RAW E.P. features a series of DJDS originals and remixes from BOK BOK , NOISE FLOOR CREW, Sonido Del Principe , and HOSTAGE. Until the E.P. drops, peel back your lids to the “Raw” video.