In The Spotlight – Nujax
Montreal’s Nujax duo have been featured previously on The Mahogany Blog with two big bassline tunes including a Major Lazer remix that really gets your blood curdling.
We’ve got another exclusive In The Spotlight playlist from the pair as well as a dirty new Dead Prez remix!
Dead Prez -- Hip Hop (Nujax Remix) -- download
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Talking Heads -- This Must Be The Place - Buy from iTunes (UK) (US)
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Alan: This meld of light-hearted synth riffs, simple guitar and bass work, and the dissonant vocals of David Byrne make this distinctive new wave gem special. Here’s a cover I did with my friend, Anthony Field, when I was first getting into production…”
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The Clash -- Train in Vain - Buy from iTunes (UK) (US)
Justin: It’s defiantly a grower and it’s more or less a perfect pop song – by The Clash no less. While we produce electro music we try and maintain a pop sensibility tracks. We drop the Discotech remix (which is a club version that leaves the track pretty much intact) all the time!
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Jack Beats -- Get Down - Buy from iTunes (UK) (US)
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Alan: I’d be lying if I said Jack Beats’ new twist on dance music hasn’t inspired me. There’s something about those screeching synth’s and wobbly basses that makes people lose their minds… including my own.
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Mylo – Otto’s Journey - Buy from iTunes (UK) (US)
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Alan: Otto’s Journey was one of the songs that got me hooked on electronic music. For enhanced listening experience, play this ambient techno masterpiece while driving… really fast.
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Cutty Ranks and Diplo -- Dutty Six Pack
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Justin: “This track is sick. The first time I heard it on Diplo’s Top Ranking it really threw me for a loop. On that mixtape it really comes out of nowhere and kicks your ass. When we sit down to make a track we always ask ourselves how we can make it sound really different from what’s out there”
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In The Spotlight is really starting to take off. It’s so nice to hear what they guys listen to as well as their own material!
Stay tuned for the next one!
Off To Bestival!
Another Bestival is just around the corner and it looks like it’s NOT going to a repeat of the horrific wash-out from last year.
Massive Attack, Friendly Fires, A1 Bassline, Major Lazer and Casiokids are just a few of the incredible artists and DJs lined up for the weekend at Robin Hill Country Park plus the pyrotechnic field is being imported from Glastonbury!
As a result there aren’t going to be any posts until Tuesday but we’ll be back with some great stories and hopefully some interviews as well.
Foamo is doing a set over the weekend at Bestival and I’m definitely hitting it.
Dub Pistols – I’m In Love (Foamo Dubstep Remix) – 
Back soon!
Josh Garrels
It’s 4 in the morning and the only thing keeping me going is Josh Garrels.
Arguably, doing anything at 4am apart from sleeping isn’t going to be done well but I need you (if you’re awake) to hear these songs.
I featured one of Josh’s songs earlier in the week after being tipped off by a faithful TMB reader and I’m going to feature him again just in case you missed it the first time
I’m shocked that he hasn’t been picked up by a label like 4AD or Rough Trade – he suits their kind of DIY artist repertoire perfectly. It’s either the fact that he hasn’t been heard by the right person or he’s simply not one for fame and fortune. I hope it’s not the latter because I’d love to see him live in London.
His fourth album Jacaranda has just recently been preceded by a new one titled Lost Animals and you can hear some of the new tracks on his MySpace. For the rest of the week I’m just going to indulge in Jacaranda but I do have every intention of moving to the new one soon.
Season of Rain and Don’t Wait For Me are smart and most of all thought provoking. Not only the lyrical content but the musical arrangements as well as his voice are captivating in every way, shape and form.
Josh Garrels – Season of Rain -
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Josh Garrels – Don’t Wait For Me –
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If you’re going to buy anything this week – buy Jacaranda or Lost Animals.
Let me know what you think.
‘Miike Ronson’
It’s been ages since Mark Ronson has done a remix – considering his debut last album was in essence a bunch of remixes, it’s no doubt he’s primarily focusing on his label and the production of his artists.
He’s clearly taken a liking to Miike Snow (it’s almost impossible not to) and dedicated some of his time to remix one of our favourite tracks from their debut album.
Light reggae and dub sounds with his trademark brass instruments make for one of the best Miike Snow remixes around.
It sounds like he might have had Andrew Wyatt (vocals, Miike Snow) round at his studio some of the melodies sound brand new!
Miike Snow – Animal (Mark Ronson Remix) –
Check out one of our earlier posts on Miike Snow with two incredible tracks from the album.
Remixxed
There are moments in life when all I really want is to be alone, even just for a day or two, and don’t talk to anyone. I don’t pick up the phone, don’t reply to texts or stupid emails, and only go out of my bedroom when my flatmates are asleep.
I can’t blame it on a difficult childhood or a mental health disorder. I just happen to be a rude moody bastard (not really).
I found the perfect soundtrack for those happy and isolated times. They’re called The xx, and I’m sure most of you already heard of them as there seems to more and more buzz about those four disgustingly talented kids. Really enjoying their debut album. It’s calm, quite dreamy and subtle.
There’s an amazingly good mash-up/remix of their Intro, with an extra gangster vibe added to the original tune, it got me hooked.
Check it out below, and watch the video for their single Crystalised.
Biggie vs Tupac vs The xx -- Runnin With The xx - download
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The xx -- Crystalised --
Written by Christian P. (Follow me on Twitter here: Eluard)
Special thanks for STEREO/PASTE for this track!
George Lenton
George Lenton was born in 1941 to a working class family in the muggy, dark streets of East London.
It was only when he was sent to Humphrey Dillingers School for the Musically Gifted that anyone realised how much potential the young lad actually had. It was however a gift and a curse for George discovered an addiction to dirty basslines and massive drops (something unheard of and incredible taboo back in 1953).
Head Teacher Humphrey Dillinger hated this and Lenton was lashed for days for his love of all things musically filthy and it wasn’t long before he was expelled and controversially, ordered to be hanged.
In the days leading up to the hanging George rewired an old radio and managed to steal some piano keys and forged what we now know today as Ableton Live. After a painful night of fiddling and tweaking, the audio file was ready.
As the executioner led him to the podium in the school grounds – the timer on the speakers triggered an almighty sound that, to the untrained ear, caused instant death.
That sound was Dubstep.
As a result Henry Dillinger and the executioners head were made into a squishy pulp by the third drop.
No-one knows what happened from there but the rouge musician continues to distribute his music from an undisclosed location in the UK. He sent his latest creation to us this week. The epic Troll.
George Lenton – Troll – download
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Long live all things musically filthy!
