We would like to say a very special thanks to Beatservice for letting us host the exclusive first play stream of ‘Monica’ from Elektrofant’s ‘1992’ LP. We previously reviewed this excellent LP here suffice to say that it perfectly captures the spirit of one of the best years of dance music ever.

‘Monica’ is a prime example of what’s to love about this album. Prepare to be taken back to the era of groups and artists like Altern 8, SL2 & Inner City, Take in the rolling soundtrack of Detroit Techno synths and raw UK style breakbeats interspersed with Todd Terry circa 92′ 4×4 kicks and 303 acid stabs. Be sure to check out the rest of the LP too, get it from Beatport, Traxsource, iTunes & Spotify

Elektrofant ‘Monica’ Premiere Stream

Hello folks, back after a brief break last month, I am back with the Juicebox Sessions. This time I welcome Ed Steele on the guest slot. Ed first caught my attention with his eye popping releases on Census Sounds and i was curious to hear one of his mixtape. His progressive, tech sounds fitted the show perfectly!

From me, it’s underground house, techno and breaks mixed together in my signature style. Expect big, chunky, uplifting beats mixed in perfect harmony <3

Fifties:

1. Jean Bacarreza – Who is Hanna?
2. Todd Terij & The Olsens – Disco Circus (Dan Tayler Remix)
3. Kyle Watson – The Cone
4. Peace Division – Eh Oh Um Dungeon (Meat’s Break Meat Mix)
5. Kosheen – Hide U (Future Funk Squad Remix)
6. Nick Behramann – Lost Transfer
7. Meat Katie & Dopamine – Believe in me (Ben Coda Remix)
8. Vitalic – Obey
9. Simon Shackleton – Angelhead (SS’s 2015 Re-Fresh Mix)
10. Mace – Jungle (Plump DJs Remix)
11. Jamie Xx – Gosh (Left Right Refix)
12. Stanton Warriors & AC Slater – Dig Deeper Ft Eva Lazarus (New York Transit Authority Remix)
13. Static Revenger – Happy People (rrotik Remix)
14. Patrick Topping – Taking Libz
15. Emanuel Satie – Come as you are
16. Matador – The Enemy (Feat. Felix Da Housecat)
17. Stephan Bodzin – Tron
18. The Chemical Brothers Ft. Beck – Wide Open (Joe Goddard Remix)
19. Bruce Springsteen – Dream Baby Dream (Unknown Remix)

Ed Steele:

1. Ed steele – Into
2. Minilogue – Olgar B
3. Gui Boratto – Arquipelago
4. Marc Romboy – Atlas
5. M.A.N.D.Y & Bookashade – Body Language
6. DJ Fudge & Kiko Navarro – So Tight
7. Midland – Double Feature
8. MollonoBass & Ava Asante – Der Traumtanzer – Gorge (Remix)
9. Paride Saracen – Fly With Me
10. Rodskeez – 22 Dollar Chorus
11. Kevin Saunderson – Womp It (Gene Farris Re Rub Dub Mix)
12. Zoo Brazil & Obsession – Pastil – Marco Lys Remix
13. Klankarbeit – Problem Child – Original Mix
14. Fearback – Paneoh (Remix)
15. Pig & Dan – Eagles from Space (Alt Mix)
16. Kirsty hawkshaw – Fine Day (James Holden Mix)
17. Evil Nine – Music

We are very pleased to share an exclusive interview with Gorilla Complex and a premiere stream of his awesome new track ‘Welcome To The Bass Jungle’, read on to learn more about his animalistic style of bass music…. 

Tell me a little about Gorilla Complex?

Gorilla Complex is a well thought out project. The dance floor has always seemed like an animalistic place to me, and as I wanted to create heavy bass music, a gorilla seemed to fit with the big, strong nature of the sound.

All my tracks contain elements based around this animalistic theme. The slightly dark and evil tone is consistent throughout and the animal theme is also represented in the artwork and track names. I call it ‘Animalistic Bass Music’.

How would you describe your production style?

I barely use synths now. Over the years, I have built up a big sample library. I mess with audio FX and automate pretty much every parameter until it sounds interesting. I also record all my own vocals and re-pitch them with Melodyne. After every tune,

I add the new sounds to my sample library to re-use in the future. So it’s an ever-growing palette to work from. I’ve played guitar for years, which helps with the melodies and chord structures as well.

Who were your major influences in terms of music production?

Noisia are probably the artist that I aspire to the most. The Prodigy are up there as well. These guys are legends, innovators and unique in many ways. You don’t get many artists with their credibility and longevity.

What does the future hold for you?

I don’t want to conform to a genre, but the next 3 or 4 releases are all Bass House. I am also working on a few Trap and Drum & Bass tunes with some great vocalists as well.

I want to create some crazy animal themed live shows as well at some point. Imagine a nightclub with everyone dressed up as animals. Could get some inflatable bananas to throw out into the crowd as well!

If you could work on a track with anyone from now or way back when, who would it be?

Loads of people come to mind. Maybe Sampha or Yukimi Nagano, the singer from Little Dragon. These two have such interesting voices and so much character. I think we could make something really unique. Or Foreign Beggars because those guys always deliver.

And if you could remix any tune of your choice, which one would you choose and why?

Jungle book or Lion King – I would do it but it wouldn’t stay on Soundcloud for long with their tight copyright laws, unfortunately.

Are there any unfulfilled goals or aspirations of yours musically?

I’m also hoping to release on Black Butter or MTA records in the future and I’m hoping to get some support from UKF. I’m a big fan of theirs so hopefully, I can make this happen.

Could you offer a bit of advice for an up and coming producer?

Define your style, your purpose and find a way to be unique. And also make sure you can summarise yourself in one sentence. Easier said than done, but if you can do this, you are on the right track.

Any final words?

Welcome to the bass jungle!

Listen to the premiere stream of ‘Welcome To The Bass Jungle’ below and download the track for free Here

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Gorilla Complex Exclusive Interview & New SIngle Premiere Stream

I posted a Tar3D mix a while back (Click HERE), this is Volume 4 of his Summer Heat Sessions an original DJ mix of Breaks and Bass with some new tunage put together in a tidy little package. Get listening !

Each week we will aim to curate some of the best dance music in easily accessible Soundcloud playlists and short to the point reviews. Let’s look at some top House Music tracks out right now…..

Snazzy Trax is a great artist who produces in the classic 90’s Garage/House style and also runs a label under the same name. Check ou this gorgeous groove by them free from the Spira Music channel.

Rising star Ash Lay joins Swerve Digital for a slammer of a techno track free to download. Gawp & Gymbo have a 3 track release out on Cheap Thrills. The three tracks combine Tech and Bass House styles for devastating dance floor effects

From the US, DJ M3 has three awesome House tracks with a tough 90’s rave twist. Tom Luka has a 3 track EP currently on pre-order and coming soon on the MVMT imprint. Deep and enchanting, all 3 tracks truly stand out from vast pool of House Music right now

Skapes has another certified weapon up for a free download on the House N’ House channel. Conducta warms us up for his next release with a pure slice of oldskool UKG up for free download

Pablo Del Monte shines some sun on our Ray Bans with a tropical themed slice of deep vocal house, it’s lovely! Apollo 84 pounds the drums for a tough refix of Krankbrother ‘One Eyed Jack’ on limited free download

YADE & Glen Coombs team up for the super chugger ‘Rock Like That’ also up for free. Lovra ‘No One Knows’ is taken from the latest Get Twisted compilation and it’s truly wonderful! Hilton Caswell has a tasty new release on Simma Red filled with deep growling basslines, cowbells and 303s.

Cal Johnstone goes to town with a drum machine and produces the excellent ‘Chronic Beat EP’ out now on Simma Black.

Tough Love light up the summer with a fresh new vocal house heater ‘Like I Can’, get your singing voice on for this one!! Armada Music remaster and re-release Fatboy Slim fave and classic house track ‘Happy People’ by Static Revenger

DJ PP & Jack Mood unleash a piano weapon called ‘Has To Be Done’. Unorthodox ‘Thunderbolt’ is one of the four fire beats on Nothing Else Matter EP ‘Fire Beats!’

J Worra’s ‘Wonderful’ is quirky, bass weighty and well, wonderful! Bezem ‘What I Want’ is a super chunky House stomper free on the Spira Music channel (check out all the other free tracks on Spira Music, it’s the best house music channel on Soundcloud)

And we finish with some gnarly mid 00’s style Niche/Bassline from DJ Q, check out the drop halfway through, awesome!!!

Free Breaks Blog House Music Picks #001

Back in 2004, Angelos Stoumpos aka, Timewarp, was hugely influenced and inspired by the Nu-Funk and Dub Electronica sounds that were around. He knew that in his homeland of Greece those styles of music were lacking and knew this had to change, so he went about creating his very own label, Timewarp Music.

From 2004 to the present day, Timewarp Music has grown massively and has released a staggering amount of high quality music. There’s over 500 tracks to be found on the labels Soundcloud page which is enough to keep anyone highly entertained for a very long time. With all these successful releases it might go without saying that Angelos has created one of the go to labels for all things Nu-Funk, Nu-Disco, Dub and Breaks. I’ve dug in to a small portion of what’s available from Timewarp Music and I can assure you that I will be digging a lot deeper in the future.

Should all those words need backing up, check out the fifth compilation album in their ‘Freestyle 4 Funk’ series and you’ll soon see why the label is one you really need to keep tabs on. 16 tracks make up the album that’s features a incredible selection of old, new and unreleased tracks in Downtempo, Dub, Reggae, Nu-Funk, Soul and Breaks styles. The range in styles means there will always be something different around the corner which will have locked on with excitement to see what’s up next. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again “there’s some seriously good albums to have graced the ward this year” and this one from Timewarp Music is right up there with the best of em!

Buy ‘Freestyle 4 Funk 5′ here from Bandcamp.

Links for Timewarp Music :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Website / YouTube / Twitter

The fifth in the series of multiple artist EPs on Something Different Again begins with some rolling epic Acid/Tech House from Daniel Allen & Hector Moran. Transitioning from squelchy 303s into peak time Techno next up is Jose Vilches ‘Royal Moby’.

Mecre & Lau Frank keep up the tense pounding Techno vibes with ‘Exotic Flower’ and Patrick Burge sees this excellent EP out with the euphoric late night trancey rush of ‘Just Be’.

Buy It Here>>>http://classic.beatport.com/release/a-different-choice-vol-5/1822330

VA-A Different Choice Vol 4

It doesn’t matter if they’re making Funky Breaks, Drum n Bass or in this case Electro Swing, one thing you can always rely on Phibes to do is deliver music that kicks like a mule! Their fat, bassy and swing-tastic track ‘Virgina Swing’ is one of those very heavy hitters and has been released by the UK based label, Freshly Squeezed, as they rejoice in passing 3 million plays on their Soundcloud page. Quite a landmark that and what a tune to choose to help along those celebrations. Why not join in…

Links for Freshly Squeezed :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Website / Bandcamp / Mixcloud / YouTube / Twitter

Links for Phibes :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Beatport / YouTube / Twitter

Two of the finest female vocalists we’ve come across on our journey through the world of underground music, Tigerlight and Kathika Rabbit, have joined forces in a big way for their new tune ‘Don’t Let Go’. They use a vocal hook from En Vogue’s track of the same name and perform it in spectacular fashion over Drum n Bass production work that was created by Tigerlight, with the assistance of the mighty, High Rankin, so you know this ones gonna drop hard, and it does!

Here, Tigerlight explains all about how this track came about :

“This cover started out as a jam on the piano, just me and some keys and then an idea popped into my head, I knew that Kathika Rabbit would be performing at the same festival I was playing at called Shindig Weekender and thought that it would be amazing to sing in harmony with her and share the stage with her so I put the music together for this track to do initially just as a live collab with her. Shaping it in the studio first I tried it out at as a bassline house/ garage track but it wasn’t vibing so I sped it up to 174 and it clicked. At that point I knew I wanted to collab with a seasoned DnB producer to nail the drop so together with the Drum and Bass years of experience and skills of High Rankin we finished off the track in the studio and the track was ready for live. It went OFF live at the festival and so we knew we had to get the track finished for release so Kathika came to my studio and laid down her harmonies and verse. She’s such a great talent and it was a joy to work with her and High Rankin on this for you gals and guys. I hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it and of course I have to give a huge shout out to the original QUEENS in En Vogue who released this killer record back in the day… BIG thanks to Ash Pure for creating this original artwork.”

Now you’ve got the lowdown, go and get it!

Download the track here via an email unlock.

Links for Tigerlight :

Soundcloud / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter / Instagram

Links for Kathika Rabbit :

Soundcloud

BIG AL is back with his enchanting brand of Deep House on Different Attitudes. Whether it’s the chilled, light and sun fill Ibiza Terrace Mix of ‘Beach Boyz or the funky ‘Ibiza Club Mix” there’s a perfect mood setter in either and there’s still more mixes..

Krummstoff lends some of the trippy dreamy and drum heavy NYC House Flava with their remix of ‘Beach Boyz’ while Spieltape goes for a groove-laden bassline filled US House style to remix to boot. More quality real Deep House from Different Attitudes.

Buy ‘Beach Boyz’ from Beatport

BiG AL – Beach Boyz EP (Deep House)