A great new compilation to take you back to the raving days of the 80s/90s, this is Jam Hot!!!! JamHot Records is a new label co owned by Tank Edwards & James Starkie. A label that aims to break down the barriers of today’s numerous sub genres and take it back to the glory days of the 80s/90s. The era that ushered in the modern dance music sound. An era where breakbeats and 4×4 kicks could be played side by side. The era of raving in big open fields. The glory days.

‘JamHot Vol One’ due out on Traxsource on 10/06/16 features 6 tracks, 3 by Tank Edwards and 3 by James Starkie. Going through James Starkie’s trio of tracks ‘808080’ is a great starting point, a track that evokes the early 80’s proto house sound with electro beeps, bleeps and beats that will conjure up images of dim light warehouses. ‘You 93′ is oldskool breakbeat hardcore/rave down to a tee with rolling breaks and Chicago style deep techno riffs. ‘Off The Chain’ continues in that classic breakbeat/techno vein with a big housey vocal and sounds that could sit well in a house, techno, breaks or even DnB setting. Deep, melodic, euphoric and just all round awesome.

Next up we will go through the three offerings from Tank Edwards. ‘Jack’in The House’ is pure 90’s inspired house, melodic uplifting pianos, a warm underbelly of bass pads, jackin’ beats and vocal snatches. ‘Hektic’ takes a bassy journey down the classic pop dance sounds of the early 90s, Mantronix, Snap!, Nomad, Pm Dawn, EMF, M/A/R/R/S and the Hacienda/’Madchester sound all rolled into a seriously funky jam with a speaker burning sub!!! ‘Check Dis Out’ sounds akin to Todd Terry & Mr Fingers getting together for a studio jam. Detroit bass meets big bouncing Chicago beats for a thumping slice of timeless tech house just like the good ‘ol days.

To quote that sample at the start of ‘Dub Be Good To Me;, this is Jaaaaaam hot!!!!! A compilation for the oldskool and nuskool heads alike. Tank Edwards & James Starkie take us on a ecstasy fueled journey of quality beats that’s got us rushin’ and will do the same for you!!!

Out On Traxsource 10/06/16

https://www.traxsource.com/artist/67679/james-starkie

https://www.traxsource.com/artist/64049/tank-edwards

www.jamhotrecords.co.uk

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It wasn’t too long ago that we brought you a killa remix of the, Beastie Boys. Well, once again we greet you with great news because Italian Disco lords, Fare Soldi have got to work on one of Beastie Boys partiest jams ‘Hey Ladies’. Their remix dishes out a dirty Disco vibe that’ll bring out a groovy side of you that you never knew existed. Get your strutting practiced because only your best will do for this devilishly good Disco delight.

Buy Fare Soldi’s remix here via Bandcamp.

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What a tune this is! ‘Play You’ is the epic creation of the Manchester based duo, Solardo. These guys have been making huge waves in the House and Techno scenes and once you’re locked under the spell of this free track of theirs, you’ll soon find the source of where those waves are being born. Hugely hypnotic House music that’s gets totally twisted by a healthy dose of Acid. Once you’re into this track, you’re into it. Lets hope the journey is as good for you as it was for me!

Thanks to Data Transmission for bringing another in a massive long line of great tracks via themselves.

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There’s a few top notch sample packs that have surfaced this year and DJ Dub:ra has found, Slynk‘s new one to be a hotbed of component parts he is enjoying getting to work with. In particular, he’s picked out a bass synth that he’s put to excellent use in this re-fix of, Basement Jaxx track ‘Where’s Your Head At’. A standard 110 Funky Breaks piece of class from a dude who knows just how to lay down the beats and bass for the maximum of impacts!

Click here to view Slynk’s sample pack.

Download ‘Head At’ here via The Artist Union.

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‘NRG’ by, Chase & Status feat. Novelist is an undoubted Dubstep monster. Russian producer, Floyd The Barber, a massive fan of the the track, felt the energy from the original and decided to put together this heavyweight Big Beat bootleg, giving it much more dance friendly feel. Friendly may not quite be the word as the monstrous energy from the original still lives strong, it’s just that now you have fat, fuzzy beats to drive you wild and that they will do!

Top work to, Criminal Tribe Records for delivering this one!

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According to Discogs, you have been producing since the mid 90s, what was your calling to the studio way back when?

As a kid in the mid 80’s I never thought about producing because all I wanted to do was play records, records aka vinyl. The eureka moment struck while out raving to DJ/Producers like Doc Scott and Simon Bassline Smith. I knew them through their amazing music on Reinforced Records and Absolute 2 so I figured they were getting mad love because of their work. It was a good feeling because I knew then I had something to aspire too.

My first release was back in 1994, a collab with Danny C under the name ‘Authorised Riddim’ on the legendary Certificate 18 Records. I got a huge buzz out of it because Dj’s I raved to like Storm, Bukem, Simon Bassline Smith were playing it. So my thoughts were, making beats push you as Dj, I get kicks out of it because when I’m raving my own track might get played (What a buzz!!) and furthermore, this could be my job! It sounded like a WIN, WIN, WIN situation.

You have featured on some of the biggest labels, Metalheadz, Renegade Hardware & Creative Wax to name just a few. Your sound is distinct from a very large pool of DnB all over the globe. Is it something you aspire to to be so different and have such a stand alone sound?

No I don’t aspire to that, I make music with the musical influences I’m armed with, while others might let their new bit of equipment shape their sound.

Lastly, can you tell us a bit about the ideas that went into this new EP Of yours for Nextgen music.

 ‘Brain Damage’ was born in the middle of a 2 day bender with the big man, Drum Cypha. I won’t tell you any details about it but you can imagine what is was like because of the resulting track name.

‘Let Them Live’ was me getting my alien on. I don’t really use  huge amount of synths in my tracks but this track has heaps throughout. I have loads of tracks like this as I’m doing a different kind of project at the moment…..

The ‘Brain Damage EP’ with Cypha on NextGen Music is out now. Buy It Here>>>http://bit.ly/1OQkjwg

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Morphosis presents ‘Beating The Crates’ in a Hong Kong Ping Pong Styleeeeee in association with Ghetto Funk.

This show is now available to download from the NSB Radio Archives and to stream on Mixcloud!

If you enjoy the show please please click the little ❤️ and hit the repost button, each and every single one really helps to spread the word further and further afield.

Big love in advance! xxx

Tracklist:
01 Fort Knox Five – Not Gonna Take It feat Rootz
02 Jamie Berry – You Better Get Down
03 Mato – Happy (feat AndreJ 747 – Mato reggae mix)
04 DJ Inko – Dusted Miles
05 Hylu & Jago – Pressure Ft Kosher (Ghost Writerz Remix)
06 Segment – Them Their Eyes (Trouble Bubble remix)
07 Ruckus Roboticus – The Phantom Of The Disco (Original Mix)
08 C@ in the H@ – Mr Wiseguy (Original Mix)
09 Poirier ft Red Fox – Jump (Sam Binga remix)
10 Run Tingz & Breakah ft Doubla J – Fully Loaded (Original)
11 Dirty Dubsters – Oh No (Jinx InDub Remix)
12 Love Light – Can’t Stop
13 Arthur Conley – Funky Street (Odjbox remix)
14 Delhi 2 Dublin – TumbiWOW
15 Cocotaxi – Cielos
16 Bluntskull – Raggamuffin Flow
17 Savages & Suefo – Ballroom Breakers
18 Cervendos & Freakvent Flote – Downtown Groove
19 CMC & Silenta – Nou La feat. Baby G & Val (Timothy Wisdom Remix)
20 Dirty Dubsters feat Afu Ra – Real Shit (Vinyl Mix)
21 Dr Packer – Sensi
22 Dodge & Fuski Culprate – Vice
23 Enoptix & MCK – Wreck This Place Too (Original Mix)
24 GRiZ – DTW to DIA (the travels of Mr. B)
25 Howla & WBBL – Viper
26 Mad Caddies – Villains (Minoru Rmx)
27 Mungos Hi Fi – Serious Time ft YT (Benny Page Remix)
28 Tom Booze – Bruck Wild
29 Jamie Berry – Risque
30 Mat The Hat – Pass Me A Dubplate
31 Beat Fatigue – Chronic Fatigue
32 Leonard Harlan, His Rockets, Myra Taylor – Dig It (Minimatic Remix)
33 DJ Inko – La Cumbiamba
34 General Narco – Ranking Nation
35 Moontricks – Fire ft Dash (Original Mix)
36 Dekline & Hotline Zero – Pump Up The Volume
37 Father Funk – Funk Machine
38 Featurecast – Rotten
39 Staunch – Grind Stone
40 Second Hand Audio – Got It Like That ft. Dizzy Dustin (Original)
41 Skope – Mississippi
42 Minimatic – Junco Partner
43 The Captain – Kick That
44 Wicked City – Reach
45 Skee-Lo – I Wish (Slynk Original Remix)
46 A.Skillz – Good Music
47 Deekline & Ed Solo – All Gravy (Hotline Zero remix)
48 DJ Dub:Ra – Keep It Real
49 Dj Love – Display

Here’s a new name for many of you bass-heads out there, Bristol based, Llnk. Being a resident at both, WERK in Bristol and, Electrist in London, he well versed in getting crowds stomping and further more, he knows how to make a tune to crowds stomping. ‘Skanka’ is his latest free tune to land and by crikey is it a beast! Dark, mystical vibes with an onslaught of filthy bass and broken beats that’s gonna terrify your neighbours because crank it you will! Get this dude followed if you’re feeling his sound as more of this kind of thing will be on the way.

Download ‘Skanka’ here via Hypeddit.

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If you’ve ever listened to ‘Witness The Fitness’ by, Roots Manuva and found yourself lost in it only for it to finish a little sooner than you would have hoped, fear not, because Copycat has come along and expanded and extended this classy classic tune. Now at over 8 minutes long, his re-take has a gritty edged Disco chug to it and with the essence of the original still firmly in place you can now be lost in it for even longer. Witness the fitness!

Download Copycat’s Re-Take here via The Artist Union.

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Looking for some Sunday afternoon sounds? Well hold up right there because, Spa In Disco have for us their latest mix from their ‘Forever More‘ series from the Mexican collective, Lemon Mint. This collective comes as band with members, Djeko, Carlos Mier & Rafa Navajas, all combining their love for anything that’s funky, using live vocals and guitar with Rafa behind the decks. Rafa also dj’s out on his own and is the one who’s assembled this stunner of a mix which sees him put together a tracklist of sweet summer sounding retro flavoured Disco, Nu-Disco and House. It’s smooth, it’s funky and it’s perfect for you to chill your bones too, ahhh yeeeah.

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