March 30th, 2011

Jubilee’s New Show on Brooklyn Radio

Jubilee has started a fresh new show on Brooklyn Radio, Fireworks:

Brooklyn’s bass sweetheart curates a fun mix that connects the dots between house, electro, UK funky, grime, Baltimore club, dubstep,hip-hop, kuduro, cumbia, and more, drawing a thread between NYC, Miami, London, Paris, Brazil, and points beyond. Jubilee’s close connection to DJ/producers worldwide means plenty of exclusive tracks and world premieres, as well as interviews and guest sets from the hottest up-and-coming DJs on the planet.

Sensing a void of intelligent dance music programming on American radio, and inspired by stations in other parts of the world including BBC Radio One, FBI Radio, Triple J and Rinse FM, Jubilee sees Fireworks as an outlet to showcase the wealth and depth of exciting music being created in NYC and beyond.

Her first ever show featured an exclusive from Mixpak, the Justin Martin remix of Lil Scrappy’s ‘Look At Me’ (the second track in). Listen here.

March 29th, 2011

Dre Skull on Dutty Artz

NYC’s Dutty Artz hooked up with Mixpak boss Dre Skull on his latest trip to Kingston to ask him about what’s coming up for the label this year and his one thousand unreleased tracks.

READ IT IN FULL HERE.

March 28th, 2011

Big Dope P – ‘Kapongo Dance’ Remix


Refried beats today come courtesy of Parisian DJ and label owner Big Dope P on his amazing ghetto-tech remix of Berou & Canblaster’s new tropical house tune ‘Kapongo Dance’. Cop the EP (also featuring remixes from Congorock, Sinden and DJ Dice) HERE.

March 28th, 2011

Mixpak Interview Series: Om Unit

London producer Om Unit caught our attention with his banging Pop Lock remix of Joker’s ‘Digidesign’ early last year, and since then has released some stand-out solo records: ‘Lightgrids/Lavendar’ (All City), ‘Searching’, and his ‘Corridor’ EP on Plastician’s Terrorrhythm label. This month saw the release of his genre-defying ‘The Timps’ EP on Civil, which nods heavily to the sounds of Detroit and comes with an accompanying trippy video. We asked him about his DMC past, esoterics, Aux 88 and his plans for 2011.

You used to be a DMC champ, and work under the name 2tall. Clearly you’ve moved on from that now but how do you feel it’s affected your progression as a producer and/or a dj?

It’s fundamentally what formed me creatively, and will always be a part of my approach to music. I think working with the turntables so much gives you a good link to what you hear and what you feel physically.

Now you’ve changed to the sanskrit moniker Om Unit (which is tough to translate but is about the essence of the universe) – did you go out and find yourself or was it just a straight up reinvention?

Quite honestly, i’ve been into esoterics and spiritual traditons/paranormal stuff since i was a little kid so I think it feels more “me”. I think i got sick of people saying “oh yeah you are quite tall” all the time. Also people continuously spelled it 2Tall with a capital T like they didn’t give a shit or like they felt the need to correct it, but that’s just a personal gripe.

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March 27th, 2011

Mixpak FM: Deep Teknologi

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Deep Teknologi are a production duo and label hailing from London, headed by S.E.F and T. Williams, and have been responsible for some blinding house tracks that seem to perfectly blend the new with the old: from the appropriately named ‘Anthem’ to the soulful ‘Heartbeat’, with sounds that wind sweetly between house, dubstep and funky.

The multi-talented team (aside from the huge task of running a label, they also run clubnights and produce TV shows) made waves in 2010 with their mixes, records and signings and are set for the same this year. One half of DT, S.E.F, compiled this mix for us to show us exactly how they roll. It’s full of new and exclusive tracks, including some big forthcoming records from the label.

You can go subscribe to Mixpak FM via iTunes, subscribe with an RSS reader from the Mixpak FM site or download this mix directly.

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Mixpak FM 010: Deep Teknologi

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