February 10th, 2012

This Week In Twitter

A roundup of this week’s choice twitter posts from Mixpak artists, remixers and extended family.


MixpakMixpak: Remember you can pre-order the @popcaanmusic tees here: http://bit.ly/qtTyyt


PoiriersoundPoiriersound: KARNIVAL v.16 le 25 fév. au Club Soda pour la Nuit Blanche avec @OfficialBTSM @IamFaceT @PoirierSound ! GRATUIT! #Flyersoon


schlachthofbronxschlachthofbronx: slowine / dickie riddim ft warrior queen release is today!!! buy it here: tinyurl.com/7jbtcw6


reallilscrappyreallilscrappy: Dj pack – DJ’s DOWNLOAD – http://www.sendspace.com/file/reh41k


funkystepzfunkystepz: ‘Trouble’ EP On vinyl!!! Now, finally available through Cargo Records & Hyperdub Records http://fb.me/1DJVJg9lp


ukmeleukmele: 5000 + plays in a day go geddit if you ain’t already http://soundcloud.com/annie-mac-presents/disclosure-tenderly-mel-remix


BertOnBeatsBertOnBeats: BertOnBeats performance at EstonianMusicAwards2012. See the vid right here http://www.manrecordings.com/2012/02/bert-on-beats-at-ema-awards/


dreskulldreskull: u like popcaan? u like beenie man? finishing up this new riddim release!!


February 9th, 2012

Jack To Juke Documentary

Sonali Aggarwal has made this great hour-long documentary on the different mutations of ghetto house in the past 25 years, from B-More to Detroit Techno. Find out where the word juke came from from the men that coined it…

[via Mad Decent]

February 8th, 2012

Food Pyramid – Oh Mercy

“Oh Mercy” is the first single off Food Pyramid’s new album Mango Sunrise. The record is due out in March on Minneapolis label Moon Glyph.

February 8th, 2012

Melé Live at The Nest

Melé has this week’s Mix of the Week over at Mixmag, a live recording from his set at The Nest in London a few weeks back. You can grab the tracklist, that includes DJ Zinc, Mala, Wiley, DJ Rashad and a heap of club classics over at his tumblr.

MOTW: MELÉ @ The Nest by Mixmag

February 8th, 2012

Vintage Video: Cutty Ranks

“The Stopper” was a minor mainstream hit for dancehall pioneer Cutty Ranks. The video has a great, lo-fi, DayGlo fogginess that really fits the tune’s bubbly, ragga, riddim. “The Stopper” is from Ranks’ album by the same name, released on London-based Fashion Records in 1991.