This big Doc Daneeka remix of Dutch producer Presk has been knocking around for a good couple of months but finally saw a release on Monday for the first release on Amsterdam based label, Audio Culture.
In honour of Poirier’s debut EP for Mixpak, Soca Road, dropping on the 17th January, the Montreal producer has given us a free slice of soca to prepare your ears. ‘Where Yuh From’ by Trini outfit Kes The Band was already a synthed-out party track but Poirier flips it into a hyper-energetic, bass-bin driven tune bound to test your wag-raving abilities.
Download it below and watch out for more Soca Road updates soon.
Kes The Band – Where Yuh From (Poirier Remix – Work That Riddim) by Poirier
One of the UK’s most exciting producers, Champion, has just put together this Christmas present, courtesy of 1Xtra. It’s not very festive, but hell it’s full of brand new and upfront productions from the man himself, Funkystepz, Terror Danjah and more. Download it here.
It’s hard to believe that French producer Douster only bounced onto the scene around two years ago with his fresh take on tropical rhythms from all over the world. His influences and taste for the globalized beat run as wide as the labels he’s released on, from Akwaaba to ZZK. After a small hiatus, he has now reappeared on the scene only to announce the launch of his new label, Bebup, with good friend Benjamin Collet and the release of a brand new (free) EP, Boom Shaka Laka, on Mad Decent’s new Jeffree’s imprint. Before he flew off to South America for a two-month long tour, we spoke on the phone about his new label, his upcoming tracks for Mixpak and his love of Hip Hop.
So you’ve been away for a while, what have you been doing?
I wasn’t doing nothing, I’ve been making a lot of music! I had a big break with the Lion King thing so I got a lot of bookings for that tropical kind of stuff and the truth is I wasn’t really producing much tropical stuff so it didn’t really make sense and I didn’t really want to stay in that vein, so I did a lot of personal projects, like with rapper friends from Chile, friends from Seattle and here in Lyon, so I’ve doing music but not releasing it. Now I have a lot of tracks that I don’t know what to do with!
A roundup of this week’s choice twitter posts from Mixpak artists, remixers and extended family.
Mixpak:
Poirier Mixpak chart feat. @Stylogee @schlachthofbrnx @buraka @mczulu @boogat_oficial & more http://bit.ly/w1sK0R
schlachthofbronx: RT “@Mixmag: TOP TUNES OF 2011: 53. @schlachthofbrnx – Chambacu (@maddecent) http://www.mixmag.net/events/holidays/tunes-of-the-year-no-55–51”
rollercoasteryo:Get the massive @BertOnBeats remix for @TCDNB free! – http://rollercoastermag.com/1427/tc-burning-starlight-bert-on-beats-remix
deejay mosca: RT @LauraJoDavis: @sammoir Interview with @deejaymosca blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/12/13/mos
Douster: Go get my New EP for free @ thejeffrees.com !! http://jeffrees.tumblr.com/post/14264366285/visit-thejeffrees-com-for-all-the-latest-jeffree
PoirierSound: In a month, the release of Soca Road EP with @Mixpak http://www.junodownload.com/products/soca-road-ep/1873368-02/
ukmele: staying close to home for NYE who’s coming thisssss? http://www.facebook.com/events/284083828300829/
Surkin85:
If you like my stuff, check out my mix on the SOUND PELLEGRINO podcast. I’m very proud of this one, a lot of… fb.me/17am5scuM
Dre Skull: Locking in on the final mix of Popcaan’s new single out on @Mixpak January 2012…go follow @PopcaanMusic
