September 1st, 2011

Go Go Wine Riddim & Remixes

Vybz Kartel’s ‘Go Go Wine’ has been getting remixed, re-versioned and re-edited all over the place since its release in June. Here are a few of our choice versions, all up for the download:

Joe Grime goes in with the UK vibe, blending the instrumental with Stylo G’s bashment hard-hitter, Call Me A Yardie:

[audio: http://www.mixpakrecords.com/mp3/Stylo G – Call Me A Yardie (Joe Grime Go Go Wine Remix) (1).mp3]
Stylo G – Call Me A Yardie (Joe Grime Go Go Wine Remix)

And two versions from MCs unknown to us (and hard to research), Trigga and Makala:

[audio: http://www.mixpakrecords.com/mp3/Makala – No Existe Competencia.mp3]
Makala – No Existe Competencia

[audio: http://www.mixpakrecords.com/mp3/Trigga – Bruckout.mp3]
Trigga – Bruckout

September 1st, 2011

Mixpak in the Mix

A few huge mixes came through our inbox, featuring brand new Mixpak material, first up Wildlife! live in Berlin at Club Bonsoir:

and Dirty South Joe for Fingers on Blast:

And last but not least, Crookers also played brand new material from our upcoming EP from Melé in their mix for URB.

August 31st, 2011

Mixpak FM: Pacheko

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Mixpak 019 is brought to you by Venezuelan producer and DJ, Pacheko. First catching our eye last year with his remix of Max Romeo for Senseless Records, Pacheko has been producing a string of bass-heavy records and remixes, from Kuduro to Venezuela’s hottest genre: Changa Tuki. He also heads up Abstractor records, that houses the likes of Cardopusher, Nehuen, Pocz and more. In Pacheko’s own words:

I wanted to do something good for heaphone listening but also to get people moving. It goes from 120bpm to 150 in less than an hour, and features some of the music I am feeling at the moment:

Some new House from Omar S & Theo Parrish, some oldschool Acid House (Chilly T), and a lot of music from producers related to the Abstractor (my crew / blog / label) people such as: Nehuen (from Argentina), Cardopusher, Dj Yirvin, MPeach, Pocz (all from Venezuela) and myself. It’s an original, new ¨Tropical Bass¨ sound that we are pushing together and I feel its growing and evolving nicely!

So I then went the guarachero way for a good part of the mix, but only with tracks that I really really like such as Bok Bok’s ¨Dance Report¨, an L-Vis 1990 remix and some Erick Rincón & Sheeqo Beat tracks. For the final part of the mix I took the Kuduro way and could´ve stayed there longer but the mix has to end at some point right? Anyways its a mix I really enjoyed recording, did it with Serato, 2 Technics 1200 and a mixer, it was lots of fun!. Hope you like it!

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

[audio: http://traffic.libsyn.com/mixpak/Mixpak_FM_-_Pacheko.mp3]
Mixpak FM 019: Pacheko

Tracklist below »

Melé’s brand new EP, Starlight, will be out on Mixpak on the 13th of September. Watch out for more in the next week, including streaming and giveaways. The artwork is courtesy of Daniel David Freeman.

AraabMUZIK lands a cool new music video for his track ‘Streetz Tonight’ from his Electronic Dream LP. If the man was playing the MPC like that in my hotel, I’d definitely be watching the security cameras all day.