Gettin' down on Friday #3

[via me, madrid, es, spring 2010]

So here we are. I'm sitting in the Baltimore terminal for what seems like the hundredth time in the last month. School's over, I'm unemployed. But I still have the music. I can never forget that.

// antony santos - vete (uproot andy remix) [zippyshare]

I love this song, and the way that Uproot Andy fuses house tempo, organic guitar picks, and a cumbia feel for the perfect sunny, southern, summer jam. If you live in the NYC area, be sure to check out his Que Bajo?! parties, they're apparently a riot. I'm looking to do big things with this guy this summer (if I can catch him before he goes back to Colombia...)

// the subs - don't stop (aston shuffle remix) [soundcloud]

This isn't anything fancy, just straightforward, room-filling fun. This is coming out at the end of May, can't wait to download a full version of it:



// doyo - blast (mentalcut moombahton edit) [zippyshare]

I've never heard of Mentalcut before, and his soundcloud seems to be full of mash-ups, but this song is awesome. As much as I love the latin jams, I really like moombahton that takes the urban, bassline direction, and this refix of Doyo doesn't dissapoint.

// ashanti - fancy (brenmar remix) [zippyshare]

This is a rework by Brenmar of an Ashanti track based around her part in Drake's summer hit "Fancy". He featured it in last week's mix for Fader and decided to give it away for free the other day. It's nothing too crazy, but definitely worth having in yr sets.

Chau!

Some mixes....

[image via jdlanor]

I don't know about you guys, but one of the most common crises into which I find myself thrust is the proposition of a long flight/car ride/lecture center class, without any new mixes to listen to. As a DJ, of course I love the individual tracks, and becoming familiar with their ins and outs and ebbs and flows is vital to performing a good set.

But there's nothing like a mix...So I've taken it upon myself to catalog here some of the better ones I've found of late, so that you never have to wonder how to pass the time ever again. How charitable, I know!!

I'll compile some more of these as I find them, until then enjoi.

// dj sabo - moombahton massive mix [s/c download]

First up is some truly essential listening for anybody who likes their beats slow and their bass really big, via remezcla musica. Its tracklist is a whirlwind that has something for everybody, and the mixing is superb. Now that the sun has been peaking its head out, I highly suggest blasting this, windows down, moonroof optional. You won't be sorry.

// clicks and whistles - percussion lab mix 5/11 [right click]

Dub. But not the brostep kind. Trust me you'll like, via percussion lab.

// zed bias - biasonic mixtape [s/c download]

This one's a bit older, coming out very late last summer. But it's such a good variety of everything that could be labelled UK bass music. It's a short mix, clocking in at under a half-an-hour, perfect for your morning subway ride:



// mele - fact mix 233 [factmag]

An hour's worth of grime, 2-step, drum-n-bass, and forward thinking house, I'm confident that Mele will bring something for everybody to the table with this one. You might not want to play this when other people are in the car (unless they happen to be fans of Wiley's voice), but if you have an open mind and an appreciation for the low-end I don't think you'll be disappointed. Big ups to fact magazine for a truly awesome series of podcasts/mixtapes.

// uproot andy - xlr8r podcast [xlr8r]

Another solid entry in the annals of the xlr8r series, this one requires an appreciation of the latin side of things...but come on, who doesn't like some south-of-the-border from time 2 time?