Just a few new gems for you, since I´m back and had a little time to check my inbox. First one comes from Sonora, who brought you the Maluca and Major Lazer Guacharaca Remixes. Then we have “Beatriz Pichi Malen vs Funkystepz”, a dubstep mix with Mapuche canto from NiceNoise & Le Freak Selector (with whom I played a few times together in Barcelona´s Sala Apolo back in 2007 / 2008). And last but not least Pozorek provides a dry African drum cycle track called “Zebula”, fresh sounds out of the mountains from Canada.
Just got this new mixtape from Sylordub (Pedro D´Alessandro) in my inbox and like it. Pedro is resident at Switch Club in Argentina, which opened it´s door recently last year in September and will reopen after Argetinian winter slowly draws back. Furthermore Switch Club is more like a creative meeting place, where DJ´s, VJ´s, street artists and video gamers get together equally and where different styles just flow together. I like even more! And they require dancers for the dancefloor. Shoot, that´s my place.
“Switch Club is a freestyle dancefloor, that propose different rhythms (different from the music people of this city are used to listen) and new dancing steps: our dancefloor requires daring dancers!
We dedicate our club to a wide variety of styles like funk, dance hall, reggaeton, bastardpop, hip hop, bmore, electronic cumbia, electro, mashups, hip house and more.
The place’s esthetics is very cool. We try to summon different kind of artists to our club, like VJs, DJs, designers, street artists, or actors, because we are related to graphic design, fashion and urban styles. We also have lots of video games (arcades, PS3 and Wii) inside the place and we try to incorporare new technology all the time!
Plus, Codoba is the place where cuarteto comes from, ché! Pedro´s mix doesn´t only contain this of course, it´s more a broad mix of cumbia, bass, some dubstep influences, psy electro and very dancefloor friendly. Many of thr known cumbia people in there as well, like Uproot Andy, Largatijeando, Sonido del Principe and more.
Tomorrow, thursday 4th, I´ll be on dubsquare radio show on sub.fm together w/ IZC (head of Vienna based Dubsquare record label). I´m really hyped about the invitation! Mad props to IZC.
And afterwards you´ll find me playing global bass, cumbia, distorted 8bit, balkan and breakcore tunes at Badeschiff, Vienna w/ the Club Side Down / Ready to Rumble crew. Tune in and / or pass by and say hello if you are around!
Dubsquare @ sub.fm 3 – 5 pm GMT
Club Side Down @ Badeschiff, Vienna 11 pm – ? am
Btw, this is also the beginning of my mini Euro tour, that completely organized itself all alone. 3 countries in three days: Vienna (Austria) on Thursday – Bern (Switzerland) on Friday – Barcelona (Spain) on Saturday. In celtic culture the number three means evolution, growth and a union between body, mind and soul. It manifests the beginning and the end, the eternal evolution and comprehension. It also symbolizes the past, the present and the future. On the other hand in Jewish culture, if something has been done three times, it´s considered to be permanent, called JAZAKA (explanation thanks to Species Mag March). Let´s see how this trip turns out!
Sub Swara Bass collective from New York just released their 10th Podcast and grace you dear listeners with a diverse and genre-bending cast of tracks from a global list of producers, including Bersa Discos, ill.gates, Moderat, DJ Madd and many more! Haj was on the decks this time.
Alec Empire recently did a heavy mix-set at a drum and bass rave in Portugal as part of the digital re-release campaign “Bass Terror” with some hardcore breakcore 12″ from the years 1991 – 1993. New and old music with Empire´s own tracks as well.
Blipswitch is bringing some fresh tunes from the dark and dubby site to us.
San Francisco / Dutch producer Process Rebel just released a bunch of remixes from “Call me Bloodfire” there which are ranging from minimal and techno to dubstep and glitch, including one of his own remixes. Process Rebel has been working on a fusion of electronica, dub, rock, hip-hop and bass music for several years, always traversing the electronic music diaspora with a lean towards dub, dubstep, post-dancehall and global ghetto tech. His sound has been described as “inspired ritualist… a journey through strange musical topographies, no map included” and “one of the deepest (as in depth charges) mixes around.” Furthermore he has a long list of collaborators including Michael Stipe, Yo Majesty, Cappadonna, Dr. Israel, MC Zulu, Juakali, Dub Gabriel, Profisee, Kush Arora, Goonda, Coppa, Bongo Chili, Sub Swara, Gaudi, Eric D Clark and Kid Beyond. Process Rebel currently lives in Amsterdam and is working on his debut full length album titled ‘Angels & Speaker Cones’ and the 101VOiD project with MC Zulu.
The second release in my inbox from Blipswitch is from Rozanski – previously unknown to me – who is also living in San Francisco, and dropping some stellar remixes of “Creepy Neighbor Steps”.
“The Original Mix begins with eerie atmosphere and progresses with chopped-up glitch melodies, groovy beats, and a smooth low-riding bassline. London bass family – now hear this!! The Bay Area’s Durojaiye Versatile drops a stellar remix on us here as well. This one features alternating sections of energetic Drum n Bass beats and rasta-style downtempo rhythms, all riding atop gorgeous bubbling pads and tastefully effective instrumentation. A great EP showcasing some of the SF-Bay Area’s most talented up-and-comers.”
This is a new hint on dubstep, f***, I love his dude for his production skills. It’s just too much fun. Producer Snafu, who got his name through an online friend, played lately at Colossus (out there in Perris (?) the US) and hands out this bona fide mix for us. Yes. Great. I can start listening to music again. Btw, check his release on Bitcrusher’s Pixelation.
Just a few new gems for you, since I´m back and had a little time to check my inbox. First one comes from Sonora, who brought you the Maluca and Major Lazer Guacharaca Remixes. Then we have “Beatriz Pichi Malen vs Funkystepz”, a dubstep mix with Mapuche canto from NiceNoise & Le Freak Selector (with whom I played a few times together in Barcelona´s Sala Apolo back in 2007 / 2008). And last but not least Pozorek provides a dry African drum cycle track called “Zebula”, fresh sounds out of the mountains from Canada. 
