Happy New Year

Thanks to all the readers, listeners, promoters, friends, family and club nights! I've enjoyed this year, I've learnt alot and I will make minor improvements to make 2011 even more successfull!

Here's my NYE treat! A picture of my pretty sick hotel room!






Benji

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MARTELO - DOWN ON MY NIGHT HUNTER

Martelo hit me up with a HUUUGGEEE zip of tunes today and asked me to share this free download with you!

MARTELO - DOWN ON MY NIGHT HUNTER by IamMartelo

I may be late but the version kicking around isn't the high quality one I'm offering HERE, download, enjoy and share!

Benji

Squarehead - On The Line (Checan's Neck On It RMX)

Check out the latest free download from my man Checan:-

Squarehead - On The Line (Checan's Neck On It RMX) by Checan

And if you haven't already go and support him by purchasing his 'New Breed E.P' HERE

New Breed ft. DRS by Checan

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DVA Music 2011

Look out for GuGu-AC Riddim and 'The Decaffeinated E.P" on the 'DVA music' label in the new year!

Here's a taste of what's to come!

Benji

Gobstopper Xmas Giveaway!

Mr.Mitch hit me up today with four free productions from his 'Gobstopper Records' label(click the link of the song to download)

Firstly a couple of remixes from 'DarkTone' and 'Sketch'E & Klassic' that didn't make the final Fright Night E.P

Mr Mitch - Fright Night (DarkToneSound Remix) by Gobstopper Records

Mr Mitch - Fright Night (Sketch'E & Klassic remix) by Gobstopper Records

'Pimp Shoes' by Mr.Mitch cries out for an MC! I reckon this would sound good with Trim over it?!

Mr.Mitch - Pimp Shoes by Gobstopper Records

Lastly there's a beat from Deset of 'Marger-Grime Ting' fame.

Entitled 'Heart Attack(VIP)' I guess that was his intentions from that sick drop!

Deset - Heart Attack (VIP) by Gobstopper Records

Look out for Deset's new release on Gobstopper in the new year!

Much love Benji

TODDSKA-E.P

Wiki-madness

All I will say is this 'Mr Assange' is a genius!

http://mirror.wikileaks.info/

Benji

D.O.K-Guest mix for 1Xtra

D.O.K On Guest Mix Dj Q On !Xtra by Dok on Mixcloud

M.U.S.K's top 10+1 of 2010

Hey, don't worry about a massive long read here, I'm simply gonna keep this review as simples as possible.

So....

Record label wise Butterz, NMBRS and Night Slugs have been the highlight of a very interesting year of genre blending music. Head over to their websites to find out what I'm banging on about.

Anyways my top 10+1 of 2010 was quite a simple task(not!), open up my Traktor and look at the songs with the highest play count, answer to this about 30 songs all released this year!......

In no particular order I give you my top 10 of 2010:-

Calypso-Round Table Knights

I first heard Annie Mac play this on her Radio 1 show, that carribean steel drum just hit me straight away!

The simplicity of this song is what keeps me interested! with it's layers of percussion coming in like minimal tech, a reverb ridden build up and those woah woah woah's half way through!

Air Miles-Swindle

This was hammered by the Butterz guys at the start of the year and it was my most anticipated release of the year!

It's actually classed as a 'grime' song, with a very different outlook on generic grime.

The intro with it's tribal percussion, and soft synths make way for the disgusting bass drop around 40 seconds in!

If U want me-Deadboy

Post dubstep, future garage, whatever you wan't to call it, this is a quality piece of music!

I love the vocal chops and the ever rising sliding synth line! Perfect droning hypnotic music for 2010.

Oo Aa Ee VIP-TRC

I was surprised when the Butterz guys decided to release this tune.

My first impression of this tune is that it's 'Bassline' music. BUT after hearing it in several of their mixes, live, on radio etc I now get their perception of the tune.

A simple but quality drum loop, some nice purple synth and that amazing bass drop make for a song that never gets boring!

Fatherless-Breach

This song takes on diffent genres and sounds to create something original.

This is another branch away from tree of normality, taking on generic house/dubstep/funky and mashing it into something crazy!

That pipe/flute sound reminds me of some crazy Indian snake charmer!

Kingdom-Mind Reader(L-Vis 1990 remix)

L-vis worked wonders with this song, amazing percussion sounds, vocal chops galore and that dirty bassline!

The build up half way through is absolute perfect, I love this song!

Night Hunter-Fis-T

This is another one of those songs that have been hammered on Rinse FM and I've had to wait months to get a hold of the track!

Finally Oneman set up his own label(502 Recordings) and released this song.

A throbbing bassline, a UK Funky beat and some weird scary vocal samples make for a overall sick tune!

Butterz-Quality Street

I'm gonna cheat here cause picking the best from the second release from the Butterz gang is toooo hard!

This E.P represents several new angles of instrumental grime, expect more like this in 2011!

Mad Sax-Guido

Bristol badman Guido takes sexual "The Bill" style sax, some purple synth and a nice chilled beat.

This is yet another angle of the genre blending we've come into this year!

AND Guido is one of the first guys to bring live instrumentation into a Dubstep DJ set.

The XX-Crystalizsed(Dark Sky remix)

The XX released their really distant album which leaves a massive space for us guys to remix the hell out of em!

This indie/dubstep/2-step crossover is beatuiful, Dark Sky brings vocal chops, house keys and a bouncy beat to give this song a new direction!

Myth-Roska & Untold

I had to include this but choosing 10 songs became quite a chore!

This colab between two of the funky/future house/bass music worlds finest is truly immense.

I love that nearly-a-French-accordion synth line, the percussive drop and that signature bass sound from Untold!

I couldn't decide on my favourite release from the Night Slugs gang, wether it be Mosca, Lil Silva, Jam City, Bok Bok etc... their all making amazing stuff so go out and buy their compilation CD, All Stars Vol 1 HERE

Although I don't completely agree with everything Martin is writing about, head over HERE for a more in depth look on this year.

Benjamin Adam Harris

Swindle making a beat in 10mins, he's doing it again!

Mike Skinner & Robert Harvey

Mike Skinner is a true legend in my eyes, I can see no wrong in anything he does.

The vocal along with his is one Robert Harvey, singer from The Music(the greatest live band I've had the pleasure of watching).

Please head over to The Streets' website HERE cause Skinner's blogging some pretty interesting stuff!

'Too Numb'

New Jack City-Solo Banton remix

Fellow Bigger Than Barry DJ 'New Jack City' sent over his latest reworking of Solo Banton's- Old Time Something.

Solo Banton - Old Time Something (NewJackCity Remix) by NEWJACKCITY

He keeps the Jamaican vibes with the classic dancehall, kick kick snare beat but gives it a contemporary feel with a dirty bassline and some nice bleeps in a Toddla T kinda twist!

You can download the track HERE.

Benji

Night Slugs-Allstars Vol. 1

Night Slugs are in my eyes the success story of 2010, with releases from Mosca, Lil Silva and Kingdom to name a few.

We now see them releasing an 'Allstars' album featuring what they see as the best of the labels productions.

Here are a couple of songs featuring on the release.

Tracklist

01. Mosca - Square One VIP
02. Lil Silva - Golds 2 Get
03. Girl Unit - IRL (Bok Bok Remix)
04. Kingdom - Bust Broke
05. L-Vis 1990 & T. Williams - Stand Up
06. Jam City - Arpjam
07. Lil Silva - Seasons
08. Egyptrixx - Liberation Front
09. Bok Bok & Cubic Zirconia - Reclash Dub
10. Optimum - Broken Embrace
11. Jacques Greene - (Baby I Don't Know) What You Want
12. Velour - Booty Slammer
13. Girl Unit - Wut

The Allstars Vol. 1 can be purchased HERE right now!

I'm sure all the readers of this blog know the scores with Night Slugs but if you don't please go and check out the myspace for the label HERE.

Benji

Witty man-Adam Kay?

Please go HERE and support one of my good mates Adam Kay, his blog is truly immense.

His latest blog on Wagner(not my cup-o-tea) is brilliant!

Peas and Grimes.

Whyrez

Whyrez got at me recently to help promote his recent release on Phantom Hertz Recordings.

The release is a remix of Basic A's-Cavedweller.

I'm really feeling the drawn out bass, distant 'Future Garage' synths and the bumpy beat!

Basic A. - Cavedweller (Whyrez Remix) [Phantom Hertz Recordings] by whyrez

You can hear the rest of the E.P and but it from HERE

Benji

Butterz-BR003+BR004

Rinse FM duo Elijah and Skilliam are up to their 5th release of the year.

Butterz is the label and if you don't know what they're about then head over HERE cause these guys are pushing the boundaries of Grime(mainly instrumental) to another level.

Previous releases from Swindle, Terror Danjah and Mr.Mitch are evidence of their intentions.

Their latest offering, a vinyl release of D.O.K-Chemical Planet/Keep Making Grime is available now from HERE

And also there's a vinyl release of Terror Danjah's Air Bubble(remixed)

Remixers featuring are Starkey, Swindle, Teeza and Royal T

The Starkey remix is vinyl only and Teeza's is digital only and will be available in the next month.

Keep checking back for more releases cause every single release from these guys is amazing.

Free download from Mad Decent

Depressed Buttons-Ow! by maddecent

POW 2011

Should this have been left alone or what?

Forge Radio

Bigups to Louis over on the 'Louis Louis' blog he made me aware of 'Forge Radio' the official radio station for Sheffield's Student Union and home to 'Sam Moir'

Sam's weekly show(Tuesdays 9.30-11.00) is a warm up for the legendary 'The Tuesday Club'.

He spins everything we love to love over on the MUSK blog!

With past interviews from the likes of Chase & Status, Seiji, Joker and Jakwob this guys directions are simply onwards and upwards!

With reviews on the Mista Jam blog his talent doesn't end behind the studio glass.

I hit him up cause I wanted to get on his show as I expect it to kick off in a big way!

Iv'e tried to cram in all the tunes I've been listening to most recently whilst covering the full spectrum of 'genres' I love to play.

Here's the show

Tuesday 16th November: Sub Focus Interview, Starkey EP Preview & Benji Musk Man Mix by Sam Moir on Forge Radio

Make sure you join Sam's Facebook group and keep checking his shows over on the Forge site.

Benji

Fis-T-Groovy

Fis-T hit me up today simply saying I watched this...

And did this....

Fis-T Groovy(Download link in track description) by Musk Man Benji

Funk vibes eh?!

If you haven't grabbed Night Hunter, go out and buy it from HERE

Benji

Ollie Macfarlane

Ollie Macfarlane is a producer and "to some extent" a DJ from Bristol, UK.

He's an active member over on the Future Garage Forum who constantly uploads fresh and interesting productions.

His variation within his productions are what keep me interested in this guy!

He likes to call his music 'Bristol Garage'

Here are a few highlights from his current Soundcloud offerings....

'Every Time' with it's 'The Streets-Blinded By The Lights' synth sounds, great female pitched vocals and a switch between half and double time.

Ollie Macfarlane - Every Time by Ollie Macfarlane

'Claustrophobic' with Ollie's signature pitched vocals, a beautiful delayed soft synth intro and a disgusting drop which comes from nowhere!

Ollie Macfarlane - Claustrophobic by Ollie Macfarlane

'Coma' takes an ambient experimental sound, with it's distant piano, rain drops and a haunting sax.

Ollie Macfarlane - Coma FREE DOWNLOAD by Ollie Macfarlane

He also produced a bootleg of 'The Streets-Blinded BY The Lights' and you can download it HERE.

I expect to hear more from this talented 19 year old in the near future!

Benji

Poivre

Poivre-Wobble In Paradise

This track is pure unadulterated party music! Enjoy it!

Wobble In Paradise by Poivre

Roska and Untold

A little late but thought I'd share with you the latest collab from Roska and Untold.

You can hear Roska's signature Funky sounds rubbing shoulders with Untold's dirty bass sounds to create a perfectly hypnotic House/Funky/Garage/Grime crossover.

'Myth' with it's trumpet lead riff is backed up by it's percussive marimba sound which drives the song along before the obvious Untold influence kicks in with the dirty 'talking bass' sounds!

'Long Range' takes a more percussive but minimal approach with it's short organ stabs a teasing trumpet line, that never quite gets 'there' and a few layers of droning sounds that keep the hypnotic feel constant through the song.

I expect to hear more releases from these guys on the NMBRS label.

All links and more info for purchase etc are on the NMBRS site HERE

Deadboy-Haloween mix 2010

Deadboy-pioneer of all things 'Future Garage' recorded a mix for Haloween, this isn't his usual 'Sound' but it proves how diverse his song selections are....

Take a listen

Halloween mix 2010 by Deadboy

Long time no blog, Canblaster, Mista Men and some weird balooon sh%t!!

Hey all sorry for the lack of posts I've been away from a week to reflect on an amazingly busy year!

Due to the lack of posts I'll do one mega one with a couple of exclusive tracks.

Interview with Canblaster

I've recently had the pleasure to share a few words with Canblaster about Club Cheval, his views on UK music and a new and exciting label...

Here are a couple of Canblaster's productions for those of you who don't know what he's about.

The crunky-American vibes of 'Thunderdome Got Crunk'

And the electro dancefloor vibes of 'Chicken Run'

Here's a remix of a J-Wow song he's remixed. Click on the songs comments to download the song for free.

J-Wow - Fogo/Spark (Canblaster remix) DOWNLOAD LINK IN COMMENTS by CANBLASTER

down to the interview.....

Cedric

Can you tell us about your past and what inspired you to start making beats?

Back in the day I was a heavy gamer, and was really obsessed by video game soundtracks. This obsession became even clearer when I discovered a whole bunch of games centred on music, like Dance Dance Revolution, Beatmania, Pop'n Music and so on. I ended up producing the music for these games. In Trocadero in London’s Piccadilly Circus there’s a gaming arcade with some old beats I did in college.

You have some new remixes waiting to be mastered and released. What are they?

Yeah, this summer has been so busy – I’ve spent it doing remixes! I missed Joker and Mohawke at Field Day because I had to finish my remixes for Rusko and Underworld – I was so mad! I’ve got remixes for Style of Eye & Slagsmalsklubben, O. Children, Johnny Moog and Drop The Lime. I’ve just finished remixing ‘Dinosaurs With Guns’ by Teki Latex too. Expect big things from Sound Pellegrino in the coming months – Teki and Orga are gonna surprise everyone. Right now I’m working on a remix for Klever and Jwow from Buraka, and finishing my 2nd EP for Nightshifters.

What are your plans to push these remixes out to the wider world?

I guess I'll just keep working a lot with Club Cheval, my French crew, along with Myd, Sam Tiba and Panteros666. Releasing the first EP on a UK label instead of a French one (Sound of Sumo, Melé's label) helped me to get my music accessible to people outside of France, at least on the DJ side of things. Sinden, Martelo, Nightslugs and Oneman have done a lot for me as well, introducing me to lots of people. Thanks to them I'm getting some UK support from people like Braiden, Greenmoney and Ben UFO. Having my 2nd EP signed on Nightshifters helped me to have lots of remixes too – DJDS and Jubilee are incredible.

All producers have their own method of making a song. What's yours, and what equipment/software/hardware are you using?

That's a good question! I try to work more and more with hardware, especially for the synths which are essential in most of my tracks. I got a Juno 106, a Korg Triton for acoustic sounds and an old Yamaha synth for the mystical side, Flutes and Detroit Choirs. As for software I use Ableton Live. Oh, and I play the talkbox too – I’ll be playing a bit of it for a remix next month.

I first came across you through a blog with your free track 'Funkstar Deluxe-Easy Rework'. I loved the swung beat and grimey, hard-hitting bass! You've carried this through onto a few of your productions – is it a conscious nod to UK underground music, or was it something you fell into?

Actually I’m a huge fan of most aspects of UK electronic music. When I was younger, I used to listen to a lot of big beat like Fatboy Slim, The Prodigy and The Chemical Brothers then I fell into old school rave beats. I always preferred playing around 140bpm than 130bpm and you guys in the UK are really good at that. When the double tempo/synth side of dubstep came in, with people like Joy Orbison, Untold and James Blake, I was like damn, music really went a step further. Even today I’m still fascinated by the production technique of the old Basement Jaxx records – the way they overproduce their tracks. They’ll always have a major influence on the way I approach making my music.

Can you describe your music and what makes you different from others out there?

I think it's just the influences that are different. I listen to a lot of 90s electro, in particular from Detroit – they have sick ideas. I have a weakness for early 90s R’n’B and New Jack Swing too – their chords are amazing. Other than that, tribal, ballroom, UK beats, juke and J-pop are big sources of inspiration these days.

What are your plans for DJing? Do you want to be a touring DJ, or is this something that comes hand in hand with producing?

I was producing way before DJing, but on the other hand all my productions are really dancefloor oriented. I really like DJing a lot, and my favourite part of it is probably the Back 2 Back events.

What producers should we all be aware of and what music do you enjoy playing in your DJ sets?

I think my sets go like this: Club Cheval stuff; UK beats (Nightslugs, Swindle, Sinden, Ramadanman, Purplestep, Terror Danjah, Grime and RinseFM stuff); ATL - TEXAS - LA connection (LOL Boys, Brenmar, Dubbel Dutch and Samosound Boy – quite a scene out there!); Ballroom (MikeQ and Qween Beats production); Juke (Nate and Elmoe); Tribal (Erick Rincon and DJ Mouse); and finally a few interesting French mates who managed to make something interesting out of afrobeat, like Douster, Jay Weed or the Young Gunz crew.

What’s your ultimate goal as a musician/DJ?

A live electro band of course. I’ll sort this out very soon!

And finally…can you tell us a secret?

Hmm… what about this? There’s this forthcoming label called Pelican Fly. I’ve heard a preview of the first tracks and they’re the most incredible thing I’ve heard all year. It’s Mystical Flute Juke stuff and it’s already caught the attention of a few big UK DJs. I’m not allowed to tell you anymore right now, but you should deffo write this name down somewhere.

Here is the track Canblaster kindly gave our blog and a few selected DJ's.

It's a bootleg of a Fis-T song hope you enjoy

Canblaster - Im a Superfister (Fis T VS dj Mike Q)

Mista Men-Interview

Fellow Northerners Mista Men are Mella Dee, Woozee and Kid Kosy. They come from Doncaster and are three people with very different musical backgrounds but with a passion for art, film, video games and skating which brought them together back in 2007

Mista Men are one of those artists that keep popping up allover facebook/forums/remixes of artists I follow and decided it's about time I paid some attention to what's going on in their World!

Here are a couple of highlights from their Soundcloud page:-

Sure Footed reminds me of some of the Zinc stuff from his recent Crack House sounds...

Mista Men - Sure footed (soundcloud) by Mista Men

And the UK Funky vibes of 'Gully' are something I'd expect to hear on Rinse.fm! Love it!!

Mista Men - Gully (Soundcloud Sample) by Mista Men

Here are a few words from Mista Men.

Hey there can you tell us about your past and what inspired you to start making beats?

(WooZee) well we all started out mixing vinyl, Ryan started first with hip hop then me n Joel started about a year later when we all got massively into drum and bass. about a year into learning how to mix a local dj called Simon Elliot gave us his Reason cds and we've been messing about with sounds ever since
(Mella Dee) Although I was into drum and bass, I quickly got turned onto dubstep, and the natural thing of going back to it's roots spurred me on to re find Garage which I was into as a little kid, then obviously that switched into the house/garage sound we have now, and eventually, we all got onto making that sound together.

What's your plans to push your music out to the wider world?

(Mella Dee) Just to keep pushing our sound out there & getting more releases obviously,
we have a few lined up at the moment and want to keep the momentum going.
Hopefully if we keep making good music people will keep wanting to release it.

All producers have 'their' method of making a song, what's yours and what equipment/software/hardware are you using?

Generally one of us will start an idea then someone else will have a stab then pass it back or just run with it and finnish it on our own.
We all use Ableton live with plugins like Massive, Vanguard, and Predator with a computer keyboard and mouse,
we really want to get some analog synths on the go soon.

What's your opinions on the future of music distribution and the way people will acquire it?

(WooZee) music will never die, how people aquire it will always change. one day people will be banging on about a new type of internet that goes
directly to your brain and worrying about how they'll be able to make money without downloads.

(Mella Dee) For me vinyl releases these days can be a bit more of a sign of quality, like if a label actually goes to the effort and cost of putting out vinyl there you can generally say it's more likely going to be a quality track.
And personally as someone who collects vinyl I hope it never dies!

Can you describe your music and what makes it different from others out there?

(WooZee) i dont think you can really put a stamp on our 'sound' i guess if anything would set us apart
from some others is that we try not to stick to the same routine. We just go at it making what we feel like really.

What's your plans for DJing, do you wan't to be a touring DJ or is this something that comes hand in hand with the producing?

(Mella Dee) Obviously the logical route from making tunes is to play them out,
we plan to hopefully get some bookings as a collective as aposed to the ones we get as separate dj's now.
Hopefully spread the Mista Men sound world wide, good and proper.

What producers should we all be aware of and what music do you enjoy playing out?

(Mella Dee) There's so much good stuff coming at moment, few names for me have to be C.R.S.T, Braiden, Breach, Jamie George,Didz, Jamie Grind and Deep Teknolgi, Loads more as well, it's stuff from producers like these and also garage classics that really get me hypoe in a set.

(WooZee) yeah the C.R.S.T guys are smacking it, really capturing the oldschool vibe but revamping it. I'm really loving Kyle Halls tracks at the moment. its all about Detroit techno for me. playing out I love playing Julio Bashmore, Deadboy, Para, C.R.S.T and our stuff.
I'm still finding my groove with the djing side of things though.

Whats your ultimate goal as a Musician/DJ?

(Mella Dee) Just to keep doing what we're doing basically, enjoying making music, and also enjoying the fact people like what were doing and have taken to our sound as producers. Dj wise it's always just gonna be keep on playing on, experiencing more places and different crowds, you can't beat making a rammed out room bounce!

(WooZee) Yeah it would be good to drop one of our tracks to a couple of hundred thousand people and everyone going mental

I hope to see Mista Men DJing as a collective soon because their differences in musical background, it would make a really interesting set!

They've kindly given away a track for our blog

Mista Men-Sell My Soul

Finally I returned from my holiday today and I've been working through the blogs I follow and found this interesting video on the Squeegie blog, just watch it....

I was expecting something comical at the end but it seems it's genuine!

Homemade Spacecraft from Luke Geissbuhler on Vimeo.

Thanks for reading Benji.

Free Tempa T download

Free download from 8th October from www.chaseandstatus.co.uk

Price-Slime E.P

Price is a German born producer creating music that nods at the 4/4 Garage sound but with a Future Garage twist.

Price now living in Southampton decided to go to university to study 'Urban and Electronic Music' where he's improved his knowledge of the industry and more importantly his productions!

With past releases on the legendary DPR Recordings(home to Groove Chronicles, El-B and Steve Gurley) we find him now with his latest release on the L2S Recordings label.

The 'Slime E.P' is clear evidence of his progression as a producer.

Lead track 'Romper Stomper' goes in hard with it's 4/4 Garage vibes and that 'old school' vocal!

Price - Romper Stomper (Final Mixdown) by pricedub

'Touched' has a swung beat, some nice contemporary synth sounds and a creepy bass that sends shivers down my spine!

Price - Touched by pricedub

'I don't worry(Dark Dub)' with it's vocal chop that sounds so familiar and dark sounds reminds me of Zinc in his Bingo release days!

Price - I Don't Worry (Dark Dub) by pricedub

'Contempt for All Humankind' is a post Dubstep kinda vibe with a fantastic percussive sound, soft synths and his signature deep underlying bass.

Price - Contempt For All Humankind by pricedub

You can buy the 'Slime E.P' from HERE, HERE, HERE AND HERE

Benji

Vibes Alive...

Sheffield promoters/producers/DJ's 'Vibes Alive' are throwing probably the biggest Freshers party in probably the best bar Sheffield has to offer 'Crystal'.

It's happening this Wednesday 22nd and we have a live P.A from Jammer and MZ Bratt

These guys have had some pretty decent bookings over the past two years bringing in acts like

Zinc, Plastician, Doorly, Joker, Martelo, Burga Boy, High Rankin etc....

Here's a little promo vid they've thrown together

And HERE is the Facebook event

See you there.

Benjo

Last Japan

Swindle making a beat.

Swindle is probably the most original and exciting producer coming out of the new wave of Grime producers.

He was recently showing a crowd how he goes about making beats with Logic.

If I could work as fast as him I'd be a millionaire!

Biggup Swindle you fucking legend!!!

Crystal Fighters...

Hello just a quick post.

Crystal Fighters are a band I'm aware of solely on remixes I've picked up by Brackles and Canblaster to name a couple, but I caught Zane Lowe last night playing their new single Follow and this is a TUUNE!!!

Follow by Crystal Fighters

I am going to make the effort to actually go and watch them at The Plug in Sheffield in October.

'Justsayin'

Benji

Round Table Knights and Roskaaaaa

I was searching through Soundcloud today to find any new exciting music and stumbled upon this little mashup of Round Table Knight's-Calypso and Roska's remix of Zed Bias-Neighborhood

Calypso boot by Kasper G

NIIICE

Benji

Last weekend...

Just thought I'd share a memory with ya'll....

Friday saw me and 4 mates driving down the M1 to come watch me DJ with Lil Silva at Stealth-Nottingham.

It was a trial to see if they liked what I played and if so they wanted me back....

Well we got there(exhaust hanging off the car) in one piece and I played and it was DEAD!

It got to 12 and there were like 30 people in! We knew Bigger Than Barry was on in Sheffield, so we wen't back home!

I was really frustrated as the night was tagged as Garage, Funky etc... and I thought this will be perfect as there aren't too many nights in Sheffield where I can play what I want to play!

I didn't stick around to see Lil Silva but I'm sure he would have shared the same anger I did!

I still don't quite get why the night was so DEAD? Good DJ, good night club 'girls go free'(which incidentally is the name of the club night!)...

Makes me appreciate Sheffield and it's many successful nights!

Here is a song that is helping me vent my anger right now!....

Back Beating by BRENMAR

Biizziiie

Sorry I've been a bit lazy on the posts, I'm currently sorting out my near future with work and traveling. My life is a bit hectic right now with the DJing, producing, working, laughing, eating etc.....

Hold tight for some...

Interviews and reviews with Toddla T, Canblaster, Mista Men, Brenmar and Roof Light.

And some more free music from the above and more...

For now take a listen to TLGB(The Living Graham Bond) I caught Marco Del Horno's latest podcast and TLGB was the featured artist.

His B-More influenced club tunes aren't usually 'MY BAG' but I can hear a few underground influences in there that got me, take a listen to his last single Winter Hunter.

The Living Graham Bond - Winter Hunter feat. Fiona Bevan by The Living Graham Bond

Benji

Butterz-Merchandise

Elijah & Skilliam(Rinse FM and Butterz Grime Blog) are selling merchandise for their label, so head HERE to purchase.

I recommend buying one as you'll see a few people in the raves with them on and wonder what its about!

Benji

Fis-T Night Hunter

Rinse FM's Oneman set up his own label '502 Recordings'

Tomorrow(6/9/2010) will be the first release on the label from FIS-T, entitled Night Hunter.

DJ Oneman has real ear for moody, dark and atmospheric music, I expect his releases will be of the same high quality of this debut.

Make sure you pick it up from here

Monthly Mix Series...September

Hey all make sure you visit my first post over on the Under The Radar Magazine Blog

I recorded this mix to celebrate my first post for them!

It's a mix of Old Skool Garage, UK underground beats and some exclusive material!

Download it it's niiice!

Under The Radar Magazine-Introducing MuskMan Benji..... by Musk Man Benji

Here's the tracklist:-

Wookie - Scrappy
Colours - Hold On
Oxide & Neutrino - Foot 2 Da Floor
Brackles - Blo
Delinquent - Cossack Dance
TRO - Sinkhole
Total Fusion Remix - DownLow
Jamie Grind - If You Want
Ollie Macfarlane - Montpelier
Deadboy - If U Want Me
S.K.T - Another Love
R1 Ryders - Rubberband (Funkitek Mix)
XXXY - Fela!!
Douster - Alleljah (Jay Weed Remix)
Bonobo - Eyesdown
Manare - Blitzkrieg Riddim
Dark Sky - Night Light
SRC - Goomba
Mr.Mitch - Skittles
Guttstar - Not Money or Show (Kastle Remix)
H12 - Timzed (Mr. Mitch Remix)

Benji