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“Made it west coast.”

Lately I’ve just listened to the Princess of R&B, Aaliyah. The whole discography, really. Over and over. Maybe I’m having some sort of unconscious tribute to the life of this lovely and talented artist.

Here’s a tune from another talented artist. Meet Brenmar, Brooklyn based dj and producer. He’s also part of this “experimental electronic music” group called These Are Powers. You should check his awesome summer mixtape - when I heard it the first time I was instantly jamming and couldn’t really keep focus on anything I was doing (thank you Janna).

So, here’s his club version of Aaliyah’s classic tune, “R U That Somebody”. It has that highly percussive tribal/garage/house feel and it goes really well with Dubstep or that new “Uk Funky-ish” stuff. Dont sleep, you’ll hear from Brenmar in the future!

MP3: Aaliyah - R U That Somebody? (Brenmar Windy City Mix) (Mediafire)

Manaré – Quiet Riot EP by TOP BILLIN

Latest ep from our Parisian cousin Manaré is dropping this Friday. Mark your calendars….!

Im playin a jungle set tonight at Kuudes Linja at our basketball team’s summer jam. Strictly 90s business. DJ Adder will be there too doing a very rare jungle set. Also sets from our good friends Tes La Rok ft Mindman and young gun 501. Ricu Flair and Player-Coach playing some hiphop in the beginning of the night.

I havent been posting much jungle so here s something on the new old-skool revival tip. Drumsound & Simon Bassline Smith working on Lloyd Parks’ “Mafia”. Jamaican roots style with Mr Parks himself on the brilliant bass line.

MP3 LLoyd Parks – Mafia (320K) (Mediafire)
MP3 Drumsound & Simon Bassline Smith – Mafia VIP (320K) (Mediafire)

PS Mike B, i’ll call you as soon as i get my phone back online!

Hey yo, meet One Nil, he’s from Australia and makes dope tunes. I first heard of him with his dope track ‘Congo Static’ that appeared on DJ Neoteric’s ‘Turned On’ -compilation earlier this year. That track is a banger and here’s also One Nil’s latest mix full of techy club goodness. Check tracklisting / hear the mix after the kangaroo jump.

Here’s what dude has to say about himself:

‘Hailing from Newcastle Australia, One Nil (aka Keegan Hoare) is quickly developing from diamond in the rough to polished gem. First featured in Brodinski’s Mystery Mix, his then unknown track ‘Congo Static’ was signed to Discobelle Records and released on the wildly successful compilation: Turned On Vol 1. While you can currently track him down on blogs like Discobelle and Squeegie, the chances of finding a dancefloor packed to the sounds of One Nil are also growing. With support from the likes of Douster, Sharkslayer, Dubbel Dutch, Yolanda Be Cool and Neoteric his heavy hitting bassdrums, shifty percussion and massive synths are starting new grooves worldwide. And what’s next? A debut ep dropping on Top Billin littered with dancefloor gems.’

One Nil July 10 Minx Mix by One Nil

One Nil July 2010 Minx Mix

1. Voodoo (French Fries and Bambounou Remix) – Manaré
2. Banana – Femme En Fourrure & Eero Johannes
3. Whooz Da Baddest ?! (Yolanda Be Cool Remix) – The Cheerz
4. Dirty Blonde (French Fries & Manaré Remix) – Femme En Fourrure
5. Holembe (SunnyBeach HappySlap Mardigras Remix) – Stinj
6. Kadesh – One Nil
7. Bung Bung – Act Yo Age
8. Night Skanker – Lil Silva
9. Blitzkrieg Riddim – Manaré
10. Hobble – Milt Mortez
11. Washing Machine – One Nil
12. Chicken Run – Canblaster
13. Fissa Tune – Homework
14. Cambodia – The Phantom

This is ALKO aka Alppilan Koris, the official basketball team of Top Billin, we are like Jay-Z. Their annual summer party is going down at Kuudes Linja this Friday….

MP3 DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Summertime (Soul Power Remix) (320K) (Mediafire)

ps. I seem to be playing rap there as my Player-Coach alter-ego (which I am in real life too).

The new Sharkslayer – ‘Swamp Dubs’ EP is out now. Get a free dj tool below that we’ve been using for a time now.

MP3 Sharkslayer – Swamp Dog (320K) (Mediafire)

[ x ] Disco drums
[ x ] Deep sub
[ x ] Cool Sample
[ x ] Smooth house
[ ] Rave number

Just got back from unbelievably hot Berlin. I finally met these awesome girls, Immy and Janna from Truants posse. Truants is super fun blog and they have this awesome Truancy mixtapes project. So far there’s exclusive mixes from Nguzunguzu, Dj Neoteric, Sam Tiba, Kenton Slash Demon and many more. Of course there’s one coming from Femme too.

Anyway, I thought to share this one gem with you – mainly because it was playing in my head the whole trip. It’s early Chicago house rarity from Joe Lewis and just perfect tune for summer. Gotta love those little snare fills and cowbells! I think the vinyl goes for something like 100-200 euros on Ebay, so good luck with that one.

MP3: Joe Lewis – Midnight Dancin (Mediafire)

This is from our good friend from Berlin, DJ Wool. Came out like a week ago and already doing damage in German club charts. Grab it with remixes from iTunes or Beatport. More Wool coming up on Top Billin Music, later this year. Päo!

JOYCE MUNIZ & SHANTI ROOTS f. KUDRA OWENS – SICK MUSIC from Top Billin on Vimeo.

Here’s the video for Joyce Muniz & Shanti Roots f. Kudra Owens – Sick Music. Awesome 90’s vibes, remember music videos with dancing to a dope background, great throwback work. This was produced and directed by Dazedstyles and concept is by Joyce herself and the girl in the video is Kudra. Enjoy watching and remember their ep out now.

Tracklisting:

Balloons
Balloons (DJA remix)
Balloons (LOL Boys remix)
Balloons (Camo Ufos remix)

Them Jeans – Balloons EP by TOP BILLIN

Top Billin welcomes Them Jeans to the Top Billin Knighthood.

If you know anything about the US dj scene, you have heard about Them Jeans for sure and if you’ve ever seen him, you will remember him (his the tallest dj we’ve ever seen with his 6 feet 8 inches figure). Jason aka Them Jeans has been running the infamous Dim Mak nights in Los Angeles for over 5 years now as a dj and a promoter and makes excellent techy house tunes with big bass sounds. He’s had releases before on labels like Emynd’s CFB and Turntable Lab, he deejays like the devil and is one of the dopest dudes we’ve ever met.

His first ep on Top Billin is a funky-styled house banger that has a lead weird enough to make you go wow at the club. Remixes come from fellow LA boys Camo Ufos (Mike B & Nate Day), Mad Decent’s own (and Diplo’s studio engineer) DJA and the next big thing in tropical beats, LOL Boys (don’t let that name fool you, these dudes are for real for real).

“I love this ep!” – SINDEN

GRAB HIS EP AND SHOW SUPPORT!

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And start following @themjeans

6.8.2010

Dam Funk live w/ Top Billin at Kuudes Linja. Keep the date in mind.

All my balearic nuggets… Turku Modern starts tomorrow with outdoor pre-party by Hitto not-so-bangers. Get your facts here and see you in Turku this weekend.

MP3 Delorean – Infinite Desert (Top Billin Party Edit) (320k) (MediaFire)

Banana (featuring Eero Johannes) by Femme En Fourrure

This collabo with Eero Johannes will be out July 15th alongside remixes of our previous single ‘Dirty Blonde’. More info about that later. Light up your summer with this one!

“Loving the vibes of Banana!” - Style Of Eye (Dirtybird)
“I really like BANANA. Thanks guys!” - Shir Khan (Exploited Records)
“Banana is nice and deep, will play for sure. Full support!” - Camel (Deadfish)