The (jungle)mafia post reminded me of this. Know how always in movies all the gangsters are those educated, sophisticated, calm, Anthony Hopkins type of guys… Live in tasteful mansions, appreciate art and are really dangerous because they’re so cold and keep their nerve. In reality there’s no criminals like that. Most of them are uneducated, violent, tracksuit wearing no manners having assholes, who had no mama and papa and that’s why grew up all wrong. Most are sexual offenders too. Movies always glorify such things as gangsterism and I call bullshit on that.

Lot of dance music lately. But we all love rap. We da best.

MP3 Bun B – If I Die II Night (320K) (Mediafire)

MP3 Rick Ross – Aston Martin Music (320K) (Mediafire)

MP3 Scarface – High Note (320K) (Mediafire)

MP3 Joey Crack – Slow Down (320K) (Mediafire)

MP3 Unique & Sliky – You Can Keep The Bullshit With Her (320K) (Mediafire)

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)

…with the Love Parade tragedy. I went to LP in 1998 in Berlin and had a blast with 800000 like-minded people. I’m not the most ‘raving’ type (you know shirtless with whistles and all) of dude but enjoyed that German holiday very much. Pity to see it stop now maybe because it was created for love and togetherness I feel.

MP3 Da Hool – Meet Her At The Love Parade (320K) (Mediafire)

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!

Yet another weekend, yet another time to set it off. Here’s a big crossover hit from 1984. Mixed with LOVE by the legedary Walter Gibbons. Essential stuff for everybody’s sets.

MP3 Strafe – Set It Off (320K) (Mediafire)

A few tips for Helsinki weekenders:

Alko Summer Jam @ Kuudes Linja

Got It Good @ Tavastia

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)

Last week I was mainly hanging out with people who could be my kids by age. Hey Young World, don’t give herpes to each other. Take it from the storyteller Rick.

MP3 Slick Rick – Hey Young World (320K) (Mediafire)

Just back from Oslo at the airport with Tane Lee, waiting to catch Tensnake and Catchdubs as they arrive…. Yesterday in Oslo at the Oslo Live festival was messy fun, big up Patski Love & Chris Stallion of the Juicy crew. Festival line-up was also nice, everyone from Drop The Lime, DJ Harvey, Bun B, A-Trak, Pantha Du Prince, U-Tern, Crystal Castles etc we’re there so pretty much action. Now Tane is off to Turku Modern festival while I’ll take Catchdini to Club YK for some Helsinki heat. See you there.

Here’s one of the high moments of last night, oddly enough.

MP3 Junior Reid – One Blood (320K) (mediafire)

TOP BILLIN @ OSLO LIVE FESTIVAL w/ JUICY from Top Billin on Vimeo.

I’m having trouble getting over how good this tribute to Prince is. Again an example how sometimes pop music really hits the spot. Prince drove a 1981 Honda 400A in Purple Rain, not a Yamaha tho, but the 1981 Yamaha X650 above is mighty fine too…

MP3 The Dream – Yamaha (320K) (Mediafire)

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)

TOP BILLIN @ Club Colors, Sweden from Top Billin on Vimeo.

Had to say that last night at Club Colors in Gothenburg was one of the funnest gigs in a long time. Colors is dope, boogie, disco, rap & good club music rules the night (we did drop some dubstep hits in the last half an hour tho). Mayer Hawthorne also delivered a solid live performance on the night and is a lovable guy just like his music. Looking forward to the next gig there with our man DJ Dainja (shouts also to Gothenburg homies Supreme & Embee of Looptroop Rockers fame). Posting here a golden tune from yesterday, I’m wondering why I haven’t shared this earlier.

MP3 N.V. – It’s Alright (extended version) (320K) (Mediafire)

From Prince:

Prince has said he thinks the era of the internet is already over.
In an interview with The Daily Mirror, the singer said his stance on technology is the main reason why his new album ‘20Ten’ will not be available for download online.
“The internet’s completely over,” he explained. “I don’t see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won’t pay me an advance for it, and then they get angry when they can’t get it.”
Prince is giving ‘20Ten’ away with the Daily Mirror and Daily Record, in a similar move to that of his 2007 album ‘Planet Earth’.
Speaking about why he shuns technology, he added: “The internet’s like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers, and that can’t be good for you.” (via NME)

MP3 Sheila E. – A Love Bizarre (DJ mix) (320K) (prod. Prince) (Mediafire)