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).
Enter Chauffeur aka Thom Theroux from Calgary, Canada. Thom is our man who can make crazy party tunes that will twist your ears, and at the same time have that pop sensibility we love in dance music. This is Chauffeurs debut ep so listen closely.
This 5-track ep, with tracks that range from twisted disco to speaker bruising rave to bass heavy pop, is definitely a rare piece of work for a first release. Fresh in a way when people started to talk about this genre called ‘electro bangers’ (whatever that means). Dark and grimey like the alleys of major cities, the unexpected lurking around the corner.
Chauffeur, tearing the roof down in 2010.
“Oh man.. This is like driving 200mph down the Miami state freeway knocking down alligators and cops” – Drop The Lime
Up To No Good
Up To No Good (dub)
Up To No Good (Malente & Jay Robinson remix)
Up To No Good (Highbloo remix)
Up To No Good (Emperatron remix)
Up To No Good (Emperatron dub remix)
Introducing: Yves Rockers Crew. Well, sort of introducing as Yves Rockers is disco project of our friend and a long-time Top Billin associate DJ Pataässä, who’s made some nice party breaks (Sweat Gunz anyone) and remixes with us in the past. His new project is a dope indie-discoish thing with a rock feel and nice vocals. He’s also a man with great sense on humour, so this no straight-laced project either, so expect more fun disco with that pop sensibility.
Remixes on this ep come from bass-masters Malente & Jay Robinson, Belgium’s wonderboy Highbloo and Top Billin newest signing, the young Emperatrons. A dub version of the original is also included for you who don’t dig vocal stuff.
Artist: Joyce Muniz & Shanti Roots
Title: Get Your Conga On EP
Tracklisting:
Sick Music f. Kudra Owens
Sick Music f. Kudra Owens (instrumental mix)
Sick Music f. Kudra Owens (Ben Mono remix)
Sick Music f. Kudra Owens (Ben Mono remix instrumental)
Sick Music f. Kudra Owens (Lazy Ants remix)
Maluca
Get Your Conga On
Here’s what many of you have been waiting for since we uploaded it to Soundcloud…
Joyce Muniz is from Brazil and she is our homegirl. She’s also a talented producer and a vocalist and when she sent us her ‘Get Your Conga On’ track we were blown away with it (we thought the vocal in it could not be touched anymore but she proved us wrong) and told her that this needs to be out and available for everybody!
Then she tell us that they did a whole ep around the track with her producer partner Shanti Roots (who’s been an important character in the Austrian music scene for years) that has got that perfect house/club vibe. This time stuff is deeper than usually on Top Billin but we are like that. Also recruiting her friends Ben Mono and Lazy Ants for the remix work, this is a perfect ep for your summer. House is a feeling, 7 tracks (includes a great bonus cut ‘Maluca’ which means crazy girl btw) all club-friendly bass-heavy material.
“Really lovin’ it! Joyce is kick ass n’ this collab with Shanti is pure gold!” – EDU K
Time for another release in our ‘Nightrunners’ -series and it’s one monster house ep! Koobra is the other half of Helsinki 78-82 and a long-time Top Billin associate and he also brings us ‘that big city house’ -feel with his solo. This whole release came as a (pleasant) suprise to us, we were not aware that he would have time to finish all the tunes just before summer holidays, but there we have it.
‘Thrills’ is a smooth French styled house groover while ‘It’s You’ is a total vocal hit with some pumping production, and ‘Question’ is a more italo filled affair… 3 tracks on this release, all great, all needed for your summers dj sets.
CHECK IT AT THESE SHOPS AND PLS SHOW SUPPORT (all hail) TO KOOBRA.
Artist: Various Artists
Title: PL Funky
Release date: OUT NOW
Tracklisting:
The Phantom: Cambodia
Spox: Free Voices
Tears: No Way Out
Zeppy Zep – Sierra
Vanatoski – The Accordion
Our newest release is a UK Funky styled thing from…. Poland.
Yes, may sound a bit funny but this ep definitely the best we’ve heard in Funky for a while. Our top guys from Poland, The Phantom, Teezy & Zeppy, Tears, Spox and Vanatoski bring those beats and that bass, make no mistake about it. Here’s what they got to say about the ep:
“We’re all bedroom producers in the first place. The initial idea came about in late summer of 2009 right after coming back from this dj tour that me and Zeppy did . I knew about a few kids here and there making music, all I did was I hit them up and said “How u feelin about the idea, I think we should make this happen “. That’s the whole story – there was no key to styles, as you can feel tunes are not genre-specific – call it garage, call it grime, tropical or techno, it’s all around the shop, I left it to the crew as long as the tunes I’ve been sent stayed percussive and house tempoed. After wrapping the whole thing up we’ve sent the EP to a couple of local blogs, I remember saying no one in Europe can get this, it’s a strictly local thing for heads in Poland and let’s keep it that way. What we aimed for was building a net of young producers doing it our way, doing it different. You can find local bmore djs, you can find local house djs, you can find mashup djs in this country, you won’t hear them produce. We wanted to stay strong and go different way, simple as that.
Obviously we can’t deny UK is where the inspiration mainly comes from. We doing it our way tho, without looking at the others and will keep it that way. We’re really happy seing the support Top Billin showed to our local idea, it’s a big honour for all the crew to see this EP dropping shortly. – Tears aka Thomas
PL Funky is not a ‘genre’ tho, it’s nice and lil funny project name for this great compilation ep. We all hope you dig it, we sure do. It’s a funky ting rite now.
Supported by: Jackmaster, L-Vis 1990, Bok Bok, Foamo, Moony (ukfunky.com), Jam City, Ikonika, The Captain (Trouble&Bass), Emynd, etc
Artist: Diamond K & Al Ripken Jr
Title: Hands In The Air EP
Tracklisting:
Hands In The Air
Hands In The Air (Bok Bok remix)
Hands In The Air (Cobra Krames remix)
Hands In The Air (Lunice remix)
Single Ladies Single Fellas
Single Ladies Single Fellas (Trusta aka Tes La Rok remix)
We were blown away when Al Ripken Jr hit us up with this a while back, we knew that this will be an amazing release…
INFO:
The latest 12” from Top Billin brings you classic raw Baltimore club beats with remixes from boys on top of their game. Diamond K is a Baltimore OG with his Da Horsemen crew & High Rolla records, and he teamed up with Baltimore’s finest Al Ripken Jr to make 2 future classics of club music, ‘Hand’s In The Air’ and ‘Single Ladies Single Fellas’. As this is a special occasion, the remixes need to be special, so who else better to give these tracks the bass treatment and a grimey club feel than our man Bok Bok & homie Tes La Rok (aka Trusta, his funky alias). 2 other remixes come
from NYC’s finest, Cobra Krames (wait for his & Morsy’s ep on Top Billin this summer, future club music) and Montreal’s beat wonderboy Lunice.
Welcoming Club Cheval (the horse club) to the ever-growing Top Billin family!
Club Cheval aka Sam Tiba, Myd & Canblaster hail from France and make an awesome hybrid of club beats, dancehall, house & techno, just the way we like it. Their new ep is already getting a lot of support from all the top players and and you can also find Sam Tiba’s ‘Barbie Weed’ on the new Crookers mix cd (dope).
Check out this awesome release from France and watch out for the Club Cheval boys at your local club very soon.
Remixes will follow from Rob Threezy, Tim Dolla & DJ Fresh, Sticky K, etc….
FEEDBACK:
Brodinski : WOAH!! I Love this EP, I’ve played Rwall from Myd for a while now and…it always works like CRAZY! Can’t wait to play the whole EP at the club again! BIG UP!
Dirty South Joe (Brick Bandits, US): I’ve played Barbie Weed a few times and the trainspotters almost broke their necks!
Bok Bok: Barbie Weed is the riddim.
Schlachtofbronx : Barbie Weed is great !
Foamo: Club Cheval are wicked, I love their stuff!!
Dubbel Dutch: Best shit I’ve heard in a long time.
Daniel Haaksman: I play Barbie Weed out a lot, it´s such a smasher.
The Captain (Trouble&Bass): I’m really feeling Canblaster – Chicken Run, huge tune!
Mumdance: Pulled this up twice in Paris last week, big tune.
Rico Tubbs : How many squeaky lead tunes we need? Well at least this one! Chicken Run will destroy!
Drop The Lime: Yo that Barbie Weed tune is Massive!
+ radioplay from Sinden, Toddla T.
Buying and supporting this ep will result in paving way to new talent and thus making this world a better place to live in. Merci.
‘PETERPAN’ by Sekta & Spoek remixed by the cream of the crop of today! Sekta & Spoek made a smashing 2 track release for us early this year and now we have even more killer remixes. These remixes got massive support already so don’t miss this.
Wanted to give you a quick preview of the next ep and welcome Club Cheval (the horse club) to the ever-growing Top Billin family! Club Cheval aka Sam Tiba, Myd & Canblaster hail from France and make an awesome hybrid of club beats, dancehall, house & techno, just the way we like it. You can preview the ep below and also find Sam Tiba’s ‘Barbie Weed’ on the new Crookers mix cd (dope). Promos will leave next week and watch out for the Club Cheval boys at your local club very soon.
Artist: Sekta f. Spoek Mathambo
Title: Jabajaws REMIXED
Release date: 5th March 2010
A massive remix package to massive ep by Sekta & Spoek Mathambo previously out on Top Billin.
Being as great we are, we got some special heat for you this Friday. Sekta & Spoek’s ‘Jabajaws’ remixed by the cream of the crop of today…. The original ep released in January and was a real winner, gaining lot of attention for both artists, so this remix ep is an welcome addition to the already classic release. Remixes come from Camel, Daniel Haaksman, Raziek, Bert On Beats, Edu K, Femme En Fourrure, Kid Kaio & Top Billin. There’s even dub versions of certain remixes! We appreciate your support with this ep, preview it on the player and get it Friday as it drops. A remix ep for ‘Peterpan’ is also coming with remixes by Julio Bashmore, Doc Daneeka etc. Hold tight people.
Artist: Femme En Fourrure
Title: ‘Plump Bisquit’ w/ Sharkslayer remix
Release date: 5th February 2010
Femme En Fourrure aka Juuso & Bianca, our fellow disco / house lovers from Helsinki have been making waves witheir minimalistic yet bass-heavy house sound lately. Juuso has been known as disco-enthusiast and now with a female companion, they create a house sound that’s very much 2010. They’ve done remixes for Crystal Fighters, Edu K, Myd (‘Train To Bamako’) anyone, huge ep that one) and a release for Dandy Kids records last year, so it’s time to release a single from them on Top Billin. As Femme En Fourrure and Sharkslayer are friends, what would be more appropriate than a Sharkslayer remix/‘demon dub’ (a true soundboy burial) to accompany the single. This for the ones who love that techier side of house but with soft deep subs and airhorns. If you play that Renaissance Man / Sound Pellegrino style as well as some Sinden / Crookers vibes, you might find this relevant to your interests. There’s a lot more in the pipeline from the dynamic duo, so keep watch.
Helsinki 78-82 EP officially out today. Juno, Beatport and the rest of them shops are propably polishing those aiffs as write this. Meanwhile get your files from Top Billin MP3 shop. Vinyl available through Intergroove distribution systems today.
Right on the heels of our previous bass/electro smasher, we hit you with the most anticipated house/disco record of recent times.
Helsinki 78-82 is a project by Top Billin team members Flipper & Koobra, who’ve always been active and always been down to bring something new to the label. While Flipper is part of the Top Billin dj team and has always been the most high-flying of us, so no wonder the the new 12” is some musical bliss that’ll leave you feeling that good good. This is what we call Big City House music, when you’re cruising the streets at night with the top down - no words needed. In a manner Michael Mann would be proud of.
‘So Lifelike’ is a ‘sort of’ remake of Lifelike’s great ‘ So Electric (under permission)’, although this time it comes with vocals from our great Helsinki new wave partners Villa Nah. If you are in need of a new end-nighter, this is it. ‘Cruising’ is a tune full of that pumping big city feel with driving drums and great synth work that will get them ladies on the floor and will fit into those funky house / modern disco sets. We even have a video for it, but it’s a different kind of cruising than you think (no Al Pacino). Digital release will feature also one tough-thumping house monster titled ‘Project 2′.
We’ve been playing this since last summer and it’s been a staple at daytime radioshows where we come from and greatly welcomed by some of our top dj friends who’ve gotten it early (we know, unfair, but life is) like:
‘So Lifelike is the JAM’ – Diplo
‘So Lifelike is so great!’ – Nick Catchdubs, Fools Gold Records
‘This isn’t only a surprise but a true treat for the ears.” -Turntable Lab
Get this future classic in your record box as we have a limited pressing only and no more will be made. We also hope this will give you as good feelings as it gives to us.
Artist: Sekta f. Spoek Mathambo
Title: Jabajaws / Peterpan EP w/ instrumentals
Release date: OUT NOW
The newest Top Billin release is out now and we recommend you all get it. This bass-driven affair with haunting synth melodies by Warsaw’s Sekta & South-Africa’s Spoek Mathambo is guaranteed to light the dancefloors on fire.
Artist: Sekta f. Spoek Mathambo
Title: Jabajaws / Peterpan EP w/ instrumentals
Release date: 8th January 2010
New release info & preview:
Enter… SEKTA. Producer, dj, promoter, graphic designer, a true renaissance man from Poland.
When he’s not co-promoting and organizing bookings for the Warsaw’s most popular club night – ‘Sorry, Ghettoblaster’ (guests include: Renaissance Man, Riva Starr, Zombie Disco Squad, Sweat X, Congorock, The Bloody Beetroots, Shadowdancer, etc you get the picture, big parties), Sekta works on his productions that range from ghettoed-out bass music to smoother housier styles, not forgetting the techy elements here and there. The outcome of his latest efforts is the fresh EP, recorded with Spoek Mathambo (if you’ve been listening you’ve heard of him already for sure, who could miss the prince of township tech from South Africa), the vocalist of Sweat X and Playdoe.
Just like the music styles that have been flooding the dancefloors of the best club nights around the world, the tracks of Sekta and Spoek ooze with an african-heavy-bass-uk-funky groove. This means of course steaming hot tribal drums mixed together with digital calimba and massive bass and bangin on in the dancefloor.
Polish dj/producer, South African mc and heavy bass, how dope can things sometimes be? We hope you all dig this and choose to support new talent! AYOBANESS everyone.
Hey everyone. Our dancefloor killer ‘Playboy Anthem’ is out now officially with a ton of remixes:
Top Billin Comedy Jams for 2010!
TOP BILLIN – ‘PLAYBOY ANTHEM’
You may know we’re always in a for fun & games, so here’s an ep that’s get you crackin and also bangin the club!
Ealier this year we were asked to do a track for the Scion/Discobelle free compilation and could not use samples. So we think wtf, what do we do now. Made a disco beat, called our boy So Hot It Hurts, who always puts down fun lyrics and came up with Playboy Anthem. HIPHOUSE FOR THE NEW GENERATION. The tune became an instant classic and tells a true story too, when SHIH was working at a golf club, bored and trying to get his swing on.
And here it is now as a single with remixes from our fun-loving friends from Brazil to Canada, France to Australia and so on. Remixes come from Smalltown Romeo, Rico Tubbs, Joyce Muniz & Shanti Roots, DJ Edgar, DJ Beware & Motorpitch, Act Yo Age, and the Bootycall boys, Marvy & Kaptain Cadillac.
Hope you will dig it, we do. We would also like to thank Chris Rock for his continuous support and spiritual guidance.
Raziek is back. And with a vengenace. He’s truly a great guy and part of the Top Billin knighthood, always bringing us good vibes, whether the style be straight up ghetto grooves or house or bass-fuelled club thumbers, he’s on it. We’re happy to release his new single titled ‘Die’, that has people already raving about it (with artwork to match his manly image).
Die is a tune very much now, combining some African vibes with South American samples and production for the club. Raziek gives it some extra push with a dirty bassline, while we remix the original into a something deeper (that you drop 6am at Berghain supposedly). Emynd then again turns the tune into a banging club version with some real Euro vibes, that leaves us in envy once again (guy is more and more impressive, sigh).
Check his new tune below plus the Top Billin remix. The EMYND remix you can find exclusively at the TB shop along with whole ep.
RAZIEK – DIE EP
Release Date 18.9.
Die (Original mix)
Die (Top Billin remix)
Die (Emynd remix)
It rhymes. It also bangs, here’s a special remix for all of you that they wanted us to do. I feel like it’s safe to pass on now… Does this need explanation, you’ve heard the original and it’s dope (didn’t think a sample from Steam would work, but apparently does), so get your dancing shoes on with this one as well.
