Making house with Mickey Mouse (from The Cactus Kid), taken from Fex Fellini’s debut ep, soon out on Top Billin. Don’t know The Fexican? You will soon.
“WOW man! All masterpieces in here! Fex is kickin’ mighty ass!” – EDU K
“Nice beats, will play them out!” – CAMEL
“Nice drum work and stabs, that’s my jam!“ – CANBLASTER
What do you know about Russia? Not much, we know that. But Russia is a great country with a burgeoning electronic music scene, and as an international label we are proud to present our first signing from that huge and distant country.
Enter GIANT from St. Petersburg, 3 guys who make everything from dubstep (they’ve released stuff previously on Hench and Dub Police) to house and beyond. So here’s 2 tracks of high-fuelled and bass heavy house with a tech twist from our favourite Russians Giant.
And as we’ve been to Russia to party many times and we know how hard they can go, so it’s suitable to have this release on Top Billin. Like they say, united we stand, divided we fall komrades.
We made a remix for Chicagos finest, Ghetto Division’s own Rampage & Nader for their ‘Windy City Nights’ EP. We kept it as ghetto as possible and used plenty of samples, hence the NYC mix (check the previous ‘Chicago mix’ for Rob Threezy), so you can never tell which year is this from unless you know (crackin & poppin). This will out soon on T&A for your pleasure and pain, long live HOUSE MUSIC.
In the past 2 weeks I’ve been going through most Green Velvet / Cajmere tracks, as the classic ‘Percolator’ is being remixed by Claude VonStroke, Major Lazer and other great names of today, and a new tune from Green Velvet, ‘Harmageddon’ is destroying dancefloors everywhere as we speak. So, pretty much attention to the man right now which is well deserved. Here’s one major classic you need to have (fun version).
Get down! Reggae and dancehall special (other crazyness around the world included too aka Global Bass). The Very Best are playing at a festival here, so this is the afterparty….
Here’s a bit darker but a dope track from one of my favourites, DJ Killer from Soweto.
The Sharkslayer Australia Tour 2010 aka Heaps Of Fun -tour is over and we’re back home. Jetlag is a bitch but who cares, I slept 24h yesterday, which is about the same amount I slept in total during this tour. Thanks everybody, it was a pleasure, you know who you are! Be in touch homies… More pics and video after the hop.
Of course we do, like my friend said – “you can’t beat the smell of fresh wax”. Damn right. For example the glorious club/bass/funky ep from Al Ripken & Diamond K is available on wax (with remixes from Bok Bok, Lunice, Cobra Krames & Trusta). Put em hands in the air, now.
Top Billin welcomes Fex Fellini, a great German who makes excellent house with a tech twist plus some added world elements. If you liked the Joyce Muniz & Shanti Roots – ‘Get Your Conga On’ ep earlier this year, you’re gonna love Fex’s debut out soon on Top Billin. Because we ain’t all about crazy bangers you know. Listen to the ep below and leave a comment for him. Promos are leaving as we speak.
Manaré (aka Riot Kid) is our cousin from Paris and is undoubtedly one of the most interesting producers of the new wave of French artists. GO AND GET his first ep on Top Billin now.
Here’s what they say about him:
He caused riots as a teenager. Now that he’s (almost) an adult, he causes wars. This descendant of a family of troublemakers carries on with the traditions and honors his ancestors. As an entertainer at heart, the kid from Paris wants it all. After a very successful first E.P, that was played on Radio 1, in every club and in your girlfriend’s iPod and in which he glorified the Orient and Wes Anderson, Riot Kid is now Manaré and he’s back to tell you about horns, jazz clubs and Ecuadorian rivers.
Check his dope ep with influences from tech house, Uk funky, electro and bass music. Remixes come from none other than L-VIS 1990, FRENCH FRIES & BAMBOUNOU, FEMME EN FOURRURE and MERK MENY. Definitely a release not to sleep on. Bring that bass!
“This is big! Will definitely get love in my sets!” – Drop The Lime
“Great! Blitzkrieg Riddim is on the Count and Sinden Essential mix to be broadcast soon on Radio 1.” – Sinden
“This is a killer release, full support!” – Act Yo Age
“Fuck yeah! Blitzkrieg Riddim is my jam! Focken TOPS! Manaré is def one of my faves these days!” – Edu K
“I’m playin these!”- DJ Funk
“Blitzkrieg Riddim goes off!” – Nick Catchdubs
Greetings from Melbourne, the Sharkslayer Australia takeover continues. We’ve had some crazy weird (and awesome) action here, from horse races to club fun. The Monastery at Brisbane was dope, so was the Academy at Canberra, and the Espy of course in Melbourne. Everybody’s been mad friendly and people really love music. We’re also happy that Neoteric came and we met him in Melbourne, also met the great guys of Scattermusic and Lucid. Here’s some pics, from vast wilderness to metropolitan flavours (no tourist pix included). Hope you all had fun at FLOW, I’ll go buy a hat because it’s cold!
Try this is your UK Funky sets to make em a bit more interesting:
You might know Spox, he’s a Top Billin knight and a talented guy from Poland. He’s been making a lot of tunes lately and compiled a mix of only ‘Spox masterial’. Here’s what Spoxxy wrote:
The idea behind the mix is to showcase some of the original music, as well as remixes, I did this year. All of them, apart from the few original samples, were produced by me. There are only few DJs in Poland who are producers at the same time. As far as I know, this truly might be the first producer mix in Poland, melting together Electro, UK Funky, Bass, Dubstep or Dirty Disco. The number of genres adds to the ‘party’ vibe of the mix.
Hope you enjoy it and pass it on to your friends and further.
Thanks.
Get the mix and see the tracklisting after the jump.
Top Billin’s own studio caveman Chauffeur is at it again and this time with 2 free remixes to give away. His dope ep combining pop music with rave aesthetics is out right now. Download the remixes below (they’re fire).
Remember what Drop The Lime said about Chauffeurs ep?:
Oh man.. This is like driving 200mph down the Miami state freeway knocking down alligators and cops”.
Hey friend, we’re leaving for the Sharkslayer Australian tour today. Touring with us there will be such great guys as Neoteric, Mightyfools, Beataucue plus some others. To celebrate this Oceanic takeover, we made a tour mix with Neoteric and Beataucue. Download that below and check the blog for the tour diary during the next couple of weeks.
NEOTERIC x SHARKSLAYER x BEATAUCUE tour mix
Mowgli – Belly Dance (Solo Remix)
LA Riots – Bombah (Mowgli Remix)
Headshotboyz – NIA
The Shoes – Stay the Same (Harvard Bass Remix)
Mom & Dad – Bazic
Foamo – Here Comes
Nujax – Beat Gon Boom
Smalltown Romeo – Love Tempo (Malente Remix)
Gingy & Bordello – Vapourizer (Rynecologist Remix)
Manaré – Voodoo
Flutuance & Dreamtime – Make
Yeah! Woho! – Pushing
Emperatron – King Riddim (Sharkslayer remix)
Wes De Graaf & Dooze Jackers – Euh!
Canblaster – Chicken Run (Rob Threezy remix)
Sam Tiba – Barbie Weed (Subkittenz remix)
Green Velvet – Harmageddon
Nacey – Six Million
La Riots – I Want to
Tony Senghore – Burnin’
Beataucue – Untitled
Noob – Benga
Savage Skulls & Douster – Bad Gal (Crookers rmx)
Laserkraft 3D – Nein Mann
Skrillex – With your Friends
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 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.