DOWNLOAD: Thunderskank Vs. Russo - Teardrop (Yo Video Remix)
For some reason, I'm not sure what, people seem to equate the ownership of a coffee table with a human being's arrival at a spectacularly bland, complacently middle class kind of adulthood. Or at least they do in England - I'm not sure if a coffee table's seen as something so bourgeois in Italy, France or even the US. This is why, when we're not busy breaking pint glasses on each other's heads and singing the national anthem at plates of fried breakfast, people in England talk about Massive Attack's "Teardrop" as being the most 'coffee table' track of all time. If 'coffee table' was a legitimate genre, "Teardrop" would be its "Louie, Louis," its "Run to the Hills," "West End Girls" or "God Save the Queen." Shocking, then, to hear Thunderskank and Russo crash into the living room and smash the shit out of Massive Attack's coffee table, probably high on something or other, maybe the pernicious influence of peak hour drum n bass that sounds like a circus collapsing into hell.
Thunderskank Vs. Russo - Teardrop (Yo Video Remix)
DOWNLOAD: Clare Maguire - The Last Dance (Danny Byrd Remix)
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Claire Maguire's ultra-expressive vocal chords make her the perfect fit for drum n' bass that seems determined to stampede all of the emotion out of itself. That said, Danny Byrd's no numbskulled rave mechanic, his take on "The Last Dance" featuring Daft Punk synth cascades and strings that seem breathlessly excited about something or other. It's too early in the week to speculate on what, but if you have any memory whatsoever of what you've been doing for the last few days I think you know what I'm getting at. Maguire's debut album Light After Dark arrives two weekends from now, on February 28.
Clare Maguire - The Last Dance (Danny Byrd Remix)
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PREMIERE: DJ Fresh Vs. Sigma - Lassitude (Jakwob Remix)
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You can count the number of things Maidenhead, England, is noteworthy for on one hand. 1) the Spice Girls shared a house on Boyn Hill Road before anyone would bother to go doorstep them; 2) it has the oldest football stadium in the world; 3) revered civil engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel's 'sounding arch' railway bridge crosses the Thames upon entry to the town; and 4) drum n' bass pioneer DJ Fresh calls it home. "Lassitude", a collaborative effort made with Sigma and pulled from this year's Kryptonite longplayer, receives more messing with here as Jakwob slows the original to a dubstep crawl, filling the gaps with singing 'wobble' synths. Find this alongside the original and four other remixes from November 1 through Fresh's own Breakbeat Kaos label, and if for some reason you're still wondering about the fifth thing Maidenhead (population: 60,000) is famous for, YOU'RE READING HIM.
DJ Fresh Vs. Sigma - Lassitude (Jakwob Remix)
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PREMIERE: Magnetic Man - I Need Air (Digital Soundboy Remix)
Not many groups can boast an NME front cover before the release of their debut single, but Magnetic Man aren't just any group: comprised, as they are, of leading dubstep lights Skream and Benga and their mentor, Artwork. This Digital Soundboy remix of the trio's maiden 12" hustles with all the street level energy you'd expect from Shy FX's label, some London gyal ("New York State Of Mind" co-writer Angela Hunte, actually) getting breathless over destined synths and snare zeal. The original version of "I Need Air" will be available to download from July 25, before arriving on wax a day later. An album is scheduled for release later this year - if this is anything to go by, mad collaborations are in the pipes.
Magnetic Man - I Need Air (Digital Soundboy Remix)
DOWNLOAD: Underworld - Scribble (Radio Edit)
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Fleet-footed and unashamedly euphoric, Underworld's "Scribble" largely rejects the ferocity of much current underground drum n' bass. Those brackets are kind of unnecessary - it's obvious enough without them that this track, made in league with High Contrast, sees the duo dashing for daytime radio playlists that have recently made room for those they've inspired, such as Pendulum. This is gonna sound great tearing from the speakers of London's summertime traffic, and the legendary dance pair will have a new album ready by the time that summertime has ended.
Underworld - Scribble (Radio Edit)
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EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Herve - Ghetto Bass Minimix + Herve - Jungle Steppers (feat. The Count Of Monte Cristal)
Released into the wild this week, Ghetto Bass is being billed as Hervé's "inaugural" mix compilation. It's an interesting choice of word - an inauguration comes, of course, at the beginning of a leader's reign, a traditional ceremony used to herald a new direction. A 2-CD, 35-track romp through the last 20 years of bass music - the kind heard surging through British clubland in particular - the compilation also sounds like the best house parties you've ever been to coalescing into one unified moment of delirious abandon, cutting a path backwards through bassline, dubstep, grime, electro, drum n' bass and house. To this end, dance heroes like Zomby, Benga, Justice and The Chemical Brothers are caught in the mix, but cuts from guitar-wielding outfits like The Kills and Bloc Party are also co-opted, re-shaped, hammered into dance floor eligibility.
RCRD LBL has a twenty minute teaser for your glad ears, Ghetto Bass minimixed, as well as a track, "Jungle Steppers", pulled fully-formed from the record. Like we said, it's out now, so check it.
Sounds Like: an English Girl Talk, millionaire pirate radio, Plastician
Hervé - Jungle Steppers (feat. The Count Of Monte Cristal)
DOWNLOAD: FreQ Nasty - Peacemaker (DUB) (feat. Propa Tingz)
FreQ Nasty, aka Fiji-born, New Zealand-raised Darin McFayden, was the producer behind "Creator," Santogold's supersonic swingbomb single that detonated many a dancefloor in '08 and just might be the best track on one of the year's most extremely well-received albums. While that beat was arguably his big break, Nasty has been making moves in the drum and bass and breaks scenes for over a decade, producing and deejaying an impressive amount of diverse, subsonic material that not only informed his work on "Creator" but also the labyrinthine, genre-hopping mix he made for Fabric this year, Fabriclive.42. "Peacemaker" appears in its original form in the early minutes of that mix, but this dub version--a grinding amalgam of dancehall, breaks, fidget-house, and high-energy dubstep--is tipped to appear on his pending new artist album, due sometime this year but still lacking an unconfirmed tracklisting, release date, or label. If "Creator" and his Fabric mix are anything to go by, he'll be shattering enough basebins and year-end lists to make us forget those gnarly white dude dreads.
Sounds like: Santogold, Diplo, Switch
FreQ Nasty - Peacemaker (DUB) (feat. Propa Tingz)
Download: Trifonic
A couple years back we discovered a great site called ccMixter, a legal remix-sharing community where great artists a la the Beastie Boys, Christopher Willits, DJ Vadim, etc. serve up stems of their music for up and coming producers to mess around with, then post for the community to download for free. By far the best remixes were courtesy of Trifonic, a production team of two brothers (Laurence & Brian Trifon) up in the bay area whose passion for hip hop, drum n bass, and Dust Brothers-esque sampling informed some nasty remixes with a sound all their own. Check this to download "The Next Step" from cc Mixter for a taste.
Upon reaching out to them we found out they wrote with BT, were composing great ads for Nike and placing their music in CSI. Very recently Trifonic completed their debut artist album called "Emergence" which is available in all digital stores including iTunes and amazon. It's vicious, yet still carries their signature cinematic sound which makes them so ripe for licensing. They've also added the welcome element of vocals on the new album. The brothers Trifon have graciously allowed SEEN readers to download "Vacuum Tree" here, a drum n bass anthem for the next generation. Listen through headphones.
Download "Vacuum Tree" by Trifonic here.
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