DOWNLOAD: Rusko - Somebody To Love
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Unless you're a nihilist, "Somebody To Love" is likely officially on your to-do list. Rusko taps into this feeling with sputtering beats, wigged house vocals and bass so deep that listening on headphones is akin to getting a scalp massage. Hear more on his new album Songs, which comes March 27 via Mad Decent and Downtown. You can also catch Rusko touring this fine country (aka the U.S.) throughout February. Go dance!
DOWNLOAD: Scion A/V Presents: Skream & Benga
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When Scion A/V’s Skream & Benga EP came my way, I knew I loved it. I just didn’t know which London dubsteppers' track to gift. The vicious, viscous flow of Skream’s aptly-named “Nefariousa”? The vaguely sexual and ultimately disabling electro flop of Benga’s “Any Steppers”? Whatever the hell “Ice Cream Jelly Roll” is supposed to be? In the end, I did what was most in the spirit of the season (and, of course, what was easiest). I’m giving them all, and letting you choose.
DOWNLOAD: Bird Peterson and Ocelot - Soul Survivor (Trowa + RUN DMT Remixes)
From the moment I heard RCRD LBL mainstays Bird Peterson and Ocelot’s scary, amazing, dance drill “Soul Survivor” on an unnamed mixtape earlier this year, I went into research mode. First, I needed to know when I could buy it. Second, I had to find out from whence the cutting refrain “There was a real mean killing…and the wrong guy died…they buried his body…but his soul survived…” which echoed ‘soul survived’ into teeth-gnashing, arm-flailing infinity, came. Alas, I’ve only solved the question of the date. Out since early this month on T&A (DJ Ayres and Tittsworth’s label) is the original, along with a slew of remixes including these dubstep takes by screechmasters Trowa and bass perversionists RUN DMT. Check them out, and if you know the movie sampled, email me stat.
PREMIERE: Soso - Who's Gonna Love Me (Ghost Remix) + Original
Soso is Swedish superpower composed of Monica Belluci’s face, Robyn’s voice and Adele’s heartbreak. She also has an army of twinkling synths, bells, and electropop mandolins at her disposal in “Who’s Gonna Love Me.” But they’re no help to her in this Ghost remix, where she is a hyperventilating dub’n’bass prisoner running from baby drops and freaky theramins. The two different, though equally lonesome dance dips, are after the jump.
PREMIERE: Star Eyes - The Night (Deathface Remix)
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Star Eyes, member of heavy bass inventors Trouble And Bass and reigning haunted house queen, has a new single called “The Night,” which won’t come out until the end of this year. So, we can’t yet tell how true to the original this Deathface bruiser stays. What we can assert is that this redux is pretty much a hard-as-diamonds nightmare, blowing up huge, screeching dubstep landmines any time the sing-song vocals, fairytale synths or theramin-inspired mist tries to settle. The result is super fun and awfully cruel, like tying a dove to a chain and yanking it every time it attempts to fly.
Star Eyes - The Night (Deathface Remix)
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VIDEO + DOWNLOAD: Katy B - Lights On (Gigamesh Remix)
As part of RCRD LBL's partnership with VEVO, we're introducing a new weekly series where we'll offer a video and free downloads of some of our favorite tunes. This week: Katy B.
Katy B's debut album has already done plenty of damage in the U.K.—top 10 singles, plus a Mercury Prize nomination—and on September 13, On A Mission finally premieres stateside via Columbia Records. The pint-sized dubstep queen is armed with 12 club-ready pop tracks, including her hit single “Lights On,” which gets the remix treatment here from dance music producer Gigamesh. Accentuating the catchy beat, Gigamesh adds another layer of energizing bass that strikes a perfect balance with Katy’s smooth, R&B-influenced vocals.
PREMIERE: Katy B - Lights On (Gigamesh Remix)
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Katy B's debut album has already done plenty of damage in the U.K.—top 10 singles, plus a Mercury Prize nomination—and on September 13, On A Mission finally premieres stateside via Columbia Records. The pint-sized dubstep queen is armed with 12 club-ready pop tracks, including her hit single “Lights On,” which gets the remix treatment here from dance music producer Gigamesh. Accentuating the catchy beat, Gigamesh turns up the tempo and adds another layer of energizing bass that strikes a perfect balance with Katy’s smooth, R&B-influenced vocals.
DOWNLOAD: Starkey - Bricks (feat. Curly Castro) (The Elementz Remix)
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"Bricks" is a coming together of passions for Philadelphia producer Starkey and his MC friend Curly Castro. Pulled from the former's new sci-fi inspired EP, Space Traitor Vol. 2, Castro's lyrics weave together a fantastical narrative in which Peter Parker, Wolverine, Leo di Caprio, Lex Luther and the guys from Star Wars are thrown together to suffer at the hands of the titular Bricks, a superhero who, if I'm hearing this right, can blow shit up with his eyes. Starkey's productions have always been pretty filmic, and even when reworked by Nottingham, England production duo The Elementz, this track makes all the right synaesthetic moves; snares reaching out of the mix to poke you in your eyes and synths tickling just behind the brain. It's a cinematic track, and it's out now through Civil Music.
Starkey - Bricks (feat. Curly Castro) (The Elementz Remix)
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