NROTB - Droplet

Video for NROTB's new single Droplet out now on Plant Music NYC. Been absolutely rinsing this one lately.

Bonus:

NROTB - Droplet (Felix Cartel Remix)

Amanda Blank - Might Like You Better (NROTB Remix)

Major Lazer - Bruk Out (Foamo Remix)

Just finished work and unfortunately couldn't make it to Kill Em All in Brighton tonight with Riton and Solo, but I do come home however to a new remix from 21 year old Kye aka Foamo, of Major Lazer's Bruk Out. Foamo keeps the catchy melody from the original and expands on it by bringing his own notorious bassline sound to the table and keeping the vocals that made the original so good.

Major Lazer - Bruk Out (Foamo Remix)

Bonus:

Major Lazer - Bruk Out (Destructo & Uberzone Remix)

Bart B More - Romane EP

With a successful year already under its belt Sound Pellegrino delivers another outstanding release this time from Dutch producer Bart B More. Take an accordion sample, pitch it up and down, throw in some solid world beat percussions and you've got Romane; Sound Pellegrino prooving again that "Less Is More". However one thing that shouldn't go unnoticed are the remixes for this EP. Sound Pellegrino have really worked hard and put together a set of remarkable remixes from Gucci Vump, Para One, French Fries & Bambounou and Rubix with the Gucci Vump being my undeniable favourite. Mad props on the artwork again. Best covers around by far.

Tracklisting:

Bart B More - Romane

Bart B More - Romane (Gucci Vump Remix)

Bart B More - Romane (Para One Remix)

Bart B More - Romane (French Fries & Bambounou Remix)

Bart B More - Romane (Rubix Remix)

Bonus:

Curses! - The Deep End (Bart B More Remix)

Boys Noize - Jeffer (Para One Remix)

Dállman's "Sorry The Cards Late" Valentine Mix

I had meant to finish this yesterday on Valentine's Day but alas my internet left me for the evening. Didn't even have that for Valentine's Day but anyway here's my latest mix the day after, hence the being late title pun, offering a different approach to my usual output. Starting off with some 80's synth pop, dreamy vocals before leading onto some more modern remakes, before ending on an all time classic with a bit of extra punch. I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed making this mix and hope you enjoy it too. Excuse some of the dud transitions.

Dállman's "Sorry The Cards Late" Valentine Mix

Tracklisting:

Gonzales - Slow Down (Minitel Rose Fast Dance Remix)

Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed (Russ Chimes Remix)

Passion Pit - To Kingdom Come (Grum Vocal Mix)

Annie - Anthonio (Designer Drugs Remix)

Secret Handshake - Summer Of 98 (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)

Surkin - Next Of Kin (Todd Edwards Re-Kinddled Remix)

Cut Copy - Hearts On Fire (Joakim Remix)

Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You (Kid Massive Remix)

T.E.D.D - Lady Riding VIP

Estelle - Just A Minute (The Count & Sinden Remix)

Mystery Jets - Half In Love (Foamo Remix)

Lionel Ritchie - All Night Long (Mightyfools Remix)

Round Table Knights - Calypso EP

Just a little heads up that Round Table Knights new EP "Calypso" is out tomorrow on Made To Play. Been looking foward to this EP for a while and fans of Solo and Mowgli and labels Sound Pellegrino and Deadfish should lap this up. Insanely catchy.

You Got The Love For Some Mixtapes (Part 1)

With Valentines tommorow I thought I'd treat you to a couple of mixtapes which some artists have recently conjured up, swaying from their usual style and digging deep into those crates to bring a whole load of smooth and midnight loving jams to get you and your other half into that mood. If your single this Valentines, like myself these are some chilled out, feel good sets that will hopefully make your Valentines day a little bit more exciting.

First up is a mix from Breakbot who is the newest addition to Busy P's Ed Banger Records, famous for signings such as Justice, DJ Mehdi, SebastiAn and Feadz to name a few. His debut EP "Baby I'm Yours" is a soothing mix of electro and 80's funk with some catchy, indulgent lyrics from Irfane from Outlines. Jesus of the dance world Siruismo and La Funk Mob adop their remix gloves for some more funky basslines.

This leads us nicely on to this special mixtape he's done for Dazed. Some real charmers in this.

Breakbot Exclusive Mix For Dazed (Highly Recommended)

Tracklisting:

Harvery Scales - Keeps Getting Better

BB and Q Band - Its Over

Cerrone - Look For Love

Dimples D - Sucker DJ's

Bumblebee Unlimited - Lady Bug (John Morales Edit)

Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover

Breakbot ft Irfane - Baby Im Yours

Breakbot ft Irfane - Baby Im Yours (Siriusmo Remix)

The Dells - What A Night

Michael Jackson - Johnny Raven

Donna Summer - Bad Girls

Sugarhill Gang - Lover In You

The Escorts - I Cant Stand To See You Cry (Breakbot Edit)

Chic - Funny Bones

Bob Sinclair - Gym Tonic

Second Image - Is It Me

Change - Miracles

Push - My Heart

Blue Magic - Clean Up Your Act

Joe Bataan - Mestizo

The Bombers - Shake

Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real

Nice And Nasty 3 - The Ultimate Rap

Lew Kirton - Heres My Love (Come and Get It)

Mary Clark - Take Me I'm Yours

Droids - Tchoung Fou

Next up is a duo who I continue to praise highly having mentioned them before on Doodle Beat. Coming all the way from LA NguzuNguzu take us on a ride of their usual Baltimore, Hip Hop, House infused beats, this time with a slight tinge of R'nB and and a more collective and laid back mix. Also they recently finished their new EP titled the "NGUZUNGUZU EP" which they gave away for free which you can pick up here. NGUZUNGUZU EP

Nguzunguzu – Focus Mixtape Volume 1: Moments In Love

Tracklisting:

Essence - Moments In House

Diamond K - Go Down Baby

Eridson VS Lucifer - Machete Moments (Nguzu Edit)

DJ (7) +> - Superstar Remix

DJ Quest VS Liebrand - Arts In Moments (Nguzu Edit)

2 Smooth - Tonite

Art Of Noise - Moments In Love (A.MC Edit)

DJ Deeon - Everyday

DJ Godfather And Starski - Moments

69 Boyz - Tootsie Roll (Quiet Storm Club Mix)

Art Of Noise - Moments In Love (Caspa Remix)

Jagged Edge ft Gucci Mane And Trina - Tip Of My Tongue

DJ Funk - The Art Of Funkin

Art Of Noise - Moments In Love (Unknown Drum And Bass Remix)

(Nguzu Vocal Edit w/ Aaliyah

Rhazel - Moments In Love (Beat Box Remix)

Los Daddys - Momento Enamorado

LL Cool J - Doing It Well (Remix)

JT And the Big Family - Moment

Art Of Noise - Moments In Love (Extended Mix Snippet)

Bones Thugs N Harmony - Murda Mo

Krayzie Bone ft Adina Howard and Play N Skillz - The World Has Too Many Freaks

Ginuwine - Pony (Booty Bass Remix)

DJ Smooth4Lyfe - RNB 24 Instrumental (Art Of Noise Remix)

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Moments In Love (Live At Highline Ballroom)

New to scene Oneman, who to some has "almost single handly re-invented old school garage". Also being the first artist to ever appear on Mary Anne Hobbs BBC Radio 1 Show without ever releasing a single record is not going to go unnoticed. Big respect. Heres his Valetine mix he did for MixClouds Valetine Mix Special which you can download HERE.

Month Of Love : Valentine Mix 2010 by Oneman on Mixcloud

Thats it for today but I'll be back tommorow for Part 2 with some more mixes for a Valetines Day Special.

L S Mitchell

Another producer who I'm hoping will burst onto the scene in 2010 is a young producer hailing from Jersey called L S Mitchell. With a string of official releases out on RuNT and Freek Records and some killer bootlegs of Daft Punk and Justice doing the rounds around the blogs its safe to say this young lad is on his way up. He' s recently finished a brand new track called Empire which he describes himself as mixture of Lazy Jays, Float My Boat and Hot City's, No More which is no bad thing. Definitely worth your time. Give him a shout on his Soundcloud/Twitter. I'm sure he'd appreciate it.

LSMitchell - Empire by LSMitchell

Bonus:

Gucci Vump - Sha! Shtil! (LSMitchell Remix) by LSMitchell

Solo February 2010 Mix

The man is back again. Probably the mixes I look forward to the most from any artist at the moment. With a huge releases on Sound Pellegrino last year and his most recent "garage" remix of Wiley doing the rounds I have faith that Solo along with best friend Mowgli will be tearing it up with some new productions this year.

SOLO-Midget mix Feb 2010 by mrsolo

Tracklisting:

MF Doom - Americas Most Blunted

Round Table Knights - Calypso

Guayabo - CDR

Filthy Rich - Arumba

Sandy Hunner - Rare Tap - 2000 and one cut

CDR - Zul

Jan Solo - Un Tabaquito Con Ron (Muzzaik Remix)

DJ Madskillz - Surface

New Boys - Crickets

Dave Rose, Deka - Tumba Me

Mowgli - Cant Stop Singing (Solo Remix)

Dani Veiga - Control

Pet Soul Boys - Calypso Soul (Edu Imbernon Remix)

CDR - Circus

Dean Martin - Aint That A Kick In The Head

Bonus:

Wiley - Never Be Your Woman (Solo 'Loves Garage' Remix)

Surkin - Fan Out

I also came back to new Surkin. This has been a great weekend.

Riva Starr Essential Mix

One thing I did miss over the weekend whilst attending Decked Out was tuning into, man of the moment, Riva Starr's debut essential mix. Having only released his debut album "If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade" last month, which I have to add is an amazing album name, on Made To Play its seen positive feedback from absolutely everyone. Hailing from Naples but London based its nice to see an Italian producer gain such great feedback. With the man already booked out for the rest of the year 2010 will definitely be the year for Mr Riva Starr.

Riva starr - essential mix-sat-02-06-2010-www.rivastarr.com by Rivastarr

Bonus:

The Gossip - Love Long Distance (Riva Starr Vocal Remix)

Beataucue / Mix For Partyharders 01

New mix from artists of the moment Beataucue. Literally churning out remixes a week I wouldn't be suprised if sooner or later they overtake Switch as people to look for when banging remixes are in need. "I prefer the Beataucue remix" anyone? Dont think it will catch on but anyway hers the mix. Enjoy.

BEATAUCUE / Mix for Partyharders 01 by partyharders

Learn Something Every Day

Came across this website called Learn Something Every Day whose aim is to simply tell you an interesting fact every single day in the form of an Illustration. You can contribute by sending them a fact and its interesting enough they will convert it into a quick illustration. Its a very simple concept but very well done and presented. Here some of the pictures for your viewing.