Skrillex - Reptile's Theme

Skrillex makes monstrous dubstep tracks that reek of his hardcore metal past. His psychotic glitch and addictive dancefloor fillers released on Deadmou5's label 'Mau5trap' are shaking the electronic music scene by its jugular and his latest tune is no exception.

  Reptile's Theme (from Mortal Kombat 9 Soundtrack) by skrillex

Rusko - Everyday [Netsky Remix]

Netsky's production is ridiculously advanced considering his age. I reviewed him playing at Audio last year, check the piece on the Brighton Source, his tunes are top-notch but his mixing isn't, still, he's young and no doubt gets better every gig he plays.
The young Belgian's remix has a plodding dubstep beat set against the grinding whir that was prevalent on his album. It maintains some of Rusko's Atari shooting sound effects and the epicness of the original yet keeping it accessible and if given more mainstream radio play could easily feature in the charts.

DJ Q's bassline remix is a lot of fun too, grooving 2-step beat with a bubbling bass that sometimes squirms and sometimes squelches. Thing is, as much as I love a bit of bassline, there's not a lot of variety to the sound. 
Rusko's releasing Everyday with Lick the Lizard, a collabo he did with Reso nearly a year ago now.

Technical Pillow & Little Thoughts

Brighton producer Technical Pillow makes minimal chill out and laid back melodies with tropical hints of trip-hop and world music, but without the wankyness.

  Clicktomaniac by Technical Pillow

His tune above 'Clicktomaniac' turns typewriter sounding samples into a stripped down beat, combined with a bit of cowbell and a warm reverb-laden bassline to make some perfect post clubbing cotch music. I think he regularly collaborates with Little Thoughts, another Brighton based DJ who produces similarly relaxed sounds of psy-dub and twinkling electronica with ethnic influences and tranquil vibes.

   Perfectly Good Cheesecake by Little Thoughts

Little Thoughts is playing at Om Bar in Brighton on the 14th May for the Acidic Records album launch, which I may check out if energy allows. I'd like to interview these guys for the Brighton Source so watch this cyber space. 

Fantastic Mr Fox

Stephen Gomberg went on the xx's American tour and has been heralded by minimal dubstep maestro James Blake as "the future of everything." Hype can be a terrible thing but Fantastic Mr Fox's tunes don't disappoint, they're incredibly layered tracks made up of textured samples, simple synths, distorted vocals, drawn out breaks and the occasional 8-bit barrage. He's supporting Mosca and Krystal Klear at Life on the 13th of May which is shaping up to the be a must reach. Below's his track Sketches, a masterpiece of epileptic bleeps and tilting breaks, SBTRKT's remix is well worth checking out too.

Fantastic Mr Fox on SoundCloud

Mosca & Krystal Klear

Mosca doesn't want to be boxed into one category, simply aiming to produce club music that makes you move your dancing feet, and he definitely does that. Last year Mosca caught the attention of Mary Anne Hobbs and Giles Peterson with releases like the aquatic dubstep of 'Nike' and the oscillating Nintendo bleeps of 'Tilt Shift'.

  Mosca Mix on BBC Radio 1 by DeejayMosca

  Mosca on BBC Radio 1 with Gilles Peterson by DeejayMosca

Mosca's playing at Life on Brighton's seafront on May 13th alongside Krystal Klear who makes boogielicious new jack swing. He did a mix and mini interview for Vice late last year and below's his feature on Toddla T's Radio 1 slot.

  Mary Anne Hobbs Experimental - w/Toddla T Mix by KrystalKlear

T-E-E-D

I'm writing up the May previews for Brighton Source and the wonderful T-E-E-D have been brought to my attention. T-E-E-D aka Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs not only boast the best name in dance music but also produce some sumptuous celestial electro to feast your ears on. Below is their mini mix for Annie Mac which includes Jameson's Urban Hero - one of my favourite garage tracks E-V-E-R.

  Mini Mix for Annie Mac FREE DOWNLOAD by T-E-E-D

Check out T-E-E-D's Soundcloud for more house and techno flexing delights.

Witch! @ Komedia

Not my usual type of washing machine this is one, but a good night nonetheless. Komedia regulars 'Da Doo Ron Ron' Chris and 'Born Bad' Steph played female-fronted pop, punk, post-punk, dance and rock from the 1970s to the present. There were lots polka-dots, quiffs and eyeliner - and that was just my outfit.

From Blondie to Beyonce, via Hole and The Slits. Peep the full review in next month's Brighton Source.

Club Review - The Tube



In March I checked out the former Funky Buddha for it's relaunch as the Tube by the guys who brought us Life - so you know you're in a for treat of quality beats. Hit the Brighton Source site for the full review.

"The booking of A Guy Called Gerald signifies the vibe of The Tube that will distinguish it from its competitors on the seafront, a more mature destination and an alternative to the £1 novelty nights mainly catering for students and West Street drop-offs."

Katy Perry - E.T. - Noisia Remix

Props to Dunkndisorderly via Spotify for this one. Not a massive fan of Katy P, there's no beef she's just hot and unobtainable and her music's annoying, but this Noisia remix is irrestible. Her moaning vocals work real good over the guttural bass.



Noisia - the 3 man production team from the Netherlands have been making disgustingly good music for a few years now - Split the Atom, their Sweet Dreams remix and Machine Gun, which 16 Bit reworked into a tune of total annihilation last year. You should play it now and play it loud.



DJ Zinc - Crack House Mix

Zinc's mad generous at the mo, after giving away some of his old tunes and remixes last week - including his Fugees or Not - he's just offered this crack house mix for free download via his Twitter. The DJ/producer coined his new genre last year when he released volume 1 and 2 of his Crack House EP. The first was far superior, almost every track was a sexy bass driven banger, but i mean, a tune by Zinc's never gonna be a bad tune and volume 2 had plenty bingo booty shakers too - like Nexx.

  Zinc-apr2011-CrackHouseMix>> no t/l>> by zinc

Check Zinc's SoundCloud for more free sonically moreish treats