It’s impossible keeping up with all the great tunes coming out this year. It’s one sick release after another. So this week we have a new Amon Tobin track from the Chaos Theory Remix Album, we finally have a legit copy Reso’s “Expansion Ratio,” and more from Think, Gemini, Pixelord and others. This is a diverse collection of dubstep, drum and bass, downtempo, electro and mixed styles. enjoy.
01. Reso – Expansion Ratio
02. Amon Tobin – Breaking Protocol
03. John Hughes – Filcut
04. Don Diablo Feat. Dragonette – Animale (Radio Edit)
05. Gemini – And You
06. Hybris – Of Two Minds
07. Fred V & Grafix – One of These Days
08. Pixelord – Flower Cannon
09. Think – Private Universe
10. Point Blank – Brutal
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Last year, SW4 brought you Fatboy Slim, Armin Van Buuren, Carl Cox, Skream, Benga, Boyz Noize and Andy C. This year, the show’s getting even bigger. The first headliner announced is Pendulum, who will be performing a full live show of which Mixmag called “the world’s most exciting live act.” Their shows are full of energy, twisted bass, heavy beats and an amazing light show including pyrotechnics. This will be their only stop in London this year, so don’t miss out.
Things are looking huge for SW4 2011 and Pendulum is just the tip of the iceberg. The full line-up will be gradually revealed in the coming weeks. The festival will be held Saturday the 27th and Sunday the 28th of August at Clapham Common, London. General sale tickets will be available Wednesday the 16th of April at 9AM.
We’re just over a month into 2011 and have already seen a ton of new releases by some of the top electronic producers and a handful from fresh new faces. This 20-track mix highlights some of the most recent advanced electronic songs to come out this year. This mix spans the gamut, including dubstep, drum & bass, tech-house, IDM, grime and electro styles.
01. Ill-Esha – Black Ice (Hxdb Remix)
02. FreQ Nasty – Dread at the Controls
03. Magnetic Man ft. John Legend – Getting Nowhere (Breakage Remix)
04. Submerse & Resketch – Get Away
05. Dodge & Fuski – Devil Inside
06. Lethal Bizzle – POW 2011 (Skream’s Murky Mix)
07. Evol Intent & Ewun – Reality Check (J. Rabbit Remix)
08. The Glitch Mob – Fistful of Silence (ESKMO Remix)
09. Meat Katie – Bizarre is Beautiful
10. Hackman – Bam Bam
11. Sascha Sonido – Uh Mamacita
12. Orphan 101 – Propa
13. Brokenchord – A Girl of 13 Summers
14. Tayo and Acid Rockers ft. PupaJim – Vampayaa (Starkey Remix)
15. James Blake – I Never Learnt to Share
16. Shy Fx ft. Donae’o – Raver (MJ Cole Remix)
17. DZ – The Beginning
18. Camo & Krooked – Cliffhanger
19. Elfkowitz – Needles
20. Command Strange – She Said
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From North America’s dubstep/future bass scene comes the third release from Surefire Sound, 003. Distal & Hxdb collaborate on “Typewriter Tune VIP,” a revamped version of the dubstep/UK funky original dance floor hit—which was included in Knowledge Magazine’s Top 10 January Bass Releases. The second track, “Frozen Barnacles,” is a high energy half-step collaboration from Distal & Mayhem.
Kicking off in April is the Surefire Sound North American Tour with Ramadanman/Pearson Sound, Salva, Distal, Djunya, XI, Zed Bias/Maddslinky and a number of featured guests including Pinch, Scuba, Comma, 2562, Gemmy, MC Duh, FaltyDL, Enzyme, Appleblim, Distance and Antiserum.
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This new German (or English) producer, Objekt, should be on everyone’s radar. This is minimal, futuristic dubstep at its best. After blindly downloading the release a few weeks ago, I realized I stumbled across something huge. My first (and completely wrong) impression was stale minimal grime…until the tracks built up and broke back down repeatedly with pulsing bass, and analog synths that fluctuate in and out like waves on a shore of intricate beats. The lack of a face behind the music makes it even more enticing. The producer, known only as TJ, is allowing the music to speak for itself—and it does, it screams.
1. Objekt – Tinderbox
2. Objekt – The Goose That Got Away
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Let’s get ready to rumble! Tipper’s latest release, Snake Eyes, has enough wobbly bass to take down both The Natural Disasters and The Brothers of Destruction. These two tracks are packed with plenty of morphing synths and sputtering low-end bass. It’s not quite what I expected to hear after last years’ mind bending Broken Soul Jamboree but still a cool, twisted breakbeat release—similar in style to Wobble Factor and Tertiary Noise.
1. Tipper – Snake Eyes
2. Tipper – Chrome Splat
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