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The EP is soooo ready to drop, we’re just waiting on the distro turnaround. (For the full blurb and tracklist click here, or on the image at the side of the blog). There’s definitely a level of excitement that has been floating around the Scatterblog camp surrounding this release. Every remix and original has really surprised and amazed us, and we feel like we’ve really raised the bar another step higher. From DirtyBeats’ percussive, enormous House tunes to the French Fries Minimal journey, the hype as fuck Tom Piper mix, the Tropical party vibes of Swick’s remix or the Ghetto Hip Hop bang that is Slap & Dash’s remix.

Before all that happens tho, check some tunes they’ve made recently…

The first tune is their remix of Crimen’s “Bass & Diamonds” featuring Fresh Girls which is a more on a sorta 80s Miami Bass remixed 2010 kinda tip than their usual style. However the sound is still all there – the big bass, the blips the percussion, the dirty beats…

Crimen – Bass & Diamonds Ft. Fresh Girls (DirtyBeats Remix)

The other tune is a lil bit older, their remix of Kohlbecker & Eilmes’ “Tabasco”, which samples the Godfather theme and has been flipped to house you.

Kohlbecker & Eilmes – Tabasco (DirtyBeats Remix)

Well we just produced our own festival last week with the full help and support of the Espy. Now its time to rock someone elses. So chuffed about this one. Scatterblog Soundsytem has just been asked to headline the dj’s on the sat night at pretty much our favourite music festival in the country. For those of you not familiar Golden Planes is the little bro to Meredith Music Fest. Both share the same venue and orginisational team, and both are always at the forefront of music culture. I did the same set in ‘07 for MMF and had pretty much the time of my life cant wait to share the stage this time with my boys. Im not sure what the deal is with tix for this one but it sells out every year to the point where u need to get on a ballot the year before. Check this years line-up here.

We will be rocking a crazy show with all 5 of the Scatterblog acts (Slap & Dash, Scattermish, Mu-Gen, Mat Cant & Lewis Cancut) playing together for 3 hrs. We have many a surprise up our sleeves including props, dancers, sets and all sorts of bat shit crazy stuff………….. Can u say EPIC!!!!!

I was going through some pics on my computer today and found the stage plot we sent through to the festival. Its piss funny, it looks like my 8yo niece drew it or som’n, spelling mistakes and all, but you can blame me for that one. As you can see we will be pumping some heavy duty sonic sound with all that gear on the night.

Just thought I would share the pic along with a cheeky edit of the new Hollertronix Party Squad “Pull Up” (buy here) I did a few months back. Not much done to the original except some more hype added and a few cut ups in the second drop. Plus I also attached the Shaun D “Mad Drums” joint on the tail of it for shows, you know, so i can bump straight into another blend.. It was made in like an hour so no hating on the lameness aight!

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PARTYSQUAD / Pull Up (Mu-Gen Edit)

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Cover art by Michael Cusack

SCM-003 sees Scattermusic team up with the one, the only, the legend, Edu K. It’s a fun-fuelled trip through varied styles of dope club music and is one that holds close to our heart. Edu was of course our guest DJ at the first official Scatterblog Presents… party back in feb this year, which saw us put together our first release package, and was essentially the start of great things to come.
We feel like we’ve been blood-brothers with Edu ever since, so we’re obviously super excited to put out this release by him. We’ve managed to get together a whopping 7 remixes, making the EP feel more like an album.
(Forgot to mention that this ep is getting played by a heap of great djs, and soon to appear in some mag write ups by some special peeps – and Mom & Dad’s remix was charted #1 by Brodinski in his December chart.)

Edu K has been a master of dance music for years. From his forward thinking Baile Funk to his Rave Zombie Electro and now his worldy, percussion inspired tech house, Edu K has always managed to shock and inspire his audience with his take on music.

His first release with Scattermusic is a 2 track EP, packed to the brim with remixes. The EP includes the tracks “Ja, Mann!”; a cheeky, worldly minimal track filled with energy and plenty of drum rolls and “Jumpin n Pumpin”; a crazy, horn-fuelled number that doesn’t know when to quit.

Remixes of “Ja. Mann!” come courtesy of Mom & Dad with a totally club, stomper that’s all-to-relevant and Slap & Dash with a relentless, Hip Hop influenced dance track, filled with big synths and marching drums. Remixes of “Jumpin n Pumpin” see Dubbel Dutch take us to a dirty rave, flipping the tune over and over; Lewis CanCut get on a new age, hyped up Hip Hop/Dancehall/Baile Funk vibe, with 2 versions, slotting original vocals over the top from Dizzy Dee and Mars E Pan; WILDLIFE! who has given the track an almost Caribbean UK Funky vibe and Femme En Fourrure who have flipped the tune into a deep and dark minimal number to lose yourself to.

SCM-003 – Edu K – Ja, Mann!

1. Edu K – Ja, Mann!
2. Edu K – Ja, Mann! (Mom & Dad Remix)
3. Edu K – Ja, Mann! (Slap & Dash Remix)
4. Edu K – Jumpin n Pumpin
5. Edu K – Jumpin n Pumpin (Dubbel Dutch Remix)
6. Edu K – Jumpin n Pumpin (Lewis CanCut Remix feat. Dizzy Dee)
7. Edu K – Jumpin n Pumpin (Lewis CanCut Remix feat. Mars E Pan)
8. Edu K – Jumpin n Pumpin (WILDLIFE! Remix)
9. Edu K – Jumpin n Pumpin (Femme En Fourrure Remix)

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If you feel like giving us some monetary support, you can grab this release from almost all major online mp3 stores, including iTunes (only $6.99 USD), Juno Download and Turntable Lab.

This release falls under the Creative Commons Licence – Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported.

So, here’s my remix of Riva Starr’s I Was Drunk. Put it up here a bit ago to listen to, but the comp is finished and i didn’t win… so download time! It’s been working well for me in clubs lately, hope it does for you too.

Riva Starr – I Was Drunk feat. Noze (Scattermish Remix)

French Fries is a name that you’ve probably started seeing and hearing around the place a bit lately and if you haven’t, you surely will in the next couple of months…
He has an individual brand of really hype dance music that’s heavy into baile funk riddims, bmore phatness/cuts/heys with an extra bit of dutch synth and swing. All these words might sound a little cliche, but trust me, there’s a whole lotta depth and variation in French Fries‘ beats that’s definitely got our heads turning, among others.

French Fries is part of a new crew of rad party-dance fellas known as YounGunz; a french label with the likes of Riot Kid, Lazy Flow, Alan Gay, Digikid84 and French Fries on it… Their parties, releases and sound feel all too homely . You can expect a nice amount of releases from French Fries out on them and some other special labels we hold close to our heart at the start of next year!

For now check a nice little scatterblog sxlusive of his remix of that tune of the year – giving it a bit more life again. I’m loving the bounce and energy held in the drums in this remix, totally got me moving.

Major Lazer – Pon De Floor (French Fries Remix)

So this EP is actually really close to release- all of a sudden it’s turned into a 5-track Tranterfest, and i can’t help but feel the happy vibe. Tranter has a totally infectious personality that manages to make it’s way into all his music, which makes it virtually impossible for me not to get excited. He can do anything from euro-rave, emo-club, afro-tech and vocal house and have me loving every eclectic breakdown or cheesy drop – it all just manages to work. His EP will feature a bit of almost all of that, which you might say is a little random, but when you hear everything together the EP could not be any more concise. mustache

So time for Tranter’s awesome remix of a similarly awesome original by fellow Melbourne-outfit, Polo Club (check that OG beat!). Big emo chords, a driving dance beat and an ode to Queen get this song on repeat in my car. Polo Club’s full length is now out at record stores and via iTunes.

Polo Club – Shouldn’t Let Him Out (Tranter Remix)

These guys are a bit of local amazing that totally took us off guard. It was one of those classic Melbourne music connections where as soon as you find out about someone, you realise you have about 20 friends in common and all you DJ mates were already following them. They are, the Cumbia Cosmonauts.

The insides of the cosmonauts look like Soup (mix, fx, guitar),  Saca La Mois DJ (vox, fx) as the core members and frequently feature Carlos Parraga (accordion, percussion, casio) and other musicians including Richard Burns (trumpet, melodica, percussion) and more. When they come together live and in the studio it makes for one super-team of music. First of all yes, the Cosmonauts are a Cumbia outfit from Melbourne, their music is in no way contrived, but rather original, educated and straight up fun. Every set of theirs i’ve seen has managed to get all sorts of people shaking, jumping and yelling out chants of Cumbia. They incorporate a wide range of samples and cosmic fx, and their live show is fueled with jamming, cowboy hats, a good ol’ casio and plenty of accordion.

Really i can’t wait until we’ve got a mix of theirs to give up and their release is ready to go – there’s something good going on here. Prepare for a lot more movements from them in 2010. For now, here’s an awesome track of theirs off a limited release CD:

Cumbia Cosmonauts – Cumbia Incoming

To catch the Cumbanauts live, look out for their Cumbiateque events at Horse Bazaar (397 Litte Lonsdale St – next one is a DJ set on the 5th). Also look out for a special “experimental electronica from outer Latin-America” mix on Discontent blog (ex fat planet guy) and a very special “Nueva Cumbia” compilation for french label YaBasta.

Be on the lookout for a Scattermusic release early 2010!!!

@R1Ryders pulling all kindsa madness again on this remix. They’ve gone for a smooth, pitchy, electro-acid synth reminiscent of their club-classic-tune-of-the-year track, “Rubberband” (it’s all in the Funkitek). On top of that they’ve added a bunch of marching snare rolls, which i’m always a fan of and some uk-funky-esque hats all over the place. Check out the tune, and grab the rest of the release from The Count and Sinden over at Domino.

p.s. tune is in 128k promo, dunno where you can grab an HQ atm…
p.p.s. don’t forget we got Rico Tubbs tonite at the espy with a brand spanking new Slap & Dash set.
p.p.p.s. what the fuck is with this news!?!? Apparently Technics 1200/1210s have stopped production!! So much bullshit… i spose i really will have to move over to computer DJing now . Surely there’s gonna be some kinda back-lash? Atm no other turny matches a 1200 either.

The Count and Sinden – Strange Things (R1 Ryders Funkitek Refix)

This complete heater of a tune from the always present, always astonishing Douster has just come out on Exploited Records. He’s reworked a classic sample to delight and added some trademark Douster drums and rolls, then there’s a great ragga-ish vocal over the top that’s all-too-appealing.
Be sure to grab the whole release, Malente & Dex’s “Bangkok” featuring Bonde Do Role and a slue of remixes over at beatport and other stores.

Malente & Dex feat New Kidz Lions (Douster Remix)

Oh and if you feel like a bonus track, i put up my Gunshot Edit of my old project, Digital Manges’ “Future Boy” up at the Scattermish Soundcloud:

Edu K’s EP is being sent off to distro in the next couple of days and yes, we’re all totally excited. Edu has managed to dominate whatever form of music he decides to produce. He’s reached classic status with his baile funk tunes, always looking ahead of the game. He then started to get a host of big name electronic producers (before they were big) to remix his tunes, and you could see his interests crossing over to rave zombie freakyness. So that’s what he did, and he dominated that sound too, with multiple releases. And now here he is. He took a step over into a more (worldly) minimal territory, focusing more on percussion and space, whilst still keeping plenty of that infectious Edu K fun that is so easily associated with his music.

So we have 2 awesome tracks of his coming out, with a bunch of totally awesome remixes covering all too many styles, all flipping the original into uncharted territory. Tracklist goes like:

Edu K – Ja, Mann!
remixes from:
Mom & Dad
Slap & Dash
Edu K – Jumpin n Pumpin
remixes from:
Lewis CanCut ft Dizzy Dee
Lewis CanCut ft MC Mars E Pan
Femme En Fourrure
WILDLIFE!
Dubbel Dutch

The EP will be out Dec 22nd, our 3rd release! As always, you’ll be able to grab it here for free!!

Since i’m assuming we all know Edu pretty well by now, here’s a fucken supa track by Mom & Dad, who’s been shaking things up lately with his new productions. The boy is onto something – i’m in love with his edu remix and i’m loving like everything he’s put out in the last few months. This original of his “Saharan Complex”, has all the funk of an old Jesse Rose track, new found club roll and bass toms which i’m so often drawn too. Don’t let this tune fly under the radar.

Mom & Dad – Saharan Complex

Bonus Track:
Just saw this fun lil track in the mailbox then from Belgian producer Twist It!. The track is filled with rolling punchy drums and rad monkey samples – I totally love it and it deserves a post:

Twist It! – Funky Monkey

Anyone from Auckland, New Zeland?? Me and Mu are unveiling our new Slap & Dash set at Cassette No.9 and it’s gonnna be a craaaazzzzyyy night. Come say hi and party if you’re in town.

Also here’s is my remix for the Riva Starr/Made To Play remix comp. I’ve gone pretty tech with the remix, got some deep bass and some squelchy hi pitched synths. It’s tech but i reckon it’s still really fun, Lewis reckons it’s still pretty Scattermish too, so that’s good. It’s worked well on the dancefloor too…

I’m not sure if i’m aloud to give it up for download, cause the prize is a release, so it’s just gotta be soundcloud preview for the moment. You like?:

Cover art by Paz

Man, soo excited that this has come out! It marks our first official release, and the beginning of an empire, haha. It’s already been getting a bunch of plays on radio in the US, here, UK etc., and played by the likes of Sinden, Diplo, Neoteric, Ajax and Act Yo Age to name but a few.
As you’ve probably heard, we’re giving away all our releases for FREE! You’ll be able to grab every release here, on the blog as they’re released. And there’s gonna be some shit-hot releases in the next few months. Our release schedule features original releases by some great internationals that we’re such big fans of; Edu K, Dubbel Dutch and Dirtybeats, then we’ll be pushing some locals that need to be heard like Lewis CanCut, Tranterco, Cumbia Cosmonauts, Paz and Slap & Dash (ft Spoek). Seriously the tunes and (massive) remixes are shaping up so well, i can’t wait until we release them all! Gonna be a busy 2010 @ Scatterblog… Anyway……

Mat Cant and Scattermish are two names that are not shy to air horns, basslines, hype drums and parties. With Hornbo they’ve managed to incorporate all that into a dancefloor anthem that gets rowdy with a series of horn stabs, frenetic drums, drops and breakdowns.

The remixes come from Sticky K, who has flipped the tune into a big-room storm for the dance floor, Yacht Club who have weirded it out and made it even more hype, The Hump Day Project who have sent the bassline rolling and the guns shooting giving it a tech feel and Paz who has turned it into a 150bpm ghetto house bonanza!

SCM-002 – Mat Cant and Scattermish – Hornbo

1. Mat Cant, Scattermish – Hornbo (Original Mix)
2. Mat Cant, Scattermish – Hornbo (Sticky K Remix)
3. Mat Cant, Scattermish – Hornbo (Yacht Club Remix)
4. Mat Cant, Scattermish – Hornbo (The Hump Day Project Remix)
5. Mat Cant, Scattermish – Hornbo (Paz Remix)

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If you feel like giving us some monetary support, you can grab this release from lots of major online mp3 stores (except beatport, which will come soon), including iTunes, Juno Download and Amazon.

This release falls under the Creative Commons Licence – Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported.

Scatterblog does disco! Normally a hustler of upfront club music I’m gonna change things up for this post with as we bring you a free download of the new ep from the elusive Melbourne boogie-soca-disco-afro-cosmic master, Pharoah Zap. As tropical flavours shape up to be the sound of our Melbourne summer, we’re all been collecting warm beat driven tracks like a bunch of crazies and perhaps neglecting groove based music on the same summer tip. Time though to fix that, pour a little rum and wear your best cane hat a little lower.

The Pharoah had his personal assistant call me from the studio and request a remix which I was happy to supply in return for a small island in the south pacific. Not a bad trade considering all I did was bump the tempo, add some compulsory blips and an occasional elephant. Anyhow, without any further lies I bring you ‘Discreole’.

1 Loony Party Wine (road mix).

2 Gunja Ass

3 Olive Oil

4 Gunja Ass (Lewis CanCut remix)

And I shouldn’t forget to mention the cover art is also produced by Mr Zap.

Damn, bout time we actually put something up about this release ay. The EP has had plenty of it’s own hype anyway, so there was no real rush, but since the totally super-awesome Sharkslayer remix has been put out for posting as promo, i gotsta put it up. Also there’s the Synthapella version of “Future Boy” that we wanted to put out as promo for the release that never really saw light.
For those who don’t know, Digital Manges was a side project of mine that has now broken up – i’m sure i’ve mentioned a few times that it was a side project, just still no one actually knows and i get that “oh, that’s you?” reaction always.

Anyway the Sharkslayer remixes have been getting sooo much attention. Played by seriously everyone, featured on the Major Lazer essential mix, and omg, played by Tiesto, which is like the funniest and most awesome thing i’ve ever seen, hahahah:

He played the Clubmix, which i used to play- but now i’m more obsessed with the Dubmix (real happy we decided to fit both of them in the release). So here’s the Dubmix for download. You can buy the rest of the release, out on Palms Out Sounds from beatport, itunes, juno and etc (with awesome remixes by and Dubbel Dutch and JKamata on there, as well as the track “Future Boy”).
For a bit of back-story, the original tune “Manges” was our first collabo that we did all the way back in like mid 2007. It got played by Drop The Lime and got some attention by Haldan/Boody B who signed it up for release. Then we created the other tunes to fill out the release, which eventually turned into two. There’s also a few other tracks we did which will never see the light of day, the best of them probably being “Love Affair” which you can listen to on our myspace.

Digital Manges – Manges (Sharkslayer Dubmix)

And as for the “Future Boy Synthapella” here it is… Can be used as a dope little DJ tool to chuck in da mix. It definately has a lot of remixable quality with it too, and I think it’d fit well into the current club sound, just needs a remix. So on that note, if anyone does do a remix, please hit me up with it and i’ll chuck it up on the blog, would love to hear what you do with it if you do anything!

Digital Manges – Future Boy Synthapella

While we’re on the radness of Palms Out and Dubbel Dutch, they’ve got a dope new single out and have given up a track to post. Dubbel Dutch has been a big favourite of ours at Scatterblog, so we’re all to happy to drop the lil bomb of info that he’s gonna put out an EP with us early next year on Scattermusic!!! Gonna be some new direction in sound for him so look the fuck out!!
As for the Trollsta EP (grab it here), it’s dope. I can’t look past the original- def my favourite off the EP and have been playing it for a while now. You’ll have to go by that tho, but here’s the dope Round Table Knights remix (they’re quickly making a name for themselves in that kinda minimal club vein):

Dubbel Dutch – Trollsta (Round Table Knights Remix)

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Real Music For Hustlers, is a limited edition compilation album featuring a whopping 20+ (mostly new and unreleased) tracks from members of The Scatterblog: Scattermish, Paz, Mu-Gen, Lewis Cancut, Mat Cant, Slap & Dash and Digital Manges. The genre-specifics span a range of club orientated dance music, which take influence from Hip-Hop, Baltimore Club, Electro, Baile-Funk, House, Dubstep, Miami Bass, Kuduro and more. This all comes together to showcase a style of hype, party music unheard of by most.

Real Music For Hustlers was launched when Scatterblog presented Edu K @ The Espy (Feb 21st 2009). We’re almost out of CDs, but if you get to one of our “Scatterblog Presents…” parties, ask if we have any with us, and we’ll be happy to give you one.

SCM-001 – Scatterblog – Real Music For Hustlers (download zip)

1. Scatterblog In Space (Mu-Gen)
2. Slap & Dash ft Wicked Lester – Eh Eh Ey
3. Digital Primate – I Ain’t Wid It (Scattermish Remix)
4. Digital Manges – Manges (OG Mix)
5. Roll Call (Mu-Gen)
6. Lewis CanCut – Egg Yolks Yo
7. Rhys – Hot Summer (Scattermish Club Dub)
8. We Got The Bass (Mu-Gen)
9. Bangers & Cash – Pussy (Slap & Dash Remix)
10. Paz – Raw Raw
11. Killa Queenz – Bitches (Lewis CanCut, Mu-Gen, Scattermish Remix)
12. Kelevra ft Bryan Cox – Leanin & Swervin (Scattermish Flip Mix)
13. Digital Primate – I Ain’t Wid It (Paz Remix)
14. Mat Cant and Scattermish – Hornbo
15. DM On The DL (Mu-Gen)
16. Purple Crush ft Leif – Get Digital (Digital Manges Power-House Remix)
17. Slap & Dash ft Spoek – Move Too Fast
18. Inverto – Time To Jack (Paz Remix)
19. Bangers & Cash – B.O.O.T.A.Y (Slap & Dash Refix)
20. Bang Out Metal (Scattermish)
21. Detboi – Just Can’t Hold Back (Scattermish Wu Edit)

EXTRA LINKS:
Press about the release
Edu K show review

ARTIST LINKS:
Digital Manges Myspace
Lewis Cancut Myspace
Mat Cant Myspace
Mu-Gen Myspace
Paz Myspace
Scattermish Myspace
Slap & Dash Myspace