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.

Shiiiiit, just HAD to repost this. Big up to Mad Decent and Discobelle for the heads up. Frikstailers (who’s track “Cumbia Kamisama” is a regular feature in Scatterblog sets) have gone to town on this remix. Video is so so so awesome, by Flamboyant Paradise.

On the side note of Discobelle’s awesomeness, you can grab an EXCLUSIVE promo of the Femme En Fourrure remix of Edu K’s “Jumpin n’ Pumpin” (which comes out like tomorrow!!). GRAB IT HERE.

Major Lazer – Hold The Line (Frikstailers 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!!!

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

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.

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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