I’d assume that most of our readers have some very basic understanding of how the music industry works, am I right? At least enough to understand that the usual story goes: Work crazy hard till your hair falls out (ladies included) and maybe then one day you might get somewhere. Well thankfully I’m not actually that bitter, it’s hard get that way when you see  dope artists getting theirs which brings me to the whole point of the post, Scatterblog favorites the Mad Kids.

We first started receiving their tracks through our inbox a while back and since then they’ve continued to step up their game massively with every promo. Now they’ve really making waves, attracting the attention on industry heavyweights such as Mowgli and Sinden so if you’ve been sleeping then it’s really time to get your learn on. They have a new ep out on It_Tizz records titled Trans-Euro Express and it’s a damn fine representation of their sound. We’re not giving you the tracks though, go to the store (buy) and give them a little bit of support. (before you sigh with frustration remember how expensive it was when you had to buy 12’s?). What we can give you here though is something else from their back catalog, a dope little tropical house number named Mumboi. Enjoy that 808 cowbell!

Mad Kids – Mumboi

So i’ve had heaps of people ask me about my set that i played at Scatterfest on January 30th at The Espy so i decided to record it and put it up for download. I was going to record the whole 45 minutes but i though a nice little half hour mix would be better so here it is.

Mat Cant – 30 minutes from Scatterfest (mediafire)

Tracklist

1. Sound Of Stereo – Zipper (LA Riots Remix)
2. Chuckie & Afrojack feat Shermanology – Freeriders (Original Mix)
3. Afrojack & The Partysquad – Check Die Beat (Original Mix)
4. Switch – Grace (Laidback Luke Edit)
5. Computer Juice – Juice (Tai & D.I.M Remix)
6. Zombie Nation – Seas Of Grease (Harvard Bass Remix)
7. French Fries – Predador (BeatauCue Remix)
8. Major Lazer – Keep It Going Louder (Savage Skulls Remix)
9. Wiley feat Emeli Sande – Never Be Your Woman (Solo Loves Garage Remix)
10. Crazy Cousinz feat MC Versitile – Funky Anthem
11. The Count & Sinden – Mega (Mat Cant Touch Edit)
12. Drop The Lime – Doomsday Device (Original Mix)
13. Sharooz – Saccharin (SonicC Remix)
14. Toadally Krossed Out – Yakity Yak (Original Mix)
15. Savage Skulls feat Timbuktu – Bumps
16. Gella feat Spyda – Twinkle (Baobinga & I.D Remix)
17. Suncycle feat Mavado – No More (Redlight & Toddla T Remix)
18. Zinc feat Ms Dynamite – Wile Out (Original Mix)
19. Partysquad – Murderer (Original Mix)

**BONUS**

Here is the edit of Mega that i used in this mix plus another edit i did of a Partysquad track that i also played at Scatterfest

The Count & Sinden – Mega (Mat Cant Touch Edit) (mediafire)

The Partysquad – Rage (Mat Cant Enemies Edit) (mediafire)

Anyone that knows me will know that i have been completely taken by the UK club sounds at the moment, especially the funky bashment movement. London DJ/production duo Warrior One have been pushing the funky bashment sound recently and have a really solid debut EP that’s coming out soon. The EP includes the carnival hype ‘King Riddim‘ feat the amazing Lady Chann, i play this tune every chance i get and it never disappoints, will be a big tune in 2010. Next is the Ninjaman sampling “Bad Like Jimmy Cliff“, a ode to Jamaican ska legend that really gets the bass bins moving. The rest of the EP starts to cater for the late night heads showing they can rave with “The Machine” and “Turn The Music Up“, both getting huge support from Annie Mac.

Here’s the big tune “Bad Like Jimmy Cliff” and the  amazing video they made for it that samples the movie “The Harder They Come“, enjoy!

Warrior One – Bad Like Jimmy Cliff (zshare) (alt link)

I’ve never done this before but hey, 2010 just seems to be kickin’ off in mad fashion so I feel the need. Here is the official Lewis CanCut January chart presented in a top 5, Hi Fidelity style. Maybe the reason I’m so exited is that it’s local tracks that seem to be killin’ it best right now. Makes sense, who better to produce for a Melbourne dance floor besides a Melbourne dj right? Anyway making it brief, the Slap n Dash drum dub of Ja’ Maan! by Edu K is doing wonders for me right now. It’s as if they’ve bottled up a little bit of the insane energy from their show and given it over for others to use. Also, recent Scattermusic addition Swick has created a monster with his remix for the upcoming Dirty Beats release, believe me it’ll be big. Whenever I play it people come to the decks asking “what kind of music is this”.

Anyhow here it is, a January chart in strict order.

1 – Dirty Beats – Alone In The Jungle (Swick remix)

2 – Edu K – Ja, Maan! (Slap n Dash drum dub)

3 – Dj Mouse – Amantes Del La Waracha

4 – Edu K – Jumpin’ n Pumpin (Wildlife remix)

5 – Lewis CanCut – Get Low (Spin Laden remix)

Of course I have to give a little something away so here’s the link for the Dj Mouse track. Take a good listen, this sound will be huge this year.

Dj Mouse – Amantes Del La Waracha (ysi)

WOW If you wanna get people excited about buying a physical product, THIS is the way to do it! Its called the Stimulus Package and is completely produced by veteran G-Unit producer Jake One and Freeway featuring the likes of Beanie Sigel, Raekwon, Bird Man plus a couple more . The packaging on this release is amazing, check both the vinyl and CD releases in these videos.

You can pre-ordered both the vinyl and the CD from the Fifth Element Online

Heres the track from the video too

Freeway and Jake One – Throw Your Hands Up (zshare) (alt link)

As you should all know by now Scatterfest isn’t too far away so expect a lot of posts highlighting some of the artists that appear on the line up. After Lewis great post on Shit Robot, I’ve put together a bit of background information on James Amato.

James Amato is one of the most widely recognised names in the electronic music scene, and also one of the busiest. Not just a DJ, James divides his time promoting club nights and since 2007, has been running his fidget/electro/tech-house record label ‘Potty Mouth Records’ which is one of the hottest labels in the music scene today.

1990 saw James launch his music career in Milwaukee and as he worked his way through the local and Midwest rave scene, his profile grew. In 2004 James became Milwaukee’s Mantra Lounge’s co-owner/director of music and bookings – which opened the doors for him to launch the successful club night ‘Kamasutra’. The night continued to grow during the 3-years stint, giving the club national attention with publications in URB magazine and a front-page cover story in ‘Nightclub/Bar Magazine.’

Basing himself in Chicago in 2006, James became the new director of Music and Bookings for ‘Smart Bar’, a venue with 25 years of showcasing electronic talent under its belt. Juggling the roles of both promoter and booker, he was responsible of bringing Chicago some of the hottest acts in the electronic music scene to date. These included Switch, Alan Braxe, Digitalism, Crookers, Erol Alkan and Claude Vonstroke .

In 2007, James received critical fanfare in Chicago when he was named part of New City Magazine’s “45 Most Influential People That Rock Chicago.” In addition to this he was named one of the next “10 Exciting Up-And-Comers” in the electronic music world in 2008.

James’ rising profile in the underground electronic scene led to the creation of two successful digital/vinyl labels including the well-known Potty Mouth Music which has now established itself as a label which has supported the electro, house, techno and crunk genres. The label has released over 30 EP’s and has showcased big-name talent including: Santiago & Bushido, Crookers, HiJack and the Mightyfools.

In October 2009 James relocated to Los Angeles where he continues to balance his career as a promoter, label-owner, DJ and producer.

As an extra here is a link to a current phone interview James did on potty mouth music
JAMES AMATO INTERVIEW

I can’t write this post without some music so here is James’s Latest Mixtape featuring a lot of Potty Mouth Releases. This will give you a great idea of what you will witness in a James Amato DJ Set.

James Amato – Left Coast Bass (Mediafire)

Find the Complete Tracklist in the Comments Section

****SCATTERFEST TICKET GIVEAWAY****

The first person that can tell me the name of the track James Amato & Nate Bowen released on Large Music in 2008 wins a FREE double pass to Scatterfest!

Email all answers to scatterfest@gmail.com and the winner will be notified by email

Shit Robot is like one of those ever elusive characters in dance music but maybe thats just due to a lack of online content, hard to tell sometimes you know. The history I remember hearing is that Marcus Lambkin (SR) originally worked in punk circles until James Murphy lent him a bunch of old drum machines and let him figure it out. While that’s probably fiction, it would explain the raw dancefloor sound sounds he’s become associated with over the years (rockers make notoriously great dj’s such as Edu-K and Dave Nada). It’d probably be more accurate for me to just say Marcus met James while running club nights in New York and well, the rest is DFA history. ‘Wrong Galaxy‘, his first record going back a few years, blew minds with it’s mix of rough drums and loud arpeggiated synths but it was this remix of Kaos‘s Panopeeps that first put him on my radar (buy). If I had a nightclub based on a disused space station drifting through distant galaxies that’d be my soundtrack. Here’s a little something else he sent through for us to anticipation up his upcoming Scatterfest appearance. It’s his burning remix of ‘No Time’ by Juan Maclean, get it while it’s hot.

Juan Maclean – No Time (Shit Robot remix) (ysi)

Shit Robot and others play at Scatterfest with full Scatterblog support, Saturday 30th of January here in Melbourne at the Esplanade Hotel. Tickets are just 20+bf and are available Espy online, from the Espy Bottle shop, Polyester Records, Missing Link and Northside Records.

These bits of heat from Club Cheval, hailing outta France are a couple of months old, but so dope that they really can’t just sit on my computer (and be thrashed in my sets) and not be posted.
There’s definitely something good going on with Cheval, because their core artists Canblaster, Myd, Bison and Sam Tiba are producing some fine bits of heat. Their tunes have the rawness of some ghetto arse hip hop, a whole lotta energy that’s often featured in French music, plenty of that new worldly club vibe, and hype, chopped and looped hip hop vocals all over the place.

Tune one is fucken raw, live and hectic. Sam Tiba went to town with a real mosh-pit bassline, badman vox and bouncey drums. The tune is real heavy, but still real fucken fun and not over the top. More Tiba riddims soon!

Sam Tiba – Barbie Weed
* Track removed, to be released on that dope label Top Billin Records.

Tune two has become a feature in our new Slap & Dash set cause it’s totally hype and has just enuf space to fit over everything. Mixing this track with any other number = instant party. Canblaster (part of What Planet Is This?) teamed up with relative newcomer Berou for this jem, and from what i hear there’ll be a few more bits of greatness coming from them real soon!

Berou and Canblaster – Kapongo Dance
*Bonus:
King Cannibal – Virgo (Canblaster Dub remix)

Tune three is a remix of Myd (part of Sexual Earthquake In Kobe) from Scatterblog-best-buds Femme En Fourrure. The remix is deep and dirty and totally Fourrure. Myd had the original featured on that Saga Africa EP (with Douster’s awesome “King of Africa”). Grab the whole remix pack over at Juno and look out for a lot more Myd heat coming out real soon!

Myd – Train to Bamako (Femme en Fourrure Remix)

Be sure to keep an eye on this crew, and for now and future buy Club Cheval stuff over at Juno Download.

This is a mega old edit/mash i did (like back in mid 2007, woah!). Anyway, someone called lee posted a comment on the original post, asking if i could re-upload the track and i was all like “shiiit, i forgot about this thang”. Re-listened to it, and it’s actually really relevant to today’s sound- so here’s a dedicated post with it again. I finally found out who The Yank is too. Edit also features Spank Rock x Amanda Blank.
Be sure to check out The Yank on beatport for the original of this tune (also peep his remix of “Inside The Speaker”, rad!)

God damnit time flies, 2010 bitches!

Gutterpunk, Spank Rock, Amanda Blank – Up 2 11 (The Yank Remix – Scattermish Bump Punk Edit)

Oh and a bonus, this video:: (at first your like “woah- so many samples in here!” Then the dude just cuts sick)

So all hell is bout to break loose at any moment now with the third release from us here at Scattermusic. A whole bunch of love, favours and dodgy handshakes have made this one come together. Edu K is a much loved artist here, and we are more than privileged to release the music of someone we respect and think is at the pointy end of his scene. So before the bomb drops on what we think is a crazy well rounded release, here is a little tid bit to get stuck into;

As Slap & Dash Scatters and I went to town on this remix. We messed around loads with the song, and along the way it morphed through all kinds of sonic mixtures before becoming what it is on the final release. This version was thrown out along the way and didnt quite make the cut. Its is a dub drum-heavy joint with a real raw party feel. Taking more of the focus towards rythm and drum rather than a synth hook line. These two remix’s are very different from each other but we kinda love em both.

EDU K – Ja’ Mann (Slap & Dash Drum Dub)

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P.s. Santa is coming a day earlier than I sated in comments of previous post…. So….Its dropping today!

In relation to the space-blog-time continum I came across this record thirty billion years ago (re: about 12 months) but i’m yet to know who the artist even is. It’s been a curiosity thing I guess and the basis for many nerd discussions speculating on possible origins (ps: nerds, Scatterblog has your shit I swear). Listen to it and first thing you’ll say is “well damn, thats a poor mp3″. Maybe so but honestly I ripped this 320 straight from the record. Listen closer and it’s actually like these guys are rapping over a low quality file and then recording into a mini disc or something. Beats me. Anyway isn’t the point of a blog to provide information, not ask for it? What the hell’s happening to the world?

Unknown – Unknown. (ysi).

So i’m sitting up in bed making some cds to take into work, going thru my folders, and sitting in some random folder i find this little gem! Which means it’s been sitting on my computer for months, getting no play out and my life has been subsequently been suffering.

The tune is an edit of a classic, by Papa Stevesie aka Steve Lind aka one half of The Hump Day Project. It should be toast for your dancefloor – got a party flavour and plenty of horn stabs, a driving tom loop that fits in with the current club sound and just enuf cheese from you-know-who… BOOM.

Blame It On The Boogie (Steve Lind Bootleg)

Introducing Zombies For Money. I wanna start this up by saying this is the first release in months that has completely made me do the big double take. If you’re wondering who the hell they are? Well then my answer would be: two crazy rad dudes (DJ Manaia & Klipar) from Portugal who are gonna blow the hell up in 2010.

This EP is so stupid tight! The duo seem to have found influence from kuduro, dutch synth, afro-house and all sorts of worldly goodness. They have managed to utilise all of these influences and make one amazingly tight and original sounding piece of work. The arrangements are a-grade, drums heavy, synths funky, hooks hooky and pretty much everything else i concentrate on when producing is covered. It’s one of those “i so wish i made this album” moments. My pick out of this bunch would have to be “Bhangra Dance”. No more needs to be said really.

They boys have be most nice and offered the whole Ep up for free so check out the sound of next year below:

Zombies For Money EP 1

1. Zombies For Money – Sacanagem

2. Zombies For Money – Bhangra Dance

3. Zombies For Money – Numbra One

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As you already know Scatters and I have been getting all sweaty in the studio working out the new Slap & Dash mix. It has become a monster that is owning all of my attention. Along the way in trying to make something “new” we have tried a whole bunch of songs and sounds. Some made it into the mix, others did not. Here I’m going to pay homage to some of the tracks that got thrown out along the way.

This tune rules my world at the moment. I had never heard of Venezuelian Ronny Santana before i coped this burner a few weeks ago, but then with only 7,000 plays on his myspace i dont think many out there had. Totally melting together tribal beats and chants with dutch synth styled electro it has a charm on the dance-floor like nothing else. It has worked for me in all types of sets, playing pretty much every roll a song could. Such a shame it couldnt find a place in our set.

Ronny Santana / En La Nalga (On The Ass) feat. Jordy

The Costuleta tune is heavy original sounding Kuduro. Its some sort of mystery tune where no-one is really certain who created it. Word on the street is that Dj Znobia made the beat originally with early vocal versions from Vagabanda and others. Shame they aint credited on the version that blew up. Made nearly 4yrs ago it is still sounding “current” as far as Kuduro bangers go. Massive tune, kind of makes me sad that we couldn’t fit it in the mix.

Costuleta ft DJ Znobia / Tchriri

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Here’s a lil more Cumbia for ya… ZZK are holding a remix comp for Tremor’s EP (check his latest mixtape too), for details click here. There’s a rad and completely different-to-his-norm Lewis CanCut remix that’ll start floating around soon and the Cumbia Cosmonauts did a remix a lil while back for you to download below (via Discontent blog). Their remix has mad vibes, an almost Indian sounding intro, then drops into some trademark cosmic cumbia…

Tremor – Viajante (Cumbia Cosmonauts Remix)

If you’re into your Cumbia, you’ll know about Bersa Discos, a San Franciscan label that’s done a lot to help bring the Cumbia sound to the DJ mainstream. Their most recent release, #6 from Sabo got sent out for blog promo recently and has some fresh sounds on it, further cementing their name as a quality label. Grab it here to check how their sampled version that Cumbia classic (check track”Esa Loca Cumbia”) compares to Mr. Lewis’s, then check the promo track below featuring Cassady:

Sabo & Cassady – Kuff Kumbia

Also got this tasty little Daniel Haaksman remix in this morning, off the latest Man Recordings release by KU BO (Stereotyp’s alias) featuring Daniecell. The remix is a turbo-charged 145bpm banger with a touch of rave. Grab the release here, among other places and check the remix below…

KU BO – Sumanita Feat. Daniecell (Daniel Haaksman Remix)