[13.03.2010 06:00] Control Tower is back ! Après les sorties réussies des productions de Weeding Dub en vinyle puis en cd, le label de Sirhill revient sur le devant de la scène avec la sortie de ce « Raw Raw Dub Selection chapter 1 ». Pour cette 7ème sortie, ce sont les artistes les plus proches du label, Fred aka The Dub Machinist et I-Tist, qui ont composés les 2 dub versions de ce 10''.Commandez et + d'infos dans...

[11.03.2010 08:19] Stern, producteur talentueux, s'est fait un nom outre atlantique en partageant la scène avec des artistes de renommée tels que Beast, Pheek, Orange Orange? Il nous présente son album « Digital Bless », opus mêlant à la fois techno minimale, rythmes d'ailleurs et compositions personnelles ! 13 titres sortis sur le label Leonizer Records pour danser jusqu'au bout de la nuit?

[12.03.2010 07:17] Avec "Besides", nouvel opus du musicien et producteur parisien Molecule, on plonge dans les travaux réalisés depuis 2 ans par ce dubber, au gré des rencontres et des collaborations. On y retrouve Leeroy, Féfé, Flox, Blond Dub Sexy, Zig Zag et Martina Topley-Bird ! Les douze compositions chimiques de "Besides" sont une étape intermédiaire à ce que sera le futur de Molecule !+ d'infos et écoutes des morceaux dans...

Sound Rebel Ogni giovedi dalle 18.30 alle 23.00 L’AperiAttivo/Dj set del C.S.A. La Torre In Funzione: Birreria/Vineria/Trattoriola http://www.inventati.org/latorre/

Combien d'entre vous sont rentrés chez eux, après une session d'OBF avec ce petit air en tête "bidibidibidi...", ce last tune qui vous reste une nuit entière et que vous entendez encore le lendemain matin au réveil? Combien d'entre vous ont cherché frénétiquement ce morceau sur le web et attendu patiemment qu'il sorte? Combien d'entre vous sont retournés aux sessions d'OBF, I-Tist ou de The Dub Machinist en espérant secrètement entendre ce départ violent de la ligne de basse ?
Amis dubbers, votre patience va trouver sa récompense car la tuerie Flatron est enfin disponible en 10" sur le label Control Tower Records et avec en face B: Kinshasa !

Symbole même de la scène steppa française, regroupant toute la force et la fraicheur de celle-ci, Flatron, hymne simpliste mais à la rythmique redoutable sort enfin dans les shops. Principalement joué en "last tune", c'est le genre de steppa qui laisse des traces... Avec sa construction radicale, basique mais sans détours, Flatron amène une basse... Lire I-Tist & The Dub Machinist - Flatron / Kinshasa

Ca faisait un petit moment qu'on n'en avait pas fait (~2 ans), mais c'est l'occasion de relancer ce jeu de culture musical. A gagner pour les plus perspicaces d'entre vous: des LP Vinyles de Webcam Hifi, des pass pour le festival Reperkusound, et plein de places pour Ez3kiel Vs Hint + Vuneny au Cabaret Sauvage...
De quoi vous donner une motivation supplémentaire.

Webcam Hi-fi est de retour du Mexique après la tournée qu'il vient de faire en compagnie de Weeding dub, Mc oliva, I-tist et de Soul Iration et il vous propose de gagner des exemplaires de son dernier album "Livity is my Temple" en version LP dont vous pourrez retrouver les ambiances roots et chaleureuse dans la chronique complète... Sur le... Lire Blind Test #7

Le producteur japonais Itak Shaggy Tojo fait son grand retour dans les bacs vinyles ce mois-ci avec deux nouveaux 7'' en édition limitée qui devraient ravir les amateurs new roots, dub et stepper!

Hormis un remarqué "King David's Harp" sorti sur le label suédois Shiloh-Ites à l'automne dernier, le producteur / dub-maker / instrumentiste Itak Shaggy Tojo s'était fait plutôt discret dans l'actualité des sorties vinyles de ces derniers mois. On se souvient évidemment de la splendide série de 7" - "Mental Slavery" (titre figurant d'ailleurs... Lire Itak Shaggy Tojo - nouvelles productions vinyle 7"

You may all think Africa is our past, but thanks to Akwaaba Music we can now see clearly, Africa is also our present and future.
With their discoesque techy-house sound, Just A Band greetz us again.They released their second album from Akwaaba Music last month and till that day, they became one of my favorites.
Their sound can be described as a blend of Daft Punk, Air, etc.(French touch), Basement Jaxx, and even Goldfrapp and Terranova; or better, like Benjamin said: "Think Stevie Wonder landing in Versailles (home to Phoenix, Daft Punk, Air) - singing in English and Swahili".
Personal favorites are Extra, Kai Ridho, Migingo Express and Usinibore.
Stream the whole album and watch the video of the first single, Usinibore. Then, you may all go and grab it. This is one of the best albums released last month.

What I last heard something from Filastine is, he attended the Bike Bloc with his bicycle mounted megaphones during the Copenhagen Climate summit.Here's what I mean:

Then we came to today.Following his successful 2009 album, Dirty Bomb, Mr. Filastine gave us a present consisting of 7 remixes and a live recording.He also prepeared a mix for Dutty Artz supporting his new EP release.You can get it from here.
I have no words for this EP except adding Filastine's own thoughts about tracks, direct from his blog:

A1. Opium Den (Jahcoozi remixes Desordenador)-Deservedly loved and respected Berlin heroes that somehow make ecstatic pounding bass music that speaks about serious themes like gentrification & the vacuity of hipsterism. We played together in Marseille once, they were wonderful.

A2. Discontinuities (Cardopusher remixes Singularities)-Just walking down the street in Caracas is an act of will. Doing so with dreadlocks down to your ass is asking for serious trouble, and trying to introduce audiences to music like breakcore & dubstep in such a context demonstrates a rare fortitude of character. Cardo lives in Barcelona now, he's a neighbor.

A3. Hungry Ghosts (phowa remix) feat. Wire MC-I met the Jeremiah aka phowa at dawn in a crowd of sleep-deprived ravers at a music festival in the Canadian forest. He told me that he'd be coming to Barcelona. Everyone says that, but he actually showed up. Later in Vancouver he organized one of the most enjoyable gigs of the 2009 tour, at a derelict movie theater, followed by an afterparty so packed that it was drizzling inside from the sweat condensed on the ceiling.

A4. Desordenador (live version feat. cellist Amélie Bouard)-The day before I was due to fly to Reunion Island from Lyon, France, my accompanying VJ cancelled. The ticket permitted passenger name changes, with less than 24 hours notice we somehow found & confirmed cellist Amélie as a substitute invited artist. She heard my songs for the first time with headphones during the 12 hour flight to the Indian Ocean. Now we are a regular team.

B1. Pharma Sutra (Ill Gates remixes Fitnah) *only on the vinyl-Deeply lucky to have met this other Mr. Gates, a digital jack of all trades- producer, vj, and educator who is not afraid to get political. His contribution was too good to wait for this delayed release, we let it out digitally earlier on compilation, where it topped Beatport's charts.

B2. Con Las Manos en la Masa (Deep Throat X remix) feat. Malena D'Alessio-They came up to me during a wild semi-legal street party in Tokyo with a CDR and saying, with polite smiling and bows, “japanese ghetto sounds,” later i saw them on stage rocking old school drum machines while wearing balaclavas. They are associated with the expanding situationist/anarchist scene there.

B3. Batalha Cotidiana (Maga Bo remixes B'talla) feat. Rabah-Maga Bo is my closest colleague & fellow bootstrap nomadic producer. Without each other we probably would have long ago given up on the precarious and often degrading attempt to survive via music. He spends half his year moving around (mostly africa), the other half in a cinderblock hut on the roof of a residential skyscraper in Rio de Janeiro.

B4. No Lock No Key (Electromeca remix) feat. DJ Collage-On tour in australia in 2007 I was gifted a few gigs of breakcore and found Electromeca's work. It's next-level grit, in his own words: “hectic B-Boys break-dancing in a puddle of motor oil, The Bomb Squad meets Russolo in a Z-movie disco-club, FM-radio harsh beats, dismantled stuttering beat-box, muddy boom-bap”

Just choose your medium and grab it, either wax or digital (personal choice is vinyl definitely).

It's really a rough week for me, I do not have much time to post here or dubstr or anywhere.But now it's all over, we succeeded to transfer datas over fiber optic cables and all flight datas are coming to our...wait wait what the fuck I'm talking about.Too much work make my brain melt I think.
Anyway, 13th of February, which is tomorrow, Soundclash crew, which is also the Voconut crew, gonna present you Hessle Audio's Ben UFO.Also, I'll be playing along with Astrofonk and Obokubo.So, be there or be square...