Afrorave roundup

I got a great roundup right here of stuff that’s been dropping in the inbox and it all kinda neatly falls under the afrorave banner.

 

First up we got the Old Money remix of Afrikan Boy’s – Lagos Town. Sometime collaborator of Santogold, Afrikan Boy fires some swinged out verses while Konrad from Old Money keeps the percussion and bass sparse and moody, except for the chorus when things get all jumping… you will be singing the hook when you least expect it.

Next up PartyCMYK favourite PHOTOMACHINE is on the remix duties for XRABIT and DMGeez, new signings for Big Dada records. Definitely make sure you stick around for the lift off on this track!

Then finally those hoodlum rockers schlachthofbronx get down and dirty on this timberlee joint. This is crack in a track!

FEVER!

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Afrikan Boy – Lagos Town(OLD MONEY remix)

XRABIT – Damaged Goods(PHOTMACHINE DUBPLATE Remix)

Timberlee – Gunny Gunny (schlachthofbronx Remix)

Fare Soldi + Saint Pauli + KeenHouse

This is the new track on riotmaker records by a guy called Fare Soldi (like you didn’t know that)

 

 

This is a really nice laid back kinda disco folk cover of Italian pop cheese by Belen Thomas and Mike Francis with some fresh remixes from Keenhouse and Saint Pauli. I’m not the biggest Saint Pauli fan cause sometimes he goes way too hard for my ears but on this he throws some wobbly bass just in the right spots. Plus the Keenhouse remix is a pretty decent syth disco workout that does just enough to bring the original a little closer to the 2k9 dancefloor.

CATCHY!

MP3

Fare Soldi – Survivor

Fare Soldi-Survivor(Saint Pauli Remix)

Fare Soldi-Survivor (Keenhouse remix)

 

Tokin Black Guy

Well I guess music blogs are all about the leaks so heres on for ya…

I’m not too sure how I came by this and I’m not too sure how long I’ll have it but here is a rough cut of the new track from Tokin Black Guy.

TBG is something to do with Kanye as far as I can tell and certainly has some similarities in his voice..

This song is gonna be huge so cop this rough now while you can!

FRESH!

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Tokin Black Guy – Body clock

 

Lykke Li + Death to the Throne

James of death to the throne sent us the pretty cool remix of the Lykke Li track.

I know what you’re thinking, not more Little Bit remixes, but to be honest the original was a highlight from last year and if people keep on giving it such decent refix treatment than why not post it!

Strangely enough I ended up buying the Lykke Li album last week. It was on sale in urban outfitters…. I’m not surprised Little Bit gets so much attention, it is such a stand out track on quite a difficult album.

Even the artwork is hard to decipher.

Stick to the hits Girl!

PS James if your reading this, the baby is still on its way but its not gonna be called James!

ART!

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Lykke Li – Little Bit (Death To The Throne remix)

Deluce

I got some sure fire disco house for you right here.

We’ve been off the radar for a week or so… you know, work buckling under the recession, sorting out a nursery for the arrival of my first offspring.

Anyway that doesn’t mean to say the inbox hasn’t been getting hit up with some quality material, and here’s a prime example.

Deluce is the work of a French guy Younes. I like the really delicate way he builds these tracks.. slowly adding layers and building chords till he drops with some wonderful synth cosmic-ness.

Defintely destined for further hype, at least from this blog anyway.

FAR OUT!

MP3

Deluce – Odyssea

Illapa – Zenith TV(Deluce remix)

Irish Steph – Shamrock(Deluce remix)

New COSMIC BABY MIXTAPE – PARTYCMYK DJs

Been a while people but I had a few mins spare and put a new mix down with my TORQ setup. One take and one little edit on the post side.

This is a Disco/Cosmic/UK Funky kinda thing. Mainly all the bits and pieces that get played in the CMYK crib right now.

Feel free to leave a comment and let us know if you’re feeling it.

Tracklist:

Altz – Yello(Idjut Boys Hoe Down Mix)

Roy Davis Jnr –I Have A vision(The Juan Maclean Remix)

Utern –Cordova

LAMA – Love is on the rocks(Orignal Tempo Serge Santiago Edit)

Ray Mang – Disco Dementia

Applegarden – TwentyFive(Putsch 79 Remix)

Downtown Party Network – Into your Face

LSB Edits INC – Shout

Lifelike – Adventure

Late of the Pier – The Bears Are Coming(Emperor Machine Remix)

Black Joy – Moustache

Runaway – Brooklyn Club Jam(Brennan Greens Version)

Fingaprint – Just Leave

Bunny Mack – Let me Love you

Crazy Cousinz – Inflation

Unknown – You Know Why

Bobby LaBeat – Stobelite Refix

Nick FONKYNSON – Wha Da Funk

Diplo – Blow Your Head(Eli Remix)

ENJOY

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COSMIC BABY MIXTAPE – PARTYCMYK DJs

TiTAN

Fresh, neck snapping disco right here y’all!

 

TiTAN is a recording artist from Pescara, Italy. And in the old Italian tradition he crafts uplifting hi energy disco like only Italians can do.

You won’t find dancefloor drilling bass lines here… instead, file under addictive grooves and futuristic synths, destined for the “full heat” section of any worthwhile DJ set.

We hooked up with TiTAN and managed to get some extra flavor… “Funky Spaceship” is the winner here but don’t overlook “Bruxism Groove” as it has potential.

CIAO!

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TiTAN – Funky Spaceship

TiTAN – Bruxism Groove

PHOTOMACHINE + YO MAJESTY

2k9 is shaping up with some heavy tunes already. Check this afro fueled gem from PHOTOMACHINE

When PHOTOMACHINE dropped this fresh Yo Majesty remix into the box I loved the rhythm so much I had to go digging. I hit up his myspace and fell in love with the “Afrikan Love Fest” track. Kindly PM said we could go ahead and share it with the world…

Watch out for more Afrorave rockers from PHOTOMACHINE soon , he’s got a remix on an upcoming release from “Will and the People” plus some other collabs later in the year.

PHOTOMACHINE is unsigned but I can’t really see that lasting long.

PARTYCMYK giving you total HEAT

BOUNCE

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Yo Majesty – DON’T LET GO(PHOTOMACHINE BOUNCE MIX)

PHOTOMACHINE – AFRIKAN LOVE FEST

PHOTOMACHINE – AFRIKAN LOVE FEST(GHETTO DUB)

Santogold + Old Money

I’m no alchemist but I know that throwing these two acts in a jar and shaking them up is gonna make pure gold…

 

 

Old money have crafted these bootlegs to give some dirty flavor to the original joints without just chopping it up and adding a screw.

Favorite is the straight up laidback fix of LES Artistes which dives and bounces through verse and chorus without taking anything off the slick groove Santi threw down in the first place. The D n B licks finally kick off but by then the track is wound so tight you can’t wait to get going.

Catch Old Money crew at The Culture of Me this Saturday.

 

PEACE

MP3

Santogold -LES Artistes(Konrad Old Money Remix)

Santogold – Creator(Konrad Old Money WTF Remix)

Santogold – LES Artistes(Konrad Old Money Dip Butterz Remix)

Santogold – Creator(Konrad Old Money Remix)

 

 

The Twelves remixed

The Bacardi BAT project has kicked off 2k9 with a quality release

 

If you haven’t heard of the B-Live series then let me fill you in. Bacardi want some decent brand association with the young and hip demographic. Don’t ask me why… cause hipsters only drink cheap lager. To get in with the kids they have sponsored a load of hip artists to remix some other hip artists and then they give those remixes to hip blogs (*cough PARTYCMYK), and off we go.

But whatever the reason, I don’t really care… I get to listen to Juan Maclean putting some dirty funk bassline and filthy acid into this lush Twelve’s track. So as long as the quality is this good I’m prepared to drink Bacardi all night long just to keep them doing this..

CHEERS

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The Twelves – Be My Crush [The Juan MacLeans B-LIVE Rio Mix]

Mexicans With Guns

OK so New Year and a new approach to the blog .. well not entirely.

See sometimes I post stuff that I don’t altogether get on with.. I post it because I think some of the people who read this might get more out of it than me.

That’s not gonna change too much but I’m gonna make the quality assurance here is a whole lot tighter! No surprises that these tight remixes from Mexican with Guns gets the pride of place as first post for 2009 then..

This probably going to be a theme of the year as 2k8 genres start merging together for some 2k9 freshness. Here we get a dubstep/bmore crossover kinda of feel. Guess these tracks would have fitted well into the last Top Billin mixtape.

I like these a lot, thanks to Penned Madness for the heads up!

NICE!

MP3

Diego Bernal – Bring It On Home (Mexicans With Guns)

Lady Sovereign – I Got You Dancing (Mexicans With Guns)

The Lonely Island – Jizz In My Pants (Mexicans With Guns)

The Postal Service – We Will Become Silhouettes (Mexcians with Guns)