Premiere: Dave Nada’s Maxwell Club Mix MP3 & New EP

We’ve been on the Mayan Apocalypse 2012 tip since basically birth (shout out to the family curanderas) so it’s reassuring to see the paranoia seeping into mainstream popular culture (i.e. sick forthcoming movie starring John Cusack) and the subconscious of the club massive. Dave Nada is totally with us on this. The DC-based DJ/producer’s new EP on T&A (coppable here), is all about soundtracking the end of the world, and frankly he nails it: the demonic title track (uh, “Apocalypse”) sounds like a Bmore club as the earth opens up to swallow it into its magma belly. For a little calm before the storm, here’s an exclusive shot of Nada remixing Maxwell’s “Bad Habits” into a poolside, pre-magnetic polar shift relaxation joint.



Download: Maxwell, “Bad Habits (Dave Nada Club Mix)”

Freeload: Jackie Chain f. Jhi Ali, “Rollin (DJ Ayres Remix)”

Strangely, of the numerous “Rollin” remixes that have come out since we went nuts over the original’s melancholy ecstasy (it, along with Paper Route’s many other inventive tracks, resulted in a feature in FADER #51 and a Mad Decent signing), none have captured the tone of Mali-Boi’s production. But Ayres utilizes the choir/synth fuzz of French melodramatist M83 to take it to another level of ridiculousness that Paper Route, never to be outdone, will probably top with a Celine Dion sample.



Download: Jackie Chain f. Jhi Ali, “Rollin” (DJ Ayres Remix)

Freeload: DJ Ayres’ Michael Jackson Mix

It’s easy to make jokes about MJ, but he has made some of the best songs basically ever, even up through the weird later period of his career when he had to hide his face in videos and maybe made a deal with a Sultan somewhere or something like that. DJ Ayres doesn’t want us to forget, so he put together this chronological mix that you can download for 0 dollars and 0 cents below.

Download: Rub Radio Michael Jackson Mix