Skream and Benga Live From Rinse 15 Party MP3
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
It is far from a secret that certain FADER editors are desperately trying to transplant to the UK so that they may fully disappear into the dubstep scene. Whether or not said editors actually end up doing that no longer matters now that we have this hour long Skream and Benga live set from Rinse.fm’s 15th birthday party. This happened at the end of July, and we are still unfamiliar with a large portion of this mix, which either means we are really behind on dubstep or Skream and Benga are on another planet. Whatever the case may be there is a hypeman yelling at us to REACT, REACT a whole bunch, and that is awesome. In case this single hour of dubsteppery wasn’t enough, you can still get on a plane to the UK for this Friday’s FWD Rinse residency featuring, among a lot of others, a TWO hour Skream and Benga set. After the jump check out the massive flyer featuring everyone who has done something awesome in music with a lot of bass in the last year. Anyone want to fly us out?
Download: Skream and Benga’s Hour Long Set
Fabric Birthday Treats: Caspa & Baobinga’s Promo Mix MP3s
This weekend Londoners will not sleep for three days straight if they are lucky: legendary club Fabric is hosting its 10th birthday party and everyone who is awesome in the general vicinity of the UK will be DJing a citywide housequake whose reverberations are so big we may feel them on American shores. Does the phrase “10 pm to 6 am” mean anything to you people? Actually just looking at the lineup here kind of makes us want to cry with longing. In advance of Baobinga’s set (on Friday, room three, before Rusko), he made a hot autumn mix showcasing a lot of the nuevo bass musics gripping the London scene, by some of right now’s hottest producers (also, The-Dream). And dubstep captain Caspa, who plays there tomorrow with fellow bass warriors Skream and Benga (ahhh), and is still amazing despite the fact that he likes the worst American sitcom of the last decade, ponied up some subterranean tremors for his own mix promoing Fabric’s bday. Full Baobinga tracklist after the jump, download Caspa’s mix here. We are still crying, all stuck in New York like it ain’t no thing.
Download: Baobinga Promo Mix
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posted on Oct 14, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Baobinga, Benga, Bok Bok, Caspa, dubstep, electronic/dance, Fabric, L-Vis 1990, skream, The-Dream, uk funky
Stream: Crookers f. Kelis, “No Security”
What with the epic “Scars” with Basement Jaxx and this sparkly dubstep joint from our Milano party brethren Crookers, we’re impressed by Kelis‘ sudden ubiquity, having just popped a kid and gotten divorced and all. As Annie Mac (that’s Annie Mac, right?) says on this radio rip, the new US mainstream’s interest in dubstep is kind of bazonkers, though we’re still waiting for that Jay-Z/Joker collabo. But then Ms Rogers has always been adventurous—you’ll recall her early work with Neptunes when they were the hottest shit in space—and we hear she’s been working on her new album with our beloved Switch, which sounds like one of the best ideas ever. Until that transpires, we’ll marvel at this YouTube rip of “No Security,” which Crookers put up on their own blog. That’s kind of funny, right?
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posted on Sep 14, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags annie mac, Basement Jaxx, Benga, Crookers, dance/electronic, dubstep, Eve, Jay-Z, Joker, Kelis, Neptunes, Switch
Eve, “Me N My (prod. by Salaam Remi & Benga)” MP3
Um. Has Eve been living a double life? We want to know if any of our UK friends have seen her at dubstep parties lately. Because this beat was mind-breakingly put together by mega keep it real hip-hopper Salaam Remi (famous for his work with Nas) using a beat from UK dubstep powerhouse Benga (from his debut album Diary of an Afro Warrior). How did this happen? We looked on myspace and discovered Salaam Remi does NOT include Benga in his top friends, but he is tight with Jah Snowcone. Once you get over the paper shock of the Eve x Benga idea and the track kicks out its weirdo wobble… it’s still confounding. Did Eve and Salaam Remi pay him for this? Were they just puffing on that blue oyster shit, bumping his record and she was preeminently moved to rap about her friends? Eve hits her stride best at the end when she’s just yelling “ho! cheayh!” after shouting out her “bitches” a whole bunch. It’s encouraging that someone in mainstream music is actually paying some attention to what is happening outside of, you know, the corner of 52nd Street and Hot 97. A couple weeks ago on our radio show Pete suggested that Jay-Z needed to holler at Joker for beats, because it would A. show that he actually knows what is going on in the world and B. be sick as shit. We seriously did not expect this chick to beat him to the punch.
Download: Eve, “Me N My”
Benga + Roska’s Rinse FM 15th Anniversary Jams
Rinse FM, the legendary East London radio station, turns 15 tomorrow, and they’re celebrating by having a major party, which is unfortunately sold out. But if you do not live in London, or slept on getting your ticket to their party, they’re handing out free cupcakes in the form of exclusive, previously unreleased MP3s: an intensely trippy bass mindspiral courtesy Benga, and some provocative street-holler funk by Roska. Try to listen to them without being really sad that you’re not going to the epic Rinse soirée featuring basically everyone who is awesome. Sigh, happy birthday dudes, we’ll be dreaming of you.
Download: Benga, “Why is Everything Mono?”
Download: Roska, “Hey Cutie”
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posted on Jul 30, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Benga, dubstep, electronic/dance, Rinse FM, Roska, uk funky
Multiple Freeloads: Dubblestep Mansanity MP3s
- story THE FADER
As creative people, we like to invent things like shoes that turn into rollerskates and time-traveling hologramic earrings, so when producers invent genres like dubblestep that cater to our incredibly truncated attention spans, we salute them and think about sending a thank you note, until we forget. L-Vis 1990 did this, and we also want to shout out Jakwob. Yo if dubblestep wasn’t crazy enough for you, now it’s two times not as crazy!
Download:
Joker + Jakes, “3Klane (L-Vis 1990 Dubble Step Edit)” (via Mad Decent)
Download: Caspa, “Where’s My Money (L-Vis 1990 Dubble Step Edit)” (via Mad Decent)
Download: Benga, “26 Basslines (L-Vis 1990 Dubblestep Edit)”
Download: Ellie Goulding, “Starry Eyed (Jakwob RMX)”
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posted on May 29, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Benga, Caspa, dance/electronic, Ellie Goulding, freeload, Jakes, Jakwob, Joker, L-Vis 1990
