Gabriel Heatwave’s UK Funky Bashment Mixtape MP3
It was only a matter of time before the hottest dance music in London, with its African influences and syncopated jangling, began drifting into reggae territory. On Gabriel Heatwave’s mix for XLR8R, he shows exactly how made for each other UK funky house and bashment are with a vast selection of Jamaica’s hottest deejays (i.e. our girl Natalie Storm, above) and Britain’s most solid emerging funky scions. Not to go heavy on the “heatwave” references but this mix is extra hot fire, let’s face it, you always wanted to hear “Ramping Shop” interpolated with DJ Shredda’s garage-esque synth stabs. Tracklist after the jump.
Download: Gabriel Heatwave’s UK Funky Bashment Mixtape (via The Heatwave)
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posted on Oct 9, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Assassin, bashment, Buju Banton, Busy Signal, caribbean, Crazy Cousinz, Gabriel Heatwave, Lady Chann, Mavado, Ms Dynamite, Natalie Storm, Sean Paul, Shystie, uk funky, Vybz Kartel
Premiere: Venom & Damage, Maximum Carnage II Mix MP3
London duo Venom & Damage’s Maximum Carnage mixtape series possibly references Spider-Man comics, and if you wanna take the metaphor all the way, this collection of originals, remixes, edits and “other” is as evil as the character Carnage’s own wrath of destruction. If you never thought funky house bared its teeth enough, Maximum Carnage II is your baby: a nearly full hour of unrelenting conga syncopation, monster garage and bassline thunder and sick samples straight from the synth doomsday cave, all kicked off with their nasty, soon-to-be-pressed-on-vinyl remix of Bok Bok’s “OMG.” Even their remix of Jeremih’s “Birthday Sex,” as previously mentioned, sounds vaguely creepy and exactly how hard we wanna get down on a dancefloor (no sexual). Check the tracklist after the jump, and if anyone called Demoglobin tries to holler at you at a rave, run away.
Download: Venom & Damage, Maximum Carnage II Mix
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posted on Sep 21, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Earth, electronic/dance, Jeremih, NB Funky, Shystie, Sidechains, Sticky, uk funky, uk garage, Venom & Damage, Wind & Fire
