SMOG Podcast 16 - Steady [DJ Mix + Tracklist]

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SMOG crew representative Steady serves up a new year selection of the latest tracks from the SMOG camp. With tracks from favorites such as 12th Planet + Noad D + Kelly Dean you'll have the perfect introductory meal for your 2013 bass cravings. You can join the podcast and stream the mix here. Full tracklist down below...

#throwbackthursdays Benga & Coki - Night [Music Video]

So I just recently picked up the vinyl 12" single of "Night" with "Emotions" and "Drumz West" on the B-side at Amoeba Music in Hollywood a few weeks ago, and I thought I'd share this just because this was one of the first few dubstep songs I heard when I first got into it a few years ago.

The music video's a bit weird for me, but this anthem is still in rotation in many bass music DJ sets and has become a staple in the scene. The song was released on Benga's debut album Diary of an Afro Warrior on Tempa in 2008 and many of the sounds in that album can still be heard today in many of his more recent tracks and collaborations, especially with Magnetic Man.

Enjoy!

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HOLY SHIP 2013 (Line-Up)

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WOW! Destructo does not mess around. The HOLY SHIP 2013 line up is now out and it is clear why another voyage out into the beautiful atlantic is completely booked and sold out! Try and join the wait list if you want to be a part of this experience: Join Wait List

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Beyond Wonderland - Chess Village [Concert Review]

Photo credit: Oh Dag Yo // Beyond Wonderland album

I know it’s pretty late for me to be posting this, but I’ve just been swamped with a lot – school, work, and music stuff. But anyways, even though it’s been almost 2 months since Beyond Wonderland happened, I think it’s safe to say that it was just one of those events that everyone can talk about this whole year, whether you were there for DJ Fei Fei’s controversial dubstep set at the ASOT stage or you watched Steve Aoki’s crazy live visual set. For me, I spent my entire stay at Beyond Wonderland at the Chess Village, which was the bass music stage. It featured the talents of Fury, Crizzly, MistaJam, Ed Rush and Optical, Magnetic Man, Camo & Krooked, High Contrast, Andy C, and Netsky.

SMOG + Media Contender present: Dubtroit w/ Kutz + Kelly Dean + Cringer + Tealong 3/27/12 [Upcoming Event + FREE Show]

SMOG + Media Contender present: Dubtroit w/ Kutz [Benga Beats] +
Kelly Dean [SMOG] + Cringer + Tealong [Dubtroit] FREE 21+ w/ RSVP
The monthly bass event Dubtroit is back tonight w/ a special guest all the way from the UK, Kutz [Benga Beats]. Also hailing from the city that spawned the sounds of the likes of Skream and Benga, Croyden, we're certain it'll be a proper bass selection of tunes. The event is 21 + FREE w/ RSVP and the RSVP will close in less than an hour or so. So get to it. RSVP here. See you there.



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Benga feat. Youngman - European Tour [Tour Dates]

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I almost forgot to share this with everyone. Apologies to the European readers from alternate dimensions who probably won't ever see this post. There really isn't much to say about Benga that hasn't been said. So if you're across the pond be sure to check this tour out.



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Skream and Benga present: US Tour [Tour Dates]

Skream and Benga : Official
This is MASSIVE. We've had the extreme opportunity to not only see Skream and Benga perform individually [Check out the video we did for the Skream show @ SMOG 5 Year Anniversary] to a raging crowd of bass heads, but we've also seen them combine forces like Goku and Vegeta to go Super Saiyan 3 on a full warehouse room at HARD Haunted. So when I see Skream's facebook post this morning that him and his stutter bar buddy Benga are returning to the states, AGAIN, I mentally jump up and down like a crazy .sin wav in Massive. Skream and Benga are taking the following musical friends of theirs along with them for the ride: Plastician / SGT Pokes / Jackmaster / Hijak / Artwork [West Coast Dates only] / Alvin Risk [West Coast Dates only]. If they're swinging by your region do whatever you can to see the this tour live. You might want to bring a pair of ear plugs as well since you're bound to have permanent ear damage from the onslaught of lower frequencies.

This Is Dubstep 2012: Benga + Katy B + DJ Craze [Ticket Giveaway]

SMOG + GetDarker present: This Is Dubstep 2012
Our friends over at SMOG have given us the green light to give away another pair of tickets to see Benga, Katy B (LIVE), DJ Craze, Darkside, Pawn & Emu, Steady, and MC Kemst tomorrow night at The Observatory in Santa Ana, CA [18+ to party | 21+ to drink]. We were lucky to get our hands on the first set of tickets we gave away on-air during our previous program The Beginning. You guys were so hungry for another set you even called up Radiobomb the week after to see if they had any to giveaway. So here's your chance to get in to this nearly sold out show.

To win a pair of tickets* you'll need to comment this post with the following:

1) On what date was the FIRST Skream and Benga In New DJ's We Trust on BBC Radio 1?
2) FULL NAME as it's listed on your government issued ID
3) Email address [You will NEED to respond to our confirmation e-mail]

A winner will be chosen at random by 8pm Thursday January 19th.

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Benga & Skream present: Warehouse Project 2011 [Video]

"Just to remind you. Here's what happens when we play." - Benga

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HARD Haunted Mansion 2011 - Line Up

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You can count on Destructo aka Gary Richards to bring the best of the best talent to the HARDest party you will ever experience in your life. With HARD Summer just around the corner, and a ridiculous boat party to set sail first thing in 2012, Richards is definitely on point and changing the game. Not only does he bring legendary pioneers to the party, he also brings the freshest newest talent with the groundbreaking sounds that will surely melt your face off. DO NOT MISS THIS. Tickets on sale August 9th. More info: HERE.





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Skream - Clamourous [Free Track Download]

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To celebrate the arrival of his newborn child, Skream is giving out a new track on his Soundcloud called "Clamourous", for free! It's got a sick chainsaw sounding bassline and heavy hitting drums. And if you didn't catch their latest In New DJs We Trust broadcast on BBC Radio 1, you can check it out here from now until Thursday. Very sick exclusives, looking forward to a bunch of them, especially 16bit's "Boston Creme" and the Skrillex and Nero remix of Nero's track "Promises"!

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Audiotistic 2011 [Trailer]

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See you there?

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Audiotistic 2011 [Line Up]

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Benga - Smack Your Bitch Up [Music Video]

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While we patiently wait for fabricated's return with Infrasonics, this Official Music Video [courtesy of UKF Dubstep] of Benga's Smack Your Bitch Up [download it for FREE here] will have to quench all who are currently bass hungry.

Magnetic Man - Whip My Hair [Live Video]

Magnetic Man: Official | Facebook
Below you will find Skream + Benga + Artwork = Magnetic Man perform Whip My Hair by Willow Smith. This will have to be my third or fourth video of watching them perform "live" with laptops and all. I'm still curious as to who's on which program and which computer is running the time code and leading the session. If anyone can shed some light on this please let us know!

Infrasonics - Volume 4

Hey there everyone! Before I begin, Nativity’s brought to my attention that we’ve been getting more readers from the UK, France, Germany, and Russia. So thank you guys for checking us out and on behalf of the Dank Radio family, we hope you join us more every week for something different from each of us. Also, be sure to check out our most recent Dank Radio broadcast with an exclusive hip-hop mix by dubstep producer Jakwob!

Dank Radio - King's Day Buffet (1-15-11) by dankradio

With that said, here’s another week of Infrasonics and I’d like to start off by featuring a release made by my cousin who goes by Rally J.

Rally J - Caution (album) [Listen and download at http://rallyj.bandcamp.com/album/caution]

Rally J makes chiptunes (8-bit music) using an original Nintendo Game Boy with LSDJ, which is pretty much a music workstation for the Game Boy platform. I really dig the fact that they sound like the soundtrack for a video game, but at the same time, very danceable. Check out this and his other release and feel free to download them!

Fabricated - Pinay Catfight

So here’s a track that I finished last week. What I have posted here isn’t a completely finished version, but it’s close enough. I’m currently working on a 174 BPM drumstep version in addition to a remix for a friend of mine in San Diego, CA. I might include all 3 of these in a release soon on bandcamp or something. Check out the track and let me know what you think!

pinay catfight (dubstep mix) by fabricated

Late Night Alumni - It’s Not Happening (Original Mix) [Purchase: Beatport | Juno]

This track came out a few days ago and being a fan of Late Night Alumni, I had to check this one out. “It’s Not Happening” starts out with some reverse samples, and then some cymbals and a synth kick in, and right when the vocals come in, a shuffling garage beat and a discrete yet deep bassline come in and that’s where it gets me. Also, check out the Kaskade mix too if you’re into progressive house.

Merce - Memories [Purchase: Beatport | Juno]

Here’s another track with a garage beat on it that I stumbled upon looking at the new tracks that came out this week. Very relaxing and ambient sounding with some Burial-esque drums and sampling. I recommend checking out the other track on this release, Watchtower, which is equally as relaxing with a dubstep beat, some really deep bass, and what I take to be a smooth and sexy saxaphone sample drowned in reverb in the back.

George Fitzgerald - Don’t You [Purchase: Juno]

Being a fan of anything Hotflush Recordings releases, this just came out today and when I heard it, I felt that I should post this up. I really dig the vocal sample every few beats along with the chilled out beat and fat bassline underneath those drums. Highly recommend if you were digging the last two tracks I posted along with artists like Joy Orbison, Scuba, or Breakage.

Jakes - Claw [Puchase: Juno | Bleep]

All I really have to say about this track can be summed up in two words – HUGE DROP! Crank up the bass for this one! Massive bassline, sick top line coming in around a minute, and really punchy reverberated drums will give you your daily dose of filth. If you’re a fan of Skream, Benga, or basically anything dark, heavy, and filthy, I highly recommend this track.

Skream & Benga on Radio 1 - In New DJ’s We Trust

I think the tracks on this broadcast as well as Skream & Benga themselves should be enough reason why you should listen to this radio broadcast (over and over). The amount of unreleased tracks on this broadcast made me excited for what’s coming up in the near future this year and hopefully, you’ll feel the same way too!

Track list:

Distance — Fallin’ feat Alys Blaze – Island

Skream & Example — Shot Yourself In The Foot Again

Youngman — Slaughter – Digital Soundboy

Dread MC & TC — Concrete – Dub

Slaughter Mob — Dubphonic – Dub

Cyrus — Dubplate – Deep Medi

Distance — Knowing – Dub

Orphan 101– Disembled – Apple Pips

Instra:mental — Voyeur – Disfigured Dubz

Kutz — Shapeshifter – Dub

Magnetic Man vs Redlight — What U Banging On About

Eddie K — Banger For Me – Dub/Hench

Silkie — Get Me Taxi – Deep Medi

Benga — Uk – Dub

Benga — Electro West – Benga Beats

Skream! — Xmas Day Banga – Dub

Jakes — Clamp – Hench

Rusko — Everyday – Mad Decent

Joker — The Vision – Kapsize

Listen to this week’s broadcast on the BBC Radio 1 – In New DJs We Trust page for Skream and Benga online until Thursday or download an mp3 of the broadcast here.

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Infrasonics - Volume 3

So here’s another week of Infrasonics from me, fabricated. Before I start sharing some of my weekly picks, I’d like to start with a video that I found very amusing. I am a huge fan of 1000 Ways To Die on Spike, so seeing this made me laugh. It’s basically death by too much infrasonic waves, which are really low frequency waves that most humans can’t hear. If you’re a little squeamish, then you might want to skip over this.

Anyways, I digress; now, onto my weekly picks.

Delorean - Real Love [Purchase @ Juno | Bleep]
My girlfriend showed me this track while I was studying for a test I had today for my philosophy class and I just thought I’d share it because I really enjoyed it and I’d love to use this in a mix or set sometime soon.

Real Love (Radio Edit) by matadorrecs

Katy B - Louder [Purchase @ Juno]
I remember hearing this song for the first time and not really getting into it, but the more I listened to it more and eventually it grew on me. Katy B’s vocals and the UK funky beat behind it gets me excited for the evening whenever I listen to it driving at night. This track was produced by DJ Zinc and the other track on this release, Katy On A Mission, which was produced by Benga, is definitely a dubstep banger.


Feed Me - Cloudburn (feat. Tasha Baxter) [Purchase @ Beatport]
Feed Me aka Spor never disappoints me. Anything on mau5trap recordings also never really disappoints me either. The drop is pretty dark and heavy and the chorus hook will definitely grab your attention. If you like anything along the lines of Skrillex, Datsik, Excision, or one of the many heavy dubstep producers that have been up and coming recently, you’ll probably like this.


Starkey - Fourth Dimension [Purchase @ Beatport | Juno | Bleep]
This track Philadelphia based dubstep and electronica producer Starkey was definitely one of the surprise tracks I found while finding tracks to play on the Dank Radio New Year’s show. I definitely did not expect the first drop in this track, especially with that few seconds of silence right before. I highly suggest checking out the rest of Starkey’s album Ear Drums And Black Holes.


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Infrasonics - Volume 2

So it’s almost the new year and I’m pretty excited for what’s coming up this year. A new semester at school (somewhat sarcastic “yay!”), a new year’s resolution (which most of us forget after a month), and new music upcoming this year! So for this post, I’m going to write about a few tracks I’m excited to hear and see released this year and a few of my picks for the end of this year. Enjoy! - fabricated

Far East Movement - Like A G6 (Bare Remix)
I don’t know about you guys, but for me, “Like A G6” was (and still is) pretty much the party anthem for this year. So for an awesome Los Angeles dubstep producer like Bare to make a filthy remix of this year’s soundtrack to your inebriation is definitely something to look forward to next year.

BARE - GEE6SIX RMX - Forthcoming (PlayMe) by BARE

REDS feat. Tehbis & Fee Lups - Green Lanes
I first heard this track on Zero T’s Fabriclive 52 mix and to be honest, sometimes I just pop in the CD and skip to track 29 (this track) just to hear this. I love the vocal “oohs” in the intro that lead into the very groovy hip hop beat which then just leads into one of the cleanest and most head bobbing drops I’ve heard this year.

REDS feat. Tehbis & Fee Lups - Green Lanes (Forthcoming Footprints) by REDS

Modestep - Feel Good
Live band + that resampled/downsampled bassline (the “WOOOW!” or the “WHOMP!” sound) + a catchy hook = this song. Enough said, I’m stoked for this to be released.


Blame feat. Ruff Sqwad - On My Own (Drumsound & Bassline Smith Remix) [Purchase @ Beatport | Juno ]
For the past two weeks, I’ve been listening to this track and humming the melody to myself. Highly recommend this as well as the Doctor P remix of Star by Blame feat. Camilla Marie


Katy B - Katy On A Mission [Purchase @ Juno ]
If I had to make a playlist of tracks that get me stoked to be going to a party, this would definitely be on the top 5 (at least for this year). Katy B knows her way to a catchy vocal hook; Benga’s bassline complements the vocals excellently.


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