Dusty Crates

When Tonio and I started rappin’ about tossin’ some cumbia beats into our sets it sparked a flurry of file sharing. He hipped me to Los Pibes Chorros and I pointed him to ZZK Records.

We soon discovered this rare reggetron gem…

This [Douster] mixtape, composed entirely of his own productions, shows the evidence of this influence: here the power of Electro is fused, remixed and edited with the rhythmic cadence of Cumbia and Reggaeton wrapped around Baile Funk, Kwaito, Wobble and a bunch of other unclassifiable genres we won´t even try to name.

In tune with his tour around North America and his set at Coachella, as part of the Zizek Tour 2009, Douster brings us the freshest in dance music, at the same time giving us a sneak peak of material soon to be released on a ZZK Records EP.

ZZK MIXTAPE VOL. 6 – Douster

Clipse – Zen (Douster edit)
Zonora Point – Huachita Rica (Douster Remix)
Bangladesh – Drop (How you feel) ft. Muffy (Douster edit)
Marcianos Crew – Lloren ft. Camilito flow (Douster edit)
Beenie Man – Hum Hum (Douster Tumba riddim mix)
Douster – Khasr (Loser edit ft. Cecill & Lady Saw)
Douster ft. MC Dandao – Puta que Paria
Fauna – Gauchito Gil (Douster Remix)
Douster – Dame Duro
Douster – Schlaggada (Swaggada edit)
Douster – Zombie ft. Fauna
Douster – Yezz
Douster – Triassic Genesis
Douster – Dumbo (Gunship funk edit)
MC Zulu – Body Rock (Douster remix)
Douster – Carajo

Douster – ZZK Mixtape Vol. 6(mp3)

Lacee lookin fierce

I know some of you drum & bass nerds have been waiting for a lineup (and photo spread) like this! Well, our DIRB! crewmate SDF-One has finally made it happen–female DJs at Heavy DNB.

Tonight’s lineup includes a Texas round-up of up-and-coming ladies that are down with d&b. Lacee, Lucki Junglette and Baby Ruthless (whom I played alongside in Austin last summer) join forces with TDBZ, Page and SDF-One at the Back Room (3718 Main Street).

With beats as heavy as d&b and enough moxy to play with the boys, these girls should quell any doubts about gimmicky all-female DJ lineups.

For more event info, check out the sideline flyer here on DustyCrates. For more on each girl, visit this HoustonBeats.com thread.

Les Femmes de la Nuit for life!

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If you guys didn’t already know, there is a “secret special guest” at the Green Shoelace party on Saturday. RSVP stat because time is running out.

Hope to see ya’ll there!

Tonight with DIRB! DJ El Jeffe and in the Howard Hughes Bar with Thievery Corporation DJ El John.

Let’s do it real big tonight!

I recently came across this San Antonio producer/activist Diego Bernal via a Mexicans With Guns remix. I was not only blown away by his breaks-laden “Bring It On Home” single, but also the next-level consciousness he brings to his music.

Here’s what the MainstreamIsn’tSoBad blog says about him and his debut release, For Corners:

…When not working as an attorney for a national civil rights organization (not even kidding), [Diego Bernal] puts together some beats that are off the hook! Bernal hails from San Antonio, Texas, and is set to release his first album, For Corners, on February 24th. It includes nineteen tracks that draw upon Mexican influences spicing up primarily instrumental tracks ranging from Latin soul to trip hop to hip hop with some electronic flavor mixed in…

Below you’ll find a few of his creations. The first is a remix of Bring It On Home, the first single (that is already out) from the album. The second cut here, May Day, comes from the album and features some vocal samples Diego brought in from his work as a civil rights attorney and rolls a little more mellow then some of the other beats on the album. I seriously recommend checking this album out, even if instrumentals aren’t usually your thing. These go by so fast are are so catchy that you’ll be at its end before you know it.

Visit his label Exponential Records and become his friend on MySpace.

So the results are in. Trash Yourself takes the Houston’s Most Hated SXSW 2009 Remix contest. HMH got a pretty good national response, so I’m happy to add that Fixture & G.Wizz’s Neon Nites remix of “Static” made the top 5!

Here are Glasnost’s top five picks:

1. Come Alone (Trash Yourself remix)
2. Come Alone (Culture Prophet remix)
3. Come Alone (Moonlight remix)
4. Static (Fixture & G.Wizz Neon Nites remix)
5. Come Alone (The They Radical Alterity mix)

Listen to all the winners’ remixes at HoustonsMostHated.com.

So there you have it guys. All you Haters can catch the #1 producer at HMH’s SXSW Showcase this year in Austin, Texas. Plus, you should see some of the top five perform at upcoming parties.

Congrats to all the winners!

Sista Stroke

UPDATE: Brick City House on www.chicagohouseFM.com actually starts next Wednesday, March 18. My bad–I was just buildin’ up the hype is all!

Sista Stroke has jumped the pond. Starting March 11 March 18, Stroke is taking from her Chicago roots and webcasting “Brick City House” live and direct from her new locale — London.

Webcast weekly at 1-3 p.m. (CST) via www.chicagohouseFM.com, the format is essentially house music but Stroke promises to dust off some house classics and sampled hip-hop and r&b tracks for good measure. So for two hours every Wednesday she’ll evoke more ’70s soul at the cusp of ’80s street with a b-girl element than we can shake a ‘fro at.

Now that’s mighty, mighty!

Also enjoy her latest EP and other releases…

Makin’ Moments EP (Stompy.com) plus more Stroke goodies

Dirty Honey for Your Soul

Every first Saturday of the month it goes down with funk-soul brotha Brett Koshkin and guests at Dirty Honey (Boondocks). I’ve missed quite a few of these lately (including this past weekend’s romp) because of our DIRB! weekly, so when Brett tossed this live recording over I immediately pushed play.

Recorded live in Houston, Texas at Brett’s 45s/rare groove dance party, it’s nearly two hours of Dirty Honey! Yep, for the February ‘09 show the man was kind enough to enlist High-C to help supply the soul sounds for his jam-packed dance floor. Where do all these people come from? They even dance to odd R&B shuffle beats! God bless them. If in Houston do NOT miss this party. You owe it to yourself to dance a hole in your soul!

Thanks to RehashRecordings.com for the initial post and two-part mp3 stream!

LIVE AT DIRTY HONEY, HOUSTON, TX – DJs High-C & Brett Koshkin (Part 1)

LIVE AT DIRTY HONEY, HOUSTON, TX – DJs High-C & Brett Koshkin (Part 2)