DUSTY CRATES

I love long weekends and this…

I Love You So (Krusha remix) – Cassius (mediafire)

Roots

About 60 years ago, Jamaican soundsystems gave birth to dub, a variety of reggae music that features sub-bass (bass less than 100Hz), skittering and jittery drums, distortive echo and reverberation effects. The prominent features of dub music, along with reggae’s pioneering use of dubplates, went on to not only shape a growing DJ culture but also continues to influence a variety of electronic dance musics today.

Dubbed

And true to that motif, there’s been a rumble underground since dubstep began spreading in late 2005. Although the now mainstream sound tips its hat to it’s irie origins, sort of, dubstep borrows more from drum & bass and grime. Many would even say that the “dubbed” bleepy, ominous dubstep sound had moved away from, and was out of step with, its genesis.

In ‘08, a limited pressing 12-inch “Iron Devil” was released featuring Lee Scratch Perry and Prince Far-I in a dubstep style. It included a tune based on the Perry riddim used on reggae hits like “Disco Devil”, “Chase The Devil” and “Croaking Lizard”. This was the first recorded example of a founder of Jamaican dub style acknowledging dubstep and creating new music in the genre, reinforcing the connection of dubstep to its roots in Jamaican dub reggae.

Soul Iration

So when fellow DJ Meshak dropped this Release the Lions Vol. 1 mix on me this week, I found myself scouring the ‘net to find more on “soul iration,” a French Algerian variation of reggae. Music keeps evolving and people will always put their spin on things creating the next sound.

But as I dig in to hear soul iration while revisiting some roots, I’ve kept this all-vinyl mix on repeat and I suggest you should, too.

Listen. Download.

Release the Lions Vol. 1 – DJ Meshak (Mixcloud)

Release the Lions Vol. 1 - DJ Meshak (Sendspace)

DIRB! Recess pt. 1

As superstition holds, tomorrow stands to be a day of bad luck. So it’s no surprise that Go Go Garcia and Johnny Moon had the same idea to kill it on a Friday night and, not to mention, get you there with damn-near the same wicked flyer!

So in true Friday the 13th movie fashion, it’s up to you to choose your poison. Which maligned feature will you show for–Part 1 or 2?

Friday the 13th: PART 1

We’ll be across town slaying it real big for DIRB! Recess: Friday the 13th Edition at Club FWD (510 Gray, 77002) with DIRB! crew SDF-one, Squincy Jones, Antonio, Criminal V and yours truly, Gracie Chavez!

Wizard Status pt. 2

Friday the 13th: PART 2

Meanwhile, back in the ‘Trose, “Wizard Status” Friday the 13th Murder Party Addition goes six-feet down at Boondocks (1417 Westheimer, 77006) with Go Go and Johnny.

But which ever one you choose, take heed: you wanna make it out alive!

Check each FB event for more details and to RSVP.

Check out Gilles Peterson as he goes diggin’ in Havana, Cuba.

Now I’m missing these kinda days at the record store.

But it’s good inspiration for the relaunch of Movida at Dean’s!

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By now Houston hip hop fans have noticed a void on the local air waves. The crazy Kracker Nuttz are no longer on KBXX 97.9 The Boxx for supposedly playing the Trae verse in a Chamillionaire song.

After 12 years on the radio, the say goodbye via their Kracker Nuttz blog:

…we want to thank everyone of you who tuned in. For all the times we felt like giving up on “corporate/commercial” radio & quitting… YOU were the only reason why we stayed. We felt like we owed it to YOU… the voice, the fan, or the listener who was never properly represented…

But these are not the last words on their abrupt departure. Taking a parting shot in an Open Letter addressed to The Boxx, writer/blogger and pusher of all things truly hip hop, my dude Matt Sonzala put it best on his AustinSurreal blog:

KBXX – you are in the wrong here. You initiated this problem, and now refuse to work to fix it. Your ban on Trae, and the subsequent actions you have taken on fairly innocent parties, is reprehensible and cowardly. It’s also lazy. I realize that in the age of 140 character tweets and Facebook updates, genuine conversations often take a back seat. This situation merits a genuine conversation, and a solution.

Your half assed, one sided solution is not the answer…

Word.

Best of luck to Clean Kutt, Baby Jay and the Nuttz; I’m sure I’ll see you out rockin more clubs where now we’ll all get that first-hand “all up in yo mouth” experience.

Read the entire Open Letter to 97.9 The Boxx at AustinSurreal.com >>

Our dude Squincy is growing. And so are his followers. Check out his recent interview on Desired Hearts.

And, oh yeah, happy birthday awwready! Do it real BIG! =)

– The DIRB! fam

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Go Go Garcia is sportin’ a big-ass smile.

His Big Moe dub remix of “I’ll Do It” is part of Brit boy Sinden’s new Fact mix featured this week on Fader:

…Graeme Sinden is your man with this mix for Fact. Check the tracklist after the jump, put on some sweatpants and do your thing.

DOWNLOAD: FACT mix 136 – Sinden

Track List

DJ Sdunkero – Choosing Love [dub]
Sbtrkt – Asymmillation [dub]
T. Williams – Chop then Screw [Local Action]
Sunny Beach Happy Slap Mardi Gras – Mamacita (Bambounou Remix) [Demeto Mori]
Roska – Time Stamp [Rinse]
Ill Blu – Blu Magic [dub]
Dubbel Dutch – Deep Underground [Palms Out]
Samo Sound Boy – Wacka Flocka [dub]
DJ Posh E – Dada Supercat (Bub Dance Mix) [dub]
Deesq – Bubble like Club [dub]
Big Moe – I’ll Do It (Go Go Garcia Remix) [dub]
Sinden & Sbtrkt – Kind of Familiar [Grizzly]
Bassanovva – Terrortactyl [Grizzly]
Brodinski – Arnold Classics (Egyptrixx Remix) [Grizzly]
Martin Brothers – Duckface [Dirtybird]
Para One – Toadstool [Sound Pellegrino]
Miike Snow – Silvia (Sinden Remix) [Columbia]
Jamtech Foundation – Too Fast (Julio Bashmore Remix) [Discobelle]
Jay Weed – On the Nile [Grizzly]
DJ Canchola – Africa 09 [dub]
Ultravid – Clan of Wow (Kingdom Remix) [Silverback]
Guido – Cat in the Window [dub]

Fact highlights include Roska, Dubbel Dutch, Go Go, Sinden’s own “Silvia” remix and DJ Canchola. Now this mix is only available for download for three, I said three, weeks.

So what are you waiting for? Now GO, GO >>

UPDATED: Fixture (aka Brandon Gresham) is one of Houston’s leading electro house DJ/producers who’s been tearing up the scene with amped up remixes and original tracks for quite a while.

With 12 years of experience DJing and a growing production arsenal, he’s quickly becoming more than just a permanent fixture in Texas. The DJ of Neon Nites fame was heavily influenced by a variety of major house players like Prodigy, Junior Jack, Fedde le Grande, Dave Spoon, Eric Prydz, Dirty South, Sebastein Leger, Patrick Alavi, Groove Armada, Vandalism, Spirit Catcher, Boris Dlugosh, CZR, Kid Creme, Sebastian Ingrosso, Boys Noize, Axwell and Roger Sanchez.

Fixture sent over a couple of tracks for our listening pleasure. The first is a hard winding remix of “Touch” by local femme fatale, Shina Rae. And the next is a driving Lissy Trullie remix, “Self Taught Learner,” to add to your playlist. POSR’s “Cocaine Nose Job” and “Hellz Bellz” are available on Beatport.

But my personal Fixture favorite remix has to be “Love on my Mind”–a fokin’ classic!

DOWNLOAD Your Fixture Tracks >>

Freemasons – Love On My Mind (Fixture Remix) by Fixture aka LuvLux

Shina Rae – Touch (Fixture Remix) by Fixture aka LuvLux

Lissy Trullie – Self Taught Learner (Fixture Remix) by Fixture aka LuvLux

Fixture – Hellz Bellz (Original Mix) by Fixture aka LuvLux

More Fixture on SoundCloud >>

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