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Since I’m out of words on how to write another post about American Boy I’m going to leave it to the promo mail we got:

“Washington, DC figureheads Dave Nada and Matt Nordstrom first joined forces in the fall of 2007 for their weekly party “trap”. Every week after some heavy drinking, the two discussed the meaning of life and a few song ideas they had. Their initial tracks caught the attention of Dave “Switch” Taylor who immediately wanted them for his legendary Dubsided imprint. With tunes getting support from the likes of Diplo, A-trak, Tittsworth, The Rub, Craze, Klever, Drop the Lime, and Jokers of the Scene, these dudes look to set the game on fire. Here’s a preview…”

www.myspace.com/dubsided

P.S. I do love this remix

A Mixin’ It Up from Canada? You know that we can’t get enough of them. It’s Sta time!

Sta is Stu Freen, coming out of Toronto, Canada. After passing around some bootleg remixes in early 2007 (notably his rework of Timbaland’s “Give it to Me” and his take on the In Living Color theme song, aptly titled “In Living Colour”) he started getting some major attention. Since then he’s been hard at work in the lab, cranking out remixes for everyone from Hail Social to The Crystal Method. His first single for In Living Colour dropped in March on Adam Freeland’s label Marine Parade to good reviews and lots of plays. Check him out in Australia later this May, where he’s playing dates in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.

TRACKLIST:

Fischerspooner - Danse En France
Love the intro in this track, but the rest of it is a bit slow for my tastes. The DIM remix is great.

Cut Copy - Lights and Music (Boys Noize remix)
The man kills it on this remix. He took the original which I liked a lot and made it perfect for the dance floor.

Boys Noize - Oh! (A-Trak remix)
I’m probably breaking some DJ rule by playing two Boys Noize tracks in a row but what can I say, they’re two of my favourite new tracks. I’m actually not too hot on a lot of his stuff but this remix is great.

Midfield General - Disco Sirens (Boy 8-Bit remix)
This remix has a great intro for mixing in, peaking with the sirens half a minute in. This whole remix is pretty sick actually, although the lyrics are a bit dumb.

Adam Freeland - Hate (Sta remix)
Working for the boss man on this one. This is a remix I’m doing for the Marine Parade guys and I’m really happy with how it came out.

Liquid - Sweet Harmony (Streetlife DJs mix)
I am in love with these guys right now. First got into their Cazals remix, and their Bodycrash mix is favourite of the bunch. Cut up, engergetic, attention-grabbing stuff. My only half-beef is that the tracks go so strong the whole way through that they’re hard to mix out of, so I have to make edits.

Poney Poney - Cross the Fader (Headman remix)
I don’t know what to say about this one, it’s just a solid track. Good vocals, nice beat, tight production etc.

Daisy Daisy - Michelle Plays Ping Pong (Vicarious Bliss remix)
This is a sexy song. It’s a couple of years old but I never heard it out much, which is a crime. The ping pong sound could be a bit cheesy but somehow it just makes things even better.

Underworld - Ring Road (Fake Blood remix)
I like how the intro of this fit into the last song, I use it kind of as a bridge here. Fake Blood is sick. Is he a famous producer’s pseudonym or some guy with a computer? Who cares.

Round Table Knights - Freak from Desire
My favourite track from the Eurogirls go to Baltimore comp. I’m a sucker for cheesy piano riffs, what can I say.

Kid Cudi - Day n’ Night (Jokers of the Scene remix)
My dudes from Ottawa. They’ve been KILLING it this past year. Go Jokers. People tend to play the Crookers remix of this song out because it’s more high energy, but this one is sick too.

Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya Ya - Fuck Friend (Yuksek & Brodinski remix)
This is another under-played track. It’s super simple, but dope none the less. I like how the lyrics fit under the Kid Cudi track.

Ladyhawke - Back of the Van (Fred Falke remix)
Someone told me that Fred Falke and Alan Brax aren’t working together any more, which is too bad. But, if Falke is going to keep making tracks like this one and his last EP, I don’t really mind.

Sta - Stay
Here’s where I slow it down a bit. This is a new track I’m working on and am kind of feeling so far. Hip hop beats and big fat synths, how can you go wrong.

Les Rythmes Digital - About Funk
I had totally forgotten this song existed until I had a random brain flash last week. For some reason it just came into my head and I remembered how awesome it is. SDP doing his best Daft Punk impression, ’nuff
said.

Sebastian Tellier - Sexual Sportswear (SebastiAn remix)
I am feeling most of the new SebastiAn stuff a lot. “Dog” is the exception (it’s kind of shitty). I love that whole “Motor” EP though, and his Das Pop remix is really good too. This is really a SebastiAn song after he gets through with it, but I do like Sebastian Tellier a lot too.

Thanks Discobelle!

Download Sta - Discobelle Mixin’ It Up(zShare)

We posted a Cumbia mix by Chief Boima up on the site about a year ago. Now, he returns with an African Remix remix of “Love In This Club” by Usher. It has a Coupe Decale influence and he also did a mix with a bunch of original remixes in the same vein. Get them both and if you like the mixtape, go buy it here.!

Usher - Love In This African Club (Cheif Boima remix) (zShare)

Chief Boima & Sogui So Good - Baobab Connection Vol. 2: C’est Un Monde Afrique (Hosted by Elembe) (Divshare)

Back from vacation in NYC where both the Usher track “Love In This Club” and the Lil Wayne track “Lollipop” were played pretty much everywhere, in clubs and blasting out of apartments, cars etc.

This is something completely different, XXXChange brings us yet another fine remix. A handclap and feelgood filled take on the track “Make It So” from the forthcoming album “Love To Make Music To” by experimental hip-hop/electronic artist Daedalus makes a perfect companion for those sunfilled strolls around the city.

Daedalus - Make It So (XXXChange remix) (zShare)

We got a winner of the bag of crap giveaway!

Zulu House is the new movement brought to you from the gutters of London. This is gonna blow your hat of.

We let Nathaniel from ZDS do the introduction:

“For those that have been keeping a close eye and ear on us recently, you may have noticed we penned a new genre in Zulu House. We did it first and we do it best. We thought you might be interested in the following mix which acts as a definition of ZULU. Its quite straightforward but for those still a little unsure…

Zulu is banging on drums. Zulu is congas and cowbells. Zulu is a relentless kick drum. Zulu is rhythm. Zulu is jacking til you sweat. Zulu is old and new. Zulu is Get Rude. Zulu is a feeling. Zulu is that low down wobble you sometimes feel. Zulu is a familiar feeling. Zulu is fresh. Zulu is bass. Zulu is bigger than you and its totally okay to feel a little intimidated right now.”

Zombie Disco Squad - The Definition of Zulu House Mixtape (zShare)

TRACKLIST:

1. Plastic Buckets in Amsterdam Intro
2. Solomun & Stimming - Ghostdog
3. Poxy Music & Gina Mitchell - War Paint (Claude Vonstroke Remix)
4. Justin Martin - Nightowl
5. Mowgli - Oriente Express
6. Induceve - Time to begin
7. Zombie Disco Squad - Vie!
8. Riva Starr - La Conga
9. Italoboyz - Bahia Mucho Lungo
10. Circle Children - Zulu
11. Zombie Disco Squad feat. Crystal Fighters - I know you want me
12. King Samir - Samirs Theme (Sidney Sampson Remix)
13. Juice String - Sex Weed (Laidback Luke Remix)
14. Worthy - Mummer
15. Style of Eye - Fanfar

BONUS:

Wiley - Wearing My Rolex (A Zulu Queen is wearing my Rolex - Zombie Disco Squad Remix) (zShare)

Bonus 2:

A Discobelle.net interview with Dan M and ZDS about Zulu House:

I heard “Chewing Gum” on the radio yesterday and I wondered about what the hell Annie has been up to. A couple of hours later a remix by Get Shakes of her new single “I Know Ur Girlfriend Hates Me” premieres over on Discodust. That’s what’s up. Great timing and great to have you back Annie

Annie - I Know Ur Girlfriend Hates Me (Get Shakes Remix)

Team Canada is coming to Europe this week to show us how it’s done. They will kick off their tour in Norway tomorrow and we will try to catch them when they are in Copenhagen if we can clear our schedules.

Grandtheft from Team Canada sent over some tracks that people have been asking them about so that you know what to expect.

Lil Wayne - Lollipop (Grandtheft Remix) (zshare)

Flo Rida - Get Low (Grandtheft Club Remix) (zshare)

Roger Troutman - You Should Be Mine (Grandtheft Remix) (zshare)

Date for: Team Canada DJs European Mini-Tour

May 8th @ METRO - Bergen - Norway
May 9th @ RED RUM - Helsinki - Finland
May 15th @ PLATINIUM CLUB - Warsaw - Poland
May 16th @ VEGA NAT KLUB - Copenhagen - Denmark
May 17th @ THE LEGION - London - UK

Riva Starr killed it with his monster EP “Scratch N’ Itch” that I believe is one of the strongest releases this year. Now he’s got two new remixes out and we get to share them with you!

Buy the full releases “Melodik Hypnotik” and “Coming Up”.

Elite Force - Melodik Hypnotik (Riva Starr Mix) (128kbps) (zShare)

Colin Hobbs - Coming Up (Riva Starr Remix) (320kbps) (10days only!) (zShare)

Our man cHUCk dA fONk sent over a couple of funk tracks he’s been working on with his band fONKSQUISh mob. This is not the stuff we ordinary post but you can’t stop the funk.

First song is a cover of the Team Facelift song “Dippin’ Chicken”.

fONKSQUISh - Dippin’ Chicken (direct link)

Second song is a solo song from fONKSQUISh guitarist Lael’s upcoming solo album. It’s also the last track they ever did with James Brown/Bootsy/P-Funk’s trumpeter/arranger/singer Richard “Kush” Griffith before he passed last year. R.I.P.

Lael and Kush (of fONKSQUISh) - That’s Just What it Takes (direct link)