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After a four day weekend of jacuzzibaths and eating eggs, we’re back with local Discobelle faves Herbs and JBD, who just did a remix of the hip hop banger of the year and it’s pretty damn sweet. Check them out here!

T.I. - What you know (Rawdeluxeshit remix)

We’re back! And we decided to keep is Swedish this week. Kornel and Sebastian did a sequel to Codeine Talking for all you Disco Belle readers. Happy Easter!

01. Thomas Bangalter - Spinal Scratch

When we did our last slow mix together (you can get it here) we started off with Daft Punks horror-techno joint “The Brainwasher”. It feels good to start off with Daft Punk (sort of) this time too. Also, we remember when the Swedish magazine Bibel sent out a CD to their subscribers that in included this track, played on 33 rpm instead of 45 rpm that was intended. Even 90´s people understood that techno was supposed to be screwed.

02. Hug - The Happy Monster / Lil Jon, E-40 & Sean Paul - Snap Yo Fingers (Acapella)

We’re really big John Dahlbäck fans and “The Happy Monster” might be his finest hour. We threw in Lil Jons “Snap Yo Fingers”-acapella to make it a bit more funky. Lil Jon has said that his crunk is a slow interpretation of the eurotechno at his favourite strip club, so we thought that he might like the company.

03. The Knife - Marble House

Next to all these downpitched minimal techno joints “Marble House” feels even heavier that on its own. You get the same sort of grinding feeling of dystopia that you got with early Human League and on the Tigersushi collection “So Young But So Cold” with french post-punk that you can’t dance to.

04. Black Uhuru - Painful Dub

Digital dub from 1986. Don’t miss the strings!

05. Primal Scream - Trainspotting

The Trainspotting track is still mainly cheezy elevator music. But the first few bars, that we’ve looped here, are still really heavy, like something with the The Congos, Robertinho Silva or Wagner.

06. Paul Woodford - Erotic Discourse

Here’s the recipe for the bouncy material “flubber” from an issue of Time in the 60´s after the Disney-film “The Nutty Professor” wanted everyone to jump high:

“To one pound of salt water taffy add one heaping tablespoon polyurethane foam, one cake crumbled yeast. Mix till smooth, allow to rise. Then pour into saucepan over one cup cracked rice with one cup water. Add topping of molasses. Boil till lid lifts and says ‘Qurlp’.”

“Erotic Discourse” is like ten secondes of euforia and then a three minute wait for that bass sound to start bouncing again.

07. Logic System - Unit

Japanese computer rock from 1983.

08. Jochen Trappe - Organic

The thing you really like about slowing minimal techno is how the funky polyrythmic is enhanced. Instead of tightly compressed melodies you hear the space inbetween the beats more clearly. This is like a metallic Can track from the future, yay!

09. Ellen Allien & Apparat - Do Not Break

Try pitching down the entire new Ellen Allien & Apparat album. THe details are nice. This is the track of the year, by the way.

10. The Field - The Little Heart It Beats So Fast

Our friend The Field is the best in Sweden at doing euforic twee-techno. In this one he samples the moan from “Some Indulgence” in a track that we think will be released on Kompakt pretty soon.

11. Faithless - Insomnia (some sort of remix)

This is where it gets dark and scary. A Kilotin-classic (shout out!) in a pumping trance-remix.

12. Spacemen 3 - I Love You (Remix)

Download Codeine Talking vol. 2 here!

It’s was about time this got a remix. And as a bonus you get the original and the excellent Benzi refix too.

Trae - Swang Remix feat Pimp C
Trae - Swang Benzi Refix
Trae - Swang

Apparently, this is the actual Kanye West version of the Mission Impossible main theme for MI:3. Let’s hope this is for real this time…

Kanye West - Mission Impossible theme

We were handed another song by The Mexicos and it’s another cover, this time it was originally done by swedish teen singer Amy Diamond (!). The vocoder and the disco beats are still there…

The Mexicos - Shooting star

Check out this Youtube find with the superstar of the baile funk scene DJ Marlboro, also includes Cidinho e Doca and MC Galo.

Baile funk video

A while ago we had the chance to ask some questions to Mr Get Familiar himself - Clinton Sparks! And we got some info about the nex mixtape from The Clipse as well. So here you go:

Your latest collaboration, Touch the Sky with Kanye West, seems to feature a lot of the current stars. Do you work differently if the project is with artists like Diddy, Pharrell or Nas compared to local or upcoming rappers?

- Its different with everybody. It depends if its an artist with a fanbase as opposed to an artist trying to develop one & Get people familiar with their product. A lot of factors come into play, for instance if its an established artist I already know how they sound & what would work for them & or maybe how far I could push the envelope with respects to doing something a bit different than their fanbase is used to.

On the other hand, with an unfamiliar artist you need to have the records with the most potential reaction or impact to a new listener be their 1st introduction to the world… So placement & order of track list is crucial on a new artist mixtape.

Tell us about the long awaited Clipse record. What can we expect and how involved have you been?

What I can say is the Clipse are one of the meanest groups when it comes to lyrics, almost over a lot of peoples heads, they are so nice! You can expect Mean beats & mean lyrics! We Got it for cheap Vol III coming soon with a DVD concert of vol II packaged together courtesy of mixunit.com… Get Familiar!!

Satellite radio is exploding in America and your show Smashtime radio has become very popular. Why do you think is the major success factor of the show?

- I’m very fortunate that people have taken an interest in SmashtimeRadio which is not only on Sirius/Shade 45 but internationally syndicated on terrestrial radio as well. I believe the reason it has become a popular show is because of the celebrity guests & my style of interviewing which is more unorthodox than the usual.

For instance, I would ask T.I. What’s the heaviest girl he’s ever smashed before he was famous or E40 if he ever uses slanguage while having sex & the girl has no idea what he’s saying to her. I like to let listeners hear a different side of their favorite artist so that they can see they are just regular people too who pass gas while performing (which I asked Heather Hunter). As well as hot new music & my style of actually really DJing… Playing exclusive remixes, production, imaging, etc. Its a very energetic show!

What are your feelings on music over the internet in general - file sharing and so forth?

- I think the internet has made a lot of People who are not DJs think they are & its disrespectful & discrediting to the artform that people have worked hard to create. On the other hand its the most incredible way to create buzz on a new artist & or new record.

What should people expect form Clinton Sparks in 2006?

SmashtimeRadio to elevate to become one of the biggest & best radio shows in the world. Mixunit.com to continue to lead the path in online music & its lifestyle promotions & sales. My voice, image & likeness will be feat in 2 new video games dropping this year, Scarface & Saints row. More production, more mixtapes, TV & movies. Get Familiar!

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The Embassy released a new video and song. It’s one of their summer anthems. Could this be the soundtrack to all Swedish music festivals this upcoming summer?

The Embassy - Stage persona (video)

The Embassy - Stage persona (song)

D-12 Rapper Proof Shot And Killed.