Originally done for last weeks MeanRed Productions CMJ bonanza, here’s a sunday killer tune in the form of “an acid house rave-y dim sum” remix from our Awesome Agency buddy Cobra Krames of that Lady Gaga track “Poker Face”.
Lady Gaga – Poker Face (Cobra Krames “Pork Yer Face” remix) (zip file, direct link)
No one wears a mullet like Cobra Krames and few can get their mix on like he does.
“It was the beginning of what would become an epic summer, and I was restless from the heat. Unanswered questions arise to any man seeking meaning in what has become many moons of partying. I decided to go on a vision quest to seek inspiration; for the future of the dancefloor depended on it! I spent my summer on the isles of the great Shamans, smoking ceremonial pipes, eating mushrooms & chanting till the wee hours of the morning. At times it was if the sun never set and I found myself in enormous drum circles with the high chiefs of many forgotten tribes. In sweat tents we sipped tea and meditated over the powerful trance-inducing drumming of the Shaman. At the summer’s end I returned to Bushwick Brooklyn a changed man. The sounds I’d heard on those beaches and mountains had inspired me to re-create those feelings on the dancefloor.
Download: Cobra Krames – Mixin It Up for Discobelle (zShare)
“New Mission” – Cobra Krames & “Make Em Shake It” (acapella) – Wahoo
I wanted to start the mix with a big rave anthematic intro so make that happen , then I sampled Tangerine Dream’s “Kiew Mission” to make the melody for the riddim, it really sounds a lot like Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” I think.
“Club Love” Dub – Cobra Krames
This is a riddim I made for The Cataracs from the bay area for a remix of there “Club Love” single. I like the dub version so I used that w/ the Wahoo acapella as well for that mega mix feeling!
“Allah Ma Diana” – Le Zagazougou & “Party Hard” – Donaeo
I like the drum riddim in “Allah Ma Diana” and Donaeo has a great voice, really cool in that context. I thought it would be a good seg-way into the rest of the mixtape.
“Afreaka” – Solo & “Brooklyn Anthem” (acapella) – 77 Klash
I got this acapella from Klash and I really wanted to rep Brooklyn right in the mix, I live here so its important to rep that in the music and we’re creating some dope new styles here and Klash really is pushing new music and the direction of the party. “Afreaka” has a dope tribal feel to it that I am really driving through the mix.
“E Samba” (Cobra Krames Remix) – Junior Jack
E Samba is a dope Latin House tune that I really wanted to put a twist on, so I worked with the acapella and turned it into a Puerto Bass Banger, I think the industrial power saw bassline combined w/the ringtone and techno synths makes for a dope combination.
“The Leak” – N.B. Funky
Dude is pushing the UK Funky scene for sure and he’s got a buncha tunes, it was really hard to choose which one to pick for the mixtape, but I think “The Leak” really fits in with my production sound for the mixtape and works to bridge my original tunes together.
“Bajo del Bongo” Dub – Cobra Krames & “Mas Que Nada” (acapella) – Sergio Mendes
One of two beats I made recently with a Baile Funk and Tribal House vibe in mind, so you catch elements of both of those styles, with the tambors and fills, but you get a 4 on beat as well with some heavy bass. The “Mas Que Nada” vocal I thought was simply a good fit and also seg-ways really nice into the next section of the mixtape.
“Wonton Garden Riddim” – Spoek & “Nice Green” (acapella) – Jahdan Blakkamoore & “Delirio del Sotano” Dub – Cobra Krames
This Riddim is currently one of my favorites, I’ve heard it used a few different ways and it just seems to work no matter how you flip it, Spoek killed it with this one. The “Nice Green” acapella is dope and Jahdan be killin’ it right now , dude is about to blow up on some major shit , he has to!! “Delirio del Sotano” is the other Tribal Funk Riddim that I recently made, taking from some influence of Masters At Work on the snares and really driving in the whistle, thats my shizz, the whistle!!!
“Hey Rumba” – Bangana & “Makonde” – Uncle Bakongo
I really like the breakdown in “Hey Rumba”, it really symbolizes the style of the movement in the music and what puts this apart from other things you hear, the chanting and melodic percussive instrumentation and then putting that w/ the Riddim of “Makonde” which is very organic.
“My Penis” (Cobra Krames Remix) – Larry Tee & Perez Hilton
This is one of those tracks that people tend to get a kick out of, the original is on Larry Tee’s summer release of “My Penis” and “My Pussy” b-side, I have got a lot of comments on how this is simply a fun tune! Produced in a similar vain to the other original tracks featured on the mix.
“Inflation” – Crazy Cousinz & “Do Dis Thang” (acapella) – Cobra Krames ft. 215TFK
Crazy Cousinz doing some big things in the UK Funky scene and I wanted to flip one of there tunes on the mixtape, so I did that with an acapella from an upcoming single I have coming out w/ 215 The Freshest Kids, we recorded these hooks at the crib while Buddy Lezzle was in town and Cerebral Vortex lives in NYC now so thats a good look.
“Calinda” (Cobra Krames Remix) – Ritmo-Dynamic
This is one of those tunes that really reps the style on the mixtape. Like the other ones, its got some rave synths and heavy bass with a tribal riddim. I really like the track “Calinda” so I thought it would be dope to put a bass feeling to it and get it poppin’.
“Uptown Pon De Floorever” – Cobra Krames
I was on a journey and I thought to myself, what is a reggaeton melody that everyone knows that I could flip w/ my style. At that same moment I realized how similar the words Baltimore and Pon De Floor sound if you say them fast together ya know. I decided to make it epic w/ some big reverb and a simple bassline to drive the horns from “Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)” and do something tonal w/ the pon de floor phrase making it go up and down.
Our Stockholm friends, La Vida Locash, are putting together a big summer party tomorrow night at Färgfabriken. They invited fellow Awesome Agency dj Cobra Krames who will show us Swedes how they rock it in Brooklyn. Joining in on the mayhem are: UMYO, Audiofon, Kvinnokollektivet and La Vida Locash themselves.
The La Vida Locash head honcho also gave us two tracks that we could post in order for you guys to get pumped up. First out we have Cobra Krames who brings us a new track on which he blends that classic Donnis acappella over a synthblazed club beat, then we have Swedish techhouse phenomena Adrian Lux and his new protegee Florés having a go at the upcoming Krames single “Bar 2 Bar”.
Cobra Krames – Chief Is At The Party (YSI)
Cobra Krames – Chief Is At The Party (Sharebee)
Cobra Krames – Bar 2 Bar (Adrian Lux & Florés remix) (YSI)
Cobra Krames – Bar 2 Bar (Adrian Lux & Florés remix) (Sharebee)
Complete lineup and details for the party after the jump.
The mighty Cobra Krames is back with a new release. Together with Bobby LaBeat he’s dropping the gun themed “Guns Up Hoes Down” EP, 6 tracks in total with 3 tracks from Cobra Krames and 3 tracks from Bobby LaBeat. The EP will be out digitally on Goldwhistle Records sometime late March at all the usual suspects but until then, here’s three of the booming tracks to tide you over.
“Sick Wit It” is clubstep style, 140 bpm featuring. Tasty Took on the vocals. I met Took while i was on tour in S. France playing in Perpignan and we kicked it in Montpellier as well. “Guns Up Anthem” and “Click Clack” are b-more club style…”
Cobra Krames – Sick Wit It (Sharebee)
DJ Wool, one part of The Glass, got a solo release coming up this Friday on Pale Music called “DJ Wool – Gangsters & Models”. It features remixes from Cobra Krames and The Scandals.
To promote his release he is giving another track away to us loyal fans of The Glass and DJ Wool, the track is called “The Star of East Berlin” and features remixes by Rampa (Terranova), All Dom Wrong (Dominique from The Glass) and Mike Dextro (fakebeat.com).
And just for the fun of it he throws us the Krames remix of “Gangsters & Models” too, get the original plus The Scandals mix from Beatport from September 5th.
If you are in Berlin this Saturday don’t miss the launch party at Picknick, with shitloads of DJ’s from Berlin and NYC.
DJ Wool – The Star of East Berlin (Rampa Mix) (direct link)
DJ Wool – The Star of East Berlin (Original) (direct link)
DJ Wool – The Star of East Berlin (All Dom Wrong Mix) (direct link)
DJ Wool – The Star of East Berlin (Mike Dextro Mix) (direct link)
DJ Wool – Gangsters & Models ( Cobra Krames Start The Violence!!! Mix) (direct link)
Our boy Krames hit us up with a dancefloor friendly hard hitting version of this hiphop anthem of the month. He takes away the unnessary, speeds it up and BOOM! Download and play in your local club tonight!
Hipster streetwearbrand NAME Ribbon Clothing releases a special USB stick with an exclusive mix hosted by Rye Rye and mixed by Cobra Krames. Tracklist and more info here.
We got a sampler of the mix and also a track to share.
Get Familiar Mixtape (sampler) (direct link)
Cobra Krames (ft. Rye Rye) – Get Familiar (Start The Violence remix) (zShare)
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