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LOL Boys is one frenchie, Jerome P aka Burntpiano and one mexican, Markus G aka Sirhan making tunes with influences ranging from world music to house to disco to straight up pop. They “placed” in the Passion Pit remix contest and the AC Slater remix contest and are planing to do an ep on acid jack’s “idiot house records”. But now they are here to do a Mixin’ It Up on Discobelle!

“For our mix we wanted to do something fast paced and dynamic enough to listen to multiple times and also showcase our influences. we think we cranked out a perfect mix to party to or even for working out. you’ll notice that even though we have a tracklist below that a lot of the mix is our own edits and our own branding. since there is two of us we can do a lot of work while djing like one of us can be blending on serato and the other can be running loops and effects in ableton and mixing stuff in on cdjs. this mix is also a good idea of how we’d play a sweaty summer time house party. hope you enjoy it as much we enjoyed making it.

LOL Boys – Mixin’ It Up for Discobelle (zshare)

They also gave us a couple of bonus tracks to give away:

LOL Boys – Cash For Gold (direct link)

Cassius – Feelin’ for you (LOL Boys Club mix) (Zippyshare)

Ursula 1000 – Star Machine (LOL Boys lunch @ hot dougs remix) (zShare)

Tracklist for the mix:

Fagget Fairys – Roll the Dice (LOL Boys Remix) -cdr
starting our mix of with one of our newest remixes. it’s a good example of our dynamic blend of club, techno and pop influences.

Marc Houle – Bay of Figs (minus42lp)
marc houle is one of the best techno producers ever and bay of figs is a classic track that will convince techno/minimal haters to reconsider.

Nifty – Nifty (atlantic jaxx recordings)
basement jaxx are constantly and consistently groundbreaking and ahead of their time.

M.A.N.D.Y. vs. Booka Shade – Body Language (get physical)
hands down one of the catchiest synth riffs ever.

Ursula 1000 – Zombies – Hijack Remix (esl)
hijack makes a banging house track with repetitive chanting lets you know it’s time to chug those drinks and get on the floor.

Speedy J – Pullover (music man)
actually a tune released in the 90s from a dutch producer that is so simple and effective. it also exists as either a dance mania track or stripped down hardcore track.

Kingdom – You (fool’s gold/acephale)
look out for this dude. first introduced to me through nightslug’s Bok Bok and Johnny Moog’s dj prince william. brooklyn boy kingdom is making 2009 freestyle. so catchy frat bros are singing along one minute in to the track.

Emynd – it’s hot down here (crossfaded bacon)
eymnd is a genius clubbing up NOLA bounce’s classic trigger man sample.

L-Vis 1990 – Compass – (cdr)
every tune this dude makes lately ends up in our must play crate. this is the point in the mix where we start getting a little more into the percussive world music tracks.

Douster – Ladinian – (cdr)
futuristic cumbia sampling busy signal. tracks like this are really starting to influence our sets.

DJ Gant-Man – Juke Dat Girl -Greenmoney Remix (fools gold)
gant-man is a chicago juke legend. it’s nice to be able to drop greenmoney’s remix because it has that element of uk funky in it.

Zombie Disco Squad – The Cursed (made to play)
these dudes are amazing. making simple percussive house with tribal-esque influence. a banger.

LOL Boys – Oh Boy -cdr
this is us getting down. making some world music inspired percussive house but with that dirty ghetto house-ish vocal sample.

Auto Repeat – You Can’t Stop (crammed music)
DJ Elin is often overlooked. Everyone should go buy The Unbearable Lightness Of Autorepeating.

Play Paul – Spaced Out – Xtended Mix (crydamoure)
Crydamoure is a legendary label. Brother of Guy Man from Daft Punk to boot.

Miike Snow – Animal- (downtown music)
We all know this by now.

Thomas Bangalter – Spinal Beats (Roulé)
We should all know this by now.

Duck Sauce – aNYway (fool’s gold)
A-Trak + AVH = Epic. Love how they flipped this sample.

Sparks – Beat the Clock – Giorgio Moroder Mix (virgin)
moroder produced this than remixed it. moroder era sparks is the best ever.

Yellow Magic Orchestra – Computer Games 12″ Mix (alpha records)
Look up youtubes to watch them play live. Top 5 songs of all time.

Big Dope P – Back to Da Old Future (moveltraxx)
This dude is from Paris but might as well be from Chicago.

Diskokaine – Bikini (DJ Funk Remix)
DJ Funk still killin it.

Dances With White Girls – Everyone’s Got to Make a Living (throne of blood)
Frog is a great man.

LOL Boys – Neon Flannel (cdr)
weird.

Afrojack & Diplo – How I Like It – Beataucue Remix (cdr)
Don’t know the full story on this. Think it is just Afrojack’s version of Pon Di Floor remixed by Beataucue. COOL.

Plastique De Reve – Resist – DJ Rampage Remix (supersoul records)
Heard the OG of this in the summer of ‘08. Just got the record and was so pumped on a Rampage remix.

We are back on track with the Mixin’ It Up series, so here is this weeks installment. All the way from Australia we got Outlaws who you can find on tour in Europe right now. He didn’t stop at one mix but gave us two killer mixes. Here we go! (we had to put the track descriptions after the jump because it would have been too big else way.

“So here’s my mix. I’m glad you let me do it and I hope you enjoy it, I had fun making it, the first few mixes are slightly awkward, but hey, I wanted to get some weird stuff in there and if you don’t try, you don’t get anywhere do you? Hopefully there will be some things on here you haven’t heard before so you can find some great new sounds and maybe go to some shows, have a good time, meet some people, put some money in the system and keep the whole thing going a bit longer.

I’ve gone and made two mixes here – one of them is a out and about ravey affair with noises you might hear in nightclubs and the other one is something you might want to put on when you get home, perhaps in an advanced state of refreshment, wanting to “relax” or “chill out”, perhaps?

Outlaws – Mixin’ It Up for Discobelle Part 1: An Insult To Reality, May 2009 (Sharebee)

Outlaws – Mixin’ It Up for Discobelle Part 2: Lush, May 2009 (Sharebee)

That’s about it from me. If anyone wants to book me in Sao Paulo please get in touch, I’ve never been there and apparently they’ve banned all advertising in the city and it’s totally wild with loads of art everywhere. I’d like to thank the lovely Morgan for providing the voice for the second CD, her funny stories made me laugh and I hope they make you smile too! I hope anyone who downloads this enjoys it anyway – be excellent to one another and party on dudes!”

Read a description on why he choose each track after the jump.

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Time for another Mixin it up. This time we have Spoek in charge of the mix. Take it away!

“hello, my name is spoek mathambo. i am a nosey busybody sonovabitch.
i rap as sweat.x and playdoe. sing as moleke mbembe. and dj as hivip.

today, i will talk to you about the music that south africans make and dance to when they are not busy stealing cars, or rather the music they make when they are hopped up on gushesh fumes.

these are just a couple of the songs that have really been doing it in the rave over the last year.”

Download: Spoek – Car Jacking House (zShare)

DJ CLEO – KATU KATU intro

BUJO MOJO – 12
Bujo Mojo is a god of pretoria house…a deity of the highest order! Pretoria house is an aqcuired taste…mostly because it is one of the more raw (and yet incredibly popular) styles. Most produtions sound like they were banged up with a hammer, a whistle and some nails…
But no, not old Bujo Mojo…king! king! king! this lil’ drum work out is all bounce, no fat.

?? – HALLELUA
I have no idea who had the gaul to make this one, the synth works sounds shards of light being
shot through the clouds by a furious but loving god. I cut out the part where it goes into a rendition of *Halleluja!!!!*…count yourself lucky.

TIRA – IZOLO FT MALOBO
People call Tira the prince of durban because he is running schitt oh so hard…his label afrotainment has the best house acts in the land, he throws epic partes…and owns many a speed boat.

This song is about tricking girls into thinking you are rich and well connected in order to get them into bed…smooth operators!! *note, the song is not sung by tira…he doesn’t need to lie.

DJ CLEO – MORE RUTHLESS
Cleo is really fucking great. I am a big fan despite not wanting to be one.
He is fucking increrdible and keeps dishing up the goods…even after all the dodgey rumours (google and you’ll see what i mean).

DJ KENT – VUNANZI
Shangaan and township tech go together like smoke and fire…this is from DJ Kent, who i had previously parred for being a deep house queer…I am the queer for doubting…this is dutty!!
The story of Johnny is heartwarming.

CHIEF BOIMA – FILAW REMIX
Chief Boima is an odd but grand cat with a rich and well maintained coat
…san fran turntablist turns african house head?!?
He sent me a batch of tracks and they are all lethal!! I put the other chunk in my Devil House Mafias mix.

KENNY DOPE & TERRY HUNTER – NO HOOK
Dutty! No need for a hook when your mainline is based on years of mindcontrol research.

RIVER OCEAN FEATURING INDIA-LOVE&HAPPINESS(YEMEYA Y OCHUN)
Quite possibly my favourite song this month…love and happiness!! Makes me wanna take my shirt off in the club, but i am liable to get shot..so i will setlle for screaming *HOOOOOOOOOOOOOUSE* into my beer!

DJ PEPSI – PEPSI’S REVENGE
DJ Pepsi is part of the old guard of South African house music, he was kicking head before the Y2K scare.
Funny that this song is called Pepsi’s Revenge, I hear he is quite a nasty character prone to pulling out his big
guns at the slightest provocation. Don’t provoke him. He will get his revenge.

DJ BOBO & MENACE – MONEY MAKER
Big ravey synths, playalistic lyrics about spending money…my mom loooooves this tune

DJ TIRA FT DADDY – UHAMBA YEDWA
This was probably one of teh absolute biggest songs of the last two years…driving round SOWETO on xmas day it felt like everyone was paying this…and *Morgan is Angry*

BANTU SOUL – ISGHUBU

DJ DIKOTA – WEWE 2
A morbid ditty about death and clubbing. Hand in hand.

BOJO MUJO – 05
CHIEF BOIMA – LOVE IN THE (AFRICAN) CLUB REMIX
SHUMBA DJS – ON MY WAY
LEGER & LAKE – WORD
SCHLACHTHOF BRONX FEAT. SPOEK – BELLY FULL OF PILLS (DISCO TRASH MUSIC REMIX)

Time for another one of our Mixin it up’s. This time we have Solly behind the wheels of steel. Take it away Solly:

“Well hello – My name is Solly. I’m 21 and I’ve been a DJ for 8 years. I just moved to Brooklyn after some time in Tel Aviv and the Midwest. Discobelle gave me the honor of making this little mixtape diddy. It’s got alot of different types of music because I like a lot of different types of music. If you dig it, be sure to let me know at http://www.myspace.com/djsolly“

Download: Solly – Mixin’ It Up

Geto Boys – Mind Playing Tricks on Me (Tittsworth Remix)
It’s only fitting to start with a Titts remix. He is such a talented producer and I play his tracks way to much because there so good. This bmore frenzy is a great start to any night.

DJ Manaia – Fatty Girl
I first found this track floating around the blogs a couple weeks back and it hasn’t gotten old. It slays anywhere and everywhere. Manaia is about to become a household name.

Claire Hux – Down on the Floor (Solly Remix)
Just got this remix out last week. Look for big things from Claire Hux. They have an energy unrivaled to most. This remix is meant to be a little bit more clubby.

Baobinga -State Of Ghetto Jackin feat. DJ Nasty
Baobinga! Wow this bass track goes nuts on you. I really found a lot of his stuff in Israel, where the bass scene is so on top of its game. This track to me kind of brings together everything that was fun at the parties out there.

DJ Technics feat Ms Thang – Tear that ass up
Old school. Its like ketchup, it goes good with everything. Technics knows how to keep it hot and simple.

Drop The Lime – I Love NY (Baobinga’s Fuck Up Like Woah Remix)
More Baobinga. The first time I heard this track the Black Rob drop had me going crazy. Damn Baobinga, I wanna buy you a beer.

Diplo & Buraka Som Sistema – Inna De Ghetto Remix
Diplo can make some hard shit when he wants to. This track sure is heavy and hard when that bass slaps you. Makes me want to go hang out in Portugal.

DJ Class – Tear the club up (Solly Remix)
This is a remix I did last month that just started with me playing around with the original DJ Class song. Along with Samir’s theme, this is up there with the nastiest bmore ever created. I kind of feel like a schmuck for remixing something already so good, I just wanted to crunk it up a bit.

Bird Peterson – Glory Be
What is there to say about Bird Peterson that hasn’t been said.

Emynd – Flip It Snap It
Emynd is a baller. I would play this song everywhere around Tel Aviv and they went nuts for it. They didn’t even get the Friday the 13th references, but its played so hard out there.

Jay-Z – Big Pimpin’
C’mon now. Bring it back.

Chase and Status – Eastern Jam
This is the heaviest song I’ve heard in a while. Tel Aviv converted me into a dubstep believer. Chase and Status have got something great going on.

6Blocc Ft Big Daddy Kane – Rawer
A friend sent me this track. Its pretty heavy. I love the simple bass.

Rusko – Get Ya Cock Out
It’s kind of cool how Rusko is starting to really blow up in the States. He’s got this forward ass sound that is really redoing everything at that 70 bpm dance shit. I like this track a lot.

Bo Bliz – Stick ‘Em Up
The Crossfader Bacon EP is a real bounce forward on b-more. Every track on there is heat. This one especially.

Blaqstarr – Hands Up Thumbs Down
Big things from black start. The new king of crunk.

3 Is a Crowd – Take It Back (HeavyFeet remix)
Heavyfeet has got mad talent in the bass department. There most definitely a group to keep up with. I’ve been hearing this track a lot lately and it doesn’t get old.

Curses – The Deep End (Bart B More Remix)
Deyum!! Curses and Bart! The shit gets nutty. The drum track in this track is house at its best. The little piano sample is epic like a Michael Bay movie.

Paul Johnson – Get Get Down
Good way to cap off the night. Old school Chi house. If you ever find his stuff hidden at the bottom of a pile of old school vinyl in a dusty basement record store, buy that shit up and send it my way.

We’ve been meaning to get Alex Sushon AKA Bok Bok - dj/producer/graphic designer who’s one of the budding names in the UK dance music scene, responsible for the Night Slugs radio show/parties in London and generally one of the nicest dudes we’ve encountered – to do a mix for us for some time but since we’re all busy it took a little while to get it finalized. But we can tell you that it’s definetely been worth the wait, Bok Bok comes correct with an absolutely smashing mix where every single track is stellar.

“For my installment of Mixing It Up, I wanted to give you guys a taste of where the Night Slugs sound is at right now. 2009 has been amazing so far, people are more open-minded than ever, sets are diverse and suddenly it feels like anything is possible.

As a DJ my aim is to gather tracks from a wide range of sources, scenes and styles and make them all work together in a riddim-y, dutty uk soundsystem / pirate conext. I’m originally a grime head, but the emergence of the UK Funky scene has got me looking for that raw percussive momentum and bass energy in all sorts of strange places.

To guarantee that rolling pirate style, this mix was recorded live on the decks (as I’m sure you’ll hear!). I recommend listening on a night drive / while cycling, or running, preferably at night, and if you’re listening at home turn up your sub!”

Bok Bok – Discobelle Mix, March 2009 (Sharebee)

1. Riva Starr – War Drums

An out-of-character tune for Riva Starr, all minimal nail-biting toms, this is the perfect ‘oh no it’s gon happen! ‘ intro.

2. Karizma – Outta Control

UK Funky hits like Donaeo’s Party Hard have got us drawing for the Defected and Strictly Rhythm back catalogs, and digging up things like this haunted riddim by Karizma. I love the brass section!

3. Essy & Vibes – Dream On

Tunes like this are the reason I like to call the new UK House movement ‘Grime in Disguise’. Tropical bass!

4. Perason Sound – Wad

This was made by a certain house and techno-infused producer of twisted dubstep – guess who. Banging broken, twitchy house with a big gutter sub. I can’t stop playing this one at the moment.

5. Martin Kemp – No Charisma

I’m sort of responsible for the title of this track – it’s a funny-ish story that I won’t tell here. This twilight riddim with the heavy kwaito pitchbending synth line was produced by Martin Kemp, the brother of badderman DJ Brackles, and is forthcoming on the later’s label.

6. Gregor Salto – Just For Fun (Bok Bok’s edit ft. Hawatha

The vocal on this track comes from Hawatha, a Texas rapper that my friend Prince William is working with at Krispee Ones studios. Out to the TX connection.

7. L-Vis 1990 – Run

This L-Vis dubplate is a current personal favourite of mine. He makes it seem so easy!

8. Emvee – Glitch Dub

The drop on this tune is devastating! UK house at it’s most cantankerous.

9. Wizzbit – Jam Nite

Wizzbit is the alias of garage>grime>funky godfather Geeneus. He’s worked a lot of styles over the years but despite Jam Nite dating back to 2003 the insane bruckout drums and the huge bassline in this tune sound more relevant than ever. Definitely one of my favourite grime classics.

10. Karizma – Darqness

If you’re driving to this mix like I recommended, this is when your vehicle takes flight. Jackin’ celestial merkery from Karizma.

11. Sarantis ft Warrior Queen – More Than Money (Starkey remix)

Starkey transforms Warrior Queen’s pining ballad for the ‘boys dem’ into a cyborg hypergrime tribute to sweet love.

12. Spooky – Got Myself Together Riddim

Spooky is king of grime bootlegs, and this is no exception. The sweet vocal hook is swiped from a classic uk garage track and twisted into Spooky’s signature carnival style.

13. Diplo & Laidback Luke – Hey! (L-Vis 1990 remix)

I love the original of this tune too, but also love how L-Vis made it sound really immersive and disorientating.

14. Zomby – Entropy

Fresh from the ever-mutating Zomby – alien, crunked-up house/grime/dubstep.

15. Joe – Rut

Rut is forthcoming on the amazing Hessle Audio, and you can tell straight away when you hear it. A beautifully executed, lush and percussive garage-dubstep track with a unique celestial warmth.

16. Lil Silva – Get Wid This

We Night Slugs are big Lil Silva fans. His decidedly grimey take on UK Funky has set a benchmark for huge, driving productions that simply destroy raves. The combination of militant brutality and luminously bright carnival synths remind me of why I love grime.

17. Bok Bok – Ram Riddim

Something that mutated out of working with L-Vis on our Bongo Jam refix. Ram, because originally there was a typo in our refix that read “Bongo Ram”. Say what you mean eh?

18. Kingdom – You

Kingdom is absolutely unique and one of my favourite producers. He blends the aesthetics of UK garage with classic rave, hardcore, jumpstyle, – even trance, with a heavy dose of the drama and emotion of classic Chicago house. His new material is on fire!

19. Matt Shadetek – Battery Charge Riddim

I love the story that Matt’s Brooklyn Riddim was appropriated up by bashment kids in NYC and it became a hit in that scene. Never one to stand by idly, Matt made a whole batch of grimey bashment/house directly aimed at that scene, this riddim is one of them. Sounds like a 4×4 Ruff Sqwad

20. Christian Martin – Elephant Fight (Justin Martin’s Jungle remix)

A deceptive subtitle for a remix that’s not Jungle style so much as it’s IS a jungle, a sweltering pressure dungeon. Those elephants are NOT happy.

21. Untold – Sweat

Forthcoming on Hotflush Recordings, this track is my rubbery yet blissed out outro. Enjoy!

Friday and time for another Mixin’ It Up, this time we’re going to Brazil for some baile funk via British born but currently residing in Prague DJ Tuco. He recently spent a month in Rio and he picked up some tunes. Enjoy!

“Hi, my name’s DJ Tuco, I’m from a pretty dull place in England called Reading (Does It Offend You Yeah?, Ricky Gervais, Kate Winslet) where I grew up on a diet of house music and Hip hop, I’ve been DJing and promoting parties since the mid – late 90’s. I’ve also lived in Italy and and the last few years i’ve been in Prague which is wicked. Alongside DJ Quime we promote the infamous Dutty Weekend parties…Be sure to check out them out if you are ever round these parts.

I recently spent a month in Rio where I hooked up with a lot of people and had a blast, during my time there I picked up a lot of music mainly Baile Funk so I decided to throw a mix together. The hardest part was going though all the CD’s finding the playable stuff as the quality of the tracks over there wasn’t great, Most of this took place on a 10 hour car journey from Italy to Prague that almost sent my brother over the edge (mentally), next up was IDing the tracks (also a difficult task) then of course the fun part of mixing them. I don’t claim to be a Baile Funk expert, this is just a personal choice of music I thought was cool, if you want to know more check out these great blogs Soundgoods & Rio Baile Funk… So turn your heating up full, turn the volume up so its distorting and you have to shout to communicate with your flat mate, grab a warm whisky and red bull, sit back and enjoy!”

DJ Tuco – Mixin’ It Up for Discobelle (Sharebee)

MC Gi – Karma Sutra (Produced by DJ Edgar)

Anyone who has met Edgar will tell you he’s one of the nicest guys you could meet, we tours europe regularly and is well worth booking, before I left Rio he gave me a lot of his own production so he features heavily on this mix, which isn’t a bad thing because the quality is high and he’s one of the best out there!

DJ Sandrinho – Parapapa

Sandrinho shouldn’t need any introduction on these pages, one of the biggest names in Funk.

Lady Gaga – Just Dance (DJ Edgar Remix)

Edgar with another classic Montagem (Remix) the beckies on their year out in Prague love this…

Dino E Fu – Aquecimento Do Buffalo

This track translates to something like “warming up to buffalo” Buffalo Bill is referenced a lot in funk and would love to know why… I guess its something to do with the sample…

Putaria – Track 18

No it all gets a it strange, I bought a CD outside a Baile I went to with Gringo, they sold CD’s of Putaria (a word for sexually explicit funk), the CD itself cost one Reais… I did enjoy asking for “1 pack of cigarettes, 1 beer and CD of Putaria” needles to say there was no track list or artwork, just a CDR in a paper case. This is one of the few tracks from the CD without annoying drops every few seconds. If you can ID it I would be really grateful.

Putaria – Frog

From the same CD, its not actually called frog, I just tagged it that, it will become obvious why, again an ID would be sweet, Im sure I heard this quite a bit out there…

Pras Novinha Safada – Relaxa Na Pica

This is a dope track, I also like it because in Czech it would translate loosely to “relax on c**t” no idea what the it means in Portuguese.

????? – Mini Game

Dj Google tells me this montagem seems to have been made by quite a few people but I believe this could be another one of Edgar’s because the sound quality is actually very good, simple but great track, initial crowd reaction in Europe is usually one of bemusement!

DJ Vinicius – Delicia

Again another big track, this isn’t the original, the quality was just too bad, the Delicia sample is another one thats heavily used.

DJ Edgar & DJ Lendrao – Destination

Those horns again, given the Carioca treatment they sound as fresh as ever.

M (thats all I could get) – Cornetinha Fodoska da Vila Alianca

Crazily infectious, you’ll be humming this for hours after hearing, providing you’ve made it this far!

MC Bolinho & DJ Woody – Buffalo Bill

Ol’ Buffalo Bill rears his head again, I think this is the original “Buffalo Bill”, could be wrong, its a huge track though. you can sing along to this track “buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo, bill bill bill bill”

Tigrao – Uma Por Uma (Dj’s Dinho e Fu)

Tigrao not sure if this is linked to Bonde Do Tigrao or not but I love the sample of the kid (or woman with a squeaky voice), you get that a lot in funk… again I wish I knew what they were saying, I guess its know different to Czechs listening to Dancehall though!

Corneto Da Putaria

Unfortunately this track is pretty bad quality but it had to be included, it ticks all the boxes, shouty chorus, kids screaming some questionable beat boxing etc etc…

DJ Edgar Feat: Million Stylez

I like the break down in the middle of this track it kind of reminds me of a Funk version of a Scottie B track or something.

MC Gringo Feat: Amazing Clay – Berimbal

Ok, I had this track long before I went out to Rio but if I wouldn’t have met Gringo I wouldn’t have seen or heard half the stuff I did, so I wanted to include a track of his on here, amazing Clay is one of the original Funk Dj’s and also a great producer

Alex DJ MPC – Aquecimento Do Globo

I woke up on someone’s couch after a heavy drinking session at about 9 am and was woken up by this tune, my first reaction was to scramble around for my phone then I realized that it was coming from a car parked a few roads over, they must’ve have played it 3 or 4 times over the next couple of hours, then I just seemed to hear it every where! Very simple but a big big tune…

CFCF is a producer from Montreal that makes smoothed out disco jams and he’s constantly killing it so we’re proud to present you with his addition to the Mixin’ It Up series. Here we go!

“Michael Silver (aka CFCF) is one of those rare talents to whom pop sensibility seems to be second nature. The Montreal native has been making music in his bedroom since he was 12 years old, but it’s only over the past year or so that the rest of the world has been able to share in his pop experiments. Despite having just exited his teenage years, CFCF has a musical depth that constantly surprises his elders with influences ranging from Jellybean and Pete Rock to Todd Rundgren and Fleetwood Mac. This wide scope of interest in genre and pop structure and mature melodic instinct allow him to shift gears effortlessly from italo to disco to balearic to piano house and everything in between. His pop music can be sweetly melancholy or creepily disturbing, but it is always fundamentally pop.

Having first caught tastemakers’ attention with his contest winning remix of Crystal Castles “Air War”, CFCF has gone on to produce official remixes for talents such as Sally Shapiro, The Presets, HEALTH, The Teenagers and Genghis Tron among many others. For the past couple of years he has honed his fluid, eclectic and always fun DJ sets at his weekly residency with Montreal’s Saturday mainstay, Dance Dance Dance. This wide-ranging taste is also reflected on his weekly radio show, “Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Truth,” on internet station Viva Radio. CFCF is constantly honing his own productions and the next couple of months will see releases through Acéphale (who brought us Salem) and Paper Bag Records.”

Basically the tracklist is some of his favourite stuff over the last few years – hope you like!

Download: CFCF – Mixin’ It Up for Discobelle, dec 2008 (Sharebee)

01 Polygon Window – If It Really Is Me

To me this song really sticks out on ‘Surfing on Sine Waves’… The title is such a contrast to the rest of song titles, and that combined with its sound and melodies really sets it apart. Like an RDJ ballad. 808s and Heartbreak, as Kanye would have it, I guess.

02 Still Going – Still Going Theme

I wasn’t really aware of what was going on at DFA in the last year or two until a friend showed me this song. That piano–so crisp; the melody, so simple and versatile! It seems minimal until you dissect how much is actually happening, and then of course it seems completely epic.

03 Global Communication – 8:07

A great ambient piece in the vein of Tangerine Dream from this amazing record (’76:14′). Not much else to say about it except that it’s gorgeous. Amazing flourishes.

04 Gucci Soundsystem – Acarpenter (Joakim remix)

Kind of a creeper. The arpeggios on this are pretty unusual, the melodies are somewhat hard to grasp even if the bass is constant. I think it belongs in a scene from ‘The Running Man’.

05 Lindstrom – Another Station

This song is pretty much a perfect mix of everything I’ve liked for the past 5 years. Disco-italo-disco-piano-house-balearic-8-bit-ambient-stomper. Lindstrom is just the best, really.

06 Gavin Russom & Delia Gonzalez – Relevee (DFA remix)

Just a well produced piece of modern disco-slash-house. But I guess that goes without saying with DFA. Sounding so vintage with its elements, disco drums and house pianos but so obviously from the future…

07 In Flagranti – Effective Placebo Affect

Terrifying dance music. Terrifying in the best sense of the word of course; I like music to frighten me. This is the soundtrack for a killing spree. The murder weapon? Slap bass!

08 The Knife – Silent Shout

An obvious one from my favourite record of 2006. Hard to believe this approaching 3 years old. Everything is so fresh and crisp–the 808, the arpeggiated synth, and of course the layered pitch-transformed vocals. I remember reading that this album was based partly on Charles Burns’ graphic novel ‘Black Hole’. So when I started reading that book I had this album on constantly, whenever I picked it up. The two compliment each other perfectly.

09 Popol Vuh – Aguirre I

Haunting score from one of the best movies ever! Definitely my favorite Popol Vuh’s scores for Werner Herzog. I don’t think the chorus comes from a mellotron–I think that Florian Fricke maybe created the sounds himself using the same principle. The effect is amazing. It’s not completely synthetic but it’s not quite real either.”

BONUS TRACKS: Two new remixes that will leave you aching for more of the sweet stuff from CFCF. The first is an official remix of Femme, the up-and-coming Montreal band signed to Saboteur Records (Numero, Omnikrom). CFCF takes the glam/goth sound of the original and turns it on its ear (as he seems to do with most of his remixes), building a bridge between nightmarish vocals, a dreamy synth line and crisply light piano solos. Femme are currently working on their album which will be out at some point in the new year. The second is an unofficial revisit of recent Cassie single “Official Girl” featuring Lil Wayne. He takes this track to a darker place that still seems to glitter. It’s certainly a definite departure from his previous work, but one that we hope people will like!

Femme – Bathtub Clash (CFCF Remix) (YSI)

Femme – Bathtub Clash (CFCF Remix) (Sharebee)

Cassie – Official Girl (CFCF Remix) (YSI)

Cassie – Official Girl (CFCF Remix) (Sharebee)

Friday and another installment in the Mixin’ It Up series. This time we go to Helsinki and DJ Downtown of the New Judas label. Let’s get going:

“One of the main guys behind the New Judas label, Downtown, is getting more and more busy. After his debut solo track release last April on a split vinyl with the Finnish partners in crime Top Billin, He’s been DJ-ing frequently both as a resident at his own club night NOW! alongside names such as Radioclit, Duke Dumont & Zombie Disco Squad and at festivals and venues in big cities all over Europe. Downtown as a producer is behind several projects ranging from the happy house of Pets On Prozac to the debut single of the mega hyped pop group Le Corpse Mince De Françoise. The newest project Renaissance Man with fellow Helsinki DJ Jaxxon has already created hype behind the scenes of the club world.

Download: Mixin It Up – Downtown (direct link)

1. Quintino – Rap Das Armas

Good stand out opener even though the vocal track is apparently like a war chant of the favela gangs. This Quintino version is the best i’ve heard so far.

2. Le Corps Mince De Françoise – Ray-Ban Glasses (Downtown Dub)

I produced the original track with Jonas the Limping Boy. It’s more downtempo and clubby so with the remix i wanted to do something more housy and chilled. The LCMDF (www.myspace.com/lecorpsmincedefrancoise) girls hold amazing talent and first and foremost a dear friends of mine. This one is out on New Judas next week!

3. Zombie Disco Squad – Vie

Love the blend of house and baile on this one. Zombie Disco Squad boys are great guys and great producers. Almost every set i play holds a track from them.

4. Daniel Mehlhart – Fata Morgana

Found this track quite recently. It’s one of the better and classier ones of the “etno house” boom. I seem to be really in to chants.

5. Eilmes Kohlberger – Tabasco (Andre Crom Remix)

Nat from ZDS played this on my night in Helsinki and i got totally hooked on to it. Has worked every time since. Great horn action.

6. Renaissance Man – Dumbo

Renaissance Man (www.myspace.com/renaissancemanmvsic) is a new project of mine together with my pal Jaxxon. This is supposed to be on the first release with the Spraycan track later on the mix. It’s coming out next spring on a label that most of u will probably know.

7. Late Of The Pier – Bathroom Gurgle (Tomski & Fredboy Remix)

Great original track and even greater remix by the boys of the Tartelet Records, one of my favorite labels.

8. Franky Rizardo – Flute Test

This young guy has put out few really amazing simple grooves.

9. Style of Eye – Clown

I really like the less deep side of Style of Eye production and specially this circus track.

10. Mixhell – Boom Da (Downtown Tom Jam Remix)

This is a remix i just finished for my Brazilian friends. I’ve been really in to toms lately and decided to to do a remix totally based on them.

11. Renaissance Man – Spraycan

This is the first track we ever made with Jaxxon. We’ve gotten massive support from friends we’ve sent it to. Forming in to a big track i hope. Simple idea around maybe the most used sound of the bmore and dancehall world sounds fresh on a more minimal environment.

12. Butch – Mushroom Man

Also a really straight forward track with some nice nintendo bleeps. good companion for Spraycan.

13. Laidback Luke – Generation Noise (Afrojack Remix)

Great tune. I love a lot of the Laidback Luke stuff and also the other big room house stuff from the swedish housemafia. The gliding bassline sampling the “Be” track is brilliant.

14. Mystery Jets – Two Doors Down (Duke Dumont Remix)

Perfect epic and beautiful ending for the mix. I think Duke is one of the best producers around, always full of surprises. I could have easily picked also the brilliant LOTP remix but I’ll save it for next time.”

Sorry that this weeks Mixin’ It Up came a little bit late but we had so much stuff for you yesterday that we saved it for today. Let’s go to Tel Aviv:

“We’re Botanika – a DJ crew based in Tel Aviv, comprised of Nadav Ravid (aka NDV), Amir Egozy, and our disco-licious designer Lady Moon. We spin everything from soul, funk, reggae & hip hop up to a variety of dancefloor flavors, like house/techno/b-more/dubstep/breakbeats and whatnot. This mix is just a glimpse into our larger selection, quite similar to our Botanika FM radioshows, while on a real dancefloor we’d probably let the music breath a bit more, but as we had certain stuff we really wanted y’all to hear, we just had to cramp it all in.

We mostly do parties around town either by our own or alongside our local friends (Kalbata, Onili, Soulico, TABAC, Kids Up Late, East of Eden & the Supplement Facts posses among others) – so sometimes you’ll hear us playing pure dubstep while at others on a hip hop/dancehall/bass vibe or on a soul/disco/house tip & so on. Over the past few years we’ve DJ’ed alongside international talents like Diplo, Sinden, Stereotyp, Seiji, Ghislain Poirier, Orgasmic, Roots Manuva, Laurent Garnier, Trickski, Al-Haca, Jahcoozi, Benga, DK, Juan Mclean and many others.

Anyway, we like mixin’ it all up, which we get to on our own parties and on our weekly Botanika FM radioshow on 106FM. Each of us does also another weekly show of his own – Nadav presents a 2 hour music show on GLGLZ, Israel’s biggest radio station, and Egozy does a weekly podcast for Walla!, the biggest web Portal in Israel. Our Myspace usually has links to most of them, so if you dig this you’re welcome to visit us for more.

Be sure to check NDV’s Shirbul project – 13 remixes to all Israeli artists done over the past 5 years, some sung in English and some in Hebrew and on a wide range of musical styles – which can be downloaded for free as a zip file including all the separate tracks (in 320kbs mp3’s) + artwork, and/or as a 50 minutes continous DJ-mix done by Egozy – over here.”

Download: Botanika Discobelle Oct Mix

Outkast – The Art of Storytelling

We thought this will be a fitting title to start off the mix with. We love Outkast in general, Andre 3000 had a magnificent year with lots of great guest spots, and this one has been very big for us.

John Miles – Stranger in the City (Pilooski edit)

Another big favorite for us – we dig a lot of what Pilooski has been doing, and this one has become sort of an anthem at our monthly loft parties.

Polar Pair ft Shawn Lee – Ever Happy (remix)

Polar Pair is Nadav’s collaboration with Malkiel Grossman – one of the first DJs to play electronic dance music here in Israel, and also a close friend, a mentor and  a source of inspiration for us. Botanika actually came together after Malkiel’s Sofabeat club closed down early 2004. On this track they host the multi-talented Shawn Lee, not a proper dancefloor tune, but we still wanted you to hear it.

Flying Lotus – Melt!

Like many around the world we’ve been captured by Fly Lo’s sci-fi take on hip hop and beat-making, and this one here is just one of the finest and simplest grooves he’s done – drop it on a buzzin’ dancefloor and see everyone go pre-historic!

El Guincho – Kalise (Frikstailers remix)

Stepping it up a bit with this wacky acid-cumbia remix of El Guincho, this is a hot new tune for us and has gotten us all hyped up, as both of us are very fond of good dancefloor tracks on slower-than-usual tempos that mix different elements into something fresh.

Jellybass – Wobble

This one has a bit of a nu-jazz flavor, alongside a wobbling bassline straight outta the dubstep arena – another example of hybrid sounds we enjoy spicing our sets with.

Cool Kids – What It Is

One of the more up-tempo and old-school flavored tracks by the Cool Kids, which we’ve been generally into over the past year.

Al Haca ft RQM, Coppa & Fefe – Banana Split (Polar Pair remix)

Polar Pair remixing our dear friends from Al-Haca Soundsystem, the sort of futuristic bass heavy dancehall we love so much.

Rustie – Pendulum

Another young producer which has become very big over the past year and so, this was the first track of his that really caught our ears and has proved itself each time we played it out.

Sugababes – Too Lost in You (Various Production remix)

Other than endlessly searching for rare stuff we also enjoy throwing in something with a bit of a pop flavor once in a while. Various Production are usually very interesting producers, thou not all of their output is really suitable for dancing.

Onili – Games (NDV ‘ave a new game remix) (http://remix.nadavravid.com/)

Onili is a close collaborator of ours and one of the more talented singers and performers we have the pleasure to work with. She’s done a song with Polar Pair, and this is one of two remixes NDV has done for her, which appeared on the first single from her forthcoming album. She also guests on the mic in some of our club gigs, and she and Egozy do monthly DJ/MC sessions at the Shesek lounge here in Tel Aviv.

Benga – Someone 20

Def one of the more talented dubstep producers around, this almost 4X4 track appears on any of the non-vinyl versions of his Afro Warrior album, samples the famous Night Rider theme, and kicks ass. Anyway, we thought it works as a nice interval between the two “sections” of this mix.

Kranz Trio – Din Da Da Da (NDV RMX/BLND)

NDV again – here with a bootleg blend/remix he’s done with a couple of cheeky  tracks  from the 80’s, somewhere between broken-beat & b-more,

Lil Mama – No Music (Starkey remix)

One of Starkey’s friendlier and bumpier remixes to date, quite different from the darker dubstep he’s been putting out lately, this one has a great bump and goes great in a variety of different contexts, anywhere from hip hop to electro..

The Go! Team – Doing it Right (Yo Majesty remix)

One of the remixes to Yo Majesty’s Kryptonite Pussy was among our biggest tunes of summer ‘07, but this remix for the Go! Team (always picking great remixers, btw) is totally far out, blending together so many different sounds and sounding like nothing else.

Martyn – All I Have is Memories

We wish more dubstep tracks will have in them as much innovation and musicianship as Martyn, sounding almost deep-house with those keys and the general vibe. Also worked quite good here as a bridge between the super-hectic Yo Majesty remix (so many drums going on there!) and the following…

Polar Pair ft Atlantis – This is What Happens (Mark Flash remix)

The original Polar Pair track that hosts Atlantis from Underground Resistance is more of a cut-up punk-funk affair, which Mark Flash from the UR camp has remixed into a totally classic Detroit sounding piece of music. Needless to say we’re so excited about this and eagerly waiting its proper vinyl release – more news regarding that early 2009.

Egg Foo Young – Up It

Proper club track from the so talented Egg Foo Young (aka Michna), which we’ve been following over the past few years and just recently released a great debut album on Ghoslty.

Sabbo – Babylon a Kill Dem

Sabbo is a quarter of Soulico crew – good friends of ours, which focus more on hip hop and dancehall but also share our general open-mind approach to music and DJing. Here’s a small sample of the tracks Sabbo has been doing over the past year and so – all very bass heavy dancefloor material, which hopefully will also be released early 2009.

Stush – Dollar Sign

This one has been around for a few years now, but thanks to the Heatwave crew and Soul Jazz records it got a good vinyl pressing earlier this year as part of their “An England Story” compilation – which is a treat all over. Anyway, Lady Stush is totally irresisteble, and Egozy has been dropping this track endlessly all year long.

Sunship ft Warrior Queen – Quits (Kalbata remix)

Our homie Kalbata did a remix to what was supposed to be the immediate follow-up to Sunship’s biggest smash over the past years, “Almighty Father”, but as Casual records sort of disappeared the whole release got lost in between until Sunship released the original just last week. Be on the lookout as this version should hit the blogsphere sometime soon.

Tawiah – Every Step (Zed Bias dub-rub)

Sooo much soul in a dubstep-ish track is quite untypical for that genre at the moment, and this remix by Mr Zed Bias is totally fabulous and has been sort of an end-of-the-night torch song for us, bringing this mix to it’s end.

Jackie Mittoo – Wall Street

But then we just thought we’d sneak this marvelous Jackie Mittoo piece – one of the most important reggae musicians ever, a perfect groove&melody for those moments before the club opens or after everyone’s gone… also quite fitting with all this Wall Street/economy crisis the whole world is freakin’ out about…

Peace&out

The Botanikats”

This should have been posted yesterday but, as you might know, I was trapped on a train. So now you get a Mixin’ It Up on a Saturday instead.

This time we have invited Alex Metric to do the mixin’. He will be releasing his EP “Deadly On A Mission” on Marine Parade on October, 20th so it is just natural that he has included some tracks from that release on this mix.

TRACKLIST:

“Phoenix – Schools rule

Always wanted to start a mix with this. One of my favourite bands ever. This has inspired me to go deeper and do a proper re-edit for my dj sets.

Golden Boy – I Cant Stop

Had never heard of Golden boy till a few weks ago. stumbled across them on beatport and swiftly bought all the tunes i could find. Really love their stuff! Golden Bullets is another track of theirs worth hunting for.

Cassius – Feeling For You (LRD Mix)

2 of my favourite and most influential artists head to head. Jaques can do no wrong in my eyes. and cassius are leg ends, so its a match made in heaven. Nearly 10 years old now but still sounds fucking
fresh to me.

Thieves Like Us – Drugs In My Body (Just A Band Mix)

LOVE Just a band at the moment. Their Alex Gopher mix has to be one of my most played tracks of the year. This is heading that way. its got some balls, but retains the funk and has a wicked filter disco vibe to it.

DJ DLT – Paramount (Rogerseventytwo Mix)

Another of my favourite producers right now. Roger has that french sound but with his own twist on it. this is another of my most played tunes over the last year. never fails. Top guy too.

Alex Metric – Caller

B side to my new ep. i’d like to think its a record that twists and turns and throws a few surprises in there.

Treasure Fingers – Cross The Dancefloor (Alex Metric Mix)

Pleasure to do a remix for a label like Fools Gold. I’m really pleased with how it turned out. It was the first tune i used my brand new vocoder on!

Digitalism – Home (Proxy Mix)

It’s taken me a while to warm to Proxys stuff. It didnt grab me initially. But this and the Moby remix changed my mind. Simple tunes that sound huge out.

Bloc Party – Mercury (Herve Mix) Alex Metric re-edit

Herve’s stuff i can generally take or leave, doesnt really fit with what i play. Though when he goes a bit rocky i’m all over it. His Dune mix from early this year was excellent too. I like the distinct sections to this and the raviness. i just got rid of the half time bits and tideied it up a bit for my edit.

Alex Metric – Deadly On A Mission (Alex Metric Mix)

My remix of my vocal version of deadly on a mission. Confused? dont be! the full vocla version isnt so club friendly, and theres has already been the dub out so i needed a mix that sat in the middle. it has the vocals but will kill it on the dancefloor (I hope) :)”

Download: Alex Metric – Discobelle Mix (Sharebee)