We did a post about RCMP back in February when their tracks made us dream of summer. Now their debut, the “RCMP EP”, is about to drop on Flamin Hotz in a joint venture with Young Robots (street date is June 23rd, vinyl only and it comes backed with remixes from Cousin Cole and Pumpkin Patch). This track “Ibiza, PA” is on that warm, fuzzy tip with discohouse elements of epic proportions.

“RCMP is the creation of DJ Apt One and Relative Q. They make dance music for those who yearn to be unpretentious and animalistic creatures of the discothèque. DJ Apt One, Philadelphia DJ and member of Philadelphyinz, joined with Pittsburgh’s Relative Q in the Spring of 2008 to assemble several remixes. Ultimately, the two saw a mutual understanding of the visceral power of the musical bond between Cold War Europeans and their robot slaves. Studio experimentation led them to record “Mustache Love”, a track which brought a symphony of synths, conga players and strings to bear in a classic, but forward-thinking compositional style. Soon, the sound infiltrated some of the most influential discothèques in the world. It is rumored that babies conceived to this song are being groomed to lead a number of former Soviet republics. Their collaboration produced the body of work that is now known as the RCMP EP. Notable for its sophistication (”Mustache Love”), its cathartic emotional content “(Ibiza, PA”), its soaring grandiosity (”The Bird AKA Ignition”) and its brain-melting infectiousness (”USA Groove”), RCMP has been leaving dance floors aglow in pheremones, sweat and love.”

RCMP – Ibiza, PA (YSI)

RCMP – Ibiza, PA (zShare)

BONUS: Here’s the promo mix which features all the tracks off the EP.

RCMP – RCMP EP Promo Mix (zShare)

Tracklist after the jump.

1. Mustache Love
2. Mustache Love (Pumpkin Patch Remix)
3. Ibiza, PA
4. Ibiza, PA (Cousin Cole Remix)
5. Ignition AKA The Bird
6. USA Groove
7. USA Groove (Burnso Remix)*

It’s the weekend and time to have some fun.

Our boys in Philadelphian tag team Philadelphyinz AKA Skinny Friedman and DJ Apt One are back at it again (you might remember their excellent edition in our Mixin’ It Up series). They hit us up with their brand new “Bell Ringers Magic Fun” mix which is guaranteed to provide with that weekend soundtrack you need. It pretty much showcases their sets at the moment which by the sound of this mix is on point and to top it off it has some of their unreleased tracks on it. They were also kind enough to hook us up with two slamming new joints.

Philadelphyinz – Bell Ringers Radio Mix Magic Fun (zShare)

Skinny Friedman – Party People (zShare)

DJ Apt One – Drug Pjanoo (The Kickdrums x Prydz) (zShare)

Tracklist for the mix after the jump.

TRACKLIST:

1. DJ Apt One – Mickey Dreidels Theme (White)
2. Marrs – Pump Up the Volume (4th and Broadway)
3. Black Sheep – Strobelite Honey (Hot Mix) (Mercury)
4. Mr. Flagio – Take A Chance (Apt One’s Hot Blend) (ZYX/White)
5. Rockers Revenge f/ Donnie Calvin – Rockin On Sunshine (Streewise)
6. Freeway f/ Peedi Crakk – Flipside (DJ Apt One Remix) (Roc-A-Fella/White)
7. Hercules And Love Affair – You Belong (Instrumental) (DFA)
8. Philadelphyinz – Robots (White)
9. Inner City – Big Fun (Virgin)
10. DJ Anonymous – U Fine (Top Billin)
11. Bizarre Inc – Such a Feeling (Vinyl Solution)
12. Jomanda – Got a Love For You (Hurley’s House Mix) (Big Beat)
13. Ready For The World – Oh Sheila (DJ Apt One Remix) (MCA/White)
14. Nightcrawlers – Push The Feeling On (4th and Broadway)
15. The Kickdrums – Love Is A Drug (White)
16. Eric Prydz – Pjanoo (Original Mix) (Pryda)
17. DJ Tameil – Beat Dat (Ol’ Head)
18. Bumblebeez / Hot Stylz – Zulu (Radioclit rmx) / Lookin’ Boy (White/Jive)
19. Fake Blood – Blood Splashing (Fake Blood Theme) (Cheap Thrills)
20. King Tutt – African Chant (Unruly)
21. Lil Mama – No Music (Starkey rmx) (Seclusiasis)
22. DJ Rob 3 – The Chase (Ol’ Head)
23. Philadelphyinz – CLYDE (White)
24. N.E.R.D. f/ Kanye West and Lupe Fiasco – Everybody Nose rmx (Star Trak)
25. Skinny Friedman – Party People (White)
26. Emynd – Urgent Party Break (Unruly)
27. Say Wut – Go Pt. 2 (Unruly)
28. Lil Wayne – A Millie (Skinny Friedman rmx) (Cash Money/White)
29. Rusko – Jahova (Sub Soldiers)
30. BD1982 – Water Faucet Riddim (White)
31. T.I. – Kingofdasouth (Atlantic)
32. Al Fatz – In Da Club ‘08 (White)
33. Young Dro – All That Money (Atlantic)
34. Frankie Bank$ – Boss That (White)

We got an e-mail from Philadelphyinz:

“We got together with our dude Relative Q and laid down this remix of Wiz Khalifa’s “Say Yeah,” which a lot of people know as “the song that samples “Better off Alone” by Alice Deejay.” Wiz went to our high school in our hometown of Pittsburgh, works with some of our old buddies from the day and most importantly, dude can rap his ass off. So we figured we had to show some Pittsburgh love from Philly and New York by remixing what’s become his biggest track to date.”

Great way to give a excellent track some more life.

Wiz Khalifa – Say Yeah (Philadelphyinz & Relative Q Remix) (direct link)

Friday and Mixin’ it up! This time we asked Skinny Friedman and Apt One from the DJ duo Philadelphyinz to make the mix for us. They have divided the mix between each other so everything from the beginning through Tum Tum is by Skinny Friedman. Everything afterwards is Apt One. But before we let them start the mix you should visit their web page for tour dates (they will be on an US tour from April 12th – May 3rd), tracks, remixes and other tapes. Time for less talking and more mixing. Let me present Philadelphyinz!

Tussle – Pow!
I layer drums on everything so I’ve been playing out these Tussle tracks which are basically all drums a lot lately. This shit would have made me pop a boner during my drumline days in high school.

Jackie Chain f/ Jhi-Ali – Rollin (LOLZ ROYCE remix)
This insane remix is by Stumble and Ghost aka LOLZ ROYCE and has a grip of outer space sounds and china cymbals. This is what rave rap should really sound like.

LCD Soundsystem – Get Innocuous (Soulwax remix)
Nothing against the OG version but those evil Soulwax synths work a little better in the club.

Neon Neon – Raquel
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like this track and with like a minute and a half of drums at the top it’s mad fun to spin. I originally dropped the acapella for Midnight Star’s “Midas Touch” over that drum breakdown but it didn’t really work.

Big Audio Dynamite – Hollywood Boulevard (Club Mix)
Produced by Sam Sever who is probably best known for doing a bunch of beats for 3rd Bass. Apparently he also did a remix for Live, which I now have to track down because what the fuck?

Holy Ghost! – Hold On
I am going to be so sick of this song in two months but right now I can’t play it enough. DFA does sentimental disco bangers better than anyone.

Ghostface – Charlie Brown (DJ Mehdi remix)
I remember this track leaking a few years back before Fishscale but with a murky MF Doom beat. I like this version better.

Tum Tum – Caprice Muzik (Skinny Friedman remix)
This was one of the first tracks clubbish tracks I ever made, before I was self-conscious about using the “Think” break. It’s kind of low energy but I like how it turned out.

DJ JJC – Machines Wanna Buck (Apt One’s Jive Blend)
JJC is a cat from West Philly who is experimenting with some new four on the floor stuff he’s calling Buck Buck. He’s also known for having the self-proclaimed “world’s worst record collection.” This is a little blend I did of one of his Buck Buck jams to give it that added “outer space” element for a classic electro feel.

M&G – When I Let You Down
Italo as a genre has a lot of deeply weird tracks, and it takes some work to get a dance floor to the point where you can throw something as weird as this out there and have it work. One of my goals when I DJ is to work a crowd to the point where I can play a track like this- something that is awesome but totally fucking bizarre, and have it work.

Escort vs. Eazy-E – Luv 4 Life
It’s ironic that the backing track here comes from a current band that makes throwback music, and the acapella I put over it comes from an emcee who is dead but still sounds ahead of his time. RIP Eazy.

Escort – Bright New Life
For a long time I’ve said that I’d start playing instrumental music again with a band only if I could play in a big disco, funk or soul band (or old time country orchestra). Escort is all over it. But this is truthfully like saying I’m only going to start playing basketball again if I can dunk, probably not gonna happen unless I wear special shoes.

Sinnamon – Thin Line
This single gets lost in the shuffle because Sinnamon was on Beckett and Jive for a while and this was the first single after they left. It’s on a little known label called Power House. Classic 80s NJ-NY-CT freestyle feel though- the sonic version of a tanning bed.

Charlie – Spacer Woman
This is an italo classic that most heads should know. Our good friend Lexie loves this song so much. All she wanted for her birthday a few years ago was a crispy 12″ copy. Her BF obliged and that record is more or less her dowry.

The Goodmen – Give It Up (Apt One’s Shake blend)
This track kind of defies description: it’s got some samba elements, it’s made by some dudes from Amsterdam and it’s most definitely a Jock Jam. There’s a frantic energy to this song that builds and dissipates a few times. I tossed a loop of Blaqstarr and Rye Rye’s “Shake It To The Ground” over the breakdown to give it some familiarity and some extra movement.

Twin Hype – Do It To The Crowd
Back in ‘89, east coast hip hop was just getting into the house sounds the midwest had been serving up and this was the quintessential street-wise house track out of Newark. Apparently, Twin Hype is back together. I don’t know if the twins still dress the same though. These guys are like the Sedin Brothers of Newark Hip House.

Architecture in Helsinki – Debbie (U-Tern Remix Instrumental)
I really admire U-Tern’s production chops- anybody with an ear for this stuff can tell that he doesn’t cut any corners, and he keeps it real classic. Honestly, I have no idea what the vocal version of this sounds like because I don’t like it when indie bands sing over my disco tracks.

Philadelphyinz – Pittsburgh Club Anthem
This is our tip of the cap to our hometown. It’s a remix of what I can only describe as a hilariously bad song- the Steelers fight song that gets redone every year with the names of current players. Skinny and I watched the Steelers shut out the Seahawks last season in a bar in New York the day after a gig and we were all fired up and laid this down. The funny little voice in there is Myron Cope, the Steelers’ long time announcer who recently died, he was like family to everybody in town. This song is dedicated to him. (You can download the track here (direct link).

Download: Philadelphyinz – Mixin’ It Up for Discobelle (zShare)

Download: Philadelphyinz – Mixin’ It Up for Discobelle (Divshare)