The title track “Shake And Bake” scales you up to some paranoid heights with its jagged, bumpy rise and fall pattern. You know the producers are doing something right when the kickdrum rolling in out of nowhere to accompany the track is sounding ominously like the sound of a tightening noose. Can’t emphasize enough how addictive it is when everything climaxes in a flurry of hazy synths and percussion, only to go plummeting back to the molten hot bassline.

Astronomar’s remix of “Shake And Bake” dares to up the ante a bit more with military rigidity, like a wartime drum propelling the beasts of Hell towards the nearest nightclub.

“The 808″ throws some iron-filtered vocoder chants over raw drum patterns, a punchy syncopated bassline and mind-melting synth stabs. Reminiscent of something that might be in Thomas Bangalter’s record bag that time he DJed in the 90s with no Daft Punk costume on, it condenses a helluva lot into an anthemic five minutes.

While the beginning few seconds sound like an orgy run through an 8-bit vocoder, Chicago Trouble & Bass member Willy Joy’s remix of “The 808″ sounds like it’s always just milliseconds away from melting your hard drive. Full of ravey stabs to rival the biggest of big room tunes, it has a drop so bafflingly big that even Skrillex might describe as “overkill”.

Discobelle Records alumni Wool chills things out a bit with a smooth rolling house beat and a little bit of churning organ split up by howling wolf cry and disembodied voices mumbling “dance to this”. As if it wasn’t immediately obvious that dancing is what you should be doing.

The 3rd original production on the EP “Conkers” stirs things up into a slow building frothy tension, accompanied by a hauntingly addictive cowbell line and a bassline so thick you’d need a steak knife to even puncture it. Perfect percolating dance music to work yourself into a frenzy over.

Mike Mago takes the eerie vocal line weaving its way through “Conkers” and harnesses it to maximum effect throughout the track, building up a tapestry of cloudy drugged up synths around it only to break everything down for a lone steel drum echoing in the mist before bringing things back into rave mode, within which a dragon emerges from the fog and bites your head off.

Support from Style Of Eye, Mixhell, Round Table Knights, Nick Catchdubs, Armand Van Helden, NT89, Adam Port, Zombie Disco Squad, Tittsworth, Hostage, Mikix The Cat, Mason, Larry Tee, Neoteric, Botnek, Swick, Meati & Meech, Mustard Pimp, Act Yo Age, Aquasky etc.

Grab “The 808″ as a free download and listen to the EP below, then proceed to Juno or Beatport to buy the whole EP:

BONUS: The Disco Of Doom boys made this smashing mix to go along with the release, blast it!

“Superhuman” is the second track on the EP and it sees Willy provide us with a jacking groove and a bonerattling bass all atop tropical drums to create what feels like an unstoppable dancefloor monster.

Willy Joy – Superhuman (ge.tt)

Top Billin’ just won’t slow down with its barrage of good dance music. That’s a good thing for everybody though with the exception of those unfamiliar to the label who might be overwhelmed with where exactly to start. Well, let us suggest that you start with the new forthcoming remix EP of Willy Joy’s “Woman Like Me” single.

In particular, you could start with Cousin Cole’s steamy tech-house twisting of the original into a bumpy fog machine house workout for the ages. Departing a bit from the chilled out ecstatic vibes of the folk remixes found within Cole’s old Tambourine Dream mix CDs, this direction keeps the addictiveness of his Neil Young edits, but with that the extra “oomph” that Willy Joy’s track deserves.

Willy Joy – Woman Like Me (Cousin Cole Remix) (Mediafire)

Stream the release in the Soundcloud player below and then buy it over on Beatport.

Willy Joy – Woman Like Me by willyjoy

PS: If you find yourself in New York on wednesday then drop by the release party over at Ella, it looks set to be a fun night.

Mansions on the Moon’s mixtape, “Paradise Falls”, is now available for free download.

The Echo Park trio formed a little over a year ago and they have since collaborated with N*E*R*D, Diplo, Benzi & Willy Joy, and Xaphoon Jones (Chiddy Bang).
Their debut mixtape “Paradise Fall”, presented by Diplo and DJ Benzi illustrates the wide range of Mansions on the Moon’s capabilities. The fusion of Mansions’ electro indie pop into a trip-hop flavored mixtape shows this band has huge things on the horizon. Keep an eye out for their debut original album and tour dates in the early part of 2011.

DJ Benzi & Diplo present…Mansions on the Moon “Paradise Falls” (direct link)

Two of our old friends, DJ Benzi and Willy Joy, got together for this remix of the Wale and Lady Gaga track “Chillin”.

Wale & Lady Gaga – Chillin (DJ Benzi & Willy Joy remix) (zShare)

The “In Ya Face EP” is just about to be released (March 9th) on Seclusiasis and it’s a huge dancefloor stormer. Often referred to as the first track to identify Philadelphian production team Dev79 and Starkeys “Street Bass” sound, the original version of this bassheavy tune starts with a throbbing and lurching rhythm mixing with the samples to set the mood before the full on 4×4 dancefloor action kicks in with the cut-up girl rapping “In Ya Face”.

Brazil’s wild man producer/MC/DJ Edu K, Venezuelan producer/DJ Pharaoh (of Todosantos fame), Torontos very own Egyptrixx and Chi-town favorite Willy Joy all sprinkle some remix goodness on the EP.

Dev79 – In Ya Face (Sharebee)

This is something you all should try to enter, a huge Justice contest and there’s not really alot you have to do. But the actual price is to spend an all expenses paid New Years Eve at the Revolution Number 9 New Years Eve party in Chicago together with Justice, So Me, Willy Joy, Zebo, The Glamour and lots more! There’s over 6000 $ in prizes available to the entrants including cash money, limited edition custom merchandise and of course the glory.

In order to win all you have to is shoot a 1-2 minute video/short film which showcases “HOW YOU WERE GREAT IN 2008″, what did you do that was great? Whether you were filming, making music, playing, listening, drawing, snapping photos, writing, traveling, touring, blogging, promoting something you love, voting, or just being good at being you. You have until November 26th and the entries will be judged by a panel of celebrity judges and affiliates.

This is how you enter:

1) Head on over to the Industreate contest page and sign up.

2) Create a video/short film of “HOW YOU WERE GREAT IN 2008″.

3) Upload the actual video to Vimeo and you have to tag it with “JST4ALL” and with “DISCOBELLE”.

Check this page for more info on prizes, rules, accepted video formats etc.

Here is an exclusive track from Willy Joy’s latest 12″.

Capcom – A Prayer for Kevin Garnett (WJ Safe Journeys Remix) (direct link)

You can hear it, along with other tracks on his new record (available on vinyl at Turntablelab) as well) and a bunch of exclusive stuff on his new URB podcast just posted on URB.com (direct link to the mix) or you can go here for the track listing. Last but not least, here’s a video that was shot around the 1-year anniversary of his Fly By Night party in Chicago. Check it out!