Friday, December 01, 2006

We are the brand new stars on the block

Monosurround - "Cocked, Locked (Ready To Rock)" (Hammarskjold)
Erik Schäffer and Ramtin Asadolahzadeh joined forces in 1999, and have been churning out original productions and remixes ever since. This is their most recent track, and what a cracking one it is.

Electro house basslines, with punky shouty female vocals and a thumping beat.

Related Links

Monosurround official site
Monosurround on Myspace
Hammarskjold official site

Thursday, November 30, 2006

loving the fuzz

Jacob Todd & Kelly Noland - "Promises" [Patrik Bjorkman Mix] (Emote Music)
This track is bloody awesome! that fuzzy bassline is the dogs bollocks. Great track, and the vocal is not overused, so it gets my vote over the dub mix.

Related Links
Jacob Todd official site
Patrik Bjorkman official site

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

This is my blog.... WELCOME TO MY BLOG !!! I KISS YOU !!!

Richard Dinsdale - "Kiss Me Baby"
More great stuff from Dinsdale. Not sure if this ever came out officially or not, but I saw it in a radio show tracklisting as a whitelabel and had to check it out. Thanks to Colin, I've finally gotten hold of it. Ok, so it's not his best, but it's still great.

Related Links
Richard Dinsdale on Myspace

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Feel The.....Bass

Slyde - "Space Bass Rock" (Finger Lickin')
Full of bassy goodness. This is probably more breaks/electro than the tech house/electro that I would normally post. Slyde are Robin 12Tree and Jason Laidback, who is a DJ with origins in Hip Hop scratch DJing. This becomes evident on this track, as it has elements that sound like they'd be at home in a Grandmaster Flash production, alongside breaksy beats and a heavy duty bassline.

They also happen to be two thirds of the Backstage Sluts. Small world, eh?

Oh, and according to the bio, apparently Jason Laidback is responsible for "A Juicy Red apple", but unless it's a different one to the rave classic by skin-up, I've not seen any connection between the two to confirm it.

Related Links
Slyde on Myspace
Finger Lickin Records official site

Monday, November 27, 2006

My girl wants to....

Sharam - "PATT (Party All The Time)" [Dennis Christopher Dirty Edit] (Data Records)
Sharam (Tayebi) is one half of Deep Dish. The original version of this solo effort has been doing the rounds for a while, getting a shitload of huge support from everyone.

Various versions of this tune are available, so you're bound to find something suitable for most tastes, including a remix from Data Records' man of the moment, Fedde Le Grand, which I also rather dig.

This is the one that does it for me though, proper electro banger with limited use of the vocal. big big tune!

It uses the Rick James produced ‘Party All The Time’, which was sung by the now washed-up actor and future spice girl husband, Eddie Murphy. Rather amazingly, it was a #1 US hit back in 1985, and no doubt will be back in the top 10 charts when it's released on christmas day. A strong end to the year from Data Records.

Related Links
Sharem on Myspace
Dennis Christopher official site
Data records official site via Ministry of Sound

Sunday, November 26, 2006

More mena

Harmonix - "City Lights" (Mena Music)
What with this being on the Mena label I assumed it was another alias of Aaron McClelland, but turns out it's by 2 producers, Hamish Brown and Hamish Williams. Other than that, information about the pair seems to be lacking, and they only seem to have released a couple of tracks 10 years apart.

Judging by this track though, I'd love to hear more from the pair. A typical Mena release, with an instrumental hook that you just can't get out of your head. If you liked Effin & Blindin's "Yes We Can" track I posted a while back you should like this as well.