Step Your Fresh Up Friday

This week has been pretty exciting and chock full of great material from across the globe.  A couple of real treats are in store for you to rock over the weekend and beyond!

Curtis B's new EP coming up on Drop the World is an all around killer.  From electro to breaks and dubstep to Drum and Bass/Drumstep he's smashing it up and never getting pigeon-holed.  His sound design is familiar but distinct.  It's not just another cookie cutter complextro tune, it's Curtis B!  The glue of the EP is just this.  No matter what the genre, there's a common sound set.  My personal favorite attribute about his sound is the lo-fi wind downs and killer fills.  Scope the tunes and pick up the EP on Beatport when it drops!

 DTW014 Curtis B Chromatic Album Teaser by Curtis B

The always expected clean sound design from Mord Fustang, but the cutting edge of BT and vocals from Angela McCluskey crush this one.  Glitched out, and sounding epic in its very own way are trademarks of Plasmapool's most popular artist right now.  The vocal pitch manipulations are spot on with what my ears expect.  This one is a big room banger for sure.  The drums in the beginning of the taster build just right to the vocals and come smashing right back out to the drop.  The arpegiated leads that are the trademark of the modern complextro sound are polished and give you just what you want.

Morgan Page, Sultan + Ned Shepard, and BT - In The Air feat. Angela McCluskey (Mord Fustang Remix) by Mord Fustang

Vize is coming to Cincinnati on the 29th for Shut Up Gina and Dance by B.O.T. productions and has just released another killer breaks tune to condition your eardrums for his arrival.  The drums come out swingin' from the beginning and the synth stabs build it up just right.  The driving basslines are a staple and make this beast come to life.  If you know how to build anticipation like Mitchell does, you're definitely on the right track.  It is not only killer sounds, but killer arrangement is what make a great producer, and he hits it on all the marks.

Juice 2012 by Vize

Stylus Rex from Ground Level just had a release on beatport and wanted to give us a bit of a taste of with a free short edit as well as full previews of the tunes!  The edit showcases the rolling sub bass and emotion that hasn't been present in a lot of music lately.  It's quite refreshing to see tunes like this pop up and I'll guarantee you'll have a spot for it in a set upcoming.  The Access Denied mix takes it to a harder level and gives it to you with a raw style.  Grinding synths crunch down just right at the drop is and leave you wanting more.

Snatch it up here at Beatport

Amplify Album Sampler part 2 by groundlevel

Last but not least, the man himself Simon Shackleton aka Elite Force has a full 2 hours of mayhem from Burning Man 2011 at the Distrikt camp and TWO free tunes.  There's not much to say but WOW.  Check out the refixes and you can pretty much count on dropping them this weekend if you haven't already.

http://www.eliteforcemusic.com/crankitup.htm
http://www.eliteforcemusic.com/techno.htm

As always...don't fake the funk, catch you next time!

Paul Van Dyk, not exactly...

Big things are coming on the regular from Michigan native William Van Dyke.  His breaks style can range from old school to new, wobbles to heavy booty bass, he's got it all.  Having been putting out re-rubs for the last year he's polished his production skills and ready to melt faces with his sounds.  Not only a DJ, but major player in the midwest breaks culture, William throws events under his production company Dirty Beatz promotion.  If you were in Michigan last summer you probably heard the hype about "Dude Where's My Tent 2"which brought big names from all around including DJ Dan, 12th Planet, and Reid Speed.  His newest track hits e-tailers this Friday on Drop The World.  A brilliant build into some b-boy samples then on with the boom clap boom boom clap...it's got a classic breaks vibe as well as a newschool flavor...to the tune!

Hear It Blow _ William VanDyke Original Mix ***Available 6/17/11*** by williamvandyke

Next up is a remix of one of those aforementioned heavyweights, DJ Dan.  D*Funk brings it again with a remix of DJ Dan's "Chop Shop".  D*Funk is a breakbeat wonder from down under that brings out the groovy downtempo breaks along the lines of A.Skillz up to the dirtiest of electro breaks.  His label Upstart Music has some solid party tracks to get the floor going and even some bouncy cheeky ish to get silly to.  After all is said and done, D*Funk doesn't fake the funk, he just provides it.  Check his soundcloud for a SICK free track 'Ripgroove'.  I would give you the direct player here, but you have to check out the rest ;)

THIS JUST IN FROM OUR FRIENDS ACROSS THE POND!  Life Support Machine has featured the Chop Shop boot as a FREE DOWNLOAD!!!  Get over there and check it out!  Keep in touch with Life Support Machine for hot new tracks and exclusive downloads.

'Chop Shop Fooey' > DJ Dan (Macca Mix // D-Funk & Some DJ Re-Rub) ***FREE DOWNLOAD*** by D*Funk

Drop Everything You're Doing...

In fact, Drop the World! Curtis B's label Drop the World is coming hard with some big tracks in multiple genres. Curtis is a master of Ableton and cranking out tunes every chance he gets. He is a true studio slave, but at the same time keeping the element of live performance in mind every gig he plays out.  Having releases across multiple labels including some killer breaks releases on illeven eleven as well as electro house and dubstep on Royal One, Zone, and Static System.  His latest release scheduled for this friday is dubstep featuring U Mad Bro?  A long buildup to a totally sweet drop bro, jussayin'!  Although Curtis brings it hard for all the bros, he's got something funky up his sleeve at all times.  Have a listen and check out the rest of the releases on Drop the World including the most recent featuring Complicate out now on.

DTW010 Curtis B U Mad Bro? by Curtis B

DTW009 Curtis B Complicate by Curtis B