Step Your Fresh Up Friday

Weekend where are you?  Well, only a few hours away and we'll get it in before then to set it off with a boom, a bang, and maybe even a whoosh or two.

First up is a big breaks release, "The Theme" on Groundlevel from Andy McAllister also featuring a remix by DJ Hero.  Appropriately named, the intro has a great brass sample that sounds like it's from a 70s TV show that slams into a deep bass heavy break!  Developing into a jukey beat with some funky stabs and a hint of that brass it's lookin' hot!  The DJ Hero remix is a standard issue club floor destroyer with effected out vocal samples and a driving breakbeat with a dash vibrato/wobble back into a glitched out brass loop.  The drop hits hard with a heavily modulated synth and stabs of the brass.  Delicious all the way through, check it and it just may even make it into your weekend set by surprise.  There's also a FREE surprise from Andy that's a house classic spun around in a whole new breaky direction.

Andy McAllister - The Theme by groundlevel

Eddie Amador - Rise (Andy McAllister Re-Riser) by groundlevel

We all know Kick It here in the breaks community and I'm a huge fan but this latest work from Farace is through the roof on the electro tip.  A super clean complextro banger, Get Up Jax has a catchy saw lead and a heavy bassline on deck.  With only a teaser up at the moment I can't WAIT for the release to drop.  The Bass mix takes it to a whole 'nother level on the drumstep front of things.  Huge drum fills and a journey into the amen break get this grinder of a tune goin' from the floor up.  The epic piano brings it from the grave to the rave and back again.  This release will be BIG...even an acoustic version on the tubes for you straight from Paul himself!

Farace - Get Up Jax (Preview) by farace
Farace - Get Up Jax (Farace Bass Mix Preview) by farace

For some hometown hotness from Cincinnati, OH DJ/MC Firecat 451 goes big with a liquid DnB remix of A Tribe Called Quest - Stressed Out.  There's not many people that I would say could do a great job with this, but I knew when I heard him announce it that this was going to hit it right.  With solid rolling basslines and a breakdown into hip hop it's bangin' it out.  Liquid dnb always makes me feel like it's really fall and I have to say this pulls it in for me just the way I like it.  Check the rest of Firecat's tunes/mixes on his site www.firecat451.com

Tribe Called Quest - Stressed Out (Firecat 451's Liquid Trick Edit) by Firecat 451

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!