Big things coming up from Maryland’s DJ/MC/Party monster Oh Snap! There are rumors of a tropical EP dropping soon and this new single, Plus Sized Model - is pure soca fire! Also check out the clubbed-up Oh Snap! remix of Wale’s Chillin’ below.
Roma’s Andrea Lai is sort of my ideal DJ these days… the one’s with an amazing ability to bounce from genre to genre and still keep a unique sound. As a major player in Italy’s breaks scene for over a decade, Lai is the founder of Mantra Records and the Agatha club night. He also hosts a weekly show, Mondays, on iBreaks Radio. Recently, Lai has been working on production’s alongside blog-favorites The Crookers, and experimenting with a mixture of breakbeat, fidget, and the ubiquitous Dubstep. His new remix of Iltone’s Crush drops later this month and it’s a hard hitting, wobbly, sparse breakbeat monster…
Dropping March 23rd on Dusted Breaks Records.
We’ve also got his latest vinyl-only release, Mierda, thanks to a free download from his myspace page. This one’s got much more of a rolling base stomp and some classic old school whistle and piano samples (sweet!). We’ve converted to MP3 for ya but you can grab the original WAV for a limited time here.
Big thanks to everyone who came out to Play Date last night. It was a blast and I am totally bummed we didn’t take any pictures (if you’ve got any, send em over). Throwing a little Old Skool love at you on a Sunday afternoon with the DJ Krome & Mr. Time 1993 classic, The Slammer.
I’m loving that classic UK Hardcore / pre-jungle sound these days (surprise surprise) and this is a classic example with those stabbing keys, sped up vocals, and - of course - those rolling drums. The updated Urban Breakz remix (below) has been getting drops lately as a tasty update at a more club-friendly speed.
Photo by Staci Shwartz for Village Voice
“I later buzzed by a new monthly party, Crooked Disco, hosted by DJs Morsy (one-half of Nana Chill) and Chris Lehault (who helms FreeNYC, an online guide to open bars and other free events). They call it a one-room “audio assault of electro, hip-hop, mash-ups, techno, breaks, and whatever else suits our fancy,” and the debut at Galapagos featured remix masters the Rub, Eclectic Method’s Jonny Wilson (who does live a/v sets, where he spins DVDs like records), and Ninjasonik’s Reverend McFly (whose Wednesday-night Hopchank parties at Happy Ending have been a quiet favorite for a while now—hit up this week’s edition, “Somebody Gonna Get Pregnant on Halloween,” if you’re looking for something to do). I suspect the guys consider it a success: lots of bodies, lots of drinking, lots of dancing. Also, in this instance, lots of Halloween: Little Red Riding Hood, a creepy panda bear, girls in wigs, boys in drag. The usual. New parties can always go either way, but next month I may actually get there on time.” (by Annie Fischer)
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