Song For The Day:

Song For The Day: Tuesday 22nd January 2013

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:53:01 -0500

So I was supposed to have a really productive day today. Third year deadlines are drawing ever nearer, and I defiantly sprang the day playing Minecraft with Smokey. But! On the the plus side we found a fucking crazy mine and when Dulcie joined us we absolutely bossed it :) any way this song has been in my head all day, it’s could be because zane was going on about her featuring in disclosures new track, either way this track is incredible, she’s tipped as a one to watch in 2013 form the BBC and other such tastemakers.

Song For The Day: AlunaGeorge - Your Drum, Your Love

Song For The Day: Wednesday 28th November 2012

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:13:00 -0500

So I’m sat up its 00:50 hopelessly scouring the inter webs for references for my dissertation on sampling, and tho sis about the only thing keeping me awake. It’s a piece of music that I noted down for the first lady to listen to, and i ended up liking it myself, check them out I’m thinking big things for this band int he future very ‘Yuck’esque. skip to 8:42 to get this track, or listne ot the whole EP

Enjoi!

Song For The Day: Cheatahs - Fountain Park

Song For The Day: Tuesday 27th November 2012

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:08:00 -0500

So the dissertation has begun and it snow all about he research, me and the first lady are both sat at my deal preparing ourselves for the day of studying, and tucking into a delightful plate of eggs Florentine, and she put this on for us to enjoy over breakfast. what a fucking incredible remix, so much so that i feel hat i may have to do my own amen filled on myself.

Enjoi!

Song Fot The Day: Jill Scott - Golden (Catching Flies Remix)

Song For The Day: Wednesday 16th May 2012

Wed, 16 May 2012 10:40:56 -0400

So a couple days ago I signed up to this DJ Promotion Website, which basically sends you all of the promo’s of tracks so you can DJ them out and about before they go on general release. i downloaded a Few bits and bobs but this one stuck out the most. I first came across this guy when he produced Tinie Tempah’s Debut track, Pass Out, and from there he has gone on to be one of the most Prolific Producers / Artist to come out of the UK in many years. check this track out, its his take on the NWA Classic Express Yourself, set to be a massive summer anthem I have no doubt.

Song For The Day: Labrinth - Express Yourself

Song For The Day: Tuesday 15th May 2012

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

So following on from yesterdays study session with the First Lady, I discovered this track as well, it has that very Synthy Downtempo Jazz vibe, like Trip-Hop but not so cold, very similar to the likes of Jai Paul. anyways, when the Synth kicks in in the track I cannot stop bobbing my head. I love the way the track builds, and still remains very simple.

Song For The Day: Kindness - House

Song For The Day: Monday 14th May 2012

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

So me and and the first lady have been having a massive study day today, managed to get 2500 words on the night i am heavily involved in. I don’t know about anyone els but when I’m studying I find that Radio is a mans best friend. Personally I’m a massive fan of the Zane Lowe and today I was listing back to him in the Verses, and it was Vs Greg James, easily my favourite Daytime DJ on Radio 1, and he chose this little Gem of a tune, they are a very new band hailing from the Mecca of rising UK music that is Bristol. Anyways, this tune speaks for itself I think, give it a go, it reminds me of James Blake a lot, grab it for free from there Facebook page, Winning!!

Song For The Day: Seasfire - Falling

Song For The Day: Monday 7th May 2012

Mon, 07 May 2012 13:27:48 -0400

So today track comes from an EP I have been gagging for, I have never wanted to listen to an EP so much in my life before. I woke up this morning, first thing I did was jump on iTunes and Purchase it (Also available for free from there website, but support little bands). I left the house to go to work, put my headphones on, and the batteries were flat, nightmare, got to the garage to buy some more, and the bloke behind the counter gave me the wrong size, Nightmare #2, I didn’t have enough time to go and swap them, I was already running late for work, i thought, its fine I will get some more on lunch and listen then, that was until I got on lunch and realised that my headphones, my babies, were in fact broken (Again), Nightmare #3. So by the end of my working day I finally got some new batteries, and a new set of beats, set for the walk him, after all this build up, I was really hoping that this EP would be worth the wait, and fuck me, it is. I do have one bad thing to say about it, its not long enough, i cannot wait for an LP now, this is by far the most promising EP to come from any rising indi band since Bloc Party’s first EP back in May 2004, I really love how it takes influences from everywhere, clearly a Hip-Hop influence, and also a massive influence from the likes of Portishead and Massive attack, Trip-Hop for the 21st Century. This is my faveroit cut from the EP (Bar Female Robbery & Sweater Weather, the first two singles) it’g got a really catchy Hook and a beat that will keep you head nodding the whole way through. keep an eye out on this band, my tip is that they will be Fuckign huge, all the need is to come and do some UK gigs.

Song For The Day: The Neighbourhood - Wires

Song For The Day: Thursday 3rd May 2012

Mon, 07 May 2012 13:09:29 -0400

So I woke up this morning with this track in my head, I rolled over to ask the lovely lady in my bed what the track was, as I had no idea of the artist nor the track, all i knew was that it was a cover of the incredible band “Arcade Fire”. she informed me of the information i needed and instantly made a purchase on iTunes. its a wonderful Half Tempo cover, very Dub Influenced, but with the most euphoric Vocals. anyways, nuff talking, let the track speak for itself.

Song For The Day: Mr Little Jeans - Suburbs

Song For The Day: Saturday 28th April 2012

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:22:00 -0400

So tonight was my step mothers 50th birthday party, hosted back home in Winchester. One of the best bits about going home is the amount of new music I get to listen to and absorb. This album came out on Monday and is absolutely incredible, this artist was one of the soul reasons I got into Drum & Bass and every one of his albums has been great, but this one is really fantastic. All the tracks are great but this one has been in my head all day. Enjoi!

Song For The day: Logistics - Sendai Song

Song For The Day: Wednesday 25th April 2012

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:48:18 -0400

Yesterday I woke up to there remix of running by Jessie Ware, today I have woken up to this, it’s taken from there forthcoming EP entitled “The Face” due out this summer, if there last EP is anything to go by, then all of our Sunmers are in for a treat. Enjoi!

Song For The Day: Disclosure - Boiling Ft. Sinead Harnett

Song For The Day: Tuesday 24th April 2012

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

So I woke up this morning hearing the original of this, so it was in my head from the word go, later on I was buying some music, and remembered that these lads had done a remix of it, two very promising young lads from south London, we focused on them last summer with there track ‘Blue You’ which was one of my summer smashers last year they. This year they have a new EP on the way and they have really put themselves on the map with this remix, the original artist is also getting a lot of love on this blog currently it’s set to be a big 2012 for both people. Enjoi!

Song For The Day: Jessie Ware - Running (Disclosure Remix)

Song For the Day: Saturday 21st April 2012

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

I’m currently rather drunk and watching the Mystery Jets at Moles in Bath, what better time to write a blog post, this tune has been a point of interesting for a couple of days now, it’s incredible and a very close friend of mine is a big fan of her, I know more about the producer but the tune is incredible, really looking forward to hearing more from here, previously working with the Badman that is Breakage on his single Fighting Fire, this tune shows the other side to her sound, still absolute incredible. Cleay a fantastic Career ahead of her

Song For The Day: Jess Ware - 110% Ft Julie Bashmore

Song For The Day: Thursday 19th April 2012

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:04:39 -0400

So i caught this last week on Annie Mac’s show on friday night, and fell in love with it, its really quirky, and kinda Genre less, always a big fan of things which refuse to fit into a Box, I will let the track do the talking, big tune, it has kept me going whilst I have been putting all the ISMISM Mixes on to iTunes and Web designing. Anywhoo Enjoi!

Song For The Day: Gucci Vump - Feeling

Song For The Day: Wednesday 18Th April 2012

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:50:22 -0400

So Those that follow this blog will know that i came across this artist last year when going to see Darwin Deez with Smokey Joe, since then he has had three very successful singles and an album is due to drop next month. This is the latest single, its absolutely fantastic, i will be lucky enough to see him twice this summer and cannot wait to see what his album has to offer, for now, this tune will have to do. Enjoi!

Song For The Day: Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Tapes & Money

Song For The Day: Monday 16th April 2012

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

So I first heard this tune through my mate Badger who works for Shogun Audio, and instantly liked it, I then heard Tony play it on the Hospital Podcast, then Friction opened it up the last Shogun Podcast with it, now I love it, incredible half-beat vocal Drum & Bass, turning the Minimal sound Maximal. This track comes out next week on Shogun Audio and is the first single taken from there forthcoming Debut Album due out at some point later this year. For now this is an incredible price of music, Both high octane for the club and chilled for the living room with a cup of tea. Enjoi!

Song For The Day: Spectrasoul - Light In The Dark

Song For The Day: Thursday 12th April 2012

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

So i heard Annie Mac play this a few weeks back now, but it appears that it has reached daytime radio, as Sarah Cox has been playing it all week, and driving to the cinema this afternoon had Me, my Mum and my Little Brother singing along to the B-Line. from that point on i had it stuck in my head. its a Big Tune, the Single comes with a few remixes one from Botnek, and one from Radio 1’s new “Drum & Bass Show” host, Shogun Audio’s CEO, Friction. check the original, its a HUUUUGGGEEE TTTTUNNNEEE!! Enjoi!

Song For The Day: Jack Beats - You Should Know Ft. Donae’o

Song For The Day: Wednesday 11th April 2012

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:12:00 -0400

So I was listening back to Hospitality at Brixton from Friday night, during Logistics set, he dropped Marka, the half tempo tune that is tearing apart every rave at the moment, and he followed it up with a very similar half beat riddim. I was showing it to a friend yesterday who challenged me to find out the name of the track, something that I have ‘Mad Skills’ in, half an hour and a few convocations with DJs later I discovered What it was, check it out, I’m sure it’s set to be another smasher. Enjoi!

Song For The Day: Jubei - Say Nothing Ft. Flowdan

Song For The Day: Friday 6th April 2012

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:30:00 -0400

So about 4 years ago, just as I was starting my second year of college I was listening to the Drum & Bass arena podcast and one particular week they had a hurt mix from this young lady, with a big press release from ‘Digital Soundboy’ branding her as the ‘First Digital Soundgirl’ to this day that mix is one of my all time faves, it was the dirt time I had ever heard a DJ mix from Drum & Bass to Dubstep, this was prior to Benga’s first album, before the Skrillexs of the world came and changed it, and before the likes of Magnetic Man and Chase & Status were a regular in daytime radio, anyway I remember thinking wow what an incredible mix and what an incredible DJ, since then it seems that Mr Shy FX the original Digital Soundboy has taken her under his wing and shaped her into the Artist that brings us this incredible track, it has been a long time coming but it’s fantastic to finally get some original music front his lass, heavily influenced by 90’s house, with it’s Rave piano chords and Distorted Amen Breaks, and then droppes into a modern day Funky House esque riddim, perfect for Digital Soundboy and an amazing track for her first Release, and tonight for the first time I’m going to Second Bridge in Bath with my boys to go see her and the legend that is Shy FX for some incredible bass music. But for now, you guys an have this, Enjoi!

Song For The Day: B.Traits - Fever Ft. Elisabeth Troy

Song For The Day: Thursday 5th April 2012

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:40:00 -0400

So I have a kind of running competition with a friend of mine at the moment where we try and find a new band before the other does, my first band was The Neighbourhood the other ay, and yesterday when driving to Southampton with the fam, Scott Mils believe it or not played this on daytime Radio 1. I think that its gonna be an epic summer tune, really folky, but very reminiscent of the fantastic Vampire weekend, I don’t like to compare bands too much, I think that when you do, you demoralise the bands individuality, but you can definitely hear the influence that Vampire weekend have had on this bloke. He recently played Guitar and Piano for the band Feist, who originally did the track “Limit To Your Love” which of corse James Blake made into a (I hate this phrase) “Post-Dubstep” Anthem. anyways enough of horrible Genre Titles, and back to good music check out this Tune its sure to make Sunshine come out of your Speakers :) Enjoi!

Song For The Day: Bahamas - Caught Me Thinkin’

Song For The Day: Wednesday 4th April 2012

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:50:00 -0400

So I heard this on Annie Mac’s show the other day, and it really is just a summer smasher, this will stay in your head for age. The track written with a high octane anthem liquid Drum & Bass sound, but the structure and layout of a No1 track, it’s going to chart and I wouldn’t be surprised if it charts very high. this is the sound of a smile on a summers day. big things to expect from these guys been doing a lot of work with Ed Sheeran so hopefully that have a big year :) Enjoi!