Schizofonics

Below is the new video from my good friend Autolaser… Dude’s been making synthy/house/poppy stuff as part of Norwegian duo Laza & Beatprotecta but he’s now gone solo and getting ready to drop his debut EP. Keep an eye out for it in the usual places and I’ll be posting more of his stuff nearer the release!

I’m late on this one… Like REAL late, but believe me, this one’s worth the wait. I got this one back in December but due to be being an absolute fucktard I’m only getting round to posting it up now. It’s the new EP for UK’s MYSTRO, F.D.T.

Man’s been making his mark on the underground circuit since about ‘99 and that’s something that’s evident in his lyrical style. Setting him apart from the new-breed, chart chasing, MTV MCs is one thing; talent. It’s a raw edge and charisma that comes  through on all of the seven tracks (and 3 skits) on F.D.T.

I come from a day when real Hip-Hop was people like Gangstarr, Arsonists and Mos Def, and UK Hop-Hop threw up names like Black Twang and Mark B & Blade. All of these acts have done what Mystro is doing today, not relying on marketing and promoting to gain legions of fickle fans rather putting in proper graft to their trade and reaping the benefits of hard work, in this case, quality music.

From the latin feel of opening track ‘The Truth‘, dirty beats on ‘Live & U Learn‘ through to metal guitar samples on the final track ‘The Urge‘ there’s as much diversity as you’d want on an EP there, all stitched together with Mystro’s distinct flow. Trust me on this one, go out and buy it. Too many half arse MCs flogging substandard albums. F.D.T. delivers start to finish. Link below to my favorite track from the EP ‘Banishment’… It’s in 96kbps but the E.P.s up on iTunes now for like €3.99… Well worth it! Also check the vid, Mystro’s 2009 UK Rap Up… JOKES!!!

While you’re at it, Check the man himself on Twitter, Myspace, Youtube… All the usual places!

Mystro - Banishment (MediaFire)

Christmas Eve and ‘09 is drawing to a close… It’s been a really good year for us and we just wanted to say thanks to everyone who’s supported us from fellow DJs, friends and family and anyone who’s discovered our music during the year. 2010’s gonna be a busy year for us. Our debut EP ill be out in the first couple of weeks and we’ve got big plans for the AV shows.

Website has been a bit non-existent lately, All will be back up and running in the next few days. Big posts coming soon with music from Mystro, reviews, interviews etc.

If you’re around Dublin for the festive season, Mr. Jones Alliance Party is happening on 28th in The Twisted Pepper, myself, Arveene, Tu-Ki all on the bill and then NYE is our AV show in Transmission at Button Factory…

Until then, enjoy this mix below and have a good one!!!

Shortie - Mr. Jones Christmas Mix (MediaFire)

Shortie

New musics from one of my favorite acts of the last couple of years, Buraka Som Sistema… They need no introduction so I’m not gonna bother with the blurb. All I’m gonna say though is this, if you haven’t had a chance to see them live yet, find out where they’re playing next and go see them… You’re seriously missing out.

Buraka Som Sistema - Restless (128) (MediaFire)

Continuing the theme of new talent, I was sent this track last week from a new producer I know nothing about. All I got in the email was an MP3, a name and an approximate location. The track is from Milady. She seems to be just as mysterious as the original Milady, The Countess De Winter, and her production is equally as dangerous!  It’s a Dubstep version of one of my favorites; Flat Beat. Earlier this year we were treated to 16-Bit’s version but this one takes it to a whole other level. It’s an absolute face melter of a track… Have a listen and see for yourself.

If you want to try find out a bit more about Milady, try Facebook, Twitter and Soundcloud but good luck. All I’ve been able to find out is she’s from up north in UK somewhere!!!

Milady - Flap Step (MediaFire)

You know we’re big fans of the whole Funky scene right? And we’re big fans of supporting new talent? Well, allow us to introduce you to Black Biscuit; 2 London based MCs about to educate you on Skankin! The boys we’re good enough to share a couple of minutes and let us get to know them a bit better

Tell me a bit about yourselves? Where you from, how you started out?
We are both from Harrow, London. We’ve known each other for 8 years and have been doing music together for nearly 4 of them. We both used to MC, and were aware of each other interest in music, we went to different secondary schools, so it was only when we met up in college that we linked up because we both used to dance.

Ok, for the Irish readers who might not be up on the whole Skankin thing, can you explain it to them?

We find that skanking is a term that is often used for ska music, and reggae, but commonly for quite hardcore music, often due to the bass of the music. That is how we believe that the term ’skanking’ has found its way into the funky house terminology, because its all about going hard and letting yourself free once funky is pumping. So skanking is simply the name giving to the form of dance to funky house music, you could be doing anything, because there is no set style.

Funky is quite a regional sound, how far do you see yourselves going?

Funky has a long way to go, it has built up a big following as a genre, and it has only just begun to develope. Funky house is for everyone and that is the reason why we believe that we have a prosperous future in this scene.

Some of the more successful UK underground artists diluted their sound to gain some more sales, the likes of Dizzee, Chipmunk and Ironik arguably wouldn’t have seen the success they have if they didn’t do this… How do you feel about artists doing this?

We believe that it is simply taking the ‘next’ step. We wouldnt say that they were ‘diluting’ their sound but simply adapting their style because they have a built up a much wider listening audience and have to cater for more listenning ears, as well as the public. An artist is useless unless their music is heard.

I’ve heard you guys go in hard when you do your live thing, how important are the PAs and things to you?

Every live performance is imperitive to us, as artists, we want to go on stage and be confident that we can ‘rip’ up any performance hands down. We believe we are only as good as our last performance, so whether there are 100 people in the crowd or 10,000 we’ll treat the performance like it is our last, and go in everytime.

On a similar note, a lot of new artists are building up a fanbase using the likes of Twitter, Facebook and that old dinosaur Myspace. Do you think this has made it easier to break through or are potential fans overloaded with new ‘talent’ coming at them from all angles?

Yes, definately alot of people communicate through the internet and using facebook, twitter and myspace. They have helped us to promote ourselves and our music, we do indeed have our own facebook pages as well as a fanpage where you can see all our events we will be at and information on us.

We just jumped on twitter too its a good way to share what we are doing and share our thoughts you can also follow us here

We have met alot of people over these networking sites and we think has the biggest audiences especially amoung university students

What you got going on in the next few months?

We are doing our live p.a’s anywhere we can, hopefully visit Dublin one day but we are in and out of studio at the moment making new funky house tracks. We also have a few new editions of clothing that will be surfacing, so look out for those. We lookiing for as much air play as we can at the moment 1xtra and Choice fm are airing us on selected shows so also listen out for us on the radio and just getting on as many shows, just getting ourselves out there.

Did you know you share your name with a Japanese pop band?

We found that there was a Japanese pop band with the same name as us, because there videos come up when you search for us on youtube. Have to admit, havent checked out any of their stuff, but the best of luck to them.

Last Q… Who is skankin the hardest?

Still searching. Your guess is as good as ours. Although we like to believe that it is us!

So there you go, Black Biscuit… Get to know! Check ‘em on Facebook and Twitter and the video for ‘Who’s Skankin’ The Hardest’ is below

2009 has been a busy year for Mightyfools, Australian tour, gigs all over Europe and this wobbly little number below

MightyFools - Trumpet Fuck (MediaFire)

Been too long, been too busy, very sorry, we’re back

French duo Air return to the scene next month with the release of a new long-player entitled ‘Love 2′. Here’s the first track taken from it. ‘So Light Is Her Footfall’ is a bit of an ambient offering, not a million miles from your typical Pink Floyd tune. Give it a go, it’s nice!

Air - So Light Was Her Footfall (MediaFire)