Randomer & Fife - No Sleep - Soul Jazz Records (clip) by Soul Jazz Records Here's a dark horse from Soul Jazz Records' Future Bass releases, No Sleep by Randomer teaming up with newcomer Fife. Big forward-thinking bass vibes, you can buy it on digital of wax from the Soul Clap website.
Joy O - Wade In / Jels [HF027] by Hotflush I'm aware of posting relatively old music here, but seeing as I'm making up for lost time, this EP is one that has to get a post on this blog. Peter O'Grady's first release under his new moniker 'Joy O' on Hotflush quickly became one of my favourite releases of the year. It's simply a two-track EP of forward thinking house music of a crazy high standard. The 123 artwork is also really understatedly beautiful. Definitely a must have on wax. If [...]
Addison Groove "This Is It / Make Um Bounce" :: Tectonic :: TEC049 by Multiverse Last month Addison Groove's new EP on Techtonic dropped, and it's big. At 138 and 133 BPM, with lots of 808 kick, booty-style vocal samples, acid bleeps, and chicago drums, both sides are huge, and this is one EP that's definitely worth picking up. Something else I'm excited for is information about Addison's huge remix of Martha & the Vandellas classic Jimmy Mack. I heard him play it first at BLOC, and it took [...]
Munchi - Learn by Munchi Munchi's new track, a remix of Damian Marley's classic Welcome To Jamrock, is one of my favourite moombahton tracks of the recent past, maybe because it's not regular moombahton. Anyway, it does justice to the original, and is well worth grabbing.
Jamie Woon's long awaited album Mirrorwriting recently dropped, with a relatively positive reception. The two big singles, Night Air and Lady Luck had already been released prior to the album, but I was also pleasantly surprised by Spiral. Spiral by woon The whole album is well worth picking up, but if you're looking for something more dancefloor friendly, I'd get up the Lady Luck EP; the Hudson Mohawke is one of my most played tunes of the last while. [...]
I realise I've neglected this blog the past month. I was busy with college exams, and music production and promotion and a few things, but it's all change now. I plan to get Forward/Slash back on track this summer, with more interviews, more guest mixes, new contributors, and most importantly, get it back to daily posts. I'll let the new contributors introduce themselves, but they all have great taste in house and bass, and will be great. Now, to crack on with a backlog of music I have to post. Dem 2 - The [...]
Big, jackin' Chicago house. It's hard not to like, and the Jam Factory remix of Ben Westbeech's 'Falling' on Strictly Rhythm is no exception. I like it. A lot. Ben Westbeech - Falling (Jam Factory Remix) Also peep the Dark Sky remix, who keep up their high standard of recently releases with another big tune. Ben Westbeech Falling (DS Remix) by Dark Sky
MK is one of the biggest names in house music, rolling out hit after hit throughout the 90s. So I was pretty happy to hear a new track of his was getting released, with a string of releases. It comes in the form of the Return To Me EP, released on a collaboration between Scion A/V and Rhonda International. The whole EP is full of goodnessm and you can grab a free 320 of the Goddollars remix over on xlr8r , but the standout remix for me is the Art of Tones Returning Dub. Look out for it on [...]
Mowgli never seems to disappoint, so as you can imagine, his new EP is 2 big room bouncy house numbers. Straddling the sound between tech-house and the Deadfish pseudo-Electrohouse style perfectly, he delivers a huge EP, with the b-side as good, if not better than the A! MOWGLI - La Lokomotiva Ep by Mowgli
So I haven't been posting a lot lately, I apologise. The WordPress Audio Uploader has been really wack for me lately, meaning any chance I do get to blog I wait for ages for it to upload, and then it crashes and I don't have time to do it again. I do have loads of great new and old music to show you though, so I'm going to try and get through it as much as possible... First up is the big Lightworks debut EP from Ossie, Tarantula/Creepy Crawlies. Big bass vibes down at 125, giving you that [...]
This is probably my favourite version of the infamous b-more club 'every freaking night' vocal sample. So, when I went to buy it on iTunes, and realised it was up as a free download, it made me pretty happy. So, I thought I'd share it with the rest of you. Enjoy. Jodeci - Freek' N You (M.K. Dub)
The Syndicate (live) Dublin's freshest 4-piece headline this week's Forward/Slash. With support gigs for The Mightly Atomics, House of Dolls, and The Mighty Stef (to name a few) behind them, they're being hyped as the next band to watch. Check their promo video below for a taste of what's to come. Cloud Castle Lake (DJ Set) Dublin's most handsome band? Four of the faces of 2011? I'm pretty sure State.ie have called these guys both of these things, [...]
Two great tracks, and two examples of great sampling. First up is Christian Fischer's Lowrider, which samples War's 1975 hit Low Rider, and does so beautifully. Christian Fischer - Lowrider (Original Mix) Next up is a track from Riva Starr's 2010 album If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade on Made To Play. It's quite unlike Riva Starr's other stuff in my opinion, stripped down, with a big 808 kick, and contains a big sample from Lafayette Afro Rock Band's [...]
One of the most anticipated releases of 2011 has just dropped on vinyl, Pearson Sound (aka Ramadanman)'s refixes EP on Night Slugs White Label. Both sides are flips of classic tracks in Pearson Sound's signature style. Let Me See takes a bass heavy baltimore club classic and strips it down completely, taking the acapella and putting a huge 808 kick under it, with some subtle percussion and industrial hits that just scream David Kennedy. Rodd Lee - Let Me See What U Workin With (Pearson Sound Remix) [...]
Sorry for the lack of posts recently, I have loads of music for you all, but have been having problems uploading audio to WordPress, so haven't been able to post as often as I'd like. Anyway. 90s house. It's a timeless formula, and classics like these still getting played in big sets today is testament to that. These track span 1992 to 2005, so it's not strictly all 90s house, but how much the house of that time influenced dance music afterwards means we can extend the 90s for a good few years when it comes to house. Enjoy. [...]
1) Frankie Grimes - Gemini (Original Mix) [CDR] 2) Miles Dyson & Aaren San - Zooloo (Pleasurekraft remix) [Suicide Robot] 3) SBTRKT - Living Like I Do (Original Mix) [Young Turks] 4) Benoit & Sergio - Walk & Talk (Original Mix) [Visionquest] 5) Jamie Woon - Lady Luck (Hudson Mohawke's Schmink-Wolf Re-Fix) [Candent] 6) Hardrive - Deep Inside (Pearson Sound Refix) [Night Slugs] 7) Efdemin - There Will Be Singing (DJ Koze Remix) [Dial Records] 8 ) [...]
Here's a round-up of some of what I've been feeling latest, brought to you by the magic of Soundcloud, because my WordPress Audio Player has been super buggy lately, hence not posting much. Big tune forthcoming on Swamp81 by Boddika, who is definitely looking like being one of the best producers of 2011. Soul What by Boddika aka.Instra:mental One of the biggest tunes to be played all night on the Boiler Room last Tuesday, Jack Dixon - Coconuts, forthcoming on Inhale. Expect yourself to [...]
It seems these days that DJ Koze can do no wrong. I first got to know him through his brilliant album Music Is Okay , which is very musically different to his other releases, so I'm always pleasantly surprised every time he comes out with tracks like these. His newest remix is already gathering big hype, and it's well deserved. Pick it up on Beatport here . Efdemin - There Will Be Singing (DJ Koze Remix) So you have something to go home with, here's one [...]
Munchi - Sandungueo (Moombahton) by Munchi Here are Forward/Slash we're lucky enough to be able to ask Munchi a few questions. Arguably the biggest player in the moombahton scene, with his tracks being dropped all over the world by DJs from a range of different genres, Munchi is without a doubt the man to ask about all things moombahton! He's promised Forward/Slash an exclusive give-away, so keep checking the blog in the next few days for that too! What DJs/producers would you say to look out [...]
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