The enigmatic foursome that is Automatic Reaction - are back with four interstellar soulful mixtapes of equal calibre. Lined up against two colossal bootlegs that motion a salute to the Beastie Boys & Cajmere (Green Velvet), plus a shindig of trumpets & loops covering The J.B.’s, Gary Caos and Stetsasonic.. if you’re hungry whilst reading this review, then pick yourself up a Automatic-Reaction-in-a-bucket meal deal for a priceless ten out of ten. For tracklistings - click your chosen link in blue: Beyond The Planet Of The Funky Ass Beats | Let It Bang | [...]

The Golden Ponys’ lets-go-round-the-merry-go-rou nd mix of Passion Pits’ ‘Carried Away’ is most definitely bouncy. Brooklyn’s double act of up & coming flavour packs more memorable energy into their stride, than a little puppy who’s running towards their next meal. Even though each and every one of their mixes are exciting, TGPs’ memorable moments are ‘Juicy Bass Head,’ ‘Somebody That I Used To Know,’ ‘Dreamers’ and their über-fabulous ‘What I Want.’ The dancefloor has just gotten a little bigger... PASSION PIT - Carried Away (The Golden Pony Remix) [...]

Project-hearty party of the Gentlemen Thieves go long ‘n’ hard on a sextuplet arrangement of some electronic breaks-heavy, bass-crumble assortment through ‘Cherry,’ ‘Grand Prix,’ ‘Outrage’ and ‘Rebels . A gracious angelic reminder from the saintly vocalic Aaliyah is on offer, plus a weird & loopy sunny refreshment coating the coattails of Beastie Boys’ ‘Intergalactic.’ It’s time to switch on that synthesizer and crack open a mixture of brandy & coke to celebrate. Aaliyah – Are You That Somebody (Gentlemen Thieves Remix) [...]

Now seems a better time than any to dust of this gem of a remix by the man they call Kreap . As most of you are probably aware the legend Adam Yauch aka MCA , one the founding members of the great hip hop trio, Beastie Boys , pasted away this month, may he rest in peace. In 2011 the trio did one of my all time favorite collabs with the one and only Santigold , a reggae funk meets hip hop track entitled Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win [...]

Written & performed by Dennis McNany and Jee Young Sim featuring Chica Vas Drum Arkestra and Tiffany Roth on the accompanied A&B sides on Jee Day’s ‘Aura Go’ / ‘Lowhand’ release - we witness a gathering of night time tales via the routes of the Amazon forest.. time warped into a rather naughty & awkward moment amid Studio 54’s main room dance floor with the Talking Heads overlooking the debauchery. Tim “Da Man” Ireland dusts off his Beastie Boys records and samples a tight vocal loop from ‘Paul Revere’ that dives head first into the [...]

Written & performed by Dennis McNany and Jee Young Sim featuring Chica Vas Drum Arkestra and Tiffany Roth on the accompanied A&B sides on Jee Day’s ‘Aura Go’ / ‘Lowhand’ release - we witness a gathering of night time tales ... Continue reading

Following on from the excitement of a brand new, long awaited Beastie Original, Passion Pit have been called in to re-direct the Beastie Boys ‘ Make Some Noise ’ single down a highly unique n' love-it-or-lothe-it type road - for all Marmite and Nutella fans alike. As an instrumental, Passion Pits remix would indeed truly rock, so in some respects when you do have that grand task to remix off a great Original.. then sometimes less is indelibly more, or nowt.. is as good enough. Salutes to Passion Pit nonetheless. Beastie Boys [...]
Following on from the excitement of a brand new, long awaited Beastie Original, Passion Pit have been called in to re-direct the Beastie Boys ‘Make Some Noise’ single down a highly unique n' love-it-or-lothe-it type road - for all Marmite and Nutella fans alike. As an instrumental, Passion Pits remix would indeed truly rock, so [...]
Today I bring you a showdown between two very different types of vitamins. On one side we have the Heavy ragetastic-break-everything-in -sight vitamins and in the opposite corner we have the Groovy get-down-and-bust-a-move vitamins. Lets start with the heavy and progress to the groovy. Heavy Vitamins When I think of ruski electro-rage artists, Proxy is the first name that comes to mind. Moreover, fellow MAKO Records artists, Polymorphic , is another name that comes to mind as well. If you've heard of Polymorhpic, awesome. Otherwise, [...]