Michael Woods is a UK-based producer and DJ that should be on red alert on your radar if he hasn't been already. His new track "Natural High" is a mix of old-school vocal-house and funk with an electro edge and is out now with remixes from Micky Slim, Dino Lenny, Dave Boynes, Ant Brooks, Lee Haslam, and Michael's own alter-ego Out of Office.
Slim's cut is a bouncy wobbled-bass track that is definitely going to appeal to both the big room and underground crowds. The Out of Office Dub is a much more epic take that has to be blasted on a huge system to be appreciated. There is of course a vocal remix, but if you're not a fan of vocals on some tracks, this version is for you.
You're all probably aware that Buffetlibre is about to release their new Rewind2 remix project to the masses in 2 months, but what you might not know is that they have another remix project in the works. Yes, for real.
The Spaniards are at it again with a new "social remix" project called "Proyecto Batidora", which translated into English means "remix project". The concept is simple: you log onto the project website, check out the original tracks you like, e-mail Buffetlibre and apply for the stems of the track. Then you remix and submit.
Simple and fun, right? We got one of the first tracks off the project by UK-based Station X and it's fantastic. Check out the project here and try your hand on tracks by artists such as Cut Copy, The Bravery, Yelle, Holy Fuck, Walter Meego, Sidechains, Does it Offend you, yeah?, Dragonette, Ladyhawke, and more.
I am now on my 8th DJ/MC tour to the Russian Federation, and I have been +10 hours from my home time zone. I first came to Ufa, Russia - where no USA DJ's have ever been before! It was very strange to be the first, but the people there gave me a warm welcome and made me very comfortable. It was quite a shock to have traveled for 38 hours through 5 airports on 4 flights, but nevertheless I made it safely and found myself in a climate I was not used to.
I became ill for the first 2 days and even had to have an ambulance come to my flat because I fainted and my body temperature dropped to 34C, which is apparently below normal. I felt very weak and stressed and also a bit afraid that I would have a heart attack. I reported my syptoms to my friends there who I lived with and they became full of fear for my health.
In Russia, they can enjoy socialized medicine and Ambulance visits for free. It was nice for me to not have to pay anything for their care, and it was amazingly a fast response. The doctor arrived to my flat within 15 minutes of the call and I was very happy to see them. Basically I was told that the difference in climate combined with 48 hours of not sleeping could potentially kill almost anyone, and that I was lucky to have such caring friends to pay attention to my needs and help me to find fast medical attention.
Finally after I recovered my health, I had the challenge of registering my business visa in Ufa. This is the most strict city in the Russian Federation for registering visas, and it was not an easy process at all. You have 72 hours to register your visa from the time you first land in Russia, and because I was ill for longer than 72 hours I had to pay a $100 penalty and deal with 2 police offices + a bank + the registration office. The people were not very friendly to me at all, and the lady at the registration office even canceled my visa with a big CANCEL stamp on my migration card. I was terribly worried because I thought this would be a big problem for me when I have to pass through passport control to fly back home to USA. But paying the fine and traveling to all of the places to actually get my migration card stamped correctly was an adventure in itself and full of problems.
In Russia, you can't do anything without having about 50 problems attached.
Fresh on the heels of their SELEKTOR mix, our favorite live NYC duo, Streetlab, just sent us their latest mix of Kanye's "Love Lockdown". It's a grindin', bumping mix that will definitely get you in the mood for a full night of partying.
Kanye West - Love Lockdown (Streetlab Mix) removed at the request of the artist
The New England producers, Plus Move, have a new EP titled 2099 out today on Expansion Records. The track we're sharing with you is called "BOSS", cut-up stuttering synths that will bring the house down.
The boys first got noticed online with their bootleg remix of "D.A.N.C.E.", which I'm pretty sure was the very first remix ever as it was straight form the BBC radio rip.
The EP has this crazy concept behind a sphinx and time-traveling:
Plus Move claim to have traveled through time with Sphinx to the year 2099, where together they defeated the evil ruler BOSS. In the ensuing days spent in 2099, Plus Move and Sphinx recorded these songs and brought them back to the present day as documented proof of their travels.
Today is probably one of the most important elections in the history of the United States. Today, people will determine who is the next chief of state.
And today is NOW.
The Crystal Method, like Adam Freeland and countless other DJs, have thrown in their support for Obama for President. And Subdrive is throwing its support for Obama today in the last hours.
Blast this when you're at the polls, when you're about to vote, or even as you're voting.
Day after Halloween treat for you all! I first came across Streetlab earlier this year on the pages of Going.com. But before then, they had a remix played on the BBC's Radio 1, the guys have released their first track on RCRD LBL/Downtown for free download and are playing a bevy of live shows in NYC and hopefully soon abroad.
Streetlab might bring to mind old-school bigbeat acts like the Chemical Bros and Crystal Method, but their sound is all their own with a harder and four-four rock rhythm which is straight up for dancing. You can hear it in the stuff they produce as well as in their choice and style of remixes. It comes as no surprise that their SELEKTOR mix is tinged with their own recuts of some pretty big rock tracks as well as original tracks from their new EP.
So now that you know who they are, or at least a little bit more about them, I'm psyched to share their SELEKTOR mix, made exclusively for Subdrive, to help promote their new EP out now at all digital shops and on a cool limited-edition USB-wristband format.
1. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Streetlab mix) * 2. Thieves Like Us - Drugs In My Body (Streetlab mix) 3. Streetlab - NYSound ** # 4. Streetlab - She Is Our Music (feat. Kaia of Mixel Pixel) ** 5. Mixel Pixel - Coming Up X's (Streetlab mix) 6. Heartsrevolution - CYOA! (Streetlab mix) 7. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son (Streetlab mix) 8. Professor Murder - Free Stress Test (Streetlab mix) 9. Nine Inch Nails - Capital G (Streetlab mix) 10. Streetlab - What Is It For? (feat. Dawnie Love) ** 11. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (Streetlab mix)
From the Streetlab guys:
* SUPER-f'in-EXCLUSIVE! Found/heard no where else but in our studio as of yet.. ** Off our latest EP # Download this song FREE at RCRD LBL
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