Philly in Austin

Mad Decent vs I Heart Comix Tonight:

Two One Five tonight:

Flamin Hotz tomorrow:

Crank dat Soulja Lion King

Soulja Boy has been killing it in the clubs. The first time I heard of him was when Curtis Vodka remixed his BAPE track. Download Curtis Vodka - FAPE Theme

Curtis Vodka Live On KRUA

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Curtis was the special guest on KRUA, University of Alaska at Anchorage college radio station, on January 25th and has given us this wonderful mix featuring all sorts of dancey / electro goodness from TTC, Justice, Vyle, MSTRKRFT, VanShe etc.

Curtis Vodka - Blentcast 5

Blentcast #5 is now up over at Blentwell. This time featuring the one and only Curtis Vodka. Its all straight bmore fire. The full mixtape I Just Fucked Your Girlfriend will be out soon. Sweden look out and West Coast look out in February.

Be sure to sign up for the podcast here (itunes here) to get mixes from DJ C, BBC and more.

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Curtis Vodka - Diamonds & Cream

Just in time for the new Bond film our man System D128 has released the video for Curtis Vodka's Diamonds & Cream from the Yeti Bounce EP which is still available at fine record stores all over the world. Find out where here. If I ever have bodyguards they are definitely going to be like the girls (garotas*) at the end or maybe two from the Fox Force Five.

*I can't get Portuguese out of my head. Its weird to hear everybody speakinging in English. Walking into a store this morning I started going over what I was going to say and then realized I didn't need to speak in Portuguese or Spanish.

RE:UP 12 Out Now

RE:UP 12 is now out featuring a number killer articles including our boy Curtis Vodka. The feature spread is about ego trip "the last word in independent hip hop publishing" from their humble beginnings as a zine to their foray into TV with VH1.

Thomas and Eric of Rub N Tug, Stones Throwers Aloe Blacc and Exile, Eric San (the Canadian scratch musician better known as Kid Koala), DJ Shadow, Chromeo's Dave 1 (aka A-Trak's broham), and cut and paste dance wizards In Flagranti. Also has a nice little profile section on up and coming artists like Curtis Vodka, Aaron LaCrate, Escort and then some. Did I mention the design and art in this issue? From coverage of cute meisters Friends With You, spreads by Dave Kinsey and Grotesk, to throwback reggae covers and hand made signs from Latin America.

The magazine is packed with a ton of info. Pick it up directly from RE:UP or over at Turntable Lab.

Pop Montreal

Montreal was crazy. Shout out to the city and all the people I met and saw. Curtis Vodka and I stopped by L'Étiquette Radio on Friday night after getting into the city. From there we headed Fractal. Fractal is a two level warehouse club that was just reopened. Curtis played from 1 - 2:30 with his signature sound of Baltimore club. Up next was DJ Orgasmic and TTC. The French Canadians absolutely love these guys as they were singing along to their songs. The energy from the show was amazing.

Up next was Daniel Haksman and Edu K. Edu K was the lead singer of a pop punk band of what seems like My Chemical Romance or something like that. In 2000, he wrote a song dedicated to baile funk called Popuzuda Rock n Roll (ass Rock n Roll) and has been riding the wave of funk carioca since. The show was interesting. Here is a guy that is dressed in all black, black painted nails, spiked collar etc and I think he's singing about ass shaking and partying. Hmmm. To add to the flavor, he was definitely into the show, climbing on top of speakers (nearly knocking them over), climbing on tables and humping them etc. Interesting to say the least. He's on tour and will be in Baltimore this Friday at Taxlo along with TTC and MSTRKRFT.

We wake up the next day and walk up and down St. Laurent and all around downtown Montreal. Aux Vivres is a killer vegan restaurant. I tried poutine from a random spot. Moog/DNA now stocks Yeti Bounce. Vice Records party jumped off. Saw Flosstradamus, Kid Sister, Pandemonium Jones, Dave from Chromeo, A-Trak, Huggs, Cullen Stalin and a whole gang of other people there. Fast forward to Fractal again. Hatchmatik from Peer Pressure in Montreal is killing them with Bmore and more. A-Trak was up next and kept the party jumping with bmore and baile bangers. We left shortly after attempting to find the Slum Recs after party with Pandemonium Jones, Erik Devro, Huggs (he'll be at Sundays on the 22nd) and a couple other cats but no luck. Head back to go sleep and watch White Label TV. This is killer right here. I got an exclusive for this and this is just crazy. Crazy amounts of Spank Rock and some ill video remixes from System-D128 and more. Will keep you updated as soon as its out.

Sunday we went to a sports bar on St. Laurent to watch the Eagles game and found we were in friendly territory. Surrounded by Iggles fans, we cheered the Birds on as they beat the Cowboys. After the game, we headed home, passed through New Baltimore and got back to NYC early Monday morning.

I was back in Philly Monday night and have been recovering ever since. Back to the grind today and here on out.

Curtis Vodka at Walnut Room

DJ Deluxxx warmed up the spot with a wide range of music to get the crowd going. Although Curtis did not have his usual set up of CDJs, he was able to put in an excellent set using Deluxxx's Appletop and Serato ranging from old school Snoop to his usual mix of Baltimore club, including Shoulder Lean, and juke. The dance floor was crazy as the girls juked it about. Shout out to Purple Crush for her popping. Shout out to the over 40 group of about 10 people who were celebrating the birthday of one of their coworkers. Check out Curtis October 6th at Pop Montreal then on tour with Purple Crush in October and November. Check out the rest of the photos here.

What it Do?

Sunday, Curtis Vodka. Sunday, Curtis Vodka. Oh did I mention that Curtis Vodka is playing Sunday with an open bar? In other news, this is the last weekend of the Fringe and it seems to be a slow weekend as everyone is gearing up for Spankrock and friends this coming friday.

Friday

• Biz Markie and free Courvosier at World Fusion (wow did i just mention world fusion?) 123 Chestnut
  
• Cold Retarded every Friday at 700 Club with AJ Ready Right (700 N 2nd)
  
• And Dim Sum at Khyber Upstairs (56 S. 2nd)
  
• Drum n Bass at Vesuvio upstairs (736 s 8th)
  
• Funky house with Shakedown at Marathon Commerce Square (2001 Market)
  

Saturday

• Hollertronix & Soul Travelers at Social Club (2011 Sansom)
• Mojito in the Fall (2001 Market) guestlist capped at 600 with open bar
• DJ Spooky and King Britt
  
• Let Me Ride - Art Cuebik and Joey Breakdown at Medusa

Sunday

• Sundae at Bubble House with King Britt - freee
• Curtis Vodka at Walnut Room with vodka open bar 10 - 11 guestlist here

Congrats to Purple Crush

Congratulations goes out to Purple Crush for winning the grand prize in the Milestones contest for their single Vacation. The grand prize includes $10,000 worth of equipment from Akai, Numark and Alesis. This track will also be out on 12" in Europe with remixes from curtis vodka, disco d, top billin and possibly one more xxx special guest. Coming soon is the Purple Vodka tour featuring Purple Crush and Curtis Vodka. More on that as it develops.

• Purple Crush - Vacation
  

Curtis Vodka in Philly This Sunday!

Curtis Vodka direct from Anchorage, AK (see above) is now out on the East Coast in time to escape -20 degree temperatures to bring nothing but heat for the dance floor this Sunday at the Walnut Room. Curtis' record Yeti Bounce is selling like crazy, including holding down number one at Turntable Lab. Expect to shake your ass to Baltimore, Juke and original remixes from Curtis himself including that souled out Yeti Bounce. Word on the street is that there will be vodka open bar and maybe even a bottle of Vodka given away. Sign up now for the guestlist.

Meanwhile, Curtis comes with more heat:

• Curtis Vodka - FAPE Theme
• Lady Sovereign - Love Me or Hate Me (Curtis Vodka Remix)

Tonite in Philly and NYC

Philly: Welcome to Philly DJ Krush. Krush has been on top of his game for years now. He was here a couple years ago at Marathon Grill outside and my friend (I see you G.) still talks about how great it was. I somehow missed it and he actually went, thats definitely a surprise. Anyway,

DJ Krush truly represents international hip-hop. His real name is Hideaki Ishii, but Krush is just more fun to say. Krush was born in 1962 in Tokyo. After watching the movie "Wild Style" in the early 80s, he bought some turntables, learned to spin and became not only Japan's biggest hip-hop icon, but a world famous DJ, producer and recording artist.

He's kicking off his tour in support of his 8th album Stepping Stones. Its a best of album but in classical Krush style he has remixed all of the tracks.

A few of my favorites from the Lyricism disc:

• DJ Krush - Zen Approach (cradle mix) feat Black Thought
• DJ Krush - Shinjiro (harsh mix) feat. Mos Def

Pick up both the double disc Soundscapes and Lyricism from Amazon.




New York: Welcome the arrival of Curtis Vodka for free at Sleeper at Thor in the Hotel on Rivington. The spot looks dope. Catchdubs will be there and the party goes til 4. Holler! Check him out in Philly Sept. 17th.

More Bounce: Omikron

Here is a proper More Bounce with a whole snapload of tracks, enjoy.

• Betty/Wildcat - Ratatat/Spankrock (Spruce Lee Refix)
• Emynd - Hot Puhtatoe
• Emynd - Ride to My Shit
• Project Pat - Googly Moogly That Thang Is Juicy (cry.on.my.console remix)
• Purple Ribbon All-Stars - Body Rock (Bird Peterson Space Travel Redo)
• Dead Prez - Hell Yeah (Bird Petersons Got Papers Mix)
• Spank Rock - Put That (Josh Console NOT RnB remix)
• Curtis Vodka - sexy sweden

Related:Spruce Lee, Bird Peterson, Emynd, Josh Console, Curtis Vodka

Signed Curtis Vodka EP Give Away

The Push Play radio show from AK is currently running a contest offering up the Flamin Hotz catalog including a signed Curtis Vodka Yeti Bounce EP and the Sou Funk EP. All you have to do is call the radio station and leave a drop. Contest ends today at 4PM Eastern / 12 PM Alaskan time. More info here.

As a bonus, check out this live set from Gothenburg Sweden courtesy of Edvin from Fibes, oh Fibes!. There are also a couple other mixes here. I'm currently listening to GutterDisco06 which is quite good so far. (via Discobelle)

More Bounce: Xi

Back with more mpfrees, don't want your Ipod getting too stale with old music.

DJ Gorky from Bonde Do Role via Lemon Red

New tribute to J Dilla from Ropeadope

Nick Catchdubs remix of Rick Ross - Hustlin

Disconnected Volume 4 is out from Jokers of the Scene aka DJ Booth and Chameleonic straight out of hOttawa. Hit up the link to find out when they'll be in your area cause they're going on tour in August.

Krames Bmore Lucifer in honor of yesterday some ill bmore remix from Lee Scratch Perry. Check out Krames at Cobra Kai parties in Richmond, VA.

Ok, I could mine these all day, here are a few jewels.

Neva Eva Remix

Lean Wit It Remix

Stunnas & Grils Mix

Just hit up the site and download more

New evil Curtis Vodka Fuck 666

DJ Benzi is hustlin. Check Summer Madness from last year. The new Summer Madness joint will be out soon and is hosted by a certain rapper in Crash. Keep posted as this develops

New mix from the MyNineCanPiss crew and DJ slow - That Summer Jit

My!Gay!Husband! out of Vancouver comes with a the that B.I.G. Mixtape

Staying Van City, Paul Devro posts an old Diplo remix of Cutty Ranks - Limb by Limb here Seriously though, just subscribe to that bol Devros blog

Bonus: Old Skool Jungle set featuring Doc Scott, Remarc, Congo Natty, Randall and Photek. Photek's mix features two tracks from Philly's own Mental Sharp. Drum n bass for days here

Ok, I think thats enough for now. I could go on and on but then I wouldn't sleep and that would be bad for me. Maybe I'll start breaking these posts up in smaller chunks so I'll do more regular posts, maybe not.

Yeti Bounce EP

We've been putting up Curtis Vodka tracks for awhile here now. So when we heard we had a chance to be a part of his first release we jumped at the chance. The Yeti Bounce EP will be released in a limited editon vinyl on Flamin Hotz. This will be the second release for Flamin Hotz and is expected to be out mid June. Yeti Bounce will feature five tracks "where hard hitting Baltimore breakbeats meld with icey Alaskan keys creating a souled out sound that will make you want to hold your partner and slow dance fast."

Check out the snippets and tracklisting:


A1. Curtis Vodka - Hey Girl
A2. Curtis Vodka - Shoulder Bounce
B1. Curtis Vodka - Mary Jane 2006
B2. Cassie - Me & U (Yeti Bounce Remix)
B3. Curtis Vodka - Diamonds & Cream

More Bounce: Nu

I don't like it unless its Brand Nu

Nick Catchdubs and DJ Ayres - Tell Me When To Go (Bmore remix)

More Curtis Vodka fire on a smoothed out tip Curtis Vodka - Hey Girl

Low Budget, EP coming out in 2006

T.I. What You Know (Bmore remix)

Some smooth Low Budget - Spring Party

Since we're on a bit of a smooth tip, check out this mix Lyle Roundtree - Lite Rock. This is the April winner of a new Low Budget monthly mix competition.

Ghislain Poirier has a new CD release, "Rebondir EP", and it's now available thru his website via Paypal. Rebondir Records is the name of his new record label, so look out for releases in the near future.

For now download track 3 Ghislain Poirier - Pampa Pimp

Myninecanpiss is back with a new mix from DJ Slow - cent cinquante bpm aka 150 BPM mix

If you've wanted to play baile funk when you're out DJing but only have low quality mp3s, Flamin Hotz has stepped in and started pressing baile funk to vinyl. Check out the snippets below and then go buy the Sou Funk EP

Endereco dos bailes

Rap de Felicidade

Rocky Theme

Pau No Cu Do Mudo

1 hora

That bol Paul Devro (you may remember from here) has a new re-edit up of Basement Jaxx - Romeo flipped into bmore and an interesting Lo-fi mix from Willie Southgate of David Banner's "Play"

If you like your hip hop dirty and from the south check this mix out from DJ Drastik

Get on the Spankrock Party Bus In the meantime check out Spankrock - President Evil remix feat Pase Rock Go preorder Yo yo yo yo yo yo now and get a spankrock T-shirt

More Bounce: Mu

Back once again with some more muzak. You don't read this anyway so...

If you're in Philly I hope you've been to the Popoff Shack. If you're not in Philly it will be worth the roadtrip. This weekend Diplo will be gracing the decks along with your usual residents of Low Budget, Brendan Bring'em, Steve Bloodbath and Dan the Swede. Check the mixes below to relive your favorite Saturday night or to see what you're missing.

Low Budget and Brendan Upstairs

Bloodbath and the Swede downstairs

So we got some more mixes from Steve Bloodbath and fam below some new, some old

Youth Suicide Fantasy Mixtape from Town Jewlerz

Socket style with Indie Dance and New Wave glory in "Limitless Speed"

Jonny Makeup going away mix - dance and hip hop fun

Purple Drank - hiphop mixtape

Johnny Cocco leaves us with a new March Mix too late for a certain message board

My man Carlitoz has posted up some new mixes and I'm really enjoying the Sexy Jazzy Mix

Bird Peterson out of Texas has some real nice remixes up on his site. Check out his latest Temptations Aint Too Proud to Beg (Bmore remix)

All Curtis Vodka does is make hot tracks New track cranked out Mary Jane 2006

Back once again even with a nervous internet connection.

More Bounce: Eta

Eta mix for 2006. Honestly I'm not sure what exactly what to include in this post every week and then all of a sudden I have list of at least 10 tracks like that. We do have some mainstays and so we'll start out with one:

• Its the first of tha month (ok, second) and Lemon Red has the mixes on lock with all three rub dj's contributing seperate mixes. There was a mixup last week as The Rub New Years was only meant for streaming. So if you want to cop that since you missed the party, go holler at them.
  
  
  

  • DJ Eleven mix here and track listing here

    
    

  • Cosmo Baker mix here and track
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  • DJ Ayres mix here and track listing here

    
    
  
  

  • Smalltown DJ's are are two dj's you need to check out. Hailing from Alberta, Canada, they have been dropping ill mixes at Hai Karate since 1999. They'll be touring this spring again so check them out if they're anywheres near you.

    
    

    • Check the myspace and download their hip house remix of Heavy D: We got our own thangy. (What ever happened to him?)

      
      

  • Illy Emcee has been grinding in the dnb/jungle scene for a minute now. You may remember him from Killsound with CBK or at Rowdy Thursdays. Illy has a new hip hop CD Living in the Moment, which you can cop all over the place.

    
    

    • Check out the album sampler.

      
      
    
    

  • DJ Handler from Modular Moods has a couple quality mixes up

    
    

    • He has a bmore mix so enjoy Bmore down the house

      
      

    • The Balagan Boogaloo Mixtape is a quality world funk mix with afrobeat, Bhangra, baile funk and New Mediterannio and more.

      
      
    
    

  • ZeroAlpha from Stakeout Music has a couple mixes up for discerning house lovers

  • We were last listening to ZeroAlpha live at Club 4531
  • DJ Dstar out of Buffalo has a good mix up here. Check him out at the Icon this Saturday. We're really enjoying the flyer.

  • If you like techno minimal and your house micro, or are just looking to hear more music from the Freak DJ's, Check out WallyC's mix here

    
    

  • Finally we have some more Bonde do Role.

    
    

    • First up Curtis Vodka gives us a Ghetto ass remix of Funk de Esfiha

      
      

    • Next up is a music video for Bonde do Role – Vitiligo. Hmmm...

      
      

  • Oxy Cottontail is just being a tease. Remember kids the easter bunny always gives you good stuff, so be patient.