Category Archives: dubstep

luv189

The Big Room Big Boom

a 3 turntable mix of robot rock that’s meant to be played on a big sound system.
i need a big sound system.
can somebody find me a big sound system?
photo : Horatio Alabaster the big bass drum master
Tracklist:
  1. Thugs – Starkey – Civil Music (2012)
  2. Spritzcussion (RV GM Sample Mix) – Ricardo Villalobos – Perlon (1999)
  3. Heavy Machinery – Scuba – Hotflush Recordings (2010)
  4. Pressure (Vertical Mix) – Spacetime Continuum – Astralwerks (1994)
  5. Dream – Ellen Allien – Bpitch Control (2010)
  6. Praise (Future Sound Of London Conceptual) – Inner City – Ten Records (1992)
  7. Idiot Clapsolo – Holden – Border Community Recordings (2006)
  8. 10101 – Holden – Border Community Recordings (2006)
  9. Rusty Nails (Shackleton Mix) – Moderat – Fifty Weapons (2009)
  10. Orage Solaire -Pheek – Archipel (2006)
  11. Mode Operator (Beispiel A) – Diamond Version – Monkeytown Records (2012)
  12. Bottom Heavy (Bottom Sound Of Lisbon) – Danny Tenaglia – Tribal America (1994)
  13. Repercussions Of A Razorblade – Skream – Swamp81 (2009)
  14. Void 23 (Carl Craig Re-Edit) – Ramadanman & Appleblim – Aus Records (2010)
  15. Messagesacomin – Super Collider – Rise Robots Rise (2002)
  16. Despot – Ital – Planet Mu (2012)
  17. Premonition – Si Begg – Novamute (2003)
  18. The Horn Ride (Deep Dish on some good crack) – e-N – Tribal America (1995)
  19. Beam Me Up (The Pegasus Mix) – Speedy J – Warp / UMM (1994)
  20. Hideaway (Dubfire needs to score) – De’lacy – Easy Street Records / Slip ‘n’ Slide (1995)
  21. Long Street – DVA ft. Big Space – Hyperdub (2012)

luv163

I Won’t Run Away

luv took some bass infused techno and some techno inspired bass music and made this heavy blend of robot rock. a sound so big you won’t be able to run away from it.
photo by Andre Ermolaev of Icelandic volcanic run off
Tracklist:
  1. Ieee Mitten Menu (Mint Mix) – Speedy J – Novamute (1999)
  2. Fruit Punch – Terror Danjah – Hyperdub (2012)
  3. Thin Crust – Sympletic – Warp (1996)
  4. Feral (Lone Mix) – Radiohead – Ticker Tape Ltd. (2011)
  5. Ocia Syndor – Drexciya – Clone (2002)
  6. Angel (Si Begg remix) – Toasty – Hotflush Recordings (2007)
  7. Atlanta ’96 – Atlanta – Instant Life Records (1993)
  8. Pretty Bright Light – RSD – Punch Drunk (2007)
  9. Liquid Is Liquid (Remix) – Liquid – XL Recordings / Torso Dance (1992)
  10. Creybey – Morgan Zarate – Hyperdub (2012)
  11. Instinct – RAC – Warp (1996)
  12. Can Control – Eprom – Rwina Records (2012)
  13. Naturalistik – Plastikman – Plus 8 (1994)
  14. Anxiety – Falty DL – Planet Mu (2009)
  15. Koito – Ricardo Villalobos – Perlon (2012) > (searching for buy link)
  16. I See Them Everywhere – Si Begg – Noodles Recordings (2008)
  17. Bones – Krampfhaft – Rwina Records (2012)
  18. Improvisations : Part 2 (Si Begg ‘S.I. Futures’ Remix) – Robert Miles – S:alt Records (2002)
  19. Fish – Ikonika – Hyperdub (2009)
  20. Funk Tube – Debasser – Novamute (2002)
  21. Get A Grip – LV & Mumdance – Hyperdub (2012)
  22. Rantanplant – Siriusmo – Monkeytown Records (2012)
  23. Meu – Jets – Leisure System Records (2012)
  24. Ropno – Markus Müller – Squonk (2007) > (searching for buy link)
  25. Come1 – Machinedrum – Planet Mu (2011)

luv157

Electric Light Pointillism

as is customary on dj luv’s records the first mix of every year is dedicated to new music from the year previous. here is some electronic freak beat to prepare you for 2013.
image : sweet daddy luv
Tracklist:
  1. The Golden Planet – Eprom – Rwina Records (2012)
  2. Is It Gone – Cooly G – Hyperdub (2012)
  3. Levitate – Egyptrixx – Monkeytown Records (2012)
  4. Miss – Decibel – Tectonic (2012)
  5. Black Ink – Airhead – R&S Records (2012)
  6. Punta De Choros – Deadbeat – BLKRTZ (2012)
  7. Loner – Burial – Hyperdub (2012)
  8. Razorback – Two Fingers – Big Dada Recordings (2012)
  9. PUN – Mouse On Mars – Monkeytown Records (2012)
  10. Rendez-Vous – Beaumont – Hotflush Recordings (2012)
  11. Diamond (Dolor Remix) – Lorn – Ninja Tune (2012)
  12. Liloo’s Seduction – King Britt presents Fhloston Paradigm – Hyperdub (2012)
  13. Mad Rush Organ Remix (by Pantha du Prince) – Philip Glass – Orange Mountain Music (2012)
  14. I’m Counting – Ricardo Villalobos – Perlon (2012)
  15. Light – Daphni – Jiaolong (2012)
  16. Les Filles – Leboeuf et Laviolette – Parages Music (2012)
  17. Lying In The Reeds – Lone – R&S Records (2012)

luv108

Empty Streets Too Dead For Dreaming

you wake up with a start. everything is too quiet. you get dressed and rush down the stairs out on to your usually busy street. there are no people. you roam the streets for blocks and don’t come across a single soul. something seems very wrong and you feel a strong need to see the light of day.
image : Morgan Roberts
Tracklist:
  1. Assault On Precinct 13 (Main Title) — John Carpenter — Record Makers (1976/2003)
  2. Oblivion — SumOne — Planet Mu (2008)
  3. Undeadman (ReMMix by Mordant Music) — Shackleton – Honest Jon’s Records (2011)
  4. The Theme For Tonite — Circlesquare — Output Recordings (2002)
  5. And It Fought To Escape (Lessons Remix) — Colin Stetson — Aagoo Records (2009)
  6. Tamra — Sonic Youth — Geffen (1991)
  7. Rollercoaster — Spacemen 3 — Glass Records / Fire Records (1986/2011)
  8. NYC — Burial — Hyperdub (2011)
  9. Where You Stopped The Heaviest – Venetian Snares — Planet Mu (2011)
  10. Beat — Bowery Electric — Kranky (1997)
  11. Pablo – Dave Olsen & Scott Radke — Hi Pass Music / Parotic Music (2000)
  12. Nihilismus Dub — DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid — Asphodel (1996)
  13. track 3, side b — Llips — Inc.us (2001)
  14. Half Heat Full (Old Circular) — James Blake – Atlas Recordings (2011)
  15. Welt Am Draht (The One Version by Moritz Von Oswald) — Pantha Du Prince — Rough Trade (2011)
  16. Underground Movies – The Auteurs vs µ-Ziq — Hut Recordings / Virgin (1994)

luv144

Mew Nusic

mew nusic means new horizons, fresh vantage points from which to listen to the future. like seeing the sun rise on a different planet. wait. did I say mew nusic? I meant to say new music. anyway, here’s where we’re at in the progression of robot rock.
photo : sunrise on Mars
Tracklist:
  1. Set It — Dream Continuum — Planet Mu (2012)
  2. untitled track 3, side a of Plus Ten — Jodey Kendrick — Rephlex (2010) > (searching for buy link)
  3. Clapper (Traxman Remix) — Ill Blu — Hyperdub (2012)
  4. Sens — Zomby — 4AD (2011)
  5. Regis Chillbin (Machindrum Remix) — Eprom — Rwina Records (2012)
  6. Missed A Spot — Lazer Sword — Monkeytown Records (2012)
  7. Energy Wizard — Squarepusher — Warp (2012)
  8. Entropy – Addison Groove — 50Weapons (2012)
  9. Indistinct — Skream — Tempa (2011)
  10. Rudeboy – Addison Groove — 50Weapons (2012)
  11. Ultra Thizz — Rustie — Warp (2011)
  12. Bos Indicus — Akufen — Musique Risquée (2012)
  13. Twitch (It Grows And Grows) — Raffertie — Ninja Tune (2011)
  14. Stereo Freeze — Untold — R&S Records (2010)
  15. Doctor Beak — Siriusmo — Monkeytown Records (2012)
  16. Red Dancers — Martyn — Monkeytown Records (2012)
  17. Lay It Down — Jacques Greene — UNO (2011)
  18. First Quarter (SCB Edit) — Deadbeat — BLKRTZ (2011)
  19. CPX11 — Beaumont — Studio K7 (2011)
  20. Raindance — Lone — R&S Records (2012)

luv133

I Have My Own Demons

lurking beneath the circuits are gremlins; twisting knobs, pushing buttons and controlling the levels. it may look like i’m the conductor, but I have my own demons.
photo : sweet demon luv
Tracklist:
  1. Lifeeeee Is For Ever – Traxman – Planet Mu (2012)
  2. excerpt from Let’s Go Crazy – Prince – Warner Bros. (1984)
  3. Saccharin On Top (Anstam Remix) – eLan – Monkeytown Records (2011)
  4. Gonga – Ital Tek – Planet Mu (2011)
  5. Actress Meets Shangaan B – Actress – Honest Jon’s Records (2011)
  6. It’s Time For Love – Shackleton – Perlon (2009)
  7. Crystal Caverns 1991 – Lone – R & S Records (2012)
  8. Death Mountain – Rustie – Warp (2011)
  9. Dreama – Kingdom – Night Slugs (2011)
  10. Foreign Object – Monolake – Monolake / Imbalance Computer Music (2012)
  11. Boracay Drift – Pinch & Shackleton – Honest Jon’s Records (2011)
  12. Shikaakwa – Hieroglyphic Being – Sounds Of The Universe (2012)
  13. Toddler (Kangding Ray Remix) – Battles – Warp (2011)
  14. The Messenger – Model 500 – R & S Records (2012)
  15. The Chase – King Britt presents Fhloston Paradigm – Hyperdub (2012)
  16. In Our Country – Isolée – Pampa Records (2011)
  17. Twice Bitten – SBTRKT – SBTRKT (2011)
  18. Rainy Dub – Actress – Honest Jon’s Records (2011)
  19. M.A.R.S. (DJ-KICKS) – Scuba – !K7 Records (2011)
  20. Rollercoasters Of The Heart – Bass Clef – Punch Drunk Records (2011)
  21. Kristall – Housemeister – Monkeytown Records (2010)

luv128

Way Past Bedtime

why stop now, you’ve been up for daze. this should keep you going and fit your head space. sun’s up with long shadows; it’s way past bedtime.
Tracklist:
  1. All Your Love – Hudson Mohawke – Warp (2011)
  2. Mass Appeal – Raffertie – Ninja Tune (2012)
  3. Lazarus – Pinch – Tectonic (2007)
  4. Africastle (Kode9 Remix) – Battles – Warp (2012)
  5. Autonomia (Pinch’s Dub Version) – Mark Stewart / Primal Scream – Future Noise Music (2012)
  6. Breezin – Sepalcure – Hotflush Recordings (2011)
  7. Bastard Spirit – Shackleton – Woe To The Septic Heart (2010)
  8. CMYK – James Blake – R&S Records (2010)
  9. So Cruel – Bass Clef – Punch Drunk (2011)
  10. Surge (16Bit Mix) – Amon Tobin – Ninja Tune (2011)
  11. Quiet Riot – Likhan’ – 7even Recordings (2009)
  12. Snarled – Skream – Tempa (2011)
  13. Dirty Dutch – Funkystepz – Hyperdub (2012)
  14. rrrr – Peverelist & Hyetal – Punch Drunk (2010)

luv115

Just Before They Fall Apart

this is what it sounds like when deep dark dubstep meets the big bam boom in a pop music parallel universe.
Tracklist:
  1. Morning Mr. Magpie (Pearson Sound Scavenger RMX) – Radiohead – Ticker Tape Ltd. (2011)
  2. Shutter Light Girl (Heterotic Remix) – Kuedo – Planet Mu (2011)
  3. Lock In The Lion – Airhead & James Blake – Brainmath (2010)
  4. Drumz Of No Return – Kutz – Soul Jazz (2006)
  5. Surfing On A Rocket (remixed by Juan MacLean) – Air – Source (2004)
  6. Youniverse – Machinedrum – Planet Mu (2011)
  7. Breathless – Vaccine – Hotflush Recordings (2007)
  8. Catch A Fire – The Bug ft. Hitomi – Ninja Tune (2010)
  9. Caveman Style – Africa Hitech – Warp (2011)
  10. Stuka – Primal Scream – Creation Records (1997)
  11. Grape Donut – Distal – Soul Jazz (2010)
  12. Turn Away – LV ft. Dandelion – Hyperdub (2009)
  13. Regret (Sabres Slow ‘n’ Lo) – New Order – London Records (1993)
  14. Reminissin’ (Shackleton Refix) – Geiom feat. Marita – Berkane Sol (2008)
  15. Boomba – Coki (Digital Mystikz) – Tempa (2011)
  16. Gary’s Gruesome Grime – µ-Ziq – Planet Mu (2006)
  17. Wet Look – Joy Orbison – Hotflush Recordings (2009)

luv120

Now We Can Begin

beats & bass,
onwards & upwards.
Tracklist:
  1. Willenhall – Bibio – Warp (2011)
  2. Ntombi Ya Mugaza (Burnt Friedman Remix) – Zinja Hlungwani – Honest Jon’s Records (2011)
  3. Humanized – Modeselektor & Anti Pop Consortium – Monkeytown Records (2011)
  4. 40 Bus – Ras G – RAMP Recordings (2011)
  5. Earth A Kill Ya (Mala Remix) – King Midas Sound – Hyperdub (2011)
  6. It’s Serious – Cooly G ft. Karizma – Hyperdub (2011)
  7. Deadman – Shackleton – Honest Jon’s Records (2011)
  8. Lay Me Down – Machinedrum – Planet Mu (2011)
  9. Restructure 2 Rebuild – Digital Mystikz – Honest Jon’s Records (2010)
  10. 93 Million Miles – Africa HiTech – Warp (2011)
  11. Kibera Benga – Maasai Mbill, W. Warero, Modeselektor, Just A Band – Out Here Records (2011)
  12. Stereotype (instrumental) – Pritch & Trim – Planet Mu (2011)
  13. Stereotype – Pritch & Trim – Planet Mu (2011)
  14. Circular Logic (Front To Back) – DJ Shadow – Island Records / Universal (2011)
  15. Goldene Kugel – Siriusmo – Monkeytown Records (2011)
  16. Surfer’s Hymn (Actress Primitive Patterns Extended Mix) – Panda Bear – Kompakt (2011)
  17. Mangled Riddim – Walton – Hyperdub (2011)
  18. Bloom (Blawan RMX) – Radiohead – Ticker Tape Ltd. (2011)
  19. Uya Kwihi Ka Rose (Peverelist Remix) – Tshetsha Boys – Honest Jon’s Records (2011)
  20. One Week Over – SBTRKT – Brainmath (2010)
  21. Farthing Wood Dub – Hype Williams – Hyperdub (2011)

luv044

New Needles, Dead Rats

this mix of classic dubstep was my first foray into the new mutations of bass music, ending up a gateway drug for myself and many others as we set our controls for the heart of the bass.
image : sweet daddy
Tracklist:
  1. Punisher – Pinch – Planet Mu (2006)
  2. The Knowledge (Vex’d Remix) – Toasty – Hot Flush (2006)
  3. Grime ll Dark – Amen Andrews vs. Spac Hand Luke – Rephlex (2006)
  4. Hyloz – Boxcutter – Planet Mu (2006)
  5. Missin’ – D1 – Tempa (2006)
  6. Berkane Sol – Geiom – Berkane Sol (2006)
  7. Anger Management – Mark One featuring Virus Syndicate – Planet Mu (2004)
  8. Clapton Deep – Bass Clef – Blank Tapes (2006)
  9. Bombardment of Saturn – Vex’d- Planet Mu (2006)
  10. Rocker (Plasticman Remix) – Alter Ego – Skint (2004)
  11. Death By Stereo – Plasticman – Rephlex (2004)
  12. Harlem Shoot Me – Neil Landstrumm – Planet Mu (2006)
  13. Blipstream – Skream – Tempa (2006)
  14. Haunted – Digital Mystikz – DMZ (2006)
  15. Mean Fiddler – Mark One – Southside Dubstars (2006)
  16. Anti War Dub – Digital Mystikz featuring Spen G – DMZ (2006)
  17. Stardust – M.R.K.1 – Planet Mu (2006)