METTLE DETEK: July 2010

Friday, July 30, 2010

Homeboys at Dutty Artz, one of the most innovative and culturally conscious labels/secret fraternal organizations on the scene right now, have started a Ustream radio show in which Taliesin and Lamin drink beers in an NYC basement and invite friends to come spin. I did last night, and I won't post the link here because I was awful, but I will be back. Check them out every Thursday at 7pm.

Monday, July 26, 2010

THERE'S A VIDEO? AWWW SHIT.

via SalaciousSound

I've been blasting this heater since it hit in February but this video is news to me, and it's fire. Ms. Dynamite has proven to be a force in the new bashment/club crossover scene since her collab with Sticky, Bad Gyal.

Here's some history, if you need to catch up...

Bad Gyal (Club Edit)(320) 
Wile Out(320)
Crackish (Myspace Rip copped from Heatwave)(96 haha)

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Baobinga Is No Joke

Sam Simpson, b.k.a. Baobinga has been around for a while, but by some inexplicable force of evil, has completely passed me by until a couple days ago. With releases both on Trouble and Bass and Soul Jazz, he may very soon be tacked up next to Zomby and Joker as one of those dance floor wizards with such a wide breadth of stylistic interest and mastery that to say that he makes dubstep would be like saying Borges wrote fiction. Baobinga's track legacy spans and explores the history of UK underground, ragga influence included, which makes him my favorite type of creator. In March he released a full album with fellow Bristol-ite, I.D. which is one of those gems that makes the preceding hours spent sifting through light-years of internet diarrhea all worth while. Did I mention that it's pay as you wish? All proceeds go to the Dove House Hospice in Hull, UK.

Now he's got a new release on Steak House Records entitled Riddim Team EP which alone gives me the DJ jimmies. I'm not saying you could search for it on filestube and find it in full 320kbps, but I certainly wouldn't rule it out.