Drop The Lime - Bubonic Remix + Sex Sax

Always love for Drop The Lime over at SNP, just because hes ace and likes to party pretty hard. You know what to expect with alot of this guys tracks, plenty of bass, a bit of a air horn here and there and plenty of enthusiasm.

This Autoerotique tune starts a little different, a bit more moodiness before turning to a driving bassline:

Autoerotique- Bubonic (Drop The Lime Remix) by Autoerotique

Oh and if you feel sad because Mr. Oizo doesnt send you a postcard when he holidays in Cannes, then reminisce with a spoony sex sax tune:


Drop The Lime 'Sex Sax' by onelovemusic

Good times.

Happy New Years Electro Lovers !

Happy NYE everyone! Hope you all had a good one – Tramp was pretty good, a bit minimal at times but good vibes overall, with plenty of new and old tracks put together well. I also heard good things about the Wax:On night in Newcastle from my friends. Claude Von Stroke and Fake Blood were the nuts supposedly.

I’ve actually been running a few days late on this one, I lack any form of internet at my house and my neighbours have passworded their wireless signal – how dare they. I am basically here to put together a short list of my favourite 8 producers for the year and give examples as to why they are so awesome. The music scene in 2008 has been ridiculously awesome and has seen a big shift in not just electronic music, but the clubbing scene in general.

Pretty much gone are the days of ‘avin’ it’ electro in clubs, tunes from the likes of Justice and every other impersonator typified by huge distorted synths, legions of sweaty neon ravers and general madness. Thats not to say that style is not popular, or indeed won't come back. But right now, things have got a bit more cheeky, grimey and dubbier along the way with producers reinventing our favourite genres to satisfy our thirst for something new.

Don’t get me wrong, I love a bit of a distorted banger in a mix but you wont be seeing any Boys Noize, Justice or MSTRKRFT in my top 8, times are a changin’ folks.

In no particular order i have loved:

Fake Blood:
The Kills - Cheap and Cheerful (Fake Blood Remix) / (Y.S.I)

Crookers:
Azzido Da Bass - Dooms Night (Crookers Remix) / (Y.S.I)

Drop the Lime:
The Fugees - Ready or Not (Drop the Lime Remix) / (Y.S.I)

Jack Beats
AC Slater - Jack got Jacked (Jack Beats Remix) / (Y.S.I)

Boy 8-Bit:
DJ Touche - Girls a Freak (Boy 8-Bit Remix) / (Y.S.I)

Hostage:
Altern8 - Frequency (Hostage Remix) / (Y.S.I)

Proxy:
Autodidakt - Shit Your Rack (Proxy Remix) / (Y.S.I)

And last but not least: Foamo:
Mystery Jets - Half in Love With Elizabeth (Foamo Remix) / (Y.S.I)

Lets make '09 a good one!

x

Drums of Death

Theres always a lot of love for something new or a bit quirky in electro.. We are a fickle bunch that get through sub-genres like a pack of wotsits. Genres come and go until they get done to death and then we all get bored again. The dubstep influence can be felt heavily in electro production of recent, carving out a new path for electro sounds in general. Gone are the days of Justice, the distorted pioneers of recent years.. They have been nudged aside to make way for wonky, cheeky and grimey bass.

Drop the lime is gaining status all the time and does so for his originality and ability to try new things. Drums of Death is no different, merging bassline, electro, grime, garage and dubstep into crazy concoctions of sound. It seems fitting that Drums of Death makes a great effort of remixing DTL's 'Hear me', melting the housey vocals with careful orchestral builds, stompy bass and mischevous scattered drums.

Drop the Lime - Hear Me (Drums of Death Remix) / (Y.S.I)

Rock the Lime

After a mad weekend of drinking and partying im pretty worn out... yes i know its thursday.. but lucky for me - it's nearly weekend again! Last saturday was the Annie Mac night at the Warehouse Project featuring:

Annie Mac
Kissy Sellout - Band stylee (blergh...)
Herve and Sinden (only sinden showed up)
A-Trak
Surkin
Drop the lime

So after a promising line-up, but some unfortunate cancellations (damn you A-trak!) my two highlights were Surkin, who played lots of funky 80/90's old skool which got the crowd going and Drop the Lime who played a dirtier set in the smaller side room.

Im generally a fan of Annie Mac but she didnt quite do it for me, the drum n bass put me off a bit... Drop the Limes sketchy mixing skills were overshadowed however by his awesome bassline / garage / dubstep tracks that really made the room sweat - he had good energy, and definately was my favourite of the night. Next up: Chibuku night with Justice, Fake Blood /Yuksek and friends....!

Rex the Dog - I can see you, can you see me? (Drop the Lime Remix) / zShare