This is my next audio offering to the lopsided blog. It’s another dancefloor focused mix with virgin appearances on lopsided from wongo and Bird Peterson. Two producers who are on some hot sh*it right now. So watch our for the wongo wronged up loop workout and Peterson’s sheer elastic sideways dancefloor destroyer. Expect to hear more from these two in my future mixes, but for now here’s the tracklisting. I hope enjoy this mix and as usual comments and (sexual) expressions of love are welcome.

 

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Tracklisting

1. Jacob London - This Train Is For Cockfosters [Movim Records]
2. Natural Rhythm - Mumble Mouth (Style Of Eye ‘Let’s Talk’ Mix) [.dotbleep]
3. Natural Rhythm - BBQ Jazz (Rise Of The Robot Remix) [.dotbleep]
4. Jesus Jones - Damn (Jacob London Mix) [Physical Graffiti Music]
5. Bionic Bump Band - Chiggle (Original mix) [.dotbleep]
6. Riva Starr - Jack My Bell (Original mix) [Southern Fried]
7. Tricky Disco - Tricky Disco (The Martin Brothers Thizzy Disco Mix) [iO Music]
8. Hijack - Listen Up [Jack Union Records]
9. Jr From Dallas and Randy Brusseto - Jazz Ghetto City [Union Recordings]
10. Riva Starr - Bubble [dirtybird]
11. Sourcecode - McKenna (Sinister Industries Remix) [Aciitone Digital]
12. Basement Jaxx – Set your body free (Crookers Remix)
13. Wongo - Never Ready
14. Riva Starr - Scratch N’ Itch [Southern Fried]
15. Marc Leaf & Drew Scott - Fabulous [CR2 Records]
16. Wu Tang Clan - The Jump Off (Bird Peterson Remix) [Solid Trunk]

mixed by ChrisK

Photo - ‘Shibuya Cosplay Girls’ by Rentahamster

And now for something completely different. Not so much dancefloor as headphone listening this one. I’ve been wanting to do a mix like this for ages: low-slung, wonky hiphop, dubstep, skwee and lots of stuff that doesn’t really fit into any of those categories. If this is your first visit to this blog, the other mixes should give you a better idea of the flavour we’re trying to push. The idea of this one was to represent the more downbeat side of wonk.

This mix is dedicated to two of my bestest mates, Sarah “Slips” and Palmerama (aka Palmergeddon). Hope you like it. =]

 

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Tracklist

1. michael fakesch - don’t stop [!k7]
2. vibesquad - snagglepuss [mutimusic]
3. jacob london - droppin squirrels [utensil]
4. lady sovereign - random [casual]
5. siriusmo - girls rock [exploited]
6. eliot lipp - rap tight [hefty]
7. claws costeau - the franzz connection [flogsta danshall]
8. good buddha - party reserve (tipper remix) [interchill]
9. benga - crunked up [tempa]
10. para one - nobody cares [institubes]
11. bassnectar - carried away [om records]
12. chris de luca - artificial mc [!k7]
13. feadz - in the gouffre [bpitch]
14. easy e - we want easy (alex stacey best bits edit)
15. siriusmo - schreitmaschine [boysnoize]
16. kelpe - sickly situation [dc]
17. alpha bass - cleopatra’s bonus beats [wonderwheel]
18. dabrye - nite eats day [ghostly international]
19. rustie - crooked [stuff records]
20. flying lotus - pet monster shotglass [plug research]
21. team shadetek - dogs [sound-ink]

Friday 14th March 2008
Al Duomo Restaurant, Pavilion Square, Brighton.

Lopsided is going underground, literally, as we invade the basement of Brighton’s favourite Italian restaurant Al Duomo on the 14th for a night of the wonkiest, filthiest beats. It’s our first Lopsided event ever and it looks set to be a top notch night of wobbling basslines, skronky synths and glitched out vocals all provided by your off-kilter beat bandits and Lopsided blog regulars Alex Stacey, Chris K and 2 Bit Thugs.

We’ve rocked the lopsided wonk sound at various clubs, bars and parties nationwide as well as promoting some of Brighton and London’s best mash ups. We’ll be packing an arsenal of the grittiest, glitchiest party-thrashing wonky dance music plus some exclusive production material so keep your ears peeled. Lopsided is a no holds barred party, not another ten to the dozen commercial club night. We’ll be smacking the wonky into the wee witching hours of 11pm - 4am and all for a mere five pounds sterling. We’re already hooking up some of the scene’s freshest and most innovative Djs & producers for our future parties so keep an eye on this blog and the myspace for details.

We’ll also be giving away free exclusive Lopsided mix CDs to lucky Brighton residents but if you’re a non-Brightonian you can download the new mix on this very blog – aren’t we nice. But let’s be honest there aint nothing like the real thing, so we’ll see you there.

A mix I did a while back but am just getting round to posting now. The Modeselektor lp was just about to be released and was the hottest thing in the world no question. Understandably, bpitch didn’t want me to post this mix at the time so I’ve held back til now. As mentioned elsewhere, this blog is about promoting music and if you like these tracks go buy them.

The tracklist without my ramblings is here.

 

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Tracklist

1. the rip off artist - smartypants (tigerbeat6)
been following this guy for ages and love his stuff and tigerbeat is a wicked label but definitely haven’t had enough releases from rip off artist’s own label, inflatabl labl. i need more!
2. claude von stroke - birdshit (dirtybird)
great track and one of the only ones i don’t seem to have overplayed from the lp. i had to butcher it slightly and chop out the superwonky vocal that comes in later in the track (for the good of the mix like)
3. spoonbill - wakini sunlounge (omelette)
one of the lps of 2007 for sure. if you don’t know nestegg, believe me it’s worth ten bucks… strewth!!
4. mr oizo - steakskate (mr chips steaknchips edit) (because music)
the internationally famous grand-daddy of the wonk scene
5. modeselektor - happy birthday (bpitch control)
i hope you (label) guys are cool with me using this now. i do think it was *the* album of 07 and if anyone reading doesn’t know it, check it.
6. dizzee rascal - bubbles (xl)
i wish there was more useable stuff on this lp cause i love his style but ho hum…
7. zsa zsa laboum - tu veux ou tu veux pas (complete kaos)
wanted to get this in because everything else on the mix is was brand new when i did the mix nd this is from 1989 but still sounds wicked. i first heard this on a cassette with “acid para” written on it. it was mixed with a martin luther king speach. i’d love to find that mix again!
8. bassnectar - kick it complex (om records)
wicked big wobbly thing. would like to hear some new stuff from bassnectar.
9. ttc - codeine (instr) (big dada)
awesome lp of instrumentals. even awesomer with the vocals
10. matthew dear - shy (ghostly international)
was gutted to not see matthew dear supporting hot chip last week. (they sold out 2 months before the gig) =[
11. john arnold - suppadupe (ubiquity records)
really like this
12. my my - clean break (playhouse)
this track is smooth and wonky at the same time. lovely
13. tarantulaz - they forgot it (domu vocal mix) (om records)
funking jackin niceness
14. mossa & jacob london - father’s milk (complot)
two proper heavyweights in the land of wonk
15. harry axt - schnorchelsage (grand petrol)
we need more grand petrol music!!
16. david e sugar - oi berlin, this is london (jesse rose mix) (greco roman)this ep has some serious weight behind it with hot chip and skream remixes and this track by jesse rose and engineered by oliver$. heavy! =]

photo by fredarmitage (creative commons)

So this is my first contribution to the blog and overdue it is too. Mr Stacey has been bending my ears to get it finished of for a fair while now. This mix has it’s beady eyes and sweaty feet firmly set on the dancefloor. A fat slice of tech wonk for your earholes. Turn your speakers up and put you pants on sideways. Comments welcome.

ChrisK - Fuck Yeah!

 

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TRACKLIST

1. Justin Harris - The Defbrows (Holmes & Watz remix) Baker Street Recordings
2. Jochen Trappe - Organic (Original Mix) Connaisseur Recordings
3. Ellen Allien & Apparat - Turbo Dreams (Marc Houle Jackit Mix Mix) BPitch Control
4. Harry Axt - One Way Ticket Leftroom Limited
5. Dean Newton & Warner Powers - Electrified Limbo Records
6. Funkagenda - San Francisco (Micky Slim Bedtime Bomb) Toolroom Trax
7. Rekid - Next Stop Chicago (Jesse Rose Remix) Rekids
8. Martin Brothers - Stoopit Dirtybird
9. The Fix - Medication time Yeah:No Recordings
10. Speculum - Implant U.F.O Test Press
11. Galen - Playing Games (Chuck E. Cheeze Remix) Utensil Recordings
12. Andy Caldwell - Warrior (Claude VonStroke Sharp Toof Mix) Om Records
13. Jacob London - Interest Rates Just Fell Again (Sound Republic Lost In Translation Mix) .dotbleep
14. Big Hair - Trou Noir (Jacob London Remix U-Freqs
15. The Young Lovers - Love You Madly Loungin’ Recordings
16. Dean Newton & Warner Powers Vasterize Limbo Records

Photo - ’Candy Ravers’  www.kaax.org

This is a mix of some fine wonky magic to give you a flavour of what I’m into and what lopsided.org is about.

Instead of writing about the mix as a whole, I’ve decided to write a little bit about each track. I’m a bit rusty at the old stringing words together to make sentences thing having not done any for a while but hopefully after a few posts on here, I’ll work out what I’m doing. So bear with me. Grrr.

Please leave comments!! I’d love to know what people think of this =]

 

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Tracklist

The tracklist is available as a text file (without the bumf) here.

1. jan driver - x grand petrol

What better way to start to this blog than with big fat wonking grooves and what better place to find them than on Berlin label Grand Petrol. Seriously wicked stuff and you’ll be hearing more of it here if I have my way. =]

2. mathew herbert - mistakes (housey housey version) tresor

The fidget meister making a lovely chuggy track. This track *is* what I love about Herbert and on heavyweight Berlin label, Tresor.

3. beckett & taylor - hand on the plow (caro remix) hand on the plow

I’ve only recently discoverd Hand on the Plow through a tip-off from ChrisK but absolutely loving their output. This track, by label owners Beckett & Taylor is an absolute peach. Feed me more. I need it!

4. kane roth - fraction (krikor remix) multi vitamins

Superb, hard, funkin wonk from London based Multi Vitamins. I like!

5. mossa - swap 05 complot

This track has been at the front of my record box for ages now. The very essence of lopsidedness. I had volume issues recording this onto my computer and I ended up buying it again from Bleep so I had a decent quality copy. It turns out the digital version is actually a different mix which I found quite odd. I decided I like the vinyl version better so ended up using that. (with a little dash of compression to try to sort out the volume thing)

6. will saul & tam cooper - sequential circus (konrad black remix) simple records

Simple put out consistently top quality stuff and this track is absolutely lovely. A really lush remix from Konrad Black.

7. antislash - troma circus company

8. kean et sety - full prostate circus company

Circus Company are a really cool French label putting out bass-heavy wonkyness and these two tracks step it up a bit and get things stomping again.

9. the black e - spider power - sleep debt

This track is off a release from The Black E (Chrostian Vogel & Ben Pest) and is quite simply wicked. I hope to be hearing more from this duo.

10. Nefuka - Kcirtylop background records

One of my favourite artists Akufen here going all backwards named and doing minimal micro garage. Wonderful.

11. mr oizo - patrick 122 ed banger records

Fantastic disco wonkery from Mr. Oizo here. I heard a clip of this on his myspace page ages ago and pm’d him to ask for some mp3age. Alas, he never replied but I was well happy to hear that it’s getting a full release. Could be a big one this.

12. alex holland - put it to the back of your mind (cheeky dub) atlantic jaxx

Label owners Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe have been my favourite producers for many years now and I listen to anything they put out with eager anticipation. It always pleases me when they find dancefloor bombs like this. =]

Just to repeat what I said earlier: Please leave comments!! I’d love to know what people think of this =]

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