Sonic Router x Hivemind x Xpldr Session // 27.03.11 @ 10-12pm GMT

This Sunday 10-12pm GMT I’m back on Hivemind FM for Sonic Router lock in to hear a load of fresh wax on the Xpldr Session. Big up Oli for the last show which you can find in the archives on our mixcloud along with our other shows. Scribble it down: every second and fourth Sunday of the month, lock in, and end your week with SR. Join our facebook group for updates and listen to our track of the day while you’re at it.

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Sonic Router x Hivemind x The Xpldr Session // 27.02.2011 @ 10-12pm GMT

‘Catch Jimi The Exploder presenting The Xpldr Session for Sonic Router every 4th Sunday at the same time from 27th Feb 2011’

Yeah I’m stepping up from my ustream sessions to hosting my first radio show on Hivemind FM this weekend for Sonic Router. I’ll be taking over every fourth Sunday of the month @ 10-12pm GMT from Oli, he’s still doing the second Sunday of every month so you know. Just a quick heads up to remind people it’s coming. Get ready to lock in, jump in the chat room. Expect a range of vibes, loads of beats and bass. It’s going to be live!

Listen: http://www.hivemind.fm/

Archive: http://www.mixcloud.com/sonicrouter/

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Xpldr #3

Its been a long time since I left you, without a dope beat to step to...

Xpldr#3 by Xpldr on Mixcloud

Vainqueur - Rangers – Extension [Scion Versions]
Airehead – Paper Street (Nick Høppner Remix) [BRAiNMATH]
John Roberts – Ever or Not [Dial]
Wbeeza – Boom [Third Ear]
Omar S - Solely Supported [FXHE]
Mood II Swing – Sunlight In My Eyes [Core]
Actress – Always Human [Honest Jon’s]
Bakey Ustl – A Tender Place [Unthank]
Kassem Mosse – We Speak To Those [Non Plus+]
Kyle Hall – Osc2 [Third Ear]
Levon Vincent – Woman is the Devil [Deconstruct]
Tazz – Lost [Underground Quality]
Braiden – The Alps [Doldrums]
Elgato – Blue [Hessle Audio]
Even Tuell – Workshop 11 Side A [Workshop]
Stellar Om Source – Copper Dream [Olde English Spelling Bee]

All wax, one take, two beers, one pasty, some snow and a beard…

Clap your hands if you want to fuck.

Download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/7jkhki

Stream: http://www.mixcloud.com/xpldr/xpldr3/

You may have missed…

Xpldr #1: Stream / Download

Xpldr #2: Stream / Download

More from me…

Sonic Router: http://sonicrouter.blogspot.com/

Sonic Minefield: http://thesonicminefeild.blogspot.com/

Xpldr: http://xpldr.tumblr.com/

Xpldr #2

Xpldr#2 by Xpldr on Mixcloud

It’s been about a month since my last Xpldr Session and even longer since Xpldr#1 so its about time you got something fresh. Welcome to Xpldr#2 I’ve gone for some dark dubbed-out funky flavours diffused with techno tangents, hyper-coloured house and some major curveballs.

Commix – Be True (Burial Remix) [Metal Headz]
T.Williams – Afric [Local Action]
Cooly G – Phat Si [Hyperdub]
Fris-T – Deep Mover [502]
Bowly – Idee D’un Tropique [Berkane Sol]
Ill Blu – Dragon Pop [Hyperdub]
Lil Silva – A Million [Night Slugs]
Robert Hood – Clash [M-Plant]
Dexplicit Feat. Sweets – Follow Me (DJ Naughty Remix) [DXP North]
Apple – Siegalizer [White]
Martin Kemp – Wot U Got [Blunted Robots]
Swag – I Need A Freak (Freaksbusinessasusualredo) [Version]
Mr Oizo – Last Night A DJ Saved My Dog [F-Communications]
Ikonika – Aqueous Cream [Hum & Buzz]
Simon/off – No Pills [Immerse]
Likhan’ – Boxin [7even]
Los Hermanos – Quetzal [UR/Los Hermanos]
Dopplereffekt – Myon-Neutrino [International Deejay Gigolo’s]

One take, all wax.

Stream: http://www.mixcloud.com/xpldr/xpldr2/

Download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/7t6k83

Xpldr Sessions #4

Live session from the attic with special guest Farlie my sister, it’s a send off special as she’s moving to Bristol. She’ll be hosting, picking some of her favourite tracks for the mix and giving shout outs. Tune in @ 8:00-ish bellow or here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/xplodersessions Stream videos at Ustream

The Hundred In The Hands – Dressed In Dresden (Kyle Hall Remix) [Warp]
Martyn – Seventy Four (Redshaped Remix) [3024]
SCB – 20_4 [SCB]
Al Tourettes – Sunken [Apple Pips]
Roman Lindau – Keppra [Ostgut Ton]
MMM – Nous Sommes MMM [MMM]
Egyptrixx – Everybody Bleeding [Kingdom Remix]
Kode9 ft. Spaceape – You Don’t Wash [K7!]
Altered Natives – Believe In Me ft. Sacha Williamson [Fresh Minuet Music]
Karizma – Necessary Madness [R2]
DJ Rush – Cruising [Dance Mania]
DJ Naughty – Firepower [Roska Kicks & Snares]
Jam City – Ecstasy Refix [Night Slugs]
Ramadanman – Grab Somebody [White]
DJ C – Jump Up & Bounce [West Norwood Cassette Library]
Lady Saw & Cecile – Loser (Bubblez Refix) [White]
MJ Cole – Volcano Riddim [Prolific]
Bowly – Idee Dun Tropique [Berkane Sol]
Kidkut – Ilove04 [Apple Pips]
El-B – Lyrical Tempo [Tempa]
FaltyDL – Phreqaflex [Planet Mu]
Blackstreet – I Need a Dub (Jeremy Sylvester Remix) [White]
Basement Jaxx – Red Alert (Steve Gurley Remix) [XL]
Geiom ft Marita – Sugar Coated Lover [Berkane Sol]
SBTRKT & Sampha – Break Off [Ramp]
Shortstuff – Herb Face [Ramp]
Ill Blu – Dragon Pop [Hyperdub]
Bakongo – Amhara [Brainmath]
Jackal Youth - Let Me Be [Reduction]
A Made Up Sound – Alarm [A Made Up Sound]
Ramadanman – Work Them [Swamp 81]
DVA – New World Order [DVA Music]
Martin Kemp – Fix [Blunted Robots]
Mr. Mageeka – Different Lekstrix [Numbers]
Marcus Price & Carli – Var E Näääken (Girl Unit Remix) [Palms Out Sounds]
Girl Unit – IRL [Night Slugs]
Addison Groove – Dumb Shit [Swamp 81]
Ramadanman – Glut [Hemlock]
Joe – Claptrap [Hessel Audio]
James Blake – CMKY [R&S]
Guido – Mad Sax [Punch Drunk]
SRC – Ryouku [No Hoods No Hats]
Joker – Gully Brooke Lane [Terrorhythm]
Terror Danjah – Space Traveller [Planet Mu]
Starkey ft Durtty Goodz – Gutter Music [Keysound]
Kuedo – Star Fox [Planet Mu]
Maniac - Thug [Terrorhythm]
Zomby – Kaliko [Hyperdub]
The Bug ft. Killa P & Flow Dan – Skeng [Hyperdub]
Blawan – Iddy [Hessel Audio]
Mala – Eyez [DMZ]
Effdem – Acid Bells (Martyn Bitter Sweat Remix) [Curle]
UR – Transition [UR]
De La Soul - All Good (MJ Cole Remix) [XL]

Mix: Xpldr # 1

Xpldr#1 by Xpldr on Mixcloud

Last Friday I dropped a mix over on my mini blog xpldr. And its been getting a really good reaction from the odd blog big up Simon, and forums all over the place, so here it is on the main site…

Mount Kimbie – Mayor [Hotflush]
MMM – Lets Git It On [MMM]
Altered Natives – Crop Duster [3024]
T.Williams – Anthem [Local Action]
Jackal Youth – Let Me Be [Reduction]
A Made Up Sound – Alarm [A Made Up Sound]
Ramadanman – Work Them [Swamp 81]
DVA – New World Order [DVA Music]
Martin Kemp – Fix [Blunted Robots]
Ramadanman – Fall Short [Swamp 81]
Peverelist – Better Ways Of Living [Punch Drunk]
Amen Ra & Double Helix – Steelz [Keysound]
Joe – Digest [Apple Pips]
Blawan – Iddy [Hessle Audio]
Mala – Living Different [DMZ]

Donwload: http://www.sendspace.com/file/1f0kmd

From 120-odd to 140-ish in 45mins, all wax, one take, live.

Ink Presents: Haiti Relief Fundraiser @ Hub, York. 4th February 2010

All Money Goes To Oxfam
For The Haiti Earth Quake Relief Effort

Hub, York
4th February 2010
10pm-3am
£3 All Night

Music: Dubstep // Funky // House // Etc.

DJs: Jera (Radio Frequency, Tropical) // Jimitheexploder (Sonic Router, Sonic Minefield) // Simonsays (Idioteque, Pipedown) // Jamie Adams (Haus, Clique) // Paul Alker (Faster! Faster! Kill! Kill!)

Ink is back with a very special night to raise funds for the Haiti earthquake disaster.

ALL money will be going to Oxfam to help with their aid effort. Everyone from the promoters to the DJ’s are donating their time so everything can go to help, so make sure you come down and support the cause.

Plus we’ll all be spinning some quality music to make the night go off.

More information bellow…

Links:
Event Page
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=307901267456&ref=mf
Facebook Group
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=205170543456
Blog
http://inkyork.blogspot.com/
Oxfam
http://www.oxfam.org/

Club Defcon @ Fibbers, York. 14th August 2009

I’ve been asked to spin again at Club Defcon this Friday, so I’ll be reaching for more upfront dubstep, funky, wonk, all things beyond and between. I’ll be on the bill with resident Decoy Rocktopus and the spooky Herman Munster playing their own eclectic blend of electro/house/Baltimore/bassline/grime/jams. So get down early and party through the night it's going to go off.

10:30pm - 3am // £4 otd, £3 b4 11:30 with NUS/Flyer

Facebook Group

http://www.myspace.com/clubdefcon

Jimi The Exploder // Club Defcon // Fibbers // York // 24th July 2009

I really enjoyed this night it’s the best set I’ve done for a while and it went down really well with an un-expecting crowd, this is roughly what I played.

Tracklist:

Warm Up…
Cooly G – Nasrt
Martin Kemp – No Charisma
F- Epilogue (Ramadanman Rerub)
Hyetal – The Last Time We Spoke
Dark Knight – Reasons
Brackles & Shortstuff – Sutorita Faita
Untold – Just For You (Roska Remix)
Lil Silva – Different
Bubblez – Move Down Low
Kode 9 – Black Sun
Rustie – Zig Zag
Joker – Snake Eater
Quest – Eden
Mark Pritchard & Om’mas Keith – Wind It Up
Joker – Re-Up
Jakes – 3kout
Mr Larger & Alys Be – Tell Me
LD – Woodblock
Benga – Buzzin
Ikonika – Please
Starkey – Gutter Music VIP
Jakes – Rock Da Bells
Joker – Digi Design
Geiom & Earlybird – Net Weight
Zomby – Strange Fruit

Warm Down…
Untold – Anaconda
Darkstar – Need You
Joker – Untitled_Rsn
Guido – Orchestral Lab
Pangaea – Memories

James Blake - Air & Lack Thereof

Club Defcon @ Fibbers, York. 24th July 2009

I’ve been asked to play at Defcon this Friday (aka tonight!) at Fibbers so if your in York get down and check out some of the freshest sounds around. Check out what the facebook event says:

10:30pm - 3am // £4 otd, £3 b4 11:30 with NUS/Flyer

After the crowd surfing, Fibbers-busting chaos of GRUM at Easter, York's hypest party returns with resident Decoy Rocktopus playing out the most danceable beats and the heaviest bass. Electro, techno, fidget house, bmore, baile funk, dubstep, uk funky, grime, bassline, we're going all in!

Joining him will be dubstep don RLM (Uprooted / Base / Cranky Radio) dropping some serious dub-techno fire as well as the triumphant return of Grim Beeper. Get on it York!

*LINE UP CHANGE*

Due to Grim Beeper's numerous STDs finally catching up to him and leaving him hospitalised, he will be replaced with…

Jimi The Exploder (Sonic Router)

Excellent writer for the peerless Sonic Router blog (http://sonicrouter.blogspot.com). The blog seems to be getting exclusives from nearly every exciting producer in the country right now so expect to hear some new and futuristic sounding dubs from spacebass to uk funky!

I couldn’t have put it better myself.

Facebook Event
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=19656828116&ref=ts#/event.php?eid=124271563361

Club Defcon Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=19656828116&ref=ts

Myspace
http://www.myspace.com/clubdefcon

Fibbers
http://www.fibbers.co.uk/

Catch Me Twitting One Off

Just a quick post here, follow me on Twitter. I'll probibly just shout out music I'm listening to for a bit untill I get bored and forget it exists. Maybe it will take off I dunno...

http://twitter.com/jimitheexploder

Jimi The Exploder Presents: Mojo’s Bass Farm (Re-recording)

New Version of my last mix but this time with bass...

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?q5zzkygznzz

Jimi The Exploder Presents: Mojo’s Wonk Farm

I re-recorded this mix as there was a problem with the bass, it just didn't cut thruogh. I'm just getting use to my new laptop and it's settings. But now I have improved on it alot, so grab it to replace the old version and really feel the vibes.

Track List:

Ikonika – Direct [Hyperdub]
Untold – Yukon [Hemlock]
D1 – Joy [Tempa]
Ramadanman – Dayrider [Soul Jazz]
Millie & Andrea – Black Hammer [Daphne]
Pangaea – You & I [Hessle Audio]
Jack Sparrow – For Me [Earwax]
D1 – Chocolate Orange [Dub Police]
Silkie – Skys The Limit [Deep Medi]
LD – Swing Dat Skirt [Ringo Recordings]
TRG & Dub U – Harijouka [Tempa]
Shackleton – Shortwave [Skull Disco]
Jus Wan – Action Potential [Apple Pips]
Pangaea – Router [Hessle Audio]
Quest – Stand [Deep Medi]
Likhan’ – Qumran [7even]
Breakage – Untitled [Digital Soundboy]
Shortstuff – Never Mine [Berkane Sol]
Peverelist – Clunk Click Every Trip [Punch Drunk]
Ikonika – Millie [Hyperdub]
Gemmy – Bass Transmitter [Punch Drunk]
Rustie – Tempered [Kapsize]
Scuba – Twitch (Jamie Vex’d Remix) [Hot Flush]

New Link!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?q5zzkygznzz

Track by Track:

Ikonika – Direct [Hyperdub]
This girl can do no wrong right now, this is the flip side to her latest Hyperdub 12” and it comes on like a wonky, electro, Detroit techno monster with lush pads and bassy raw synths.

Untold – Yukon [Hemlock]
I love this first Hemlock 12” so much, I played the flip to this to death and put it in my last mix, which I shall link to at the end as well for anyone who missed it. It’s a deranged garage beast full of strange atmospherics.

D1 – Joy [Tempa]
Deep and soulful vibes from D1 here it reminds me of Balearic sunset parties and tech house, Beautiful stuff from a great and varied double EP on Tempa.

Ramadanman – Dayrider [Soul Jazz]
I can’t get this track out of my head with it’s slow vibe and mad 4 to the floor sections offsetting the beautiful melody twinkles. Ramadanman is one smooth operator.

Millie & Andrea – Black Hammer [Daphne]
This is a wicked 12” from two techno producers having a go at making Martyn style techno infused dubstep. I think they pull it off with style, the bass is pretty huge and it rolls along really nicely.

Pangaea – You & I [Hessle Audio]
Now this is one hell of a track, it’s the flip to the sublime Router but more on that a bit later. This could well be my favourite 12” of the year, pure rolling garage vibes with a soulful yet dark edge. Perfect!

Jack Sparrow – For Me [Earwax]
More future garage techno soul from Leeds (just like Ramadanman and Pangaea) there must be something in the water… again this reminds me of a sunset beach party, with people vibing out to house music.

D1 – Chocolate Orange [Dub Police]
Reggae dub style he from D1 I can’t get enough of the melancholic melodies and housey style. The drum patterns are so danceable it hurts.

Silkie – Skys The Limit [Deep Medi]
Deep Medi are running things right now, Silkie of the Anti Social crew smacks it with some seriously skipping and funky as hell dubstep. This is one hell of a sexy dance floor beast, with a euphoric rush.

LD – Swing Dat Skirt [Ringo Recordings]
I love LD right now; his funky jungle vibes kill me. This is an old track from Ringo Recordings to wet my whistle for grabbing a ton of his new 12” soon. The mixing was a bit rushed here and the sound a bit quiter on LD’s tune after Silkie but fuck it hey!

TRG & Dub U – Harijouka [Tempa]
Colaberation stuff now from TRG and Dub U, this is only just reaching the shops after me playing it to death on Appleblim’s Dubstep Allstars Vol.6 from earlier in the year. I’m still no tired of it, everything is there the beat skips along with a punchy and funky rhythm and the bass is big and hypnotic.

Shackleton – Shortwave [Skull Disco]
Maybe my favourite track from the last ever Skull Disco 12” (if you exclude the remix package they just dropped). This is the usual top quality dark and rolling carnage from Shackleton, spacey loops of chattering voices and a monster bassline that kicks in about half way through plays off the electro drums perfectly. I take it into the darkness for a bit here people.

Jus Wan – Action Potential [Apple Pips]
Apple Pips business here, I only just got this 12” a few days before I made the mix and just had to put it in after caning it on the Appleblim Dubstep Allstars CD again. Massive bass and huge techno vibes that still grab me every time.

Pangaea – Router [Hessle Audio]
Perfect track in almost everyway, there is soul, heart and darkness all rolled into one with Router. The spooky detached soul vocal samples tug at your heart strings while the future garage vibes just roll along and make you move. Enjoy the blissful tones of Pangaea.

Quest – Stand [Deep Medi]
If that last track wasn’t enough I decide to drop Quest on you, I just had to play this epic beast all the way through with minimal interference. The breakdown kills me every time, it’s got that balearik style to it again but with a funky slowed down half step dub thing going on instead of skipping house style. Close your eyes for this one…

Likhan’ – Qumran [7even]
An epic techno style dub mix out of Quest all the way from about half of the breakdown as I felt it didn’t interfere to much and played off it really well with the mellodie and a bit of extra bass. I can’t get enough of 7even I was gutted I didn’t fit F’s recent 12” into this mix.

Breakage – Untitled [Digital Soundboy]
Massive production from D’n’B maestro Breakage, the bass is immense and the drums are just huge techno rollers. The melodies and soulful sample from Nina Simone work perfectly. One of my favourite producers right now has to be Breakage.

Shortstuff – Never Mine [Berkane Sol]
This whole 12” blows me away, I could only choose one side for this mix though so Shortstuff won. Never Mine is a beautiful flowing techno monster, the electronic squiggles get me every time. Plus it mixes into Peverelist so well.

Peverelist – Clunk Click Every Trip [Punch Drunk]
Now then what the hell can I say about this track! It’s maybe my favourite on here, which is one tough decision I can tell you that now. The bloop, bloop bloopbloop bloop bloop melody builds and builds befor dropping an epic techy string section that just blows my mind. Then when that has dropped out again it just keeps building again and into the same strings right at the end. Clunk Click Every Trip leaves you gagging for more of those sweet strings, I could have played this tune about 8 times in this mix. Peverelist has outdone himself on this one.

Ikonika – Millie [Hyperdub]
I had no idea how to come out of that last track smelling of roses so I just had to get wonky on all your asses and turn the mix up a notch to some freaky party style, off kilter mayhem. This is the flip to the sublime Direct I started the mix with, but this time it’s more in your face and bouncy. The bass is pure filth with 8-bit dirty blips and growls. She named the track after her cat, big up Ikonika!

Gemmy – Bass Transmitter [Punch Drunk]
More 8-bit grime wonk from Punch Drunk Peverelist’s label this time in the form of Gemmy, Jokers mate from Bristol. His tracks are addictive and sound massive, I have no idea what he makes them on but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was a Sega Mega Drive and Fruity Loops or something basic and mad like that.

Rustie – Tempered [Kapsize]
I almost put Joker from the flip of this here instead but I was just felling Rustie’s Dirty South aquacrunk beats more at the time. This has that boom of Southern US Hip-Hop like no other track around right now, well apart from the flip, which is Joker & Rustie on Play Doe. Rustie at 140 bpm always gets me going.

Scuba – Twitch (Jamie Vex’d Remix) [Hot Flush]
The final track had to be a bit of a strange anthemic type of beast and as I didn’t think I had time to drop Zig Zag by Rustie I plumped for Jamie Vex’d and his remix of Scuba. It’s the hugest sounding wonky thing around and really addictive with it.

So there you go another mix from me I hope you enjoy it as much as have making it.

If you missed them the first time grab my two other Dubstep style mixes bellow:

DubTek: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?41jhtxelnen (195 DL's to date!)

LHC: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?fpfnvkqkzyh (210 DL's to date!)

Mojo’s Wonk Farm: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?q5zzkygznzz (70 DL’s to date!)

BOOM!

Large Hadron Collider (Double Vox Bass Tube Mix) by Jimi The Exploder Feat. MC. Prof. Brian Cox (ex D:Ream): The scribbles

I said I would write about the tracks on this mix here and my original post here, and to be honest I got distracted. But here we go, plus it’s a good excuse to bump the mixes profile a little more as I’m proud of it (so far I've had 147 downloads and counting of this mix)…

Kontex – Falling to Weightlessness [Immerse]

Kontex opens the mix in a fine deep and melodic style, I pitched this one up some what as it needed a bit more pace on it for dubstep’s 140 bpm trade mark speed. I can’t get enough of this double 12” on Immerse, Kontex has done some good work here in merging minimal / dub / dubstep / electronica and god knows what.

TRG & Dub U – Losing Marbles [Hot Flush]

I try and melt things smoothly into TRG & Dub U and you know what, I think I pull it off. These two have more beauties that will no doubt see the light of day in my next mix, but for now lets loose some marbles… It’s another deep one as is a lot of the LHC mix, I love the groove on this one though it’s so funky and driving yet subtle all at once.

Appleblim and Peverelist – Circling [Skull Disco]

Well what can you say about Skull Disco, Appleblim and Peverelist? A fuck load to be honest they are pushing things forward so much right now. Circeling is a triumph in rolling deepness, I love the bass on this and have done ever since I heard it on Dubstep Allstars Vol.6 with ‘blim. The second drop just kills it for me every time, make sure you listen out for that.

Grievous Angel – Lady Dub [Devotional Dubz]

Now for some deep spaced out R&B from the Angel from Sheffield, the bass on this is huge it’s like he has grabben an 808 and throttled the fucker until it popped. The smooth vocal samples and huge beats just make this some future garage / Nu-Soul cross over that is to die for. If you haven’t copped his mix that I posted the other day you really should. Also I suggested on dubstepforum that I would love to hear a Grievous Angel and Joker collaboration and he was very happy about that and would love to do something, I for one would love to hear that…

TRG – Generation (Breakage Remix) [Naked Lunch]

Breakage is one of my top tips right now, he comes from the D’n’B scene and is pushing a proper eyes down huge bass thing that is so big that it will no doubt blow air at you through even the shittiest of speaker systems. He mixes up TRG’s Generation is style here. I love the way the bass mixes with the Lady Dub’s bass before it, I can mix these two forever and be happy.

Martyn & Marcus Intalex – After Seven [Revolver]

Another D’n’B dubstep mix going on here, Martyn has been making drum’n’bass for ages and making waves recently in the dubstep scene with some soulful rollers of his own. He hooks up with D’n’B legend Marcus Intalex on this 12” and it’s pretty special to be honest. After Seven sounds like Detroit techno with hip-hop samples gone stepping for the afternoon, it’s some next level stuff.

Shackleton – Shortwave (Pole Remix) [Scape]

Pole goes stupidly deep on a mix for the one and only Shackleton, I think this one will make it onto the next Skull Disco collection. The original Shortwave is on the last ever Skull Disco 12” a label which I can’t big up enough. This mix sounds like a wired phone in radio show that has gone all wrong and been hooked up to an alien spaceship that is obsessed with bass.

Martyn – Storm Watch [Revolver]

This is the B-Side to the other Martyn track I played, the jazzy melodies works so well with the phone sounds that I just had to mix them. The piano and skipping beats are just perfect, that bassline really moves me as well. Martyn really is a bit of a talent worth keeping your eye on.

Untold – Walking Through Walls [Hemlock]

Untold has to be one to watch his tracks are brilliant. There are a lot of atmospherics in the tracks, it’s like he is twisting Burial’s ambient nighttime London sounds onto the dance floor. Hemlock is his own label and I expect some next level stuff to pop out on it in no time. Listen out for when I manage to knock the needle of the platter half way through, it got a bit of fluff snagged in it and I decided to blow it a bit to hard to get it off and the fucker skipped hard…

Starkey – Angel [Creative Space]

Starkey aka Stark Bot is a master of street bass and this tune is no exception. I have already reviewed this 12” on this very blog not to long ago if you search through the archives. It’s a subtle yet pumping number that moves the floor with plenty of melody, it’s not one of his massive bangers but I think it’s pretty special. His new album is so good expect a review of that soon.

Matty G – The 808 Bass [Argon]

Matty G brings the half step bass power to the mix, another US native just like Starkey, I thought I would bring them together and use this huge track as a bit of a breakdown considering I haven’t rolled with the half step yet in this mix. The 808 Bass is a big one a bit like Loefah doing hip-hop or something, the female vocal snippets work so well with Starkey’s tune too.

Cluekid – Monkey Style [Subbalicious]

This is a wicked pink 12” from Subbalicious it’s proper party time Jungle Step with a bassline that sounds like Super Sharp Shooter and that kind of era Jungle productions. The drums are what drew me to this though, it’s just pure hyper skipping 2-step meets jungle riddims. The flip by Chef isn’t half bad either, talking of Bad L.D. and Kode 9’s Bad is on a similar tip and will no doubt feature in my next effort of a mix…

TRG – Post Rave Blues Part 1 [Tube]

TRG again and the man from Romania drops another deep deep deep beast on us. It has subtle dub and reggae influences while keeping the party rolling on a garage and techno tip. The mixing here isn’t to hot but it works, I got this tune and the next in the post right before I recorded so I wasn’t to familiar but they just had to go in. TRG is the king of the floor, he moves your feet as hard as your mind.

Shackleton – You Bring Me Down (Peverelist Remix) [Scape]

Peverelist ripping up Shack, what more do you want to know really?!? Well it’s the flip top the Pole mix I played earlier and it’s just something else. The beats are some next level rolling techno infused stepping that bring a mad driving groove to the table. I decided to pretty much mix this from the edge as it’s so huge and the drums just phat as hell. Get ready for more Shackleton latter I just couldn’t keep an original bit of his away from this mix…

Mala – Bury Da Bwoy [DMZ]

Mala is a legend in dubstep terms, no-one touches him on deep, paranoid dance floor meditation, you can’t for love nor money get his early releases he is THE pioneer and I wish he would step up and kick everyone’s arse with an album or something. Bury Da Bwoy is maybe my favourite Mala track, it’s a perfect mix of dubstep and techno styles, which is what got me hooked in the first place. The drums are funky and off-kilter, the bass is huge and subtle while the groove just keeps on rolling.

Peverelist – Die Brucke [Punch Drunk]

More Pev now but this time an original production on his own label Punch Drunk, which you just have to look out for the man has taste as well as talent and puts out some of the most outstanding 12”s in the scene. Die Brucke is one of my fave Pev joints the techy influence is brilliant. The synths are out there and hypnotic, where Peverelist really nails it though are in the drums, his beat programming is something else.

Made Up Sound – Density [Sub Solo]

Made Up Sound aka 2562 who featured so prominently in my first dubstep mix and pretty much pushed me into the genre, spanks out what I can only discrube as a freakin’ master stroke of techno / dubstep cross pollination. I had to pitch this up somewhat to fit the tempo, but you could play this in a techno set just as easily as a dubstep one and not really notice. The skipping drums funk the techno groove up so much, it’s like the old days of techno in Detroit all over again, the groove just propels forward and and takes you and the floor with it. Made Up Sound needs to stick out an album as the 2562 one was just brilliant.

Kontex – Plumes [Immerse]

Full circle we come back to Kontex, this one is a slow slow sub sonic dub techno, 4 to the floor number but I pitched it up like 19 % or something stupid on my super powered decks (this is all vinyl by the way). Plumes is deeps as fuck and just a perfect slab of dub techno that will mix into anything from the slowest electronica all the way up to the 140 bpm dubstep I have on show here, I would mix it with techno too if I was slipping it in here. A Ramadanman mix of this is dropping soon for people without super pitch capabilities.

Komonazmuk – Bad Apple [Hench]

Bad Apple is a dubstep passed techno bomb the beats are 4x4 and driving yet the groove some how has that swing to it that a good steppa just loves and feels in their bones. I really like this track, it’s featured on Appleblim’s Dubstep Allstars Vol.6 and is somewhat instrumental in pushing the sound on me since I was familiar with mixing techno and house before I found this sound…

Shackleton – El Din (Part One) [Mordant Music]

This is some of the newest Shackleton stuff around and my oh my its good, but what would you expect from the Skull Disco founder hey? It’s so deep and so dark with that old skool vibe to it, yet it’s so forward thinking that it’s just on another level. He is just doing his own thing and what a thing it is too, melodic strings drone away in a far east kind of style while the bass and drums rattle away like a dark dance floor shaker… Oh yeah ignor the beat clashing shit mix into this one if you will…

Digital Mystikz – Misty Winter [Soul Jazz]

To close the mix off and flow on from the mood Shack brought to the table I could only really go for Digital Mystikz really. I would have closed on Shack but I like to throw in an old surprise if I can to get the heads excited. This old Soul Jazz 12” is Mala and Coki at their best mixing mad rhythms with HUGE bass and pure soulful vibes. I read in an interview that this is one of Burial’s top tunes of all time and who is going to argue with that?!? Not me that’s for sure…

So that’s it, it fades to grey and you have been listening to my selection of the deepest / finest dub kuts I could string together. I hope you enjoyed it and had a good read through about all the amazing music, big up to all the artists and labels featured on the mix it really wouldn’t have been possible without your skills, beats and vibes.

I’m working on my next mix so keep your eyes and ears peeled for that on this very blog or the mix section of dubstepforums and the boards of Drowned in Sound where I like to hang when I can. It’s going to be wicked, I’m excited already.

Download here…

http://www.mediafire.com/?fpfnvkqkzyh

Large Hadron Collider (Double Vox Bass Tube Mix) by Jimi The Exploder Feat. MC. Prof. Brian Cox (ex D:Ream)

Track list:

Kontex – Falling to Weightlessness [Immerse]
TRG & Dub U – Losing Marbles [Hot Flush]
Appleblim and Peverelist – Circling [Skull Disco]
Grievous Angel – Lady Dub [Devotional Dubz]
TRG – Generation (Breakage Remix) [Naked Lunch]
Martyn & Marcus Intalex – After Seven [Revolver]
Shackleton – Shortwave (Pole Remix) [Scape]
Martyn – Storm Watch [Revolver]
Untold – Walking Through Walls [Hemlock]
Starkey – Angel [Creative Space]
Matty G – The 808 Bass [Argon]
Cluekid – Monkey Style [Subbalicious]
TRG – Post Rave Blues Part 1 [Tube]
Shackleton – You Bring Me Down (Peverelist Remix) [Scape]
Mala – Bury Da Bwoy [DMZ]
Peverelist – Die Brucke [Punch Drunk]
Made Up Sound – Density [Sub Solo]
Kontex – Plumes [Immerse]
Komonazmuk – Bad Apple [Hench]
Shackleton – El Din (Part One) [Mordant Music]
Digital Mystikz – Misty Winter [Soul Jazz]

Download here…

Project Twisted Mayhem

This is the new exclusive up and coming event, and I don’t say the word event lightly, that I am involved with as DJ and general ideas man with Ron the brains behind the project and super human DJ Pauly P who writes Balearic Skirmish. We want to get a night of the ground where we can spin tunes and get bands involved to make a night of pure musical mayhem. We are genre spanners and like to spin pretty much anything from old skool house, italo, funk and hip-hop with a splashing of funk’n’breaks to the more beastly end of the dance spectrum with techno, electro, minimal and dubstep… if I accidentally go to the dark side, hell I will even drop some ‘indie’, jazz and rock if the mood takes me.

Right now we are just getting it off the ground, venues are being found, interest is being gauged, facebook groups are being made. And this is where I ask you lovely people for some help…

Join our Project Twisted Mayhem group boost our numbers download our mix, yeah that’s right we have a promo mix but more about that in a little while. Join the group and see what we are up to, which in turn will get us some kudos in helping push the idea to venues and all that good stuff.

We want to party and take you with us.

This mix is a promo for the night and it’s a stone cold cracker by Pauly P my partner in crime on the one’s and two’s. He has whipped out an eclectic one for this mix, now don’t let The Ting Tings put you off, or in-fact MGMT I know you indie pose like to throw abuse but hell he mashes them up real good into this session. The Dueling Bongos track is a version of the Deliverance squeal piggy banjo battle on you guessed it percussion only it’s phat. He funks up and loops some sweet Flava and the mix really gets the Asses moving with some deep and sexy house, italo, and electro groves. The dude is blessed on the decks, it’s a journey from now on with hit after hit. The hypnotic dance off with only relent by the time you get the dream pop of Air France locked in the mix and by then it’s to damn late you are hooked, Cindy comes round with her cosmic pop and the funk ridden wind down is in effect. If this mix doesn’t move you hell I’m not sure what will. Download it now and join our group.

Expect more goodies no doubt in the near future I mean I haven’t even done a promo mix yet but you can expect a deep and dark vibe from that when I get it cooking, but then if you are reading my blog you might already know my style. Check it after the drop…

Pauly P – Project Twisted Mayhem Promo Mix

Juno Reactor – Nitrogen
Incredible Bongo Band - Dueling Bongos
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown – Fire
MGMT - Electric Feel (James Rutledge Remix)
The Ting Tings - Great DJ (Calvin Harris Remix)
Salt n Pepa – Push it beats
Soulwax - Another Excuse (DFA Funktown Remix)
Public Enemy vocal samples
Faze Action - Stratus Energy (Special Disco Mix)
Elitechnique – We shall control
Magnus International – K
Added Bongos
Gesaffelstein- Death Fagh
Hail Social- No Paradise (Weird Tapes Edit)
Baciotti - Black Jack (Serge Santiago Edit)
The Diaphanoids – Escape From Martius 42
Air France – Karibien
Cindy Lauper - Lay Me Down
Holger Zilske - wrecker 06 (Undo Remix)
Dr. Lektroluv - Metal Disco (Legowelt Vs. Orgue Electronique Mix)
Delia Gonzales & Gavin Russom - Rise (DFA remix)
Howard Wales – Golden Flyer

Join us! It’s just the beginning…

Jimi The Exploder Presents: Lo-Fi-Tronic

I did this mix about a month ago and have decided to share it with you as it has some grate tunes on it. Here is a track-by-track description of the mix-tape style compilation that you can download at the bottom of the post. Its 1 hour 19 mins 45 sec’s of pure joy for your ears, perfect for the summer time on your mp3 player or burned onto a CD. Also go and check out all the artists I have found links for you to do just that, its all for the love of music.

Final Fantasy & Ed Droste - Possibly Maybe
This is a cover version of the Bjork song by the ace Final Fantasy and a member of Grizzly Bear, it’s a beautiful violin and beat combo that brings the mix-tape in with style and atmosphere. You can find the tune on Stereogum on a Bjork tribute album for free.

Youthmovies – Cannulae
This is one of my favourite songs on Youthmovies debut album Good Nature. It’s a beautiful post-rock, indie ballad, deep house textured math tune. The thumping beat reminds me of old school house which brings me to…

Jungle Wonz - Bird In A Gilded Cage
This gem by Marshall Jefferson has a wonderful synth base line that reminds me of Voodoo Ray, yet pre-dates that by some time. It’s a deep jungle sampling tune that reminds me why I love house music so much.

Aphex Twin – Bbydhyonchord
I always mean to put this tune on mix-tapes yet forget, so I rectified that this time. It’s also a good bridge from the old school house, with its tribal style electro drums and sad moldy, to the noise section of the mix.

Fuck Buttons - Sweet love For Planet Earth
This is my favourite track from the album Street Horrrsing, it stands out a mile with its epic fuzz and growl. The tinkling melody draws you in even further to this hypnotic beast.

Rolo Tomassi - C Is For Drowning Under Waves Of Listless Apathy (Ornie Remix)
Rolo Tomassi are one of my favourite new bands, their so young and so talented. This is a remix that is on the end of their EP. It’s a scary schizophrenic almost funky bit of noise that has to be heard to be believed. For some reason this reminds me of G-Funk hip-hop.

Matmos - Rainbow Flag
This is the start of my lo-fi dance floor section. Matmos just use keyboards right into a computer and make some good stuff. This tune was found on Pitchfork as a free download and has stuck in my head since. I don’t really know too much about them to comment further.

Oh Astro - Journey To The Centre
I believe this was another Pitchfork find, and again I don’t know much about them. But this tune is a beautiful loop ridden stomper of a lo-fi-tronic persuasion, brilliant for driving round to in the sunshine.

The Mae-Shi - Kingdom Come
Officially declared the most fun band in all the land on this very blog, see my live review for amazing scenes and details. This is from their album “HLLLYH” and it is the disco centre piece in this amazing party record filled with spazzed out punk and lo-fi electronics, more of this stuff later in the mix too.

Cluster – Caramel
I stumbled upon this tune on a mix by Klaxons and fell in love with it. It sounds like a really old electro number with irresistible synths and melodies. Wonderful stuff.

Seventeen Evergreen - Ensoniq (Bi Polar Men Refix)
This is an almost dub-step slanted electro break-beat tune. I have been spinning it quite a lot since I found it in the middle of last year some time. This brings my lo-fi-tronic dance floor section to an end.

Forward,Russia! - We Are Grey Matter
Now we start to bring songs to the dance floor with actual words and passion. We Are Grey Matter is a tune from Forward Russia’s new album Life Processes. I love the fat drum beat in a 4x4 tempo and the way it builds into a mathed out rock tune.

!!! - Heart Of Hearts
Well !!! are a party band that make excellent dance music out of a bit mad band. Heart Of Hearts is my stand out track from last years amazing Myth Takes album. It reminds me of 90s dance done by an indie band, but in a good way.

Why? - These Few Presidents
I start to bring things to a close by slowing the pace a down with some Why? This is a brilliant tune from their recent album Alopecia. The lyric ‘Yours is a funeral I would fly to from anywhere’ gets me every time. It’s a catchy slice of hip-hop infused geeky indie pop.

MGMT - Time To Pretend
Now for the anthems to really hammer the mix home, with the closes I get to an indie sing along. This song reminds me of Flaming Lips and with good reason as their producer helped them out with it. Its also a brilliant indie pop tune for the summer time. Makes me think of the closing segment of this years Skins series too, and I have a soft spot for that show.

The Mae-Shi - Run To Your Grave
I had to finish with The Mae-Shi because I just love them so much. Run To The Grave is just a perfect song in my opinion I can’t get enough of it and it could well be one of the songs of the year. If it got more play it would get well into the sub-conscious of the music buying public. Run, Run, Run To Your Grave!

That’s the end of the mix-tape, I did it all on Audacity with the slightest of editing together, I just wanted the tunes to flow and speak for them selves. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Go and buy the music of these amazing artists if you find something you love.

Jimi The Exploder! Presents: Lo-Fi-Tronic download link

Jimi The Exploder – Fucked Up Face (Film Mix)

This is my most successful digital DJ mix, I’m use to spinning records on the old ones and twos, but for this I decided to try something on my laptop. It came out really good and has been a hit with my friends. Its inspired by some of my favourite films or songs from them. Other songs I just liked so much I put them in anyway, maybe one day they will be in a film. The mixing is minimal so I could let the songs talk for them selves. I hope you enjoy it.

Fucked Up Face (Film Mix)

My Own Private Idaho fucked up face intro
Pixies - Where is my mind?
Les Savy Fav - What would wolves do?
American Werewolf in London transformation (Blue moon remix)
Wolf Parade - Modern world
Control love lost seizure poem
Joy Division - Love will tear us apart
Philip Glass - Heroes (Aphex Twin Remix)
Donnie Darko rainy bike INEXS ride
A Scanner Darkly paranoid bike conversation
M83 - Teen Angst
My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes
Radiohead - Idioteque
Burial - Archangel
Orbital - Time becomes......Planet of shapes
Withnail & I will be eating a Camberwell carrot
with a bed of Jean Michel Jarre served with Oxygen (Part I)
24 hour party people the wheel of history
Orbital - Belfast

Lou Reed - Perfect Day