Grime Time

I heart Grime. Not what Grime has become, but original Grime, from between 2002 - 2005, when it really was a fresh sound and a scene to stand alongside Hip-Hop, rather than underneath it. Somewhere along the way it got lost and turned shit. It's pathetic that the best Grime album released is from 2003 (Boy In Da Corner), and pretty much is the only Grime album that's been released. All other Grime artists haven't released Grime albums. And which is the best selling album? Boy In Da Corner. Most MCs release horrendous Pop and wanna-be Hip-Hop, which is not the reason that they were signed. Roll Deep, Kano, Wiley, Dizzee Rascal (Maths + English was an abomination), Newham Generals (Generally Speaking is not really the type of thing that got them signed in the first place) have all released anti-Grime. The mixtapes are generally even worse. How much I've wasted in the hope that one will be good. It's easy to see why people download, why spend £8 on a CD you want to throw in the bin? The only MC who really has kept the Grime flow is Durrty Goodz when it comes to CD releases. Ghetto on some tracks, Wiley is sporadic, Kano on one or two, but Goodz is the only one consistent.

This mix is what Grime is all about, and should be about. When it was the shit instead of being shit. Stuff to play in your car and go mad to.

http://rapidshare.com/files/262154571/Grime_Time.rar

Tracklisting

01 Trim/Bang Bang Freestyle

02 Big $hot/Monster

03 L.A.S./V.I.P.

04 Ghetto/Mountain

05 Macabre Unit/Dem Na Ready Yet

06 Lewi White/Graveyard (What Refix)

07 Wiley/Graveyard Freestyle

08 Hazard/Killahertz

09 Ghetto/Intro

10 DJ Wire/All Alone

11 Trim & Scratch/Trim & Scratch

12 Youngsta/The Formula

13 Roll Deep/Eskimo 3 Freestyle

14 DJ Wire/Missing Mind

15 Ghetto/I'm Ghetts

16 DJ Narrows/Legacy (Nah Guy Tes Dis)

17 Dizzee Rascal/Seems 2 Be

18 Alias/Blapps

19 TNT feat. Dynamite MC/Rush The DJ

20 Alias/Warriors

21 Wiley/No Qualms

22 Wiley/Eskimo (Devil Mix)

23 The Surgery/More Weed

24 DJ Narrows/Saved Soul Remix

25 Musical Mob/Pulse X

26 Trim/The Lowdown

27 TNT/Transmission

28 Dizzee Rascal/Live O

29 Wiley/Bow E3

30 Scott Garcia/Waiting

31 Durrty Goodz/Switching Songs II

Tech House Sessions 03

Finally, a CD-length Tech House mix!

http://rapidshare.com/files/262149999/Tech_House_Sessions_03.rar

Tracklisting

01 Alessio Crimi/Lune Noire

02 DJ Umbi/Sonidos (Guido Nemola Dub)

03 Fergie, Reset Robot & Alan Fitzpatrick/Gas Mask

04 Alessio Crimi/Voyage

05 Alex Piccini/Baddream

06 Namito/City Of Gods (Fergie Birthday Remix)

07 Acid Casuals/Cauchy Horizon

08 Alessio Crimi/Basse Du Debut

09 Bjoern Scheurmann/Mummpitz (Danjel Esperanzas Ratatouille Mix)

10 Tom Clark & Benno Blome/Rumble Fish

11 Alex Capelli/Bloody Notes

12 Mos Kardi/Fluir

13 Mono/No Sheet

14 Fergie, Reset Robot & Alan Fitzpatrick/Rattlesnake

15 Pierre Deutschmann/Moody Town (Time Huehner Remix)

16 Denis Marshall & Denis Gromoff/Retribution (Vincent Rio Crazy Kitchen Remix)

17 Tom Clark & Benno Blome/Pheromonia

18 Nop/Egoist (Dekades Remix)

19 Antonio Carrera/Estan Bailando

20 Maetrik/Socom

Tech House Sessions 02

This one is only 40 minutes long! I think it was all of the new releases that I deemed good enoug to buy in one week, which is why it's only 10 tracks.

http://rapidshare.com/files/262141774/Tech_House_Sessions_02.rar

Tracklisting

01 Bjoern Scheurmann/Mummpitz

02 DJ Novatekdim/Snowing (Again)

03 Loco Dice/M Train To Brooklyn (Marco Carola Remix)

04 9 West/Naked In Mexico (Soren Albrechts Jack Box Interpretation)

05 Pierre Deutschmann/Moody Town (Timo Huehner Remix)

06 Marco Sasso/Tomboba

07 Mos Kardi/Fluir

08 Frankyeffe/Lupin (Mauro Alpha Remix)

09 Joystick/Flying Zebra

10 Bjoern Scheurmann/Mummpitz (Danjel Esperanzas Ratatouille Mix)

Tech House Sessions 01

See, I'm balanced musically. I don't just like Garage and Grime! I got into Tech House around a year ago after downloading some Clairvoyant sets from Rinse FM (those are some good DJs, The Clairvoyants). I love the bass on this music! Well duh I suppose, that's a given if I like it... This first mix I did for Tech House is not CD friendly (it's an hour and 45 minutes), so it's strictly iPod business for this one.

http://rapidshare.com/files/262135735/Tech_House_Sessions_01.rar

Tracklisting

01 Filthy Schwartz/Circles

02 Pedro Zoy/Physical Evolution (Mikalogic Remix)

03 Tom Clark & Benno Blome/Pheromonia

04 Nop/Egoist (Dekades Remix)

05 Spencer Parker & Diesel Present Colab/Zanzibar (Nick Curley Remix)

06 James Mowbray & Leaim Sullivan/Tell Me I Can (Christian Prommer Remix)

07 Antonion Carrera/Estan Bailando

08 Fergie, Reset Robot & Alan Fitzpatrick/Gas Mask

09 Maetrik/Socom

10 DJ Umbi/Sonidos (Guido Nemola Dub)

11 Tom Clark & Benno Blome/Pheromonia (Andomat 3000 Remix)

12 Namito/City Of Gods (Fergie Birthday Remix)

13 Alex Piccini/Baddream

14 Danjel Esperanza/Sick Voices In Mee

15 Gregor Tresher/Black Rain (Mihalis Safra Birthday Remix)

16 Jairo Catelo/Dark Crow

17 Damian Uzabiaga/Mozzarella (Mild Bang Remix)

18 Monque/Baby Just Shake It

19 Mark Brown & Steve Mac/The Fly (DJ Wady & Patrick M Mosca Mix)

20 Tom Clark & Benno Blome/Rumble Fish (Tom Clark's Dub Edit)

21 Mono/Trumpets

22 Tom Clark & Benno Blome/Rumble Fish

23 Alex Cappelli/Bloody Notes

24 Mono/No Sheet

25 Fergie, Reset Robot & Alan Fitzpatrick/Rattlesnake

26 Art Bleek/Escapism

27 James Mowbray & Leaim Sullivan/Tell Me I Can

28 Denis Marshall & Denis Gromoff/Retribution (Vincent Rio Crazy Kitchen Remix)

Sweet Sexy Sub Sounds

This is probably my favourite mix I have ever done. I love this style of Garage. Well really it's the style that El-B produced. I love the beats, the dark bass, the vocal samples... These were the sounds that used to rip up the airwaves in London. I wish there was a way to get the rest of his back catalogue that's not on The Roots of El-B. If you are a bass lover, download a copy of this and hook it up to a subwoofer post haste - you won't regret it. Comments on this one would particularly appreciated as it is my current pride and joy!

http://rapidshare.com/files/261939533/Sweet_Sexy_Sub_Sounds.rar

Tracklisting

01 El-B feat. Juiceman/Buck & Bury

02 El-B/Express

03 Groove Chronicles/Feelings

04 Brasstooth/Celebrate Life (El-B Remix)

05 El-B feat. Juiceman/Digital

06 Groove Chronicles/1999

07 Baby Cham/Man & Man (El-B Remix)

08 Zed Bias/Neighbourhood (Steve Gurley Vocal Mix)

09 El-B feat. Juiceman/Digital (Alternative Mix)

10 Ordinary People/Ghetto Lovin (Dub)

11 Hyper-Hypa & Julius feat. MC Juiceman/Congo Fever

12 Groove Chronicles/Black Puppet

13 J Da Flex/Sexy Boy (Dub Mix)

14 HMP feat. MC Marshall/Rolling Touch

15 Zed Bias/Neighbourhood (El-B Remix)

16 Roxy/Breakbeat Scientist

17 Oris Jay feat. MC Rankin/Biggin Up The Massive

18 El-B & J Da Flex/The Club

19 Ghost/2000

20 Zed Bias feat. Juiceman & Nicky Prince/Time Out (El-B Remix)

21 Ghost/Passage Of Time

22 El-B feat. Juiceman/Digital (Bonus Mix)

23 Oris Jay feat. MC E-ll/Brand Nu Flava

Electro House Goodness

You see, I don't just mix Garage and its derivatives! The title for this is a little misleading though, as there is some Bassline in here too. I do like this mix though, lots of good bass and it's fairly fresh tracks for the most part! A novelty for me unless either Dubstep starts producing shitloads of bass bangers or Garage comes roaring back like 2003-2009 never happened.

http://rapidshare.com/files/261963381/Electro_Goodness.rar

Tracklisting

01 Novy vs Eniac/Superstar - Show Me Your Intention (Dagaard & Morane Remix)

02 Madden/The Reefa Trak

03 Shystie feat. Sub Zero/Pull It (Bad Girl Bass)

04 DJ Deekline & Red Polo/Tambo

05 Che Dubois/Freaky To Me (Electric Soulside Mix)

06 Clubzound/Freak Samba

07 Zinc feat. No Lay/Killa Sound

08 Ida Corr vs Fedde Le Grand/Let Me Think About It

09 Clubzound/Anthem

10 The Body Snatchers feat. Yolanda/We Here (Big Pimpin) (Micky Slim Mix)

11 Kevin Andrews/Plastic Dreams

12 AC Slater/Jack Got Jacked (Jack Beats Remix)

13 Basement Jaxx/Make Me Sweat

14 DJ Deekline & Red Polo/Shake The Pressure

15 Bombermen/Alcatrax

16 The Body Snatchers feat. Goldmouf/I Like What I See (Hijack Mix)

17 The Body Snatchers feat. Goldmouf/I Like What I See (The Beatmonkeys Northern Line Mix)

18 Rodion/Electric Soca (Crookers Remix)

19 Hoxton Whores/Friday Saturday Love

20 Clubzound/Gimme The Money

21 Mstrkrft/Vuvuvu

Dubstep Is The Future

Why is Dubstep the future? Garage is gone (but not forgotten), I'm not convinced that Bassline will last as its direct predeccesors all fared badly over time, and Grime has gone absolutely shit compared to when it first emerged in 2002. Dubstep though has been going strong for about 7 years (I refuse to class tracks by Groove Chronicles as early Dubstep; they were strong bassy 2-Step), and seems to have established itself. So it is the future by default. Not that I think it's crap - I am a big fan of the bass pumping Dubstep. Not so sure about the ones without the bass that just seem to go "waah-wah-waahhh-wah-wah" with a synthesizer though, so you shan't find any of that filth in these mixes!

http://rapidshare.com/files/261956769/Dubstep_Is_The_Future.rar

Tracklisting

01 Beyonce/Diva

02 Caspa/For The Kids

03 The Others/Ganja Man

04 Coki/Red Eye

05 Cluekid/Analogue Monkey

06 Ramadanman/Bidding War

07 Mala/Lean Forward

08 Fracture/The Phone Call

09 Chase & Status/Eastern Jam

10 Conquest/Forever

11 L Wiz/Strength

12 Caspa/My Pet Monster

13 The Others/Africa

14 Plasticman/The Rush

15 Magnetic Man/Alright

16 Baobinga/State Of Ghetto Jackin

17 Cotti & Cluekid/The Legacy

18 Burial/Southern Comfort

19 TC/Where's My Money (Caspa Remix)

20 Numa Crew/Dema Style

21 The Bug feat. Flowdan/Jah War (Loefah Remix)

22 DZ/Down

23 Babylon System & Noah D/Examination Of Time

24 12th Planet feat. Emu/Control (Skream Remix)

25 Beyonce/Diva

26 Dizzee Rascal/Hoe

Preparing For Napa

A simple explanation for this one. My brother is going to Ayia Napa for a week and I thought I'd make him a mix to get into the mood.

http://rapidshare.com/files/261944852/Preparing_For_Napa.rar

Tracklisting

01 Dizzee Rascal/Ice Rink

02 Isabel Fructuso/Latin Session

03 Deekline/I Don't Smoke

04 Wiley/I Will Not Lose (Snowkat Remix Instrumental)

05 So Solid Crew/Oh No (Sentimental Things) (Oxide Remix)

06 So Solid Crew/More Less More Soul (Wooh)

07 Roll Deep Entourage/Terrible

08 Groove Chronicles/Stone Cold

09 Double 99 feat. Top Cat/RIP Groove

10 Sticky feat. Ms Dynamite/Booo!

11 The Surgery/More Weed

12 Colours feat. Stephen Emmanuel/Hold On

13 The Bug feat. Flowdan/Jah War (Loefah Remix)

14 Groove Chronicles/Black Puppet

15 Dizzee Rascal/Hoe (Mac 10 Remix)

16 El-B & J Da Flex/The Club

17 So Solid Crew/21 Seconds

18 Ramadanman/Bidding War

19 Geneeus & Wiley feat. Flowdan & Breeze/Wickedest Thing

20 Dizzee Rascal/Streetfighter

21 More Fire Crew/Oi!

22 Groove Chronicles/1999

23 Deetah/Relax (Bump N Flex Remix)

24 Corrupted Cru vs MC Neat/G.A.R.A.G.E. (DJ Narrows Mix)

25 Wiley/Taliban

26 Live Wire/Devistate

27 Trim & Scratch/Trim & Scratch

28 Wizzbit/Breakdown

29 Roll Deep Entourage/Roll Deep Regular

Back In The Day - UK Garage 10 Years Ago

This mix is aimed at being the sort of thing you may have tuned into a pirate radio station 10 years ago and heard being played on the air. Some are commercial, some are underground; all are heavy and begging to be rinsed out once again. So why not oblige?

http://rapidshare.com/files/261931799/Back_In_The_Day_-_UK_Garage_10_Years_Ago.rar

Tracklisting

01 Glamma Kid feat. Shola Ama/Why (Ten Degrees Below Mix)

02 M Dubs/For Real

03 E.S. Dubs/Standard Hoodlum Issue (Zed Bias Remix)

04 Grant Nelson/Step 2 Me (Steppa's Dub)

05 Nesha/What's It Gonna Be (Sticky 2 Step Mix)

06 Leee John/Your Mind, Your Body, Your Soul

07 Kele Le Roc/My Love (10 Degrees Below Alternative Mix)

08 DND Volume 2/Bills, Bills, Bills

09 Unknown Artist/Unknown

10 Reservoir Dogs/Planet Earth

11 Deetah/Relax (Bump N Flex Remix)

12 Oxide & Neutrino/Casualty

13 Groove Chronicles/1999

14 Curupt Cru feat. MC Neat/G.A.R.A.G.E.

15 B-15 Project feat. Crissy D & Lady G/Girls Like Us

16 D.E.A. Project/Jerry Springer

17 Groove Chronicles/Dru Hill

18 TJ Cases feat. Kat Blu/You Bring Me Joy

19 Colours feat. Stephen Emmanuel/Hold On

20 Y Tribe/Favourite Girl

21 Kele Le Roc/My Love (10 Degrees Below Vocal Mix)

22 Oxide & Big Kid feat. Asher D/Superman

23 Deekline/I Don't Smoke

An Education In Garage

For this mix, I went for something a little different. I wanted to include tracks that really wouldn't have featured on a commercial cd (although nowadays there are probably only about 50 tracks that would possibly be included anyway, and half of those are songs like 'Sambucca' or riddums like 'Go DJ' which really were part of the reason why Garage just vanished - despite being widely popular, they had little production values and are indicative of the cheap pap flooding the market trying to cash in on the popularity of the sound of the underground). So for the most part, these are songs that are deserving of a wider audience but are outside the limited pool that anyone compiling a CD thinks we need to hear for the 18th time. Think of this as a fresh compilation to take you back in time to when Garage still ruled the waves (unless you are from Essex like me. Garage is timeless there).

http://rapidshare.com/files/261937019/An_Education_In_Garage.rar

Tracklisting

01 El-B feat. Juiceman/Digital (Bonus Mix)

02 Underground/Tonite

03 Kim Mazelle/Big Baby

04 El-B feat. Juiceman/Digital

05 Mos Wanted/Got Myself Together

06 Stush/Dollar Sign

07 Oris Jay feat. MC Rankin/Biggin Up The Massive

08 M.U./The Melody (Groove Chronicles Vox)

09 HMP feat. MC Marshall/Rolling Touch

10 Groove Chronicles/Millenium Funk

11 Maxwell D/Serious

12 J Da Flex/Sexy Boy (Dub Mix)

13 Hyper-Hypa and Julius feat. MC Juiceman/Congo Fever

14 Stonecold GX Crew/Danger

15 Y Tribe/Baby

16 Wookie/Brandy Remix

17 Groove Chronicles/1999

18 Mis-Teeq feat. So Solid Crew/They'll Never Know

19 Asher D/Lifestyles

20 Pay As U Go Cartel/1, 2, 3, 4...

21 DJ Zinc/138 Trek (Zed Bias Remix)

22 Jada Knight/Give It To You (Ten Degrees Below Mix)

23 Unknown Artist/Unknown

24 M Dubs/Over Here

25 El-B feat. Rolla/Serious (Zed Bias Remix)

26 Pay As U Go Cartel/Champagne Dance (Sticky Remix)

27 Dem 2/Bad Girl

Garage Classics IV

This one is a beast! It's around the two hour mark I think, and stretches across the Garage ages, from 1996 - 2002. So really, if you are a Garage lover, you have no excuses not to download this.

http://rapidshare.com/files/261924629/Garage_Classics_IV.rar

Tracklisting

01 KMA/Cape Fear

02 Baffled/Going On

03 Dub Syndicate/I Need Your Love (MJ Cole)

04 Scott Garcia/A London Thing

05 2 As 1/Body Heat (Zed Bias Remix)

06 Antonio/Hyperfunk

07 TJ Cases feat. Kat Blu/Do It Again

08 Deekline/I Don't Smoke

09 Roll Deep Entourage/Terrible

10 The Vincent J. Alvis Project/Bodykillin (M Dubs Mix)

11 Maximum Style/Admit 2 Love (Dem 2 Mix)

12 Groove Chronicles/Masterplan

13 U.S. Alliance/All I Know (Da Grunge Mix)

14 Y Tribe/Favourite Girl

15 Mis-Teeq/Why (Matt 'Jam' Lamont & DJ Face Classic Vox Mix)

16 Scott Garcia/Waiting

17 Colours feat. Stephen Emmanuel/Hold On

18 Unknown Artist/As The Night Moves In

19 Unknown Artist/Unknown

20 Groove Chronicles/Dru Hill

21 KC & Zed Bias/Let Me Know

22 Groove Chronicles/Shakedown

23 Trick Or Treat/Trick Or Treat Vs General Levy

24 Geeneus & Wiley feat. Flowdan & Breeze/Wickedest Ting

25 Curupt Cru feat. MC Neat/G.A.R.A.G.E.

26 Sunship/Try Me Out

27 Ramsey & Fen/Love Bug

28 Deetah/Relax (Bump N Flex Remix)

29 Unknown Artist/Unknown

30 Masterstepz/Melody

31 Active Minds/Hobsons Choice

32 Deekline/Darren (Remix)

33 Logic/Blues For You

34 Underground Solution/Get Happy

35 Jason Kaye & Box Clever/If You Love Me

36 Dub Monsters/Sweet Thang

37 M Dubs/Over Here

38 Zed Bias & DJ Principle/All Night Jam (Steve Gurley Mix)

39 Chris Mack/Plenty More

40 Anthill Mob/Burnin

41 M Dubs/For Real

42 Gass/Dark(MJ Cole Mix)

43 Curupt Cru feat. MC Neat & Megaman/G.A.R.A.G.E. (So Solid Dark Mix)

Garage Classics III

This particular installment is focused upon the 1998 period, so the tracks generally have a lighter feel to them. Listen to the beginnings of Garage! Well and Jungle right at the end...

http://rapidshare.com/files/261766614/Garage_Classics_III.rar

Tracklisting

01 49ers/I Got The Music

02 Damon Trueitt/I Refuse

03 Double 99 feat. Top Cat/Jump

04 Unknown Artist/Unknown

05 Chris Mack/Plenty More

06 Kristine Blonde/Love Shy

07 Dreem Teem/The Theme

08 Carol Leering/Falling

09 Myron/Get Down (Groove Chronicles Mix)

10 Sounds Of Blackness/Pressure

11 Another Level vs Double 99/Be Alone No More

12 Amira/My Desire (Dreem Teem Remix)

13 Y Tribe/Baby

14 Soul II Soul/Pleasure Dome

15 State Of Mind/This Is It

16 Connor Reeves/Nobody But You (Booker T Lick)

17 Strickly Dubz/Realise

18 Underground Solution/Get Happy

19 M Dubs feat. Richie Dan/Over Here

20 Origin Unknown/Truly One

Garage Classics II

For this mix, I am gratefully indebted to YouTube, where I discovered the majority of these songs. Some may question the legality of that, but we are talking about records that would be available in one or two pressings around 1998-2002, that are now unavailable to buy and so YouTube provided me, living in the US now and having sold my decks back home in England, with a means of having these tunes and in turn offering them to a wider audience. I wish though that some record store would offer up recordings of all old vinyl releases, I would be on them like a shot. In any case, this is a collection of true underground Garage vibes that would have been shaking car windows all across London in 2000.

http://rapidshare.com/files/261918088/Garage_Classics_II.rar

Tracklisting

01 M&S feat. Ella Ruth/Keep On (Steve Gurley Mix)

02 Ghost/Passage Of Time

03 United Grooves Collective feat. Shelley & Godsgift/Irresistable

04 Bump & Flex/Got Myself Together (Original Mix)

05 Once Waz Nice/Messing Around (Wideboys Mix)

06 Cloud 9/Do You Want Me (Dem 2s Step To Heaven Remix)

07 MC RB/Crazy

08 Dem 2/A New Light

09 Songstress/Seeline Woman (D.E.A. Remix)

10 Mos Wanted/Got Myself Together

11 DJ Double G/Get Loose

12 United Grooves Collective/Glad You Came To Me

13 El-B & J Da Flex/The Club

14 Charlotte/Skin (Underground Solution Full Vocal Mix)

15 Masterstepz/Melody

16 Brasstooth/Celebrate Life (El-B Vocal Mix)

17 Allstars/What About Us (Crazy Dub)

18 De Sousa/Keep It Coming (9B Vocal Mix)

19 Groove Chronicles/Feelings Inside

20 Dem 2/Baby (You're So Sexy)

21 Chris Mack/Plenty More

22 Zed Bias/Neighbourhood (El-B Remix)

Garage Classics

Garage Classics is the first in a series of mixes where I have tried to put some of the classic tracks of UK Garage in a previous un-heard of mix, usually with the result of me wishing that mixes like these had been on compilations like Pure Garage or even the recent MoS Garage compilation that The Wideboys did a shoddy job on. So if you are a Garage fan and feel like reminiscing about the old days, give this a download.

http://rapidshare.com/files/261907693/Garage_Classics.rar

Tracklisting

01: Sunship/Try Me Out

02: Curupt Cru feat. MC Neat/G.A.R.A.G.E.

03: Kartik/The Way We Freak (Steve Gurley Rub A Dub)

04: Glamma Kid feat. Shole Ama/Taboo (MJ Cole Vocal Mix)

05: Y Tribe/Baby

06: Groove Chronicles/Black Puppet

07: Kartik/The Way We Freak

08: Phaze One/Nicole's Groove

09: Amira/My Desire (Dreem Teem Remix)

10: Groove Chronicles/Stone Cold

11: Oris Jay feat. MC Rankin/Biggin Up The Massive

12: Colour Girl/Tears

13: U.S. Alliance/All I Know (Da Grunge Mix)

14: Groove Chronicles/Masterplan

15: Myron/Get Down (Groove Chronicles Remix)

16: Once Waz Nice/Messin With Neat

17: Deekline/I Don't Smoke

18: Reach & Spin/The Hype

19: Bags & Beth Green/You Don't Know

20: E.S. Dubs/Standard Hoodlum Issue (Zed Bias Remix)

21: So Solid Crew feat. Ms Dynamite/Envy

22: MJ Cole/Bandelero Desperado

23: Unknown Artist/Unknown

24: The Artful Dodger feat. Craig David/Re-Rewind