Hanuman: Mix for DJ Mag.

Apologies that its been a bit quiet round here recently. No excuses, just summer laziness. Anyways, we're back now with plenty new music!



I was recently asked to compile a podcast of my favourite Karnival beats for DJ Mag and the resut is below. I'm not going to say too much about it apart from that its my favourite Funky, Kwaito, and Soca bits of the moment. I'd welcome any feedback so have a listen and leave a comment here or get at me on twitter.

Hanuman - Steaktone Karnival Podcast for DJ Mag.

1. EL B – Que Pasa Papi
2. Geeneus ft Ms Dynamite – Get Low (Crackish)
3. Cajmere feat Dajae – Brighter Day (Underground Goodies mix)
4. Chrissy Murderbot feat MC Zulu – The Vibe is so right
5. George Morel - Bouncing Sax
6. Baobinga feat Spyda - Criss Like HD (Poirier Remix)
7. Tayo- Salvador Riddim
8. Heatwave feat Natalie Storm – Play Di Ting.
9. Baobinga feat Killa Benz – Wine Up
10. Hanuman & Rob Pollinate – Bubo Bubo
11. Warrior One - I Don't Need You
12. DJ Cleo – Shapa Bafana Shapa
13. Altered Natives – Rass Out
14. DJ Mujava – Mugwanti / Sgwejegweje
15. DJ Choice – Mabencane
16. Big Nuz – Ungebasi (Remix)
17. DJ Cleo ft Bliksem - My Ma Se Kind
18. Machel Montano - Congo Man
19. Machel Montano – No Behaviour
20. Faye Anne Lyons - Get on
21. JW & Blaze – Palance (Road mix)
22. Mr Vibes - Ting (For the Road)
23. Maddzart – Carnival is Mine
24. Timmy - Bumpa Catch a Fire

If you're finished with this one then please go and get Atki2's Karnival mix for the Year of Mixtapes blog. This is his take on Karnival with plenty of hot Bashment, House, and Funky on there.

Atki2 - Karnival Mixtape

1. Bunji Garlin; We Done Dey (Iron Island Refix)
2. Atki2 & Dub Boy ft. GRina; Flower of Life (Dub / Idle Hands)
3. Donaeo & The Heatwave ft. Rubi Dan, Capleton, Vybz Kartel, & Danny English; Party Harder (The Heatwave Refix)
4. DJ Mujava; Please Mugwanti / Sgwejegweje (Out Here)
5. Magic Fly ft. Ricky Rankin; Those Two Sounds (Mr Benn Remix) (Bastard Jazz Recordings)
6. Sizzla; Money We A Make (Shaolin Temple Riddim)
7. Delly Ranx ft. Focus Ryte; Wine It and Climb (Shaolin Temple Riddim)
8. Joe; Claptrap (Hessle Audio)
9. Busy Signal; Step Out (Acappella)
10. Atki2; Electric Wasp (Dub)
11. Natalie Storm; Look Pon Me (Acappella)
12. Hard House Banton; Flonko Bants Bootleg
13. Pamputae; Wining Master
14. El-B; Que Pasa Papi (Dub)
15. Geenius ft. Ms Dynamite; Get Low (Crackish) (Dub)
16. Donovan "Vendetta" Bennett; Jonkanoo Riddim (Don Corleon)
17. Ill Blu; Bullion (Hyperdub)
18. Bunji Garlin; Fire Now (Acappella)
19. Geiom; Eyl Booty (Berkane Sol)
20. Rita Indiana; Los Poderes (Dutty Artz)
21. Sticky ft. Marvin Brown; Too Bad Mine (Steak House special)
22. Sticky ft. Lady Chann; Eye Too Fast
23. Papi Sanchez ft. Shabakan; Guayamo o Peliamo
24. Enur ft. Natasha; Calabria (Ministry of Sound)
25. Pitbull & Lil Jon; Anthem (Calabria Riddim)
26. Smutlee; Hot Wuk / Calabria (Smutlee Blend)
27. Maxwell D; Don't Care
28. Sticky ft. Ms Dynamite; Rude Gyal
29. Rymez ft. Juza; African Air Horn Dance
30. Ghislain Poirier; Coco Drunk (Ninja Tune)
31. Vybz Kartel vs Lil Silva; Clarks (DJ Shredah Remix)
32. Sticky ft. Marvin Brown; Jack It Up
33. Baobinga & I.D. ft. Rubi Dan; The Future (Dub)
34. Chief Boima; Techno Rumba (Uproot Andy Remix) (Dutty Artz)
35. Busy Signal & Machel Montano; Wooeii Gal Wooeii (Juke Boxx)
36. 3 Suns; Give It Up

STEAK 003: Full Previews and FREE Atki2 Remix

Following on from their own EP, the latest offering from Hanuman and Atki2’s Steak House imprint sees Baobinga, Poirier and a host of MCs join the Steak House Family.

STEAK 003 sees the label moving into bashment territory with the original Bass Music badman Baobinga serving up three prime cuts of juicy vocal raggastep. Backed by a remix by Karnival king Poirier, this record is crammed full of party heat. The record is due out on 12" and digital on July 5th but, because we're nice like that you can stream the whole EP here. There's even a completely free remix for you to download from Steak House co-owner Atki2.

A1: Wine Up ft Killa Benz Uptempo dancehall pressure with anthemic vocals from Rodney P cohort Killa Benz. This is the perfect soundsystem weapon for the summer skankers!

A1 Baobinga - Wine Up Ft Killa Benz by Steak House Records

A2: Raggipahop ft Rubi Dan Original London badman Rubi Dan takes the mic on this bassy bashment monster, combining thunderous drums and epic synths for that special dancefloor rush
A2 Baobinga - Raggipahop ft Rubi Dan by Steak House Records

B1: Criss Like HD ft Spyda (Poirier Remix); Ninja Tune’s finest Ghislain Poirier takes the reigns on the remix, pushing ‘Binga and Spyda into Trini Road March Territory.
B1 Baobinga - Criss Like HD ft Spyda (Poirier Remix) by Steak House Records

B2: : Criss Like HD (Original Mix) The orignal dancehall heater feat jungle legend Spyda (as featured on Pendulum’s massive Tarantula) Lush synths tumble over trampling beats.

B2 Baobinga - Criss Like HD ft Spyda (Original Mix) by Steak House Records

FREE DOWNLOAD:Wine Up, Atki2 Remix.
Steak House and Monkey Steak cohort Atki2 has done a hot dancehall remix of Wine Up which you can grab below (thanks also to Chrissy Murderbot for mastering it!). Its limited to 100 downloads so be quick!

Baobinga ft Killa Benz - Wine Up Atki2 Remix by Steak House Records

Ruffnek Diskotek / Steak House start a brand new, 2 hour radio show on Bristol's new internet radio station Hivemind FM this Wednesday. Dub Boy and myself will be doing the first session, and show will be going out every fortnight. If you've ever been to a Ruffnek Diskotek party before, you'll know what to expect, a big bassy bashy mix of dancehall, funky, garage, party electronics and dub.

The stream begins at 8pm on Wednesday 14th April. Get in the chatroom and let us know what you think!

Hivemind FM

Flower Of Life

I just had to blog this!

G Rina, is a singer / dj / producer based in Tokyo. She has recently completed a side project called Mashed Pieces, whereby she has a recorded a series of excellent vocals over a selection of contemporary dubstep & house beats.

As well as Dub Boy & Atki2's 'Tigerflower', she has recorded songs using beats from Martyn, Joker, Pinch amongst others, plus Steak House's own Mr Gasparov (which is a great rework of his 1975 track released on Steak 001)!

Check her myspace to hear more!

And whilst we're on the subject of Tigerflower, there's been a great response to both the track and the whole Idle Hands release in the last few weeks.

Boomkat have been very positive about the release describing our efforts as "delicious tropical house fusions"

And Onethirtybpm have given us glowing reviews in their monthly dubstep reviews saying Tigerflower is "fucking phenomenal" and the 12" is "absolute fucking dynamite".

If you havn't got it already, the 12" and mp3's are available at all the usual online retailers, but if you can, you should purchase it from the wonderful Rooted Records, and help support the team behind such a great shop and wicked labels such as Punch Drunk, Idle Hands & Unearthed

Steak House Family 12" on Idle Hands

This morning, I was excited to find that the second 12" on Idle Hands went on sale at Rooted Records yesterday. For those who may not yet know, this is the first 12" to feature all the Steak House crew on production duties!

A1 - Hanuman - Bola (Atki2 remix)
B1 - Atki2 and Dub Boy - Tigerflower
B2 - Atki2 and Dub Boy - Tigerflower (Grievous Angel remix)

Clips for all the tracks can be heard on the Idle Hands myspace. Those wanting to check the original Bola (fine tune it is too!), I believe there's another Sleazetone 12" in the works featuring said track and more remixes (Murderbot, Kanji Kinetic and Star Eyes if memory serves). But for now, I'm very content to have my version cut loud and proud on Bristol wax!

Tigerflower, I believe, was made about two years ago now, when Dubbers and I first stumbled across some Marcus Nasty mixtapes. It was a little while before we were really aware of what UK Funky was, and I remember he and I had several long (and probably quite tedious) conversations trying to work out whether what we were hearing was dancehall, or house, or garage, or quite what. Anyway, we both agreed that we should get in the music room and have a go at bashing some these beats out ourselves and so Tigerflower was the result. Looking back, it was definitely a significant moment getting Dub Boy working on production this time! Big ups to you mate, I still look back on that session fondly, and hopefully next time we'll get you pushing the buttons as well as rolling the joints! ;)

As for the Grievous Angel remix, I can't shed any further light on that one, other than to suggest listening to the clips, dropping it in the clubs and letting it work its magic! Paul has the Midas touch when it comes to bashment funky bangers.

BOLA / TIGERFLOWER 12" AVAILABLE NOW AT ROOTED RECORDS

Forensics ft Indi Kaur - Exile VIP (video)

Ruffnek Diskotek resident, and general master of eerie, minimalist doomstep, Forensics, & long time Atki2 collaborater, Indi Kaur, have just had a great promo video shot for their Exile VIP track.

Excellent, atmospheric stuff!

New Steak House mashup: Natasja vs NB Funky

Over the last few months I have been finding the combination of dancehall/bashment with UK funky completely irresistable. Stush's voicing on Hard House Banton's Sirens, or Maxwell D's Funky Funky Funky mixtape with DJ Sidies (which you can download here btw) featuring vocals on many of the current funky anthems, have regularly appeared on my warm-summer playlists.

So time, I thought, to record a version of a mash up I've been recently featuring in my live sets, featuring the vocal (and riff) from Natasja and Enur's huge Bonfire track and NB Funky favourite Riddim Box. Enjoy!

Natasja ft Enur vs NB Funky - Bonfire Riddim Box (Steak House mashup)

For more big Natasja tracks (including the original Bonfire), check Gabriel Heatwave's recent tribute here.

Atki2 top 10 for June - why not?

1. Hyetal - Gold or Soul
2. Falty DL - To New York
3. Cooly G - Love Dub Refix
4. Addison Groove - Chasing Dragons
5. Hanuman - Bola (Atki2 Remix)
6. Lil Silva - Seasons
7. Octa Push ft MC Zulu - Baila Mundo
8. Maxwell D & Lil Silva - Blackberry Hype
9. Vybz Cartel - Last Man Standing (DJ Shreda funky remix)
10. Rubik - Carrion

Dragonfly release / Ruffnek Diskotek Mega Bashment

I'm delighted to announce that the good folk at Terminal Dusk have just released my tune "Dragonfly" on their latest 12" compilation Viridian. The track features an original vocal by Bihani Sarkar, from a recording session which originally came about when my twin brother and I collaborated on a play soundtrack about 5 years ago! So far, the record is available from Juno, Chemical and Redeye. You can also check out a a VJ piece made by TheDave on YouTube featuring the full track here.

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If you're in Bristol this weekend, make sure you get down to Ruffnek Diskotek at the Black Swan! As usual, we've put together a massive line up :) I'm particularly excited about catching future Steak House collaborater Mr Gasparov who has put together a very special live show for the night! Also, headliner Ghislain Poirer is currently giving away an awesome remix/mashup, using the Wha-La-La-Leng riddim from his ep Soca Sound System (out now on Ninja Tune) and the acapella of Major Lazer feat. Mr. Lexx and Santigold. Seriously get downloading, this tune is BIG!

Major Lazer feat Santogold and Mr Lexx - Hold the Line (Poirier Remix)

New Bristol artists compilation

VARIOUS / 14 TRACKS - 14 tracks doffing caps to the Bristol new school

Ace new compilation, put together by the folk at 14-Tracks. Check the tracklist and then go treat yourself!

1. PEVERELIST : Gather 06:51

2. ATKI2 : Mercury 05:12

3. RSD : Forward Youth 05:28

4. APPLEBLIM : Vansan ((T++ Remix)) 05:37

5. HEADHUNTER : Paradigm Shift 04:46

6. JOKER & RUSTIE : Play Doe 04:11

7. FORSAKEN : Boat Noodles

8. STP : The Fall (Peverelist Mix) 08:20

9. BASS CLEF : Life's Great In E8 04:52

10. GUIDO : Orchestral Lab 03:44

11. PINCH : Midnight Oil 05:13

12. PHAELEH : Isolate 05:11

13. GATEKEEPER : Tense Past

14. APPLEBLIM & PEVERELIST : Circling 08:41