Mixtape Monday: Jack B Nimble.

I was DJing in Nottingham the other week when a character emerged out of the gloom and pressed a CD into my hand. The character in question was mashup Maestro Jack B Nimble and the CD was his latest mixtape. Ranging everywhere from Funky House to Bashment to Bassline to Balkan Beat with a smattering of breaks and even a smidgen of Chaka Demus. Its bascially an hour of straight up party bangers, perfect for a drab autumn Monday.

You can stream or download it below.

Jack B Nimble – Mashup Mix (Stream)

Jack B Nimble - Mashup Mix (Download)

Tracklist

Freestylers - ruffneck ft. navigator

zed bias ft. mc rumpus & nicky prince - neighborhood 09 (roska remix)

der dritte reim - swing bop

buraka som sistema - kalemba ft. pongo love

brackles - rawkus

schlachthofbronx - farafina ft. ete kelly

jinx in dub - ska warz

chaka demus & pliers - tease me

cut & run - exodus

project bassline - drop the pressure

the bug - poison dart ft. warrior queen

ed solo & school of thought - babylon breaks

squire of gothos - bounty ice cream

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zen mechanics - cbr

schlachthofbronx - di finga ft. doubla j

parker - where's my monkey?

deville - quente demais ft. jimmy luv (kanji kinetic remix)

rdx - daggerin'

shantel vs. mahala rai banda - mahalageasca

yyves la rock - zookey (lift your leg up)

herve & toddla t - shake it ft. serocee (donayo remix)

freestylers - ruffneck 09 ft. navigator (pirate soundsystem remix)

warrior one - king riddim ft. lady chann

toddla t - boom dj ft. trigganom & helders

high contrast - natural high

headhunter - prototypes (modeselektor's broken handbrake remix)

kode 9 & the spaceape - curious ft. ms haptic

lv - cctv ft. dandelion

evergreen and landlord ft. danman - jah rain

poirier - no more blood ft. face-t

Dub boy's Gurt Tropical Mix

Following on from my 'Dancehall Nice Again' mix for Dont Panic earlier this summer, I was recently asked to compile a new mixtape for the Tropical crew up in Leeds.

These guys have been putting on wicked parties & pushing the tropical and karnival sound for a little while now, so I was delighted to be able to put together something that showcases some of the tunes I've been playing recently......

Dub Boy's Gurt Tropical Mix:

Download

Stream

1/ DJ Mujava - Mugwanti (Out Here)

2/ Qui Papa Pasi (dub)

3/ Steve Angello & AN21 - Flonko (Hard House Banton refix) (white)

4/ Maxwell D - Sexicano (Dub Boy special) (dub)

5/ Roundtable knights - Calypso (Made To Play)

6/ Natalie Storm - Look Pon Me (Pushking remix) (dub)

7/ Kidkut - Lilt (Applepips)

8/ Daniel Haaksman - Kid Conga ft MC Miltinho (Dubble Dutch remix) (white)

9/ Artifact - Imur2 (dub)

10/ Tayo - Salvador Riddim (dub)

11/ Man & Man - La Cabouret Hollogramme (Lazy Flow remix) (Poirier edit) (dub)

12/ TOK vs Rishi Romero - Defence vs African Forest (Mycon Deep refix) (dub)

13/ Jera - Miss U (dub)

14/ Baobinga & I.D. ft Rubi Dan - The Future (dub)

15/ Sticky - Dusk Til Dawn (dub)

16/ Maxwell D - Gully Hype (white)

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

Blnd: Free tune and mix.

Vienna based global bass crew blnd have been making waves recently with their cheeky bootlegs and mashups as well their radio show and blogging on under 140 and Ghetto Bazaar
Blnd cover the whole range of global bass styles, from 2step to Kuduro to Bassline to Baille Funk, and have sent us some hot new tunes recently.

One of my favourites is their dutty refix of Chris Ron and Mad Cobra's Dance; all throbbing sub bass and trampling Soca beats. Grab it below.

Chris Ron - Dance ft Mad Cobra (blnd refix)

You can also grab a recent mix for Hungary's Fuzio radio from their mixcloud here.

Mix Monday: Shimmy Shimmy

I've been thoroughly enjoying this mix of karnival heaters from London's Shimmy Shimmy crew recently. I had the pleasure of playing a party with The Large on Saturday and she absolutely tore the roof off the dance. A tuff act to follow!

Shimmy Shimmy - Trini Shimmy



Tracklist

Fay Ann Lyons & Macka Diamond - Still Spend (Picture Frame)
Ms Alysha - Click Click (Picture Frame)
Benjai feat. Scarface - Tanty Say (La Douma)
Busy Signal - Gal need a man
RDX - Every man need a woman (Spider Web)
Skinny Fabulous feat. Bunji Garlin & Fay Ann Lyons - Send dem come
Blaze F J W - Palance
Skinny Fabulous feat. Machel Montano - Fetting on
Lil Rick - One juk for the carnival
Leftside & Syon - Nuh Other gal (soca remix)

Poirier - Red Bull Acamady Radio Mix live from London

Our good friend Poirier has just recorded a new mix for the Red Bull Music Acadamy.

It's a great mix chock full of exclusive dancehall specials & remixes, funky bashment and karnival & tropical bass riddims..... including the Tigerflower track by myself and Atki2 that has just come out on Idle Hands. Other highlights include Danny Scrilla's wonderful '12102009', Sticky's remix of Poirier & Face-T's 'Enemies' and the Mungo's Hi Fi remix of Poirier & YT's 'Let Them Hate'.

This mix is right up our street, and hopefully yours too!

Check the link below to listen & get the full tracklist. Well worth your time!

Poirier - Red Bull Acadamy Radio live from London

Mix Monday: Rory Power - Fiya Pon Dem!

Just picked up this lively party mix from Bristol's Audio Discharge crew and its great. If you need something to melt the snow then turn this up and point your speakers out the front door. Close your eyes and pretend its summer. Bashy!

Tracklist:

1. ms dynamite - bad gyal
2. lady chann & sticky - you eye too fast
3. lil silva feat maxwell d - blackberry hype (sticky remix)
4. sticky feat natalie storm - look pon me (jumeirah riddim)
5. bubblez - loser
6. baobinga & id - man down
7. major lazer - pon de floor (r1 ryders remix)
8. lil silva - funky flex vs pulse
9. r1 ryders - rubberband (funkitek mix)
10. stush - we nuh run (sirens riddim)
11. marcus visionary - in the vip
12. rusko - cockney thug (buraka som sistema remix)
13. octa push - deixa
14. hakan lidbo - yellow fever (genuine guy remix)
15. baobinga & id - tongue riddim
16. octa push - laika likes it
17. hatcha - bashment
18. brackles - lizards
19. menta - sounds of the future
20. youngstar - true vip
21. b-15 project - girls like us


Fiya Pon Dem! by Rory_Audio_Discharge

STEAK 002: Released 8th March

STEAK 002: Monkey Steak & MC Zulu is coming out on 12" vinyl and digital on March 8th. You can listen to the tunes here:

Steak House Sound Cloud


It'll be available in all the usual places put feel free to email us for Stockist enquiries: Steakhouserecords @ gmail.com

We've been receiving great reviews for the record including two in this month's DJ Mag! You can read them below:


Sinden - DJ Mag




Markle - DJ Mag





Oli Warwick - IDJ

Maga Bo - Outras Terras Mixtape‏

I've been meaning to blog this one up for a while now. The new mixtape from Maga Bo is something very special indeed. 1 hour of Maga Bo productions with contributions from Poirier Jahdan Blakkamoore, Filastine, Pacheko and Dr. Das amongst others.

Global Bass at its finest!

Grab it below.

New Dub Boy Tropical Bass Mix

We have another mix to post up here on the Steak House blog today, this time courtesy of yours truly.....

I recently recorded a mix for Amsterdam's Bombdiggy crew which has now gone up on their website. I really enjoyed putting this together for them and managed to include a good number of the karnival / funky bashment / tropical tunes that have been a staple of my dj sets for the last few months.

You can grab the mix here!

Or copy and paste the link:
http://bombdiggy.nl/bombs/16-01-2010/bombcast-02-dub-boy-embrace-tropical-bass

And here's the tracklisting....

1. Baobinga - Ride It
2. Busy Signal - Step Out (Mosca's Step It On The Frontline Remix)
3. Sticky - Jumeriah Riddim
4. Bunji Garlin - Fire Now (Mr Leub Remix)
5. Contagno - Smash
6. Flippa Mafia - Tight Tight
7. Pamputtae - Sidung Pon Di Buddy
8. Mr. G - Wining So
9. Mr G - Old Mattrass Riddim
10. NB Funky vs Natasja - Bonfire Riddim Box (Steak House Remix)
11. Jera - Jungle Dub
12. Stush We Nah Run
13. Sean Paul - Temperature (Heatwave Remix)
14. Maxwell D - Drunken Master
15. Lil Silver - Different
16. Vybz Cartel - Tek Buddy (DJ Shredda Remix)
17. Vybz Cartel & Spice - Rampin Shop (DJ Shredda Remix)
18. Maxwell D - Blackberry Hype
19. Dub Boy & Atki2 - Tigerflower (Grevious Angel Remix)
20. Major Lazer - Jump Up (Laza Beam Remix)
21. Poirier - Coco Drunk
22. Busy Signal - Da Style Deh (Heatwave Remix)
23. Benga & Coki - Night (Geeneus Remix)
24. Shabba Ranks - Love U No More (Sublusive Remix)
25. Monkey Steak - Haarlem Drift
26. Machel Montano - Love A Come Down

Mix Monday: From the Tundra to the Tropics.

The United Kingdom sits under a dirty white blanket of snow. On the other side of the world, Carnival season is getting into full swing. Whether you love the snow or are holed up under the sun lamp with a rum punch and Cumbia on the radio we've got a mix for that.

Tundra: First up is the incredible snow mix from Aussie Ex-Pat Dubsola This mix is perfect listening for frosty mornings; all arctic orchestration, frozen noise, and brittle drums. Crisp like winter air.


Tracklist:

Bing
Hauschka - Ginsterweg (from Snowflakes and Car Wrecks)
Inch Time - Icicles and Snowflakes
Ezekial Honig - Fractures and Fissures
Robin Saville - Snow Jewel
Tenniscoats - Aurora Curtains
The Necks - Drive By
Harold Budd - As Long As I Can Hold My Breath
Fluxion - Atlos
Carl Craig - Es. 30
Vainqueur - Elevation
Indio - Snowdrifts

Dubsola - Snow

Tropics: Pollinate Records boss Squared has just dropped a new mix which makes snowy London feel a million miles away. Karnival heat flows through every minute of this one. Exclusives, favourites, forthcoming Pollinate releases and a cheeky burst of STEAK 001 make up this 40 minute mix. Perfect for chasing away the winter blues.



Tracklist:
DJ P-Flow - Budum Ridim
SQUARED° - Hello I’m Here Now [demo] [*Forthcoming on Pollinate]
Zaima - Mi Cosita Tiradera Pa Baby Killa
Esgar - Blaster [*Forthcoming on Pollinate]
SQUARED° - Shortwave Is Skin Deep pt.1 take.1
Lido Pimienta - Humano
Pesina Siller - Entona-Ritmos [Parte II]
Greyman - Doughnut
Unknown Artist - Flautazo Azteca
DJ Baton - Ritmo Ochumba
DJ Baton - Flaute Pan
Stimming - Song For Isabelle
El Guincho - Kalise [Kubo Remix]
Octapush - Al Nadia
Figura - Ze Bula [Chancha Via Circuito Remix]
Frederic Galliano - Saudade Nova York
Deckstar [Featuring Phe Phe] - Take Me Away
Dama S [Featuring Puto Stro] - Wo Wo Wo
Jumping Back Slash - Kwaai Sneakers [*Forthcoming on Pollinate]

SQUARED° - Here, There, Now & You [mix] by Pollinate

Ghislain Poirier - Gutter Riddim

It seems that someone has started a blogging fire in the Steak House! Not to be outdone by Atki2 and Dub Boy, here is my new years blog post!

Future Steak House family member (hold tight for a remix on STEAK 003 and an artist EP to come) Poirier has recently refixed the tunes from his excellent Soca Sound System EP, taking the vocal tracks and splicing them over the new Gutter Riddim.

Most of the UK is buried under a thick carpet of snow but this is the perfect antidote to the bleak midwinter. Karnival heat to warm your cockles. Grab it below.


Poirier - Get Crazy feat. Mr. Slaughter (Gutter Riddim Refix)

Warrior One - DJ Mix

This mix has been on repeat for me since I first received it and its only fair that I share it because its huge! Warrior One are two producers from West London making some of the freshest and most exciting tunes I've heard in a while. Proper Karnival House heat! According the their bio:

"Warrior One is a master yoga pose dedicated to Virabhadra, the name of a fierce warrior incarnation of Shiva, who had a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, and a thousand feet, and wields a thousand clubs whilst wearing a tiger's skin. Deadly."

Their new EP (Including a fierce voicing by the one and only Lady Chann) is dropping Feb 15th on their own king pigeon label and you can grab the mix below.

Warrior One Mix



Tracklist

WARRIOR ONE FEAT LADY CHANN - KING RIDDIM
GRIEVIOUS ANGEL FEAT RIKO DAN - ICE RINK (FUNKY REMIX)
DOC DANEEKA - FUNKY BIT
RITON + PRIMARY ONE - WHO'S THERE? (L-VIS 1990 REMIX)
DOC DANEEKA - I CAN SEE (BUMP DUB REMIX)
TODDLA T + HERVE FEAT SEROCEE - SHAKE IT (DONAEO REMIX)
BEN ONONO - IT JUST WONT DO (WARRIOR ONES LOOSEY GOOSEY REMIX)
MAJOR LAZER - HOLD THE LINE (EDU K REMIX)
DJ ZINC + DAVE SPOON - GHOST TOWN (SOLUTIONS - WAS IT JUST A GAME - ACAPELLA)
ROSKA - GONE TO A BETTER PLACE
WARRIOR ONE - BAD LIKE JIMMY CLIFF
MAJOR LAZER - PON DE FLOOR
STICKY FEAT MAXWELL D - MAD MD
THE COUNT AND SINDEN - MEGA (DUB VERSION)
WARRIOR ONE - THE MACHINE
HOT CITY BASS - NO MORE
WARRIOR ONE - TURN THE MUSIC UP
PIDDY PY - GIGGLE RIDDIM
ZOMBY - EUPHORIA
GEENEUS FEAT KATY B - AS I (SKEPTA REMIX)

Rubi Dan - Bashment Funky

The whole Bashment Funky takeover shows no signs of slowing down. People like Gabriel Heatwave (with his excellent Funky Bashment mix) and of course our own Steak House Crew have been pushing this sound hard recently. Sometime heatwave vocalist and all round bad boy Rubi Dan has come up with this latest Karnival banger alongside Juxci with the two of them spitting fire over The Bop Riddim. You can grab it below:

Rubi Dan and Juxci - Bashment Funky

Busy Signal - Cool Baby (Poirier Remix) (video)

Yowza!

Check this HOT remix of Busy Signals 'Cool Baby' by our good friend, and all round karnival maestro, Poirier.



For more info & music from Poirier please check http://www.poiriersound.com/