Ruffnek at Cosies this Saturday

First Ruffnek Diskotek of the year at Cosies this Saturday! Comprised of Punch Drunk's latest signing Kahn (who's upcoming record is a flippin belter!) and Sureskank main man Neek, Gorgon Sound play a wicked selection of steppas, Bristol bass and their own ruff n tuff productions. With their tunes currently receiving support from DJ Stryda, RSD and us Steak House lot, theirs is a sound steeped in Bristol soundsystem culture.....

Radio Show 11/2/11

The audio from last weeks Steak House Vs Pollinate radio show is now online, featuring a special guest mix of fresh bashment and Soca from Shimmy Shimmy's The Large. Grab it below.

Steak House Vs Pollinate Records 11/2/11

Tracklist:

Serge Gainsbourg - Black Trombone

Fede - Cyan Let Go

Round Table Knights - Calypso

Blak Ryno - Nuh Tek Talk (Matt Shadatek Remix)

Chelly/My Oizo - I took the Night (DJ Ayres Flatbeat mix)

Jusa - African Airhorn Dance

Acid Kids ft Marina - Big Foot (Schlachthofbronx Remix)

Geneeus & Ms Dynamite - Get Low (Crackish)

Cajmere - Brighter Day

Tillup - Bounce Right Back

Schlachthofbronx - Impler ft Spoek Mathambo

Adele - Rolling In The Deep (Jumping Back Slash remix)

DJ CNDO - Terminator

Wawungenzenjani f/t Tzozo and Tira - Big Nuz

Guapo Feo and Reaganomics - Super Moombahton

Sonido Desconocido II - VW Cumbia

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The Large interview

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The Large guest mix

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Wiley - Igloo (Murlo remix)

Roboman ft Alisha - We Own the Road

Machel Montano - Congoman

Machel Montano - No Behaviour

DJ Chuckie & DJ Flex - Who Dat

Zinja Hlungwani - Ntombi Ya Magaze

Stereotyp - Jukebox

Roger Troutman - Computer Love

Mix Monday: John Eden and Grievous Angel

John Eden and Grievous Angel have done an excellent job of helping me forget the bleak mid winter with this beautiful selection of classic Lovers Rock. John has compiled a selection of his favourite tunes and handed it over to GA for dubs, effects and mastering. The result is an hour of bittersweet Lovers Rock classics overdubbed with spaced out sirens, horns, and whistles. You can read John's note on the mix here and GA's here. With this on the stereo, the curtains closed, and the heating up full, I could almost pretend that it wasn't December in SE17.

Grab it here

New Release: The Phantom EP

Our good friends over at Senseless Records have just dropped this cheeky little bubbler. Having recently put our records from Venezuela and the Caribbean, this, their final record of 2010 sees the label look east. The Phantom aka 23 year old Bartosz Kruczynski hails from Warsaw, Poland and makes unique tropically flecked future bass music; shards of skeletal UK Funky, speaker shaking R&B and deep house devastatingly spliced with glacial synths and deep, deep sub bass.

This, his first EP for Senseless sees three original tracks of completely individual RnB, Classic House, UK Funky mutants backed by hot reworkings by Brenmar, (Wow!), Hackman, and Kruczynski's fellow countryman, Zeppy Zep.

The EP is out next week and you can preorder it here. As a taste you can grab the Zeppy Zep remix of Night Game below:

The Phantom - Night Game (Zeppy Zep remix)

Ruffnek Diskotek at The Black Swan, Bristol, THIS SATURDAY

This is will be the last large Ruffnek Diskotek for the forseeable (don't fear, we shall be continuing our Bi-monthly slot at Cosies, Portland Sq!) so we intend to go out with a BANG!

It is a great surprise to all of us that Disrupt (and Soom T) have never before performed in Bristol, but that's the reality so we're addressing that. It also made sense to make the most of the occasion and bring in the awesome Mungo's Hi Fi soundsystem to present them on.

The rest of the line up speaks for itself - Mungo's will, of course, be spinning too; Ruffnek favourites the Heatwave (full crew I understand); Serocee will be returning to mic (because he enjoyed the last Monster Bass so much he insisted on joining us for this one!), Quest doing the deep deep dubstep thing (and on that rig!); and some bunch o' knobheads who call themselves Dub Boy and Monkey Steak.

Lemonade - Remain In Jah (Murderbot Remix)

Lemonade - Remain in Jah (Chrissy Murderbot remix)

Just found that the Stereogum website are giving away the above mp3 this week. Can't say I'm that up on Lemonade, but anyone who's heard me DJ recently will know how much I'm feeling the Juke and how much I'm feeling those steel pan tracks. (I put this down partly to the nostalgia of my school days and having the chance to play as part of a band in our Year 9 music classes). I reckon Chrissy's nailed both aspects in this remix.

We got a big Steak House exclusive to give away later this week, so take this post as a bit of a warm up ;)

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