Drop The Lime - Hot As Hell [Video]

Happy Birthday Diplo!

Diplo - Florida from Rory on Vimeo.

To celebrate the birth of Mad Decent's founding father Wesley "Diplo" Pentz, some vagabond has uploaded the original 38 minute Florida DVD in its entirety. That's it up there.

Trentemøller - Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider Go! [Video]

Widely regarded for his live performances - a quality sorely lacking in some of today's youngsters - Trentemøller should really be a lot bigger than he is. With a stage show that makes Lady GaGa look like a drag act in a working men's club in Dagenham.

Above all, however, is his inclusion of a theremin player - every nerdy electronica fan's wet dream as well as a live drummer. But apart from anything else his music is just ruddy good stuff.

Below you can watch the official video for 'Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider Go!' (from his latest LP 'Into the Great Wide Yonder'), a live performance at the Roskilde Festival in front of 50,000+ fans who I'm supposedly "appear to be floating".

Flying Lotus - Kill Your Co-Workers [Video]

Taken from the 'Pattern + Grid World' EP on Warp Records.

New Mustard Pimp EP

Mustard Pimp have released a brand-spanking new EP called 'Rock Paper Scissors'. Including the Cherry/Kiwi Remix EP, this is their fourth on Dim Mak and sixth overall.


And for your listening pleasure, you can stream all three tracks or you can download the first track 'Rock' featuring the talents of Hot Pink Delorean in shining 320!
Rock Paper Scissors EP by Mustard Pimp

Download: Mustard Pimp - Rock feat. Hot Pink Delorean

Flying Lotus - MmmHmm [Video]

Jammer - Ten Man Roll [Video]

The official video for the new Jammer single 'Ten Man Roll'. The track was produced by Shortstuff, Brackles, and Mumdance.

Jammer's full length album, 'Jahmanji', is out 5th July on Big Dada. Mumdance's new mixtape, 'Different Circles', which features 17 unreleased tracks and collaborations is coming out very soon for free download.

"I don't see it as allowing an illegal drug party"

I wasn't going to post this video until I realised where it was: the North East! I couldn't believe this was on the Birthday Party Berlin blog, but then again our good chum Jason Forrest knows his stuff!

Benga - Baltimore Clap [Video]

New AC Slater single on Trouble & Bass!

Trouble & Bass stalwart AC Slater has been rather busy of late. His new single 'Take You' with Ninjasonik has been released along with his contribution to the T&B Smashcast series and his mix for Mishka.

I met him briefly at Bangface and drunkenly arranged an interview that never happened, but I can at least vouch that he is a good egg - however hammered he was that night.

His new tune 'Take You' draws together elements of funky, house, bassline and even a touch of grime. Oh, and there's a lovely little piano breakdown reminiscent of Jason Tyler's 'Run Around' from a couple of years ago.

The video was directed and produced by T&B's very own Patrick 'The Captain' Rood, and Edited/DPed by Matt Canada of Control Alt Media. The remixes come from Drop The Lime, Nadastrom, Lee Mortimer and a host of others!

AC SLATER — TAKE YOU FEAT. NINJASONIK


AC Slater MySpace Music Videos

If you haven't downloaded 'Take You', you better get it now! Get it at Beatport, iTunes / Amazon, Juno, Boomkat and other digital retailers.

Nobody Beats The Drum - Grindin' [Video]

Nobody Beats The Drum - Grindin' from nobody beats the drum on Vimeo.

Yes! This video is full of colours that are cool and just hang out.

Strange days for Strange Boys

One of my big tips for this year is definitely The Strange Boys. They've recently signed a deal with Rough Trade to allow them UK distribution. Their current single 'Be Brave' is going to be really chuffing big. I'm so glad to be writing about these guys; it's been too long since a really dirty little band like these came out.


Hailing from Austin, Texas (via some other places), they're kind of in the vain of bands like Animal Collective, Passion Pit and very early Rolling Stones. Oh, and there's some Monks thrown in there for good measure too! It's really sleazy, old timey music. If it reminds me of any one thing it's of scruffy teenagers in cheap leather jackets playing garage and blues tunes on shitty guitars with far too much distortion.

Most of all, I love the production; nowadays everything's so slick and polished that there's very little discernable difference. In fact, you'd be forgiven for thinking they all had the same producer working on them. So let's all thank the good lord Jahova for The Strange Boys.

Download: The Strange Boys - Be Brave

A work of comic genius

The most amazing rap group has recently come to my attention: Die Antwoord or "The Answer". They're an Afrikaans hip-hop group who've been producing music in Cape Town for about a year now.

According to a recent interview with Vice Magazine, they produce "rap-rave next level shit" in a mixture of Afrikaans and English. Unbelievably, they're completely serious in what they do - which only adds to the hilarity.

Die Antwoord are Ninja, Yo-Landi Vi$$er and DJ Hi-Tek. They've had so much publicity of late because of the Enter The Ninja video that their original website hosters removed their site because of bandwith-buggery. Since then they've relocated to a US-based server and have signed with Sony. Honestly.

And if you wondered what in the shit "Zef" was, Watkin "Ninja" Tudor Jones (least cool name ever, by the way) explains all:

"Zef is our flavour, our style. It means fucking cool. But even more cool than fucking cool. No one can fuck with your shit. Zef’s the ultimate style, basically."

You really should read the Vice interview. It's a total stitch-up but it's hard to sympathise when they invite it so fervently.

DJ Donna Summer - Raw [Video]

DJ Donna Summer - Raw from Nightshifters on Vimeo.
Here's the video for DJ Donna Summer's new single 'Raw' out early next month on Nightshifters. This is definitely one for the wee small hours when you're so slaughtered the rooms spinning faster than the records and the only thing keeping you standing is the reverberations from the bass.

So look out for this bad mother, and stay tuned over the next couple of months for Donna's opening mix in the Kick Out The Jam mixtape series AND an interview with the man himself!

New Drop The Lime tune!

Drop The Lime has fired out a new tune as part of the new 'Heavy Bass Champions Of The World' series before he gets down to all his remix and production duties. This first volume is a club-friendly bassfest full of the usual wobbly basslines and whatnot.


You can grab the little rascal at Beatport, Amazon, iTunes and Turntable Lab.

You should also subscribe to the 'Smashcast' on iTunes for a series of podcasts from the Trouble & Bass team. The second episode sees Kanji Kinetic take to the mp3 decks of steel.

Starkey - Craters [Video]

"Give Me A Tissue In Case Of Mess..."

I know this is unbelievably ancient in the grand scheme of the internets, but it's still hilarious and really pokes fun at badly made grime. South East Londoners, Red Hot Entertainment comprise Gracious K, Jaxor, J Formula, Kabir, Klayze Flaymez, Terra Kid, X Ray. They don't seem to be doing anything anymore and the rest of the stuff on their MySpace isn't that great but this tune is still hilarious, and I'm 90% sure they're kidding.

Joy Orbison - She Dressed In Her Best (Video)

I'm glad to be able to show you why Joy Orbison is so good, instead of showing you on of his remixes. It really reminds me of those great records by Four Tet or Amon Tobin. You can hear the influence of Aphex Twin's squelchy acid synths as well in what is a well balanced blend of dubstep, acid and IDM.