Where them Dimes At?

It's time for another installment of "Polar Opposites," where Mo drops a smooth, buttery downtempo set and I follow it up with jackin' gut-thumping electro madness! I'm in the process of packing for a move at the end of the month, so I've been listening to music that keeps your brain humming and filling boxes with junk. I've been feeling a lot of fidgety house and vocal/booty breaks lately, and wanted to put together a really high energy breaks/bass mix with some of my favorites. I tried to keep it big-room and bass-heavy, with more of a hip hop feel (lots of samples and bootlegs with vocals), and I'm really pleased with how the mix turned out. I included a few current Stanton Warriors stompers, some Krafty Kuts re-rubs, a few 2 Bit Thug remixes, and a few facemelters from Hostage.

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Mantisounds - where them dimes at? by Mantisounds

1. Rico Tubbs - Gangsters (2 Bit Thugs Rerub - Dirty)
2. Vato Gonzalez - Badman Riddim
3. Hostage - I Get High
4. DJ Fast Eddie - Yo Yo Get Funky (Tim Healey & Deekline Remix)
5. Decibel vs Busta Rhymes - Dangerous (Krafty Kuts Re-rub)
6. Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin Beats (2 Bit Thugs Remix)
7. Hostage - Badman Sound
8. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations (Stanton Warriors Remix)
9. Mightyfools - We Want (DJ Icey Recon Remix 2)
10. Bass Kleph - Bump Uglies (DJ Icey Remix)
11. Farace & J2K - Booty Aint a Thang
12. Hoxton Whores - Friday Saturday Love (Breaks Mix Vocal)
13. Rye Rye ft. M.I.A. - Bang (Stanton Warriors Remix)
14. Major Lazer - Hold the Line (Golden Gloves Wobble n Shake Remix)
15. Ctrl Z vs The Freestylers - Ruffneck '09 ft. Navigator (RackNRuin Remix)
16. Krafty Kuts v Draxx & Seavers - Rude Boys (Krafty Kuts Re-rub)
17. DJ Motion - Beatz 4 Me
18. Stanton Warriors ft. Gus Gus - Blue (Vocal Version)

Playing Catch-up: A Whole Lotta Breakbeat

This summer has been crazy for me, personally and professionally. Well, mostly personally. Mrs. Mantis is preggers with twins, so I've been trying to get my affairs in order in preparation for the Battle of Sleep Deprivation. Being an old school party kid, I'm actually well-armed for the fight (being the King of Disco Naps and all), but I know it's going to seriously cut into my rave time. While I haven't been posting much this summer, I have been mixing. A lot. So here you are: a summer's worth of mixes, most posted at various times on Facebook but never here on the blog (or over at La MoDa Mixtapes, which is undergoing some changes and should be back with a vengence very soon!).

Mantisounds - keep marching by Mantisounds

Mantisounds – Keep Marching
1. NAPT - Heart of Stone

2. ILS - Hate is an Illness (NAPT Remix)

3. Drumattic Twins - Crazy Love (Peo De Pitte Remix)

4. Bird Peterson - Bird Goes Off

5. Tittsworth - WTF ft. Kid Sister & Pase Rock (Deekline & Tim Healty Remix)

6. Splitloop - Party People (Adsorb Remix)

7. BreakZhead - Going On (Jurassik Remix)

8. Future Funk Squad - Blow ft. Mojo

9. Brothers Bud - The Sting

10. Chemical Brothers - (Saturate (Stanton Warriors Remix)

11. BSD - Get Hype on This

12. Ed Solo & Skool of Thought - When I Was a Yout (Krafty Kuts Remix)

13. The Arsonist - Gimme My (Slim Blue Mix)

14. Si Begg - The Bleeps

15. LCD Soundsystem - Disco Infiltrator (Stanton Warriors Remix)

16. Kid Digital - It's True

17. A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray (Stanton Warriors Remix)


Mantisounds - i like to dance by Mantisounds
Mantisounds – I Like to Dance
1. stanton warriors - who are the warriors (bassleph remix)

2. bjork - hidden place (zuul remix v3)

3. groove diggerz - we rock

4. slyde - frequen...cy (miles dyson remix)
5. groove diggerz - one love

6. soul of man - dizzy heights

7. lee coombs - future sound of retro (2008 remix)

8. plump djs - electric disco (d ramirez remix)

9. stanton warriors - precinct (plump djs remix)

10. vespers - this is the beat

11. discosynthetique - vibrate

12. splitloop - electricity

13. mobius - tools of the trade (lo definition remix)

14. stereo type, screwaface & ctrl Z - balls the wall (stereo:type part 2 mix)

15. blim - tattoo

16. infusion/freeland - starwater/nowism (bassbin twins edit)

17. the martin brothers - dum (dubbel dutch remix)

18. soho jo - i like to dance


Rhythm is the difference by Mantisounds
Mantisounds – Rhythm is the Difference
1. groove diggers - body flow

2. dj shaolin - bitches and money (breaks mix)

3. groove diggers - funky heroes

4. nick thayer - fabricated

5. meat katie - work ya body

6. plump djs - rub off

7. nick thayer - groove with it

8. bootasaurus - booty calamity

9. dj phunkae ft. aleeta bensen - super star bass (plaza de funk remix)

10. plump djs - take the weight

11. bassbin twins - ruffest

12. omni trio - renegade snares (aquasky vs masterblaster remix)

13. 9 nickel - rhythm is everything

14. beber - chief rocka (beber bass remix)

15. beber - chief rocka (beber beats remix)

16. beber - juvenile delinquent (beber supafly remix)


Shed a tear by Mantisounds
Mantisounds – Shed a Tear

1. bruce lee - be water, my friend

2. ali kay - numb

3. electric soulside - system d

4. tim healey & marc adamo - ghetto blaster (krafty kuts remix)

5. meat katie & d ramirez - stop the revolution (bassbin twins remix)

6. rico tubbs - it gets no better (VEN)

7. general midi - the westerner

8. breakzhead - the lost (ways and means remix)

9. mr. l"apes - skunk burner

10. tayo meets elroy and piper - down under dub

11. deekline & wizard - all your love

12. ed solo & skool of thought - when I was a yout

13. drumattic twins - hyperspeed

14. black canvas - we fear not (12" mix)

15. drumattic twins - broken planet

16. deekline & wizard - dancehall thrilla

17. kouncilhouse & micky finn - shed a tear

Giant Pussy Records

Deekline and Tim Healey have both been around for a minute. Deekline has been cranking out dancefloor madness since the late 90s UK Garage scene with such favorites as Ed Solo, Wizard, Freq Nasty, Stanton Warriors, etc. Tim Healey got his start as more of a "main room" act, making big techno/electro-house bangers since the mid 90s. They've teamed up to form Giant Pussy records, which they describe as a "vault of sleaze, trash, and bass." I think the world could use a little more sleaze, trash, and bass....

The video above is the first project these two embarked on. The video below is their most recent offering. In addition to being SMOKING hot songs, these guys have figured out that adding just a few bells and whistles to a YouTube vid will assist greatly in spreading the word (take note producers uploading videos with boring still photos!). The future is booty....

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Slyde - Block Parties

Slyde has been KILLING it over the last 12 months, from last year's LP "Everyone's Entitled to Our Opinion," to all of the bangin' remixes that LP spawned (NAPT and Miles Dyson remixes of "Frequency" coming in for special notice). Well, they're teeing up what appears to be another smoking release, based on the video teaser above. As a breaks head from way back, Slyde (and some of the other acts on Fingerlickin') continue to get me hyped with this updated, bass-heavy take on funky breaks. These guys are definitely ones to watch!...

Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc.

Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. from Chris Cairns on Vimeo.

There was a time in the not-so-distant past where turntablism was the dopest thing since sliced bread (Wave Twisters was a highwater mark for the genre, IMO). Glad to see people keeping the flame burning, and even pushing the boundaries a bit...

Pantyraid!

Dubstep is thought of as a very British genre (much to the frustration of some of the folks holding it down on this side of the pond like the heads at Soulchampion and Selector Moldy out of Portland), growing as it has out of drum n’ bass and downtempo with a dash of dub reggae. Marine Parade records, one of my all-time favorite labels (and Bri'ish to boot), is putting out a new album by an AMERICAN dubstep duo called Pantyraid. Check out their site for a streaming 50 minute mix. Who sez America can't do bass?

Wu Tang is for the Children!

Wu-Tang Lego: Da Mystery of Chessboxin' from davo on Vimeo.

If you want to see the shot-for-shot comparison, peep it here.

Tracking MJ Samples

via Blue Crane Standing

Test Press @ Middlesex, Cambridge, MA

Come out to see DJ Triple A and me (Mantisounds) at the Middlesex in Camibridge this Wednesday evening (July 22, 2009)

Change comes to America (and this blog)

The Year of the Ox is shaping up to be a year of change.  As I've discussed previously on this blog, I have recently formed a new musical partnership with the Mighty Mosart212, and as such, we've started a collaborative home for our collective mixes and ramblings.  Since cross-posting everything on that site, this site and the occasional Monkeys for Helping collabo just seems like way too much work for someone as lazy as me, I'm going to indefinitely shutter this site and start posting solely over at La MoDa, but I'm going to keep the Mantisounds blog archive (and corresponding Divshare links) active  so my legions of fans and groupies can continue to do the science.

If you want to check the Mantisounds mixes I've put up on this site to date, click here.

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