I Don't Know Why I Love You

I have always liked the Brand New Heavies, though recently I have taken to thinking of their stuff as being a bit too 'safe', almost verging on lounge music. As if to prove me wrong I received their latest single in the post. The Tom Moulton mixes take them back to a more soulful 70's esque sound, a perfect slice of modern disco funk. Here is the Main Mix and Instrumental for you: Brand New Heavies-I Don't Know Why I Love You (Tom Moulton Main Mix)

Brand New Heavies-I Don't Know Why I Love You (Tom Moulton Instrumental)

Soul Heaven

The nature of my Friday night gig means I am playing a lot more house these days than I normally would. So I have been dutifully ripping all my old favourites for use in Serato. Here is one that I definitely plan on playing tonight:Goodfella's-Soul Heaevn (Pasta Boys Mix)

A Little Bit Chilled...

A bit of a change of pace here. I ripped this last night with full knowledge that I will probably never get to play it out...but if you ever find yourself doing an 'all back to mine' type set this one is straight fire.

Zero 7 make great chill out music and even better remixes of other peoples tunes. This one is a classic: N.E.R.D-Provider (Zero 7 Remix)

I Can't Go Frontin' For That

VS

Another blend/mash up for you. I have been doing this one out live with the acapella and instrumental for a while now and have finally got around to laying it down properly in Acid. Works with all crowds. Enjoy!

H&O Vs P&J-I Can't Go Frontin' For That (Hwen's Special Blend)

Booty House: Part 2

Last time I focused on the label Peaches. This time round, I have taken a few tracks from the Igloo imprint.
A more diverse set of covers here. We have Talking Heads-Psycho Killer, a Missy Elliot tune and my personal favourite of the bunch an amazing cover of The Cure's Love Cats. I love to play this tune and watch everyone scratch their heads, sure that they recognise the bassline before it finally drops and they go mental.

Igloo-Psyco

Igloo-Ms E Loves Jass

Igloo-Black Cats

Booty House: Part 1

A recent post on the Holler Board has got me thinking about all the old bootleg house records I have. Now I am not talking about some Booty Love terrible cover of Lucy Pearl (side note: how could they butcher this so badly?? Mood II Swing had already made the definitive house version!). I am talking about some grimey, boompety boomp house. The sound championed by Derrick Carter, Honey Dijon and the like.
I will do a couple of posts on this as it was my preferred brand of house for a while.
Enjoy!

Ol Yello
I Am Music (No Assembly Required Mix)
Mona Lisa (Reverend Bloo Mix)

Grime Time

So, I have a love/hate relationship with grime. It varies wildly between groundbreaking artists (your Dizzee's, Kano's, Sway's etc) and what can only be described as kids from my local estate shouting about their 'ends'. However in the middle of these two sides there is a wealth of good tracks. I recently picked up this compilation put out by Channel U and thought I would share some of the highlights with you. Enjoy!

The Frontlinerz-Down

Tinie Tempah-Hood Economics

NDubz VS Naa-NDubs VS Naa

Roll Deep-Celebrate

Wong-Not A Hater