A-Trak Essential Mix

Back in November 2008 A-Trak hit Bournemouth alongside Erol Alkan and Annie Mac to record a special live Essential Mix for Radio 1. A-Trak took to the decks for the first hour, with Erol rounding things off. We thought we'd host the mix in anticipation of A-Trak playing Blah Blah Blah on Thursday 9th April incase you missed it the first time round.



Essential Mix - A-Trak & Erol Alkan

A-Trak

A-Trak vs. DJ Sneak – ‘Say Whoa Can’t Hide From Your Bud’ (Kitsune)
His Majesty Andre – ‘Peep Thong’ (Cheaper Thrills)
Soundhack - ‘Funky Rule’ (CDR)
DJ Sneak – ‘Obama’ (CDR)
Armand Van Helden – ‘The Funk Phenomenon’ (UMTV)
Alex Gopher – ‘Aurora’ (Go 4 Music France)
Voodoo Chilli – ‘Get On Down’ (Cheap Thrills)
Boys Noize – ‘Oh (A-Trak Remix)’ (CDR)
Treasure Fingers – ‘Cross The Dancefloor (Laidback Luke Remix)’
DJ Rob 3 – ‘The Chase’ (Cheap Thrills Records)
DJ Mujava – ‘Township Funk’ (This Is Music)
DJ Mad – ‘Put Your Drinks Up’ (CDR)
Laurent Wolf – ‘The Crow’ (Darkness Records)
Beni – ‘My Love Sees You (Etienne De Crecy Remix)’ (Kitsune)
DJ Mehdi – ‘Pocket Piano (Joakim Remix)’ (CDR)
Mr Ozio – ‘Gay Dentists (Andrew Rosse Edit)’ (Ed Banger Records)
Fake Blood – ‘Blood Splashin’ (Cheap Thrills)
Shadow Dancer – ‘Soap’ (Boys Noize Records)
Sammy Bananas – ‘All The Girls’ (Fools Gold)
Jokers of the Scene – ‘Baggy Bottom Boys’ (CDR)
A-Trak – ‘Say Whoa (Sinden Remix)’ (CDR)
Danielle Papini – ‘Church of Nonsense’ (CDR)
Laidback Luke & A-Trak – ‘Shake It Down’ (CDR)
Steve Mac & Mark Brown – ‘Bells of Brighton (Popof Remix)’ (CR2)
Dek 32 – ‘Gnor’ (Houseworks)
DJ Gant-Man – ‘Juke That Girl From The Back’ (CDR)
DJ MP4 – ‘The Book Is On The Table’ (CDR)
Crookers – ‘Embrace The Martian (Seii Remix)’ (CDR)
DJ Zinc – ‘138 Trek’ (True Playaz Music)
Thomas Bangalter – ‘What To Do’ (CDR)

Erol Alkan

The Faint - Mirror Error (Das Glow mix)
Mr Oizo - Positif
Tiga - Mind Dimension 2
Robbie Rivera - Move Move (Ettiene De Crecy Edit)
ZZT - The Worm (Erol Alkan Rework)
Jan Driver - Rat alert
Style Of Eye - Ona
Dada Attack - Clearly Imply
Zombie Nation - Forza
Patrice Baumel - Roar
Mystery Jets - Two Doors Down (Duke Dumont mix)
10CC - Im Not In Love
Late Of The Pier - Bathroom Gurgle (Duke Dumont mix)

WeAreBlahBlahBlah EP14 - Mixed by Riva Starr

One of our next guests at Blah Blah Blah Riva Starr has exclusively got behind the decks and put together a bouncing floor wrecking tech house mix which combines a mix of beeps and burping synth lines with a tribal techno flavour to create a Miami tinged mix that evokes distant visions of the summer sun.....in a good way.

Riva Starr first came to notice on Jesse Rose's ubercool Frontroom label with the Thizzle EP, which led to a release on Claude Von Stroke's pivotal Dirtybird label with the WTF?! EP - described by IDJ as "essential - 5/5". Then there were two releases in quick succession on Southern Fried - a remix of Armand van Helden's smash J'Taime, and his own EP, Scratch'n'Itch, which had rave reviews from a stupidly wide variety of DJs. He soon followed this up with the fantastic Conga and War Drums EP's and the brilliantly rave led I jack U.

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WeAreBlahBlahBlah EP14 - Mixed by Riva Starr

Riva Starr can be seen at Blah Blah Blah April 9th.

Tracklist

1. Renaissance Man - Spraycan (Dubsided)
2. Simon Baker & Jamie Jones - Kaszaki (Get Physical)
3. Solo - Congoloid (Dirtybird)
4. David Keno - Discoteca (Kindisch)
5. Heinrichs & Hirtenfellner - Tromp It
6. Unknown - test pressing
7. Don Diablo - DiscoDiscoDisco (Riva Starr rmx)
8. Malente - I like it (Riva Starr rmx) (Fool’s Gold)
9. Popof - Face’s uch
10. Kc Flight Voices (Riva Starr rmx) HOOJ
11. Jesse Rose - Never Ending (Dubsided)

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A-Trak FABRICLIVE 45 Competition

In anticipation of A-Trak playing at Blah Blah Blah on Easter Thursday 9th April, we have teamed up with Fabric to give away copies of his forthcoming FABRICLIVE Mix CD.

A-Trak is one of the greatest DJs of all time having won the DMC World Championship at the tender age of 15 and this mix CD not only showcases his superb mixing and scratching skills, but also his own productions.

"On FABRICLIVE 45, A-Trak slams down an unrivalled blend of everything hot, fast, fun and creative in clubland today. Try and fathom how a mix with a tracklist that lurches from Boys Noize and Baltimore edits to Aeroplane and Todd Terje remixes to a nine year old scene-altering UK garage anthem actually fits together. It is this that makes FABRICLIVE 45 one of our most distinctive and jaw-dropping mixes yet." - Fabric



Here are A-Trak's own words to sum up what the CD is all about:

“I mixed in some old, classic house records with some newer funk-loop house records that reference the old house records, mixed with some kooky weird Baltimore-ish club edits, mixed with some techno stuff, some slow disco and my own productions. If you see it on paper it looks like a whole mish-mash but the way I put together the mix, it somehow comes together and makes sense. I just looked at it really as a DJ mix: the way that I bring the songs in and the way that I try to put my stamp on it, rocking doubles on some of the records and doing scratch routines and adding layers on top of my edits of the songs, that's what defines its identity. I wanted to let the mix itself do the talking” - A-Trak

Not only that but we will also be giving away free entry and a brand new limited edition Blah Blah Blah t-shirt to the first prize winner.

1st Prize - A-Trak FABRICLIVE 45 CD + Blah Blah Blah T-Shirt + Free Entry to see A-Trak at Digital

Runners up: A-Trak FABRICLIVE 45 CD

To stand a chance to win all you have to do is email "blahblahblah_brighton@hotmail.co.uk", with the subject line "A-Trak Competition", the answer to the following question and your full name:

"What is the name of the uber cool record label A-Trak runs?"

WeAreBlahBlahBlah EP13 - Mixed by 2 Bit Thugs

So, treat time. 2 Bit Thugs have come up trumps yet again with an absolute blinding mix that smashes their last three clearly out of the water. If you have heard any of them, you know what is coming will be something truly outstanding. ‘All Basses Covered’ is an hours example of what you can expect when you see the 2 Bits performing one of their genre crushing, beat crunching, bass booming DJ sets, 36 tracks in 62 minutes all cut to perfection with acapella’s, scratching and samples throughout. We think you’ve waited for long enough…

WeAreBlahBlahBlah EP13 - Mixed by 2 Bit Thugs




Track Listing

1. 2 Bit Thugs – Let The Story Begin...
2. Western Roots - Sub General
3. Kid Rock Vs Jackal & Hyde - Pimp Of The Nation
4. Chrome Kids Vs Elbow - Grounds For Divorce (Chrome Plated Elbow)
5. MC Gringo & DJ Beware - Tamborzao Con Scratchy
6. Jack Beats – What (Vocal Mix)
7. Dillinja - Twist Em Out - (Proper Villains Remix)
8. Second Protocol - Basslick
9. Rob Le Pitch - Sticky Fingers - (Baobinga & ID Remix)
10. Scam – I Feel It
11. Rossi B & Luca - Music Money (2 Bit Bmore Edit)
12. DJ Zinc & Dave Spoon- Ghost Train
Dizzee Rascal - Stand Up - Accapella
13. Reflex - Put Your Hands Up
Dynamite MC - There They Go - Accapella
14. Ripgroove - Double 99 - (Twisted Bitz & Ant Brooks Remix)
15. Rico Tubbs - Gangsters - (2 Bit Thugs ReRub)
16. Warboy - London's Getting Dirty - (Jackinori Remix)
17. Affie Yusuf & Trevor Loveys - B Boy Tradition
18. Screama Vs Ian Round - Don't Hold Back The Rave
19. Stupid Fresh - Grip Yourself
20. Micky Slim - Hit The Club - (Heavyfeet Remix)
21. Stagga Feat. Skamma - Sick As Sin
Black Rob - Woah - Accapella
22. Blackjack - Dead Prez
23. Machines Dont Care - Soundboy Massive - (Herve & Detboi Remix)
24. Heavyfeet - One Last Time
25. Blowfelt - Shake To This
26. Baobinga & ID - Jump Up Get Hype - (Gella Remix)
27. DBX - Doing Our Thing
28. B Rich - Everyday Hustle - (2 Bit Thugs Remix)
29. 2 Live Crew - Party - (2 Bit Thugs ReRub)
30. Fake Blood - Mars - (Player Player's 95 Jump Mix)
31. Tipper - Pins & Needles
32. Rex The Dog - Itchy Scratchy
33. Notorious B.I.G - Hypnotise - (Cold Blank Remix)
34. EZ Rollers - Walk This Land - (2 Bit Thugs ‘EZ Roland’ Edit)
35. Freestylers - B Boy Stance - (Mulder Remix)
36. Rico Tubbs - Gangsters - (Muffler Remix)
37. 2 Bit Thugs – Drama
38. 2 Bit Thugs – Infommercial Outro

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Fake Blood - Essential Mix

Fake Blood visted us on the 14th of March and totaly destroyed the floor, and if you were there and need another slice of the Blood's magic check his Essential mix for Radio 1.




To download the mix click on the link - Fake Blood Essential Mix

In his own words....

Last Friday, the 13th March, my ESSENTIAL MIX was broadcast on BBC Radio 1.

The theme was this: Rather than just bang it out for 2 hours (yawn) I thought I would split it into 2 distinct halves, and show a wider range of music I love. Plus it makes it more interesting to put together, and to listen to hopefully:

The 1st hour represents THE CLUB, and is the kind of stuff I am playing out. A bit heavier for that apex of the night.
But the 2nd hour is THE AFTER PARTY, and is me playing other stuff I love, but goes a bit deeper, stripped back, melodic and unusual. Music to watch the night turn into morning.

It'll definitely throw a few people, but that was kind of the intention.

Tracklisting

HOUR 1

1. Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip "Look For The Woman" (Fake Blood Mix)
2. Hatiras "The New Jam"
3. VV Brown "Leave!" (Style Of Eye Mix)
4. Knuckles "Loading"
5. Underworld "Ring Road" (Fake Blood Mix)
6. Touche "Vampires"
w/ Frankie Bones & Lennie Dee "Just As Long As I Got You" Acapella
7. F#M "Riptide"
8. EDX "Casa Grande" (Robbie Rivera Mix)
9. Hot Chip "Touch Too Much" (Fake Blood Mix)
10. Mustard Pimp "Oh La La Satan" (Jay Robinson Mix)
w/ Josh Wink "Superfreak" Acapella
11. Hatiras & Jelo "Donkey Punch"
12. Boy 8-Bit "Baltic Pine"
13. Walter Murphy "A 5th Of Beethoven" (Soulwax Edit)
w/ A+ "Enjoy Yourself" Acapella
14. Malente & Daniel Dexter "Hyperactive"
w/ Trick Daddy "Shut Up" Acapella
15. The Kills "Cheap And Cheerful" (Fake Blood Mix)
16. DJ Zinc "Blunt Edge"
w/ Plez "I Can't Stop" Acapella
17. Lazy Jay "Float My Boat"
18. Ink & Needle "Tattoo 3"
w/ Scenario Rock "Skitzo Dancer" Acapella
19. Little Boots "Stuck On Repeat" (Fake Blood Mix)
20. Joachim Garraud "Are U Ready" (Roman Salzger Mix)
21. Vektorkat "End Run"
w/ Daft Punk "Revolution 909" (Roger Sanchez Mix) Acapella
22. Fake Blood "Mars" (Original / R!M!E Mix / Hatchmatik Mixes)
23. Electric Light Orchestra "Mr. Blue Sky" (Fake Edit)
w/ Green Velvet "La La Land" Acapella

HOUR 2:

1. Chateau Flight "Baroque"
2. Mike Monday "I Am Plankton"
3. Touche "Spectres"
4. Butch "Amelie"
5. Caro, Dapyk & Padberg "Island" feat. Caro (Noze Mix)
6. Simian Mobile Disco "Run Theme"
7. Lucio Aquilina "Magic M"
8. Monochrome "Pearl"
9. Whomadewho "The Plot" (Noze Mix)
10. Can "A Spectacle"
11. In Flagranti "Business Acumen" (Holy Ghost! cover version)
12. Stephan Bodzin and Marc Romboy "Puck"
w/ X-Press 2 "Smoke Machine" Acapella
13. Touche "Zombies"
14. Giorgio "From Here To Eternity"
15. Pylon "Cool"
w/ LCD Soundsystem "Yeah" Acapella
16. Knuckles "Tragus"
17. Lorenz Rhode "Antidote"
18. Battle Sequencer "Fish Fingers Part II"
19. Radiohead "Reckoner" (Diplo Mix)
20. Seventeen Evergreen "Music Is The Wine" (Joakim Dub)
21. Bent "To Be Loved"
22. Fad Gadget "Coitus Interruptus"
23. David Rubato "Circuit"

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Blah Blah Blah presents A-Trak

Blah Blah Blah have just confirmed A-Trak to headline their easter special on April 9th which is something to get very excited about. A-Trak was Kayne West’s tour DJ in 2004 and has worked closely with him ever since, he won a DMC World Title aged 15, set up the uber cool Fools Gold label, recently did a stunning Radio 1 Essential Mix with UK super hero Erol Alkan and if that wasn’t enough his brother is the tall mustached guy from Chromeo.




To get a flavour of what to expect A-Trak has put together an 8 minute mashup of his soon to be released Infinity +1 mixtape.

A-Trak Mini Mix

In his own words…..”Lets boogie woogie”

Following this mixtape A-Trak is also confirmed to be the DJ behind the decks for Fabric Live 45. Of his ‘Fabric Live 45' mix, A-Trak said:

“I mixed in some old, classic house records with some newer funk-loop house records that reference the old house records, mixed with some kooky weird Baltimore-ish club edits, mixed with some techno stuff, some slow disco and my own productions.

“If you see it on paper it looks like a whole mish-mash but the way I put together the mix, it somehow comes together and makes sense.

“I just looked at it really as a DJ mix: the way that I bring the songs in and the way that I try to put my stamp on it, rocking doubles on some of the records and doing scratch routines and adding layers on top of my edits of the songs, that’s what defines its identity. I wanted to let the mix itself do the talking.”

Fabric Live 45 Tracklisting

1. A-Trak ‘Say Whoa’ [Fool’s Gold] and DJ Sneak ‘You Can’t Hide From Your Bud’ [Classic] 

2. Boys Noize - ‘Oh! (A-Trak Remix)’ [Boysnoize Records] 

3. Scott Grooves feat Parliament Funkadelic ‘Mothership Reconnection (Daft Punk Remix)’ [Soma] 

4. Voodoo Chilli ‘Get On Down’ [Cheap Thrills] 

5. Skepta ‘Sweet Mother (House Version)’ [Boy Better Know] 

6. DJ Class ‘I’m The Ish’ [Unruly] 

7. Metronomy ‘Heartbreaker (Diskjokke Remix)’ [Because] 

8. His Majesty Andre ‘Peep Thong’ [Cheap Thrills] 

9. Zombie Nation ‘Forza (Original)’ [UKW] 

10. Alex Gopher ‘Aurora’ [Go 4 Music] 

11. Dance Area ‘AA 24-7’ [Phantasy] 

12. Robbie Rivera ‘Move Move (DJ Observer & Daniel Heathcliff Remix)’ [Juicy] 

13. Daniele Papini ‘Church of Nonsense’ [Media] 

14. Laidback Luke & A-Trak ‘Shake It Down’ [Fool’s Gold] 

15. Nacho Lovers ‘Acid Life (Nachos 909 Dub)’ [Fool’s Gold] 

16. Rob Threezy ‘The Chase’ [Rob Threezy] 

17. Friendly Fires ‘Paris (Aeroplane Remix)’ [XL] 

18. Fan Death ‘Veronica’s Veil (Erol Alkan’s Extended Re-Edit)’ [Phantasy] 19. Simon Baker ‘Plastik (Todd Terje’s Turkatech Remix)’ [Ongaku] 

20. The Martian ‘Tobacco Ties’ [Red Planet] 

21. DJ Gant-Man ‘Juke Dat Girl From The Back’ [Fool’s Gold] 

22. DJ MP4 ‘The Book Is On The Table’ [Musics Net] 

23. Jamie Anderson & Content ‘Body Jackin’ ‘[IDG] 

24. Raffertie ‘Do Dat’ [On The Brink] 

25. DJ Zinc ‘138 Trek’[Bingo Beats]

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Herve - Essential Mix

Herve with his Essential mix for BBC Radio 1. This mix features a wide array of some of the best club sounds right now and if you want more of the same check out his latest official compilation 'Ghetto Bass' One part wonky grimy bass, and one part Dubstep.




To download the mix click on the following link - Herve Essential Mix

1. Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes - Domino

2. The Clubqueen DJ K Swift feat Blaqstarr - Get Your Hands Up (Blaqstarr mix) - Unruly Productions

3. Ricco Tubbs - Hip Rave Anthem - Cheap Thrills

4. Kill Frenzy - 54321

5. Daniel Merriweather feat Wale - Change - Columbia

6. Project Bassline - Drop The Pressure (Count Of Monte Cristal mix) - Cheap Thrills

7. Rockwell D Feat Gappy Ranks - Girls Meltdown

8. Fake Blood - Mars (Herve fake Herve mix) - Cheap Thrills

9. Mr Oizo - Gay Dentist - Ed Banger

10. His Majesty Andre - Peep Thong - Cheaper Thrills

11. Don Diablo - Rock Rock Rock (Trevor Loveys mix)

12. Machines Dont Care - Drop It To The Floor - Machines Dont Care/Cheap Thrills

13. Human Resource - Dominator (Herv? mix) - R and S

14. Lady Sovereign - I Got You Dancing (Jack Beats mix) - Midget

15. Machines Dont Care - Beat Band (Acti On Mans mix) - Machines Dont Care/Cheap Thrills

16. Action Man - Alarm Bell - Cheap Thrills

17. Kidda - Under The Sun (Herve mix) - Skint

18. Prodigy - Omen (Herve End Of The World mix) - Take Me To The Hospital
19. Metallica - Enter Sandman (Herve on the rocks mix)

20. La Roux - In For The Kill (Skream mix) - Polydor

21. Zomby - Rumours And Revolutions - Cheap Thrills

22. Darqwan - Jayrassik - Bingo Beats

23. Skream - Filth - Tempa

24. Jokers Of The Scene - Baggy Bottom Boys (DZ mix) - Fools Gold

25. Lily Allen - Fear (Herve aka The Count saves Lily from the fear mix) - EMI

26. Magnetic Man - Cybermen - Tempa

27. Buraka Som Sistema - Sound Of Kuduro - Fabric

28. Toddla T and Herve - Shake It (Wittyboy mix) - 1965

29. The Count And Sinden - Hardcore Girls (Project Bassline mix) - Domino

30. Hi Rankin - Bubble and Squeak

31. TC - Wheres My Money (Jack Beats mix) - Valve

32. Skream - Fick - Tempa

33. Herve Vs The Count - Jungle Steppas - Cheap Thrills

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