Photos: Foreign Beggars, Borgore and 12th Planet


Photos by Averie Harvey

It was a half n hour of power. In just 30 min Foreign Beggars, Borgore and 12th Planet exploded onto the airwaves with massive basslines and so much energy. Twitter was going crazy as the transformed the show into something you would expect to hear on London pirate radio.

Listen: Foreign Beggars – LDN ft Alix Perez | Buy Me

Listen: Foreign Beggars – Hold On ft Skinnyman & DV | Buy Me


Listen: Borgore – My Favourite Things | Buy Me
Download: MSTRKFT – Heartbreaker ft John Legend (12th Planet Remix)
Download: Foreign Beggars, Borgore and 12th Planet Radio Show Takeover

Photos: Jean Grae, Mr Len and Mela Machinko


Photos by Averie Harvey

Shots Shots Shots! Here are a few shots of Jean Grae, Mr Len and Mela when they ran amok on my radio show a week or so ago. You should really listen as the play everything from LMFAO to Jane’s Addiction, interview Pete Rock and are really mean to my poor mum… bastards!

Listen: Jean Grae – Don’t Rush Me | Buy Me
Listen: Mr Len – Taco Day ft Jean Grae & The Melon Bay High Drama Club | Buy Me
Download: Jean Grae, Mr Len & Mela Machinko Show on FBi 94.5 FM

Mike Who Does Valparaiso

Here are a few  photos taken mostly by my lady and a few by me from where my year ticked over into 2012. Valparaiso is a really Cool city about an hour and a half bus ride from the capital of Chile, Santiago. The majority of people in Valparaiso live a fair hike or short cab or bus fare up these amazing hills that  surround the port which is at the centre of the city.  The seafood is amazing, the vibes are good and the city has a totally unique charm to any other place i have visited in Chile. If your coming through Chile sometime this year or ever Valparaiso is definatly worth checking.

I was also pretty relieved to go to a spot that played an alternative to Reggaeton or top 40 cheese. There is a club in Valparaiso called La Sala. Three rooms, One Dancehall, one Grime, DnB and Dubstep and one Hip Hop. Beers were cheap, girlies vibing to good music and you can wear shorts.

Never have i been so happy to hear the Cosa Nostra Riddim.

MP3: Timberlee- The General

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Introducing ZZK

A few years back Buenos Aires Label/club night and Artist agency ZZK provided me with my first taste into the relms of Digital Cumbia.  As a label ZZK have continually pushed forward thinking  Global bass and tropical vibes. Their Roster is on point  and if i do say so myself their artwork is always impressive. The roots of ZZK lie in South America but their sound has spread throughout the world undoubtly influencing global bass and electronic producers worldwide. I’m really hoping i get the chance to check one of the much hyped Zizek club nights when i roll through Buenos Aires later in the year. Do yourselves a favour and get familiar with the label here ZZK.

Here are some tunes/remixes from a variety of the ZZK roster that have been staples for me. I’m going to have to start a club night when i make it back to Sydney so i can one day get a chance to play some of these tunes louder than my shitty home stereo.

MP3:  Poirier feat Boogat- Kalima Shop Titi (El Remolón Remix)

MP3: Fuana- Los Piratas del Zajon

MP3: Frikstalkers- Baile Frik (Original Mix)

MP3: La Yegros- Trocitos

MP3: Mostro- Super Guachin Remix

MP3:  Niña Dioz & Li Saumet – La Cumbia Prohibida (Prod. by El Remolón & Villa Diamante)

Oh yeah here is an awesome video from Argentinean tele which  is the main reason i wrote this whole post.

Occupy FBi: Pete Rock, Jean Grae, Mr Len, Foreign Beggars, 12th Planet & Borgore Takeover

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I didn’t do much this show, just sat back and let it be consumed in the chaos. I handed over the first half of the show to some of New York’s finest hip hop artists Jean Grae, Mr Len & Mela Machinko. I give them a whole lot of rope and they use it to hang me.

Oh and after being really really mean, Jean also does me a favour and interviews Pete Rock.

Then in the second half of the show, it becomes more like a London pirate radio show as UK hip hop/grime crew Foreign Beggars takeover with Los Angeles dubstep producer 12th Planet and Israeli producer/dj/rapper Borgore.

Massive. Huge. Gargantuan show.

Listen: Jean Grae – Keep Living | Buy Me

Listen: Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Get Physical from The Main Ingredient

Listen: Foreign Beggars – What’s Good ft Lazer Sword from The Harder They Fall EP

Listen: Borgore – Ice Cream | Buy Me

Listen: 360 – Killer (12th Planet Remix) | Buy Me

Listen: Mr Len – Love Venom ft Breezly Brewin & Jean Grae from Pity The Fool

Podcast: Full show w/ Jean Grae, Len, Foreign Beggars, 12th Planet, Borgore + Pete Rock

Photos: Love Bombs presents Sun Down Get Down!


Photos by Leah Consunji

I need to get some nail polish remover. It has been more than a week since Love Bombs, and I still have a bright orange pinky nail from where they used nail polish in lieu of a stamp. On the rooftop at Sweeney’s Love Bombs is the only place to be on Boxing Day. It is a group of friends getting together to play hip hop, r&b, soul, boogie, and a bit of house, all afternoon long and into the night.

Here is a mix from Love Bombs DJ, Yelo Magic… woop!

Playlist
1. Nicolas Jaar – Encore
2. Nicolas – Love Is
3. Gettin’ Togetha – Fudge Fingas
4. Long Distance ft. Oliver DaySoul – Onra
5. That’s My Jam! (Instrumental) – Benedek
6. Do You Believe? – Original Mix – Poolside
7. Looking Up To You – The Revenge & Grooveman Spot
8. The Way You Move (Greg Wilson Version) – Social Disco Club & Maia
9. Love Has Come Around (Deep&Disco Version) – Deep & Disco
10. T and W Lab File #6 – Tiger And Woods
11. El Salvador – Frank Booker
12. Anytime (Dj Moar Re-Edit) – Archie Bell
13. In The Middle Of The Night – Jacques Renault
14. No Static (Main Version) – Bottin
15. Parfait Tirage (Original Mix) – Paradis

Download: Onra ft Oliver Daysoul – Long Distance

Download: The Revenge – Looking Up To You (Original Mix)

Download: Archie Bell – Anytime (DJ Moar Re-edit)

Photos & Mixtape: Love Bombs Valentine’s Day Party w/ Wedding Waltz Competition

Jean Grae – U&Me&EveryoneWeKnow


Jean Grae has been one of the artists that has been the most fun to talk to. Without fail, really entertaining and hence the reason we are letting her take over Stolen Records this Wednesday.

She just released this song to the interwebs. It is going to be on ‘Cake or Death’… I think. Is this album ever coming out?

Download: Jean Grae – U & Me & Everyone We Know

More interviews with Jean Grae:
Video: Jean Grae and Pharoah Monch Interview pt 2
Listen: Jean Grae on Poisoning Boyfriends, Cafeteria Fights and Baking

Shantan Wantan Ichiban’s ‘Last Resort’ NYE at Goodgod Small Club Mixtape! Wooooooo!


Goodgod has to be my favourite place to DJ. The right audience for me to play all the different stuff that I really love. I am playing in the front room with for New Years Eve from midnight till close. This will be the place to go if you want to dance like crazy to awesome shit. Hip Hop, R&B, random pop, maybe some Dancehall, maybe some Rock N Roll, and when the time is right, I will start throwing on a bit of baby making music to get you layed.

Big question! What track do I play to start 2012?

Get more details… here

Playlist:
Maxamillion – Sexual Healing
Tweet – Boogie 2Nite
Lucy Pearl – Don’t Mess With My Man (ft Talib Kweli)
Luther Vandross – Never Too Much
Heavy D & the Boyz – This Is Your Night
Janet – So Excited feat. Khia (Dirty)
E-40 Ft Keak Da Sneak – Tell Me When To Go (Remix) (Prod By Trackademicks)
Young Leek – Jiggle It
Kelis, Beenie Man & T.O.K. – Trick Me Twice (The Heatwave Refix)
Chaka Demus & Pliers – Twist and Shout
The Contours – Do You Love Me
Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps – B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go
Little Richard – Slippin’ & Slidin’
Smov/Krash Slaughta – Ray’s Road
Janelle Monáe – Tightrope f. Big Boi
Destiny’s Child – Jumpin’, Jumpin’
T.I. – Why You Wanna
Big Punisher – I’m Not A Player
Gyptian – Hold Yuh (Prod. By Ricky Blaze)
Los Rakas – Abrazame (Uproot Andy – Gyptian Hold Yuh Remix)
Missy Elliot – Freak On (MIke Who DNA Riddim Edit)
Future Fambo & Beenie Man Ft. Busta Rhymes – Rum & Redbull (Remix)
The Champs – Tequila (A Tribe Called Red Moombahton Remix)
Harry Belafonte – Jump In The Line (Codes Remix)
Harry Belafonte – Jump In The Line(Shake Senora)
Elvis Presley – Mexico
Aretha Franklin – I Say a Little Prayer
Kandi – Don’t Think I’m Not
Ciara – Ride (Remix) ft Andre 3000 & Ludacris
T.I. – Niggas In Paris (Remix) ft Jay-Z
Lil Wayne – John ft Rick Ross
Big Sean – Dance (A$$) (Remix) feat Nicki Minaj
Beyonce – Party ft. J Cole

Extras…
Download: Big Punisher – I’m Not A Player (Extended Intro)

Download: Janet Jackson – So Excited ft Khia | Buy Me

Download: Little Richard – Slippin & Slidin’ | Buy Me

Listen: Chaka Demus & Pliers – Twist & Shout from Tease Me

Listen: Kandi – Don’t Think I’m Not | Buy Me

The Weeknd – Echoes of Silence Mixtape

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First I hear that R. Kelly has written 32 more chapters of Trapped In The Closet, then The Weeknd release another mixtape into the world. Can today get any better? This is the third and final free mixtape from Abel Tesfaye. So far I am loving the Michael Jackson Cover.

Download: The Weeknd – D.D.

Download: The Weeknd – Initiation

Download Mixtape: ‘Echoes of Silence’

Tarantino Breaks

I stumbled across the mix from Pipomixes. He has a blog all about mixtapes and good music which you should check  here pipomixes.com  his tapes are always killer and come highly recommended from me. Anyway the concept of this one is based on the music in Quentin Tarantino’s films which i can safely say is always on the money.


Tarantino Breaks- Pipomixes

I had to include some of my favorite tunes from various Tarantino movies that have watched way too many times over the years.  Enjoy!

MP3: Bobby Womack – Across 110th Street 

MP3: The Dogg Pound- What Would You Do

MP3: The Coasters- Down In Mexico

MP3: Al Green- Let’s Stay Together

MP3: David Bowie- Cat People

MP3: George Baker Selection – Little Green Bag