Calvertron live @ Public Works San Francisco 2/19/2011

Calvertron came through to Public Works’ a few weeks ago. Repping hard for the bangerang crew he layed down a serious bass assault. Somewhere in between dubstep and bangers Calvertron’s tracks have bassy yet fully developed acid riffs. The video can’t do the tracks justice nearly as well as the Funktion One speaker system that public works has installed. Photo set of the night can be found here.

Calvertron has been picking up steam lately with some quality mainstream remixes:

Whip My Hair (Calvertron Remix) – Willow

Blame Game (Calvertron Booty) – Kanye West

and a remake of Buy Now’s club hit ‘Body Crash’:

Calvertron – Everybody [youtube]

Calvertron – Everybody (Figure Dubstep Remix)

Hello boys and girls! This is Oh My!, captain of the S.S. CYV™, and I’m hear to tell you a story (..that rhymed. Boom!). I’ve been thoroughly preoccupied with finishing up my last semester of school, ever. I’ve taken my last finals, given my last presentations, and written the last “essays” I will ever have to write in my life. Let me tell you, it feels amazing! On top of all this, I’ve been busy working on various design projects and producing tracks non-stop. I let the blog fall pretty behind — this post consists of submissions from more than 30+ e-mails. Some of these posts definitely deserve their own spotlight, so I apologize for this cluster-fuck of downloads, mixes, and soundcloud embeds.

Let’s begin, shall we?

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On the 22nd of September, we turned one year old over here at CYV™ (and yes, I know it is now October 7th),and for this joyous celebration, we have a plethora of goodies! We’ve come along way since the start of the blog — we really had no idea the readership was going to grow as fast as it did. It started off with just three members and was a place for us to post up tunes we liked; before we knew it, music was flowing into the inbox on the weekly. We’d like to thank all the readers who’ve been supporting us, especially those from our starting months, and also the many artists that have allowed us to share full quality material with everyone! Keep sending us your music!

We asked a couple of artists to put together some exclusive mixes for our birthday celebration, so thats how we can begin this post.

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The Glastonbury Essential mix showcases the best in new Club Bangers [Annie Mac, Toddla T] Drum-n-bass [Chase & Status] and Dubstep [Skream, Chase & Status] all packaged together into a 4 hour live broadcast. A lil background first – Glastonbury in the UK is like Coachella in the US, but way bigger. 2010 was its 40th anniversary and it featured 500+ artists on 45 stages (!!). All the tickets for 2011 already sold-out and they dont even release the lineup till spring.

The Glastonbury Essential Mix was hosted by Annie Mac in the ‘Shangrai-La’ dance grotto and was live broadcast to the world on BBC Radio 1 June 26, 2010 from 1am to 5 in the morning. In addition to a 1-hour set from Annie Mac – Chase & Status, Skream (sub’d in for Rusko), and Toddla T each had their turn at the decks. There is ‘more than alot’ of stuff to cover so continue reading to get the full scoop.

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If you’ve followed UK icon Lee Mortimer’s releases this past year, you may have noticed somewhat of a trend: lofty trance synth interludes leading into wonked-out extraterrestrial electro spasms. There was “Blau!” – his collab track with Laidback Luke – and now this.

Binary Finary – 1999 (Lee Mortimer Bootleg Mix)

Is this Mortimer’s attempt to leave his imprint on global dance music? By pioneering a new trans-genre sound / a new way of thinking about house? The idea is almost too simple… and yet he executes it with such blaring acuity – and creates this feel that is so unmistakably Lee – that I’m sold every time. Not that he needed to make more of a mark on house music. With his remixes of “Rocker Man,” “Fade To Grey,” “Bootsoul Nugget,” and “Get Busy,” he’s already defined himself as one of the highest masters of the detuned wobble.

Check out his latest mixtape for a full hour of Mortimer-style mind-benders and slappin’ feel-good grooves.

Lee Mortimer – The Fat! Club Mix 014

I thought I should pass the word along about the new Holyboyz mixtape that they put together for the Pieces of Mayhem mixtape series. It’s a whole lot of dirty, body-crankin’ house, and I’m not sure there’s really anybody that wouldn’t enjoy it the whole way through.

Holyboyz – Pieces of Mayhem Vol. 7

The official announcement explains,

“These guys are getting some made love around the world, for there unique take on jacking house. This mixtape really highlights what they are about and what they play, it also features their upcoming ep on It_Tizz Records.”

These guys are coming from Russia and have received support from the likes of Wongo, Kyle Watson, and Jho FM.  Definitely check these guys out because they’ve been dropping some heavy jackin’-tech house and aren’t likely to call it quits any time soon. You can start by nabbing this Holyboyz track!

Fanta Jack – Soppy Italy (Holyboyz Remix)

Gotta play a little catch up here. Been falling behind on answering blog e-mails and even digging, so here comes my attempt at a mega post! I’m not going to go into any descriptions of the tracks aside from genres.. probably not very blog-worthy of me, but I’ve got a truckload of design to catch up on before the oncoming wave of textbook mayhem swallows me alive! Yes yes..school is starting tomorrow. Last semester though. Boo yah!

Fidget:
Eyes of Mars – Breath (Beat Fidgets Remix)
Fatman Scoop – Push Em Up (Whis This Remix)

Jackin’ House:
Basement Jaxx – Oh My Gosh (Killafornia Remix)

Baile Funk:
Schlachthofbronx – Ayoba Ft. Spoek & Gnucci Banana (Yeah! Woho! Remix)

Gypsy House:
Homework – Fissa Tune

Dutch House: (Thanks Squeegie!)
Angger Dimas – Plastik

Mixes:

Kyle Watson – Speaker Juice Sessions

01. Jacob London – Horses Eat Mostly Grass (Original Mix)
02. Holyboyz – Jazz Box (Original Mix)
03. JHo FM – Funk Bass Energy (Schenk Remix)
04. Kyle Watson – Something Special (Original Mix)
05. Sick Jargon – Just Jack (Hijack Remix)
06. Kyle Watson – Puppies (Original Mix)
07. Campbell – All Aboard (Jeff Doubleu Remix)
08. The Wiseguys – Oohh La La (Kyle Watson Bootleg)
09. SoundDiggers – I’ve Been Down (Robert Boogert’s Up n Down Remix)
10. Kyle Watson – Joopidy (Original Mix)
11. Temple Of Boom – The Definition Of (Kyle Watson Remix)
12. Hijack – Massive (Kyle Watson’s Potato Jack Mash-ive Mix)
13. Eric. P – Paranoid (Supabeatz Remix)
14. Asser – Evil (Holyboyz Remix)
15. Kyle Watson – Speaker Juice (Original Mix)
16. Julien Chaptal – Pump (Original Mix)
17. Tom EQ – Carnival (Jeff Doubleu Circus Remix)

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Dirty Pogo (Geoff K + Natasha Alexis): Live Mix
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No tracklist for this one yet. I requested one but haven’t heard back. Still worth the download though! I’ve been listening to this all week.