Just got wind of this compilation release from Bone Idle Records! Such heavy-hitting stuff, my favorite cuts being from Byron Fortune, Azverento, Sean Taylor and Schenk. P.S. I think Azverento really likes Hijack.
Here’s the official word from Bone Idle:
“We got a fantastic compilation album to round up August for you. Bone Idle has been collecting some awesome one off tracks and we decided to showcase them all on our first compilation of the year. We aimed to bring you a collection of sub focused jacked up tunes, and we think we did pretty damn good! There’s some new faces such as J Fader, Dizzy K, Sepehr & Applefly and some familiar ones with Schenk, Sean Taylor and Azverento. 9 tracks of wonderful bass. Help your ears and take a listen.”
February saw the drop of Schenk’s latest release, a 4 track EP entitled “OK” featuring his very tasty original, and three remixes to accompany the release. The original mix of Ok! is a fine example of what you can expect from a Schenk track, stripped back jackin’ funk with crisp clean mixing and production. Like all music, house can fall into so many different sub genres and one thing we look for in our signings (Bone Idle Records) is something a little different. You won’t find a saw or wobble bass here, but what you will find is a floor shaking sub and kick which keeps the track ebbing and flowing throughout. Expect funky fidgety synth/guitar/vocal stabs and breakdowns with a very creative alternative to a white noise build. Don’t sleep on the remixes either, Carbon Parlour, Bassion & Shyne, and 6T9 all put their respective twists on the track, rounding out the release with a bit of electro and some alternative housed up interpretations.
And you can pick up some free downloads accompanying the release from Riggers and Dala (visit the Soundcloud for a download):
And up next, we have a totally free EP with three tasty tracks for your listening pleasure. Schenk truly exhibits his maturing style here, giving us that signature pop in his work, while not overpowering these smooth tech-house grooves. He walks the line between softened synths and the choppiness of Chicago house to deliver a toned down jacking sound. I feel like some of these tracks are just what I need in my earlier/opening sets — tech with some bark, no bite!
Little late on posting this, but in case you missed it, Geht’s Noch recently did a new mix for OMGITM. It has some real serious tunes in it, including my new favorite from Wongo ‘Hiiimmmiiiaaannniii.’ Finishes off hard with Prince’s ‘Raspberry Beret’..haha!
1. Tom EQ – Shake (OMGITM Intro Edit)
2. Robert Boogert – Throw Up
3. Campbell & Detnum – Bit of That (GN? We Don’t Care Edit)
4. Armand Van Helden -Je T’aime (Switch Remix)
5. Crookers – Massive
6. Induceve – Stay Cool
7. Bart B More – Gilles
8. Trevor Loveys & Switch – Get Ya Dub on Pt. 2 (Hijack Remix)
9. Tom Staar – It Excites Me
10. Redsquad – Make Some Noise (Motez Remix)
11. TJR ft. DJ Gant-Man – Juke It (TJR For the Heads Remix)
12. Afrojack – Polkadots (Oliver Twizt remix)
13. Carbon Parlour – We Would Like (Hijack Remix)
14. Geht’s Noch? – Body Jack
15. Crystal Waters – 100% Pure Love (Jeff Doubleu Bootleg)
16. Simian Mobile Disco – I Believe (Switch Remix)
17. Wongo – Hiiimmmiiiaaannniii
18. Crookers – Bumble Bees
19. Cracker Jack – Samurai Jack
20. Rah Band – Clouds Across the Moon (Mastiksoul Remix)
21. Haezer – Who The Fuck Is (Geht’s Noch? Remix)
22. Tom EQ – Off Limits
23. Hervé – See Me
24. Hijack, Santiago & Bushido – Puttin’ It Down
25. Prince – Raspberry Beret
Andru Pozzatron’s ‘Get On Up’ is a funk-infused house track with chopped filtered vocals cascading over a backdrop of fidget beats and a hard-edged synth lead; we love the drop and build in this track and judging by the feedback, so do our listeners! Check it out.
About the remixes:
To complement ‘Get On Up’ we got in a bunch of remixers that would put a different spin on the original. Oh My! had already impressed us with a string of bootlegs and taking second place on the release he strips back the original and gives us some beautiful cut up fidget with clean crisp beats and a bass that makes us keep on playing this one. Coming in next is Carbon Parlour’s ‘Everybody Up Rerub.’ We wanted electro and she delivered us a bomb for the dance floor — this builds into a drop with a bass line the crowds will love. Schenk then takes us on a journey and turns the sound upsid- down with what we can only describe as a “cool street life fidget remix.” Anyone who is familiar with Schenk’s vast catalogue of releases will know his productions are pure quality; you have to hear this this one. Finally, we mentioned diversity, and Footjam delivered with the final mix. He puts in an immense amount of time and effort into his tracks and continues to surprise us with his unique sounds, so expect some heavy synths and mind-bending percussion in this remix.
The above copy was all written by the label — so I’m not honkin’ the hype-horn on myself here. Very excited to bring you this release, as it’s my first label release, as well as the gateway into my music being distributed on Beatport, iTunes, Juno & more. Get down on this Beatport button and support Bone Idle Records and the amazing artists I get to sit beside! Oh, and one more thing — I made the EP art too. If you like what you see, holler at MadeService™ for your design needs!
Baboon tunes comes hard with their new Stereo Image EP, bringing you a great collection of remixes for Schenk’s original. I think my favorite remixes come from Killafornia & Hunter Vaughan — and I’ll give honorable mention to Kid Tech. Nothing with a serious wobble here, just some really quality jackin’ house music.
Let’s not stray from our main focus here though; Schenk’s original sets the stage for all of these great remixes. A lovely melodic organ sneaks its way in around 1:50, taking you right into breakdown-town, all before throwing you right back into the washing machine. It’s after this drop that brings the blooperz — the proverbial icing on the cake! This tune is a definite contender on my playlist for this weekend! (Wake&Bake EOS holler!)
And today’s special is: Beat Soup served with a fresh Bangeruette. We got some top-notch fidgetry here, from the home of the wonkiest pitch-bent house music you can get your hands on, South Africa. Baboon Tunes comes hard with great artists like Schenk, Oliver Leigh & Jeff Doubleu. They just released Jack of All Trades: Part 2 on June 7th, and oh boy is this some exciting stuff! I was at work when I happened upon the release, and I ended up listening to almost every single track on the Baboon Tunes Soundcloud. And hey, I’ll be honest, I really hadn’t heard of a bunch of these artists, but I assure you, Baboon Tunes is serving up some seriously jackin’ house music.
Unfortunately I don’t have anything but Soundcloud preview tracks here, but we may have some downloadable promos from the label in the future — so stay tuned and put on them listening ears for all these tracks!
