Vakkuum in the Russian ghetto

Vakkuum is a Vermont based producer, but his sound can better be described as "Russian", referring to the recent BOOM of producers from there. I am talking about guys like The Mould, Marseille, Noise Invaders and Polymorphic (his star has been rising for a longer time though). All these artists are united under the MAKO flag, proudly hosted by labelboss Proxy.
Vakkuum has remixed South Ghetto, from The Mould, and has given it an even more harder make over. It's an unofficial remix, but if they hear this in Moscow at the MAKO headquarters, I'm sure they will get over excited! This will punch you right in the face for sure!

The Mould - South Ghetto (Vakkuum remix)

Bonus:

Ikki has made a new original, the description I read about it was that it sounded just like an old Bloody Beetroots song, and that description fits perfectly!

Ikki - Mutandine

Blowin up Ep review

Sawgood sent me his complete "Blowin UP" Ep, if I promised that I'd do a review.
Fair deal if you ask me! This Ep should normally have been out on beatport yesterday, but due to some technical problems it wasn't untill somewhere this afternoon. Allright, let's get busy!

Tracklist:
Sawgood feat Gigi Barocco, Loc e & Agag - Blowin up (original mix)
Sawgood feat Gigi Barocco, Loc e & Agag - Blowin up (Shekel remix)
Sawgood feat Gigi Barocco, Loc e & Agag - Blowin up (Calvertron remix)
Sawgood feat Gigi Barocco, Loc e & Agag - Blowin up (The Boomzer remix)
Sawgood feat Gigi Barocco, Loc e & Agag - Blowin up (Ikki remix)

The original mix is in my opinion the best track on the Ep, decent electro stuff mixed with raps from Loc E and A girl and A gun. Gigi's trademark, silly fidget (which is great, silly doesn't mean stupid here), blends perfectly with Sawgood's harder, bloody attitude.

Gigi Barocco & Sawgood - Blowin Up ft. Loc E & AGAG by gigibarocco

Ikki, the Spainard who got famous with his heavy metal remixes, signs up for the best remix on the EP. He makes the original harder, and more fidget-like.

Preview GIGI Barocco feat Sawgood Blowin Up IKKI remix by ikki

Shekel, an Isralian dubstep producer, gives the dubstep lovers exactly what they are looking for. Nasty wobbles and trashed vocals!

Gigi Barocco And Sawgood ft Loc E and AGAG - Shekel CUT by KickOH

I was pretty disappointed to hear the Calvertron remix, he has done much better things than this.
The Boomzers remix gives the original a trashy make-over, love it or hate it! Unfortunately I couldn't find a preview somewhere, so you will just have to believe me on my word. I was digging this remix, but I can imagine a lot of people not liking it because it's too trashy and simple. There's no accounting for tastes, right?

Buy the whole thing on beatport!

Natsuko

When I talk about Belgian producers, this were always Flemish (part of Belgium that speaks Dutch) guys. This might let you think that Wallonie (the French part) doesn't have talented young dj/producers, but I will show you that this is not the case!

Natsuko?

"Two handsome guy’s who came from the south of Belgium. Armed with decks and love of music. With the only purpose of shaking people’s ass… and well… it works pretty well."

To show you what it looks like; here's a taste trom one of their dj-sets.

Their rep grew fast (they started in march 2008), and as an icing on the cake, they won the Belgian contest for Soulwaxmas '09. So they opened one of the biggest events during winter in Belgium, and they only started a year and a half before.
That's pretty sick if you ask me!

Here are some tunes which have been released on Level 75, and other labels. "Glow in the Dark" was released in the "Bangers compilation" of Level 75, amongside big guns such as Djedjotronic, Popof, Keatch,...

Natsuko - Glow in the dark
Natsuko - My car is bad
Natsuko - White hat

Some of their tracks remind me a bit of Electro-rockers Goose, but then a little bit more distorted... Well, just give these songs a listen and make up your own mind!

And now I have some songs who have been on repeat on my Ipod for the last few days, but I couldn't find some other new stuff by the artists. These tracks are a bit more "fidgetty" then the stuff I posted lately, but they all have the power to destroy...


Donald Glaude - Teed off (Calvertron remix)
A1 bassline - Bad Man Horror Theme (Mustard Pimp rmx)
Tenkah - Stalingrad (Ikki rmx)

Enjoy!