Sometimes it's a single time Wub...

A couple of vocal dubstep influenced tracks to get stuck into; firstly Maya Jane Coles and Lena Cullen aka She is Danger to re-address that skewed balance of dubstep being owned by nerdy bloke producers...
Their remix of the current mainstreamer from Ellie Goulding...

Ellie Goulding – Under the Sheets (She is Danger remix)

Next up from Canadia it's Zeds Dead. Who is Zed? Well there's two of them and they've been making on hell of a noise for a couple of stiffs. Highly recommeded are these two tracks but we shall be keeping a close watch on this duo and hoping they'll make a journey to these shores soon...

Blue Foundation - Eyes On Fire (Zeds Dead Remix)
Sublime – Doin Time (Zeds Dead Summer Grime Remix).mp3

Two more for the road?  Ok then, an unknown remixer has done the business with the Aphex Twin classic window licker and the almost as equally obscure Enigma & Shorterz remix of the garage banger Double 99, enjoy...
Unknown Artist vs Aphex Twin - Dublicker.mp3
Double 99 (Enigma & Shorterz Remix).mp3

Um... Excuse me would you be so kind as to....

Come again my selecta!!!! Here's the second installment of the Pass the Butter Mix; as stirred up by the Milan badman Gigi Barocco. You can expect all the usual Cheap thrills and spills with few of Gigi's exclusives thrown in for good measure.  Download at will!

Gigi Barocco - Pass the Butter Vol.2 (download) (ALT Link)

By the power of DRE SKULL

Bascially it's all about these two. Dre Skull have been rinse out remix flexing and bassline wobblifying their way aroundour ear of recent. Check these couple of gems out on ya soundsystem....

 Dre Skull – Gone Too Far (Lee Mortimer Remix)

 Juiceboxxx & Dre Skull - Get Hype (Dj Manaia Remix)

Z Shed Vs Brockout!!

Urgh! London's lords of the lower end drag themselves down the M4 to lock horns with the Brock Out crew and engage in bass-infested rave warfare across both rooms of Timbuk2 this Saturday the 28th of November.

Pull on your shinpads and dust off your bass-face, this one's gonna hurt...

Lineup collapses thusly..
MAIN ROOM - BROCK OUT
JEROME HILL (Don't Recordings/Uglyfunk)
ROWLAND THE BASTARD (Bionic Orange/Infected Recordings)
PHAELEH (Urban Scrumping)
NONOM DJ'S (Nonom/Z-Bop)
BROCKTICIAN + THE GENERAL

ROOM 2 - THE Z SHED
BRUCE STALLION (Tigerbass)
MUSTARD GUNN (Coin Operated Records)
THE KEV
ABSNIF
CRAPPA T

Extra big ass bass on the night by TURBULENCE + Proper chicken oriental Lazers & Decor

11PM-5AM @ TIMBUK2, SMALL STREET - £7 OTD
Download the fresh Kanji Kinetic Z Shed Mix tape here (soundcloud)

 Don't forget Decmeber 5th - Z Shed Vs CoinOp Warehouse Spesh!!! Facebook link here

London crew...

It's Saturday, and that means it's time to shak out. So all London crew, head South and make your way to the marvellous Corsica Studios where Un Bongo and Spam Fritter will be bringing the bass and the tropical riddims. These two sets of promoters have teamed up and put together hench line up of some of the most formidable and fantastic DJ's and producers 'pon the block. The blurb promises...

"Bongo basslines/fresh funky/tribal rollers/safari beats/glitchy shakers/badboy bashment - East London carnival vibes. Taking you through Africa, across to the Caribbean, up South America, below the underground subway labrynth of bongo drummers in elephant & castle, right inside the grimey arches of the train station."

And that's just one room! With sets from Rag and Bone head honcho Warlock, as well as Rinse FM / FWD>> badman Roska, plus D-Malice, Smutlee and Deamonds this is set to blow, ya dun know. Plus all of this tropical badness is being served up with a hot and meaty Spam Fritter who will be bringing...

"Elephant bass/Dub Stomp/Two-ton step/Mutant Rave/Hefty House. Big like Badman. Leave the cool attitudes at the bus stop, this one brings you the rise of the idiots!"

And who are we to argue with a line up that includes Supra1, Kanji Kinetic, Squires of Gothos, Bruce Stallion and the Bump & Grind DJs.

Heavy like ya mum... see you by the Funktion1!

Riddim!

Cheap Thrillers

Cheap Thrills' man from Milan: Gigi Barocco touches down in Bristol for the first time to demonstrate his particular style in bouncing, synth-heavy electro krunk on Friday 13th @ Lab. In celebration we thought we'd bring you a couple of tracks and why not a mix to wet you appetite too.
Extra DJ noise on the night is brought to you by Promoters & festival favorite DJ team: We Don't Play as well as Slutcrusher (Monkey Knife Fight), Crappa-T, Lukas and more... Full fat flyer hype here

Gigi Barocco - Puah
Hustlin And Scratchin (Gigi Barocco Remix)

Gigi Barocco - Pass the Butter Mix (81mb

DANGER BASS Live webcast... with some of our favourites!

Get your ears round this!

For one night only the UK's party bass militia team up for a huge & hectic back-2-back-2-back session!!! Streaming video & audio across the internet from 5pm until... well, i imagine until the last man is standing. It's Kanji Kinetic's birthday rinse out, and if you have a computer, and the internet (which if you're reading this, i strongly suspect you do) then you are advised to tune in to a live audio and video stream of some serious dubstep pressure, peppered with wobble horror, double time wub wub, bassline madness and everything in between.

Kanji has teamed up with label mates Z-Kat and the mighty Squires of Gothos. Alongside Ricorb, Shhh! favourite Raffertie, Z-Shed residents Pirate Soundsystem and Coin Operated head honcho Mustard Gunn... Three words: OH MY GOSH!

Click the links above to check out these artists...

This will be a rinse to remember and we strongly advise you tune in...

Look in here from 5pm on 13/11/09!

That's 13th of November from 5pm....

These are some of the most exciting producers and DJ's on the block right now and they will not dissapoint... So turn on, tune in and brock out!

Much love,

From the Shhh!

Brrrrrup!

Saturday night's alright for Frighting...

Ahhhh Halloween already. Just wanted to drop a few notes on whats happening on Fright Night and take the opertuinty to link it in with a few tenuously selected tune downloads.

Firstly and fore mostly The Z Shed - Whitechapel Massacre (facebook) rattles it's chains this Saturday at The Hub just off Brick Lane in London. The savageness on the night unfolds thusly....Hi-Rankin, Silverlink, Your Niece, Pirate Sound System, The Kev and more. Flyer here

Also lest us not forget Bristol Zombie walk will take place on Saturday 31st October! Get dressed up as one of the undead and drag yourself around on the hunt for brains. Good luck. Then why not round off the night at the Boomtown Fair halloween party @ the Trinity Centre info here.
And of course what kind of Halloween posting would be complete without 10 fiendishly thought out speaker spookers....download at your peril.

Dat Bratz - Monster
Freq Nasty - Pure Evil
Fugees - Ready Or Not (Drop The Lime Slime You Refix)
Jackal & Hyde vs Whodini - Freaks Come Out At Night(bassheads mix)
Secret Frequency Crew - Ghost in the Bayou
Son of The Electric Ghost - The Devil's Logic
The Prodigy - Serial killer (bloodsport - mix)
The Freaks - The Creeps (vandalism-mix)
Zombie Nation - Radio Controlled  (Hey Today Remix)
Neon Neon - Trick for Treat

Question time with AC Slater

After the recent Hype Society event at one of Bristol's cosiest venues: The Tube; Shhh Now caught up with NYC's trouble and bass man of the minute AC Slater to answer some of life's big questions...

SHHH:  Hey Aaron; can I have your T-shirt?
AC: No man it's like my skin
SHHH: You can have mine
AC: Seriously no.
SHHH: Ok well can I ask you 6 questions?
AC: 5
SHHH: Fair enough. What have you got in your pockets?
AC: um... £1.63, a credit card, mobile phone and some stickers
SHHH: Useful. OK if you had to have sex with an animal or you'll die what would it be?
AC: A human
SHHH: You can't have a human
AC: Ok I guess it would have to be something gentle
SHHH: A giraffe then?
AC: no way man... I dunno maybe a frog.
SHHH: Interesting. Ok so which city on your various trips around the globe this summer has been your favorite?
AC: It's gotta be New York. We did a night not so long ago with Caspa & Rusko which was great because it had the same type of atmosphere you get over here in the UK but in my home town NYC
SHHH: Rad. So when you go home to stay at your mum's after all these partys what meal does she cook for you?
AC: Pork chops and sauerkraut
SHHH: Delicious I'm sure. So finally imagine it's 10 o clock in the morning, people are fragging out all over the dregs of a typical debaucherous house party and you're in charge of the Awia mini system... What tune do you put on?
AC: I'd put on an album 'cos it's last longer... probably De la soul is Dead
SHHH: Any reason for that choice?
AC: Because everyone would be like: "woah thats really weird".
SHHH: Safe.

AC Slater is currently touring Europe, details of this are all up on his Myspace. 
The next Hype Society event is @ the Tube with Drop the Lime on the 12th November
And of course to finish: some of tracks we're loving at the mo from the man himself (right click save as folks) 

CLASSIXX/Villains-I'm On It feat. o8o (AC Slater Remix)  

Juiceboxxx-100 MPH (AC Slater Remix)  

Mightyfools-Amsterdam (AC Slater Remix )
AC Slater - Banger (original mix)

 AC Slater August 2009 DJ Mix Download

Don't watch that.... Watch this!

"I draw shitloads, i make music too, i don't like coffee."

Self-proclaimed "piss artist" Monsta has caught the attention of the Shhhnow famble. There's something about his freakish cartoon images we dig, and apparently, we're not the only ones. This Cambridge based artists work has popped up on myspace gracing the profile pics of dubsteppers such as N-Type, Stenchman and Heist. Also, on the covers of many releases by Rufige Crew aka Goldie (or Clifford Price to his muvva'). There's no point trying to explain his style, but we think you'll like it, so - click here!

If you want more, peep the myspace! Loads of wicked pics and some hench tuneage to boot. Not to mention some sick little animations, like this one:



And not forgetting, staying true to the Shhhnow! stylings here's a dutty little dubstep mix from the Monsta himself... right here.

SAFE.

Blackmassive plastic!

Two terrifying mutant electro/breaks tracks thrown our way to download from the Discogs of Blackmass Plastics. Expect manic rave sounds over a grinding helpless bass and some industrial electro beats for good measure.
Blackmass Plastics AKA; Crooked One, DJ Typhoid has various signings including Combat records Dirty Needles ,Rag and Bone, Stark Sound, Soak, Bow Wow and his own Thorn Industries

Blackmass Plastics - Get bigga
Blackmass Plastics - Devastate

Crappa T wants you to know...

 

It's been a while coming but hopefully worth the wait. Crappa's latest venture into mix land is 70mins of basslines and bangers for your raving/listening pleasure. Download and share at will.

Crappa T is playing at the upcoming Cheap Thrills night in Bristol at Lab - 13th November

and don't forget... 24th of October for the first official Shhh Now Event flyer here

watch this space for more dates, mixes coming soon.

Crappa-T - I Want to Woah What Wub Is (98.4mb)

SynthCat brings you bleeps...

Yes well... it's about time some free music was put up here to keep everyone happy. Heres a little 10 tune round up of synth based electronica from around the early 2000s and beyond. Check out the album that corresponds with each track for more of this...

Lusine - Near Sight.mp3
My Robot_friend - Rapture.mp3
Riton - New Disease.mp3
Scandy - Iron_pitbull.mp3
Vitalic - Wooo.mp3
Calvin Harris - I created disco.mp3
Beck - Get real paid.mp3
Audiobullys - The tyson shuffle.mp3
8 Bit Operators - Pocket Calculator.mp3
Bassnectar - The wicked twitch of the west.mp3

Going back to Calle....

May we bring to your attention this the latest collaboration project from Otto Von Schirach, Debbie D (Avenue D)and el Tigre. The Miami Bass Warriors: a seriously over the top and slightly disturbing take on the miami bass scene. No downloads available yet but for now check out their debut video/single Going back to Calle 8 here on youtube

Myspace

The 12" is available to buy now here

Dubstep! DJ TYL - Mix download

Cornwall based: DJ Tyl has been kind enough to bless the Shhh with a live mix for download. There's a wealth of bouncing, bass-heavy beats chopped up along-side some seriously pokey dubstep styles in this one folks. DJ Tyl is signed to Play Recordings and resident at Ghetto Blaster nights at Bar200 in Truro. Look out for more releases and performances from this particular bass cadet in the near future!

Remember kids...Right click ---> Save target as

DJ TYL - Live Mix Download (108mb)

I Love Chicken mix by DJ Stashwell

Oh my gosh! It's bassline time.

The Dance Off's own DJ Stashwell has cooked up a finger lickin' mix of the wobbled up beats and party classics that rocked all four corners of the now infamous square circle this festival season...

More The Dance off! info  & **Fresh 2009 Dance Off! Video

Download DJ Stashwell - I love Chicken (39mb)

Don't Shoot Daddy Vol.1

Time for a big bag of mental then! Here's a bundle of 10 tunes dug from our archives. Some newer than others, some you may be familiar with, some you may not. This is one for those of a electronicy, bass, beats and glitchy bitch type persuasion. Artists featured on this edition are...

Cylob - Smash up the pram
Kid 606 - Straight Outta Compton
Cylob - Rewind
T Raumschmiere - Monstertruckdriver
Nam Shub - Wobble
DMX Krew - Touch me
Ego Express - Music no music music
Phon.o - Busted in da D
Otto von Schirach - Subatomic Disco Divas
Debasser - You're Wrong 

Enjoy!

Lettis - Funkelectech Mix Download

Here's a fresh slab of jacked up, ultra breakin' filth for you to feast your ears on, courtesy of Retox, Random audio mixing machine: Lettis. Basically... crank those sub woofers up to 11, double drop and throw some shapes to this sick set!

Lettis - Funkelectech (55mb)

It's a question of General Knowledge...

Resident DJ at Brock Out: The General has laid down some downright dirty audible business to keep your ears occupied until their next event. Trust this is something to get excited about - 50 tunes mashed into 75 minutes covering dubstep, bassline, electro and fidget. If you haven't made it to one of the nights yet then this is a good indication of what to expect in the main room...

::Next Event:: Brock out Vs The Z Shed - Saturday November 28th @ Timbuk2 (Bristol)- More hype on this coming soon!

THE GENERAL - THE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE MIX

Jamie T - Kings and Queens

One of our favorite albums of 2007 was Jamie's debut: Panic Prevention. Since then we've caught him live at festivals such as Glastonbury plus private gigs where he's proved to be a performer who never fails to dissapoint.
His latest offering sees a more grown up take on his style still fusing cockney rap, folk melodies and up-beat drum & bass influences. Either way it's something we'd like to bring to your attention if you're not already in the know.

The single Sticks & Stones is getting a lot of play at the moment so here's a couple of choice album tracks as well as a remix by Ben Bones and the original promo mix from the first album full of music he's obviously taken influence from.

Check Jamie on myspace as well as the upcoming UK tour dates and the new album Kings and Queens (amazon) is out now.

Jamie T - Chaka Demus (Ben Bones remix)
Jamie T - British Intelligence
Jamie T - Emily's Heart

Panic Prevention Mixtape (39mb)

Humb @ Boom Town set...

Here be a recent recording of Jigsore's Humb at Boomtown fair festival in the forest of Dean this summer.
This badman blends ragga & dub beats with some more hectic elements of breakcore, Drum & Bass any other banging noize that needs throwing into the mix. We'll have more on this underground sound boy in the coming weeks but for now you can check his myspace for some of his self produced tracks

and download this mix...

Humb - Live @ Boomtown 2009 (89mb) (Mediafire)

More Jigsore crew mixes and hype here

Rap made me do it!!

Who doesn't love a bit of honest to goodness, no messing about rap music? In the first of this feature we'll be putting up choice cuts for all to download from around the world of hiphop. Lets take it back to 1991 just to get things started...

Gangstar - Full Clip
Cypress Hill - Real Estate
N.W.A - If it aint ruff it aint me
Ultra Magnetic MCs - Give the drummer some
RUN DMC - Sucker MCs
Das EFX - Freakit

The Z Shed brings you...

Our London based friends & unruly purvayors of bassed up filth music The Z Shed have released a mix for your listening displeasure. Enjoy...

Steak House Records

HUGE NEW MIXTAPE FROM STEAK HOUSE RECORDS - CLICK TO DOWNLOAD! (ZIP)

Shhh Now! 24th October @ The Black Swan Bristol

OH Shhh*t it's about to go off! Seriously fat tunes on ridiculously big and bassy hi-fis you say?
Yes it's our premier Shhh now event. Party promoters Bass Bints, Rambunkshuss & DubLDN coming together with underground sound systems with a passion of bass, invading the Black Swan for your raving pleasure.

Full line up & flyer here!