DUBSTEP FRIDAY

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00:00 Lennie De Ice - We Are IE (Caspa + Rusko mix) // Y4K
04:32 Zomby - Strange Fruit // Ramp
07:43 Buraka Som Sistema - Kalemba (Hot Chip mix) // Greco Roman
12:42 Radioclit - Secousse // Mental Groove
17:50 DJ Blaqstarr - Shake It To The Ground (Switch featuring Santogold mix) // Mad Decent
20:06 Skream - Tapped // Tempa
23:17 Various Production - Monster // Various Production
25:06 Rustie - Zig-Zag // Wireblock
28:26 I Hate It When People Make Tracks Like This - Jimmy Edgar // Detroit Underground
30:18 Bass Clef - Cannot Be Straightened // Blank Tapes
34:17 Gold Chains - Rock The Parti // PIAS
38:37 Com.A - Radio Squelch Crush Land // FatCat
42:08 Kode9 vs. LD - Bad // Hyperdub
45:39 Martyn - Shadowcasting // Revolve:r
50:24 Salem - Redlights // Merok

140BPM vs. 70BPM

Firstly, we decided to make this mix much faster than usual. The reason for this was to exploit the relationship between 4/4 house and techno and 2/4 dubstep. Throughout, the mix rides the divide between 140BPM and 70BPM. There’s something magical about doubling up tempo to hype a mix, or dropping down to half the speed to let things really grind. The tempo halves (DJ Blaqstarr > Skream), doubles up (Skream > Various Productions) whilst on the Rustie record the BPM seems to wander chaotically. Bass Clef’s brilliant Cannot Be Straightened draws a line back to dubstep’s millennial UKG origins with a double speed shift up to 2-step halfway though. Bruk out!

Secondly, playing at 140bpm meant we could use loads of tracks we’ve wanted to include in a mix for ever. We’ve loved the Gold Chains and Com.A records for years but they’re so fast we never thought we could crowbar them into a tracklisting. (Whatever happened to Gold Chains? He was great). (via modyfier)

Plus Martyn’s on it. Solid mix.