Road Trip!!

It's been a while since my last update, as things have got rather hectic over the past couple of weeks. Leeds saw itself subject to a full on zombie invasion, and I should know as I was one of the zombies doing the invading! I suspect that my friends who didn't participate are not appreciating the zombie theme that my online presence has naturally taken over the last few days, so I am not going to wax lyrical about how much fun it was - check out the fb group and make your own mind up. Meanwhile, I'll get straight to the music!

There has been an awful lot of great music that I've listened to over the past couple of weeks - I'm just going to link you to some of my highlights, so that you can check them out for yourselves and then let you make your own mind up.

First up, we have Ghosts of Paraguay. He released his album at the end of August, and it is absolutely gorgeous - beautiful ambient dubstep at it's best! The video I have linked you to is quite a long one but it is definitely worth taking the time to listen to it, as it is a mix of the tracks from the new album which is called Silent Souls. Simply gorgeous!

Next up, the latest edition of one of my favourite podcast shows has been released - this is the Next Level podcast from State of Mind, a drum and bass duo from New Zealand who are always guaranteed to deliver! This latest edition is no disappointment, and has been a firm favourite on my mp3 player since it was first uploaded earlier this week. Click here to listen and download, and if you haven't come across these before, it's worth spending the time to catch up with them. The track above is one I found on the podcast, called 1987 Demons - this is the result of a French / German collaboration between Kantyze and Disphonia, and it's bloody lovely!

This next track, Distance, is from a firm favourite of mine, Seba, a stalwart of the Spearhead Records label. He has done so many gorgeous tunes, so imagine how happy I was when I noticed his set from Sun and Bass 2011 up for download! So many beautiful sounds on here, I've already fallen in love with it! Click here to get this on the download!

EDIT: I asked for the tracklist, and what do you know, here it is!! :)

1. Seba - Future sound - Spearhead
2. Seba - Nostalgia - Warm communications
3. Andyskopes & MrJoseph - Call for arms - Secret operations
4. Seba - Nightrider - Nu-directions
5. Vicious Circle & Fierce - Section - Quarantine
6. Amit - Doomed youth - Commercial suicide
7. Seba & Method one - Mr downstairs - Secret operations
8. Seba & Jinder - Too much too soon - dub
9. Seba - Pressure point - Metalheadz
10. John Dahlback & Adam Tensta - Next to the speakers (seba remix) - Seba
11. Seba - Keep me waiting - 31 records
12. Seba - this is our house - warm communications
13. Seba - Painted skies - Secret operations
14. Seba & Robert Manos - Trouble - Secret operations
15. War - Rafale - Dispatch
16. Seba & Robert Manos - Madness - Secret operations

Another DJ that I'm absolutely feeling at the moment is BCee, the man behind Spearhead Records. The studio mix that he released online in March still gets as much love from me now as it did the first time I heard it, and everyone I've played it to has thoroughly enjoyed it as well - so when I saw that a September studio mix was available, I was over the moon. Click here to check this out. As one of my good friends put it, romantic DnB at it's best! The track above is Chameleon, and it is from the forthcoming LP by BCee (one of the few tracks of his off this mix that I could actually find on youtube) - I can't wait to hear the full album.

Time for a dub now, not sure when we can expect this to be released but it is awesome! This is S.P.Y with Love and Hate - I absolutely cannot wait for him to play at Hospitality Leeds in two weeks time, it is going to be great! Everything he touches at the moment is incredible! Click here to download his DNBTV mix.

Well, this coming weekend promises to be lots of fun, with a road trip to London kicking off in approx 12 hours - the weather is on our side, we've been assured that the sun will be shining, and with all of the Drum and Bass madness ahead on Friday, and then some fab tech house at Toolroom Knights 5th Birthday at Brixton Academy, I don't know how I'm ever going to cope. I'm sure I'll find a way though - I usually do haha! :)

I'll be back next week, with some techno / tech house treats from the Toolroom Knights event (seeing as how today ended up being a tad DnB dominated) and I promise, there are more bands coming soon as well as loads of other stuff! In fact, have some Queens of the Stone Age to finish on just to keep you going until then! Variety is the spice of life after all!

Have a great weekend peeps!