Some gems for you here. All very highly recommended.

You probably would have heard this one before out on some big speakers. Skatt Bros cult classic ‘Walk The Night’ was, and still is, a dance floor bomb.

MP3: Skatt Bros – Walk The Night (12” Single)

Finally got around to picking up the latest RVNG of the NRDS release, this time by Sweden’s Jackpot. I just have to like these guys even if it was just based on their influences: “the movies of Kenneth Anger, the music of Suicide, Velvet Underground and Bruce Haack, the words of William S Burroughs.” Plus a heavy dose of disco.

MP3: Jackpot – Brief Encounter

Now, this one I need some help with out there. This track comes off an album by UK group Fashion called ‘Fabrique’ (or the re-release titled ‘The Height of Fashion’. I cant find a copy of it anywhere; can anyone point me in the direction of a copy? Classic post punk/new wave. though this track comes off as dark, deep throbbing bass, midnight disco punk.

MP3: Fashion – Mutant Dance Move

Finally the blog is back rollin & scratchin’ again. While writing this I am listening to Mashed 4 which I was anticipating a tad since the last compilations in the series were pretty cool (having Ajax and even Bang Gang doing mixes). But still I’m not one for Ministry releases and despise them greatly. And yes this one does disappoint; Kissy Sell Out does a nice job but Aston Shuffle’s attempt of mixing the “indie” tracks is fucking dismal. Fuck, I would rather have Steve Aoki take a diarrhea dump in my ear then to listen to _that_ again. Fuck.

Anyway, Stewart Rowell & Louis Gaston make up Streetlife DJs: a UK DJ’ing/production duo sharing between them 30 years of turntable experience. They are compassionate with their music and their attitude is bold: ‘this is the music industry, so we want to entertain’. So, with that being said, they aren’t afraid to mix different genres around. DJ Mag even claiming them to be the UK version of 2 Many DJs.

They recently caught my eye after hearing some fine remixes/edits but what put the icing on the cake was seeing a release of theirs on Kitsune; I knew they had to be special, right? Buy their Kitsune 12″ ‘Gunn Crime’ (a nice adaption of the Peter Gunn theme) from Spank Records.

MP3: Streetlife DJs – Gunn Crime

MP3: Streetlife DJs – Gunn Crime (Streetlife Soundsystem Mix)

MP3: Leftfield – Space Shanty (Streetlife DJs Re-Edit)