I decided to ditch the pelski playlists a while back - what with the blog's newfound focus on mature, longer-lasting music. I feared the exhaustive list of downloads would devalue each individual track. However, a bulging backlog of tracks sent to my inbox (and others cleared for blogging) has built up, and so, reluctantly, I'm going to post a bunch of them. Many of these tracks have been reduced in bit-rate as part of the conditions under which I may post them, while some others are full quality. Pelski highly recommends them all.
This first track comes courtesy of my Pipedown homies. It's a clattering, soulful slice of percussive funk. Upbeat and uplifting - it's hard to resist breaking into a grin:
Slim Pickens - The Tighten Up 
Fabric's Mackaveli introduced me to Pariah's 'Orpheus' in his latest mixtape; a skippy, juddering dubstep remix with real soul. It'll be getting a release soon, so hold tight, but for now check out his murky remix of The XX's dreamy vocal crooner:
The xx - Basic Space (Pariah Remix)
Whilst everyone's going Joy Orbison mad, I suggest you also check out 2562 and his new album (on the excellent Tectonic Records) - full of eerie and enchating 2-step dubstep. Here's an album highlight he's giving away for free.
2562 - Flashback 
One of my favourite albums of the year is DJ Vadim's hip-hop/reggae-dub record 'U Cant Lurn Imaginashun'. 'Soldier' is just one of many highlights - I'd love to post the original but unfortunately don't have permission:
DJ Vadim - Soldier ft. Wretch 32, Kyza Smirnoff, Orifice Vulgatron (Foreign Beggers), Sabira Jade & 5Nizza (UK Flex Remix)
I'm a big fan of Kid Kaio, and although this remix is effectively a lesser version of 'This Sound Is', the plinkety conga beats still make for hugely satisfying dancefloor ammo:
Daliano - Baaz in de Club (Kid Kaio & Lucky Charmes Remix)
The kindly fellas over at Think 2wice label have sent over their sixth release. A rolling synth line and fervent bmore drums clatter amidst a steely 90's vibe. Buy the full release here:
Tactic - Valhalla
Detroit's newest star Lee Curtiss utilizes the vocal sample from Seth Troxler's 'Aphrika' in this uptempo house groover from the famous Wolf + Lamb label. Generous lashing of funk are provided by some twanged slap bass:
Lee Curtiss - South Afrika
Brackles caused a stir with his 'Get A Job' EP, and now he's foraying into remix territory. Brackles percussion dances around unpredictably, transforming the original into a charming soother. Keep your eyes peeled for his remix of Crystal Castles:
MSTRKRFT - Heartbreaker (Brackles Remix) 
Mowgli is on fine form right now - his deadfish label can do no wrong. This punchy offering of minimal house is deep and bouncy in equal measures. For your tribal fix check out the Camel remix:
Mowgli - Nu Skool
A rumbling, rolling slab of techno bass dominates Max Cooper's remix of this 2004 techno classic:
Abe Duque and Blake Baxter - What Happened? (Max Cooper Remix)
The Crookers' original can not be defended as ironic or even gleefully tongue-in cheek. No, it's just shit. So shit, in fact, that only Solo's dub can save it - or transform it, even, into a bouncy, blippy house banger:
Crookers - Put Your Hands On Me (Solo Dub)
Wolf 'n Wax was founded by two young guys from Thuringia/Germany in 2008, and they've sent over a demo of their first demo - a blippy, rolling slice of techno - incorporating horn samples and ticking beats:
Wolf n Wax - Trombasa
Here we have another former d'n'b producer (along with Clipz and Zinc), who's converted to house. He sent me this simple re-edit of Afrojack's classic 'Pokadots' last month, and while it's hardly a radical rework, the added percussive flairs certainly inject some new life. Buy the original here.
Afrojack - Polkadots (Kevin Focus - Remade & Rebuilt) 
This is one from the summer - a kuduro remix of the much-hyped 'Sabali'. Sublime and serene:
Amadou & Mariam - Sabali (Dakunt/Candongueiro Kuduro refix) 
A fantastic unreleased grime tracks from the Roll Deep boys, with the original vocal of Wiley's seminal 'Eskimo' riddim, featuring Dizzee Rascal, Wiley, Flowdan and more. They're giving it away to mark the release of their 'Street Anthem' mixtape:
Roll Deep - Eskimo (Vocal)
I meant to post this a while ago. Helsinki's Renaissance Man are running the blogosphere, with their inventive, kooky brand of tech-house. The chipper handclaps and tropical melody remain, but RM get rid of the original's slightly cringy vocal ramblings:
Nicone and Sascha Braemer - Nur Mal Kurz (Philip Bader Remix) Renaissance Man International Edit
Zomby switches from IDM dubstep to 8-bit through 90s house to 2-step. This time Zomby arrives at some fun-loving baltimore club:
The Brown Acid - Try Humanity (Zomby's Vitamin E Remix)
UK Funky's picking up pace, even receiving attention from the likes of dubstep purveyors Hyperdub. Roska's been at the forefront of this sound from the beginning, and Fabric sent over this skippy conga-driven track. Even better is Roska's remix of Erol's new signing Boris Dlugosch:
Roska - Hey Cutie 
I've reduced the bit-rate right down to 128 for this one - to encourage you to buy the damn thing. This is arguably Four Tet's finest moment since 'As Serious As Your Life'. The ethereal female vocal sample is gently cut-up in sync to shuffling drum patterns, enforced by a thrumming house hook. And as for Joy Orbison's remix...it's simply stunning:
Four Tet - Love Cry
Thanks go to Riva Starr for this one - Hijack brings some jackin' bump to Falcon's whirring disco synths, cutting the delicious vocal sample into a bouncey, glitchy snippet:
DJ Falcon - Untitled (Hijack Remix)
This offering, handed out for free by Sbtrkt, sounds similar to some of the more tribal dubstep Untold and Ramadanman have been pushing lately. Energetic, upbeat and skippy rhythms:
Sbtrkt - rekorda
Half a year old, but now Fabric have handed this album title track over for blogging at the full bitrate. The chunky synth groove provides a delicious old skool house vibe:
In Flagranti - Brash and Vulgar 
This is satisfying, laidback house music, with some tribal flairs added to the clattering percussive beats. This is a real grower. Set it on repeat:
2000 and One - State Of House (Matthias Tanzmann Remix)
Samantha Fu is a cheeky alias of Soulwax's - you'll have heard this on many a dancefloor, or perhaps just on that seminal 2many DJ's mix. Mixhell add some punchy drum kicks and provide a funkier sheen, but retain and cut-up that familiar vocal: "some say they come looking for drugs, dirty dancing and pounding, pounding techno music...."
Samantha Fu - Theme from Discoteque (Mixhell Edit)
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Pelski's Playlist - Pt. IX
Monday, November 23, 2009
Clipz brings the ghetto to the electro...
You may remember I posted Redlight's 'Rock The House' here 6 months ago. Redlight is the new housed-up alias of acclaimed d'n'b don Clipz. Now the Bristol-based producer's back with his first EP, Lobster Boy, and has kindly thrown a couple of samples our way. What with Zinc's newfound allegiance to ('crack') house (check the post here), the dnb-house converts are coming in thick and fast: Beni from the Mixologists has been wonking dancefloors for a while now as part of the fidgetty Jack Beats duo; Kevin Focus is translating his dnb credential to dancefloor house; and even Adam F has lent his hands to the 4X4 tempo in his recent remix of the Prodigy.
Redlight hasn't entirely left his drum n bass expertise behind, judging by the old skool jungle permeating the Lobster Boy EP's ghetto house madness. After all, alot of early jungle resembled house music – utilising the same tempo and elements.
'Feel So Good' could be dubbed as a homage to hardcore: all Ragga MC shouts, clattering percusion and woozy keys. Essentially Redlight transfers the zealous energy of jump up to a excitable electro hybrid:
Redlight - Feel So Good
Kid Soldiers pushes more of those old skool rave sounds, but with a whirring fidget bassline, and more clamorous, dubby jungle:
Redlight - Kid Soldiers
The remaining tracks include 'Be With You' - on more of a dancehall tip, featuring the ragga chants of Serocee - and 'Pick Up The Phone' - a crazy bmore number.
Buy the whole, full-quality EP from Beatport here.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Reggae Riddims
I've got some old and new reggae flavours for you here, from bashment to jazz-infused lounge reggae.
Next up is a sweet, melodic track so beautiful that it really deserves a post of its own. Tony Allen is one of the world’s most acclaimed kit drummers, credited for co-creating afrobeat with Nigerian bandleader Fela Kuti during the 1970s. Now he's collaborated with Jimi Tenor for the latest instalment of the Inspiration Information album series. Allen's drum work shines through this trumpeting, floaty jam, perfectly complemented by Tenor's singing in a strained falsetto - and they've kindly offered it up as a free download (buy the whole album here):Jimi Tenor/ Tony Allen - Selfish Gene [pelski highly recommends]
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
November: Pelski Highly Recommends Chart
It's that time again, for the me ot reveal the tracks tickling my fancy, but I don't feel at liberty to post. This month it's all about deep dubstep and housey techno. Remember to pick up these superb tracks from beatport or juno.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Who is he and what is he to you?
Germany's Henrik Schwarz is one of those highly acclaimed, exquisite producers who commands serious respect. A top produced of techno and house, he's often lauded (incorrectly) as one of the few, or at least biggest, deep house producers of electronic music's booming capital, Berlin.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Exclusive Banana mix from Zombie Disco Squad
Zombie Disco Squad's chirpy tribal-infused house tunes soundtracked my summer. And in preparation for their gig on the 12th Nov at Jabez Clegg, Manchester, they've put together this lovely mix. In the same fortnight ZDS'll be playing Fabric, Warehouse Project, New York, Paris Social Club and Miami.
They're also handing out this re-edit of Idiotproof's excellent 'Gorilla', filled to the brim with chunky, pent-up slabs of bass:
1 Dj Deeon - Where The Hoes At
2 Dj Chernobyl - Empina A Pipa Feat Mc Gi Cabal (Samims Crashroots Remix)
5 Dj Deeon - Who You With 5
6 Ramon Tapeia - Sunka Sanka (Coyu & Edu Imbernon Remix)
7 Tigerskin - Boomshankar 7
8 Macaro - Confusion In My Mind (London Fm Remix)
Thursday 12th November
Entry - £6.50 adv.
10pm - 3am
Tickets available now from here or:
Piccadilly Records (Manchester City Centre)
07590894133
Tkttxt.net
Skiddle.com
Expect to see plenty more superb lineups from Banana Management, including Mowgli and Joe And Will Ask? in coming months.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Shuffles...
I notice when Fred Astaire lays his tap and shuffle of loose limbed 2-Steps across the floor, it’s a combination of effortless glides and nimble footed strides, something that I have failed to grasp in the discothèque so far. In order to maintain a decent shuffle, apparently you need to maintain a sense of variety. And although I fail to score when it surmounts to a twist and turn of significant proportions, I can assure you this shuffle of tunes was selected by a renowned shuffler. One that has been responsible for crafting many worldly moods On the Go. I am referring to the iTunes Party Shuffle. A piece of software that has the ability to ruin a party let alone start one. But on this particular occasion the tunes came out trumps, and it transformed my high-street shuffle into a fully-fledged swagger. A nice transition. So here’s what was dealt from the deck…EQ-Lazer – Beat of the Feet
Really don’t know much about these guys apart from that they were making really heavy rave tunes around the early 90’s, somewhere in Holland I think. The glitchy, acidic stabs and bleeps keep this one pulsing round the racetrack. The kid on the vocal sample sounds pretty loco though, he must be having a severe sugar rush whilst blasting rave and eating cheescake, you'll see what I mean.
The Bloody Beetroots remix of Proxy’s latest heavy weight banger has been blogged and bludgeoned to death on our faithful blogosphere. However it seems the avid dance fan likes ceaseless repetition, so here it is one more time. Check out the Turbo Recordings crew charts on their website, they keep you packed and posted with all their latest club-land picks.
Darkly
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Crackin' house
By now I'm sure you're all aware that DJ Zinc's ditched d'n'b for his new 'crack house' sound.
The Crack House EP is a showcase of Zinc's new 4X4 sound - a refreshing blend that fuses elements of house, jungle, grime, breaks, dubstep and electro without ever coming off as gimmicky or over-ambitious. He draws on the current sounds of Sinden and Switch (Zinc says house always bored him until the bloggy, fidget bunch came along). What with all the different influences, you would have thought the EP would lapse into a messy meld of convoluted, maximal sillyness. It doesn't. 
Saturday, October 31, 2009
subs 'n snares
It's been a while since I've posted any dubstep. It is unsurprisingly much harder finding blog-clearer dubstep - or at least good dubstep to post. Of course, there's an abundance of that Cheap Thrills-endorsed brand of clubstep wonkery readily available for blogging, but the deeper, more 'serious' dubstep is kept a lid on. Hyperdub, for instance, are particularly stringent about even low-bit-rate posts of their releases. But Pelski's pulled together a number of top-notch free dubstep tunes.
I was a little disappointed with Martyn's set at Bestival, but his productions remain flawless offerings in the blurring of the boundaries between dubstep and techno. Here we have his dark tribal beats underlying Fever Ray's strained cries:Thursday, October 29, 2009
Mr Dutch is back...
Apologies for the lack of posts of late, but all work is done and dusted, so the posts should now come thick and fast. I'd like to thank all those who've been sending their tracks, remixes and mixes toYCCMP. Unfortunately I can't post them all and I'm currently wading through a huge inbox build up, so don't be offended if I don't reply.
Besides the excellent Trollsta EP, Dubbel Dutch has been keeping busy with a number of tasty bootlegs. Judging from his charts, his taste has slightly shifted from a penchant for wonky closer to UK Funky and minimalist tech-house sounds, and it's discernable in his neat, understated remixes:
Monday, October 26, 2009
Too Much Work. Not Enough Beats.
Jan Driver is in need of no introduction to the Techno community. Sporting some truly destructive 
tunes such as the well-received ‘Rat Alert’ on Made to Play Recordings, he has become one of the many Berlin based Techno triumphs of late. The b-side here on Malente & Dex’s Lions E.P, is reworked with atmospheric wildlife documentary echoes on the intro, gently surmounting to a whistling resonating electro pulse. Jan drops the tempo into a subtle wavering minimal build, and climaxes in a whir of foreign growls and disgruntled gangster chopped vocals. Deceptively smooth, yet very hectic.
Malente & Dex - Lions feat. New Kidz (Jan Driver Remix)
Congorock take their slippery, slidey theme park fun synth lines, into the mad-house scene once more. Fall off the edge and go Wild West, all for the price of a cheap head fuck on this one. Innovative forward thinking production on what could be another sterile release on the fidget scene. Find ‘Hybro’ on their ‘Runark’ E.P on Beatport.
Congorock - Hybro
Dorian Concept is an A class producer, with crunch bopping constructions that are pioneering an amass of leftfield electronic offbeat tomfoolery. ‘Vertical Ouput’ is taken from the ‘Maximised Minimilization’ E.P. Check out Dorian’s amusing blog posts on his myspace page.
Dorian Concept - Vertical Output
This one’s an old one by Rustie but it’s still fresh off his Glaswegian block, as the title of his E.P ‘Café de Phresh’ so succinctly suggests. Having seen him at Warehouse Project just a few nights ago, at the much anticipated and sold out Thrasher night. It’s safe to say that the hype around Rustie’s mesmerizing skippity, trippy hip-hop sets are something to be rivaled with.
Rustie - Just 4 Kicks
I know the posts have been coming at a sluggish pace of late, but unfortunately university sometimes dictates that you have to work every now and then. So here's a random selection, but I hope you enjoy.
Darkly
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Up and Coming and in the Running…
So we like to plug our friends here, and that’s because we’re lucky enough to be surrounded by people who truly have some skills worth plugging. So rewire your circuits for these boys and have a listen to something a little different, they might just lead you down a different path of digital delight.
This first one is by ‘David Freddie Lee’ and I’ve been meaning to whack it on the player for some time now. He plays under the guise of the ‘Ricochet Toys’, who have an array of discotronic indie house productions on their myspace, find them here at www.myspace.com/boasfang. Dave’s evocative tongue and cheek vocals are reminiscent of David Byrne's, minus the strangulated screeches, allowing room for his voice to flow fluently over his sleek sub level electro synth lines. Pure disco twinges, tailored three piece suits, and snide smiles for the French Kitsune girls all come to mind on this one.
Ricochet Toys – Tears Don't Cry
Our next socket with a faulty fuse, rewired through a harmonic generator is ‘Cellma’, find them on myspace at www.myspace.com/cellma. Blissed out low-fi electronica is a first here on YCCMP, and it’s a pleasure to put such a soothing vocal into the open air of the blogosphere. Shinjuku Zulu produced the original track, ‘Sweetness Likes the Reverb’ on his best of album with K.I.A, find his inverted electronic productions at www.myspace.com/shinjukuzulu.
For those of you who do live in the open air of the countryside, where the grass is debatably greener, and the meadows ever rolling. Put on your wellies and wander with your headphones, fall back on the crop circles, and breathe in the reverb. It tastes pretty sweet on this one. ‘Thom Griffiths’ a Dorset school friend, and fellow villager is responsible for the tweaking here. Let nothing that is golder than the county green, be a continuing inspiration to you Thom.
Cellma – Sweetness Likes the Reverb (remix)
Darkly
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
October: Pelski Highly Recommends Chart
A little late in the month, but it's here and you needn't look further than Pelski's chart for the hottest house, techno and dubstep releases. Some are brand-spankers, others have been around for a couple of months. Buy all listed tracks from beatport.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Western jammin with Tomb Crew
It's been a while since Chase & Status got all hot and bothered about Tomb Crew's cheeky bmore bootleg of 'Eastern Jam'. Subsequently Tomb Crew kept the lid on their 'Western Jam' for a while, and now they've handed it out exclusively to You Can Call Me Pelski.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Trouble Vision Turns 1
One underrated Hot City release from earlier this year was the low-key Hot City Bass / Sweat EP, melding UK funky sounds with old school piano stabs. Buy it from beatport here.
Cagedbaby - Forced (Idiotproof Remix)
The Boog-A-Loo Crew - Trouble Vision Mixtape No.001
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