Kingdom ft. Shyvonne - Mind Reader

i find danceable-or-not convos kind of superfluous since people (on the us east coast at least) don't actually dance anymore vs flop around anyway but in anycase i've never seen a crowd having a problem proceeding with said flopping anytime he's dropped these tracks.

I fully admit to being a paid up non-dancing nodding horde but I really quite like this EP.

yallr crazy btw

you and tim using "nodding dubstep audiences" as strawmen to beat this stuff with - even when you like it! - is really really tired now, especially as it couldn't be further from the reality of actual night slugs nights, as you, matt, very well know from the ONE time you came to one (tim of course having attended NONE)

Lex you start yelling at me in these threads even when I'm not saying anything inflammatory.

Matt said he hoped Kingdom didn't go too far in the direction of dark head-nodding music, I expressed conditional agreement with that sentiment but said that hey you know the music is actually really good, so... And then you immediately start up with the swearing and the ad hominem attacks. In the funky thread you also started yelling at me specifically after Matt rubbished Girl Unit when I hadn't even said anything.

I don't know why you just see red on this point, because as far as I can tell I have always been pretty respectful towards Night Slugs, with the one exception being saying I found the 2009 promo mix disappointing.

The Kingdom EP is massive at dubstep nights (mainly just the title track though), as are a lot of Night Slugs releases. I go to them fairly regularly because so many of my friends are into all this music. As a general rule this stuff is among the best stuff played at such nights (though I've never been an across-the-board dubstep hater, I just don't like the Benga/Distance/Caspa continuum, which is a fairly common position I would have thought), in part because DJs over here never seem to play the Ramadanman (etc.) tracks I actually love and go for the weaker material in that vein.

People don't really dance at dubstep nights, still (well, not in the non-nodding/skanking sense). This may be an exclusively-Oz thing but I doubt it because a good third of the audience are british backpackers.

My comment that Kingdom's EP tracks can work in both contexts is (a) objectively correct, and unable to be disproven by the particular practice at a specific club; and (b) hardly a diss.

This is cool
http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Jacques_Greene/track/Tell_Me_Kingdom_Edit

Yeah that Jacques Greene edit is great. It's at the start of his XLR8er podcast which is largely a bit boring and generic bass womping for half an hour and then suddenly opens out and becomes amazing. Worth listening to for the final 20mins alone.

yummy bingham's voice brought me LIFE in those closing 10 minutes

also matt did you see http://twitter.com/LesleyER/status/45365257694224384 ?

!!!

01 Jacques Greene "Tell Me (Kingdom Edit)" (LuckyMe)
02 Kingdom "SFX"
03 Kingdom "Los Poderes (Edit ft. Floetry)" (Dutty Artz)
04 Kingdom "Stalker Ha" (Night Slugs)
05 Kingdom "Uptown Buck" (Scion/Trouble&Bass)
06 Jam City "Aqua Box" (Night Slugs)
07 Katy B "Lights On (Girl Unit Remix)" (Rinse)
08 Kingdom "Okay To Dance" (Fool's Gold)
09 MikeQ & Angel X "Let It All Out 2011" (Qween Beat)
10 Nguzunguzu "Timesup" (Fade to Mind)
11 Kingdom "Stadium Pass" (Enchufada)
12 Bok Bok "Silo Pass" (Night Slugs)
13 DJ Cabos x Kingdom "Snapduro + Appetite Edit"
14 Kid Ink "Keep It Rollin"
15 Kingdom "If You Buck"
16 Win Win "Interleave (Kingdom Remix)" (Vice)
17 Total Freedom "YB Voice Song"
18 DJ Exota Vs. DJ Vali "Pu**yf**ker (Kingdom Edit)" (Unreleased)
19 Jim Jones / Automatik "Go Cinderella (Kingdom Edit)" (Diplomats)
20 Ciara x Girl Unit "Ride + Every Time (Kingdom Blend)" (Night Slugs)

Bits in italics are all terrific. H8 what Girl Unit did to Lights On though.

Actually the Nguzunguzu track is nice as well, I'm liking what these dudes do.

Kingdom himself seems to be separating his work into "dark and moody" and "huge and celebratory" and I kind of wish he'd move between them in the context of individual tracks more.

nguzunguzu's rainbow arabia remix is brilliant - they've also just done this new mix, haven't listened yet but it was def d/l on sight http://dismagazine.com/disco/mixes/14817/nguzunguzu-the-perfect-lullaby/

Yes that Rainbow Arabia mix is the track that's really worked for me (the drums!), that and the Ciara Deuces mix. They've got a much lighter touch than most of these producers.

Also wtf at that waterfall? It's a bit like trying to download a mix in a cheap takeaway.

I'm really enjoying this Nguzunguzu mix and the waterfall thanks a bunch.

That Nguzunguzu (that's a real bitch to type) mix is fantastic. Thanks lex

Yeah this Nguzunguzu mix is lush. I want more zouk remixes of rnb ballads.

um yeah i hadn't actually heard it when i posted it but this nguzunguzu mix is seriously O_O

nn's pretty on point as a rule - when i found out mia hired asma as her new dj i called it that it meant she'd probably start making good music again after maya

Yeah I know they're not really in competition but Nguzunguzu mix >>> Kingdom mix. LOVE what they (it is a they, right?) do to 'I Run It'.

yeah, asma maroof + daniel pineda

live at the do-over, la a few weeks back

http://soundcloud.com/thedoover/kingdom-060511

Okay, what's the "Promise" remix? Someone tell me before I go insane from not being able to listen to it all the time.

AND OH FUCKING SHIT THIS "ROCK THE BOAT" REMIX

I think I need somebody to hold my hand for this shit.

woah this stuff is cool

is that a new electrik red track @ 36:30 o_O

wait what

I think you may be right

WTF @ this Nicole Wray remix!!! this shit is crazy!!!

glad I entered this thread!

^^^

And he drops the Tricky/Dream "Ass on the Floor" remix!

into a v special version of "Mind Reader" :o

does he post here lol

this stuff is like tailor-made for the ILX R&B crew

ikr?

Wait... is this a KINGDOM-PRODUCED NEW ER TRACK? I think it might be!

dope

so I'm listening to this dude's tracks now, and "bust broke" ... when he lets that Faith sample play out...

O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O

I need more of this type of stuff... between this and Blawan "Getting Me Down" and the Nguzunguzu tracks I've heard, it's all totally awesome

lex, Tim, etc. what else should I check for

This thread might help: Rolling dance partisans 2011

Check out Night Slugs and Kingdom just started a label called Fade To Mind, first release coming soon from Nzuguzunguzu.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9CqhrH_Rug

that thread is super intimidating lol, but this "deep inside" edit is cool I love the original track

I don't think I'll ever tire of "You Used To Hold Me"

once again it appears i am the only person in the world who doesn't get that blawan track in the slightest.

He tweeted this a while back:

epic studio session last night w/ Naomi Allen of @ElectrikRed! stay tuned for her vox on Away With Me (formerly Okay to Dance)
12 minutes ago via web

never heard blawan before. henry street got flooded, so good

22 minutes into this and loving it.

we're working on figuring out a tracklist for this, right?

Brainwasher, get on this one: http://soundcloud.com/fadermedia/brenmar-gold-bricks-fader-mix

1. Brenmar – Stash In The Dash Intro
2. Ashanti – Fancy (Brenmar Remix)
3. Timbaland – Give It To Me Instrumental
4. Boyz II Men – If I Had One (Brenmar Edit)
5. Dj Pierre and TT The Artist – U Don’t Bang Wit Me
6. Dubbel Dutch – Fem Pressure
7. Jim-E Stack – Lemme
8. Brenmar – If U Want Me
9. Richelle – I Think Before I Act
10. Boody B – Swift
11. R Kelly – Make It Rain Remix
12. Venice Calypso – Drifting
13. Champion – Lighter (VIP Mix)
14. Brenmar – Let’s Pretend
15. T. Williams – 30 Degree
16. Cedaa – Freon
17. Brenmar – So High
18. Dark Sky – High Rise
19. Destinys Child vs. Craig David – What’s My Name
20. Getem – Get It In
21. Dj YayYay – Micro-Chips Instrumental
22. Brenmar – Waiting On
23. Jim Jones – Getting To The Money
24. Kelly Rowland – Motivation Instrumental

i cannot believe brainwasher wasn't on kingdom's shit before!!!!!

brainwasher: acquire

- the entire discography of kingdom
- the entire discography of brenmar
- the entire discography of nguzunguzu

basically

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dammit

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we're working on figuring out a tracklist for this, right?

― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, June 23, 2011 9:11 AM Bookmark

0:00 ????
4:00 ????
7:47 Jacques Greene, "Tell Me (Kingdom Edit)"
11:00 ????
14:00 Ciara, "Promise (Cory Bold Remix)" <-- PLEASE HELP ME FIND AN MP3 OF THIS
19:04 ????
22:32 Monica, "Knock Knock (???? Remix)"
25:00 Nicki Minaj, "Roman's Revenge (???? Remix)" <--Kingdom edit????
26:37 Aaliyah, "Rock the Boat (???? Remix)" <--really want to know what this is but there are 30 thousand 100 million remixes of this on youtube and I gave up
29:40 Flotry, "Say Yes (???? Remix)

got bored with trying to figure it all out after this