SUMMER JAMS 2012

I'm assuming the first few tracks here represent the gold that makes it worth sitting through Mistajam's non-discriminatory nightly frankenstep trudge then?

Enjoying these summery House vibes...

I'm assuming the first few tracks here represent the gold that makes it worth sitting through Mistajam's non-discriminatory nightly frankenstep trudge then?

― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Thursday, 31 May 2012 13:04 (1 hour ago) Bookmark

err probably wouldnt go that far, he does get the odd tasty bit first though sure. beyond that it's a good show in a uh, musicological sense...? ie he does discriminate, you just have crank the old negative capability to 11 and figure out how

glad you singled the tifa out, it's fantastic and i agree, better than nearly everything ever

It might be nearly six months old but it's still my summer jam 2012 and I'm surprised nobody else has posted it yet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebjXsc0UjdQ

how quickly we forget :(

Also its not on Youtube (maybe somebody could "have a word") but the Funkystepz remix of Rihanna's "Birthday Cake" surely belongs here?

undoubtedly. "The Motto" too

One more for luck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LK0vjsv7e0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG7U3Cq1K3U

THIS

http://vimeo.com/30112321

Tim and r|t|c, are you not into this? kind of surprised it hasn't show up yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk1uEn7bmpE

that Tifa is really good, but be sure to check out Alaine, both Waynes, and Voicemail on LoveBug too

omfg "man up", "away we go", "my ex-man", "sparks (wookie remix)" etc etc

thank you so very much for bringing these songs into my life

call me maybe
king louie - val venis
kylie - timebomb

REPEAT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eWfRjyp2Nc

god that cheryl cole royal-t remix is everything

i do like 'love di vibes' but it's a bit like vybz 'summertime' last year where it feels a little too prepack ubiquitous tokenistic to really clasp to my bosom the same way as other stuff; you would be right in pointing out i tend not to hold similarly on-the-nose hits from other genres up to that same standard however.

there is something slickly opportunistic about musicians from tropical countries putting out well-timed for foreign audiences summer hangout anthems. I definitely felt that way about 'summertime' (I mean, i'm not Jamaican, but I don't think you need to wait until summertime to have a pool party there), which is why 'ravin' was so obv superior. maybe it's because Pacific Northwest summers don't really start until July--it's 58 degrees F right now--that I'm not as bothered by 'love di vibes' and its transparent attempt to bottle summertime magic in a three-minute package.

HOW D'YOU THINK I FEEL WHEN YOU CALL MY NAME
YOU GOT ME CONFUSED BY THE WAY I'VE CHANGED
HOW D'YOU THINK I FEEL WHEN YOU CALL MY NAME, MY NAME
SAY MY NAME BABY!

what the hell does that lyric even mean she wants

doesn't matter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq26G-jnsOI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPIZH7SIcQ0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfb4aCghMKA&fmt=18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUmjuqnjSGo&fmt=18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vs8MSYXATU&feature=plcp&fmt=18

i feel ever more certain there is no greater transcendent, fizzing joy in this world than 'dami duro'

it is SO MUCH that it near enough puts a lump in your throat

and its prologue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ0XDkdwc9w

like how many of these ganky rictus-featured 'i gotta feeling' type getting ready for friday nite tunes you hear EVER make you feel anything but cattle-herded, co-opted, dead meat? 'what u wanna do' asks one simple, open, momentary question over and over and kaleidoscopically over until eyes bulge and pupils dilate bright black with every endless neon possibility stretching out before you, like the two big bang atoms colliding, imploring and demanding existence floods the void

Wait so has Naija pop actually found a use for hands-in-the-air fake Guetta house that is not only not hateful but actually conveys the joy that yr Euro or American hacks *think* they're getting at? I feel like another bit of the source code of pop has been cracked or something.

Like maybe the producers realising rhythms other than 4/4 thud might actually work with eurohouse cheese or maybe its just that the dead-eyed cynicism you expect from purveyors of gigantic filterdisco chords is conspicuous by its absence.

frankly my dear ilm, when it comes to afrobeats all i wanna hear is

less fucking questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9ZeeihgnRo

MORE FUCKING ANSWERS

that dami duro joint is banging but also soooo poorly mixed :( its like i have to imagine how it would sound on a dancefloor if it were well mastered. the amazon mp3 sounds like a ripped youtube stream

irrelevant to me, next contestant please

does all of your favorite music exist only in the 64 kbps pirate radio of your mind

i just take it as it comes kiddo, my ears stay clean of ur diseases of affluence

like who's really the fetishist here?

this thread needs a spotify playlist like yesterday

hey i said its a cool song. i just wish the mix didn't all bleed together. look at it from the POV of a DJ who is trying to work w/ an unweildy crowd unfamiliar with the music (& i don't even mean diplo at a trendy club but like, the people who are at the front lines of spinning this stuff) & its just that much harder to convince a crowd of a song's worth when it doesn't have presence. there's a subconscious bias from NORMALS against shittily mastered songs when they haven't had them hammered into their brains already by radio or what have u

Ah...Wizkid. No Lele is the one that hooked me on afrobeat after hearing it as the opening track on that abrantee tape. Such an amazing intro (to both the song and the sound)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XDZfey8bpSk

seriously the intro to that tune just slays me every single time. Those tumbling drum rolls and glorious unfolding melody.

just checked Dami Duro, wow. Rushiest thing I've heard for ages. Will try not to spoil this one by overplaying it, this is uncommonly powerful stuff.

ok i made a spotify playlist of some of the songs mentioned on this thread. of course you guys' unassailable forward-thinking means many great songs aren't there, but it's something

Humble thanks to r/t/c for posting that D'Prince track.

thanx, Tracer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST8piiBBzNc

idk about you lot but i'm definitely having some of this

guess this is my thread now >:)

keeping the bruk beat vibe rolling

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

More Wizkid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOUdtGyjT44

This one is pretty brazen in its use of girly trance chords, military snares AND borderline irritating Pon De Floor synths all at once.

Also amazing.

lol Matt you could have just said ATTN DJP

couple of discoveries i made thanks to this thread

lenzman - wordsworth (b-side to the one posted upthread - attn tim f this is the kind of d&b i'm ok with)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sboj3fb6oKY

lea-anna - murder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC92u1ANUK4

preeya kalidas - love between us (funkystepz miami bass mix)

http://soundcloud.com/3beat/3beat098-preeya-kalidas-love-3

there is a 'murder' remix with cecile and leshurr you will probs enjoy more still

rob's mentioned it a few times iirc

yeah i heard that too, idk i like leshurr on it but lioness feels a bit tacked on and it was kind of perfect as it was

aw, admittedly most of the guests bring their C game lyrically, but that song reminds me pleasantly of middle school gymnasium dances soundtracked by En vogue and Salt n Pepa. the verses are charmingly artless and unthreatening.

I'm going to have to stay inside all summer to catch up on this thread.

Every time I visit this thread the number of embedded videos breaks my computer, so I'm probably going to be here into November...