EP MONDAY?

Despite having pushed out a copious amount of tunes yesterday (whilst wearing a hangover), we're once again full up with audible goodness. This time we've got two EP's to showcase, stemming from the very popular Champion Beats Records and the up and coming Nu Style brand. Here's two easy to eat, bite size sections on both the EP's!

Danny Sounds ft Mr Eyez - Blaze The Ounce EP

Champion Beats Records

Combine the phat synths and crazy basslines of Danny Soundz with the awesome, sharp, gritty vocals from Mr Eyez and its clearly going to be something worth a listen. Champion Beats, as we have said time and time again, have a pretty good ear for whats going to work - a statement further proven by their latest release. The duo have had a number of releases on Anthony 'Melting Man' Hudson's label before, but we'd have to say this is our favourite so far. Including remixes by Skinny, DJ Denise, Frederik Mooij and the Incredible Melting Man himself, the EP serves up a tasty little cross section of sound that will get all those bassline junkies bopping their heads and tapping their feet. The EP drops tomorrow and we've got a few clips to get you going until then, so test them out!

Danny Soundz - Blaze The Ounce (Original Mix)

Danny Soundz - Blaze The Ounce (Skinny Mix)

Danny Soundz - Blaze The Ounce (DJ Denise Mix)

Danny Soundz - Blaze The Ounce (Frederik Mooij Mix)

Danny Soundz - Blaze The Ounce (Melting Man Mix)

Roby Howler - Basemant EP

Nu Style Records

The rise of promotional videos to help differentiate one DJ from another has become a pretty popular concept around the world, as Russian DJ and producer Roby Howler has just proved to us. Not only has he just dropped his latest two track EP on Nu Style, but he's also collaborated with popular video DJ 'Stereonoize' to create a audio-visual master piece. You can watch the video RIGHT here and we strongly suggest you do, with the wacky use of visual stimulus sending sober minds crazy and crazy minds insane. Jumping back to his Basemant EP, we have to say its pretty suitable titled. After listening to the headline track, the EP gives off immense feelings of 'underground', 'downstairs' and 'below the surface' and to be honest - we can't even explain why. It's got a dark aura that we really dig and the remixes from the likes of Skinny and Royal K really finish the product off.

Roby Howler - Basemant (Original Mix)

Roby Howler - Darling (Original Mix)

Roby Howler - Basemant (Brabe Remix)

Roby Howler - Basemant (Skinny Remix)

Roby Howler - Basemant (Damn Bell Doors Remix)

Roby Howler - Darling (Royal K Remix)

Good Vibrations EP

The word from Champion Beats Records is that Frederik Mooij sent over a killer track awhile back. The pinpoint ears from the crew loved what they had received, but knew it could do with some solid vocal work over the top. "Let us introduce you to our friend Mic Fresh" they said. Mr Mooij and the Champion Beats Crew knew the result was going to be something special but even they can acknowledge that none of them had any idea just how big the Good Vibration EP would end up. Record label owner Anthony 'Melting Man' Hudson stated "Good Vibration is one of the greatest EP's Champion Beats has had the pleasure of releasing" and we damn well agree. This shit is huge!! Add Jayforce, Matt Cox, Damn Bell Doors, Melting Man and Jon-E Industry to remix duties and its a fail safe plan. Check out the 128 samples below for a few taste testers and once your hooked, buy the EP at Beatport immediately!


Frederik Mooij feat Mic Fresh - Good Vibration (Original Mix)
Frederik Mooij feat Mic Fresh - Good Vibration (Jayforce Remix)
Frederik Mooij feat Mic Fresh - Good Vibration (Matt Cox Remix)
Frederik Mooij feat Mic Fresh - Good Vibration (Damn Bell Doors Remix)
Frederik Mooij feat Mic Fresh - Good Vibration (Melting Man Remix)
Frederik Mooij feat Mic Fresh - Good Vibration (Jon-E Industry Remix)


Champion Beats Records on Myspace.

Snoop/Dre/Melting Man!

Champion Beats head-honcho and ripper producer The Incredible Melting Man has just thrown together his second bootleg of all time. The UK DJ/Producer felt it necessary after the success of his previous 'Hypnotize' booty and we are glad he did, with his latest effort providing a jacked up take on a great original track your sure to know. Setting his sights on Snoop & Dre's 'Next Episode', the sound emitted from the mp3 located below is what we've come to expect from the talented and friendly ripper, with a nice wobble accompany more than your daily serve of bass. Enjoy that shit and watch for the latest Champion Beats Record feature coming ASAP!

Snoop & Dre - Next Episode (The Incredible Melting Man Bootleg)

BOOOOOOM!

Phuck I'm Melting!

The Incredible Melting Man produces filth. Good, enjoyable, harmonic and technically correct filth for that matter. He's been doing it for quite awhile and he's very good at it. He also just sent me over his latest bootleg, which comes in the form of his work on Notorious B.I.G's tune 'Hypnotize'. It's a ripper, and does perfect justice in promoting his HUGE release with Mic Fresh, the 'Jakin Da Filth' EP (get previews/interview here) out on Champion Beats Records, run by The Incredible Melting Man himself. Jump the tune now, see what you think, then when you realise you like it, buy the Jakin Da Filth EP right here and pay The Incredible Melting Man a visit!

Notorious B.I.G - Hypnotize (The Incredible Melting Man Bootleg)

The Incredible Melting Man on Myspace Musicand Facebook.

Enjoy YO!

Walk Abouts With WoNK - Part 1

Hey everyone, WoNK here with my first installement of 'Walk Abouts With WoNK' and a little insight into my travels.

So after a lovely 8 hour flight I land in Ontario to be greeted by The Melting Man and Kerrie Nation .. who are running a touch late .. why? Because they are running around the wrong terminal telling staff they lost their friend from England haha! My first big welcome to Canada is going to a McDonalds and being poo'd on by a bird.. nicee!!

The london crowds are amazing and really up for it, people that just like to party, and it was wicked hanging out with the Melting Man and Kerrie Nation. Such lovely hosts taking me to feed the ducks, eat Nerds and giving me Perogies and Poutine. Plus I got to meet gabby their lovely cat and some nice people such as Josh, Dave, Dj Awol, luke, wendy, evileyez and many more whose names fail me right now. After 2 banging gigs in London I headed to calgary where I hooked up with Chris Moriera and the lads and went to party at Sals. Lovely crowd, tasty sound system and dirty beats. Can't be beaten. I also get greeted on msn with the news that my Satisfaction remix that i did with Filthy Rehab has been played by Kissy Sellout on Radio 1 which is ace as he played my Crystal Gypsy remix not long back also.

Then off to Saint John, a quiet town until you get into the clubs and they just love it. I don't think i have had so many pictures taken with crowd members before and gotta say much love to Decay and Adam Dixon for warming up before me and specially for Dixon for doing a b2b for the last 30 mins with me as well which tore it up. A short hop on an 18 seater to Montreal and then on to Toronto to party with the Bassteaser Crew which was awesome. A nice venue called Nocturne with some lovely party people.

The next stop was whistler. I landed in Vancouver and then headed up to Whistler through the mountains and the picturesque views. Im a little sad it wasn't the snow season because id have loved to have had a day snowboarding but the venue was amazing one of the best booths i have ever seen and the clubbers were really into their fidget. I got to spend the next day in whistler chilling and checking out the paths and mountains before heading back to Vancouver that evening. It's one place I will definitaly have to hit again at some point.

While out on tour I've been talking to Dixxie my Young Nutz partner and we have decided to do a mega bootleg package. A friend of ours Matt B has done a wicked remix of a Shy Fx tune and wanted us to do a cheeky remix of it too so we have gone one better and lined up not only Young Nutz to do one but also Kick Oh, Mini K, Melting Man, Filthy Rehab, Mikey Dalton, M n M and Royal K. Everyone will do their own take on the tune and then it will go out as a big bootleg package world wide to show the skills of all the producers and give the clubbers and fans a chance to get some hot free music. Fridgetjet will get this package first and be sure to watch this space for some special news coming very soon from myself and Young Nutz.

WoNK.

Exclusive Mic Fresh Interview

Mic Fresh is not exactly new to the scene, but don't worry if you don't know his name. He's been around the block and he's worked with a few 'who's who' names in the past but it seems like he's due to blow up about now. While we're not going to sit here and turn this introduction into a history lesson, (the interview has all the Mic Fresh goodness you need) we will say the Mic Fresh name is plastered all over the Incredible Melting Man's new 'Jakin Da Filth' EP for his dirty and very, very catchy vocal work. The EP drops on Champion Beats Records on August 21st and we've got an exclusive interview with the man himself alongside previews of all the tracks from the EP, including remixes by Matt Cox, Royal K and Scissorkicks (find artist links at the bottom of this post), not forgetting the original by Incredible Melting Man feat Mic Fresh, which is a filthy and HUGE tune. Enjoy the interview, grab the tracks then jump on Beatport for the EP as soon as its out.

As another little treat, we've including Mic Fresh's latest mixtape, proving his DJ counterparts don't have him covered in that area. Its titled 'The Fresh Test' and its got a bunch of fun tunes to bang out after you've checked out the interview and the feature clips. Oh and in case your having some trouble, we (Fridge Jet) are in bold italics, Mic Fresh is in simple font. Enjoy the interview!

The Incredible Melting Man feat Mic Fresh - Jakin Da Filth (Original Mix)

Ok lets cut to the chase. First of all, how about we get everyone into the world of Mic Fresh. How did it all get started and where did you come from? Chat about yourself for a bit!

Ahh how it all got started, haha. Well that's a serious history lesson right there. Lets just say I’ve been in the game for more then a minute and me and Anthony (The Incredible Melting Man), well you could say we've worked on some projects together in the past. Anyway, recently he asked me to swing by his place cause he was working on a new track that he wanted me to hear. I pop by his place and take a listen to what he’s working on and I really like the track. I run home, grab my mic, jam straight back to his place and spit some bars to compliment the filthy bass he’d been cooking up. After that he just works his usual magic and voila - Jakin Da Filth was born!


Sounds like it shot up pretty quickly man. So you’ve got some upcoming releases to really kick things off, tell us a little about what’s going on regarding that side of things?

Well as you already know, ‘Jakin the Filth’ is the jump off track. It’s a huge EP and Champion Beats have really put some effort in with a serious round of remixes to go with it. The 4 track EP features remixes by Matt Cox, Royal K and the almighty Scissorkicks who came out of retirement to drop us an exclusive remix! So yeah, this EP is real nice – it’s a great one to kick things off! As for the near future I have work with Jason Score from Champion Beats coming out as well as a track with Frederik Mooij from Loudroom Recordings. I’ve also got a bunch of unofficial stuff that’s around and in the works, I’ll keep you guys posted in regards to it all.

That’s a nice set of artists to say your going to be working with, looks like there’s some big things coming. Have you drawn inspiration from any particular vocalists lately, in fact, anyone in the scene that you really look up to?

Well I'm old school kat so most of my inspiration comes from early soul, funk, hip-hop and house. As for the scene I like the fact that more artists and producers are stepping outside of the regular genres and taking chances on new styles and sounds.

The Incredible Melting Man feat Mic Fresh - Jakin Da Filth (Matt Cox Remix)

Agreed! How do you feel about some of the increasingly popular genres today, are you a fan of the tribal elements coming in? Think Major Lazer. Well actually, more importantly, Dubstep – love or hate?

I have only heard a handful of new songs with tribal elements going on, so I really don''t have an opinion on it besides that it seems like a summertime thing to me. As for Dubstep I would say I have a like and dislike relationship with it. When I first started hearing the down tempo cousin of D&B I was liking the new exploration of sound and music, it was something really cool. Now that it’s gotten popular it seems to be more of a sound that has lost its musical side. If I was to explore dubstep deeper I would definitely push the musical side more.

Yeh, lets hope it doesn’t pick up that repetitive nature that some of the other passing genres have. Can we see the Mic Fresh name popping up on an array of genres in the future?

Definitely. I listen to a wide variety of music, so I am open to working in different genres. Locking myself to one particular genre would get boring fast, so I’m looking forward to getting into a bunch of sounds.

Hope all the artists out there hear that. We’d love to see you laying down vocals on a variety of different sounds. So any dream collaborations your looking at getting going in the future?

Honestly I'm working with some great people now, however if the opportunity arose I'd like to do some stuff with the likes of Foamo, Laidback Luke or Diplo. My reasoning behind that line up would be the fact that none of them are afraid to push the envelope and I think that’s very important. I’m all about that.

Ahh that would be something to look forward to! Can we catch you doing any live performances any time soon?

Soon yes. Just looking at getting some more tracks together first, then we will defiantly kick off some live shows.

The Incredible Melting Man feat Mic Fresh - Jakin Da Filth (Royal K Remix)

We’ll definitely keep a look out, be sure to fill us in. When it comes to live shows and all that, are you the performer type? Or would you consider yourself in your own element when chilling in a studio writing tunes?

I am performer. I love doing live shows and being one with the crowd. Walking off stage knowing you gave it your all and the crowd loved it is the best feeling for me.

It’s what makes a show. Ok so lets run with a few quick questions to finish up. Start with a bang, we’d put the difficulty level on this bad boy at around 9.5, but give it a shot. Favorite artist or producer at the moment?

Wow! That is a tough one because I like a lot of different artists and musicians. For now I would have to go with the producers I already mentioned (Laidback Luke, Diplo, Foamo) plus the Incredible Melting Man, the man behind ‘Jaking the Filth’.

Most likely place you’ll be if we can’t find you on a Saturday night?

Home. Chilling.

The Incredible Melting Man feat Mic Fresh - Jakin Da Filth (Scissorkicks Remix)

Best place to go for fans to have a chat with you on the good old world wide web?

They can check me out on my Facebook fan page - Mic Fresh (this link here).

Thanks for the time mate, awesome tunes and be sure to keep in touch in the future.

Thanks for having me!

BONUS: Mic Fresh's latest mixtape as promised. Its got tunes by the likes of Foamo, Laidback Luke, Kidda, Micheal Jackson, The Incredible Melting Man and MSTRKRFT. Get funky! If you want the full tracklist we will post it in the comments, or it is available of Mic Fresh's Facebook page.

Mic Fresh - The Fresh Test Mixtape (July 2009)

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Remember check these links!
Mic Fresh, Champion Beats Records, The Incredible Melting Man, Matt Cox, Royal K and Beatport!