Just in time for the Holidays: Sub Swara podcast 008!

yes yes y’all!  Dave here with a new mix to warm you up– ideally, like fine mulled wine with some cinnamon–for the holiday season.  It’s been a crazy few weeks here in Sub Swara land, as Dhruva mentioned– I *WAS in India, Dhruva *IS in India, and Haj is on the West Coast– we had 2 days of working together here last week, in which some new material was developed, a photoshoot for a magazine which we love (but can’t mention yet) was done, and plans for world domination were… planned?

Regardless, I grabbed a bunch of my most recently-acquired faves and tossed ‘em in the mix for y’all.  While the last few podcasts have been really hype, this one’s all about the drums and the bass–funky, groovy, a bit off-kilter.  the tracklist:

Coleco: “Automatic” (dubplate)

BD1982: “Soldier” (forthcoming Seclusiasis)

XI: “000″ (forthcoming Immerse)

Mungo’s Hi-Fi: “International Roots (LD Remix)” (Dub Police)

V.I.V.E.K: “Groove On” (Dubplate)

TKR: “Soul MKIII VIP” (Dubplate)

Sharmaji feat. Juakali: “Fireworks” (Dubplate)

Badawi: “El Topo” (forthcoming Index)

Benga & Kutz: “I’ll Kut Ya” (Dubplate)

Distal: “Heaven’s Blowback (or Hell’s Mercy)” (Dubplate)

DZ: “Serenity Now”(Dubplate)

If you’re on itunes, you can grab it here–viewPodcast — or if you’re already subscribed, chances are you’ve already got it.

If you’re not an itunes person, go directly to the source!

Enjoy!

Just in time for the Holidays: Sub Swara podcast 008!

Sub Swara Back on the Road in 2010

So we’ve been on a bit of a self imposed hiatus (although Dave rocked out a few shows while on his recent trip to India) to work on our new album but we’ll be hitting the road again come January. As for a few specifics, we’ll be in Boston, Montreal, NYC and a few other spots in Jaunary and February, SXSW and WMC in March, a big ol’ Canadian tour in April and then the summer festival season will be upon us (including Wakarusa in June).

Many more details coming soon but just wanted to throw a bone out there for all of those who have been asking.  And yes, we will be presenting a show in NYC next year (Sub City Sessions Part 2, now an annual endeavor as opposed to the originally envisioned quarterly event – sorry, we got too busy to put on multiple events a year, but we’ll be doing it big every time we do it, so keep a look out for news on that!)

Check out the ’shows’ space soon – all the updates will be there with the quickness…

Sub Swara Back on the Road in 2010

Our Mochipet Remix is now out on Pre-release

So good things often come through in pairs, and in this case, our remix for Mochipet, ‘Complex Cumbia Dub‘, has just dropped right on the heels of our release of Mochi’s remix of Hi Fidelity on Coup d’Yah Remixes Volume 3. The track is out as a pre-release exclusive on Addictech and is part of a slew of remixes by great producers like Kraddy, Restiform Bodies, iLL.Gates and more. You can listen to the remix at the bottom of this post.

All the samba drums are live and rocked out by our man Sharmaji straight out of the Crown Heights studio. We saw a few sick batucada videos on youtube and decided that we had to weave that element into one of our productions so there you have it! The release will go worldwide on all digital retail outlets in February.

Listen to the remix:

Our Mochipet Remix is now out on Pre-release

Coup d’Yah Remixes Volume 3 is Here & Now!

Yes Yes! The third and final installment of remixes of our debut album, Coup d’Yah is now available exclusively here on our site (go to the music page to listen and pick it up). For this one we sent their material to some of our favorite artists from east and west coast USA to bridge the gaps between the bumpin’ dancefloor affair of Volume 1 and the intense dubstep pressure of Volume 2. This volume features David Starfire taking the Sub Swara 140 BPM anthem, Koli Stance, to a pounding tribal dubstep space with one of the most massive builds and drops you’ll ever hear, Daly City Records’ Mochipet twisting the original dark ragga vibe of Hi Fidelity into an agogo- and conga-laced soca banger, Sub Swara’s own Sharmaji dropping a throwback 94-style junglist vibe with a completely new perspective on Yeah (Ina Dravidian Bombstep), and Process Rebel kicking a sick future dancehall take on Banga.

Plus you can grab a free download of David Starfire’s remix here on the site for a limited time, so watcha’ waitin for?

Coup d’Yah Remixes Volume 3 is Here & Now!