As we’re back in town from a few crazy weeks of shows, from Hawaii to NYC to Colorado to Northern California– I figured now was as good a time as ever to share some of the wicked music that’s come our way, especially since we missed the May podcast.  Too much travel!

and thus I offer this quick jaunt through some summery vibes,starting with Pariah’s “Detroit Falls,” which has been rocking our world so much that it was time to represent; it moves into a cut from our West coast bredren Heyoka’s new record, Cosmic Boogie.  Up next is the Balkan/Cumbia/Israeli/Brooklynite jam “Balkumbia” from Balkan Beat Box, followed by our World Cup-approved (!) remix.  Grab it for free here at the website!

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Dexpistols closes the mixtape with our tune and weaves the remix up and down through the tempos, injecting some interesting change-ups to our original version.

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And with spring and summer upon us, that means we’re on the road a whole lot so check the shows section for the latest.

We’re in Boulder at the Fox Theater with our pals, EOTO, this coming weekend and then we have a 3-city run through Western Canada the following weekend with shows along side great artists like Poirier, RSD (Rob Smith from Smith and Mighty), and more.

See ya in the sunshine!

Last week, Haj, Dhruva and I found ourselves in that very odd position of opening a magazine, looking at a picture of yourselves, and reading your own words back to yourself. It was all very Nabokov-esque, a bit narcissistic– but hey! Wait a minute! We’ve got work to do!

That work would be Dhruva & I dj’ing the launch party of Fader issue #66. We had a blast, lots of friends and family came out to boogie down, and we ran a host of material from the new album. check out some pix, courtesy of the fantastic Hannah Thiem.

There’s some great music highlighted in the issue; besides our current crush-du-jour Nicki Minaj, Balearic dubstep don Joy Orbison is featured as well. His tune “Hyph Mngo” was a mainstay of our sets in 2009 (making us pretty much the same as every other DJ, ever, since time began)… his new one, “So Derobe,” is mashed into our remix of Mochipet’s “Complex Players” in the podcast that accompanies the magazine issue.

“Complex Players” is one of our favorite remixes from last year… dozens and dozens of tracks of live brazilian percussion layered against zappy arpeggio’s and a funky, broken riddim. Much to our delight, it really set the room off at the release party… further proof that NYC can and will get down to fresh sounds. If you like it, you can find it here.

and of course, the free PDF of the entire issue lives here. Our little nugget on the state of Sub Swara lives on page 31 in the pdf; page 58 in the hardcopy. Thanks again to Julianne Escobedo Shepherd for making it happen.

Finally, we’re gearing up for manymanymanymanyMANY upcoming shows. Our voltronic, 3-way force converges on Austin for SxSW on 3/20 at the Barcelona, as part of the Surefire Agency’s showcase. We’re alongside Lazersword (who appeared at last year’s Sub City Sessions in NYC), our BK bredren Kotchy, Plastician, France’s Debruit, and man-of-the-hour, Eskmo. After that, we’ve got many many MANY shows across North America: we start with New Orleans, and will find ourselves in Colorado, Philadelphia, NYC, and Canada (Eastern & Western) before a very busy FESTIVAL SEASON starts– stay locked!!

Photo by Alex Welsh (Fader Issue 66)

For our Xth podcast, I’m moving 144bpm in the out-lane on a layered globalist meander, pushing against the outer edges of what dubstep may or may not be. What was the question?

Regardless, an amalgamation of answers: A plaintive Piazzolla swell set against a swampy Illum Sphere beat …hints of Moderat and a classic Sub Swara break… …pressure builds and we hit full cruising altitude as Chasing Shadows unleashes Amirah. The captain says you are now free to move about the cabin.

Tracklisting/Collage elements:

RIcochet- Duo De Amor Astor Piazzolla Remixed
Illum Sphere- Psycho Long Live The Plan
Moderat- No. 22 Moderat (Deluxe Version)
Sub Swara- Constructing The Absence Coup D’ Yah
Chasing Shadows- Amirah Ill/Amirah
Ill.Gates and Meesha- Irma Vep (Trill Bass Remix) Irma Vep
Loops Haunt- Impact Omnihammer
Spystep- Portomental (Ribotto Remix) MalLabel Music
Douster- Ladinian Triassic Ep
Filastine- Desordenador (live & feat. Amélie Bouard) Extra Dirty Bomb
DJ Madd- Better With You (Akira Kiteshi Mix)
Skint and Demoralised- Red Lipstick (Sub Swara Remix)
Virtual Boy- Girl Born Star How Long Does It Take To Get To Space? Ep
David Starfire- Cobra (Sub Swara Remix)
Bird Of Prey- Atrium
DJ Madd- Someone (Breakage Unspecified Rmx)
RDubz- This Way Fears and Feelings Ep
Sub Swara- Koli Stance (David Starfire Rmx)
Antiserum and DJ G- Bulgarian Funk Around The World Vol. 3
Sub Swara- Koli Stance (Dov Remix)
Sub Swara- Backwater Coup d’Yah
Bersa Discos- Bombon Asesino

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