This breakbeat remix of Major Lazer’s Pon De Floor is in the Stanton Warriors usual style of funky, syncopated, vocal dubby breakbeat remixes, and is dancefloor ready with a dj friendly intro in to the original breakdown, which I think would be pretty hype.

Stanton Warriors regularly put out free stuff on their Soundcloud Profile

Latest track from the Stanton Warriors (released today!)

Major Lazer - Pon De Floor (Stanton Warriors Remix).mp3

Best Stanton Warriors track so far in 2010:

SubFocus - RockIt (Stanton Warriors Edit).mp3

All time favourite Stanton Warriors track:

Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc (Stanton Warriors Remix).mp3

Other Stanton Warriors tracks I love (not exhaustive):

Chemical Brothers - Saturate (Stanton Warriors Remix).mp3
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - Beggin (Stanton Warriors Remix).mp3
Beach Boys - Good Vibrations (Stanton Warriors Remix).mp3
Goose - Bring It On (Stanton Warriors Remix).mp3
Coburn - We Interrupt This Programme (Stanton Warriors Remix).mp3
LCD Soundsystem - Disco Infiltrator (Stanton Warriors Remix).mp3

This month’s best of the blogosphere post is dominated by dubstep, synth laden dance, and filter disco. I’ve been gearing up for a series of disco sets, so that might be why I’m feeling it more – hip hop has taken a bit of a backseat for me over the last three weeks, despite my trip down to NYC for Rock The Bells. My favourite song I heard this month is, by far, the new Miami Horror track Holidays – I fully expect this will be one of my favourite jams of the year, and an anthem for my fall.

Pick of the Month

Miami Horror - Holidays.mp3

Bass!

Bag Raiders - Way Back Home (Harvard Bass Remix).mp3
Crookers - Cooler Couleur feat. Yelle (AC Slater Remix).mp3
Deadmau5 feat. Wolfgang Gartner - Animal Rights.mp3

Dreamy Synths and Disco Rhythms

Chromeo - Dont Turn The Lights On (Aeroplane Remix).mp3
Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed (Russ Chimes Remix).mp3
Futurecop! - Dreams (Silicone Project Remix).mp3
Everything Everything - MY KZ YR BF (Grum Remix).mp3
LexiconDon - Student Body (Bit Funk Remix).mp3
Scissor Sisters - Invisible Light (Siriusmo Remix).mp3

Dubstep

Dirty Vegas - Days Go By (Mimosa Remix).mp3
Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone (DJ Philistine and Kewl Breez Dubstep Remix).mp3
The Pharcyde - Runnin (Philippians Remix).mp3
Hell and Lula - Set The World On Fire (Beat Mass Dubstep Remix).mp3
Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP - We No Speak Americano (High Rankins Bait n Wobble Mix).mp3

Mashups

envision - Fly Me To The Club (Frank Sinatra VS Flo-Rida ft. David Guetta).mp3
Haley vs. Deadmau5 - Falling In Love With Brazil (Kaskade Mashup).mp3
Lupe Fiasco vs OneRepublic - I Gotcha Right Moves.mp3
On The Rise - Faxing Baghdad (Deadmau5 vs. Outkast vs. DJ Laz).mp3

Other Great Remixes

2AM Club - Nobodys In Love (Xaphoon Jones Remix).mp3
Aeroplane - Superstar (The Krays Remix).mp3
Armand Van Helden - U Dont Know Me (Robb G Remix).mp3
Clockwork - Airflow (Valerna Remix).mp3
Congorock - Babylon (Fare Soldi - Babbylorso Remix).mp3
Gramaphonedzie - Why Dont You (High Rankin and Evolve or Die Remix).mp3
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (DJ MegaMan and Panic City Remix).mp3
Lucky Date - Hos and Discos (Midnight Conspiracy Remix).mp3
Realboy - The Ritz.mp3
The Ting Tings - Hands (RetroGrade Remix).mp3
Valerna - Snakes (Clockwork Remix).mp3

Speakers On Blast is the second track released off Skyzoo & !llmind’s upcoming collaborative effort ‘Live From the Tapedeck’, and is based on mixtape material and The Salvation. Their upcoming project Live From the Tapedeck drops Oct. 5 on Duck Down Records.

Skyzoo and illmind - Speakers On Blast.mp3

This week’s top ten, coming in rather late (sorry!) is chock full of new, and new’ish dubstep, deep house, and nu disco. It’s so late that I’m not even going to try and say anything insightful, but I will make mention of the video for Magnetic Man’s new(ish) single I Need Air, which is an achievement in terms of capturing the energy of the song in video, as well as in video editing and production, and is chock full of sick lighting/graphic effects and dubstep screwfaces.

Monarchy - Love Get Out of My Way (Treasure Fingers Remix).mp3
Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed (AN21 and Max Vangeli Remix).mp3
Example - Last Ones Standing (Doctor P Remix).mp3
The Ting Tings - Hands (Retro Grade Remix).mp3
Scissor Sisters - Invisible Light (Siriusmo Remix).mp3
84.85 - Forty And A Fistfight (Borracho! Remixx).mp3
Delorean - Real Love (LightsoverLA Remix).mp3
Krafty Kuts - Cassius Groove.mp3

Damu The Fudgemunk has been producing for years now, and with over 20 releases in his discography perhaps the only thing more amazing than his extremely high quality beats is that he hasn’t broken out in a big way. He’s no late starter though – despite the fact that he is still in his early 20s, Damu has racked up praise from the biggest publications in the industry, and is constantly compared to the likes of Diamond D, DJ Premier, and Pete Rock. No doubt.. perhaps the most apt snippet from his bio urges the reader to

Think of Damu’s signature sound like Voltron—taking a piece from every producer to create a beat monster. “I took bits from all the greats and compiled it into my style. I really don’t consider my sound a throwback, I consider it a way of production or approach to producing music…I have a bit of every great producer rolled into me.”

This is no hyperbole by the way – it’s all there: the Pete Rock or 9th Wonder horn sample dubs, big ass Premier beats cut, chopped, and rearranged six ways from Sunday, and the pure technical quality of Exile or Alchemist. Damu has literally begged, borrowed, and stolen from every great hip hop producer from the last 20+ years, and incorporated his own artistry to create beautiful hip hop music.

First, check this video of him live on the MPC on the New York streets, jamming with some emcees.

Then bounce to the blog he’s involved in – they don’t post often, but when they do its some high quality stuff, and they release lots of sneak peeks and teasers.. a busy crew, clearly.

Wonka Beats – Damu The Fudgemunk and Redefinition Records blog

Then, finally, check out the free EP he put out to promote his release of How It Should Sound vols. 1 & 2, or go here if you’d like to purchase it on CD/Vinyl/Digital.

Download the whole EP for free from Damu’s Bandcamp Page (variety of qualities, from 320 mp3 to FLAC!)

Or listen to the whole thing here:

Damu The Fudgemunk - New LP (EP Intro).mp3
Damu The Fudgemunk - Judgement Day.mp3
Damu The Fudgemunk - Fabregas Discotecas.mp3
Damu The Fudgemunk - You Know Who!.mp3
Damu The Fudgemunk - Bills Be Gone.mp3
Damu The Fudgemunk - Non-LP Bonus - Wonka Beat 3 (2009).mp3

Now with a major remix for a major pop musician, La Roux was big this is MAJOR, Dubstep’s transition to mainstream stardom is well underway. Not much else to say about that.

Xaphoon Jones first gained recognition as the producer behind Chiddy Bang, an American alternative hip hop band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The group consists of Chidera “Chiddy” Anamege, a.k.a. Proto, and Noah Beresin, better known as Xaphoon Jones. Chiddy Bang owe most of the publicity they get to his masterful sampling, and knowledge of contemporary music. These tracks are from his eponymous mixtape, which dips into soulful Motown favorites, East Coast Rap, and Reggae.

Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love (Xaphoon Jones Clipse Birdman Remix).mp3
Radiohead - Videotape (Xaphoon Jones Dubstep Remix).mp3
Kanye West - Testify (Xaphoon Jones Radiohead Remix).mp3
Notorious BIG - Skys the Limit (Xaphoon Jones Passion Pit + Beyonce Remix).mp3
Darwin Deez - Radar Detector (Xaphoon Jones Remix).mp3
2AM Club - Nobodys In Love (Xaphoon Jones Remix).mp3
Birdman ft Drake - Money To Blow (Xaphoon Jones Remix).mp3
Marvin Gaye - Heard It Through The Grapevine (Xaphoon Jones Remix).mp3
Cool Catz - Cops Dont Stop Us (Prod Xaphoon Jones).mp3
The Knocks - Blackout (Xaphoon Jones Remix).mp3