I've been rinsing a version of Kings of Leon's 'Sex on Fire' of late and to be honest it's getting a bit old. Right on time, Dolby Anol have come through with a new remix in the shape of King's new tune 'Use Somebody'... Think this is a rough edit, but I like it anyway!
My Top 5 are:
My top 5 of 2008:
It took me a while to finally choose only 10 tracks of this year. But I think I'm happy with my final 10.
I found these lads last year and thought they would be huge by now based on this song...
Ed Banger are a funny old label. I know I shouldn't like their stuff coz it's all a bit cliché but every so often they come out with some really good music. Forget your Justice, Feadz and Uffie, for me, Ed Banger is all about Mickey Moonlight, Oizo and Mehdi. 
"A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having", apparently. The NY hipsters are back, this time with the help of Spankrock. He's traded in the bootay bass for floaty electro dreaminess... The result is below. I'm really into this at the mo. My iPod tune of the week.
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I first got into DJing through my love for all things New Jack. This was way back in the mid 90s and I was being educated in this field by a dude I went to school with. We missed the boat on the whole thing first time around on account of us being about 5 when Teddy Riley and Bobby Brown were doing their thing, but the discovery of films like 'Boyz N the Hood', 'House Party' and obviously 'New Jack City' opened up a whole new world of music for us. I've posted below, just for nostalgia's sake, a few of my favorites and also a sweet remix of Bell Biv Devoe's classic 'Poison'
First post in a long time, moved gaf and had no net for like 2 weeks... Head-wrecker... Anyway, I'm gonna keep the posts coming thick and fast and first up is this new banger from London's own Foamo. I'm a huge fan. First introduced to him a few months back through his simply flawless Summer Mix, which I grabbed over on Discobelle. The chap's only 21 and turning out some ridiculous production that's seriously rivaling some of the big boys.
Oi oi dude's & dudette's!!Next Thursday 27th November is the launch of The Dirt Project downstairs at Mr.Jones!
For all you 'ravers' that are getting bored of Electro, come down and experience some quirky beats/dirty breaks and class A scratching!! ;)
For the launch night along with our resident dj 'Handsome Paddy' we have Sean Hughes flying over from Scouse land!
Here's a little teaser of how good it's going to be nxt week!! ENJOY!
http://www.musicv2.com/listen.php?m=55935
1-When did u start dj'n? I started dj'in with two record players i bought from a carboot sale when i was 11 in 1990!
2- What was the first track that made you go oooohhhhhhh? I was a rocker when i was younger.. well into iron maiden but i was first introduced to heavy beats heavy samples and loops in 1989 by means of a track by chad jackson called "hear the drummer get wicked", at the time i had never heard any thing like it and i have never looked back since.
3-First Residency? The wekka in Liverpool! it was an under 18's rave and i was the resident there when i was 14 playin hardcore!
4-What brought u to ibiza? Well i'd been dreaming of djing since i was 11 and i just couldnt settle with normal life i had a "propper" job, nice car ..the works but the calling was too strong one day i remember clocking into work and a feeling of depression coming over me and i just said to noone imparticular.... "funk this..i'm off to ibiza!" i clocked straight back off drove straight to the travel agents and booked my flights for the summer..thankfully it turned out to be the right move!
5-How did the last season go for you? Incredable as well as the amazing new terrace i got to play the main room in amnesia for cream quite a bit, somethin which is just unbelivable it is as good as it looks!! i was also lucky enough to play the mainroom for tiestos collosall gigs..playing on tiestos rig just before him was inspiring he has the best monitors i've ever heard!! my night discobomb also won best workers party at the workers awards so things couldnt of got much better really.
6-What dj's inspire you? I could try and sound cool here and name drop all the new names of the minute but to me if all a dj cares about is makin people feel good with music and they work hard at doin it then they are always gonna be inspiring to me.
7-Moment dj'n that made you stop and think..'Im deadly''?? hmmmm... well at my night discobomb there are no genre boundries so anything goes, i was playing back to back with jamie gittens and he thought it would be funny to drop aggadoo and leave me stood behind the decks with it on whilst fumbling around trying to find a track to quickly get out of it..luckily i was on form and quickly looped aggadoo hit the wide pitch and took it upto a drum and bass tempo and slamed in a wicked d n b track over the top of it...well it absolutly went off!! i kinda turned to jamie and give him a little look that said "top that smart arse!"
8-Favourite shoe? my glow in the dark nikes!
9-Blondes or brunettes?? they both look ace to me....
10-This is first gig in dublin, wat brings you here??? Apart from my girlfriend livin here,wicked nightlife!! wicked crowd!!last time switch played here i was there gettin sweaty with the rest of yous and lovin it! cant wait to play!
11-What track are u dropping at the moment? format b - bootcut..... its a little beast! also my mix of golden girls- kinetic on floorplay.
12-fav new dj's/artists you can recommend etc?? if you havnt allready check hijack for some fat production and if i guy that makes me think about givin up cause he's that good check out youtube clips of kentaro or french team c2c!!
Just in case you haven't yet heard this mix...
First post of the month, and this month is gonna be a big one for Mr.Jones. We've got some big guests lined up in the shape of Fake Blood and Switch, and more of the same in December. 
Bang Gang DJs have just dropped this version of fellow Australians The Presets tune "Kicking And Screaming". I'm a fairly big fan of The Presets, they're one of the few "Bands" I find myself listening to on a regular basis. They've also recently scooped 3 Aussie Grammies, could be a bad thing but sure time will tell...
Absolutely amazing night last night! Video below for those who didn't make it. D.I.M. wrecked the place!!!
Ok I know it's not until December, but I'm getting proper excited about this Buraka Som Sistema show we've got coming up in Mr.Jones. I saw them last year supporting A-Track (I think) down in Crawdaddy and they absolutely rocked it. That was my first introduction into Kuduro music. I've got a good friend from Angola and he was cool enough to put me on to some names to look out for and places to get some good Kuduro tunes. I have a tidy little collection built up at this stage and expanding it every day!!!
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