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Welcome to the new site

Hello and welcome to the new look Blunted. If you are Blunted faithful then you’ll probably notice this is the 3rd incarnation of our website we’ve released. However, our ethos remains exactly the same as it ever did - showcasing the freshest Music and Street Culture news we can find.

So, the new site (currently ‘in development’) will evolve into one stop shop allowing you to read some of the best Blogs and Websites latest content, as well as media from Flickr and YouTube. If you have visited us before you’ll know what sort of stuff we’ll be featuring, if not check back to the home page and follow some links its all good.

We will continue to do our own stuff, occasional club nights, releases, mixes, competitions, etc… which appear on our Blog, so keep checking back and subscribe to our RSS feed.

Any ideas or suggestions?

If you have any ideas or suggestions for how the website should develop, or have any Blogs/Flickr or YouTube pages you want to see featured on the site drop some comments and links below. We are looking for the best of the best, popular, non-commercial sites, flickr groups/pages and YouTube.

Watch this space…

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May 14th, 2009

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Bridging the Gap - Fri 27th March, LDN

Hello. Well its been a fair old while since I’ve managed to get back on the site - don’t know what it is about time, just seem to get less and less as the weeks and months fly by. I want to drop this post to let you know about a night I’m involved with in London. I won’t go into too much detail, you’ll just have to pop your head in on Friday the 27th to find out more… Obviously this night is thoroughly supported by Blunted.

Bridging the Gap (or BTG) takes place the last friday of every month and is just of Great Portland / Oxford St, its in an awesome little venue - Marketplace, which has ground floor and basement bars plus a street terrace and kitchen and its open till 3am*

On the 27th of March we see another amazing party where the vibe revolves around thick drums and drunk dancing. We’ve got some great guests this time around. Brothers Frain are big in the scene, and they are literally brothers. Nice ones at that. Seriously, these guys are so nice they’ll probably buy you a drink if you tell them how good looking they are. And my, are they good looking.

The Fat Controller is an old friend. His selection is impeccable. He might become our next resident dj if he plays his cards right. Sativo + Marmaduke Jinx disagree as to who A Tribe Called Quest’s best mc was. But we agree on pretty much everything with a beat. Especially if its four to the floor.

Le lineup:

SATIVO + MARMADUKE JINX
BROTHERS FRAIN
THE FAT CONTROLLER

Date: Friday 27th March
Door tax: FREE
Times: 8:00pm-3:00am
Venue: Marketplace, 11 Marketplace, London, W1 8AH Nearest Tube: Oxford St
Venue Website: www.marketplace-london.com/

For more info check out the Bridging the Gap Facebook Group

Come one, come all - be good to see some friendly Blunted faces.

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March 19th, 2009

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Free Range Present - Local Produce Volume 1

Free Range Local Produce Full Vol.1

Our friends at Free Range have been stepping up a gear of late. One of their latest projects “Local Produce” is a free mixtape series featuring some of the best Dubstep, Drum & Bass and Hip Hop available alongside locally produced talent, which focuses on Oxford.

The first installment is a 27 track Drum & Bass mix from DJ Charris and hosted by partner in crime, Burley MC. You can download/stream a 192 mp3 from the link at the bottom of this post or you can grab a full quality, full artwork, track seperated CD from Ryouki or SS:20.

Tracklist:

  1. The Spirit - GDS - Unsigned
  2. Shady Pastimes - Lynx & Hellrazor - DAT:Music
  3. Subvert - Shinobee - Unsigned
  4. Speak Low - Zero T - Liquid V
  5. Shallow - Ben E - Unsigned
  6. Close Encounters - S.P.Y vs Kiat - DAT:Music
  7. Late Hours VIP - Icicle - Critical
  8. Hi Note - Calibre - Signature
  9. Break Up - The Funktion - Unsigned
  10. Diplodocus - Noisia - Quarantine
  11. I Wanna Know - Dillinja - Valve Recordings
  12. No Witnesses - The Funktion - Unsigned
  13. New Cons - Calibre - Exit Records
  14. Metal Flange - Lomax - Co-Lab Recordings
  15. All Around - Break - Symmetry
  16. Artisan VIP - Lomax - Bounce Dub
  17. Unbreakable - Icicle & Nymfo - Critical
  18. Lead Us - Ben E & KDC - Unsigned
  19. Is This What You Want? - Break - Symmetry
  20. See No Evil - The Funktion - Unsigned
  21. Crank - Noisia - Vision Recordings
  22. Geometry - Data & Nebulus - Critical
  23. Bambaata - Shy FX (Break Rmx) - Digital Soundboy
  24. Dynasty - Ben E - Sound Artillery
  25. Think - Subwave - Shogun Audio
  26. Valve Sound - Dillinja - Valve Recordings
  27. Box Forest - JJ - Unsigned

Download/stream: Free Range Present - Local Produce Volume 1

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March 15th, 2009

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Radiohead vs Dave Brubeck

Interesting little YouTube video here - Radiohead vs Dave Brubeck “Five Step”. This is an audio/video mashup of the Jazz heavy weight and Radiohead - courtesy of Overdub. Spotted on the Sound Verite blog.

Posted
March 13th, 2009

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ThruYou - Kutiman Mixes YouTube

Kutiman

Props to Rough Quest James for the link. Basically, this is ridiculous. Kuitman (hailing from Israel) takes completely unrelated YouTube clips and mixes them together to form completely new tracks. The ridiculous thing is they’re good. 7 tracks have been made and are up on the mock YouTube site. I can’t even begin to name all the videos, instruments and vocalists - too many. Try listening to the tracks and not watching the videos too, just so you can hear how well they are pieced together!

Head on over to ThruYou to check it out.

Posted
March 7th, 2009

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Mackaveli, Pure Bass / 2 Step Fodder Mix

Pure bass, 2 step fodder here from Mackaveli ahead of his set at the forthcoming Fabriclive on March 13th. Sonic Router caught up with the man Mackaveli to get a few words:

Can you provide those who may not know you with a bit of background info?

Mackaveli: My names Mackaveli and I play UK Garage, Dubstep and Grime. New bangers and Old Skool gems from back when.

Outside of music who are you? What do you do on the daily?

Mackaveli:I’m always stuck inside the music ride as I work for fabric and matter looking after online press and marketing on a daily basis. Other than that I mostly enjoy… my Xbox, Gym and Browns.

How did you get into Djing?

Mackaveli:It all started with a brass as hell pair of Kam belt drive turntables about 10 years ago. My earliest memory of playing out has to be in a school sports hall in Essex on another bait pair of belt drive turntables with DJ EZ playing on the same bill, god knows how he coped with the wobble!

Can you name 3 artists/albums/whatevs that have most influenced your style to date?

Mackaveli:

Sticky
DJ EZ
Active Minds – ‘Hobsons Choice’

Current Top 5 Records?

Mackaveli:

In no particular order…

Zomby – The Lie
Darkstar – Aidy’s Girlfriends A Computer
Untold – Anaconda
Sticky – Triplets 2
Ramadanman – Humber

Mackaveli Mix Tracklist:

  1. Headhunter – You Say
  2. Joe – Rut
  3. Joe – Grimelight
  4. Ramadanman – Humber
  5. Masterstepz – Melody
  6. Scott Garcia feat MC Styles – A London Thing
  7. Nesha – What’s It Gonna Be (Sticky 2 Step Mix)
  8. M Dubs – Over Here (Iron Mike Vocal Remix)
  9. Wideboys – Stand And Deliver (4 to The Floor Mix)
  10. DJ Narrows – Hidden Heroes
  11. Dexplicit – Resistance
  12. Dexplicit – Might Be
  13. Zomby – The Lie
  14. Sticky – Triplets 2

Download: Mackaveli Mix

Check him out at Fabriclive on the 13th of this month:

Fabriclive

Posted
March 6th, 2009

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Spotify – A world of music. Instant, simple and free

Spotify – A world of music. Instant, simple and free. That is the mission statement from the latest website to offer free music and joins the ranks of Deezer et all. Basically, you install this player on your computer and then can play any song, ever. Well, at some point you might be able to. Its already got a heap of good shit on there, honestly. Its got an element of social networking to it also where you can share playlists, songs, etc… standard stuff. Apparently its been pretty well-received my the record labels, which is nice.

It is free, but you get an advert every 15 minutes or so. To get rid of this you can sign-up to one of their premium accounts. If that all that makes sence then head over to Spotify - it could be the next big thing. If you need more info check out the press jargon below:

Spotify is a new way to enjoy music. Simply download and install, before you know it you’ll be singing along to the genre, artist or song of your choice. With Spotify you are never far away from the song you want.

There are no restrictions in terms of what you can listen to or when. Forget about the hassle of waiting for files to download and fill up your hard drive before you get round to organising them. Spotify is instant, fun and simple.

Because music is social, Spotify allows you to share songs and playlists with friends, and even work together on collaborative playlists, Friday afternoon in the office might never be the same again! We’re music lovers like everyone else.

We want to connect millions of people with their favorite songs by creating a product that people love to use. We respect creativity and believe in fairly compensating artists for their work. We’ve cleared the rights to use the music you’ll listen to in Spotify.

Spotify – A world of music. Instant, simple and free

This is absolutely crazy, really. The internet is a wonderful thing!

Posted
February 25th, 2009

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