Friday = Philly // Saturday = Dubstep Music Awards, Atlantic City

Big weekend ahead!  First I’m playing with the homies Udachi, PLS DNT STP, BHB, and more in Philadelphia.  FACEBOOK EVENT HERE.

Then Saturday, I’m playing 2 sets at the unprecedented 2012 Dubstep Music Awards at the Showboat Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City.  The line up is just bonkers!

Zeds Dead – Special Guest YelaWolf
12th Planet – Downlink – EOTO (Live Set)
Mista Jam – Gemini – Cookie Monsta – Koan Sound
Jakes – Flinch – Reid Speed – Photek – Mary Magdalan
Adventure Club – Big Chocolate – Arion – Run DMT – Shiftee
Joe Nice – Starkey – Deathface – Hellfire Machina – Udachi
KDrew – Alex Engligh – Space Jesus – Dubsef – BHB – Night Kids
Blonde Gang – Suga Shay – Schmo Hawk and more….

Catch me first at 9:30pm in the House of Blues for the award ceremony, then at Club Worship at 12:30am for the after party.  FACEBOOK EVENT HERE.

Shiftee – Live on Rinse FM 11.11.11 // Audio + Track List

Here’s my set from Rinse FM this past Friday.  Huge shout out to DJ Wonder for having me on and DJ Cable for being the MVP of my UK trip.

Shiftee – Live on Rinse FM 11.11.11 by Shiftee
Download the full podcast including Wonder’s set HERE.

Track List

1. Wonder ft. Kano – What Have You Done?
2. S-X – Ambience vs. Monica – One Of Them Days
3. Joker – Slaughter House (Instrumental) // Shiftee Live Maschine Routine
4.  Carrie Wilds – Somebody Save Me (vs. Joker – Purple City)
5.  Dubbel Dutch – B Leave
6. Preditah – Nosy Parker vs. Big Boi – Kryptonite
7. Rustie – City Star
8. Rx & Sonkin – Stop Being A Bitch
9. Xcuse ft. Ayarcana – All Right (Shiftee Remix)
10. Bombaman – Some Swell View
11. Rx & Shiftee – Space Ace ( Wonder Remix)
12. Star Eyes – The Night (Deathface Remix)
13. Jakes – Hold Your Head VIP
14. Rx – Bang Yer Head
15. Taurus Scott – Serious Dub
16. Fused Forces & DJ Cable – Flocka Riddim // Shiftee I Go Hard Scratch
17. Skream – Make Me
18. Jakes – 3KOUT Lane VIP // Shiftee Synth Scratch
19. Blackjack – Bang Bang
20. Team Shadetek ft. Skepta – Reign
21. Virgo – Nasty Time
22. J-Sweet – Can’t Stop My Grime ( Mr. Mitch Remix)
23. J-Sweet – Can’t Stop My Grime
24. Terror Danjah ft. Ruby Lee Ryder – Full Attention (Royal-T Dub Mix) vs. Lil Wayne ft. Tech N9ne – Interlude
25. Crushington & Black Sun Empire – Shudder
26. Dev79 – Get 2 Know (Gladkill Remix)
27. Carrie Wilds – Dream Lover ( vs. S- X – 10:28)
28. Starkey – Rayguns
29. Gemmy – Too Far
30. Clicks & Whistles – Endo // Shiftee Ahhh Scratch
(31. LidoLido – Fake ID (Cashmere Cat Remix) // Interview Music)

Spring Massive Promo Mix // KNKT3D Magazine Feature

Check out my feature interview and exclusive mix with KNKT3D Magazine in anticipation of this weekend’s Spring Massive Festivities.  KNKT3D will be passing out free physical CDs of the mix at the parties!

  • Friday, March 11: The Canal Club, Richmond (Virginia), 10:30pm-11:30pm in “The Dungeon”
  • Saturday, March 12: Bourbon Street, Baltimore, 7pm-8pm in “The Quarter”

More info on the events HERE.

Interview – Who is…DJ Shiftee?
Mix – KNKT3D002: Space Mountain, by DJ Shiftee (right click, save target as)

Statement on the mix – This mix is a bit like a rollercoaster for small children, vertically challenged adults, senior citizens, and tall wimps.  There are ups and downs, sharps turns, and surprises, but ultimately it rarely veers too far in a particular direction.  There are no 1000 foot drops on these rides.  JUST LIKE THIS MIX (well, maybe there are a few ;) ).

That is not to say the mix is boring or that I don’t do tons of tricks and scratching.  Listen, kiddie rollercoasters are fun (okay, maybe I’m a tall wimp).  They may not terrify the beegesus out of you, but they always posses a nice balance of smooth riding and excitement.  JUST LIKE THIS MIX.

Last point.  Just because a rollercoaster is meant for kids, doesn’t mean it’s always smooth sailing.  Sometimes these rides are uncomfortable, and often they have themes and surroundings that are just plain bizarre.  You might look to your left and see a giant stuffed mouse wearing nothing but a bow tie and talking to a huge naked purple dinosaur.  JUST LIKE THIS MIX.

Track List:
1. The Bug – Jah War ft. Flowdan (Loefah Remix)
2. Numan – Wild Fire (w/ hints of XXXY – You Always Start It)
3. Starkey – Lenses
4. UGK – International Players Anthem ft. Outkast
5. Talk – Walking Disease (Deathface Remix)
6. Maniac – Evil Dead
7. Jon E Cash – Spanish Fly
8. Loefah – Disko Rekah
9. Silkie – Mattaz
10. Kastle – Bring Me Back
11. Dizzee Rascal + Chase & Status – Heavy
12. Fused Forces & DJ Cable – Flocka Riddim
13. Skream – Make Me
14. Terror Danjah – Planet Shock
15. Tunnidge – Dark Skies
16. Digital Boy + Shark – Gangster Rave (Rx & Chae Hawk Remix)
17. DZ – The Beginning
18. Reso – Expansion Ratio
19. Mensah – Digital Dreamer
20. Morgan Zarate – Hookid
21. Rx & Shiftee – Space Ace

February Top 10 // Tunes, Big

February: a short month with tall tunes.  February: the Napoleon of months. February: never quite comfortable with its strange spelling. February: an indecisive month (pick how many days you are already!  Don’t give me that rotation of the earth crap!)  February: a frustrating month (stop giving us hints of Spring only to return to freezing temperatures a day later).  February: owes all of mankind 2-3 days per year plus interest over the history of the modern calendar.  February: never appreciated in its own time.  February: the little month that could.

FEBRUARY TOP 10
1. Tyler The Creator – Yonkers
2. James Blake – Unluck
3. Kastle – I Know
4. Canblaster – Triple Ring
5. L-Wiz – Straightjacket
5. Fused Forces & DJ Cable – Flocka Riddim
6. Señor Stereo – I Am The Beat ft. Louisahhh!!! (Salva Remix)
7. Armand Van Helden – Illin N Fillin
8. Rx & Shiftee – Space Ace
9. Deathface – Bloodrave
10. Shigeto – Relentless Drag (Mike Slott Remix)

2010 Top 30 // Tunes, Big // Category, Dubstep

Once again, I’m going to have my cake and eat it too.  But wait, does this expression make any sense?  Is there ever a situation in which a person would have cake and not eat it?

“Excuse me, yes, waiter.  I’d like a cake…Noooo, not to eat, I’m going to take it home and hang it on my wall!”

And so, here are my 30 favorite dubstep (& related) tracks I heard in 2010.  Note some overlap with my overall 2010 list, but who are you?  The list police?  Get off my back!

2010 TOP DUBSTEP
Addison Groove – Footcrab
Benga & Walsh – Biscuit Factory
BioViolence – Nothing
Bird Petersen – Zutopong
Coki – Chief Dub
Crissy Criss & Youngman – Kick Snare (Drumstep VIP)
D Double E – Street Fighter Riddem
Dirty Deeds – Captain Planet VIP
Dizzee Rascal, Chase & Status – Heavy
Doctor P – Sweet Shop
Felix Da Housecat – Kickdrum
Flux Pavilion – Got 2 Know
James Blake – CMYK/Untold – Stop What You’re Doing (James Blake Remix)
Joker & Jakes – 3K Lane/3K Lane 1999
Katy B – Katy On A Mission
Lauren Flax ft. Carrie Wilds – Stronger (Bare Noize Remix)
Little Jinder – Youth Blood (12th Planet & Flinch Remix)
Magnetic Man – Flying Into Tokyo/Mad/Perfect Stranger
Marco Del Horno – Ho! Riddem (Swerve ft. P-Money Remix)
Mexican Institute Of Sound – Cumbia (Deathface Remix)
Mimosa – Silver Lining
Mount Kimbie – Carbonated
P-Money & Sukh Knight – Slang Like This
Rx & Sonkin – Stop Being A Bitch
Rusko – Hold On/Sub Focus Remix
Skream – Raw Dogz
Spooky – Spartan
Starkey – Capsule/Playing With Fire/Rain City
TC – Where’s My Money (Caspa Remix – Munchi’s Kinda Agressive Right Now Moombahcore Remix)
Zomby – Digital Fauna

25 Artists To Watch In 2011

My last name begins with the letter Z, so I’m a big fan of reverse alphabetical order.  Here are 25 folks/groups of folks I’m expecting lovely things from in 2011.

Udachi
Tomb Crew
SRC
Spooky
Screendeath
S-X
Rx
Rafik
Om Unit
Mimosa
Malilone
Lunice
Kry Wolf
Kastle
I-Dee
Final
DJ Cable
Dirty Deeds
Digital Boy & Shark
Deathface
Carrie Wilds
Brotherhood of Filth
The Boogaloo Crew
BioViolence
Beat Torrent

2010 Top 10* // Tunes, Big

*10 means 25.  Often in life, we are confronted with tough choices.  Coke or Pepsi?  Rubben Studdard or Clay Aiken?  To be or not to be?  Deal or no deal?  In each of these pickles, we also have another choice, namely whether or not we are indeed going to make a choice.  Making decisions takes guts, intestinal fortitude, and moxy.  Avoiding decisions requires cowardice, spinelessness, and anti-moxy.

I am here to tell you my intestines are filled with anti-moxy.  I am not going to rank my 10 favorite tracks of the year, nay I couldn’t even narrow it down to 10.  I am going to list my 25 top tunes…I’m sorry, dear reader…I feel ashamed…oh, the horror!…alphabetically…please forgive me!  I’m drinking a cup of 50% Coke 50% Pepsi.  I am voting for a genetically engineered synthesis of Ruben & Clay.  I am both being and not being simultaneously.  I am making a deal not to make a deal.

2010 Top 25
Addison Groove – Footcrab
Benga & Walsh – Biscuit Factory
Boris Dlugosch – Bangkok (Roska Remix)
Coki – Chief Dub
Congorock – Babylon (Dub)
D Double E – Street Fighter Riddem
Doctor P – Sweet Shop
Drop The Lime – Sex Sax
Duck Sauce – Barbra Streisand
Gramophonedzie – Why Don’t You
Herve – Hot! Drum Attack
James Blake – CMYK/Untold – Stop What You’re Doing (James Blake Remix)
Joker & Jakes – 3K Lane/3K Lane 1999
Kanye West – Dark Fantasy/Power
Katy B – Katy On A Mission
Lauren Flax ft. Carrie Wilds – Stronger (Bare Noize Remix)
Little Jinder – Youth Blood (12th Planet & Flinch Remix)
Magnetic Man – Flying Into Tokyo/Mad/Perfect Stranger
Mexican Institute Of Sound – Cumbia (Deathface Remix)
Mount Kimbie – Carbonated
P-Money & Sukh Knight – Slang Like This
Rusko – Hold On
Sub Focus – Could This Be Real
TC – Where’s My Money (Caspa Remix – Munchi’s Kinda Agressive Right Now Moombahcore Remix)
Zombies For Money – Kolkata (Sticky Version)

Last Week’s Set – Noise 212

I dropped a set for the Noise 212 ustream last week.  It featured lots of dubsteppy/drumsteppy/drumandbasssteppy goodness, my own tunes, bodacious mic stylings, some scratches, and many awkward dance moves.  Oh the memories!  Relive the past below (tracklist after the vid).

TRACKLIST

  1. Nas – Bridging the Gap (Shiftee Remix)
  2. US Air Force Band – Star Spangled Banner
  3. Team America – Fuck Yeah
  4. Benga – Crunked Up
  5. AC Slater & Mumdance – Transatlantic Riddim (Instrumental)
  6. Jay Robinson – The Moon
  7. Terror Danjah – Horror Story
  8. Shiftee – Be More Dub
  9. Addison Groove – Footcrab
  10. James Blake – Sparing the Horse
  11. Borgore – Foes
  12. Flux Pavillion – Got 2 Know
  13. Doctor P & P Money – Sweet Shop (Come Follow Me Mix)
  14. Magnetic Man – Mad
  15. DJ Sneak – Southern Boy (12th Planet & Flinch Remix)
  16. Mexican Institute of Sound – Cumbia (Deathface Remix)
  17. Zomby – Digitual Fauna
  18. Rusko – Hold On (12th Planet Remix)
  19. Rusko – Hold On (Sub Focus Remix)
  20. Crissy Criss & Youngman – Kick Snare (Drumstep Mix)
  21. DJ Kool – Let Me Clear My Throat
  22. Dirty Deeds – Captain Planet VIP
  23. Adam F – Original Jungle Sound (TC Remix)
  24. Shy Fx & David Boomah – On the Run
  25. Sub Focus – Could This Be Real (Drum & Bass Remix)
  26. Jadakiss – Who’s Real
  27. Shiftee – Bwobble Blues
  28. Guido & Yolanda – Way U Make Me Feel

August Top 10 – Tunes, Big

My favorite 10 songs from August, all in one list. Wow technology these days is crazy!

AUGUST 2010
1. Magnetic Man – Mad
2. Flux Pavillion – Got 2 Know
3. Addison Groove – Footcrab
4. Cee-Lo – Fuck You
5. Guido & Yolanda – Way U Make Me Feel
6. Rox – My Baby Left Me (Terror Danjah Remix)
7. Jay Robinson – The Moon (Clangers)
8. Udachi – Swagger (Deathface Remix)
9. DJ Sneak – Southern Boy (12th Planet & Flinch Remix)
10. Shiftee – Be More Dub