The B1 sees Dexter remix ‘Splinter Foot Girl’ into a stripped back electro cut with sharp drum hits sticking out of the growling bass stabs. The original’s dark and twisted vocal is left in place and some extra radiant synths are squeezed into the mix and the mid point, making way for amore coarse drum workouts in the latter half. Buy the EP digitally and you will also be treated to a VIP remix of ‘Splinter Foot Girl’ that gets all boisterous and ravey with prickly drums, churning percussion and plenty of height in the kicks. Outer-space music made on hardware is the label’s MO and makes for a perfect descriptor of this EP.

Blacksmif - Splinter Foot Girl (Dexter Remix)

‘Splinter Foot Girl’ is first up and is a bristling brew of organic, lively percussion, warm and soft chords and muffled male vocals. The beats are sporadic and the mood manages to be both implosive and explosive at the same time as cymbals dangling in the air above pixelated melodies and whooshes of synth. It’s colourful and charming in equal measure.
(Knobs Magazine)

EP opener "Splinter Foot Girl" revolves around one of Olagbaiye's doctored R&B samples. This time, the pitched-down refrain "got it bad" flirts with "but you don't really know," or alternately, "but you don't wanna let it go," the various vocal snippets maintaining a prominent presence from beginning to end. As the track proceeds, hiccuping drums, the light cascade of keys, asymmetrical bursts of bass, and a swinging ride cymbal are slowly added to the mix. A feat of meticulous programming, the harmonious clamor fades only momentarily, revealing a 4/4 beat that every previous drum hit seemed determined to avoid. This interlude is short lived though, as Blacksmif returns to gusts of rough-edged synth and a dizzying shuffle.

(XLR8R Magazine)

Blacksmif - Splinter Foot Girl

Official remix for @BASECAMP

Make sure to grab BASECAMP Debut EP

Purchase: itunes.apple.com/us/album/basecamp-ep/id691316953 
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BASECAMP - Emmanuel (Blacksmif Remix)

From:

"Jan Jelinek – Loop Finding Jazz Records"
Label: ~scape
Year:2001

Jan Jelinek - Do Dekor (Blacksmif Remix)

Dua Lipa - Dance The Night (Blacksmif Remix)

15. Beyoncé - Summer Renaissance (Blacksmif ReGroove)

14. Beyoncé - Pure  Honey (Blacksmif ReGroove)

13. Beyoncé - America Has A Problem (Blacksmif ReGroove)

12. Beyoncé - All Up In Your Mind (Blacksmif ReGroove)

11. Beyoncé - Thique (Blacksmif ReGroove)

10. Beyoncé - Heated (Blacksmif ReGroove)

9. Beyonce - Move (Blacksmif ReGroove)

8. Beyoncé - Virgo's Groove (Blacksmif ReGroove)

7. Beyoncé - Plastic Off The Sofa (Blacksmif ReGroove)

6. Beyoncé - Church Girl (Blacksmif ReGroove)

5. Beyoncé - Break My Soul (Blacksmif ReGroove)

4. Beyonce - Energy (Blacksmif ReGroove)

2. Beyoncé - Alien Superstar (Blacksmif ReGroove)

1. Beyoncé - Cozy (Blacksmif ReGroove)

A while back i got asked to do a remix for Lukas Freeman's latest 'Creep' EP. I ended up doing two 'cos i think his tunes are dope. Here they are...

Lukas Freeman - Never Look Back (Blacksmif Remix)

Lukas Freeman - Beyond (Blacksmif Remix)

50 Cent Ft. Justin Timberlake - Ayo Technology (Blacksmif Remix)

Turtle Gets A Shell

Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure (Blacksmif Remix)

Don't be put off by the title. I've made it sound better... honestly...

For free download, please visit:
http://newsicmoos.co.uk/index.php/music/item/tune-alert-blacksmif

Thanks for your support and spread the word!!

Free Download

Black Eyed Peas - Shut Up (Blacksmif 'Don't Panic' Mix) [free download]

Title: Microweight
Label: Blah Blah Blah Records 
Cat number: BBB004
Format: Limited Edition Vinyl (200 pieces) // Digital
Release date: 21st May

Tracklist: 
A - Hoop Dreams 
B - Microweight

"Blah Blah Blah turn 5 years old this May and as part of their celebrations they have saved perhaps their most exciting signing yet for a Ltd ʻWeAre5 Vinylʼ release, the proliﬁc genre juggling Blacksmif.

Blacksmif ﬂirts on the edge of reason, taking ﬂamboyant percussive and melodic risks within a bass driven jazz tinged environment, such is the adventurousness of his music that he has already gathered himself quite a fan club, among which he can count Mixmag, Gilles Peterson, and Mary Anne Hobbs as leading members.

Opening track Hoop Dreams gently patters into life as a comforting wall of sound builds beneath crisp percussion and a skittish bassline, its simplicity seductively luring you into its clutches before it totally immerses you in a unfolding mix of shifting melodies, competing vocal snippets and percussion that comes at you from every angle. Microweight follows a similarly weaving journey of evolution as layers ebb and ﬂow between triumph and thoughtful contemplation.

With his ﬁrst single ʻMandyʼ coming 5th in Mixmags Big Tunes in April and with shows lined up at Glade, Dimensions and a supporting slot with Julio Bashmore, Blacksmif is set for an enthralling 2012."

South London Ordnance  - “Top drawer - really like both tracks” (4/5)
Gavin Herlihy – “liking hoop dreams here. cheers” (4/5)
Mary Anne Hobbs – “incredible.. will play on Saturday’s Xfm show.. thank you” (4/5)
Audiojack – “Amazing! End of the night stuff i think, can’t wait to spin these…” (5/5)
Jimpster – “Microweight is brilliant! trying it out this weekend”. (4/5)
Laurent Garnier – “2 great deep melodic tracks - thanks!” (4/5)
Catz N Dogz – “This is great and you know it! haha thx” (5/5)
DJ MA1 (Rinse FM) – “great ep. love it ” (4/5)
Deadboy – “This is cool” (5/5)
Ben Westbeech – “YES YES YES!!!! Thanks so much. In love with Hoop dreams. Gonna open my breach set on Boiler room tomorrow. Excited. Microweight is dope too” (5/5)

Buy 'Blacksmif - Hoop Dreams / Microweight' 12"

Blacksmif - Microweight (Mary Anne Hobbs - Xfm rip) [96kbps]

OUT NOW - Ltd Vinyl (includes free MP3) available via the BBB Store:
<a href=http://www.surus.co.uk/Blah-Blah-Blah-Records/How-The-Fly-Saved-The-River-Kangs-Odyssey-20625.aspx>Blah Blah Blah Record Store</a>

Available Digitally from all other online retailers:
Buy <a href=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/how-fly-saved-river-kangs/id592126292>iTunes</a>
Buy <a href=http://www.junodownload.com/products/blacksmif-how-the-fly-saved-the-river/2122414-02/>Juno / Juno Download</a>
Buy <a href=http://boomkat.com/downloads/645616-blacksmif-how-the-fly-saved-the-river>Boomkat</a>

"... with wobbly, Bashmore-style bass as its bedrock, Olagbaiye constructs a soulful bass-cum-house epic using a simple, three-note organ refrain, erratic percussion and a vocal sample that swoops in and out..."

(Stephen Worthy, Resident Advisor)

Blacksmif - How The Fly Saved The River (clip) [BBB006]

OUT NOW - Ltd Vinyl (includes free MP3) available via the BBB Store:
<a href=http://www.surus.co.uk/Blah-Blah-Blah-Records/How-The-Fly-Saved-The-River-Kangs-Odyssey-20625.aspx>Blah Blah Blah Record Store</a>

Available Digitally from all other online retailers:
Buy <a href=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/how-fly-saved-river-kangs/id592126292>iTunes</a>
Buy <a href=http://www.junodownload.com/products/blacksmif-how-the-fly-saved-the-river/2122414-02/>Juno / Juno Download</a>
Buy <a href=http://boomkat.com/downloads/645616-blacksmif-how-the-fly-saved-the-river>Boomkat</a>

Blacksmif - How The Fly Saved The River (Lorca Remix) (clip) [BBB006]

iO Sounds - Tough Luck (Blacksmif 'Forge Melded' Mix)

“Flamboyant, percussive and melodic risks within a bass-driven, jazz-tinged environment,” that’s how north London’s Blacksmif described his sound in an interview with Dazed & Confused last year. You can hear all of the above in his calming remix of Context’s latest track, “1.4 At 12,” which is available as a free download. One for the chill-out massive…

(Joseph Patterson, MTV Iggy)

Context - 1.4 at 12 (Blacksmif Remix)

Description:
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"...simultaneously aqueous and intergalactic, full of gooey synth lines, syncopated rhythms, and fuzzy, dubby sounds...  so many textures melding and warping together, giving the listener a reason to pay attention."
(Molly Beauchemin - Pitchfork)

"Incredibly strange & wonderful... Stunning... Absolutely phenomenal..."
(Mary Anne Hobbs - Radio 1 / Xfm)

"A producer that we think is destined for big things..."
(Goldierocks - NME Radio / Radio 1 / 4Music)

"...collage-like, sounding a little like the production work of Sampha or Frank Ocean's early sketches."
(Dummy Mag)

"...gruff and sweet, heavy and dreamy, spiky and soft-focus..."
(FACT Magazine - The 100 Best Tracks of 2012)

"...pure professionalism, delighting in the slickness of its own textures..."
(Resident Advisor)

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