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Out now on Crosstown Rebels: lnk.to/krustremixes

On 9th July Crosstown Rebels released ‘TTOE Remixes #3’ – the third in a trio of Eps featuring reworks from Krust’s lauded masterpiece ‘The Edge Of Everything’. The selection of top-drawer artists delighted to rub shoulders with the revered master added UNKLE, Hodge and DJ Nature to a list that has seen Masters At Work, Four Tet, Damian Lazarus, Batu, Calibre, LCY and Flynn all deliver inspired versions. Following ‘TTOE Remixes #3’ EP, the full set of reworks is now released via Crosstown Rebels as an album called ‘The Edge Of Everything - Remixed’.

Linking back to a shared history that saw Krust (alongside Roni Size) remix DJ Krush’s ‘Dig This Vibe’ and also provide their own track ‘Tribetoon’ for the seminal ‘Headz 2’ compilation, both on James Lavelle’s label Mo’Wax, now the influential DJ/producer/A&R delivers arguably his best ever work under the UNKLE alias, with deep breakbeat goodness that’s both classic and perfectly now.

A sonic son of Krust, fellow Bristolian Hodge works ‘Constructive Ambiguity’ into a proggy new school breaks monster that carves the original’s metallic bass into sharp new shapes, whilst sparkling like melodic stars is Four Tet’s take on ‘Negative Returns’, which packs a deceptively heavy punch, maintaining the original’s hurtling velocity, fuelled by a huge sub-bass engine.

In an exchange that reaches back to 1997, Krust sampled Masters At Work alias Nuyorican Soul’s ‘Nautilus (Mawtilus)’/‘Mind Fluid’ on his game-changing single ‘Soul In Motion’. This was reciprocated in 1998 by Nuyorican Soul’s remix of ‘Watching Windows’ by Reprazent, of which Krust was a key member. Here the duo individually known as Kenny ”Dope” Gonzalez and Little Louie Vega deliver pure audiophile euphony, somewhere between broken beat, real house, cosmic acid and future jazz funk.

A rugged halftime head-nodder (which again brings things full circle) is by Krust’s brother Flynn – a fellow member of 1989 ‘Wishing On A Star’ hitmakers Fresh 4 alongside Krust, and also a jungle legend in his own right, as half of veteran duo Flynn & Flora. More West Country royalty comes from Wild Bunch founder Milo Johnson AKA DJ Nature’s wigged-out Martian house by way of New York – which, in another of Krust’s many thematic circles – echoes the Latin-tinged, blunted science of Nu Yorican Soul’s ‘Mind Fluid’ and ‘The Nervous Track’.

Crosstown Rebels boss Damian Lazarus maintains Krust’s epic adventure narrative, retelling the tale in his own words, taking recognisable parts from the original and transposing them into a groovy cosmic house odyssey, whilst Calibre turns ‘It’s A Lot’ into a warm, glowing two-step roller with serrated analogue bass and masterful musicality befitting his classical training.

The spiralling beat-and-bass science of Batu’s version takes ‘Space Oddity’ and deconstructs it like a cubist portrait, matching Krust himself in pure outside-the-box original expression. Rising new school leader LCY is clearly a kindred spirit too, rivalling Krust with their future-facing breakbeat science that’s equally as compelling and inventive as the original.

With such inspiring source material, it’s unsurprising that all of the remixers have brought their best game to this impeccable collection.

Various Artists

Negative Returns

Krust - Negative Returns (Four Tet Remix)

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Carl Carlton - She's A Bad Mama Jama (Tonbe Edit) - Free Download

Here's the mix I made for WeFunk Radio which aired January 10th, 2014.

We Funk X Lean Rock

Y2K saw the release of Total Science’s anthem ‘Champion Sound’ Hardcore Will Never Die remix. Lurching into a new millennium, with promises of system meltdown, the end of civilisation as we know it and all other sorts of madness, its dissonant and edgy feel captured the moment perfectly. And consequently it was almost impossible to go to a Drum & Bass rave and not have this soundtrack of 2000 pummelling your eardrums then, and also ever since. 

Seen as one of the defining tunes of the genre, it has now spawned it’s own spinoff series, ‘The Hardcore Will Never Die Years’ remixes. Promising several remixes of some of the duo’s most seminal tracks from the early 2000s, from some of the biggest and best producers in the scene currently, we can now be assured of a whole host of new dancefloor weapons. 

And starting the series in true style is Break, with his ridiculous remix of ‘Squash’. A massive tune in it’s own right, ‘Squash’ was always going to need a serious working over to be bettered; and if you could trust one man to do it, it would be Break. Keeping all the original elements, brining them up to 2022 standard and then injecting his own trademark to proceedings, we are now left with everything that is good about this music in Y2K22.

Total Science - Squash (Break Remix)

Primeira mixtape, com um set exclusivamente voltado para o groove, o funk e a soul music. Deodato, Maceo Parker, Bernard Pretty Purdie, Avarage White Band, Skull Snaps, The JB's, Quincy Jones e outros.

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Crystal Clear & Amoss - Earthquake [V Recordings]

Download: http://bit.ly/Retrospect_5-V
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Various Artists - Retrospect Volume 5
V Recordings [PLVRT005]
Release date: 5th May 2015

V Recordings presents Retrospect Volume 5. A collection of Jungle / Drum & Bass classics handpicked by head honcho DJ Bryan Gee. A whole host of seminal tracks, many of which are making their digital debut, and a few which are seeing an official release for the very first time! Cuts from Roni Size, Dillinja, DJ Die, Future Cut, Commix, Artificial Intelligence and more. This is essential listening for any D&B connoisseur!

01. Roni Size - All The Crew Big Up
02. Roni Size - It's a Jazz Thing - Electric Boogie Mix
03. Roni Size - Timestretch
04. Roni Size - Fresh
05. DJ Die - Play It For Me
06. Dillinja & Bryan Gee - Bad Man - Amen Mix
07. DJ Krust - Set Speed - DJ Krust remix
08. Dillinja - Pluto
09. Dillinja - 12" Flares
10. Future Cut - Out There
11. Supply & Demand - Peace Of Mind - Lemon D remix
12. Dillinja - My Love Is True - Capone remix
13. Sappo - Into The Light
14. Future Cut - Prophecy
15. Artificial Intelligence - Hooked On
16. Artificial Intelligence - Movin' On - DJ Marky & Bungle remix
17. Roni Size - Want Your Body feat. Joe Roberts
18. Roni Size - Strictly Social - Nu:Tone remix
19. Artificial Intelligence - Crocodile Smile
20. DJ Suv - Suenos Different - Commix remix
21. Supply & Demand - Delicious feat. Melissa


DJ Krust - Set Speed - DJ Krust Remix [V Recordings]

DJ Die - Play It For Me [V Recordings]

Roni Size - All The Crew Big Up [V Recordings]

Clip from Roni and Krust's chat with Gilles Peterson's BBC 6 Music show. The guys caught up with Gilles to discuss their performance at Colston Hall the night before as part of the 6 Music Festival in Bristol, the relaunch of the seminal Full Cycle label and DJing together again after 8 years. 



Roni Size & Krust On Gilles Peterson - 14th Feb 2016

Here's a lil Guy, a lil Gap Band, a lil Aaron, a lil Charlie and a lil Teddy Riley. Enjoy.

Teddy Riley - Get Up (feat. Aaron Hall and Charlie Wilson)

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