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It was hot…! Not just because the venue was obviously feeling the credit crunch and decided to not just turn off the Radio but also the air conditioning and any possible fan they had. But that didn’t stop the vibes, but did create a ‘Turkish Bath’ of energy and music. Guest’s such as Ghostpoet, who i have never heard  before, was a breath of fresh air in a style of Hip Hop Ive not heard before…! You must check him out.

Maverick Sabre tore down the crowed with his soulful riffs and husky vocals that defy any Irish accent Ive ever known. Then our very own Random Impulse, in just setting up a band in two short weeks bought the house down! His hard vocals on intense Indie beats with a drop of blues, soul and a touch of something brand new that just captivated the whole venue. Along side Goldielocks and Grime superstar Dot Rotten this was one not to be missed. Even in the mist of the slightly dodgy sound system (that’s an understatement, but I’m trying to be nice so low me!). Here are the pics from the night taken by myself and you may see few of the Ego Thieves / Nuckin Fang family in there None of me of course, some say I’m a phantom of the photo.

Big up all that attended and the Turn The Radio Off crew alongside Box Fresh clothing. Good times. Whoop!

Hit out Facebook for the rest of the pics and tag yourself.

Yup. Tonight we are here and you should be too! With our very own Nuckin Fang and Ego Thieves family in hand including live performances from our very own Random Impulse along side his band…! Yes, band. Me nah stutter! Also special Irish bwoi Maverick Sabre, and free clothing from Box Fresh. This is special and not to be missed. See you right dur!

If you don’t know about Major Lazer, then allow your face to be duppy slapped with a wet fish called Wonda. They are comprised of Switch and Diplo. Its a side / collaboration project pushing the envelope of music, especially Reggae and Bashment. This is one for our  ’Tuning The Summer’ selection. Random tracks we feel represent the Summer of ‘09. Here is the first, enjoy

We are on Guest Mix 004 already! And we have no intention of slowing down trust me. Things have been a tiny bit slow on the site for the past few weeks. This is due to lots going on behind the scenes as well as the return of our very own supreme super producing Semothy Jones. But like i said we will not be stopped and no intention of slowing down!

We present you with DMC multi award winning DJ Switch. Four time national DJ battle champion and current World champion he is on fire! Check this 30 min mix with an eclectic range of music from Dubstep to UK Hip Hop. Exclusive to Ego Thieves and presented in 320kbps quality, for all those budding DJ’s who enjoy plenty os scratch attacks this is one not to miss.

**ALSO DO NOT FORGET! ITS JUST A WEEK TO GET YOUR TICKETS FOR THE UK DMC FINALS 2009! CATCH EGO THIEVES WHO JUST HAPPEN TO BE THE OFFICIAL MEDIA PARTNERS **

.:: Tracklist ::.

01.Bar 9 – One

02.The Streets – Let’s Push Things Forward (Zed Bias Dub Mix)

03. Dubaholics – Gangster Beatz

04. Monsta – Got The Love

05. Wonder – Full Metal Jacket

06. DJ Muzzell – Is It

07. Method Man & Redman – Da Rockwilder

08. RJD2 – Silver Fox

09. Buff1 – Beat The Speakers Up

10. Braintax Ft Mystro – Good Or Bad

11. The Juju Orchestra – This Is Not A Tango

12. Tipper – Fleas And Itches

13. Luke Vibert – Get Your Head Down

14. Wu-Tang Clan – Da Mystery Of Chessboxin’

15. The Apples – Woo!!!

16. The Beatles – Strawberry Fields (A Skillz Remix)

17. M.I.A – Fire, Fire

18. 2Tall – February

19. Shuttle Ft Cadence Weapon – Rotten Guts

20. Dinah Washington Outro

Here is the second and final part of our tribute to the king of pop, Michael Jackson. This second edition takes us back to his roots and his Jackson 5 legacy. Tracks like Ben, I’ll Be There, Music & Me. As well as more soulful tracks including one of my all time favs Butterflies. Thanks to all those who emailed in and showing love for first part and also to the many who loved the artwork (and the random dude who emailed me a pic of him putting my artwork on his wall as a poster! Craziness!). So here is our final salute to the most influential in music of our generation. Rest in peace.

.:: Tracklist ::.

01. An Ego Thieves Tribute – Intro

02 .Jackson 5 – We’ve Got A Good Thing

03. Jackson 5 – Happy

04. Jackson 5 – Music & Me

05. Jackson 5 – Got To Be There

06. Jackson 5 – I’ll Be There

07. Michael Jackson – Ben

08. Michael Jackson – Butterlifes

09. Michael Jackson – You Are Not Alone

10. Michael Jackson – Fall Again

11. Michael Jackson – Shes Out Of My Life

Here is part one to our tribute to the King Of Pop, Michael Jackson. Ten of our fav tracks chosen by the team and blended as best i can (MJ Tracks just where not made to be DJ’d lol) in a 30 min mix. This part is our ‘Club’ tribute, bringing you all the bangers that we would want to hear on a night out and get our Moonwalk on. Still cant believe he is gone, very sad but this is how we choose to remember him. Not for his politics, just simply for his music. Once a legend always a legend.

Watch out for Part Two, where we go back to the past and bring you tunes from the Soul. Expect lots of Ben, Butterflies and not Being Alone.

.:: Tracklist ::.

01. Dont Stop til You Get Enough – Michael Jackson

02. Billie Jean – Michael Jackson

03. Sunset Driver (Demo) – Michael Jackson

04. Wanna Be Startin Somethin – Michael Jackson

05. Rock With You – Michael Jackson

06. Thriller – Michael Jackson

07. Bad – Michael Jackson

08. Smooth Criminal – Michael Jackson

09. Dirty Diana – Michael Jackson

10. Beat It – Michael Jackson

Unbelievable is the only word to even start to sum up this overwhelming piece of news. This will be a brief post, i will be doing a tribute mix tomoz with the team to celebrate exactly why this man is the legend he is. He carved modern music as we know it along side Quincy Jones and is the ultimate pop star of all time. For me and many other 80s babies we grew up on this man, he is a part of our heritage and our childhood. This is a very sad day and will affect the world in an immense way.

To all the people making jokes and doing the usual attention seeking behavior. It makes no diff to me what he did or didn’t do in his private life. When i grew up he was music defined and that’s how he will be remembered.

For now here is a wallpaper of him that i have, its amazing and captures everything about him in one pose in his hay day.

** Added By I Am Kane **

Friday was a crazy day its not often you remember where you were when someone dies. I remember when Princess Diana passed and for some reason President Nixon. But Jacko passing was so not expected but i suppose death never is right?

For me there was two Mikes, the music man and the controversial man caught up in loads court cases and extravagance! All that needs to be said is the guy was more famous than Jesus and Coca Cola put together and the following weeks will show this. One of my favorite performance from Mike was this Motown 25 Celebration where he performed with the Jackson 5 for the first time since his new album launched. Man he owned that stage that night. The look on his face befre he drops billie jean, he knows hes about to “bun the rave” so to speak lol enjoy and big up mike music would not have been the same without him….

Am sitting here with the misses (Reem Kanj) and my brother (Ty) and just in as much shock and bewilderment as everyone else. Is he dead? Because i dont trust TMZ for shit. Los Angeles Times are saying that he is in a coma and the BBC are saying they have no confirmations of anything. Hope its not true, if so its going to defiantly be one of those days you remember were you are when Michael Jackson died.

LA Times have now confirmed that he is dead! This is crazy and beyond words.

A bit late on this one and only really posting up for all my Kid Cudi fans in case you missed it. Dat Kid From Cleveland is a brand new mixtape from DJ E-V and Datnewcudi.com full of lots of exclusives and unreleased goodies. Well worth a listen if your a fan, and if your not have a listen anyway you might just see what all the hype is about. His debut album ‘Man On The Moon’ is only round the corner I’m told…!

Check this promo video that was made for the mixtape, big tings ya erd!

Tracklist:
1. Dj E-V – Intro
2. Daps & Pounds (DJ E-V Exclusive)
3. I Poke Her Face (ft Kanye West & Common)
4. Sky Might Fall (Prod By Kanye West) (Early Version)
5. Look Up In Da Stars (Feat. Wale) (Prod. by Breez)
6. Skit – Jerry Maguire from Cleveland
7. Rollin (Remix) (Feat. Jackie Chain)
8. She came along (feat. Sharam)
9. Super Boo
10. Welcome 2 the World (feat. Kevin Rudolf)
11. Ho’ Is Short For Honey (feat. 88-Keys)
12. Skit – Foggy Glasses
13. Buggin Out 2009 (ft. Consequence)
14. Sky High (Prod. By The Kickdrums)
15. 09 Freestyle 16. Switchin Lanes
17. Higher Up
18. Takeover Freestyle
19. Can I Be
20. Ask About Me ft. Chip Tha Ripper (Prod By Rami Beatz)

Got an email today from an old forum member (Big up the Uptown Records forum… RIP lol) lil Dave presenting me with his latest mix along side DJ C. Radio Signal is a promotional mix to showcase their new night they have over Cambridge ways at club Fez on Thursday 23rd July. This mix is full of lots of bangers and commercial tunes to get you heated up! Big up lil Dave and all the Cambridge crew, also my Cabinet family down there. I will be attending this rave so hope to see a few of you there

01. SIGNAL THURSDAY JULY 23RD FEZ CLUB CAMBRIDGE
02. Ill Blu – Say Yes (DJ C Special)
03. Jazmine Sullivan – Need You Bad (Crazy Cousinz Remix)
04. Fe-Nix – Lady Baby (My Boo) (Paleface Mix)
05. Princess Nyah – Big Boys (DJ C Special)
06. Young Nate ft. Gracious K – Wine It Gal
07. Donae’O – Love To Happen
08. Geeneus ft. Katy B – As I
09. Rudimental – Feet Have Souls
10. Ikane ft. Xtine – Let U Know
11. Sticky ft. Mr. Midas – She‘s My Lady (Fugitive Riddim)
12. Sticky ft. Lady Chann – Eye Too Fast (Fugitive Riddim)
13. LJ ft. C.Los – 079 Me (DJ C Dub)
14. Bless Beats ft. Donae’O, Double S & Wretch 32 – Let It Out
15. Davinche ft. Clea & Bashy – Rider (Riding For Love)
16. SIGNAL THURSDAY JULY 23RD FEZ CLUB CAMBRIDGE
17. Dotstar – Stick Up (Lil’ Dave Dub)
18. Dirty Danger – Hard Bodied (Lil’ Dave Dub)
19. Rapid – Report To The Dancefloor
20. Wiley – Livin’ It Up
21. Bashy – Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
22. Shystie – Pull It (Bad Gyal Bass) (Ill Blu Funky Mix)
23. Young Don – Always Be My Baby (Crazy Cousinz Mix)
24. Sandy – Lil’ Miss Innocent (Remix)
25. V-Boiz ft. Jaide Green – Hooked On You (Lil’ Dave Special)
26. DJ Q ft. Natz – Yours (4Motion Funky Remix)
27. Smasher ft. Jade Chole – Green light (Lil’ Dave Special)
28. Footsteps ft. A.l. – Tell Me (Lil’ Dave Special)
29. Enrique Benitez ft. Mia Mendez – Cooking
30. Ill Blu Vs. Aaliyah – Rock The Boat
31. Attacca Pesante ft. Shea Soul – Make It Funky

Big thanks to all that came down on Saturday! Just a quick one for my Urban Nerd attendees and fans. You can now check out the official pictures on the Urban Nerds Facebook group here. All pics taken by myself for Ego Thieves and Urban Nerds alike. If you would like any more info please visit our contact page or contact james@urban-nerds.com.

Heres a few sneaky peeks.

A new mix from The Hush House family. Only just got round to downloading myself but im very sure its a banger if the last is anything to go by! If you enjoy Dubfluencial then trust this is right up your Bass Avenue. Make sure you go check out the boys and watch out for some special blog collabos coming soon! Special it bloody will be i tells ya! Now Hush up and dance…!

.:: Tracklist ::.

01. Hush House Intro
02. Guns High – Geeks
03. Sunday Morning Dub – Ripple
04. Show Me Love VIP – Geeks & Sikey
05. They Live (Alkaseltza Remix) – Evil Nine
06. Fat Girl Rodeo – Cookie Monsta
07. Against The Machines – DatsiK vs Downlink
08. The Blank (16Bit Remix) – Skism
09. Cobra – 16Bit
10. Mr Robot – Pond Life
11. Brace For Impact – Philthkids
12. Nine To Five (DZ Remix) – Boltan
13. Make It Rain (The Widdler Bootleg) – Fat Joe
14. My Mistakes (Starkey Remix) – Wiley
15. Science Of Skank – Stagga
16. It Was Written (Chasing Shadows Remix) – Damien Marley
17. Game Over – DatsiK & Flux Pavillion

This is one of my fav mix series we have on EgoThieves. All the DJs are hand picked and we don’t just take any old mix. This is the third installment bought to you by another Rinse FM star DJ Score Five. Funky House, Grime and Bassline. This is a 30 min stomper of riddems! No track list on this one but trust me its bad and i know its nothing on what he can really do.

The good news is Score Five will be back for more. We have a new and for now the last series in our mix line up named ‘Axiomatic’ which is going to be a UK filled pile of Funky House, Fresh Grime and pinch of Bassline to keep you up-to date on the latest from subversive Britain. It will be once a month mix and of course expect the same high levels you already get from the rest of our line ups.

Make sure you catch Score Five each and every Weds on Rinse FM 1am- 3am.

Its that time again where i fill you in on whats new and whats to come on Ego Thieves ( and why everyone has been missing for like a week or more and lack of posts!).

Out&About

Manic is the only word to sum up the last few weeks. Sorry myself and the team have been missing. Along side some bad times and emergencies we have also been very busy working on some secret projects.

Now even though this is suppose to be our ‘Summer’, i guess in England this is as good as it gets. But while the Sun is here we are taking advantage. Big up those who attended the Ego Thieves Picnic. Lots of drink, lots of erm… Jamaican roll ups, plenty of food and those crazy little choc muffins were serious tings!

The Urban Nerds have been all over the place as usual, so visit the website to find out more. But make sure you all come and hit us up at Urban Nerds & DMC World this Sat at 93 Feet East. See info below this post. Lots of tunes, lots of Sun (we will make it Sunny with our new Sun Skank.. you ain’t ready!) a big ass BBQ and the full crew in effect. Big up Sally, James, Mark, Rompa and the whole family. Make sure you come also to catch Ego Thieving Professor Green doing his Upper Clapton Dance.

While our bleak excuse for a Summer is here, Semothy Jones is still havin it up in Oz land. Ive been told work on the Operator Please album is coming along nicely and he is due back in July when we will have more information on the new Nuckin Fang and Ego Thieves company merge love fest.

Make sure you also check out the lovely girls that are Binary Kids who have just come off tour with Lady Sovereign and Man Like Me. See there blog post here and have a read on the antics they got up to. Also remember to hit up Random Impulse who is busy doing 1001 things with top heads in the game and last but not least Mr Maverick Sabre who is just pure genius. Lots more to come… so cha to your face.

Downloading&NewFaces

I’m sure by now you all know about the merge of Nuckin Fang and Ego Thieves. What this merge means right now is that we have moved the blog side of Nuckin Fang to Ego Thieves and the new Nuckin Fang website will be here very soon giving you more information on whats poppin. Also if you haven’t seen them around here are The Flow Nerds, who cover anything from Fashion to Music videos. They will also be out and about doing interviews for us and bringing you even more exclusive content. We also have I Am Kane, top badaman Electro DJ who now produces our Electzilla series and also posts bits and bobs around this bitch. Last but not least is Score 5 from the biggest radio station pun ze airwaves Rinse FM. More info on that in the should be post above.

Last but not least is Neelam. She is an up and coming journalist who will also be covering interviews and bussing out those reviews on the latest releases. She knows her stuff and check out her review on the Donaeo album a few posts after this. You can also visit her blog here for a few of her archived bits.

Downloads have been off the shabalaheezy! Make sure you visit our Mixes page where you can easily access our exclusive podcasts in one convenient place. We have had over 50k downloads in total since end of March (and thats all we have been able to trace!). That is nuts since most of the promo is word by mouth and industry based. Big up all those blogs who re post the mixes, all the forums that show love and even those crazy brehs who re up our mixes onto Torrents (even though they are already free in the first place lol…). We plan to keep up the pace and up the levels but if you have any requests or ideas hit us up on our contact page. Also props to all the DJs and producers who email in biggin the mixes up, keep sending those riddems you get me doh!

TV&Tee’s

Vision Thief TV is still coming… i still cant say much yet but what i can tell you is we are taking it very seriously and its not going to be your average hood video compilation (well so our make up artist and stylist say lol) and will push Web TV to a whole new height. We are very busy working on other stuff and don’t want this to be a half ass project so hold tite. What i can tell you is i been speaking to SB:TV and we may hook up to bring you some exclusive interviews on the biggest Dubstep stars around. More info after Urban Nerds.

‘I Ego Thief‘ apparel is still coming and still in many shapes and forms. You won’t be able to buy these, very much like a Blue Peter badge these will be given to the honored, chosen by our panel of Thieves. But fear not, we have a whole new range of Tees and Polos that you will be able to purchase (or blag depending what side of the bed i get out of that morning and what your apprentice skills are saying) for those summer days. They will be limited and will be exclusive and quality is our quantity so expect nothing less that the finest. None of your Fruit Of The Loom here my friends. If you come to Urban Nerds expect to see some floating about. Also watch out for the DJ specials.

Big love to all the supporters and there seems to be allot of you and growing everyday. Also the Jenai fan club lol,  all 88 of you (that email was jokes… you know who you are!  init brederin n ting).

Jenai Done.

I know we been missing for a week, but its been a looooooong week. Check the updates post coming shortly for info and gossip to whats going on. For now its all about Urban Nerds. This time teamed up again with those scratchalicious (yeh i make words up…what!) people at DMC World. Bringing you the London Heats of the DMC Championships.

Now if that wasn’t enough your ears will be tingled by the likes of Jack Beats, Mumdance, DJ Spyro, Boabina and live performances including the likes of Ego Thieves missing member Professor Green

Flyer Tings n Ting…

We will be there of course so come say hello. But do not disturb us when we are eating the BBQ Chicken… thats straight fight maneuvers get me doh!

Jenai done.

I told you all i would do one for the summer and thank god its actually sunny for a change. The last MDMA got a HUGE response and lots of love. Emails from DJ’s, Producers and fans insisting and rushing i do another one, so here it is.

Full of Grime, Garage, House, Electro, Dubstep, Fidget and erm anything else in between. If you was a fan of the first one I’m sure this will float your dam boat.

Remember to come hit us up at Urban Nerds this Sat, will be posting up flyer and info just after this so keep an eye out.

P.S. Big up the now fan base for my artwork lol. I do NOT, that’s NOT have any qualifications or any other experience apart from self taught. I take it as a huge compliment so bless up.

:: Tracklist ::

01. Shots – Lmfao Feat lil Jon

02. 3K Lane – Joker & Jakes (L-Viz Dubble Step Edit)

03. Darkside – Frisco

04. Morphosis – DatA

05.Wolfgangs 5th Symphony – Wolfgang G

06. Off The Radar – Wiley

07. What I Need – Curses! (Dexplicit Remix)

08. Be Mine – Donaeo

09. Azzido Da Bass – Dooms Night (Laidback Luke Leg)

10. Everybody In The Place – Prodigy (Squatters Remix)

11. Crunch – DatsiK & Flux Paviliion

12. International XL Donk Shaker – Brick Bandits

13. Dirtbag – Silencer

14. Moaners – Rusko

15. The Rhythm – Gigi Barocco

16. Are You Ready – Skepta Feat Wiley

17. We Are Rockstars – Does It Offend You, Yeh (Cold Blank Remix)

18. Stinky Gutter – Mr SnoWman

19. To The People – 6blocc Feat Pow Shadow

20. Jeffer – Boys Noize

Dubstep has many a face. Some say that our Dubfluencial is more Wobble than Bass and the forums alight with talk of what fits where and who listens to what. Here, we are anti class. I guess you could call us Subversive. I just don’t want to see what happen to UK Garage happen to Dubstep, were the sub genres ended up splitting the scene which eventually became its ultimate downfall. 

Of course there’s the hard bass, soulful and Reggae dub and everything else in between. Dubfluencial caters more for the harder bass fiend of course. But that doesn’t mean we do not listen to or appreciate the deeper side of Dubstep. So hence here is our special edition which we will drop every 5 episodes.

Dubfluence aka Dubfluencial 5.5 is exactly that. Lots of deep vibes, sensual bass and soulful intentions. Kick back and relax (maybe smoke some of that peng… that’s if you do that sort of thing of course! Dont do drugs and all that ) and enjoy the other side of Dubstep. Remember this is NOT Dubfluencial and is NOT full of hard tunes! So no moaning saying ‘i thought this was the new Dubfluencial reh reh’ those emails will be published in a section of shame. 

(Oh and for those who want to know and already asking lol, Dubfluencial is inspired by bass and Dubfluence is influenced by soul….. simple init). 

.:: Tracklist ::.

01 – Twice (16bit Remix) – Little Dragon

02 – Tell Me – Mr. Lager & Mz. Alys

03 – Unite – Burial

04 – TheNothing – Widdler

05 – Serenity – Aftee

06 – We Have Invisible Friends – Eskmo

07 – Bleep Show (Original Mix) – Fantastic Mr Fox & Rich Reason

08 – Rut – Joe

09 – Plumes (Relocate Remix) – Kontext

10 – Late Night – Breakage

11 – The Widdler – Western Eyes Remix

12 – Sleepwalk – A Made Up Sound

13 – As It Stops Raining (Various Production Remix) – G

14 – 2wo – Aardvarck

15 – Duke St Dub (Original Mix) – Sully

 

I just cant believe we are onto Vol 5 already! With over 20k downloads combined (thats a loose estimate too!), DJs and Producers all singing its praise and emails nearly every day demanding i get back to DJing its all very overwhelming. Thanks to all and watch this space…  

Vol 5 or V if you know your Roman Numerals, is of course paying homage to one of the greatest game series of all time Final Fantasy. Myself and most at Ego Thieves are HUGE fans! With Advent Children coming to Blue Ray, a Final 13 Demo out and news that Final 7 will be added to the PSN store very soon it was only right to create a cover to suit. With a special intro I’m sure many fans will recognise its not to be missed. I also believe that if Dubstep existed in the world of Final Fantasy, Midgar would be skanking out to hard bass until the Turks came home. 

Remember to support the artists! Buying their tracks, hitting the events and more. Its what keeps the scene alive! 

 

.:: Tracklist ::. 

01. Jenova Project – Datsik

02. Hoover – The Cabinet [EXCLUSIVE]

03. The Science Of Skank – Stagga  Feat Juakali

04. The Drop (Cheshire Remix) – Unitz

05. Heads Up – Bassnectar

06. Untitled – Joker

07. Down – Uknown 

08. Sensi Samurai 12 Mix – The Widdler

09. Power Moves – JAYOU

10. Get Mad – Herbdout

11. Timewarp (Remix) – Stagga

12. The Blank (16 Bit Remix) – Skism

13. Eurovision (The Boog-A-Loo Crew Remix) – Zombie Disco

14. $100 Block Of Hashish (VIP) – Level 67

15 Monster Mash – The Others

16. Fat Girl Rodeo – Cookie Monsta

17. Bulletproof (Foamo Dubstep Remix) – La Roux

18. Amirah – Chasing Shadows

19. Warriors Dance (Benga Remix) – The Prodigy

20.  Requiem For A Dub – Tryptomatik