Mixtape of the month: Sammy Bananas

Picking this month's best mixtape was really hard - tons o' good stuff!
Among the tapes just missing out were mixes by Plastic Little and our old friends MeMeMe, both on the hyper prolific No Love Lost Recordings. In a similar vein was the excellent new tape from Sinden, available exclusively from We Make it Good.

In a different vein, Riton has celebrated the release of his German-inspired LP, Eine Kleine Nacht Musik, by putting together this superb mix of diamonds from Deutschland: Zehr Gut!

But trumping them all (and thanks to the wonderful Get Weird Turn Pro for sharing) is this summertime mix by Sammy Bananas. Bonus points immediately for including Corona (see Memory of the Month), and extra kudos for the great graphics. Fave moments? The sublime blend of Happy House and Rhythm of the Night... sliding from Sammy's own Ladies into the irresistible groove of Treasure Fingers...Work Me!!!!...Get Set Go to Chromeo to Love Action - fantastic!!

Here's the full tracklisting:
Metro Area - Orange Alert Estelle - American Boy The Juan Mclean - Happy House Corona - Rhythm of the Night Sammy Bananas - Ooh Bop Foxy - Get Off Afro Rican - Give It All You Got Sammy Bananas - Ladies Treasure Fingers - Come True Dominic Fabrig - Ain’t No Fun Laidback Luke & Steve Angello - Be (Fourcolorzack’s Wineup mix) DJ Sega - Brighter Days Sammy Bananas - Work Me Nadastrom - Pussy Soul San Serac - Dub Tactics CC Peniston - Finally Sammy Bananas - Get Set Go Chromeo - Bonified Lovin (Yuksek Remix) The Human League - Love Action Janet Jackson - Rock With U Only Freak - Can’t Get Away (Solid Groove Mix)

Mixtape of the Month: Christian Shank vs. A1 Bassline

It's a couple of months old now, but still worth hearing. Christian Shank from Partyshank mixes tip-top electro with the niche sound of new side project A1 Bassline (debut single 'Girl Thing' is out this month on Meal Deal). Highlights of the mix, which is available to download here include...Opening track Journey - cinematic and jittery, as wired and wide open as the soundtrack to a phonecam remake of The Warriors on the DLR...15:01 - who can resist a Sexual Seduction?...27:53 - the martial drums of Samo Ti - all fall in!...41:41 - here comes the Big Dippa!...50:26 - It's a lot: car alarm synths, wonky bass, semi-breaks and a 4/4 hi-hat - bassline house in a nutshell. Sweet as. ...52:35 - Kiss Kiss, mwah mwah...57:23 - The Jesus and Mary Chain - and why not?

Playlist:
01 A1 Bassline vs Christian Shank - Journey
02 Christian Shank - Play Around (A1 Bassline Edit)
03 Zinc - 138 Trek
04 A1 Bassline - Fasters Better, Harders Better Dub
05 T2 - Why?
06 Wideboys - Sexual Seduction (Bassline Mix)
07 A1 Bassline - Girl Thing
08 Nasti Boi - Bangorz
09 The Count and Sinden - Beeper (Fake Blood Remix)
10 Fairy Faggots - Samo Ti (A1 Bassline Switch Remix)
11 Wideboys - What You're Thinking (ft Sarah Saville-Up North Dutty Mix)
12 Cadence Weapon - House Music (A1 Bassline Remix)
13 Dexplicit - Over You
14 Duke Dumont - When I Hear Music
15 Damaged Goods - Yo Righteous (A1 Bassline Big Mix)
16 DJ Q - Shottaz
17 A1 Bassline - Big Dippa Dub Flex
18 Chemical Brothers - Boot it Again (Mowgli Mix)
19 Detboi - Gunshot
20 A1 Bassline - It's a lot
21 Chris Brown ft. T Pain - Kiss Kiss (Dexplicit Remix)
22 A1 Bassline - Somebody
23 Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey.

(By the way, the cool artwork for Girl Thing is by Ferry Gouw of Semifinalists).

Mixtape of the Month: Dmitry Fodorov

WITH A new release just about every week, it's no surprise that the first mmmblog* Mixtape of the Month award goes to an artist from the No Love Lost Records stable. Number 44 in the NLLR Mixtape Series is a 13-track, 49-minute blast of white heat from Russian DJ Dmitry Fyodorov. Anyone who remixes The Village People's 'Sex over the phone' AND 'I wanna be your dog' AND puts them on the same playlist deserves maximum respect. Favourite moments in the mix?... 05:53: Swen Weber's 'Samba de Bochum' kicks in and it's like stepping out of a Berlin fetish club onto the sands of the Copacabana: Electro shadows and light...19:04: The sudden realisation that you are dancing to the Village People and it's all right!...38:37-40:51: polyrhythms-a-go-go!!...45:35: Here comes Iggy...!

Here's the full tracklisting: 01 Dmitry Fyodorov - 'Halford Rawk' 02 Swen Weber - 'Samba De Bochum' 03 Dmitry Fyodorov - 'Carnage' 04 New Order - 'Blue Monday (Dmitry Fyodorov Edit)' 05 Buy Now - 'Body Crash (Arrow!!!'s sold Out Remix)' 06 The Village People - 'Sex Over The Phone (Dmitry Fyodorov Edit)' 07 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - 'Relax (Sex Mix)' 08 Dmitry Fyodorov - 'MD5VS.SHA-1' 09 Dmitry Fyodorov - '1b-1' 10 Deadmau5 - 'Stereo Fidelity' 11 Dmitry Fyodorov - 'Greetings, D!' 12 Dmitry Fyodorov - '1987' 13 The Stooges - 'I Wanna Be Your Dog (Dmitry Fyodorov's Steak Lunch Remix)'

And here's where you can download it. Enjoy!