Annie Nightingale celebrates 40 years of rocking Radio 1 with the Freestylers
Thursday August 05th 2010.
Annie Nightingale celebrates a remarkable four decades of music broadcasting on BBC Radio 1 on Thursday September 9th. A special live tribute evening from 7pm (UK time) will feature a two hour documentary and concert from Maida Vale studios with the Freestylers, Fatboy Slim, Tinchy Stryder, Sub Focus, Bookashade and more.
Then from midnight till 2am, ‘The Decade Mixes’ will be a soundtrack of the best music Annie has played over the last 40 years and the night ends with the best of the guest mixes from 2am-4am.
Also on September 9th Against The Grain release the much hyped ‘Painkiller – KouncilHouse Remix’ by Freestylers & Pendulum featuring MC SirReal – tipped to be one of, if not the biggest dubstep tune of 2010!
If you would like Against The Grain to drop you an email with a link of how to listen to Annie’s show and a link to download ‘Painkiller – KouncilHouse Remix’ on September 9th, join our mailing list.
Natural Selection – individual tracks out now on Beatport
Thursday July 29th 2010.
By now most of you will have downloaded the free Natural Selection mix from Skool Of Thought, and we know the DJs amongst you have been hanging to download the individual tracks. Well wait no more as 13 unmixed, heavyweight, bass thumpers await you from the likes of Freestylers, Superstyle Deluxe, Kid Digital, Adsorb, Afghan Headspin, Stenchman, Micheal Morph, Hexadecimal, Splitloop, Phaeleh, Jinx In Dub and Skool Of Thought. Big tunes!
Splitloop return with a scorching new single and a heavyweight promo video to boot!
Loaded with likable hooks, firing beats and explosive basslines, this release is a no-brainer for your DJ selection this weekend. “I Want You” is classic Splitloop dancefloor material from the guys who brought you the stunning Pleasure Machine album and has received big support from the Plump DJs. On the flip; Canada’s Myagi gets his grubby mitts on Splitloop’s “Ghetto UK”, turning out a smashing, bass heavy re-lick.
Free Download – Skool of Thought Presents “Natural Selection”
Tuesday June 29th 2010.
It is our great pleasure to be releasing this mammoth compilation, hand picked and delivered by Skool of Thought, free for download. Unleashing 12 beastly tracks from the scene’s heavy-hitters and fresh-blood alike, Skool of Thought sets off on a safari of sound on this mix: a survival of the fittest for beats and breaks in 2010.
Fresh from winning Best Album and Best Compilation at the 2010 Breakspoll Awards, Against The Grain Records present their latest top notch album celebrating their 10 years as a pioneering record label for underground dance music.
In this mix, previously only available as the bonus disc on Krafty Kuts’ award winning ‘Against The Grain’ CD, label frontman Krafty Kuts chops, tweaks, mixes and mashes 29 of the labels best bangers into 1 hour of blissful beats. From the sexy sounds of Freestylers Push Up to the club smash of Krafty Kuts & Tim Deluxe Bass Phenomenon anthem, and from the thrashing drum n bass of Freestylers v Pendulum Painkiller to Ed Solo & Skool Of Thoughts We Play The Music summer sizzler. Krafty Kuts and Against The Grain have all bases covered.
Includes Krafty Kuts’ Continuous DJ Mix + unmixed tracks:
1. Freestylers ‘Slammer’.
2. Deekline & Wizard feat. Freq Nasty & DJ Assault ‘Keep It Pushing’.
3. Freestylers ‘Push Up’ Plump DJs Remix.
4. Krafty Kuts & DJ Icey ‘Through The Door’.
5. Deekline, Wizard & Ed Solo feat. DJ Assault ‘One In The Front’.
6. Deekline & Ed Solo ‘Handz Up’ Stanton Warriors Remix.
7. Freestylers ‘Boom Blast’ Deekline & Wizard Remix.
8. Krafty Kuts ‘Basketball Jam’.
9. Freestylers ‘Push Up’.
10. Deekline & Wizard ‘Bounce & Rebound’ Acapella.
11. Krafty Kuts v Freestylers feat Dynamite MC ‘Dynamite Love’.
12. Freestylers ‘In Love With You’.
13. Krafty Kuts ‘Tell Me How You Feel’ Rogue Element Remix.
14. Ed Solo & Skool Of Thought feat. Darrison ‘Love Your Life’.
15. Krafty Kuts ‘The Funk’ Acapella.
16. Ed Solo ‘Sludge’.
17. Krafty Kuts & Tim Deluxe ‘Bass Phenomenon’ Dubstep mix.
18. Deekline & Wizard ‘Back Up’ Krafty Kuts Remix.
19. Splitloop ‘Tweaked Out’.
20. Krafty Kuts feat Dynamite MC ‘ There They Go’ Acapella
21. Krafty Kuts & Tim Deluxe ‘Bass Phenomenon’.
22. Splitloop ‘Soul Roll’.
23. Ed Solo & Skool Of Thought ‘When I Was A Yout’.
24. Ed Solo & Skool Of Thought feat. Darrison ‘We Play The Music’.
25. Freestylers ‘Pocket Full Of Sadness’.
26. Krafty Kuts feat. Dynamite MC ‘We Do This’.
27. Freestylers v Pendulum ‘Painkiller’
28. Ed Solo, Skool Of Thought & Beardyman ‘Disclaimer’
New T-shirt designs now available in a range of colours and sizes for both guys and girls.
We’ve just added the wicked new “Natural Selection” logo print in addition to the Against The Grain and Heavyweight Breaks designs. Check ‘em out in our online store over at Dizzyjam…
Natural Selection Album Sampler 2 – out on Beatport
Thursday April 29th 2010.
In the second of three album samplers for Skool of Thought’s ‘Natural Selection’ Bristol dubstep hot shot Phaeleh takes the controls with the super sharp sounds of ‘Selecta’ feat. I-Mitri. Techy stabs, deep bass, crisp drums and a subtle vocal make for a fresh alternative to the over rinsed metallic wobble of many dubstep tunes out there today.
One of the most underrated breaks producers of our time Jinx In Dub lends a hand on remix duties with more pin point accurate production, rolling out a fine piece of of dubwise breaks and bass.
But perhaps the most talked about track in this package is the remix of a tune which raised the bar for breaks many years ago. The original version of ‘Slammer’ by the Freestylers was a seminal track for not only Against The Grain but also breaks as a whole, propelling the genre into the lime light with support from Roni Size and Pete Tong. It has remained untouchable for many years, a reliable, timeless classic for DJs to rely on, who would dare to touch such a well known anthem? Answer: London breaks wiz kid Affinity. Rated by many of the scene’s tog dogs as the next one to watch, his remix has picked up full club support and radio play. Watch this one blow!
