You got to admit this is a mentally good line up!

I’m playing garage, percussive rolling dubstep, and stacks of funky house specials.

• @bigtusks thanks fella! in reply to bigtusks #
• First rule of project management: It is better to ask forgiveness than to seek permission. #

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• CRAZYLEGS THIS FRIDAY! @mjcole = top DJ, @benufo =best DJ in UK, @grievousangeluk, joyorbison = hottest producer in uk. at thekla. Wild ! #
• At climbing wall reflecting on how much better my 8yo is Y climbing than me #
• @I_Skream guy chambers? That's a smart move in reply to I_Skream #
• @joemuggs melody emerging in dubstep? @I_Skream in reply to joemuggs #
• Just about finished my radio 1 mix. Due today! #
• @crazylegsclub I am doing a 15 minute guest mix for @maryannehobbs (assuming they like it!). Dubstep, grime, funky, garage: really heavy! in reply to crazylegsclub #
• @crazylegsclub August 4th if all goes to plan in reply to crazylegsclub #
• Pre-release review of Soundclash & Harpy at Inverted Audio: http://www.inverted-audio.co.uk/artists/$blog/2009/07/25/review_grievous_ang … #
• @MrBeatnick I can;t wait to check yours out! in reply to MrBeatnick #

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• @UnknownSoulja the coolest reggae singer ever. (if you know your reggae, it's a big hint!) dubplate only, not for radio, for one DJ only in reply to UnknownSoulja #
• @joemuggs panic stricken italo disco !!!! WTF !!!!! in reply to joemuggs #
• @PoirierSound so you saw tim dub boy at glade yeah? savage DJ … in reply to PoirierSound #
• @DprRecords will check new dubchild… If @Boomnoise says it's good!!!! in reply to DprRecords #

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• oh yeah, @ramadub rocked it. I think ukfunky ate the dubstep. big up bassic crew & bostonmassive ! (via @wayneandwax) ukfunky is bomblike #
• @TKGMusic lol you got it in reply to TKGMusic #
• Ug. 2 kids have swine flu but want to go out. Shouldn't really. Wife is out for the count. Looks like i am nurse for next few days. #
• Did a broken funky tune and a fat house tune with vocal by an a-list reggae vocalist last night – specially recorded for label, not a rip #
• @SteakhouseBeats I can't say who it is! And it's not coming out. I'll play it @crazylegsclub next Friday in reply to SteakhouseBeats #
• @thewascal yr mix with no sunshine remix was just about perfect #

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• @boomnoise spotter in reply to boomnoise #
• Hold tight for erzulie03 #
• @TKGMusic guess! in reply to TKGMusic #

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• Note to self: do not go to surgery and ask for doctor benway. #
• @jrowett when I started working for BT, it took 4 months to get a laptop, a building pass and a … Phoneline… in reply to jrowett #
• Looks like my 4 yo has swine flu. Which he caught from me. Still feel rubbish. #
• This month's Heatwave top tens – dancehall and funky bashment – http://bit.ly/t1tQ1 (via @GabrielHeatwave) LOTS of bashy funky out there! #
• @crazylegsclub presents @mjcole, @benufo, @grievousangeluk, @joyorbison etc – friday 31st july @ thekla – tickets out now! #
• Next U Dun Know, 8th august: @lvis1990 @grievousangeluk & reecha from @dirtycanvas, gonna be sick! (via @UnknownSoulja) this will be heavy #

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• Dance music is just not that good at albums. Hence mix cd w/ my album. Compare w/ rock Alt mercury must be done tho @factmagazine @danhancox #

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• Given up. Feel dreadful. Gone back to bed. Travis Perkins v excited. #

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• @boomnoise think about refixes all day every day… in reply to boomnoise #

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• @ramadub what did you play at dubwar? in reply to ramadub #
• Black Ops周辺は当時学生だった事とか、データ販売が普及していなかったこともあって買い逃しまくったなー。しかも今更見つからない・・・ (via @quarta330) dunno wot it means but BLACK OPS #
• @ramadub you legend. But WHAT did you play? What style did u go for? in reply to ramadub #
• @smutlee mail me and I'll link you to ice rink in reply to smutlee #
• Feel terrible. Only erykah keeping me going. So many tunes I want to refix #
• Loving the Paul Morley composition tv prog right now. I need to get me a keyboard. Use a chord in one of my tunes… #
• @crazylegsclub just a bug in reply to crazylegsclub #
• Watching Biggie freestyles on youtube. http://bit.ly/p0XpQ (via @DJTayo) showed this to my 4 yo, he was into it #
• Sprawled on sofa sipping lemsip and listening to aphrodite. Considering a refix. #

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• @jrowett Ravioli! You is one mean mofo! #
• @ninapower good photo essay. Lots of people loved park hill though I wouldn't fancy it now. There was a campaign to keep rarenracey open in reply to ninapower #
• @smutlee wicked what did you mix it into? #
• @Mentazm nah who's lady lykes??? & do you rate electric eliminators? in reply to Mentazm #
• @4linehaiku wot better than in the evening? in reply to 4linehaiku #

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sheffield: sex city

[Owen went to Sheffield to do something important recently. I tagged along. Sheffield is a marvellous city, but is intent on destroying all its good bits, especially Park Hill. We did something on Castle Market as well, but that's going to be on another site shortly]

via infinite thØught: sheffield: sex city.

I mised this at the time… FACT bigging up the Ice Rink remix. You can hear this on the myspace and on the mix for Crazy Legs club. I am playing a Crazy Legs soon, on the 31st, so you can hear it on a big system then.

WILEY: ‘ICE RINK’ (RIKO VOCAL – GRIEVOUS ANGEL REMIX)

“Woofah magazine co-editor and the man behind one of last year’s most underrated albums, Belief is the Enemy, has been foraging into UK Funky productions lately, and they’re fantastic. If you’ve heard Kode 9′s recent sets you’ll have heard GA’s edit of ‘Loser’, which is coming out soon on a white label under an alias, but his remixes of Wiley’s classic ‘Ice Rink’ step things up even further. The instrumental is good, but it’s all about the Riko version, which keeps the original’s alien squelches and clashes, mutates the best vocal from the original 12″s, and pretty much pisses all over the entire Major Lazer album.”

Thanks Tom!

FACT Magazine have a good review of Lady Saw / Move Down Low up here.

Thanks Tam!

Rating: 7.5

“It’s no secret that the man behind both the edits on this 12″ is Sheffield-based dubstep producer/Woofah magazine co-editor/general blogger dun’ good Grievous Angel, and they’ve been a pivotal point of Kode 9′s sets for a while; usually played either side of his own ‘Black Sun’. The familiarity of both tracks might have detracted from their impact since that night at Beyond, and I’m not sure either are as great as Grievous’ UK funky edit of Wiley’s ‘Ice Rink’, but still – if ever there’s a track you’ll ignore when it finally comes out, then hear it a year down the line and realise how stupid you were and end up shelling half a week’s rent on discogs then it’s this one.”

• @starkbotbeats wicked thanks in reply to starkbotbeats #
• http://twitpic.com/aj8tj – dutty 2step vibes@fwd (via @DprRecords) fantStic little pic #
• @factmagazine site is down? #
• @Sharmabeats maybe you have no dynamics dont you just limit tracks, render as audio, then balance levels carefully to avoid overcomping? in reply to Sharmabeats #
• @popjustice Gutterbreakz invented dubstep in 2005 in reply to popjustice #
• @popjustice I mean dadstep!?! in reply to popjustice #
• Right speaker emits high pitched scream constantly. Fail. Can't afford new ones. Mono monitoring now. & not worth sampling. #
• @kodenine to name something gives it power and weight but also limits it. Endless cycles of becoming, innit. in reply to kodenine #
• RT @sonic_router: DOWNLOAD: Scuba – A Very Old Mix of Proto-Dubstep Stuff (1999-2003) :: http://sonicrouter.blogspot.com this is a good one #
• @danhancox @kodenine I'm beginning to settle on "UK Bass". And folk music, obviously. in reply to danhancox #
• @danhancox i am playing grime in dalston on August 8th. U DUN KNOW in reply to danhancox #
• @starkbothbeats noise comes through eve if no audio cable connected to monitor. like a short from power to tweeter #
• @factmagazine Aww! Shame I won't get to meet you! in reply to factmagazine #
• @factmagazine Wil til you hear Move Down Low VIP… think it was on @martinclarkld's Rinse show last night. Broken funky apocalypse! in reply to factmagazine #
• @crazylegsclub there'll be some grime in there… always play bigshot's glitch cos it's the greatest record ever made… works great w/harpy in reply to crazylegsclub #
• @maryannehobbs try a wrap around dress, or one that's cut on the bias. Adds a bit of curve to a boyish frame in reply to maryannehobbs #
• @jrowett seared scallops! Awesome. Never found home made pasta worth the hassle in reply to jrowett #
• @djeasyrider yeah tried swapping leads, no dice. Does it w/nothing plugged in but power lead. Done it a bit 4 years, but now nonstop in reply to djeasyrider #
• @ewan_a yeah but mixer is always turned down: mac>mixer>powered monitors. Think after 10+ years of dub it's broken! in reply to ewan_a #

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Now in at Boomkat:

Now in at Sounds of the Universe - vinyl of the week:


Also in at RedEye, Chemical (where it’s number 21 in their sales chart!), UK Recordshop.com, BM Soho, Juno (where it is also NUMBER 1 in the Cardopusher chart! Thanks!).

So that’s pretty much everywhere except Rhythm Division and Rooted (which is a shame!).

Thanks to all the retailers stocking this!

• Crazylegs presents @MJCOLE, @BENUFO, @GRIEVOUSANGELUK, JOY ORBISON and more – 31st July at Thekla, Bristol. (via @crazylegsclub) #
• @badgatek reread old hyperdub.net stuff on strategic name changes-menta etc. New name frees u 2 do new tings. Now I have TWO rubbish names:) in reply to badgatek #
• New bd1982 single ft 77klash and rmxs by me, @DJTayo, slugabed, turnin tricks, hovatron + more comin on seclusiasis. (via @starkbotbeats) #
• @starkbotbeats who is bd1982??? in reply to starkbotbeats #
• @missmanara what we need is more cunnilungus songs. Also queer dubstep. Some hope. in reply to missmanara #
• @badgatek lol no it came out of nowhere! "bubble…thAt's a good name!" didn't think of mj. Not sure if wire reference is good either! in reply to badgatek #
• In bed with rotten bug. Going to catch up on email and then sleep #

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• Dubstep directions After house: 100 bpm bass music #
• Close to a brand new mix, first non single genre one in 3 years. 50 tracks, 80 minutes. it's unique/watch out. (via @kidkameleon) #
• Who is jackmaster?!?!? #
• Wantwantwant RT: @djoneman: my 'DJ Oddz v Tempz – Strung Up Hype' bootleg for FREE here: http://bit.ly/VN13W (via @danhancox) #
• @factmagazine as it gets hotter, yeah. Btw there's a rockabilly revival coming in reply to factmagazine #
• I was right about the garage revival too! #Nostradamus lol #
• @the8bitch yeah, I had no idea! @factmagazine put me right in reply to the8bitch #
• working on a mix for radio one #
• @sonic_router might be "Our Lady" in reply to sonic_router #
• i know you know this already but Sully is a fucking badman producer #
• @SteakhouseBeats only 15 minutes so not much room!!! in reply to SteakhouseBeats #
• @joemuggs Lady Saw #poshreggae (not inventive & obv. but couldn't resist!) in reply to joemuggs #
• @ScubaUK which bit of derbyshire? in reply to ScubaUK #
• @crazylegsclub OMG that is MASSIVE! in reply to crazylegsclub #

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I went to Jeremy Deller’s procession in Manchester the weekend before last. It was fantastic! Deller’s aim was to represent lots of people who don’t normally figure in civic processions, without breaking the concept of an actual civic procession. We thought it worked really well. Right up History is Made At Night’s street. And indeed Infinite’s – this post is a response to Georgina’s comments on her blog about her end of year show, which is a response to John Eden’s psychogeographical review of it.

Here’s the Guardian’s video:

And another official video about the marchers, including the marching bands – this one performing the Fall’s Hit the North, and the boy racers:

The front of the procession – this one’s just some guy with a phone I think…
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I didn’t video all the bet bits but you had:

- the few surviving Manchester mill workers

- various May Queens

- mobile libraries

- the crowd of goths who hang around a town square with a truck with their favourite local goth band laying

- a 60-strong troupe of Hindu bag pipers in full Scottish regalia (!!!!!!!)

- a collection of boy racers in souped up hot hatches with massive soundsystems, all tuned into a special pirate radio broadcast by the Blackout Crew

- a reconstruction of England’s oldest tea toom

- the African buskers and dancers from the city centre on a flat bed truck performing for the crowd
- best of all, a steel band playing various Manchester hits, especially Joy Division, New Order and Buzzcocks.

It was all absolutely wonderful. It was the sort of thing Sheffield should do.

• Back from induction for climbing. OMG what a rush! Terrifying even one foot off floor but fantastic #
• Bristol crew are you ready????? #
• @PoirierSound got move down low VIP for you mix tool… in reply to PoirierSound #
• @kekw how the fuck can chick Norris do anything but disappoint?!?! in reply to kekw #
• @kekw no dick Norris, Texan highway man in reply to kekw #
• Robert Hood: The interview we did is now online on our blog:
  http://www.theblackdogma.com/tbd/?p=1025 (via @TheBlackDog) #
• @joemuggs it's all about DJ rap intelligent woman occult roots of UK funky in reply to joemuggs #
• Black chow chow??? #
• @kodenine the specials? Wot? U met up w/ jerry? #
• my myspaz profile written in 2005: "I still love house music and I think most dubstep heads will get into Theo Parrish eventually." True! #

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• wow @bok_bok playing amazing house on sub fm right now #
• @untoldhemlock what about some tropical bass in reply to untoldhemlock #

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• Move sown low / loser in at ukrecordshop always wanted a release in there! #
• @crazylegsckub getting reports divshare link for mix is dead? We broke t'internet! #
• Did Move Down Low VIP last night. No you can't have it yet… #

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• Move sown low / loser in at ukrecordshop always wanted a release in there! #
• @crazylegsckub getting reports divshare link for mix is dead? We broke t'internet! #
• Did Move Down Low VIP last night. No you can't have it yet… #

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• RT @naomidarling it's all about JOY ORBISON http://bit.ly/ILmaz (via @lvis1990) I made the halfstep house thing straight after hearing it #
• OMG. Stoked. Stunned. Overwhelmed. One of my favourite producers ever likes Soundclash! #
• @boomnoise not MJ (yet)… ZB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! speechless in reply to boomnoise #
• @itsTRG Hold tight for the funky remix of soundclash… and Move Down Low VIP in reply to itsTRG #
• @MrBeatnick I'll send you some links in reply to MrBeatnick #
• @lvis1990 Nah, lvis1990, @bok_bok, @coolyg, @shortstuff, @mrroska, @martinclarkldn = the future! But wait 4 panama, Over U & magic dub in reply to lvis1990 #
• @SteakhouseBeats I must be following u, I DMed you the other day?!?! in reply to SteakhouseBeats #
• RT @starkbotbeats: NEXT HYPE REMIXES out now on digital – Brackles / Starkey / Plastician / DVA – go cop em: http://tinyurl.com/ldslfv #
• @bat020 yes – know nowt about Baby J but taped it off tv, fabbo record in reply to bat020 #
• @bat020 That is AWESOME. Tell Baby J from me that it's a wicked track. I'd love to remix it UK funky style. @crazylegsclub likes it too in reply to bat020 #
• @paul_lynch where you heard danny native track? Need to up my funky game in reply to paul_lynch #
• Everybody follow @BrickaBrackles – it's brackles!!!! #
• @paul_lynch a rip would be really good! Ya in reply to paul_lynch #
• @tragedyhatherle ah that's a great piece. Glad you saw Gleadless – amazing isn't it. The recession may stop "redevelpt". & better > Leeds in reply to tragedyhatherle #
• @bat020 ah, reprising the "Batiou" persona, bravo in reply to bat020 #

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• RT @jrowett: still, the look on that dreadful bully's face was something i will honestly treasure for the rest of my life. Big up. #
• @jrowett A gig like that is seriously not worth putting up with in reply to jrowett #
• RT @dirtycanvas: NEXY HTPE REMIXES out now on digital – Brackles / Starkey / Plastician / DVA – go cop em: http://tinyurl.com/ldslfv WANT #
• RT @GabrielHeatwave: Heatwave funky bashment showcase @FabricLondon Friday 7th August feat. @LadyChann, Doctor, Sticky, Hard House Banton #
• @danhancox S Yorks police probably thought it meant something else!! #dim in reply to danhancox #
• RT @martinclarkLDN hmm i seem to have caused a minor kerfuffle… / think it's looking hopeful actually! #
• http://twitpic.com/9pyjv (via @jamrock) Lambeth country show has improved! Johnny Clark! #
• @tragedyhatherle try to get down to the riVer, see the weir. Just down from castle mkt. Park hill isn't far from station, worth seeing in reply to tragedyhatherle #
• My Flickr stream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/grievousangelsoundsystem Add me to your contacts if you feel like it #
• @jamrock nah, busy that weekend in Sheffield in reply to jamrock #
• @shortstuffmusic thanks fella, means a lot coming from you! Hold tight for new broken/latin funky, darkside broken 2step, halfstep house in reply to shortstuffmusic #
• @colz follow up to Lady Dub really but without the 808 sines. Really nice. I'll send you a link. in reply to colz #
• My copies of Move Down Low / Loser just arrived. They sound better than the TPs! Right I'll shut up about it now #
• Gotta do my VAT on the double! #

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• Move down low remix / erzulie02 now in the country, in shops Monday! #
• RT TONIGHT!!! @COOLYG @FLOATINGPOINTS @QUEENFATIMA @ALEXNUT @FUNKINEVEN… @ THE MACBETH, 70 HOXTON ST, LDN. FREE BEFORE 9PM. VOODOO TIME! #
• Interesting to see the orisha being claimed by uk funky nights #
• @danhancox to be fair, niche was dodgy as fuck. Plenty of other bassline/speed garage nights still happening. For the kids though iykwim in reply to danhancox #

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• painted half the studio floor while doing a finalmixdown of the blackdown and dusk mix album. Now, how do I get out of the room? #
• @PLANET_KL it's the last few tweaks, so better to have a bit of distance. put the album on in the background & if anything leaps out, fix it in reply to PLANET_KL #
• @danhancox i have a vast presentation on new labour social housing. short verdict – not bad actually but buidling new housing is v v hard in reply to danhancox #
• @SteakhouseBeats that would be most kind. i'll dm you my address. thanks! in reply to SteakhouseBeats #

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Blackdown:
“When I look around the Rinse roster, as well as the funky selectors, it’s DJs like Oneman and Brackles, who share our Thursday 11pm slot, who I increasingly feel musical affinity with. Dusk and I take a different approach to how we use old school on our show, and I sure would love to mix like Oneman, but selection wise I think there’s common ground.

Hyperdub have been an incredible inspiration in the last two years, but it’s nice to now see a collection of likeminded producers/DJs like Ben UFO, Oneman, Brackles, Braiden, Alex Bok Bok, Grievous Angel, Shortstuff, Martin Kemp and Joy Orbison using Hyperdubs, funky and old school grime ‘n’ garage sensibilities to find a way that isn’t either wobble, dub techno or dull commercial house. To find a way that preserves the quintessential London elements of feminine pressure, rawness, rudeness and all the other nuum factors, without coalescing into just one thing or becoming something unlistenable or unlistenably dull.

In practical terms, this may be as much a question of bpms as selection. Funky rides at 130 bpm, 2step-badman Sully flexes at 134ish and grime’s at 140bpm still. I’ve seen harder dubstep DJs pushing 150bpm. To me, with the gravity of the mass creativity of funky right now, I feel an urge to drop the bpms and up the groove.”

This is absolutely where I’m coming from right now. That strange yet familiar middle ground is just where my head’s at. I am delighted to be included in Blackdown’s list. The new “Magic Dub” tune a few of you have got is about dubstep, it’s about keeping 140 a worthwhile tempo… but it’s a halfstep house tune. Just to make the point… and because the sample is so good. I want to do more “dark subby dubstep” that’s … good.

So in the next month I have two singles dropping. One, next Monday, is bashy funky. One is dubstep, 140bpm garage and wonky. The line between the two is where the flex is.

FROM the magnificent Dan Hancox:

lower end spasm.: 2 mixes for this week
Crazy Legs’ booking policy continues to impress me. I’m yet to attend one of their nights but judging by their booking policy and presentation, they’re definitely on a wavelength – Bristol’s answer to Night Slugs?
Anyway this is the 2nd of their mix series and it comes from longtime badman Grievous Angel. A lot of the GA productions Kode9 has been championing can be heard here, check it out.