Rinse:11 - Oneman

“I don’t find there’s enough classics out there,” booms the opening track of Rinse:11 mixed by Oneman. It’s a sample in Double Helix [LHF]’s “96 Flavas (No More Games)” and is a clear message from Streatham’s finest DJ, only he’s talking less about 1996 than 2006-09.

When Oneman first played the closing set at dubstep’s centrepiece club DMZ in 2006, the lads started skanking to UK garage, the girls rushed to the front and heads were turned. Nobody left the club until Oneman was done: he walked out of the venue not only with a powerful new booking agent but his name firmly on the south London bass map. In 2008 DMZ’s Loefah hand picked him to represent Generation Bass at Mary Anne Hobb’s Radio 1 showcase at Maida Vale. He did his usual jaw-dropping mixes of UK garage and ‘06 dubstep anthems. But no style lasts forever: even classics can become worn out. What next for Oneman? In 2010 he’s no longer going backwards: it’s time to more forwards on this, his debut mix CD.

The Rinse mix CDs have a good track record of debuting the next iteration of the London underground – from Supa D’s UK house mix to Marcus Nasty’s funky flex. Edition 11 is no exception. “I settled on the idea that I wanted it to be a snapshot of exactly what I like, right now,” Oneman explains of the mix “…and that is not so much of the new dubstep stuff and not so much of the new grime stuff, but more of the funky and the wot-do-u-call-it dark house stuff.”

Grime becoming less danceable and more fixated on mixtapes caused some of its audience to migrate to Funky. Dubstep becoming less danceable and noiser left original dubstep fans stranded in no mans land. The result is a new strain of house and funky-influenced beats, decoupled in tempo from dubstep but more aligned in spirit to the nu dark swing era that started the dubstep movement in the first place. Rinse: 11 is the first CD to document this new hybrid.

“To me it’s like a broken version of funky, like what all the dub mixes were to garage and what the dub house mixes were to house, back in the ‘80s in New York,” insists Oneman. “It sounds like funky it’s just a bit different. I think it’s the beats and the atmosphere that are different because you wouldn’t see a girl with a smile on her face dancing to it, like she’d dance to a Crazi Cousins track. It’s the darker end of the scale, the dub end really.” Yet Oneman drops lots of UK funky too, so in effect this mix documents two London groups in dialog: the original funky ravers and then those inspired by it, making beats that match the tempo but with a twist.

Given a DJ of Oneman’s technical abilities and musical vision, naturally there’s more to the mix than just rude new house hybrids: towards the end he ups the tempo and intensity to showcase some of his 140 bpm favourites from the colourful Hyperdub/wonky spectrum like Joker, Desto, Starkey and 2000F. The CD closes, as he began, with a statement: Brackles’ “I Love London” remix. “That sample in it… I thought is just so relevant to the Rinse mix,” he insists.

London: even with connected digital living distributing its musical ideas worldwide it remains particularly fertile ground and many DJs continue to reap what it sows. Yet in truth while there may be other DJs who try, really there can only be Oneman.

Martin Clark aka Blackdown
LDN Spring 2010

Read the full transcript of Blackdown & Oneman’s interview at Blackdown’s Blog…

Feb 15, 2010 | Categories: Rinse Mixes | Comments Off

Rinse:09 - N–Type

N-Type is a bigboy DJ.  Literally – at six foot three, with a slightly hyper air, he fills any room, and as he leans forward to talk to you, constantly smiling and full of easy conversation, his presence is undeniable.  It’s this upbeat energy and imposing character that have made him possibly dubstep and Rinse FM’s best-loved personality DJ, so much so that messageboard fans collect and collate samples of his more idiosyncratic shouts.

Dubstep isn’t about celebrity, though, and never has been – N-Type himself emphasises that it was born in dark rooms where all that matters is the sound itself, and this underground feel remains key to its development – so all this jovial demeanour and presentation ability would mean less than nothing if he wasn’t a bigboy DJ in the sense that really matters.  And ever since his days at school in Redhill where he and DJ Walsh plotted to blend genres (“we were the only DJs at school – I was jungle and he was garage; he gave me EZ tapes and I gave him Andy C ones”) he has cultivated the mixing skills, the musical knowledge and connections to get him where he is now.

Travelling to the Big Apple shop in Croydon to acquire music, he and Walsh quickly forged friendships with “Skream, Hatcha, Benga, Benny Ill, Coki, Mala, Loefah… all them”, and though N-Type lived in Reigate he “became seen as part of the Croydon clan”.  And as “this new sound coming through that we would later call dubstep” emerged through the clan’s productions and at FWD>>, he honed his skills playing where he could, including five years at Delight FM alongside the likes of So Solid, until Rinse came calling.

“That was where my career took off and really went massive,” he says; “Rinse are really good with branding, making an identity for you in the public eye; that and FWD>> were the things that helped me blow up”.  At FWD>>, N-Type’s unique mixing style came to the fore; inspired by Andy C’s dramatic double drops and intense blends, he developed his quick-fire “get a tune in, do something experimental with the mix, move on” style, and as more energetic strains of dubstep emerged, he found these perfectly suited to his style.

His Tempa Dubstep Allstars mix in 2007 cemented N-Type’s position, and in 2008 he was able to leave his job in design to pursue DJing and production 24/7.  He now occupies a crux position in the scene, proving that jump-up sounds need not be (as some suggest) mindless or blokey, easily able to blend the deeper rhythms of Kryptic Minds and Silkie into an energetic mix like this new Rinse compilation – and on the radio still supporting the full range from the most in-your-face to the most out-there and psychedelic dubstep.  Now, with the sound still growing globally, he joins the illustrious line of Rinse CD mixers - “a platform to reach out to the world”, as he puts it – and, having been with dubstep since the very start, is ready to go with it wherever it goes next.

Joe Muggs, London, Summer 2009

Tracklisting

Badman - Kryptic Minds
Carpark - Silkie & Kutz
Experience - Headhunter
Bass 96 - Kromestar & Jay 5ive
King of Kong - LD
Gatling - DJ Punisher
Karma - The Others
Descending - Benga
International Roots feat. Earl 16 (LD Remix) - Mungo’s Hi-Fi
Twilight - Distance
Dramatic - Benga
Ninja We Ninja - Kalbata
Who’s There? - Seven & Youngsta
Solid State - Emalkay
iTunes - Benga
Dot 2 Dot - The Others
Filth (Silkie Remix) - Skream
Rhythm - Jakes
Intensions - Benga
Falling - Benga
Looking For You (LD Remix) - John & Jehn
Freak - Kutz
The Sound Of Asia - Benga
Shadow - N-Type & The Others
Freaklane VIP - Jakes & Joker
Fucking Noise - Flux Pavillion
Guitar Hero - Skream
No Bra, No Panties - Benga
New Blood - Coki
The Camel Ride 2 - Benga
When I Look At You - Emalkay
Technophobia - N-Type & The Others
The Future - Trolley Snatcher
Burning Up - Skream
Take You Back (Tease) - Benny Page

Jun 29, 2009 | Categories: Rinse Mixes | 28112 Comments »http://rinse.fm/index.php/music/rinsemix/rinse09Rinse%3A09+-+N%E2%80%93Type2009-06-29+12%3A42%3A19admin

Rinse:08 - Alexander Nut

“THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN I PLAY WITH ALL THE LIGHTS OFF AND TAKE A LITTLE LAMP… WE PRETEND THAT WE’RE IN PLASTIC PEOPLE. HAHA, THAT’S TRUE!”

Alexander Nut is one of a kind: the only experimental hip hop DJ on London’s urban radio, Rinse.  He plays a global art form on a station devoted to unique local sounds. Yet Alexander and the rest of Rinse are not so different.

If there’s one thing that ties his Rinse shows together, it’s hip hop. But that’s where simple definitions end. Drawing sounds from New York to Glasgow, Detroit to London, his Mixed Nuts show cuts through geographies, sounds and scenes to find common cause.

“Technology, globalization: I’m part of a worldwide community,” he explains. “We’re all human beings with similar emotions and purpose. I’ve never belonged to one particular group. I’m a child of the universe. And this is how we communicate with everything in it.”

Through his weekly Saturday morning show, Alexander goes about the business of communicating with everything in the universe, using the medium of, in the very broadest sense, hip hop. “I need to stay free but remain rooted in hip hop, the culture is really important to me, from its origin to its future. But no way am I playing all that bogus shit they claim is hip hop these days. This music is me, it’s personal. It’s inner and outer.”

Alex’s CD for Rinse imagines every conceivable possibility for hip hop, a remarkable and state-of-the-art collection of places and spaces. In the last year several commentators, including myself, have tried to point out the exciting sonic parallels between, on one hand, the new school hip hop experimentation of Flying Lotus and on the other the post-crunk sound of Rustie and the meta-grime sound of Joker. And while some of such efforts have been greeted with resistance, it’s apparent here that there’s an exciting, creative and gloriously ill-defined dialog going on.

The coverage highlighted a shared love of “unstable midrange synths” regardless of tempo, and in that respect this mix excels. Bullion’s “Get Familiar” is grime on LSD. Rustie’s epic 8bit remix of Zomby needs little introduction. And Pinch’s “Motion Sickness” had a working title of “Wonky Bleepy.”

Yet if that weren’t enough Nut’s mix pushes beyond just gloriously free synths. Simbad’s “Soul Fever,” starts out in a squelchy, 8bit vein but quickly breaks out into a soul sweat. And therein lies the glory of any connections between someone like Flylo and, say, Joker: the door opens to entirely new rooms of possibilities, one where through dialog both sides gain.

Once in this world we find Morgan “Spacek” Zarate, Marco Polo’s feminine ATCQ cover or even dubstepper 2562’s Pattie Blingh remix – soul in the most, blessed out, narcotic sense. Even Joker’s “Digidesign,” a stripped-back grime gem, shows echoes of Miss Elliot and Timbalands pioneering ‘90s r&b canon.

When you consider how much both Timbaland is considered to owe to UK jungle, in a rhythmic sense alone, and how much grime, the primary foundation for Joker’s sound, does too, you hear Nut’s comment that he’s “part of a worldwide community” ring true. Even Jamaica gets heard, in the dancehall flavours of Digital Soundboy and Roots Manuva.

And so it is that once a week, a planet, or a decent chunk of it, comes together to check Nut on Rinse. “I really appreciate everyone who gets in contact, we have regulars in Sweden, Brooklyn, Japan, NZ, Amsterdam, Russia. … they’re my peoples. I just want them all to zone out with me and go mind travelling to the music. Rinse… it’s the real deal, you don’t get a more genuine connection to the underground. It’s 100% undiluted.”

Martin Clark aka Blackdown
LDN, Spring 2009

TRACKLISTING

1. O.Boogie - Paper Chaser feat. Tableek (Tom Trago Remix)
2. Waajeed - Tron
3. Marco Polo - Relax
4. Black Pocket - Thank You And Credits
5. Morgan Zarate - M.A.B
6. Simbad - Soul Fever feat. Steelo
7. Bullion - Get Familiar
8. 1000 Names - Melonball Bounce
9. Hudson Mohawke - What Is A Girl To Do
10. Frank-N-Dank - Clap Hands (Morgan Spacek Remix)
11. Flying Lotus - My Chippy
12. Roots Manuva - Do Nah Bodda Mi
13. Benga & Coki - Night (Digital Soundboy Remix)
14. Eric Lau - For The D feat. Guilty Simpson (Harmonic313 Version)
15. 2tall - The Most High feat. Kashmere
16. Joker - Digi Design
17. Zombie - Spliff Dub (Rustie Remix)
18. Floating Points - Peroration Five
19. Pattie Blingh - Brother: The Point (2562 Remix)
20. Pinch - Motion Sickness
21. Simbad - DNA Metamorphosis
22. Mr Beatnick - I Know All The Bitches feat. Ahu

Jun 29, 2009 | Categories: Rinse Mixes | 2783 Comments »http://rinse.fm/index.php/music/rinsemix/rinse08Rinse%3A08+-+Alexander+Nut2009-06-29+12%3A40%3A41admin

Rinse:07 - Spyro

“I JUST WANT TO BE KNOWN AS INTERNATIONALLY HEAVY,” exclaims Spyro with just exactly the kind of passion and enthusiasm that makes him a breathtaking DJ. “ I swear I just wanna make it man, I just wanna be in and out of the country doing so many different shows. It’s like a dream to me.”

Rinse Fm’s Sir Spyro is already living his dream, more or less. He’s supported Nas at London’s immense 02 Arena and survived a stuck deck at Glastonbury. But that’s not really makes him so exceptional; the kind of DJ other DJs dream about being.

What makes Spyro “top 3 selected” within grime DJs, is his breathtaking ability to take the Pioneer CDJ1000 decks and make them into a musical instrument. This instrument makes crowds lose their minds.

In a club, on his prime time Saturday 7-9pm Rinse FM show or on this CD, Spyro is pure, focused hype. “The way I select I will select any way, any how. I will mix a tune in the middle of the tune or at the beginning of the tune. … On [this Rinse mix CD] I just wanted to just throw them in the way I wanted to, because that’s the way I do it.”

The mix, like his show, navigates skilfully through a blend of upfront dubs, exclusive VIP mixes and certified old school classics taken from the grime, garage, funky, dubstep and bassline canons. “Yeah it’s kind of a good look, because this is the direction I want to be in. It’s important because as me being a music man, I wouldn’t just like to be in one scene. I’d like to conquer a few things. I’d rather try out other things.”

There’s no doubt he’s trying new things, but there’s one thing quite noticeably missing: an MC. While grime mic men are notorious for their disorganisation, this wasn’t a case of MC gone MIA: through this CD and his radio show, Spyro’s making a clear statement. As the genre has evolved, the balance of power has shifted in grime towards the MC. Spyro is re-asserting the DJs’ rights. “The DJ can live without the MC but the MC can not live without the DJ. Because listen: I don’t really need an MC on my show. Why? Because I’ve got his CD in my CD pouch and I could just play it. In a rave I could just play it so him being there wouldn’t really make a difference.” It’s fighting talk but Spyro has the musical firepower to back it.

Spyro began mixing in his bedroom 11 years ago. He collected records feverishly alongside DJ Maximum, who he met when he was 13. Five years ago he got his big break: his own Rinse FM show. Working his way up from the graveyard shift of 3-5am on a Wednesday, he currently has earned himself one of the flagship slots, 7-9pm on a Saturday. At first his mission was to break new talent, now he’s just being Spyro and breaking boundaries instead. “I will never ever limit myself. It’s the way forward. Because if you limit yourself you end up… I wouldn’t say no-one, I’d say no-where. And I want to be in Tokyo… every week. I wanna be there man. I wanna be everywhere!”

Martin Clark
LDN Jan 2009

TRACKLISTING

1. J Mixer - Dem Dem VIP feat Badness
2. Lil Silva – Seasons
3. Sway - F Ur X feat. $tush
4. Skepta – D.T.I VIP
5. Ruff Sqwad - RSMD
6. Reservoir Dogs - Buddha Finger
7. Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U
8. Joker – Retro Racer
9. JME - Standard VIP
10. D.E.A. - So High
11. D.V.A feat Alahna - Im Leaving
12. Maniac - Ouch
13. Deekline - I Dont Smoke
14. DOK – PS VIP feat Lauren Mason
15. DND - I Will Never Leave
16. DOK- Rapid Speed
17. R Ryders - Rubberband feat Karnak
18. Terror Danjah - Interested feat Badness, Bruza & D.E.Velopment
19. Some Treat - Lost in Vegas
20. Ironik – I Wanna Be Your Man (Bless Beats Remix – Inst.)
21. Lil Silva – Funky Flex
22. Most Wanted - Last Man Standing
23. Sticky – Tales From The Hood feat Tubby T
24. D - Ongie Bongie
25. Menta - Sounds Of The Future
26. Teebone - Fly Bi feat Sparks and Kie
27. P. Jam - Unknown
28. Terrah Danjah - Sctoch Bonnet
29. Scratchy - Shangooli
30. Spyro - Shadow Boxing

CLICK TO BUY

Jun 29, 2009 | Categories: Rinse Mixes | 274Leave A Comment »http://rinse.fm/index.php/music/rinsemix/rinse07Rinse%3A07+-+Spyro2009-06-29+12%3A38%3A18admin

Rinse:06 - Plastician

SCENES OFTEN MOVE AS ONE, DRIVEN FROM THE CENTRE BY A CORE OF DETERMINED, LIKEMINDED ENTHUSIASTS.

Wherever the core headz are, is where the movement is at. Sometimes, however, the most creative individuals sit on the edges, orbiting in their own sphere. But Plastician is in an enviable position of transversing both core and margins, centre and edges of both dubstep and grime. On this, the latest edition of the Rinse mix CD series, he takes his own unique trajectory.

South London’s Plastician began DJing as a hobby, listening to late 90’s UK garage and 2step tapes he’d recorded off the radio but it was the twin forces of production and pirate radio that were to put him on the map. “I’d done a few small slots on lesser known stations in South London but I was aiming for a slot on Rinse for some time,” he explains. “I realised that becoming a producer would be a much easier way of gaining the recognition I needed to take my DJing career forward. I picked up production pretty quickly, taught myself most of it through trial and error. Eventually after getting to know Benga and Skream they also taught me a few techniques as we were all producing on Fruity Loops.”

At the time – circa 2002/03 – both dubstep and grime were pretty nascent scenes, with the former still in a period of gestation and the latter about to generate a huge amount of critical hype. Plastician was about to get his first big break. “Slimzee picked up on a track I mailed him called ‘Venom.’ He decided to sign and release the track on his label Slimzos Recordings which in turn had the desired effect of production for me as it linked me up with the guys who were running Rinse. It led to me getting a few guest shows… the rest is history!”

That history includes tracks on Rephlex’s Grime compilation and his own debut album “Beg to Differ,” but he’s the first person to dedicate his progress to the airwaves. “I owe 100% of my success as a radio DJ to Rinse,” he continues. “In the early days it was all about being given the platform to showcase my mixing talents to the London audience, but as the station grew in stature and professionalism, this spurred me on to better myself in presenting an entertaining and informative radio show. Now it’s very much the same - the roster of DJ’s on the station is so respectable that it keeps me well and truly on my toes, and ever-eager to find the next big producer to unleash to the world on my show! There’s a lot of competition out there and it’s very healthy.”

The heart of this Rinse mix is a set of the kind of wobbly, riff-lead halfstep that has become the genre’s mainstream club fodder and you can see clear similarities with the mutating instrumental grime Plastician was pioneering circa 2003 at Forward>> and his short-lived but pioneering rave, Filthy Dub. It’s almost as if while everything around him has shifted, he’s stood his ground.

“I wanted the mix to evolve throughout with different paces and peaking points so I made sure I picked out some more chilled out stuff as well,” he explains. “I also wanted to represent all styles in the mix, so balanced it out with some grime instrumentals, dubstep bangers, some blissed out synthy numbers and even chucked in a live acapella mix for good measure! I wanted it to be personal - I think this mix represents what I’m all about.”

In many ways the mix is as much inspired by his radio show as his club DJing. “For me, radio is all about education, letting the listener know what they are listening to, as well as who it’s by, when it’s out and where they can get it from. I like to play a nice varied selection of styles so to represent the full spectrum of the dubstep and grime movements. When in a club, my set normally depends a lot on the vibe in the venue, what time I’m playing, and generally what I feel people will want to hear on the night. Club DJing is all about entertainment - giving the people something to dance to at the time, and leaving them with something to talk about on the way home.”

In a club, Plastician is a formidable DJ, with high energy mixing that traditionally forced other selectors to up their game. On his Rinse show however, you see another side to Plastician, his awesome sense of humour. “It’s a predominantly dubstep and grime show, but we have been known to drop Phil Collins, MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice and Enya in the past! This is partially Silencer’s fault for being late! We call that ‘injury time’ - if he’s running late we find it quite entertaining for ourselves (and the listeners) to draw for something completely random.”

It’s been entertaining listening to his shows over the years, not least on Skream’s legendary back-2-back show when he got dubbed “Plastic Ian: a very complex polymer,” so it’s little surprise that even Plastic himself is hard pushed to choose his funniest Rinse FM moment.

“There are so many…. some classics include Slimzee building a 10ft tall cardboard studio inside an old office and getting chased into my car by a huge rat! I’ve always enjoyed the banter with the DJ’s on before and after me … I think Monday nights on Rinse could almost certainly qualify as stand up comedy on the airwaves!”

But if you think his on-air-banter is ruff, it’s little compared to the antics of Plastic and his host Nomad, when they get together with their mates, collectively known as the Wotless Crew. Sure, there’s turning up at DMZ Christmas parties in shiny, full neoprene suits. But when they go abroad, it’s on.

“I still think to this day I’ve never laughed at one thing so much as the video of the Wotless Zante 2006 Props on YouTube. Gets me every time!” laughs Plastician. “Spotting my mate pour a fresh bottle of Heineken over his afro-wigged head in front of a baffled barman is one that sticks in the memory.”

“The funniest thing about it was the fact nobody but me and the barman saw him do it - he’d done it completely for his own entertainment, there was not an ounce of showing off involved in the act! Once the beer was empty he simply said ‘cheers mate’ to the barman and walked off.” From Rinse to having a right laugh, that’s just how Plastician rolls.

Martin Clark
LDN Summer 2008

TRACKLISTING

1. Plastician - Flying Dagger
2. Darkstar - Thugged Out 9
3. Skream - Fick
4. Jakes & Joker - 3K Lane
5. Kosheen - Guilty (Plastician Remix)
6. Crissy Criss - Humans
7. Maniac - Wreckage
8. Benny Page & Zero G - Trigger Finger
9. Joker - Digidesign with Unkle Sam - Round The World Girls (Acapella)
10. Plastician - The Clouds
11. Skream -
12. 0 Bit Dreams
13. Maniac - Three Crows
14. Crissy Criss - Fackin Ell
15. DJ Narrows - Starboy
16. Ed Solo - Age Of Dub
17. Plastician - Pushkin
18. K Rio - Headrush
19. Babylon System - Examination Of Time VIP
20. Benny Page - Step Out VIP
21. Jakes - Modem
22. Sukh Knight - Beneath Your Blouse
23. Skream - Filth
24. Crissy Criss - Soap Dodger
25. Crissy Criss - Coco Butter
26. Plastician - Walk In The Carpark
27. Plastician featuring Unkle Sam - Thoughts (Japan)

CLICK TO BUY

Jun 29, 2009 | Categories: Rinse Mixes | 2713 Comments »http://rinse.fm/index.php/music/rinsemix/rinse06Rinse%3A06+-+Plastician2009-06-29+12%3A32%3A42admin

Rinse:05 - Paleface

PALEFACE PLAYS BASSLINE. Though it’s the chart sound of now, he’s been in the game for time. He’s weathered it all. It wasn’t so much Niche, or anywhere in Sheffield, for him, that epitomised the bubbling bassline scene of the mid-noughties, but a cowshed in a village near Leeds. “They’ve got this big arsed… it’s like an industrial estate and this big arsed, massive long… cowshed!! And you go in there, and it’s covered in shit. It’s like the Imperial Gardens in Camberwell, but ten times worse. You go down past the bar, and then down the corridor, and they’ve got this MASSIVE room. NO lights, it’s all dark. That was the venue for bassline, that’s where it kicked off properly, everyone’s talking about Niche, but it was there for 10-12 years, and nothing happened. For me it all started kicking off in Dewsbury, 2006 November times.”

He grew up in South London addicted to drum and bass and tape packs, and was DJing at 14, but as a new little yout he couldn’t get into that scene, it was already dominated. But he met J Da Flex and started making 4/4 garage tunes. “I taught myself. I learned on S3000, Cubase 3, on a Mac OS8.6 I think it was. I had a sampler, samples are easy… but it took me about 7 years to learn to get a mixdown properly!!” Now he’s like the producers he used to look up to, dealing with a next level of cocky little youts armed with the latest sequencing technology. “Back in the day you used to have a massive desk, if you wanted to go out you’d have to leave a big note saying ‘DO NOT TOUCH DESK!!!’ Kids nowadays have it easy, it’s kind of a bit annoying!!”

When he got older he moved up North to get involved with the scene that was to become known as “bassline”, started a record label and threw himself into the raving scene, but eventually the cowsheds tired him and he came back home. In 2007 he came back from Malia where his label Northernline had done a night versus Niche at the Castle Club and broadcast it live, and found that bassline had exploded. “’Everyone was like - ‘bassline’s big!’’’

And in 2008 he got snapped up by Rinse HQ. Though Rinse houses London’s grass roots artists, it’s a long way off from the cowshed. “It wasn’t really a cowshed!! It was called Unit 50 Sheridan, and to be real, Rinse is a completely different experience, but they do both bring something fresh.

What does he have that most London bassline aficionados don’t? The knowledge. Since bassline exploded with tracks artists like H20 & Platinum and T2 getting signed and charting, everyone wants in. It’s just that inauthenticity shows. “They don’t understand why tunes do what they do because they don’t know what the raves are like, it’s a culture innit. So unless you’re living it, it’s not gonna work. It’s like hip hop. You can emulate it but if you don’t have an American accent it’s not the same.”

So Paleface is here to show you that “Bassline is a bigger genre than just “woop woop woop”, organ house and shit”. He says he’s just a regular run-of-the-mill guy but we’re not so sure. After all if the Bassline scene is as is big and important as he tells us it is, that means we’ve asked him to do something big and important.

And we think he’s taken his task very seriously. “I wanted to try and get at least one track that represented each segment of Bassline. Not many people know what this music is, and I wanted to blend together different bits and pieces so the audience gets to know a broad range of what is current at the moment in the bassline scene.”

This is Paleface’s introduction to right-now, grass-roots bassline.

Melissa Bradshaw

TRACKLISTING

1. Shut Ya Mouth - Ill Mana
2. Begging - Paleface feat. Joy & $tush
3. Intent 2 Feel - Wittyboy
4. Dejavu - Mr Figz feat Charlean Dance
5. Bullet (VIP) - Dub Melitia
6. Brighter Day - Rekless
7. Shank Yaself - Jalla
8. On My Way - Burgaboy feat. BM & Screama
9. Think About You (Keynos Refix) - Wittboy & Pyper feat. Kyla
10. Bongo Jam - Paleface
11. Lost Right Here - Paleface feat. Sofia
12. Future - Dub Melitia
13. Karma - Dexplicit
14. Junior Riddem - T.R.C
15. Stomp - Ill Mana feat. P-Money
16. Dutty Bwoy - Mr Hatter
17. Hypnotik - Mr V
18. Selecta - Paleface feat. Viper
19. I’m In Love - Sticky feat. Young London
20. Chocolate - Fingaz
21. Dollar Sign (Dubplate) - Ill Mana feat. $tush
22. Cape Fear - Jalla
23. Wobbler Part 3 - T.R.C feat Trilla & Asher
24. Speakerbox (Remix) - Dub Melitia
25. Are You Ready - Sticky feat. Sym Symi & Creed
26. Headache - DS1
27. Face It - Caliber feat. Teresa
28. Who You Fucking Laughing At - Ben Joel
29. Be Without You - TS7 feat. Nana
30. 25 17 - Keynos
31. Make Up Your Mind - Paleface feat. Shavana
32. Get Ya Tits Out - Wittyboy
33. Free - Ben Joel feat. KT
34. Punishment - GS & Krissi B
35. Magical - DJ Stylez feat Yee-Ling
36. Voicemail - Paleface feat. Gemma Fox
37. I Wanna Dance - Mr Blackfinga feat. QD
38. Oh No - Krissi B feat. Marvin Brown
39. Joy - Paleface feat Kat Blu

Jun 29, 2009 | Categories: Rinse Mixes | 2671 Comment »http://rinse.fm/index.php/music/rinsemix/rinse05Rinse%3A05+-+Paleface2009-06-29+13%3A28%3A00admin