With 27 different artists, Ground Mass’ Year Zero Compilation is definitely one of the best yet!
Everyone from Duckett to Mark Kloud (who started Ground Mass) to Crypticz (who also has a number of Dynasty Shit releases) as well as Graphs, KidLogic, Nonfuture, Chango, and myself (5ifty$ix K).
One of my favorites is probably Boi-A-Gutz’s ‘Detroit Style,’ which has that old skool acidy and ghettofunky kind of beat that reminds me of a different time in electronic music.
I remember growing up in Michigan, driving to Detroit Electronic Music Festival every year and hearing that vocally-driven, fast paced, funky dance music as I arrived in the city. There was something so unique about it, so retro and futuristic at the same time. Eventually, I learned all about Detroit jit and Chicago juke and footwork, and I became a huge fan. However, I always noticed one problem…
Mixing and making tracks became more than an obsession for me, but I always needed to sample vocals from rap songs, because I didn’t want to use my own voice. I soon learned that I was definitely not the only person in that position. The problem, obviously, is that you have to look around forever to find the right rap vocal, and not to mention, if you make ANY money off of it, you’re kinda… breaking the law….
So, I said, “Fuck it, I’m gonna put together a compilation of royalty-free and original vocals designed for footwork tracks. Hundreds of ’em. And they’re gonna be good. Maybe other people can find some use out of ’em, too.”
And with that, another fantastic bag of secret sample weapons was born! So, I hope that they are of some use to you in all of your footworking and juking and ghettohouse production desires. From aggressive chants about destruction in the dance circle; colloquial recitations of different popular moves in the footwork scene in Chicago – ghost, drillin, boppin, mike’s, just to name a few of MANY; as well as HUGE RANGE of other genre-related & energetic phrases & words – this really is the sample pack to help your dance trax.
Even if you’re not STRICTLY a producer of ghettotech/footwork material, but want to introduce a little bit of jukey / footwork influence into your glitch hop and trap tunes, these samples will DEFINITELY help.
There are a number of variations between tone and recording quality in these samples, but they are all perfectly suited as vocals for your next footwork track, as they definitely hold up against a vast majority of pre-existing vocal-driven 160 bpm tunes. Some sound like they were recorded in a basement in Chicago in 1998, some of them (MANY) sound super hi-fi, many of them are pre-cut to a footwork rhythm, and still some of them have a funky mechanized dual-pitched voice effect that is INSTANTLY recognizable in the 160 dance music community as a classic vocal technique. Instant funk. A few of them even sound like Afrika Bambaataa, which is fun. I’m sure there’s something in here to suit your needs; there are 442 different samples. So if you want to spice up your bassy grooves vocally, you don’t need to look around any longer, you’ve come to the right place.
BONUS: And, seeing as I’m not a million dollar company with shareholders, I don’t have to gauge you by charging 50 bucks!! (If you bought this pack somewhere else, you probably would have to pay close to that… I mean, if you can even find a sample pack LIKE this, which I really doubt…)
Bassadelic.com Presents a new vocals package that’s probably going to heighten (and worsen) your obsession with fast dance music from Chiraq. Not that that’s a bad thing, but that’s what probably gonna happen.. A lot of these vocals could provide the entire backbone to a new hit track almost immediately…
Definitely more than just an interest of 5ifty$ix K!!! Here’s even more proof that the breakcore and footwork combination is comin around… a music happening yesterday featured both genres on one stage! Methinks it might be a conspiracy! A conspiracy of whimsy and bass!!!
It’s Memorial Day weekend! Folks are getting out of the house and running around and getting high and having fun and goin on road trips and doin all kinds of shit! So here’s a fun mix to blow your mind away while you enjoy the sun and do whatever you were gonna do. Use this set to turn the volume up on your day! :)
A lot of trax on this one, some of them are classics, and some of them are unreleased and completely brand-new today! Hope y’all enjoy!
0h85 – Bluffin
Public Enemy – Rebel Without a Pause (5ifty$ix K’s edit)
unreleased 5ifty$ix K trak
D12 – Purple Pills
Chango – Lift It Up
Traxman – Off Them Bars (We Leanin Mix)
5ifty$ix K – My Thang
Crypticz – Jungist (Sideswipe Remix)
Venetian Snares – Fuck Toronto Jungle (5ifty$ix K’s edit)
5ifty$ix K – My Name, On Repeat
Ohio Players – Funky Werm (5ifty$ix K’s edit)
unreleased 5ifty$ix Qbert Skratch/Core remix
more unreleased 5ifty$ix stuff
Aphex Twin – Come to Daddy (5ifty$ix’s edit)
Spinscott – Variations
Machette – Ghettoblastah (Akrophobia remix)
Dispondant – Blue Amnesia (Ventah Lazy Feet Remix)
Sully – One Way
Spotovsky – Watafok
DJ Mel Gibson – Dr. Love
Nikes – Elevated
KidLogic – Unkown Entity
5ifty$ix – Brain Drain
The Federation – The Federation Remix (5ifty$ix’s edit)
Heavee – No Excuse
Venetian Snares – Herbie Goes Ballistic (5ifty$ix’s edit)
Machette – Hover
DJ DBK – Grind On Me
redHat – Fr07nL1k3
Mad Cobra – Shot A Talk (Danny Scrilla Edit)
Droppin Science Vol. 1 (Phillip D. Kick’s footwork jungle edit)
5ifty$ix – Nice Rhodes Mix
0h85 – Bluffin
So, the fucking idiot that he is, Yuri decided to do another video. He showed up in office at around 4:30 pm with a sticky VHS tape, demanding that I, “Play this videos for your Bassadelics!” I wasn’t entirely sure how he expected me to do that with a tape, but I was finally able to convert it to a youtube video. So, here is the “thrilling” Yuri video of him reviewing Booms and Claps Vol 1, a compilation by Urple Eeple. Also, Yuri tries to assembly-line-style ‘remix’ all the tracks at once into gabber.
Personally, I would say it was a failure, a disaster, or an embarrassing mistake of video, but Yuri maintains this video is, “More proof that the Yuri have won!” So, I guess it doesn’t matter what I think, when it comes to things like that. Anyway, here is Yuri’s failing awesome video:
So I got word that there’s a brand new electro blues comp comin’ out soon… ‘Electro-Blues Vol. 2,’ and from the preview I heard, it sounds pretty fun.
Who is responsible? These folks:
So, I figure I’ll post the promo given, because they Freshly Squeezed Music wraps up their release pretty nicely.
It’s been just over a year since the launch of Electro-Blues Vol.1. After an incredible 14 months programming stages from Glastonbury to Bestival and monthly residencies in London and Brightons club land, Freshly Squeezed now return with the second instalment of this groundbreaking compilation series and a further 12″ vinyl sampler lifted from it.
Vol.2 whets the appetite for the forthcoming double CD with a second eclectic helping of blues-based dance-floor goodness.
Bobby C Sound TV – “the master of funky breaks” (Krafty Kuts) – and self-appointed president of Ghetto Funk – weights in with a little Rhythm and Blues booty that smashes the door down and totally comes into it’s own at club volume. Ecklectic Mick makes an emphatic return, meeting with Brighton’s studio dub-maestro King Chubby to present a second exclusive slab of wildly infectious blues. And then, to top it all, we throw in an absolute cracker from Switzerland’s Cee-Roo that heats things up to boiling point.
This is tried and tested dance-floor dynamite and expected to disappear off the racks to become a collectors item just as quickly as it’s predecessor.
It’s a tantalising hint of what to expect on the upcoming Electro-Blues Vol.2 double CD compilation, highlighting the broad appeal (and divergent styles) of this micro vintage remix genre that is quickly finding it’s feet. Do not miss. This will fly.
Current roster includes: Swingrowers – JFB – Jem Stone – Swing Republic – Lodekka – Nick Hollywood – The Voodoo Trombone Quartet – Stereo de Luxe – and more
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