New Release - Get Dirty EP

On July 20th Soundfreq Music will be releasing my Dirty Verde EP.

This is a 3 track banger with two originals and a tool track. We are giving away the lead single, "Gato Means Cat", for a limited time. This track has received nods from Donald Glaude, Simply Jeff, and Matty Scoll.

Watch your bassbins and be sure to support when the EP comes out.

Gato Means Cat by natemetro

You can also visit www.BadMammaJamma.com for a FREE download. Then the whole EP will be released exclusively on Juno July 20th and iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, Rhapsody, BeatsDigital, and more on August 3rd.

Just Another Michael Jackson Blog

So, I actually started to write a blog the evening of Michael's death but just could not find the words. The more I cruised around online the more I saw that others were able to immediately emote in a way I can't.

Then I remembered an anecdote I was raised on. It goes like this:

Take an entire library system and narrow it down to one library.
Take that one library and isolate a single section.
Within that section, find a shelf.
On that shelf search for a single book.
Open that book and find a chapter.
Then a paragraph.
Then a sentence.
And finally, a single word.

Though I can't think of the one word that sums up my feeling of MJ and his passing I can get it down to two: Thank you.

We Don't Speak Starbuckian

Geah. VJ Soss for that ass.

COP CAR Debut This Monday!

Monday June 8th COP CAR's debut release on BassBoogie, Loosen It Up, hits stores.

Well, ok. A store. But fuck it, we're proud. You can grab it at Junodownload.com under the breakbeat section. arcOne and I have been dropping this track for a minute and we can both tell you that it is kind of like a big dope reset button for the dance floor. As soon as it drops silly drunk girls put down their drinks jump around while dudes start making all sorts of faces like they are taking Myspace pictures. Trust me, its ridiculous.

If for some reason you just don't want to spend the $1.50 or so for some fresh music that may get you dusted off at the end of the night, just holler and I will see if I can slip you a download. We understand there is a recession and shit and for Christ's sake, we're not animals!

Free Shit!

So, SoundFreq Music's mastermind and veritable the Chuck Noris of EDM, Steve Konkel, was over at my crib the other night and we decided to fire up the ol' Serato and mix some tracks. To make things easier we decided to just throw his music on my computer and play off of it.

When all was said and done I found this little nugget he left behind. Turns out it's a fun remix he made and never intended to let it leave his playlist. Well, there goes that plan!

When I told him I wanted to post it for you cats to download he first said no. Then, in the Nate Metro style, I got him liquored up and pestered him until he decided to finally let me have my way.

Enjoy!


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"Chiller" Steve Konkel

COP CAR is joining the ranks and other news...

BassBoogie is proud to announce that we have signed COP CAR to our roster.

Who is COP CAR? We are not really sure except that he has been feeding us some pretty dope shit on the slide and we had to make him set up a myspace page.

So go add him and keep your eye out for future releases.

In other news, I just wrapped up a remix for Soundfreq's Steve Konkel on his new monster track, "Welcome Danger". Be sure to check the fuck-step breakdown. The samples are from an actual Speak n Spell and there is a preview available on JunoDownload. The release is slated for June 15th.

Flashing Lights Are Bright

What happens when you get three of the dopest DJ's in New York together? Apparently you get Flashing Lights. DJ Ayres (T&A Records, The Rub), Jubilee (Nightshifters Records) and Nick Catchdubs (Fools Gold co-founder) have teamed up to to bring the people of Brooklyn a bad-ass time.

The best part for all of us too far from the party to make it? So far they have released three mixes to promote their night. Theses mixes aren't exactly new to many but when I stumbled on them a few months ago they quickly became favorites. They are all super clean, diverse, and contain many advance promos and rarities.

DJ Ayres has long been a favorite of mine with his diversity and fearless use of music that is not always the best known or immediately accepted. I mean shit, I even have a crunk mix by him that is sick. I am thouroughly impressed with the quality of all three and feel that together they kill it.

Big up Ayres. Big up Catchdubs. Big up Jubilee. Keep it coming.


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Flashing Lights Mix 1

Flashing Lights Mix 2

Flashing Lights Mix 3

Watch your bassbins UK!

We are proud to announce that BassBoogie will now be releasing tracks by Select-All and others on Juno Download!

Stay tuned for exclusives and promos before release.

Holy Toledo!

Got a dope heads up from a friend of mine, DJ G-Rising, who is a Canadian ex-pat running a fresh nightclub down in Costa Rica.

He told me about Toledo, who is blowing up and just finished some touring. They have such a unique sound that blends dancehall, reggae, and hip-hop with a nice blend of English and Spanish. I also appreciate their state side quality production.

Just thought I would share as big tings are coming from these guys. Can you say collab?

We're Number Five! We're Number Five!

Screen shot taken 5/12/09 at 11:30pm PST of the Electro House New Tracks Chart. At the time of writing this we actually fared a little better on the New Release Chart holding a number one.

Well, Eat Meat came out on Monday and it appears to be doing well. We are steadily holding good chart ranking on the various JunoDownload charts including this one. While the link is not static and the results are always changing, rest assured we have PLENTY of screen shots for the old scrap album!

While fifth place may not be first, I'm ok with that. This being my first release not as a remixer I think its pretty cool and damn it, I'm proud. So I have decided to go ahead and talk Stevie and the SoundFreq crew into printing some t-shirts that proudly state: "We're Number Five!" Why? Because mediocricy is, well, just OK with me.

Now, taking my tongue out of my cheek, rumor is that a 'staff pick' recommendation is coming from the crew over at BeatsDigital. Thank you guys in advance! They have been nothing short of awesome with us.

On the flip side of the Awesome Coin, AudioJelly still hasn't uploaded the track to their store though the release took place two days ago. Guess those cats either don't give a fuck or need a better calendar app for their iPhones. Thumbs up in the professionalism department! Now, I'm here writing this and wondering if they may read it and get pissy but even if they do, it will obviously take at least a couple days for them to let me know.

Thank you to everyone who has supported this release. If you haven't scooped a copy yet, then please support and get it here. Then, hit me up on the space and let me know what you think.

Eat Soundfreq For Dinner

I am proud to announce that I have joined the SoundFreq Music family and will be releasing originals and remixes on a near monthly basis with them.

The first release is EAT MEAT and features several remixes including one by Shush Music's resident bad ass Matty Scoll. It will be available on May 11th on JunoDownload, BeatsDigital, and AudioJelly.

Be sure to check out all three mixes. The original is a dirty bassline four on the floor with some nice percussion while Matty's Booty Bridge remix is some dope techy house with a nice flip on the bassline, and the Select-All 'Fuck Step' mix is for all you half time and break beat heads.

HYPHY REGGAE - YACEK (NATE METRO'S GUNSHOT MEAN FORWARD REMIX) RELEASED!!!

THANKS SHUSH MUSIC!

Picture this...

This is freekin' crazy. I was fumbling around the net and stumbled a dude named Bastwood's site. This cat has done some super nerdy bad ass shit and figured out how people like Aphex Twin and Venetian Snares have used images to make music. I know, I know, sounds nuts right? Well here's the fresh part. By using a spectrometer program you can actually see the images.

Make sure you check out his page and some of the links provided. I would be happy to write how this all works but you may just want to get it from the source. Since this technique has been around for atleast a decade I wonder how many have actually used it.

It's been a long time... sorry I kept you.

Well, friends, it looks like I fell off the blog wagon for a minute, but fear not - I'm back. Shit has just been mad hectic lately but I have some cool shit to share. Also, feel free to contact myself or ArcOne if you have any good stuff you think we would like to post up.

Fist off, this may not be news to those of you who are cruising blogs on a regular basis, but I really want to share a great resource for some fucking awesome choons in case you don't know. Head over to the Mad Decent Radio site and cop yourself some great sessions.

There are shows by South Rakkas, DJ Sega, Boy 8-Bit, and more. Of course the captain of the ship, Diplo, has several entries of his own that are fiya.

On another tip, if you aren't familiar with Million $ Mano, you would be well served to check his business out. This Chicago cat has been putting out some joints and mixes that have kept me pretty open. His Space has some mixes available for download. Good shit.

Finally in closing, I would like to pay my respects to the late Club Queen K-Swift. I am ashamed to say I really didn't know that much about her before her untimely passing except that a very large percentage of my influences were influenced by and worked with her. I recently read a bio on her and was absolutely blown away. She accomplished so much and brought so many together. It is always sad to see an electronic music soldier fall - especially so young.

All my respect to her family and loved ones.

How to do a mashup

I think this is what happens to old people when they drink too much Mountain Dew.

Down with automation, up with humanation.

In my usual late night ritual of watching YouTube videos I came across this link of Prince Jammy in the studio throwing down some dub mixes. I have always been impressed by the fact that all the mixing was done spontaneously in real time while the tune runs down and the whole movement and texture of the songs are dependent on fader moves, knob-tweeking and lots of space echo. In this world where almost all music is heavily programed I appreciate a time where you could make sonically groundbreaking music by real time experimentation and console tweeking.

On a side note I really like the sound of old Electrodyne aka. Quad Eight aka. Sphere recording consoles. It really is the perfect medium between Neve and API modules. You can read a good article about the history here.

Extra bonus points on this video for the use of the chalice at the end. This is probably one of the more essential elements in the production and appreciation of dub.

Chicken TENORI-ON with a side of rice, please.

Every once in a while some shit hits the shelves that just makes you tingle in places usually reserved for private time. Yamaha's new TENORI-ON ($1,200.00) is just that type of business. I read about this some time ago but it's absence from many of the blogs I read as well as this one compelled me to post up about it.

Japanese eccentric inventor and media artist Toshio Iwai has come up with the ultimate electronic stage tool as far as I am concerned. While the factory sounds featured by the press releases may only serve to create a bunch of Plastikman knock offs or rich kid's toys, the overall flexibility of the unit is where, in my opinion, the real potential comes in.

Don't get me wrong, with a pair of headphones and a long flight this would be fun but with the addition of it's sampling ability, 256 'buttons', and to me most importantly its mini-DIN MIDI out, I think this little bad boy will soon be wrecking some sequencing shop around the globe.

I have not found a lot of information about using it as a straight MIDI trigger device but would like to research this option more. It would seem that if you used it in one of its 6 modes this would be possible.



The sampling feature is also very important to me. I like that you can easily load custom sounds into the device and go to town. Here is a video from youtube that shows this functionality. Though not the most musical example, it looks fun:



I definitely appreciate the TENORI-ON's unique and visual approach to creating music. I feel that all this little bad-ass needs is a little better price point and it will take off.

Dope shoes that I will never afford (part 1)

The Air Force 1 designed by Kaws comes in black and features neon yellow accents on the laces, transparent sole as well as in the form of Kaws cross eyes on the stitching and the tongue tag. If you are a sneaker nerd then peep 1world project for more info.

unsoundbwoy-big choons fi download

Australia native unsoundbwoy is becoming one of my favorite people in the future-dub movement. He he posted a bunch of links to some very good tunes he has been working on so I figured I might as well share the love. The cats over at Croaking Lizard have been making some big noise and bridging a lot of gaps with a "good music is fucking good music" attitude. There are some awesome quality mixes on the site ranging from dub, roots classics, dancehall, hip-hop, jungle, breakcore and assorted other madness for your downloading pleasure. Download the tunes below (recommended for optimum use in a soundclash).

All tunes in 320k
Rave or Die version
Raggamuffin Whiteman-Dutty Wine and Hot Fuck (USB remix)
Electroplate version
O.G.
Breathe
Dubplate Informer
Glauacoma
Incorporated
Kick the Man
Miso
More Fire
Ruff Ryders
Tek Ya Time Inna Di Darkness
Gurning
We are the Ruffest

Too much free time

Whoa. I really can't figure out if this is the coolest dorky guy I have seen in a while or the dorkiest cool guy. The fact that he uses an oscilloscope for its highest and best purpose - to look at - is pretty sweet though. Once they figure out all three chords needed to rock the casbah and come up with some better material they will be unstoppable.



The scary part is that he has named and assigned personalities to each of the robots. This is definitely not healthy.

BAD NEWS: Even being a blueberry harvesting engineer has a slow season.
GOOD NEWS: One step closer to getting the hot robot chick I was promised when I was a kid.

I want a t-shirt.

Do I ever get tired of R.A.W.?

This clip from R.A.W. is what I like to see. The first time I saw this cat was sometime in the mid-late nineties in a dirty warehouse in Seattle. Before he came out the music stopped - something rare back then unless the boys in blue were breaking it up. At that moment two dudes came out with hoodies on and hyped the crown while R.A.W. strutted out. He then proceeded to treat the turntables like little whores.

I love that in this clip I have no idea what kind of mixer he is on and he still fucks it up. So much for being particular when you are a badass.

Kobe...tell me how my ass taste.

I have never really considered Shaq to be a good rapper. That "No Hook" tune he did with the Wu-Tang Clan was pretty fresh but I think it is a pretty good assumption Wu-Tang had more to do with that than Shaq. I admire the fact that he disses Kobe in public, especially considering the fact that Kobe is a big douche bag. I also love the fact that he gets the whole crowd singing "...tell me how my ass taste" by the end of the whole thing. For that reason alone I will forgive him for making Shazam.

Smorkin'

I never considered myself vulnerable to becoming a toy collector. In fact, I feel that toy collectors are in a league of nerdyness all their own. They may even be more freakish and annoying than comic book collectors. Nonetheless I have acquired a recent addiction to Frank Kozik designed vinyl figurines, specifically his series of Smorkin' items. Perhaps it is because tobacco is one of my favorite vegetables.

Peep Frank's website. He is one of the best in concert poster art and continues to release new items with his politically oriented style with a dose of irony and sarcasm. If any readers want to get me a Christmas present than I recommend getting me the bronze Smorkin' Joseph Stalin.

Artbreaker Paper Planes Remix

Though I haven't met Deck3r or even spoke with him, ArcOne gives him a big up and I have been thoroughly impressed with his Grind Thieves blog. The frequent quality posts keep us on our toes as well as informed and educated.

He threw up this M.I.A. remix today and it's straight fyre. Not for the faint of heart this shit blows up the Amen break in style.

Also make sure you check out his recent post on the Golden Ratio and the Amen. Werd.

MIA Paper Planes (Artbreaker Remix)

Artbreaker on the Space

Girl Talk: Feed the Animals

If you haven't heard any of Girl Talk's stuff yet you're missing out.

Just last week Greg Gillis, a.k.a. the party rocking 'Girl Talk', released his latest mix and the shit is damn good.

Until this mix I have been a more of a fan of Girl Talk's energetic live sets and mashy remixes. Don't get me wrong, his "Night Ripper" mix was off the hook but it lacked the level of depth this mix has. Let me put it this way, I have had it for three days and still haven't wrapped my head around the whole thing.

GT's phrasing and transitions are more musical and mature than previous releases. His use of more than 300 samples in 55 minutes is ridiculous. The most refreshing part is that Feed the Animals is only currently available online through the "name your own price" system. I know this has been done before but I can't help get a little tingly feeling every time I see an artist give the finger to the traditional music biz model. The website says: "Any price grants the download of the entire album as high-quality 320kbps mp3s $5 or more adds the options of FLAC files, plus a one-file seamless mix of the album $10 or more includes all of the above + a packaged CD (when it becomes available)"

So, skip your Starbucks today and grab this. It will make your day. I highly recommend getting the tracks and the seamless version so you can hear it the way it was intended.


Get it HERE.