King Yoof's Blog

Thursday, 14 June 2012

Remix's/Collabs and new Chunes!!!

Last couple of months i have spent every given moment working on new material, remix's and collaborations.

First of i managed to finish my next E.P. for Sub slayers featuring collaborations with Dj Gold. The concept of my next E.P. is based on the art/sport of Sound clash. I wanted to re vamp or put a twist on some of the old classic dubplates that was and still used today in soundclash.

We wanted to mash up sound clash in a future jungle, dubstep style and bring up to the age of the digital soundbwoy.

King Yoof v Gold (lionfire) presents "Death B4 Dishonour Sound clash series" (Sub slayers).

1) King Yoof: Every night is a soundclash
2) King Yoof v Gold: Tik a tok
3) King Yoof: Call the undertaker
4) King Yoof v Gold: Respect

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO "DEATH B4 DISHONOUR" E.P.

King Yoof v Dassier Chams (Jah Chant)

My other collaboration project that i have just started is with a new Spanish Dj/Producer by the name of Dassier Chams who is based out of Malaga and the only Dj in Spain pushing the Future Jungle (Jungle breaks) sound + D.Chams is also the first female to play this new sound and a name to look out for.

As some of you know that i have spent many years touring in Spain when i produced breakbeat under the Sonz of Mecha guise and the history of breaks/bassline has always been ingrained into the culture and so it is natural now for music to progress and change.

Dassier has a passion for all music such as reggae,breaks,jungle and brought a very "summer time" feel to this collaboration (Jah chant).

King Yoof v Jacky Murda feat Gregory Isaacs (Dub Nurse)

Finally i had the pleasure of working with Jacky Murda on a couple of tracks (still need to finish one of the tracks) but when Jacky brought me a live vocal recording he did with the late but very great Gregory Isaac's my jaw dropped and we quickly did a version of "Night nurse" or our version "Dub nurse" LOL...

this is a real feel good tune and will make you warm and fuzzy inside hahaha... na seriously a tear came to my eye when i was working on the track and i hope this will carry on the spirit of Gregory Isaacs.

Remix's for Shut up and Dance, Saxon sound's, Jinx in Dub, Mr benn & Serocee

Mr Benn feat Serocee "Rising star" Nice Up Recs!

The remix i did for Mr Benn and Serocee is out next month on Nice Up recs!

I had real fun remixing this tune and used most of the parts from the original + i wanted to keep a song structure so i could use Serocee's full vocal.

Serocee is on fire at the moment working with South Rakka's cru, Toddla T but his vocal performance on the Mr Benn track (Rising Star) is his best to date.

Saxon Sound v Dubkinetic "Every day" (E-regular).

Since starting my radio show on www.koollondon.com every friday 5-7pm gmt i have meet some real cool people and one of those is a dj called Dj Maddness who plays before me and his roots go way back + he's associated with the legend's Saxon Sound.

I had already had the pleasure of meeting Saxon Sound head honcho Dennis Rowe and so to be asked to remix them i jumped at the chance as these guys are in my top 10 biggest inspirations.

Vocal performance's come from Daddy Colonel and Papa levi.

Shut up and Dance "Fire"

The same week i had to remix Saxon sound i also was asked to remix my other biggest inspiration in my musical carrear "Shut up and Dance" but the real strange thing was that both Saxon and S.U.A.D had based there tunes on the same sample "The Hard times riddim". Yep it freaked me out and yes i believe syncronisity but both remix's turned out killa

Jay Cunning asked me to remix his latest signing to Sub Slayers "Jinx in dub" who ive been a fan of for years now and it just would of been rude not to of remixed such wiked tune.

Jinx's original version is more on a dubstep vibe but i gave it the 140 hardcore jungle twist.

"Victory is mine".

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO PREVIEWS OF COLLABS/REMIXS

Major Lazer "Original Don"

Something a little bit naughty...

Yep Major Lazer gets a re-lick from myself and Gold

4 x 4 beats, cut up amen's and garage bassline's are the order of the day.

Speed Jungle anyone hahaha

CLICK HERE FOR PREVIEW OF MAJOR LAZER "ORIGINAL DON" RE-LICK

"All the Gyal Dem"

Moombahton anyone???

Lately ive been checking out alot of new sounds and im loving the Moombahton sound that fuse's dancehall, house and basslines.

Many of my closest friends who know me will tell you that i dont have much love for house music and i will be very honest about it but ive finally found some artists that im really feeling of late and so i thought i would slow the tempo down from 140 to 112bpm and get my dancehall moves on in the studio.

I had so much fun writing this track and so expect more moombah from King Yoof

CLICK HERE TO PREVIEW "ALL THE GYAL DEM"

King Yoof' Warrior Charge E.p. Featuring Jah Mirikle

Pleased to announce my latest E.P. is out in all good record/mp3 stores featuring remix's by Gold, Shut up and Dance, Hellfire machina + i King Yoof's reggae remix.

Already this latest release has gained major support from Dj's across the board and was given tune of the month in Dj magazine.

DOWNLOAD HERE TO LISTEN AND BUY WARRIOR SOUND E.P.

ALSO GO AND CHECK OUT THE OFFICIAL WARRIOR CHARGE VIDEO FEAT JAH MIRIKLE.

Top 10 tips on how to spot a true Junglist.

1) A true junglist would name all his/her children Johnny, Ricky and Scottie.

2) “Gun Finger Syndrome” is a big give away when spotting a true Junglist as they will “Bus the Gun finger” at any given chance such as hailing down buses or cabs.

3) A common trait amongst Junglists is the “subliminal one foot skank”.

This is when the person usually walking down the road minding there own business is suddenly overwhelmed by a passing car pumping out Kool Fm and thus the effect is instant and a uncontrollable urge to jump on one foot and bus the skank occurs.

4) In the religion of Jungle a devoted Junglist will wake up every morning to the sound of Remarc’s sound murderer, recite Mc 5-0’s rants word for word like the Koran and bow down to Kenny Ken’s final round at Jungle soundclash video pon youtube.

5) Unless you use the word’s Amen, Cold sweat, Hot pants, Apache then don’t expect much response from a Junglist.

6) Don’t mention General Levi to a true Junglist as this is like fighting talk and is as bad as saying “I slept with your mother”…just don’t go there.

7) Don’t ever get into a heated conversation with a Junglist as they will always win, they have years and years of listening to sound clashs and will start reciting King Addies or Saxon speech’s from old cassettes and you just wont win, expect to hear “ay bwoy you sound just cant test me” or “I come to kill sound me na play no girl tune”.

8) “Extreme double barrel gun finger”.

In some cases of this disorder it can be very extreme as E.D.G.F.S will spread to both hands making normal things such as drinking a cup of tea very difficult.

9) With today’s current trend of EDM a Junglist is finding it harder and harder to survive as a species due to the influx of midrange screechy bass, No women at dances and bare naked men moshing… A true junglist wine up to girls in a rave.

10) A Junglist is for life and not just for Christmas.

Thursday, 16 February 2012

Jungle Unity

It's funny how music goes round full cycle when you follow the history of Jungle music from the very early hardcore days of 1991-1992 when Acid house started to mutate into bigger basslines, Bashy reggae sample's and cut up breakbeats and through the years the tempo got faster and faster.

During the later years the scene split into other genres and terms like Tech step, Liquid,Happy ardcore, Drum and bass popped up but the foundation "Jungle" was always still there.

I remember watching an interview with Rebel Mc (Congo natty) and he said "Im a raver, an original raver and im a yout of the bassline, it was all about the B-line and if it didnt then i couldnt feel the tune".

This sum's it up with where im going with the King Yoof sound and Jungle music in all it's different forms has now joined as one unified scene... Jungle Unity!

I look back to the tunes that really got me interested in the jungle sound from such classics as A Guy called Gerald's "28 gun bad boy" to The Criminal Minds "Baptised in Dub" and of course Rebel Mc's "Tribal bass".

A Guy called gerald

The Criminal minds

Rebel Mc

These producers understood the power of reggae music, Dj's like Slipmatt, Micky Finn, Dj Hype who would all be playing massive Raves s and clubs such as Raindance, Labyrinth, Jungle fever all had a love of reggae music and this would soon become apparent in there productions and dj sets sampling classic reggae and dancehall records, re creating the basslines and cutting up breakbeats to give it its own unique sound.... Jungle music was born

As i said earlier the music would mutate, tempos got faster, production got alot more better with a new breed of producers such as Shy Fx, Remarc, Dillinja, Dj Ron etc and by 93-95 Jungle music had properly taken over the U.K. from the radio stations to the raves and music was now becoming a revolution.

When the press and media start scare mongering about a certain movement and you only have to look back to the days of punk then you know the scene is massive.

Shy Fx

Remarc

Dj Ron

Dillinja

Now its 2012 and the Jungle sound is back in many different forms from the 140 bpm styles of Dubstep with producers such as King Dubbist, Jacky Murda & Itchy Robot + the future jungle sound (hate saying that word LOL) that artists like myself, Gold, Vinyl Junkie, Sanxion,Warrior One, Rack n Ruin, Shy Fx etc are pushing by bringing back that original formula right through to the 175 bpm realms of artists such as Congo natty, Aries, Bladerunner, Lionfire, Serial killaz, Liondub.

This sound is gaining so much support from legendary Dj's such as David Rodigan and Don Letts to taste maker's such as Toddla T , Uncle Dugs and Billy Bunter.

Here are some video's of the artist's i have mentioned

Itchy & Jacky

King Dubbist

Gold

Warrior one

King Yoof

Rack n Ruin

Aries

LionFire

Serial Killaz

Bladerunner

Congo natty

It's a very exciting time at the moment especially when i talk to other Dj's in other scenes who are part of the Jungle Unity and nothing but love is shown and i also feel that people are crying out for some real substance to be heard in the clubs again, i wont harp on about it but to much microwave music is polluting people ears, lets give the people what they want and also something that has some soul and a conscious message. When ever i listen to other people moan about the state of dance music they always 9 times out of 10 say "i wish it was the good old days of jungle"... i think that sums it up.

ALL JUNGLIST'S MUST BIG UP!!!

Sub Slayers show on Kool London every friday 5-7 pm gmt

Just thought id let you know that ive just started a brand new radio show alongside Sub slayer's head honcho Jay Cunning on the legendary Kool London every Friday 5-7 pm gmt

(except for the last friday of the month).

www.koollondon.com

Both of us have a long history of radio from the good old days of the multi award winning Breaks Fm which paved the way for many artist and also Jay's weekly Kiss Fm show.

Both of us are very honored to of been asked to join the Kool London team as this was the station we grew up on and also to be part of the Jungle movement.

If you dont know about Kool's history then you must of been living in the dark age's...

Kool's the longest running multi award winning Jungle/ Drum & Bass/ Hardcore radio station spanning over 20 years with a deep foundation in the early Jungle movement.

The first thing that pops into any junglist's head's when radio is mentioned is "Kool!!!"

Heres a video documenting on the early days of Kool and the early Jungle Movement.

part 1

part 2

part 3

Here is our first Sub Slayer's show in case you missed it.... load's of exclusive's, Jokes and usual pirate banter!!!

http://soundcloud.com/subslayers/2012-02-03-sub-slayers-show

Tuesday, 17 January 2012

YOOF TALKS THE TINGS DEM

2012 is looking already to be a positive and busy year for me, Last year was an excellent year having released my King Yoof’s international Hi-Fi E.P. on Jay Cunning’s Sub slayer’s label which fused all my favourite sounds into one massive cooking pot from Reggae/Jungle + Dubstep.

I didn’t think it would connect as well or sell as well as I thought it would do as it was a very new sound (very different from the music I had made before under my Sonz of mecha guise) but was blown away by the amount of response and support it gained, Was even more blown away by the sales statements especially in these economically challenging times and to find out you had the biggest release on that label. So all gravy baby!!!!

GIVE ME A DUBPLATE AND LET ME MASH DEM DOWN!

(KING YOOF'S WARRIOR SOUND E.P OUT SOON ON SUB SLAYERS)

Fuck me 2012 is already here and I haven’t stopped in the studio applying finishing touches to my next release (Warrior) for Sub Slayer’s which feature’s vocals from Jah Mirikle.

You can hear a clip of it here.

WARRIOR FEAT JAH MIRIKLE

I discovered Jah Mirikle when i had found a video that was doing the rounds on facebook which featured Rodney P,Heartless crew and Jah. His vocals blew me away and so i got him to do a full vocal performance on my latest release. The tune hails back to the golden age of reggae but brought up to date with Jah Mirikle blessing us with his sweet positive vocals.

Heres the video to his collaboration with Rodney P and Heartless crew

I was thinking at first of it being just a single but now ive decided it to be an E.P. as I have remixes from Alex Gold, dubstep’s new kids on the block Hellfire Machina and also dance music legends Shut up and Dance.

The E.p. Will also feature my new dancefloor smash “Every night is a soundclash” which is on the same vibe as Back 2 Hackney or Murderer. Blap blap!

Already support from Jay Cunning, Pyramid, Gold, Shut up and Dance, Billy Bunter,Jacky Murda, Dreadzone, Aries.

You can hear a clip of it here

EVERY NIGHT IS A SOUNDCLASH

While im on the topic of new tunes I had a go at remixing one of my all time fav Jungle tunes from back in the day “SCOTTIE” by Subnation.

Found the original samples from the Evil dead the movie and 10 hours later came up with this lil remix

You can hear a clip of it here

SCOTTIE YOOF 2012 REMIX

I wanted to keep the original vibe of the track and make it more up to date, Already gaining support from Dj’s such as Billy Bunter, Jay Cunning, Pyramid, Vinyl Junkie, Uncle dugs, and various others… this will be a give away on the new Sub Slayers website.

Got a few Collabs under the belt already and have been busy in the studio with Vinyl Junkie, Dj Gold and Pyramid… more news on that in the next blog update.

THE INFORMATION CENTRE

An important website to add to your favourites is the new Sub Slayers website www.subslayers.com If you haven’t already checked it out then your missing out on so much goodness, Loads of exclusive free tunes including the massive remix Gold did of Major Laser’s “Pon di Ghetto floor”, Mixes and interviews with all the artists on the label such as myself, Jay Cunning, Gold, Sanxion, Rack n Ruin, High ranking, Gella, Schema, Twista… Sub Slayer’s is proving to be one of the leaders in pushing Bass music and not being pinned down to one style.

Also don’t forget you can buy Gold’s 4 corners E.P out now on Sub slayers and gaining massive support from Toddla T (Radio 1), Warrior one, Dj Ez, Jacky Murda + many more... Next release is from a new artist from Canada called “Toronto is broken” who is very young, very talented and someone your gonna be hearing a lot of in 2012

REGGAE, REGGAE AND MORE REGGAE AND I LOVE IT

Woke up New Years day to find out David Rodigan received a MBE from the Queen, which was a great excuse to carry on the new years celebrations!

I think it freaks people out especially fellow artists that my main love is Reggae music and when im at home its all you will pretty much hear.

My love of it has stemmed way back to when I was a youngster in the 80’s and fortunate enough to have been around Sound system culture growing up in Lewisham S.E. London home of sounds such as Saxon, going to Reggae Sun Splash at Crystal Palace seeing artists such as Dennis Brown, Sugar Minot, King Yellow man etc.

When you have been around the music and culture its hard not love it, even later on when I found other music such as early rave and Jungle that I was drawn by the reggae influences especially the baselines.

Here’s a true fact for you… Without Reggae and early sound system culture you would not have Hip-Hop or any forms of dance music. In fact no dance music period!

Selectors like Rodigan who started out with a small Record outlet in Lewisham have played a big influence in my life and when you see them receive awards such as the MBE it’s a proud moment for everyone that has loved Reggae music.

One of the things that got me making Reggae influenced music is the preservation of the sound and educating people especially the younger generation that all the music you listen to whether its Dubstep/Jungle/Drum and Bas etc comes from Sound system Culture…REGGAE MUSIC!

YOU KEEP PLAYING THAT BLOODY JUNGLE MUSIC ALL NIGHT!!!

It’s a beautiful thing hearing your tunes played all over the radio, just being in your car and switching your radio on and bopping to your latest tunes is a buzz even when you get to my age lol and it seems the Pirates are all over this new Jungle sound!

From Billy Bunters Kool fm Music Mondays show 12-3pm too Uncle Dugs run come Fridays lunch time show on Rinse fm + during the mid week you can catch Tamsin on Kool fm (Thursdays) + Shut up and dance on Origin fm (Wednesday nights).

Big up all the Dj's/Pirate radios for supporting the sound.

Also stay tuned as Sub Slayers head cappo Jay Cunning and myself will be starting a brand new 2 hour radio show very soon... station details and times will be announced very soon.

JANUARY SALES OVER AT NICE UP!

The good people over at Nice up blog are doing a sale on the latest nice up t-shirts.. a wooping 25% off and only for this month!!!

CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS

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MORE TUNES IN THE DUB BOX

Warehouse wax have just release a brand new E.p. from a brand new artist called Kieran M... if you like your ardcore jungle with that futuristic edge then this is for you, Big things from this 16 year old producer.... Yoof's fav track of the E.p is Soundclash

You can hear a clip of it here

KIERAN M (WAREHOUSE WAX)

I know i have already reviewed Shy Fx featuring Yasmin and said its the best thing since sliced bread... well its finally out + the new version features Miss Dynamite

To top it off the video's not bad either, Big up Shy fx on bringing the true Jungle vibes back!

Last on my list of tunes that should be in your dub box is Hellfire Machina feat Infuze's "Good Love" out now on Lifted Music... sexy beats, thunderous basslines and epic strings, toped off with a killer vocal that takes you back to the good ol days of raving...

This tune is massive and all ready in the top 10 Beatport Dubstep chart with nearly 600,000 plays on youtube.

Friday, 9 December 2011

2011 has flown by!!!

Wow Time has flown by this year and i havent written on my blog for a while now, been busy in the lab getting the new Yoof Riddims ready for next year + other various projects.

If you didnt grab my free remix of Mavado's "wha dem a do" and Fabians dub classic "Prophecy" then subscribe to http://niceupyourarea.blogspot.com/2011/11/king-yoofs-lost-dubplates-vol-1.html

Major support from: Toddla T, Shut up and Dance, Dreadzone, Don Letts, Mr Benn, Pyramid, Jay Cunning, Billy bunter, Vinyl Junkie, Rennie pilgrem, dj Shep dog, Gold, Dj Raggs, Subscape.

October was a busy month promoting the King yoof international E.p. and one of the highlights was playing on Londons longest running pirate radio Kool fm. I have played on many legal stations such as Kiss fm and Radio 1 but when you get asked to play on the station that you grew up on since 1992 then thats a big ting!!!

The whole show was hilarious (Thanks Tamsin) and the phone line/chatroom went crazy for my new tunes with rewinds being asked for every tune i played lol, the studio went into meltdown BIG TIME! even the c.d decks gave up.

Anyway you can listen to the whole 2 hour show just by downloading the link... enjoy!

http://soundcloud.com/king-yoof-sonz-of-mecha/yoofs-guest-show-with-tamsin

11.11.11 was a date i will never forget as it was my birthday weekend...

I had been asked to Dj alongside Jay Cunning and Mc Ken Mac for a Sub slayer's showcase at Epidemiks 16th birthday bash @ the o2 arena in the main room and the place went off!

Want to thank Grant @ Epidemik for putting on one of the best raves ive been to in a long time and for giving us the platform to showcase our sound unlike some promoters who just talk a good job... (promoters you know who you are. shame on you).