A Day Full of Albums

Lately I’ve been shunning records for mixes, but today I listened to a whole load of albums. Fairly eclectic, new and old, very different vibes, unintentionally taking myself on a musical journey…

Miike Snow - Miike SnowBattles - MirroredForeign Beggars - United Colours of Beggatron

Burial - UntrueVenetian SnaresTool Aenima

Miike Snow. I can’t get enough of this eponymous debut. Heart rending melodies with an electro pop twist.

Battles - Mirrored. Original, playfully clever, weird post-rock that it demands your fullest attention.

Foreign Beggars - United Colours of Beggatron. Metropolis really comes through in the Beggars’ third offering, balancing Orifice’s trademark furious flow over some interesting, chunky production. (Killer dubstep crossover track Contact has a sick video, directed by Tony Truand)

Burial - Untrue. Deep, rolling, melancholy half-step full of echoing woodblocks and androgynous vocals. Hauntingly beautiful.

Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Alatt Született. This album was given to me with the correct ascertation “This will change your life”. Luscious, melancholy orchestral pieces masterfully intertwined with staggeringly complex breaks. A masterpiece.

Tool - Ænima. Ferocious prog rock beast full of huge, chugging guitars and Maynard’s powerful vocals. And it features Bill Hicks. Nuff said.

Beardyman feat Foreign Beggars - OH!

Fresh UK sounds as Beardyman teams up with Foreign Beggars on this Bollywood-influenced bass banger. And as if Beardyman’s mush wasn’t funny enough, check out the results when you combine it with Orifice & Metropolis’s…

Shout to bboy Sin for the link.

Jazzsteppa ft. Foreign Beggars - Raising The Bar

I love the rhymes and bounce of the original, complete with full on dubstep meltdown  - but check the Stray Remix too for some rugged Amen savagery. 

Courtesy of Nu:Tone in the now infamous S.P.Y:Tone 1 for 1 b2b set on D&BTV.

Never Say Die T.H.T.F Preview Mix 2012

Foreign Beggars’ DJ Nonames drops another mix to promote the release of ‘The Harder They Fall’, their limited edition vinyl remix package on Never Say Die. 
The Eddie K & Statix refix of Alix Perez collab, ‘LDN’ lays their machine gun bars over a meatier, falling bassline to deadly effect, impressively subtle work from the producer of Serial Killa.
On the other hand Datsik brings his trademark industrial, robotic sound to ‘Solace One’, which combines with the Beggars’ sinister lyrics for an all-out slab of brutal aggression. 
Plenty of big tunes across grime, dubstep and d&b in the mix as you’d expect from Nonames, with the audio battering of Lethal Bizzle’s ‘Not A Saint’, Kito’s dope ‘Split The Atom’ remix previously posted on BB&C and the omnipresent, ever-huge ‘Marka’.

Foreign Beggars - Palm of My Hand

Production by the one like kidkanevil. Featuring footage from UKF Bass Culture at Brixton Academy. Think there may still be pieces of my mind left on the floor from that set.

Son of Kick - EOW ft. Virus Syndicate & Foreign Beggars

BANG!

This tune is so big. Warning: video may cause feelings of unease

Alix Perez - Monolith ft. Foreign Beggars & Jehst [LIVE]


Live performance from the Shogun Audio warehouse party. Shame O.V. wasn’t there but still dope to see Perez, Metropolis and Jehst on the same stage!

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