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Snap, Crackle....Drop! #5

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KutskiKutski|11:46 UK time, Friday, 27 May 2011

So this week, we're on a UK hardcore special tip, and I spent a good while digging through creates of old records to find a specific forgotten classic. Back in the 90's Hixxy and Sharkey's "Toy Town" was the definition of the UK hardcore sound. You simply could not go to a rave and not hear a mix or remix of this track! Unfortunately that lead it to tip the scales into the 'overplayed' creator where we haven't heard much of it again since! But for the sake of nostalgia, i'll quite happily put my head on the block and pull this one out of the archives one more time... Even if it is just to check out Hixxy's ponytail on the sleeve artwork hehe...

My crazy life

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ChuckieChuckie|17:41 UK time, Tuesday, 24 May 2011

Hi, I’m Chuckie and I’m a resident DJ on BBC Radio 1’s In New DJs We Trust. My radio shows are always inspired by whatever happened on tour. And I can tell you, a lot happens on tour!

In between my monthly residency on In New DJs We Trust I try to keep up with my tour schedule… The last two years have been very hectic for me!

This last month I did the infamous Coachella Festival in Palm Springs… But I missed my flight so my only option was a private jet. Otherwise my agent would kick my @#$#%! So I had to take a picture from the sky of Coachella :


Oh, and I ran into… uhm… what’s her name again?
Chuckie with Paris Hilton


After that I went to Los Angeles to do a last minute studio session with Three 6 Mafia:

Chuckie with Three 6 Mafia


ThenI went straight to Australia for the Creamfields Tour with Deadmau5, Skrillex, Martin Solveig and more! I must say that I love the Ozzies!!!! They keep thair hands up all night!

Hands in the air in Australia


It was a really fun tour for me, going to Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Canberra and Adelaide. But you need to have a good rest and get your vitamin level up:

Menu at the juice bar

I had a few shots there. But don't worry... it’s just lemonade! LOL!

Shots of Lemonade

The one thing I like about touring is meeting all the great artists on tour like this legend, Derrick May! He has the funniest stories!

Derrick May and his records

In between the gigs i like to go to the studio. I did a studio session with TV Rock in Austalia:

TV Rock in the studio

But at the parties we go crazy! Here’s Deadmau5 hanging on a chandelier!

Deadmau5 on a chandelier

What a fun month it's been!!! If you want to hear more about Australia and some of the tunes that worked for me out there, have a listen to my In New DJs We Trust Show this week!

Ok, time now for some more music!!!

Screen shot

See ya next month...
Chuckie.

Toddla T at Big Weekend

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Toddla TToddla T|22:10 UK time, Thursday, 19 May 2011

What a sick weekend at the BBC Radio 1 Big Weekender @ Carlisle that was… My highlight was the Dut Bug… What, i hear you ask! Well, more to be explained in this video I shot up there: https://youtu.be/k282bKZBx5E.

Dut Bug

For more info on the madness listen back to my show from this week: www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/innewdjswetrust and let me know what your highlights from the weekend were.

Maaad ting!

Tee x

Rob Da Bank at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Carlisle

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Rob da BankRob da Bank|18:00 UK time, Tuesday, 17 May 2011

Ellie Goulding at Radio 1's Big Weekend

I've made it am wearing shorts! Yes I’m feeling brave- not only that it won't rain but also exposing my white pins to the hordes of 1 Big Weekenders. I was doing my alternative soundtrack to King Kong in Manchester last night which is a whole other story so I was feeling a bit knocked off after a long night but as soon as I got here and felt the vibes they shook me wide awake and ready to rave.

I’ve just come off blasting the Outdoor Stage where I was sandwiched between MistaJam and Pete Tong versus Vernon Kay. I like to think I was a fairly meaty filling and it seemed to go down well! I was joined by a new addition to the da Bank family MC Chunky who hails from the Rainy City and know how to get a party started! Big tunes for us coming from the Heatwave mix of Adele, House Of Pain, Boys Noize, Rusko and Justice.


This is my fifth Big Weekend and it’s such a mega line up here I’m not sure what I’m gonna catch next as I dash about one minute drenched head to foot in rain the next striping off in the sunshine. I’ve already seen Panic At The Disco rockin out, Jessie J with the audience in the palm of her hand, Ellie Goulding in some saucy denim shorts smacking out Starry Eyed and just caught the end of Rizzlekicks at the Introducing Stage who are set for BIG THINGS, believe me! Chase & Status are literally levitating with energy as I speak but the big question is whether Lady Gaga will be brave enough to wear her meat dress tomorrow - she might get eaten alive by the rabid rabblerousers here
If you didn’t make it to Carlisle I hope you’re checking it out on the wireless. See you next Saturday on air folks. Set your alarm!

PS: You can also watch pretty much every performance and check out hundreds of photos online at the Big Weekend website

Kutski at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Carlisle

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KutskiKutski|17:54 UK time, Tuesday, 17 May 2011

I never feel more bless to be involved with Radio 1 then when I'm asked to play the live events, and this peaks every year with Radio 1's Big Weekend - a two day free festival!! This year we headed up north to Carlisle with a crazy lineup of pop starts along with my fellow jocks on the station!! The weather was FAR from great, but Carlisle represented BIG TIME :D Highlights for me where Kissy Sellout and Toddla T's sets, and despite going in to catch the beginning of Gaga, I was soon attract like a moth to a lamp, back to the outdoor stage where Annie Mac was belting out the underground beats!! Thanks to everyone who came out for the rave! Great to see hard dance music being so amazingly accepted at such a commercial level!
Watch loads of videos and check out pics from Big Weekend here.

Kutski's Snap, Crackle....Drop #3

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KutskiKutski|12:18 UK time, Tuesday, 10 May 2011

This week I've gone for something on a rougher tip, something would would fit perfectly is our 'Hardest Record' feature, something EVIL!! When I was create digging for the feature earlier in the week, this badboy jumped out at me because of the artwork, the same as it did in the record shop when i bought this a decade ago! From a little know artist making his mark on the scene back then, now turned international superstar of the hardcore scene, this was in fact only his 3rd ever release form back in 2001, Evil Activities with X-Tinction!!

Seth Troxler's Essential Mix

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Seth TroxlerSeth Troxler|11:25 UK time, Friday, 6 May 2011

Seth Troxler

Being asked to do an Essential Mix by Pete Tong was a huge honour for me and so to do it justice I really wanted to convey my own identity as a DJ to the Radio 1 listeners. To do this I was adamant that I wanted to do this mix live and not resort to mixing it digitally using a program like Ableton. I like the feeling of a live mix and think that to do one on the radio makes it a lot more fun and spontaneous. All DJs make mistakes and I think these add character to a mix and show that the records aren't being played by a robot.

With this in mind this mix was done using just a pair of turntables, a mixer and a copy of Traktor hooked up to a Native Instruments X1 effects controller, though no beat-gridding or auto-syncing was used. The funny thing was, as I've just moved to London and so all of my stuff is either in storage or in transit, I found it surprisingly hard to find someone with a set of decks on which to do the mix. Luckily, in the end my good friend Jamie Jones came to the rescue and so this mix was done in one take on the decks set up in his living room. I'd like to thank Jamie and all of his housemates for putting up with me playing loud techno in their front room while some of them were just waking up after a particularly heavy weekend! I hope you enjoy the mix, let me know what you think to it here.

Seth Troxler

:: Listen to Seth Troxler's Essential Mix (from 0300 on Saturday the 7th of May 2011)

Ms Dynamite's Neva Soft

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MistaJamMistaJam|18:00 UK time, Thursday, 5 May 2011

Ms Dynamite & MistaJam Hello Dance Bloggers. For those who don't know, I'm MistaJam - Radio 1Xtra and Radio 1's Dubstep and Bass music go to guy! They've finally given me a full login to the Dance blog so expect some irregular ramblings from me about things that are going off in my world.

It's been a while since we've had a new Ms Dynamite record. Although you wouldn't guess as she's been pretty much everywhere over the past few years by working with and featuring on tracks with pretty much the who's who of the modern UK Bass music scene. Fitting time in to work with The Nextmen & Groove Armada's Andy Cato ('Lions Den'), DJ Zinc ('Wile Out'), Geeneus ('Get Low'), Redlight ('What You Talking About'), Magnetic Man ('Fire'), our very own Toddla T ('Want U Now'), old sparring partner Sticky ('Bad Gyal') and of course Katy B on the #4 charting UK funky smash 'Lights On'; it's hard to believe that the last time we got a full Ms Dynamite solo release was in 2005!

Working with certified hitmaker Labrinth - who she now shares management with - she's more than delivered with the record that is my Jam Hot Record of the Week this week and was premiered on my Monday night BBC Radio 1Xtra show: 'Neva Soft'. Starting with a old skool reggae-influenced intro (even though it sounds like it, it isn't a sample - testament to Lab's production skill), the track breaks down into a modern Dancehall inspired analogue bass fest that's not a million miles away from the classic Sleng Teng riddim or anything you may have heard on the Major Lazer album. Following the response from the 1Xtra audience (and the amount of times I've been listening to it in the car!) I personally think it could & should be massive this summer and is definitely the return to form I've been waiting for.

If you missed the premiere, you can catch it along with an interview with her thanks to the joys of the BBC iPlayer here - alternatively, I'll also be spinning it on my 1Xtra show tonight at 7.40pm, on my Saturday night Radio 1Xtra & Radio 1 show and as Annie Mac is the only other DJ with a copy of the record, I'm pretty sure she will be giving the record it's Radio 1 premiere on Friday. Once you've heard it, let us know your thoughts!

Snap, Crackle, Drop #2

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KutskiKutski|12:25 UK time, Tuesday, 3 May 2011

So what I hear you ask, could a house hold cleaning device have to do with rave music?

Well...."VVVvvvvvvvv"... Any closer? Let me explain. Way back when, Roland created a synth that was adopted heavily by the rave scene. Think of the riff on Prodigy - Charley, then you may see why this sound had been affectionately dubbed the Hoover!

Which brings us on to this weeks selection for "Snap Crackle Drop". Each killer music movement has to start with one seminal track, and with the Hoover, after many discussions with fellow rave music enthusiasts we agree this was the first track to be written specifically around this sound, which spurned a whole revolution in rave!!

Get your hoovers fired up and prepare for the fasted house cleaning ever, it's time for Second Phase - Mentasm.

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