And finally…
Our latest release by the San-Francisco based monster Ghosts On Tape is almost ready. You may have gathered from his track on our Wireblock 002 compilation that GoT is one of these dudes who effortlessly manages to join the dots between many of the genres we love so much, taking the best elements of UK Funky, Dancehall, Bmore and some un-classifiable sh*t we can’t even begin to label.
The resulting Predator Mode EP is the hottest tropical bouillabaisse you ever tasted, and to top it all off, we only went and got a remix from the UK Funky don known as Roska.
With fans already including Modeselektor, Hudson Mohawke, Diplo, Martyn, Kode9, Rustie and more, you want to get onto this sharpishhh. You heard it here first - standby for vinyl and digital in the next few weeks.
Ghosts On Tape
Predator Mode w/ Roska Remix
WB009
A1. Predator Mode
A2. Predator Mode (Roska remix)
B1. Equator Jam
B2. Straight From Cassette
Buy from one of these guys:
Vinyl @ Rubadub
Vinyl and Digital @ Boomkat
Vinyl and Digital @ Bleep
Digital @ Juno
Digital @ Beatport
Vinyl @ Red Eye
Digital @ Turntable Lab
Digital @ iTunes
Hudson Mohawke’s (incredible) debut album ‘Butter’ is forthcoming on Warp. We thought it was about time to remind you of these bootleg tracks he made a few years back and we released on a hyper limited 12inch with our brethren at LuckyMe - if anything just to make sure these had a place in history rather than just a place on our corrupted hard drives.
Ultra limited repress hitting stores in the next month - if you slept on it first time around don’t do it again. Second editions will come with a green/blue B-side (different to the Red B side of first editions).
Grab 2 free tracks from the EP here
Hudson’s album launch party will take place in Stereo at our club Numbers on Saturday 18th October
Holler at us with any questions
More Hudson Mohawke Butter Info At Warp
The crew at XLR8R magazine in the US featured us for their ‘Labels We Love’ series (thanks!) and asked for a podcast to go with it… so we stepped up.
Check out the tracklisting below, mixed by Spencer and Nelson, and grab the mix at XLR8R. Hope you like it - there’s some previews of upcoming Wireblock and Glasgow stuff in there to test out and a few sick bits made by people we’re really into right now.
Shouts to all the artists and labels music we used - please support them by buying their music and going to see them play. If you like it, do your friends a favour and tellem.
DOWNLOAD WIREBLOCK XLR8R PODCAST MIX HERE
LABELS WE LOVE: WIREBLOCK FEATURE HERE
Wireblock XLR8R Podcast Tracklist
mixed by Nelson and Spencer
Spencer:
01 Redinho “Intro”
02 Redinho “Bare Blips” (Numbers)
03 Hudson Mohawke “Ooops” (Wireblock X LuckyMe)
04 Rustie “Keesha Resmack” (Unreleased)
05 Ghosts on Tape “Straight From Cassette” (Wireblock)
06 Slugabed “Barbara” (Numbers)
07 Hudson Mohawke “Acoustic Lady” (Warp)
08 Harmonic 313 “Computer Bridge”
Nelson:
09 Fatima Yamaha “What’s a Girl to Do” (D1)
10 Donae’o “Riot Music” (Universal)
11 Redshape “Dog Day” (Millions Of Moments)
12 Ying Yang Twins “Shake (feat. Pitbull)” (TVT)
13 Break Machine “Are You Ready” (Judge Chop)
14 Hard House Banton “Sirens” (Spoilt Rotten)
15 Enur feat. Natasja “Calabria 2007 (Acapella)”
16 Untold “Just For You (Roska Remix)” (Hotflush)
17 Pierre’s Pfantasy Club “Mystery Girl (Set Me Free)” (Wireblock/Numbers)
18 Ghosts on Tape “Predator Mode” (Wireblock)
19 Lando Kal “3D Action Jackson” (Numbers)
20 L-Vis 1990 “United Groove (MJ Cole Remix)” (Mad Decent)
Spencer:
21 808 State “Flow Coma (AFX mix)” (Men/Rephlex)
22 Model 500 “No UFOs Loop” (Metroplex)
23 Mr Oizo “Positif” (Ed Banger)
23 Sparky “Portland” (Stuffrecords/Numbers)
24 Modeselektor “Silikon (Siriusmo Remix)” (BPitch Control)
25 Alex Cortex “Phlogiston” (PAL)
26 Close Up Over (a.k.a. The Black Dog) “Olivine” (Warp)
27 Joy Orbison “J. Doe” (Doldrums)
28 Wedge & Shadz “Running Away (Guido Remix)” (If Symptoms Persist)
29 Taz Buckfaster “Strikefirst” (Numbers)
30 Joy Orbison “Hyph Mngo” (Hotflush)
31 Afrika Hitech “Blen” (Warp)
32 Zomby “Digital Fauna” (Brainmath)
33 DJ Assault “Techno Freak” (Assault Rifle)
34 Remote “The Swarm” (Underground Resistance)
35 Moderat “Seamonkey (Untold Remix)” (BPitch Control)
36 Rustie & Joker “Play Doe” (Kapsize)
37 Martyn “Vancouver” (3024)
38 Guido “Orchestral Lab” (Punch Drunk)
39 Hudson Mohawke - FUSE (Warp Forthcoming)
Finally it’s time to unleash the beast. Rustie’s ‘Bad Science’ will be available next week (17th August) at all fine record stores across the galaxy and beyond.
First pressings (all the ones out on release date) feature a sick picture sleeve with spot varnish (shiny text, see below) designed by our friends Remote Location and Konx-Om-Pax. That’s ‘limited edition’ if you need it spelled out.
For this heavily anticipated release, we’ve also tempted a rare remix from Heinrich Mueller; being one of both Rustie and Wireblock’s all time heroes through his work as one half of Drexciya and his Dopplereffekt, Der Zyklus and Japanese Telecom guises. If you don’t know… better ask somebody. See this mix for a glimpse into the ocean…
Bad Science Quotes:
“A hypercolour sound palette of eight-bit bleeps, gun-clap percussion, and laser synths that sound like Sonic The Hedgehog twirling a stripper’s pole. Importantly, though, it’s the way he stitches sounds together - for the floor, not the chin-strokers - that’s the secret of his success.”
Guardian Guide - Single Of The Week
“Rustie is one of the most unique and thrilling next generation producers in the UK right now. There’s more goes on in 10 minutes inside his riotous young mind, than in many people’s entire careers!”
Mary Anne Hobbes - BBC Radio 1
“Rustie is hands down one of the most exciting producers in music today, period. I’ve been slamming ‘Bad Science’ for months.”
Starkey - Planet Mu.
Also played heavily by the likes of Kode9, Martyn, Modeselektor, Oneman, Crookers, Busy P, Seiji, Hudson Mohawke and more. The list goes on, and on.
Buy from:
Bad Science at Bleep.com
Bad Science at Rubadub
Bad Science at Boomkat - “Colossal 5 track EP from the mighty Rustie - pure next level headfu*k” Single Of The Week
Bad Science at Beatport
Bad Science at Juno Download
Bad Science at iTunes
Coming soon to Turntable Lab
Previews:
A1. Tar
A2. Bad Science
A3. Shadow Enter
B1. Zig-Zag (Heinrich Mueller’s Gravitational Equilibrium Mix)
B2. Zig-Zag (Reprise)
Linkemup:
Rustie MySpace
Rustie Facebook
Wireblock Facebook
Shops - your distribution contact: is jack at rubadub dot co dot uk
PS. Blogs, friends, foes - please DO NOT post MP3s of this. Clips, reviews etc are encouraged but please don’t post full tracks with a disclaimer saying ‘if you want these removed email us’… just don’t do it in the first place. Holler at us if you want to chat about this, or anything else really - hello@wireblock.com
3 years after the first installment…
This one is for the lovers:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
1. Tyrone Brunson - The Smurf (Intro)
2. Lee Prentis - Sweetheart
3. A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
4. Hot Streak - Body Work
5. Seidah Garrett - Do You Want It Right Now
6. Brenda K Starr - I Can Love You Better
7. Miami Sound Machine - Dr. Beat
8. Madonna - Get Into The Groove
9. Richard Jon Smith - Baby’s Got Another
10. Regina - Baby Love
11. Alisha - Baby Talk
12. Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - I Wonder If I Take You Home
13. Total Contrast - Take Me To The River
14. Pauli vs. Tyrell - Little
15. The System - It’s Passion Dub
16. The System - It’s Passion
17. Hall & Oates - Private Eyes
18. Prince - Raspberry Beret
19. Donna Allen - Serious
20. Carmen - Time To Move
21. Whitney Houston - How Will I Know
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