Woman Like M (Flosstradamus remix) - (6:52) 128 BPM
Woman Like Me (Dillon Francis remix) - (5:22) 110 BPM
Woman Like Me (Bird Peterson remix) - (5:07)
Woman Like Me (Cousin Cole remix) - (6:08) 126 BPM
Woman Like Me (Flinch remix) - (3:43)
Review: Having already made fans out of Brodinski, Diplo, Boy 8-Bit and Drop The Lime with the warm yet wonky Chicago dub of debut single "Woman Like Me", Willy Joy sees an excellent team of producers jump on board the remix train for this follow-up release on Top Billin'. Flossradamus draws out some jacking energy and raved-up delirium on his mix, while Dillon Francis doesn't quite go into moombahton territory but still keeps things slow and punchy on his bassy revisit. Cousin Cole turns in an uncharacteristically tech-house mix that still thankfully carries that random edge that Top Billin' releases are famous for, while Flinch does wonders on his energetic 808 half-step journey.
Review: New from Top Billin', Cincinati's Bawz kills it on this excellent taste of deep and wonked electro madness. Using a sly yet commanding vocal hook from Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five's "White Lines", Bawz constructs an intense acid-throwback bassline around Percolator-style synth stabs and a Dutch-style beat. While Aussie breaks king Nick Thayer gets busy on the bass for his remix - adding a simply filthy distorted bassline - Moombahton king Edo slows things down and adds some trademark climbing, high-pitched synth squeaks.
Review: Top Billin deliver the goods yet again with this absolute smash on their own imprint, featuring vocals from Virus Syndicate. The original mix is pretty much the perfect combination of UK funky and electro house, featuring a satisfyingly heavy bassline, a bit of funky swing in the snappy rhythm and some of the best flow from Virus Syndicate to date. Say Wut's remix takes a lighter approach than the original, taking away the huge bassline, and pushing things in a funky direction, with the jangling percussion and hollow synth melody providing just as effective a backdrop to the vocals as the massive original, whilst Killahurtz's remix provides an impressive big room reworking which sees Top Billin's original and raises it with its abrasive bassline. Despite these huge remixes on offer, Top Billin should be applauded for capping the collection off with a remix from juke heroes DJ Rashad and DJ Earl which pushes the tempo up to 150bpm without breaking a sweat, offering a machinegun MPC workout that is perhaps the highlight of the EP.
Review: New on perennially fresh electro label Top Billin, Campbell & Detnum lend a wobbly and blitzed vibe to new smasher "Bit of That". Mainlining on a tight, squelchy and minimal sound, the pair casually drop roughly chopped fragments of conversation over the tune in a dangerously hypnotic way, making for a cool and very quirky electro nugget. Schenk lends it a popping overhaul complete with some epic chords, while Roby Howler fuses mainroom intensity with ghetto house energy on his radically altered mix.
Review: Collected and compiled by Top Billing head honcho Sir Nenis, "Premium Crates " pulls together a fantastic set of club-rocking nuggets ranging from uplifting house tracks to dirty bass workers. On a typically woozy and wonky TB vibe, Borussia's "The Magic Hornet" combines rock-solid bottom end rhythms with hypnagogic melodies and Elektropusher's "Greezly" features the kind of tweaked synth madness Mr Oizo would approve of. Elsewhere, Bmore producer Emynd comes in with the charging stomp of "Toot It Up" - sounding like a follow-up to Debonair Samir's seminal "Samir's Theme" - and John Roman's mix of Milt Mortez' "Pluto" is simply too huge for words. Have fun exploring all fifteen essential tracks.
Play The Game (MLH All Stars remix) - (4:45) 125 BPM
Play The Game (Daniel Klauser remix) - (5:12) 128 BPM
Play The Game (Nader moombahton mix) - (5:22)
Review: The main man behind the all-conquering wonky electro label Top Billin', Sir Nenis drops his Sharkslayer alias for this new and very vital release. "Play The Game" is a massive mash-up of galactic textures and ghetto-bass rhythms, with a couple of enormous snare rushes breaking up the heavy electro groove. Astronomar drops a slamming, Cajmere-esque rework, while Nader's Moombahton remake offers a slower revamp.
Review: With releases on Hot N Heavy and Senseless under his belt, as well as heavy support from bass-monsters like Crookers, Canblaster, Mumdance and AC Slater, San Francisco-based producer Reilly Martin makes a startling debut on Top Billin'. Deep, Joy Orbison-like textures (as on "Risin") are matched by energetic yet breezy clubsteppers like the Snoop-sampling "Work It" and the fiendish Detroit via Dirty South banger "Oh So Nice". A perfect fit on Top Billin's superb roster of mind-expanding bass producers.
Review: Having cut their teeth on tour with likes M.I.A., and counting Steve Aoki and Diplo as fans, Top Billin are on fire. The intention behind their new compilation, compiled by DJ Flipperi, was to present 'simply great music' irrespective of genre, but the cover shot of a pirate skeleton and parrot in a techno tunnel can only mean one thing: tropically tinged bass! We've got 11 top quality tracks here, ranging from the haunted garage of Volta Cab's "Make You Mine", to the minimal vocal and claps play of "Boccia" by Mieux! via the R 'n' G(oth) of Classi Assi's "Always Got My Back and the perhaps slightly cruel, crunk-funk warping of Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince's "Summertime" by Wolfhaus. Boom!
Review: We'd love to say that the MF stands for Michael Flatley but with a name like DJ Venum, and sounds as bad-ass as these, we're a bit too scared to. So we'll just explain how the title track is one of the most twisted ghetto-house tunes you'll hear this year; wonky, loopy and creepy it's tendency towards techno is abundant (and pummelling). The same gritty mechanical soul can be found throughout; "The Ride Track" sounds like squat party techno pitched down ten per cent and "Bath Salts" tips a nod to Detroit. And just when you think it's too dark, "Now Party Break" takes a jingly soul snippet and lays it over a clunky double-kick house shuffle with sophistication and tenderness. Maybe we can say Michael Flatley after all?
Sandwich Island Bass - "Herbalists Vocal Up" (feat Little Freddy) - (2:46)
Dazed Dog - "Moombahwine" (feat Mystic Dan) - (5:26)
Jon Kwest - "That Go" - (4:29)
B-Stee & Archi - "Bad Bwoy" - (4:16)
Tactic - "Come In Di Dance" - (4:46)
Big Boss - "Vato Loco" - (4:05)
Obeyah - "Bell Up" - (5:18)
Cam Jus - "Water Fire Riddim" - (3:10)
Dface - "Physical Appearance" - (4:40)
Cy Kosis - "Sick" - (4:27)
Photo Romance - "Hellraizer" - (4:54)
DJ Melo - "Galaxy Rays" - (3:35) 144 BPM
Review: Top Billin are back with another of their fine collections of all things bass. This one purports to being all about the moombahton but, as a label they've always sided with the less cheesy side of things, so don't expect anything too EDM. Highlights of this 13-track opus include Euro-trance-hop opener, "Street Codes", the frankly weird "Moobahwine", the nasty synth driven reaggaeton of "Come In Di Dance", the repetitive and minimal "Bell Up" and the fizzy laser attack of "Galaxy Rays". Top Billin does it again.
Review: Out on future-bass and wonky electro label Top Billin, Parisian duo Moms and Amazinggaijin get heavy on a moombahton/slow dubstep tip with "Sabro". With updated reggaeton-patterned drums carrying a huge, metallic lead sound, this will easily find itself in amongst recent tunes from Munchi and Dillon Francis. US producer Jay Fay brings a little Baile funk flavour to his mix, while Ann Arbor's Subvader flips the script by dropping a cool, calm and very charming version that's an absolute must for fans of modern boogie.
Review: Finnish bass label Top Billin have been on fire for quite a while now. So has the trap genre too, so TB have decided to release a whole album dedicated to this dark side of hip-hop style. Any haters can go take a high one though, because TB have been pushing this sound since day one, so there's no bandwagon jumping here. Highlights of the '12 certified trap bangers' include the Drop It Like It's Hot-isms of "Okayy", the ghetto-distortion of "Bust It Open", the low n sleazy roll of "Juke In Box" and the positively biblical "My House".
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