Sunday Grime Mix - All Vinyl.

Been a while since I posted anything on here so I thought I would see if this would increase some page views. Blogging my own stuff. YUH. Anyway, just a quick hours worth of grime from vinyl, soundcloud link below for stream with tracklist and download option available.




Artist - Title

DJ Wire - Last Chance
Sticky - Golly Gosh (Fidgit Remix)
Sticky - Golly Gosh
Virgo - Nasty Time (inst)
Musical Mob - Pulse X
Dexplicit - Pow
Ruff Sqwad - Underground (inst)
Mondie - Straight (Crazy Titch Version)
Sticky - War Dub (Boo)
Jon e Cash - War
Menta - Sounds of the future
Footsie - Prang Man
Mr Fidgit - Unknown
Outlaw Breaks - Transmission
Charmzy - R-Ha
DJ Marsta - Gridlock
Jammer - Jiggy
Wiley - Avalanche
DIzzee Rascal - I Love You (inst)
DJ Wire - Believe Me (DJ Faz Remix)
Footsie - Flipside to Scars Remix
Macabre Unit - Or Else
Rude Kid - The Best
Wiley - Pump Up (inst)

Mellow Vibes - New Tracks

As modern life pulls us in each and every direction, time is precious and is thinly spread over many responsibilities. I wish there was more time to spread that time over being creative and leaving things for others to enjoy. Fortunately, the greedy one found some time to create this new jam. Now I am not a fan of write ups for tracks in this modern age as with one click you can find out what it sounds like yourself. But, when I previewed the track standing at Kensington Olympia Station I was lifted away, so much so I almost missed the 19:50 to Milton Keynes. Take a listen, download if you like. Most of all, enjoy.

Vellow Mibes by BrokenHomes V2.0

Never Judge a Book

So things have been pretty quiet on the blog and internet fronts for a while. This is because, amazingly, we conduct actual real lives outside of the confines of our sweaty rooms. Work is busy, Off The Record is picking up on every month and the excellent Super Human Disco has kicked off so I get more play outs now than I ever did. The downside is, I don't get to spend much quality time at home creating new things. It makes me sad.

On the other hand, my brother. The elusive one has started making his 5 beats per year and you can catch the first one below. Since modern tech will allow you to click play quicker than I can describe it you may as well go ahead. Post and repost on your sisters Facebook and tell her I love her. My brother will also sing to her for Burgers. Our fees are very reasonable, we just be saving to shut down another Cruise Ship.

Get it GURLLLLLLLLLLLLL

UK Summer sucks eggs. SO....

UK Garage/2 Step/4x4/Todd Edwards/Tuff Jam/Garage/Grime - Ray Juss - Brokenhomes by Brokenhomes on Mixcloud

I made another mix, this one goes back in time to Garage days again. I mix it because its comforting. Anyway, when the sun comes out, you should bump this

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In The Mix for WotNot Music

Ray Juss In The Mix for WotNot Music - Brokenhomes.co.uk by Brokenhomes on Mixcloud

An off the dome mix of beats with no track list all done in one take (this is important now, 'cos djs be rehearsing). Sounds like a sea front arcade possessed by demons. That swag

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Late Valentines Love - The Mix

Whoa, so its like 10PM on Valentines Day and I am just uploading my mix. I am proud of myself. I know loads of guys just went and got petrol station flowers and a card tonight. Fair play to you. I got sausages and seedy bread ;)

This mix is NOT for the clubs, Its for your mp3 player, or if you have an hour spare to listen to some funny clips, good tunes and mediocre mixing.

Remember, share and share alike because Love is about sharing. That right there is the BROKENHOMES.CO.UK thought of the day.

Now get out there and make me some money BITCH

(brokenhomes.co.uk does not condone the use of the word bitch to describe women)

Late Valentines Love
Ray Juss
14/2/11

Tracklisting

Title - Artist

Psycho Chicks - Pablo Francisco
For Your Smile - TiRon
She's The One - Caribou
Crushin (Yeeeeaah!) - J Dilla
Computer Love - Zapp & Roger
Interlude - J Dilla
What To Do - Guilty Simpson
U-Luv - J Dilla
Camay - Ghostface Killah
Miss Moral - Benny Sings & The Rednose District
What She Needs - Dom Irrera
Moose Jackson - Big Ten-Inch Record - Various Artists
Let's Get It On (Demo) - Marvin Gaye
One Night Stand - Dane Cook
The Look Of Love - Slum Village
She Moved Outta Cincy - Tanya Morgan
Senorita (Produced By The Neptunes) (Instrumental) - Justin Timberlake
Salivex - Commercial
My Love [instrumental] - Justin Timberlake
Hot Raw Sex - Jimmy Edgar
L.O.V.E. (No Matter What) - Ty
Say Goodbye To Love - Kenna
Wayne Brady Show Clip - Wanye and Dave
Love A Woman Featuring Darondo - Clutchy Hopkins
Butterz Pimp - Butterz
VCR/Wheels - Tyler, The Creator
look - Dark Horse
Condom - Todd Barry
Kinky - Elmore Judd
In/Out - Ben Westbeech
Want Me - Aloe Blacc
Formal Invite - Ray J
10 Ugly Girls - OFWGKTA
Waiting For a Girl Like You - Foreigner
Cagefighter - Scene
Im Not Your Toy (Instrumental) - La Roux
Time To Jack - Chip E.
My Beats - Jimmy Edgar
Computer Camp Love (Album Version) - Datarock
Wrestling - Richard Prior
Jezabel - Dizzee Rascal

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What do you know about the Shower Rangers?

Several years ago, a might team was formed that would terrorise the Grime and Night Club scene across the world. This team was know as THE SHOWER RANGERS! On Sunday, head of the Shower Rangers, Suznah made move in taking the Shower Ranger brand worldwide and moving Down Under. Although it was a sad day, it was also an exciting time for everyone, Especially Suznah.

So in honour of her move and to document the music, events and memories we have shared whilst terrorising free bars and Old Street I put together this mix.

Includes movie scenes, radio rips, some mixing and about 4 genres (minimum)

So below is the tracklisting, keep a gun finger in the air nice and high for the CEO of The Shower Rangers!

Tracklisting

Title - Artist

What Ever I Feel Like - Scene
Pump It Up (Inst) - Just Blaze
Grind'n - Clipse
Addiction - Clipse
Ask it by Pedro - Scene
Canned Heat - Jamiroquai
Hold It Down - 4hero
African Warrior - Donaeo
138 Trek - DJ Zinc
Buck & Bury (Original Mix) - El B Ft. Juiceman
Back Then - Mike Jones
Still Tippin' (Feat. Slim Thug & PaulWall) - Mike Jones
Hard N Da Paint [Prod. By Lex Luger] - Waka Flocka Flame
Night - Benga & Coki
Crunked Up - Benga
Hes got a Nokia… - Dizzee Rascal
Ages Ago - Frisco
Cagefighter - Scene
Hoods Up - Jon E Cash
I... Left Your Face With Bare Cuts - grimetapes.com
Murked Again - Badness Feat Newham Generals
Rude Kid - The Best VIP (Inst)
Taplin - Wiley
Love Is Here To Stay (Terror Danjah Remix) - Skepta
Merkle Man Outburst - Flirta D
Flirta - SLK Radio Set
Chapstick - Scene
Babylon Burner - Roll Deep
Ice Rink 2 - Lord Of The Decks
P's & Q's - Kano
Don't Mug Yourself - The Streets
And It's K With The D.O.T. - grimetapes.com
I'll Leave Your Headpiece…OPEN - grimetapes.com
President T - Dis Likkle Yute
Night Bus - Burial

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Friday Night Smack Down

I had already been on xbox live, played Black Ops and pinball so drew for the vodka jelly.
Also, I am way to polite to my neighbours. I NEVER play music past like 8 so that's gonna stop. Tired of hearing the chick next door play her tinny stereo at 8am when im trying to sleep.

SOOOOO this wasnt planned at all. Just stood there and picked out tracks according to the tempos. Few loops, couple of bad transitions but this stuff is hard to mix!

The download is right here. Under 60mb so you should get that quick.

Please share this with your friends if you like it or know me. Ill pay you £1 no lies.

Put it on your facebook/tweet it/burn it and leave it in your chicks car, whatever. Im easy (like your moms!)

Friday Night Smackdown By Ray Juss From Brokenhomes.Co.Uk by Brokenhomes on Mixcloud

Friday NIght Smack Down
Tracklist

Heard It All Before - Sunshine Anderson
Speed - DJ Spinna
Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See - Busta Rhymes
09 Freesyle - Gigz - Hollowman & Dubz
Experiment 2 - NAMELESS
Accordion - Madvillain
African Walk (Zamunda) - Madlib
Love Is Sold - DJ Spinna
Real - Gum Drops, The
braketime (mndsgn's sequel) - devonwho
Eple - Röyksopp
I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) - Hall & Oates
Personal Information - Jimmy Edgar
Ambling Alp - Yeasayer
Hater - Various Artists
Gettin Money - Jim Jones
Bopgunn - Heralds of Change feat. Olivier Daysoul - Heralds of Change feat. Olivier Daysoul
Soul Stew - Leonard Dstroy
Aint No Sunshine - Instrumental - Espen Horne
Witness (1 Hope) - Roots Manuva
Get It Right - Madlib
Aim For Your Goals - Ty
Yeah. - jonwayne

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My School Disco Mix

Back when I were a lad, we all used to go to the school disco to play tag 'coz we (I) were scared of girls. I used to enjoy the whole daylightness of it all. In Primary school I spent ALOT of time doing the running man and in secondary school, generally running away from girls.

But getting back on topic, the music was usually rubbish at these things and I would always wait for the jungle segment of the night. This is where I would do my best 2 step to about 2 overly played jungle tracks and then go and sit down and get harassed by some girl saying 'my mate fancies you'

So tonight I dug in the archives of what I have knocking around on Serato and came up with this mix. 2nd mix in 2 days. CRAZY. Ill do a real school disco mix one day. I know for sure it would include Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice.

My School Disco By Ray Juss From Brokenhomes by Brokenhomes on Mixcloud

Tracklisting

Criminal Minds - Baptised By Dub
Champion Sound (Alliance - Q Project
Spiritual Aura - Engineers Without Fears
Helicopter - Deep Blue
Calling The People - ZONE
Sing It Loud - DJ Vibes
Terrorist - Renegade Feat. Ray Keith
Maximum Style - Tom & Jerry-O
Angles - Krust
Roll On - Andy C
Friday - Capone
P-Funk Era - P-Funk
MA2 - Hearing Is Believing
Style - M-Beat
Valley of the shadows - Origin Unknown

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The Jelly Brandy Mix

So I got bored and made strawberry jelly with half a pint of brandy. It had been sitting in the fridge for a while so I decided to attack it. Put half of it in a bowl and poured Hazelnut Baileys over the top

I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS!

Anyway, got a bit vibes up and had a mix. Wanted to beat match so kept to the skills I know, here it is. Download link after the stream if you want to pop it on a CD/mobile music player

The Jelly Brandy Mix By Ray Juss From Brokenhomes by Brokenhomes on Mixcloud

Tracklist

Purple City - Joker & Ginz
Get Along Gang - Wiley
Standard Procedure - Live-O & Sticky
Try A Ting - DJ Shorty & DJ Brownin
1999 - Groove Chronicles
20k - Project Midnight
Tonka - Jammin
Bongo Madness - Youngstar
Eastern Jam - Chase & Status
Can You Feel The Bassline - M-Dubs
Stiff - Terror Danjah
G.A.R.A.G.E (DJ Narrows Remix) - MC Neat & Scott Garcia
Gloop - Zomby
Radar - Terror Danjah
Taplin - Wiley
MAD - Magnetic Man
Believe Me (DJ Faz Remix) - DJ Wire
Sound Of Da Future - Menta
Bombscare (Original Version) - 2 Bad Mice

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John Peel - Grime Show 2004 - Live on Radio 1

So grime has been around forever and I guess it will be for even more time but even back in 2004 it was making waves. The inspirational John Peel featured a live Grime segment on his show in 2004 with DJs Eastwood and DJ Krafty. It also featured the lyrical talents of MC Purple, GEE, IE and IQ.

Most of the music on this blog is connected to me and at the 51 minute mark of the set is the Pulse X refix that I made and sent out like wild fire. It was later re bootlegged and released as Pulse Xtra but ill write a story about that one day

DOWNLOAD FROM THIS LINK HERE.

Dubplate Drama - Season 1, Episode 8 - A G.C.S.E in Japanese will give you cool titles

Side A1 - Imosheroy produced by Greedykid

Apparently, the title of this track is a Japanese word. Google cannot find it so that goes that story out the window. Dance music always has strange names. At the height of Greedykid's production there was tracks like this coming out once a week. Its hard to put this track in with much else. Heavy hiphop esq drums but programmed in a slowed down UK Garage style. Its not a reload track but it is a nice piece of music.



Side A2 - Shizuka produced by Greedykid

Shizuka is another Japanese word. This one is a bit more popular in the ol' search results. My fave result was this one here. Brokenhomes are keen fans of Anime, (Fist of The North Star) Shizuka sounds like Godzilla made out of Meccano rigged up to the national grid. The bass is like Zilla sweeping down and chewing up some buildings. Empty sparse production, plenty of room for you to fill the gaps with your mind or new skanks.



Side B1 - Allstars Instrumental produced by Ray Juss

Most of what needs to be said was done so here. Here was the popular instrumental version. A hiphop 'stroke' Garage jam built for MCs before they started thinking about making rap tracks.



Side B2 - Grimey Hip Hop produced by Greedykid

This was a beat Louis had that was never finished or was ever going to be finished. Its just one of those loop tracks. All it needs is a vocal and it turns into an instant classic (somewhere). The noise after 16 bars is actually made from phone tones. Maybe it could dial people?! 555-....

Dubplate Drama - Season 1, Episode 7 - Where it all began

Side A - Intro Vol 1 produced by Ray Juss

So this is where it all started. This was the very very first dubplate I ever cut and I will always remember it because of the day I cut it, a terrible terrorist act was happening across the pond. Music House was the most famous cutting shop in the world for a while. It was based in Holloway behind a Taxi mechanics. It all pretty much worked on a word of mouth basis. All I knew was, get there early or your going to have to wait ages. The day I went was 9/11. The 9/11. All that didn't really kick off until my plate was cut and I was on my way home.

Intro 1 was based on the popular soca beat garage tunes like Decoy. I wanted my own to carry that same sort of energy. Guess that's how you want to start a set. UK Garage times anyway. Unfortunately for me and me also being a bit of a shy boy, this dub was cut all on one channel. Makes it more collectable but not every good for playing out. I don't have to worry about that now with the advent of Serato.

The track also features the trademark speak and spell letters spelling out my name. Loads of other weird sounds knocking around in this as well. Think there are some Timbaland esq bird sounds too.



Side B - Baby produced by Ray Juss

Baby was a re working of a garage track at the time which was pretty easy to dissemble. This is how I learnt/got into the remixing side of music. I would take the existing parts of the track. Samples, vox, drum kit and re work it into my own style. When I listen back on this, I don't really like it but it was pretty popular at the time. Maybe I'm getting old! This track gets pretty frantic. Classic memory from this is when a DJ called Spin-e-b cut it and played it on Ice FM. My brother and I was dancing round the stereo on a Saturday afternoon!

Dubplate Drama - Season 1, Episode 6 - Re Work a (not so) Classic

Side A - Me Leave (Believe Me) Bootleg produced by Unknown

The original track was part of the 8 bar revolution that was kicking off in garage all started by this track. DJ EZ really got behind this track and it probably set DJ Wire up for the musical career he has now. This tune was being handed out by the guy at the cutting house. I didn't have anything to cut and on a whim decided to cut the bootleg because it sounded good out loud. I hardly played as I really like the original and DJ Faz mix.



Side B - Gotta Find A Way (Liberty X) remixed by Ray Juss

Up the road from me was a studio called 206, that was the number of the shop it was in. The guy who ran it managed to get hold of some Liberty X parts for a remix they wanted doing. As I was always round the studio, he gave me the acapella. Within a day of two I had made a 4x4 and 2 step remix. The 4x4 mix seems to be lost but I really liked the 2 step version I did and decided to cut it. The remix never got picked up but was fun process.

Dubplate Drama - Season 1, Episode 5 - Team Sports

Side A - B4 Its Ova produced by Ray Juss

This was another track I made on a Saturday afternoon. I had the parts of this knocking around for a while. The vocal came from an RnB acapella record someone had left round my house. Interested in finding it to see what it sounds like now. The other obvious sample of you ever followed UK Garage is the 'Wookie' Organ on top of the bass line. Later found out it was a stock sound from the Roland JV sound module. I spent a lot of time working the vocal chops into a whole new song. Works for me.



Side B1 - Slugger produced by Greedykid

Slugger is one of those tracks that if I ever lost it, I would be deeply upset. My ears dont really tollerate rubbish music and I try to stay impartial to all the music we have made. I wasnt one for cutting crap tunes. Hence the reason only a few other tracks make it into dubplate drama. But to think, this track was made by a 15 year old almost a decade ago is scary. The break downs, sparse drums, atmospheric element to the track. It could be early dubstep, it could be a branch of UK Garage. You could even get wanky and throw IDM at it. Whatever you want, Slugger (and its better never to cut remix Slugger Unleashed) will remain a Brokenhomes classic.



Side B2 - Who's Next? produced by Greedykid

You are probably aware of Benga's track 26 Bass lines. Where the tracks bass riff changes every 8 bars?? Well this was of the same ilk, but for MCs. The MCing element was just becoming prevalent in UK Garage with the likes of The Heartless Crew from North London, The Pay As You Go Crew from East and North West's very own BVC (Black Vinyl Crew). Every 16 bars, a new MC gets called in and given a different bass line. An almost hip hop/grime/garage track.

Dubplate Drama - Season 1, Episode 4 - The toy that spoke the future?

Side A - Intro Vol 2 produced by Ray Juss

Intro dub plates were made very very famous in garage by DJ EZ, this record alone could make 2000 people scream very loudly. As these stories are not in chronological order (obviously, this is vol 2) my second intro dub plate was much different from my first. The track spells out my DJ name at the time, which was Outraygeous. I sampled the letters from an actual Speak and Spell that a friend lent me. Some of those letter have been dropped from my name now. DJ names sound like super hero names to me so I tried to get one as close to day job name of a super hero.. Tony Starks, Clark Kent, Bruce Banner... you get my drift.
Intro 2 took a 4x4 route again and was more of a pumping track. If you listen really carefully you can hear a camera shutter sound inside the beat. Yeah, I had a lot of time on my hands back then. There was also an acapella of the spelling of my name at the end of the track which I used as a DJ tool now and again.



Side B - Impossible to Belive (sp) produced by Ray Juss

Impossible to Belive or Believe as its meant to be was probably a bit out there once again. Big tracks around this time was like Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers and soft 'girly garage' as it was known on the pirates. I, wasn't into that... at all. So, I made a track with the sound of someone walking alone and the sickest most droniest bass line I could find. I once played this at a pub and the bass was so loud from the track, the speaker stack fell over. Wobbly bass lines are all the rage now.

Creation date of this track? End of 2001 early 2002, maybe I could see the future?

Dubplate Drama - Season 1, Episode 3 - Like a 4x4 Truck

Side A - Roofer produced by Philosopha

This weeks episode is a single sided affair. The deal with cutting dubs at Music House (where this one was done) was if you paid your £25, you were paying for the actual plate so you could come back and get the other side cut when you needed to. I never got anything cut on the other side...

Before Louis came up with the name Greedykid, he was making tracks under the moniker Philosipha. I cannot for the life of me remember where this name came from but, it didn't stick.

This is a rare excursion into the 4x4 sound for Louis, heavily shuffled beats made once again on the decrepit laptop that is now languishing in the top shed under all of Mom's junk. This track got its first spin on Lush FM 107.6 when I had Laze Breaks hosting the show. I'm sure my brother told his friends whilst he was at school that his music was going to be played.
This one is tricky to mix because of the potential 'over shuffle' but still a classic in every way.

Dubplate Drama - Season 1, Episode 2 - Bring 'em in

Side A - Jeopardy produced by Greedykid

Louis/Greedykid/Brokenhomes V2.0 or whatever name he goes by now features for the first time here. He was about 14/15 when he made this track using an old laptop that was given to my mom by our family friend Tommy. The laptop was so old that it only had a 6GB hard drive. That's retro! When this track was only a few tracks coming out that used a distorted 808 as a bass line. Also the use of 'live' drums was just coming into the garage scene with the likes of DJ Zinc starting the whole 'breakbeat garage' sound and the Bingo Label. As you can tell from the start of this track, I've played it a good few times. One of my favourite Greedykid beats.



Side B1 - Slimey produced by V2G

Now Slimey was made by one of the best MCs out of North West London, Versa. Not only did Vers now how to command a dance, he was pretty nifty on the beats. We would spend hours making stuff on my MPC back in the day. He would bring round cassettes of samples we had found and we would create proto grime tracks. Its a shame that Serato and CDJs were not around back then. Slimey wasn't made at my studio but when Versa played me that track it was like..'I'm cutting that!' The drums bang, just a shame the bass line didn't hold up to well on the dubplate.



Side B2 - Musical produced by Ray Juss

Round this time there was a fad for beat less tracks. It all stemmed from the 'devils mix' of Eskimo by Wiley, where a strong riff could stand out and be a tool for the MCs to really go in on a track. My personal favourite was the creeper bass mix. A friend of mine had it on plate but only because the guy at the cutting house let him cut a copy. You see the person cutting the tunes would sometimes be left the CDs of 'masters' and it was down to him if he wanted to share them. More times, they would. The sample for Musical was picked up off a library music CD I picked up in my local cash converters. Its just a quick loop and I used it as a tool for switching between tracks. Its pretty effective.

Dubplate Drama - Season 1, Episode 1 - Sample Heavy

Side A - Perfect produced by Ray Juss

This track was a cut up of a few Todd Edwards tracks. At the time I was experimenting with the 4x4 side of garage and to be honest, stealing other peoples sounds and trying to make them my own. Perfect was something I was pretty proud of at the time and decided to cut it although it didn't really fit into the type of garage I was playing at the time. This track also featured on my only vinyl release, Rushgroove Vol 1. This dubplate version has an extra set of hi hats in it making it a kind of exclusive.



Side B - All Stars (Full Vocal Mix) produced by Ray Juss

Round the time of making this, there was a fashion for making multi drop tunes as made famous buy the Pay As You Go crew and DJ Slimzee. I wanted to have my own type but I used acapellas from records I had that would fit in the garage tempo. The beat was fashioned from a Lil Kim record that I heard out in Canada whilst on holiday and the spin back between each vocal was an idea of a friend of mine, Amish. He came round on the Saturday I was making it and from there it stuck. The instrumental version became quite famous getting plays on Choice FM from DJ Chrissy G. Oh and the 'outraygeous' vocal sample came from one of those Stephen Hawkins esq computer programs!

Christmas is the time for free stuff

So once a year, a fat white man with a beard wants to break into your house via your chimney and leave gifts under a tree that you have set up for him. ASBOs have never sounded so good, so with that, Louis/Greedykid/Brokenhomes V2.0 or whatever you want to call him has dropped this special album.

Like all the best things at Christmas, this is free, rich and expensive (all at the same time??!?)

So click on over to the below link and have a preview/stream or download to your media storage device.




Brokenhomes - You Can't Pidgeon Hole Me