Jstar has posted up the (part) digital reggae riddim track from his recent remix collaboration with Austria's Mr Dero (check his well funny videos with long time Beardyman matey Klumzy Tung) and Mad Professor/ Joe Ariwa (check the Prof's remix HERE )
It's a free download and as soon as its gets to 1001, he puts another track up! Simple innit!
Mc's, remixers, etc can have a bash at using it - but tag, share and resend us the results at the Nice Up! group on Facebook!
Big giveaway for you today! Yoof is a producer we've been watching for a minute - ever since hearing his massive "Back 2 Hackney" on SubSlayers, we've been hooked. Mixing up reggae, dub and jungle influences with breaks, dubstep and drum & bass obviously ticks all of our boxes over here at NICE UP!, so much so that we asked him to remix Mr Benn's forthcoming single (out in the new year!).
In the meantime, Yoof has dug deep into his hard drive and unearthed 2 exclusive dubs that he has kindly given to us to giveaway! Featuring reworkings of Mavado's "What Dem A Do" and Fabian's classic "Prophecy" inna jungle-breaks style, all you need to do is sign up HERE.
As mentioned on this month's NICE UP! radio show, man like Jstar has a brand new 7" hot off the press. Featuring the hugely popular "One Life, One Hope" (previously only available on CD/download) as well as the brand new "Taxi Damaja" on the flip, it was pressed up for Record Store Day in Germany and is available exclusively in the NICE UP! store. As with most Jstar releases, these are in very limited numbers, so won't hang about for long - BUY HERE now!
We've been asked to get involved in this great event happening in London - basically a collective sample sale from some of the nicest brands out there. NICE UP! will be selling tshirts, vinyl and CDs alongside vendors such as Crazy Beat, Rap & Soul Mailorder, Mr Thing & BBE records! Not only that, but the event spreads into the evening with DJs such as Mark Rae & Andy Smith playing original breaks from across the spectrum. More info HERE.
Today sees the release of Mungo's Hifi brand new album "Forwards Ever". We've been bumping it for the last few weeks and can tell you it's an absolute killer! Featuring some of their classic riddims from the last year or so, as well as some new cuts and with guests such as Sugar Minott, Kenny Knots, Soom T, Pupa Jim and Gentlemen's Dub Club it's a late contender for reggae album of the year! Be sure to pick it up HERE. As a special treat they're also giving away another of their new tunes today - check it out and download below.
And while we're on the subject of Mungo's, why not catch them playing with the Reggae Roast crew at Jamdown this weekend?
Our very first NICE UP! radio show went out over the weekend on the mighty Space Invader Radio. Featuring new and exclusive tracks from NICE UP! favourites Roots Manuva, Damian Marley, Monkey Mafia, Jstar & Benny Page, there's also plenty of fresh tunes from the likes of Major Lazer, Warrior One, Zed Bias & Hint. Check it out!
01. Apparat - Goodbye (Instrumental) 02. Darkside - A2 03. Odetta - Pastures Of Plenty (Clove Edit) 04. Darkside - A1 05. King Midas Sound - Withou You (D-Bridge Revoice) 06. Unknown/Bootleg - Drink Me (A1) 07. PlanningToRock - The Breaks (Fall On Your Sword Remix) 08. The Brother Foster - Try Hard Too 09. Voices Of Black - Papa Was 10. Portable - Island Of Thoughts 11. Martin Brodin - Badabing 12. Unknown/Bootleg - No Good Deed Goes Unpunished (B1) 13. Plastikman - Disconnect (Skoozbot's Mind In Rewind Remix) 14. Soft Cell - Tainted Love (Grizzlys Weirdo Edit) 15. Moomin - I Wanna 16. Alex Jones & Shenoda - Have It Your Way 17. Axel Boman - Not So Much 18. Dems - Down On You (Hannes Fischer Remix) 19. Lana Del Rey - Video Games (Re.You ReWork) 20. The Wooden Birds - Two Matchsticks (Grizzly Edit) 21. Woodkid - Iron (Gucci Vump Remix) 22. Yeasayer - O.N.E. (Clouds Remix) 23. Souls Of Mischief - 93' Till Infinity (Hannes Fischer Remix) 24. James Teej feat. DoP - Greenback 25. The Touch - Sermon 26. Be Svendsen - Jaeger 27. Junip - Without You (Portugal. The Man Remix) ✘ download version only ✘ 28. David Lynch - Noah's Ark 29. Vondelpark - California Analog Dream 30. Jamie Woon - Blue Truth
If you were lucky enough to catch Hollie Cook on Later With Jools Holland lastnight, you'll understand why we've been raving about her all year. Her album, produced by none other than Price Fatty, has been the soundtrack to our summer and is without a doubt the finest UK reggae set of this year - if you haven't already, cop it here. For those of you not lucky enough to catch it, here is is again and for those of you in London this week, you can catch her playing LIVE at the Jazz Cafe on thursday night, supported by NICE UP!'s own DJ Shepdog.
01. Rebolledo & Daniel Maloso - Colt Seavers 02. Mighty Mouse - Between The Pavement & The Stars (Basanov Dub) 03. Mano Le Tough - Take It Back 04. Fink - Make It Good (Tennis & Tale Of Us Rmx) 05. Mark E. - Call Me (Dixon Edit) 06. Brigante & Luca C ft. Ali Love - Different Morals (Clockwork Rmx) 07. Lula Circus - Pumpin Groovin Moovin 08. Jozif - Suddenly Somethin' 09. Avatism - The Slug (Clockwork Rmx) 10. Clovis - The Jean Seberg Special 11. Pillow Talk - Far From Home 12. Jazzler - Cloudy Summer Night 13. Tycho - Elegy (Grizzly Edit) 14. Fink - Move On Me (Marcus Worgull Edit) 15. Fleet Foxes - The Shrine (Hannes Fischer Rmx) 16. Trickski ft. Ernesto - Good Time To Pray (Axel Boman Rmx) 17. Holy Ghost! - Hold My Breath (Cosmic Kids Rmx) 18. My Favorite Robot - Forest Fires 19. Nhar - Innerplace 20. Frank Martiniq - Adriano (Michael Mayer Rmx) 21. Superpitcher - White Lightning 22. Adam Marshall - Vamp 23. Goyte ft. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know (Hannes Fischer Rmx) 24. Wassermann - Fackeln Im Sturm
Some more Mr Benn freeness for you, this was Mr B's very first dabble in making a hip hop reggae mish mash, and it still bangs pretty hard today. The Pharcydes 'Runnun' acapella nestles snugly 'pon a loop of Keith and Tex's classic Trojan riddim 'Tonight', with some extra hip hop drums, keys and strings added for good measure. The eagle eared amongst you will also notice a bit of hyping from the one like Souls Liberation too. It was originally only available on a limited mix CD by Mr Benn & Si Collins called 'Numbers Sound' which was made to promote a night the two ran back in the day, but now after being recued from the archives of Mr Benn's studio, you can all get your mits on it for free.
