ambidextrous

First of all, I'd like to apologize for my absence in the weekly posting schedule. I've just started a new job, so my days of jobless blogging overkill are over. This routine will take a bit of getting used to, but I will still try to post at least 2-3 times a week. This week I'll be posting another edition of Canadian Club Crunchers and the feature on OFWGKTA that I promised last week. Anyways, on to the songs.

Justin Martin & Ardalan- Mr Spock

Justin Martin, of Dirtybird Records and, of course, the Martin Brothers, is a fantastic producer out of San Francisco who produces some of the best ghetto booty house out there. Personally, I like to think of his sound as hyphy house, due to its crazy and unique sound, and his Bay Area location, but that's just me. This is a tune that's been getting a lot of love, for obvious reasons. A lot of people have sampled 'Drop it like it's hot", but few have managed to flip it into something this massive. An anthem. Also, no clue on who Ardalan is, but I must tip my hat anyways.

Felix Cartal- Skeleton (BOTNEK remix)

We actually met this Botnek guy randomly in a bar a few weeks ago, and he suggested we check out his stuff. To be honest, I liked it so much that I'll be including his stuff in the next edition of Canadian Club Crunchers. Botnek is originally from Nova Scotia, I believe, and has been living in Montreal for the past little while. His productions are of immeasurable quality, and are dope as hell. I'll give more background and details in the upcoming feature, but regardless, this is definitely quality stuff.

Aidonia & Federation Sound- Glock a Burst (Helicopter)

Philadelphia's famous soundsystem, Federation Sound, released a mixtape with dancehall titan Aidonia a year ago called Bolt Action, which featured the Jamaican deejay going buck wild over a lot of famous rap instrumentals. This was one of the few songs on the mixtape that featured an original beat, and it shreds.

Buenas Noches, my friends.

-Matt

Get outta here & get me some $ too

Who wants another story? I'm sure all of you do and your now intent on actually reading this marvelous post instead of just downloading our awesome music. Enough boasting, let's get this one going.

Last Friday, March 12 to be exact, Avenge the Virgins and a few of our friends decided to hit up the Blog Wars. First off, we need to thank Duke of Swabia for hookin' us up with a guestlist, As Heard From Mars for taking into consideration my request and dropping "Pon De Foley", and finally 4MTL for getting the crowd moving with their brilliant choice of songs and taking home the win.

Harvard Bass was first on stage, and although the crowd was less wild than at his last show in December he still delivered some quality songs like
Round Table Knights vs Bauchamp - Calypso
and even played his remix of Felix Cartal's "World Class Driver"!

Avenge the Virgins was there and has some fabulous clips to share.





L.A.'s Classixx followed up and gave us a wonderful set full of funky-disco-indie songs which got me stoked beyond belief that summer is right around the corner. Take this song for instance, it's now my new summer anthem!
Mylo - Otto's Journey

AtV offers you a taste of Classixx



Had no idea what Drop the Lime was going to be doing for his part since I never saw a live set of his. Let's just say it was one of my favorite sets ever. This mofo sings over the songs he's playing, good start. Every song he plays seems to be the most incredible thing he has ever heard, seriously I had never seen a DJ so siked about the music he's playing. To top that off, he went from some banging electro,
Fabio Lendrum - Trouble (Drop The Lime Remix)
into some sweet dubstep,
The Boogaloo Crew - Days Go By
and finished up his set with some nice 60s groove.


Woah! This was such a good show!

Now things get interesting, the next day my friend asks me about some groovy, 60s sounding song with a woman singing from the end of Harvard Bass' set. At first I thought he was mistaking Harvard Bass with Drop the Lime, but he assured me it was him. Naturally I had to check this out, so I headed to my trusty Internet to start searching for it. About 5 minutes into my search, I got bored and went to get my fix of Facebook. BAM! on the home page, a clip of the show was uploaded by a friend. Gets better, it was Harvard Bass. Even better, it sounded exactly like the song I was looking for. From better to best and the track is already IDed. GOD I LOVE YOU INTERNET! So a quick google search gave me a nice download link.
Gramophonedzie - Why Don't You (Original Mix)
Think the story is done? It ain't. My friend is pleased, but wants so much more: which song is the voice being sampled from?


Gramophonedzie - Why Don't You (Radio Edit)

After reading the amazing youtube information, I came across the name of Peggy Lee, singer from the 60s. Keep googleing and up comes the song,


Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee - Why Don't You Do Right

I also came across a remake of this song.
Lil Green - Weedsmokers dream
Old school huh?

Well that's pretty much the whole story behind how I hunt down music yadig? Since there can always be more, be sure to click THIS! for a few extra goodies ;)