Machinedrum and Tigerstyle break records out now!

Some fresh release news this month from The Inside and Norm Rex labels who are headed by the enterprising ieMERG. You will remember The Inside as the label that put out Merge’s ‘Audiocide’ break earlier this year.

It’s now the turn of fellow world champion Tigerstyle and beatsmith Machinedrum to step up and deliver two outstanding break records – namely ‘Zero’ by Tigerstyle and ‘Cached’ by Machinedrum.

Both records offer up more ammunition for practice, production and battling. If ‘Audiocide’ was the most successful break this year, then you can bet your ass these two will be vying for the title in the coming year. Sticking to the philosophy of ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it’, Norm Rex and The Inside deliver two records that exceed all expectations and continue to offer high quality beats, sounds and other scratch fodder – these aren’t just quickly put together and hurried out releases to make a quick buck. The beats alone on both releases make them an indispensable addition to your collection.

They are both the first break releases from each artist, with ‘Zero’ having been in the works for nearly two years – and soon to be followed by Tigerstyle’s next break record ‘One’ (see what he did there?).

The Inside and Norm Rex still have a whole bunch of releases in the works, as we announced earlier on this year – next up should be more break records and album/EP releases from Lorn (whose ‘Doppleganger’ record is done), Nautilis, ieMERG, Rafik, Kodh and more. You can stay updated with the label over on their myspace page

Anyways enough of the talk – you can hear some snippets from ‘Zero’ right here or head over to Turntable Lab, which is stocking both records and also holds samples of each side – Machinedrum – Cached and Tigerstyle – Zero. Both records should run you around $10 or so depending on where you are in the world, and distribution seems to have reached most online and physical shops in the US, Europe and Japan. Now you’ve got no excuses not to get your shopping on!

Oh and before we go, stay tuned as we’ll have some copies of both records to give away shortly – in the meantime you can check exclusive tracks from Tigerstyle and ieMERG on recent and future podcasts and here’s a brand new scratch beat from Tigerstyle to get your practice on right click and save as.

DJ Battle TV takeover

Head over to DJBattle.net for the latest installment of the DJ Battle TV series, which sees Turntable Radio, Skratchworx and Eclectic Breaks taking over the show.
That’s right – co-presented (albeit very briefly) by Gizmo and myself the show features showcases and freestyles from PLASA 2006 as well as footage of the recent Gong Battle UK chapter and an exclusive track from the forthcoming 2tall & Lamont ‘Senses Overloaded’ EP.
So get stuck in at www.djbattle.net/tv.php – the episode is available as a video podcast (through iTunes), PSP video and DivX file.

Big up Tobbe and the DJBattle crew for letting us do this – and watchout for more videos from PLASA and London Calling coming soon on spinscience.org.uk.

Turntable Radio podcast: October 06

We roll into the Autumn with another tasty selection for you all to check out, including plenty of new and exclusive tracks from around the world.
From Japan to Eastern Europe, the UK to the US, Germany to South Africa, we roll out new tracks from 2tall, Tigerstyle, DJ Void, Teeko, Hide, Baku, Asup, African, Troubl and more.
Check the tracklisting below for full details and links to all the labels and artists sites – and don’t forget to go and cop the music if you like what you hear. Thanks again to all the artists who sent in music once more – we couldn’t do this without you.
As usual remember you can subscribe to and/or download the podcast in various ways – through iTunes (you can find us in the podcast directory), through your podcatcher program of choice using the following url feeds.feedsburner.com/turntableradio or by clickling on the previous link and downloading the shows manually. And you can also stream the show by using the Flash player at the bottom of this post. All our podcasts are archived at the previously mentioned location, so if you missed one just go and grab it.
And stay tuned for more news and info on forthcoming changes to Turntable Radio. Don’t worry we ain’t going nowhere.

Direct download link (right click and save as)

October 06 podcast playlist:
2tall – TTR Intro
PerK – Chapter 1 – Unreleased
Astro – Be Still and Know – Unreleased
Blood 1 – Track 4 – Taken from Braggin’ Ep, www.djblood1.com
DDay One – Distant Memory (2tall remix) – Needlework records, www.needleworkrecords.com
DJ Void & Sidetrack – Ball Crusher – Exclusive, www.allskratch.net
Eprom – Digital Soul – Download at www.eprom.pl
Tigerstyle – Ice Flavoured Crisps – Unreleased, www.djtigerstyle.com
B-Ju – Autumn Walk to the Subway – Taken from B-Ju’s debut album ‘Analogue Demo Music’, www.myspace.com/djbju and www.sound-source.de
African – Solo Soul – Taken from ‘Album From Africa’, available for download at www.spinscience.org.uk
Asup – Free Moral Agents – Exclusive
DJ Hide – Roam About – Victor Enterntainment Japan
Teeko – Masked Mombler – 4OneFunk, Taken from forthcoming ‘MySoundstation’ debut album, www.4onefunk.com
Troubl’ – Pleasure in Pain – Unreleased exclusive, taken from forthcoming debut album
Inside A Mind – April to August – Unreleased, taken from forthcoming debut EP, www.insideamind.net
DJ Baku – Devil’s Approach – POPGROUP Recs, taken from debut album ‘Spinheddz’ out now, www.pop-group.net