Free Download: Ifan Dafydd - Miranda

Since dropping his debut 12" on Push & Run, Ifan Dafydd has been turning a few influential heads and with good reason: 'Miranda' comes on with the precise vocal chops of early James Blake material layered over warm basslines and panned-out clicks, snaps and drifting piano. The production is tight and leaves plenty of hard-working space to engage the listener. Whilst the James Blake comparison is the easy, and perhaps dangerously obvious, one to make there is an inherent originality to Dafydd's tunes which suggest that he will take the hard-to-pin-down sound in a fresh direction.


Download: Ifan Dafydd - Miranda



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Free Download: 3rdeyeldn - Imprint Unit 1

With 'Imprint Unit 1' 3rdeyeldn have done what is so difficult with a compilation, and that is to put together a selection of tunes which not only work as strong, standalone tunes but also fit together into a listenable whole. Featuring tracks from some of the best up-and-coming bass music artists such as Skanky, Arae and Eysa, this collection could quickly become a summer soundtrack.

Listen to the previews and download the full collection below.

3rdeyeldn - Imprint Unit 1 (LP) FREE DOWNLOAD by 3rdeyeldn


Download: 3rdeyeldn - Imprint Unit 1


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Damu - January Mix

Another little exclusive from Damu, again bringing a mix littered with fresh dubs. Damu's Gargoyle EP is out now on Silverback and comes highly recommended.

Download: Damu - January Mix

Tracklist:

Brey - Exothermic Patterns 4

Dubbel Dutch - Pulso
Tessela - Push
Big Sean - Bullshittin' (Tony Senghore Remix)
Funkystepz - XYZ Riddim (Original Instrumental Mix)
Damu - Skinnydipper (Jack Dixon Remix)
Canblaster - Triple Ring (Magnum Remix)
Frank - Tessela
Hackman - I Just Want Your Clothes
Die Barbie Musik Kollektiv - Face [Junk]
Flying Lotus - Table Tennis (feat. Laura Darlington)
▽nkown ShΔpes - Used To Give A FK
Dizzee Rascal - Vexd (Chopped & Screwed)
▽nkown ShΔpes - If I Should Die
Wheez-ie - 3rd Ward Shuffle
Grown Folk - Block Is Hot (Damu's Futurwurx Reflex)
Sines - Drop Gimme
Canblaster - Lost in the Shell
Deadboy - If U Want Me (Wheez-ie Remix)

Featuring: Myrkur

Our first feature of 2011 comes courtesy of Dutch don Rik Kooyman, AKA, Myrkur. Possessing an expansive production repertoire, underpinned by a diverse and complex range of influences, Myrkur has consistently delivered quality beats of real originality. We caught up with the man for the low-down on the Dutch scene, his influences and aspirations for the New Year. Myrkur has also put together an exclusive mix representing the full spectrum of his current musical tastes, with an extensive dubplate showcase of his beats as well as exclusives from others. Enjoi:

Hedmuk: For those who don't know, what's your name, where are you from and how would you describe your sound?

Myrkur: My real name is Rik Kooyman and I currently live in Santpoort Noord, in Holland. My sound has changed quite a bit throughout the years. My first tunes were very much inspired by Postrock and IDM. Then I became interested in Detroit Techno and that influenced my music a lot. Lately I'm really into the dark half-step vibe that's happening again.

H: How did you get in to producing beats?

M: I was already making music before I started making Dubstep tunes. I recorded songs on my PC with acoustic guitar and piano.

Myrkur - Indigo by Myrkur

H: What, in your opinion, is your best beat to date? Why?

M: In terms of music I intended for listening at home it would definitely be "Why". I find melody and atmosphere very important and I was really pleased how this tune turned out. If I had to pick one of my tunes I really intended to be played in a club I would say "Immortal" or "Metropolis". Both are completely different but I like them both a lot.

H: Who or what influences the music you make?

M: My main influences from outside the Dubstep scene would be Radiohead, Sigur Rós, Mono, Mogwai, Helios and Aphex Twin. From within the Dubstep scene itself I would say definitely Kryptic Minds at the moment, as well as Breakage, 2562, anyone who's really pushing the sound forward actually.

H: We'd be interested to hear your views on the Dutch bass music scene (TMSV was certainly positive about it). Is it a strong scene? What are your favourite nights and places to play?

M: Holland has always been one of the biggest countries in terms of Dubstep. There have been some massive events here and there's still loads of stuff happening each weekend. The scene itself is quite compact, with everyone pretty much knowing each other. There are some excellent producers out there, such as (ofcourse) TMSV, but also Presk, Inofaith, Akkachar and Astroposer just to name a few.

Myrkur & TMSV - Icarus by Myrkur

H: Your mix touches on quite a few different styles. We noticed the same with the tunes you have on your Soundcloud: there's the relaxing feel of tunes like 'Away' and 'Bliss' on the one hand and a deeper, darker vibe on tunes like 'Momentum' and 'Void'. Do you make any attempt to define your music stylistically? Into genres such as dubstep, future garage, Autonomic for instance?

M: I'm quite schizophrenic in that aspect actually (laughs). I just make whatever comes up or whatever I feel like making. It depends completely on my mood and inspiration. The biggest separation I make while starting a tune is if I want to make something to play in a club or something which should be listened to at home.

H: Were you trying to get at anything in particular with this mix with your selection and blends?

M: I built this mix up from 3 parts. The first part is mainly a showcase of some of my tunes, as well as some other tunes I love at the moment. The second part is mostly made out of IDM and D&B. The third part is some IDM stuff. I blended the three parts with some ambient in between them. The whole thing kinda represents my current taste in (electronic) music.

Irrellevant - Grains (Myrkur Rmx) *Freebie* by Myrkur

H: Seeing as its January I wondered if you could share your musical goals for year with us: what do you want to have achieved by January 2012?

M: Well 2011 should be a good year. I'm planning to launch a record label and I hope the events I organize with Radical will continue to thrive. Music-wise I hope I'll be able to create some tunes I'll be happy with. I'm quite fickle with my inspiration so I never know what will happen.

H: Just to finish off, any forthcomings or plans in the pipe-line you would like to share?

M: There are a couple of releases forthcoming. "Metropolis" and "Pulse" will be released on 12" on Deity Records. Also, "Homecoming" together with the Von D remix of that tune is still forthcoming on Subbalicious. I'm also planning to release some of my own music on my own label as soon as it has launched.

Download: Myrkur - Hedmuk Exclusive Mix

Tracklist:

June Miller – Lowlands [Dub]
Myrkur – Why [F.4.T. Music]
Myrkur & m3t4 – Ether [Dub]
Myrkur – Homecoming [Forthcoming Subbalicious]
Myrkur – Metropolis [Forthcoming Deity Records]
Addison Groove – Footcrab [Swamp ’81]
Myrkur – Pulse [Forthcoming Deity Records]
Myrkur – Transmission [Dub]
Myrkur – Void [Dub]
Myrkur – Entanglement [Dub]
DJ Madd – Someone (Breakage Remix) [Blackbox]
Burial – In McDonalds [HyperDub]
Helios – Vargtime [Type]
DoF – June [Drift Recordings]
Instra:mental – Watching You [Nonplus]
Hypno – Digilogue [Dub]
Icicle – Time [Shogun]
June Miller – Half Top Feelings [Horizons]
Helios – First Dream Called Ocean (Stray Remix) [Med School]
Burial – Night Bus [HyperDub]
Múm – Please Sing My Spring Reverb (ISAN Catena Remix) [Morr Music]
The Album Leaf – Red Eye [Subpop Records]
Radiohead – Kid A [Parlophone]
Shigeto – Look At The Smiling Face [Ghostly International]

Myrkur - Hedmuk Exclusive Mix by Hedmuk on Mixcloud

Damu - 2011 Mix

Damu has been kind enough to send us over his latest mix as another little exclusive, featuring new dubs from himself and others. For those unaware, Damu has had an almost meteoric rise since we first featured him in May and has become something of a favourite of Dusk & Blackdown's (see Blackdown's interview with the man here). With forthcomings on Keysound Recordings, Local Action and Silverback Recordings amongst others, now is the time to get to know.

Download: Damu - 2011 Mix

Tracklist:

Wiley - Ice Pole Remix

Gremino - Finneskimo

Coldcut – Tru Skool (Zomby Remix)

Becoming Real - Like Me (feat. Trim)

Arp 101 - Korg-A-Tron

Eomac - Dublin, Are You Ready?

Eomac - Clap Your hands [Pt.2]

Logos - Kowloon 1

Damu - It Wants To Snow

Starkey - Robot Hands (Egyptrixx Remix)

Jera - Treeeball

Slackk - Crucial Love

Cedaa - Hypnotiq (Juxta Remix)

XXXY - You Always Start It

TLC – Scrubs (Funkystepz & Scott Remix)

Rita Indiana - Los Poderes (Kingdom Remix)

French Fries & Chaos In The CBD - With You

Amerie - One Thing (French Fries Remix)

Soulja Boy - Pretty Boy Swag (Club Cheval Remix)

Brenmar - You Make Me Say (Ikonika & Optimum Remix)

Sines - Wiley Riddim

Melvin - Feathers

Clicks & Whistles - When I Feel (Cedaa Remix)

Brenmar - At It Again (DJ Rashad & DJ Earl & DJ BMT Remix)

Andrea - Write Off

Damu - Skylo

Bass Camp: 6th Birthday

One of Manchester's seminal bass music nights, Bass Camp, celebrates it's 6th birthday this Friday. Organiser Ken-Evil has consistently delivered original and varied line-ups over the years, even giving the likes of Loefah, Skream and Pinch their Manchester debut.

Be sure to get down and support this.

To find out more about Bass Camp and it's organiser Ken-Evil check out our exclusive interview with accompanying mix here.

Damu - October 'Halloween Monstermash' Mix

Big ups to Damu: this is the second mix (find his September mix here) we've received from him in a month, introducing fresh dubs and showcasing a range of styles. As usual, it comes highly recommended: enjoy.

Download: Damu - October 'Halloween Monstermash' Mix

Tracklist:

Caribou - Sun (Midland Re-Edit)
J-Wow - Fogo (Diamond Bass Remix)
BD1982 - Trails (Jam City remix)
MJ Cole & Wiley - From The Drop (L-Vis 1990 Remix)
LV & Okmalumkoolkat - Boomslang (Original Mix)
Ladybox - Got It Right Here (Dubbel Dutch remix)
Loco Dice - Pimp Jackson Is Talkin' Now (Dubbel Dutch bootleg)
Boris Dlugosch - Bangkok
Hot City - Twist (Chopped Dub)
Damu - Be Free
Samo Sound Boy - Taking It All (Mele remix)
Tessela - Thames Child
Damu - Mermaid
Untold - Fly Girls
Terror Danjah - Air Bubble (Brey's Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure Unmix)
Bok Bok - Say Stupid Things
Girl Unit - Every Time
Ramadanman - Bass Drums
Brey - Alaskan Thunderfuck
Damu - Seraphim Smoothie
Baobinga & DVA - This One's Wavey
Sub Swara - Steam
Steve Starks - Git Em (Munchi Kuduro Rmx)
Damu - Flibberdiflobberdifloo
Aaliyah - R U That Somebody? (Brenmar Windy City Mix)
Distal - Chit Chat
Starfoxxx - Unknown
Wheezie - Bak It In
Cubic Zirconia - Hoes Come Out At Night (Ikonika Mix)
DJ Rashad - In Da Club Before Eleven O' Clock
DJ Clent - Get Up In Your Heart
DJ T Why - Go Head
DJ Roc - That Girl Can't Juke

Free Download: thechemist - Dreaming EP

Another decent release from online label Vekta Records; this time they come with a two track EP from rising talent thechemist. 'Dreaming' packs a deep sub with a top layer of ambient synths. Progressive in structure, the tune builds from a treated vocal and a latent kick to peak in its middle with the addition of light hi-hats and a creeping melody, whilst still maintaining the sense of space with which it begins. The second track, 'Yummy', is much more in the vein of the sort of future garage that is filling out clubs at the moment. With a clear nod to the beat patterns of the mid- to late-nineties and a forward-thinking groove melody, a delicate balance is struck.

Download: thechemist - Dreaming EP

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Free Download: Dark Sky - Night Light

It's perhaps the fact that Dark Sky are a collective of three separate producers (two of whom make up London's Boogaloo Crew) which makes their productions so varied. Their debut release of 'Ghost Notes' and 'Something To Lose' on Black Acre Records displayed incredible production talent in building both 8-bit dubstep and euphoric breakbeat, and the forthcoming digital 'Frames EP' on Pictures Music (release date is set for July 12th) is no less varied: swinging from future garage, to 2-step, to grime-flecked UK funky.

'Night Light' features on this EP and begins with barely-there atmospheric samples, before crashing in with a scale-ascending bassline and gunshot snares fired out in tight pairs. The control of the track's movements is what is most striking here, as jumps are made from that initial heavy drop, down to a solo synth and quarter-time beat without unsettling the flow of the tune.

Download: Dark Sky - Night Light

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Free Download: Foals - Spanish Sahara (Deadboy Remix)

We're big fans of Deadboy here at HEDMUK, so are pretty excited to be able to put up his remix of 'Spanish Sahara' by Foals for free download. Clocking in at an epic nine minutes long, the track builds from sparse beginnings in an intricately controlled manner as new parts are brought into the mix and others threaded out before a short burst of pure 4x4 euphoria brings the tune to an end.

Download: Foals - Spanish Sahara (Deadboy Remix)



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Deadboy: Hyp!Hyp!Hyp! Mix

Deadboy fans have had it good recently: last month saw the release of the huge dancefloor anthem 'If U Want Me', this month saw the release of Cash In The Attic Vol.1, a 3 track EP delivering more of the sort of organic, steppy-R'n'B that the future garage golden boy has made his own. After his XLR8R podcast last week, Deadboy's been at it again with a mix for Hyponik ahead of their Hyp!Hyp!Hyp! event this Friday at Plan B in London. Enjoy!

01. Cosmin TRG - Groove Control

02. Musical Mob - Sweet Sounds

03. C.R.S.T - Dial The Operator

04. D1 - Crack Bong

05. Baby Cham - Man & Man (El-B remix)

06. Umbra Productions - Everyday Is A Gunshot

07. DJ Naughty - Firepower

08. Ultrasound - Heavy Roll

09. The Dub Monsters - Waiting

10. Altered Natives - Believe In Me (Zed Bias Club Dub)

11. Lil Silva - No Hooks

12. Musical Mob - Pulse Xtra

13. Lighter - Skanker

14. Addison Groove - Footcrab

15. Kromestar - Iron Soul

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