DJ Shagz Monthly Top Ten

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Want to know just what is rocking my socks each month? No? Well, ok...but in case you ever do want to know, there's a handy little "Top Ten" module in the right hand nav there that will contain the info you're looking for. :)

This month's update is heavily stacked in favour of this new drum 'n bass act that I got exposed to called Pendulum. Bloody excellent stuff.

At the top is Streamline, a very melodic but tough track that, to me, has Hybrid/BT-style harmonies and a chorus that just won't get out of your head. Follow that with Slam, which is an anthemic hip hop/rock inspired cruncher with sci-fi samples. This tune will get your attention from the get go and is sure to make people go ape within the first opening notes. Red hot. I need to hear this on a kicking sound system.

Finish it off with the Voodoo People remix and you've got a trio of awesome tunes from these Pendulum dudes.

The rest of the Top Ten deserves your attention too. Rocket from Braund Reynolds was the tune on the breakbeat scene (and beyond) as a promo earlier this year and it had an official (and legal) release last month. Cross the Line by Elite Force is a top shelf tech-breaks track from the soundtrack for Wipeout XL Pure, probably the best one from the game. Stuck in a Wind Up is a throw back to the Motown/Northern Soul sound of yesteryear, and Move Over Daddy is a skanky ska ditty that bops along nicely, both sounding as fresh and as relevant today as anything else on this list.

Spider Eyes from Scandanavian breakbeat apostle Ugress is a cheeky re-envisioning of the Spider-Man Theme. We follow that with Dutch duo Kraack and Smaack's sexy house choon Keep Me Home and lastly, the undeniably funk of Fort Knox Five's remix of Ain't it Funky by A Skillz & Krafty Kuts.

Look for all these releases and more at finer record stores.

PS - Part 2 of my Film Fest Reviews is coming soon, I've just been dragging my butt on the last movie. Then I've got part 3 and I'm done. Why it's taken me this long (the Film Fest was in September!) I don't know. :P

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