Memekast

Episode mk087 comes to us from Chillage Records artist Spoken Bird. Comprised mostly of newly released material, we think that you're in for quite the treat! The episode starts out strong and moves easily from song to song, with his signature style of laser infused glitch hop. This mix is set to compliment his most recent release, How Old is the Wind. It contains many of the songs from this release, as well as many other remixes.

Episode 86 is something a little special and a little different than the normal Memekast. This mix comes to us from the one like Origin, with an intro from the original badman, Geno Cochino! It was recorded live at Lucidity Festival on the Lucid Stage (sponsored by Memekast), Saturday afternoon. The selections range from deep half-time business through some bangin' footwork and even a bit of DnB for good measure.

Episode 85 comes to us by way of DubCOliNG. Over 65 minutes of squishy, bubbly beats and bass served up with a side of turntablism and scratch technique. Showcasing his own music alongside selections from Tipper, Digital Rust and Kalya Scintilla, among others; we really feel like they stand out, with solid sound design and theme. He's surely an artist to watch in the near future.

This mix comes to us by way of LO-SCORE. We’d love to tell you more but all we got is a mix and a tracklist. There is no Soundcloud. No fan page. That’s all we know. *shrug* UPDATE: Apparently there is a SoundCloud.

Episode 83 comes to us from SugarBeats. This dynamic duo comes in hot with almost 50 minutes of straightforward Glitch Hop bangers. The mix starts out with their own original tunes and then moves into some of the genres most sought after artists, including Au5 & Fractal, Mr.Bill, Circuit Bent, and Stickybuds- chopped and screwed with layers of vocal edits and acapellas to keep it feeling familiar and danceable the whole way through.

Memekast resident Dabis' last mix was back on 4/20 of 2011, and now he's back for another run. This selection takes us on a journey into the deep and dark depths of half time Drum & Bass and Footwork. Many of these selections encapsulate the terms "progressive" and "minimal", while still holding a theme and intention that feels clear the whole way through.

Episode 81 comes to us by way of our favorite master of the funk infused, squishy bass — the one and only VibeSquaD! This new mix contains a few tunes from his recent album Spinning Gears and Making Things. He also drops a couple of our old favorites, Swivel and Snagglepuss. Also notable are the Spoonbill collaboration and the remixes for Hellfire Machina and previous Memekast selector Freddy Todd (mk075). Definitely one of the most solid Memekasts to date, and we're stoked to be able to share it with you.

RudElgin comes in blazin' with mk080, for his follow up mix: a deep exploration into the many sounds and styles of Drum & Bass. WIth great track selection and practically flawless mixing, we expect nothing less from one of our favorite residents. While Elgin has been "laying low" for the last year, he's also been getting some really good looks. 2013 saw him playing Coachella, multiple EDCs and most recently supporting the popular "EDM" group Krewella on their recent North American tour.

Episode mk079 comes to us from Headtron and Muti Music artist, Andreilien (formerly Heyoka). Comprised of mostly un-released material, all of the tunes are forthcoming soon on Muti Music. We think you're in for quite the treat! The mix starts out mellow and dreamy, slowly moving into his signature style of dubbed out, glitch hop. It's the perfect soundtrack to help with those post festival season blues!

Episode number 78 comes from our own resident selector of selectors, Spektrum. This mix is an exploration into the current world of deep, dark, and at times minimal Dubstep.

Episode number 77 comes by way of jOBOT. Another one of the rising stars on the ever growing Headtron roster, he comes CORRECT with this mix. Starting out with some of that Zapp & Roger business, then moving through some heavy Electro influenced Glitch Hop cuts with Love and Light. Featuring mostly original material or remixes and collaborations with Stephan Jacobs, Gridwork and Walkerling, this mix is sure to please. The whole episode is a showcase of his skill not only in producing quality music, but also the ability to transition from tempo to tempo, style to style with very little effort. Although a required DJ skill crucial to a quality live performance, it seems that with the advent of Ableton it's one that's too often overlooked.

Kicking off the Year of the Snake, 2NUTZ delivers a 45 minute slammer. Starting out with some crunked out lazer beats and chopped, screwed vocals, then moving through some straight forward glitch hop a la Tipper, this is a mix designed to hold your attention from beginning to end. After seeing their live set at an outdoor music festival in Southern California, we knew they could deliver the goods, and would make a great addition to our growing catalogue, so we decided to get them on ASAP. The track selection on this episode is top notch and the mixing is solid. Promoters should definitely pay attention to this duo for bookings this year.

Welcome back! We wanted to have someone special to roll out our 75th episode, and wrap up 2012. Who better than Freddy Todd? His most current release, Sick in the City, Alive in the Woods just came out via our friends over at Adapted Records. The whole album is a constant challenge to what Glitch Hop "is". His versatility and constantly evolving style make him hardly the type of producer that you can label as being in this genre, or that genre.

It's time for a resident mix! This episode comes to us from our very own Seventh Swami. His last Memekast was in 2007, and aside from a couple of releases on Muti Music, we haven't heard a lot out of him. He's been off the grid, living and doing some soul searching, occasionally surfacing for a booking here and there by his crews, Want It! and the Ambient Mafia. What he puts down for episode 74 is oozing with soul and sexiness. It's a mix made for the Summer.

Episode number 73 comes to us by way of Glitch Hop Forum co-founder, ill-esha. This mix was recorded live, using the Novation Twitch and Serato. She blasts through a huge list of tunes, coming from the likes of S.P.E.C.T.R.E., heRobust, Stephan Jacobs, ChrisB, Samples, and her new project Intellipaths with Unlimited Gravity. It includes many of her own originals, remixes and collaborations from far and wide. One of the many things that strikes us about ill-esha is the way that she is constantly setting herself apart from her peers with her own unique, soulful compositions and vocal style.

Oh snap, it's time for the 4/20 Munchies mix y'all! Episode 72 comes to us from Pizza Party, the side project of Stephan Jacobs and NiT GriT. This order starts out crunchy with some of their freshest originals for the meat of the mix. Then it starts moving through some of their own solo works and remixes. To top the order off, they threw in the Freddy Todd remix of Stephan's tune In the Vortex and remixed a track by Metric. On the house.

For this episode, we give you a uniquely crafted mix of favorites and originals by Bay Area up and comer Tinker.  Fresh back from her Hawaiian Tour in February, we asked her to give us a taste of what the hype is all about.  She absolutely delivered, sharing a selection of bumping tunes with tight basslines, wonky beats, and playful melodies. After setting the vibe with a cheeky remix of Henry Mancini's Pink Panther Theme, the mix slinks along with attitude, steadily increasing in tempo and injecting high levels of head-nodding bass and beats into your blood stream, warping your brain and stealing your heart. This one's not to be missed.

For this episode we take you to a secret underground bunker, hidden somewhere along the coast of Northern California. To give you a mix from the man known by many, simply as Hypnotech. Being the co-owner one of the most well known online music resources for both dj's and listeners of the most cutting edge of todays bass music. We were expecting more of the "dope" hybridized mid tempo, womptastic, west coast, glitch hop and dubstep sound that we've come to expect from Addictech as a label and music outlet. Little did we know that he would send us a deep, dark, and at times minimal autonomic drum & bass mix of all new tunes from around the globe. In our minds this mix further solidifies him as a downright excellent DJ, top notch selector and purveyor of only the finest beats. Every one of these tracks are seemingly hand picked out of the thousands that he sorts through every year. Progressing from sparsely programmed clicks and scattered beats and then breaking into some deep roller action. It runs the ga

For this episode, we give you a selection of all original songs from Ratchet. He shot us a slammin' mix, hot off the release of his new album Warp Speed on Ooze System Recordings. It starts out with the uptempo dance floor friendly feel of Natural Movement, the Memekast giveaway track available for free on our Soundcloud Page. After that it breaks loose into his tunes Raw and Family Style, runs through a natural progression of bangers, then settles into some of the more melodic textural material he's released. With subtle tempo changes and on point edits he keeps you listening the whole way though and doesn't disappoint the ears.

Bringing it home with yet another Headtron episode (it really was unintentional, we swear), Number 68 comes from the man known as +verb. We've had him plugged in since he put out his 2010 X-mas mix-tape. Let's face it, he's kind of hard not to notice, given that he's putting new music out seemingly every week. He also has a string of highly acclaimed releases and remixes on Simplify, Muti Music, Robox Neotech and most notably his remix for Starkey on Civil Music.