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This week's Six Pack comes courtesy of Nik Muzka. It's a matter of taste, and he's a musical taste maker, so pour this little lot down your ears... 1. Spank Rock + Har Mar Superstar - Trick for Treat (Lex Records) This tunes oozes attitude with its fat bumpin bass and head nodding beats. Har mar and spank rock's vocals are a perfect combination with har mar's high pitched singing and spank rock's rhyming bouncing of each other over some tasty middle eastern strings. 2. Portishead - Silence, Exillon Remix (???) Portishead get the remix treatment from Jay Fields, better known as Exillon, one of the Bay Area's finest electronic musicians. Over 7 minutes long, this remix is perfect for any prime time DJ set. Jay takes Beth Gibbons' mesmerizing voice and the tracks haunting melodies and turns them into a dancefloor friendly gem. 3. Dizzee Rascal - Where da G's, El-P Remix (Def Jux) Dizzee rascal exploded onto the scene with his mercury prize winning album �Boy In da corner' album in 2003 at the tender age of 19 and I've been a huge fan ever since. Now he's signed to the American label def jux and is releasing his �Maths+English' album in the US on April 29th. This remix comes from def jux main man el-p and though it looses some the originals grime it replaces with a more solid hip hop vibe. 4. Mekon feat Schooly D - Skool's Out, Les Rythmes Digitales mix (Wall of Sound) Straight outta Philadelphia, Schoolly D was one of the earliest exponents of gangster rap along with the likes of Ice-T, Toddy Tee and Kool G Rap.This Remix came from jlc in 1997 on wall of sound when I was playing party hip hop and what became known as big beat and this was one that stayed in my bag for a long time. I also got to support Schooly D which was amazing as I had been buying his music since I was a kid and thought I would never see him perform live never mind dj on the same bill as him. PARTY ROCKIN!! 5. De Signer - Eyes Lies feat JMV + Audrey Montgalliard (De Signer) L.A.'s DE SIGNER label is the brainchild of French export Jean Marc Virard�or JMV�artist, designer and musician. �EYES LIES', a blippy electro banger with vocals by JMV and his mate, Audrey Montgalliard. Audrey brings vocals reminiscent of Miss Kittin on a good day. This is one of those tracks that fits nicely into a set of electro and techno with bubbly bass, sharp snares, electro kicks and an obvious but effective vocal. 6. Rustie - Clipper (Stuff) This track is from the �Jagz the smack' ep on stuff. This ep has been getting a lot of support from artists such as Modeselektor through to Plastician, Anthony "Shake" Shakir, Flying Lotus and Alex Smoke. All 5 tracks are worth charting but the one I picked stands out above the rest and would sit nicely in my sets between glitchy hip hop and dubstep. | ||

