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Updated: 05/10/04
Bedroom dance and crazy mash-ups from the US
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Listen to a mix by Mashit's DJ C
Listen to a mix from Phantomnoise
This month the Peel Team have decided to give you not just one but two fantastic labels which you must check out. Mashit Records in the States and Phontomnoise in Leipzig! Both labels are in the very early stages but have released some top tunes which have featured heavily in the Peel playlist. Mashit records first came to our attention with their very first release a remix of Capleton by DJ C and Aaron Spectre late last year. Phantomnoise arrived in the post bag for John this summer and we've been pleased that they have kept the produce coming not just on his Phantomnoise label but also on his off shoot Alphacut label.
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"Advanced promos of upcoming Mashit releases are killing dance-floors across Europe and the US months before their release" |
Mashit
In 2003 DJ C started the Mashit label to release hard-hitting raggabreaks and jungcore mashups. The first Mashit 12" (played a good few times on the Peel Show may I add) featured rough and rugged remixes of Capleton by DJ C and Aaron Spectre, and sold out within weeks of it's release. On the recently released 4th Mashit 12" DJ C versioned the version with a raging remix of Shinehead's remake of Michael Jackson's Billy Jean.
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The upcoming Mashit 005 will feature a collaboration between Boston hip hop MC Wayne And Wax, and Kingston JA DJs Wasp and Dami D. All the Mashit records have garnered nuf respect from Japan to Australia, Budapest to Brooklyn. Advanced promos of upcoming Mashit releases are killing dance-floors across Europe and the US months before their release.
DJ C runs Mashit out of his bedroom in Somerville Massachusetts. "I don't just sleep in my bedroom, I DJ, make tracks, and run the label there too" he says, "I mix all kinds of music when I spin records and I'm always looking for records that blend genres in new and fun ways. I want Mashit to be a launch pad for new combinations of great music into compositions that are made to move the crowd."
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"They moved crowds with secret beats that got under skin and forced feet to move." |
On a recent Mashit tour of Europe DJ C, Ripley, and Kid Kameleon mashed up so many raging riddims it made heads spin. Jungle, reggae, hardcore, rock, hiphop, folk, bhangra, techno, and just about everything else were represented. They moved crowds with secret beats that got under skin and forced feet to move.
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We are told that in the coming months and years that Mashit "will continue researching genre blends, speed beats, and bass hits, releasing the results of those experiments to the public as Mashit 12s, CDs, and MP3s."
Keep your ears peeled.
www.mashit.com
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