Deckhead 2.0

A few weeks ago I did a post about a Moombahton which was created by Dave Nada. It is basically popular Dutch House tracks edited and slowed down to around 100BPM and took the recent WMC in Miami by storm.

My favorite boys south of the border, the Scatterblog collective are so enchanted by this craze that they have just leaked their own edits of some of their favorite tracks. The Scatterblog, based out of Melbourne, Australia it runs as a music label (Scattermusic), a series of parties & events and of course, as a music blog. Everyone who writes at the Scatterblog DJs and Produces original music.

A few days ago Mu Gen had an idea to put together a Moombahton mixtape for the second installment of the Scattermusic Radio. On this mix he showcases some of the best edits around and also got fellow scatterbloggers Mat Cant, Lewis Cancut, Scattermish and Slap & Dash (himself and Scattermish) to make some exclusive edits for the mixtape.

I always like to see an insight into what goes through the mind of various artists, this is what Mu-Gen had to say about the genre;

“…after digging deeper into the tunes and bumping them on dance floors I have fallen in love. Before my life as a club music dj I was pretty hard out into hip hop and turntableism which makes moombahton feel just right for me. Lewis once said to me after hearing some of this shit “its as if we were playing hip hop all this time, just sped the fuck up”, and he is so right! It just feels like such a relief to be jamming tunes at slightly over 100bpm to a club crowd again. You can do so much more as a dj in terms of manipulating the music at this speed.”

Here is the mega mix by Mu Gen:

Scattermusic Radio #2 – Mu-Gen (Mu-gehton Moombathon)

As a bonus I also have a selection of Moombahton edit by each of the boys

♪ Afrojack – Mongoloid (Mat Cant Tells Moombahton Where To Go Edit)

♪ Mu-Gen – Turn That Shit Up (Moombahton Edit)

♪ Playmode – One Track Mind (Scattermish Moombahton Mix)

♪ Slap & Dash – Fried Toy Moombahton (Afrojack, French Fries)

♪ Solo - Congoloid (Lewis Cancut Moombahton Rub)

In a few weeks ill showcase some of my very own Moombahton edits, so stay tuned. Already started working on an edit of a Nadastrom track and ideas are flowing for some other ones.

Overtime Bonus: Earlier this year Slap & Dash (Mu Gen & Scattermish) did an exclusive mix for Discobelle which blew my mind away. It is four deck collaboration where they showcase some of the sounds they are digging at the moment as well as various scattermusic releases.

*WARNING* This mix will blow your mind, it will make you want to stop making mixtapes, djing and retire from anything music related.

Here is the original Discobelle post with the boys talking about the mix

Jax

Mat Cant is one of those clever boys from Melbourne who form the Scatterblog crew. He is a co-owner on the amazing scattermusic record label, a writer on the infamous ScatterBlog, a superstar DJ and hotshot producer, so basically he is a very busy boy. Before he made it in the bright lights of Melbourne he was slowly working away in Shepparton, Geelong and the rest of regional Victoria, so he has paid his dues and it is finally paying off. In his production work he has already collaborated with big hitters such as Nick Thayer & AC Slater as well as releasing his debut Hornbo EP with Scattermish on Scattermusic which included remixes by The Hump Day Project, Sticky K, Paz & Yacht Club DJs.

His style has matured and developed over the past 12 months and this has been proven with the various mixtapes and the couple of different DJ sets that I have witnessed, he can bust anything from a Baltimore set, to Hip Hop, some bangers and even some up beat party tech styles.

He has just released his latest latest mixtape and once again he has showed how diverse his musically knowledge is by focusing on some of his favorite UK club tunes whether they are some of the new sounds that are dominating at the moment or the pioneering older jams. The mix contains some vocal drops from Serocee, Lady Chann, Smutlee and Fraksha who are some pretty big names in the UK sound scene.

Mat Cant – The Mix That Can by MatCant

Bonus: Here is Mat Can’t latest remix, it is a UK Funky remix that he did for Paz, who is one of the godfathers of the Melbourne scene. The remix contains vocals from Fraksha, it is a bit different from his recent production but once again he delivers another strong piece of production.

♪ Paz – Raw Raw (Mat Cant Vocal Mix feat Fraksha)

Jax

It seems that another Australian based blog has had enough of the bullshit that is blogger and has decided to move onto their own domain, this blog is Scatterblog. For the past few years they have been one of the pioneering forces in the Australian blog culture, leading the line with all their writers being established djs and also producers, they also put on crazy parties with some of the best international djs that blast through Melbourne.

Scatterblog now runs as a free music record label – Scattermusic! The label is similar to that of the troublemakers site they have set up, over the next few months there are a ton have dope releases by big name artists and remixers and great quality dance music, the main difference to this label and most others is the fact that all the tracks are being released for free, through scatterblog.com!

Upcoming releases include: Edu K (out december 5th), Dubbel Dutch, Dirtybeats, Slap & Dash ft Spoek, Cumbia Cosmonauts, Lewis CanCut and Tranter…

The first is Mat Cant & Scattermish’s Hornbo. The track is fuelled with air-horns and hype chants and is fit for the dancefloor. There are some great remixes too by the likes of Sticky K who’s made it even more of a dancefloor stomper, totally big room and hype. Then Yacht Club have used a cheeky sample and given it some bassline. The Hump Day Project have made it rolling and sound more tech. Then Paz has spead shit up a notch and turned it into a 150bpm ghetto-tech bomb.

Here is my favorite remix from the release, its fucking huge. Sticky K is definitely a producer to look out for over the next few months!

♪ Mat Cant, Scattermish – Hornbo (Sticky K Remix)

Here is a link to the post on Scatterblog about the full release and here is the Juno Download link!

Jax