24 December 2008

Top 10 Tunes of 2008 in Dubstep/Grime

Top 10 Tunes of 2008 in Dubstep/Grime

BunZer0 & C4TR (City Background)

I sent an e-mail the other day to the DJ’s who were delivering a set during the year 2008 for a Top Ten Tunes of Dubstep/Grime in 2008 List. So here they are…
Enjoy

BunZer0 & C4TR

C4TR / Steppas Choice / NXTLVL

1. Kulture - Diesel - Disfigured Dubz
2. Breakage - Untitled - Digital Soundboy Recording
3. Kryptic Minds & Leon Switch - Minor Nine (Headhunter Remix) - Defcom Records
4. Stenchman - The Number One - XS Dubz
5. Cotti - Temperature feat. Doctor - White Label
6. L.V. - CCTV feat. Dandelion - Hyperdub
7. Plastician - Intensiv Snare feat. Skepta - Soul Jazz Records
8. Cotti - Calm Down feat. Doctor - Bass Face Recordings
9. Kid Lion & Faustizm - Octogun - RADIO DADIO DUBZ
10. Dusk & Blackdown - Con/Fusion - Keysound Recordings

Studio Old & New

Zenit / Radio Dadio

1. Hatcha – Just A Riff - Aphex Recordings
2. Kromestar – The Flu - Marxmen Dubs
3. 2BiT – Missed Call - Dubplate
4. Kid Lion & Faust – Rambo Dub - RADIO DADIO DUBZ
5. Atki2 – Guilty Pleasures feat. Indi Kaur (Pinch Remix) - Werk Discs
6. Zomby - The Lie - Ramp Recordings
7. Baobinga & I.D. – South Manchester Weather (I.D. Remix) - Fat! Records
8. 16 Bit - PCP - Urban Essentials
9. LV - Dream Cargo - Hyperdub
10. Clause Four – Whisky Bar Bootleg - Dubplate

LuTown & ZeeCity @ Night

Deadbybeats / Bassnihilist.ch

1. Blackmass Plastic - Suck Your Mum - Combat Recordings
2. Excision & Noiz - Do It Now - Rottun Recordings
3. Broken Note - War In The Making - Ruff
4. Suspicious Stench - Beat The Banker - Bovinyl Moosick
5. Noiz - Pressure Chamber - Rottun Recordings (Digital Release)
6. Broken Note - Mortal Bass - Ruff
7. Claw & Zardonic - Ruckus - Dubplate
8. Kosh - Funeral March (4x4) - A.R.M.Y
9. Stenchman - Lemongrass Shitbiscuit - XS Dubz
10. Cardopusher - Maybe Next Time - Terminal Dusk

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UPDATE 1

Slass / Unreleased Kollektiv

1. TC - Where's My Money (Caspa Remix) – D-Style Recordings
2. Foreign Beggars vs. Rouge A Lèvres – Hit That Gash (Itchy Naaan Re-Rub / DJ Primecuts Remix) – Dented
3. Jakes - 3Kout – H.E.N.C.H Recordings
4. TRG – Everything We Stand For – Cool And Deadly Records
5. Breakage - Callahan – Digital Soundboy Recording Co.
6. Babylon System & The Antiserum - California Style - Argon
7. Double S - From Day (Cardopusher Dubstep Mix) – True Tiger Recordings
8. Sollabong – Human Trade – DubKraft Records (Digital Release)
9. Riskotheque - Just You – Audio Freaks
10. Kid Sister - Pro Nails (Rusko Remix) – Unreleased

ZeeCity Bellevue @ Night

UPDATE 2

Unfinished / NUR Sound

1 Gunjack – Guts – Bassism Dub
2. Phonecall – Rule Number One – Bassism Dub
3. Broods – Desert’s Toad – Unreleased Kollektiv Dub / Digital Release
4. Quest – Stand – Deep Medi Musik
5. Silkie – Sky’s The Limit – Deep Medi Musik
6. Mr. Gee & Firefly – Siddown – Spoilt Rotten Entertainment
7. Mala – Shake Out Your Demons feat. Sgt. Pokes – Disfigured Dubz
8. Joker & Rustie – Play Doe - Kapsize
9. Kosheen – Guilty (Plastician Remix) – White Label
10. Cahill – Trippin On You (Wideboys London Mix) – 3 Beat Blue

African Sky

UPDATE 3

Elusive Bastard / Dub Man Walking on Helsinki.at

1. Kid D – Brave Star - Widow
2. Skepta – Reign Riddim – Sound-Ink
3. Various Production – Phortune – Various Production
4. Peter Tosh – Legalize it (West Coast Mix / 6Blocc Remix) – WAR Series (Not on Label)
5. Caspa – Floor dem – Digital Soundboy Recording Co.
6. G-Dub & Venomuz – Friendz? (Instrumental) – Speedos Noodle Recordings
7. Benga – Drumz West - Tempa
8. Silkie – Poltigiest – Deep Medi Musik
9. Kid D – Lash - Widow
10. Silencer – Treble – Underground Unit

Letters

To be updated…

As usual this is a hard one for me! Only ten tracks?!? There where way more than this in 2008! So it’s just a snapshot!

Feel free to add your personal Top 10 in Dubstep/Grime of 2008 by entering it as a comment!

Greetings & Blessings, Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
May the Bass be with you!

C4TR

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Download the Show: Steppas Choice 51

Steppas Choice 51: Subsound & C4TR

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Broadcasted: 22. December 2008

Another big one with Subsound reppin Subbus Barcelona, The Chorizo Show on the mighty Sub.FM and the Spainzerland Massive! Sorry for the lateness wanted to start 2 hours earlier in the end I started the show about 35min too early… gonna try this again…

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Anyway was nice to have Subsound back behind the decks, sink some beers and enjoy the music on an acceptable system. And his Selection was wicked as ever. Download the show to check! C4TR is on the Intro and Outro dutties, between the nice and bass rich ‘n’ tasty supply of Subsound delivering Bass Madness. Was absolutely wicked! Your chest Subsound!
Subsound & Studio Crew
Big up to the Listeners: the shout boxing ones and the silent ones! Out to the International Famo, Out to Moonshine, Out to the Subbus Crew, Out to the 2nd Drop Famo!

Greetings and Blessings

C4TR

Download the Show:
Steppas Choice 51: Subsound & C4TR

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Download the Show: Steppas Choice 50

Steppas Choice 50: C4TR in the hot seat feat. MC Operation

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Broadcasted: 15. December 2008

Oh my gosh… Fifty Steppas Choice Shows done, broadcasting the Monday Night Madness for over a year now and it’s defo time to say thank you!
You the Listeners and the supportive DJ’s made the Show what it is today! Thank you! Also a massive Big up to all the Shout Boxers! One Love! You’re interaction and feedback is highly appreciated!

A Special and massive Big up! goes to the following Steppas:

DJ BLADE
Without you I wouldn’t be where I am today! Thanks for all the possibilities, bookings and info on the scene. Thanks for the links! Thank you for still being there! A massive shout to you Blade! Your chest!

DJ Blade on MySpace
NXTLVL ONLINE

Blade & Duplo

DJ UNFINISHED
Out to the man with a thousand plans… Out to you for some of the wickedest shows on the station. Thank you for every single tune you send to me! May 2009 bring some more! Thank you for doing the promotion on FaceBook and hosting the Group!

NUR Sound Online
DJ Unfinished on MySpace
NUR Sound on MySpace
Steppas Choice FaceBook Group

Duplo, C4TR & Unfinished

BROODS
Out to the modest Broods producing the mental stuff in Switzerland! Thanks for sending and handing out your tunes to me! Highly Appreciated! More of the Madness please! Big up!

Broods on Digital Tunes
Unreleased Kollektiv Online

Broods & Slass

KID LION & FAUSTIZM
Out to the Bienne Zoo Gang! Thanks for sending me your tunes! They become sicker with every new one! Big up for the bookings and the Shows at Coupole! Out to Dada for building the Tribute Soundsystem!

Radio Dadio Online
Dada on MySpace
Faustizm on MySpace
Radio Dadio on MySpace

Zenit, Koolkat1 & Faustizm

NXT LVL GANG & ASSOCIATED
Out to the Riddlah for constantly trying to teach me how to mix properly! Your chest!
Out Tef for being the one, that skanks, shouts and screams for 10! Appreciated!

NXTLVL Online
Riddlah on MySpace

UFO & YOURZ GFX

MC OPERATION
Big up to Operation for showing up and laying down some spitted madness! Keep coming to the show!

Koolkat1, C4TR & Operation

UNRELEASED KOLLEKTIVE & ASSOCIATED
Out to Kolt’, Slass & Broods for playing at Steppas Choice. Out to Kolt’ for the bookings at Fri-Son! Highly appreciated! Your chest!

Unreleased Kollektiv Online
Unreleased Kollektiv on MySpace
Kolt’ on MySpace
Slass on Myspace

Unreleased Kollektiv

RADIO DADIO SQUAD & ASSOCIATED
Out to Zenit, Koolkat1, Dada & Faustizm! Thanks for all the Shows you did with me! Thanks for the bookings, was always big and I’m looking forward to come back!

Radio Dadio Online
Radio Dadio on MySpace
Faustizm on MySpace
Dada on MySpace
Koolkat1 on MySpace
Zenit on Myspace

Zenit & Koolkat1

NUR SOUND GANG & ASSOCIATED
Out to Duplo, Cen and his MSN Gang, The Kommando Trash and The Groupies! Thank you for your Support!

NUR Sound Online
DJ Unfinished on MySpace
NUR Sound on MySpace
Duplo on MySpace
Kommando Trash on MySpace
The Groupies on MySpace

Subsound & Studio Crew

SELECTOR LLOYD
Out to the Selector for serving the dubby madness each and every!

DeathbyBeats & Selector Lloyd

DEATHBYBEATS
Out to DeathbyBeats for the sets and the Promo on www.bassnihilist.ch! Your chest!

Bassnihilist Online
DeathbyBeats on MySpace

Lamosh 273 & Operation

ELUSIVE BASTARD
To the Elusive one for covering the show during my Africa Trip!

Operation & Elusive

Also a special Big Up! to the International Famo:
Moonshine, Subsound & Subbus Crew, Idle D, Coops, the 2nd Drop Famo, F.4.T. Records Crew, Mom, Meturi & BunZer0!

Out to each and every one I forgot... your chest!

Fifty Shows planned, only 8 weeks without a Show, out of this 8 Shows 7 were cancelled because of Technical Difficulties in the Studio. One Show was cancelled because I was in Kenya.
Fifty times a story to tell; Fifty sets with exciting new bass driven music! Fifty times a night to remember; Fifty times Beer, Smoke and heaving a good time!

Looking fwd to the next fifty shows!
Thank you friends!

Greetings, Blessing and a Merry Christmas

C4TR

C4TR

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Steppas Choice 50: C4TR in the hot Seat feat. MC Operation

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Playlist for Steppas Choice 50

1. Clock Watchin Dub - LD - Ringo Records
2. Poltigiest - Silkie - Deep Medi Musik
3. Octogun - Kid Lion & Faustizm - RADIO DADIO DUBZ
4. Waiting feat. Ilawy - Simien & Obeah - Kraken Recordings
5. Livin' Fire - Tes La Rok - Dub Police
6. Bloodthirst - Coki - Sub Freq Recordings
7. Diesel - Kulture - Disfigured Dubz
8. Legalize It (West Coast Mix - 6Blocc Remix) - Peter Tosh - War Series
9. Con/Fusion feat. Farrah - Dusk & Blackdown - Key Sound Recordings
10. Kingdom come - Dubwoofa - Dub Police
11. Pyramid Scheme - Starkey - White
12. Sing 4 me - Ghetto - White Label
13. Mountain - Ghetto - Freedom Of Speech
14. Concrete Streets feat. Durrty Goodz - Dusk & Blackdown - Key Sound Recordings
15. Commandments - Ghetto - Freedom Of Speech
16. Movin - Hatcha & Kromestar - Aphex Recordings
17. Untitled - Breakage - Digital Soundboy Recording
18. From Day (Instrumental) - Double S - True Tiger Recordings
19. 3K Lane - Jakes & Joker - H.E.N.C.H Recordings
20. Soap Dodger - Crissy Criss - Sludge
21. Cairo - Optimuz - Down South Dub
22. Don't Know - S.Y.N.K.R.O - Smokin' Sessions
23. I sed - Silkie - Deep Medi Musik
24. Open Ski - Quantum Soul - Dubting
25. Alicia - Mala - White Label
26. Bury da Bwoy - Mala - DMZ
27. Coma - Dubwoofa - Dub Police
28. Forgive - Mala - Deep Medi Musik
29. Corrupshun feat. Leebra - Kromestar - Bare Dubs Records

LuTown & ZeeCity @ Night
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17 December 2008

Download the Show: Steppas Choice 49

Steppas Choice 49: 
Selector Lloyd, C4TR & MC Operation

ZeeCity Bellevue @ Night

Once again a very lively Show on
Radio Radius… Selector Lloyd was smashing it, serious pressure together with MC Operation and myself. And as usual Selector Lloyd was serving the bassy madness.
After the heavy Server and Computer Failure and Crash, which prevent Unfinished and me from serving you the usual Monday Night Show, I was looking forward to this a lot. Once again a massive Big Up to David Flatz from the Technical Group at Radio Radius. Nonetheless the planned Show will take place in the Show of the 29th December 2008. Unfinished and me gonna do a little Dubplate Pressure Session.

Selectaa going wild

When I arrived at the Studio I was first very disappointed because, also once again, Beni and his Moanin Show wasn’t there. So no Hardcore Apéro Jazz for the early listeners of Steppas Choice! Beni what’s happening?
My disappointment went away when I entered the room, where the actual action takes place… The Monitors for the DJ are back (or replaced with new or secondhand ones?)! Anyway It felt good to have them back and to raise the level in the studio to a state where you can enjoy the music and the Basslines!

MC Operation

As always Selector Lloyd played proper spanking hefty Bassmusic for the listeners’ pleasure!

By the way:
Being online and taking part by using the shoutbox as a listener during the show is not only nice because you can interact, but because on this way you always get the latest news, some nice links and the possibility to meet other Steppaz. One of the links that were submitted by the shoutbox during the show was the download link for the latest Studio Mix from Slass.Visit the
Unreleased Kollektiv Homepage to download the new Mix from Slass! Heavily recommended!

For the first time I took the time to write a Playlist… so here it is:

Playlist for the Show:

Steppas Choice 49: Selector Lloyd, C4TR & MC Operation


C4TR on the intro duties

1. Cotti - Calm Down feat. Doctor - Bass Face Recordings
2. Quantum Soul - Dream Catcher - Dubbed Out
3. Quantum Soul – Creation Dub – Dubting
4. 2562 - Redux - Tectonic

SELECTOR LLOYD on the Take over

5. ??? - ??? - ???
6. Rob Sparx (feat. Nelly Furtado) – After Midnight (White)
7. Rob Sparx - Independent Life - Dubting
8. South3rn – Muslim Dub - Lo Dubs
9. Matty G (feat. Capleton) – Danger Zone - WAR
10. Rooted - Righteousness – Wonderland
11. Michael Prophet (Scientist Dub) - No Good – Thompson Sound 7“
12. Radical Guru vs. The Scientist - No Good - Dubby
13. Radical Guru – Strong Dub – Dubbed Out
14. Michael Prophet feat. Ricky Tuffy - ??? (Dubstep remix by unknown) - (White)
15. Radical Guru – New Decade – Dubbed Out
16. Tes La Rok - Livin’ Fire - Dub Police
17. DJ Narrows - Oppression – Heavy Artillery
18. Buraka Som Sistema - Kalemba (Wegue Wegue) - Greco-Roman
19. Ed Solo - Age of Dub - Sludge
20. South3rn – Fully Loaded – Lo Dubs
21. L.V. - CCTV feat. Dandelion - Hyperdub
22. Stereo MC’s - Black Gold (Marlow Vocal) - Graffiti Records
23. Mr. Rigsby - Trample – Soul Prolapse

C4TR on the One’s and Two’s

24. Black Canvas - Broken Dreams - Cool & Deadly Records
25. Kode9 - Konfusion (Dub) - Hyperdub
26. Digital Mystikz - Neverland - DMZ
27. Kromestar - Kromestar Zion Dub - Marxman Dubs
28. Jamie Woon - Wayfaring Stranger (Burial Remix) - Live Recordings
29. Kromestar - Rainy Dayz - Deep Medi
30. Benga - Wobblers - Big Apple Records
31. The Bug - Jah War feat. Flowdan - Ninja Tune
32. Fracture - The Phonecall - Compound One Records

SELECTOR LLOYD back on the decks

33. Distance - No Sunshine - Chestplate
34. Danny Red – Riddim Wize (Original 12“ cut) Dreadbeat Records

Last one from C4TR

35. Iron Soul - Slo Moshun - F1 Dubstars


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Shout outs to:
Blade & the NXT LVL CRW, Unfinished & NUR Sound, Unreleased Kollektiv, Radio Dadio Gang, Deathbybeats, Riddlah, Operation, the whole International Famo, Moonshine, Subsound, Subbus Crew, Rico & the LeZoo Staff, Idle D, Coops, Elusive Bastard, Tef, Selector Lloyd, the silent Listeners and all my Swiss Steppaz!
Your chest!

Greetings and Blessings

C4TR

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04 December 2008

News: Technical Difficulties: Problems more or less solved

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Dear Steppas

Finally! Good News for all my Steppas! Just received an e-mail from the Radio Radius Management. They had good news for all you Steppas:
1. It should be possible to do Live Shows again!
2. Finally the Monitors for the DJ are back!

So we’re ready again to serve you the Bass Madness on Monday Night! Here's already a short preview for the upcoming Shows:

8th of December: Selector Lloyd & C4TR
15th of December: To be announced…
22nd of December: SPECIAL GUEST - Better tune in for this one!
29th of December: DJ Unfinished & C4TR presenting The Dubplate Pressure Show


More to read soon right here!

By the way the Radio lost ALL Data… So all recorded Shows are lost, all Music Files, everything!!! Wish them Good Luck on the “Safe and Restore the Data Mission”!
I’m gonna use these occasion to give David Flatz, the Master Genius of Technical Wizardries at Radio Radius a maximum BIG UP for his dedication and time to fix that Problem with the Computer System! It’s highly appreciated! Maximum Respect to you, David!

By the way the Note further down is the official Statement of the Radio Radius Management!

Hope to see you on the Shoutbox next Monday!
Greetings & Blessings

C4TR

Offical Note from the Radio Radius Management
Fileservercrash
04.12.2008

Vor ein paar Tagen ist unser Fileserver abgeschmiert. Deswegen sind in dieser Woche ein paar Sendungen ausgefallen.
Wir möchten uns für diesen Ausfall entschuldigen. Wir haben alles wieder soweit hergerichtet, dass der Livebetrieb wieder aufgenommen werden kann. Allerdings sind im Moment alle unsere Daten futsch. Wir versuchen alles um sie wieder herzustellen. Drückt uns die Daumen!

Orwell was right

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01 December 2008

Dealing with technical Difficulties: Steppas Choice 48: DJ Unfinished & C4TR

Dear Steppas

I received today an e-mail from the Radio Radius Management saying that the server over which we broadcast, is temporarly down but it still would be possible to do a show. You would just have to restart the server computer and start the show immediately. Pretty upset about this sad news I checked the
Radio Radio Shoutbox and there was written that today and for the near future there won’t be any shows.
I couldn’t believe it! I thought the guys in the studio didn’t get that bloody e-mail from the Radio Radius Management. So I contacted them by shoutbox and told them to restart everything! Lucky me they did that but bloody shit it still didn’t work even not with that bloody trick… Quiet disappointing!
Anyway… I can’t change it! So I called DJ Unfinished and told him not to come! What a shame! I’m deeply sorry for all the Steppas that were looking forward to the real dubplate pressure Show from Unfinished and myself. We gonna redo this as soon as possible.
But Unfinished, already mentally ready for the show did a mini replacement mix! Lovely! Maximum Respect to DJ Unfinished! So at least some serious Bass Pressure for tonight! Now let's hope that the technical Radio Radius Staff can solve that problem in reasonable time!

Download the mix here:
http://www.divshare.com/download/5981651-4e1

Tracklist and Unfinished's comment:
unfinished - no choice (02.12.08)

after hearing steppas choice wouldn't happen tonite (as there were some major technical issues stopping the whole station from broadcasting) i decided to make a little mix anyway.
so here it is for those who care to heal the sorrow caused by the lack of the usual monday night madness.

01 flying lotus - parisian goldfish /warp
02 unfinished - bloody feet /nur dub
03 silkie & harry craze - french knickers /break the habit
04 trg - move dis /soul motive
05 soundproof - milkyway /soundproof
06 synkro - you don't know /smoke sessions
07 phonecall - old tallin /bassism dub
08 kosheen vs. plastician - guilty /?
09 ds1 - twisted /darker sounds
10 gunjack - guts /bassism dub
11 ? - rotten /ghetto knowledge
12 mr. gee & firefly - siddown /spoilt rotten
13 silkie - sky's the limit /deep medi
14 rob sparx - look 2 the future /audio freaks
15 unfinished - geil /nur dub
16 quest - stand /deep medi

shouts out to all my steppin famo, c4tr, lexxus, duplo, idle d, blade, riddlah, kolt, slass, broods, fabe, phila, faust, kid lion, zenit, koolkat1, elusive, moonshine, subsound, the tatman and his msn-gang, se santa lucia, se pavid, se deebee, se bitchy groupie, nadjeshka, and all the rest i forgot.
all my love goes your way.
special thanks to phonecall & gunjack, massive respect.


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Greetings & Blessing
C4TR

NXTLVL / ONE UNION