Miami based drum and bass DJ and producer Stereotype has been putting in extensive work in the studio and behind the decks. He’s produced and released an impressive number of tunes and has been playing regularly across Florida. Working with Tha Substitutes to throw Stank Love, Miami’s only consistent drum and bass monthly party, the night has recently celebrated it’s one year anniversary, marking a milestone for all involved in the potentially fickle drum and bass scene.

Sterotype’s “I Know Not Why” recently surfaced for retail purchase on the Rise Americas EP on Westbay Digital, and forthcoming releases include “Oil Spill” on Rubik Records, “Last Night” on the Rise Americas  EP Volume II on Westbay Digital, “The Firing Squad” ft. Sopheye on Sublife Recordings and “Like a Bad Habit” on All Street Recordings.

Outside of Miami things are big things brewing for Gary, including his new house project with Hawaii based Atlantic Connection, called “Those Daze” as well as some out of state traveling to Hawaii and California.

Here’s the tunes! Four high quality drumnbass bootlegs, including the much sought after Radiohead “Videotape” remix and the song I call “Ready To Go Right Now”, which he calls “Green Light Booty”, which, to me, is the theme song for Stank Love.

Stereotype – “Green Light Booty”- Click to download
Stereotype – “Nothings Changed”- Click to download
Stereotype – “True Story” – Click to download
Stereotype – “Videotape” – Click to download

Upcoming booking:

Stank Love, Miami Beach 6/26/10
Proper Dosage, West Palm 7/7/10
Soul Good, Honolulu 7/16/10
Special House Set (Those Daze) Honolulu 7/18/10
Sublife, San Francisco 7/22/10
Stank Love, Miami Beach 7/31/10

Today’s Throwback Thursday material is a classic mix from Dillinja, which was recorded for the Breezeblock show on Radio1, which is now called Mary Anne Hobbs: BBC Radio 1’s Experimental Show. This mix is a collection of some of the best Dillinja tunes showcasing his unmistakable and often imitated sound; distorted 808’s, grimey drum kits and lots of random vocal chops. Download the mix and get acquainted with a piece of drum and bass history.

Dillinja – ‘In The Grind VIP’
Dillinja – ‘Hard Noize’
Craggz & Parallel Forces – ‘Fizzy Piglets (TC Vocal VIP)’
Dillinja – ‘All The Things VIP / Remix’
??? – ???
Digital – ‘Sound Killer’
TC – ‘Let’s Go’ (Ft. MC Jakes)
Dillinja – ‘96 Thing’
Dillinja – Basscone

A-Sides is one of the most prolific artists in the international drum and bass scene, touring the world almost non-stop, traveling to over 300 cities in his DJ career. He boasts releases via huge labels such as Metalheadz, Bingo, Hospital, True Playaz and Innerground, as well as his own long running  Eastside imprint. More recently,  he’s had his hand in starting Basshead Music, a label based out of Miami that releases dubstep, drumnbass, house and other styles of bass music.

His newest album, Worldwide, is out on Beatport now and featuring  collaborations with Break, Kemo, Deeizm and MC Fats. Jason was cool enough to take the time to answer some questions about the album, his travels and give some advice for those trying to get ahead with music.

1. Your new album “Worldwide” has just dropped on Beatport – how long did the album take and where were you when you were producing the tunes?

Worldwide is a combination of tracks i have been producing over the last 2 or 3 years. Half of the tracks on it are new and exclusive and some are projects which i have had assigned to other labels such as Metalheadz or Innerground but they were never released due to scheduling issues. I decided to pull them back, Revamp them then put them onto the album.

A bulk of the tracks were written in my studio at home in London but there was also a hand full of tracks such as “White Riesling”, “Milk & Honey” and “Stop Frontin’” that were made at Basshead HQ in Miami and then brought back to my studio in the UK for a final polish. All of the vocal tracks were written and recorded from scratch at my studio in London other than “Change” and “Synthessed” which I started to write in Miami then recorded the vocals when I got back home from my travels.

2. You’ve got collaborations with Kemo, Break and a couple of other big names on the release. What was the collaboration process like? Were you working together in person or was there a lot of internet based work done?

With ” Argot” I already had a sketch written so I then had Kemo come over for the day and lay down vocals. Once I had the vocals sounding tight I worked more things around those again until the track was finished. The same with “Rebel Rouser” and “Change”. I get sketches made, then have the vocalists come over, lay down their vocals, then they normally leave me to it. Deeizm works with complex vocal structures and a lot of layers of harmonies so I really had to work on that track. Once I had dealt with the vocals I had Makoto come over and lay down some final keys and that was a wrap.

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Drum and bass. Doc Scott. 1998. Get on it.

I downloaded this mix a few years ago, probably from the mixes section at FloridaDNB.com, listened to it non-stop, then lost it. Earlier today I had a female vocal sample playing in my head; I could not place where it was from, and it was starting to bother me. In the middle of some much needed house work, I found a stack of CD’s and located the 10 Years of Dillinja mix, burned an unknown number of years previously. Through coincidence, or otherwise, the vocal that was haunting me was used in a tune within the first few minutes of the mix.

Dillinja is a man who, if you’ve been into drum and bass for more than a handful of years, produced some of the early classics that inspired many to begin production and DJing. His signature sound has been imitated, ermh…I mean, has influenced many in the DNB community, however in recent years, he’s fallen off due to sticking too closely to that signature sound. This mix is a wonderful collection ofhis golden years – jungle basslines rattling bassbins while Amens smash about, rendering any listener unable to stay still.