Man Bites Blog Podcast Ep: 08 Feat. Whitney et Schumacher

The Whitney et Schumacher takeover continues. Enjoy their special brand of electronic ear sing-song and wordsmithery as they help me navigate through the usual musicus eclecticus. Actually its mainly electro crunk with a Syrian or Turkish folk track sprinkled here and there for good measure. Other than that you can expect the usual mish-mash of music you may have never heard before. This weeks show features the likes of JME, Selda Bagcan, Fever Ray, and of course the afore mentioned Whitney et Schumacher.

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1. Rich Boy - Drop
2. Nosaj Thing - Coat of Arms
3. Whitney et Schumacher - Mindshowers
4. Banjo or Freakout - Archangel (Burial Cover)
5. Restiform Bodies - Interactive Halloween Bear (Lazersword Remix)
6. Jackson C. Frank - Milk and Honey (Whitney et Schumacher Refix)
7. Selda Bagcan - Ince Ince
8. Omar Souleyman - Leh Jani
9. Bugge Wesseltoft - Somewhere In Between
10. Bollie - You May Kiss The Bride
11. Don Armando - I'm An Indian Too
12. Whitney et Schumacher - Back to 85

Whitney et Schumacher

Whitney et Schumacher make electro pop music of the kind that Thom Yorke would have made if he had an Asbo. Songs constructed of squelchy synths, bargain-bin basslines and lyrics that are cobbled together ala Joanna Newsom make an for an alluring listen. Mind Showers is a syncopated rally-cry to the mentally unhinged distilled through a love of Aphex Twin, UKG, and Nerd-Rap. Complex in its execution and arrangement, yet still maintaining a rhythm and flow that is catchy and memorable. Whitney et Schumacher make music in Crawley. The sort of English town where nothing happens. Ever. But with songs like Back to 85 they trancend the doldrums of the place they call home, firmly putting Crawley on the musical map.
Below is an exclusive track they remixed for the podcast. A wonderfully booming re-fix of the great Jackson C. Frank. Keep your ears, eyes and even your fucking legs out for forthcoming debut LP Why Race The Music? For now enjoy these...

Whitney et Schumacher - Mind Showers.mp3

Whitney et Schumacher - Back to 85.mp3


Jackson C. Frank - Milk & Honey (Whitney et Schumacher Refix).mp3

Whitney et Shumacher takeover the pod with their special brand of electronics and wordsmithery. Ofcourse you can expect the usual mish-mash of modern beats and those that slipped between the cracks of a musical yesteryear. This weeks show features the likes pof JME, Selda Bagcan, Fever Ray, and of course the afore mentioned Whitney et Schumacher. They even prepared a bespoke remix for Man Bites Blog Podcast, a frantic re-scrambling of the Jackson C Frank classic Milk and Honey. Enjoy the show people.

1. Rich Boy - Drop
2. Nosaj Thing - Coat of Arms
3. Whitney et Schumacher - Mindshowers
4. Banjo or Freakout - Archangel (Burial Cover)
5. Restiform - Interactive Halloween Bear (Lazersword Remix)
6. Jackson C. Frank - Milk and Honey (Whitney et Schumacher Refix)
7. Selda Bagcan - Ince Ince
8. Omar Souleyman - Leh Jani
9. Bugge Wesseltoft - Somewhere In Between
10. Bollie - You May Kiss The Bride
11. Don Armando - I'm An Indian Too
12. Whitney et Schumacher - Back to 85

Guido - Minimix

I am loving all this electronic crunky dubstep I've been hearing. Guido is another dubstep producer to get your head round in 09 thats been doing just that. He's mates with Joker and is part of the Bristol bass scene. His remixes have been popping up on all the right mixes, Kode 9, Dusk and Blackdown to name a few. Below is a mix he did for Highrise in Decemeber, a nice taster in the shape of a dirty lil' minimix.


Guido: December Mini-Mix.mp3

Guido - Tantalized
Guido, Aarya & Ruthless - Beautiful Complication
Guido - Chakra
Guido - You Do It Right
Guido - Orchestral Lab
Gemmy - Johnny 5
Guido - Mad Sax
Joker - Do It!
Guido - Tango
Joker - Digidesign

Music Video Goodness

I havent shared videos with you lovely people in a long time. Nothing paticularly new here, in fact this first offering for Ugly Casonova is a couple of years old. This has stood the test of time and still gets me giggling like the first time I saw it. Disgusting and cute in equal measures. Odd to say the least.

Ugly Casanova - Things I Don’t Remember 

Directed by Yuri A

The next video is by Nagi Noda who tragically died too young. The video she made for Japanese chanteuse Yuki is a fitting tribute. Using a hole hoard of extras this fantastic video is reminiscent of Gondry at the height of his powers. I love videos the shy away from using special effects in post production, and instead with a bit of thought and creative panache, use proper old fashioned techniques. The results are always more visually arresting. 

Yuki - A Sentimental Journey 

Directed by Nagi Noda

Some newer stuff now. This 8bit wonderment for Fly Lo by Eric Wareheim mixes a Tron-like aesthetic with the sort of shenanigans that go down at Dalston's visions on a nightly basis. Whats more hypnotic; the dudes strangely familiar moves, the large ladeez rotundant physique, or the tecnho phychadelia in the background? All combined it makes for some gripping viewing.

Flying Lotus - Pariaien Goldfish

Directed by Eric Wareheim

Tenchuassassin: Grime 'n' Manga Mashups

Tenchuassassin does these manga mashups over grime tracks You can watch them all here. The one he did for JME's Juju Riddim is particularly good, guess it helps that the tracks a fucking banger. Watch it below and grab track too while your at it.

JME - Juju Riddim (A Tenchuassassin Production)



JME - Juju Man.mp3

Lazer Sword A Cometh!

San Franssico's very own digital crunk pioneers Lazer Sword are setting sail, bound for the shores of Europeland. UK and NL to be precise but maybe further inland if any on-it promoters get a sniff. And book they should, as Lazer Sword are audio pirates of the highest order. Guaranteed to spread disco mayhem, dancefloors beware, they rape hip hop with their chaos pads like naughty ghetto bitches. If you like your beats bit-crushed to f*** and hip hop spliced ala Rustie, Modeselektor and Kid606. Then you might like them a wee bit. Listen to what they did to poor ol' Restiform Bodies after it got a Lazer Slashing below.

Restiform Bodies
Interactive Halloween Bear (Lazer Sword Wizard Manhole Remix).mp3

Lazer Sword Tour Dates

12 Feb 2009 Metz
13 Feb 2009 BALLERS SOCIAL CLUB Glasgow Scotland
20 Feb 2009 THUGS AND HUGS LONDON
21 Feb 2009 Nottingham
28 Feb 2009 APPLETREE NIGHTS @ BITTERZOET Amsterdam
28 Feb 2009 DUM DUM @ TIVOLI Utrecht, Utrecht
21 Mar 2009 LANDO KAL LIVE... VENLO, NETHERLANDS

Schlachthofbronx - Heil to the Bayrische Baille Funky

Its time to make some room on your Ipod for Schlachthofbronx. Go ahead and delete the last Modeselektor album because this is the only dose of bastardised German techno-raggaton you'll need. The DJ Comrade mix posted below, starts with their track DJ Finga a hypnotic sycophantic call-to-arms that pulses its way into your sub-concious. Pure and simple, this is dance music with all the hallmarks of calypso, ragga, and Kwaito. Underpinned by stacks and stacks of Bass. There's that Kraftwerkian German precision and repetition, rhythm and choruses drill and pump. Then somewhere this 'attitude' seeps in. A kind of sonic bravado that just sounds tough. On Guata a crunching techno bassline muscles its away alongside an African tribal rhythm, this is a potent heady mix. Friends I want to dance with you, can you do the dutty wine Bavarian style?.. Just listen the unpronouceably written track below and it will come to you







Schlachtofbronx - We Nah Fraid (Baby Cham & Damarco).mp3

Schlachtofbronx - Fuana.mp3 Media Fire


Rag und die Lergeschwister - Isartalerghettoschutzen (schlachthofbronx remix).mp3


Schlachtofbronx - Poppin.mp3

DJ Comrade - BOOMBOXX SOUND#1

The boys over at Masala CISM posted this banging mix by DJ Comrade. I had to bite for you. Read about it here or just listen in ignorant baile funky bliss.

DJ Comrade - BOOMBOXX SOUND#1.mp3

Schlachthofbronx - Di Finga
Dj Vielo - Décalé Mon Afrique
Kid Sister - Pro Nails (Rusko remix)
Zonora Point - Huachita Rica (Douster remix)
General B - Style Dem (Outada Riddim)
Power Man - Nuh Big (Outada Riddim)
Kiprich - Neva Neva (Outada Riddim)
Busy Signal - Money Tree
Drenchko - No More
Zôl - Syphillisuperstar (Borgias Edit)
Dizzy Rascal - Pussyhole (Megasoid remix)
Cheb I Sabbah - Alkher Illa Dorfor (The Nectar Remix)
Fnaire - Sah Raoui ft Salah Ein, Maalam Kouyou & Dj Sueside
Filastine / Maga Bo (is Sonar Calibrado) - E Dai (ft Speak Freaks)
Kardinal Offishall - Bring the Fire Out

Elijah and Skilliam: 2000 and Grime mixtape

Shut yer face about the shameless re-post. Man BITES Blog ye get me? 2000 and Grime is doing the rounds on all the blogs so if you download one grime mixtape this year then.. Seriously, this is a choice selection from the likes of Joker, Temps, and Jammer. Download it here.

1. P Money - Grime Scene
2. D1 - Oingy Boingy
3. Maniac - Thug
4. Tinchy Stryder - Rollin
5. Royal T - 1UP
6. Mz Bratt Feat Griminal - Drop Bombs
7. DOK - Royal Flush
8. Joker - Do it
9. JME - Ju Ju Riddim
10 Joker & Rustie - Play Doe
11. Jammer Feat Frisco & Tempa T - Big Man Ting
12. Royal T - Wheres My Money? (Butterz Special)
13. Ghetto Feat Griminal - Dont Phone Me
14. Mr Snowman - Triple Drop (Butterz Special)
15. DVA - Nasty Nasty Nasty (Sukh Knight RMX)
16. Tempa T - Next Hype
17. Waifer - Gunman Skank
18. DVA - Bullet A Go Fly
19. DVA - Come Over (Remix)

Neon Skullz - Four Weeks To Wife Her Mixtape

Pull Up Pull up! Le Couteau Jaune's very own Neon Skullz and friend of this blog returns with another fine helping of crunked out garage, thuggin basslines, and party tunes a-plenty. He's been corrupting dancefloors in London of late, and this is exactly the kind of Hi NRG rave music that gets him into trouble at Calling All Tribes and Nuke Them All. Tis a big sweaty mix indeed. ZShare it here Biatches!