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Hot Hot Heat

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Chicago in the summertime is awesome. I love having it be too hot to sit around your place and going out and meeting up with friends for drinks. That’s what I did last night. It was 87 degrees at 11:30pm… Crazy.

Yes, the weekend is here. Teebee is at Dynamite this weekend. I think I said I’d go but to be honest I really don’t want to. Let me stop kidding myself, I don’t really have any other plans so I’ll probably end up going anyways.

I’m pretty content with the mixes I have on rotation right now. That Dan Marshall one is pretty good and I’ve actually been listen to the one I posted below all day today.

Toodles

Dj Dappa – Liquid Funk Session June 2008

01. “Supersized” – Danny Byrd
02. “Switch” – LTJ Bukem
03. “Leave Me” – Calibre
04. “Superhighway” – Agent Alvin
05. “Dawn Treader” – Brooks Bros & Futurebound
06. “Gold Dust” – Brooks Bros & Danny Byrd
07. “Lustrous” – A-Sides
08. “Brazil” – Chase & Status
09. “True Love” – Atlantic Connection
10. “Oh Yeah” – Jonny L
11. “Smack Daddy” – Ill Logic & Raf
12. “Strange Fruit” – Icicle
13. “Twelve” – DJ Zinc
14. “Crooklyn” – Alex Perez
15. “No More” – Zero Tolerance & Survival ft. Steo
16. “Stray” – Alex Perez
17. “Slow Burn” – DJ Die
18. “Womb” – Matrix & Futurebound
19. “Ponderosa” – dBridge ft Calibre
20. “Tranquility” – Amaning
21. “Primal” – MC Verse

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Sleep…

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I need sleep.  Last night went really well.  I had fun.  I don’t care about yapping today.  I’m just gonna listen to music and figure out a way to sleep at my desk without getting caught. 😉

Ben E – Blunted Presents BITS! Vol. 17 June 2008

Tracklist:
01. Calibre – Bullets Ft. Dianne Charlemagne (Signature)
02. Breakage – Cooper (Critical)
03. Sabre – Lady Fortune (Bassbin)
04. Break – Enigma (Quarantine)
05. Commix – Scarlet (Hospital)
06. Alix Perez – Stray (Shogun Audio)
07. Logistics – City Life (Hospital)
08. Silent Witness – California (Critical)
09. Commix – Be True (Metalheadz)
10. Break – No Destiny (Commercial Suicide)
11. Fierce & D Bridge – Nevermore (Quarantine)
12. Survival – The Jam (Integral)
13. Ben E – Shallow (Dub)
14. Alix Perez – The Resolution (Shogun Audio)
15. Zero Tolerance & Survival – Cold Blood (Revolution)
16. Prolific – Rodeo (Industry Dub)
17. Fierce & C4C – Carrier (Quarantine)
18. Spectrasoul – Tectonics (DSM Dub)
19. Icicle – Late Nights (Critical)
20. Ben E – Forgive (DSM Dub)
21. Icicle & Switch – Looking Away (Osiris Music)
22. Die & Clipz – Black Doves (Full Cycle)
23. D Bridge – Pipe Dreams (Bingo)
24. Sabre & Vicious Circle – Columbo (Critical)
25. Ed Rush & Optical – Bacteria (Virus)
26. Jonny L – Wish You Had Something (XL)

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Huh?

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So, do I always sound like Minnie Mouse and people just don’t tell me? My hearing has been fucked up for the past couple of days and one thing I’ve noticed is that my voice is kinda high. I mightCookie Monster have to start bringing some bass into my voice, cookie monster style. It’s funny how often you take your hearing for granted. My hearing is slightly off right now and I haven’t really been able to hear things properly and I can’t seem to stop talking about it cuz it’s quite disturbing that everything doesn’t sound perfect.

I’m sorta excited to play today. I don’t only hang out with dnb people, so it’s nice to have an event that I can invite all my peeps to. It’ll be fun. I think my only gripe is I wish I had more new records. I hear so much new shit and I have a very greedy “gimme” attitude about it. I want all the stuff I hear but since I am not a millionaire and don’t mix out enough anymore to justify spending money on it, my collection at hand will have to do.

I was listening to that Format mix yesterday and there’s this awesome Zero T & Icicle track on there. Why don’t I have it?? When is it coming out?? Is it out already?? Do I need to keep using all these question marks????????? These questions need to be answered because I love the tune! 😉 We already know how I feel about Zero T, and Icicle is equally as awesome. I really am into a lot of his stuff. One of my faves is definitely Strange Fruit.

I’m trying to get my shit sorted today. I just wanna get my work done and go home.  It’s way too nice out already to be sitting inside an office. I will wholeheartedly admit that I didn’t search too hard for a mix today.  I don’t know who D Zine is but his mix will serve the purpose of keeping me company at work. 🙂

Laters

D Zine Mix

Tracklist

01. D-BRIDGE & INSTRA:MENTAL – BLUSH RESPONSE
02. INSTRA:MENTAL – SAKURA
03. REDEYES – TURN AROUND
04. CALIBRE – SHINE
05. BIG BUD – FOREVER
06. RAW Q – SUMMER RAIN
07. BROTHER – DO THE RIGHT THING
08. ILL LOGIC & RAF – BE FREE
09. D-BRIDGE & CALIBRE – PONDEROSA
10. BIG BUD – WHITE WIDOW
11. LYNX – SHAKU
12. SURVIVAL – 5 MILES
13. FRACTURE & NEPTUNE – SKY SONG
14. SURVIVAL – SLEEPER

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Calling All Patients…

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I absolutely promise that today is the last day I write about being sick. I’m even sick of writing about it so Im sure you’re sick of hearing about it. I know I’m feeling better but I’m really not well. I justTonsilitis don’t feel like I’m dying anymore which is a definite step up. My throat is still really swollen though and I’ve got a really horrible headache. I haven’t eaten any real food for like seven days. I’ve been surviving on a soup and Jamba Juice diet because my taste buds are shot and my throat is too swollen for me to actually swallow anything. I like soup and Jamba Juice as much as the next person but for seven days in a row it’s not really that appetizing. I’ve finally decided that if I’m not fully better by thursday I’ll go to the doctor. It’s hard for me to consider actually going to the doctor because I never get sick and it’s not something I do that frequently. Usually I just wait for whatever I’ve got to go away on it’s own and it usually does but this, whatever it is, is staying put. I’m also pretty sure that my throat looks like the pic to the right, which is not cute. Sorry for the gross pic but we’re family now and I think you too should share in my misery. 😉

Moving on, I went to the bike shop with CC yesterday. I’ve been trying to figure out what would be the best bike for me. I’m not trying to become a professional bike messenger type person. I just wanna ride my bike to work and around my neighbourhood. I’m willing to spend some money on it so I don’t necessarily think I should have to buy a bike from Target. I also have steep stairs so the bike has to be light enough that I can carry it without dying. I’ve decided to get a used one and fix it up. CC’s completely obsessed with her bike and she spent quite a pretty penny on it so she kinda knows what she’s doing and has been giving me some pointers. She also practically lives at the bike shop so at least I know the people won’t be a dick to me. We discussed all my needs and what I would have to get done and it seems like it’s all gonna go pretty well so I’m excited for next week’s prospects.

I guess I should make an official post about tomorrow. If you live in the Chi Town area, I’m playing at Lava. Random Movement is the Headliner. I’ll be playing from 10 til Midnight. I think it’s a pretty fun night but I’m biased because that’s where all my friends are. If you like dnb it’s definitely good local fun. Come hang out.

Seminar Flier

I heard this new Chase & Status tune the other day that I’m kinda digging Take Me Away. It’s weird how Chase & Status is so hit and miss for me. I really like the first tune and then you listen to the other one and I’m like ugh. There’s also a pretty cool Zero T remix of Leave Me Alone.

Anyways. That’s enough yapping for now.

Toodles

Format Next Level Show 95BFM – 06/07/08

Tracklist

  1. Zero T & Survival feat. Steo – No More [DISPATCH]
  2. Alix Perez, Icicle & Switch – This Is How [SGN:LTD]
  3. Calibre feat. Lariman – Peace of Mind [SIGNATURE]
  4. Zero T & Icicle – Go For Yours [CIA]
  5. D-Bridge & Calibre – Ponderosa [EXIT]
  6. Atlantic Connection feat. Minds One- Can’t Destroy Love Pt.2 [WESTBAY]
  7. Naibu – Generic Generation [AVALANCHE]
  8. Marcus Intalex – Moonwalk [RENEGADE HARDWARE]
  9. Calibre – Into The Groove [SIGNATURE]
  10. Brother – Grace [SONOROUS]
  11. Urban Notion – Insomnia [RUSE RECORDS]
  12. Usual Suspects – Sapphire 7 [31 Records]
  13. D-Bridge – On My Mind [EXIT]
  14. Luca – Break and Enter [SAMURAI]
  15. Naibu – Back Engineering [AVALANCHE]
  16. Atlantic Connection feat. Lynx – Danger Zone [WESTBAY]
  17. Invaderz – So Low [INVADERZ TRANSMISSIONS]
  18. Zero Tolerance & Mosus feat. Steo – Call Waiting [LIQUID V]
  19. Icicle & Switch – Looking away [OSIRIS]
  20. Redeyes – Turn Around [CIA DEEP KUTS]
  21. Marcus Intalex – Princess Warrior [SOUL:R]
  22. Digital & Spirit – Phantom Force [PHANTOM AUDIO]
  23. Cyba Space feat. Shanie – I Bless The Day [CYBA SPACE?]
  24. Mosus & SPY – 1999 [SAMURAI]
  25. Lynx feat. Maple – Shaku [DIGITAL SOUNDBOY]
  26. Concord Dawn – Man For All Season [UPRISING]
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Back In Business

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Miserable ToddlerI’ve felt like that crabby baby to the right for the past seven days. Fortunately I no longer feel that way. I’m not 100% but I at least don’t feel like I’m about to keel over and die.

All in all I had a pretty good weekend. I got all hopped up on meds and went to Bass Goes Boom on friday. Man, if you live in Chicago and you love dubstep and don’t go to this night, you’re crazy. Chef absolutely killed it. That night is really fun. It was nice to see Mike too both him and Tim threw down as well.

I finally went to the apple store and invested in a new ipod dock. Yay. I managed to get to work today with not a single person saying a word to me… just how I like it. I definitely have missed my ipod. Welcome back buddy.

Since I’ve been sick my equilibrium is all off and my hearing was all fucked up and I’ve had a really hard time mixing but I’m happy to say that my hearing has returned slightly. Not fully, but enough that I at least don’t feel like I’m sitting in a tin can. I’m playing at Lava on wednesday for the Random Movement show and it should be an interesting set to say the least.  The night will include 3 of my favourite things so it really can’t end up being that horrid, 1) My friends 2) Drum n Bass 3) Lava. 😉

Found this Doc Scott Mix. Everyone on Breaksblog seems to be raving about it so hopefully it’s enjoyable.

Toodles

Doc Scott Studio Mix June ’08

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Tracks Galore

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I still haven’t gotten a new ipod dock. The apple store is downtown and I just Mr. Belvedere haven’t had time to get there yet. It’s my loss. My ipod died two days ago since it hasn’t been charged. It’s a bonus that I get to listen to music on the way to work but I also use my ipod to deter people from talking to me. Of course the second I don’t have my ipod, yesterday 2 homeless people hit on me and today a white man who looked like Mr. Belvedere and was at least 68 asked me out for coffee. Go figure. I guess it’s nice to know that I attract all kinds. 😉

I was listening to Overfiend’s show on Bassdrive yesterday and there were sooooo many good cuts. I was feeling quite ill (and still am but am at work cuz I’m a trooper) but at least I got to listen to good music. I’m such a nerd I wrote down the key songs I was digging. I totally have a notebook where I keep songs that I hear and would like to get when they come out. Geeky? Yes indeed.

Dan Marshall – Word’s Can’t Explain: I’ve heard this song a lot lately. The vocal is awesome.

Submorphics – Desperate Times: I’m biased. Greg is friend of mine but I actually was a fan of his music before we became friends. I played Make It Happen (the mp3’s are switched so if you wanna hear Make It Happen click on the Young Ax tune) so much that I need a new copy.

Paul SG – Bright Soul: Am I horrible for not knowing who he is? Well I know him now. He has some awesome stuff. There was another track that he has with Calculon that I loved as well, Part of Me, which was pretty dope too.

Bachelors of Science – Beautiful Life: Not really much to say here. BOS always have great stuff. I’m a big fan of theirs.

I just picked up that Makoto and Marky Rush Hour EP. Loving Get 2 This.

The workload has subsided a little so I’m just enjoying listening to music and focusing on revisions. Bailey opens his set up with our favourite dreadlocked wonder Will Miles and also has some serious action with my newest dnb obsession, Survival (yeh yeh yeh, I’m late jumping on the bandwagon) I’m twenty minutes in and already lovin it.  I guess I can tolerate Bailey’s love of the clown for a DNAudio set. 🙂

Toodles

Bailey & DNAudio Crew – 1xtra DnB Show 06/04/08

Tracklist

Will Miles – Private Account
Eveson – Good Times
Calibre – Sokitome (Signature)
Heist & Lomax – Shes Cold
Drumsound & Bassline Smith – Special
Splash – Babylon (Intanatty RMX)
Dillinja – So Special (Valve Dub)
Andy C & Randall – Sound Control (Wots Up Cuz 2 RMX)
Jubei & Tyrone – Tremor (Invaderz/Transmissions)

DNAudio in the studio

Silent Witness – Relay (DNAudio)
Break & Survival – Dawn (DNAudio)
Survival – Panorama (DNAudio)

Bailey B2B Survival B2B Break B2B Squire B2B Silent Witness

Physics – Dreamworld (D-Bridge remix) (Blindside)
Silent Witness – untitled (Dub)
Phobia & Jubei – Guillotine (Coded)
Break – Hooked Up (Symmetry)
Survival & Silent Witness – Closer (Audio Tactics)
Silent Witness & Break – Visions of the Future (DNAudio)
Silent Witness & Break – untitled (DNAudio)
Break – Meridian (DNAudio)
Mindscape, Chris SU & Rymetyme – Planet X (Vicious Circle remix) (Citrus)
Survival – untitled (dub)
Portishead – Machine Gun (remix) (dub)
Silent Witness & Break – Dark Soldier (DNAudio
Zero Tolorenace – Long Distance

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Tracheotomies

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Is that the plural of tracheotomy?  Well whatever it is I need one.  My throat is totally wack right now.  I never get sick and I feel like I’ve been poorly on and off for the past month or so.  Extremely lame.

I’m totally swamped at work and have been looking for things to do to procrastinate cuz I’m feeling too whiny to work but I can’t even get into the Bassdrive chat room which sucks cuz Overfiend is totally killing it right now and I would love to add my 2cents and waste the day away bantering with Ju Ju. 😦 (wow.  awesome run on sentence.)

I guess I’ll just be a good worker and complain about my throat to myself.

Dj Presha – Samurai Bassdrive Show – 06/03/08

Tracklist

  1. Zero T & Alix Perez – Threads [DUB]
  2. Zero T – Not This Time [CIA]
  3. Eveson – ???
  4. Calibre – ???
  5. Physics – Perspective [???]
  6. Alaska & Nucleus – ???
  7. Hobzee – Untitled [???]
  8. Calibre – Zombie Life [DUB]
  9. Eveson & Henree – Lomo [DUB]
  10. Spectrasoul – ??? [CRITICAL DUB]
  11. Trei – Justify [???]
  12. ?
  13. Break – Ground Wood [COMMERCIAL SUICIDE]
  14. Proxyma – ???
  15. ?
  16. Soul Intent – Histeria [SAMURAI DUB]
  17. Dose – Back To Normal [COMMERCIAL SUCIDE DUB]
  18. Hobzee & Zyon Base – Red Letter (Survival Remix) [DUB]
  19. Calibre – Jackoff [SAMURAI DUB]
  20. Eveson – Deeper Still [CREATIVE SOURCE DUB]
  21. Zero T – ??? [CIA]
  22. Marcus Intalex – Ventage [DUB]
  23. Martyn – Baby, Baby [???]
  24. Break – Timeline VIP [CRITICAL]
  25. Alix Perez & Survival – Untitled [DUB]
  26. Eveson – Good Times (?Remix) [???]
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Amen

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Sometimes the only thing that makes sense to me is drum and bass. I know that sounds really corny but I can’t help it, it’s true.

I’ve got a really jumbled up brain. I have ADD pretty bad. It’s some how morphed into what I guess they now call Adult ADD. When I was younger I used to go to therapy for my ADD because I can’t concentrate, EVER, and it used to stress me out. The funny thing is now I’m older and instead of getting stressed out I just space out. It’s become pretty bad. If my brain becomes overloaded and I can’t take it anymore I just tune everything out and go into la la land. Trust me it’s a lot better if I don’t do it around other people because I’ve noticed that people tend to find it rude if you don’t pay attention when they are trying to tell you something. 😉

Anyways, I’m completely swamped at work. It’s a bit overwhelming. I have til the end of the week to complete my tasks and I’m not being pressured at all but at the same time when someone hands you 35 case files I think it’s natural to panic a bit.

So basically I’m tuning out the rest of the world and listening to dnb while I work diligently, silently saying my dnb prayers.

I decided to post this State of Mind mix because I’ve actually never listened to their installments of the next level show. When Sun King came out I was all about them and then I let them slip by the wayside. I don’t know what they’re up to these days but maybe I’ll find out after I listen to this mix.

Laters

State of Mind – Next Level Show – 95BFM 05/31/08

Tracklist

  1. Zero T feat. Steo – Walk Away [CIA]
  2. Kantyze – 6 Hour Holiday [???]
  3. Duo Infernale – Playing Games (Drifter Remix) [HORIZONS]
  4. Break – Follow The Heat [ENGINE]
  5. Mindscape & Sapphire – Heatstroke [RESOLUTE]
  6. Q Project – ??? [MACHINE FUNK]
  7. Ed Rush & Optical – Sick Note (Ill Skillz Remix) [VIRUS]
  8. Break – The Race [COMMERCIAL SUICIDE]
  9. ??? – ??? (?Misha? Remix)
  10. Commix – Satellite Type 2 [METALHEADZ]
  11. Apex – Entrapment [LIFTED]
  12. Spinline – Storyteller [???]
  13. State Of Mind & The Upbeats – Planet Earth [NON VOGUE]
  14. Ed Rush & Optical – The Turnover [?VIRUS?]
  15. State Of Mind – High Fidelity [???]
  16. Mastercraft – Paris (The Upbeats Remix) [???]
  17. Misha – Tightrope [???]
  18. Trei – Justify [???]
  19. Dose – Think Straight [???]
  20. Flame – Earstabs [???]
  21. Prolix – Big Bass (?) [GANJATEK]
  22. Gigantor – Load Rocket (Gridlok Remix) [SUBSTANCE D]
  23. Zero T – Angel Heart [CIA]
  24. Cause 4 Concern – Dropout [C4C]
  25. Black Sun Empire – Firing Squad (SKC Remix) [???]
  26. L Plus – Overweight [ROBOTIX]
  27. Chris.SU & Axiom – Euro Neuro [SHADOW LAW]
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I Got Tracks and Tracks and Tracks and Tracks…

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I was thinking the other day about how many awesome tracks have been coming out lately.  There is just a really great group of producers out there right now making amazing stuff and it’s nice that it’s not just the usual suspects.  One person I’m really digging is Naibu from France.  I already picked up that Nami Island and I’m loving that Back Engineering.  Another group I’ve been turned on to is L.A.O.S. out of Finland.  I had a release that I picked up on one of those days that I was just itching to spend money and couldn’t find anything to buy and I quite liked it but never got anything else by them.  Right now though I’m totally into that Helsinki track of theirs.

I was listening to Brandy the other day and was thinking about how she is totally the dnb sample favourite.  LOL.  There are shitload of dnb tracks that sample her vocals.  TeeBee has two tracks that I love that use snippets of her tracks and there’s also a song on this Calculon mix below that samples “I Wanna Be Down.”  The vocal rifts on that song are very dnb compatible….. “And if I don’t let you know then I won’t be for real.”

I’ve been digging this Calculon mix.  It’s Rubik Records‘ Podcast number 10 and it’s just an all round good mix.  Rubik Records have a good podcast.  Stunna was on number 8.  You can download his installment at www.rubikpodcast.com.

I’m pretty content today, nice weather, good music, can’t really complain.

Laters

Rubik’s Podcast #10 w/ Calculon

01 – Ste Luce and Addiction – Do What I Miss – Dub
02 – Naibu – Back Engineering – Avalanche
03 – Spectrasoul – The Tube – Shogun
04 – Eveson and Henree – Lomo – Dub
05 – Specific – Tell Me – Phunkfiction
06 – Zero Tolerance – Goes Around – Shogun
07 – Insiders – Cold Harbour – Intrigue
08 – Atlantic Connection – Northside – Fokuz
09 – Bcee and Lomax – Can’t Say No (Lenzman Rmx) – Spearhead
10 – Calculon – Crushed – Fokuz
11 – Carlito and Addiction – Supergrass (Kubiks Rmx) – Defunked
12 – Contour – ? – ?
13 – SPY – Obsession – Dub
14 – Kubiks – Gas Mask – Dub
15 – Naibu – It Took A Long Time – Creative Source
16 – Atlantic Connection and Random Movement – Destiny Calls – Westbay
17 – Calculon – Destiny – Fokuz

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Radio GaGa

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Remember that Queen song?  Classic.

I have so much fun listening to online radio at work.  I tune into Bassdrive.  I listen to 1xtra.  It’s great to be able to actually hear music you like on the radio.  I just listen to the regular everyday shows on 1xtra and the djs are great and the music is well rounded and good.  Radio in America…  I really don’t have anything good to say about it.  It’s so fucking rubbish.  I can’t even remember the last time I turned on the radio in my car.  It’s all terrible.  Thank god for the internet.

I bought some more records today. *shakes head* I’m a pretty disciplined adult.  I’m really responsible about budgeting and all that shit.  Then payday comes and it all goes out the window cuz all I wanna do is spend my money on tracks.

Still in same ipod situation as yesterday, so I don’t really have any new mixes to big up.  I’ve just been steady listening to Bassdrive cuz you can’t go wrong there. 😉

I found this Physics mix that I’ll burn when I get home.

Laters

Physics Live @ Basso FM – May 11, 2008

Tracklist

01. Calibre – Try [CRITICAL]
02. Visionary – Rockers Rock [HORIZONS]
03. Smote – Living Soul [RED MIST DUB]
04. The Insiders & Soul Intent – 128 miles [MAC II DUB]
05. Mindscape & SKC – ???
06. SPY – ???
07. Eveson – Hotwax [CHANNEL 82 DUB]
08. Logistics – Dreams [HOSPITAL]
09. Donnie Dubson – ???
10. Greg Packer – Hi Tension [INTERPHASE DUB]
11. Physics – Spellbound [MAC II DUB]
12. Atlantic Connection – Situations (Stress Level & TC 1 Remix) [DISPATCH]
13. Mutt – Draw On Me [SPEARHEAD]
14. Stunna & Kubatko – ???