Solos x Heavy Bass Extravaganza Hong Kong

Dec 31st •••Hong Kong warehouse bass bash presented by Solos Records and Heavy

featuring:



DJ ENSO and YAO
Just Charlie + MC Kafe Hu
Johnny Kon vs Synaptic
Jeez vs. Swazigold
Asayo vs N1D vs BloodDunza
@ Hidden Agenda, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Dont' zzzzzzzz!!!

DJ Enso "On Some Lifestyle Shit" 2010 Mixtape Promo Snippets

DJ Enso "On Some Lifestyle Shit" Full Mixtape Out Summer 2010. Don't zzzzz on the free download:
www.solosrecords.com
www.pimpinainteasy.hk
www.myspace.com/djenso

CIPHER presents BIG CITY, BRIGHT LIGHTS feat. Yao & DJ Enso

Here is a project from Hong Kong based sneaker/ urban brand, CIPHER where they enlist 10 artists to create a 10 minute mini mix based on their experience living in Hong Kong.

Check out the respective mixes from Yao and DJ Enso for listen and download.

"Music Maven" ??!!??

from time out hong kong last week:

Volar: 19/03/10 : Kid Fresh x Enso x Yao

Warriors come out to plaaaaaaayeyeyyeyyyyeyee

The Private Lives Vol II – Live Mix

Be sure to check out the Private Lives Vol 2 mixes straight out of Hong Kong from Kid Fresh, Rafik, Enso and Yao.

Solos X Heavy Hong Kong Presents ***MTR*** Feb 6

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New Solos Podcast #32: The Private Lives Vol 1 - Kid Fresh / Yao / Enso Live @ Yumla , Hong Kong, 09.01.2010

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Kid Fresh / Yao / Enso Live @ Yumla , Hong Kong, 09.01.2010 (right-click for download)

Quoted from the entertaining Kid Fresh Blog:

This is what it sounds like when you squash two San Franciscans, one balkan-blooded German, two turntables and ridic amounts of booze together into a charming, tiny bar in the heart of Hong Kong equipped with a dangerously booming sound system on a packed Saturday night, and make them play whatever the fuck they want to play.

The amount of given fuck from our side about pleasing the crowd by playing hits was shockingly low, yet the level of positive feedback from the audience turned out quite grand! Much to y’all lucky bastards’ delight, we recorded all that shit. Here’s 30 randomly picked minutes from each one of our sets, squeezed into a 90 minute package for the sake of your earholes’ blissfulness. To be continued.

0:30 – 31:05: Kid Fresh
T.I. – What You Know (Jesse Tugboat 8 bit version)
Dawn Penn – No No No
Major Lazer ft Mr Vegas & Jovi Rockwell – Can’t Stop Now
Lily Allen – LDN (Radioclit remix)
Postal Service – Brand New Colony
DJ Shadow – Changeling
Lily Allen – The Fear (Duke Dumont remix)
Manu Chao – Me Gustas Tu
Hudson Mohawke – No One Could Ever
Pizzicato Five – Twiggy
Fressh Kidd – I Miss Michael Jackson
The Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Dee Dee Sharp – Easy Money
Hujiko Pro – End Of The War
Etienne De Crecy – Morpheus
Roche – People Make Ecstasy
Jovian – Grenadine Girl
Modeselektor – Dark Side Of The Sun (instrumental)
The Knife – You Make Me Like Charity
Health – Die Slow (Tobacco remix)
White Town – Your Woman
Coldcut ft Roots Manuva – True Skool
Mirwais – Disco Science
Javelin – Mossy Woodland

31:05 – 1:00:35: Enso
Hard House Banton – Sirens
Jamie George / Roska – Wonderful Day
Wiley – Never Be Your Woman (feat. Emeli Sandé)
Zed Bias feat. McRumpus & Nicky Prince – Neighbourhood 09 (Roska Remix)
Gramaphonedzie – Why Don’t You (GreenMoney’s Gramaphountzied Remix)
Chelley – Took the night (Alvaro Mix)
Trevor Loveys – Organ Grinder (GreenMoney’s Lighter Remix)
Radiohead – Idioteque
The Heavy – How You Like Me Now (Joker Remix)

1:00:35 – 1:30:00: Yao
Martyn – Hear Me
Flying Lotus – Roberta Flack (Martyn heartbeat mix)
2562 – Flashback
Flying Lotus – Grippit
Daft Punk – Harder Better Faster Stronger (Neptunes Remix)
Vikter Duplaix – Looking for Love (Bugz in the Attic remix)
Afronaught – Vital Ingredient
DJ Rels – Diggin In Brownswood
DJ Zinc – Blunt EdgeMoodymann – Freeki Mutha Fcker
Theo Parrish – Fear
Geeneus – Ultrafunkula

More on Yumla here. Enjoy.

DJ Enso Top 5 - June 2009

This was supposed to run in Time Out Hong Kong a couple (few?) months ago but they been halfsteppin... so of course it'll be outta date when it comes time to publish! All love to Time Out but you know how that is.. So we figured we'd at least post it somewhere while it was only a few months outta date ;)

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DJ ENSO (Solos Records (San Francisco), Pimpin Ain't Easy (Hong Kong)
www.solosrecords.com www.pimpinainteasy.hk

ARTIST - TRACK - ALBUM - LABEL

1. Major Lazer - Pon De Floor (ft. Vybz Cartel) - Guns Don't Kill People... Lazer Do (Diplo & Switch) - Downtown Records

There's been major hype for a long time around this project. It's obvious why... Diplo and Switch head to Jamaica, along with lots of their friends, to make a dancehall project. This is Diplo, whose Mad Decent label has brought so many forms of international music into mainstream clubs over the years, and Switch, whose heavy-hitting production has put "electro," "fidget-house," and "dubstep" genre boundaries under increased pressure. Production spots from Crookers and Afro-Jack. Many, many guest vocalists such as Vybz Cartel, Santigold, Turbulence, Mr Vegas. I remember first hearing "Pon De Floor" on a youtube video a couple months back -- some DJ was rocking it in some school auditorium or something.. and the video footage was horrible. But you get it at 320k and it's FIRE. The whole project is not to be missed.


2. Toddla T - Sound Tape Killin (ft. Serocee) - Skanky Skanky - 1965

Toddla T is a young producer from Sheffield, UK -- greatly influenced by dancehall, grime, and bass music. This track is from his debut full-length, and is by far the most "electro" of the bunch. The heavy bass synth and vocals chops make it club primetime-friendly.


3. Mos Def - Quiet Dog - The Ecstatic - Downtown Records

Mos is back!!! The whole new album ain't bad, start to finish. "Quiet Dog's" driving rhythm, extended structure, and laid-back flow reminds me a bit of "Sex, Love & Money," my favorite track on his 2004 "The New Danger" release.


4. Joker/2000F - You Don't Know What Love Is (ft. J Kamata) - You Don't Know What Love Is 12" - Hyperdub

The b-side of "Digidesign" (a classic nu-dubstep track), "You Don't Know What Love Is" has some of the same elements, but is also G-FUNKED THE FUCK OUT. Major props to DJ Kiat (Singapore) for dropping this in the middle of his set a couple months back at a Kongkrete Bass party at Backstage in Hong Kong.


5. 12th Planet - Control (Skream Remix) - Control 12" - Basshead Music

WICKED bass-heavy dubstep remix of this excellent 12th Planet dub track. Love the synth-interpolation of the original theme. Well-rooted in the original dub, but still clearly Skream. CONTROL! CONTROLLLLLL!!!!

DJ Enso highlighted in Time Out Hong Kong

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DJ Enso track on Time.com

Time Magazine was in HK a few weeks back, and they made a nice little video about Parkour artists there. Our friend Govad was featured, and they ended up using an old DJ Enso beat called "Groupie Love" for the intro and throughout the first half.... represent y'all....

check it out here

Maybe one day solos crew will get to make a new theme song for CNN's "The Situation Room"....

CB Radio Gets More Love

XLR8R have posted CB Radio's "Muevete" on their mp3's page. You can now download the track off their website.

Better Propaganda have also posted "Muevete" along with CB Radio's "Blue Skies". They also somehow got a picture of the (soon to be released) "Solos In Stereo II" coverart. It looks something like this....