Welcome to Bluntbeats.com

"Classic and unique beats, down and dirty round the edges, for people who should know better."

Shakedown 29th Sept

It’s been long overdue, and now a date and venue for Shakedown has been finalised. The Blunt Beats crew will be back out for a gig on the 29th Sept in Dunstable in conjunction with the Solution Sounds crew. Continue reading…

Podcast - DJ Battle TV

This time around we’ve got a video podcast for you. www.djbattle.net is “The number one resource for Swedish turntablists”, and the guys expand their reach with the mighty monthly - DJ Battle TV. Continue reading…

New mix from Doug

Here’s a fresh new mix for you on the nu-jazz and broken beat tip. You can download the 68min. mix here. Enjoy…

Tracklisting

  1. Bob - Otto (Edu K rmx ft. Bebel Gilberto)
  2. Let It Go - Shaun Escoffery (4Hero main rhodes mix)
  3. The Head - The Magic Soul Orchestra
  4. Shapeshifter - DHJ
  5. Soon - Jazzanova (Domu vocal mix)
  6. Afraw - Nemoy
  7. Menino - Patricia Marx & 4Hero
  8. Parabéns - Marcos Valle
  9. The Brightness Of These Days - Kyoto Jazz Massive (Quantic remix)
  10. The Return - Domu
  11. Sun Of A Beach - Pharoah Roche (London mix)
  12. Nana For Child - Mojo Project (Da Lata mix)

I’m fairly new to mixing this genre, so let me know what you think in the comments section below.

Doug and MC Nyeko on Blunt Beats Radio

Whilst trawling through the hours of audio we have in the radio archive I turned up this gem from back in the dim and distant history of Blunt Beats Radio.

It’s a summer mix from 2004 of soulful drum & bass accompanied by the man like MC Nyeko (Raw FM).

I’ll post up a tracklisting shortly, but here’s the 1hr mix. Enjoy…

Podcast - Tribal Editing Dept

Keeping it close to home this week, we bring you a podcast from our good friend the Tribaleditor. The Tribal Editing Dept is an eclectic podcast featuring fresh and unreleased tracks from unsigned talent on the hard-dance, electro and drum and bass tip. Continue reading…

Podcast - Hospital

hospital.jpgWe’re on a different vibe for this week’s podcast review. This week’s pick is straight from the HQ of legendary drum & bass imprint Hospital Records. Hosted by “Mr Hospital himself”, London Elektricity, this bi-weekly D&B podcast has reached episode nine; and there’s a few video episodes too.
Continue reading…

Podcast - Dubsession

This week’s podcast pick is The Dubsession. Brought to you by DJ Chill Will, Dubsession is a weekly show covering progressive reggae dub and downtempo grooves - and it sure as hell covers a lot of ground.

At the time of writing this there were 44 shows packed away in the archives, so if you’re new to Dubsession there’s a lot of listening to do just to catch up.