Blew That ft. DRS - Out NOW!

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SO, we have a brand new single out today, 'Blew That', which has been doing exactly that... blowing up! Not just in the clubs, but on the radio too. Remixes from Zed Bias (yes!), North Base and Das Kapital. Here's the official blurb and mini-mix to check out whilst you read!

Bar making up HeavyFeet, Mike Burgess and James Medina have never done anything by halves, and their mantra of 'quality not quantity' is steadfast. Following a brief sabbatical, Stamp! Beats launches itself into 2012 with aplomb, throwing down an explosive, genre crossing, bass-laden release package that is 'Blew That'. Combining a snappy vocal hook from DRS (tour MC to Toddla T and one third of Broke N £nglish) and the unmistakable production sound of HeavyFeet, this gritty, UK urban-influenced package continues to push forward the future sound of Manchester, with international DJ support coming from the likes of DJ Craze, Herve, RackNRuin, B.Traits & Greenmoney, and specialist UK radio support from BBC 1Xtra, Capital FM, Rinse FM, Ministry Of Sound Radio and Unity FM. 

With a big release must come big remixes! Two leading Manchester-based music figures deliver two equally smoking club mixes; the Godfather of UKG, Zed Bias, who deconstructs the original, re-visiting 1998, delivering an incredible remix that pays homage to the heyday of UK garage, and North Base, reaching for their much-loved 140bpm, fusing stuttered beats and a warping bassline, ensure a complete bass bin workout. Providing a totally unique, mainroom take on the original, having recently remixed for the likes of Laidback Luke, Das Kapital, Cape Town's rising production star, drops angry bass, atop tough 4/4 beats, complete with an epic, vocal-driven breakdown. HeavyFeet themselves wrap up this enormous package with their own Chicago house influenced dub, nodding in the direction of their much-blogged about remix of Switch's 'I Still Love You'.

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Please support our music making by purchasing 'Blew That' (via Beatport): http://www.beatport.com/release/blew-that/900137

Mike HF

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Posted April 30, 2012 by HeavyFeet 
 

Some favourites of 2011:

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Blog-wise, and I don't tend to have much time to scout round the blogs these days, but my favourite urban music blog has to be Semtex's blog: http://DJSemtex.com. In terms of useful websites that I've come across this year, We Transfer has to take the prize here: http://WeTransfer.com. There've been many albums I've enjoyed this year, but 'Watch The Throne' from Jay-Z and Kanye West, 'Take Care' from Drake, SBTRKT's self-titled debut, 'Every Kingdom' from Ben Howard and Noel Gallgher's High Flying Birds self-titled album, are all firm favourites.

This year has seen some of the artists who I've bashed people over the head with on Twitter come to see huge success, in particular, Emeli Sande and Ed Sheeran, two amazingly talented British songwriters. I'd like to say I was championing Ben Howard also, but he appeared on my radar very late in the year, thanks to Lauren Laverne on BB 6 Music. Also through her show I was very pleased to be introduced to the work of Bon Iver, Lana Del Rey, M83 and some new Friendly Fires output that I'd have probably otherwise missed out on. 

In terms of the producers who I feel have excelled this year, it's certainly worth noting what the likes of 2 Bears, RackNRuin, Redlight and of course Noah Shebib (Drake's producer) have been doing. They've all produced some great music during 2011. Music people who have been an inspiration to watch and learn from this year most certainly include Eddy Temple-Morris (for his unique, all round manner, and great CMU columns I've previously blogged about), Nick Bright (a leading light at BBC 1Xtra, in terms of quality presenting talent) and Zed Bias (the mans work rate scares me... and we get told we're super-productive! Zed is on a whole new level of the term 'productive').

I could go on, but I want to keep this short, really. It's been a great year for British music, and a great year for us as HeavyFeet. Big up 2011!

Mike HF

Filed under  //   BBC 6 Music   BBC Radio 1Xtra   Ben Howard   Bon Iver   Dj Semtex   Drake   Ed Sheeran   Eddy Temple Morris   Emeli Sande   Friendly Fires   HeavyFeet   Jay-Z   Kanye West   Lana Del Rey   Lauren Laverne   M83   Nick Bright   Noah Shebib   Noel Gallagher   RackNRuin   Red Light   SBTRKT   The 2 Bears   We Transfer   Zed Bias  
Posted December 31, 2011 by HeavyFeet