Freear & Ekaj 'Gizmo Stomp' Part 1 [APEM027]

 


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After the awesome release from Lethalness we have decided to bring you something a bit different for our next effort.

We bring you newcomers to the Ape fam, all the way from oop norf, the awesome Freear & Ekaj and their epic slice of dancefloor dubstep, 'Gizmo Stomp'

The northern monkeys have given us a proper festival slaying chunk of dubstep goodness with a sweeeet reggae infused vibe courtesy of vocals from A. Y D'Afrique.

We have gone in hard on the remixes for this as we love this tune...

First up we have Manchesters freekin bad boys of bass, Snareophobe who have turned in what can only be described as a pant-wettingly heavy remix that has already been getting a heavy caning by the stadium destroyer that is Bassnectar. If you don't screwface to this then you must have had more botox than Joan Rivers!!! (For all you young uns, look her up)

Our favourite Ape fam-a-lam massive the Freerange Djs have blessed us too with an absolute monster of a remix, stepping up to drumstep tempo that is no holds barred, full on fodder for the ravers on the floor. All lighter crew!!

Rounding off the release in a slightly more chilled but equally brilliant way is another Ape fave, Bristols own Jinx in Dub who has taken the original firmly into dubbier territory and then halfway through flips it into a wicked breakbeat roller!!

Already skankin its way around the world, Gizmo Stomp & its remixes has found success on the dancefloor from San Francisco to St. Helens gaining support from some major players already from Rico Tubbs to Bassnectar to Calvertron!

This release is not to be missed on any account!!!

Keep your eyes peeled for the Remix EP promo coming your way very soon with some tip top global all star breaks and house mixes from Manchester to the Burning Man.

Benny.

Mobius 'Thugs' - OUT NOW

 


Ape is back and for this installment we have the pleasure of presenting Mobius and 'Thugs'

'Thugs' is a massive dirty party smasher with huge sub, rollin drums & snappin snarez that lead you to its wicked breakdown and then out the other side to the immortal lil hip hoppin' sample 'We're not against rap.... But we are against them Thugs' and then... Blap!!!!! Smacks ya in the face like a pissed up Vinnie Jones in a pool bar.

Packed full of bad attitude and growlin synths this is one sure to send them peepz on tha dancefloor into a bowel droppin' fury!

Think tearout meets booty breaks and you'll be only halfway to the monster that is THUGS!!

For the Remix we've drafted in those dirty northern monkeys the 601 boys!!!!! And by my nan's meat pie mining hat have they brought the rave!!

Flipping the original and throwin it back with some full on mental dancefloor magic. Wicked original ragga-tinged beats lead to fat bass & tearing synths that will undoubtedly destroy any floor you care to put ya dancing feet on.

Mastered by Tarekith

Mobius 'Thugs'

Mobius 'Thugs (601 Remix)'

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Benny.

[APE] 601 'Grymee (VIP / Ben & Lex Mix) - OUT NOW

We Keep It Grymee

After a lovely summer hiatus for some slighty damp festival Djing action the Ape massive are back for some more mental monkey business.

For Ape 8 we have brought you something a bit different...

For this release done a bit of a collaboration with the awesome new label Polar Red. Earlier in the year label head honchos Ben & Lex did a remix for the Polar Red head honchos, the northern monkeys known as '601' for their tune 'Grymee'.

It was a digital only release but Ben & Lex liked their remix so much it didnt take them long to sign the whole release back to Ape so it could get the vinyl outing both tunes deserved.

601 who have recently have had great success on their own label as well as others such as Hot to Trot, have done us proud and for the vinyl have done a VIP mix of 'Grymee' that blows the roof off, Big, bad and definitely bruising.

This release is essential so dont miss out!! It been out before so we know its a killer.

601 'Grymee (VIP Mix)'
601 'Grymee (Ben & Lex Mix)'

heres a bunch of shops you can buy the 12" from......

Juno | Streetwise | Chemical

Digital Release...

JUNO Digital

STREETWISE DIGITAL || VIP MIX | BEN & LEX MIX

coming to beatport, djdownload and more soon

Benny.

Grymee Out Now

I may be out a bit earlier than we wanted but the mighty 601 'Grymee' has been remixed and out on APE vinyl now...





Here are some clips to wet your appetite..

601 'Grymee (2007 VIP Mix)'


601 'Gymee (Ben & Lex Remix)'


So go and buy it now... go go go

Benny.

Ben & Lex / Neztic / Agent Alvin vs Timmy Schumacher / APE007

A. Agent Alvin vs Timmy Schumacher 'Willy the Pimp'
B. Ben & Lex 'Monkey Business (Neztic Remix)'

Just before we descend into a beautiful summer of monsoons and hurricanes there is just about time for you to get your lovely mits on the new release on Ape and have we got something special for you this time.

For Ape 7 we bring you a truly international onslaught....

First up we have an amazing heavyweight combo all the way from the shores of New Zealand. Joining forces to bring you some seriously heavy breaks bizness are Agent Alvin & Timmy Schumacher. Agent Alvin is currently blowing up big time on the D&B scene with huge releases on Roni Size's Full Cycle imprint and now Adam F's Breakbeat Kaos label too. He has also worked with Mc Spikey T for the breaks label Resin. He has been joined especially for Ape by the mentally hilarious Timmy Schumacher. Schu used to be one half of the mighty heavy NZ breaks outfit Baitercell and Schumacher who had fookin huge releases on Aquasky's Passenger label and also on Resin.

The result is a bass heavy aural assault with some heavy horny funk attached. Its been destroying dancefloors and brothels from New Zealand to New York via Glastonbury and the Glade

AUDIO CLIP

On the flip we have finally nabbed the Mexican mischief maker Manuel Neztic to remix label heads Ben & Lex's funky lil number Monkey Business (Original to be released in 2 weeks digital only). Mr Neztic has taken the original, flipped it and given it his trademark tight production and crisp beats and a sweet wobbly b-line for full party action. Also keep ya eyes peeled for forthcoming original material from Neztic coming soon on APE......

AUDIO CLIP

This release is heavy heavy so dont miss out!!

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Digital release coming soon

Highly charged jumpin beats take you from the off then the fanfare rolls till the grinding synth and grating bass take over. This is doing serious damage. Neztic drops his own flavours on a rework of Ben and Lexs master piece "Monkey Business" his trademark sound needs no intro.

Benny.

Streetwise Chart

A new download shop for all your breakbeat needs, Streetwise Digital, has now opened and their first chart features the two new tunes from the latest APE release.

2. Will White - Wait A Minute (Groove Diggerz) [Ape Music] Listen Buy

7. Ben & Lex - Get On It (Plaza De Funk Remix) [Ape Music] Listen Buy

Benny.

APE006 Out Now

Its Had A Remix Mate !

After the success of the Ltd edition Ape 001 12" featuring Will White and Ben & Lex its time for a remix. We are very excited to announce remixes from two of the scenes hottest new talents, Plaza De Funk and Groove Diggerz.

Will White receives the remix treatment from Breakspoll winning act (Breakthrough Producer) and the heads of the Breakspoll nominated label Brekin Even... ‘Groovediggerz’. The awesome ‘Diggerz give the party rockin ‘Wait a Minute’ a much deeper twist with Rhodes stabs and bubblin bass for the musical heads.

For the flip Ben & Lex get the re-rub from Italian stallion Plaza De Funk who takes the dark heads down bizz of ‘Get On It’ and injects it with a heavy heavy dose of the funk. Following the success of his new single on West & remixes for Westway and Functional, Plaza yet again gives us a dancefloor smasher!

Sound Clips
Ben & Lex - "Get On It" (Plaza De Funk remix)
Will White - "Wait A Minute" (Groove Diggerz remix)

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Benny.

Beatz & Bobz Show Archive

Phew finally recovered from the weekend (Full report on Rennie & Brighton coming soon) but in the mean time have a load of this...

Spanking new show with a very special guest mix from Finger Lickin's Slyde this week. Mind bogglingly fresh tunes this week from Rogue Element, 601, The Light Shapers and of course your host's Ben and Lex. Plus theres a competition to win a pair of tickets to Chew The Fat (competition open till wednesday)



The Beatz & Bobz Show Tracklisting

01. Ben & Lex 'Turn It Around (Kovacs Remix)' [Wut Eva]
02. Perspective 'Its Time' [CDR]
03. Stanton Warriors 'Night Train' [Punks]
04. Skool Of Thought & Deepcut 'Tug Nut' [Against The Grain]
05. 601 'Grymee (2007 VIP MIx)' [APE]
06. Light Shapers 'On The Rocks' [APE]
07. Unknown 'Untitled' [CDR]
08. Spoon Wizard 'Shoe Monkey (Tom Real Vs Rogue Element Remix)' [Functional]
09. Ben & Lex 'Meat House' [APE]
10. Baobinga 'Shake It' [Mantra]
11. Soul Of Man 'Scatterbox (Mowgli Remix)' [Finger Lickin]
12. Chemical Brothers 'Do It Again (Kid Nexus Breaks Rework)' [CDR]
13. Unknown 'Renegade' [Crisp Biscuit]
14. Sam Hell 'Stay Out All Night (Groove Diggerz Remix)' [Sinister]
15. Neztic 'Moran' [APE]
16. Chemical Brothers 'Saturate' [Freestyle Dust]
17. Unique 3 'The Theme (The Rogue Element Remix)' [Fat!]
18. Ben & Lex 'Get On It (Plaza De Funk)' [APE]

** Slyde Guest Mix ** No Tracklisting Available

Benny.

Yet Another Kiss Fm Play

Haha this is getting like a weekly tradition now, but yet again the mighty Jay Cunning has played one of our tunes on Kiss FM.

Jay Cunning Breakbeat Show on Kiss (22 May 07)
Guest - Cut La Roc
Stream - http://www.totalkiss.com/Channels/Music/Music_DJPage.aspx?djId=32
MP3 Download - http://www.menumusic.com/kiss

- JAY CUNNING -
Soul Of Man Dirty Waltzer - Trouble Soup Remix Finger Lickin
Era Battle - Merka Remix Unstable Records
Hyper No Rockstars Kilowatt
Breakfasterz Feat. Ivory Girls, Money, Drink & Drugs - Dirty Version The Breakfast Club
Uberzone Satisfaction Functional
Kicks Like A Mule The Bouncer - Billy Bunter & Shimon Remix Ministry Of Sound
Anti Science Meets Model 101 Worth Dying For - Neztic Remix Waveshape
Liam O'connol Jump Grooveland Records
Krafty Kuts & Dj Icey Through The Door - Krafty Kuts Remix Against The Grain
Takamo Cold Sweat Breaks Fm
Tipper Whats Heavy Tipper
Music Elite Force Return2mindfunk - Vandal Remix Used And Abused

- CUT LA ROC INTERVIEW + GUEST MIX -
Chemical Brothers Battle Weapon 8 Virgin
Cut La Roc Evil Disco Rocstar
Cut La Roc Nemesis - Schmidt Remix Rocstar
Antiform Boombox White
Tom Young Another Blow White Sensi Allstars Funkin Cowboy White
Deibeat Time To Rock Ibreaks
Schmidt Viewer Rocstar

- JAY CUNNING -
Dom Almond Twisted Feat. Brady Pure Filth
Ben & Lex Space Docking Ape Music
Drum Monkeys Army Deserters Westway
Tim Deluxe Let The Beats Roll - Rennie Pilgrem Remix Skint

- CLICHE CLASSIC -
Nubreed Bring That Sound Mob

Nicely done.

Benny.

Design Idea

Right I've been thinking about this all night and I've come to the conclusion that I have to make a limited edition 1 of 1 Ape Vimobot, cause it would be rude not to really.

Anyways while sat at work I've boshed this out in Photoshop as a test design...



Can't decide wether to go with the full Ape face or the one with the logo... hmm anyways I'm glad I've come up with a design at least.

Benny.

Another Ape Review

Blimey the reviews are coming in thick and fast today. Heres on from Estation.Ru over in Russia.

Will White / Ben Lex - Wait A Minute / Get On It Remixes [APEM006]

После успеха первого винилового релиза Ape Records - Will White, написанного совместно с Ben & Lex - настало время и для не уступаюшего оригиналу ремикса. Оцениваемая нами пластинка представляет собой творения двух молодых, но уже зарекомендовавших себя команд - Plaza De Funk и Groove Diggerz.

На трек Will White - "Wait A Minute" remix был сделан победителями Breakspoll 2007 в номинации "Продюссер-прорыв года" - Groove Diggerz. Под их чутким руководством он приобрел более прогрессивное звучание и теперь требуется время для того, чтобы понять концепцию произведения. Рекомендуется для повторного прослушивания с целью вникания.

Оригинальному треку "Get on it" от Ben & Lex присуще серьезное звучание и более глубокий басовый фон. В ремиксе же итальянца Plaza De Funk (Marcello De Angelis) - на лицо обилие фанка, которое автоматически дает треку новую жизнь. В общем, обработка сделала трек более позитивным, танцевальным и легким для восприятия, хотя не обошлось и без упущений - погнавшись за настроениями, создатели обошли вниманием ударные, которые стали звучать менее живо, насыщенно и отчасти потеряли свою прелесть по сравнению с оригиналом.

В целом же можем констатировать, что после успеха собственного сингла "Marcello", выпущенного на West и его ремикс лейблов Westway и Functional, Plaza De Funk вновь радует нас новым dance-floor smasher!

Авторы рецензии: Mars и Dива

Website

Not having a clue about the Russian language I can only presume its a good review, hopefully. If someone can do a decent translation it would be much appreciated.

Benny

Ape Review

Our fine friends at Wicked Style over in Italy have reviewed the new APE Music single, which is due out on Monday.

Ben & Lex/Will White - Get On It/Wait A Minute [Remixes]

Ancora due produzioni bollenti licenziate dalla Ape Music: lato A affidato ai boss di casa, Ben & Lex, con 'Get On It' remixato dal nostro Plaza De Funk, lato B lasciato invece ai trattamenti di Will White con 'Wait A Minute' rivisitato dai Groove Diggerz. Bongolato l'inizio del primo ma scansioni subito toste e refrain svisato. Plaza si supera e l'atmosfera decolla, davvero un ottimo lavoro. Anche Rob Savage e Reuben Pearce non sono da meno infondendo la giusta energia ed il personalissimo stile che li ha portati a vincere al Breakspoll 2007 il titolo di Breakthru Producer.

Aurelio Cianciotta

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Benny

APEM006 Review

Yay our new single on APE is getting some very good reviews. Not only has it been in DJ Mag, but its just been reviewed on the Nuskool Breaks website.

Ben & Lex - Get On It (Plaza De Funk Remix) / Will White - Wait a Minute (Groove Diggerz Remix) (Ape Recordings)

Blam.

Ben & Lex - Get on It (Plaza De Funk Remix)

Let me preface this by saying that I really like both Ben & Lex, and Plaza De Funk's stuff, even if I don't generally play it (Ben & Lex are sometimes too hard, and Plaza is sometimes too funky).

This tune has now changed that.

Awesome tribal goodness opens up into a chunky beat for a spell. The first build is the part that makes my cock hard the most tho. It consists of a fierce little acid line, funky wah-wah guitars, and this little emergency broadcast signal-esque tone that flows through the tune. When the beat kicks back in, it is like oldskool warehouse funky breaks city. Little rave blips follow this up, being littered and delayed across the main body, into this fuckin evil bassline that I cannot WAIT to play on a big system that dominates the tune until the big break, when you are left with the electro blips for a few bars until everything kicks back in with the acid and wah-wah guitars with a big fat ass explosion. there are so many different contrasts in this tune, but he makes it all seem like it was meant to be. This would have to be my favorite work of Marcello's to date, and something I cannot WAIT to play out.

For fans of: Plump DJs, Soul Of Man, Myagi.


Will White - Wait a Minute (Groove Diggerz Mix)

I don't believe this is the Groove Diggerz. They are like how I referenced Ben & Lex and plaza earlier. I really like their stuff, it just generally doesn't fit in with what I play. This tune tho, will get more play than Tall Paul's cock in 1997. This tune is just one big badass really versatile monster. Minimal break opens it up for a short time (I do wish this was longer), into some quick tribal drums for a second before dropping this bassline and beat combination that completely took me off guard. The shit just throbs and pounds. The addition of some lazer sounds and the same fuckin sample used from Lock and Load's 'Blow Ya Mind' (this totally sells it for me btw. Even I loved that tune ages ago, and I'm totally geeking out listening to this for it) build the tune further. The main chunk is I think is done really well with this bassline that totally contrasts the chill vibe the rest of the tune is putting off. The big break is like early progressive house (think the Golden Girls 'Kinetic') sounding, and then turns into this distorted guitars, and then drops back in early with a healthy dose of fuckin acid, and this evil fuckin bassline. This tune straight fucking rocks it fierce out for a few bars, and goes back into the chill, but pumpin vibe till the end.

For fans of: Kickflip, Brothers Bud, Klaus Hill.

Acid in both tunes. sold!

Great release gents. Double a sider for sures.

Awesome.

Release date for the single will be in a couple of week, just waiting for Lex to confirm this one.

Benny

Ben & Lex Reviews

While browsing DJ Mag in WHSmiths this morning on my way to work I was pleasantly surprised to find they have reviewed 2 of our tunes, 'My Pink Sock' on Functional and the new release from our Label APE Music.





Fingers crossed next month there will be a review of our remix on Control Breaks, which is doing nicely in the shops at the moment.

Benny