Undecided AKA Chris Shelton has been featured on Muti Music before providing a whomptastic midtempo urban track ‘Gargoyle’ for our Clipping Paths compilation. His enthusiasm for electronic dance music and his openness to new ideas in unmistakable and evident in his broad range of production projects.

Undecided prior releases on Muti, Sango, Mob and W.E recordings can be previewed here  here.
So this short blog is just a ‘Big Up!’ to Chris for keeping things fresh and making dope beats, he also has some new tunes emerging on ‘System Recordings’ & ‘Hellfire Mecha’ including a collaboration with another recent Muti Music contributor Great Scott which will keep the breakbeat crowds very happy.
We’ve just featured a new collaboration project by Undecided along with ‘Dick Jesus’ as ‘Trouser Snakes’ out now as an exclusive on Beatport.(see our releases / news section) .
Muti Music will also be putting out a new release by Chris as ‘Undecided’ later this year with an outstanding uptempo breaks tune called ‘Substance Abuse’ and another midtempo outing called ‘Get Busy’, so check back here for updates
Read Undecided’s full Biography here.

Muti019 - Trouser Snakes - Audio Pornographic EP
Tracklisting:
1. Audio Pornographic  5:51
2. Money Shot    5:46

Info:
‘Trouser Snakes’ is a collaboration between producers Undecided & Dick Jesus featuring straight forward beats, very clean production and with dirty ‘pornographic’ vocal samples that will guarantee both humor and some funky ‘getting down’ on the dancefloor.

About the artists:
Both artists in this collaboration are accomplished in their own right with Undecided making waves for the past few years in breakbeat after launching into the breaks world on Mob Recordings with a hit release that also featured a remix by ‘The Rogue Element’ , then following it up with releases on System, HellFire Mecha, Sango and Muti Music. ‘Dick Jesus’ better known for his House music productions , has been causing a stir in dirty Electro House and will be making even more shortly with his releases on Simmer Recordings.
Trouser Snakes will no doubt be heard of again in the dirty house scene.

Muti018 - Great Scott - Bollygraph Test EP
Tracklisting:
1. Bollygraph Test        6:05
2. Bollygraph Test (Mesmer Remix)    6:49
3. Chai Overdose         6:41

Great Scott delivers two great tracks with strong south east asian influences including a sample of Gandhi asking us to be soldiers of peace. The title track has already been receiving a lot of airplay and receiving praise from many circles. We were also lucky enough to get a remix by Romanian breaks star Memser who provided an incredible driving breaks track that is as uplifting as it is energetic. Look out for Mesmer’s forthcoming album on Sound Of Habib Recordings where I’m sure you’ll find more quality beats like it.
Response:
“ohh Great Scott!! …. Who said Asian breaks were dead?
They’re alive and kickin’ if producers like DJ Great Scott grace our ears.” -  Read More at projectbollyhood.com

“ If you like bass, if you like grumble DJ Great Scott’s ‘Bollygraph Test’ will get you ready to rumble!”- Read more at Brandnu.org

BBC Radio – “Multiple plays on Bobby Friction and Nihal’s BBC radio show”

Available exclusively on Beatport right now and everywhere in October 2008.

Scott Novich AKA Great Scott is a new find for us at Muti Music, having initially been turned on to his productions by ‘Undecided’ , we loved some of Scots glitched out chill productions and then were truly surprised when he started delivering some of the freshest uptempo breakbeat we’ve heard. Utilizing ‘Asian Beat’ flavours, driving basslines and strong funk influences Scott has managed to stand out from the crowd. The recent airplay on BBC radio confirmed that we were not alone in thinking so.
The host of “MK Ultra,” on KTRU in Houston, TX has been seeing weekly support on the Bobby Friction show on BBC radio and also recently had a collaboration project with well known breaks producer “Undecided” signed to UK breaks label Mechanoise.
Strongly inspired by the sounds of old-school big beat and breaks, including the likes of Fluke, The Prodigy, and Rabbit In The Moon, Scott is constantly attempting to fuse the sounds of the old with that of the new, while trying to achieve a delicate balance between producing music that’s meant to make people move, with that which inflicts various emotions and imagery.
Scott has broken into the international music scene before with a brief stint working and gigging in Beijing, China. The ‘Bollygraph Test EP’ out now on Muti Music looks to be pushing that international journey even further with it’s Asian beat flavour and also for the fact that it features the Romanian rising star of breakbeat, Mesmer who is known for his multiple releases on ‘Bombtraxx’, ‘Bijoubeats’, ‘Sango Music’and ‘Sound Of Habib’ who will be releasing his forthcoming album.
You will be seeing a follow up to the Bollygraph Test EP from Scot and some choice chillout from him to in the very near future.

Muti017 - Subvert - Dirt Nap EP
1. Dirt Nap         5:45
2. Pump et Up   5:17
3. Curbstomper 4:29
4. Size Matters  4:09
all tracks by “Subvert” except for Track 1 is by “Excision & Subvert”
“A crunchy little bass driven midtempo monster that is currently exclusive and top selling EP on Addictech.”
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Info:
Known for crunchy midrange bass and huge sub frequency drops, Subvert’s tracks have been doing promo rounds and have made regular appearances in the sets of Bassnectar, Ill Gates (The Phat Conductor) & Dov amongst others.
Excision collaborates with Subvert on the title track which exemplifies the newer fusion of dubstep, grime and hip-hop tempo’s with the dubstep aesthetic resulting in a pumped up bass driven dancefloor mayhem. The EP delivers whompy bass and big drops abundantly and will definitely makes those sub woofers work.

Dov says,” I’ve been dropping Subvert’s ‘Pump et Up’ and ‘Dirt Nap’ tracks all spring and summer, since I first got the demo and it’s been one of those ones that always seems to work, almost like a sure thing for the floor in my CD book.”

Press / Response:
High Eight (Re:Connect Records) : “This EP is phenomenal! Great stuff. Played Size Matters on my radio show last week, and will be playing more tracks this week. Excellent! ”

Sneak-E Pete (Blunted Funk / MobBeats / Samurai.FM - SF) : ” Size Matters is giving me stage-fright.  Super sick bass, will play in Brooklyn this weekend!  Also going to be playing a few of these on Samurai.FM for sure…digging the mix of funk N noise on Curbstomper.”

B-Side (URB) : “some sick shit man!”

Ratling (Breaks FM) : “huge props as usual on releases 16 & 17 keep up the goodness.”

Fine Cut Bodies (Chi Recordings) : “yo man, Curbstomper and Size Matters are the tunes for my sets! thx a lot! will play for sure!!!”

Buy the album ->
Title: Pineal Dub
Format: Mini Album / File
Cat # Muti016
Tracklisting:
1. Etheric Dub  5:18
2. Lazy Bass  6:58
3. Melting  5:00
4. Squishy Dub  5:33
5. Kombulade  5:52
6. Moth Dub  5:49
7. Bass Spalls 4:37
8. Purgatory Dub 5:02

Press / Reviews:

” Spacious melodic dub electronica. Heyoka has a deeply psychedelic sound full of squelches, blips, sonic flickers and all manner of effected sine waves, corrosive synthetics and acidic programming. Driven by huge, lumbering bass lines and gritty programmed drumtracks Pineal Dub draws on elements of IDM, glitch, downtempo and displaced hip hop binding them up into a consistent dub framework, with a very low centre of gravity. The overall sound is uncluttered, with repeating phrases and tuneful snatches cycling, alternating and cross layering. Naturally the keyboard stabs and echoed percussion that mark the genre are present, but Heyoka brings something of a dancefloor approach to the mix, promotional material suggesting that the disc be filed under ‘Downtempo, Dub, Breakbeat, Grime and Dubstep’.” read more of this review here.”

Kemek The Dope Computer Review: “So, do you really need an artist’s response to know that this is brilliant stuff? Really, by now you should know that if it’s on Muti, it deserves your dollars. You don’t even need to listen to it first. But if you really must know, “Pineal Dub” finds Heyoka achieving true greatness. Psychedelic, deep, dubby, foamy… this is what your washing machine dreams of when you accidentally leave a sheet of blotter in your jeans pocket and run them through the wash.”

About Heyoka:
Heyoka is fast becoming one of San Francisco’s hottest new producer / performers on the scene. One of many using Native Instruments, Ableton Live and a host of plugins to create new and dynamic sounds.
His early influences in Downtempo, Dub and IDM combined with more recent midtempo dancefloor genres from the likes of Bassnectar, Glitch Mob and An-ten-nae have helped create a very unique sound that combines relentless basslines, hip hop and dub rhythms with a lot of musicality and melody.
Heyokas’ earlier works were identifiable by their crushing basslines and ‘spacey’ blips and glitches, ‘Pineal Dub’ shows progression from Heyoka as a producer with greater use of negative space and ethereal melodies that can only be heard as melancholy or wickedly cheerful.
The response to his emergence so far has been overwhelming with Heyoka opening nights for Tipper, Benga & Skream amongst others.

Introducing Subvert – pK / Muti Music / Rottun Recordings / Shambhala Music Festival.

What started out as an introduction and a remix project turned us ‘on’ to one of Canada’s rising stars of bass driven crunky beats in the form of “Subvert’.
His tracks have been doing promo rounds and have made regular appearances in the sets of Bassnectar, Ill Gates (The Phat Conductor) & Dov amongst others.

Subvert hails from Calgary, Alberta and his winding path in music started in 1996. Proof of his dedication to ‘Bass’ is in his track record of creating the world’s loudest competition vehicles, designing pK’s 90,000 watt sound system and managing the Village Stage at Shambhala Music Festival.
He started DJing in 2000 and combined with his extensive work on sound systems and attention to precision sound, he was ultimately & naturally led down the path to creating his own music productions and once again the low frequencies consumed him. Subvert’s sound is a combination of throbbing, relentless basslines, melodic strings and haunting pianos singing through midtempo glitch / acid crunk and dubstep. His attention to detail and the ability to tune into ‘bass that works’ can be felt in all of his music productions, he is an expert in the subsonic, the crowd and the show.

The past year has truly seen the emergence of Subvert as a recording artist, with a slew of new releases in the first half of 2008:
‘Subversion’ and ‘No Smokey Ganja’ on Rottun Recordings,
‘Bigtsteppa’ on Punch Out
and a recent remix of the Ill Gates smasher ‘Sweat Shop’ upcoming on Muti Music.
We are stoked to announce the forthcoming ‘Dirt Nap’ EP in addition to the ‘Sweat Shop’ remix coming out on Muti Music, the EP will include the tracks; ‘Size Matters’, ‘Curb Stomper’, ‘Dirt Nap’ and ‘Pump et Up’.
It’s all about the bass…..
You can download Subvert recent promotional mix which includes edits of many of these tracks below.
Download Subverts promo ‘Dirt Mix’ (95MB MP3 Download)

Muti015 - Nanda - Somewhere Between Worlds

1. The Awakening 5:38
2. Isvara 5:53
3. Active 8 5:10
4. Conscious Movement 5:12
5. Nada Brahma 4:48
6. High Heals Not Allowed 6:09
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Release Info:
Nanda’s new track - ‘High Heals Not Allowed’ has already seen comparisons to Lawgiverz, Nubreed and Jnr. Hacksaw and his unmistakable Santa Cruz and Hawaii vibe come through strongly in his chill and midtempo compositions. We were honored to have Nanda back for more following the success of his track ‘As We Let Go’ on our ‘Clipping Paths compilation. ‘Somewhere Between Worlds’ covers a broad range of sounds from midtempo and dubstep to grimey electro bits, always present with a little bit of glitch for color.

Press / Response:
ED2000 (Dangerous Drums, Berlin) : “Loving your releases of late!!! Downloading now . just in time for the next radio show.”

Nick (Interchill, UK) : “I really like and played the ‘Awakening’ - v cool tune, for the me the strongest on the EP.”

Fine Cut Bodies (Chi Recordings) : “thanx for the tunes… really like “Awakening” will play in my radioshow tomorrow tooo!”

Ratling (Breaks FM) : “Yo thanks again for sending you’re new stuff over had a quick listen to the tracks & on first listen its ‘High Heals Not Allowed’ that stands out for me. A good package over all but its this tune that I’m gonna drop in somewhere tonight on my show.”

More info about Nanda :
Cutting edge sounds of early Moog and Roland synthesizers, as well as an innate understanding of percussion, made the love of computer based music-making come naturally for Nanda. Currently residing in Santa Cruz CA after many years of pushing dope grooves in Hawaii, he is busy working on future developments to dose the world with abstract tones of audio psychedelia. His vast musical influences range from IDM, Electro and Breakbeat, to Dub and World Fusion. In today’s fight against the dark forces, he uses music as his weapon, little stands in the way of this rising producer.

If you’re in the lone star state come on down and experience two of Muti’s top acts throw down in Texas tomorrow night

Check out the flyer images for more info.

It’s summer and time for one of our favorite events of the year, this year jam packed with a lot of Muti Music talent.
See their info blast about the event below

RAINDANCE Campout 2008
Friday June 20th 12noon- noon Monday June 23rd

www.raindancepresents.com/campout2008/

We have turned another time around the sun since last years camp-out, and what a ride it has been
We are getting RRREDDYY ))):::> for this years adventure inna big way.

You are cordially invited to join us, as we celebrate life Raindance style.
We could not be happier to be returning to this amazing location with all of you , and especially on
the Summer Solstice !

The lineup is just about as insane as possible to bring the real majick,

Skream & Benga - (UK) ~ Lawgiverz - (Trigger, UK) ~ Bassbin Twins ~ Nyxyss (Haj -Subswara&Hannah Thiem)

Ant-ten-nae - (ant-ten-ae.net) ~ Ill Gates / The Phat Conductor ~ Hypnotech ~ Mozaic ~ Brother ~ Digital Honey ~ Neuronaut ~Little John
Anahata Sound ~ Kamm ~ EPROM ~ Shawna ~ Laura ~ Evinrude ~ Kitty-D ~ Dr. Toast ~ Sayr ~ Dov ~ Majitope ~ MoPo
Tha Scritch ~Audiovoid ~ CoolHandLuke ~ Rob Monroy ~ The Zoopy Show ~Clay/Mimosa/Andre ~Aaron Jae ~ Mr Projectile
Neptune ~Elf ~Timonkey ~ Pom & Bartek ~ Mancub ~ Chlorophil ~ Stridah ~ Nanda ~ Ripple ~ Rasatronics ~ Mr. Rogers ~
Satsi ~ Chris Sia ~ Mycho Cocca ~ Abai ~ Know One (feat Taylor Madin ) ~ Olivia ~ + more TBA

Visuals by Satsi
Visionary Forums with MC Chris Sia hosting (More info on this will on the web site) will be held in the Lodge this year
Yoga With Catlin Rose @ 11:11 am in the Lodge Sat and Sunday

Food vending by Convergence
other finery trinkets and toys also in the vender zone

Kids Zone - operated by some fabulous Moms and thier helpers
POOL PARTY in FULL effect Sat and Sunday noon - 7

This year will feature Turbo Sound on two of the three stages, We are very exited about this (BTW),

Carpool Carpool Carpool this is essential + save you money

Please get a presale ticket / there will not be any at the gate due to limited capacity

Metamusic in Santa Cruz & Distractions in SF both still have $100 tickets

The $100 tickets online have sold out / So those are now $125 and are available here

sanfrancisco.going.com/raindancecampout

Much more info www.raindancepresents.com/campout2008/