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You may know the Utah Saints from their breakout single “Something Good” which took over the dancefloors of many raves and clubs in the early 90′s and again in 2008 when the single was re-released with new mixes from High Contrast and Van She. The track took a catchy vocal snippet from Kate Bush’s “Cloudbusting” and looped it until it became permanently embedded in your brain. Tim Utah and Jez Willis, which make up the group, have been doing some serious dancefloor destruction with their DJ sets as I’m sure you can tell by taking one look at the tracklisting below.

Utah Saints this week providing a live mix of Dirty Electro and Fidget House from a UK gig earlier this year.

Enjoy!

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MyKill’s last mix for DMb Podcast is still one of our top downloaded mixes. This week MyKill has delivered a new Funky Disco House mix that coincides with his first artist release on Solid Bump Records, a track called “Love Story” which you can preview in the Beatport player below or on iTunes. The entire release is a worth checking out and is perfect for dropping at primetime in a hot sweaty club. Solid Bump also has an interview with MyKill you can check out.

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Kissy Sell Out is a DJ, producer and graphic designer from Colchester, Essex who emerged from the MySpace generation of cool nerds and sonic visionaries. Renowned for his eccentric electro productions and energetic DJ style Kissy is now one of the hottest club DJs, producers and remixers with Mixmag describing him as “one of the most exciting, charismatic and entertaining DJs of the decade”. If that wasn’t enough, Kissy runs his own label called San City Highand has a weekly radio show on BBC Radio 1 every Thursday night bringing listeners the best in jump up rock and rave.

With a string of successful singles already under his belt (‘Her’ and ‘Rikkalicious’ to name a few) Kissy is now ready to unleash his debut album ‘Youth’. Featuring 11 tracks- inspired by his early years and misdemeanours – Kissy takes you on a journey through his childhood memories, with influences from Gary Newman, Scritti Politti, Simple Minds, Sonic Youth and Armand Van Helden to excite you.

Kissy Sell Out’s “Youth” will be released on San City High/ADA Global Ltd on 22nd March and is also available in all good record stores and online via itunes and all good digital stores.

This mix that Kissy Sell Out gave us is kinda hard to put into any particular genre, but it’s got a bit of Indie, a bit of Electro, and a bit of Fidgety House. We’ll give it a new genre and just call it Kissy. On your way out check out this cool interview with Kissy Sell Out on Hypeaddict and go get the new CD.

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Peo De Pitte aka Häggström hails from the city of Stockholm, Sweden. After moving to London Peo has also been running his very own label FlatOut Records, the main home for releases of his two aliases Peo de Pitte and Haggstrom.

His trademark combination of rare groove beats and cutting edge synth action has resulted in making Peo one of the most exciting new producers to emerge. With remixes and releases on labels including U&A, Fingerlickin’, Global Underground, LOT49 and Champion Records it is no surprise that he has won huge support worldwide.

In just one year he managed to have massive support from Sinden, Laidback Luke, Fake Blood, Crookers, Jamie Fanatic, Loose Cannons, Trevor Loveys, MJ Cole, Calvertron, Matt Darey, James Zabiela, Kissy Sell Out, Stonebridge, Micky Slim, Elite Force, Evil 9, Foamo, Andy George, Nom De Strip, Stupid Fresh, Matt Darey, Plump DJ’s, Afrojack, DJ Icey, Tittsworth, Meat Katie, Utah Saints, NAPT and others.

Here Peo delivers a Dirty Bangin’ mix of Big Electro Techno tunes that would be right at home in a massive club or underground warehouse.

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With over 3000 entries in the NGDJ competition spanning 3 months and garnering almost 200,000 votes the winner was just announced. Congrats to May Vanya from New Zealand via Coatia. The winner was chosen based on not only mixing and track selection but also music production, visual presentation and general artist potential. It seems like the 3 winners definitely lean more towards a deeper housey kinda vibe. Hopefully next year we can see a bit more genre variety with the winners.

According to the jury, Croatian sister duo Maya Vanya “are intriguing in a ’what‘s next?‘ way” and “have proven themselves by mixing their own masterfully laid out edits” with “a big room friendly tech house sound ready for next generation dancefloors everywhere.”

You can check out Maya Vanya’s winning mix here.

NGDJ runner-ups, including Jeremy G and Adeline Supreme.

via: LetsMix

We kinda got caught up on releasing all of these great mixes over the past 4 months that we kinda pushed this mix aside for a bit. This is Part 2 of 4 of the 5+ hour long mix by DJ Nth that will be released at the end of the series that covers: Techno, Progressive, House, and Trance. Keep posted for parts 3 & 4 to be posted over the next few months. If you want more DJ Nth, check out a few other mixes on DMb.

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Excision’s “Shambhala 2009″ mix is coming down the pipes for you this week to feed your Dubstep and Drum & Bass fix. Be sure to drop by his label Rottun Recordings and get some more free DJ Mixes and his MySpace page for tour dates.

Taking influence from Drum and Bass, Metal, and Hip Hop, Excision is a Dubstep artist who must be heard to be fully believed. Combining the morphing bass lines of Drum and Bass, the aggressive energy of Metal, and the laid back vibes of hip hop, Excision’s style is incomparable.

At only 22, this young Canadian’s passion for music has already driven him to become one of the biggest Dubstep acts of North America. Anyone who has heard a set by this bad boy has walked away feeling energized and refreshed. If you’re lucky enough to catch a live set, expect an assault of bass-heavy tracks, mixed quickly and seamlessly.

Enjoy!

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:32:12 — 126.7MB)

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