Came across this awesome free album today from Sheffield's Planet Terror Records - it's a wicked selection of mostly dubstep based electronic awesomeness with some IDM and breakcore stuff in there too... Basically every track is a winner but some highlights for me were: Adam Kroll's Emigrant, a fantastic aggresive, spacious dubstep track with trancey arps and brassy stabs... the bouncy psy dubstep of Cixxx J's edit of Solstice by dubbwune... Rogue State doing his inimatable 4x4 dubstep thang on Fireworkz... 2 tone chiptune-core of New Ferves by Smurd and the huge lolloping psy-dub monster Zion Blood by Titus Twelve.

Download Planet Terror Records - Terra Firma

I realised today I'm getting loads of hits from people looking for 4x4s on my post about R8 Records' new 4x4 dubstep funky mix, due to being on page 1 on google if you search for new 4x4... quite funny I think.

In the hope that people who like 4x4s also like heavy bass, and also I guess as an experiment in irrelevant SEO, I thought I'd post this tune that R8's Rogue State has just put up for free download, it's a phat phat dubstep reworking of Gappy Ranks tune 'Stinkin Rich'

Stinkin Rich (Bootleg Rmx) by Rogue State

Rockin (as always) new mix from the R8 crew full of their unique Sheffield wobble... Some 4x4/funky/dubstep/kuduro action with authentic Yorkshire vocals from Walker & Dubzee, packed with exclusive dubs from R8 as well as big tunes from Buraka, Caspa & Rusko & more... (update...) I wrote this before getting to track 18 (which is freakin awesome, incidentally, insanely organ-wobble-tastic) which spins back into TKR's Polar, and the mix then continues off into blissful, chilled out dub/step territory, unexpected but amazing... check it out!!

Download it here, and check out Deadman's blog for more R8 action.

Check out the tracklist after the jump:

My boy from Sheffield Rogue State has just dropped a new free EP - 4 tunes in his inimitable 4-4-dubstep-niche style.

According to his bio: Having spent more than 10 years honing his production skills through various genres, the last few years have been spent working on the label, R8 Records which he co-owns and manages with Alex Deadman. Studio time is dedicated to a unique fusion of dubstep, Uk Funky, Niche and Jungle.

I can vouch for those ten years, in fact its at least 12 as we did one of our first gigs together back when he was called Optimus at the Boardwalk in Sheffield...

Grab the whole EP here:

Rogue State - R8DUBS002 Draw Fer Dubs EP 2

Or check out the individual tunes below...

Mentioned Copius's live band stuff on here a couple of weeks ago, well now he's back and keeping it reel with his first mixtape, 25 minutes of steel city hip hop, check it out at Virb:

http://virb.com/copius

Tracklist:

Blind Mannequin Volume 1

Swagger (Copius)
Funeral Dust (Copius/Soul)
Terror Remix (Copius/Soul/7th Sun)
Tributes (Soul)
Im Outside (Copius)
Lawless Kid (Copius/Soul/Dusty)
High Times (Soul)
Radioactive (Copius/Soul/Omez/7th Sun)

I've been meaning to blog about my boy COPIUS for a while.

Check out this video of him & his band live last weekend:

Copius is a Sheffield based producer & MC who's been making music for a few years now, and man he's coming on in leaps and bounds, the band looks awesome can't wait to see them live in the flesh! This tune gets the live hip hop thing just right, sticking to a tight repetetive groove - not getting too carried away with the instrumentation but still making the most of it.

Check out some more Copius tunes below...