sub⎹div podcast 8.0: Longshanks

The latest instalment of the sub⎹div podcast comes from ol’ daddy Longshanks. LS has twisted his repertoire over the last year, stretching out past the house/disco axiom that fuels his Saturday night residency at Lucky Bar’s Solid! Taking inspiration from The Big Reds & Eames, LS has managed to push hard in a couple of areas; the 2step/UKF realm & the loping, post-hop digital crunk springing up everywhere. His sets before & after Gaslamp Killer at Rifflandia 3 were great displays of the versatile barrage of funk this cat is pushing atm with his crazy ass midi controller, the Ohm64.

The podcast is littered with fly-as-fuck burners; we’re imagining this is a great snapshot of what his upcoming headlining spot October 27 will sound like. Starting off with some purple weight courtesy of Terror Danjah & Ginz, the mix goes through a few left turns, morphing into some nasty head-nod funk. The latest gem from Ramadanman “Pitter” features & live staple Loops Haunt pops up here as well. Fresh burners from Arp101, Slugabed & Blackpocket sit snug alongside the ever looming spectre of Dilla & there are a couple of nifty acapella mashes in there (Phil Collins anyone?). Definitely one to snap your neck to. Words from the wiz…

Longshanks: “The tough thing lately is avoiding trying to cram too many styles in – I’m really respecting anyone who can rock thematically for any length & still keep shit popping. I was tempted to go 2step all the way, but honestly, there’s too much deep crunk around right now for me not to document the amazing world of 80-100 bpm. Cupp Cave, Loops Haunt & Pixelord are underrated as fuuuuck, so it was fun to mash those producers with classics like Dilla & local fire-breathers Megasoid & Jules Chaz .

The mix was done live in my living room, a collaboration between Ableton, my Ohm64 & a bottle of wine – pretty much what you get when I rock live. I wanted to avoid over-thinking it – there’s nothing crazy here, just some verbs, delays, grid chops & quick mixes. Messy in bits, but extremely fun to execute.”

download sub⎹div podcast 8.0 mixed by Longshanks

The Risks – Windextrous
Ginz – Boss
Swindle – Airmiles
Terror Danjah – Upton Lane
Dead Fader – Autumn Rot
Ramadanman – Pitter
Mosca – Square One [Bok Bok Remix]
Scuba – Twitch [Jamie Vex'd Remix]
Rustie – Dragonfly
Dibiase – Skullcrack
Loops Haunt vs. Ann Peebles – Rubber Sun Grenade
Swede:art – Sex On An Airplane
Cupp Cave – Discrete Mathematics
Roots Manuva – Witness (1 Hope) [Slugabed Remix]
Monolithium – Selfish Lil’ Crunk
Randomer – Puzzled
Pixelord vs. Mobb Deep – Plxr7
Two Fingers – Fools Riddim
Loops Haunt – Impact Omnihammer
Clause Four – Version 1
Monolithium – Cooking Riddim
Machinedrum – Let It [Megasoid Remix]
Jules Chaz – 93 Million Miles
Flying Lotus – Rickshaw
Jules Chaz – Could Happen [Dub]
Arp101 – Warriors Galactic
J Dilla – Sycamore
Blackpocket – Cyborg
Harmonic 313 vs. Phil Collins – Word Problems
Architeq – Sleeping Bear Lament [Take Remix]