December 2010 – Beglitched

MiHKAL- Snuglife Mixtape

December 16, 2010

MiHKAL is an Oakland based shamanic crunkster whose ceremonial approach to music has been getting attention from bassheads around the world. Though he has not released an official album, he has been DJing and remixing since 2008 and has played at huge parties alongside his homies Mimosa, Heyoka, Sleepyhead, Knowa Knowone, Kitty D, NastyNasty, GladKill, ChrisB, An-ten-nae, Bassnectar, R/D, EPROM, Joker, Marty Party & PANTyRAiD. MiHKAL is on the same level as every one of these artists. His DJ skills truly move me.

Snuglife is full of soothing female vocals, emotional instrumentals, heavy bass, and crunk vocal samples. He knows how to weave these different styles together in a way that I rarely hear to create an amazing dance floor experience that moves your body and your spirit. It is no surprise to me that Beat Church keeps him as a resident shamanic DJ. I expect him to release some music this year, but until then, he has several mixes available on his Soundcloud. You can DOWNLOAD Snuglife HERE (right click, save as)
Be sure to attend Beat Church to praise the bass music gods and dance yourself to a higher place under MiHKAL’s beats.

Find MiHKAL on Facebook and Soundcloud.

Stephan Jacobs & Sugarpill- Level Attack

December 7, 2010

Stephan Jacobs & Sugarpill have been working together on songs this year like a couple of crazed music scientists. Both reside in LA and play there regularly and they are both starting to tour around the US for gigs. You can also find them on Glitch.fm for the Polybeat Plant show on Tuesdays at 6pm PST. Sugarpill and Stephan Jacobs have each had a busy year in 2010 with several big singles and mixtapes released, and Sugarpill’s huge success with his debut album Flow Goggles.

Stephan Jacobs and Sugarpill worked on Level Attack and came up with a nicely polished piece of glitch hop art, complete with tough yet sexy vocals of Naada, who was also featured in a single that Stephan Jacobs and Love & Light collaborated on a few months ago. Her vocals give Level Attack that human voice that is so often missing in electronic music. This release features remixes by +verb, Ben Samples, Willy Whompa, Great Scott and ChrisB. Each remix focuses on a different highlight of the original and I am actually able to listen to the entire release without getting bored of this song! A separate post should be written about each of the amazing artists who remixed this song- each artist is doing amazing work to shape the future of glitch hop in their own way. Make sure to check them out! Thanks to Stephan Jacobs & Sugarpill for making “Level Attack” and inspiring these remixes!

Stephan and Sugarpill are sharing a free download from the release- grab it here! (right click-save as) and the grab Level Attack on Addictech here!

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Stephan Jacobs- All Original Mix 2011

December 1, 2010

Stephan Jacobs has quickly risen to the top of the Southern California glitch-hop bass music scene with his massive remixes that pack any dancefloor in seconds, combined with his huge arsenal of original material that grows with each day. He is a dedicated producer who spends more time working on music than most people are awake in a day and his Soundcloud is full of songs with thousands of plays and comments. His recent remix of “Under The Sheets” screamed to the top of the charts at Hypem.

Stephan Jacobs released music in 2009 as one half of Kether, with their chart topping albums Marine Layer and Layer 2, both on Muti Music, San Francisco’s most successful underground music label. He recently released a song on Gruntworthy Vol. 1 with other big up and coming artists +verb, Sugarpill, Dr. Knobz, Minnesota, and Carly-D. On December 6, Muti is dropping another release on Addictech called Level Attack, a collaboration of Stephan Jacobs & Sugarpill Featuring Naada on vocals. The release is a single with remixes by +Verb, Ben Samples, Willy Whompa, Great Scott and ChrisB. This is guaranteed to be one not to miss!

As a preview for what is to come on Level Attack, Stephan created a mix of originals for 2011 that you can grab here- http://beglitched.com/mixes/StephanJacobs_OriginalMix2011.mp3 (right click, save as…)

Tracklist-

1. Bluetech – Leaving Babylon (Stephan Jacobs Remix)
Notorious Thugs Accapella
2. Ben Samples & Stephan Jacobs – Nano Puppy
3. Ellie Goulding – Under The Sheets (Stephan Jacobs Remix)
4. Stephan Jacobs & +Verb – Blind Dreams
5. Stephan Jacobs & Sugarpill – Level Attack feat Naada (Original Mix)
7. Stephan Jacobs & ChrisB. – Flux Capacitor (Luniz Edit)
8. Stephan Jacobs – Hyperion
9. Stephan Jacobs – Top Shelf

Keep your eye on this guy because 2012 is going to be a year of touring and releasing a huge backlog of tunes. Expect to see him at a lot of the major summer festivals and parties. You can also catch his monthy radio show on Glitch.fm the last Tuesday of the month at 6pm PST.
Follow Stephan Jacobs on Facebook, Twitter, and Soundcloud. Check out his website for more remixes and dj sets.