KOWALSKI (a.k.a. DJTZINAS): Remixes EP (2015) Free download

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DJTZINAS: And Take Your Money (2014) Free download

Have you heard the new one from Greece’s ‘party breaks with a reggae twist’ man Djtzinas? No? Here goes then: what do you get if you cross Dreadsquad, MIA and Jamaican dancehall hottie Natalie Storm? And Take Your Money! Get it? What? No! It’s not a joke! It’s a huge bashment …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

DJTZINAS feat. CLINTON SLY: Real Good Gal (2013)

An Irish record label gathers no moss it seems for here is the Dirty Dubsters‘ label Irish Moss hustling out another drop a mere month after the remixes package for their very own collab with Jamaican roots man Turbulence. This time around it’s a Greco-Canadian team-up as Clinton Sly praises half the human race over Djtzinas‘ jolly (and jolly bass-y) version of the This Is Jam Hot…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

VARIOUS: Ragga Party Jams Vol. 8 (2013)

Not ones to lie idle while all and sundry are knocking out bass-filled reggae booty, Dirty Dubsters fire up the engines at Dirty Dubster Digital again for Ragga Party Jams Vol. 8. What do you fancy? Bit of old school breakbeat ragga? How about a Bluntskull‘s blend of some toasting over Clyde Stubblefield’s ubiquitous Funky Drummer break topped with that mournful trumpet off Ingrid’s Easter Parade – as sampled by Cypress Hill on Stoned Is The Way Of The Walk? Stoned eh? …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

DJTZINAS: It’s About Really Hot (2013) Free download

Djtzinas provides a slab of timely reggae-hip-hop booty with It’s About Really Hot mashing up Clipse and some random rapped hook from Alex Tune’s gabba abortion Frequencies over a skankin riddim that positively radiates summer vibes. A fact which will be particularly poignant for UK residents who have just been graced with three days of continuous sunshine. Poignant because on recent annual trends that was the British summer …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

MR BIRD: Champignon Sound (2012)

The world of breakbeat seems to be awash with downtempo stuff this autumn and here’s some more in the shape of Mr Bird‘s Champignon Sound. Funk and hip-hop aficionados may well recognise the cowbell-toting break on which this rests, although as far as I’m aware it hasn’t previously been combined with minimal synth melancholia and wobbly bass. Ghetto downbeat anyone? On remix duties are Jayl Funk who takes funky liberties with some slap bass, a bit of cocktail sax and some nineties-sounding female vox samples ...READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

BOOTY FRUIT: Proper Produce Volume 1 (2012)

BOOTY FRUIT: Proper Produce Volume 1 (2012)
hey might have shot all their homemade bullets but that doesn’t mean Booty Fruit are out of musical ammunition. Their new series of mash-up material is called Proper Produce and is more than juicy enough to have booty bouncing. And melons come to that. Nice pear. Er – anyway, this new volume features a barrow-load of fresh cuts. Djtzinas and Mr Big style it by layering Screechy Dan over some old ska. Dedy Dred and …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

DJ TZINAS: Mad So Mush EP (2012)

DJ TZINAS: Mad So Mush EP (2012)
The European fiscal storm might be pissing down from an especially great height on Greece and Ireland at the minute but here’s a team-up to bring a few rays of musical sunshine as Cretan producer Djtzinas (or is it DJ Tzinas – I’m never quite sure?) gets signed up to Irish label Bulabeats. Tzinas’s Mad So Mash EP is a short and sweet three-tracker demonstrating the talents of a man who knows how to prudently spread the contents of his musical portfolio across…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

DJTZINAS feat. The Kidd & BNC: Get Up ( (2011)

DJTZINAS feat. The Kidd & BNC: Get Up ( (2011)
It’s ‘vintage sound of the west coast underground’ time at the Cast-A-Blast label as DJTzinas and emcee mates The Kidd and BNC get all year two thousand on your ass with rather solid hip-hop cut Get Up. They want you to get up of course (how else are you going to get down?) and do so with a booming piano-led beat…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

RESENSE 021: Djtzinas ‘Cienaguera Bass’/ Panama Cardoon ‘Carmen’ (2011)

RESENSE 021: Djtzinas ‘Cienaguera Bass’/ Panama Cardoon ‘Carmen’(2011)
RATING: 5/5
Just too late for this month’s monkeyboxing chart comes the latest cheeky 45 from Austrian label Resense and it’s cumbia agogo. On the one side is Djtzinas’ 185 bpm, Cienaguera Bass which is all very well if you like to indulge in a little drum n bass but it’s the wider appeal of the feel-good hip-hop speed Carmen from Panama Cardoon that rules. It all starts off innocently enough with a deceptively basic break for eight bars but then ‘el carnival’ breaks loose and the wisdom of the simplicity of those kick drums becomes clear. Drop this at the right moment and you’ll…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM