Chase & Status - No More Idols Tracklist Announced

Chase & Status have announced the tracklist for their forthcoming album No More Idols.

1.    No Problem 

2.    Fire In Your Eyes (Ft Maverick Sabre)

3.    Let You Go (ft Mali)

4.    Blind Faith (ft Liam Bailey)

5.    Fool Yourself (ft Plan B & Rage)

6.    Hypest Hype (ft Tempa T)

7.    Hitz (ft Tinie Tempah)

8.    Heavy (vs Dizzee Rascal)

9.    Brixton Briefcase (ft CeeLo Green)

10.    Hocus Pocus

11.    Flashing Lights (ft Sub Focus & Takura)

12.    Embrace (ft White Lies)

13.    Time (ft Delilah)

14.    Midnight Caller (ft Clare Maguire)

15.    End Credits (ft Plan B)

As you can see, there are some big names set to collaborate with Chase & Status, as well as including some tracks we've come to love already since their last album, More Than A Lot. You can pre-order the album now from HMV and Play.com.

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Professor Green - Jungle (High Rankin Remix)

The highly anticipated High Rankin remix of Professor Green's Jungle has finally hit us, and it is large. I've listened to Professor Green's album a lot since it came out in the summer and I have to say that when I first heard Jungle, I felt it was crying out for a remix. It's quite different to any of the other tracks on the album Alive Till I'm Dead, which is quite an eclectic mix of different styles of grime and hip-hop.

High Rankin is a brilliant dubstep producer, and he always puts a good sense of humour into his work. The video for Meow Meow was hilarious, while giving a strong message against mephedrone, which was a legal drug at the time (since then it has become Class B, and rightly so).

Free Download: Cutline - Let Me Go

The latest upload from UKF is Cutline's Let Me Go. This has a club-like feel that we've come to expect from UKF's dubstep channel. I love this kind of music at the moment, with the samples and synths complimenting each other. The track takes some jungle/breakbeat influences, as well as the standard 140bpm dubstep beat we've become so accustomed to.

The good news is, Cutline has made this track available for free download on Soundcloud. The link for that download is below in the Soundcloud player, and you can buy the rest of the EP here.

Let Me Go (Free Download!) by Cutline

Free Download: Plan B - Love Goes Down (Doctor P Remix)

I bring you good new this morning as Plan B has made the Doctor P Remix of his hit Love Goes Down available for free download on Soundcloud. I've embedded the player so you can download below.

Plan B - Love Goes Down - Doctor P remix by time4planb

Chase & Status - Blind Faith Ft. Liam Bailey (Trolley Snatcha Remix)

Saturday 11th December saw the 12 hour dubstep takeover on Radio 1. This was a huge event for dubstep with teams from all over the country sharing the latest in all that is dubstep.

One of the main things to come out from the takeover was Trolley Snatcha's remix of Blind Faith; one of the biggest tracks we can look forward to in 2011 from Chase & Status. The original is highly anticipated enough, but there are some brilliant artists working on the remixes.

Now, when I first heard Trolley Snatcha's version, I wasn't a fan and I sent this tweet. I absolutely love the original, so hearing a different version didn't feel quite right for me. However, I've given it a few listens since then and I am absolutely loving it. The bass is a lot more hard hitting than the original, and although at first I felt it wasn't as melodic, after a few listens I think it really does work.



This will be released with the Blind Faith iTunes bundle January 24th.

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Danny Byrd "Tonight" (MJ Cole REMIX) [clip]

Danny Byrd "Tonight" (MJ Cole REMIX) [clip] by MJ Cole

MJ Cole today on Facebook shared a clip of his remix of Danny Byrd's Tonight. This is such an energetic track and will get anyone out of their seat and bouncing from the walls.

This is very different to what we've come to expect from MJ Cole, and this can only be a good thing. I like it when artists surprise me and come out with something completely different. MJ Cole has proved his versatility here and shown that he can cut it on the garage scene as well as the dance clubs.

This track is set to be released January 24th on Hospital Records.

Chase & Status 'Blind Faith' feat. Liam Bailey Official Video

I was very excited when I first blogged Blind Faith - Chase & Status' new track featuring Liam Bailey (above).

Well now I'm just as excited as I was then, because the official video is now up on YouTube!

It's made to look like an amateur video, as it's telling a story. It depicts a warehouse rave, these were very big in the 90's, attracting a lot of attention from police. Now, the scene has changed. Raves take place in licensed clubs, and true warehouse raves are kept very quiet.

I like the video, I wasn't quite expecting a video like this to accompany this track but it really works. I love the shots of people dancing and going crazy because of the music, I've been to a few gigs where I've felt like they do. The video features both Chase & Status, and Liam Bailey, as if they were performing at the rave. Playing at warehouse raves has traditionally been a great way for DJ's to get noticed, most notably The Prodigy.

Now, to the track. I did a review after I first heard it on Radio 1, but I do like to give tracks a few weeks to really sink in. I thought the track was huge when I first heard it, I now think it is even better. It's out January 24th, so we can expect 2011 to go off with a huge bang for Chase & Status. The album No More Idols is also being released in January and it is a must have for any reader of this blog.

Chase & Status' last album, More Than A lot is still one of my favourite albums. It had so much diversity, and I could happily listen to any track - This is quite rare, especially for such a diverse album. Since that album, they have released some great singles, collaborating with brilliant up and coming artists.

The Blind Faith digital iTunes bundle will of course come with remixes. We can look forward to remixes from MJ Cole, Trolley Snatcha, and Loadstar, as well as the full 10 minute director's cut of the official video!

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