SELEKTOR: Chrome Kids – Hulk Hop vs Crunk Rock

Since we launched our 2009 Survey, I’ve seen lots of requests for more SELEKTOR mixes and DJ mixes in general. Well folks, you’ve been heard and we’re going to be doing our best to post many, many more mixes this year.

So starting that all off tonight is this fantastic mix I got in the mail from the Chrome Kids, a blog and DJ crew from the UK showcasing some of the best in dubstep, grime, bassline, and as they call it “the digitally mutated bastard offspring of hip-hop”. The mix, titled “Hulk Hop vs Crunk Rock”, is a best of compilation of the aforementioned, but the guys explain the mix best:

It’s with great pleasure that we unleash our brand new Mixtape on your earlobes. Hulk Hop Vs Crunk Rock is stacked full of the meatiest Dubstep, Grime and the kind of bass heavy digital Hip-hop which has a dozen or so tenuous genre titles such as Lazer Bass, Robo Booty, Turbo Crunk and Glitch hop. Anyone familiar with our Chrome Kids Music blog will know the deal.

As commentators on the scene, the lack of definitive titles for anything can be frustrating at times but as artists we love it. Robo Crunk and Hulk Hop are not meant to be our claim on the sound’s monikers, simply a few more fun names for the mix. The music itself evolves with such a rapid fluidity it almost seems a shame to try and lock it down with titles, plus all music Subcultures are taking their dying breaths, so who really wants to create another one?

Still, for us this music speaks with the most relevance for the times we’re living in now. Our background, although most prolific in Hip-hop takes in a youth of Dancehalls, Raves and Jungle nights, and between us we’ve deejayed at Reggae nights, Rock nights, Punk nights, Drum & Bass nights, Bhangra nights and Free Parties. For us being Chrome Kids is the natural development from all of these, and Hulk Hop Vs Crunk Rock is our soundtrack for the moment.

So throw on this mix and pump up the bass to 11, the Chrome Kids are taking over tonight.

SELEKTOR: Chrome Kids – Hulk Hop vs Crunk Rock Mixtape

Tracklisting:

Alice Russell – Crazy
Sugarpill – Busta Step
DJ 0.000001 – Ooh Baby I Like It Hard
Killa Queenz – Bitches (South Rakkas Remix)
The Hood Internet – Animals Collecting Money
The King Blues – Come Fi Di Youth (George Lenton Remix)
FreQ Nasty vs Propa Tingz – Peacemaker (Dub)
Andy H – Serious
Akira Kiteshi – Pinball
Evil 9 – All the Cash (Glitch Mob Remix)
Virus Syndicate – Hit Em High
Stagga ft Skamma – Sick As Sin
Chase & Status – Eastern Jam (High Rankin 100% Unofficial Remix)
Zeno – Blazin
Ghislain Poirier ft Face-T – Blazin’ (Starkey Remix)
Mix n Blend ft Sfr & Ej von Lyric – Tantrum
Food For Animals – Mutumbo (Raffertie’s Bigger Bass Remake)
The Scarlet Harlots ft Shiftee Moova – Backlash (Raffertie’s Bigger Bass Remake)
George Lenton Vs MGMT – Weekend Wars Remix
Lowkey ft Jon McClure & Faith SFX – Revolution
Stagga Vs Busta Rhymes – I Got Bass
Looptroop Rockers – Praying On A Liver (Living On A Prayer Remix)
Spank Rock – Competition
Monkey Vs Velvet Underground – Venus In Furs Remix
Black Sabbath – Iron Man
Bassnectar – Heads Up (California Style)
The Motherboard – Motherload
Herrmutt Lobby –Vampire Remix
Lorn – Juggernaught
Soulwax Vs Rolling Stones – You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Xrabit & DMG$ – Follow The Leader
Dorian Concept – Yorktown Recreation
Kraddy – Android Porn
The Qemists – Dem Na Like Me (King Cannibal Remix)
Flying Lotus – Tea Leaf Dancers (Low Limit Remix)