You only have a few more days to make your vote count this May - in the Best of 2014 UK Glitch Hop Awards!  

Then join us in London on Friday 8 May to find out who's won, as we celebrate three official years of glitching. Good times guaranteed, whatever the outcome of the day before...

Vote for Glitch Hop!

There's just 1 week left to vote for your favourite tunes, remixes, artists and releases of 2014. Make your voice count this May and VOTE HERE!

Awards Party @ Silver Bullet, London, 8th May 2015

Join special guests WBBL, K.L.O. + UK Glitch Hop residents for our birthday day knees up. FREE B4 11PM, £3 AFTER!  GIG INFO

UKGH Radio Archives

Hey UK Glitch Hoppers!  Been a minute since our last blog post, but there's plenty going on over at UK Glitch Hop HQ… more news coming soon about our new club night for London, the new format for our Glitch.FM radio shows and releases & gigs from your favourite UK Glitch Hop labels.

Our radio archives are available on Soundcloud, and now Mixcloud too!  Over the last 2 years we have smashed out over 110 shows.  Whether from the Morbidly Obese Midget, Colony Productions, Skanky Panky Records, Wonk#ay Records, Beta Test, Mouldy Soul, Your Niece or a whole host of other guest DJs the shows have always been full of killer jams and info about your favourite genre.

You can listen again to most of the shows on Soundcloud, and we try to keep this playlist updated with all the latest shows!  Most of them can be downloaded too!


Due to popular demand, our latest shows are now also available on Mixcloud by clicking the image below…

Don't forget you can listen LIVE to UK Glitch Hop on www.glitch.fm every Wednesday night from 10pm - midnight UK time of course!  Big ups!

Glitch.FM #84 - Beta Test Show - Terrorbyte + Joshua Casper

Beta Test return with another dope dose of digital debauchery and some of the freshest free downloads with an exclusive guest mix and interview from Joshua Casper. Link to all the free downloads are provided!

Beta Test Records' debut 180g bass-heavy battlewax is now scheduled for general release on 1st February 2014. Previews of the release are now available via the betatestrecords.com website.

www.joshuacasper.com/
www.facebook.com/DJJoshuaCasper
@joshuacasper

@terrorbyte-1

JmeDj - Gritty MCTitty Funk Test
Mustard Tiger - Skid Mark [Original Mix]
Skope - Crooked [Original Mix]
U R So Fucked [Opiuo Remix]
Ordure - Silver [Theglitchshop – Ordure-silver]
Sedge Warbler - Octopus Lover [Shamanic Technology Remix] [Shamanic-technology – Sedge-warbler-octopus-lover]
Horns? This was a free download but poorly labeled!
Silantra - Smooth Jazz Through A Contorted Speaker [Theglitchshop – Smooth-jazz-through-a]
Qubit - Me Like Waffles [Original Mix]
Interpersonal Communication [Ratchet Remix]
Blunt Instrument - Traffic Fines [Original Mix]
Love and Light - The Light We Bring [Knowa Lusion Remix]
Kry Talk - Bend It [Dephicit Remix]
Gruff - Trumpet Tune
Ill Gates & Wick It The Instigator vs Action Bronson - Get Off My Remix [Ill-gates – Ill-gates-wick-it-get-off-my]

Joshua Casper Interview

Exclusive guest mix from Joshua Casper

XXX In The Middle East (Original Mix) - The Mavrik
Fiesta (Gramatik Remix) - 80s Casual
Porn Funk (Original Mix) - Mr. Bill & Stickybuds
Belgium Waffle (Original Mix) - Beat Fatigue
Thug Life (Original Mix) - Divided By Zero
Pass the Sauce (Original) - K+Lab
Revival (Joshua Casper Funky Mix) - Martine Girault
That's My Jam (Original Mix) - Them Lost Boys & Party Favor
Get Filthy Ft. Headkrack (Original Mix) - J.Goods
So What (Original Mix) - Pegboard Nerds
Rio Ft. Menahan Street Band - Theophilus London
Finally Moving (Remix) - Pretty Lights
Finally Moving (Original) - Pretty Lights
Good To Me (Original Mix) - Skope
Robin's Rocket - Cheshire
Shadow of Power (Original Mix) - K Theory
Talk Box (Original Mix) - KOAN sound
Secret Squirrel Division (Original Mix) - Staunch
What Ft. AK Sediki (Original Mix) - Joshua Casper

Dark Horse - Digital Rust
Jurasic 5 - Red Hot [Cheshire Remix] [Cheshire – Red-hot-j5-remix]
Mr Vegas, Inko - More Under Mi Sensi [Jam Hott Edit] [Beta Birmingham]
Kursa - Bjork [Kursauk – Bjorkk]
Dino Safari - Breakspeed [Audeka Remix] [Audeka – Dino-safari-breakspeed]
AMB - Oven Funk [Original Mix]

Glitch.FM #81 - Beta Test Show Terrorbyte + Dephicit

The Beta Test Show returns for Uk Glitch Hop on Glitch.fm with an exclusive guest mix and interview from UK based Glitch Hop and Ghetto Funk producer Dephicit, plus, a bass blitz of free downloads and fresh off the press dub plates with host Terrorbyte.

Beta_
www.betatestrecords.com
www.betabirmingham.co.uk
www.terrorbyte.co.uk
@terrorbyte-1

Dephicit_
www.facebook.com/pages/Dephicit/224893737568347
@dephicit_production

Mr Bill & Stephan Jacobs - Penguin Farts [Adapted]
Shifting Sands [Blunt Instrument Remix by PropaTingz [Simplify]
Caravan Palace – Me M’amuse [R.O Remix] [Olivierugi – Caravan-palace-je-mamuse-r-o]
Bass Farmers – Jackbot [Bassfarmers – Jackbot]
KORE - Nano Smack [www.facebook.com/pages/KORE-music/447171752019264]
Dodge + Fuski vs Culprate – Vice [Disciple Recordings]
Defunk – Big Momma T [Simplify]
Ozomatli – Saturday Night [DJ Narrative Remix] [Beta Birmingham]
Uncle Louis – Full Tilt Boogie [Slynk & Stickybuds Remix] [Slynk – Uncle-louie-full-tilt-boogie]
Dephicit – Peng Dennis feat Skeptix [Riddim Fruit]
Mandrake - Personal Space [Adapted]
AMB - Oven Funk [Addictech]
Isis feat Maisa One & Black Molly - Make Up [Muti Music]
Terrorbyte – Parp Control [Unreleased]
Joshua Casper & Alan Walls Feat AK Sedeki – Wicked [R.O Remix]
Bodo – Throw A Job [Adapted]

Dephicit Interview

Exclusive Guest Mix Listing:

- Dephicit & Chris Rich - Untitled - (Unreleased)
- Tyrone Brunson - The Smurf (Dephicit Remix) - (Unreleased)
- Joey Negro & The Sunburst Band - Taste The Groove (Hot Toddy Remix) – [Z Records]
- Krys Talk - Bend it (Dephicit Remix) – [Adapted]
- Slynk & Skiitour – Figure It Out – [ReSoul Records]
- Warp 9 - Planet Funkrion – [Riddim Fruit]
- Dephicit & Don Jonston - Babuska - (Unreleased)
- Dephicit & Defazed - Duality Feat. Biscuit [Riddim Fruit]
- Dephicit & Tryptich - Get Dirty Colony Productions]
- Dephicit - Untitled - (Unreleased)

Prefuse 73 – Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives [Warp]
Abstracker – Soundboy [4bstr4ck3r.bandcamp.com/album/4bstr4ck3r]
Breakbeat v Bassnectar – Buddha Bounce [Independent]
Figgy – Dr Gonzo
Heyoka – Mandelbass [Muti Music]
Kid 606 vs NWA – Straight Outta Compton
Jega – Aerodynamic [Planet Mu]

Glitch.FM #70 - Terrorbyte + Ben Dunn + 3 x DMC Champion DJ Switch

Beta Test are back! This months show features a guest mixes from Ben Dunn of Jam Hott and we've edited the end of the show to include the DJ Switch mix as we had some technical issues last night. Plus, there's the usual dope dose of glitched up super funk from host Terrorbyte.

Below is the tracklisting. Free downloads have links next to them .. enjoy!

Freddy Todd – GourmetEverything [Circuit Bent Remix] [Adapted]
Bristletone – Quibble Bsmediaproductions – Bristletone-quibble
Scatman Crothers – Keep That Coffee Hot [Defunk Remix] [Speakeasy Electroswing]
Mako – The Fixer [Caliber]
Astrio – Knifepoint Bsmediaproductions – Astrio-knifepoint
Qubit – Me Like Foxtrot [Adapted]
House Of Pain [Terrorbyte Remake] Terrorbyte-1 – Jump-around-terrorbyte-remake
Shamanic Technology – NeuroWolf www.omnitemple.com/
C2c – Le Banquet [On And On Records]
R.O – Funk With The Machines Adapted-records – R-o-funk-with-the-machines

Ben Dunn Mix

01. Proper Motion - Losin' Control
02. B.Visible - King Of My Castle RMX
03. Bran Van 3000 - Drinking In LA (JPOD & The Funk Hunters Remix)
04. BEAT3 - Get the Cash
05. GRiZ - Fall In Love Too Fast
06. Gramatik - Take It Back
07. edIT - Artsy Remix (feat. The Grouch)
08. Nas - Doggy Makes You Shoot Em Down
09. K+Lab - The Mothership (feat. The Mic Smith)
10. GRiZ - Mr B (ft Dominic Lalli)

Skope – Give A F_k [Adapted]
Volatile Psycle - Tick Tock [Adapted]

Dj Switch Mix

Glitch.fm #61 - [Beta Test] Terrorbyte and Automaton + Chris De Luca [Funkstorung]

Beta Test return with hosts Terrorbyte and Automaton for UK Glitch Hop. This week features more exclusive clips from the label's forthcoming debut vinyl release 'Chemical Coercion', Automaton plays some of his mix from last week's Carousel  plus a very special guest mix from Chris De Luca - One half of electronic pioneers Funkstorung!

http://soundcloud.com/chrisdeluca
http://soundcloud.com/terrorbyte-1
http://soundcloud.com/automaton-uk

Drop Beats Not Bombs, Birmingham, Saturday 4 May 2013: Beta Test, DJ Switch, Shamanic Technology, Spenghead, Skanky Panky Records

Terrorbyte from Beta Birmingham looks ahead to the 10th anniversary of Drop Beats Not Bombs -  a party with a purpose in Birmingham. Catch Harley on the Basstronics Stage with DJ Switch, Shamanic Technology, Spenghead, Skanky Panky Records and Beta Test Records live.

It seems so unreal to say that Drop Beats Not Bombs started TEN years ago but that is the truth of it.

So much has happened in that time, so many ups and downs behind the scenes, and I'm sure in all of your lives too. Blimey, there wasn't even Facebook, Twitter, smartphones or a coalition government back then.....

We have all come such a long way in the past decade but at the same time nothing has changed. Looking around, what do we see? More war, more death, more pain. Are the lessons ever learnt? Perhaps, when we all marched on London in February 2003 we should have done more than we did. Our mere presence and voice was not enough then and the lack of any change in direction from our elected government has had a significant effect on the protest movement as a whole, in my humble opinion.

Even so, I felt it would be wrong to let the ten year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq and the very first Drop Beats Not Bombs event go by without us coming together again. So Saturday 4th May we will ride the Drop Beats Not Bombs beast once more. The event will run from 9pm-6am.

I have a road in Birmingham all ready to be closed off with a warehouse space next to it. It has never been used before and, as we did so many times with Drop Beats Not Bombs, we will show Birmingham something new.

There will be one live main stage within the warehouse and five other stages out on the closed off street. There will be food stalls, pleasant and friendly security and as many info stalls as can be mustered. If you want to contribute something please do get in touch.

Tickets £10 www.theticketsellers.co.uk   

http://www.facebook.com/events/453141008076523/

TYPHOON WAREHOUSE : Live Stage

Nova - Too Many Ts - Major Triadz - Alternative Dubstep Orchestra - B.I.D. aka The Bootlegger - Earth Is Flat - Jam Tidy - PCM - Enigma Dubz - 2 Smokin DJs - The Beatbox Collective - Sicknote - Feva - Hey Zeus - DJ Shorty - hosted by MC Taz

SECTION 18 - Drum and Bass Stage

Jordan V - Mutated Forms - Mistanoise - TNT & Vytol - PMX - Tim Ryan - Raw Theory - Andy Massive - Toomz - Scarce - Richie Swift - Dat Kyid - Snypa Riley - MC PM

BETA BIRMINGHAM - Basstronics Stage 

Barbarix - Shamanic Technologies - ADJ - Beta Test (live) - Spenghead - DJ Switch - Kryme - Skanky Panky Allstars - Leon Trimble

MAKE WONK NOT WAR - House Stage

Danny Mekanik - Kelvin Andrews - Lovebeats - Craig Chambers - Martynappropriate - JO-EE-T - Dixon Pickles - Akahum Ft Melodie Forrester

WONKEY HI-FI - Roots & Dub Stage

Wonkey Hi-Fi - Automaton Ft Cheshire Cat (live) - Iman Issachar - Don Carlo - Pure Phase - Daddy Hovis & The Biscuit Tin Selectas - I-Mitri - Version Girl

CUSTOM MADE - Chill Stage

Adam Posh One - Jon Harris - Lenny OMP - Rob J - Marvin Carpenter - Big Andy - Mark Smallman - Ben Dunn - Bobby Bird

Plus full-on visual assault from over 30 of the UKs finest VJ crews

Glitch.FM #55 - Beta Test show featuring AMB > 2200-0000 GMT Wednesday 20 March

Terrorbyte and Automaton host an uber special interview with AMB ahead of his London show at Distant Tremors on 29 March, plus clips from forthcoming Beta Test releases and a cacophony of free downloads and fresh glitches!

TUNE IN HERE from 2200-0000 GMT Wednesday 20 March and GET IN THE CHAT ROOM

UK Glitch Hop 1st Birthday Tour!!! London - 15 February / Bristol - 1 March / Liverpool - 2 March

Crack out the whomp sauce! The UK Glitch Hop road show is coming to a town near you!!

 London - Friday 15 February @ Juno, 134-135 Shoreditch High Street, E1 6JE

Automaton & Terrorbyte *LIVE DEBUT*
William Breakspear (Shortlisted Best DJ)
Your Niece (Shortlisted Best DJ)
Morbidly Obese Midget
Lumo / Lone Drum

UK GLITCH HOP AWARDS
Orangudan
DOORS: 7PM - 2AM 

FREE ENTRY / DONATION
DRESS CODE: DIGITAL BLING

http://www.facebook.com/events/159938417488182/166402716841752

Bristol - Friday 1 March @ Warren at The Croft,
117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BS1 3RW

Mouldy Soul (adapted records)
Automaton & Terrorbyte LIVE (beta test records)
Skanky Panky Allstars (William Breakspear vs SixAM)
Morbidly Obese Midget (UK Glitch Hop)
Your Niece (glitch.fm)
RetroBait Dj's (Bambi Legs) 

DOORS: 10PM - LATE

FREE ENTRY

http://www.facebook.com/events/588355871193731

 

Liverpool - Saturday 2 March @ Haus, 35-39 Greenland Street L1 0BS

Mouldy Soul (Adapted Records / Colony Productions)
Your Niece (Uppercut)

William Breakspear (Skanky Panky)

SixAM  (Skanky Panky)

Automaton & Terrorbyte LIVE (Beta Test Records)

Morbidly Obese Midget (UK Glitch Hop)

DOORS: 10PM - 4AM 

£5 PRE-SALE/£7 ON THE DOOR
www.nightowlliverpool.com/ukgh
http://www.facebook.com/events/598602716821328/

Terrorbyte / Beta Test interview

Founder of top midlands glitch-hop night Beta Birmingham, Terrorbyte hosts a Glitch.FM show with Automaton (this Wednesday 5 December 10pm-12am) and is just about to launch a new project, Beta Test... 

Please introduce yourself....

I'm Harley Davies aka Terrorbyte hailing from Birmingham UK and architect of Beta Birmingham and the forthcoming Beta Test Records.

How would you describe your particular style of bass music?

That's always a difficult one as I hate to pigeon hole myself. Hybrid bass with a heavy dose of electro infused Hip Hop?  In the past I've tried to experiment quite a bit so I've made anything from robot electro to ragga and breakcore. I like future b-boy music [thanks Andy Jaggers].

 

What equipment / software do you use?

I use fruity loops with a midi keyboard and my mpd32 for most of the beat making then switch it to Ableton for edits and glitches and master everything using Cubase and my TL Ivory valve compressor. Reaktor, Fm8, Massive, Predator, Albino soft synths. I have an Ensonique dp2 also which is truly shocking. I'm looking at maybe going analog and getting either a Moog Minataur or a Mini Brute as they look outstanding. Got a bit of synth love there, need to stop dribbling on my keyboard.

What first turned you onto bass / glitch / lazer music? Any particular artists or tracks?

Through a few avenues really. The early Warp, Ninja Tune, Detroit Underground and Rephlex stuff were definitely a big influence in getting me into Electronica and experimental electronics in general. It was Prefuse 73's One Word Extinguisher album and Forss' Soulhack that really stand out.

I worked engineering at a funk and jazz bar for 5 years and that introduced me to all kinds of sounds [shout outs to the Yardbird!]. I'd occasionally DJ there in between engineering the bands and that introduced me to funked up glitch breaks from the likes of Sticky Buds, Featurecast, and Shepdog. We had some amazing gigs there, working with such a high calibre musicians taught me loads about production. The UK B boy champs regularly throw down there too which made for a wicked atmosphere. We made a video for them actually, definitely worth a look!

Production wise, until recently I was always more into producing Electronica, Breakcore, Techno and Electro but I ended up playing a gig supporting Edit from The Glitch Mob and that was an epiphany. It's funny now as I had no idea who he was at the time. I was playing a boom bass electro set but after hearing the stuff he was playing I was hooked. That introduced me to the likes of kraddy, Boreta, Deweyb, Ill esha, Bassnecter and Breakbeat Buddha and there was no looking back really. At that point there wasn't much in the way of glitch hop in the UK and it's been amazing to see how the sound has progressed and how many people are switching up over the last few years.

I found Colony Productions after playing a gig with Point B back in about 2003-4 and always loved their stuff. Glitch Hop wasnt really a genre back then in my mind and I considered their releases to be more electronic than anything but Colony have been true innovators of the sound in the UK over the years in my opinion so massive respect to Mike and Sam!

I think it was at the edit gig though that I realised the potential of mid-tempo 100 - 110 bpm music and changed focus. There appears to be no end in scope for what you can get away with in Glitch Hop and Bass music in general.

What's the scene like where you are?

Painfully slow really but Birmingham is a notoriously difficult egg to crack. It's strange, there are so many wicked producers and musicians here, which is why I set up Beta Birmingham, but whenever we make an effort and put decent events on it can be hit and miss as to whether people represent. Then you get the old "there's nothing good on in Brum" speech which can be frustrating. Don't get me wrong, Birmingham is a melting pot for creatives and I love that, but I wouldn't really say there was so much of a "scene" for decent bass music here unless you like commercial Drum and Bass birthday parties or drole Dubstep events. There has always been a wicked Reggae scene in Brum Town though so it's not all bad.

Both myself and cohort Automaton have been holding down a bit of a monthly residency for the afore mentioned Andy Jaggers [ADJ] from Pyramid Transmissions and to be honest without those events and the bits we do, there isn't much else which is tragic. Under The Counter have done a couple of cool events but it's all a drop in the ocean really. Quick shout out to Ben from Jam Hott though, played a wicked show for them a few weeks back and it sounds like they have some interesting projects lined up for 2013!

Where do you like to play the most?

Festies are great fun but I prefer 200 cap venues as you're right up next to the crowd and that's a real buzz. I used to play loads of free parties under motorway bridges and in abandoned warehouses, except for the odd bit of trance music they were pretty epic.

What's the craziest gig you've ever played?

Ha! I'm not sure I'm allowed to mention all the details but I was on my way to be interviewed on the Tim Shaw show on Kerrang Radio to promote one of our gigs years back but on the way to the studio the police tried to pull us over. I'd not met the guy giving us a lift before but he turned out to have a bit of a shady past as a bit of a getaway driver. He had some weed on him or something and decided to pretend to pull over and then do one. A few handbrake turns later and we were at the studio. Never laughed so hard in my life!

Absolutely loved playing at Shambala Festival in the ufo this year as they had alien air hostesses with lazer tits.

Who's inspring you most at the moment?

Such a difficult question, I guess what has inspired me the most has been the emergent scene in general and all the characters I've met along the way. No beefs or arrogance and just pure passion for the music is my general experience to date and that's really refreshing to see.

What's your next project in the pipeline?

Big things planned for the future! The label is going through a bit of a transition at the moment as we are changing the name from Beta Birmingham to Beta Test. I've always wanted to represent a pretty broad spectrum of bass music but now I want to move away from the D and B and Dubstep and concentrate more on the Glitch Hop stuff as this is what I'm enjoying the most at the moment and it's also the stuff we have had the best reception to. Originally the label was conceived to represent the Midlands but we are going national now so the name is a reflection of that.

I'm currently coordinating our first vinyl release, admittedly its taking a little longer than expected but once the first one is out and we're set up properly we will be looking to do one every 6 months and to be honest it's worth the wait. I can exclusively confirm that we have William Breakspear, Mouldy Soul, Abstrakt Knights, Shamanic Technology, Spenghead, Automaton, Inaudible and myself.  This is a heavyweight line-up to be pressed to a gatefold double vinyl with scratch samples and lock-grooves for remixing the tracks on the fly. I want to make Glitch Hop battle wax basically and the response we have had already to the idea has been immense. I don't want to say any more as there are still a few other bits to confirm, but that alone is pretty dope ey?

I'm in the studio 5 days a week at the moment finishing up a few projects so I'm expecting to be a lot more prolific in the coming months. I've just done a mashup of Dead Prez's Bigger Than tune which is available for free download by liking my page on Facebook. Glitch Hop Bootlegs are bigger than hip hop but with Funk licks and some brass and Clavia synths to boot.

http://betabirmingham.addictech.com/ 
http://www.betabirmingham.co.uk 
http://www.reverbnation.com/betabirmingham
http://www.youtube.com/user/betabirmingham?feature=mhee 
http://twitter.com/#!/betabirmingham