We’re teaming up with our buddies at Night Slugs, and Irresponsible Voltron to give you a rockin Saturday afternoon @ SXSW! Here’s the Facebook info so PLEASE tell your friends and come get drunk with us!

Here’s a Nightshifters chart on Beatport for yall. (it’s a tiny bit old, but still bangs)

Nightshifters label head Jason Forrest is back with a vengeance as DJ Donna Summer! Hot off his Pitchfork-approved remix for The Arcade Fire, he’s here to shake asses and (gasp!) even make you think a little bit. “Raw”, his first Ep for Nightshifters and first release in 2 years, is filled with syncopated drums, far-out bass, and hybridized house organs to take you well into the next morning.

The title track “Raw” is an expansive bass tune with enough sexual innuendo to keep a nun awake for a week and “Fighter” an explosive house-dubstep 1-2 punch that will surly call for many rewinds. “Back” is caught between deep house organs and a touch UK Breaks, whereas “King” uses Forrest’s Star6 iPhone app to shred police sirens over a driven beat. But it is the surprise last minute addition “Wood” that really pushes the boundaries between dubstep, house, and proto-Jungle! Save it for your year-end lists!

And then we have our remixes! Emerging UK star Bok Bok delivers what we think is his finest tune to date with a remix of “King”, which builds from an organic organ melody to a massive crescendo. Sonido Del Principe surprises with a deep, raw Cumbia mix that is sure to turn heads, and the Noise Floor Crew from Chicago go deepest with the lowest bass line we’ve yet to hear. Lastly our Scottish hero Hostage shows up in fine form fresh from his live BBC1 Essential Mix with Annie Mac.

Here’s the awesomely trashy video:

Here’s the title track:

DJ DONNA SUMMER - RAW. mp3 (320, direct link)

Proper Villains and Jubilee did a Dj mix and it never came out- BOO! But it has a really early version of the DJDS tune “Back” - one that you’ll never hear again, and of course it’s mixed incredibly and with impeccable taste- so you can now reap what was lost… Hurrah!

Newly Discovered Nightshifters Mix.mp3

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Dj Donna Summer’s EP “RAW” is off to a running start! Our friends over at Fader posted up the “raw” video and put in a few kind words about the bad old days. Check it:

http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/23/video-premiere-dj-donna-summer-raw

The woman, the myth, the legend -Jubilee - interviewed in Plat du Jour

Podcast 122: Jubilee

• Words: Shawn Reynaldo
• Photo: Carrie Miller

Until now, the 2010 XLR8R Podcast series has been filled by heavy hitters from overseas, but we haven’t lost sight of all the great DJs on our own side of the pond. Take Jubilee (a.k.a. Jess Gentile), who regularly whips dancefloors into a frenzy with her rambunctious combination of bass-heavy electro, upfront house, UK funky, and plenty of tropical flavor that can be traced back to her younger days as a Miami Bass-worshipping Florida raver. Jubilee currently sets up shop in Brooklyn, where she heads up the Nightshifters label with Jason Forrest and the monthly Flashing Lights party with Nick Catchdubs and DJ Ayres. And if you’re in Brooklyn tonight, you can catch her headlining our monthly TURRBOTAX® party, where she’ll undoubtedly be serving up a mix just as sizzling as this one.

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