This track is so hot we’ve gone through three computers trying to upload it… bursting at the seems with melancholic synths, driving beats and tribal grunts, it’s like Kraftwerk recording with foil coated stones in the Kalahari desert, we couldn’t finish on a finer note…

Ibhithi Six by Jumping Back Slash

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Ibhithi Five by Jumping Back Slash

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IBHITHI FOUR

IBHITHI 4! Need I say more?…

Ibhithi Four by Jumping Back Slash
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IBHITHI THREE

And already we’re on part three of the Ibhithi series, only days since the first two hit the web.

Jumping Back Slash is on a roll and this track is the one…IBHITHI THREE has a definite anthem vibe! Get it while it’s FREE!

Ibhithi Three by Jumping Back Slash
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No messin about; here is track 2 in the bonus beats series…JBS is on fire!

Ibhithi means beat in isiXhosa…
Ibhithi Two by Jumping Back Slash

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Alright already, time to heat things up…

Jumping Back Slash begins a series of bonus bangers. A selection of tunes with a classic analogue feel and spaced out Kwaito groove.

The first track is simply titled IBHITHI ONE.
Ibhithi One by Jumping Back Slash

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SQUARED° - Here, There, Now & You [mix] by Pollinate

TRACKLIST:
DJ P-Flow - Budum Ridim
SQUARED° - Hello I’m Here Now [demo] [*Forthcoming on Pollinate]
Zaima - Mi Cosita Tiradera Pa Baby Killa
Esgar - Blaster [*Forthcoming on Pollinate]
SQUARED° - Shortwave Is Skin Deep pt.1 take.1
Lido Pimienta - Humano
Pesina Siller - Entona-Ritmos [Parte II]
Greyman - Doughnut
Unknown Artist - Flautazo Azteca
DJ Baton - Ritmo Ochumba
DJ Baton - Flaute Pan
Stimming - Song For Isabelle
El Guincho - Kalise [Kubo Remix]
Octapush - Al Nadia
Figura - Ze Bula [Chancha Via Circuito Remix]
Frederic Galliano - Saudade Nova York
Deckstar [Featuring Phe Phe] - Take Me Away
Dama S [Featuring Puto Stro] - Wo Wo Wo
Jumping Back Slash - Kwaai Sneakers [*Forthcoming on Pollinate]

We’ve been collecting our favourite mixes all year over at our Soundcloud page and there have been too many wicked sets but a handful of genius DJs were listened to by us in ‘09 much more than others…

• JUMPING BACK SLASH - SOUTH AFRICAN BANGERS MIX
This mix sealed it for us, he said he couldn’t DJ at all and then popped this little gem in our inbox…pure summertime Kwaito tunes, so fresh and in tune with South African house music we welcomed him into our home as the newest member of the Pollinate family.
Proper Nice South African Bangers by jumpingbackslash

• BLACKMETALSOUNDSYSTEM - ‘DOOMBOX’ MIXTAPE 2009
Shockingly beautiful…total super-futurist-metal-digi-dancehall beats with a playful punk venom. The first 5 mins are incredible, the last 15 mins are jaw-dropping.
BLACKMETALSOUNDSYSTEM - ‘DOOMBOX’ MIXTAPE 2009

• SOUNDGOODS TRIBALISMO MIX:
Best Soundgoods mix and the best Mexican Tribal mix ever to make it out of the bargain bins of Mexico City.
TRIBALISMO

• HANUMAN’ S STEAK HOUSE Z-SHED MIXTAPE
Steak House Records are by far one of our favourite new labels to launch this year and head honcho Hanuman, one half of team Monkey Steak, dropped this stunning mix full of exclusives from the Steak House family and friends.
STEAK HOUSE MIXTAPE FOR z-SHED - mixed by Hanuman by Steak House Records

• SQUARED - TAKE IT AS YOU WISH MIX
A mix that changed everything for us and paved a fresh direction for Pollinate. 2010!
SQUARED - Take It As You Wish [mix] by Pollinate

• THE CARETAKER - DELVING INTO MY PAST FOR FACT [Fact Mag mix]
There’s nobody out there like him and this mix propelled his mysterious, ambient sounds to a much greater audience in 2009 and sat him on the cult pedestal. Like trapped memories echoing down West Park Asylum’s decaying corridors, it’s a beautiful cross-breed of sweet ghostly lullabies and harrowing dirges.
FACT MIX 45: The Caretaker

• L-VIS 1990 - DUBPLATES MIX ‘09
Without doubt one of the best producer/DJs to come out of London’s bulging club scene for a while. 2009 was his and this mix mix was just the start…hopefully there’s much more to come.
L-VIS 1990 DUBPLATES MIX ‘09

• KUBO - MIX FOR THE GILLES PETERSON SHOW [BBC RADIO 1]
Stefan Moerth has been dropping bass bombs for too long without enough recognition. His Kubo project is one of the most creative dancefloor productions, pounding tribal rhythms, driving vocals from an array of worldwide vocalists and the deepest warped bass sounds we’ve heard this year. This mix is addictive.
ku bo mixsession for the gilles perterson worldwide show on BBC by CRUNCHTIME - Recordings

• GHOSTS ON TAPE - MIX FOR MARY ANNE HOBBS SHOW [BBC RADIO 1]
This one’s a killer…it was a heavy way to start the year so let’s end it on that note. Ghosts On Tape has been racking up a wealth of big tunes in 2009 and is definitely a name to check in 2010.
ONE QUARTER OF AN HOUR WITH GHOSTS ON TAPE ON MARY ANNE HOBBS’ SHOW

And on this note we should probably spread some xxxtra love…

BIG shouts to all those who have lit up our lives this year - The Baylis family for all your love & support, Ned/Ed & the team at Glade festival, Marcus45 and the Room237 lads, Frank and co at Slowfoot, Steakhouse & Ruffnek Diskotek families, Dan/Chris/Gordon & the Gonzo crew, Beaverworks, Callum and friends at Movimientos, Silkie Boy Neon Skullz, all the brothas and sistas of Sophbeck, Generation Bass, Cooliado, Everyone at Brighton Festival, Matt at Wicked Plastic, James Guerilla Zoo, Adverse Camber, Mary Anne Hobbs, Toy Selectah, Isa GT & the Musicalia family, The Peronists, team ZZK, DJ Buster, Alexander Nut, Charles Nomad, Buster Bennet, Mully & Danny Un Bongo, Shige Scotch Egg, Henry Shitmat, Gorgonn & Kiki Dokkebi Q and everyone else we’ve partied with this year…let’s keep the good times coming. x

This kid is from Oxnard, California; born into a world of wonky hip hop and synth-addictive electro that he’s been soaking into his veins for TOO long. We’ve dragged him straight out of skool and into our camp as he makes the most ridiculously beastly tunes we’ve heard from across the waters for ages.

Esgar is a side-step from his Disruption moniker, a name that’s been cropping up at west coast parties alongside scene stalwarts; Lazer Sword, Ghosts On Tape, The BriEfcAse Rockers crew etc.
It’s his brutal Mr Hyde alter-ego; dark, ruff, stomping analog beats with hard-hitting synths attacks at a monstrously slow pace…simply genius.

Check out his blog, podcast, mixes and tunes…and look out for releases, soon come!

DISRUPTION SITE
DISRUPTION PODCAST

Esgar will appear on Pollinate early 2010

His is an intriguing style born out of a deep love for early house, hip hop, metal and the taxi cab Kwaito of Cape Town, of which he is a resident. Fusing the gently-pounding, Kwaito house pulse with heartbreaking LFO synths and subtle, chopped african vocals Jumping Back Slash pops open a new can of sound; a treasure chest of twisted South African beat smithery.

Here’s a mix that got us skanking in the summer. It’s one of our mixes of the year and packed with huge South African house tunes: -

Proper Nice South African Bangers by jumpingbackslash

JBS tunage coming early 2010…

We asked the man himself to put together a best of whatever chart and he came back at us with this (unedited comments included) - GET TO KNOW:

Chart: Jumping Back Slash [My top LPs in no particular order]

1. Anthony ‘Shake’ Shakir - Frictionalism 1994-2009 compilation
Too hard, too heavy, too many tunes to mention. He really is a geezer of genius.

2. Black Coffee - Home Brewed
The deepest South African house. Sounds a bit like jazzy zulus banging woodblocks. The aural equivalent of Lindt 85% chocolate. Dark and bittersweet.

3. DJ Adjuster - Ma Pantsula
So obscure no-one even knows him in SA. Found in a record shop bargain bin and worth so much more. Imagine fucked up LFO tunes with Pantsula beats and old-school hardcore vocal samples. Now imagine it better than that cos one of the tunes has got a cockerel sample in it. Get in!

4. Oneohtrix Point Never - Rifts
Get your synths out you cunts! Now put them away again because this is better than you could ever be.

5. Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx Part II
If you don’t know, then you don’t know. But if you do know, you know it’s a fucking blinder.

6. DJ CNDO - Finest Lady of House Vol 3
She’s Durban’s Finest. Big Tunes. MASSIVE!

7. Omar S - Here With Me
It’s not an album. But it is Omar S. RECOGNISE!

8. Permanent Vacation - If This Is House I Want My Money Back
Well this IS House and you can keep my money. Cos this is fucking sweet.
PV do it AGAIN!

9. Culoe De Song - Giant Leap
From Black Coffee’s label comes an incredibly deep afro-house LP. Big things are promised for this young man.

10. Robert Hood - Minimal Nation (Special Edition re-issue thingy)
All these new minimal types should fuck off and listen to the man who invented it. True minimal techno. Yes it’s a re-issue but it still relevant, still forward thinking even 15 years later and still better than most of anything you can think of.

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