I'm itching to scratch

Little vid i did last year, made the beat on mpc500 and scratched DJ Q-Berts "Superseal". Enjoy this, ima make more of these soon.

Padawan recommends...

Brand new and up to date. Nottingham's best kept secret, Ill Citizen release mixtape with more great tunes than you can shake a stick at. It really is as simple as that. Keep eyes open for these lot and make sure u visit their bandcamp for a little look around. In the mean time, download and enjoy...

Hip Hop your thing?

I played an exclusive Hip-Hop show last night on Roguefm.com as part of the usual Keep It Steel show, going out Tuesdays 11pm-1am. If you're a fan of American and UK Hip-Hop this download is for you. Expect the best in American from DJ Premier, J5, Dilated Peoples, Pete Rock, Non-Phixon and the VERY BEST in UK hip-hop from Nottingham's Karizma, Outdaville, Ill Citizen, Descry, Cappo and a few others from further a field.

The Keep It Steel Show runs each week so lock in people! Tuesdays, 11-1am

Listen here:


Download here: (right click)

Keep It Steel is making moves!

Lots has been going on since the last Repetitive Beats release....

- Keep It Steel launched at DQ, Sheffield on the 5th November
- I've played at a few gigs here and there, including Birmingham's Say Nada and Sheffield's Subtitle at Corporation
- Keep It Steel Radio show launched on Roguefm.com , Nottinghams best underground radio station
- I've found a load of old 2 step and garage vinyl!

That aside this is what's going on in the next few days....

Keep It Steel radio show, PADAWAN HIP-HOP Special!!!! Check the facebook event for details:
Radio Event















Keep It Steel is back at DQ, Sheffield on the 3rd of September, with Nottinghams very own MIMM Recordings.. We're bringing Spamchop and Ballen down so make sure you link the event. Check facebook for the event details: 3rd December at DQ













Finally, Novembers Repetitive Beats will be out in the next couple of days so watch this space!

Peace people!

Repetitive Beats Volume 1.0 DJ Padawan 10/2011

Volume 1.0 of the Repetitive Beats mix series is available now.

It's a 50 minute mix comprising of some of my favourite old and new, plus one or two classics.

Expect dark rollers, techy breaks and a few upbeat tracks to finish it all off.

Either listen to the mix here on the page, or download it free.

(Right click/Save As...)

Tracklist:

Foreign Concept - Jaipur (Ingredients)
Rockwell - DJ Friendly Unit Shifter (Shogun Audio)
Jubei - The Path (Ingredients)
Spectrasoul - Suppresion (Subtitle)
Enei ft Riya - Fear (Critical)
Ulterior Motive - Seven Segments (Subtitle)
Commix - Bear Music (Hospital)
Lenzman - Broken Dreams (Metalheadz)
Ulterior Motive - Tesla (Subtitle)
Lenzman - Lazers (Metalheadz)
Total Science - Black Moon (C.I.A Records)
Serum - Rat Trap (Philly Blunt Records)
Roni Size- Trust Me (Talkin Loud Records)
Lenzman - Memory Loss (C.I.A Records/DeepKut)
Asides - One DJ (Clearskyz)
Trisector - Life Forms (Med School)
Commix - Electric (Metalheadz)
Commix - Be True (Metalheadz)
Break - Chaos Theory (Shogun Audio)
Break - Crunchy (Critical)
Break - Let It Happen (Shogun Audio)
London Elektricity - U Gotta Be Crazy, Enei Remix (Hospital)

If you've found my blog, then well done; you've officially won at the internet.

This is the place for all things DJ Padawan and Keep It Steel. I'll be using this to host my mix series and keep all you lucky folks up to date with nights, mixes, shows etc.

So. First things first!...

This Tursday lock into Pasteman and Descry's HAPSOLUTELY BANGIN' weekly on Rood.fm for the latest upfront bass music, plus a little 30 minute mix from me, featuring tracks from Enei, Lenzman, Nu:Tone, Ulterior Motive and all sorts of other deep dark rollers.

Check the facebook event here and get tunning in people! I'll post a link with the shows recording up here soon after broadcast. https://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=237683846259857