Knuckle Sandwich Album Sampler

Rico Tubbs - Knuckle Sandwich Album Sampler Album out May 2008 Sampler out April 2008 Rico Tubbs - The finish lion of everything funk is here and he aint going anywhere till you bow at his overly skin tight jeans and kiss his ethically sound sneakers. and this is exactly what you will be doing when you hear his brand new album Knuckle Sandwich on Menu Music. Featuring the club monster Gangsters, this full length player is packed to the brim with full on monster mashouts. Menu could not keep it down any longer and with unprecedented early support from Tayo, Krafty Kuts, Crooked, Soul Of Man, Si Begg, Deekline, Stanton Warriors, Switch, Crookers, Drop The Lime & Sinden you know this is going to be special (especially when half the DJs are on our case for the tracks!) Ricos sound has developed over time with all his releases on Menu, and various other releases & remixs on other labels. But we think that hes hit the nail firmly on the head with this set. Bottom heavy UK garage influenced bass lines, hip hop samples, cracking snares, and Baltimore grooves. Rico pulls it all in to make a heady album for your feet. Not many modern breaks Producers can call on the amount of influences Rico has for his album. Simply put, this is his finest work to date and we are proud to bring it to you as Menus first ever full length album release. You wont be disappointed. Album Sampler: Gangsters Hot Girls, Dope Boys Born To Bounce PRESS SUMMARY DJ Mag another big release from Menu EQ the unbelievable Gangsters iDJ Massive! Knowledge proper dancefloor destruction (Si Begg) M8 I dare you to not shake yo ass to this RECOMMENDED DJ Support Sinden, Tayo, Switch, Rennie Pilgrem, Stantons, Plumps, Krafty Kuts, iLs, Si Begg, Crookers, Drop The Lime, Soul Of Man U name them, their playing it! Radio Support Annie Mac (Radio 1) / Jay Cunning (Kiss) / Eddie Temple-Morris (XFM) / Ras Kwam (Radio 1) / Rennie Pilgrem (Galaxy) / Anne Savage (Ministry) / James Mountain (Ministry) / Solid Steel (Worldwide) / Joe Ransom (Kiss) / Sinden (Kiss) ________________________________________________ Detailed press (as of 13 Mar 08) PRESS ATM CONFIRMED March/ April issue . Blah Blah covers 30 mile radius from Reading inc Oxford (available at HMV, Virgin, clubs, bars, pubs, live music venues, tourist information centres and libraries as well as independent shops and the staff rooms of several blue chip companies.) Base Ad - Review CONFIRMED - pushing for competition- end March / April (weekly mag) Big Shot (USA) formerly Mixer reviewer is checking tracks out.... Clash magazine- CONFIRMED out at the end of March (so technically it's May's issue but is out last week of March) Yes that is a CONFIRMATION for hard copy magazine- reviewer said he particularly liked this track DJ mag- CONFIRMED. Rico Tubbs Gangsters Menu Music 4.5 The Finnish producer has obviously been listening to some Sinden & Hervé, as Gangsters is very much on a ghetto house vibe. Old skool rave horns, sirens and Mentasm stabs prepare the ground for skippy garage beats and a wobbly bass and the dynamic Gangsters male vocal sample, of course. Informed by breakbeat, this is shaping up into being another big release from Menu. Hot Girls Dope Boys is in a similar vein although not as hot, and Born To Bounce is a cool DJ tool. All are expected on Ricos soon-come album Knickle Sandwich on Menu. CL Daily Record Paper Scotland - Pick of three for me are the Rico Tubbs tracks. Really different, great basslines, would work on the radio and on the dancefloor, plus it's a good bit of fun too. I'll try squeeze this in in the coming weeks before release EQ PDF magazine CONFIRMED. Rico Tubbs Knuckle Sandwich Album Sampler Here are three cuts taken from the Finnish maestros forthcoming Knuckle Sandwich album and Rico is down with funk on these cuts big time. It opens with the unbelievable Gangsters, which kicks off like a speeding train. This is a bastard cross between jacking house and old skool rave, with pumping beats, soaring, stabbing synthlines and big, cheeky samples. This tune will rock any dancefloor. Rolling on we get yet another phat and funky mastercut in the form of Hot Girls Dope Boys. Full of lush keys and a swamping bassline, this track really comes alive at the soulful breakdown which is just sublime. The final cut is the majestic Born To Bounce that keeps true to its name. Bubbling beats and basslines drive this tune, while the old-skool stabs and a very cheeky sample (Let Me Clear My Throat) give it that raw, dirty edge. Big release. Out on Menu Music Flux- TBC Possible review. still waiting to find out... IDJ Hi Sonia Love the rico tubbs stuff....very basstastic I am just reviewing the Rico TUbbs Album Taster Rennie Pilgrem IDJ CONFIRMED. should be April issue Rico Tubbs - Gangsters (Menu Music) By mere definition a breaks track will always draw influences from other styles. Rico Tubbs takes this to a new level with a 3 track relase that has influences of old skool hardcore, shuffle house, hip hop, ghetto-tech, broken beat - you name it. Unsurprisingly Finland's finest pulls it off in style. The crowd will be throwing 1991-esque shapes uncontrollably within seconds of the first rave synth - massive! 4/5 Knowledge NO but i will contact the other reviewer see if he is up for it. I havent had space for unfortunately. Lurch Knowledge guest reviews Si Begg CONFIRMED Rico Tubbs Gangsters Menu Music If you want to call it bassline house thats all good but its pretty much speed garage at the end of the day and Ive loved that sh*t from day one. However uncool it is or was, it always tears up the floors of any denomination. Now our man Rico has taken a bit of speed garage with all its rave influence stuffed in a bit of Switch and bit of breaks and what you get is some proper dancefloor destruction. This is a crackin EP especially Gangsters, the floor will love you for this one. Im told theres an album on the way, one word, wheres my promo copy hmmmm? Live Magazine- (youth mag free in schools/ youth centres) M8 CONFIRMED April issue .RECOMMENDED Rico Tubbs Gangsters EPMENU Some serious ass gyrating action ahead of the Finish sex puppy Rico Tubbs album on this extremely strong 3 track E.P. Its cheeky, up beat, booty bouncing Baltimore stylee, rave punctuated (is that the Quadrophenia 80s rave stabs?) breaks are destined for peak time party action. Complete with Gangsters, vocal samples and gun shots, I dare you to not shake yo ass to this. Hot Girls, Dope Boys sees lush breakdowns circa early 90s wrapped round squelch bass and snappy drum action, and Born To Bounce keeps to a similar vein and quality! An excellent fusion of booty and the tingling sensations of rave! M8/M8 RECOMMENDED Mixmag TBC Hey there Really liking Hot Girls and Dope Boys. Strong EP here, full support from me for sure! xoxo . MOFO - Jim loves the track has reviewed on NuSkoolbreaks site.. Im asking if it will go into next issue of MOFO.. Music Week - (weekly) Out of Hand Mag- CONFIRMED March issue Raveline (German PRESS!!!) Resident Magazin (Vienna!!) RESENT ..... about the rico tubbs: i am not sure if i got it - - can you maybe send me again? Rinse (Canadian PRESS!!!!!!!!) mag on break for now.... 247 mag- ONLINE PRESS: Apply The Breaks Reviewer played the tack out... so should get a review Breaks FM BPM online (USA PRESS!!!!!) Beat Mag.net TBC? Not in current issue, Sonia, but only just picked these tow up so havent listened yet. Bijou Breaks CONFIRMED live now Breakology.ie CONFIRMED if not too late for issue Hi Sonia,. The track is wicked by the way, I can't wait to play it out at the weekend! Cheers, Stu Caught In the Cross CMU Music Unlimited (Music business daily out to-12,500 industry/ media types daily) Cut up Media CONFIRMED Clash magazine online- CONFIRMED this is a very big rock indie chemical brothers type magazine- they have just started to do single reviews on the online section which has some dance in it so very lucky to get into this site!!! Data Transmission - CONFIRMED Rico Tubbs Gangsters EP Reviewed by:Matty O Rating:7/10 A believer in forming the most unholy of breaks-based alliances, Tubbs previous involvement with Top 40 intruders Bomfunk MCs is blatant throughout a triple-tracker of breaks wearing both white gloves and a New Era 5950 brim. Forget slight of hand to integrate Ricos b-boy foundations; theyre all slapped down and crowbarred into an all-consuming inventory. Born to Bounce is a spewing blender of styles, whipping up a thick shake of 900 Number horns, speed garage low ends, Mentasm rave stabs, hip-hop yap and jungle twitches. Of the same blueprint, Gangsters glues together T99s Anasthasia, Nas samples and meaty Shut Up and Dance-style bass fiddling. Hot Girls Dope Boys gets crunk at altitude, and the different angles of energy become grudgingly hard to snub. Tubbs unrepentant baulking at strict categorisation definitely shakes the club up D n B Forum should be cool to go in will let u know (can run a comp too ill see what editor says) Dont Stay In CONFIRMED Eclectro (Netherlands) ??? I can't recall Rico, so I don't think it was that impressive.(I have resent him to jog his memory as it is indeed impressive) Frenchbreaks CONFIRMED WITH PIC Rico Tubbs - Gangsters 8 / 10 : a great track totally in the vibe I am right now, It's better than house, stronger that 2 step, and more groovy than breaks. I just love this so much. Best tune since 2007 !!!! Well done Mr Tubbs....can't wait to hear the album ! Rico Tubbs - Hot Girls Dope Boys 3 / 10 : the track starting very well and suddenly there's this cheap old school synth that I can't really bear, to bad cause I do love "Gangster" a lot. And this b-side is just horrible...too bad we missed the masterpiece. Review : Yes Radio & Gigs : Yes De La Breaks French Radio Ibreaks INHALE CONFIRMED http://www.inhale.org.uk/features/?ih=ih_rev_360 Finland's breaks pioneer drops the sampler of his new album..... Ah Rico Tubbs. I remember the first time I heard Kickin' Down, many moons ago. Well, a long time has pass since then, and it's good to know that Rico's sound has gone from strength to strength. First up is Gangsters. Rave era stabs and eponymous vocals are a heavy element of the intro to this tune, which has a distinctly old skool vibe to it. Heavily effected police sirens usher in the first break, before an extended vocal sample accompanies a bassline that is fat with a capital F. The overall arrangement of this tune isn't strictly what I'd refer to as breaks, and it's mix of rave, house and hip hop elements means this wouldn't be a tune to find out of place in the playlists of Switch and Sinden, as well as certain DJs within the burgeoning Baltimore scene. A surefire funk filler winner. Continung the trend, Hot Boys Dope Girls carries with it a similar boompty feel to it. The bassline comes in more swiftly in this tune, and it's pace and wobble factor give a proper bouncing feel to the track. Double claps and more of those old skool stabs mean this is to a certain extent Gangsters pt 2, but to say was entirely the case would to be detract from this track. The second half of the tune introduces a gently rising chord sequence which again adds to the old skool, but at the same time gives things a more emotive feel to them. Finally, Born To Bounce is a more laidback tune. A heavily filtered 45 King sample provides the main hook of this track, and again means this is again on the hip hop side of things, borrowing from the elements introduced in the first two tracks on this release. More of a set filler than the previous two, this is still no less an accomplished piece of work, though at only 3m08s, you somehow feel it's inclusion is an after thought more than anything else. Overall, a fine insight into Rico's work, with Gangsters leading the way in peak time potential. In the Mix site (Australia)- editor is chasing reviewers to find out if it will get a review.. mofomag on line Nubreaks NuSkoolbreaks CONFIRMED Rico Tubbs / Gangsters / Hot Girls & Dope Boys / Born To Bounce / Menu Menu is now the new pimp-ass gangster-**** label of London. Move over all you bad bwoy garage labels because Menu is on the take-over, this is the real ****. Label boss Jay Cunning & Rico Tubbs will be rollin in some hot rides and big rims in ya hood. Three pimpin gangster rollers and phat jams to impress ya hommies with in the package. Gangster's drops hardcore rave-esque stabs and shotgun blasts on gangster lyrics while the low-rider-bass-action brings the perfect backdrop to any hood. Now where did I put my gang colours? Hot Girls & Dope Boys rolls with the same pimpin action but throws down old skool riffs in the drop-out with jump-up, bad-bwoy-Brixton-bass in the low-frequency, pure blinging. Last up Born To Bounce gets cheeky on the booty-shaking, bounce-that-ass lyrics with some serious bassline warbling, massive with Deekline I should imagine. Menu is running tings. Jimmy MOFO Neural- (Italian online mag) CONFIRMED http://wickedstyle.neural.it/it/2008/02/rico_tubbs_born_to_bounce_gang.phtml Rico Tubbs - Born To Bounce / Hot Girls Dope Boys Rico Tubbs, Born To Bounce, Gangsters, Hot Girls Dope Boys, Menu, breakbeat, nu skool breaks, review, tech-funk, funky, remix, house, techno, beats, electro, Jaurelio, Wicked Style, wickedstyle italiano, Aurelio Cianciotta, RicoTubbs_Gangsters.jpg 12" - Menu All'insegna dello stesso celeberrimo sample, usato anche da Baobinga in 'Jump Up Get Hype', ritorna Rico Tubbs (Infekto) con 'Born To Bounce', zompettante produzione bassosa, dall'appeal grimey, con altri gustosi inserimenti vocali in stile mc a far capolino in mezzo a synth e frequenze ultrasoniche. Grande pezzo. Non da meno, sulla stessa linea di scansioni ondivaghe ed energiche, con annesse sirene e grandi pause a caricare la miccia, c'è anche 'Gangsters' (identici anche i bpm: 134) ed infine, 'Hot Girls Dope Boys', un titolo un programma, per finire la nottata tra groove ipnotici ed efferatezze di nuova scuola. Il finnico ha fiuto e le sue produzioni si tingono in questa stagione di una patina mai cosà luccicante. Nuclear (Japanese Breaks site) Plastic Soup Resident Advisor (Big Australian online mag) Update mag online CONFIRMED UK-CL UK Club Listings - www.uk-cl.co.uk CONFIRMED review live now + COMPETITION to follow http://www.uk-cl.co.uk/music_reviews/single_reviews/gansters.htm RADIO feedback FLORE LABROK DeLaBreak Session - Rico Tubbs - that's wicked !! i love his stuff at the moment i look forward to see him play @ Breakspoll.... Name: Mole & Aya Label: BoomBox Records Club: Planet Patrol Sessions Radio: BoomBox presents Planet Patrol Sessions on iBreaks iBreaks show 26th February (www.ibreaks.co.uk ) - Every fortnightly 1. Lützenkirchen UK Time Warp EP pt 1 Spin Out 2. Digital Base Dont Get Tired / U Know Me iBreaks 3. Minuit 88 Guards - Dollhouse 4. Hedflux Music Is My Weapon - Sinister 5. Stupid Fresh - Get The F**k Up - Vacation 6. Moby - Drop The Lime (General Midi / Noisia) - Mute 7. AMB - The Squirrel EP 1 - Chi 8. Luzenkirchen The Timewarp EP part 2 Spin Out 9. DJ Blaqstarr Shake It To The Ground Mad Decent 10. Steal My Oil Records - Label Sampler 2008 Steal My Oil 11. Aspecto Revolution / Roar Limbo? 12. Atomic Hooligan I Dont Care Botchit & Scarper 13. Virus J dj Sun - Eyepopper - Drag N Drop 14. Rico Tubbs - Gangsters EP - Menu 15. Drumattic Twins - Broken Planet / Cant Give You Up - Finger Lickin 16. Radio Jack - Sexxxlaw - Disastronaut electro psycho remix - ? 17. Andrea Lai: Gimme Trouble - Erase 18. Japanese Popstars - Delboys Revenge - Gung-Ho Records/Ministry Of Sound 19. NDK j & Elisa Mille e una nota - Heatflow Records 20. Reed Baby - Roll Rennie Pilgrem Galaxy DAB digital sky Radio-( Breaks & Beats with Rennie Pilgrem) Hi Sonia Have got all three of these already and am playing in clubs and on the radio...really like em Ta rennie Galaxy DAB Sky Digital Breaks & Beats Show with Rennie Pilgrem up for a mix THE PLAYLIST 01/02/08 Part 1 - Rennie Pilgrem Mix 1.Rico Tubbs Gangsters Menu 2.Vandal & Blende Healthy Boy Lot 49 3.Beat Assassins MTV Ft Nine Lives The Cat Generation MTV MOFO 4.Far Too Loud Play It Loud (Broken Robot mix) Funkatech 5.Ed Solo & Skool Of Thought When I was A Yout (Krafty Kuts Remix) Against The Grain 6.The Wrongstar Society Bring You Down (Affinity Mix) Unstable Label 7.Rennie Pilgrem Drumma TCR Ben & Lex Nuskool Breaks and Pulse Radio but i can say with out a doubt that this release is mind boggling HUGE!!!!! gangsters rips it so hard its wonky and hot girls and born to bounce are just awesome as well.. if this doesnt top everyones charts then bollocks to them for not having any taste :) benny Nick Thayer Beats Electric on Triple RRR FM tues nights 8-10 pm Melbourne & Surrounds Gangsters is BO!!!! BobKickflip Show-www.nuskoolbreaks.co.uk 7 till 9 every sunday Heavy breakstep/garagey styles to this EP. Loving hearing some old skool noises in there, a great blast to the past! They're not the kind of vibe I normally play out, but enjoyed checking them out for sure. Favourite of the three is Born To Bounce. Orson Brunton Tonka Breaks Show-www.nuskoolbreaks.co.uk 1 till 3 every thursday this is a first for me! i did not like this release that you sent me! Its the first one. track one had in my opinion the dreaded hardcore t99 anistasia samples that put me of when ever i haer them. i like the wobbly booty bass sound but hate the hoover stab type sounds. the 80/90's hardcore should be left there and not re hashed again and again. the overal production is fantastic as with all rico tubbs releases and his skills in that department surpass most producers and blow any of my own attemps out of the water. the second track was a little better but not something i would play and track 3 has all my fav hip hop samples in but its all been done before. Sorry Rico Tubbs 5/10 Bobby Friction- BBC Asian Network His producer requested CD after i sent her a link (Also serviced her with a CD) (I posted cd to Bobby Friction and his 2 producers..Also sent a link ) so should get a play...Will keep you updated! Bobby Friction BBC Asian Network Meera- his producer i did...i passed them onto Bobby but as far as i know the tracks haven't been playlisted ...sorry x Radio 1 Prague - Czechoslovakia Rico Tubbs unfortunately is too primitive for me, not my cup of tea...sorry.-) Josef Sedlon Deckwreckers- Nuskoolbreaks Hey Sonia, thanks for the tunes - been waiting for this bad boy to come out for some time! Gangsters Very cool original sounding tune indeed. A breakbeat frenzy interuptted by an old skool rave! Heard Rico drop this one on NYE at "The Drop Off" and it certainly brought house down. Looking forward to giving this one a real hammering! 8/10 Hot Girls Dope Boys Typically wonky breaks again with some great samples/percussion and nice jumpy bassline. Gave this some radio play this week and got a good reaction 7/10 Born to Bounce Nice little track, same as above really but enjoying the old skool snippets again. Maybe could do a little more this one, but certainly Rico fans are gonna be enjoying this 6/10 Gangsters in particular is gonna be a big tune, no doubt! Best of luck with the release, good work! Cheers Al ANNE SAVAGE Ministry of Sound Radio He hee! Fantastic loving those old rave samples and the Switch style squelches! Esp on The last track Gangsters. Xfm The Remix with eddyTM - Playlist 29th Feb 2008 Origin Unknown 'Valley Of the Shadows' [off 'Ram Records 15x15'] (Ram) Martina Topley Bird 'Poison' (The Officers No Remedy remix) (CDR) We Are Terrorists 'Rejoins Nous' (CDR) Rico Tubbs 'Gangsters' (Menu) ZeroDB 'Bongos, Bleeps and Basslines' (Ninja Tune) Marilyn Manson 'You n Me' (Freeland Dub) (Interscope) Muscles 'Ice Cream' (Modular) the Long Blondes 'Century' (Rough Trade) Denis Jones 'One Loop' [off 'Humdrum Virtue'] (Humble Soul) Ministry of Sound Radio + Sky Digital : James Mountain (Ninja Tunes) The Lounge / Ministry Of Sound radio every other Sunday night 6 - 8pm........ music - touching on all styles! Ninja Tune / Counter Records / Big Dada online, & digital TV at Sky Channel 0198 i love this! gangsters is the tune! bets thing you've sent me in a while. DOPE! will get play. J. The Urban Lick Show, ALL FM 96.9 Manchester uk garage, hip hop r&b bassline house, a lbreak beat. Hi miss sonia alls good thanks, yeah i got the tracks, lovin the gangsters track already got some big plays last saturday, its very deep/electro house soundin to me 'hot girls, dope boys has some potential but yeah gangsters is big out here! best of times jc Pyrotechno Radio - Inchie CTRL Z loving the tunes big up rico ! BBC Radio 1 -Judge Jules- producer Hey Sonia, I did manage to have a bit of a listen to the tracks, but the CD player in my laptop is a bit tempromental with certain CDs and it wasn't liking that CD. What I heard I thought sounded promising, so is there any chance you could send me a link to download 320kbps MP3s of it? That'll make it easier to listen and pass on to Jules. NuskoolBreaks/ BRAP.FM - West Recds charlie childs , Alistair Hatch nsbTs 8-11pm BRAP.FM! live shows only from established Artists, promoters and DJ's from across the scene Internet broadcasting worldwide, BROADCAST ON FM RADIO BABY ! 101.3FM / broadcastng from Slackers Convention LIVE every couple of months hi sonia, i can react straight away tothis as i have had the pleasure of rico sending me these. gangstars is wicked! massive massive fan. both of the other tracks are very good but remind me of my yooth far to much and that is best left alone! will be up for the guest mix too. thank you Ibreaks (Funkatech Show -NAPT (Tomek) yeh man am supporting this!! XX Origin FM pirate monthly- (Passion FM (internet and FM ) Swifty B Breaks FM Vinyl Touch radio show on origin 95.1fm (internet and fm) passion 91.8 (internet and fm) and Breaks fm, Passion FM show is broadcast by 110 FM Stations across the globe. Passion FM is one of the most listened to Dance radio shows in world. Electro, Trance, Progressive, Breaks and a little House Thanks for the tracks, will be playing them all on my shows. Swifty. x XFM Scotland -Station Producer / Daily Record paper Scotland Pick of three for me are the Rico Tubbs tracks. Really different, great basslines, would work on the radio and on the dancefloor, plus it's a good bit of fun too. I'll try squeeze this in in the coming weeks before release. SOLID STEEL NINJA RECORDS Radio show Coldcut / DK / Strictly Kev ( DJ Food) Check out http://www.solidsteel.net for details and archives of the show broadcasts to about 20 stations around the world- Radio Campus - France Radio Active - New Zealand FSK Hamburg - Germany The Move - XM Satellite Radio - USA UMFM 101.5 fm - Manitoba Canada Radio FM 4 - Austria Radio 3 Fach - Switzerland Resonance 104.4 FM - London Juice 107.2 FM -Brighton, UK YLE Popular Radio -Finland Radio B92 -Belgrade 106FM -Israel Dinamo FM - Turkey Radio Magnetic - Scotland Triple J - Australia Radio National - Australia 3PBS - Australia 2SER Australia 95bfm - New Zealand Ministry of Sound Radio - Worldwide Strictly Kev( DJ Food Hi Sonia Yes I listened to this the other day, Like the first ravey track best which might get a play in the set if it fits in with what I've got Kev Vlad Sokolov I Breaks /The Breakdown Ministry of Sound / Breaks FM Sokolov Sounds on Ibreaks every sunday 6-8pm and The Breakdown with Chika live on www.xstreameast.co.uk every Friday 7-9pm and archived on Ministry too, LondonBreakz show on Breaks FM every Saturday 4-6 pm Hey Sonia, yes got it, I do like it , good wobbly bass action, tho it gets a bit hectic at times but will defo give it a play, good production. nuskoolbreaks Rob Savage Breakin Even/ Even Flow label manager Not feelin these Son, production seems really Bass light to me Cheers anyway, keep em coming. Hope your well Andy Symonds NuskoolBreaks Radio tune feedback for Rico Tubbs - Gangsters-lovin the old skool samples reminds me of me youth.....another superb tune from the man like rico....this dude has been blowin me away with his realeases over the last year or so....when it drops its bouncy as f**k lovin it Rico Tubbs - Hot Girls Dope Boys-lovin the bassline on this tune...rollls along very nicely......an all u need for a good party is hot girls an dope boys....simple init..... Rico Tubbs - Born to Bounce.....wicked little tune....could do with being a couple of mins longer but diggin the vibe....again lovin the old skool stabs....but at my age u is old skool Alex Virr System Supatronix show weekly on NSB Radio - saturdays from 5pm - 7pm Beats, Breaks and Bellyaches show on NSB Radio - every second tuesday from 9pm - 11pm Future Pefect / Hardcore Beats show on IBreaks Radio - every second thursday from 6pm - 8pm Hi Sonia Absolutely loving this! Gangsters is baaaad, sounds like fidget meets tru playerz meets mr oizo!! wicked stuff been caning it, works well with pretty much everything else I play - not too deep, just good banging party tune. Hot girls dope boys is phat too, gonna be rinsing fo sho. Knowledge Magazine LIFE FM Radio SHOW Hi Sonia, Yeah already played 'Gangsters' on my Life FM show last month (14th Feb), wicked tune! Am submitting my lists as we speak. will put this forward & let you know A mix for the radio would be cool as well... Cheers P x BCB 106.6FM (Yorks and Surround- Bradford) ARTIST: Rico Tubbs - Gangsters EP A: Gangsters' AA1: Hot Girls, Dope Boys AA2 Born To Bounce Hi, Sonia. Hope you are well? Thanks for the above mentioned, i like all 3 mixes, Hot girls just about edges it for me. All 3 will get air play with 100% support. Many thanks Mick Dundee (dj) BCB 106.6fm BBC 1 Xtra Ras Kwame hi sonia, is rico from the uk? diggin the beats. ras Oban FM Scotland -David Cullen -Transmission Two (dance breaks leftfield ) /Paper Monkey, based in Oban, and broadcasting to much of North Argyll in the Highlands of Scotland. 02/03/08 The Accidental - Wolves (Full Time Hobby) Ricardo Villalobos- Enfants (chants) (Sel Es Drum) Dave Cloud - Puff rider (Fire Records) Nostalgia 77 Octet - Desert fairy princess (Alternative Take) (Tru Thoughts) Future Of the Left - Manchasm (Too Pure) The Black Keys - Remember when (Side B) (V2) Forward Russia - Breaking, standing (Cooking Vinyl) Ungdomskulen - Modern Drummer (Ever records) Arthur Lipsett - Very nice very nice (Global A Records) Let's go Outside - I'll lick your spine (Ivan Smagghe & Tim Paris mix) (Soma) Gnarls Barkley - Run (Warner) Jesse Garcia - Off da hook (Duke Dumont mix) (GI Recordings) TheDeathSet - Around the world (Counter Records) Katalyst feat Steve Spacek - How bout us (BBE) SoopaSoul - Ya lookin' tight (Jalapeno records) Ricco Tubbs - Gangsters (Menu Music) Rory McVicar - No more do I care (Series 8 Records) It Hugs Back - Other cars go (Too Pure) Tapes N Tapes - Hang them all (XL) The Rank Deluxe - Tightrope (Fatcat) Unkle - Restless (Surrender All) ibreaks- Funkatech show Far Too Loud Ez Sonia, these tracks definitely have an appeal to me. I rekon Rico will go far with that wikid party sound and in your face bass. Not our usual style but Gangsters will defo be going in our sets. Thanks! Oli. KISS FM Joe Ransom playing out at the mo wicked tunes. Nice bit of ravey/breaky hiphop style house. Loves it. Nuskoolbreaks BARRCODE Fridays 3-5 love the tracks, would be more than interested to play a mix of MR Tubbs, let me know. Adrian (BARRcode) BREAKS FM- Jody Mechanoise Hey sonia, It reminds me more of bassline garage than anything, loving it, especially Gangsters. I'd love to hear some glitchy remixes of the e.p. definatly down for an exclusive mix form him for breaksfm Nuskool Breaks Jo Stokes & John Grief (Butane / Pick n Mix Show (NSB Radio) / Hardcore Projektz Show (Breaks FM#2) ) REACTION :- Rico Tubbs - Gangsters EP We had a smile when we saw this one come through on the email - Menu are consistantly putting out quality. Sometimes though when an artist puts out a sampler from their album - the tracks are not always as good as the single releases - but this breaks that rule into pieces and stamps all over to make sure!!! Fantastic tunes from Rico Tubbs every one of them! Gangsters is absolutley ROCKIN !! Have been playin on the radio show without fail!! Lovin the oldskool samples and the wobbly bass. This tune is 100% phatness - i will be playin it for a long time!! And it just doesnt stop there - Hot Girls is wobbletastic as well with some quality breakbeats firin in there, and it carries on on the third track Born to Bounce as well with more oldskool samples.... WHAT AN EP!!! What can i say - if this is what the album is gonna have on it - i cant wait to get hold of the rest of the tunes!!! BBC Radio 1 Annie Mac Friday 7 March 21.00 Sam Sparro On The Phone And In The Mini Mix Chase & Status - 'Brazil' (White Label) Unkle - 'Restless (Fake Blood Remix)' (Surrender All) Idiotproof - 'The Deacon (Duke Dumont's Back To Brooklyn Remix)' (Made To Play) Surkin - 'Next Of Kin' (Institubes) Rico Tubbs - 'Hot Girls and Dope Boys' (Menu Music) Last Blast Utah Saints - 'Something Good (High Contrast Remix)' (Data) Chemical Brothers - 'Star Guitar' (Virgin) Chromeo - 'Needy Girl (Lifelike Remix)' (Back Yard) Lynx - 'Disco Dodo' (Creative Source) Wiley - 'Wearing My Rolex (Ms Bratt Version)' (Atlantic) Hercules & Love Affair - 'Blind' (EMI) Kiss FM -Sinden TRACKLISTINGS FOR 28/02/08 Three 6 Mafia Ft Dj Unk - I Rather - Columbia Ryan Leslie Ft Mims - Diamond Girl Remix - Next Selection Example Ft Tinchy Styder And Frisco - Loud - Cdr Ruff Squad - Ruff Squad Man Dem - Ho Hood No Hats Santo Gold - L.E.S Artiste (Herve's Re-Edit, Re-Shuffle Dub Out) - Atlantic Vampire Weekend - Blakes Got A New Face - Xl Recordings Esau Mwamwaya - Chilombo - Radioclit Records The Count And Sinden - Stinging Nettle - Domino Young Mc - Know How (Aaron La Crate And Debonair Samir Mix) - Delicious Say Wut Ft Mc Gus - Vai Sentar - Man Records Unkle - Restess (Fake Blood Remix) - All Surrender The Kills - Cheep And Cheerful (Xxxchange Acid Re-Edit) - Menu Rico Tubbs - Gangsters - Menu Music 30hz & Baobinga Presents The Body Snatchers - Twist Up - Passenger Princess - Pretty Rave Girl Cdr DJ Reactions Rennie Pilgrem Love the Rico Tubbs stuff.....just what the scene needs. Will cane it. Justin Soul Of Man Hi Jay, loving both Gangster and Girls Dope Boys, played both at the weekend in Madrid, needless to say it caused a riot! This is gonna be HUGE. Ils "... 'born to bounce' wiked and wild...just listening to rest now! thanks ILS Crookers, Sinden, Switch, Tayo, Deekline, Stanton Warriors >Featured on maybe THE number one hipster blog discobelle.net : > >"Crookers mix for february, full of excellent tracks and sweet remixes." > >Crookers february Mix (zShare) > >TRACKLIST: > >1.Midnight Juggernauts - Scorpius >2.Crookers - Big Money Comin >3.Krames - Sound of The Police >4.Santo Gold - Creator (Scottie B mix) >5.Ron Carrol - Nike Spinnin (The Count & Sinden Remix) >6.Moby- I love to move in here (Crookers CRACK mix) >7.Boy 8 bit - Wolfen >8.N.E.R.D. - Everyone nose (Phra Re-fix) >9.DJ Godfather - Short **** Man >10.Skream - Midnight Request Line (Chavy Boys of London mix) >_*11.Rico Tubbs - Gangsters*_ >12.BSS - One Blood Kuduro >13.Cupid - Cupid Shuffle (Bird Peterson Remix) >14.Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction (Wideboys bassline mix) >15.The Whip - Trash -(Crookers mix) >16.Bumblebeez - Rio (Boy 8 bit mix) >17.Bumblebeez - Rio (Crookers mix) >18.Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (Crookers mix) >19.Dada Life - The Great Fashionista Swindle >20.Bloody Beetroots - Boom Night >21.Azzido da Bass - Dooms Night (Crookers BUM mix) >22.Crookers - Purple lens game - (Bloody Beetroots mix) Lee Rous Plumps DJS says Good tune will play out. Tayo says already playing out. Good response. this guys works at Le Rous, Tayos studio / is an engineer there.. Max says I really like the vox edits i think that the lead parts could sound heaver with some bass. But saying that Im playing it out 2night. Good tunes.