Jimi Handtrix: Recent Episodes
Jimi Handtrix
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Since his introduction to Berlin's deeply rooted musical heritage 20 years ago, Jimi Handtrix has steadily developed an undying passion for sound system music - from early roots & dub to the newest in jungle, drum'n'bass & beyond - played on a proper system! Heavily influenced by the early sounds of the UK's rave scene and Caribbean sound system culture, he inevitably found his calling as a deejay, promoter, label manager and musical activist, and hasn't looked back since.
Through his continuous involvement in projects such as Dub Der Guten Hoffnung and Serendubity, as well as more recent endeavours such as A Bass Odyssey - recognized throughout Europe as one of Berlin’s highest caliber sound system events - and his label Higher Ground Recordings, he has found the means to express himself whilst seamlessly blending a large spectrum of styles, textures and tempos; thus creating a unique musical journey within each of his performances.
In lieu of the past 18 months of intermittent lockdowns, Jimi has used his time to work on some new projects which have been long in the making. In spring 2020 he crafted a mobile, battery powered sound system called Rolling Lion Hi-Fi, which has been making the rounds through the city, and providing the people with some much needed musical upliftment. And after a decade of tinkering with Ableton, he finally found the time to fully dedicate himself to music production, and played his first tune to a live audience this summer.
Over the past decade he has steadily built a solid reputation as one of the go-to guys in Berlin for quality jungle, drum & bass, dub, dubstep and bass music, and abroad at festivals such as Outlook Festival (Croatia), Escape The City (Croatia), Bamboo Bass (Costa Rica), Cosmic Convergence (Guatemala), Ecologikal Reggae (Mexico), Plötzlich am Meer (Poland) and Fusion Festival (Germany), as well as smashing clubs all around the UK, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Canada, USA, Mexico and Puerto Rico!
★ Shared the stage / worked with: ★
Jah Shaka (UK), Aba Shanti-I (UK), Channel One Sound System (UK), Shut Up & Dance (UK), Ragga Twins (UK), Gorgon Sound (UK), Ishan Sound (UK), David Boomah (UK), Navigator MC (UK), Aries (UK), Dialect & Kosine (UK), DJ Hybrid (UK), Brian Brainstorm (DE), Krak In Dub (FR), Weeding Dub (FR), Tetra Hydro K (FR), Kibir La Amlak (UK), Sista Habesha (IT), Compa (UK), Egoless (HR), Heist (UK), Nicky Blackmarket (UK), Dope Ammo (UK), King Cannibal (UK), Lenzman (NL), Indica Dubs (UK), Bachelors Of Science (USA), 3D (USA), Roommate (USA), Babylon System (USA), Dubsworth (USA), Shapeshifter (NZ), Twisted Individual (UK), Jenna G (UK), Optical (UK), Wudub!? & Saimn-I (BE), DJ K (CA), The Mighty Dreadnaught (CA), Ninjah Fareye (CA), Mighty Melody (D), Nickynutz (CA), G31 (UK), Killawatt (UK), Memory9 (UK), RDG (DK), SFR (SA), Symbiz Sound (D), Amaning (D), Giana Brotherz (D), Mr. Boogie (D), Phokus (D), Soulpride (D), NME Click (D), La Loakaii (D), Audiomassive Crew (D), Tricky D (D), Stunnah (D), Soultrain (D) and many more.
It's been a bit difficult finding motivation as an artist in these past months, with no sessions to go to or play at, but I've been doing my best to keep up to date with new releases.. and since there have been so many recently, here's a selection of some of the tunes I've been feeling! Hope you enjoy.
01 - Bassface Sascha & Dazee - Ruffneck Business 02 - Classifyed - Soundboy Killer 03 - Bassface Sascha - Dead Fool 04 - A.M.C - Brazil 05 - Sl8r - System 06 - Sam Binga & Particle - Stand Tall (feat. Redders) 07 - Waeys - Snore 08 - Disrupta & Ways - Lost Souls (feat. Slay) 09 - Legion & Logam - Switch Up 10 - Bredren & T-Man - Inferno (DLR Remix) 11 - Grey Code & Euph - Soosay 12 - Buunshin - Descended 13 - Monty - Cargo 14 - Amoss - Baked Potato 15 - missledz - 70 Percent 16 - Invert Era - LND 17 - Mozey, Shady Novelle & L-Side - Make Believe 18 - Battery - Funky Mule 19 - Kublai & Minor Forms - Got Me Feeling 20 - Nectax & Tyrone - Outlander 21 - Walk:r - Leprechaun 22 - Monty - Direct Sense 23 - Waeys - What It Was 24 - Mozey - Put Things Down 25 - Drumsound & Bassline Smith - Jungle Dreams 26 - Document One - Rudeboy Fashion 27 - Conrad Subs - Cool Off 28 - Trex - Dopamine (VIP) 29 - Trex & Slay - Energies 30 - Waeys & Particle - Rave Tool 31 - MC Gusto, DLR & Molecular - Back to the Rave 32 - John B - Be Free 33 - Molecular - Check It 34 - Classifyed - Ready to Ride 35 - Bassface Sascha & MC Spyda - Hand Me The Herb (Aries Remix) 36 - Bassface Sascha & MC Spyda - Hand Me The Herb 37 - Ray Keith - Renegade (T>I Minimal VIP) 38 - Buunshin - No Match 39 - Imanu & Buunshin - Nagow 40 - En:vy - Pegasos 41 - Lavance - Grudge (feat. Rider Shafique) 42 - Dillinja - Hard Noize (Break Remix) 43 - Counter Culture - Evolution Dub 44 - Calibre & Jet Li - Black Mountain
A Bass Odyssey is a brand new festival dedicated to everything dub-related in Berlin, Germany. Our first event will be taking place from the 9th – 11th of June, 2017 at Mensch Meier, featuring an all-star lineup from near and far, ready to take you on an audiovisual journey through 50 years of sound system culture and bass music! In preparation for this massive event, musical madman Jimi Handtrix has prepared a special mixtape comprising 30 tunes and remixes, exclusively from artists performing at A Bass Odyssey!
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01 - Young Warrior - Creation New Dub (Jah Shaka Music, 2014) 02 - Young Warrior - Magnify (Jah Shaka Music, 2014) 03 - Young Warrior - Magnify The Dub (Jah Shaka Music, 2014) 04 - D-Operation Drop - Rivers Of Babylon (Moonshine Recordings, 2017) 05 - D-Operation Drop - Liberation (Moonshine Recordings, 2017) 06 - Radikal Guru - Raggamuffin Souljah (feat. Echo Ranks) (Moonshine Recordings, 2016) 07 - Radikal Guru - Warning! (feat. Echo Ranks) (Moonshine Recordings, 2013) 08 - Radikal Guru - Warning! (feat. Echo Ranks) (Violinbwoy Remix)(Moonshine Recordings, 2016) 09 - Jah Schulz with Ras TimBo & Tribuman - Silver & Gold (Dub 2) (Railroad Records, 2017) 10 - Jah Schulz with Ras TimBo & Tribuman - Silver & Gold (Railroad Records, 2017) 11 - Jah Schulz with Ras TimBo & Tribuman - Silver & Gold (Dub 1) (Railroad Records, 2017) 12 - Violinbwoy - Don't Kill Your Dub (Lion's Den, 2016) 13 - Violinbwoy - Don't Kill Your Brother (feat. Echo Ranks) (Lion's Den, 2016) 14 - Hatcha - Bawl Out (Hatched, 2016) 15 - Zemon - Hiatus (Subotage, 2015) 16 - INFRA - Pulsar (Shadowdub, 2012) 17 - INFRA - Rogue (F4TMusic, 2013) 18 - INFRA - Station 403 (Shadowdub, 2012) 19 - DJ Madd - Kingdom VIP (Dub-Stuy Records, 2016) 20 - DJ Madd - Kunta Kinte Medley (Dub-Stuy Records, 2017)
A1 - Burro Banton - Nah Sell Out A2 - Rider Shafique - Over The Oceans B1 - Shanti D - Inna Different Style B2 - Kunta Kinte 2017 Riddim 21 - Umberto Echo - Tomorrow Now Dub (Enja Records, 2013) 22 - Aries - Nuff Reggae Music (Lion Dubs, 2005) 23 - Aries & Ras Lion - Reality (feat. Navigator & Mish Maybe (Higher Ground Recordings, 2017) 24 - Brian Brainstorm - Right Now (Liondub International, 2016) 25 - Brian Brainstorm - King's Road Dub (Higher Ground Recordings, 2017) 26 - Jahcoustix & Dub Inc. - Better Days (Umberto Echo Dubmix) (Oneness Records, 2017) 27 - Mellow Mood - Dat's Me (Umberto Echo Dubmix)(Echo Beach, 2015)
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Following a busy festival season, including performances at Fusion, Plötzlich am Meer and a legendary 7-hour set at Serendubity, Jimi is back in Berlin, doing what he does best!
This mixtape - inspired largely by https://soundcloud.com/45seven - pays homage to what I like to call future roots: high-tempo dub and bass music with a strong tribal influence and a futuristic vibes. Massive respect to all of the artists who made this mix possible, to everyone who keeps pushing the boundaries of dub and jungle music!!
Tracklist:
01 - Vlastur - Ivette Dub 02 - Morphy - Golden Harp 03 - The Untouchables - Herbsman Dub 04 - Flatliners & Dubmonger - Abi Dub 05 - The Untouchables - Dem Pirates 06 - Thing - One Nation Dub 07 - The Untouchables - Adamantium Dub 08 - The Untouchables - Roots & Culture 09 - Flatliners - Bosphorus Dub (feat. Dubmonger) 10 - Flatliners - Kangaroo Dub 11 - DBR UK - Policies (Morphy Remix) 12 - Gremlinz, Rumbleton & The Untouchables - Apache 13 - Thing - Dublands 14 - Morphy - Black Velvet 15 - The Untouchables - Mystic Revelations 16 - Diphasic - Backbone Dub 17 - Theory - I Saw You Girl 18 - Lowcut - All Day Dub 19 - Diphasic - Run Dem VIP 20 - Thing - Dread Dub 21 - Dubmonger - Amalgam 22 - Gremlinz, Rumbleton & The Untouchables - Twelve Colonies 23 - Mindmapper & Flatliners - Lemon Haze 24 - Dubmonger - Crumble 25 - Digital & Morphy - Shanty
Big shouts to https://soundcloud.com/45seven for the inspiration!!