They're up!

Thanks to all y'all who came out. Thanks to X n Hell for rocking it live as promised.

Favela Rock May 09 Pics

And don't be forgetting...

Catchdubs and Ayres this weekend! LET'S DO IT!

This gig is set to be massive!

Two of New York's best DJs - Ayres (from Brooklyn's most popular night, The Rub) and Nick Catchdubs (co-owner of Fool's Gold with A-trak) - will be throwing it down at Roxanne. Expect a night across the musical spectrum from hip-hop to up-tempo bangers, this gig will be nothing but a straight up party. Plus there is still a very small handful of special $15 tix left but they won't last - don't say we didn't warn you.

Ayres + Nick Catchdubs
Fri 29 May
$15/ 20 from here
Roxanne

La Roux's second single is all over the radio this week, no one can escape it. Plus they are still playing "In For The Kill" at least 3 times a day, so I'm pretty much all La Roux'd out.

If she ever plays in Oz def catch her, her voice is amazing. I'm still not down with the lastest filmclip. That slap they put on her makes her look Rangalicious and not in a good way.

Her self-titled LP drops 29th June.

La Roux - Bulletproof (Zinc Remix)

CWD - Dattebayo 24 (Uptempo Edition) (09/05/09) - 46min 19sec, 42mb

Needed a lil' practise. All Club tracks. Mixed live although there's a cpl of lil' glitches, my laptop is playing up for some reason? Enjoy.

CD Cover

Tracklist in comments.

peace. cwd.

Holy moly, it was another banger! It may have been cold, wet and windy outside but on that dance floor it was pure fire. All night.

You can check the pics now.

Gallery: Favela Rock April '09.

The next Favela Rock is coming around a bit earlier than usual - May 23! Get ready!

For us at Opulent this is one of the most anticipated drops in memory. Diplo and Switch have been promising for several years a collaboration involving Jamaican MCs whilst still working in the club music vein. They have had the Major Lazer MySpace with little on it for over a year, so it is good to see the project finally take shape. This is the first single from the album, Guns Don't Kill People, Lazers Do, which will be released through Downton Records later this year. If this track is anything to go by then it will be a FIYAH.

Major Lazer ft Mr Lexx and Santigold - Hold The Line

Slowly but surely all members of the electro super group, Machines Don't Carehave hit our shores. Recently we had Sinden and Trevor Lovey, and last year, Drop The Lime so tonight we get the Irish connection, Detboi. Revolver is hosting what will be a bone-rattling bass explosion of up-beat dance music, with a nod to all the progressions in dance music today. If the drugs don't work, then Detboi will get you dancing tonight.

GIVEAWAY: We have a double pass to giveaway for tonights Detboi Revolver gig. Just email us (info[at]opulentmagazine[dot]com) with your favourtie Revolver memory to win. Plus the winner will receive aUSB drive full of music from Detboi, Scottie B and Trevoy Lovey.

Just announced! Civil Soceity, Triple J and Opulent proudly present NASA, landing in a city near you.

Didn't anyone tell you? Space is the place and NASA (Squeak and Zegon) know it. They dropped their galaxy-tinged, The Spirit of Apollo, which gathered rave reviews and featured collaborations with over 40 artists including Shepard Fairey, Kanye West, Lykki Li, MIA and Santigold.

Their live show of carefully orchestrated madness will bring their intergalactic beats to Earth. Come witness what is already being touted as one of the tours of the year.

Sydney - June 4 - Oxford Arts Factory

Melbourne - June 5 - The Espy (presented with Sneaker Freaker)

Perth - June 6 - Shape

Canberra - June 7 - Winter Warehouse

The end of the month is nigh! Favela Rock is almost upon us, promising a night of licentiousness and profligacy at the bar – i.e. this Saturday we getting loose!
Favela Rock April is here and we have a bumper edition with two newcomers, nCision and Flirt Club, and the return of a Favela Rock trailblazer, Ooh-Ee fresh from touring with Miami Horror.

Be a part of the Favela Rock monthly mayhem, and be there early for the $5 shots before midnight!

No sleep til Sunday!

Email guestlist requests to favelarock@opulentmagazine.com

This mix was originally made in 2001 by Haysie using vinyl, mixing it live. We then played the mix back and did the cuts over it, Q&A style. Both the mixing & cuts were done in one take, so if there are any audio descrepancies then you know why.

The mix was made for us by us and meant to be pumped in Mason's 63 Impala.

My CDR of this mix hasn't been playable for over 5 years now, so it's like a lil' time capsule of the music styles we were into(and still into) at that time.

Haysie & CWD - Blood 1st Mix (2001) the 09 re-edit
47min12sec, 43mb

Tracklisting:
01. Intro
02. DJ Hype - Lost Our Minds
03. Jay-Z - Ain't No Playa (Ganja Kru Remix)
04. Zinc & Hype - Disappear
05. Zinc - Fair Fight
06. Sequence - Purple Pills
07. Roni Size - Brown Paper Bag
08. Twisted Anger - Dark Soldier Remix
09. Ray Keith - Jah Dread
10. Twisted Anger - Mothership
11. John Rolodex - Badman Soundboy

Hated Fam For Life

Favela rock is back for April! The weather might be getting colder but Favela Rock still brings the heat!

We got a rowdy bunch of DJ regulars who are ready to drop the finest from the most classic classics to the hottest new party bangers.

This month nCision make his debut at Favela Rock. At just 19 he's already making a name for himself, placing in DJ comps and generally making noise wherever he plays.

As usual we've got the $5 pre-midnight shots to get it all rolling.

To hit the guestlist for cheaper entry email favelarock@opulentmagazine.com

Plus look out for a special guest.. blam!

Mason Camo is back!

Hooray for easter break, gave me a chance to put together a mix. Specal dedication to the fam tearing up Rude Awakening @ Basement back in the day, you know we had that joint on lock. Seedub, Morgz, zac, luke, slim, christie...the original posse. Just some of the tunes from 95-98 I used to drop, last one's for zac cos I know you feel that rebound bass! Download that shit and give the subs a workout!!!

Mason Camo - Fuckin Hated Fam Dedication Mix 82mb version
Mason Camo - Fuckin Hated Fam Dedication Mix 164mb version

Tracklisting:
1. B-Jam - Funkula (DJ Hype remix)
2. Smokey Joe - Smokin Hornz
3. Hired Gun - The Nightmare
4. Def wish - No 1 Chooses
5. Aphrodite - Dubmoods
6. U.T.I - Heat
7. Luniz - 5 on it (Aphrodite remix)
8. U.T.I - Rhymebomb
9. Hired Gun - Me and You
10. MC Det - Stick Up
11. Jungle Brothers - Brain(Natural Born Chillers Mix)
12. 187 Lockdown - Gunman(Natural Born Chillers Mix)
13. U.T.I - I'm Finished
14. Prisoners of Technology - True Born
15. Splash - Babylon(DJ SS mix)

DJ GMT aka G Man Twinkle aka That Guy is back with Part 2 of his Valentines Day series.

Highly recommended, G Ray's cuts kill it!

DJ GMT aka G Man Twinkle - The Break Up Mix (Fuck Love)

Tracklisting coming soon.

G Man Twinkle & I have our tickets.

Best thing is that it's a 15min walk home.

Lil Wayne feat. T-Pain - Maybach Music Pt. 2

Bonus:

Rick Ross - Crack A Bottle