It has been a bad few months for the powerful on this planet. From Tunisia to Egypt to Libya to Madison, Wisconsin, the underserved and underrepresented have been making their voices heard. These are not your parents' revolutions: information-driven, secular, and televised. It's been amazing to see entire societies cast off the yokes of fear and oppression armed with not much more than smart phones and social networks. History is writing itself as we speak, and it sure reads like a new chapter for millions of people on this planet. 
It is against this backdrop that I put together my newest mix. I've been vibing HARD on the new "140bpm jungle" sound that's gripping the underground, harnessing the raw energy of amen madness with the wobble of dubstep and the surgical stutter of top-shelf breaks. This mix starts off with a call to revolution from Ghetto Priest (remixed by man-of-the-moment RackNRuin), which is quite fitting for all my brethren in the Middle East. Skull-cracking dubstep/140bpm flavors get it rinsed right up through Ed Solo's MONSTROUS version of "Egyptian Horns," which I included as a little nod to all my January 25th Massive, and because it's arguably one of the greatest "rave" anthems of all time (I first heard the original on a DJ Overload mixtape from 1995 and the rest is history). Then it's all 140bpm jungle/breaks tomfoolery up through to the last track, Hybrid's epic remix of FSOL's classic "Papua New Guinea."
A wise man once said "If you make nonviolent revolution impossible, you make violent revolution inevitable." Get up. Stand up. Word up.
1. Ghetto Priest - Evolution (RackNRuin Dubstep Remix)
2. Skream - Lightning VIP
3. Magic Mash - M.A.G.I.C.
4. Karton - All You Need (Mars Remix)
5. Schema - Savage Henry
6. Ed Solo - Egyptian Horns
7. RackNRuin - Soundclash
8. Altered Beats - Bad Man Soul
9. HeavyFeet ft. MC Mad Rush - Vs Up (RackNRuin Remix)
10. Schema - Rat Bastard
11. La Roux - In for the Kill (Skream Remix)(Future Funk Squad Rerub)
12. Mobius - Champion Hounds
13. Ben & Lex - Soundboy Step-Up
14. Schema - Turn Off the Lights
15. Future Funk Squad - Shakedown
16. Future Sounds of London - Papua New Guinea (Hybrid Remix)
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