Wishing you a Happy New year in 2012 from Bonafide

Well, Another year has come and gone. 2012 promises to be a good year for me musically, i can feel it!


A few cool things have gone down this last month of 2011, music for a hollywood film, and some cool licensing deals in the US for my beats. So hope to have more of that going on this year. The last track of the year is one I have just completed with the highly talented Mc Coppa aka Bada Plaza entitled "Mysterious World" which i'll put a clip up of here next week hopefully. All the best in 2012 yo!

The Streets is mine

My latest CX production "The Streets is mine" on the DubHop tip http://soundcloud.com/champagne-1/the_streets_iz_mine-cx

CX music in upcoming film "Errand Boys"

Its been what seems like ages since I last updated my blog. Took me a minute to actually remember how =) Rainy helsinki day, perfect for a little blogging. Been very busy and prolific with the beats which is good.


Concentrating on all different styles under my CX production alias. Slower, cinematic type stuff mostly, refreshing change really. My track Dirty Little Secrets will be used in a chase scene.


As far as I know the film is done and in its final stages of editing and sound sync. Due out in 2012.

The film features Brian Anthony Wilson (from "Limitless" with Bradley Cooper and HBO's "The Wire") and
Stink Fisher (from Mark Wahlberg's "Invincible").


The concept of the movie is 2 hitmen, 2 gangsters, and 1 bounty hunter are all trying to track down one stolen car. There is a love interest in the movie and a strange fatherly type relationship between one of the hitmen and a teenage homeless girl. This movie will be rated R for violence, language, and situation. And you will be extremely dissapointed to know that there is no nudity in this film. Bummer!


These things always take a while so when I know more will defo blog more on this with deeper details.


Peace out!


CX

Bloody remix for Arrested Development

My remix of "Bloody" for Arrested Development
can now be heard at the 
Arrested Development audio player

Sector 5 Productions

Sector 5 Productions is the collaboration of a group of highly talented music producers based in Europe with their fingers on the pulse of urban dance music covering all genres on the underground scene including: Drum 'n' Bass, Dubstep, Breaks, Leftfield, Hiphop and filmscoring with releases on some of the world's most respected labels known to man. Our mission is to inject our unique blend of ill skills into various music projects across the globe propelling them to new found heights. 


Introducing Sector 5 Productions

Get FACE OF FREEDOM ( CHAMPAGNE SECTOR 5 REMIX) Free!

Hey folks. Been a minute since I have updated my Blog here. Check it out!

From Helsinki Finland Christian Champagne Mixes SLAM Into High Art

Tijana Bass News

Slam Jamz is being very generous yes indeed and have decided to give away, yes for FREE my>>

FACE OF FREEDOM ( CHAMPAGNE SECTOR 5 REMIX)

Alls you gotta do is sign up to Slam Jamz right here and Booom..download away!

Hope you enjoy!

(C)

Full release bonafide 005-01 "Crazy" - champagne (feat. Cat knight)

Champagne rises with “Crazy”, a smashing new vocal stomper featuring the ever so talented UK vocalist Cat Knight with releases on labels such as Viper/Metro, Default, Essential platinum, Raw elements and more. Its all about lush atmospherics on this one, hooks and catchy vocals, spacey guitar chords and an infectious b-line that pulls you deep into the groove and doesn’t let go. Vocal drum 'n' bass has never sounded quite so good. Meow!

Available on I-tunes and all quality digital outlets now! Buy "Crazy" on I-Tunes now!

Cat Knight has been writing and performing various styles of Dance and Commercial music with top producers “Scott Brown, Johnny L (True Steppers)” Ray Keith and more. Having her work released on “Ministry of Sound” compilation albums etc, She continues these projects with record labels such as Viper/Metro, Default, Essential platinum, Raw elements and more.

Cat is also working on a dance project “Fullmotion” where she will be teaching and promoting London youth street dance. All this along with Touring all over the UK performing 70's classics and other function material with top live band 007teez & The Hit Squad.

As you can see from the story so far Cat's ambitions and pure love for music have taken her all over the world and there is no limit to what she can achieve.  

"Face of Freedom" remixes completed for Tijana Bass /Public Enemy

Happy to announce that both remixes by myself, and London's legend Dave alias Mr.Left Eye have been completed for the Face of Freedom remix op. You can expect 2 very different remixes. Mr Left Eye flips the script with his special left field touch slammin' it hard! 
And I myself coming with some deep d'n'b rumbling business. Release details as of this moment are sketchy.
But I will be back with more release info just as soon as I am permitted to disclose on this. Watch this space folks and support Tijana bASS! 5000!

"Stay High"- Bamboo Bros remix joint

"Stay High" A track that came out a little over a year ago (which I still just love to bits) by US based hiphop outfit the Bamboo Bros via Benchmark Music is now up for remix duty. Feel good vibes in the house! Next project I need to get with!


The Bamboo Bros are re-energizing hip hop with a sound brand new and way back. Kurious Jorge brings the seasoned, effortless flow and Dave Dar, the fresh,trusted ear. Their talents overlap, Jorge, a consumer of all genres, Dar, an agile MC, together making a music light and strong as bamboo. Both Uptown sons with Tropical Roots, Jorge and Dar were friends before they were collaborators, admirers of each other’s tastes and styles. They match lush, dirty beats made fromreal instrumentation and ancient samples with seductive, hopeful lyrics. This is music to rock in a hammock or subway car, to build a philosophy or family by, hip hop that digs deep to rise up.
Stay High the Video!

SOON COME // Tijana Bass feat. Public Enemy & Baby Dooks ( Champagne remix )

Next in line remix duty falls on a very special project which i'm blessed to have the privilege to be a part of and something a little outside of the box for PE. Always one step ahead of the game! Showcasing some genuine female hiphop talent, live & direct outa Croatia. Worldwide vibez! (More news to follow on the remixes at a later date). Stay tuned! But for now a little info on Tijana Bass and the project at hand:

Face of Freedom :)

"Hailing from Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia Tijana bASS has used dance and rap as a vehicle to rise up out of the troubled former Yugoslavian nation. Out of this smoke, in the midst of the music and culture of hip hop and urban dance stands a dedicated talent who brings almost super model glamour to such a hard core message. Revolutionary lyrically with a pop star appeal, Tijana is the missing link between real life struggles around the globe and Hip Hop's urban family. Her first album PLAYGROUND was released on SLAMjamz Records, a record label from New York owned by mr. Chuck D, frontman of the legendary rap group

Public Enemy."

THE STARTING POINT OF THE ''FACE OF FREEDOM PROJECT'' IS THE UPCOMING SINGLE “FACE OF FREEDOM” BY THE SOCIAL ACTIVIST, RAPPER AND SINGER TIJANA BASS, WHO HAS BEEN WORKING FOR SEVERAL YEARS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF SLAMJAMZ RECORDS. SLAMJAMZ IS THE OFFICIAL LABEL OF THE LEGENDARY HIP HOP GROUP PUBLIC ENEMY (CHUCK D, FLAVOR FLAV). IN THE SINGLE ''FACE OF FREEDOM'' TIJANA BASS COLLABORATED WITH THE NOTORIOUS RAP GROUP KNOWN FOR ITS POLITICAL AND BOLD RAP LYRICS, AND ALSO WITH THE CROATIA'S FINEST HIP HOP PRODUCER BABY DOOKS (BOLESNA BRAĆA). ALL HORNS WERE PLAYED BY THE ''BOJAN RISTIĆ BRASS BAND'' SERBIAN ROMA MUSICIANS LOCATED IN THE VERY SOUTH OF SERBIA. MUSIC OF THE BOJAN RISTIĆ MUSICIANS IS ONE OF THE BEST SELLING TRADE MARKS OF THE EX YUGOSLAVIAN MUSIC TODAY! FOR THE EX YUGOSLAVIAN REGION HORNS WERE A SYMBOL OF PEACE AND FREEDOM, BUT ALSO A FORM OF REDEMPTION THROUGH THIS SIGNIFICANT FORM OF ART. MANY ROMA PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD USE THIS TYPE OF MUSIC AS A VEHICLE OF GETTING NOTICED AND EXPRESSING THE NEED TO BE RECOGNISED IN THE WORLD TODAY AS PEOPLE WHO DESERVE TO BE TREATED AS ANY OTHER HUMAN BEING. THUS, THE GOAL OF FACE OF FREEDOM PROJECT IS TO PROMOTE UNITY, JUSTICE AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH FOR ALL HUMAN KIND ALL OVER THE WORLD.

Check out the video and read more about this project at >>

http://www.tijana-bass.com/


Large amount of respect also going out to the one Studdah Man (Slamjamz Records) and my man Flatline puttin' it down at HipHopGods.com 

Crazy - Champagne Feat. Cat Knight

Forthcoming new vocal drum n bass tune from myself featuring the ever so talented Cat Knight from the UK


Crazy (preview)

I would also like to extend special thanks to those involved in this: Willem Vili Milicevic, Matrix and Bolty for the sweet sound engineering. Boh!

Coming to speaker near you soon...

Spiritchild ( Champagne remix ) Teaser

Respecto Mundo!

Every now and then I feel its important to remember peeps that have helped you a long the way.Namely on my musical journey. Massive shout outs in no particular order to Willem Vili Milicevic my main man and studio guru/ multi-instrumentalist out there in Zagreb who has been puttin' it down for me.
Finland's Mr.Jani Lehtinen keyboard extraordinaire, My brotha from another mother Flatline (my main connect). Timo "Navel9" Newton-Syms for all the website help thru-out the years, much appreciated. Last but not least Fanu the breaks samurai for getting me started with Ableton, and all the helpful tips.
Great bit of kit! Big respect y'all!! 2011 big things on the rise! 

"Spiritchild" remix is a go for Arrested Development

With one remix already wrapped up for the AD camp, That being "bloody"

Its time for another, yes thats right that! "Spiritchild" will be my next remix venture.

What a vibe, what a tune. Love this to bits!

Arrested Development = 2x Grammy Award Winner, Over 5 million albums sold,

NAACP Image Award 

Speech feat. Chase Innis (SpiritChild)

Check the vid here folks >>

A lot of other great projects in addition to this which I am over the moon with and
will disclose in due time.

FACE OF FREEDOM

Something i'm really feeling at the moment is this track & video. Definately some out of the box hiphop, with a banging groove.
Gotta love those horns, Props!


Tijana Bass feat. Public Enemy- FACE OF FREEDOM

Bloody- Arrested Development (Champagne rmx)

The remix of "Bloody" for US hiphop group

Arrested Development has been finished.

Mission accomplished! Release details at this
point in time are still a little hazy. But i'll defo
be back with some info + audio preview asap
on this as soon as I secure some release
details.


So stay tuned for this.Boh!

Here now is a short audio preview. Enjoy!

bloody-champagne-rmx-snippet  

((((((( Sound bwoyeeeeeeeeeeeee! )))))))))

Aside from some heavy music production as of late, jingle-soundbeds have also been something I have the pleasure and privilege of working on for the rhyme animal Chuck D/ RAP station.

Got a nice little project about to kick off which will keep me busy for a minute. Actually I quite enjoy the whole thing. Nice change of pace from doing full tracks. Be sure to check out all the goodness at RAP station. Lots of quality hiphop vibez droppin' there and some nice things on the rise for the 2011 shot! Boh!

Yo Yo - Morning Comes Feat. Ray J Remix duty calls

And it don't stop. For anyone who's been into hiphop since way back in the day then Yo-Yo may ring a bell. Still doing her thang.

Yo-Yo first appeared as a guest on Ice Cube's AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted album in 1990, on the track "It's a Man's World." Cube returned the favor by appearing on "You Can't Play with My Yo-Yo," which was on Yo-Yo's 1991 debut album, Make Way for the Motherlode. She appeared in the 1991 film Boyz n the Hood, 1993's Menace II Society and a few other urban-oriented films.

Morning Comes is a track that came out a couple of years ago and I have the pleasure of remixing it. On the case with this one and hopefully I can do Yo-Yo proud on this hiphop to D'n'B revamp. Stay tuned...

Morning Comes Feat. Ray J

Jungle MC's

Some things are just timeless, and this here, would be one of them things. Puts a smile on my face each n every time. Infact I could probably listen to this on autoloop, for eternity, it is that good. One more time seeeeeeelektahhhh Boh Boh Boh!!!!Wheel up and come again!

Jungle MC's

Reeeeeeeeeeemix pressure commence!

Strong is the sixth studio album from American alternative hip-hop group Arrested Development, released in January 2010. Just finally got thru lilstening to this album. Okay its not hot off the press and been out already a year. Had not heard any of the tracks previously.

 

2 years ago I may have said and thought hiphop really is dead. However there are still a few soldiers out there who are pushin' their own thing, and thus making me change my mind set on that kind of thinking. Arrested Development be one of them. Pushin' positive vibez with meaningful lyrics. Just a refreshing change from all that generic gangsta rap, that at the end of the day really just is talkin' loud..ain't sayinä nuthin'! So its nice to hear some feel good music and some deep lyrics.

 

One of the major success stories of 1992, Arrested Development are a progressive rap collective fusing soul, blues, hip-hop, and Sly & the Family Stone-influenced funk with political, socially conscious lyrics. The group was founded in the late '80s by rapper Speech and DJ Headliner, who decided to make the transition to a more positive, Afrocentric viewpoint after hearing Public Enemy. Arrested Development's debut album took its title from the amount of time it took the group to secure a record contract; 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... produced the hit single "Tennessee," a strongly spiritual track that hit the Top Ten and sparked the album to sell over four million copies. 

 

Bloody is the 6th track on their latest album Strong and now im pushin' fwd on the remix for that and wired baby! The thing that grabbed me most about this track was its  post-def jam Public enemy feel. Pure groove n soul!

 

 

Arrested-Development-Strong Album

1. Haters

2. Too Much Woman For Ya

3. The World Is Changing

4. La La La

5. Let Your Voice Be Heard

6. Bloody

7. Greener

8. The World Is A Friendly Place

9. Any Tree But That

10. We Rad We Doin' It

11. So Authentic

12. Granola Girl

13. A Truce

14. The World Is changing (DJ Hasebe Remix)

Interesting article

Thanks to DJ Lord came across this article:

How Copyright Law Hurts Music, From Chuck D to Girl Talk

Champagne collaboration with Cat Knight

My collaboration entitled "Crazy 4 You" with UK Vocalist Cat Knight  is going to mixdown very shortly. Its been a while in the making but i'm very happy with the end result. Great vocal d'n'b track. Release plans on this are still a little shady and need to be worked out. More news on this release coming soon. Cat has done some smashing tunes. Below is some of her more recent work with the one and only Matrix.

Cat Knight & Jamie Matrix - Hold On (Original Mix)

My Dogs are down wit da PE

Now every single bitch wanna see me
Big Daddy is smooth word to muther
Let's check out a flick that exploits the color
Roaming through Hollywood late at night
Red and blue lights what a common sight
Pulled to the curb, getting played like a sucker
Don't fight the power...(gunshot)..the mother f#cker

Bloody Monday's

Oh yes. Usually Mondays suck. However, today is not one of those Monday's, and so far its not sucking. Arrested Development has finally hooked me up with remix elements. So my next project to get busy with will be Bloody. When I first heard this tune I thought MAN!!!! What a sick tune. Just super cool to hear such fresh n innovative hiphop. Gonna give this one all I got and get me hands bloody, well hopefully not.Maybe my eardrums =)

Bloody - Arrested Development

The Beat Just Goes Straight On & On

As of late music has really been going great. Like my buddy Fanu said "wish there was more hours in a day" to do this stuff. My d'n'b remix of a hiphop classic (classified topsecret as of still) was finnished today and mixed down. Sounding fat! More information to come on this remix project in the very near future. Thrilled about this one. Gonna be big baby!

It also looks like I will have the pleasure of remixing a tune for Arrested Development.
Still remember them guys from back in the day. They are still bangin' it out and back stronger than ever with some super soulful vibez. There is still hope for hiphop indeed! So just waiting for some files from them, and will commence work on that asap. An honor and a pleasure.

Signing off for now with AD's classic Tennessee..check it!

Reeeeeeeemix pressure.

As of right now, me and a few other dnb headz have been hard at work on a top secret remix project. Just put the finnishing touches on my track tonite, and now its going to mixdown. More info coming on this project asap. So stay tuned for something BIG!

Can you hear me now ((((((( Radio ))))))))

Its with great pleasure to be involved with one of Rap Stations brand new shows Hiphop Gods - Can you hear me now (brain child of Chuck D & Gary G-Wiz), hosted by Flatline (my best friend) based outa Seattle, Washington. Been involved with doing all the soundbeds (jingles) for the show with production alias CX. If you want to check out the latest in hiphop, as well as touch on classics from back in the day with the host wit da most, then this be the show for you. You can catch the show every Tuesday right here at 

can-you-hear-me-now-hiphopgods-radio

BONAFIDE 003 & 004 out now on digital!

RELEASE BONAFIDE 003-01 THE PLEDGE - CHAMPAGNE

Pledge allegiance to quality, sure-shot sounds. Champagne, always on point, delivers yet again on "The Pledge" and the listener will be handsomely rewarded. The track starts off, building and building with love in the air and then dives down, going dark underground at the minute and a half mark with deep bass and atmospheric effects. The sound will have most hooked and the musical journey in itself is time well spent.Having taken the listener underground, he brings it full circle with rich sounds and vocals againat the four and a half minute point. Nothing typical about the way Champagne has crafted "The Pledge" and the life that it takes on.

http://www.nu-urbanmusic.co.uk/drum_and_bass/shop/product_info.php?products_id=19782

RELEASE BONAFIDE004-01 OVERHEAD COMPARTMENT - CHAMPAGNE

Please make sure your seat belt is fastened, it's time to roll. Champagne has come through with another incredible track entitled "Overhead Compartment" and it falls in line with the quality material he's been releasing recently. The six and a half minute track fades in and doesn't let go the entire time with the rolling grooves and layers of sound. The introduction of funky bass at the 4 1/2 minute mark will have the average listener feeling this track in a big way. Masterful with the time given, Champagne has the track coming in for a soft landing at the six minute mark and it's only right to play it again and again. You are now free to move about and groove to the sound. 

http://www.nu-urbanmusic.co.uk/drum_and_bass/shop/product_info.php?products_id=19810