DRESS 2 SWEAT

Music:

Member Since: 6/23/2007
Band Members: Jackmaster.
Kazey & Bulldog.
Debonair Samir.
DJ Deeon.
Rustie.
Rod Lee
Pistol Pete.
Pro Vinylist Karim.
Dikulous.
You.

Influences: The club.
Sounds Like:

D2$ is part of the NSD.

Distributed by Rubadub.

Feedback for the Dirty Wheels EP

DJ Craze - "Dirty Wheels is OFF THE MOTHERF@KIN CHAIN!!!”

DJ Mehdi (Ed Banger) – “I love it, I play it, I want to marry it.”

Sinden – “Really good EP. I played one of the joints on kiss show last night. The Simon Says one rocks hard in particular!”

Tittsworth – “Absolutely bulletproof from beginning-to-end. A rare vinyl occurrence these days! Immediately in my regular rotation and looking forward to future releases.“

Roger Yamaha (Money Studies) – “I really like all of them. Thank you so much.“

Feedback for Dress 2 Sweat Vol. 1:

Tittsworth (T&A) - "I play the throw some d's joint all the time"

DJ Feadz (Ed Banger) – "I received the record… it's very good! THANKS THANKS THANKS!"

DJ Ayres (The Rub) – "These are dope man!"

DJ Orgasmic (TTC / Institubes) – "Dude, tracks are fucking awesome!!! I could play all of these."

Scottie B (Unruly) – "The Dikulous joint is HOT and the Rich Boy joint - ITS FIRE"

xxxChange (Spank Rock / Money Studies) – "Very nice tracks. I especially like the "Throw Some D's."

Goon & Koyote (Diamond Grills) - "We've been playing the Dikulous at every single party and the crowd loves it!"

Sinden review, FACT Magazine – July '07 I get sent so many Baltimore versions of hip hop tracks (and, more recently, ironic 80s ones by any kid with a copy of Ableton) that I can get a bit "whatever" about it. I was surprised then when I got an email with a promo of a new release from a Scottish label called Dress 2 Sweat, a split EP between Rustie, Pistol Pete, and Dikulous, and found it to be more than decent. Half Baltimore Club and half ghetto house, this release opts for the hip hop route rather than an ironic spin. Pistol Pete grapples with ATL's Crime Mob for a bouncy version of 'Knuck If You Buck', and Rustie also goes down the booty path with his version of Dem Franchise Boys' 'Lean With It'. What sets this release apart from the average and sloppy stuff out there is the extra production in the mix. This doesn't just get lazy with Sing Sing breaks and formula vocal chops.

“One Track” – One Week To Live, August ‘07 Wanna have the club poppin’ like Rod Kelly just turned up for an impromptu live PA? Then pick this up. For those of you not familiar with the whole blog-maintained Baltimore Club movement, let us break it down for you real quick... It’s strictly low down, get bucked, go dumb club music. The thing about B-more is… you can’t actually buy any of the records outside of the US. Okay, so you can pick up the odd Tittsworth EP and, of course, the Uppercuts 12”s, but all the Unruly Records output? Not on your nelly. Hence the glut of homemade B-more edits (of a lamentable quality) that have fl ooded the internet and indeed the sets of click-happy blog-addicted DJs the world over. Praise the Lord then for the Glasgowbased Dress 2 Sweat fam, who have made a record that you can actually go and buy! Rustie re-rubs Rich Boy’s ‘Throw Some Ds’ in fi ne style, complete with authentic horn licks and extra bass whilst Dikulous builds gets percussive on ‘U Know What To Doo’. Straying into Miami Bass territory, Pistol Pete twists ‘Knuck If You Buck’ into a killer electro joint and Rustie returns with the fi nger-snappin’ Dem Franchize Boyz in tow for a juke-tinged fl ex that would have Jane Fonda pumping the fl oor like Patra. Fully supported by Feadz, DJ Ayres, Orgasmic, Scottie B, XXXchange and Diamond Grills… you know what to do. Words by Alex Stevenson
Record Label: Dress 2 Sweat
Type of Label: Indie