Flore has done an excellent job on her cover of Gary Numans “Cars”, along with Shunda K on vocals. It’s taken the cold, solid steel feeling of the original, and turned it into a palm tree! Tropical flavours are very much the things to be getting down to at the moment, and the video is mega sick also.

Don’t miss out on Flore’s album Raw, from Botchit and Scraper.

Biting is frowned upon in the hip-hop community, but there must be an exception for biting, when it comes to food?! So I hope Fools Gold will forgive me as I completely rip off their idea of forging a gastronomy section into a music blog. After all, music and food have such a tight affiliation, they are like two peas in an iPod.

One meal I’ve been trying to perfect recently is the Hungarian classic, Goulash. Dishes that balance all the major tastes will strike a chord with everyone, and Goulash has this down to a tee! To get the most out of the meal, start preparing it a day in advance so the base of the stew develops a deep flavour.

 Ingredients – Part 1:

Olive oil for frying
1 cooks onion, diced large
300g-500g braising steak, cut into chunks
1 tin of tomatoes
1 Star anise
Beef stock cube
A splash of balsamic vinegar
Bay Leaf

 Prep the onion and steak, season with salt, and get the oil really hot. Put the onion and beef in so that they brown all over, and put in the star anise and bay leaf at the same time so that they impart some flavour. When the meat and onion are browned splash in some balsamic vinegar and cook it off, then pour over the tomatoes and mix in the stock cube so that it’s dissolved. Turn it right down to the lowest heat, and let it cook for 2-4 hours, or until the liquid has pretty much evaporated. By getting this done in advance, and for such a long time, the fat in the meat will melt, it will become soft and tender, and the dish will build up a nice savoury flavour. Let it cool, fish out the bay leaf and star anise, and stick it in the fridge until you are ready to eat.

 Ingredients – Part 2:

A dollop of crème fraiche
3 tbsp paprika
1 tbsp cumin
Green and yellow pepper, diced large
Parsley
Garlic
Black pepper

To finish the dish off, soften some garlic in some oil, add the peppers, paprika and cumin for a minute, pour over the stew from the previous step and heat through. Add enough crème fraiche to cream it up, but don’t make it too pale. Add the parsley, season with pepper and check if the salt needs adjusting. Stock cubes are full of salt so you should be ok. Serve with rich, buttered rice and some green beans to complete the meal.

Recommended listening: Aquasky feat Acafool – Have a Good Time (Count of Monte Cristal & Sinden Remix) [Passenger]

Meaty, rich and funky. Just like this early thug step classic.

Recommended drink: Bolney Wine Estate Autumn Spice

White Wine and Beef? OK, it’s a faux pas! but the freshness and crisp acidity in the wine will bring out the full, balanced, savoury character of this dish. To be fair, I didn’t clock the “spice” element, but it is a great meal wine, and it’s English too!

To celebrate the release of Reso’s new mix CD, Reso In Da Mix, Z-Audio have kindly given away Reso’s remix of Mike’s amazing Brass Eye track. This one is a true dubstep classic which helped define Reso and Mike at the same time, so don’t sleep on it too long. And keep your ears locked for Mike’s remix of DJ Enfusions Spiritual Technology (Flytronik7/Fly Beat Music) dropping on download stores very, very soon (or just nab the promo here)

Mike Lennon ‘Brass Eye’ (RESO REMIX) Z Audio download here or if that’s ran out, then try here

Reso – In Da Mix. Available from Juno and Boomkat

Redlight is big in the game right now! Which isn’t surprising as his previous moniker, Clipz, was also one of the biggest names in DnB. This time his focus is more on mid-tempo, eclectic, breaks based styles. Running through dubstep, house and club , but keeping the focus on working the beats and bass together. His latest track, Stupid feat Roses Gabor has broad appeal, thanks in large to the addition of the sultry vocals. This one will no doubt be making apperances in many a compilation over the summer. Definelty one of the biggest tunes to be on at the moment, drop it first before the bandwagon get’s going.

Buy it here.

Here’s a nice little mix I put together over the week. One with the ladies in mind. There’s some Tropical, UK Funky and Caribbean flavours amongst other house or rhythm driven tracks.

It’s there for downloading, so enjoy

Your Girl Loves This More Than She Loves You Mix by SometimesSean

Tracklist
Aswad – Do That Thing (Greenmoney’s ‘grove Ting’ Club Mix)
El-B (feat. Nico) – This Thrill
We Are Enfant Terrible – Wild Child (Myd Remix)
Julio Bashmore – Um Bongo’s Revenge
Norrit – Nobody Baby (Doc Daneeka Cabin Fever Remix)
Inner City – Good Life (Katy B & Geeneus Remake)
Lars Bartkuhn – Goodbye Dancing Hello God (Arto Mwambe Remix)
Terry Lynn – Kingstonlogic (Greenmoney House Logic Remix)
Crystal Fighters – I Love London (Lorcan Mak Remake)
Justin Martin, Claude VonStroke – Beat That Bird (Donk Boys Remix)
Round Table Knights – Calypso
Zed Bias – Neighbourhood 09 (Roska Remix)
Gyptian – Hold Yuh (Roofeeo Handclap Edit)

UK Funky has been one of the fastest growing scenes to come out of the UK recently, and Geeneus, of RINSE FM fame, is taking the lead. The soca rhythms that flirt to a 4/4 garage beat really nice things up. Sometimes it goes a bit cheesy, a lot of the time it’s deep. This version of Inner City’s Good Life by Geeneus and Katy B shows the depth at which the style can go. Nicer than Tom and Barbara at an organic vegetable convention, and deeper than Margot’s hands in Jerry’s pocket.

Get it here

Hot off the streamers is the new video for DJ Enfusion – Spiritual Technology. Based on the Enzo G Castellari post apocalypse classic, Warriors of the Wasteland.

Keep your eye’s peeled as this will drop very soon, on Flytronik7.

We love Major Havoc here in the Fly Beat office. The man can do no wrong like what with that heavy release UBO and the “on fire” remix he launched for 2 Bit Thugs - Drama. He’s also stacked full of generosity as he proves by dropping this footwork rave off of Ludacris’s How Low. Better than the original IMO, this will give your feet blisters fo’ sheazy!

 Download it from the Major Havoc Soundcloud below.

Ludacriss – How low (Major Havoc back to da ghetto remix) by Major Havoc

Prep yourself for the summer with the all new, all enticing, Flytronik7 T-shirts.

Available exclusively from Dizzy Jam <–Click It!

DJ Jonny Blaze is stepping things up as the warrior for God by unleashing his own hub for all his dancefloor fodder. Check it out here.

Also you can take a couple of freebies while you’re at it – Download the track Here We Go from the video above, and hit up the soundcloud link below for a track off his remix EP for Fly Beat Music.

DJ Patrick King – La Bestia Pop (DJ Jonny Blaze Heat It Up PK remix) by Fly Beat Music