It's fitting that the first feature mix we're posting after a long overdue site upgrade is by Nooka Jones. Nooka joined the Percussion Lab family as our 'intern' last Fall. He hasn't done much in the way of coffee retrieval, office sweeping, or other typical intern tasks; his duties more or less consist of straight rocking the opening slot (and sometimes the closing slot) of our weekly Monday night Percussion Lab Radio event.

Nooka is one of the most open and curious dj's I've met. His sets are defined by seamless mixes and a freakishly comprehensive knowledge of the history of dance music for a 23 year old. In his first (almost all vinyl!) mix for the site, Nooka goes the 'journey' route, choosing to cram all of his disparate influences and passions into a single mix.

Long story short, it works. From the funky abstract bubblings of Falty DL, Seafloor and Soul Clap, to the pure house stylings of Oliver $ and Catz n Dogs, to producers of the moment like Addison Groove, Boddika, and Sepalcure, he touches on all of the various genres and sounds that make up the wide open world club music is enjoying in a post-dubstep moment.

There's a lot of shit attached to that term, 'post dubstep', but I think it fits. For the last year or so - dare I say since the end of Dub War NYC? - wherever you go to hear dance music, you're hearing people play across genre lines. We've been calling it 'bass music', but post dubstep fits as well...dubstep was more than a sound, it was a way of viewing the dancefloor, the global dance culture, the studio, and the speakers themselves. As the genre devolved into metal-influenced basslines and a brostep culture, the heads took off for the far corners of the dance music world, forcing cumbia, reggae, house, UK Funky, hip hop, grime, dubstep, and jungle back into the blender, and instead of coming up with the next 'It sound', decided to put it all under one umbrella, and just groove.

Let's be clear: 'Post dubstep' isn't a genre title, it's a state of mind. The 'Next Big 'Sound' is gathering itself in the wings, to be sure, but in the meantime, if you listen to this mix, you'll see that wherever we're going as a scene, we're gonna have a good time on the way. Nooka Jones nails the cross genre moment we're in...Enjoy.


FaltyDL - Mean Streets Part1 [Swamp 81]
Seafloor - Bouse [Dubplate]
Soul Clap - Lonely C feat. Charles Levine (Original Mix) [DJ-Kicks]
Blagger - Strange Behavior (DJ Koze AKA Swahimi Mix) [Perspectiv]
Lee Curtiss - Heavy Petting (Original Mix) [Wolf + Lamb]
Oliver $ - Doin' Ya Thang [Play it Down]
Italojohnson - Untitled A [ITJ]
Catz 'n Dogz and Martin Dawson - No Days (Original Mix) [Get Physical]
Blawan - Getting Me Down [Whitelabel]
Boddika - Soul What [Swamp 81]
Pangaea - Inna Daze [Hessle Audio]
Doctor Jeep - Level II [End Fence]
Julio Bashmore - Batty Knee Dance [3024]
Scuba - Feel It [Hotflush]
Italojohnson - Untitled B2 [ITJ]
Addison Groove - Make Um Bounce [Tectonic]
Martinez Brothers - Won't Somebody [Objektivity]
Benoit & Sergio - Let Me Count The Ways (Extended Version) [Spectral Sound]
Gary Beck - Egoist (Original Mix) [Electric Deluxe]
John Spring - Drummachines [Airdrop]
Daphni - Ye Ye [Text]
SCB - FutureUnknown [Aus Music] vs. Dave Clarke - Wisdom to he Wise
(Robert Hood Mix) [Deconstruction]
Sepalcure - The One [Dubplate]