Wow it’s been a minute… apologies, bear fanciers.
We’ve mixed down the next EP. It’s gonna be called Curious Nature and will be out in the Autumn. Keep em peeled.
We did the minimix for Annie Macs show on Radio 1 last week, it’s a mix of as many of the people we shout out on Be Strong as we could fit into 5 minutes. You can get it as a podcast here…
And I think we’re allowed to put it up for download as of this Friday so I’ll do that too.
Also, we have a new show up on the Ministry. Big bear Joe is on paternity leave so he’s in the house too.
Listen to it here
and here’s the tracklist…

Roots Manuva Vs Wrongtom – Bashment Bogle
Yungun + LV – Accident Causer
Professor green- Just Be Good To Green (Joker Instrumental)
Kromestar – Rainy Dayz
Dom Perignon – Got Myself together
Roll Deep Crew- Roll Deep Regular
Mr Lager – Tell Me
Syreeta- I Love Every Little Thing about you
Aon Duul 2- Wie Der Wind Am Ende Einer Strasse
The Upsetters- Catch This
ROX- Rocksteady
50 Cent – Ayo Technology
Aaliyah- Are You That Somebody
Groove Chronicles – Mighty Heroes

Strafe – Set It Off
Punckin Machine – I Need You Tonight
DJ Sneak- Love
Thomas Bangalter- Spinal Scratch
DJ Naughty – C’mon
NERD – Hot N Fun (Hot Chip Remix)
The Field – Love Vs Distance
Big Boi ft. TI- Tangerine
Supercat- Don Dada (Hip-Hop Mix)
Suicide- Dream Baby Dream
The 2 Bears – Church

We did the Rizla stage at Lovebox with Derrick Carter and Larry Heard which was brilliant fun. I got drunk and did an interview in a sandpit with the NME.
It’s pretty embarrassing and you can watch it here
Enough for now, back soon…

The 2 Bears: Follow The Bears Remix EP

YES YES A FRESH NEW SHOW ON THE MINISTRY OF SOUND
COP IT HERE!!!!

Debruits Pony
Benga – 808
DJ Haus – Satisfy Me
Nas And Damian Marley – Ancient Leaders
Big Boi Ft Andre 3000 and Sleepy Brown – Lookin For Ya
Ramelzee Vs K-Rob – Beat Bop
The Uhuru Dance Band – Yahiya Mu
Zero 7 – Home (MCDE Mix)
Luther Vandross – Never Too Much 12″ Mix
The Realness – Shade
Rick Poppa Howard – Without Your Love

Sean Paul – Wine It
Congo Natty Ft Spikey T – Creation Rebel
Four Tet – Sing (Mosca Remix)
The 2 Bears – Untitled
Gorillaz – Up On Melancholy Hill (Josh Wink Remix)
Toddla T & Wayne Marshall – Sky Surfin
Jamie Lloyd – Beware (herberts stink mix)
Riva Starr Ft Nose – Iwas Drunk
A Made Up Sound – Alarm
Solid Groove
Donaeo – I’m Fly
Wookie – Weird Science

still deranged with jetlag I flew to Inverness to play the ROCK NESS festival in the Rizla Arena. Friday was with Toddla, Benga, Jack from Friendly Fires. Saturday was with Joe and Owen Chip, Jackmaster (big up yr chest) and the mighty Ragga Twins. Flinty Badman and Deman Rockers are STILL doing it. Really an inspiration. RESPECT
Sound and vibe in the Rizla Arena were spot on as usual. Really looking forward to playing there at Lovebox and the lineup is wicked. Larry Heard, Derrick Carter, us bears and the rest of the Chip gang.
BIG UPS to honorary bear cub CARLOS. Taking care of business as ever.

After we were done with Rizla we went and saw the INCREDIBLE Green Velvet. So on point. Tough and soulful. Doing live vocals too. The afterburner stage looked and sounded great.

This weekend I’m doing the Sonot Sonar thing at the Big Chill Bar on Friday (after a trip to the Oval for some T20 action)
And y’all should check Maxsta’s new video, real good. Danny Weed production is DOPE.

BIG UP all BIG BEACH FESTIVAL crew and all the Southern Fried gang. Japan is every bit as confusing and fun as everybody said. AND some folks seemed to know the Bears tunes.
Now feeling well deranged from the lag.

This weekend we’re off to Rockness playing with Friendly Fires, Toddla, Shy FX and loads of others
Hold tight NESSY

We been hard at it in the studio whoopin and hollerin. Yesterday Joe went in with Hot Chip to do a N.E.R.D remix so I went to the Ministry and did the radio
You can hear the show HERE

And here is the tracklist…

Fase – Because I Can
Sonarpilot – Voodoo (ramadan man remix)
Idjut Boys – waterboard
Red Rackem – pressure
George Morel – Morels Groove
Busta Rhymes – Stop The Party
NORE – Nuthin
Will Powers – Adventures In Success
Prince – I wanna Be Your Lover
Mille & MR Hirsh – Preset Stomp
Strafe – Set It Off
Rustie – Clipper

Pitbull – To The Rescue
Ronnie Richards – Missing You
MJ Cole – Phoenix Riddim
Soylent Green – La Forza Del Destino
UR – Hi Tech Funk
The 2 Bears -Mercy Time
Mr Scruff – Pickled Spider
Leo Zero – Wigwam Theme
Stereo Paws – For You
Jill Scott – Golden (Wookie Remix)
Carte Blanche – Black Billionaires
K Alexi – Jazz
Sophia Georgo – Girlie Girlie

Next weekend is the Big Beach festival in Tokyo, the weekend after is RockNess.
I’ll blog soon with all our festival action

A rare weekend off so tonight to Plan B to see the mighty Mad Professor
BIG in the game for time. I first got onto His Madness through the Massive Attack dubs he did. After that I did a bit of digging and got loads of his Ariwa records. The sleeves were always brilliant, a bit like Scientist.

Before Pato Banton went all bye buddy bye bye bye bye on us he made 2 albums with the Mad Prof . A UK toasting style a bit like Smiley Culture or Tippa Irie. Well good.

Amazingly in about 1994 he came and played at a venue in Whitstable near where I was living. You have to understand there was NOTHING going on in Whitstable for kids of 14 in those days. Anyways we managed to get in. He’d brought his own sound in and the room was a old gym with a sprung floor. It felt at moments like the whole place was going to collapse. Schoolboy stoner legend had it that John Peel was in attendance but I never saw him. A formative night though still.

Back in the studio cooking up the next EP next week.
Music for days and days.