After a year of giving up on life I’ve finally finished GTA IV and all the story packs – The Ballad of Gay Tony and The Lost and Damned. Characters like Niko Bellic, Luis Lopez, Little Jacob and Gay Tony have provided me with SO SO SO SO much fun.

I didn’t play games for a least a decade before I got GTA IV and to be honest I don’t really have much desire to play anything else. Maybe it’s the drug deals, the twitter pastiche, Porsches, and the coked up Brits dancing to a Paul Oakenfold piss take. It’s just a big lol.

Anyway, the game has some of the best music ever. Here are my favourite three tracks. I had to ditch Buju Banton, Cerrone, Marley Marl, DJ Khaled, Liquid Liquid and Fleetwood Mac.

Machine – There But For The Grace Of God

Skatt Brothers – Walk The Night

Hello – New York Groove

My friend Inie, one half of the fierce DJ combo, Hipsters Don’t Dance, gave me some tracks by Da Grin, P-Square and Terry G – three amazing Nigerians who have been blowing my mind.

They are all too musically diverse to be put together by anything other than their nationality. It’s all slightly generic too but that doesn’t stop it being all ridiculously good.

This is my favourite track
TERRY G – FREE MADNESS

Here’s another

P-SQUARE – WH DEY HERE

We’ve got got lots of new material for you.

Two weeks ago I was mainly listening to these tunes.

Natalie Storm – Look Pon Me
Boy 8 Bit – City Under Siege
Saeed Younan – Backroom Honey
Venom & Damage feat Ibrahim – Sweat It Out (house mix)
Harry Benson – Kudzu
Alex Wizz – Drummin’ (Louis Benedetti Drumminpella)
Venom & Damage feat Original Scars – Keep On Movin’
OMG Girlz – Ain’t Nobody Thinking Bout You

DJ VENOM – DECEMBER 2009 MINIMIX

If Rick James sung on a Chicago house track???

Fun times.

As sampled by the great Bitch Ass Darius in the above track.

CO-ED – ROLL WIT ME

Things are suddenly picking up again. I REALLY must sort out the release of Deeper. EVERYBODY from Adam Freeland to pirate stations in Luton are playing it now.

Special thanks to La’Donna, Phil Thompson, Ibrahim, Philippa Cardinal, Becks, Ben and co.

Check out the Modeselektor edit of Venom & Damage’s Deeper.

Produced by Mark “The 45 King” and sampled heavily by the KLF this track is perfect. The sleeve looks great too.

WANDA DEE- TO THE BONE

Shit it’s all blowing up like crazy over the past few weeks. Big DJs going crazy over Deeper, remixes, vocalists and talk of vinyl and digital releases.  Tomorrow we’re recording vocals with Tribal Man.

You can download our exclusive mix for The Fader here

1. Bok Bok – OMG (Venom & Damage remix) – 00.00
2. DJ Gregory – Con Alegria – 02.23
3. Doc Daneeka – Drums in the deep – 06.00
4. Venom & Damage – Deeper – 7.55
5. NB Funky – Frequency – 10.48
6. Jeremih- Birthday sex (Venom & Damage remix) – 12.29
7. BKP – Boomting – 16.42
8. Shystie – Pull up (Ill Blu remix) – 18.08
9. Venom & Damage – Since you told me – 19.35
10. Doc Daneeka – Deadly rhythm – 21.30
11. Unknown – The endz refit – 22.58
12. Venom & Damage – Birds island – 23.40
13. Seany B – Stompa – 24.37
14. Ill Blu – Heartbreaker – 26.25
15. Earth, Wind & Fire – Brazilian interlude (Venom & Damage remix) – 28.20
16. Stush – We nun run – 29.45
17. Inner City – Good life (Damage remix) – 33.07
18. Venom & Damage – Return of the bass – 35.00
19. Damage – Expensive tastes – 36.55
20. Venom & Damage – Jack me till I scream – 38.27
21. Detroit In Effect – R U married (Venom & Damage remix) – 40.15
22. Maxwell D – Ultimate warrior (4×4 remix) 42.45
23. Sticky – Jumeirah – 44.17
24. Blue Pearl – Naked in the rain (Sidechains remix) – 45.25
25. Get Fresh Girls – I seen your boyfriend (Venom & Damage remix) – 46.20
26. Chateu Lateuf – Run da track (Venom & Damage remix) – 48.08

VENOM & DAMAGE – MAXIMUM CARNAGE II

I’m feeling so sorry for myself today I can’t do ANYTHING nevermind clean my flat.  High quality bitch rap like this provides some comfort.

KHIA – LIKE ME

I saw Ed DMX DJ last night at a Dissident Records party in Soho.  It was fun.

It reminded me how music should be – real vinyl, scratching, eclectic, clever and joyful.  He kept switching between styles from gangsta rap to funk to electro to acid and beyond. SO GOOD!

He’s got a podcast you should check out. It has this freestyle gem on it:

PAJAMA PARTY – YO NO SE

Those Two Sisters were OK but this is the real deal. One of the best battle records ever. I know it from Street Sounds Vol 8.

Bring it on.

SPARKY D VS THE PLAYGIRLS – THE BATTLE

BTW Sparky D’s back after a 20 year break from entertainment as a christian rapper.