Sorry about the hiatus, Coast Media Collective has been busy behind the scenes on a number of projects. Expect a lot more fresh and exciting content to be up soon. In the mean time, be sure to check out the first episode of the Collective Voice Podcast, a collaborative new project with Union Sound System. Chris ‘Okibi’ was fortunate enough to be able to sit down for an intimate chat with Toronto house legend, DJ JELO, when he came through Victoria near the end of last year. We may transcribe …

Happy Holidays from Coast Media Collective! Here’s one from High Contrast to keep you going through the Boxing Day rush.

Chemikal remixes the minimalism of Gary Jules’ rendition of Mad World into a deep dubstep tune. This one’s getting play from some of the Island’s finest. Don’t sleep on this bootleg, it’s the perfect addition to any moody winter dubstep mix. Big ups Ben Chemikal!

Hip-hop artist, Cody the Catch, and two others were assaulted by Calgary Transit police while shooting a video on a station platform. The incident was caught on film. Cody faces a number of serious charges, but many Calgary citizens are banding together in resisting police brutality. Please share this video.

For the first installment of our new Video of the Week segment I thought I’d share a wicked music video showcasing the new Hecq and Exillion tune, Sphere of Fury. If you’re into hardcore, amen-breaking dub vibes, don’t sleep on this. From filmmakers Tim Brown and Christopher Hewitt.

Here’s a new tune from one of the biggest up-and-comers on the West Coast (Vancouver via Sacramento). Hot off some fresh cuts with Swollen Members, Young Kazh has been generating a solid following with his mixtapes for more than a few years. With production and vocals from Victoria’s own St. Kelly, you won’t want to sleep on this one.

Always working to bring a variety of sounds to the tables, Atma and Rhythmicon present a free two track selection that showcases the flavour that can be found in “dubstep”. Mondo Dub is pure jazz action with strings, pianos, sax, and huge sub bass. Skanksters Paradise brings the dubby vibes, combining floating synths, horns and rolling drums (as heard on Rhythmicon’s recent CD “Tonight”) …

Here’s some exclusive dubstep refixes from AFL, the man behind the immensely popular Smoke Sessions mix series (which has reached over 88,000 downloads worldwide via Mininova.) Expect a full interview with the man himself very soon. For now here’s some stripped-down, dubby refixes of Tanya Stephens’ It’s A Pity and Capleton’s Day Me Borne. Don’t sleep on this one! …