Hello humans. Thanks for the curry based lowdown. We've nabbed all the info and will work our way over land and sea one massaman at a time. Big respect. Currently in the house of The Nextmen, we (moved en masse by the cultural zeitgeist of the entire waking world right now, and a few very persistent 6 year olds) are learning about superheroes. A is for Ant-man. Ant-man could shrink to any size and wore a cybernetic helmet which helped him communicate with insects so he could order them to attack his foes, the Masters of Evil. He was tragically killed by an exploding Jack of Hearts. Take out all the connective tissue from those sentences and it reads like a list of breaks DJs circa 2006. Incidentally, Ant-man was an electronics technician and adventurer - add those to the role call, nuff said. This month's podcast features bioelectric blasts from Mo Fingaz (he loves Dubstep), Rudimental, Disclosure, Jessie Ware and Sleeping Giantz to name a few. Holler. Next month is B for Blastaar, mates with Wizard and the Spaceknights of Galador. Seriously...

We appreciate the good vibes that come from lending a solid hour or so of tunes to each & every one of you month in, month out but after hearing that we may be heading back to our beloved Melbourne & its delicious Thai food late late late in the year, we need a little help from our UK family to tide us over til then. We're sitting in a virtual Massaman/Roti based drought here in North London & we need you to extend a little of your good taste & advice - pretty please with satay sauce on top. We would really, really, really, love to hear about your favourite place to soak up the coconut milk. Hit us up on twitter, FB or email, however you want - and next month we'll promise something extra spicy in return. Big ups to the Atomica, Jellystone, The Operatives & Northside crews - we'll be seeing you in the summer. There's some exclusive boompty boomp this month from Yes King, alongside proper hip hop, a little deep drum'n'bass & some lovely electronic stylings. Enjoy the damp beats! Get in touch! We're hungry!

We always talk about the weather and btw….The weather has been mental! It feels like bloody Morocco on Holloway Road. Does this mean we're going to have a crap summer? Probably. But we'll still be in a field somewhere trying to escape from the K hole listening to 'Rinkle Dinkle Bob and the Wang Wang Twins' train crashing a selection of BoreCore from the former Yugoslavia. Either that or we'll be listening to Radio 4 and reading Tatler in our Hampshire mansions. In the meantime please enjoy this selection of treats that we feel sums up the present sunny mood in North London.. Expect Bangers from Tyga, Nas, Maya Jane Coles, Spectrasoul, Wiley and B Traits that should soundtrack your unseasonably early BBQ or sweaty commute.. Hazar!!

Do I smell spring in the air? Can I see blossom on the trees? My friends, I reckon winter is just about ready to piss off and good riddance to it!! Here at Nextmen towers we're getting prepped for another busy festival season and hope to see you all in a field sometime over the forthcoming months. This Podcast serves as a little seasonal warm up, with audio cherry blossom from Calibre, Swindle, Die and Break, Eric Lau and Major Look amongst others. This cast is set to get you in the mood for warmer weather and good times ahead!!

Nextmen Podcast 16: Bringing the party to wherever you are. There's been some talk, ok only one FB gibbering but our ears are always wide open & we like to listen. We'd like to address the question involved in a more philosophical way. Why aren't our podcasts more like our mixed tapes, like the seemingly well liked Personal Golf Instructions or Children's Introduction To Jazz? To answer the question with a question, what is better, a pineapple or a banana? Both are sweet, equally weird & hilarious, can make you feel good, can be carried round with you in some sort of pocket or sling device & are delicious to rock. They're different things. We're happy that some folks think our mixtapes are classics & we will probably keep making them til we're deafer than Dixie (we get we're long overdue!), but the idea of the podcast was never a Nextmen mix, it was us selecting new, underrepresented & personally beloved tunes that could be heard in a full format, strung together purely by mood or feeling & the connection one track has to the next, irrespective of venue or timeslot or preferred party BPMs & without either track having to eat into each other or be blended for the sake of style. So not like our mixtapes, not like our DJ sets. No quick'n'themix tricks & skills on show - not even back announcing, just a tracklist you can read and a quick hi & bye so you know we still care that you're listening & we hope, a boss selection of tunes that can be appreciated as that. I guess we also figure, sometimes everyone needs an hour just for themselves & some tunes - on the train to work, in the car on commute, cooking Tuesday dinner, in the tub, downtime on the oil rig (Hi Jim!), having some solo booze time, whatever. These podcasts are meant to be like little gifts of time for you. And they're free, so snap. This month's starts with a roll of slow burners but ends up feeling like you're inside the sun. Pack a cold towel for the burning heat. Enjoy!

Holler out all you ho ho ho's! The Nextmen's new podcast channels the festive spirit (not so hard when one half of our beloved duo could basically moonlight as the white-bearded sleigh-belled chimney-popper himself - s'all good in the red hood - the ladies like it jolly...). So whether you're rocking a dreidel or maybe some mistletoe, burning a wad of your ancestors paper inheritance or doing a liccle wall wailing, digging some wicker/rune/dolphin-based chantdown sound or maybe just having your annual blindingly cathartic spendathon - whatever! - tis the season for some folly! Big tunes maketh merriment so here's a few for you! Fingers crossed we make it off the naughty list (thirty-seven time's the charm!) Merry Christmas to all & to all a good night!

When it's grey as you leave the house in the morning & greyer on your return at night, you know what time of year it is! Something our mates over the pond call 'The Holidays' but for us Brits, trapped under a tupperware sky barely lit with crappy council Christmas lights, it's those few glorious festive months that come like a sister to summer. That magical time when it's ok to eat & drink big & listen to big tunes with your big crew getting your big swerve on, all in the face of illogical social norms like 'work', 'time' or 'weekdays'. Ah, Nov/Dec/Jan... It's a very, very, very wild lifestyle. When you call on the photocopier to 'hail the rewind' or tell Mr Fedex that the 'stakes is high' and to ' deal with the matter'. When champagne Thursday becomes the shining beacon of hope that pulls you on through from hump day Wednesday to another Jäger chasing warm whiskey weekender. But we wouldn't want the music to run dry, even if your booze cupboard does (especially with the impending doom of endless reduxed carols & chart toppers all making you want to stab your face with the nearest jingle bell). So here's a little Nextmen podcast episode to tide you over for the next few rounds (at least)…

Catch us as the Good Times NYE – 31st December 2011 @ Battersea Arts Centre, London.

More information & tickets

So we've been going for a whole year. Here is number thirteen in the series which far from being unlucky marks our first birthday in the world of podcasting. It's been better than we could have hoped for with a frequent presence in the iTunes Music Podcast Top Ten, which is entirely down to you, our beloved subscribers. Many, many thanks! We shall continue to cherry pick from the best tunes from the UK's clubland and beyond, bringing you a monthly dose of what we believe to be the finest music out there. We've made this one a Freeze Festival Special. We play the afterparty @ Lightbox, Lambeth on Saturday 29th October, and you'll hear how to get tickets in the podcast. Love to you all, from The Nextmen.

People often underestimate one of the most fun parts of the whole ritual of going out – the post-work, pre-going out, tunes on, first cheeky drinks while you're getting ready at home warm-up session. Can I pull off this tee/slacks combo? Do I have a spare toothbrush to give the Air Force's a scrub up (or is it mouth first then bye bye brushy)? Are all the hedges trimmed and surfaces buffed? Am I smelling dancefloor ready? The Nextmen Podcast Number 12 honours this 'special time' with a mix that'll get you ready & set to go for one blazing reason - we've got a big, big Soundcrash show at Koko London on Saturday October 15th. We're performing with Dynamite MC, as well as DJ Vadim and his group The Electric, Trojan Soundsystem, Lazy Habits and Maylight - promises to be a scorcher! Tickets are already flying out the door so be quick like a fox. Plus it's a bit of a birthday bash for both the Nextmen boys so it will be one of those can't stop smiling sore head Sundays the day after for sure. For the sorry sods who can't make the trek to Londontown, consider this podcast featuring tunes from Duff Disco, Maya Jane Coles, Zed Bias, MJ Cole, Seiji, Joe Goddard and many other, our lil gift to you.

http://www.soundcrashmusic.com

Buy tickets here:

http://www.soundcrashmusic.com/the-nextmen-dj-vadim-trojan-sound-system/

Summer rolls on. It still rains a lot. They've even been rioting in the streets. Our new podcast should ease some of your woes. Serving as an antidote to the madness going on all around us. With fresh nuggets from the likes of Jay Z, Kanye, Nas, Common, Maja Jane Coles, Martyn and Ed Sheeran amongst others. The Nextmen Podcast should help you through our schizophrenic summer with ease. Be safe people.