BRAND NEW MIX CD from the FACTION - TORMENTA TROPICAL

In honour of the Faction coming together for the first time this weekend in SF we decided to drop a Tropical Mix for Tormenta Tropical - May 10th at the Elbo Room (SF). The mix made it's debut today on LargeUp.com and features Dancehall, Reggae, Trap and Tropical Vibes from DJ Tanner, Deejay Theory, Arems and Iron Lyon. Head to our Sound Cloud now to grab it now!

Tuff Love - A Classic R&B Mix from Iron Lyon

Brand New Twerk Mix from Iron Lyon - Twerk Season

Mixtape: Faction Sound Crew & DJ Hedspin - Chillin, Illin and Grillin Part 2 - Music to BBq Two

Beef, Babes, Beers and of course Beats;  how else could you sum up all the prime vibes of the summertime?  This year The Faction Sound Crew has teamed up with none other than the 2011 Redbull Threestyle Champion, Dj Hedspin for the second instalment of our ode to summertime madness, "Chillin Illin and Grillin - Music to BBQ Two".  Your favorite DJ crew has significantly bolstered its line-up with SF’s own Super Producer Deejay Theory and Miami Power-Hitter Iron Lyon.  Pioneering members Tanner and Arems thrown in for good measure and Rhek on the design ...you know its gonna be a tasty mix.  This year we have over 60 tracks from 5 dj’s of many genres with classic selection of music, mixed with skill and style. Grab the free download, fire up the grill and pump this one!

DJ Arems - The Best Of Popcaan Mix CD

Popcaan has been one of my top 3 Dancehall artists for a long time now and with him coming to Vancouver this Sunday I thought it was the perfect time to put together a mixtape of his biggest chunes. This mix incorporates 46 of my favourite Popcaan tracks including 5 Faction dubplates and his newest track "Unruly Rave" which was just released today. Download it now and make sure to come through his concert June 9th at Barnone. Big shout outs to Rhek for the dope cover art.

DJ AREMS - THE BEST OF POPCAAN

Tracklist

1. Intro

2. Party Non-Stop

3. When We Party (Faction Dub)

4. Party Shot

5. Rack City Freestyle

6. Ravin (Faction Dub)

7. Clean

8. So We Do It

9. Coolie Gal

10. Do That

11. Me Baby Dat

12. Only Man She Want (Faction Dub)

13. We Nuh Fraid A People

14. We Never Fear Dem ft Vybz Kartel

15. So Bad

16. Gangsta Way

17. Real Badman

18. Nuh Sell Out

19. Protect Them Lord

20. Middle Day

21. Cah Believe 

22. Nuh Box Pon Jaw

23. Food Haffi Run

24. Bad Anyweh

25. Up Inna Di Club (Faction Dub)

26. The System

27. Dream

28. Money Green

29. Fry Yiy

30. Diss My Friend

31. She Want Hood

32. Whine Up

33. Wine

34. Road Affi Take On

35. Jah Jah Protect Me

36. Clean Stamp

37. Hot Grabba ft Vybz Kartel

38. Dem Sell We Out

39. Head Bad (See Me and Talk)

40. Badmind A Kill Dem

41. Clarks ft Vybz Kartel (Faction Dub)

42. Unruly Rave

43. Gangster City

44. Nuh Link (Stay Far)

45. Get Gyal Easy

46. Naughty Girl

47. Gangster City Part 2 (The City Yeah)

48. Outro

DJ Arems - Best of Mr Vegas Mixtape

In Light of Mr Vegas finally rolling through Vancouver I decided to put a mixtape together of all my favourite tracks from Mr Dai Doo himself including 3 Mr Vegas Faction Dubplates. Download the mix and get ready to watch Mr Vegas perform these tracks and more LIVE at Fortune Night Club this Tuesday Jan 25th. Tickets are only $25 and available at various outlets including Clubzone.com and Dipt. I still have a few left for sale as well. If you like Dancehall even just a little - you really shouldn't miss this show.

DJ AREMS - BEST OF MR VEGAS

Tracklist:

1. Intro

2. Nike Air

3. Jacket

4. Hot Gal Today ft. Sean Paul

5. Heads High

6. Jack It Up

7. Wuk Di Money

8. Hands Up

9. She's A Hoe

10. Bun It ft. Elephant Man

11. Latest News

12. Here Comes the Boom ft DMX & Sean Paul

13. Sucky Ducky

14. Taxi Fare ft Mr.Lexx

15. I Am Blessed

16. Faction Is Blessed (Dubplate)

17. A Nuh Di Same

18. Tek Weh U Self

19. Gallis

20. Gallis (Dubplate)

21. Hot Fuk

22. Pull Up

23. Money Thing ft Mega Banton

24. So Dope ft Lil Jon

25. My Gosh (Aaron LaCrate & Debonair Samir Mix)

26. Lean With It

27. Sweat Ft. Barrington Levy

28. Do You Know

29. Faction Champion Sound (Dubplate)

30. Gangsta Law

31. Mus Come A Road

32. Sweet Jamaica

Iron Lyon - Inna Dancehall Stylee Mix CD

New Faction Sound Crew member DJ Iron Lyon put this mix together recently for all the dancehall heads. The mix ranges from old school to the latest hits and includes a few Faction dubplates for good measure. Download this boom bam bang mix and enjoy yo self.

Iron Lyon - Inna Dancehall Stylee

DJ AREMS - Spring Sprung Mix CD

Aritzia hit me up recently asking for a mix they could play in their stores while the ladies got their shop in. Being that it's Spring and the flowers are starting to bloom already I put this mix together based on lusting after the opposite sex...mating season...Hahaaa. No slow jams just a lot of Dancehall, R&B, Hip-Hop and Ol Skool. Look out for a couple of new Rasklatt Remixes on there as well. Pump this in your ride and enjoy yo' self.

DJ AREMS - SPRING SPRUNG (presented by Aritzia)

1. Arems Intro
2. Laden - Really Like You
3. Mavado & Stacious - Come Into My Room
4. Beenie Man Ft Mya - Girls Dem Sugar
5. Born Jamericans - Send You My Love
6. Flava Unit - Your Body Is Calling
7. Tanto Metro & Devonte - Everyone Falls In Love
8. Rihanna - Rudeboy Arems Rasklatt Remix
9. Sasha - Dat Sexy Body
10. General Degree - When I Hold You Tonight
11. Mr Vegas - Something About You
12. 50 Cent ft NeYo, New Kingston Band - Baby By Me Ting Arems Rasklatt Remix
13. Serani - She Loves Me
14. Jon B ft Beenie Man, Farena - Everytime
15. Jaheim ft Jadakiss - Ain't Leaving Without You Rmx
16. Cassie - Me And You G2 Remix
17. Soul 4 Real - Every Little Thing I Do
18. Mr. Cheeks ft Mario - Crush On You
19. Mary J Blige - Can't Get You Off My Mind
20. Glen Lewis - Bout Your Love
21. Musiq Soulchild - Forthenight
22. Donell Jones - U Know What's Up
23. Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing - Wait Remix
24. Nicky B ft Assassin - Try My Love
25. Mr. Easy - Pull Up
26. Vybz Kartel - Go Go Club
27. Laden - Anytime
28. Mr. Vegas - Deh Pon Di Scene
29. Serani - We Grow
30. Consequence ft Kanye, John Legend - Whatever U Want
31. B.O.B ft Bruno Mars - Nothing On You
32. Kelis - Trilogy
33. Keith Sweat - I Want Her
34. Slave - Just A Touch of Love
35. Slave - Watching You
36. Shalamar - A Night To Remember
37. Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots
38. Stevie Wonder - Do I Do
39. Michael Jackson - Rock With You
40. Janet Jackson - Escapade
41. Midnight Star - Rock Steady
42. Cherrelle & Alexander Oneal - Saturday Love

DJ AREMS - FIYAH FI BUN DEM PART 4 - Best of Dancehall 2009 Mix CD

It's finally here. I started working on this mixtape in mid 2009 and would go back to it every now and then. By the end of the year i realized i'd left it a little too long so i got rid of a lot of riddims and kept only the best - making it a best of 2009 mix cd. I crammed as many tracks as I could but there are a couple riddims i didn't have time to fit in on the CD. Still, there are 80 tracks featuring 14 dubplates and 15 riddims plus many singles on this 80 minute mix.

The CD release party went down last Wednesday at Shine for Free Up Wednesdays and it was PACKD. Big Ups to all those that made it out for the party. The feedback on the CD has been great so far. Grab the one track continuous mix here for free or hit me up for your copy if you see me.

DJ AREMS-FIYAH FI BUN DEM PART 4-Best of Dancehall 2009 MIX CD

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FIYAH FI BUN DEM PART 4 - Best of 2009 - Release Party

FINALLY! The mixtape that i've been putting together for months now is DONE and being pressed up as we speak. 80 minutes of 2009's best dancehall music featuring 13 Faction Dubplates by the likes of Vybz Kartel, Buju Banton, Mr. Vegas, Mavado, Assassin, Beenie Man and others amongst the 80 tracks of strictly BOOM chunes! The CDs will be ready this Wednesday just in time for the CD release party at Free Up Wednesdays inside Shine Night Club. We'll be giving away 100 copies and it'll be the only place to get the cd for a little while until we post it right here (or you'll be able to cop one of us or at your favourite mixtape retailer).

Make sure to hit me up at djarems@djarems.com for guest list requests and we hope to see you all there at Shine this Wednesday January 27th. Come thru and pick up your copy of some pure FIYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

DJ Arems 2005 Classic "Fiyah Fi Bun Dem" Mixtape download!

The year was 2005, and The Faction's Legendary Sunday night at Balthazar was steady going AAWWWFF!!!!!DJ Arems was already well known for his Dancehall sets at the time he released this mixtape murrrderation!

Part one of the Fiyah Fi Bun Dem dancehall series sold over 1000 copies and spawned into a 4 (plus many more to come) part series breaking all kinds of barriers. Expect nothing less from The Faction's own DJ Arems newest Fiyah Fi Bun Dem Pt4 to be filled with exclusive dubplates and riddims that will....feed da yutes and have DJ Arems lighting the fiyah again for 2010.

Download Fiyah Fi Bun Dem (original) Here

New Dj Tanner Mixtape "Bag It Up"

So our hypeman/token asian/Best Bud Matty (M.C. Trigga) finally turned 25 today and what better way to mark his silver anniversary in this world than with a banging new feel-good electro mix from Dj Tanner. New tracks from Major Lazer, Duck Sauce, Miike Snow and others for your cars, boats, ipods and underpants. Please enjoy responsibly. Happy birthday homie.

Dj Tanner - "Bag It Up"

DJ Arems "Armed To The Teeth" Mixtape!

"He got the strong Arm, Dj Arems! Breaking it down on your mixtape, Don't run away be scared! Dj Arems yo Choclair!" Hahaha yessir, Bringing back the Real Hip hop! DJ Arems reps The Faction Sound Crew's roots with his 2004 hip hop mixtape "Armed To The Teeth." This banger excelled DJ Arem's mixtape production game to another level once again. Coming off the success of 2003's "Make Monkey Face" this focuses more on the grind and grit, staying away from the club hits. The cover tells the whole story....Dj Arems ain't messing around son! Who else do you know with MOP drops? nobody!

If you are a hip hop head or just love Faction mixtapes this is for you you you!!

Download Dj Arems "Armed To The Teeth" Here

Faction Remiz - Dj Tanner 1.4 & Party Over Here Release Party at Shine

This one's gonna be the definition of INSANITY. Friday March 20th catch DJ Tanner's debut at Get Up Get Down inside Shine Night Club as he joins fellow Faction member DJ Arems and Rico Uno to once again celebrate the release of his brand new CD "Party Over Here." If you don't have it, scroll down and grab it! It's a couple of posts down. We've been slowly releasing all the remixes Tanner did for this cd one by one and here's another one for your listening and party rocking pleasure. Hope to see you at Shine this Friday.

DJ TANNER - GET YOUR PARTY ON

DJ Tanner "Party Over Here" Mix CD

Awwwwe GYEAH! Here is the brand new DJ Tanner Mix CD, "Party Over Here", that just got released this past week. The CD features a ton of exclusive DJ Tanner Remizez and is a party from start to finish. Hip hop, B-More, Soul, Electro, Booty...all the good stuff. Download it for free below and also check out the pics from the release party that went down this past Wednesday at Lamplighter. Shouts to Ch3rk and Sam Demoe for having us through. The place was rammed and everyone had a great time. All the Tanner Remizez from the CD will be slowly released on this blog so check back often to grab em!

DJ Tanner Mix CD - Party Over Here

Party Over Here CD Release Party Pics

Soulove Mix CD - Just In Time for Valentine's Day

This CD came out a while back but it's still the one CD I get the most requests for a sequel to. I've been working on Soulove Part 2 for a long time but it's the track selection that always slows me down...so many dope songs to choose from. Part 2 should be out soon (this year forsure - haha) but for now I hope you'll enjoy part one if you never copped it. Soulove is one of the few CD's in the Faction's library that you can call timeless. This is the first time it's been available for download so grab it and make some babies. Happy Valentine's Day!

DJ AREMS - SOULOVE MIX CD

WORLDWIDE MIX CD

The Faction's latest CD was put together in anticipation of our European tour which took place in October of 2008. Arems and Tanner combined their styles as always mixing new club bangers with Dancehall, Bmore and Electro. Look for Faction Remixes all over the CD with many blends and re-edits. Worldwide has sold out in stores but we'll be re-stocking them soon. In the mean time...jus grab it for free right here.

WORLDWIDE MIX CD FREE DOWNLOAD

It all Started with "Make Monkey Face!"

The very first official Faction Sound Crew mixtape "Make Monkey Face". This pre Serato gem and huge fan favorite from late 2003 in all it's glory with fresh re-up'd download link for your pleasure. The production on this mix cd set The Faction far apart from all other mixtape dj's.....from funny ass intros to Faction exclusive remixes all around this mixtape shows The Faction's knowledge from the club to the streets to the basement parties.....this mix cd has it all. Enjoy!

download here

Make Monkey Face