We’ve had competitions coming out of our ears recently!

First of all, big up to all entrants, partners and winners of the various competitions we’ve been running over the past few months.

There were some pretty amazing entries for the Exit Festival competition, and we can finally announce the four lucky winners who get to play a set at Exit Festival this year:

Freaky Funk will play the Dance Arena, DJ Government 4000 on the Suba Stage, 2beat or not 2beat get to play the Happynovisad stage, and Andrej Trilavov won a set on the Elektrana. Plus the 3 runners up won tickets: Igor Djuranoly, Ad Skal, Tariq Kahn. Check out all the winning the entries here.

The winner of the highly contested Steve Lawler’s Harlem Nights competition was BDK who will have a residency at the quarterly London Harlem Nights event. Wowsers. Here’s the deep and techy mix that clinched it. Enjoy!

!K7 & Beatport’s Mixtape for the Broken Hearted competition winner is:

The Outlook Festival Competition winning mix was:

The Awaken Ibiza DJ competition winner, Roskin.

Our Glade Festival’s DJ Competition winner was Little Android Man

The Dour Festival Playlist Competition winner was Thomas Kaman – enjoy the festival!

Finn McCorry, who made the winning mix for the Trouble and Bass competition- and here it is

Meanwhile, there are still plenty of competitions going on, offering you the chance to soundtrack Channel 4‘s forthcoming Athletics coverage, a chance to play the after-party at the South West Four Weekender, a guest spot on John Digweed’s Transitions Radio Show with Beatport or a whole host of goodies from the grand-daddies of house music Strictly Rhythm.

We’re also involved with an epic campaign in partnership with Dazed Magazine offshoot Satellite Voices, in search of budding DJs from the world over to create mixes that represent the unique music scenes of their home cities. Whether that be Paris, Moscow, Shanghai, Munich, Rome, Santiago or Dubai, take a look here and show the rest of the world how its done.

Best of luck to anyone entering these competitions, we’ll be working hard to put together more of the same over the coming months.

Here at Mixcloud we’re extremely stoked to present you with a few of our favourite cloudcasts from new Mixcloud members, Glasgow’s Lucky Me collective. Straddling between music and art they have a record label, host club nights and design artwork for distinguished electronic music labels such as Planet Mu. Boasting Hudson Mohawke and Rustie as jewels in their crown they champion sounds that sit between avant-garde electronica and hip-hop and their mixtapes are a snapshot of their electic taste.

Having hosted a stage at this year’s Sonar festival they’re definitely proving a themselves to be an important player in the future of quality and innovative electronica. Contributions to their mix series come from the likes of Stones Throw’s James Pants, Hyperdub’s Kode 9 and Rinse FM/Eglo Record’s Alexander Nut their mixtapes pick only the finest talent from the electronic music scene whether it be vintage funk from Los Angeles or or the zaniest take on dubstep from Austria.

So here we present some our favourites that you should definitely pay some attention to…

25. Jamie Vex’d – Sunday Walkman Mix

From the disjointed sounds of Starkey to the pulsating funk-influenced dubstep of Bristol’s Joker, Jamie Vexd presents a mix of off-kilter electronica for your walkmans (or iPod’s if we’re honest).

36. Dam-Funk – Funk Is Not A Fad Mixtape

With his musical taste and hairstyle firmly rooted in the 80s this mix explores the exquisite and varied palette of one of LA’s best exports as he guides us through some hidden funk gems and classics.

39. Frans Carlqvist – Proto Skweee Mix

I never knew this genre existed until I herd this mix, so here’s to it. For those that don’t know Skwee is synth-led electronic sound originated in Scandinavia (mainly Sweden and Finland) and takes influence from early electro and funk.

48. Terror Danjah – Glasssgow Mix

Hefty grime mix from east London’s own Terror Danjah. With releases on labels such as Planet Mu and Hyperdub the producer is steadily etching his name in history as possessing one of the most signature styles in grime and electronica music as a whole.

62. Ben UFO – Hessle Forever and Ever and Ever Mix.

A concise blend of 28 tracks which cover the realms of UK Funky, Garage, House, Dubstep and Grime Mr. UFO expands upon the Hessle Audio ethos of refined electronica on this one.

63. Swindle – Klipto Mix

One of the most exciting prospects to come out of the grime scene in the last 12 months Croydon’s own wunderkind produces a heady mix of funk infused synths that’s rooted in his love for George Clinton and Parliament.

Still want more? Check these ones out too…

74. Eclair Fifi & The Blessings – LuckyMe Presents… Sonar 2010 Special Mixtape

http://i.mixcloud.com/CCI32

72. James Pants – A Horrible Fancy Tale

http://i.mixcloud.com/CCI3M

68. Maxmillian Dunbar – Make Your Transistion Mixtape

http://i.mixcloud.com/CCIXJ

43. Kode 9 – Hyper Luck Mix

http://i.mixcloud.com/CBxmI

57. Dorian Concept – Mi NYE Mix

http://i.mixcloud.com/CCGX5

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http://www.mixcloud.com/LuckyMe/

Last weekend was Carnival in Notting Hill, London Town – an we saw an influx of Caribbean themed Cloudcasts here at Mixcloud HQ. And as promised here’s our pick of this years soundsystems in the cloud…

Motive crew came with their classic Carnival sounds:

Martelo came correct with this Bounty Carnival Cloudcast for Dazed & Confused:

Tune in to the Carnival tag station here and see you there next year x