Featuring tracks and remixes from Gui Boratto, 120 Days, Spacemen 3, James Holden, Super Discount, Mr Oizo, Justice, Fujiya & Miyagi, Para One, Andrew Weatherall, and many more…
If you’re expecting an out and out breaks mix, then look away now…
Adam Freeland is at the forefront of a new sound, drone step, a genre that is growing rapidly across the US, UK, and Europe, and that’s roughly characterised as tripped out rock music with a dancefloor attitude (eg. swirling walls of hypnotic guitar beefed up with club beats). To some it’s akin to shoegazing on ecstasy, owing as much to the likes of My Bloody Valentine, Ecstasy Of Saint Theresa and Slowdive, as it does the chemically induced tones of current Noughties electronica.
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D:Fuse and Mike Hiratzka team up to bring you Skyline Lounge – the first release on their new Lost Angeles Recordings label. A combination of smooth electronic pop, gentle house music and downtempo rhythms, Skyline Lounge is a song-based album that transcends the transient nature of most club music.
Skyline Lounge is a project that came about with D:Fuse and Hiratzka’s desire to get out from under the strict confines of dance tracks and to move into more traditional song writing and production. In fact, a big part of D:Fuse’s recent move from Texas to Los Angeles was to completely immerse himself in the writing process with partner Mike Hiratzka. Before the move, the music making process was forced to be quick and over a set number of days. With more time to conceive and create, D:Fuse and Hiratzka relaxed with the music and left ample room to see the ideas flesh out.
“When we started writing the album we didn’t put terms on anything. We just wrote and performed what sounded good to us; whether that be virtual synths or live instrumentation via drums, guitar, bass, or vocals. After a few songs we realized everything had a cohesive feel. To us it felt like a city rooftop at night. The energy of the city combined with the beauty of a skyline. That’s where Skyline Lounge and the subsequent cover concept came from. We literally spent an entire day hauling vintage gear and living room furniture up flights of stairs to a rooftop in Midtown LA to get the shot,” D:Fuse says.
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House fans that haven’t heard of Dutch producer René Amesz www.myspace.com/reneamesz yet soon will. Tipped to be the next big thing in house music the Dutch producer,who has clubbers & industry players salivating at the mouth will be debuting at Kissdafunk, Mission on 25th May.
Penned in for a Radio One Essential mix this summer the ex-professional footballer owns a mighty-impressive portfolio of tracks which are currently carving deep dents on world’s best dance floors. His trade mark sleazy tech-house sound, typified in his Red Hot Chille Pepper’s ‘Waiting For’ and Second Sun’s ‘Pills’ remixes have already excited the Kissdafunk crowd, sparking an alarming number of fans to bowl up to the DJ booth to ask what the names of the tracks are being played.
They eagerness has not gone unnoticed as Kissdafunk has pulled a few strings to interrupt his incredible international schedule with this hotly anticipated appearance on 25th May. Make sure you don’t miss clubland’s newest star. Already boasting a diary which annoys a ‘Carbon-Emissions’ campaiger Rene Amesz is the name to watch in 2007.
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n a very short space of time, Janette Slack has established herself as one of the hottest artists around. Originally from Hong Kong, now based in London, her sound is rooted in electro, house and breaks which she delivers with an infectious energy that has lead to regular appearances at Air, Fabric and Global Gathering alongside numerous tours in places such as Croatia, Russia and China.
Janette sees production and DJing as inseparable. Since completing an audio engineering course with distinction in 2002, she has the technical know how to drive studios large or small, demonstrated on her debut release for Air Recordings. The funk fuelled ‘Shake & Play’ (originally featured on Ali B’s Air Breaks compilation) has already caught the attention of DJs such as Deekline, Stanton Warriors and Jay Cunning. Meanwhile, ‘Red Ramona’ is a delicately assembled groove that erupts into an anthemic peak time monster, blurring the lines further between electronic genres.
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She absolutely rocked it at the eleventh tidy Weekender. Now her set’s been recorded for both posterity and your listening pleasure!
Amber D, first lady of all things hard and one of the biggest stars on the scene today features as one of three artists captured live at TW11, along with Mark Sherry and Steve Thomas.
If you were one of the thousands of clubbers there over the three day musical March extravaganza, this triple CD album guarantees to take you back to Prestatyn to relive some of the best moments of your life. If you weren’t there, then after listening to Tidy Weekender 11 Live, you’ll definitely be booking your tickets for the next one!
Talking about her mix, Amber said, “I really enjoyed my set at the Weekender… as usual! The crowd is so responsive. The Weekenders are such an integral part of the clubbing scene, I wouldn’t miss one for the world! The album is a great compilation of today’s best hard dance by the scene’s biggest and newest stars.”
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On Saturday 12th May everybody’s favourite Dutch Man - Sander Kleinenberg returns to Ministry of Sound for another dose of his exclusive London residency THIS IS…
Fully loaded with an array of secret weapons – the one’s he’ll put images to, Sander will take us on a 5 HOUR! twisted visual/musical journey delving into the darker side of house as he pushes the boundaries of technology, Djing both audio and video via live DVD mixing.
As one the first DJ’s to fully embrace the audio-visual technology in his performance, Sander has full control over the visual elements that are usually left to a club’s own VJ, which allows him to really stamp his personality on the night, expressing himself through the images and custom video content, connecting with his audience on another level.
Joining Sander in the main room we have fellow Dutch Mathew Dekay - already a buzz-name across the world, Matthew Dekay’s productions have been receiving universal acclaim. If you want an indication of where dance music’s going next, then let this very talented DJ be your guide, and warm your ears to the sound of ‘sonic house music’ - electronica with feelin that moves the mind, heart, and feet!
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Recently signed to Warner Bros. Records, Northern Irish quintet Kharma 45 will release their debut single Where’s Your Spirit Man on May 7th. The band’s debut album, as yet untitled, will follow later this year.
Produced by Youth (The Verve, Primal Scream, The Charlatans), the gargantuan riff and pounding beats of Where’s Your Spirit Man mark Kharma 45 out as a thrilling emerging talent for 2007. Where’s Your Spirit Man is indicative of the direction of the band’s debut album that takes influences such as The Chemical Brothers, Muse and Oasis and blends them into a creative new sound.
Where’s Your Spirit Man will be available on CD and 7” formats. Both versions will be backed with an exclusive new track entitled Roulette, whilst the CD also features a My Digital Enemy remix of the lead track.
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Arguably still weighing in as the UK’s leading super club Godskitchen has been a forerunner of the UK’s club scene since it’s inception in the mid 90s. Here they deliver their first compilation for 2007 and also their first for New State Music.
Godskitchen Electric sees this globally renowned club brand deliver two CDs of the finest Electric House and Electric Trance, capitalising on the massive crossover that has taken place within the electro house, techno and trance scenes of the last 6-8 months, seeing trance inspire house & electro and vice versa. This compilation takes the hottest of these two sounds and delivers one superb album showcasing the best of both worlds and everything that has happened in between!
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In June Exeter-based Functional Records turn 50 and to celebrate this land-mark achievement of spending the last nine years supporting local artists as well as releasing music by some of the biggest and best names on the breaks scene Functional have drafted in two heavy-weight remixes from their back catalogue from label artists Tom Real V The Rogue Element and Will White.
First up Tom ‘n’ Rogue, two artists who have taken then breaks world by storm dissect Functionals second ever release from Exeter artist The Spoon Wizard. ‘Shoe Monkey’ was perhaps the biggest release from the very early days of the label, with it’s choral-vocal and deep, progressive beats immediately creating a splash on dance floors across the globe courtesy of big support from the likes of Rennie Pilgrem, Hybrid, Tayo and DJ Hyper. Fresh from storming this year’s Breakspoll with Best Remix (both) and Best Producer (The Rogue Element) The pair destroy ‘Shoe Monkey’ in a blaze of bashment-infused breaks and beat and some bowel – loosening bass.
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It takes more than immigration to hold us back! After the high dramas running up to last months party, it was great to see the lord of all things bouncy Mossa
triumph over adversity and deliver one of the greatest live sets we’ve had the pleasure to wrap our ears around.
Being the Delete that you know and love, we’re not ones to rest on our laurels so this month we’re giving you a mammoth line-up of the best underground European
talent. We are very pleased to be welcoming down for his Delete debut Arnaud Le Texier, the man behind the constantly awesome Safari Electronique imprint, as
well as Atcha and Kailash Records. The man with the French touch has released a slew of top-notch records on the likes of Mo’s Ferry Productions and
Multivitamins since his days starting out as a DJ in Rennes (S. France) and we can’t wait to hear what he’s got to offer us! http://www.atcha-recordings.com/
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Creamfields have announced that the inclusion of Mark Ronson as one of this year’s headline acts has helped the UK’s Number One dance festival achieve its highest ticket sales figures in its 10 year reign.
Festival organisers have revealed that they have sold 10,000 tickets to date - 60% up on previous years sales. Following on from last year’s sell-out 40,000 show, it is the best ever start in the history of Creamfields - thanks to the line-up of Ronson and headline acts such as dance legends The Chemical Brothers, Groove Armada as well as Kelis, LCD Soundsystem and Carl Cox - and the new kids on the block New York Pony Club - all performing tracks from their latest album releases.
Following the release of his sophomore album, Version - which features an eclectic mix of covers by the likes of Amy Winehouse, Robbie Williams and The Kaiser Chiefs - Ronson has become the UK’s hottest pop star - topping the UK album, singles and download charts. The uber-producer is making his debut at the festival which takes place on Saturday August 25th in Daresbury, Halton, Cheshire - playing live and DJ-ing.
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Described as “The next globe crushing chart dance overlord” (ID Magazine) and “the slickest nu-disco we’ve heard in ages.”( IDJ Magazine); 2007 is Calvin Harris’ year. Just 23 years old and hailing from Dumfries, this young Scot has made a fast track rise from Marks & Spencers’ champion shelf-stacker to the dance pioneer on everyone’s lips within one year.
Since the release of debut single Acceptable In The 80s, Calvin has developed an impressive reputation and fan base, (both Mark Ronson & Groove Amada are noted fans) and has been propelled straight to the Top 10 of the charts.
Calvin Harris’s debut album, with the subtle title ‘I Created Disco’, cost nothing to record. He fashions future-disko using a battered old Amiga computer in his home studio. Not just one of those ‘myspace sensations’ you keep reading about. He is wildly popular amongst The Kids and on The Club Scene, a cult producer-slash-singer-slash-bedroom-knob-twiddler who can make the banging-est of electro dance tunes out of bugger-all kit. Writer, producer and visionary behind his own label FlyEye, Calvin is destined to define the sound of the summer. As Calvin explains: “Disco disappeared, didn’t it? Everyone got sick of it. Now I’m reviving it, with space goggles, or something.”
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Back in the late 90s tidy released the Untidy Dubs to huge acclaim. Championing the funkier side of all things hard they were a smash hit with clubbers and DJs alike. The original tracks are highly sought after today as both collectables and killer dance floor tunes.
Now after a hiatus of eight years the label is back with their 27th release, Twisted Funk EP. Throbbing basslines, bouncing rhythms, pumped up melodies and kicking vocals are the order of the day. Speaking from tidy HQ in Rotherham, label manager Sam Townend spoke about the decision to revitalise the brand.
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Plazdick Liddel, Plastik Lital, Crapstick Shittle, Plizzy, or quite plainly Plastic Little is a hip-hop group from Philadelphia that formed in the summer of 2001 right before the Bush Regime knocked down the Twin Towers and blamed it on Al Queda in order to severely restrict the civil liberties of US citizens and turn the Arab world up over on its head like a fucked up dreidel. Woah. This is the press release right? So yeah, Plastic Little started out in the summer of 2001 as a duo of Kurt Hunte and Jayson Scott Musson. Jon Folmar and super producer Michael “SQUID” Stern entered the Plastic Little roster in like, uhm, like in late 2002.
With this line up Plastic Little has taken the DIY aesthetic and pretty much bumrushed the music scenes along the east coast of the US. Due in dual parts to the quality of the music Plastic Little makes coupled with a sense of humour in their music that has been lost in hip-hop in like forever, Plastic Little quickly surpassed many local Philly rap acts in notoriety because simply put, Plastic Little is some dope ass, funny ass shit. But it’s not just the humour that sells Plastic Little, there is a biting critique of society at large and an acerbic wit and intelligence that comes with their brand of party music.
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Get your hands on one of two copies of BK’s massive new album plus a pair of VIP tickets to the huge Polysexual South
album launch party at Ministry of Sound on Sunday May 6th!
Featuring 12 brand new tracks from the winner of this year’s Best Producer Award (Hard Dance Awards) plus a bonus CD
recorded live at last year’s Global Gathering, ‘Under The Influence’ is already creating huge waves inside the music industry.
Now you’ll be able to hear the man himself drop them onto one of the most famous dance floors in the world when BK takes
over Ministry for a night of musical mayhem.
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