James Blunt could soon be collaborating with Roots Manuva!
South London MC Roots, real-name Rodney Smith, is keen to get working with the You’re Beautiful hitmaker.
Roots told BBC 6Music: “I’m a personal friend of his [Blunt's] guitarist and he put the message in, and he’s up for it.”
He added: “It could be pretty soon, I’ve got some time off coming up soon, so I’m gonna pursue it, I’m definitely gonna try and get something in the bag.”
Slime And Reason, Roots Manuva’s fourth proper studio album, is out 1 September.
Club Azuli is firmly entrenched as one of the best Saturday nights in London and the UK. After throwing the most talked about parties in Ibiza over the summer with their Beach Azuli project, Azuli are set to celebrate the end of another successful summer on 13th September, with a massive party at their Pacha London residency. Alongside the usual high quality Azuli production values, they’ve dug deep to deliver a spectacular end of summer DJ line up. Headlining is Miami legend, Cedric Gervais with his only London appearance in 2008! That alone should be enough, but Club Azuli have also confirmed that UK house hero, Seamus Haji will be making his Club Azuli, Pacha debut. And of course Azuli head honcho David Piccioni will be rocking Pacha to his usual inimitable standards. See summer off in style with the best in electronic-edged house and a bang up for it, trash glamour crowd!
Club Azuli have nothing to prove when it comes to putting on parties. Their main focus these days is simply to maintain and improve upon the quality music, atmosphere and excitement that a Club Azuli party always delivers. The line up is always of the utmost importance and rarely do Club Azuli slip up…
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Lee Coombs has been at the forefront of the electronic music scene for the better part of 15 years. He’s released groundbreaking mix CDs, remixed the world’s most acclaimed artists and knocked out dancefloor destroying productions considered classics years after their release. While often associated with the Breaks genre, this labelling does not begin to tell the entire story. A boundary-less approach is truly Coombs’ trademark and he’s famous for mixing up breaks, house, electro, techno and acid with dexterous assurance. Prime example: Lot49 Presents: Lee Coombs
For this compilation, Coombs has pulled out all the stops, digging deep into a treasure trove of breaks, house and techno and pulling out pure gold. Opening with the rocking drums and simple catchy riff of Coombs & DJ Icey’s “Duo Drive The Ride,” the mix shifts effortlessly through an electronic landscape taking in earth shuddering basslines, deep brooding grooves and a blatant disregard to genre boundaries. Here. Offerings from Tiga’s Turbo label sit alongside productions from German wunderkind Oliver Huntemann and rough breaks and bass from Dopamine rub shoulders with the house sound of Guy Gerber. Amongst the gems is an unreleased Meat Katie remix of Alloy Mental and the much sought after “No Hits” from Black Mountain vs UNKLE.
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Jay-Z and Oasis have been united in a musical mash-up entitled OJayZis.
Spanish producers Cookin’ Soul have put together the mixtape which features vocals from Jay’s greatest hits and choruses from various Oasis records.
One example of a mix is 99 Supersonic Problems, which blends Hova’s 99 Problems with Oasis track Supersonic.
Following the tension between Noel Gallagher and Jay-Z surrounding Jay’s Glastonbury headline set, the Brooklyn-born rapper has said that he’d like to collaborate with Noel and co. in the future.
He might have to wait for the dust to settle a bit first though.
Jay’s new tune, Jockin’ Jay-Z, allegedly features the lines: “That bloke from Oasis said I couldn’t play guitar/ someone shoulda told him I’m a muthaf***ing rock star.”
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Mylo has revealed details of his forthcoming second album.
The Isle of Skye DJ reckons the follow-up to 2004’s Destroy Rock & Roll has a feel reminiscent of Sweden’s biggest pop export..
He told the BBC : “I’ve got a couple of girls singing on various tracks and the idea we went for there was Abba in Space.”
Mylo, real name Myles MacInnes, said that he hoped to release the album this year to coincide with the Olympics, but this was now unlikely.
He explained: “The album should be done by October, but then there’s always this annoying gap where you have to wait for it to come out, so it will probably be next year. Which is annoying as it’s always nice to release in an Olympic year.”
Eric Prydz is sitting at No 2 in the midweeks on digital sales alone, and a serious contender for the No 1 spot this weekend. This single will be Data Records 200th release and in its 17 year history, the Ministry Of Sound imprint has achieved 5 No.1 singles, 16 Top 5’s, and 22 Top 10 hits, with total combined sales in excess of 7 million singles. These include landmark dance records from the likes of ATB (‘9pm ‘Til I Come’), Tomcraft (‘Loneliness’), Eric Prydz (‘Call On Me’/‘Propper Education’), Fedde Le Grand (‘Put Your Hands Up For Detroit’), Beatfreaks (‘Somebody’s Watching Me’), Utah Saints (‘Something Good ’08’), and many more.
The double-century will be reached in suitable fashion, as Prydz’s third single for the label is currently enjoying a A– list at Radio 1 (with four Record Of The Weeks to date), plus playlists at Capital, Kiss, Galaxy, Bauer & GWR giving it a Top 10 National radio Airplay figure 3 weeks before release.
As one of the most feted dance artists of the decade, Eric Prydz has achieved immense critical and commercial acclaim. A household name with No.1 and No.2 UK hit singles under his belt, Prydz simultaneously turns out bleeding-edge house and techno for the world’s most respected dancefloors. Each release is an event; ‘Pjanoo’ is his next single, and we’re guessing you’ll have heard it by now.
As with every record that bears his name, ‘Pjanoo’, and its beautiful piano–led hook, first spread through the clubs and blogs like a virus. It was playlisted at Radio 1, Kiss, Capital and Galaxy over 2 months before release, and is currently one of the hottest pre-release singles of 2008. Plaudits to date include: Pete Tong’s Essential New Tune, Zane Lowe’s Single Of The Week, Record Of The Week for Jo Whiley, and numerous others.
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“Never say never,” goes the old phrase, but Marcin Czubala might see it differently. For Marcin, never is a state of mind-not the site of the unthinkable but a space for alternate possibilities, imaginative leaps and unfamiliar physics. Chronicles of Never is a report back from Marcin’s personal otherworlds, a collection of postcards from a fleeting place.
There are those that say that house and techno are “singles genres,” that they don’t lend themselves to the album format. To the long list of albums that prove those critics wrong, add Chronicles of Never. Marcin’s first album for mobilee-and in fact his first full-length since 2001, despite dozens of singles over the years-is not just a collection of dance tracks. While remaining faithful to an undeniable physical impulse, Marcin has granted himself uncommonly free rein to explore every corner of his psyche, with results running from the unburdened to the manic, from the sensual to the spaced-out. They all flow together like the colors of the spectrum, emotional states bleeding into others in tracks that twist and turn as imperceptibly as the moments of a long night out.
The album’s cohesive sense of freedom stems in large part to the way it was recorded, over a span of seven or eight months in which Marcin liberated himself from pressures and deadlines. Certain sounds and motifs occur and reoccur-muted hand drums, faraway voices, gleaming keyboards and dusty syncopations. But despite a certain consistency of mood-there’s something hushed about Marcin’s
music, even at its most intense-every track invents its own world and operates according to its own logic. Not the logic of the club, or much less the logic of “minimal,” but a unique atmosphere for each, a unique ecology of sounds adapted specifically to their environment.
“Daybreak” makes for an obvious album opener, incorporating silken, luminous tones and a teasing set of chords; it unfolds as slowly and inexorably as its title would suggest. “Berolina,” the album’s first single, is all stoned seduction and weightlessness, full of contorted arpeggios, bubbly percussion and a devastatingly sexy female voice whispering sweet nothings in the listener’s ear. Of the title, Marcin
reveals that Berolina was the train connecting his city with Berlin, and thus “my first contact with the city, people, clubs and music.” You can hear that youthful sense of expectation and uncertainty in every sultry, slightly creepy phrase.
“Los Compañeros,” inspired by Marcin’s first tour of Mexico, is one of the album’s stand-out club tracks, propelled by economical percussion and insistent looped vocals; halfway through, queasy keyboards fill the soundfield, making this one of the eeriest club hits of the year. “Pravda” is more upbeat, full of bright, glassy percussion with just the right degree of swing. But even here there’s a smidgen of dread, a subconscious sense of unease that comes to the fore when a voice intones, “You can’t trust anyone.”
What on earth is an “Alibi Room”? Judging by the course of this 11-minute track, the album’s centerpiece, it’s a place where fantastic narratives are spun, where reality is turned inside out. Accordingly, the song feels like a live set in miniature, a kind of short story that moves from chapter to chapter-from a dryly percussive intro to a curious breakdown in which an acoustic bass roams freely in a kind of reverie, and finally closing out with four minutes of nostalgic harpsichord. It’s hard to say what exactly took place in the alibi room, but there’s no doubt that you emerge different than you were before entering.
“Dazed & Confused” offers the listener a chance to work all the doubt out of his or her system: it’s a savvy exercise in focused, minimalist funk, with lots of tiny acoustic drum samples scattering like drops of water on a hot skillet. “Spectacles for Humans” takes a similar rhythmic idea and drapes it in jewel-like synthesizer tones. Echoes of Detroit resound in the warm strings that swell in the background. This is
another daybreak track, but it hangs in the balance between the promise of a new day and the last contemplation of time past. “30 May 2007″ expresses a similar sort of ambivalence, a hallmark of Marcin’s very personal approach to music. Named in honor of the birth of his son, it is on the surface a celebratory track-but odd detunings and frantic arpeggios suggest the unease that invariably comes with fatherhood. It’s a leap into dark water.
The album closes out with two of Marcin’s deepest tracks to date. “At the Beach in San Foca”-named in homage to the place where he first debuted the track, and which subsequently went mad-is a slow, controlled burn that periodically flares up in the form of muted horns and panned, echoing voices. Sweeping filters and syncopated piano chords push the track ever forward, while a deep sub-bass
grounds it firmly in the now. Finally, “Be Water” slows down and practices what it preaches, sending sampled percussion and xylophone tones into a winding current that’s tugged at by eddying chords; it’s a liberating finale to an album that’s all about finding one’s freedom.
“The advantage of electronic music is its freedom from interpretation,” says Marcin. “I’m not giving you a painting, just the brush and the paints. Chronicles of Never is the chronicle of an imaginary place. Your place.”
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POSITION TITLE ARTIST
01 (06) SILENCE 2008 DELERIUM
02 (04) HOMETOWN GLORY ADELE
03 (01) PJANOO PRYDA
04 (NE) HESITATE JON FITZ & MIKE ANTHONY
05 (07) WONDERFUL WORLD AXWELL FT RON CARROLL
06 (02) ALRIGHT JAMES DOMAN
07 (05) CRAZY WORLD J MAGIK & WICKAMAN
08 (23) CHIME SHAPESHIFTERS
09 (NE) BORN SLIPPY 2008 UNDERWORLD
10 (14) BOYFRIEND ALPHABEAT
11 (11) TOMORROW CAN WAIT DAVID GUETTA
12 (05) LOVE SHY PLATNUM
13 (NE) GET UP NICK BELLUCCI
14 (17) BADITUDE SPOON, HARRIS & OBERNICK
15 (28) DISCO LIES MOBY
16 (07) OPEN YOUR HEART DIRTY SOUTH FT AXWELL
17 (10) BEGGIN’ MADCON
18 (26) LAZY 2008 X PRESS 2
19 (20) BRUISED WATER CHICANE FT N BEDINGFIELD
20 (19) DIRTY IN THE CLUB RYAN FERRADA
21 (12) I KISSED A GIRL KATY PERRY
22 (NE) PADDYS REVENGE 2008 STEVE MAC
23 (13) LOVE CAN’T TURN AROUND 08 FARLEY JACK MASTER FUNK
24 (16) I WANNA FREAK U EDDIE THONIECK
25 (NE) CAN’T STOP MOVING SONNY J
26 (15) TELL ME KATY B FT MC VERSATILE
27 (NE) RIDE TIESTO
28 (NE) GOTTA TELL YOU MICKEY MODELLE
29 (30) MARS FAKE BLOOD
30 (RE) LOVE HAS GONE DAVE ARMSTRONG
Based on DJ Chart Returns from OVER 300 DJs across the UK!!
Pure recently celebrated its second birthday – two solid years of top quality parties in the very heart of Manchester. The event featured live PAs from Taio Cruz and Sheena and sets from the likes of Steve ‘Smooth’ Sutherland, and was also broadcast across the Galaxy Network, cementing Pure’s place in UK clubland.
Not resting on its laurels Pure is building up for the busiest period of the year with three new midweek nights (see separate release) and a fantastic September weekend line-up, culminating a live set from the irrepressible DJ Sammy. This global star behind hits like Boys of Summer, Heaven and the recent remix of REM’s Everybody Hurts, DJ Sammy is so famous he’s even graced the panel BBC2’s Never Mind The Buzzcocks! More of a popstar than DJ, this Spanish chap with the cheeky smile is sure to make the whole dancefloor his disco amigos on Saturday 27th.
Aside from that, other Saturdays through the month will feature the usual mayhem and madness that have made the “Saturdays Are Pure” nights so successful – with 2000+ people joining their parties week-in week-out. DJs include Kriss Knight, Carl Kennedy and Sean Halliwell in the Main Room, DJ Murray and DJ Kev playing chart, indie and party sounds in the Funktion Room and Dawood spinning commercial RnB in the lounge. On Fridays, chose from the residents on the 5th; massive Clubland night, with Flip and Fill on the 12th; Hard2Beat on the 19th, before the build up to DJ Sammy weekend, where the Fridays will be taken by Ministry of Sound Presents Dance Nation, a dedicated Freshers Party to welcome new students to this great city.
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Atomic launched at The End back in March of this year with an almighty bang, as Nic Fanciulli was joined by special guest Dubfire. Now on their third party at the club, September 13th looks to another massive night, as Nic teams up with partner in crime James Zabiela for a monster back to back session.
The pair first teamed up in 2005, and found that playing back to back really brought something new to their sets. Although James Zabiela’s darker, techy breaks-led sound and Nic Fanciulli’s more straight up slamming house and techno may initially not seem like a natural match, something a little bit magic happens when they play together. Both seriously talented in their own right, James’s technical wizardry and Nic’s ability to rock a party make them a pretty lethal combination. After playing together a few times in 2005 and 2006, they had so much fun they decided to make a whole tour of it. ‘One + One’ was born in 2007, which saw the pair tour extensively together across the USA, Asia and Europe, plus release a joint mix album, featuring some of their own tracks, joint productions and a few old classics cleverly sneaked in.
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Danny Howells is back after a three year hiatus from the mix CD arena, proudly resurrecting the legendary ‘Renaissance: Mix Collection’ series in his own inimitable fashion…
‘Renaissance: The Mix Collection’ began with THAT legendary mix from Sasha and John Digweed. The original presented a collection of music that wasn’t focused on current or unreleased tracks, rather something more tangible and longer lasting. Now the series returns, taking influence from its famed predecessor, whilst adding a surprising new element.
With all this in mind who better than Danny Howells to construct the mix. A DJ renowned for his unrivalled ability to tap into the vast, rich resources of House; a challenge he clearly relished, “I have utmost respect for Renaissance, having maintained the highest quality of product since their inception, and never letting that quality slip. Renaissance has, in my eyes, always stuck to what they believe in.” says Danny, “The end result is a lot deeper than I’ve done before… it’s a lot more melodic. It’s all the music that I love…”
Danny also chose the Mix Collection to premier his first batch of original productions in over three years. In fact, this double disc contains no less than seven exclusive tracks, remixes and edits. The result is a timeless collage of sound that draws reference from Danny’s current dancefloor favourites, lost classics and his own original material – in short, a true Mix Collection!
This isn’t necessarily a mix for the club, the home or elsewhere, rather a timeless piece that could be enjoyed regardless of physical locations.
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Mark Ronson has hit back at Noel Gallagher following the Oasis chief’s comments that the producer should learn to play guitar and write his own songs.
Last week Noel mocked Ronson and his tendency to producer cover songs.
But now Mark writes on his MySpace blog: “Noel Gallgher said I should ‘learn three chords on the guitar and write a tune’.”
He explained: “So I wanted him to know that I’m actually taking guitar lessons from Jay-Z right now and he’s already taught me both chords to Wonderwall.”
Mark also seems keen to reignite a war or words between Noel and Jay.
He said: “It’s so much fun having Jay teach me all of Noel’s songs on the guitar that I’m thinking of doing an Oasis/Jay-Z remix album ala The Grey Album.
“Potential titles are Champagne Superhova or Definitely Jay-Z. I’ll keep you posted.”
Lily Allen has blamed her record label for the delayed release of her new album.
London singer Lily has finished making her second LP but claims difficulties at EMI and within the industry as a whole have led to uncertainty.
She writes on her blog: “The album has been finished for a while now, I don’t really know what’s going on with it.”
She explained: “I am on EMI records, lots of people have been fired or have taken redundancy recently as the company was taken over by a private equity firm called Terra Firma.”
Smile singer Lily wrote that the record industry was a “very political place at the moment”, that many of the people who had been fired were working on her projects and that so she “didn’t quite know” what was going on.
But the post ended on an optimistic note with Lily saying she was sure she would be able to put out the album quite soon.
It’s the one everyone’s been waiting for. It is the return of Sasha to Ministry of Sound on SATURDAY 30TH AUG to launch his his long anticipated new Involver album forthcoming on Global Underground!! And boy has it been worth the wait.
Due for release on September 8th 2008 Sasha returns with the heavily slaved over (believe us!) but truly brain boggling senses spanking 2nd in the Involver series Invol2ver.
Featuring a formidable 12 tracks worth of pure Sasha gold, the standard edition features Sasha’s unique re-workings of musical giants such as Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Ray La Montagne, plus tracks from Ladytron and Telefon Tel Aviv, while the limited comes equipped with a second CD of Sasha remix exclusives from ground breaking interpretations of Girls In Hawaii and more.
With a massive album launch party planned here at Ministry of Sound on Aug 30th with an extended set from Sasha himself, and back up from the usual Global underground suspects- Jim Rivers, Anil Chalwa, and more, this release is an exciting date in the dance fraternity’s calendar. Get your tickets early to avoid disapointment!
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There is only one thing better than a Bank Holiday Kissdafunk and that’s one with David Guetta at the helm. Put them together and you get something that’s quite simply mind-blowing!
David has played a vital role in KDF phenonmenon and since his first appearance has become one of the globe’s top house artists.
His KDF debut won him a House Music Award for best set; while subsequent appearances at the KDF 2nd Birthday, and Bank Holiday Specials in 2005 and 2007 cemented it as ‘must do’ date in the Leeds clubbing calendar.
This really is the KDF not to miss and sees people travelling from all over the UK and beyond to attend. And with no work on the Monday, what have you got to lose.
The date coincides with the launch of David Guetta’s latest F**K Me I’m Famous Album 2008 (OUT NOW)
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