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| Nic Fanciulli - Global Underground: DJ 001 Global Underground continues to move into 2009 with the latest in a whole range of new concepts and albums. Following on from the relaunch of the Nubreed series, they are set to launch their new series 'DJ' in April. This new series gives each DJ free reign to compile an album spanning their influences and heroes as well as showcasing their own inimitable style and production capabilities. Spearheading the series launch is none other than Grammy nominated artist and DJ, Nic Fanciulli. |
| 'Crossing Borders' : Ricardo Tobar Interview From the seaside town of Vina del Mar in Chile, Ricardo Tobar has made an impression on the electronic scene with two well received EPs on James Holden's Border Community, in addition to a single entitled 'With You' on the excellent Traum Schallplatten imprint. His fusion of melodic techno, electronic rock and modern shoegaze music highlight a creative flair that is still seemingly untapped, and with an artist long player mooted, Ricardo looks well set to follow in the footsteps of Holden and the rest of the Border Community family. |
| Chloe Harris - B Sides DJ, producer and occasional [PS] collaborator Chloe Harris is set to release a compilation for Proton Music, based on her long running internet radio show 'B-Sides', and is currently seeking and compiling music to feature on both this and the releases that will accompany, as part of the launch of her own Further Music imprint. Those wishing to submit music or find out more about Chloe and her projects can do so after the drop. |
| An Interview with Christian Smith Christian Smith had a stellar 2008, during which not only did he re-emerge with friend and production partner John Selway to deliver hugely successful singles such as 'Total Departure' and 'Updraft', but also saw him begin a new chapter as a solo producer with the 'Flyertalk EP' on Bedrock. With the new year now well behind us, Christian is embarking on a Tronic Treatment world tour. The reason - the relaunch of his much respected imprint Tronic. Read on for the lowdown on this and much more in our latest interview. |
| Various Artists - Rekids Revolution Matt Edwards and James Masters' Rekids imprint brings together some of the label's best releases from it's extensive selection of fantastic singles, and presents them in one concise compilation entitled 'Revolution'. An unmixed album, disc one features originals from Radio Slave, Mr G, plus exclusive cuts from Toby Tobias and Spencer Parker, while the second remix disc features the likes of Dubfire and Slam, again with exclusive works, this time from Jjak Hogan and Boola. Topping it all off, a bonus third disc sees Spencer Parker provide a list of his favourite pieces of music from the label, summarised and presented in one sleek dj mix, making 'Revolution' a highly comprehensive collector's item for Rekid lovers everywhere |
| Josh Wink - When A Banana Was Just A Banana A true pioneer of the dance scene, and an artist who traverses the many genres of the underground scene with relative ease, Josh Wink is in a class of his own, and now presents his latest artist album 'When A Banana Was Just A Banana' on his own Ovum imprint. Featuring the 2008 hit single 'Stay Out All Night' as well as recent underground club gem 'Counter Clock 319'. in addition to a whole range of other great tracks, fans of the man from Philly and electronic music lovers alike should pay note one of 2009's first must have albums. |
| Gui Boratto - Take My Breath Away It's been the best part of two years since Gui Boratto's Kompakt debut with the album 'Chromophobia' occured, and while his career has continued on an upward spiral ever since, everyone has been anticipating a follow up for quite some time. The wait however is soon to be over, as his sophomore album 'Take My Breath Away' is due to be released in March, preceded by the 'Atomic Soda EP' in February. |
| Anil Chawla & Dale Anderson - Roadhouse Anil Chawla and Dale Anderson are yet two more names that form part of the current crop of new UK talent, that Jim Rivers has also emerged from. Both have steadily been climbing the dj ranks over the past months, and also making a name for themselves in the production field with numerous tracks and remixes, both individiually and collectively. 'Roadhouse' is the debut artist long player from the duo, and the latest album on Global Underground's artist-led GU Music imprint. Featuring such tried and tested tracks as 'Leftorium' in addition to vocal collaborations with Justin Robertson and Angie Brow, the album is set for release in late February. |
| Above & Beyond - Anjunadeep: 01 Above and Beyond's Anjunadeep imprint has steadily developed over the course of the last two years or so, with it's fans and followers including James Zabiela, Desyn Masiello and Eric Prydz. Showcasing the more melodic and progressive part of Anjuna and Above and Beyond's sound the "deep" imprint has introduced artists such as Michael Cassette and Paul Keeley as well as featuring progressive wonders 16 Bit Lolitas and Jaytech. Anjunadeep: 01 is a collection of some of the label's best works to date, and a glimpse of what to come, mixed by Above and Beyond themselves. |
| Stimming - Reflections One of 2008's standout labels, Diynamic Music is set to release it's second album project in March, following on from the retrospective and label family showcase compilation 'Saturday I'm In Love', as label mainstay and producer of the moment Stimming is set to release his debut artist album 'Reflections'. a complete body of mostly new original material that fans of this great talent and many others who have yet to be introduced to his music will revel in. |
| Rob Da Bank - Sci Fi Lo Fi Volume Three : Shoegazing 1985 - 2009 Soma's 'Sci Fi Lo Fi' series kicked off last year with Andrew Weatherall's twisted psychedelic mix receiving widespread accolade, with Damien Lazarus providing a more leftfield mix for the series second outing. Now this spin off of the 'Sci Fi Hi Fi' series contines with as Rob Da Bank compiles some of the best tracks he's come across during his illustrious career and that inspired him during his younger years, as Volume Three in the series is an educational and chronological history of shoegazing 1985-2009, with the release set for March. |
| The Black Dog - Further Vexations With 2008's 'Radio Scarecrow' a critical success and an excellent inaugural album for Soma Records, The Black Dog are set to return in April with a new long player entitled 'Further Vexations'. Hailed as a real successor to their previous album, this latest offering proposes to offer a more dancefloor orientated direction, whilst also developing the ideas mapped out by it's predecessor even further, with a possible influence from the group's extensive gig schedule over the last few months prevalent throughout. The group have also taken time to add their own touch to Slam's 'Azure', the remixes of which will follow sometime around May. |
| Sharam Jey - Classic Editions Ahead of the upcoming release of his second artist album, Sharam Jey returns to Underwater Records with the 'Classic Editions', a compilation of remixes of some of his most popular tracks. Alongside the much vaunted Darko Esser rework of Roxcity and Martin Buttrich's excellent rendition of Don't Lie, comes further interpretations from Alex Metric, The Glimmers and Dan F amongst others, many of which are exclusive to this album, due for release at the end of February. |
| James Zabiela - Renaissance Presents: The Masters Series Following on from his inaugural blog and preview of the album. James Zabiela and Renaissance now present the full tracklist and further in-depth analysis of his upcoming 'Masters Series' compilation, due for release in the next few weeks. Featuring tracks from Modeselektor, Michna, Trentemoller, R3volve and Luomo to name but a few, the first disc 'Down' is a downtempo journey, whilst the second disc 'Up' is what James himself dubs 'rave music'. Read on for the lowdown. |
| Joris Voorn - Balance 014 The Balance compilation series has steadily become one of the most respected and popular series, thanks in part to it's carefully selected roster of DJs. In the last two years, the series has featured Jimmy Van M, Luke Fair, Lee Burridge and SOS, and now as we enter 2009 heads to Europe to bring none other than Joris Voorn into the fold for the 14th volume. Once again pushing the boundaries, this latest album is a double-disc extravaganza, featuring over 100 tracks deconstructed, edited and rearranged into one epic mix. |
| Milton Jackson - Crash While 2008 saw Milton Jackson become remixer of choice, creating reinterpretings of tracks from artists that included Sei A, Jim Rivers and Nick Muir, in addition to his own releases on Tronicsole and Urbantorque, he now returns to Freerange for his latest full length project. The spiritual follow-up to his 2002 debut album 'The Bionic Boy' on Glasgow Underground, 'Crash' features the singles 'Rogue Element' and 'Cycles', in addition to a selection of brand new original deep house cuts, and will be released on Freerange at the end of February. |
| Various Artists - All In! : 10 Years Of Poker Flat Has 2009, so the advent of the tenth anniversary of Steve Bug's Poker Flat imprint is upon us. To celebrate this landmark achievement, Steve has delved deep into the Poker Flat vaults, and called upon it's family of artists to deliver new and exclusive material, and compiled it all in a multi-disc album entitled 'All In! : 10 Years Of Poker Flat'. Set for release in March, the album will be available in a number of normal and limited edition formats as well as digital download, with the label also set to launch a new digital offshoot label, more news on which will follow soon. |
| Jesse Rose - What Do You Do If You Don't? Jesse Rose has been one of the innovators of the house scene in recent times, creating highly regarded material for such labels as JBO, Simple, Get Physical, in addition to his own imprints Front Room and Made To Play. Now after three years in the making, his debut artist album 'What Do You Do If You Dont' is due to be released in February on Dubsided. |
| Various Artists - Somabeta Compilation Soma Records are without question one of the most respected long standing labels around today, with an artist base that includes Slam, Silicone Soul and Funk D'Void. Now they are proud to launch a new offshoot imprint entitled Somabeta, dedicated to the music of new and emerging talent from around the world. With 2008 having introduced us to Harvey McKay, the Somabeta Compilation, due for release in the next few weeks features many other of the artists who have now joined the extended Soma family of artists. |
| Tomcraft & Lutzenkirchen - 5 Years Of Great Stuff After launching in 2003, Munich based imprint Great Stuff Recordings now reaches it's 5th birthday and to coincide with this landmark is set to release a double disc compilation in February 2009, aptly titled '5 Years Of Great Stuff'. The first disc sees label mainstays Tomcraft and Lutzenkirchen provide an extensive 'megamix' of the label's back catalogue, placing some of the earlier works alongside those from the past year, all mixed, mashed and edited to fit onto one expansive disc, whilst the second cd features brand new exclusive remixes of some of the best tracks from the catalogue. |
| James Zabiela : The Apprentice Becomes The Master - Part One Ahead of the release of his forthcoming Masters Series compilation for Renaissance, James Zabiela presents the first of several travelogue updates leading to the release of the compilation in late February 2009. The first entry can be found by clicking the link above and aslo you can check out an [|advance 20 minute preview|http://www.renaissance.com/eflyers/zabiela/zabielapromo/zabielapromo.html ] of the first disc of the album. |
| Roger Sanchez - Renaissance 3D After a strong showing in 2008 with new albums from John Digweed, Satoshi Tomiie and Steve Lawler to name but a few, Renaissance are set to kick off 2009 with the latest in the '3D' compilation series. Previous installments have seen such artists as Faithless and Tom Middleton present a comprehensive insight into not only their studios, but their home listening favourites and influences, and the latest volume will see the S-Man himself, Roger Sanchez take the helm. |
| Darren Emerson - Global Underground: 036 - Bogota After the recent excursion to Lima with Nick Warren closes out 2008 for Global Underground, the start of 2009 will see Darren Emerson return to the label for his third mix compilation, following on from his previous journies to Uruguay and Singapore. This time GU heads to Bogota, a city with historic roots in on the South American continent and now a bustling metropolis with a constantly club scene, and Emerson's latest double cd, not only shares these musical values but marks a long overdue return to the brand, when GU36 is released in early February 2009. |
| RIP Digital Launch RIP Records quickly became a widely respected label for quality house records over the course of it's initial run from 1998-2005 and after somewhat of a hiatus is now resurrected and recommenced with a new direction and focus. While the ethos remains the same, RIP Digital is now it's name and label manager Chris Bourne (Tarrentella) brings us up to speed on the happenings, hiatus and path ahead for the imprint. |
| Telefon Tel Aviv - Immolate Yourself After two artist albums (2001's 'Fahrenheit Fair Enough' and 2004's 'Map Of What Is Effortless'), New Orleans outfit Telefon Tel Aviv have focused more on their live shows and remixes (as compiled in the aptly titled 2007 release 'Remixes Compiled'), but after returning to the studio are now set to kick off 2009 with their new album 'Immolate Yourself' on Bpitch Control, featuring such tracks as recent free download 'Helen Of Troy' and 'You Are The Worst Thing In The World', with a release date set for late January. |
| Various Artists - Audio Therapy Autumn Winter Edition 2008 Audio Therapy continues it's annual tradition and is set to present the 2008 Edition of it's Autumn Winter artist sampler series. Past releases have seen contributions from artists such as Nick Muir and this time around the focus is more on the new blood that has so predominantly shone throughout the year, an international cross section of some of the best new talent, with a bonus DJ mix provided by label mainstay Oliver Moldan. |
| Satoshi Tomiie - Renaissance Presents: The Masters Series Volume 11 As 2008 nears it's conclusion, Renaissance continues it's strong line-up of releases over the last several months, announcing the upcoming release of the 11th chapter in it's acclaimed Masters Series. Once again they invite Satoshi Tomiie to helm the project, marking his third compilation for the label, following on from a previous Masters album and the well received inaugural 3D compilation. The album features an array of fine cuts, from artists that include Shur-I-Kan, Marc Romboy, Layo & Bushwacka and a new original production from Satoshi himself under the name of Mes, and will be released in early November. |
| An Interview with John Digweed Hot on the heels of a succesful 10th anniversary party at Matter and with the release of the Bedrock 10 : Past Present And Future co-inciding with this landmark, to wrap up our extensive coverage of the anniversary, we are proud to present a new interview with the founder of Bedrock himself, John Digweed. In this exclusive feature he talks about the 10th anniversary party and the inspiration behind the album, the changes he has seen occur throughout, the highs and lows of the past decade and much more more.. |
| DJ Agent 86 - Balance Presents: Electric_04 While we have to wait until early 2009 for the 14th installement of the main Balance series, helmed by Joris Voorn, those Australians at EQ, never ones to idle prepare to unleash the latest chapter of their Electric project. After Ben Korbel promptly put together the previous incarnation, the label turned to DJ Agent 86, whos fusion of hip-hop, house, techno rock, electro, breaks and everything in between inside and outside the box on the circuits of Adelaide and Melbourne is now about to be showcased on a global scale as Balance Presents : Electric_04. |
| Bedrock 10 Feature: Part Ten / Tom Middleton As our Bedock 10 multi part artist feature reaches it's conclusion, Tom Middleton offers his thoughts on the 10th anniversary album and club night, his impressions of the Matter venue and reveals some some background information on his reinterpretation of Bedrock's 'Forge', in addition to news of his upcoming projects, including a brand new mix compilation of his very own and some new Lifetracks compositions. |
| Bedrock 10 Feature: Part Nine / Estroe Rotterdam based producer and DJ Esther Roozendaal, better known under the alias of Estroe has established an impressive presence on the international circuit, playing to crowds at many of the key festivals such as Dance Valley in her native Netherlands, as well as the highly regarded Movement festival in Detroit. As a producer, she's appeared on several labels that include Mezzotinto, Earth Audio and most notably Connaisseur Recordings, where she has become one of the main artists on the label's family of artists. Having been invited by John Digweed to update the classic 'Imagine' by Fortunato & Montresor for the Bedrock 10 : Past Present And Future album, we found out a bit more about her updated version of the track, and about her busy schedule co-running the label EevoNext and working on her own album project. |
| Bedrock 10 Feature: Part Eight / Nick Muir Nick Muir, alongside John Digweed is responsible for many classic tracks the duo have created, both under the pseudonym of Bedrock and also as themselves. Be it 'Heaven Scent', the Bedrock imprint's first ever release, their earlier output such as 'Set In Stone' or 'For What You Dream Of', or the more recent material such as 'Emerald' and 'Santiago', Nick Muir has been an instrumental part in shaping the direction and sound of the label, inspiring many of the artists that have since graced the catalogue of the imprint. With a forthcoming single on the horizon and a brand new remix of the duo's 'Beautiful Strange' featured on the Bedrock 10 album, we take time to speak to one of the most inspirational names to be a part of this landmark project. |
| Bedrock 10 Feature: Part Seven / Jamie Stevens As our Bedrock 10 feature continues, we turn to one of Australia's most respected names, Jamie Stevens. As part of Infusion he has wowed crowds worldwide with the band's high energy live shows and in recent months he's become highly regarded as a solo producer and remixer in his own right. His remix of John Digweed's 'Warung Beach' is already causing a stir ahead of it's release on the Bedrock 10 compilation, and Jamie takes time out to tell us about this, his thoughts on the new venue Matter and also about a new Infusion album and single in this latest installment. |
| Bedrock 10 Feature: Part Six / Alan Fitzpatrick Alan Fitzpatrick is one of the latest talents to emerge from Southampton within the UK, with his releases on his own 8 Sided Dice label finding remarkable support from many of the top DJs, and also radio support from Pete Tong. His remix of Misstress Barbara's 'K10' has had many music fans anticipating it's release since it was featured on John Digweed's most recent Essential Mix. Now forthcoming as part of the 'Bedrock 10 : Past, Present And Future' album, we take time out to speak to Alan in Part Six in our series of features about the remix, his label and various other bits and pieces. |
| Bedrock 10 Feature: Part Five / Danny Howells Danny Howells has been one of the longest affiliated individuals to Bedrock, emerging from the same native Hastings as John Digweed and being responsible for warming up many of the legendary Bedrock nights. Now as the 10th anniversary looms, he returns to contribute an updated version of one of the label's first releases, his own 'Repercussion' under the Science Department alias for the Bedrock 10 album. Danny drops by to share his thoughts on the past 10 years of Bedrock, the nights, the label and talks about his touring plans, the recent release of his new compilation and the pending launch of his very own record label. |
| Bedrock 10 Feature: Part Four / M.O.D.E. Our extensive Bedrock 10 coverage continues with the fourth part of our expansive feature. Having already heard from some of the contributors to the Bedrock 10 album project, we now turn to new production act M.O.D.E who were tasked with remixing the track that is quintessentally the track that defines Bedrock, none other than 'Heaven Scent'. We find out how they dealt with the pressures of reworking one of the dance scene's classic tracks and also what the future holds, including details of their label and forthcoming original productions. |
| Bedrock 10 Feature: Part Three / James Talk Hot on the heels of our features with Jim Rivers and Kazell to celebrate the upcoming Bedrock 10th anniversary party and album release, we present the third in a multi-part series of features to celebrate this achievement, with the UKs James Talk dropping by to offer his thoughts on the new venue Matter, to tell us about his upcoming collaborative projects and his contribution to the Bedrock 10 album project. |
| Bedrock 10 Feature: Part Two / Kazell With the 10th anniversary of Bedrocks parties in London looming (being celebrated with an event at new venue Matter), and the upcoming release of Bedrock 10 : Past Present And Future, we are proud to present the second in a multi-part series of features to celebrate the labels anniversary. Having supported John Digweed and Sasha on their Spring Club Tour earlier this year, Kazell has more than proven his status as one of the top DJs in America and is currently working on a film soundtrack for a movie called Rolling as well as several other projects, including a remix for the 10th anniversary album. Read on to find out what he had to say. |
| Bedrock 10 Feature: Part One / Jim Rivers With the 10th anniversary of Bedrock's parties in London looming (being celebrated with an event at new venue Matter), and the upcoming release of 'Bedrock 10 : Past Present And Future', we are proud to present the first in a multi-part series of features to celebrate the label's anniversary. To kick things off, Bristol's Jim Rivers, on the heels of the release of his 'Empathy EP' on the label talks about his working relationship with Bedrock, his own career and much more. Watch out for Part Two soon.. |
| 16 Bit Lolitas - Warung Brazil : 001 Warung Beach Club in Brazil has long been heralded as one of the top clubs in the world by many of the DJs that have graced the decks there and now the club teams up with Hope Recordings for a brand new series that is set to showcase some of the hottest DJs and acts who grace the decks at the club, starting with the dutch duo 16 Bit Lolitas, Peter Kriek and Ariaan Olieroock who present a double disc mix compilation that fuses together both DJ mix and artist album into one versatile package. |
| Justin Martin - Chaos Restored 2 With 2007's inaugural volume of 'Chaos Restored' going on to become one of the compilations of the year, it was only a matter of time before San Francisco's Justin Martin returned to Buzzin Fly to deliver a follow up, and now as we head into the autumn, he's back with the aptly titled 'Chaos Restored 2'. another hour plus excursion through the eyes and ears of this talented DJ and producer, including his much sought after remix of Radiohead's 'Nude'. |
| Momu - Momentum Mark Musselman and JD 'Jondi' Moyer are set to return with their sophomore album as Momu entitled 'Momentum' on Looq Records. Following on from 2006's self titled debut, the new album features the new single 'Window' (featuring the vocals of Alysoun Quinby, who was the vocalist on the highly successful Momu track 'The Dive). and showcasing a more organic electronic sound that sees the duo expand way beyond the boundaries of their previous album, with use of live instrumentation and experimental and mathematical inspired themes, with the album due for release in November. |
| The Timewriter - Resensed Part Two Picking up where 2007's 'Resensed Part One' left off, Plastic City and The Timewriter present another collection of remixes and interpretations taken from the The Timewriter's extensive catalogue that spans the last decade. A compilation that spans numerous genres and styles, bringing together such names as Milton Jackson, Terry Lee Brown Junior, Francois DuBois and Moodmusic's Sasse, and due very soon. |
| Matt Rowan - I Play This Matt Rowan is one of the latest in a long line of talents to emerge from the Australian underground scene. Be it his own productions, occasional collaborations with fellow countryman Jaytech or his remix work for artists such as Dousk, he has earned the support of many DJs and music fans alike, and now is set to release his debut artist album 'I Play This' on Baroque Records at the end of the month. |