Blog: Electric Zoo

Riton : Essential component of the Gucci Soundsystem , solo DJ, and more importantly here; Music Producer. It only seems right to write about Riton this week, after two of his latest productions have made their way onto my doorstep in the form of hot new records. First up is the long awaited 'Midnight Swim' single from Para One 's album 'Ephiphanie', at first I wanted this for Surkin 's glorious 'Drowning' mix, but now it has a worthy contender. Riton has further electrocuted this beaut, with strobing synths and bass and kept [...]

After closing the doors of his record shop last year, Linus Booth with DJ accomplice Chris MacIntyre (aka Chameleonic ) set up a club night to continue spreading their musical philosophies to Ottawa-city and the rest of Canada. Their events 'Disorganised' blew up last year with headliners like Diplo , MSTRKRFT and The Juan Maclean performing across the country and of course supported by the duo themselves Jokers Of The Scene . JOTS are no strangers to the blogging community at all, in fact they are great [...]

Like a package long lost in the post, the latest Dubsided vinyl has finally arrived! Debuting their Dubsided release is Speaker Junk aka no strangers to the label Joshua Harvey & Trevor Loveys with their single 'Foxxy'. You may have heard the original before as it has already been released on Harvey 's cheeky white label outlet Speaker Punk , and even if you haven't, its pretty easy to guess what this track is all about: A remix of the legend Jimi Hendrix 's [...]

Surprise, surprise, I'm blogging about Dave Taylor yet again, as the outlook for forthcoming records on his labels gets bigger and bigger, and some of his new remixes come to surface. Along with Sinden , he's co-produced a bass banging remix of 'Through A Keyhole' by Chicago popsters Walter Meego , which pounds the breath out of the track's haunting vocals. It obvious that Dave & Graeme get on really well and are quite a team when it comes to producing monstrous mayhem music, and they have further proved this recently with [...]

Top 10 Chart 01/03/07 01. Mr.Elastik - 'Justice' //Second Sessions 02. Robyn - 'Konichiwa Bitches (Trentemoller Remix)' //V2 03. Crookers - 'Massive' //CDR 04. SebastiAn - 'Greel' //Ed Banger 05. House Of Pain - 'Jump Around (Micky Slim's Shamrocks & Shenanigans Remix) //White 06. Dan Le Sac VS Scroobius Pip - 'Thou Shalt Always Kill' //Lex 07. Unklejam - 'Love Ya (Herve Remix)' [...]

I thought it would be a good idea to give something back to Electric Zoo 's loyal readers.. so from time to time I'm going to have small competition's where you can win free stuff! The lovely people at Buena Vista Games and Immediate Future Ltd have kindly sent me an exclusive canvas artwork and 3 copies of their new game Every Extend Extra , a modern day arcade blaster for the PSP . Check the website http://www.eeethegame.com for more information, screenshots and information about the [...]

Detroit's Claude VonStroke had a a huge hit last year with his fame finding track 'The Whistler' from his debut LP 'Beware Of The Bird'. 2007 sees a new package of remixes of this house anthem on his own US label Dirtybird Records , roping in DJ Assault , Luca Agnelli , Jesse Rose & Diplo to perform surgery on the track. Those in the know of DJ Assault can expect another Detroit flavoured booty bass rework, while Jesse Rose has worshiped the original version by hanging [...]

That was a trailer for Skins , brand new sex-drugs-N-alcohol fueled teen drama on E4 now in the UK. You've probably noticed by now that they've used Gossip 's 'Standing In The Way Of Control' ( The Soulwax Remix to boot! ) as a theme tune for that trailer, and now E4 along with KISS and Back Yard Records have are inviting anyone to remix the track. If you win it, you're mix will be played on KISS FM , pressed onto a re-release vinyl with mixes [...]

The 2007 Ed Banger Rave-olution is here. The release of Ed Rec Vol. 2 at the end of March will reveal the almighty power of the weapons that Busy P and Co have got lined up for release this year. The CD compilation features exclusive cuts from all of the Ed Banger crew, fresh and crisp beats that continue to push the boundaries and amaze all, and this release gives a very sweet taste of whats to come on the forthcoming vinyl releases and EPs from the label. These of course being [...]

Do tell me if you think this blog is getting a little repetitive.. Sometimes I feel that way, and I seem to be writing about the same artists and producers all the time. But I suppose its my blog, and about the music I like.. so I guess its bound to happen from time to time. Im doing it again right here with some more from Bang Gang DJ , Riot In Belgium . I mentioned a few of his forthcoming releases in the last post, but don't worry theres more. He's got a new mix comiplation 'Mashed [...]

Top 10 Chart 02/02/07 01. P DIDDY FT. CHRISTINA AGUILERA - 'Tell Me (Switch Remix)' //White 02. KLAXONS - 'Golden Skans (Erol Alkan's Ekstra Spektral Rework)' //Rinse 03. ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 'Never Touch That Switch (Nightmoves Remix)' //White 04. JUSTICE - 'Phantom' //Ed Banger 05. PUNKS JUMP UP - 'Dance To Our Disco (Nightmoves Remix)' //**t*u** 06. FREEFORM FIVE - 'No More Conversations (Switch Remix)' //Unknown [...]

That All Saints revival wasn't that great was it. No way as successful as them Take That lads, but with their original fan-base it was bound to be a success anyway. I suppose its still early days for the girls yet, as they've only had one single out since they hit back with 'Rock Steady' which was remixed by MSTRKRFT of course. I'm starting to see the strategy that may be forming with some artists, like Robbie Williams and his shit album, by getting Soulwax , [...]

Never before have I held so much excitement over Robbie Williams . But like the previous vinyl release from his abysmal album 'Rudebox', that featured the invincible work of the Dewaele Brothers , there is yet another white label out with some world class remixes. I initially impulse-bought the record when I saw the Nightmoves Remix on the B Side, but it wasn't clearly marked that Switch had the spot on the A Side too ( I thoug ht it was just the original version ), so I had yet another delight [...]

First off a small announcement: FROM NOW ON, ALL MUSIC POSTED WILL BE AT A MAXIMUM BIT RATE OF 128KBPS. I wasn't sure how successful this blog would be when I first started 2 months ago, and so I didn't really take the extra measures into converting the MP3s. But now I feel more liable and responsible, and I want to make it clear again that the main aim of this blog isn't to give away free music, but to offer news and reviews of music ( including sample MP3s ) to acknowledge and [...]

Well aren't you lucky.. 3 posts in 3 days. Maybe its like a New Year's Resolution or something, but don't count on it because I never do stick to them. Anyway, back in 2006 I spent a few nights putting together a Minimix for Annie Mac's Show on Radio 1 , and to my surprise it was then played one night in July! I was really proud of this, and thanked her via MySpace for allowing it to be played over National airwaves. Then a few months later I actually thanked her in person too, at a night in [...]

Top 10 Chart 09/01/07 01. PARA ONE - 'Midnight Swim (Surkin Remix)' //Institubes 02. RADIOCLIT - 'Mature Macho Machine (Solid Groove & Sinden Remix)' //Counterfeet 03. JUSTICE - 'Phantom (Faex -Re-Edit)' //Ed Banger 04. SOULWAX - 'Miserable Girl (Shinichi Osawa Edit)' //PIAS 05. PUNKS JUMP UP - 'Dance To Our Disco (Nightmoves Remix)' //Cassette 06. THE BLACK GHOSTS - ' Face (Switch Remix)' //Southern Fried [...]

Hope all readers had a great Christmas and New Years, and thanks loads for the feedback on the Electric Zoo Mixtape . Glad You Enjoyed. Fellow fans of The Mighty Boosh may know that quote.. ' I go by many names... ' by Julian Barrat 's character Rudi Van DeSarzio . Ive been loving their new Live DVD over this Christmas and had quite a little surprise when I saw the guys mug printed on a Speaker Punks vinyl. [...]

The main reason I havent posted much in the last fortnight is because I was making this.. the first official Electric Zoo Mixtape! Ive been wanting to do one for a while, and so I started just over a week ago. Seemed like ages making this... usually late at night and in the early hours, and then I broke my headphones so I put it on hold for a while until my new ones came in. If you can please do your best to try and leave me some feedback on the mix just so I know whats good/bad, what [...]

First off sorry for the lack of posts and the quality of this one! Ive been really busy lately preparing something musical ( which you will be seeing very soon, hopefully by this weekend.. ). Just thought Id post these two really great live videos from none other than the mythical 'New Rave' champions of 2006 Klaxons . PS 'New Rave' has got to be the most overused word of 2006! This band have simply been my musical highlight of the year and im still very hyped up about them. The videos are from their appearance earlier this month [...]

Sorry! Steaming again, just walked for an hour to get home... left some cheekty scrawlings on a notepad next to my pal too... I Did It Again... headphones on.. master out full blast! To quote my mother... ' Some of us are a actually trying to sleep !!' 'S ORRY MA!!!! But never mind all that... there was actually some good shit going on this weekend mainly the AITBF Free, yes free Warehouse party!! Name the band.. they were there.. name the DJS... they were [...]