Following last months release from from Taylor , Super Recordings are back this month with news of a forthcoming collaboration from Randomer ( Soul Jazz , Tru Thoughts ) & Adverse . Out early next year, the record comes backed up with remixes from housemasters Homepark and this bass bin sizzling result from Greymatter . ' Alizé ' by Randomer & Adverse is out on Super Recordings and available from 10th January . In other Super News, check HERE for [...]
So here's the first of my end of your acknowledgments, lots of great music in 2010, pushing those already blurred boundaries further afield creating some truly unique stuff. After much contemplation Ive whittled my big list of favourites down to the 20 tracks Ive played and adored the most over the past 12 months. Electric Zoo Top 20 Tracks Of 2010 01. Jacques Greene - '(Baby I Don't Know) What You Want // Night Slugs 02. Salem - 'Trapdoor' [...]
Local Action Records have done well putting an imprint on 2010 with their first few releases from T.Williams and Svpreme Fiend raising the bar and further blurring the lines between House, Funky and Dubstep. To further impress they have just released ' Skydiver ' a bumper free release described as ' A collection of remixes, tributes and marriage proposals to Cassie, from Local Action artists and friends ' with a lineup including Brackles , Lunice , Jacques Greene and Shortstuff under his Mickey Pearce alias. [...]
Discobelle Records have saved their best signing to end this year on a high as Brenmar 's debut EP ' At It Again ' finally drops. Preview the entire release below and be sure to grab this outstanding debut from Juno Download today.
Electric Zoo Top Ten Chart 04/12/10 01. Joy Orbison - 'Ladywell' //Doldrums ( BUY ) 02. Jacques Greene - 'The Look' //LuckyMe ( LISTEN ) 03. Anthony 'Shake' Shakir - 'Detroit State Of Mind (Space Dimension Controller Remix)' //Rush Hour ( BUY ) 04. Braiden - 'The Alps' //Doldrums ( BUY ) 05. Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx - 'NY Is Killing Me' //XL ( BUY ) 06. [...]
A lot of stuff coming your way from Clicks & Whistles today whose recent debut, the ' You Do EP ' on Idiothouse has quickly put them in a lot of spotlights. This is yet another impressive North American act highlighting these future sounds quickly taking over the country, and along with a bunch of other like-minded tunesmiths Clicks & Whistles have enrolled with Party Guy Records for their latest compilation ' Future Sound Of North America ' which neatly showcases this latest eruption of artists making advances in bass music (Preview [...]
After the success of last months big session, Counter Culture and Pelski are back to present their latest night. Next Saturday the 18th December, Jackmode will proudly be hosting room with an all star lineup of Jesse Rose ( Made To Play, Front Room ), Zombie Disco Squad ( Sound Pellegrino, Mad Decent ), Oliver $ ( Made To Play, Grand Petrol ) and Coutner Culture resident Dick Von Stein , while Pelski takeover room two with Jet Project ( [...]
Nightshifters bring us the first of their 'new school' of producers this week with a brand new EP from latest signing Talk . Talk aka Daniel Lewis has his ears the towards dubstep, gutter house, grime and tech-house scenes and this EP takes aspects of all those genres, along with the ideas to push his sound further with a fantastic 4 track debut, featuring a great mix of tracks. If the 4 originals wasnt enough, in true Nightshifters fashion a renegade band of producers have yet again been brought together to remix the [...]
Been keeping a close eye on Dark Arx Recordings this year, and I suggest you folks do the same, with only 2 releases under their belt this label focuses on new talent around the fringes of dubstep and techno, and previous EPs from Binary Sequence and Dark Arx have been triumphunt in showcasing this. Next up is an EP from Gerry Read a new, and already in demand producer (thanks to interest from a few big labels), certainly one to watch in 2011. The ' Patterns EP ' is a solid record [...]
First track to be unleashed from the highly anticipated debut LP from Toronto's Egyptrixx, the first LP to drop on Night Slugs next year.
Breton 's productions, a slick operation of audio/visual experimentation, are gathering quite a following be it their genre-splicing music fusing brooding hip-hop sounds with speedy Foals -esque guitar riffs, innovative remixes or short films catching the eyes and ears of many. December will see the release of their ' Counter Balance EP ' on Hemlock Recordings , a label known for discovering talent having previously released game changing debuts from James Blake and Fantastic Mr Fox headed by label boss Untold , one of the biggest innovators in UK music right now. [...]
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Raffertie 's Super Recordings is following up to his own ' Rank Functions EP' from last month with the label's second EP, from Wigiflex co-founder Taylor . Out at the end of the month ' CMB ' is an entrancing, staggered piece of funk-step and comes with some superb remix backing from Girl Unit , Rekordah and label boss Raffertie , check out the samples below.
Electric Zoo Top Ten Chart 06/11/10 01. Girl Unit - 'Wut' // Night Slugs ( BUY ) 02. Acre - 'Ghatt' // Embassy Recordings ( BUY ) 03. C.R.S.T - 'Keep Holding On' // Cheap Thrills ( BUY ) 04. Untold - 'Mass Dreams Of The Future' // R&S ( BUY ) 05. bd1982 - 'Trails (Jam City Remix)' // Seclusiasis ( BUY ) 06. Julio Bashmore [...]
Perhaps its getting a bit tedious mentioning all the musical excellence in Montreal right now, but with such exciting artists like LOL Boys or Jacques Greene its hard to ignore this bubblin pool of talent. The next artists to emerge from this pool is Prince Club , no mere newcomers or strangers to music production having previously recorded as Madkids . Today they share the drawn-out RnB vox sampling ' Love Jackson ' which is difficult not to like, along with a tantalising remix of Foals ' ' Blue Blood ' a personal [...]
Recieved some new heat today from New York's True Panther Sounds, something special from Lemonade 's ' Pure Moods EP ' which has had the remix treatment from Chrissy Murderbot who ups the pace of the original with his frantic Juke take on ' Remain In Jah '. Order Lemonade 's ' Pure Moods EP ' HERE . Lemonade - 'Remain In Jah (Chrissy Murderbot Remix)' //True Panther Sounds ♫
Some big things happening in London this weekend from two of the country's finest Blog Collectives Pipedown and Pelski , both presenting some equally enticing lineups, continuing their streak of impressive nights in the big city. First up Pipedown have brought in Lone ( Werk Discs/ Magic Wire ), Funkineven ( Eglo ), Slugabed ( Planet Mu/Ramp/Numbers ) and of course the Pipedown Residents Sduk , Cntrst and Rylski for Firday Night @ The Rhythm Factory . Full [...]
Greg Bowler better known as 50% of Acid Girls has recently been taking his production duties solo with some very impressive tracks under his new Glass Actor moniker. Production is obviously top notch and this project allows him to stray further afield, dabbling with musical components from other genres, he wouldn't necessarily have had the chance to investigate under the Acid Girls label. Check out my 3 choice picks below and head over to his Soundcloud to download more brand new tracks. Glass [...]
The Thermal Team duo of Teki Latex and Orgasmic are back wiith their latest mixtape venturing into the near future. Yet again this is another on point smasher of a mix packing in lots of hotly tipped forthcoming from Canblaster on Nightshifters , Bassanova on Grizzly , Jacques Greene 's debut on Lucky Me and of course highly anticipated music from Sound Pellegrino including tracks from latest signing Panteros 666 . [...]
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Monday Music – 28 May 2012
Bison - Quill
