Hello there, neglected Tapers. You thought we we're gone, didn't you? Well, I can't promise regular updates like the old days, but I've been fishing through some of my transcriptions from earlier in the year, and seeing as they haven't been printed in full before, I thought you lot might like to have a gander. This one comes from Hessle Audio co-founder Ramadanman and was recorded just before Christmas 2008 (some of our conversation found its way into my Hessle "Label Of The Month" feature for RA .) [...]
Haven't updated this dusty old thing in a while, so here's an interview that I did last year with Headhunter before his 'Nomad' record dropped on Tempa. You started getting into dubstep from more of a drum'n'bass angle, right? I did a music technology course, took a year out, and when I came back I was in the same class as Laurie (Appleblim), Gatekeeper and Wedge. I didn't really know them, and in the second week of uni we had to play our own music. They played one of Appleblim's tracks and [...]
MONO TONIC present... TAPE vs BRUK Sunday 19th April LAB (ex-Arc Bar) 5pm-late FREE ENTRY Two of Bristol's clubbing institutions come together for our latest Sunday flexout, providing a soundtrack of the best in house, garage, funky, dubstep and techno on LAB's impeccable Funktion One soundsystem. El Gato & Billy Blanks (bruk) The Bruk boys have long been a staple on the Bristol scene for lovers of garage, dubstep, and everything [...]
It's been a while since a mix was posted up on here, so I'm glad to be able to post one of such high quality today. Duncan George is one of the main brains behind Bristolian clubbing institution under_score, who have put on a quality selection of electronic music in our fair city over the past few years. Move D, DJ Pete, Pinch, Secondo, Errorsmith, ISAN, Bodycode, Claro Intelectro, Marcel Dettmann... The sheer quality of their headliners never fails to amaze. Dunc's whipped up a mix of more ambient fare for us, so I'll let him chat for a bit [...]
Sven Weisemann (Mojuba / Styrax Leaves / liebe*detail / Meanwhile / Apple Pips) + DJs: Jack The Red Richard Carnage Jim Petherwick Placid Saturday 7th March 2008 @ Tube / 10pm - 4am / £4 TAPE & under_score are very proud to present young Berlin upstart Sven Weisemann. Despite being only 23 years old, he has been tearing techno & house dancefloors apart since 1997 with his intense, quick-fire DJ style; as well as releasing his own captivating, ultra-deep productions [...]
Mono Tonic - Launch Party Sunday 1st March @ LAB (ex-Arc Bar) 3pm-1am £2 before 6pm, £3 after APPLEBLIM (Skull Disco / Apple Pips / Rinse FM) What better way to launch our weekly Sunday session than to host someone who is [...]
10) TRG - Put You Down (Ramadanman Remix) // Hessle Audio David "Ramadanman" Kennedy was on fire last year, with three cracking singles and this little beauty, which was his first ever officially released remix. Minimising TRG's skittering garage beats was a genius move, giving the dubwise stabs and uber-deep bassline plenty of room to breathe and exude their irresistable charms. 9) Luke Hess - Believe & Receive (Shed's Deepanddubbydub Remix) // Kontra Music [...]
Yes, I know it's February, and I'm sure you're already hastily trying to find the best new release of 2009, but the TAPE blog hasn't finished with 2008 that easily. I know I've been slack/busy/neglectful concerning the updates here due to my current employment for RA (and you should all read my interview with Bristolian dubstep don Peverelist if you haven't already), but the 2008 TAPE round-up is finally here... Top 20 Remixes Of 2008 (11-20) 20) [...]
Hell, I've neglected this place over the past few months. Starting work for Resident Advisor has meant that I haven't had the time that I'd like to keep this ticking over, but rest assured that there'll be plenty of content coming soon. There's an Headhunter transcript from just before his US tour, and the Ramadanman one from this month's Hessle feature is dying for a place to host it. That man can certainly talk the hind legs off a donkey. Also, there'll be some sort of end of year summary, but those expecting a big 100 with comments and samples [...]
The lads over at Fabric have sorted us out with this quality live set from The Mole, who's put out one of my favourite albums of the year with his cracking effort, As High As The Sky (review here ). See how many sneaky samples you can spot peppering the selection of his own tunes. From what I hear, he performs live on four or more turntables, which is what I guess is going on here. Download: [...]
TAPE Friday, 19 September 2008 10pm - 4am Native, 15 Small Street £6 on the door Philip Sherburne (Lan Muzic) - debut UK performance Ramadanman (Hessle Audio / Soul Jazz) Richard Carnage (TAPE) Puffin Jack (TAPE) Philip Sherburne (Lan Muzic) Philip is best known as one of elecronic-music's most [...]
Though of you based in London (or, at the least, unafraid of travel) are cordially invited to join us for the last ever Washing Line party at The Constitution in Camden, on Saturday 2nd August. Our special guest for the evening is none other than Laurie Osborne, aka Appleblim . I can't believe we've got Laurie playing in a 60-capacity boozer in Camden. But sure enough, we have. Along with Shackleton, Appleblim is co-founder of Skull Disco - without doubt one of the most important and innovative labels to emerge in [...]
This Friday, people! Headhunter (Tempa) www.myspace.com/headhunterdubs tep As part of the Hench crew, Headhunter has been carving out his own style of dubstep for a good few years now. The 'Initiate EP' saw him merge UK garage, techno, and drum'n'bass influences into a mechanical and muscular whole, and showed him on top of his production game. On the 18th he joins us to draw the dots between his influences and his own material. Expect maximum bassweight! Headhunter live on Rinse FM [...]
Local legend and under_score resident Placid has just started off a new blog showcasing records from his deep and extensive record collection. There's only a few entries so far, but mark my words when I say that this site will be one to watch as far as classic dance rarities go. Already up are cuts from Marcus Mixx, Acidwolf, Ecstasy, Kebekelektrik, Humanoid, and Frequency X. Link: Acid-House.net - The Blog Also, if you're in Bristol this Saturday then [...]
It's taken me a while, but I've finally got round to uploading the mix that I did for the Viva Radio guys whilst I was over in NYC. It's a bit sloppy at times, but I blame that on being a bit flustered after getting totally lost on the way back from Dope Jams , which was honestly one of the best, if not the best record shop that I've ever had the pleasure to visit. Friendly staff, big [...]
Been ridiculously busy with various bits and bobs over the past few weeks, so the blog has had to take a bit of a back seat of late. First of all, I'd like to give a big thanks to everyone who came down to TAPE last month, and also to all of the DJs who spanked it without exception. Nick Gutterbreakz (who also did a nice summary of the night here ) took over from myself early on under his [...]
Yes, it's that time of year again! Bristol's Venn Festival is the highlight of the summer's musical calendar, and next weekend (June 4th-8th) it returns once again with another stellar lineup of acts across the city. Things kick off on Thursday with two special shows by Murcof in collaboration with visual artist Joanie Le Mercier at the Planetarium, which promises to be a special performance by all accounts. Friday's highlights are both situated in the Arnolfini art space, as Stefan [...]
Just a quick one as I'm busy in NYC, but I needed to get this mix up from under_score resident, Placid . He's a bit of a scene stalwart, and has been putting up well recieved regular mixes on his acid-house.net site for quite a while now, and has been blessing our ears with some incredible DJ sets. He rocked it out at Sunday's best before: shindig, where he filled the boots of Andy Butler (who cancelled at the last minute so that he could... err... film the video [...]
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