Electrique Boutique

Our Pals Let It Bleed Have A Night On Tonight

2011-05-20T10:28:00.004Z

Let It Bleed presents Crookers

+ Mini Klaus
+ Funktion One Soundsystem
+ Visuals from M.O.C.
+ All new lighting rig, strobes, laszers and effects.

As this will be our last LET IT BLEED party before we break for summer.
So we have gone HUGE and booked CROOKERS to come smash the dfloor.
There will be all new lights, effects and big ass prodiction too.
This will be sucha fittingly insane party to wind up our Spring/Summer season. Then we come back BIG in September!!

Tickets available to buy From

Attic (with no Booking fee), The Academy

One Up, Belmont Street

Ticketweb here

£16 early bird / £20 standard

Ramadanman Hush Hush Aberdeen

2011-05-17T15:23:00.004Z

Hush Hush 3rd Birthday!

Pearson Sound
AKA Ramadanman

Djamba & Giles Walker

As a key component behind some of the most daring dancefloor music released in the last few years as both a producer and as a label owner. Ramadanman co-runs the Hessle Audio label with Ben UFO and Pangaea, and has travelled the world numerous times over whilst putting out music by key players such as James Blake, Elgato and Joe.

We are super excited to have one of the most exciting musicians and djs able to come and help celebrate our 3rd birthday bash on his Aberdeen debut.

Residents Djamba & Giles Walker will be warming things up as per.

Saturday 28th May 2011
Club Origin, Aberdeen
£8 Adv - Tickets from One Up or online here;
Ticketweb
11pm-3am

Offshore Hush Hush Edinburgh

2011-05-17T15:19:00.006Z

In anticipation of his upcoming album on Big Dada records, we have booked Offshore for the first Hush Hush night in the capital.

He's played for us up north and we were blown away by his ability to effortlessly switch between Dubstep, Funky, Grime, Hip Hop along with all manner of weird and wonderful electronic sounds, whilst keeping the dancefloor bubbling very nicely indeed.

His first ep, the 'Offshore EP' on Stuff Records (the last record before they became Numbers) was a firm favourite of ours and his recent 12", 'The Aneurysm EP' on Big Dada further strengthens why we love his style so much.

Sound will be provided by Electrikal.

Support will be from Point To C & Giles Walker

Friday 27th May

The Store (Formerly GRV)

11-3am / £3/4

Check his Myspace out.

Techno gods in 'playing fun music' shocker

2011-04-05T12:22:00.004Z

Djamba in the mix

2010-08-27T19:41:00.003Z

Yeehaw. This blog has died, but Djamba has not. Far from it. Backhanding all of Aberdeen's wackest DJ's on his path to victory, he has laid down this ground breaking revolution of a mix. The day the world changed, yeah?

http://www.mediafire.com/?xem9q0j7wg6efzd

1. M2J - Silent Running
2. Mosca - Gold Bricks, I See You
3. Terror Danjah Acid - Acid
4. DJ Menta - Sounds of the Future
5. Groove Chronicles - Holiday Da Vybe
6. Ms Dynamite & Geeneus - Get Low
7. Scratcha DVA - Nasty Nasty Nasty (Roska Remix)
8. Rishi Romero - African Forest
9. Crazy Titch - Highly Rated In The Hood (Vocal)
10. Jay Robinson & Screama - Down
11. Lil Silva - Night Skanker
12. MJ Cole - Firin Up (MJ's Old Skool Dub Remix)
13. Duncan Powell - Deep Underground
14. DJ Gregory - Attend 1 (Yass Remix)

Kittylitter presents { BOBMO }

2010-04-20T13:29:00.005Z

This kid is on fire. Don't miss it. Advance tickets available HERE

MK x

Springing Back Atcha'

2010-04-20T13:02:00.012Z

Sorry for the delay in a complete lack of posts! Giles is PURE rubbish! As am I... UPDATE ! and some treats for you. For Snafu coming number 71 in the top 100 of clubs in the world through 'DJ' magazine, we are having a May Day Circus Themed PErty (!) Many thanks to all of those who voted for Club Snafu, thanks to all of the guests over the years, to all the team at Club Snafu and Athenaeum and to YOU ALL! Come along and celebrate with us . . .

More details coming soon. In other news, there is a new Monday night treat in the shape of 'Monday Masacre' featuring Yoin and guests from Electrique Boutique. The first official guest on the list will be Nadastrom - don't raincheck just because you're tired from the weekend, because it will be good. Anyways, got to dash, but here are a couple of treats for you!

>> Round Table Knights SPRING mix as part of fabric. A relaxing, chilled out selection of tunes, pleasantly blended for your ears to melt to >>> +++ >>> Sound Pellegrino have my heart in a music box of wonder. I just love their stuff. Check out this latest mix by the two boys behind the production, filled with exclusives >>>

Thermal Team It's Raining Crystals From The Future by Sound Pellegrino on Mixcloud

MK x

Electrique BIG UP Boutique

2010-03-22T10:41:00.003Z

First and foremost, Electrique Boutique have featured in this month's Mixmag as one of Britain's best free club nights. . .

"Dirty, bassy, electronica is hard to find in Aberdeen, certainly midweek. Thank God for Electrique Boutique. 'It gets quite rambunctious' one barmaid tells us. At £1.50 for a vodka mixer we're not surprised."

Most credit for this must be given to the monthly Electrique Boutique players, since I've been fairly out of the game since the beginning of this year, so pats on the backs to Kaplank Kapow (Krazzy Martin, Eezma, Talcolm X), Spin The Bottle (Bones and Money), Switch (PEDS, Dickie Drysdale) and of course the hostess with the mostest Mr Giles Walker. In other news, LES PETITS PILOUS touched base in Aberdeen on Friday night and fucking killed it. I was on supporting duties for the duration of the night, which I really enjoyed, and everyone who was there seemed to like what I was playing, so big love to all of yous! The French electronic stallions played a killer set with some big tunes aimed to please you all. Everyone seemed to have a fantastic night and Anthony and Jean-Patrick had a great night. They will hopefully be back to Aberdeen some time soon!

As a treat, here is a mixtape they have done for the Born To Film website; lovely stuff.

Les Petits Pilous - Mixtape for BORN TO FILM

Next up folks? On the 24th March we have Adam Ackers and Yoin on duty for EB, Cagedbaby taking his residency spot on the 26th March and in no time at all, we have the return of HOT CHIP's Joe Goddard coming to spin the decks for us again....

MK x

The Blues

2010-02-26T11:41:00.003Z

Primary 1 follows up his two massive collaborations with Riton, "Who's There?" and "Radiates" with the track 'The Blues' that features Swedish singstress Nina Persson (of the Cardigans). 'The Blues' is taken from his forthcoming debut album which is due for release later this year.

Primary 1 ft Nina Persson - "The Blues"

Bonus : Massive Attack have dropped their latest EP, and from what I hear it's good. From this first release, it sounds really fucking good. A surprisingly calm remix from big-gun techno man Gui Boratto.

Massive Attack - Paradise Circus ft Hope Sandoval (Gui Boratto Remix)

MK x

X - KISSY - X

2010-02-21T14:47:00.002Z

☆ ☆ LET IT BLEED presents KISSY SELL OUT!!! ☆ ☆

http://www.myspace.com/kissysellout

This Essex raver has certainly made his mark on the worldwide dance music scene.

From his original productions, to working with the like of HERVE, to his massive floor filling remixes of Chromeo, Sugababes, The Libertines, Groove Armada, Clavin Harris... not to mention his Radio One show. This boy has well out grown Essex and has taken over the gawd damn world.

Dj ing talents have seen him headline Space in Ibiza, Fabric, Death Disco (we were there for that one...he fu*king smashed it)...you name it!!

Its such a privilege to have him up to dj in Aberdeen and at THE FORUM too!

Its going to be an insane night!!!

Support from:

☆ MASH (Glasgow Underground, Galaxy, Dirt Crew)

☆ MINI KLAUS (Mixtape, Let It Bleed)

☆ YOIN (Snafu)

☆ Awesome viusals from M.O.C.

☆ Sound powered by: FUNKTION ONE

☆ ☆ Advance tickets £10 or £14 on the door ☆ ☆

Tickets available from One Up, Earl, Attic and Ticketweb

http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_scotland&query=detail&event=365149

Beware of cheap imitations

Dont Not Dance x

Going SOLO

2010-02-15T11:43:00.008Z

More Sound Pellegrino goodness that I just can't get enough of... I love many of SOLO's tracks, including 'Afreaka' and 'Midgets In Bricklane' (partly for the track name, it's inviting) and also his gangsta remix of Crooker's average track 'Put Your Hands On Me'. Originally from Italy, Solo moved to London and so spends most of his time in the studio producing 'midget house', simple grooves and weird atmospheres - nail on the head. He has produced and posted a February mix, which is full of awesome beats to get you going. Oh, tasty, tasty, tasty.

SOLO-Midget mix Feb 2010 by mrsolo

MK x

More Than Just a Yoghurt Pot

2010-02-14T15:33:00.004Z

Woah Woah! So, carrying on the love train of Boys Noize last year, which was probably one of the most insane and best nights in Snafu of 2009 (if not EVER) we now have another Boys Noize flavoured treat coming our way - LES PETITS PILOUS - hailed and picked up by Alex Ridha's record label propelled to stardom in 2007 and are coming to Aberdeen in March. Best known for their massive club tracks 'Wake Up' and 'Jolie Fille', they have also produced remixes for Jusice, D.I.M., Mixhell, Chromeo, Toxic Avenger and The Proxy. They have found favour with the likes of Erol Alkan, 2 Many Dj's and Tiga and are close friends with Aberdeen club wreckers The Bloody Beetroots.

MK x

The Dark Side Of Italo

2010-01-28T04:09:00.002Z

Frickin love Italo Disco i do, if you do as well you should know about Flemming Dalum.

Here is a mix he did showcasing the darker side of italo disco.

The mix

Round Table Knights - Winter Mix

2010-01-16T15:36:00.006Z

As the snow melts away, and is replaced by a grey sheet in the sky and droplets of cold rain, turn on this lovely Winter Mix by the talented Round Table Knights - It's pretty good. Giles has been a busy bee of late, if you've been down to Snafu recently (which I'm hoping you have!), covering for Steve on Dirty Hearts Club, his usual stance at Mixtape and picking up the residential Wednesday's of course. I have been away for a wee while, my last support slot being last November. MK will be back on the bandwagon soon. Now let the Round Table Knights warm up your frosty bones which this sublime mix. . .

Round Table Knights - Winter Mix 2010

1. Oy - Positivili

2. Die Vogel - Petardo

3. Solomun - Cloud Dancer

4. Ike - Diskadenz

5. Wareika - Mountain Ride

6. Patrick Kunkel, M. in - Frauen & Blumen ft. Harold Todd

7. Round Table Knights - Drop The Dow

8. Daniel Steinberg - Rush Me

9. Coyu, Uner - Raw Sweat

10. Camel - Obrigado

11. Solo - Joga Bola (Round Table Knights Remix)

12. &Me - On

13. Jamie Anderon - Karimba

14. Precious System - Voice From Planet Love (Dixon Chic-A-Go Edit)

15. Prosumer, Murat Tepeli - U&I ft. Elif Bicer

16. Solphiction presents Missing Linkx - Who To Call

Their new single 'Calypso' is due to drop on Made To Play on 15th February - it expresses the first signs of summer, and it likes it. Check out the video HERE.

MK x

Top Of The Pops 2009

2009-12-28T12:38:00.006Z

Since many are posting their collection of top tracks from 2009, I thought I would do the same. It has been my debut year of Dj-ing, and I have never loved music more than I do right now. Many thanks to Giles "Beezer Holmes" Walker and to Scott "Let It Bleed Aberdeen" Forest for all of their help and support. Also thanks to Club Snafu, Korova and Origin for giving me many opportunities and chances to play.

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Top Tracks of 2009

1. Major Lazer : "Pon De Floor"

2. Joy Orbison : "Hyph Mngo"

3. Gucci Vump : Sha! Shtil! (L-Vis 1990 Remix)"

4. Sidney Samson : "Riverside"

5. Noob & Brodinski : "Peanuts Club"

6. Duck Sauce : "anYway"

7. Diplo & Laidback Luke : "Hey"

8. La Roux : "In For The Kill (Foamo's Skream Remix Bootleg)"

9. Erol Alkan & Boys Noize : "Death Suite"

10. Dizzee Rascal ft Armand Van Helden : "Bonkers"

11. Sebastian Tellier : "Kilometer (Aeroplane 'Italo 84' Remix)"

12. Jesse Rose : "Touch My Horn"

13. Mowgli : "London To Paris"

14. Boris Dlugosch : "Bangkok (Rusko Remix)"

15. Fake Blood : "I Think I Like It"

16. Tiga : "Shoes"

17. Yeah Yeah Yeahs : "Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)"

18. Riva Starr ft Noze : "I Was Drunk/Black Cat White Cat"

19. Siriusmo : "High Together"

20. D.I.M. & TAI : "Lyposuct (Noob Remix)"

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This is in no particular order, and is not my completed list, since there have been so many amazing tracks this year. Acts to look forward to in 2010? I reckon you should keep an eye on . . . HOT CITY . . . CHAOS DANS LE CBD . . . DOUSTER . . . LORCAN MAK . . . RIVA STARR . . . SOLO . . . HARVARD BASS . . . RENAISSANCE MAN . . . and many more.

Hello 2010?

MK x

Elevator Music

2009-12-23T11:33:00.004Z

Fabric have a brand new compilation out next month "Elevator Music", Volume 1 of a series of compilations focusing on the up and coming talents of the bass genre with exclusive tracks from Untold, Hot City, Juilo Basmore, Mosca, Shortstuff and more brilliant acts we should all be keeping a close watch on for the upcoming new year. Check out the promo video and full track listing below.

fabric presents Elevator Music: Vol. 1 from Fabric London on Vimeo.

Elevator Music Volume. 1 :

01. Hot City - 'If That's How I Feel'

02. xxxy - 'Sing With Us'

03. Doc Daneeka - 'Drums In The Deep'

04. Hackman - 'Pistol. In Your Pocket'

05. Julio Bashmore - 'The Moth'

06. Untold - 'Bad Girls'

07. Octa push - 'Doctor Bayard'

08. Shortstuff - 'Behave'

09. Skinnz - 'Ukraine'

10. Mosca - 'Gold Bricks, I See You'

11. Martyn - 'Friedrichstrasse'

12. Vista - 'Elixir'

13. Caspa & Rusko - 'One Of The Same'

14. Om Unit - 'Encoded'

15. Starkey - 'Black Monolith'

16. Shortstuff & Brackles - 'Melvin Blue' (Digital Bonus Track)

17. Hackman - 'Pistol. In Your Pocket' (Hypno Remix) (Digital Bonus Track)

MK x

Take Your Brain Higher

2009-12-22T13:32:00.005Z

Our buddies and previous Hush Hush guests Pirate Soundsystem have a few new Eps out, one on Coin Operated Records and one on the Cutlass Supreme owned (and other previous Hush Hush guest) Wide Recordings.

So here's a cheeky sampler of one of the tracks from the Coin Operated Ep and couple of remixes.

Also check out a new interview with them here and our last interview with them back in early 2008 here.

Pirate Soundsystem - My Dimension

Freestylers - Ruffneck (Pirate Soundsystem Remix)

Double 99 - RIP Groove (Pirate Soundsystem Remix)

Peas.

Sock Footed Rave

2009-12-20T17:19:00.004Z

Dj Critic, Mc Jonny Biscuits (pictured) and myself did a wee radio show which you can get over here.

Direct Link (Right Click, Save As)

Dance Me

2009-12-18T20:49:00.011Z

Riva Starr's new single, featured on his upcoming album "If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade", is out for release on the 11th January 2010 - "Dance Me" is a great track and a great video!

Remember, Riva Starr is hitting up Club Snafu in 2010! Don't miss this.

MK x

SWITCH - the real thing

2009-12-14T12:56:00.008Z

Sure, sure, we at Electrique Boutique HQ have the monthly night "switch" on a Wednesday, but this is not to be confused with that. This is Let It Bleed presenting THE man himself - SWITCH

He is one the biggest, ground breaking writers, producers and remixers of music around. He has produced and worked with the likes of M.I.A. and her massive hit 'Paper Planes', Amanda Blank, Santigold and Simian Mobile Disco. He is also one half of the awesome Major Lazer, the biggest act of 2009 with their amazing single 'Pon De Floor'. He has remixed for the likes of The Chemical Brothers, Bassment Jaxx, Florence and the Machine, Bjork, P Diddy, Armand Van Helden, Kelis and Spank Rock.

This will round off the year for LET IT BLEED ABERDEEN who have hosted some amazing acts for us this year, including Aeroplane, The Bloody Beetroots, Pat Mahoney, Carl Craig, Dj Mehdi, Brodinski and Steve Aoki.

Support from Djamba (Everything Else Suck, Hush Hush)

Visuals from M.O.C. (Do It!)

Get your Advance Tickets HERE or pick up from Athenauem or One Up

MK x

Bare Jokes Man

2009-12-13T17:30:00.006Z

Mix i did to promo a night i have upcoming.

Feeling Purple Mix (Re Up)

Tracklist

Cooly G - Love Dub
Todd Edwards - Counting
The Count & Sinden - 1234 (Hot City Remix)
Toddla T & Herve - Shake It (Doneao Remix)
Deadboy - U Cheated
Emvee - Groove
Geeneus ft Katy B - Good Life Refix
Zomby - Digital Fauna
Dj C ft Ms Thing - Jump Up & Bounce
Ramadanman - Revenue (Untold Remix)
Gel Abril - Spells Of Yoruba (Tactic Remix)
The Widdler - Sensi Samurai (Original Mix)
Gemmy - Shanti Riddim
Big Boi & The Purple Ribbon Allstars - Kryptonite
Jakes and Joker - 3K Lane
Guido - Orchestral Lab
Freeland - Do You (Joker remix)
Darkstar - Need You
Hudson Mohawke - FUSE
Silkie - Purple Love
Rustie - Response
Dorian Concept - Trilingual Dance Sexperience
Skream - Swarm
Naphta - Soundclash (Grievous Angel VIP)
Untold - Stop What You're Doing (James Blake Remix)
Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo
Raffertie - Antisocial (B. Rich Remix)
Little Boots - Remedy (Rusko's Big Trainers Remix)
Sean Paul - So Fine (Joker Remix)
Taz Buckfaster - Wetter Is Better
Bobby Caldwell - What You Won't Do For Love (DZ Remix)
313 Bass Mechanics - Pass Out (Acapella)
Gemmy - Rainbow Road

Wile Out

2009-12-13T13:52:00.002Z

Stumbled across this banging track by Dj Zinc ft. Ms Dynamite, on a Jack Beats mix - due for release in January, and already being played out by the usual Radio 1 crowd, I felt I had to share it. . . wow . . .

☆ BLAU! ☆

2009-12-09T16:25:00.004Z

This track has been hitting up the clubs and festivals for the last few months. The collaboration between Laidback Luke and Lee Mortimer have produced a heavy bass track, with a hint of trance and a massive fidget drop. The EP is out now (available on Beatport HERE) on Fool's Gold Records and includes remixes by Doorly, Noob, Nacho Lovers and LA Riots = WOAH.

Laidback Luke & Lee Mortimer : "Blau" (Original Mix)

Laidback Luke & Lee Mortimer : "Blau" (Noob Remix)

And a bit of Dubstep for Beezer. . .

Laidback Luke & Lee Mortimer : "Blau" (Doorly Dubstep Remix)

MK x

Zomby (His Flesh Is Undead) [Again]

2009-12-09T01:26:00.002Z

A few years back now we had a failed attempt at interviewing Zomby, the awesomely talented, poster boy for the hardcore continuum. It fell through, but he did gift us with this minimix, which i have decided is good enough for a repoast.

Zomby Minimix

Enjoy!

Riva Starr : Drunk House

2009-12-07T14:24:00.005Z

Every once in a while a new producer just smashes their way through into the bigtime. That's what's happening with Riva Starr's sneak in and blow the place up approach. An act whose influence comes from blogs, wild afterparties, music that works for the kids as well as the cool europeans, Riva seems to have sprung onto the scene fully formed - but in reality he's been working his arse for years. Riva Starr plunders the best in tech house and beeping synth lines to create a dirty dancefloor affair. His first appearance came on Jesse Rose's superb Frontroom label with the 'Thizzle' EP which led to the release on Claude VonStroke's pivotal Dirtybird label with the 'WTF?!' EP.

I keep seeming to stumble across more and more productions by this talented producer, including some superb remixes such as 'Beat That Bird' by Claude VonStroke, 'Love Long Distance' by Gossip, 'What is Guru' by Renaissance Man and the amazing 'Juice and Gin' by The Young Punx. He is allowing us to enjoy a fresh new sound, which thankfully the people are accepting with open arms. Get on the Riva Starr bandwagon.

RIVA STARR- I WAS DRUNK(feat.NOZE) & BLACK CAT, WHITE CAT (112Kbps) by Rivastarr

Riva Starr OCT09 MIXTAPE by Elite Music Management

Disco Partae
C. Vonstroke-Vocal Chord
Lucio&Pep- Rainforest
RoundTableKnights-Calypso
Planets(The Revenge Lost Grooves)
Bis_Co
Dualton-Perros
RivaStarr-Caballeros
Hardrive-DeepInside(J Rose RMX)
RivaStarr & Jesse Rose Feat. BalkanBeatBox-BulgarianChicks
AVH-TheFunkPhenomena
2000AndOne-StateOfHouse(RivaStarrRechunk)
Oliver$-Hope
Tiramisu(Dj Madskillz RMX)
Paul Woolfrod-False Prophet
Piper&Farley-Airbag (rivaStarr RMX)

MK x

He had Macaroni and Cheese for Lunch

2009-11-30T16:26:00.009Z

BIG love for Mr Louis Brodinski who played a pretty wild set on Friday night as part of Let It Bleed and Mixtape. Many apologies for those who weren't able to get in due to capacity, but we did warn you to buy ahead... when will you learn?! Anyways, this is just a quick post cause I'm freezing and my cup of tea is waiting. Never fear, Louis left with a big smile on his face, so I'm sure he'll be back in his pimping coat soon enough. Here are a couple of pictures and a video from the night, more will be up on the Snafu website soon. Thanks again to Scott for the support slot.

MK x

Keep it goin louder

2009-11-25T06:16:00.005Z

Major Lazer "Keep it Going Louder" from Eric Wareheim on Vimeo.

I adore Tim and Eric's brand of humour, i will happily admit that even though it shows how immature i am. The video for Major Lazer's Pon De Floor track made me lol so much i actually sent the link to my mum (she liked it)

This is the new video Eric Wareheim has done for the Major Lazer boys and it is equally lulzy. It's probably worth mentioning that our pal Let It Bleed has booked one half of the Major Lazer team (Switch) to play in Snafu early next year.

More French Fiddling. . .

2009-11-22T11:42:00.007Z

I just can't seem to get enough of Brodinski. He is churning out some spectacularly lovely things. He has recently posted another mix on his Smokemashine Blog - it's swell.

Brodinski - Smokemashine J (Special Mix For Japan)

1. Deep Sound - Tech (Milton channels Rmx)

2. Alexx Wolfe - The Beat Is Unleashed (Fokke Rmx)

3. Electric Rescue - Nord Ouest

4. Alan Fitzpatrick - No Religion

5. Boys Noize - Drummer

6. Noob & Brodi - Peanuts Club (Monsieur Monsieur Rmx)

7. Tony Senghore - Love.Cure.All (David Eckenback Rmx)

8. Roska - In My Handbag

9. Gucci Vump - Sha! Shtil! (Lvis 1990 Rmx)

10. Toddla T - Rice & Peas (Zed Bias Rmx)

11. Thomas P Heckmann - Stardust

12. Lvis 1990 - United Groove (Kingdom Rmx)

MK x

Art & Cash

2009-11-19T19:14:00.008Z

One of my favourite Berlin producers are the fantastic duo Modeselektor. They've just released another electro-bass heavy EP 'Art & Cash' and the official video for this is already doing the rounds.

Directed by artist Pfadfinderei - who describes the story like this . . .“Versed on the international art trade floor it was easy for them to win over two sought-after art dealers; to seal the deal and to go on a shopping spree. “Art & Cash” is the shocking “behind the scenes” documentary of that German art campaign. In the process a scandal was revealed that is shaking experts to this day. For years and under the watchful eyes of millions did the “Fantastic Nobodies” – exceptionally gifted art counterfeiters and weirdos from Brooklyn – manage to sell themselves as renowned works of art, thus creating inexplicable damage…”.

I also recently purchased the seductive Body Language Vol. 8 mixed by Modeselektor

providing you with one of the widest palates you're likely to find, from bass-heavy-reggae, hip-hop and dubstep to calmer climes. This mix may be a great way to get anyone into electronic music, and slowly but surely nudge me into the dubstep direction. When it comes to their compilations, they somehow make the most obscure new music sound at home with radio hits from the late 90s. Body Language Vol. 8 is a perfect example of their Djing and mixing style - they are at the top of their game.

MK x

Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team Mix

2009-11-13T15:30:00.004Z

Spotted this bad bay on the A Sound A Day blog site and it's given me my hit for day since I'm in love right now with anything and everything that Sound Pellegrino is producing and this mix hits the right spot. Teki Latex and Dj Orgasmic have come through with the newest mix from the label, packed with gooey bubbly synth beats and hyperactive jams. As soon as hear it, you'll say; "Woah".

Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team - Loud Whisper Of The Northern Wind

Tracklist :

1. Mosca : Square 1 (L-Vis 1990 remix)

2. Will Bailey, Hot Mouth : Underwear Funk (Quick Split re-edit)

3. Youri Donatz & Franky Rizardo : I Like This Sound

4. Solo : Minimood (Round Table Knights remix)

5. Simona Gee Dj : Jungle Lady (Fuzzy Hair rework)

6. Dj Chernobyl : Praga Balanca (Renaissance Man remix)

7. Round Table Knights vs Bauchamp : Calypso

8. Hoodie ft. Chico : Dirty Maluka Style

9. Nouveau Yorican : Boriqua (Sandro Silva remix)

10. Zombie Nation : Seas of Grease (Harvard Bass remix)

11. Arcade : Jugo Carioca Y Diario Popular (Douster Dumb remix)

12. Boris Dlugosch : Bangkok (Roska remix)

13. Kesha : Tik Tok (Untold remix)

14. Gucci Vump : Sha Shtil! (L-Vis 1990 VIP)

MK x

Doin It!

2009-11-13T14:50:00.003Z

Mix i did last night for the always awesome DO IT! night, to celebrate their first birthday.

Download Download Download

Tracklist

1. Alessandro Novaga - Drums One
2. Units - High Pressure Days
3. Funky Lowlives - Wicked Beats
4. Manuel Gottsching - E2-E4
5. Trus Me - WAR Dub
6. Motor City Drum Ensemble - Raw Cuts 3
7. T Connection - At Midnight
8. Amin-Peck - Coda
9. Throbbing Gristle - Hot On The Heels Of Love
10. Serious Intention - You Don't Know
11. Section 25 - Looking From A Hilltop
12. Four Tet - Love Cry
13. Ed Chamberlain - Styge
14. Liquid Liquid - Flextone
15. Heartbreak - Regret
16. Chic - Dance Dance Dance
17. Goody Goody - It Looks Like Love
18. Martin Circus - Disco Circus
19. Joris Voorn - Sweep The Floor
20. Kris Menace - Metropolis (Serge Santiago's Italo Boot Edit)
21. Broadcast - Corporeal
22. Liasons Dangereus - Peut Etre... Pas
23. The Residents - Diskomo
24. Electrifying Mojo - Midnight Funk Association Segment
25. Joe Meek & The Blue Men - I Hear A New World

Bangkok

2009-11-08T12:57:00.006Z

I think it's safe to say that anything on Erol Alkan's music label Phantasy Sound is going to be big. German based Boris Dlugosch's new single 'Bangkok' is no exception. This is a big bassy, electro-house treat for the dancefloor. Roska's remix is great as well. You should really just buy the whole EP. Now available to buy at BEATPORT.

In the meantime, check out the sound of this banging track, and then go and buy it! :

Bangkok by phantasysound

MK x

Hello, My Name is 'Chaos Dans Le CBD'

2009-11-06T15:07:00.006Z

Chaos Dans Le CBD (Ben and Louis) are two brothers from Auckland, New Zealand with new sounds to please your ears. Their 'japanese pop' tracks capture the best in solid drums, rhythmic bongos, squelchy bass synths and stabbing riffs. Their solid tech/house sound is fresh and something to get excited about. See below for their own remix of 2009 favourite 'Peanuts Club'.

Enjoy some of their own productions, show them some love and watch this space for these boys to be snatched up and signed!

Chaos Dans Le CBD : 'Cheese's Christ' (Original Mix)

Chaos Dans Le CBD : 'Rag Rats' (Original Mix)

Chaos Dans Le CBD : 'Tesh and Maccas' (Original Mix)

P.S. Something amazing has finally happened in Dundee = Calvin Harris is floored by a flying shoe.

MK x

The Jesse Rose Appreciation Society

2009-11-06T14:16:00.010Z

So last year, we all come back from an amazing time in Berlin after the Melt! festival and there's news of this Berlin Dj who has a residency at the infamous Panorama club coming to play at Snafu - we see it as a sign and decide we must go!

Much to our dismay, there was a missed flight connection and he didn't make it = gutted.

Never fear, Jesse WILL be here. Widely accepted as one of the most innovative house Djs about, Jesse Rose has formed an enviable niche for himself in the dance music world. Involved in a whirlwind of production, with the likes of Switch/Solid Groove, he produces the kind of fidget house I just love. His amazing album "What Do You Do If You Don't?" was released earlier this year and features collaborations with Hot Chip and David E Sugar, and oozes with his influences of soul, jazz and chicago house. While Giles enjoys slamming out 'Touch My Horn', I tend to go weak at the knees for 'Well Now' and 'Wine Gum'. Not only is his solo album a hit, his remixes are something to get silly about. I have particularly enjoyed his reproductions of Armand Van Helden, Krafty Kuts and Underworld.

Jesse Rose : 'Touch My Horn' (Mad Kids Remix)

Underworld : 'Holding The Moth' (Jesse Rose Remix)

His popularity has ensured an already busy Dj even more in demand. Do not miss an all out hero of house music hitting Snafu this month.

-- The Deep End Presents --

JESSE ROSE

w/ funky transport

Snafu

Saturday 14th November

11pm-3am

Advance Tickets £8

MK x

Peanuts Club

2009-11-06T13:34:00.008Z

One of the most eagerly anticipated tracks of the year, and rightly so, is the awesome tune 'Peanuts Club' by Turbo's talented tricksters Noob and Brodinski. This is by far one of the best productions this year, showing off a great collaboration. I thought it time to really appreciate this track in all its glory and include some swell remixes for you all to enjoy. As well as the original I've included my top 3 favourite reedits - one of which was recently posted on Noise Porn by Button Masher, which is a banging take on the track, and also the Renaissance Man and unsigned Chaos Dans Le CBD (see above) remixes - YUM

Noob & Brodinski : 'Peanuts Club' (Original Mix)

Noob & Brodinski : 'Peanuts Club' (Renaissance Man pH7 Remix)

Noob & Brodinski : 'Peanuts Club' (Chaos Dans Le CBD Remix)

Noob & Brodinski : 'Peanuts Club' (Button Masher Remix)

MK x

Harvey Bassline time

2009-11-02T15:05:00.007Z

Harvard Bass is a San Diego based producer on the glorious Sound Pellegrino sub-Record Label (curated by Orgasmic and Teki Latex) who are holding host to amazing acts like Gucci Vump, Renaissance Man, Zombie Disco Squad, Douster and L-Vis 1990 : WOAH. He is popping out some great beats influenced by old chicago and filter house.

His "Caked/81" EP was released earlier this year and since then he has been moseying up the talent tree. He has since remixed Drop The Lime, The Toxic Avenger, Acid Girls and the chord-alicious edit of Rotterdam's Rejected track 'Let's Go Juno'. He mixes smoothe minimalism with ghetto house grooves, with a sprinkle of bass. Finnish Duo Renaissance Man have provided a scrumptious remix of '81' in the form of a percussive house jam - showing off their own sound and boosting Harvard's reputation.

Most recently, Harvard has remixed Beni's 'Maximus' - appearing on the upcoming Kitsune Maison Volume 8 compilation - turning it into a veritable minimal electro club banger. Keeping the vocal clips in tact, the kicks are made monstrous and sounds close to Les Petit Pilous' 'Jolie Fille'.

Here's a taster of what what Harvey is producing. . .

Harvard Bass : 'Caked'

Harvard Bass : '81' (Renaissance Man Remix)

Beni : 'Maximus' (Harvard Bass Remix)

MK x

Zombies Just Wanna Dance

2009-10-31T15:41:00.003Z

Zombie Disco Squad (Lucas Hunter and Nat Self) have been producing tracks and remixes of a lovely tech-house variety for a while now. Jesse Rose has even said himself that they are one of the most exciting prospects of 2009, especially since they are on the Made To Play record label. I bring them to the blog's attention not only because it's halloween, and on halloween there are zombies etc, yeah? But also because they are appearing and playing at Snafu in November! BOOM

Here are a couple of remixed tracks and a mixtape by the London boys...

Hess Is More - "Sssshhh (Zombie Disco Squad Remix)"

Brodinski & Mumdance - "Eurostarr (Zombie Disco Squad Remix)"

++ SOLO AND ZOMBIES MIX ++

:: tracklisting ::

1. ZOMBIE DISCO SQUAD- THE DANCE
2. ADRIANO PATANE-SERPENTE BIANCA-SERPENTE BIANCA – ANDRE CROM’S RIDE THE SNAKE REMIX
3. TIMO MASS SANTOS-KENESAI
4. ZOMBIE DISCO SQUAD-ESPERANTO-SOLO RMX
5. HEINRICHS_AND_HIRTENFELLNER-TROMP IT
6. TURIN QUALITY CLUBBING – ZDS BAILE BLEND
7. BUTCH-TURKEY
8. ZOMBIE DISOC SQUAD- HEAVY BREATHING
9. EL GUINCHO -KALISE- ROUNDTABLEKNIGHTS RMX
10. SOLO-CONGOLID
11. MIXHELL-BOOM DA-DOWNTOWN RMX
12. MALENTE-MUSIC FOREVER-SOLO REMIX

MK x

Pre-Mehdi-Tated Murder

2009-10-29T15:28:00.004Z

This Saturday (Hallows Eve) none other than Ed Banger Records' lovely Dj Mehdi will be gracing Aberdeen with his French presence :: Saturday 31st Ocotober at THE FORUM, Skene Terrace :: 10pm - 3am :: with support from Giles Walker and Djamba = BOOM

In his early 20s, he quickly became one of French underground hip hop’s premier producers and DJs. Since then he has gone on to push the boundaries of traditional forms of beat driven music by mixing hip hop, disco and electro music; creating whole new forms which have gone on to take over the dance floors and stereos of the world. Signed to Ed Banger Records and working alongside label mates Justice and Busy P, he has brought his own flavor of Disco/hip hop/electro to the world wide masses with tracks such as ‘I am Somebody’ and ‘Pocket Piano’ not forgetting his album ‘Lucky Boy’. He is in incredible demand for his DJ talents and has played to packed out crowds in pretty much all the hottest clubs around the globe.

"Bones" of the music blog Gotta Dance Dirty has released and posted a halloween mix he has put together - big electro beats and all the monster mash moshing tunes you'll want to hear to get you going this hallows eve.

BONES HARD HALLOWEEN MIX

:: Tracklisting ::

Michael Jackson - Thriller Intro
Calvertron - Buggin' (Don Rimini Remix)
Mixhell - Boom Da (Edu K Remix)
Mixhell - Boom Da (Crookers Remix)
Bonde Do Role - Gasolina (Crookers Crunk Remix)
Drop The Lime - Set Me Free (Harvard Bass Remix)
Zombie Nation - Forza (Fukkk Off Remix)
Felix Cartal - Salty Lake
Deadmau5 - The Reward Is Cheese (Johnny Krazy Rework)
Crookers - Embrace The Martian (Seiji Booty Mix)
2ManyDjs vs The Bloody Beetroots - Warp Fu (BONES Edit)
Steve Aoki ft. Zuper Blahq - I'm In The House (Original Mix)
Herve - Cheap Thrills (The Count Remix)
Major Lazer - Pon De Floor (Beataucue Remix)
Noob & Brodinski - Peanuts Club (Beataucue Remix)
Sydney Blu - Senses Of The Mind (Deadmau5 Edit)
Deadmau5 - You Need A Ladder
Deadmau5 - So There I Was
La Roux vs. Wolfgang Gartner - Yin For The Kill (Dave Spoon Bootleg)
La Roux - In For the Kill (Skream's Lets Get Ravey Remix)
Vincent Price - Cackle Outro

MK x

The Esoteric Art Of The Opening Dj

2009-10-25T16:57:00.003Z

Many a person do not seem to understand the 'art', so to speak, behind warming up a Dj set. You might think this to be common sense, but time and time again I've seen and heard people busting out the biggest bassline tunes at 10 or 11pm at night when the club is half empty, and you want to enjoy a few drinks with your friends instead of having your ears bleed at your arrival to the club. Don't get me wrong, I do love to hear and to play out big beats, big basslines, big electro tracks and everything else big. But there's a time for that, which you've got to get just right. Giles forwarded this article to me on the art of the warm up Dj and what they have to achieve if they want to do it well. This is something that should be read and understood by many.

Residential Advisor : "The Esoteric Art Of The Opening Dj"

MK x

Big Beats Killed The Komputer

2009-10-23T12:59:00.012Z

Afternoon on another soggy day, which I am feeling since the house is leaking and my bond videos got wet. I hate the rain.

Thanks to those who came down on Wednesday, especially since it was a horrible night, even I wanted to stay in my jammies with a cup of tea and watch Masterchef. Alas, I did up my top button and put my glasses on for the geek affair - of which I thank those who dressed up for it!

A slight error on Wednesday when everything went quiet about 1am - Giles' computer had a bit of a crash, so apologies for that! But I managed to take over and got you kids dancing like mad. I hope you enjoyed the beats and booze - I certainly did. Here are a few tunes that you guys seemed to enjoy on the night. . .

Gramophonedzie - 'Why Don't You'

The Young Punx - 'Juice and Gin' (Riva Starr Remix)

Dizzee Rascal : 'Holiday' (Laidback Luke Remix)

In other news, anyone and everyone should be at this >>> cause it's going to be fucking ace >>>

Let It Bleed & Mixtape Present

BRODINSKI

Snafu Friday 27th November

11pm - 3am

w/ Giles Walker & Mini Klaus

+ Get Your Tickets HERE +

(big love to Scott for letting me warm up for this)

MK x

Dance Til You're Dead . . .

2009-10-19T13:35:00.009Z

Apparently Annie Mac played the A-Trak remix of 'Heads Will Roll' earlier this month and the kids went wild for it - I'm not surprised. I have been waiting for a beasting remix of this tune cause I just love it - my indie roots coming back to life with a modern club beat mix = perfecto. A-trak himself requested for this mix to be published on blogs, so boost. He does just enough to it, making it playable and enjoyable for a packed clubbed to dance to.

It's tasty. . .

Yeah Yeah Yeahs : 'Head Will Roll' (A-Trak Remix)

This should also be heard --- Douster brings back Simba. . .

I actually really like it..

MK x

GEEK tres CHIC

2009-10-12T12:47:00.006Z

The weekly Wednesday electronic collective Electrique Boutique is proud to present a night of pure GEEK!

With residents Giles Walker and Mini Klaus to help you dance like no one is watching with electro. house. techno. disco. uk funky. dub. pop. bass. and whatever you geeks want to hear.

+++ geekin' VISUALS from DO IT's very own talented Vj-ing wizard M.O.C. ! ! !

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{ GEEK WARE IS ESSENTIAL }

big glasses :: slick hair :: tucked in shirts :: ridiculous looking ties :: long socks :: knitted attire :: goofy teeth :: calculators :: pens :: black shoes with white socks :: high waisted trousers :: screech powers :: corduroy :: blazers ::

Only £3 entry or discount for chic looking geeks! + the usual splendid drink deals

* Get Your Freakin' Geek On *

Wednesday 21st October

11pm-2am

Club Snafu

To get you in the mood. . .

The Faint : 'The Geeks Were Right' (Boys Noize vs D.I.M. Remix)

MK x

I ♥ Louis

2009-10-10T13:51:00.013Z

Louis Brodinski shouldn't need much of an introduction - The French music tickler has such a broad taste of beats which is reflected in his own productions and dj sets, encompassing noisy techno, bass heavy house through to melodic minimal. The craze started with the release of his track "Bad Runner" in 2007 on Mental Groove. Since then he has remixed for the likes of Adam Sky, The Shoes, D.I.M, Klaxons, HeartRevolution, Mehdi, Jokers of the Scene, Mixhell and Bonde De Role. He has already been championed by Radio Soulwax, Tiga's Turbo and Bugged Out. His recent collaborations with Noob and Mumdance have only reinforced his growing success and pure talent of producing some amazing sounds. I am pretty excited since he is coming to Snafu in November as part of Let It Bleed, which you can buy tickets for HERE! His set at MELT! this july was pretty damn good, even though I was out of energy by the Sunday night, so this gig should be pretty amazing.

As a taster/treat/something for you all to nibble on, here is one of his mixes from his blog SmokeMashine, with tracklisting below. -- enjoy --

++ BRODINSKI : SMOKEMASHINE C ++

1. Tiger Stipes - Hooked

2. Afrojack - Don't Be
3. Lutzerkitchen - Fire in Cairo
4. Piemont - Black Smoker
5. Dj Rush - Motherfucking Bass (Popof Rmx 1)
6. Fergie - Senderoff
7. Broombeck - the Clapper
8. Marc Antona - Neurons
9. Dettman & Clock - Blank Scenario
10. Harry AXT - Riffler
11. Elite Force - No Turning Back (Mowgli & Solo Rmx)
12. Jamie Mchugh - Lunar
13. Dj Hell - the Disaster (Ink & Needle Rmx)
14. Rune & Sydenham - Elephant

MK X

Duck Sauce

2009-10-07T15:41:00.005Z

Duck Sauce is the wonderful collaboration of Armand Van Helden and A-Trak on US label Fools Gold Records. These boys have brought back disco and thrown it in your face. Check out the teaser trailer for some of the big-ups they're receiving from the biggest names in dance music.

As a further treat, they have produced and selected some big tracks on this month's free Mixmag CD, containing exclusives, edits and remixes from Mr Oizo, Boys Noize, Das Glow, Sebastien Tellier and His Majesty Andre. So do yourself a favour and go out and buy it.

MK x

POW=WOW

2009-10-07T11:57:00.008Z

Alex Ridha a.k.a. Boys Noize (one person, okay?) has released his second album this week, following the success of 2007's 'Oi Oi Oi' and it's name is a spot on description of what the album is. 'Power' includes the pounding tracks 'Jeffer' and 'Starter' and hits you so hard it will make your ears bleed. It's Alex at his best, producing some amazing electro and techno tracks for you to enjoy and basically dance your tits off on the dance floor to.

Here is a wee taster. . .

Boys Noize : 'Gax'

Boys Noize : 'Jeffer' (Para One Remix)

A lovely guy who never fails to get you moving.

MK x

once you go Mak you'll never go back

2009-10-06T16:16:00.007Z

Lorcan Mak is a 20 year old dj and producer from Dublin. He has quickly become a big name on the Dublin Electro scene where his first residency was held at the infamous Button Factory who have had such acts as Don Rimini, James Amato, Santiago & Bushido, Felix Cartel and Hi Jac.

Many are taking a huge interest in his work, including Brodinski who named his awesome track 'Gypsy Bum' as his number one track in his April Top Ten Chart. He has recently produced a new mix which has been posted on Palm Sounds, so here it is :

:: Lorcan Mak Mixtape ::

Tracklisting >>

L-Vis 1990 – United Groove (Original Mix)

Lorcan Mak – Gypsy Bum (Original Mix)

D.I.M. & TAI – Lyposuct (Noob remix)

FM Audio – Killer (Afrojack Remix)

Brodinski Ft. Noob – Peanuts Club (Original Mix)

Buraka Som Sistema – Aqui Pra Voces (Mastiksoul Samba Remix)

Duke Dumont – Hoy (Original Mix)

Laidback Luke and Diplo – Hey (Dre Dkull Remix)

Major Lazer – Hold The Line (Edu K Remix)

Crystal Fighters – I Love London (Lorcan Mak Remix)

Lorcan Mak – 4 The Love (Original Mix)

Momma’s Boy-Maldito Nino (Tom Flynn’s Big Momma Remix)

Urchins – Tickets (Kid Kaio Is High Remix)

Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano – Pondo (Chuckie & Silvio Ecomo Mix)

Will Bailey – Hit The Club (Sidney Samson Remix)

Victor Vera And Mijail – Jungler (Original Mix)

Mario Ochoa – So Serious (Original Mix)

Hatiras – 6 Million Ways (Club Mix)

Mark Knight, Funkagenda – Flauta Magica (Original Mix)

Calvin Harris – Im Not Alone (Burns Rewerk)

MK x

do you know what makes a little girl happy?

2009-09-08T11:31:00.006Z

My mixtape for Fresher's Week is finished - a little late, but better than never? - who knows. Here you go. . .

<< mini KLAUS' "do you know what makes a little girl happy?" FRESHERS MiXtapE 2oo9 >>

:: TRACK LISTING ::

Mr Oizo : Flat Beat

Calvin Harris : Ready For The Weekend (Fake Blood Remix) [yes, i don't like CH but it's a good remix]

Malente and Dexter : Hyperactive (Bobmo Remix)

Armand Van Helden : Playmate (Jesse Rose Remix)

Kenneth Bager : Fragment Seven [Les Fleurs] (Jesse Rose's Monday Afternoon Alternate Version)

Underground : Seductive Sound

Tiga : Shoes (Noob Remix)

Primary 1 and Riton : Who's There? (Style of Eye Remix)

Afrojack : Thief

Brodinski : Bad Runner

Duck Sauce : You're Nasty

Popof : The Chomper (LSD Version)

Major Lazer : Pon De Floor (R!M!E! Remix)

Shadow Dancer : Cowbois (Strip Steve Remix)

Little Boots : Remedy (A1 Bassline Get Hype Remix)

Alvaro : Make It Funky (Original Mix)

Boys Noize vs Housemeister : Shine Shine (AC Slater Remix) / Beef Jerky

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CALVIN HARRIS (Dj Set) :: Playing Snafu Sunday 1st November ::

JESSE ROSE :: Playing Snafu Saturday 14 November ::

BRODINKSI :: Playing Snafu Friday 27th November ::

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MK x

Bad Gyal Ms Dynamite

2009-09-01T04:05:00.004Z

I am a bit late to the party with this one, but Ms Dynamite is one of my fave female mc's and this tune is an amazing return to her 2 step garage roots. Just amazing.

Ms Dynamite - Bad Gyal

Live From Wizard Festival

2009-08-31T20:32:00.005Z

Djamba and i were playing the Wizard festival on Friday night. I figured i may as well record the set as we were on quite early in the day, which meant we could go for more of a summery vibe.

So here it is, full of that lovely UK Funky stuff all the kids are talking about.

Tracklist

Pointless Intro

Floating Points - K&G Beat
Royal P - Between Us
Soundstream - Love Jam
D Malice - Gabryelle Refix
Dj NG ft Katy B - Tell Me (Geeneus After Dark Dub Mix)
Blackhouse Project - Come Dancing
NB Funky - Riddim Box
Dre Skull - I Want You (Bok Bok Dub)
Zed Bias - Neighbourhood (Roska Mix)
Roska - Elevated Level
Roska ft Jamie George - Wonderful Day
Emvee - Glitch Dub
Karizma - Twyst This
Riton & Primary 1 - Who's There? (L-Vis 1990 Mix)
Hot City - Hot City Bass
Hardhouse Banton - Sirens
Boy 8-bit - Baltic Pine
Kyle Watson - He Was Like
Hot City - Sweat
Crazy Cousins - Bongo jam (L-Vis 1990 & Bok Bok Mix)
MJ Cole - Attitude
Dj Luck & Mc Neat - A Little Bit Of Luck
Smith & Mighty - B Line Fi Blow

Funky Town

2009-08-28T01:12:00.005Z

Yo yo yo since MK posted a tune i played last week, i'm gonna post a tune she plays as well.

Mujava - Township Funk (Crazy P Remix)

Crazy P are doing a live set for Snafu's 5th birthday celebration on Saturday the 26th of September. So come down and check it out if you dig the houseness.

Residential Boutique-ers

2009-08-22T15:17:00.007Z

This week's Electrique Boutique with myself and Giles was a blast! Not a bad turn out considering most of the student's are away. And getting a couple of 'that was a good set''s at the end of the night makes it all worth it >> I hope you folks enjoyed it!

Next week is the turn of the Switch Djs. Nevertheless, do you want to see us play a whole host of beats again? Come on down on Wednesday 2nd September for another installment with Electrique Boutique's resident DJs Giles Walker and Mini Klaus, yeah? Yeah.

As a treat, here's a beast of a tune by Boys Noize Records' Djedjotronic that Giles busted out last week. Potential booking?

Djedjotronic : "Gum Attack"

MK x

<< EatDisco >>

2009-08-04T21:39:00.015Z

Coming soon to Club Snafu : Soiree vs Mixtape present a night of mayhem stirred and created by the EatDisco lads.

From house parties to radio shows to nights in London and Newcastle and hitting the European catwalk of beats, Paul and Tom have been mixing it up since the early 90s and just haven't stopped moving on up. EatDisco as a club night has rejuvinated and revived the stale nights in Newcastle Upon Tyne, with monthly parties turning into weekly events and starring artists from such labels as Boys Noize Records and TigerBeat. Gaining more speed as Dj's in their own right, these boys began playing across the UK weekly which grew into European shows and being involved in Modular tours and Solar Berlin. They have shared the stage and partied all night long with the likes of Andy Wetherall, Dolby Anol, Hostage, Mumdance, Punks Jump Up, Strip Steve, Tom Deluxx and The Whip

Now more established than ever, with a style and even a design path of their own, EatDisco are playing out a mixture of everything from minimal techno, house, disco, electro to all out fashion and death.

Check out their latest mix ::

>> ++ EatDisco - Demoni ++ <<

1. Modeselektor - The Black Block (Marcel Dettmann Redefinition)

2. Skylark - Krakatoa (Original Mix)

3. Audio Soul Project - Reality Check (Vincenzo Mix)

4. Samuel L Session - Can You Relate (Steve Rachmand Remix)

5. Quince - Contracting

6. Mike Dehnert - Minimum

7. Toby Dreher - Pueblo (Martin Donath Remix)

8. Simon Baker - Confused (David K Mix)

9. Kenny Larkin - Dark Disco

10. Matt Nordstrum - Lucky Drawls (Mark Broom's No Rave Stab Remix)

11. Tony Lionni - 5th Cycle

>> GET ON IT <<

MK x

GADS! Tis the DRUMS OF DEATH

2009-07-29T23:39:00.003Z

Back in early 2008 we did a couple of small posts about Drums Of Death and his alter ego Kid Twist so as you can imagine it's nice not only to see the West coast boy make good with appearances with Rob Da Bank on BBC Introducing:

...but also to hear the Trouble and Bass acolyte and sometime Numbers of Glasgow collaborater put together a damn fine Resident Adviser podcast. He moved down to the Big Smoke in 2007 and after some hard work and long nights in the studio was picked up by the Fabric Digital record label and since then has had releases on various labels not to mention tearing the ass off clubs in NYC and across the world. Check out his hour of mayhem here:

Drums of Death RA Podcast

I've Got The Fever

2009-07-28T14:45:00.006Z

Quick apologies for not making Electrique Boutique last Wednesday with Mr Walker > I was feeling a bit sketchy having just got back from Germany, swine flu thoughts, and so thought it best to stay in than go out and party all night long. Total poop as I was really looking forward to playing. Until August, hopefully...

In the meantime, I kind of love this song at the moment by Fever Ray. For those not in the know, she is the one from the infamous Knife. I managed to catch her and her at Melt! this year in Germany and the performance was weird but wonderful. The new single is called 'Triangle Walks' and it's been mashed up by a few, including Tiga and Allez Allez, but I am a fan of Rex The Dog's mix.

Fever Ray - 'Triangle Walks' (Rex The Dog Edit)

And also something that should be recognised is the newly released album by Diplo and Switch >> Major Lazer.

Major Lazer fought as a Jamaican commando and lost his arm in the secret zombie war in 1984. He fights vampires and various monsters, parties hard, and has a rocket powered skateboard (!)

I heard 'Pon De Floor' a number of times over the summer including as part of Diplo and Boys Noize/Erol's set. And I fell in love with 'Hold The Line' when I first heard it months ago - making the sample of a mobile phone vibrating sound good.

The album sounds hot, I think it should be a mass purchase.

Major Lazer - LP MiniMix

MK x

This is something for the radioooo

2009-07-09T12:53:00.003Z

Snafu has a radio station, find it here. At the moment it is streaming some of our fave music, but as time goes on the djs here at Snafu will be filling it up with shows.

On an unrelated note here are a few dj friendly edits.

Broadcast - Corporeal (Beezer's Intro Outro Edit)

T.W. Funkmasters - Love Money (Beezer's Intro Edit)

Deep Heat - Do It Again (Beezer's Intro Outro Edit)

Peas.

Another damn Kazey post

2009-06-23T11:39:00.002Z

Electrique Boutique fave Kazey is returning to the silver city with the golden sands again. He destroyed it at my night at Origin and he is set to do the same in Snafu on the 3rd of July. Come down, it will be neck snappingly good.

Check out these mixes from Kazey to get a taste.

Kazey play me sexy mix (direct link)

Kazey minimix (direct link)

Here's a bonus remix that he and Freon did of The Shoes for your delectation.

The Shoes - America (Freon & Kazey Remix)

Freon is definitely someone we are watching over here at the Snafu tower, expect some more info on him soon as.

London's Calling

2009-06-17T14:20:00.004Z

I'm heading to London at the end of the month, which I'm pretty damn excited about. I was supposed to be playing at my mate's party, but can't make it, so I'm still heading down for a few days to catch up with some people and have a wonder about Tate and other London things.

Expression of excitement means posting London-like tunes, yes?

The Man Like Me track "London Town" sounds like a bit of a camp 90s track that reminds me a little of Just Jack (N.B. this is not a good thing) even though Hot Chip slapped it on their latest Bugged In mix. Nonetheless Foamo manages to spruce things up a bit.

Man Like Me : 'London Town' (Foamo Remix)

I'm also a fan of The Shoes ever since I heard their remix of Primary 1. Anyways, they remixed that 80s-wannabe band Golden Silvers and it's not half bad - indie noise.

Golden Silvers - 'Arrows of Eros' (The Shoes Remix)

Ahhhh, love a bit of LANDAN !

MK x

For those about to rock we salute you

2009-06-12T11:36:00.003Z

A massive thank you to everyone who came out on Wednesday to Electrique Boutique, it was an awesome night and i had a wicked time. To say thanks i am gonna post a song that had its debut on the Fake Blood essential mix as far as i am aware. My buddy Djamba from the Everything Else Sucks night got the okay to blog it on the Hook Me Up blog, so i am gonna stick it up here as well.

Vektorkat - End Run

'Mon then!

2009-06-06T00:14:00.003Z

The Devil Lives In My Husbands Body - Pulsallama>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I got given an awesome mix tape by a pretty girl for my birthday, I mean it was a mix CD not a tape... It was a selection of songs, not mixed but curated into some kind of order. There is a message in there, in the mix tape - I don't know if I want to hear it or acknowledge it but certainly in this woman I have met my match.

Anyway - I'm on a self improving tip and so I hope to furnish this little corner of the internet with some kind of good stuff - you know stuff yeah, like, things and that.

I think I might write some more interviews...

Or tell you about going to see Moodymann.

Ken, Stories an that, weruds aw flung thegither wi the garrolous brogue o er vernacular stottering oan in the backgrund.

Male waxing, shrimping, Futurist poetry and much much more to come.

Leaving on a Jet Plane. . .

2009-06-03T12:22:00.008Z

So, last Friday we had this guest playing presented by Let It Bleed - these guys called. . . . Aeroplane?

Recently producing the Disco Balearica Cd for last month's Mixmag, these boys are numero uno right now. Their eagerly anticipated album is due later in the year, though in the meantim they have created some fantastic remixes; such as Sebastian Tellier's 'Kilometer', Grace Jones' 'William's Blood' and the Friendly Fires track 'Paris' featuring the vocal talents of Au Revoir Simone.

For those of you who were there last Friday, I hope you enjoyed yourself, cause I sure as hell did! Although we were missing the other half of the Belgian duo, Stephen Fassano (lovely chap) did a great set - even if he did bust out Aeroplane's best tune quite early on - finishing the night with The Turtles' classic 'Happy Together'.

If I had managed to secretly steal his CD case, I would note down every track on here that I could. In the meantime however, here are Aeroplane's favourite tracks for the month of May >>>

01. 80 Kidz : "Miss Mars" (Kitsune) [MK recommends]
02. Phoenix : "Lisztomania" - Classixx Version (Loyauté) [MK recommends]
03. Dj Kaos : "Love The NIght Away" - Tiedye Remix (DFA)
04. No Name : "Cosmic Rave" (Cdr)
05. Bottin : "Sciarando El Scuro" (Bear Funk)
06. VV Brown : "Shark In The Water" - Crazy P Remix (Island)
07. Chris Todd : "I Need Love" (Eskimo)
08. DMX Crew : "Come To Me" - Instrumental (Permanent Vacation)
09. Hockey : "Learn To Loose" - Filthy Dukes Remix (Virgin) [MK recommends]
10. Demis Roussos : "Love Is" - Danny Krivit Edit (Giant Step)

And as a further treat, here is a link to their 5 minute Mini Mix for Annie Mac And some pic-a-mix from last week - you can find more on the Snafu website

Ciao for Niao

MK x

Mini Klaus

2009-06-03T11:58:00.004Z

Bello.

Since the Electrique Boutique is back on the cards and this blog has been resurrected for that cause, I thought I would take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Chloe, a.k.a "Mini Klaus" >>

I am a starting out Dj who loses herself in the music without having to take anything - even though a nice gin and tonic really does help me bust a move. I like lots and lots of music, yeah? Techno, Electro, Pop, Disco, Acoustica, Hip-Hop, Electronica, House and everything in between. Starting out earlier in the year, I have managed to slide my way into support slots and have warmed up for the likes of LITTLE BOOTS, AEROPLANE and even the amazing BOYS NOIZE.

I am also involved in other musical-club nights in Aberdeen including Electric Institute at Korova and I have appeared as a guest at Bones and Money's infamous Acid Thunder nights and for Let It Bleed. Further, I am involved with the Soiree nights held every few months in Aberdeen -- a series of parties for the people, by the people. Including resident and guest Djs and a whole load of visual treats.

So there you go, a wee hello from me. I play in Five (1 Union Street, beside and upstairs from Snafu) every Friday night from 10pm - 1am busting out a whole mix of stuff from electro-pop-disco to hip-hop and acoustic.

I must give many thanks to Mister Walker, who has helped me out no end. And also to the brother who inspired my passion for music.

See you on the dancefloor?

MK x

We're back!

2009-05-25T19:56:00.003Z

The Electrique Boutique night has been raised from the dead again, this time with myself and Mini Klaus now hosting it on a Wednesday night in Snafu. So expect some new interviews and mixes from us and from our rotating guest djs.

To start us off i am gonna link you to this awesome Seiji UK Funky mix that i love. For those of you who don't get what this UK Funky thing is (which is most people) it is basically carnival house music that is kinda an offshoot of the Grime scene although at times sounds closer to some of the more energetic Broken Beat records.

Whatever it is it couldn't really sound more like it was from London.

Seiji - UK Funky Mix

OMG!!!1!!!1ONEONE

2008-12-10T18:56:00.003Z

Just got an email from Kazey, who played an amazing set for me a few weeks ago, with his brilliant remix of the Proxy classic 'Raven'

Nuff said.
Proxy - Raven (Kazey and Bulldog remix)

Northern Lights Radio Show No.1

2008-11-06T06:13:00.005Z

My buddy James Pole has started doing a radio show on Deep Frequency FM, but being the kind of guy he is, has decided not to really tell anyone about it. He plays kind of all over the place, from Indian funk to boogie, hip hop, Turkish psych, Swedish prog, techno and all manor of other weird rare records he probably paid far too much money for.

Here's the show from the 16th of September:

James Pole On Northern Lights 16th September 2008

Playlist:

ralpa lundsten - planet of winds ( harvest )
racines synthetiques - nebulosite ( music pour l'image )
ash ra temple starring rosi - laughter loving ( kosmische musik )
colonel elliot - trask 5 ( white )
nora dean - angie la la ( treasure isle )
x ray pop - dee es ( b.o )
dorrian - sex computer ( celluloid )
r.d burman/kittu - lets dance together ( polydor )
selda - yaz gezateci yaz ( finders keepers )
gal costa - taureg ( philips )
populare machinique - sharfer shlits ( preferable music )
prince jammy - wafer scale integration ( greensleeves )
yvone archer - aint nobody ( virgo )
fab five freddy - change the beat ( celluloid )
jive rhythm trax - 101 bpm ( jive )
baron zen - burn rubber dam funk mix ( stones throw )
kraftwerk - neon lights ( capitol )
rah band - message from the stars ( tmt )
munich machine - party light ( oasis )
circle city band - magic ( circle city )
ago - stop your life ( hispavox )
jive rhythm trax - 116 bpm ( jive )
kym - give me the dance dub ( award )
c.o.d - the bottle inst ( bellaphon )
drexciya - andrean sand dunes ( tresor )
erock - horrorballs ( braain )
turn on - electrocation of fire ants ( duophonic )
united states of america - cloud song ( columbia )
amon duul 11 - sleepwalkers timeless bridge ( u.a. )
magical ring - light flight ( chicago 2000 )
d.c. la rue - do you want the real thing ( pyramid )
escape from new york - fire in my heart ( rollerball )
mike francis - features of love ( concorde )

Bok Bok and Manara playing the hype 4x4 ish up here on Saturday

2008-11-05T00:19:00.002Z

It's no secret i love the 4x4 and Dubstep so i am fuckin well chuffed to have Bok Bok and Manara spinning at my Hush Hush night in Origin. Here are a couple of mixes from the Night Slugs show.

Bok Bok and L-vis 1990 back to back on Sub.fm (Direct Link)

01 - APPLE - seigalizer refix
02 - STEAVY BOY - sgila ka ambros
03 - ROSKA - boxed in
04 - CLARA HILL MEETS VIKTER DUPLAIX - paper chase
05 - WOOKIE - fallin again (gallium) ft NY
06 - DJ NG ft KATY B - tell me
07 - HARD HOUSE BANTON -sirens
08 - JAZMINE SULLIVAN - need u bad (CRAZY COUSINZ remix)
09 - DJ MYSTERY - changes
10 - FOOTLOOSE ft SIMONE - just leave (FINGERPRINTS dark dub mix)
11 - ROSKA - climate change
12 - MATT SHADETEK - battery charge riddim
13 - CONAN LIQUID - one time (for your mind)
14 - DARQUAN -cold symptoms
15 - GOLDSPOT PRODUCTIONS - sonybeat
16 - HINDZY D - soundwave
17 - GEMMY - back to the future
18 - WONDER - arabian knights
19 - RUSTIE - zig zag
20 - DJ MA1 - i'm right here ft SOPHIA (JC remix)
21 - TERROR DANJHA - zumpi hunter
22 - MOVES!!! - all skate
23 - top secret tune
24 - BOK BOK - no need to front 2008
25 - MIKIX THE CAT - freeze (DROP THE LIME remix)
26 - L-VIS 1990 - the night slug
27 - EGYPTRIX - use magic to kill death
28 - BASS BOY - bass power
29 - TRC - hush baby
30 - SILVERLINK - the message is love (L-VIS 1990 remix dub)
31 - CHRISTIAN MARTIN - elephant fight (JUSTIN MARTIN's jungle remix)
32 - DJ MYSTERY - speechless ft NATALIE K
33 - SKEPTA - tingles
34 - MARTYN - vancouver
35 - CLAUDE VONSTROKE - who's afraid of detroit (TANNER ROSS remix)
36 - NROTB - take me up (MATH HEAD remix)
37 - ROY DAVIS JR - gabrielle
38 - STICKY - boom shell
39 - MINI KINGZ - cliffer lead

Some more from Sub.fm

01 - DJ MOBI - Mdantsane Funk
02 - HITTY - Back To Me ft SIMONE
03 - DJ MYSTERY - Changes
04 - JAZMINE SULLIVAN - Need U Bad (CRAZY COUSINZ remix)
05 - HARD HOUSE BANTON - Reign
06 - CONAN LIQUID - One Time (For Your Mind)
07 - HOT CITY - Hot City Bass
08 - ROSKA - Our Father
09 - JOKER & RUSTIE - Play Doe
10 - ZOMBY - Polka Dot
11 - WAIFER - Gunman Skank
12 - DROP THE LIME - New York City Massacre
13 - SILVERLINK ft JAMMER & BADNESS - The Message Is Love (STARKEY remix)
14 - DROP THE LIME - Hear Me (BURAKA SOM SISTEMA remix)
15 - L-VIS 1990 - The Night Slug
16 - EGYPTRIX - Use Magic To Kill Death
17 - CALL OF DUTY - Russian Ganster Dub
18 - BASS BOY - Get A Reload VIP
19 - RUSTIE - Tempered
20 - NASTEE BOI - Dirtyah
21 - TAZ BUCKFASTER - Robogrime
22 - YOUNG DOT - What remix
23 - BOK BOK - No Need To Front 2009
24 - PANTHA - Damn Thing ft GRINSTAR
25 - NROTB - Take Me Up (MATH HEAD remix)
26 - L-VIS 1990 - Mutant
27 - TRC - Hush Baby
28 - RAMADANMAN - Humber
29 - DJ MA1 ft SOPHIA - I'm Right Here (JC remix)
30 - BURAKA SOM SISTEMA ft DJ ZNOBIA - Luanda/Sisboa
31 - DECKSTAR - Doing Things Differently
33 - BOK BOK vs L-VIS 1990 - That Girl Right There refix
32 - CRAZY COUSINZ - Bongo Jam (L-VIS 1990 remix)
33 - LITTLE JINDER - Polyhedron (SUPRA1 remix DTL VIP)
34 - STARKEY - Strike Now VIP
35 - MATT SHADETEK - Craziest Riddim remix
36 - PANGAEA - Router

If you are a fan of this sort of stuff come down and check it out, if not then why not come down anyway for the banter.

Mix

2008-10-18T22:22:00.003Z

My buddy Martin Jay (Who did the awesome Birth Control edit i posted a while back) sent me the promo mix he did for his Wednesday night session in Snafu. If you are from Aberdeen and reading this then you should check it out as he is a rare gem these days, playing strictly vinyl and spinning a lot of oldies next to the newer stuff. He also hooked me up with some old speed garage records last time i was at his.

Martin Jay - Wednesday Night Mix

Tracklist:
Sunbear - "Let Love Flow For Peace"
Bernard Wright - "Hobaglobatrobbin"
Black Urahu - "Big Spliff"
Jimmy Cliff - "Peace Offica"
ChagrinD'Amour - "AuParadis" (LoudEfiedEdit)
Touch Sensitive - "Break Your Heart" (Seymores Stripped Naked Edit)
Midnight Express Band - "Danger Zone"
John Carpenter - "The End" (Remix)
Angela - "Get a little love"
Simon Baker - "Plastic" (Terje Türkatech Mix)
Jape - "Floating" (Prins Thomas Remix)
Sticky Jones Gang - "Tunisia Ride"
Malinga Five - "Malinga" (Moton Edit)
Steel An'Skin - "Afro Punk Reggae Dub"
Tony Allen - "Ole" (Moritz Von Oswald Remix)
Chris Isaak - "Wicked Games" (Buisness Man Dub)
Erok - "Solar Plexus"
Unknown - "Crees Que Soy Sexy?"
Ahmed Fakroun - "Nisyan" (LesEditsDuGolam)

Peace

Dressing To Impress

2008-09-25T20:49:00.004Z

I have been pretty slack with the old blogging of late, which is mainly due to the "exchange being full" in the one horse town i live in. No internet for me then.

I have made a special effort to post this whilst djing (for a burlesque party with chicks wandering around in corsets with bunny tails and stuff, seriously a girl just walked past me wearing nothing but red heels, red knickers and red nipple tassles) simply because i received a cool email from Jackmaster a second ago with details of a few of the upcoming Dress 2 Sweat releases and a couple of unreleased goodies. Previous Dress 2 Sweat releases have come from Rustie, Dj Tameil, Rod Lee, Kazey & Bulldog and have all been dynamite for dancefloors. They also have a very collectable feel about them being pressed on top quality vinyl but in small numbers.

The new Dress 2 Sweat eps are from Debonair Samir and Dj Deeon and Jack has been nice enough to supply us with some tracks that didn't make it onto the records.

Debonair Samir - Real Bitch Roll Call (Kazey & Bulldog Remix)

Debonair Samir - Freaky Girl

Debonair Samir - Throw It Up

Dj Deeon - Killa Wit Da Beat

Dj Deeon - Get Down Juke Remix (Paul Johnson classic flipped in a juke style)

Dj Deeon - Grindin

The Debonair Samir 12" can be picked up at Juno Boomkat and Rubadub

The Dj Deeon 12" can be picked up at Boomkat Juno and the ever excellent Rubadub Records

Kazey is playing my night in a few weeks but i will info it up about that later.

HOW AWESOME IS THIS!!!!!!!!!!

2008-08-27T17:16:00.003Z

Steve Hurley, Original Version of Love Can't Turn Around

Bring back: West Heath Yard

2008-08-13T13:26:00.004Z

Back in 1999 Edwyn Collins of "Never met a girl like you before" fame and the mighty band Orange Juice opened up his studios to Hothouse Productions for a comedy he had co-written about the travails of two producers and their attempts to create "the next big thing". The show's synopsis reads:

"Denny Lorimar and Jackson Gold are the legendary record producers at the London studios of West Heath Yard. Jarvis Cocker and Natalie Imbruglia are among the hopefuls trying to break into the world of rock and roll."

It was shown on Channel 4 under the auspices of the 4 Later schedule. Really this was a great little piece of satire and should be back on our screens... or atleast available on dvd!

Look out for the series West Heath House as well.

Contact Hot House Productions to get this work of art re-released - click here

DJ P.O.L.Style

2008-07-22T13:33:00.004Z

DJ P.O.L.Style, the Numbers Crew man in Japan has some high octane shit coming out on ClekClekBoom next week and by way of a taster of things to come he's dropped a couple of Bmore Bangers our way:

Have the people Stompin is a filtered Baltimore track representing some straight up Bukkake theme music - I'll probably ruin my carpet next weekend listening to this with my girlfriend and the 20 or so middle-aged men who have replied to her Jizz party add on Craigslist. Yeah this is Nasty. I'd put it on a mix tape called Sex Crimes and send it to Mike Tyson.

Second up is Get Yo Hands Up which has so many "whuts" you could call it a jiggawhut of party juice. Well, you could call it that but you might get the gas face... but then I'm not all cool and street so I'll call it a Jiggawhut Party Juice track and leave all the trendies to fawn over Sam Sparro whilst compairing Oki-Ni receipts.OKAITHAINXG'BAINOW

NUMBERS TOKYO

Mofomatronix

2008-07-17T14:05:00.003Z

I first heard of Mofomatronix when Jackmaster (the guy who runs the Dress2Sweat record label, Numbers club night and many, many more things) played me some of their tracks when he came to play my night. He tore it up that night but that is a different story.

I was really impressed by the production style they displayed and looked them up online to discover they are a couple of producers and dj's operating from Montreal. They run the Turbo Crunk night in Montreal and Toronto with their pals Megasoid, Blingmod and Lunice and also the Many Brain blog.

They took some time out from making crazy beats to answer some questions for me and you.

EB: What is and was the club scene like where you guys grew up? Did your night start because you were following suit from other hip hop nights or were you starting from scratch with it?

MFMTRNX: The club scene is Montreal is similar to most other big cities nowadays. The serato-DJ plays the same artist remixed by the same producer at the same horrible bitrate, and that phenomenon is very much present here. However there is a subculture of interesting club nights with considerable draw that have been around and were popping hard by the time we got our first monthly going proper dumb. The like minded homies would be Ghislain Poirier and his infamous Bounce Le Gros nights, Khiasma and his Baile MTL super-eclectic parties, and of course the Megasoid dudes. So as much as we weren't exactly following suit with the club scene of the city, it'd be a lie to claim ownership on what we did or say we started from scratch, as it was a select few monthly parties all individually pushing more diverse interesting sounds that made it good for everyone.

EB: How is your sound recieved in Montreal and Toronto where you run your nights?

MFMTRNX: To our surprise, our "thing" has been accepted as a legit club sound. whether pushing obscure Hyphy tracks, the latest Atlante club anthems, our own sounds or those of our friends and peers around the world like Lazer Sword, we've always been amazed at how it has not only kept clubs popping, but has often dragged people out to dancefloors. Curiously enough this has happened a few times when we were playing on bills alongside techno/electro DJs, and a few hours at 130bpm, we'd come on and play what is even to us at times the weirdest club music imaginable, people got to the dancefloor and really "get it". It's great.

EB: Are there any local mcs that you work with or plan to work with in the near future? (I ask because there are loads of mcs here but the dj scene is so far from the mc scene that the two rarely mix and when they do there are differences due to djs being more geeky about what they listen to and mcs having a hard time grasping where they fit in the hip hop food chain)

MFMTRNX: The thing is, there aren't many MCs in Montreal (at least since Giovanni Marks moved!), and truthfully we haven't really looked. However we have a few people in Chicago, LA, Texas and San Fransisco that we are supposed to work with in the near future. Hopefully we can hook up with some UK peoples as well. Though that's definitely a good point about producers and MCs often being on different wavelenghts, the scope of our beats covers many grounds and we have our secret stash of straight up rap beats that we could possibly throw at an MC, get the acapella back and flip it from there.

EB: Which producers have inspired you so far past and present?

MFMTRNX: Kraftwerk, Traxamillion, Bangladesh, Pinch, Droop-E, The Neptunes, Timbaland, etc. Anything from a banging strip club Collipark Snap beat from the southern States to a solid german Ellen Allien techno tune will inspire us tremendously.

EB: Have you thought about taking that leap and making uptempo music using the same production style? I mean that Common tune is at 120bpm and the Ne-Yo tune is even faster.

MFMTRNX: We don't force any tempo on our tracks and just come up with a melody and see at what speed it would work, otherwise with remixes we'll start from a rap we really like and work around its tempo. We have a few 110+ tracks, and I believe our set goes up to 120bpm right now, but then you gotta do something with it... like make all the verses 60bpm, some polyrhythms, fuck with the dancefloor a tiny bit. Fast bpms give us headaches. And for what it's worth it's not entirely unusual for rap or hip hop to reach those speeds whether full on or half time. My Love and Gossip Folk are both 120bpm.

But essentially if you're going in that bpm range, I bloody hope it's just a vicious transition towards 65bpm hahaha.

There you have it, bass heavy hip hop that works for the dancefloor, check the remixes from them and their fam.

Nas - Made You Look (Mofomatronix Remix)

Kinfolk - So Krisy (Mofomatronix Remix)

Busta Rhymes - Whoo Hah (Lunice Remix)

There are loads more delights to be sampled over at the Many Brain blog so get on it.

Also Mofomatronix are playing at The Ballers Social Club night, in Glasgow, at The Ivy with Rustie and Eclair on Saturday the 8th of August.

I been here for years

2008-05-14T18:35:00.004Z

In spring 1997 Mathew Chicoine aka Recloose made contact with 2nd wave Detroit Techno scion Carl Craig by way of a now legendary “Demo on Rye Sandwich”. The meeting might have gone a little like this:

Carl Craig “Achtung brethren – gimme some of those extended building intros with the promise of some sort of ethnic style breakdown before you pile in a beat down kinda rhythm yo… oh and stick some pastrami and lachs on the side as well man.”

Matt Chicoine “Certainly Sir”
Putting the
Sarnie together

Carl Craig “…Nice…”

After some time…

Matt Chicoine “You want mayo with DAT?”

Carl Craig “Forget that isht – do I look Belgian to you?”

Ok, so obviously the story didn’t quite go like that but it’s not the most interesting thing about Recloose. In terms of underground dance music he has seen a lot of success in a relatively short time: this is not to say that he hasn’t paid his dues though. His musical roots trace back through eight years of studying music and playing jazz at Ann Arbor University, later shifting his focus to djing. His eclectic sets, which were first heard on college radio, have led to a prolific career playing at festivals and clubs around the world. He has cited the early Jeff Mills AKA The Wizard AKA The Wiz mixes on WKLB Radio as a direct inspiration for getting up on to the ones and twos while artists as diverse as the flamboyant Rick James and the seminal Herbie Hancock have shaped his interpretation of electronic music.

Since serving Carl Craig with the best sounding/worst tasting sandwich in Detroit, Recloose has progressed to holding an enviable place in Detroit’s musical canon. A musical style which although has been likened to representing the continually morphing cityscapes and sonic environs of industrial Detroit, his early sound is too simply defined by such a cliché. He touches base with his forefathers through jazz and takes this compositional flare and uncompromising love of music to produce jittering and funky strains of musical DNA. His talent is in arranging sound not so much as in appropriating its found qualities like his contemporary Theo Parrish.

Recloose - Get There Tonight from Cardiology

An invitation to take part in the Wellington International Jazz Festival in 2000 led to him falling in love with the people and country of New Zealand itself. Eventually marrying and fathering a family near Wellington on the Kapiti Coast. Recloose, the Kiwi by proxy, started relocation shortly after the release of his first album Cardiology. It was a move that invited some comment but however proved to be the right decision for him. It has been the impetus to develop a radically different sound and provide new musical challenges.

Now residing in the beach town of Titahi Bay in NZ with the vibrant musical scene of Wellington nearby, the pieces were in place for the production of his second album “Hiatus on the Horizon”. By teaming up with Wellington musicians like Riki Gooch aka Eru Dangerspiel formerly of Trinity Roots and Lisa Tomlins vocalist for Rhombus the man has built around him a formidable live band as well as locking it down for Wellingtons heaviest crowd every Friday at Metterhorn. The Album, on record label Peacefrog, was described by them as “…encompassing live instrumentation, soul fuelled vocals and featuring many of Wellington’s established and rising musicians… an unlikely musical fusion of the sounds of the South Pacific and the not so distant memories of the Motor City…” Certainly with bravura as accomplished as the track “Dust” featuring Fat Freddys Drop vocalist Joe Dukie the labels tendency toward hyperbole is not with out foundation.

Recloose Live Band - Dust from Hiatus on the Horizon

I met up with the man Recloose and his 7-piece funk band on a chilly morning in Glasgow in 2006 a few hours before he embarked on his European tour. Since than a new album “Perfect Timing” has been recently released and while a DJ tour has taken place (with stops at the Southport Weekender amongst other prestigious gigs) a return of the live band is greatly anticipated. On that morning I found a man missing easy cheese and burritos whilst reminiscing about his homeland, the States. He was about to settle into a veggie burger served by the hardest looking Russian waiter in town…

“You want sauce?” Says the waiter.

Recloose, “Yeah, please, ketchup.”

He’s a polite guy and excuses himself for speaking with his mouth full. I ask him if he smokes in that hope that I may but I find Matt is a reformed smoker, “and this time it’s gonna stick, I tried when I was 25, I tried when I was 30 but this year (2006)… I just had my 31st birthday …” Perhaps hopeful when considering the miles he’s about to chock up with his band. Still with good humour abounding all is in place for a voyage befitting of any Kesey or Kerouac yarn, smoking or non-smoking.

A lot of people have tried to put a tag on what you do, what’s your take on it?

I guess I try not to get too wrapped up in any one sound at any time and avoid the usual pitfalls of bandwagons. In music it’s dangerous to pigeonhole yourself and so I’ve always been reluctant to put a label on what kind of music I make. When people ask me I just shrug myself and say, “I don’t really know.”

I guess it’s like Duke Ellington said: “There’s only two types of music – good and bad.”

Yeah totally, I hope I make good music!

Well whatever it is – it’s definitely not shit!

(Laughing out loud) Cheers bro. I guess that’s the main thing, not to be too wrapped up in your own world and keep a bit of distance between what you do and how you feel about it.

“Dust” has been a massive track for you – can you put your finger on why it’s worked so well on the dance floors and in the market place?

I guess when the like of Gilles Peterson picks something up and gives it airplay that really helps. It’s funny we were just talking about this last night. I t comes down to finding a balance between being creative, being artistic, being true to what you do and at the same time earning a lot of money. So it’s a fine line, a tightrope walk. Being able to make music that’s interesting, creative and breaking some new ground but at the same time not alienating any of the audience is a challenge. Dust was a little different but it incorporates some familiar elements… house, soul… The vocal Joe (Dukie) laid down was golden.

Were you aware of Joe and the band Fat Freddys Drop before you moved to Wellington in 2001?

Just a little bit, somebody gave me a CD when I first came to Wellington. Freddys are the kind of band that just plays ALL the time, so I became really aware of them on the live scene.

I was reading in your sleeve notes for “Hiatus on the Horizon” that you considered the album to be very much a community thing – I take it that community was something you were aware of before moving from Detroit?

Not at all, I wasn’t. I was pretty oblivious to what was going on there musically. It was then and is now, even more so, bubbling away developing underneath most people’s conscience. There’s some real heat coming through. All the components are there. There are some great musicians. It’s all starting to gel now with Freddys, The Black Seeds, in fact, Mark the guitar player in my band is from The Black Seeds. Everyone who is in the band is in other bands and that’s the cool thing. Lisa Tomlins (vocalist) is in like forty (!!!) other bands back in NZ, She sings with Rhombus amongst others, Freddys as well. I’ve got the Kiwi All-Stars with me! Isaac Aesili is with a couple of hot bands to look out for – Opensouls and Solaa – and Riki Gooch my percussionist was 1/3 of Trinity Roots. All hot kiwi bands.

So I take it the current Album was always intended to be experienced as a live event.

Um, not really, it just kinda happened. I wish I was one of these guys with a 5-year plan but it happened through listening back and really just trying to understand it as a performance. Perhaps it had a bit to do with being bored of twelve years of Djing. I mean playing in a band is so much fun… well it’s also a fucking pain in the ass!!! (Band mates chortling in the background) No let me re-define this. (Sarcastically) IT’S AN UTTER PAIN IN THE ASS… I mean touring man, we’ve been on the road for one day and I’m like, “what the fuck have I let myself in for?!?!?” You’ve met my band-mates right? What a rag-tag bunch of kiwi miscreants and party freaks. (Smiling and loud belly laughs erupt from the group) That said it’s a lot of fun – to be on stage is so much more gratifying than playing records. The chemistry with in the band and with the audience is awesome.

Recloose - Mana's Bounce from Hiatus on the Horizon

That really comes through when you are on stage. “Hiatus” presents quite a departure from your previous album Cardiology. Did you change your approach dramatically to build that sound?

I still use Logic as my core program so I didn’t change my approach that much. I suppose it had to do with being in New Zealand. Having a different set of sounds and influences and the change in the visual environment is just different. That coupled with having my son – both those things lightened me up quite a bit. You know Detroit is quite a dark and heavy place and you listen to that music (Cardiology) and you understand how it was made there. You can’t really make that kind of music being in NZ, I mean, a lot of people do but it always comes out sounding empty because you don’t have that frame of reference. Where as music that has that lighter feel to it, well, a more acoustically driven instrumentation inevitably captures the soul of this place. It can still be heavy like when the horns come through but that’s really what is happening here in NZ. The countryside has a lot more substance, a lot more soul, people go to the city to find themselves but the soul that’s there is what people have already brought with them. At some point in time everyone was a country bum, not literally but certainly for the majority of us if we go back to our roots.

So when you hand over a track for remixing is there ever a pang shooting through you?

There’s always a risk when you ask people to remix stuff that they’ll mess it up or lose the core of what it’s about but in the end it’s you that asked them to do the remix and you’ve trusted them to do it and you’ve taken that chance. That’s just the nature of the music business.

Do you enjoy doing remix work yourself?

Yeah I like remixes, they’re fun. I think for me they can be a bit of a distraction because I’ve done so many. Sometimes I wish I’d spent more time working on my own stuff but the thing with remixes is that they are a LOT of fun. You can do them relatively quickly and they constitute, for a lot of artists, our bread and butter.

And finally, what would be your ultimate after party?

Sweet man, well I would love to get my Detroit crew and my Wellington crew together and just mess around, party it up, jam and do it like a good old fashioned house party. I’d get my man Carl Craig across, Theo (Parrish) would be down, John Arnold, Jeremy Ellis, Lisa Tomlins on the mic, Amp Fiddler would be up there, Moodymann would be there and all the Fat Freddys boys… yeah that would be insane.

The new album is due out soon in the UK and is already released down under - by the sounds of it we're getting more high quality musicianship and heavy dance floor pressure. Be sure to cop this.

Recloose Homeboi page
Mixes, mp3's and more

And here's a treat for all you fans of bumpin' fidgety house:
Recloose - Dust (Induceve Mix)

Don't Call It A Comeback

2008-05-13T13:07:00.005Z

We've been here for... well, a year i guess.

There has been a bit of a gap in the posts of late, which i am sorry about. The Electrique Boutique night on the Monday came to an end to be replaced by The Black Tooth Lounge, a rock night which is going really well. They had The Deathset playing the other week which was an awesome gig.

Electrique Boutique will now be run on Fridays at Snafu, which is a much better slot for it. Upcoming guests confirmed so far are Duke Dumont, Sinden and Herve, Crookers and Jojo De Freq, Andrew Weatherall, Erol Alken, Felix Da Housecat, Slam, Percy X and a load more i will keep you up to date with.

To get back into the swing of the blogging malarkey i have a mix from Kid Bell. I have played with him a lot in the past and always enjoyed his dj style and banter. I remember once djing with him and singing 'Brazilian Rhyme' into the mic whilst he mixed the original into my horrendous warblings. He also ran the Goodfoot night at the Tunnels which i used to love going along to get down to some soulful flavours. Their guests included Mad Matts (owner of Gamm records) Zero Db, Quantic, Monk One, Benji B, Domu and a few others i cannot remember off the top of my head.

Kid Bell - Tuesday Night At Seymours

Tracklist:
Detroit Experiment - Higher
Maspyke - No big deal
Viper Squad - Case closed
Dj Day - A Place to go
Soulphiction - Prison song
Inohs Sivad Feat. Diamondancer - Somewhere Else
Soultoursit - Side dish
Mark E - Scared
Linkwood -Piece of mind
Waajeed - Tron
Imagination - Just An Illusion (Lindstrom dub)
O Boogie - Paper Chaser (Tom Trago & Maximillion's Big Business Remix)
Metro Area - Pina
Steve and I - 96
Patchworks - Celebration (Amp Fiddler instrumental)
Christian Prommers Drumlesson - Rex Drums
Alice Smith - Love Endeavour (Maurice Fulton remix)
Trusme - Working nights
Chic - I want your love (Todd Terje Mix)
Mark Murphy - Love is what stays (Henrik Schwarz remix)
Milton Jackson - Ghosts in my machine
Deetron - I Cling
Flying Lotus - Dance Floor Stalker
Thom Yorke - Eraser (Dixon edit)
Build an ark - You gotta have freedom (2 banks of 4 mix)

Bonus Ghettotech bootie

Skream - Midnight Request Line (Cutlass Supreme Remix)

If you are out in Aberdeen this week, come check me out, i am playing at Snafu on Thursday (filling in for Steven Milne) and Friday, 99 on Saturday and i am Back in Snafu on Sunday djing for this bartending competition.

I Is Bored

2008-02-26T20:42:00.010Z

I have been so bored today it is ridiculous. I staved off the boredom for a while watching stupid youtube videos. Lasagna Cat is good as it really shows how shit Garfield was.

Also Clark and Michael held my attention during the hours i could have been doing something worthwhile. Michael Cera the star of Arrested Developement and his buddy Clark Duke's internet show is pretty funny and has a few cameos.

I am really enjoying Santogold at the moment, especially the Creator track. Baltimore's Dj Scottie B did a cool bmore version of the tune that i am gonna be spinning out n the coming months. I hope this gets an official release soon.

Santogold - Creator

Santogold - Creator (Scottie B Remix)

The DFA remix of Paper Planes was leaked online this week as well. I wasn't really blown away by the original version, i thought it was alright but not worthy of the reception it seemed to get from the critics. This one is more my sort of speed with a spacey, cosmic vibe that i could imagine sounding good next to some Italians Do It Better release.

MIA - Paper Planes (DFA Remix)

Also hip hop heavyweight Dj Premier has remixed Grammy winning Dj and producer Mark Ronson. The remix of the Radiohead cover is quite a nice spin on the original, putting a hip hop slant on the funk version by scratching in the horn sections and keeping the whole thing mixable.

Mark Ronson - Just (Dj Premier Remix)

Well i am off to watch some more mind numbing television until i feel like commiting suicide.

Holy Chris!

2008-02-23T20:27:00.005Z

I have been listening to the Toddla T dj set on Sinden's radio show this week and i was really taken with the mashup he did with Holy Ghost! and Chris Brown. So much so infact that i decided to chuck it together so i can play it out when i am djing. Kind of lame and not original i realise, but so what? I'm sure at least one person will appreciate it and that is all i need.

Holy Ghost! vs Chris Brown ft T Pain - Hold On Kiss Kiss

Toddla T dj set on Sinden's Kiss radio show (From Maddecent)

Toddla T Ghettoblaster 1 Mixtape

Live from Electrique Boutique

2008-02-19T14:22:00.006Z

So i recorded my set last night in the club and even though i am far from happy with it i am offering it up here for download. It's not bad by any stretch, just not as tight as i am usually.

Live at Snafu pt 1

Live at Snafu pt 2

Tracklist

Vincent Price and Michael Jackson intro (i actually stopped the music in the club to do this bit)
Digital Mystikz - Anti War Dub
Benga - Crunked Up
Skream - 2d
Mala - Left Leg Out
Marc Houle - Techno Vocal (Dub)
Pirate Soundsystem - Scream if you wanna go rasta
Underground Resistance - Footwars
Smith and Mighty - B-line fi blow
Bok Bok - World Changing Dub
Blaqstarr - Shake It To the Ground (Claude Von Stroke Mix)
Hannah Holland - Crackney
Crookers - Para De Graasinha
Congorock - Exodus
A Hundred Birds - Jaguar
Danielle Baldelli - Safari
Rhythim is Rhythim - Strings Of Life
Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction
Nuyorican Soul - Nervous Track
Efdemin - Lohn and Brot

Part 2
Efdemin - Lohn and Brot
Isolee - Do Re Mi
Green Velvet - Shake and Pop (instrumental)
Jerome Sydenham - Timbuktu
Jess and Crabbe - Council
Jesse Rose - Wake Up
SL2 - Djs Take Control
Bassnectar - Yo (Speakerpunk Brazilian Rave Remix)
Bassment Jaxx - Hey U (Switch and Sinden remix)
Dr Evil - Mary Jane (Solid Groove Remix)
Bonde Do Role - Solta O Frango
Ludacris - Roll Out
Radioclit - Divine Gosa
Elite Force - Used and Abused (Zodiac Cartel Remix)
Bell X1 - Flame (Solid Groove Remix)
L-vis 1990 - Mr Wobble
Twocker - Stitch
Sawtooth Sucka - Crazy
Pase Rock - The Motherfucking Rave Is Over
Bassment Jaxx - Nifty
Rod Lee - Understand
Pitbull - Move Shake Drop
Benni Benassi - Satisfaction (Mowgli Bootleg)
Duke Dumont - Lean and Bounce
Mattew Jonson - Followed By Angels

That is not a picture of me btw

Enter: DRUMS OF DEATH

2008-02-18T18:29:00.004Z

OOOOOOOFT!!!!!

Drums Of Death promo mix

Drums of Death info

Showaa Dem!

2008-02-13T18:27:00.007Z

Zomby just sent us this preview of his upcoming official mixtape. It really does sound like some heavy club action. You can check out his vibe soon in Scotland at Dre$$ 2 $weat in Glasgow on the 22nd. Get your London Underground Doves out for some ill but legal NRG!

Zomby - OFFICIAL MIXTAPE PREVIEW

Bulgarian Interview

2008-02-13T16:47:00.008Z

The Bulgarian is a producer from (wait for it) Bulgaria, now staying in Cape Town. We are pretty big fans of his music under the names The Bulgarian and Mr Elastik over here at Electrique Boutique so we were pretty chuffed when he agreed to do an interview for us.

Electronic Boutique) So you have quite alot of respect for releasing records as Mr Elastik, what made you want to release the Bulgarian stuff as well? Most of the people who i know who play your Mr Elastik records kind of look down on the fidget house genre for not being very serious.

Bulgarian) Really? Haha, thought it was the other way round. ;) Actually mr. elastik and The Bulgarian came about at around the same time. I was really into all the minimal stuff but then I heard “A little bit Patchy” by Switch (the original dubsided release)... and didn’t really like it. But the flip-side was really dope. So i started checking this sound out and really got into it. Back then it still didn’t have a name so i was calling it ‘electrojack’... thank goodness someone thought of Fidget, much better name.

EB) Was there a record or producer that inspired the switch over of style?

B)I never really switched, rather expanded, but yeah, as I mentioned above it was “The Something Like” on dubsided 005, the flip to “A Bit Patchy”. That, and hearing Switch playing later that year at the Exit Festival in Serbia that sealed the deal for me. It was just a real breath of fresh air at the time!

EB)What other producers do you feel an affinity to right now?

B)I value the people more than the products and our personas are just that: products. So I’ll rather just mention some of the cats i’m getting along with at the moment that i think are cool; Bryan Cox, KiNK, my man Vlad Sokolov and also my Potty Mouth cohorts. I’m also on good terms with the Crookers, me and Phra have some funny msn conversations!

EB)Where have you found the Bulgarian sound goes down best? Are you booked to play alot as him in Bulgaria or South Africa for example?

B)Never actually played in Bulgaria! Hoping to change that soon, but i haven’t lived there for a long time and there’s not that much of an underground scene. South Africa is also a very tiny tiny fraction of the musical pie but it was where “The Bulgarian” was born so yeah, played here a bit. ;)

As to where the sound goes down the best... ... i’ll let you know! ;)

EB)Do you feel that the Cape town scene is particularly different from Durban or Jo'burg due to it's Cape Malay, San etc population - the sheer mix of ethnicities must make for some different vibes - the Cape Flats are a hot bed of kwaito right?

B)South Africa is a very colourful place in general and yes the cities are quite different, not least of which is their relative isolation from one another due to the sheer distances between them, JoBurg is about 1500Km from Cape Town and Durban is just over 1000 i think, so cross-pollination is hard, but Kwaito is definitely a national sound! In fact myself and my old studio partner Damien have been credited by some of the local media as having invented a new genre as the Tone Deaf Junkies: We call it Kwaitech, think electronic tech-kwaito. ;)

EB)It was your Discobelle mix that turned me onto Brabe, which in turn revealed Rene Van Munster and Bootlickers. How on earth did you discover him? I have tried looking for music i like on Myspace before and it is a soul destroying task.

B)I have a very time-consuming habit of checking out every single myspace page of everyone i get a friend request from as i think its polite and you never know what you might find. Of my nearly 2000 friends i’ve hand approved and looked at every single one of their pages Brabe and Rene were among those. So if your friend request is taking a few days to get approved its usually because im trying to find some time to get through a whole bunch of back-logged requests.

EB) Are there any other up and coming producers you want to big up right now?

B) While he’s been around for longer than me and is not really doing badly by any means he is still up and coming and so i have to give a shout out to the other Bulgarian. My man KiNK (on my top friends on my myspace page), the dude has talent, especially when you see what he works on!!!

The Bulgarian - Uptown Jack

The Bulgarian - Barnyard Dance

Remember to support the artists we feature here on the blog, if you don't they might not bother making the exciting music that you enjoy dancing to.
Buy his stuff.

Juno

Beatport

It's Fidget Week!

2008-02-11T17:08:00.000Z

Since it is only five bat days until Crookers grace the stage at Snafu to grace us with a graceful dj set i am devoting this week to the genre of fidget/crunk/ghetto house. After that i'll move onto trend house and then haircut house.

Let's begin shall we?

Dusty Kid - The Cat (Crookers Euro Crunk Remix)

Crookers vs Salt and Pepa - Love To Push It (Ursula 1000 edit)

Make sure and check out the upcoming Knobbers ep on Southern Fried Records.

Piracy Funds Terrorism

2008-02-07T22:44:00.000Z

We continue our ramble through the bass'ed out environs of the LDN by stopping by the Pirate Soundsystem boys and getting the gen. Donnison Laing and Josh Grigg make up the Buccaneer Suvvener duo responsible for some heavy remix work for the likes of Hadouken, Drop the Lime and Si Begg amongst others.

Electrique Boutique -How did you get started?

Donnison - Me and Josh met via the mash-up/diy scene in about 2003 and were fans of each others work. out of that we started helping each other out with beats and bass lines, and then in 2005 decided to make it a formal partnership.

Josh - We decided that there wasn't enough of 'this' kind of music in the world and we should probably do our duty to help remedy that.

EB - Ok So I'm going bananas over "Scream if you wanna go Rasta." In it I'm hearing elements of what I'm tentatively calling Rave-Step...it's a term Neil Landstrumm coined to describe his own particular sound but I'm increasingly finding it useful in curating like mind producers. How do you feel about this term - I notice from your listed influences a number of old skool heroes.

D - Well, we definitely drew heavily from Rave & Dubstep influences in that track - we sampled the vocal from an old Tek9 track - so Rave-Step is probably about right I love Neil Landstrumm's work... he gets so many ideas into his tracks it's incredible.

J - Terms are annnnnything. Rave-Step is a nice term... It hints at Rave and Dubstep and all the loose genres between those two... but if people hear the name for the genre before the music their cognitive space will only relate to Rave & Dubstep, so what happens when people start throwing in guitars or techno drums... then we have to start all over again. Making up genres is fun though, lets just keep doing it.

EB - Yeah I wanted to touch on the volume of ideas that are in your work so it's handy you've kind of brought that up. I almost wanted to call what you were doing rave-break-mash-step-core but then I decided I needed to slap myself in the face and turn off the pitchfork stream... I think it's a shame so much dance music is so po-faced. I'm not gonna be dancing to Shitmat for example but I admire what he does over, say... Lethal Bizzel

D - Haha.. Yeah I know what you mean - a lot people are scared of hooks. Really great music completely overwhelms you. Drop The Lime's remix of Mathhead's 'drop it' is a perfect example – it’s immediately in your face, and gets more and more intense, and then after the drop when you can't believe it could keep up that intensity, it kicks back in twice as hard – breathless and completely dance-floor. I think that's what we're aiming for... taking all these ideas and influences and making it work on the floor.

EB - Seems that if last year was about Dubstep breaking through to the international mainstream the past 6 months in the UK have been about bassline/niche/4x4 gaining momentum. Now with Bok Bok & Manara (Faggatronix) and Zomby each doing a niche mix on the recent Mad Decent podcast we can perhaps expect to see more exposure for producers of your ilk.

D - Yeah the music coming out at the moment is just fantastic. I think it's the right direction for UKG right now… too much grime was starting to sound like hip-hop. Bassline is a real UK sound. It's such an exciting time to be making and listening to music! It's definitely spreading internationally, we did a gig in Denmark last month @ 'ghetto rave' , and they just love anything bass. The local djs were incredible, and playing some amazing dubstep & bassline.

J - "Niche" is a funny beast though... It likes to stick to it's own turf... So, expect to see a million "basstep", "housebass", "nichecrunk" genres appearing in London...

EB - They look like they really know how to have a party - I was speaking to a friend about the bass scene internationally and he rated the Ukraine as having a really sound scene and the guys there know their history - Do you think enough folk here know their roots - does this even matter?

D - It's not too important. Finding out about the history and context of music can only be a good thing, but at the same time, you don't *need* it to enjoy a track. There's something to be said for feeling like you're hearing music that's come out of nowhere.

J - Yeah.. Of course it's good to do some digging! If you like something then find out about it! There are too many people just getting given a music taste by blogs and pop media. But obviously everyone has to start somewhere, people shouldn't get mad because someone doesn't know where some genre all began or whatever..."

EB - How did that Si Begg remix come about - is he some kind of mentor?

J - "When I was about 17 the music I was listening to didn't sound right. I liked the drum fills and attention to detail in Breakbeat and the shuffle of garage and the bass in hard house and bits of loads of other 'genres' but none of them put them all together in a way that really satisfied me. When I found Si Begg's tracks I felt like this was an amalgamation of everything that I wanted to listen to. A few years later and we get an email from him asking us if we'd like to do a remix. I'm really happy we were asked, a nerdy dream becomes reality.

EB - What's on the cards for the next 6 months?

D- Well we've spent the last couple of months putting together a load of new original material, so the plan is to shortly start approaching remixers and putting out 6 or 7 whitelabels. We'll see how it goes from there!

EB - So what labels are you into at the moment? How do you feel about the current remix culture as seen on say Dubstep forum or Hollerboard? Blogging itself has something to answer for... wait this is getting post-modern...

J - From where i'm sitting mp3 blogging seems to be getting more of a conscience regarding shoving everyones music up in high quality form. Also, the artists being increasingly blogged about are ones who dont have record deals and give the tracks to the bloggers willingly, which is great, there's nothing illegal about gving away your own music.

D - Haha.. There's just so much out there now innit? It's really positive that you can just make music and get it out there now. There's plenty of weak tracks that are just a load of loops chucked in Ableton, but you know, I'm constantly hearing great and original new music made by some kid in his bedroom that more than makes up for the glut of lazy re-edits. The best stuff is always gonna float to the top - witness the success of the Trouble & Bass guys, Dubsided etc etc.

EB - I have a lot of time for both those crews - we've been tracking a lot of the artist's affiliated to those labels but if they had a straight up street fight - like DTL decided to roll deep - which crew would be left standing? No weapons, no biting, no gauging.

D - Hahaha! My money would be on Luca (DTL)... he's pretty tall and he's got so much energy… like the energizer bunny!

J - Switch is like a bear though, he'd snap Luca like a twig. Also, no one would hit Herve because he's too pretty.

Scream if you wanna go Rasta - Pirate Soundsystem zshare

Your Love - Pirate Soundsystem zshare

Non Stop Cut Paste (Pirate Soundsystem rmx) - Si Begg zshare

Romp And Play - Reverberate (Pirate Soundsystem Vocal Mix) exclusive to Electrique Boutique

Bass in your face

2008-02-06T07:46:00.000Z

Just a quick post because our friend L-Vis (See here for our interview with him) has done a wicked little Hyperbass remix of Benga and Coki's Night record.

Benga and Coki - Night (L-Vis 1990 Hyperbass remix)

Since i am posting some borderline Bassline/Niche badness i'm gonna hook up the hottest 4x4 banger of the moment remixed by the man who gave us the Pow! rhythm, Dexplicit.

Kasia - Over You (Dexplicit Remix)

We are coming up for our 100th post so i might do something special for it. I might not though so don't get your hopes up.

KID TWIST

2008-02-05T16:40:00.000Z

Hailing from the West Coast of Scotland, a raver in a bothy with a prediliction for kraut rock and hardcore, Kid Twist has risen to notoriety through his commitment to music and his wondering impressario showcase. With a regular night in Glasgow but now based in London, KT has rocked Brooklyns finest and put out his records on the same label as former Snafu guests The Chap. A man with more than one recording name whose sounds reflect a sardonic perhaps schizophrenic approach to production - this electroid power pop is probably just the right kind of fay balladry to moisten the gunnels of your intended come the 14th.

Check out the video to his track "I can't Dance"

A Bionic Yell EP (plus Canada Day as a goody)

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Disco Beards

2008-01-31T19:27:00.000Z

I got sent a bunch of re edits from Niall who runs the excellent Discopia website, show on Radio Magnetic and now the Little Rock Show on Subcity Radio. You can grab the whole folder of edits on the Little Rock Records website but i have chosen my three faves for you to check out.

Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - You Done My Brain In (Catwalk Edit)

Stereolab - Margerine Melodie (Dear Marge Edit)

Giorgio Moroder - Utopia Me Giorgio (Anniversary Edit)

Once you enter my house it then becomes our house

2008-01-30T18:18:00.000Z

This blog is actually here to advertise my night in Snafu, so i figure i should post some of the songs that get played on the Monday night mashup that is Electrique Boutique.

Recently it has started to get pretty busy again and i have been able to play slightly more aggressive, faster music. I have a theory that songs with big breakdowns or periods with no beats don't really work too well outside of massive clubs. However this Nacho Lovers edit of Laidback Luke and Steve Angello's possible summer anthem 'Be' blows that theory right out of the water. It actually got a cheer when it dropped into the break on Monday.

Laidback Luke and Steve Angello - Be (Nacho Lovers Edit)

Here is a cheeky bootleg that blends it with the Robin S fairground classic 'Show Me Love'

Laidback Luke and Robin S - Be (Show Me Love Blend)

Dubstep and 4x4 isn't really well represented up here in Aberdeen, which i feel is a shame as there is a market for it in my opinion. My biggest tune at new year was Benga and Coki's 'Night' and after i started spinning a few 4x4 tunes i had people coming up to me asking why there weren't more people playing this music. Admittedly 4x4 doesn't have the best reputation and hearing T2's 'Heartbroken' blasting out of the windows of lowered Vauxhall Corsa's doesnt do much to help belay this chavvy rep that it has. Here is the afforementioned dubstep tune and a slightly slowed down more dancefloor friendly version of the Burial classic 'Archangel' by Trouble and Bass's Boy 8 Bit.

Benga and Coki - Night

Burial - Archangel (Boy 8 Bit's Simple Remix)

Back to Bass Kicks

2008-01-29T22:25:00.000Z

One half of the mighty Sleepless Crew, Bruno Beats is another one of a nascent crop of scottish producers doing things. 2008 looks to be a busy year for this man under his various guises having already garnered plaudits from the likes of Alex Smoke and Andrew Weatherall. Keep your eyes peeled and you might just pick up on a resurgence in scottish dance music on the scale of things last seen in the mid to late nineties.

Knuck if you Buck - Crime Mob (Bruno Beats RMX)

Bubblegum - Bruno Beats

Madonna related post

2008-01-26T00:47:00.000Z

I just noticed that the Bootlegs, Bangers and Booty Shakers blog has a good post on Madonna's remixes from the Erotica era.

Check it out here

I'll be back later with the next exciting installment of Madonna week.

I can understand most things rappers say...

2008-01-25T03:44:00.000Z

... 'cos rappin is my thing and i do it every day.

This record always makes me smile although i have never had the guts to actually play it out in a club. Aparently Daft Punk played it back in 1996 when they came over to London to dj and they started a brief craze for playing it amoungst the filtered disco house set. I am guessing most punters didn't get the joke.

Mc Miker G and Dj Sven - Holiday Rap

I made this mashup tonight using bits of Holiday, Holiday Rap and Wale's 'Good Girls' track. It is cheesy to the point that it is pretty useless for actually playing out. Oh and it isn't mastered either. Divshare keeps slowing the track right down for some reason so i am gonna have to use Zshare instead, sorry about that.

Wale - Good Girls (Beezer Holmes Holiday Mix)

I wanna make love in a train, cross country

2008-01-24T22:38:00.000Z

I probably should have posted this Madonna related song yesterday but i forgot about it completely. It is the Sonic Youth cover version of 'Into The Groove', retitled 'Into the Groovey' with the band renamed as 'Ciccone Youth'

Ciccone Youth - Into The Groovey

Keeping with the spirit of things here is another cover version, this time The Go! Team covering Sonic Youth.

The Go! Team - Bull In The Heather

Where You Get Those Jeans?

2008-01-23T18:00:00.000Z

Have you ever seen any of the movies Madonna has been in?
When i was a kid i used to ask my Mum to rent them out for me every weekend. Desperately Seeking Susan was alright i guess, but Who's That Girl, Shanghai Surprise or Bloodhounds Of Broadway? They really sucked. That's just her eighties films, her nineties attempts were not too great either. At least her body of music is evidence enough of her talent.

Madonna ft Missy Elliot - Get Into The Hollywood Groove

Also here is a Solid Groove Remix of a Missy tune that i haven't seen elsewhere online. This one is just for the week i'm afraid.

Missy Elliot ft Mike Jones - Joy (Solid Groove Mix)

Let the choir sing

2008-01-21T21:21:00.000Z

I like Madonna, so i'm gonna do a couple of Madonna themed posts starting with this one.

Mock And Toof - Lycra Virgin

Also here is the last Underground Resistance track, which is some kind of record for 'Jitting' to.

Underground Resistance - Footwars

Jitting is a form of dance from Detroit that focuses mainly on footwork, Juking is the Chicago counterpart. There is a healthy rivalry between the two scenes although they both have their own individual styles.

Alien Delon

2008-01-19T17:00:00.000Z

Alien Delon is a young native Russian from Moscow, with an unfinished classical education (female choir conductor) and about 8 years experience in electronic music. His introduction to electronic music is thanks to Oleg Kostrow, his first teacher, future collaborater and then band member of well known Russian band 'Messer Fur Frau Muller'. He released two albums and a 12" single with him and a female singer under the name Supersonic Future and soundtracked two theatre pieces. His sound has a distinct italo and 80s soundtrack feel to it, part Alexander Robotnick and part Giorgio Moroder.

EB: So why the funny nickname?
AD: First - i think that everyone on this planet (me too!) feel themselves a little non-human at the start of new millenium, and second - because messier Delon is the best french hero-lover for all times.

EB: Where are you musically at the moment?
AD: Now i'm only starting my musical career. But i already make my own sound and feel myself free in all technical aspects of my art. For the base i took the early 80s music - Italo-Disco and Electro-Hip-Hop. Also i remain inspired by Patrick Cowley's endless disco anthems. In that golden times, dance music sounded like a song, with rich analog arrangements and hard beats, voices from distant space and naive simple melodies without many of modern limits.

EB: What music did you first hear that inspired you to have the sound you have now?
AD: My first electronic music experience was then i was about 10 years old - I heard The Orb or The KLF - some 90s stuff, I don't remember... Before it i knew of only Classical and Pop - and it was the great revelation that changed my life.. 80s music i found some years later - and I listen to it to the present day.

EB: You're top ten has some pretty hard to find records in there, can you recommend any underground Russian electro gems that we might never know about normally?
AD: Hmm... I think you might not know the first russian 1980s new-wave band "KINO" they have a cult status here... Soviet movies have really great electronic composers like Eduard Artemjev - the first use of electronic music in movies. I can name the minimal-house project released by KOMPAKT - "SCSI9" Maybe you've heard about new russian collective,
"My Space Rocket", they released a single on Greg Wilson's label, but it's more 90s-deep-house style.

EB: What is your setup like? It sounds like you are using some hardware in the mix.
AD: Yes it is. I try to use only analog synths from non-MIDI era (1979) - because any part of my song I play live and then cut on the computer.
I noticed that live-played melodies sound more natural and enjoyable for people and have not such a robotic feeling. I'll name a few of my friends: Korg Mono/Poly, Moog Prodigy, Roland RS09-SH2, SIMMONS SDS1000, Tr606 and more. Also I use some USSR-made synths like Polivoks, Electronica EM-25, Marsh BeatBox etc.
Sure I use modern techniques too, because we live in 21st century and many standards have changed. I cannot use same amount of reverb like the 80s masters used,
but otherwise everything is nearly the same.

EB: Are there any clubs in Moscow that play electro/italo sounding stuff where you can try your stuff out at?
AD: Unfortunately we're all here under nu-rave-electro-house-crap attack, and I can name only one or two nightclubs rarely playing such music. We had a Casco DJ-set last month here, I hope everything can change.

EB: What have you planned for the coming year?
AD: except my instrumental tracks, I'm working on two projects with singers - all in russian.
"Eulalie" - with a female singer - more lounge but a lot of italo-electro too.
We will release our debut CD in spring, maybe in Europe too. I'm working on myspace now and we have to shoot our first videoclip, so wait for some news on that!
The second project, called "U.R.A.N." is my collaboration with poet-singer Alexey Chulansky.
Something like Klaus Nomi meets Sami Liuski in the bedroom, New-Wave-Electro-Disco with Alexey's esoteric lyrics. This projects remain unfinished, so I'll keep the tracks undercover now.

Alien Delon's influential top 10

1. Kraftwerk - Metropolis
2. Patrick Cowley - Sea Hunt
3. Verycheri - 69 Cancer Sign
4. Ice-T, Chris "Glove" Taylor, Dave Storrs - Reckless
5. Brooklyn Express - Sixty-Nine
6. I.M.S. - Dancing Therapy
7. E.T. 84 - Hello Somebody
8. Jean Paul Gaultier - How To Do That
9. Kano - Ikeya-Seki
10. Krono - Jamaica Electric

Alien Delon - Virtual Viktor

Alien Delon - Guarana Night Drive

Alien Delon ft Tanya Litvinenko - Casino

Check out Alien's Myspace for more of his music and news on new releases.

Jibaro and Moray Cup

2008-01-17T03:42:00.000Z

Have you ever noticed how hard it is to find a picture of Moray Cup online? It's practically impossible, even the website of the manufacturers doesn't have a picture of this delicious drink.

Anyway today i am posting the balearic favourite 'Jibaro' by Elkin and Nelson. It was a hit back in the mid 70s, then revived in the late 80s for the dancefloor by those acid house lot. It even inspired a house cover version which then in turn inspired a brass band cover version. We are overdue the next cover version which going by the trend should have come out in 2006.

Elkin and Nelson - Jibaro (Long Version) 1979

Electra - Jibaro 1988

Williams Fairly Brass Band & Jeremy Deller - Jibaro 1997

Blog House

2008-01-13T16:06:00.000Z

Here are some house tunes that i am going to blog.

FPU - Crockets Theme

Mr Fingers - Stars

Enjoy

Herve and Sinden Essential Mix

2008-01-07T16:36:00.000Z

Here is the Essential Mix from Radio One by none other than Herve and Sinden from the 5th of January. Pretty much business as usual as far as the tunes go, although thankfully business as usual for this pair is a big, party mash up of music from genres far and wide.

There is no tracklist as of yet, but this mix contains some Kid Sister, Toddla T, South Rakkas Crew, Soulja Boy, Dude and Nem, MJ Cole, Snoop Dogg, Pitbull, Burial, Benga and Coki, Rusko, Santogold, Bonde Do Role and loads more good music.

Herve and Sinden Essential Mix (from Megaupload)

Herve and Sinden Essential Mix (a direct link from a forum or something)

Cheers to the Holler board for the links on this one.