Friday 31 July 2009

VIDEO: MAH - Wild Angels

Wild Angels from LuckyMe on Vimeo.

Promo clip for m/a's forthcoming compilation, 'Wild Angels,' on Planet Mu.

Her 3rd collection of bass influenced gubbins to date will feature tracks from Rootah faves Untold, Brackles, Rustie, HudMo, Starkey, Darkstar, Nosaj Thing, Gemmy and the criminally slept on Mono/Poly...

Out 7th Sept '09.

Link:
www.planet-mu.com

PRE-ORDER: Mount Kimbie - Sketch On Glass [Hotflush]


Mount Kimbie return to stereos and dancefloors alike with their 2nd EP on Hotflush Recordings 'Sketch On Glass.'

Read the full review here: http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=6439

Link:
www.myspace.com/mountkimbie

Thursday 30 July 2009

EVENT: 44 w/ King Cannibal & Akira Kiteshi



Lake District peoples... 44 Presents:

KING CANNIBAL (Ninja Tune / Warp Records) /
AKIRA KITESHI (Black Acre)
Mister Sushi (Botchit & Scarper)
Shengi (Infra)
Jaim (Electronik)
+ more TBA

with exclusive visuals from Goodies Corp and Richard Fairhead.

Friday August 7th / 9pm - 3am / £6 (advance) / £8 (on the door)

As an extra special treat to get you geared up, King Cannibal has sent over an exclusive mix jam packed some upfront tracks and remixes.

DOWNLOAD:
King Cannibal - 44 Mix

Link:
www.myspace.com/44breaks

VIDEO: A Day In The Life Of Poirier

DOWNLOAD: Brackles - XLR8R Podcast



Brackles follows from on his FACT mix - which may well have (possibly) been the last time you'll have seen him been so brazenly postituting himself on the internet... if, that is, you've ignored his mixes for MAH and Sinden and his Rinse.fm show rips - with a podcast for the very respectably nice and 'on it' people at XLR8R.

Rob. Sir. Do slow down, you're killing us...

DOWNLOAD: Brackles - XLR8R Podcast

Tracklist:

01 One Tribe feat Gem & MC Nuts "What Have You Done" (Red Rose Recordings)
02 Greena "Tenzado" (Applepips)
03 Shortstuff "See Ya" (unreleased)
04 Martin Kemp "Aztec" (unreleased)
05 Brackles & Shortstuff "Pipey D" (unreleased)
06 Aardvarck "Nosestep" (RH)
07 Joy Orbison "GR Etiquette" (unreleased)
08 Alley Cats "Cover Me" (Locked On)
09 TLC "No Scrubs (Todd Edwards Remix)" (I Records)
10 Jamie Lidell "Another Day (Rustie Remix)" (Warp)
11 Wiley "Freeze" (white)
12 Untold "It’s Gonna Work Out Fine" (unreleased)
13 Mark One "The Greatest" (Boka)
14 Geiom & Spamchop "Cave Rave" (Berkane Sol)
15 Brackles "Rawkus" (Planet Mu)
16 D1 "Crack Bong" (Tempa)
17 SBTRKT "Loving You" (Planet Mu)

Link:
www.myspace.com/brackles

Wednesday 29 July 2009

DOWNLOAD: Shortstuff - Crazy Legs 003



FACT just broke news of Shortstuff collating the next in the series of Bristol clubnight Crazylegs mixtapes. They go on to say some very informative stuff about him and his label Blunted Robots, even hinting that the next 12" will come entirely from the hard drive of Martin Kemp.

Read that all here: http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3142&Itemid=105&limit=1&limitstart=0

DOWNLOAD: Shortstuff - Crazy Legs 003
(direct download: right click/save as)

Tracklist:

Cortney Tidwell - Watusii (Daphni remix)
Mosca - Square One
D-Malice - Untitled
Roska -Without It
Fuzzy Logik - In the Morning
Smith & Mighty - U Dub
2 Bad Mice - Hold It Down
Zomby - Mescaline Cola
Agent-X - Turbulence
Shortstuff - A Rustling
Brackles - Air Pie
Pearson Sound - Wad
Untold - Gonna Work Out Fine
Roska - Boxed
Underground Solution - Get Happy
Hot City - Head Work
Shortstuff & Hyetal - Don't Sleep
Martin Kemp - After the Night
Greena - Tenzado
Shortstuff - See Ya
Stuff & Brax - Pipey D

Link:
www.myspace.com/djshortstuff

P.S. you can catch Shortstuff alongside my good self at fabric in Room 3 this Friday.

DOWNLOAD: Paul White - The Punch Drummer EP



You know One Handed Music are all over this digital shit as well as their intricately birthed, uber limited vinyl runs, so much so that we've posted previously on Fulgeance and, more than likely, Paul White's giveaways via the new medium of the moment, Bandcamp, before.

Well, today marks Paul White's 'The Punch Drummer EP' with a free giveaway of the title track. If you slept on his 'Strange Of Dreams Of Paul White' album, you should definitely correct yourself asap. Call in sick, head to your nearest CD outlet and hand over your wonga. Its a beautifully tasty swamp like stew of soundtrack snippets, cleverly sourced samples and beats that will bang your stereo just as hard as if you took to it with a lump hammer after your girlfriend of many years finally revealed to you she's been "accomodating" the entire local rugby team after hours at the annual end of season presentation party.

DOWNLOAD: Paul White - The Punch Drummer

Link:
www.myspace.com/paulmw

Tuesday 28 July 2009

EVENT: Them @ Rhythm Factory


DOWNLOAD: Beat Pharmacy - Dubstep Mix



Sometime Appleblim collaborator and the man behind the Beat Pharmacy moniker and the excellent Wikkid Times album, Brendon Moeller, recently put together a dubstep mix for Whomp Fm.

DOWNLOAD: Beat Pharmacy - Dubstep Mix

Tracklist:

Aardvarck – Water
Pendle Vovern – MVO Chambers
Martyn – All I have is memories
Porter Ricks – Redundance
Loefah – Rufage
Scuba – Klinik
Retroblast – Get Down
Search and Destroy – Candyfloss (loefah remix)
Relocate – Dot dot dash
Headhunter – In Motion
Moderat – Nr. 22
Kontext – Plumes (Ramadanman Refix)
Burial - Versus
Pangaea – Bear Witness
Skream – Backwards
Rod Modell - Heaven Above
Synkro – On My Mind
2000F & J Kamata – You don’t know what love is
Kode9 – Stung
Slack – Elephant step
Monolake – Titan

Link:
www.myspace.com/beatpharmacy

Friday 24 July 2009

DOWNLOAD: Future Sounds Of Highpoint Lowlife Mixtape



To link you up with a bunch of forthcoming music business on his own Highpoint Lowlife label Mr. Sideb0ard has spun together an eclectic session mix for you featuring bits from The Village Orchestra, Calika and Production Unit...

A special mention goes in right here for 10-20, whos forthcoming EP series I've been lucky enough to hear in their entiriety. Something very special is coming.

DOWNLOAD: Future Sounds Of Highpoint Lowlife Mixtape

Tracklist:

Rare Villains - We Love Slice
Depakote - Calculator
10-20 - Hallow
TVO - non-euclidian
Erik XVI - Unionens sista dagar
Brassica - show me what music is
Dalglish - Ap3p.W9
Calika - Gioconda
Production Unit - It's Personal

Link:
http://highpointlowlife.com

Thursday 23 July 2009

DOWNLOAD: Ginz - Data Transmission Podcast



First mix i've seen from Ginz on a solo tip, and this one is repping that 'purple sound' that encapsulates the production work of people like Joker, Gemmy and Guido, who all feature in the tracklist. From the looks of it there is a lot more to come from Ginz himself, one half of the breakbeat duo Bodysnatchers, including a collabo betwixt him and Joker on Hyperdub.

Click Click.

DOWNLOAD: Ginz - Data Transmission Podcast
(Direct Download: Right Click/Save As)

Tracklist:

1. Ginz & Kool Money Kwame - Oreo - Dub
2. Gemmy - BK 2 the Future - Punch Drunk
3. General Midi Feat Foreign Beggars - 4 Million Ways (Ginz's Purple Interpretation)
4. Adam Freeland - Do You [Joker Remix] - Dub
5. Joker - City Hopper - Dub
6. The Body Snatchers - The Good Stank - Dub
7. Joker - Output 1 & 2 - Dub
8. Guido - Beautiful Complication - Forthcoming on Punch Drunk
9. Ginz & Kool Money Kwame - Wet Wipe Riddim - Dub
10. Ginz & Joker - Re-Up VS Tempa T - Kapsize
11. Joker & Ginz - Purple City - Kapsize
12. Zero 7 - Everything Up (Zizou) [Ginz & Joker Remix] - Atlantic
13. Example - Watch the Sun Come up [Joker & Ginz Remix] - Ministry of Sound Forthcoming
14. The Heavy - How you like me Now? [Joker Remix] - Ninja Tune
15. Basement Jaxx - Raindrops [Joker & Ginz Remix] - XL
16. Joker & Ginz - Stash - Forthcoming on Hyperdub
17. The Body Snatchers - I Like What I See [Joker Remix] - Passenger
18. Noah D - Seeeriousnesss - Dub

Link:
www.myspace.com/30hzverticalsound

Wednesday 22 July 2009

EVENT: Silkie - Album Launch Party

DOWNLOAD: Lukid - Ballers Mix



Lukid is playing the hallowed space of the Ballers Social Club (Lucky Me's club night) up in Glasgow on August 14th, and to commerate the appearance he's put together a mix, which we happily stumbled across via the Werk Discs twitter.

DOWNLOAD: Lukid - Ballers Mix

Also you can read a profile article someone you might be quite familiar with wrote on Lukid here:
http://www.fabriclondon.com/fabricfirst/blog/artist-profile-lukid

Link:
www.myspace.com/lukid

Tuesday 21 July 2009

VIDEO: Kode 9 on XLR8R TV



Link:
www.myspace.com/kode9

INTERVIEW: Brackles [Applepips/Planet Mu]



Rob Kemp, a superlative DJ and producer who goes under the moniker Brackles, has a name that’s been spoken by more or less everyone with some kind of passing interest in dubstep over the last 2 or 3 months. Whether it’s been to pass comment on his mixes for FACT, Mary Anne Hobbs or Sinden or his jaw dropping DJing technique and highly stylized synthesized production, the general consensus has been positive to say the least.

With his own label, Blunted Robots (co-run by sometime production partner and friend Shortstuff), just springing into action with its first release, a split 12” between Mickey Pearce and his brother Martin Kemp, we caught up with him for a *quick chit chat.

Sonic Router: Can you give us a short history of how you got into making tunes?

Brackles: I never really set out to be a producer, I just downloaded a demo of fruity loops out of curiosity because that was what people at school were saying you needed to make tunes, so I thought I'd have a go.

It wasn't until I got Reason that I started to take it seriously.

What got you into dubstep?

I was buying garage from the Big Apple Website and bought all the early Big Apple release like Artwork and Benga coz they were garage records really… When I went to uni it was quite hard to keep up with (not being near London) but J da Flex's show on 1Xtra was really good for hearing new bits. I guess I properly got into it after hearing Paul Rose's Hotflush mix CD from 2005 which had Kode 9's ‘Sign of the Times’ on it. I used to play that to mates and they'd say I was listening to nightmare music!


Brackles – Get A Job [Applepips]

What do you enjoy more, producing or DJing?

DJing without a doubt… You're in a club, everyone is dancing and by the end of a set you know if you've done a good job. Sometimes I can sit and spend a few hours on the beats and then listen to what I've done and think "this is shit" and then not bother saving it. That's really depressing.

Where the fuck did you learn to mix like that?

Haha… I thought I was pretty good at mixing when I was at school but then I saw DJ EZ and I had to eat humble pie. I'd never even thought it was possible to beatmatch something in a couple seconds! It's all in the pitch fader - you shouldn't need to touch the record.

You've got a bit of a Notts connection going on, through University, and there’s a lot of music bubbling through from the NG postcodes of late. What is it about the area that seems to make it so prolific of late?

I think Geiom and Spamchop are responsible for a lot of it. Geiom brought me and Shortstuff through by releasing our first tunes and Spamchop running Wigflex and releasing all his crew like Hizatron and Metaphi really helps give Notts a bit of an identity. Anyone in Notts who is coming through now will definitely have been sending there stuff to one of those two and they'll always listen, give advice and let you know if they're feeling.

What else is coming up for you in the future?

My ‘Next Hype' Remix is gonna be dropping very soon and I've got another 12" on Planet Mu dropping in September with ‘Rawkus’ and ‘Air Pie’ on it. I've done a remix of MSTRKRFT and John Legend which is gonna be on the official release and me and Shortstuff are looking to put some more of our collabs out on Blunted Robots.

Oh and I'm doing a b2b set with Ramadanman at the Big Chill [Festival] which I'm well excited about!

Links:
www.myspace.com/brackles
www.myspace.com/bluntedrobots


*Please note: this interview was originally conducted for use on our July Quietus column. You can read the whole thing here:
http://thequietus.com/articles/02241-sonic-router-004-a-dubstep-column-for-july

READ: Sonic Router 004 - A Dubstep Column For July



This month's Sonic Router column is now live on The Quietus ft. Geiom, Spamchop, Brackles, Shortstuff, Lone, Keaver & Brause, The Hizatron, Taylor and more...

Notts family stand up.

READ: Sonic Router 004 - A Dubstep Column For July

DOWNLOAD: Hovatron x Lunice - 5 Minutes Of Club Nonesense



Hovatron and his turbo crunk cohort Lunice are set to be touring Europe, (well Amsterdam and Glasgow's Baller's Social Club at least) so to celebrate this slew of gigs they've released a quick 5 minute mix of club themed nonesense for your delectation.

DOWNLOAD: Hovatron x Lunice - 5 Minutes Of Club Nonesense

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The Hova is also 'leaking' a track from his digital only EP, which is available now from his myspace...

DOWNLOAD: Hovatron - Gypsy Trader

Links:
www.myspace.com/hovatron
www.myspace.com/Lunice

Monday 20 July 2009

PRE-ORDER: Mark Pritchard & Om'Mas Keith - Wind It Up [Hyperdub]


It's out at last...

One of the most infectious beats from Mark Pritchard to date, over which Om'Mas Keith of Sa-Ra Creative Partners creases out an incredible vocal hook.

Read the full review here: http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=6344

Link:
www.hyperdub.com

DOWNLOAD: Heny G - Big Up Podcast



A new issue of Big Up Magazine means a new podcast...

This time its been handled by the Gangster of Boogie himself, Heny G, who weaves together an uber tight selection.

DOWNLOAD: Heny G - Big Up Podcast
(Direct download = Right Click/Save As)

Tracklist:

DJ Heny.G - Christopher - Dub
Conquest - The Unknown - Deep Medi Musik
DJ Heny.G - Retro Love - Gangsta Boogie Music
DJ Heny.G - Political - Deep Medi Musik
V.I.V.E.K - Groove On - Deep Medi Musik
Kromestar - Technique - Dub
Jay 5ive & Kromestar - Bass 96 - Bass 'N' Love Records
DJ Heny.G - Candy - Gangsta Boogie Music
Kromestar - Live N Experience - Dub
Silkie - 80's Baby - Dub
Breakage - Higher - Digital Soundboy
Silkie - Wierd Piano - Dub
Jack Sparrow - Thinking About - Dub
L.D - Oh Yeah - Dub
Conquest - Last Days - Deep Medi Musik
DJ Heny.G - Delayed Style - Gangsta Boogie Music
Blasta - Black Muscatel - Argon
DJ Heny.G - Arena 1 - Gangsta Boogie Music
Jay 5ive & Kromestar - Hands In The Air - Bass 'N' Love Records
G.Double - The Highest - Break The Habit

Link:
www.myspace.com/djhenyg
www.thebigupmagazine.com

DOWNLOAD: Geeneus - Yellowtail VIP



TWITTER THIS!

Geeneus released a free download of his 'Yellowtail VIP' on his twitter this very morning in celebration of Rinse & FWD>>'s 15th birthday on 31st July at matter (which you can win tickets to here).

DOWNLOAD: Geeneus - Yellowtail VIP

Link:
www.myspace.com/geeneus
http://rinse.fm

EVENT: Crazy Legs w/ Ben UFO, Grievous Angel & Joy Orbison



In Bristol on the 31st?

Go. To. THIS.

Link:
www.myspace.com/crazylegsclub

Saturday 18 July 2009

VIDEO: Zomby - Godzilla



Taken from the 'One Foot Ahead Of The Other' EP forthcoming on Ramp Recordings

Link:
www.myspace.com/zombyproductions

PRE-ORDER: Pangaea - Memories [White]



New soulful as hell, garage drum driven banger from Pangaea, which is out now on White label.

Read the full review here: http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=6403

Link:
www.myspace.com/journeytopangaea

Friday 17 July 2009

PRE-ORDER: Mickey Pearce – Innami/Martin Kemp – No Charisma [Blunted Robots]


Blunted Robots is a brand new label run by two young upstarts, Brackles and Shortstuff. Whilst both enjoying success with their own releases, Brackles on Planet Mu and Applepips and Shortstuff on Ramp, they’ve combined their passion for future sounds and skwee melodies with a want to own and release records that overlap the fringes of funky, garage and dubstep; and this first release reflects this perfectly.

‘Innami’ is a rough and ready bashment style house track with broken riddims and full on vocals. It’s full of energy brought on by the freaked out bass pulses and deranged synth lines that twist into warped waves and bleeped out shapes. Mickey Pearce has here constructed a rudeboy hybrid of mutant funky and computer bashment that would undoubtedly make his Nan the proudest grandmother in all the land.

The flip ‘No Charisma’ by Martin Kemp has been making a lot of noise and getting plays from everyone from Cooly G to his sibling Brackles and beyond. It’s a futuristic take on funky with dub wise sensibilities; the broken beats skip and bump with a chunky, punchy precision whilst the synth lines shimmer and evolve from meek pads into sheets of pure Detroit dancefloors. The main hook is erratic, squalling round its pitches like a petulant bulldog with mad energy, but it’s the main combo of deep space bass and succulent percussion that makes it such an essential purchase.

Words: James Balf/Oli Marlow
Out: Now

Link:
www.myspace.com/bluntedrobots

COMPETITION: Win Tickets to FWD>> & Rinse @ matter



Yep. It's about that time...

Thanks to the beautiful people behind, FWD, Rinse and matter its our pleasure to be able offer you guys, the loyal readership, the chance to experience the mother of all events, FWD and Rinse's 15th birthday.

To be in with a shot a taking home one of 3 pairs of tickets email us your answer to the following question.

Benga's 'Buzzin' was released on which label?

A) Hyperdub
B) Tempa
3) Disfigured Dubz


Winners will be notified by 28th July.

EVENT: Subloaded @ Corsica Studios



Debut of the Purple Trinity b2b as Joker, Gemmy and Guido hit London alongside Pinch, Appleblim, Peverelist and Headhunter as Subloaded comes to London's Corsica Studios on 07/08.

Link:
www.myspace.com/tectonicrecordings

INTERVIEW: Micky [nakedlunch]



The Naked Lunch label is rolling 3 releases strong as I write this, after putting out TRG’s ‘Generation EP,’ a split 12” betwixt Breakage and Instra:mental and a little more recently a 3 track single from American producer Jus Wan (full review here). With an exciting array of styles and approaches the Irish label is proving to be one for those in the know to keep eyes out for as they’re intent on using their 12”s to propel music thats a little left of centre into the lugholes of a very hungry audience.

It also helps that label boss Micky, is as much the exceptional DJ as he is the proverbial A&R man. Our earlier post on his May mix got us talking and now we’ve nailed it… a Sonic Router exclusive from one of the most interesting selectors to come through our world in a while.

Big Smiles.

Sonic Router: Can you provide those who may not know you with a bit of background info?

Micky: My names Micky, I live in deepest darkest Ireland. I just moved back here after 11 years living in Amsterdam & Rotterdam.

Outside of music who are you? What do you do on the daily?

I work as a debt collector… possibly the most frustrating job on earth due to the fact most of the people I deal with have plenty of cash but will complain and cry about having to pay a €200 bill while sitting inside of a 2009 6series BMW

How did you first get into DJing?

I really got into DJing when I moved to Amsterdam in 1996, a friend of mine managed the Fat Beats hip-hop store and he gave me a pair of sl1200's and a mixer. Then I started making mix tapes and giving them to some of the Dutch promoters... but they more or less told me that they only booked Dutch DJs. At the time I started working in Amsterdam with a guy called Andy Haze, he was an English DnB promoter who had just started a weekly night in a club called Mazzo and he made me resident.

From there I went on to promote a night called Redzone with Martyn and Nymfo and be involved with a night in Amsterdam called Ichione.

Do you have plans to produce yourself? If so what’s your production set up like? Has it changed a lot since day dot?

I have great plans but it never really works out so I gave up trying years ago… the way the music scene works it seems you do need to be a producer to get gigs…

What got you into dubstep?

I lost interest in DnB due to the fact for me it basically boils down to a few key producers and if your buying records or listening to music and your choice is restricted to about 6/8 artists it gets boring . I got into dubstep via buying vinyl… I buy a lot of different styles and dubstep was just the logical progression in my music tastes.

I think the turning point was when I went to see Kode 9 playing in Rotterdam in 2005. That sealed the deal.

You’re the first dubstep label to come out of Ireland right? Is there a big scene for dubstep in Ireland?

I think I was first by default... The label was up and running and I moved back here around the same time… there is another label based in Galway called Dub Culture.

There is a decent scene and you can and will see almost all the brand names. Some of the nights I have been to have been great but the scene seems to be centralised in Dublin. Everything in Ireland seems to centre around Dublin though (public transport, money, work, clubs etc)

Do you see yourself as sitting on the periphery of the scene? Geographically as well as in terms of the music you’re releasing…

Well I have no real choice about being on the periphery of the scene living where I do in Ireland, but I have always been an outsider when it comes to scenes, I tend to be more into the music and not the scene. As regards the label being on the periphery, I don't have aloof ideas of what it’s about or what it stands for; it is what it is really.

Obviously Instra:mental and Breakage are crossing some kind of invisible genre divide by making more 140bpm music. Did they need convincing or were you just tapping into the well of beats sitting on their hard drives?

I met Instra:mental via Martyn and kept up communication, they are real good guys and really into what they do and they wanted to help me out with the label so they gave me ‘Futurist’ and the rest is history, I’ll be eternally grateful to them as it turned out to be something very special to me.


Instra:mental - Futurist [Naked Lunch]

Do you think DnB producers bring something else to 140bpm music?

I suppose they bring their take on what dubstep should sound like, some get it right and turn out something pretty original and some of it just ‘sounds’ like a DnB producer making dubstep.

What else have you got coming up this year? More releases/gigs etc

I don't know about gigs, I have a few things lined up but like I said in dance music it seems you have to be a producer to get gigs, the age of the DJ died around 96... If anyone wants to book me drop me a line.

On the label front next up will be a 10" by Scuba which hopefully will be out soon. I’m just waiting on the artwork then it can be sent for mastering. Following that will be a 10"from a Detroit legend Sherard Ingram aka Urban Tribe/Stingray313/Drexciya, then something from Instra:mental and lots more stuff which will all be revealed in due time.

The forthcoming tracks can be heard on the myspace page

Tell us a little about the mix you have done for us, what tracks just had to be in there?

There is no concept behind the mix it’s just a selection of tunes I’m playing out when I do DJ. I play records a lot, it’s my way of relaxing and every now and then I smoke a joint and record what I’m doing; sometimes it turns out real good other times its shite.

I had to put the Omar-S tunes in there as they just turned up in the mail last week and I’m going through a real Omar-S phase now.

What is the thing that is most exciting you at the moment in the bass music scene?

How there seems to be a blurring between all the styles, it’s nice to hear DJ playing across the board and having people being into it and not turning their nose up at it - something that never happens in DnB… when you go to a DnB night you get only DnB - at least at some of the nights I go to…

Have you got anything else you want to tell us, words of wisdom for our readers?

Think hard about the reasons for starting a label. If your reason is to get DJ gigs or status then don’t bother. If your reason is to get music heard that you truly believe in regardless of who made it, then go ahead and work as hard as you can to get it realised.

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DOWNLOAD: Micky [Naked Lunch] - Sonic Router Mix



Tracklist:

Stingray313 – Sphere of Influence (forthcoming on Nakedlunch)
Instra:mental – Temptations (forthcoming on Disfigured Dubs)
Untold – Reminder [Ramadanman Remix] (Unreleased)
A Made Up Sound – Closer (A Made Up Sound)
Dj G & Headhunter – Spacecake (Subway)
Scuba – Speak – (forthcoming on Nakedlunch)
Unknown – Untitled (Unknown)
Pearson Sound – Psln (forthcoming on Hessle Audio)
Jaques Palminger - Tudeldub Remixe [Shackleton Remix] (Pudel Produkte)
Cooly G – Narst (Hyperdub)
Omar s – The Further You Look The Less You Will See (FHXE)
Martyn – For Lost Relatives (AUS Music)
Sperix – Structure & Function (Unreleased)
Moderat – Rusty Nails [Shackleton Remix] (BPitch Control)
Unknown - Untitled (Unknown)
Instra:mental – Leave It All Behind (Applepips)
Omar s – U (FHXE)

Links:
www.myspace.com/mick667
www.myspace.com/thenakedspace

DOWNLOAD: Scuba - A Very Old Mix of Proto-Dubstep Stuff (1999-2003)



Another one, live and direct straight from Scuba's blog, (via the one GB)...

"For people interested in how the Hotflush sound developed, here's a mix I did in 2003, although most of the tunes were pretty old even then."

DOWNLOAD: Scuba - A Very Old Mix of Proto-Dubstep Stuff (1999-2003)

"This is the best I can do for a tracklist:"

1. ???
2. Benny Ill & Kode 9 - Tales from the Bass Side (Tempa)
3. Benny Ill & DJ Hatcha - Poison (Tempa)
4. DJ Abstract - Identity Crisis (Vehicle)
5. Oris Jay - Biggin up the Massive (Urban Underground)
6. Soulstice - Fall Into You (Landslide remix) (Soul:R)
7. Benny Ill & DJ Hatcha - Stand Clear (Tempa)
8. Red Snapper - Ultraviolet (Lo Recordings)
9. ???
10. High Plains Drifter - Sholay (Tempa)
11. Benny Ill & DJ Hatcha - Highland Spring (Tempa)
12. Santos - Camels (Zinc remix)
13. Sovreign - no idea what it's called
14. Jammin - Left Foot (Running)
15. Soto - True (Botchit Breaks)
16. DJ Abstract - Touch (Tempa)
17. Maddslinky - Cargo (Law of Motion)
18. Landslide - It's Not Over (Hospital)

Link:
www.myspace.com/paulhotflush

DOWNLOAD: Fulgeance - Ann Arbor



The French wonder that is Fulgeance - anyone who caught his duel MPC antics at Thugs & Hugs a couple of months back will surely testify to the adjective I've just used - has his debut 12", 'Smartbanging', for the One Handed Music label dropping shortly.

A mixture of rolling Bladerunner synth themes, arpeggiated mid range bass lines, heavy fisted drums and the kind of clever light heartedness that really turns a hip hop 'showcase' into a relentless party, the EP holds a bunch of delightful gems including the show stealing wobble of 'Sour Socca.'



After a few reported pressing problems the physical product is now 100% ready and will be dropping imminently. You can check out and purchase the digital version here: http://fulgeance.bandcamp.com

...And to celebrate those kind amputees over at the label are offering up a FREE download of the track 'Ann Arbor.'

DOWNLOAD: Fulgeance - Ann Arbor

Links:
http://www.myspace.com/fulgeance
http://www.myspace.com/onehanded

VIDEO: Gaslamp Killer - My Troubled Mind

The Gaslamp Killer - My Troubled Mind EP (RED) from (((∆))) on Vimeo.

For more info:
http://www.brainfeedersite.com/2009/07/10/the-gaslamp-killer-my-troubled-mind-ep-out-on-brainfeeder-digital-august-4th-2009/

Thursday 16 July 2009

PRE-ORDER: Jack Sparrow – The Chase/Fullest [Tectonic]



Leeds producer and DJ, Jack Sparrow, has got a fair few releases under his belt for the likes of Senseless, Contagious and ‘Earwax labels but now, in July 2009, he is set to drop his first 12” for Tectonic. These two tracks are definitely more akin to the defined aesthetic of Tectonic material than Sparrow’s previous work; with that deep, techy spacious sound, the label is known for and does so well, proving very prominent across the release.

‘The Chase’ opens the 12” in deep dark style with rolling tribal drums and pummelling sub bass, with dubbed out samples chirping “Hard…core” adding to the layers of dark space. The drums and cleverly pressurised percussion really propel this one, much in the same way the overwhelming sense of dread that the shadowy sounds bring does. It’s an excellent example of dark dubstep given a constant kick drum technoid twist.

‘Fullest,’ which sees Sparrow joined by fellow Yorkshire producer Biggins, is a slightly more soulful affair with midnight soul stabs, cruising over that classic junglist sounding surge bass and skipping drum patterns that make perfect use of a singular conga hit. That trademark Tectonic hyper rolling, techno experimentation is omnipresent again, although Sparrow and Biggins fuse the drums with that deep mediation feel that makes you want to close your senses and simply drift along with the momentum of the track.

Words: James Balf
Out: Late July

Links:
www.myspace.com/sparradubz

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"Wait...What?"
Echodub are going to be putting out a series of free EPs from our producers. This will be brand new material, and seperate to the regular releases you can pick up on iTunes, Juno or Beatport.

When each release is ready, it will be released to everyone who signs up, and you will recieve an email with a download link and a bit of information about the release.

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Wednesday 15 July 2009

DOWNLOAD: Akkachar - Sonic Router Mixxx



Don Rwina himself, Akkachar, the man who gave Starkey's 'A Mili' refix an airing on wax got in touch a while back proposing he weave together an episode of our ongoing exclusive mix series. Who was I to stop the dude when he's taunting me with the prospect of unreleased Taz Buckfaster dubs and some ultra exclusives from Untold, Gemmy, L.D, and DJ Madd.

There's not a lot of information out there about the good fellow himself, all i can tell you is he's from Amsterdam. You can learn more if you feel the need by checking out the super deep interview with Ak over at the very competent and loverrrly Bass Music Blog here:

http://bassmusicblog.com/akkachar-rwina-records



Starkey - Million [Rwina]

Rather than doubling up on surplus info we asked if he'd put together a Top 10 Dubs chart for us... but at the rate he gets his mitts on exclusives this is most likely his Top 10 of the week, let alone a chart for the entire month of July, but it's a credible indication of some forthcoming bangers for sure.

Akkachar - Top 10 Dubs July '09

1. Taz Buckfaster - Half Man Half Trout [Rwina]
2. Playdoe - Freeze Step (Starkey remix) [Rwina]
3. 501 - St Ives [Rwina]
4. Noah D - Seeeriousss [Subway]
5. Starkey - Rain City [dub]
6. DJ Madd - Jam Master [dub]
7. Matt-U - Take Cover [SCUM]
8. Taz Buckfaster - Headlock [Rwina]
9. Noah D - That Hardcore Tune [Subway]
10. DJ Madd - Bass Come Down [dub]





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DOWNLOAD: Akkachar - Sonic Router Mixxx



Tracklist:

Sukh Knight - Diesel Not Petrol (Noah D remix) [True Tiger dub]
Playdoe - Freeze Step (Starkey remix) [Rwina dub]
DJ Madd - Better With You [Boka dub]
Little Beezle - I Left My (Starkey remix) [Seclusiasis dub]
Debruit - Soles Sweat (Reso remix) [dub]
Untold - Never Went Away [Hemlock dub]
L.D. - Oh Yeah [dub]
Taz Buckfaster - Digital Nomad [Rwina dub]
DJ Madd - Bass Come Down [dub]
Dio ft. Jeugd van Tegenwoordig & Reverse - Ruimteschip [TopNotch]
Zero G - Scorpion [S.C.U.M. dub]
Gemmy - Rusty Tin [dub]
Taz Buckfaster - Half Man Half Trout [Rwina dub]
501 - St. Ives [Rwina dub]

Links:
www.myspace.com/akkachar
www.myspace.com/rwinarecords

SUBSCRIBE: Hotflush Podcast



General tip off of the decade... Hotflush Records have started a podcast with Alex Incyde at the helm for the first edition.

Gumpf time:

"Hotflush Recordings is proud to announce the launch of the official Hotflush podcast. We are kicking it off this month with the first podcast mixed by Incyde (Dub War NYC / Sub.FM), featuring fresh material from Mount Kimbie, Clouds, Incyde, FaltyDL, DJG, 2562, Pearson Sound, Compound One, Badawi, Shortstuff, Jus Wan, and more".


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Direct download: http://www.hotflushrecordings.com/podcast/hotflushpodcast_01_incyde.mp3

Tuesday 14 July 2009

DOWNLOAD: Indigo - Grace + Synkro Remix



Free dubs from Indigo over at the new and improved fabric blog.

Head there to DL 'Grace' by Indigo and the Synkro remix too or bump the link below.

Big things.

DOWNLOAD: Indigo - Grace + Synkro Remix

Link:
www.myspace.com/indigodub

DOWNLOAD: TVO - Blank Page Mix

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Ahead of his gig this weekend Mr TVO (read our interview with him here) has put together a promo mix for download.

All info should be in the flyer above.

DOWNLOAD: TVO - Blank Page Mix

Tracklist:
Paul St Hilaire and Rene Lowe - Faith (vox)
Pangaea - Coiled
Boards of Canada - Amo Bisop Roden
Clouds - Elders
Zomby - Liquid Dancehall
Savath and Savalas - Transportation Theme (TVO edit)
Appleblim and Peverelist - Circling
Autechre - Sim Gishel
Mundo and Lifted MC - Bring Murda
Byetone - Capture This (iii)
Appleblim - Vansan
2562 - Channel Two
STP - The Fall (Additional mix)
Inner City - Good Life (Matthew Jonson's Acid mix)
Teste - The Wipe
Drexciya - Solar Wind
T++ - Storm
Shed - Flat Axe
AM/PM - The End (10)
Redshape - Plonk (Dub mix)
Deepchord - 4
The Marcia Blaine School For Girls - Bottle Stain (TVO/PU edit)
Round Four - Find a Way (Version)
Substance and Vainqueur - Resonance
Mike Parker - Inversion 7
Autechre - Slip (TVO edit)
DJ C - Exhibition Virtues (Hardcore Tonight mix)
Armando - Don't Take It (Thomos edit)
Shed - That Beats Everything!
Mike Parker - Caesura mix 1
King Cannbal - Arigami Style
Oscar Mulero - 46 (Surgeon mix)
Subhead - Butkins Rage
Cristian Vogel - Time
Merzbow - Ecobondage (ending) (Autechre mix)

Link:
www.myspace.com/thevillageorchestra

Monday 13 July 2009

DOWNLOAD: 10-20 - Landforms Mix



10-20 has announced a series of 4 limited run EPs called ‘Isthmus’, ‘Mountain’, ‘Island’, and ‘Lake’ to follow up his astounding self titled debut album (full review here) AND, as a taster he's spun together a 15 minute mix featuring some of the forthcoming tracks which you can grab below...

DOWNLOAD: 10-20 - Landforms Mix

More info on the releases is available here: http://highpointlowlife.com/?p=814.

Link:
www.myspace.com/1020musik

DOWNLOAD: Komonazmuk - FABRICLIVE Promo Mix



Wow.

Komonazmuk follows up his recent FACT mix with a sterling selection, including plenty of dubplates from Ramadanman, Headhunter and even Breakage's reworking of DJ Madd, ahead of his (and half of Bristol's) appearance in Room 2 at fabric this Friday.

Seriously yo, Pinch, Peverelist, Bass Clef (LIVE), Headhunter AND Komonazmuk... plus Autonomic in Room 3 with Actress and Lukid!

Like wow.

DOWNLOAD: Komonazmuk - FABRICLIVE Promo Mix

Tracklist:

Arkist - Sexy Space Mother - Dubplate
Ramadanman - Day Rider - Soul Jazz
Joe - Rut - Hessle Audio
Biome - Sunrise - Dubplate
Headhunter - F [Dedale Remix] - Dubplate
DJ Madd - Someone [Breakage Remix] - Dubplate
AC23 - Vertigo - Dubplate
Headhunter - Royal Flush - Tempa
Indigo - Fading - Dubplate
Martyn - Right?Star! - 3024
Unknown Artist - Jungle Republic [Ramadanman Remix] - Dubplate
Phaeleh ft Indi Kuar - Rise VIP - Dubplate
Mr Lager ft. Alys Blaze - Tell Me - Sub Freq
Komonazmuk - Light - Terminal Dusk
Headhunter - 3 Mad Ps - Dubplate
Biome - Customs & Excise - Dubplate
Rukus & Roke - Zombie Dawn - Dubplate

Link:
www.myspace.com/komonazmuk

Friday 10 July 2009

VIDEO: Dubbed Out In Bristol


Part 1


Part 2

Documentary/celebration of Bristol's dubstep scene. Filmed by Jack Losh featuring interviews with Gemmy, Joker, Appleblim, Forsaken, Peverelist, Headhunter and more.

I don't have any other info on these clips. If you've got it, please get in touch.

Thursday 9 July 2009

DOWNLOAD: V.I.V.E.K. - Electro East Mix



I love shit like this. I knew nothing about this dude but now i'm hooked. Fusing subtle percussion with the kind of muffled kicks that soak my jean-shorts through, V.I.V.E.K. has officially made his entrance into my consciousness.

Judging by the title it looks like a mix put together for Nerm's BBC Asian Network show, Electro East, so its entirely his own productions. Mans is affiliated with Heny G and Silkie's Anti Social Entertainment clique and he's reportedly got a 12" forthcoming on Mala's Deep Medi Musik too.

Look out.

DOWNLOAD: V.I.V.E.K. - Electro East Mix

Tracklist:

Change
Strategy
Groove On
Engage
Shift
Untitled
Meditation Rock
Feel It

Link:
www.myspace.com/vivek321

VIDEO: Grime Daily - Trim Freestyle



Link:
www.myspace.com/trimbale

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Thanks to the clever and industrious people over at Radio Magnetic you can now subscribe to the Sonic Router Radio show, and get a fresh selection of essential music and more importantly, my voice, synced directly into your iPod.

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Wednesday 8 July 2009

PRE-ORDER: 2562 - Love In Outer Space/Third Wave [Tectonic]



Some unexpected, down played pressure from Dave Huismans aka 2562 appeared on Boomkat at the end of last week and it really is as good as Rob Booth says it is...

Full review here: http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=6357

Link:
www.myspace.com/2562dub

PRE-ORDER: Brackles - LHC & Get A Job [Planet Mu/Applepips]



Brackles has two, yep count 'em... TWO, amazing 12"s out this week.

Combined review here: http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=6364

Link:
www.myspace.com/brackles

DOWNLOAD: Scuba - MTV Brasil Mix



Scuba just blogged it, so here it is: a short mix he's done for MTV Brasil.

DOWNLOAD: Scuba - MTV Brasil Mix

Link:
www.myspace.com/paulhotflush

VIDEO: Roska on Hot110

Hot110 interview with Roska from Hot 110 on Vimeo.

Link:
www.myspace.com/rosiroska

Tuesday 7 July 2009

DOWNLOAD: Floating Points fabric Mix



Floating Points aka Sam Shepherd just put together a tough mix for fabric's new blog. Including an in depth interview its one of the most revealing insights I've read about FP's music and musical lineage so far...

Enjoy.

DOWNLOAD: Floating Points fabric Mix

Tracklist:

Various Production - Lost (Actress Remix)
Falty DL - To London
Marcellus Pittman - There's Somebody Out There
Omar S - Psychotic Photosynthesis
Brothers' Vibe - Step Into It
Pangaea - Bear Witness
Martyn - Vancouver (2562's Puur Natuur Dub)

Links:
www.myspace.com/floatingpoints

INTERVIEW: Reecha [Dirty Canvas]



Ahead of Dirty Canvas' Room 3 takeover at fabric this Friday we went direct to the source with one of the night's promoters, armed with a laptop, a copy of Ga(y)rage Band and an industriously inquisitive look splashed on our mug.

What happened next needs no introduction... well, it actually does, else you might be confused, but you dig the sentiment, right? Enclosed here is an interview and a completely live mix teased out in one take by Reecha.

Sonic Router: Can you provide those who may not know you with a bit of background info?

Reccha: My name is Reecha. I co-run a night called Dirty Canvas and a label called No Hats No Hoods. We've just released our 7th record which is Tempa T's Next Hype - which has remixes by Brackles and Starkey amongst others.

Outside of music who are you? What do you do on the daily?

I am me and I make Ps

People say you’re the Asian George Clooney… Why pick the Reecha moniker when Asian George has an equally impressive ring to it?

I think that would be disrespectful to the rest of my heritage - as I am nearly as Welsh as I am Asian. However I am planning a folk gabba side project underneath the Asian George appellation. Reecha is the only nickname I had at school, whereas my likeness to the sometime Nespresso spokesman is something that occurred in later life.

What’s your involvement with Dirty Canvas?

Check question one, fool.

What can we expect from the fabric takeover?

I hope the same you can expect from any Dirty Canvas night. For me the biggest challenge is the find the balance between throwing a good party and being progressive musically. Although we have originally been more associated with grime, I like to think that our real base is garage - its all its forms and offspring - whether that's grime, funky or dubstep etc. I guess on the night that's pretty well represented by what both Brackles and Mumdance do - who both come from completely different places but manage to be great club DJs while still satisfying those who want to stand in the corner and scratch their beards (note I have a beard and have nothing against them). That for me is the most exciting thing about music right now - well the exciting thing about underground UK dance music at least - people seem to be becoming more open and being less obsessed with labels.

I think Alex Nut is a great example of that too - I pretty much listen to his Rinse show religiously and he's one of those few people who you really do trust to just bring quality whatever he's dipping into and Silkie is making really great music at the moment so I feel particularly proud of the line up.

In short, it will be amazing.



Tell us a little about the mix you’ve made for us…

Its crap.

Probably could have been tighter but there you go - its just some music I like at the moment. Its got some new stuff, but also some pretty old tunes - but I personally find it quite interesting to 'recontextualise' (i.e. pitch up +8 ) a record by placing it with something it wasn't intended to relate to. Its got on the new Martin Kemp remix he's just done for us [No Hats No Hoods] which I don't think anyone would have heard - its not intended to fully represent what Friday will be like but its just a glimpse of what I might play at least.

Can we expect any original Reecha productions at any point soon?

I used to make some fairly generic UK hip hop - but I stopped drinking tea and lost my backpack. I also wrote about 4 hours worth of punk songs about girls not liking me whenIi was in my teens so it would only be right for me to attempt to subject the world to more. I gotta sort out some shit then I'm gonna get back at it - aided by some people who are infinitely more talented than me.

You got any wisdom for the interweb you’d care to share?

You look uncannily like Gary Lucy.

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DOWNLOAD: Reecha - Sonic Router Mix



Tracklist:

1. Floating Points - J+W beat (Forthcoming Planet Mu)
2. Karizma - Groove Accordingly (R2)
3. Donaeo - Party Hard (My-Ish)
4. Kerri Chandler - Bar A Thym (Nite Grooves)
5. Royal T - 1 UP (Martin Kemp Remix) (Forthcoming No Hats No Hoods)
6. Roska - Elevated Levels (Roska Kicks and Snares)
7. MJ Cole - Funky Dub (Unreleased)
8. Menta feat Ms. Dynamite - Ramp (Bigger Beats)
9. Shortstuff and Mickey Pierce - Tripped Up (Unreleased)
10. Tempa T v Dj Oddz - Strung Up Hype (DJ Oneman Mash Up)
11. Hard House Banton – Sirens (White)
12. Tiger Flight - The Great Escape (unreleased)

Links:
www.myspace.com/reechamusic
www.myspace.com/dirtycanvas
www.myspace.com/nohatsnohoods

STREAM: Sonic Router Radio - Session 003



After a forced hiatus owing to computer problems, sound card issues and wallet shaped malfunctions, MLR returns before the turn of the month [sic] with another hour of cracking music.

Featuring the best in the way of slumpy hip hop from Slugabed, Illum Sphere, Nosaj Thing and Mark Pritchard with Om Mas Keith and some top new dubstep pressure from Brackles, Martin Kemp, 2562, Pearson Sound, Emvee and Hot City, this month’s show is stacked to gills with brilliant music.

No commercials. No mercy.

STREAM: Sonic Router Radio - Session 003

Tracklist:

1. MLR – Blewbird (CDR)
2. Keaver & Brause – Airborn (Dealmaker)
3. Illum Sphere – Hyper [Instrumental] (Fat City)
4. Nosaj Thing – 1685 Bach (Alpha Pup)
5. Mark Pritchard & Om Mas Keith – Wind It Up (forthcoming on Hyperdub)
6. Bretzel Zoo – The Dunk (forthcoming on Eat Concrete)
7. Debruit – I’m Goin’ Wit You (Civil Music)
8. Slugabed – Mother Fuckeeeer (forthcoming on Stuff Records)
9. Flying Lotus – Glendale Galleria (Tectonic)
10. Martin Kemp – No Charisma (forthcoming on Blunted Robots)
11. 2562 – Love In Outer Space (Tectonic)
12. Pearson Sound – So Far Ago (forthcoming on Soul Jazz)
13. Brackles – LHC (forthcoming on Planet Mu)
14. King Cannibal – So… Embrace The Minmum (forthcoming on Ninja Tune)
15. Untold – Just For You [Roska Remix] (forthcoming on Hotflush)
16. Emvee – Glitch Dub (Wireblock)
17. Hot City – Setting Me Free (Infrasonics)

Link:
www.radiomagnetic.com

Monday 6 July 2009

INTERVIEW: The Hizatron [Wigflex]



Sometimes a producer’s style forces your hand. Either you put the chips in, raise the stakes and bluff your way through the first few listens. You might win, you might not, but it’s the hollow void of the loss that always sucks the life right out of you. And let’s face it, its nicer to make a concerted effort and be rewarded with a healthy return… monetary or otherwise.

After taking such an informed punt on the two hectic slices of contorted synthesized mania this man has released so far on Nottingham based label, Wigflex, we nabbed the one they call The Hizatron, asking him to lay down his style to virtual tape for us, learning us a whole heap about his processes and passions as he did so.

Sonic Router: Can you provide those who may not know you with a bit of background info?

The Hizatron: I am partially robotic, and powered by Hungarian potato juice and yams. I also make beats out of cats and four eggs. I was assembled in Notts and am operated by the evil Wigflex Corporation.

Outside of music who are you? What do you do on the daily?

I’ve just completed my degree, so my days have mostly consisted of afternoon breakfast, not going to Uni, and then mongin’ out in front of the mac. I’m resident at Wigflex and I’m 23.

How did you first get into making music? What was it that infected you to do produce?

My little brother is a rapper and uses a community studio in St. Anns in Notts, he told me about all the stuff you could play with down there like the Akai MPC 2000 and I thought it sounded japes so went along, I was 16. The MPC was my weapon of choice and I used to make what liked to think was RZA-esque hip-hop beats and give them to local MCs to spit on. I got tired of thinking I had to rely on other people to finish tunes though and wanted to get away from sampling everything and get into synths and whatnot. I quit my A-levels and started a music tech course and that’s where I learnt recording and Logic Pro.

Now I make rudeboy techno.

What’s the big idea behind The Hizatron moniker?

My actual name is Joshua Harvey, my boys used to call me “Jay to the hizzay” for some reason, which they shortened to “j-hiz”, or “hiz” or “HZA”. When I was 17 and had first started going raving I met Spamchop at those boys house at an after party, I showed him some beats, he was bang on ‘em and asked if I had an alias, I said not really, except hizatron. He added the “The”.

We have a mutual respect for robots, and it went from there. He’s been my top boy ever since.

What’s your production set up like? Has it changed a lot since day dot?

Yeah nowadays I just I’ve got a box with some lights on it full of cats, four eggs, a mac, Logic, Ableton, my monitors, a Roland Groovebox and a Korg thing that I hardly ever use. I like recording clicky and gloopy audio samples for a lot of my percussion. I use bare automation, processing and effects; I also like Soundhack, FM8, ESP and Ultrabeat amongst other things.

Your own productions, for me anyway, lie more on the minimal side of music. Would you say that it’s a fair comment to say you’re more influenced by techno producers rather than dubstep??

Yes definitely, I flirted with dubstep when it first reared its head, but I didn’t ever enjoy producing it enough, probably because I was shit at it! I like clever techno, mans like Stefan Bodzin, James Holden, Extrawelt, Minilogue, Trentemoller. Also fun, swingy tunes like the stuff Trapez and Leftroom/Letfout put out, they’re a couple of my favorite labels. Wigflex has an element of dubstep obviously, but we don’t want to be pigeon-holed. Our recent headliners have included Nathan Fake and Luke Abbott. Taylor is producing some of the cleverest techno in the country.

What was it that sucked you in [to the music you make]?

I was heavily influenced by Spamchop when we hooked up, he’s literally the dopest man out, he’s actually physically addicted to vinyl. Also Taylor, he showed me ridiculous levels of tek haus and is an absolute genius. I showed him how to use Logic about 3 years ago and he instantly took it to space, now everything I do is to try and impress him really.



What’s your involvement with the Wigflex camp? How did it all begin?

Well not long after I met Spamchop he made this mixtape, it was called Wigflex 2000, just coz he had a bit of a bush nut wig piece. Spam used to have a residency at a bar in Notts and used to call it Wigflex Wednesdays. He also used to have a show on Kindafunkyradio, they had a birthday celebration and asked him to host a room, Spam asked me if I could play a set. We got Taylor on board and called it the Wigflex room. That December we put on the first Wigflexmas and the venue asked us to make it a regular night.

Now were at Stealth which is the dopest place about, Funktion 1, ream, got our own label and clothing line! It’s big nowadays.

Nottingham seems to be on fire at the moment, musically, leaning a lot of the twisted synth side of things. What is it about the community that produces this music do you think?

I don’t know, y’know, there’s good access to free studios and that helps people to get into producing young. Everyone’s a bit rude, even if you’re not, you’re considered a rudeboy elsewhere and we’re the garage generation, and at the end of the day. It’s all garage really isn’t it?

Is Nottingham, in your opinion, a healthy place for dubstep and for music in general?

Yeah its healthy, it’s not a massive place so there’s not a huge choice of venues but there’s a lot of talent and a lot of dope residents. I’m not a massive dubstepper, but we have seen some big things frequently pass through, Appleblim and Brackles are often in town. Max Cooper has been a Firefly hero for years; Matt Tolfrey’s Leftroom is Notts, Spamchop obviously. Don’t forget Geiom, he’s sick and bringing a lot of man through on the productions front as well. I don’t think anyone had heard anything like Geiom and Spamchop’s ‘Mah Geile Zwazo’ before. The Futureproof crew are super dope too. It’s comin’ out our ears man.

The mix you’ve done for us is comprised entirely of your productions… Can you tell us a little bit about your track selection, was it just a case of fitting things together or did you have a specific set of tunes waiting to go?

I wanted to include the releases in there but a lot of it is stuff I’ve been messing around with recently, and some Ableton tomfoolery. I like to think my stuff is quite electro-acoustic, as in I like to build intensities through concentrating on colour, timbres and textures rather than notation. Although I do produce some stuff with more chord progression and whatnot.



What else have you got coming up this year?

Well the second Wigflex EP has just come out and is triple dope, so get that! Also got a next tune called ‘Von Glooperstein’ coming out on Geiom’s label, Berkane Sol, which is sick. Him, Brackles and the Applepips crew are bringing club wrecking reports already. In terms of upcoming headliners we’ve got Shackleton live in August, and we’re in talks with some very big artists. The new clothing line is released this month – Wigflex City Monsters, the printers are goin’ on like right pirates though so Spam’s gona be swashbuckling mans pronto, anyway look out for that and high quality mixes and live sets from the whole crew on wigflex.com! Other than that were doing some remixes and I’ve got a few tracks in mind for a solo EP.

I might buy some more hi-tops.

Have you got any words of wisdom you’d like to instill on the interweb?

Buy lots of pairs of triple dope creps, then wear them on rotation. That way you’ll have loads of sick boogs that stay fresh for time!

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To win a copy of Wigflex002 email us your answer to the below question and you could be in the running.

Which of the following producers has NOT yet released on Wigflex?

A) Taylor
B) Eleven Tigers
3) Brackles

Winner will be announced by the 23rd July.

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DOWNLOAD: The Hizatron - Sonic Router Mix



Tracklist:

1. The Hizatron - Fridge Magnet (Unreleased)
2. The Hizatron - Mustard (Unreleased)
3. The Hizatron - Now Then Boris (Wigflex)
4. The Hizatron - Pinklip (Unreleased)
5. The Hizatron - Pat Sharpe (Unreleased)
6. The Hizatron - Von Glooperstein (forthcoming Berkane Sol)
7. The Hizatron - Schlupinski (Wigflex)

Links:
www.myspace.com/jhizatron
www.myspace.com/wigflexwigflex