DOWNLOAD: Hackman & Jamie Grind - Saw The Light (Mista Men Remix)

The Footwork EP on Glasgow's Fortified Audio imprint, out digitally today, marks the debut solo release for Yorkshireman, Jamie Grind. After releasing on Spatial's Infrasonics label with the resplendent 'Balloon' and 'If You Want' on a split 12" with Irish producer Gon, Grind has been a staple in our Hivemind FM sessions, often providing a melodic respite to the overloaded drum workouts we're prone to.

Featuring 4 tracks, including the constant drum machine trickle of 'Without You' whose high pitched percussion line bubbles over snatches of Grind's 2step blessed drum lines, the EP shines thanks to a collaboration with fellow Leeds resident, Hackman. Called 'Saw The Light' its more subtle than the other three tracks, peeling off in tangents, before the snatched vocal merges with the roughened bass line, creating an emotive house tempoed workout that gets better with each listen.

To mark the passing of the EP, we've been bestowed the honour of passing out the Mista Men refix of that Hackman collaboration. In the Doncaster trio's patent leathery style (check out their recent SR mix) they focus a little more on the interplay between 4x4 pulse and the bass, splicing apart the tunes melody whilst managing to retaining the same kind of harmonic linearity.

DOWNLOAD: Hackman & Jamie Grind - Saw The Light (Mista Men Remix)



Links:
www.myspace.com/jamiegrindmusic
www.myspace.com/fortifiedaudio

INTERVIEW: Spatial Talks Cross Media Releases

From the first times we got our hands on a mysterious Infrasonics release, a white 10” sleeve daubed with orange and grey squares and no information, we were hooked. Label boss Spatial seemed intent on keeping a little of that mystery at our first point of contact, choosing to leave us hanging on for clues to his tracks strictly numerical monikers whilst keeping the releases coming. Now very much open to our prodding he’s on his 4th solo 10” release for the label and he’s also put out three split 12”s, from Ike Release & Hot City, xxxy & Ike Release and Jamie Grind & Gon respectively, something regular readers of this blog won’t have failed to notice.

And whilst you might be aware of the releases, the digital tracks that form the ‘cross media’ aspect of all of Spatial’s solo releases could have been a little overlooked. Whilst choosing to put out physical product in this day and age could be considered risky, given the climate and habitual torrent abuse by so called music fans, Infrasonics stands as a bastion for physical quality and the digital age, embracing the digital format (as most labels do, selling downloads as MP3s, WAVs and FLACs) and new technologies as they do it.

Take the latest physical release for INFRA004: not only is it, in SR’s opinion, the most realised and danceable set of productions from Spatial to date, but it also comes complete with a postcard insert which when held up to a webcam unlocks a third track for the purchaser to download. Whilst we could probably explain the mechanism in some kind of surly, inaccurate laymen’s terms, we thought the topic of digital extras of note and asked Spatial to help us understand a little more.

SR: So, your latest release comes with a card that you have to register via a webcam to unlock the digital accompaniment to the physical release. What made you go to such, intuitive lengths?

Spatial: It's really just trying to be creative with the technology that’s out there and provide something extra of interest. To me, there's as much creativity in hacking as there is in other art form so some of it is indulging that interest. We were also keen to try and give more focus on digital component of the release.

Could you give us an idea about the technology behind it? How does it work?

There's a postcard that comes with the vinyl that has a url and a marker or pattern on it. You hit the url in your browser, and present the postcard to your webcam when prompted. Once it correctly recognises the marker it unlocks a section of the site that provides a stream and download of an exclusive track, plus some extra eye candy.

The idea came out of some proof of concept/R&D work that some friends were doing with Augmented Reality libraries in Flash. Essentially, the libraries are able to recognise shapes and patterns and overlay a video feed with other animations. We kept the mechanism as a straightforward lock/key implementation for this version but there's a lot of scope to extend the idea.

Having always released digital bonus tracks, that are obviously just as labour intensive to produce musically, do you think the cross media platform has been properly broached by labels?

Traditional models of consumption are pretty well defined so we're aiming to challenge that a little. It seems fairly clear to me that the masses are moving toward a service based model where the notion of file ownership will eventually seem quaint. It's a bit different in the marginal areas that we operate in but I think there's room to try be creative with a release. I’d like the two mediums to feed off each other.

Without entering into the vinyl vs. digital debate do you think it’s helped the label, offering up digital extras?

Absolutely. Seeding free tracks in streaming services like last.fm help to get the word out. I also hope it helped to convince people to pay for the other tracks. It seems quite hard to get much notice in the press though as journalists normally review what they find in the "shops" despite what we send out in the PR, so the focus is normally just on the vinyl. The exception to this would be Joe Mugg's Wire review for infra001.

It's also about offering a wider contrast with the material. I always wanted to use 10"s, largely for aesthetic reasons, and there's only so much music you can fit on them. In that sense the release is an E.P. that goes cross medium.

What else is coming up for the infrasonics imprint?

I've got great new material coming to my inbox from all the current artists plus a few interesting bits from outside. It's just a matter now of getting the right configuration for the 12"s and getting it in the system. I'm thinking about doing something with all the 10"s in the series also…

Personally, I've got a podcast up on Bassmusicblog now(ish) and a studio mix coming for DJ mag in early Nov. In the wider eco-system: Jamie Grind has a new night called Modulate in Leeds which looks ace. xxxy is now with Reprise so catch him playing near you soon. Gon, his missus and an obscene amount of vinyl just moved over from Dublin which is cool - watch out for that man.

Lastly, we're gonna throw another warehouse party at the end of Nov - sign up to one of the propaganda streams to keep on top of that. Last one was off the hook: 2 Funktion one stacks in an intimate darkened space, pure vibes. The real deal.



INFRA004 (previewed above) is in shops now.

Links:
http://infrasonics.net/
http://soundcloud.com/spatial
Spatial – Sonic Router Mix #10

Photo: Thomas Sergeant

INTERVIEW: Jamie Grind [Infrasonics]

Summer 2010 is proving to be a fertile hotbed of awesomeness and its been made easy to enthuse about things now that the sun is blessing everything with its UV loaded rays. Tunes are coming thicker and quicker and there's a multitude of great producers from across the spectrum of the bass music void whose work is steadily piquing our interest. At the forefront of this last few weeks has been two tunes from Leeds based producer Jamie Grind, included on his debut release which takes the form of a split 12" with Irish funky producer Gon for Spatial's Infrasonics label.

'If You Want' is a perfect example of using drum shuffles, that repetitive Scuba style synth stab and choppy vocals, but its in the woefully aborted synth progressions of it that it really blossoms, veering from colourful warbling to a distorted splash; and in a similar way the flip side, 'Balloon,' uses a careering lead line behind those lush Martyn pianos. On the strength of these tunes its obvious that Grind's is a step that positively uplifts; a feel good bump that suits this sudden heat wave gloriously.

The inclusion of the afore mentioned tunes on Spatial's FACT mix, coupled with a mix he did for ItsAlllAbout.com and the track he just dropped for free over at XLR8R last week, 'Keep Wondering,' spiked immediate interest, resulting in a bout of AIM cold calling and an eventual satisfying pang of relief when he agreed to drop us an exclusive mix; number 48 in our ongoing series.

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

Jamie Grind: I’m Jamie Grind, I’ve just released my first record on the Infrasonics Label, hopefully the first of many! When I’m not eating king prawn curries you will usually find me in a poorly lit room in the centre of Leeds making beats and wondering what happened to my youth!

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

I’m a web designer - I’ve been working at a company here in Leeds for the past 3 years or so. My job takes up most of my time so I try and fit in music whenever possible. 


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

Since my mid-teens I’ve been involved with music in some form, I’ve been a vocalist in various bands, I’ve been a hip hop MC and I’ve experimented a bit with other forms of electronic music but it’s only in the past year or so I think I’ve finally found my feet. I was always more into the vocal side of music and production just kinda passed me by, it wasn’t until a couple of years ago I actually decided to give it a shot and it turns out I actually quite enjoy sitting in isolation for hours on end listening to looped drum hits!

What’s your production set up like? What’s your favourite bit of kit in the studio?

I run Logic 8 on an Imac; my set up is fairly basic though, I could use an upgrade to be honest. I’ve currently only got some very average Wharfdale speakers, a MIDI keyboard and a Yamaha MW12 Mixing desk.. but it works OK for now. Next venture for me will be to get some decent monitors and an analogue synth of some form…

Where do you take inspiration from when making music?

Because I have a full time job most of my ideas come to me during the day when my mind is at its most active, so I might have a sudden idea for a tune and then have to wait 8 hours til I get home to finally put it into practice, by that time I’m pretty tired and can’t be arsed. I find I’m at my most creative first thing in the morning, so weekends give me chance clock in at my second job… making bangers blaaad!



How would you describe your sound?

I wouldn’t say future garage – I think that term sounds pretty corny to be honest… Genres seem to mean less and less to me these days, when I make a tune I’m not trying to achieve a certain sound I’m just combining elements of different styles of music I enjoy, which usually sounds pretty garage-esque to be fair, at least percussively anyway.



And how did you get into this current flux of dubstep?

I remember hearing stuff by Pinch and Loefah and thinking it was the heaviest shit I’d ever heard! At the time, the hip hop nights I used to go to gradually turned into dubstep nights as it got more popular. Later on, people like 2562, Geiom, Ramadanman, Kode9 & Martyn seemed to be making interesting music which was loosely dubstep with elements of garage, hip hop and house and probably had a lot to do with me wanting to start producing the type of music I do.

Leeds seems to be on it right now, with Midland, Stray and people like Blawan all making the dope shit. What’s the scene like up there?

I’m not sure there’s much of a scene to be honest, now Ruffage has closed its doors the only decent monthly club night in Leeds is Tropical; which is sick, but most other ‘dubstep’ nights are just mid-range wobble wankery so don’t really interest me – There’s a bunch of people up here making sick music though, good to see them getting the recognition they deserve. On top of the people you mentioned there’s also Skips, Hackman, Gatto Viola and Jera doing their thing up here aswell.


Jamie Grind - Balloon

Your first release on Infrasonics is out now. What’s the deal, what can we expect from the release?

It’s a split with Gon from Ireland, I’m half Irish so we’ve got that shit in our blood already! I’m glad to be on the Infrasonics squad, they’re all absolute badmen producers, Spatial, xxxy, Hot City, Ike Release… I’m glad my first release is with this lot. On my side of the 12”, ‘If You Want’ is one for the clubs and ‘Balloon’ is on a bit of a more upbeat wonky-synth tip.

What other projects have you got in the pipeline? What’s happening with you in the rest of 2010? Gigs, releases, personal growth etc?

Next thing I’ve got coming out is a 4 track EP on Fortified Audio, expect to see that emerging in the following months. I’m looking to start playing gigs when I can, so hopefully I’ll get on that soon. 



Any words of wisdom for our readers?

If in doubt, smash their face in.

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DOWNLOAD: Jamie Grind – Sonic Router Mix



Tracklist:

George Fitzgerald - Fernweh
Ramadanman - Glut
Hot City - Another Girl
Dubbel Dutch - Throwback
Sony - Sugar Rush
Terror Danjah - Code Morse
Guido - Mad Sax
Ike Release - I'm Gone
Todd Edwards - Who You Are (Salvador Edit Remix)
Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers (Sunship Edit)
Jamie Grind - Bad Attitude (And You Know It)
Shortstuff - Tripped Up
Jamie Grind - Footwork
VVV - Back To Life
DJ Rashad - In Da Club Before Eleven O' Clock
Nastee Boi Feat. E Man - Mussy Mad (Witty Boy Remix)
Blawan - Fram
Spatial - 100402
Jamie Grind & Hackman - Saw The Light
Mista Men - Automatic Groove
Jammer - Champz And Weed (Ft. Diesal, C. Gritz & Blacks)
TRG - Broken Heart (Martyn's DCM Remix)

Infra12003 featuring Jamie’s ‘I Want You’ & ‘Balloon’ is in all decent retailers now. Its backed with two tracks, ‘Chaka Mad’ and ‘Riddance’ from Gon.

Link:
www.myspace.com/undiscloseduk
http://infrasonics.net
http://infrasonics.net/dubs/infra12003

DOWNLOAD: Spatial - Live at Dub War NYC

Infrasonics boss Spatial was invited out to Dub War, the party ran by Joe Nice and co., in New York last month where he appeared on the bill with Sepalcure and Headhunter. Ahead of his forthcoming appearance at Cable this Friday for the FACT Mag vs. Night Slugs event, he's released a recording of his Dub War set for you to download. One of probably 4 or 5 mixes from the man to date, including our own SR mix, its got a heavy dancefloor slant and features numerous tracks forthcoming on his label.

Look out for INFRA12003 featuring Jamie Grind and Gon in shops soon.

DOWNLOAD: Spatial - Live at Dub War NYC





Facebook Event // FACTmag.com // Tickets

Links:
www.myspace.com/spatialdubs
http://infrasonics.net

DOWNLOAD: Jamie Grind - Its All About Mix

First appearing on Spatial's FACT mix, Leeds based producer, Jamie Grind, is making some kind of waves over here with his clipped vision of the current bastard bass spectrum. He just dropped a mix for the Its All About blog.

"I wanted to put together a mix that showcases a variety of styles of music I'm feeling at the moment," Jamie told SR when speaking with us recently; "I guess it's mainly stuff derived from that dubstep/garage blueprint, with a few of my own [tracks] thrown in there along with a bunch of dubs from some fairly new names like xxxy, Pariah, Skips and George Fitzgerald. Of course you'll find a couple of old gems tucked away in there as well. I reckon its safe to say its this sort of stuff that keeps me interested in producing, I love the way music has progressed over the past few years and how the mixing of genres allows people to experiment more."

Look out for Jamie's Infrasonics release, 'Balloon' b/w 'If You Want,' set to hit shops and download sites imminently.

DOWNLOAD: Jamie Grind - Its All About Mix

Tracklist:

Jamie Grind - Balloon [Forthcoming Infrasonics]
Mount Kimbie - Maybes (James Blake Remix) [Dub]
Hackman - More Than Ever (Jamie Grind Remix) [Dub]
Mosca - Nike [Night Slugs]
George Fitzgerald - Painted Jezebel [Forthcoming Doldrums]
Jeremih - Birthday Sex (Skips Bootleg) [Dub]
Untold - You Didn't Win the Holiday [Soul Jazz]
2562 - Dinosaur [Tectonic]
Jamie Grind - If U Want [Forthcoming Infrasonics]
Jamie Grind - Remember Those Days [Dub]
Ill Blu - Blu Magic [Insatiable Music]
So Solid - Since You Went Away (Funky Mix) [MEGA & Co.]
Cosmin TRG - Since Last Night [Tempa]
Paraiah - Crossed Out [Forthcoming R&S]
Burial - Distant Lights [Hyperdub]
Bonobo ft. Andreya Triana - Eyesdown (Floating Points Remix) [Ninja Tune]
xxxy - Flew [Dub]
Jason Herd vs Flashlight - My Girl (Agent X Dirty Bassline Mix) [3 Beat Blue]
Low Deep - Down Like That [Colourful State]
Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo (Andreas Saag's House Perspective) [Dub]
Scuba - You Got Me [Hotflush]

Link:
www.myspace.com/undiscloseduk

DOWNLOAD: Spatial - FACT Mix

Infrasonics boss Spatial hooked up a mix for FACT - including a hell of a lot of exclusive material from his label including beats from Hot City, Ike Release (who released a split 12" on the label last year) and new signings xxxy, Gon, Jamie Grind and people like VVV and Atki2 - ahead of the Infrasonics Rave at a warehouse in Hackney this Saturday (info on that here).

DOWNLOAD: Spatial - FACT Mix

Tracklist:

Gon – Riddance [forthcoming Infrasonics]
spatial – 90927 [dub]
??? – Idle002 – Track 03 [Idle Hands]
Gon – Chaka mad [forthcoming Infrasonics]
Hot City – Another Girl [dub]
xxxy – Blue Flashing Lights [forthcoming Infrasonics]
spatial – 91027 [dub]
VVV – Dorsai Irregulars [dub]
spatial – 90807 [Infrasonics 003]
Jamie Grind – If U Want [forthcoming Infrasonics]
Jamie Grind – Balloon [forthcoming Infrasonics]
Ike Release – Nature Manipulation [forthcoming Infrasonics]
xxxy – Just for Me [dub]
Ike Release – The Long Kiss Goodnight [forthcoming Infrasonics]

Link:
http://infrasonics.net

EVENT: Infrasonics Rave 002

The last time the Infrasonics camp put on a rave we piked an exclusive mix out of Ike Release but alas for their 2nd event outing we've got nothing; nothing but the word to spread on another low key, warehouse bash that this time features TVO going back to back with Goodhand and the awesome xxxy alongside Ike, Infrasonics honcho Spatial and the Wifey DJs.

Don't miss business.

Infrasonics Rave 002 - Sat 20 Feb, 10pm - late
The Camp Basement
70-74 City Road, London EC1Y 74

Facebook Event // Tickets

PRE-ORDER: Spatial - INFRA003 [Infrasonics]

New 10" from Spatial, more on a warbling rah bass kind of tip, but still effortlessly classy.

Read the full review here: http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=6876

Link:
http://infrasonics.net

EVENT: Infrasonics Warehouse Rave w/ Untold

First birthdays are well worth celebrating, co-incidentally we’re just tying up the odd ends for ours at the moment, but there’s even more cause for a drunken stomp through East London when your also marking the release of a brand new 10”. Yep, Infrasonics boss Spatial is on the eve of dropping infra003 - from the previews (which you too can listen to here) we’ve been given it marks are more digital stomp over the garage template - and so he’s duly organised a party whose line up features 4 separate Sonic Router Mix contributors in Untold, Spatial himself, Highpoint Lowlife boss Sideb0ard and Ike Release...



Ike Release is a Berlin based Chicago born producer who hit wax on the split 12” Infrasonics released earlier this year, the other side being occupied by Hot City (read the SR penned RA review here). He’s generously put together the 26th instalment in our mix series to commemorate his appearance.

DOWNLOAD: Ike Release – Studio Mix



Learn more about Ike here:
www.myspace.com/ikerelease
http://soundcloud.com/ike_release

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Infrasonics Rave Full Line Up:

UNTOLD
SPATIAL
IKE RELEASE
WIFEY DJs
SIDEBOARD

Sat 7th Nov, 9pm - 4am @ Warehouse venue on Hackney Rd, E2
£6 door, £4 concs/adv from www.wegottickets.com

More info:
http://bit.ly/facebook-infrasonics (Facebook Event)
http://infrasonics.net/propaganda

DOWNLOAD: Hot City - Setting Me Free & fabric Party Mix

192kbps freeness from Hot City, taken from the split 12" forthcoming on Infrasonics.

Stream it hurrr:

Or download it here: http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Hot_City/track/Setting_Me_Free

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Also, mans has whipped up a promo mix for his appearance this Friday at fabric.



DOWNLOAD: Hot City - FABRICLIVE Promo Mix

Tracklist:

DJ Deeon – Freak U Rite
Zomby – Pumpkinhead’s Revenge
DJ Guy – Ghostdick
DJ Godfather – Tom’s Bomb 2
Jody Finch - Jack Yo Big Booty (BHQ no acid vocal mix)
Nightcrawlers – Surrender Your Love
Kings Of The Universe – Acid Love
Final Cut with True Faith - Take Me Away
Hot City – Hot City Bass
Playgroup feat. KC Flightt - Front 2 Back (Todd Terry Remix)
Ian Round – Trippin
Chelley - Took the Night (Rizzla's Cunty Refix)
Benny Rodrigues – I Like
Catch - Free (to the point mix)
Lil Silva – Different
Shortstuff – A Rustling
$tinkworx – Coelacanth

Link:
www.myspace.com/hotcitybass

INTERVIEW: s p a t i a l

Steeped in 2-step rhythm s p a t i a l's productions across his two 10" releases on his own Infrasonics imprint have earned him two Boomkat 'Single of The Week' acolades and a hell of a lot of interest. Choosing to stick closer to the shadows the fact that the anonymous musical craftsman chooses to name his tracks with purely numerical titles only adds to the cloak of mystery surrounding a producer and label about to blow.

With the first Infrasonics 12", a split release between American producer Ike Release and all around rave smasher Hot City, set for a release later this month we caught up with s p a t i a l, quizzing him in exchange for the 10th installment in our exclusive mix series.

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

s p a t i a l: I produce music as s p a t i a l and run the Infrasonics imprint. The first two releases were my own material in a hybrid format that encompassed 10" vinyl and some freely downloadable/distributable creative commons tracks.

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

Usual story I guess: raves -> decks -> samplers/synths. I've been messing around with sound for quite a while now but largely for my own amusement. I find it quite therapeutic actually, there's a reflection of my state of mind through engagement in the creative process which can be helpful as well as painful!

I'd actually tuned out of a lot of dance music for a while, but a few years back I found some material in Smallfish that rekindled my interest and had similar themes to ideas I'd been thinking about. That was the first Hyperdub 10" and The Bug thing on Rephlex, and a Tempa 12". I was keen to try an enforce some more clearly defined boundaries within which to produce and I could relate to the common threads in those records.

I'm pretty fascinated with sound at its most fundamental level and the psychological/visceral impact that it can have on us. There's an innate connection that's more obvious to me than with any other artistic medium. Bearing that in mind I guess it was a fairly obvious step to become immersed in production.

What’s your production set up like? Do you use software most of the time while producing or do you have a nice stash of synths and all that to play with?

I just use a laptop with soft synths, a sequencer and a sample library that I've collected. I have a couple of midi controllers, actually one is a Yamaha An1x but I never use it's sound banks. I had a full hardware studio a few years back I decided to streamline my setup. Now I've got a few bits of redundant kit hanging around.

Your music has heavy garage rhythms, how did you get into 2-step?

A mate of mine used to run a speed garage night a few years back, a lot of it was too glossy but some of the tracks had a nice 'grimey,' ravey element to them. I never really paid much attention to track details mind and I certainly wasn't buying that kinda material. When I started the s p a t i a l project, I wanted to have a sound that was very clearly repping the UK, but take in other sounds that influenced me along the way.

I've never really been interested in working with breakbeat loops (despite finding the results effective) and I find there's quite a lot of room to play with rhythm in a 2-step groove. You can play around the meter a little to get things sounding less regimented. I quite like the space to have implied or extra swung embellishments around the more accented half time beats.

Your productions are all titled in numerics. Is that a conscious decision to enamour people to take the music properly, without any hype or judgement clouding? Or is it something entirely different?

I really just wanted to keep the names neutral to fit with the minimal aesthetic of the design. Track names seldom mean much outside of the artist naming them. There's also a small dose lethargy and impertinence involved.

Ha!



So after 2 solo releases from you on your Infrasonics imprint we're expecting a split 12" from Hot City and Ike Release. Firstly, why the split single format? and Secondly what was it about their beats that appealed to you?

I'm keen to challenge the stylistic boundaries to some extent and I think it's more interesting to offer variety in a climate where it's increasingly difficult to justify physical releases, but not so much in an economic sense - more in terms of exposure. Actually, despite the relative cost ineffectiveness of nice design on short vinyl runs it's still something the I hold as a pretty core value, I want the releases to be desirable objects.

Hot City produces relentless, unselfconscious dance-floor bangers that neatly triangulate Hardcore, UK garage and jacking Todd Edward's style New York House. His material neatly encapsulates Occams Razor, and simplicity is something that always seems more easily obtainable when looking with hindsight at an elegant solution.

Ike creates an energetic hybrid of deep, glacial synthetic textures underpinned by solid subs and UK influenced grooves that I found very appealing. The British rave continuum is clear and present across both tracks but re-contextualised amidst a discerning European sonic palette. It's a very warm and optimistic sound.

What else have you got coming up - on the label and otherwise - that you can talk about?

I've done a remix for Badawi which should be coming out on a new label called The Index run by Raz and Dave Q (Dubwar NYC), it looks like an interesting series - the other mixes are by Shackleton, Headhunter and Cardopusher.

I've also completed another remix of a False Prophet track for a label that's being formed now. Both tracks are in the mix.

And I'm currently working on the next 10" of my material.

Can you tell us a bit - walk us through - some of your choices for the mix? Your production style seems to be very heavily detroited 2-step, yet your mix is incredibly varied. Does this represent a normal DJ set for you?

Yeah, if I've got enough time in a set then I like to mix it up. I enjoy playing with the energy levels and although you can do that within one tempo I much prefer to morph things stylistically if I can. The first track by Brassica is just killer, he's a very talented producer of various styles. His "Microvictories" album is very lush, organic electronica where's this track is just vibing!

Probably slightly confusingly, I prefer Dave H's A Made Up Sound moniker to the 2562 stuff. I do like the 2562 material but there's a rawness to the production with AMUS that just gets me. The Omar Funkyman track - hmm, that could cause trouble! In general, there's a lot of interesting Funky tracks around and that soca-esc rhythm is very danceable so that's why there's a healthy dose of that included. The Emvee track is sick! It's funny actually as I was in South America a few years back and started thinking about trying a take on the Reggaeton / Calypso when I returned. Missed a trick there!

I'd been into Disrupt's stuff from when Jahtari was a pure netlabel, before the Werk release, I love it and was glad to see the CD come out. Then there's a couple is more overtly Ravey tracks: a while back I was listening to some old mixes and I was really struck by the energy of that music. After that we're probably into the more expected 140bpm stuff. I really love that Kloke track, the James Blake bit is super addictive and a nice new slant on things and Untold is doing great work also.

I could rant on about all of the tracks really - that's why they're on there! Some of the older stuff is there because I've rediscovered it again recently and still find it so appealing, 2 Bad Mice makes me wanna dance around the room and Phylyps Track has an sonic intensity that parallels the intensity of FWD>> when it's firing.

You got any wisdom you'd like to impart on the internet?

Make your own damn media!



DOWNLOAD: s p a t i a l - Sonic Router Mix



Tracklist:

1. Brassica feat. Lakey - dumdadumdum (forthcoming on Highpoint Lowlife)
2. A Made Up Sound - Next (Subsolo)
3. Hot City - Setting me free (forthcoming on Infrasonics)
4. Omar Funkyman - Jani (Unknown)
5. Emvee - Glitch Dub (Wireblock)
6. D-Malice - Bad Habbits [Roska Mix] (Visions)
7. Drop the Lime - Hear Me [Buraka Som Sistema Remix (Unknown)
8. Disrupt - Riddim Grid (Werk Discs)
9. La Roux - In For The Kill [Skream's Let's Get Ravey Remix] (CDR)
10. 2 Bad Mice - Hold it Down (Moving Shadow)
11. Kontext - Plumes [Relocate Remix] (Immerse)
12. LAZARUS PROJECT - Aftermath Booty (Cease & Desist)
13. Hatti Vatti feat. Sara Brylewska - Different Music (forthcoming on Mindset)
14. False Prophet - Wake Up [spatial Rework] (forthcoming on Take Records)
15. Kloke - Aquarius (Entrada)
16. RSD - Green Hill (Punch Drunk)
17. Taz Buckfaster - Quack [Original Mix] (Ramp Recordings)
18. Quarta 330 – Sabacco (Hyperdub)
19. ERDBEERSCHNITZEL - Drehundangelpunk [spatial Rework] (forthcoming on Alt Recordings)
20. Ike Release - Jenova (forthcoming on Infrasonics)
21. Badawi - More Of The Same [spatial Dimension Intrusion] (forthcoming on The Index)
22. Clouds - Timekeeper (Ramp Recordings)
23. James Blake - Air and Lack Thereof (Hemlock Recordings)
24. Sully - Duke St Dub (Mata-Syn)
25. Basic Channel - Phylyps Trak (Basic Channel)
26. Untold - Dante (Hotflush Two)

Links:
www.myspace.com/spatialdubs
www.infrasonics.net

PRE-ORDER: Spatial - 90121/90113 [Infrasonics]

Spatial's brand new 10" plate on Infrasonics is a true treat. It's out now in your local upfront records store and a free dub is available through the Infrasonics website (link below).

Read the full review here: http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=6098

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Spatial is playing alongside Ramadanman at the Runsounds vs Delete night this Saturday.

Vitals:

Runsounds vs Delete present:

Ramadanman (Hessle Audio/Apple Pips/Soul Jazz)
Dub Kult [live] (Living/Traum/Arcola)
spatial (infrasonics)
Chris Box (runsounds/rungrooves/Netaudio London)
Mr Smith (Delete/Alt Recordings)
Russ Skellon (runsounds/Motronic)
Tone Def (Delete/Alt Recordings)

Saturday 25/04/2009 - 10pm – 6am
@ The Red Rose, 129 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N7 7QG
£10 Door tax

Link:
www.infrasonics.net