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Mobilee Back to Back Remixes Part 1 and 2 | Single Review

Friday, February 20th, 2009 | Single Review | No Comments

Mobilee start the year with a double remix package to support Miss Jools forthcoming Back to Back compilation. For her complilation Miss Jools chooses her top Mobilee picks from 2008 on the first CD and then on the second CD she mixes a compilation of Mobilee remixes. And its that second CD which has spurred this double release.

Part 1 sees one of Mobilee’s finest Sebo K remixed by Nick Curly and Efdemin. The 8Bit and Cécile records extravaganza Nick Curly takes on Sebo’s Diva, one of last year’s biggest Mobile releases. The original was a ballsy tribal monster with striking diva vocal snippets. Nick Curly totally transforms the track into his own. He saps out the ballsiness and swaps it for smooth funk. The first half of the track is spent building up to the first kick drum with crisp percussion and a slap bass funk line which slowly comes to the fore. When the kick drum releases all the pieces fall into place. The diva vocals are sparingly used and quite rightly so. The funk riff and crisp percussion is all it needs for the excellent house vibe Nick creates.

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Tags: anja schneider, Back to Back, Christian Burkhardt, D'Julz, Efdemin, Gummihz, Miss Jools, mobilee, Nick Curly, Sebo K

Go Out on Sundays and You’re Bound to Wet Yourself

Thursday, February 19th, 2009 | Event Preview | No Comments

Don’t know if you’ve heard but much loved Sunday shindig Wet Yourself have moved away from the swimming pool and dried themselves off to relocate to the cavernous depths of Fabric. To help with the move they’ve got some great guests coming up. They’ve already had Miss Kitten and Marc Houle, and Popof and Gaiser complete the February run. Excellent stuff, now the much loved London club can see you right through the weekend nights through to Monday. Sounds alright to me!

Anyways if you haven’t been to Wet Yourself before, we’ve got residents Jacob Husley and Peter Pixzel to give you a taster with a couple of their mixes. › Continue reading

Tags: Fabric, Gaiser, Jacob Husley, Marc Houle, Miss Kitten, Peter Pixzel, Popof, Wet Yourself

Sunday Evenings Just Got a Whole Lot More Interesting

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 | Event Preview | No Comments

The first of what we hope will be many Sunday parties come from newcomers’ mUmU. Hailing from the cultural capital of Europe, Liverpool, the folks from mUmU want to give the big smoke a shot after making a rather large name for themselves at a frightening pace in the last year. Their nights have quite literally seen the who’s who of underground house and techno from names like Pier Bucci, Sebo K, Mr C, Rhadoo and Matt Tolfrey. It’s obvious these guys want quality at their nights.

For their London debut they will take over the hallowed Shoreditch tunnel of Cargo to bridge the gap between early evening and midnight. For the opening night they’ve brought in a selection of London’s finest stalwarts with Simon Baker of Cocoon/20:20 Vision fame, Circo Loco’s master of the groove Clive Henry and 12” pusher turned global DJ Hector. › Continue reading

Tags: Cargo, Clive Henry, Harrison, Hector, Lee Rand, mUmU, simon baker

Franco Cangelli – Create Your Own Space EP | Single Review

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 | Single Review | No Comments

Franco Cangelli’s Create Your Own Space is the forthcoming EP on new upstart label Mowar. Hailing from that hot bed of talent that is Gent in little old Belgium, Franco has created his own little slice of Detroit. Locked On the first track on this package has futuristic layers which swell with intensity as glimmers of old skool percussion puncture through. It’s a no nonsense track with a full sound but I do wish it would crescendo somewhere along the way. Estoe’s remix adds a lighter touch by muting the percussion, throwing in some classic old skool wood blocks and making the riff smoother and lighter. Again the track moves in one direction but the airiness of the track itself creates the movement. A good interpretation.

On the flip we have title track Create Your Own Space, a track layered with string stabs and whirring space sounds which drifts over a bulbous bass and percussion arrangement. The result is a laidback yet slightly jittery track. The remix comes from Solab who re-jigs the track into a more peak time big room sound. He fills out the space of the original with fatter basslines and airy pads to create a quite progressive house sound reminiscent of the old Sasha and Digweed days.

A nice rounded package which hits different bases. Hopefully this is a label we’ll see grow over the coming year.

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Tracklist:
A1. Locked On
A2. Locked On (Estroe Mix)
B1. Create Your Own Space
B2. Create Your Own Space (Solab Mix)

Tags: Estoe, Franco Cangelli, Mowar, Solab

Vibe Corner – Long Time Gone | Single Review

Monday, February 9th, 2009 | Single Review | No Comments

Vibe Corner’s Long Time Gone is the first release for Mat Playford and Thomas Malo’s Architect Records. Long Time Gone delivers a cut of deep spaced out sounds precariously stretched over time. Restrained percussion and haunting pads patiently breeze through as the track gradually builds. Singular notes then trickle through as a sinister but subtle growling bassline begins to throb unleashing the full width of the track. It is a brilliant dark and moody track spoiled slightly by the vocal stabs that puncture through. I think the track would have been perfect without them. But that’s just a minor gripe.

On the remixes, label heads Mat Playford and Thomas Malo deliver their version of events. They stay with the moody theme and reuse much of the original parts. However a new bass riff compliments the trickling singular notes and the annoying vocal stabs are toned down to the background to transform the track into a warm prog workout. This is exactly what I would have done with the original. Perfect.

The other remix is Mat Playford’s KM5 remix which is a little head nod to the Balearic lounge bar. For this track Mat explores his ambient side swapping the progressive for sunkissed pads and sunset horns. The vocal stab is made more prominent but I guess that fits in with the whooshes of the strings. It certainly delivers a KM5 sunset moment but it hardly stands out from all the others. A well delivered warm and mellow track but hardly unique.

Tracklist (Click for Mp3):
1. Long Time Gone
2. Long Time Gone (Mat Playford & Thomas Malo Mix)
3. Long Time Gone (Mat Playford’s KM5 Mix)

Tags: Architect Records, Mat Playford, Thomas Malo, Vibe Corner

Syntheme – Lasers ‘N’ Shit | Album Review

Saturday, February 7th, 2009 | Album Review | No Comments

Lasers N Shit is the third release and first album from Syntheme on the infamous Planet Mu. Syntheme unleashes 20 tracks dripping in old skool 303 acid harking back to the late 80s/early 90s rave scene. There’s a hell of a lot to get through on this album, but Syntheme explores all the routes where a 303 can take you. Opening track Mimtro rummages around the gentler side of a 303 with soft vocal backings to compliment the round acid bassline. Whilst tracks like Hard and Final with their pounding beats and crunchy acid lines give the album a proper acid techno work out. There are a few departures from the full on 303 workout but third track Red nicely works in a disco sample with a subtle squelchy backing to show the range that Sytheme can go. And then there are some classic acid cuts with tracks Qarth and Frf3k Up! with its classic percussion and heavy resonance working.

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Tags: Acid, Planet Mu, Syntheme