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The Weekend Reprise – Contakt, Ministry Birthday, Aphex Twin, Secretsundaze & WYS!

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 | Event Preview | No Comments

I don’t know why but the last weekend in September always seems to be unnecessarily massive. Maybe because it’s the start of uni and the clubs want to start with a bang to get the kids hooked in? Guess it makes sense. Get em whilst they’re young and all that.

So what does the weekend have installed for all these younguns? Well the question should probably more what doesn’t the weekend have installed.

Contakt with Richie Hawtin

For one more time this year London will be graced with the last Contakt show for the year. It’s been almost a year since they last step foot in London and almost a year and a half since they started doing the show. If you haven’t heard by now the Contakt concept brings the Minus clan together, allowing them to perform as one unit set to the backdrop of some impressive visuals. Basically it’s an elaborate back to back session with all the Minus producers in front of a massive LED display showing some incredible trippy visuals. › Continue reading

Tags: Ali Dem, Ali Demirel, Ambivalent, Aphex Twin, Barem, Brixton Academy, Contakt, Dixon, Fabric, Fabrizio Maurizi, Gaiser, Heartthrob, JPLS, Luke Vibert, Magda, Marc Houle, Marcel Dettmann, matter, Ministry, Ministry of Sound, Minus, Nick Warren, Richie Hawtin, Sasha, Secretsundaze, Troy Pierce, Wet Yourself

The Disco Will Not Close – Fabric 10th Birthday

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 | Event Preview | No Comments

Only great things make their 10th anniversary. House music has been going for plus 20 years now. A Technics turntable often lives well beyond 10 years without any problems. Harry Patch celebrated eleven decades on this planet which itself has been in existence for 450 million decades. And most importantly my pair of lucky boxers celebrated turning ten the other week. there are a few holes, tears and stains, but by god they’re comfortable.

Another thing that’s turning ten in October will be Fabric. After busting through the super club crash of the early noughties. At a time where large clubs and nights were ending due to a loss of appetite for big room trance in soulless douldrums, Fabric remained unphased and continued sticking to its underground music policy to pull through the tough times in club land. Their music policy paid off and the club’s popularity rose with the upward trends of underground house and techno as well as the emergence of breakbeat and the second wind of drum n bass. Before long, from the strength of the nights along with their much revered CD series Fabric were setting the trends and becoming the template for what clubs should be doing. › Continue reading

Tags: Andrew Weatherall, Bill Brewster, Craig Richards, Daniel Bell, Daniel Bell (DBX) LIVE, Daniel Wang, Dave Mothersole, DBX, Doc Martin, Fabric, Fred Everything, ivan smagghe, Kenny Larkin, Konrad Black, Matthew Jonson, Michael Mayer, Pete Herbert, Ricardo Villalobos, Rub N Tug, Steve Bug, Swayzak Live, Terry Francis, The Amalgamation Of Soundz, The Revenge

Radioslave Fabric 48 | Album Review

Sunday, September 20th, 2009 | Album Review | 1 Comment

House and techno lovers on a fabric subscription can breathe a sigh of relief after the Toddla T FabricLive release because the urban sounds of bashment and dancehalll make way for the hypnotic rolling beats of Radioslave. No stranger to the scene Radioslave has been consistently producing quality house and techno for a very good proportion of this decade. Initially starting life as a partnership between Brightonians Matt Edwards and Serge Santiago pumping out cheeky re-edits and bootlegs of pop songs. The Radioslave name has evolved some what over the years. A major milestone was when Serge Santiago went his separate way to leave Matt Edwards flying the moniker solo. And it’s precisely there where the Radioslave name veered off path into the dark and murky undergrowth. Out went the happiness; in came the dark and deep sounds. One thing that Matt Edwards was not afraid to do on his tracks is take his time getting to the point. His productions could wind and meander for minutes upon minutes leisurely strolling through the audio scenery making sure you had time to pick up on the slightest of details.

This nonchalance has transferred on to his offering for Fabric 48. The intro to the mix is literally spread over the first three to four tracks. Now that might sound tedious to listen to, and it would be was it not for the fact that this is a Radioslave production. The eerie whirring of Michel Cleis’ mix of Baeka’s Right At It murmurs the start of the mix. It gently bubbles to its crescendo of shakers and wood block rattles. For your standard mix this would be a logical place to drop in to some big ass beats and bass to get the mix fully going. Not Radioslave. He launches into his own track DDB, a heavy marching kick/clap combo which arrogantly makes itself known. › Continue reading

Tags: Baeka, Brothers Vibe, Daniel Sanchez, DJ Boola, Michel Cleis, Nate William, Nina Kravis, Radioslave, Rekkids, Spencer Parker, Steve Lawler