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earPIPE’s “Probably Too Late” Off Sonar 2010 Guide
Monday, June 14th, 2010 | Event Preview | No Comments
All pictures from Resident Advisor
Update – Check out the earPIPE Sonar Disco Map Here.
This weekend Barcelona becomes the centre of attention as Sonar festival rolls into town. The festival itself is a jam packed 3 days and 2 nights of music and art featuring the likes of Plastikman, The Chemical Brothers and Roxy Music. However its not just the festival that garners all the attention, as for the same weekend Barcelona turns into a thriving party city with what are now known as the Off Sonar parties. This year we’re spoilt for choice in terms of party venues. We’ve got parties on beaches, on rooftops, on terraces, on boats and at secret villas. There’s even a few parties happening in them there nightclubs. There’s a lot to pick from so here’s what we think is looking pretty hot for the weekend. › Continue reading
The Rapido May Bank Holiday Run Down!
Friday, May 28th, 2010 | Event Preview | No Comments
It’s a bit late in the day for a weekend run down with it being Friday and all.. So I’m just gonna blast through what’s on this weekend.
Friday
Innervisions at CAMP (info)
Tonight is sure to be a road block at the City Arts and Music Project as Innervisions rolls into town with Dixon and Ame. That’s going to be huge. › Continue reading
Some Reasons Why Not to Waste Your Time on Clapham Common this Bank Holiday
Thursday, August 6th, 2009 | Event Preview | 2 Comments
- Image by Paul at Vision7Media
All things exciting seem to point to Clapham Common on the bank holiday weekend. But in all honesty, it’s not really all that it’s cracked up to be. Here are some reasons why not to waste your time on the common and some canny alternatives.
Rubbish Soundsystems
Being stuck in the heart of Clapham means you’re in the middle of a massive residential area. Residential area equals people with dogs, children, twitching curtains and a massive thirst for pissing on any parade. Call me crazy but these people hate it when their windows are vibrating during afternoon tea. Unfortunately they also pay taxes and actually have a say in how the world is run. So despite the soundsystem probably having tens of thousands of watts bottled up at its disposal, you can probably expect that the local council has it capped to a dreary cesspit tap drip. So the only way you’re going to hear anything of worth is if you’ve camped out inside the bass bin like some free party crusty.
What you need is some grotty warehouse space where you can crank it up a few notches. It just so happens that Eastern Electrics will be holed up in some grotty warehouse space › Continue reading
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.
Something For The Weekend…. Go!Zilla|Mulletover|Fabric
Thursday, January 29th, 2009 | Event Preview, Music | No Comments
Surely it’s time to shake of the January blues? There is definitely a fair few options if you do.
Firstly, Cargo on Saturday plays host to Go!Zilla with Joey Negro’s legendary Sunburst Band. In support is Switzlerland’s Agnes doing a live performance and deck duties being done by Benji B and James Priestly of 1Xtra and Secretsundaze fame respectively. Expect fun, soulful house music.
Since Cargo closes so early you can extend the night and head over to Mulletover. The warehouse floor isn’t even cold from New Years Eve yet, but they’re straight back in there with their winter warmer. Anja Schneider the Berlinette of Mobilee fame and Nottingham legend with Matt “Leftroom” Tolfrey are brought in to blow away the January cob webs alongside Geddes. Over in the second room disco reviver Todd Terje heads things up with the Future Boogie folks. House, Tech-House, Techno and everything in between and if that doesn’t keep you entertained there is the cosmic rays of disco in room two. This has sold out, so get there early.
Finally, since we’re getting back into things proper… we might as well power through till the early hours. Fabric seems to think so. Original Detroit techno minimaliser Robert Hood is in town with Arne Weinberg and Convextion, not to mention the rock like Craig Richards. That still Room 2 goes all Français with Jennifer Cardini along with Ivan Smagghe and Tim Paris making their return.
What a Saturday of things to do! Get involved!
To warm you up a little, the kind folks at Fabric sent over a Tim Paris mix… 
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Tracklist:
Skinnerbox ‘Binaer-Sedenaer’
Jaxson ‘Miami Flys’
Chateau Flight ‘La Roquette’
Instant Boys ‘Nya Farger’
Koze ‘Abudinga’
Johnny White ‘Musique Noire’ (Jamie Jones edit)
Lexy ‘Get Down’
Marc Houle ‘Selection’
Remain ‘Dependance’
Anyone for High Tea?? T-Bar Closing Parties
Thursday, November 13th, 2008 | Event Preview, Events, News | 1 Comment
You may or may not have heard that London’s beloved T-Bar is set to close in mid December. A while back they sent out e-mails asking for punters to find a new location for them. Lazy if you ask me! But lets hope they succeed as T-Bar has been a staple night spot for those looking for quality underground music all at no cost. In its prime the likes of Damien Lazarus, Michael Mayer, Ivan Smagghe and Andrew Weatherhall were gracing their DJ booth frequently on every night though the week but the weekend and the Sunday carry on party used to be nothing short of ridiculous. So in true “I should have gone home hours ago” style, Tea Bar have got a series of parties set through the week to go out with a bang, no doubt with the aim of hospitalising a few in the process.
Some great DJs will be coming through their doors, from the likes of Chloe, Pier Bucci, Anja Schneider, Cassy and Heidi, but our top picks has to be Damien Lazarus’ return with chum Michael Mayer and Mulletover Geddes for their infamous Stink night. Whilst on the right side of the weekend, Thursday, sees Andrew Weatherhall and Ivan Smagghe resurrect their Wrong Meeting night. And finally T Bar closes with the very last Dig Your Own Rave, where the Sunday afternoon and evening is whittled away with Jamie Jones, Matthew Styles, Dave Congreve, Clive Henry and many more.
It’s sure to be a painful couple of weeks saying goodbye at work. Sickies at the ready….
Wednesday 3rd
Event: High Horse
Lineup: Foals DJ set, Skull Juice, Casper C, Matt Walsh
Time: 9pm – 3am
Thursday 4th
Event: Baise Main
Lineup: Chloe, Danton Eeprom, Tomas More
Time: 9pm – 3am
Friday 5th
Event: Ditched Disco
Lineup: Pier Bucci & Gower Ramsey
Time: 9pm – 4am
Saturday 6th
Event: A Night With… Carsten Klemann
Time: 9pm – 4am
Sunday 7th
Event: DYOR & Fabric present ‘Go with the Blow’
Lineup: DJ’s to be announced on the day
Time: midday – midnight
Monday 8th
Event: Stink
Lineup: Damian Lazarus & Michael Mayer
Time: 9pm – 3am
Tuesday 9th
Event: Gay Bingo
Lineup: Jonny Woo, Ma Butcher & Jon Sizzle
Time: 9pm – 2am
Wednesday 10th
Event: Mobilee Loves T Bar
Lineup: Anja Schneider & Ralf Kollmann
Time: 9pm – 3am
Thursday 11th
Event: Wrong Meeting
Lineup: Andrew Weatherall & Ivan Smagghe
Time: 9pm – 3am
Friday 12th
Event: Ditched Disco
Lineup: Cassy & Gower Ramsey
Time: 9pm – 4am
Saturday 13th
Event: Phonica Special
Lineup: Heidi, Hector, Simon Rigg, The Vangelis & Anthea
Time: 9pm – 4am
Sunday 14th
Event: Dig Your Own Rave closing party
Lineup: Jamie Jones, Matthew Styles, Rob Mello, Hector, Dave Congreve, Clive Henry,
Dyed Soundorom, Ben Bryant, FB Julian, Pierre LX
Time: Midday – Midnight
Anja Schneider – Beyond the Valley Album Review
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 | Album Review | No Comments
The queens of Berlin go head to head this month. Mobilee’s head honcho vs BPitch Control’s head honcho in a bloody album release to the death… Chances are Anja Schneider and Ellen Allien are friends in the current European party capital that is Berlin and such brutal ideas probably never cross their mind. In fact we should be thankful that both are releasing albums. For Anja Schneider this is her debut album that she has co produced with Paul Brtschitsch on her own label Mobilee. Her album delivers the supple house sounds that Mobilee is currently pushing through acts like Sebo K and Pan Pot as well as the wider community from Rekleiner through to Dixon and Guido Schneider.
The album begins with Safari, a track which blends a cyclic melody of chimes and warm synths. It chime and synth melodies swirls and exchange positions as subtle percussion flutters in and out of the foreground to create a warm and welcoming opening track. From the light opening Anja dives straight into the heavy tribal rhythms of Mole. Released back in April it has been on heavy rotation for a lot of DJs out there. And rightly so as this is one of the stand out tracks of the album and of the year so far. Its highly percussive tribal rhythm and warm sub bass give Mole a dark and primeval foundation where stabs of sliding synths, plucked strings and wild sounds create an eerie and enchanted scene. Imagine Native Americans, the desert and some potent hallucinogenics as you quest to find yourself spiritually.
Maki and Beyond the Valley keep the restrained deep sound set by Mole. Maki utilises a Spanish guitar for an uplifting hook over a deep and percussive backing whilst Beyond the Valley uses a trickling guitar synth and echoed vocal stabs to create the atmosphere on the track. Both are similar in style but have their own nuances to distinguish them apart.
Cascabel uses intertwined melodies from various chime or glockenspiel sounding instruments which wriggle over a steady kick drum. It’s restrained like many of the other tracks in its delivery and the melodies hypnotise and mesmerise, making Cascabel a great warm up track for leading in to the next track Belize.
Another one of the singles already released, Belize is the other stand out track. Its stripped down nature and slow moving phases create a spacey round sound which has been destroying dancefloors for the last year or so. This track epitomises the deep hypnotic stripped back sounds which is rife across Europe at the moment.
Its hard to rate an album like this. On one hand each track is an excellent example of the new deep sound, yet as an album it can get tedious as one dark rhythm melds into the other. It’s not really an album to be listened to end to end but more so a collection of good dark house singles. Making it worth a purchase if you’re a DJ into this sound, but as an artist album it lacks variety and journey. 7/10
Anja Schneider – Beyond the Valley is out now.
Tracklisting:
1. Safari
2. Mole
3. Maki
4. Beyond The Valley
5. Gimlet
6. Cascabel
7. Belize
8. Get Away
9. Little Red Riding Hood
10. Fish At Night
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