Yet dOP have taken it in their stride. Their mix flows beautifully, hitting on a dreamy and hypnotic sound that is controlled and refined throughout. Nothing is rushed on this mix; it elegantly coasts through shifting soundscapes from radiating melodies, bumping grooves and distinctive riffs. Their use of real instruments for many of the riffs creates infectious hooks that pull you through the mix. Riffs like the whimsical French accordion used on the Seuil collaboration ‘New York’; or the twinkling piano found on ‘Deaf Wagrant’ and the woodwind motif that trickles through ‘Play Play Play’, really get under your skin and draw you through the progression.

But between these distinctive hooks lie deep sweeping melodies and bumping grooves that carry the listener through. Glory Hole for instance, another Seuil collaboration, is a beautiful track. Its hypnotic and subtle layers, that are reminiscent of Carl Craig’s Detroit futurism sound, provides a dreamy transition from the bumpy groove of The Ceremony to the unwinding final section of the mix. Whilst tracks like Carte Blanche and Call The Shots with their growling basslines add a real rawness and energy to keep things moving.

It’s this oscillating progression between sounds which makes this mix so interesting. The way it subtlety shifts and mutates through this refined and controlled sound; keeping the listener strung on a constant edge is brilliant. But what’s more brilliant is that this mix is made up almost entirely of new unreleased dOP material. It’s practically an album, yet it’s a mix. I wait with baited breath to see what their official album – expected later this year – will be like, but until then this is definitely worth a purchase.

Buy dOP – Watergate 06 from Amazon (CD|MP3), Play.com (CD) or HMV (CD)

Tracklist:
01. Enliven dOP Acoustic – The Dust (Recorded Live at Watergate)
02. dOP & Nôze – Les Fils du Calvaire
03. Aquarius Heaven & dOP – Before You Go
04. Daniele Papini & dOP – Carte Blanche
05. dOP & Seuil – New York
06. dOP – Stock Option (Tiefschwarz Remix)
07. Mathias Kaden & dOP – The Ceremony
08. Seuil & dOP – Glory Hole
09. Catz & Dogz & dOP – Deaf Wagrant (Selianka Edit)
10. Wareika & dOP – Play Play Play
11. Art of Tones ft. Jaw – Call The Shots (Motor City Drum Ensemble Remix)
12. Khan – Candy Girl (dOP Remix)
13. dOP – Goodbye

It’s been two years since the last mix from Radioslave and it seems as though he has turned another page in terms of style; previous years saw Radioslave put out the darkest, heaviest and most hypnotic records on the market, whilst before that he was making cheeky pop bootlegs with old production partner Serge Santiago. On this mix Radioslave is certainly pushing the percussive deep house vibe. He’s got Sunkissed percussive tracks such as James Teej’s Spending Life and Kentaphonik’s Hiya Haya sitting comfortably alongside Jazz influenced house loops like Mathias Kaden’s mix of Noze’s You Have to Dance and the highly infectious Brunch In Guadalmar. Towards the end of the CD he doffs his hat to the old funked up house sound with his recent track Sundazed before riding off into the Tokyo sunset with some cosmic disco from Worst Case Scenario. Not before signing off with his mix of Dead Souls, just to let you know that he can do dark and hypnotic.

And that’s probably a good thing as you don’t really want to be listening to the slow evil side of techno through the midst of this sunny summer. He’s hit the proverbial nail with some great chilled moments, some infectious toe tapping ones and some slow headshaking with your eyes closed ones. Not bad for a free CD.

If you want one just sign-up to 3Snapshots here: http://www.3snapshots.com/dvd/ and they’ll send you the mix along with a DVD of their people larking about in Tokyo with that fancy mobile phone. Simples.

Tracklist
1. The Mole ‘For The Lost’ (Word and Sound)
2. Butch & Virginia ‘From Above’ (Remote Area)
3. James Teej ‘Spending Life’ Danny Fiddo & Affkt remix (Rebirth)
4. Baeka ‘Right At it’ (Michel Cleis Remix) (Rekids)
5. Noze ‘You Have To Dance’ Mathias Kaden’s Beatpolka remix (Get Physical)
6. Ramiro López ‘Brunch In Guadalmar’ (Mintgum)
7. Brotherhood ‘Memorial Smith’ Daniel Stefanik’s Buki Good Remix (Kann Records)
8. Radio Slave ‘Sundazed’ (Rekids)
9. Detroit Experiment ‘Think Twice’ Henrik Schwarz remix for Detroit Experiment (Juno)
10. Kentaphonik ‘Hiya Kaya’ Rocco Deep mix (Stalwart)
11. Worse Case Scenario ‘Hot Beef’ (Rekids)
12. Dance Disorder ‘My Time’ Radio Slave’s After The After Remix (Eskimo)
13. C. Banx Feat Chelonis R. Jones ‘Destination Unknown’ Daso remix (Kostbar Musik)
14. Mlle Caro & Franck Garcia ‘Dead Souls’ Radio Slave Long Distance Kiss Mix (Buzzin Fly)

When most people think of Easter they think the second coming of Christ, Easter eggs, fluffy bunnies and daffodils. For a select few it’s all about Easter weekend and how to run your mind into the ground for four days and nights. I’m in the latter camp.

This year the options seem to be bunched around key days. Thursday night has an all mighty clash. In one corner you’ve got your scenster nights. Secretsundaze do their annual thing at the coronet theatre which will see Ame, Dixon and Henrik Schwarz combine forces to create some ableton improve amalgamation live set where they be as one together. No its not some gay love in between the quartet, it’s actually their new project Critical Mass. The whole thing sounds pretty interesting, especially if its anything along the lines of their recent Granfather Paradox mix. After the live session, Dixon and Ame will be dropping a dj set or two along with the SS and Horse Meat Disco ressies.

However if Secretsundaze all sounds a bit too complex with the live sets and you just want to go and party your ass of to some party tunes, then maybe Disco Bloodbath is for you? They’re celebrating their 2nd birthday and to help them they’ve brought in their Scottish mentors Optimo who have been playing party tunes for countless years. Todd Terje will be headlining the main room for the Bloodbath along with the residents, whilst Optimo residents Twitch and Wilkes will be keeping a handle on things with Gucci Soundsystem.

If that all seems a bit to fashionista and you just want raw big room stuff, then you want to be heading towards Koko or matter. Old Coxy is doing a party at the former with Nic Fanciulli and Yousef, whilst Diggers is doing his Bedrock thang at the latter.

Something for everyone to kickstart the weekend. However Friday and Saturday look a bit thin on the ground for anything gripping. The best Friday can muster up is Brothers Vibe at East Village. Saturday fairs a little better with Reboot and Ketoloco at Lightbox in Vauxhall. Also Fabric is worth a punt with MANDY and Tobi Neumann. But other than that nothing that jumps out.

But its probably for the best as things get going early with the Bugged Out All Dayer at the Old Queens Head in Angel. I believe the party vibe is retro 80s! Once that’s warmed the old engine up, the place to head is Mulletover where they’ll be celebrating five whole years. At the Seager Storage Units as per usual, they’ll be seeing in their 5th Anniversary with those Romanian favourites a:rpia:r, reel to reel extraordinaire Greg Wilson, the strange but highly talented musicians Noze and disco/funk revivers Linkwood Family. DELUXE!

If things are still functioning you can round off the weekend with a trip to matter where old skool hip hop legends Jazzy Jeff and Grandmaster Flash will be cutting and juggling up prime hip hop before the days of diiirty britches and bling.

So go forth and celebrate the rebirth of Christ by hurling yourself head first into the gutter.

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]]> http://earpipe.com/2009/04/08/the-mother-of-all-weekends-is-upon-us/feed/ 0 http://earpipe.com/2008/11/20/gpm-100-happy-100th-release-getphysical-review/ http://earpipe.com/2008/11/20/gpm-100-happy-100th-release-getphysical-review/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:11 +0000 admin http://earpipe.com/?p=487 It seems like yesterday when GetPhysical first broke onto the scene with MANDY’s Put Put in 2002. So I don’t know where that puts their world takeover with Body Language and Manderine Girl in 2005. That was release 27 and 29 respectively. Since then until now the GetPhysical clan have notched up 100 releases on their bed posts. To mark this century milestone they’ve brought in all their favourites to collaborate with each other on a nine track monster EP.

MANDY rekindle their partnership with Bookashade to come up with a Donut. No that’s not a derogatory term for the track it’s the title. They use some round beats and a bit of healthy wood percussion with whirling synths to create in moody bobbing monster. Its eerie and quirky but with a little funk to get down too. Its no Body Language, this is MANDY Vs Bookashade 2.0.

Two of my favourite producers the Italoboyz and Noze get together on Double Trouble. I’ve loved the way the Italoboyz cleverly sampled old jazz and jive records whilst the quirkiness of Noze is hilarious in a good way, however when they go head to head on Double Trouble its just disturbing. There are jazz drum and sax skits left, right and centre which make for an extremely scatty track. Then add the freaky vocal samples from Noze make for a sample martini shaken to hell. That said I’m sure the silliness of this track will find its niche at some German after after after party.

On Funkshovel, Lopazz and Heidi hit back with some attitude laden grooves. A ghetto tech bassline oozes attitude as basic yet intricate tom toms fidget along with a sporadic vocal sample. Its simple and o so diiiiirty. In a similar vein, Dakar and Siopis’ Dubai has the filthiest saw tooth bassline ever, combined with its big splashing drum hits results in a down and dirty mechanical boogie.

The other efforts from the other collaborations are also worthy, Einzelkind and Meat creates the simple and driving Gin which hums away brilliantly. The Djuma Soundsystem and Raz Ohara take on a slow italo disco form with piercing vocals, twinkling notes and a galloping electro synth. DJ T and Thomas Schumacher produce an intricate bubbling track with round bass and scatty woodblocks. And finally Patric Baumel with Cathlin Devlin and Tiger Stripes with Audiofly both create dark driving numbers.

Tracklisting
A M.A.N.D.Y vs Booka Shade – Donut
B1 Italoboyz vs Nôze – Double Trouble
B2 Dakar vs Siopis – Dubai
C DJ T. vs Thomas Schumacher – May Contain Nuts
D1 LOPAZZ vs Heidi – Funkshovel
D2 Einzelkind vs Meat – Gin

Digital
Patrice Bäumel vs Caitlin Devlin – 7 days
Djuma Soundsystem vs Raz Ohara – Zillion Lights
Tiger Stripes vs Audiofly – Hundra