Pussy Lovers!!!

So recently it seems that loads of old friends that I have known either through school or rugby playing having got back in touch with me. This is good, Im a friendly chap, but when its music related its even better! Liam, loves Delphic & dubstep.... Kyle spunks over Kitsune & Indie Electro.....Max bums Surkin & Grum! Finally the music Ive been pushing for the past year is getting through to people, hurrah! These are great acts and to help these guys educate themselves I will some up, some of my biggest tracks of the year:

This will all be youtube content for people to stream!

Boys Noize - Jeffer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX4ccnj41lk

A techno belter of a track, give it three listens and youll love it!


Hostage - I Get High

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA6gX9YByqQ

Treated us to a seriously wobbly set earlier in the year, such great tracks and all free!


La Roux - Im Not Your Toy ( Jack Beats Remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3oLYUTTyy8

Again played at the night this year, Jack Beats have literally owned this year, there wobble sound is everywhere!

Grum - Heartbeats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O0P1ZZFvHI

The french electro sound has been everywhere this year and Grum has been producing some great remixes and original material alike....(check the Friendly Fires remix)


Bag Raiders - Fun Punch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZcmg4-Zm-8

Not strictly from this year but has had some great remixes this year...great indie french electro sound from Oz!!!


Gossip - Love Long Distance (Riva Starr Remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8V9DgiHYj8

Riva Starr played at Market Bar @ Fresh Outta Death, I went with Millward, its was followed by Bloody Beetroots.....


Bloody Beetroots - Warp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DO6Y9_5e7A

Woop Woop! Heavy Bassy SHit!!!


Dave Spoon - Lummox (Plump DJs Remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yTnypyuv1o

Breaks has made a good come back in 2009 and this is one of my favourite tracks from the scene....get the bus turned on!!


Style Of Eye - Big Kazoo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUrJEun0L3s

Getting abit techier on your asses, techno came alive in 2009 with some great producers!


Sebo K & Metro - SaxTrack (Reboot Remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DsyQZYUW6w

Sexy Techno with a brass instrument, Im weak at the knees!!!


Emalkay - When I look at you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mwL6R-Z1e4

The year dubstep came....will 2010 be the year it goes....probably!


This sums up some of the stuff Ive been listening to over the year, hopefully youll all find someone you like out of it. Pump up the speakers!!!!!!!!!

Harvard Bass...

So Ive been enjoying Tech - ier Electro or Elechno or as I have been calling it to my mates. This track is a perfect inbodyment of exactly the sort of sound I mean:

Beni - Maximus ( Harvard Bass Remix)

This is a proper club banger with the long drawn out build up expected in techno but the crazy electro riffs and elements which make this a total winner. I played with when warming up at the Mixmag night I played at back in October and the crowd loved it, even at 11ish!! Havard Bass has been ripping it up of recent with his production and have yet to see him on the bill at a venue in the UK?!

Havard Bass
@ Myspace
@ Beatport

Also check this beast.....one of my tracks of the month!!!



CHOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNN!

Looking to the future....

Yoooo.....

So Filthy Boots its over and in its place comes a new free night for Derby. Hosted by Ground Level, who hosted the main room in which I played on so many occasions, it only seems right to keep promoting the only record label in Derby pushing Electro & Breaks. With head honcho Andy Mc on board and support from Bridge The Gaps, Chris Millward, this 'no headliners event', will provide the fix for all the electronic music lovers in the area and all for free.

Ground Level Nights Facebook Group

Ground Level Christmas Party Events Page

The launch is a 'Christmas Party', on Friday 11th December @ Bar Lisi, Saddlergate, where we so often ran the pre bar. This small and intamite venue is a real gem and with the aid of the BTG soundsystem, will get the party going for sure.

I have been busy trying to turn my hand to graphic design to keep costs to a minimum, and the fruits of my labour are above! Think its looking OK to be honest, seen many way worse, from established nights!

Any way back to the music.... Alex Metric.... was set to play Filthy Boots and has been causing havoc on dancefloors all over. His sqeeky clean filtered house sound and heavy breaks sound, ruin different floors in equal measures. Bizarelly this remix of Evil Nine, one of the biggest live breaks acts, is on a filtered house tip. Think along the lines of Grum.....

Evil Nine - It Starts (Alex Metric Remix)

Alex Metric on Myspace

On a filthier tip I have, as previous blogged, been looking for dubstep flavours for my set on Saturday at Bridge The Gap @ The Royal. This has seen me buy a few CDs on my recent travels as well as listening to radio shows etc within the scene. However today at work I heard a proper late night set online from Reso, who has recently been signed to Fat Agency! He has been dropping his sound at Pirate Soundsystem & Chew the Fat in London, as well a recent play at Dollop back in October. This mix for Rusko's 1 Extra show is a true masterclass, heavy and subtle at the same time.....

Reso - 1 Extra Mix for Ruskos in New 1 Extra DJs We Trust (MP3)

Reso on Myspace

The end?!

Last night was a success, great DJs....Grum, Boy 8 Bit, Andy Mc, the Bad Habits Boys, Pelly and co....with a strong crowd that where into the music! However the venue was just too big with the 450 capacity main room only half full all night, which took away from the atmosphere somewhat!

It seems that Filthy Boots will no longer run, as we found out last night. This is a shame as over the past year we have seen strong acts from around the UK play in the boring city that is Derby! For me the highlights where Drumattic Twins, Hostage and Andy George who played big peak time sets that kept the crowd going till the early hours.

However, the world carries on turning, and all good things must come to an end!

Next weekend however I play at Bridge The Gap @ The Royal (same venue where Filthy Boots was held, but in the smaller room). With Keenos dropping a techno set and Snaps playing Dubstep, this is bound to be a banger! I'm playing at around 11.30 and am playing my first ever Dubstep set, which I'm looking forward to!

Two big tracks I found in preparation are (Right Click, Save As):


16 Bit - Jump (Original Mix)

Recommended by a work colleague I checked this on YouTube and released what all the fuss was about. Recnelty signed to Fat Agency 16 Bit have been on everything from Grooverider to Annie Mac's show on BBC Radio1.


Noah D - Serrrious

This is a slow plodder of a track but dont let that put you off. When this the drops the wobble and synths mean that even the dubstep haters amongst you will have a smile on your chops. Found this on the latest Dubstep Allstars 7 release, mix by Chef, a seriously good mix!

Noah D @ Myspace
16 Bit @ Myspace playing @ Smack in Lemington Spa, on November 26th

Filthy Boots Preview with Boy 8 Bit & Grum!!!!

So the once monthly night that's shakes, rattles and roles Derby to its very core is back this Friday. At Filthy Boots HQ we see our ever expanding rank of residents (welcome aboard Pelican & co!) support two of the biggest names in electro at the minute: Boy 8 Bit & Grum.

Boy 8 Bit has been a prominent member of the electro scene ever since it gripped hold of me a few years back. With me first experiencing his sound on DJ Touche's legendary Mixmag CD back in 2005. Since then he has worked with the likes of AC Slater, Drums Of Death & remixed Florence and the Machine through to Drop The Lime, and every one in between!

First of lets start with 'Cricket Scores' an epic main room banger of a track with squelchy basslines and breakbeat backings!



'How I Roll' was the first track that I heard by Boy 8 Bit and knew he would do big things. This track which was around 2 years ahead off its time, is massive and is still played out by me today, even though its been in or around the record bag for some 3 years!



Last but not least is the essential track that is his remix of La Roux. Now La Roux has been remixed by everyone from Beni's chilled out grooves to DJ Zinc's wobbly house...but this....ahhh. It just sits comfortably in the middle, with the strong vocal and stubble trancey beats creating a perfect end of night anthem for hugging the random bloke you've befriended in the smoking area and since been gurning with all night (is that just me?!).

DANCEFLOOR DESTRUCTION!!!



After the bassline heavy Boy 8 Bit, we chill out a little with Grum who is more laidback and more filtered in his sound, but has been making massive waves with his sound. He hobbles the boundary between indie and dance so well, with good looping lyrics and guitars and synths galore! The biggest track I dropped when I played with Andy Mc in Camden was his remix of Friendly Fires:



Grums track 'Heartbeats' made his name within the scene with it heavily vocoded vocal and classic yet modern sound which has worked a treat everytime I have played it, below we hear the remix of the original, which is a bit more club friendly, from Joe and Will Ask? There plodding yet epic sound works so well alongside the original:



I am so excited about this booking, which I personally requested a few months back and am so happy that the Filthy Boots followers are as excited as I am about this guys performance this month!

We also see Fenech Soler play, who are good friends with new residents Giraffe, Pelican & Me... they are however not playing on a my mate plays in a band affair. These blokes are thoroughly sound, thoroughly impressive musicians. There Indie Electro cross over sound, all preformed live is a spectacle, and when I saw them earlier this month at a warehouse party in London, I was truely blown away. With big write ups in The Times this week and support from alot of Radio 1 specialist DJs, these guys are gonna smash 2010!

There latest single 'Lies':



This completes the main room, which is in my opinion the strongest we have ever had, and its a welcome surprise to have a live act playing the main room. I will be playing a techy electro set at 3.30 - close in the main room and can not wait playing straight after Grum, I feel very excited!

Hope you can make it, if not enjoy the links!

Filthy Boots
13th Nov 2009
The Royal, Derby

Boy 8 Bit
Grum
Fenech Soler
MusMus
Giraffe, Pelly and Me

Dom & Roland
Andy Mcallister
Foojay & Keenos
Lukie P
UltraMegaSafe!

£ 8 Advance / £ 10 O.T.D

Weekend Trip & The Coming Weelend!

So, with work etc all up in the air and holidays left I booked a hotel in Edinburgh for me and my girlfriend. We popped into Glasgow and Liverpool on the way to see friends and family on the way. Edinburgh last night was brill, got to check out a few cool bars, such as Kohl and The Villager, where the crowd and cocktails where like nothing I experienced in Derby or Notts. A very pretty city with a scene that seems outstanding!

The main club there was Cabaret Voltaire, who have had some massive nights there in the past including Hostage and Foamo, which sold out!!! Id thoroughly recommend it for a city break and to check the bars and clubs. Any of you lucky enough to be heading up there this Hogmanie (NYE to us in England) cant go far wrong with Erol Alkan, Aeroplane and Foamo all playing at Cab Vol in a huge one off extravaganza!!!

When I was up there I met with a long time friend of mine Dan and he said he was excited that Style of Eye was playing in the city soon. He is undoubtely one of the dons of tech - tech house sound and I will be dropping a few of his tracks at Filthy Boots this weekend. His tracks are pretty heavy affairs but have an uplifting feel unlike some repatative and boring techno inspired music at the minute. I have a little nugget for you:

Miiike Snow - Animal (Style Of Eye Remix)

This is an original we all known and love and the rework would be good in a peak time set, the vocals and the drop make for a banger!!!!

+ a bonus mix from Style Of Eye himself on Radio1's Essential Mix:

Style Of Eye - Essential Mix (from BLAHBLAHBLAH Blog)

Check him at one of these following dates:

13 Nov 2009 20:00	The Egg	London
14 Nov 2009 20:00	Filth Uk @ Mint	Leeds
26 Nov 2009 20:00	Market Bar	Nottingham
27 Nov 2009 20:00	The Tunnels	Aberdeen
28 Nov 2009 20:00	Berlin	Edinburgh

With the key date for us East Mids folk being the night in Nottingham, which is on Thursday 26th of Nov @ Dive, Market Bar.

Check him out!!!!

Style of Eye Myspace
Style of Eye Beatport

HAve a good week and write back soon with the details of Ground Levels GL16 release which is getting rave reviews in the promo lists...funky time!

Return Of The Jak (wob) !

So I have been away for many months, after being scarred away from the blogspace by a warning from MSTRKRFTs label. They removed a post I put up for you people and thought better of it.

After a couple of prompts from friends and my ever expanding musical taste I thought Id hit the blog again and put out some good free music and reviews, tips on the hottest club nights in Nottingham and Derby.

With many big releases since last time I spoke, I have taken a more tech-electro or elechno (as I have descirbed it to friends!) stance within my sets. I still love the breaks and electro vibe, but find its being ruined by poor productions being pumped out on the big blogs. Dubstep is also another genre that has come onto my screen in the past few months, I am preferring the laidback 'liquid dubstep' rather than the more popular 'jump up' that is very big at the moment.

My stand out track in the new dubstep scene is from a little know producer, who I hope can be booked in Derby soon, named Jakwob. Initially put on to him by my friend Dan ODell, who is in Leeds at the mo & an indie man through and through. His tracks are emotive yet still have the heavy drops and basslines that make dubstep so addictive.

His talent is clearly being noticed, with his signing to Coda Agency and his tracks getting plays by all the big underground DJs on Radio1 & KissFM. This track is an old one but a good one, with a remix by Jakwob of Ellie Goulding's 'Starry Eyed Suprise'. This track has a huge bassline half way through and the vocal sends a shiver down your spine, a proper late night banger!

Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed Suprise (Jakwob Remix) (320KBPS)

Check his blog @ jakwob.blogspot.com
Check his myspace @ myspace.com/jakwob

BomFest 2009, Barnsley

So... last night we headed to Barnsley for a Ground Level event. It was in the Urban Tent at BomFest, a small festival of around 1000 people in a forest on the outskirts of Barnsley. We arrived at 8ish and the setting was beautiful, a converted scout campsite with 3 small arenas and a main stage. The music on offer was varied and was being used as a way to promote local music talent (BOM stands from barnsley originla music) and to promote the anti BNP message (as Barnsley is somewhat of a BNP strong hold).

Andy and JP where playing as DJ and MC duo which I think worked well. JP looked nervous as the guys on before them where playing DnB and there MC was very good. Andy also seemed concerned about the come down in pace from DnB to breaks and electro. They started bang on 10.00, the crowd where unreceptive at first but once Andys redit of Jack Beats - Get Down dropped in, the crowd where going crazy. The set then continued in this wonky bass heavy sound and they lapped it up. The crowd grew from around 75 when they started to around 120-130, with the tent being relatively full. All in all a good gig.

Heres 2 videos I uploaded on YouTube, the first time I have ever personally done so!




Only a music tip for you readers I have two different ends of the music spectrum:

First of is a warm up Nu Disco track that will be getting play at the up and coming Telepathe gig at The Royal for sure. The original from Shit Robot, a indie electro type band my girlfriend put me onto when we first started going out, is a deep trippy affair. The remix is a plodding track that has some intresting peaks and troughs and is ideal for just warming up the crowd early doors...Todd Terje on remix duties.

Shit Robot - Simple Things (Work It Out) (Todd Terje Remix)

Next up a track which has been reworked by a pair of prodcuers from London, I am hearing really good things from, Joe and Will Ask. This remix of a track by Milke (who offer simple indie electro pop), is the best track Ive heard this week. It stands between electro and techno perfectly with its low slung beats and repetitive sounds, yet the phat electro basslines that build through out make this a dance floor bomb for sure!

!!!DANCE FLOOR WEAPON OF THE WEEK!!!

Milke - Maybe Im Crazy (Joe and Will Ask Remix)

!!DANCE FLOOR WEAPON OF THE WEEK!!!

Joe and Will Ask have been rocking parties in and around the UK, most recently playing at Kool Kids Klub. This guys have serious skills in the studio and on the turntables! Check them out in the future at:

21 Jul 2009 20:00	Reclaim The Dance Floor	Ibiza
25 Jul 2009 20:00	Live Set - Trailer Trash @ Cable w/ Proxy	London
26 Jul 2009 20:00	Live Set - 1234 Shoreditch Festival	London
1 Aug 2009 20:00	Secret Warehouse Party	London
7 Aug 2009 20:00	Live Set - Berlin Club	Edinburgh
8 Aug 2009 20:00	Smash’n’grab with Clash magazine @ the reading Rooms, Dundee	Dundee
28 Aug 2009 20:00	TBC	London
4 Sep 2009 20:00	(TBC)	Dumfires
10 Sep 2009 20:00	TBA	Ibiza
12 Sep 2009 20:00	Live Set - Audio	Brighton
19 Sep 2009 20:00	Live Set - Death Disco	Glasgow

Ground Level Blog ....

Here is the blog from Ground Level which is the Derby label which hosts the night I play at in Derby, Filthy Boots. Andy McAllister is the head honcho there and is always looking for new producers and talent. Releasing mainly electro and breaks the label is going from stregth to strength and has sereval releases in the coming 3 months! Check out the blog which has been created this week for the latest release schedule and hot of the press reedits and bootlegs.

Groundology - The Ground Level Blog

A little info on the label:

Ground Level a Derby based record label providing breaks, funk and electro sounds. Artists on the label include Stylus Rex, Break the Box, Darft Phunk, Andy McAllister and Domino.

Established in 2007, we hit the ground running, launching as a vinyl and digital label, seeing it fit to support vinyl as well as allowing digital DJs to get a piece of the action. Our first release Serious Wobble by Stylus Rex was praised by all the dance music press, helped by a killer remix from the French wonderkid that is Maelstrom, who’s remix was number two in trackitdown.net’s charts for over 4 weeks!

2008 started for us with Cops on Coke by Stylus Rex being released in Feburary, with a remix from Welsh wonderboy Strider, gaining top reviews again from DJ Mag (5/5), IDJ (4/5) and Mixmag (4/5).

Ground Level hold residences in Derby @ Filthy Boots at The Royal, which has seen the likes of Jack Beats, Andy George (Radio1), Drumattic Twins and Foamo grace the decks in recent months. As well as a night that runs bi-monthly in Camden Town, London @ Bar Vinyl, which showcases all the acts on the label on rotation.

Check there releases here on beatport.

Course end....

This week sees the end of my Graphic Illustration Course, which Ive been doing at the Quad in Derby (as seen in previous posts). I have finished my final piece in a mammoth 3 hr Illustrator session which I took inspiration from the artist seen above om (Lucy Mclaughlan @ Beat 13) . I am well chuffed with the out come and the hint to stick to a grey pallet has given it a dark moody look! Some people on the course said it was like a self portrait, but who knows?!

Also news for regulars, upon listening to Andy George & Jaymo filling in for Kissy Sell Out this week I heard them drop the incredible SonicC - Sticky which you can see 3 posts below. This is without a doubt a peak time explosion, that they said,'had worked on countless occasions at many different nights'. Dont say I didnt warn you.

I also have news of a first production effort with Andy Mcallister and we decided to remix a track of the Friendly Fires album, which is being remixed by the likes of Areoplane, Evil Nine and soon to be playing Filthy Boots, Grum.



This week within Derby sees Dave James and his Freq! night hit the Royal on Saturday. This night delivers to those into more techy and minimal sounds and always attracts an educated and sexy crowd. This month sees Freq! play host to Matt Cooper of MixMag and Dirty Disco, Leeds fame. Go on Dave, hes had some storming guest DJs down, offering a good night for all in The Royal!

For those who like it a bit more techy and deeper than the electro/breaks I often upload listen to this, which will most definetely be being spun at the next Filthy Boots in warm up slot!

Enjoy in 320....

Chelonis R. Jones - Pompadour (Gorge Dub Mix)


On a more electro tip, conifrmed for a future Filthy Boots is Last Japan, who has been tearing up the airwaves which his glitchy prodcutions and remixes. With a soon to be released remix of latest track Oi! to drop from no less than Diplo & Laidback Luke, expect big things!!!

JACK BEATS!!!!

What a night that was had by the 300 + revellers at this weekends Filthy Boots, Jack Beats absolutely stole the show and had every wonking out the heaviest remixes and edits around. Jetting off to play the 'graveyard shift' at Fabric meant I didnt had much time to speak to Beni G from the 'Beats but he seemed sound enough! Its a hard life isnt it, most DJs would give there hind legs to get that gig and 2 gigs in one night, but he seemed almost like it was chore. The joys of professional DJing, Im guessing!

I played the first set of the night which went OK, was a little tired from the Calvin Harris gig the night before and the mixing wasnt as tight as it could of been. I played a deep house set to get things going. Its hard playing first as theres very few good slow electro club tracks that come along. One of the best tracks I played of night was the track below, Catz n Dogz, have in my opinion a very naff name but there chunky almost tech sounds get under my skin.

Till Von Sein - Ovas (Catz N Dogz Remix)

On a heavier note I played as warm up for and after Calvin Harris on Thursday to a packed Royal (450ish). Was a great night a resounding success with everyone enjoying his slightly heavier synth laden set. Afterward I played with Andy McAllister in the Red Room to around 80 revellers, who stayed on (on a school night) to party to the electro/breaks we where playing. They loved it tough and I dropped this beast of a remix by Shadow Dancer...

WARNING:PEAK TIME DANCEFLOOR DESTRUCTION:

Zombie Nation - Mystery Meat Affair (Shadow Dancer Remix)

This is a looping growling techy monster, with the huge breakdown dropping into the phattest rolling bass youve heard all year. Already had 3 gurning appreciations from this track and request of what it is and only played it out once!

A final word just to say thanks to all the Bad Habits Crew, Jarryd and Chris for playing the pre bar and all the folk that came down to make the night a success.

You Swine!!!

I have just got home from being refused entry into my place of work, a refusal based on the fact that someone within my workplaces, wife, having swine flu. Therfore we might all have been infected with it according to the Health & Safety blokes. Bollocks, I say. But on the plus side I sit at home and get to shelter out of the relentless rain that has followed the schorching hot spell of the past 3 weeks. On the negative I could be Oinking by Sunday if there guess comes true!!

I have got a track for you that is special, its from DJ Zinc, who started life as a speed garage DJ, then recently became a groundbreaker in DnB and now has doned a DC cap and neon T shirt and is making some of the sickest bassliney fidget sounds around. Taking alot of influences from dubstep for the break on this La Roux remix sees a track crafted that will be the peak of any night out!

WARNING : PEAK TIME DESTRUCTION ON MP3!!!

La Roux - Bulletproof (DJ Zinc Remix)

Following on from that on a different tip is the sound of AutoKratz and there new Always More EP with remixes from the likes of Goshi Goshi, Yuksek and Shadow Dancer. These heavy weights put the indie dance original and shake it up some! Below is Shadow Dancer's take, which is the best in my opinion and will be getting a play at the Calvin Harris afterparty next week for sure!

AutoKratz - Always More (Shadow Dancer Remix)

As always hope you enjoy! Maybe see you for Jack Beats at Filthy Boots,The Royal, Derby next week where Ill be playing the opening hour 10.30-11-30.

Illustration in Derby

Martin Hyde is the course leader/lecturer on an evening class I have been attending at The Quad in Derby. He has recently finished a masters in Art (MA) at the University of Derby and has succesfully been running a graphic design consultancy called design&i within Derby. Above are some characters he has created named, Edward and Vincent, in his 'Dead Good Kids' series which being delevoped into a childrens TV series called 'We Come In Peace'.

I along with 5 others on the course have been learning the basic in Character Illustration, using Adobe Illustrator a vector based package that works well along side the well know Photoshop. Im hoping I can then create or doctor images to create even better flyer for Filthy Boots and maybe even get some other graphic design work, for friends etc.

With this local talent on show I have decided to put a track up today that will allow you to see some nationwide talent in a local environment. Calvin Harris is playing The Royal in Derby just next week, on Thursday June 9th. I will be playing in between support acts in the lead up to Calvin himself, I cant bloody wait!!!

Heres a track remixed by northern lad Doorly, who has been playing alot on the dubstep and party scene in the UK and over in Ibiza. In glorious 320 kbps his brand of jump up dubstep is a winner...

Calvin Harris - Not Alone (Doorly Remix)

A little bonus here for you, straight up party music for your enjoyment! This had been canned recently by the likes of Diplo and A Trak and this is serious late night ammo, the crescendo is mad!

SonicC-Stickin'

Enjoy them!!!

The Gap....

This weekend has been busy with gigs for the Bridge The Gap night I play at run by a good freind fo mine Chris Millward. The first was at The Sunlounge in Derby, which is usually held in the courtyard area, but Matt Capone, a good local house DJ who holds the residency there, allowed Chris a room upstairs. The set up looked fantastic and I think its a great space but the hot sweaty weather meant everyone stayed outside in the packed courtyard, listening to the funky house anthems. The second event held today (Sunday) at the home of Chriss' night The Bridge, Dig Street, Ashbourne, was a different affair. The tracks played were move laid back as the sun shone down on the outside terrace. It was relatively busy for a Sunday event with around 70-80 people there when I left and some good techy house from Patrick Cresswell.

The tunes I have lined up for you this weekend have both been played out by me...

Stimming - The Kiss (Ripperton Remix)

The first an edgy tech house affair from rising talent Martin Stimming who has been delivering some of the greatest funk fuelled tech house for a while. Stand out tracks include, FunkWorm and After8, but this one of his latest releases, has had a rerub by Ripperton.

Catch Stimming if your lucky enough to be either in Paris or at DanceValley!

26 Jun 2009 20:00	Fusion Festival	Neustrelitz
9 Jul 2009 20:00	Diynamic showcase at Rex Club	Paris
11 Jul 2009 20:00	Dancevelly Festival	Spaarnwoude

The second track of the weekend is on a totally different tip...

Jake Island - What If You Wanted More (Grum Remix)

I know I have posted a Grum Remix on here before but this kid is on fire! I dropped 2 of his latest tracks,wether remix or original, this weekend and they went down well indeed! I really like the synth on this track its got a really indie vibe. I really hope that we can get him down at Filthy Boots before Christmas, as I see '10 being bust for this talented Northerner!

Support Grum on Beatport, a great back catolgue of tunes!

Or catch him here:

23 Jul 2009 23:00	Juice Box @ The Flying Duck	Glasgow
25 Jul 2009 23:00	Razzmatazz	Barcelona
31 Jul 2009 23:00	Summerfestival @ Magnet Club	Berlin
12 Aug 2009 23:00	Oya Festival	Oslo
15 Aug 2009 23:00	Beats of Rage @ Beach Please Festival	Preston

Enjoy them as much as I have!!!

Wolfgang

Wolfgang is a name synonymous with music, the famous compser Wolfang Amedueas Motzart. A name with it origins in Europe, it conjours up images of rolling forest ridden hills with pointy Germanic castle on the horizon. What also springs to mind is a man who is very pale, with a mole on his face and an almost parlimentry wig...exactly the opposite to Wolfgang Gartner.

With his origin firmly rooted to the North of America, in Austin, Texas, this techno/electro producer who has emerged over the past 12 months is putting out some belting tracks on his Kindergraten label. I have chosen him as my featured artist this week as he seems to conform to electro producers before him yet adds a new more techy edge. The track that showcases this perfectly is:

Wolfgang Gartner - Flashback (320kbps)

With it escilatting synth and basic drum beat it lures you in, in a club, crescendoing into a funky little drum nugget, then wow it hits you. The bass hook and synth layered on top of one another and a repetitive vocal make this a prime time dance floor bomb! I know it may be a few months old but what a tune! (for other releases Wolfgang on Beatport)

Wolfgang has been knocking on the door of greatness for just over 15 years now starting production at the age of just 11. If it takes me as long to create such great music then expect somethings when im 36 or in 2024...

Being based in North America the majority of his gigs are over there, but there is on gig of his soon in Ibiza. If you are lucky enough to be there on your jollys this summer, he plays Es Paradis on 13th August.

FILTHY BOOTS//JULY 12th//JACK BEATS//SKULLDUGGERY//

So last night with Calvertron was a mixed bag, a great crowd down of people who clearly are educated and into the music, however just not enough volume of party goers. It was good fun playing early on with Chris Millward playing the likes of ThunderHeist, Mr Scruff and Riot In Belgium over the first hour....this was then followed up by the stronger techno sounds of Style of Eye and a new Zombie Nation tune.

Heres the latest offering:

Style Of Eye - Big Kazoo (Original Mix)

This haunting tech house tune is one that Chirs put me onto early this week. The track steadily builds at crescendos into a crazy kazoo loop. Long live the Kazoo!!! It sound great on the main rooms system last night!


Next month sees Jack Beats in to deliver there pumped up bassline sound, having seen these guys just a few weeks back at Dollops 5th birthday, expect mind blwoing wonky stuff! They will be fresh from a mini European tour and a slot at Glastonbury the week before!

Heres the sound of Jack Beats in a short mix they did for Fabric ahead of there NYE gig 2008:

Jack Beats Promo Fabric Mix




With support from Sheffield boys and Wonk! residents Skullduggery, who have been billed alongside breaks and electro artists such as Baobinga and Kidda in recent months.

There night Wonk! held at DQ, Sheffield can be found on facebook here: Wonk!

Filthy Boots// Lands Tonight!!!!

Tonight is the next installment of Derbys number one night for Electro and Dubstep:

Filthy Boots//Calvertron//Obstacle One//12th June//The Royal, Derby

In the the Red Room for your audible pleasures:

MusMus (Filthy Boots): 10.30 - 11.30

Groove Alligiance (Splank! Records): 11.30-12.30

Calvertron (Twocker): 12.30-2.00

Andy Mcallister (Ground Level): 2.00 - 3.30

Calvertron is this months headline in the red room, bringing his bass heavy fidget sound to the Derby party. His success as one half of Twocker and his recently released EP's on Lee Mortimers Wearhouse Record Label mean this guy will have you parting way into the small hours!

In the Blue Room hosted by Bad Habits:

Obstacle One (Hoodoo)

Keenos

FooJay

Lupy

With there well known Velocity sound system crammed into Derbys most intimate venue the Bad Habits boys bring the noise in the back room. Expect cutting edge dubstep and techno from their headliners this month, Obstacle One. They have held down residencies at several big nights in Nottigham, including, Hoodoo and Fresh Out Of Death. The Bad Habits residents have been playing out around the Midlands too delivering there brand of party to the masses, expect big things.

PRE BAR//PRE BAR//PRE BAR//BAR LISI//8 -11//SADDELRGATE//

Patrick Cresswell

Mi!!ward

+ Filthy Boots residents

Dont forget that the freshest bar sounds around can be heard at the Pre Bar tonight, at Bar Lisi, Saddlergate. Filthy Boots residents will play funk/soul/house/techno until 11, to warm you up for the main event. £3 guestpasses available all night for the event at The Royal.

Funk Mix Promo

Well its a busy week this week, practicing and promoting for the Filthy Boots night here in Derby. I am this month playing at the 'boots with Chris Millward a DJ I met by accident when I was first thinking of putting on a night in Derby. He promotes a night in Ashbourne, Bridge The Gap, which brings funk,electro and techno to the quaint little farmers town on the edge of the Peak District.

The mix below is going onto the first Bridge The Gap mix CD to promote the night at Derbys Sun Lounge bar, which launches on Saturday June 27th. It is funk and some of the tracks Im playing out alot in my warm up sets at the minute....following this mix will be an electro set from Chris himself and a tech house mix from fellow Bridge The Gap resident, Matt Allen.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/61154533ec986ca2/

Find the Bridge The Gap facebook group here: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=519550077&v=feed&story_fbid=108951110878#/group.php?gid=70793106227&ref=ts

dollop 5th Birthday: Diplo

Was a busy night last night, was straight out after work with barely time to get on my glad rags for the night ahead. Headed for a few drinks at a friends house around Kedelston Rd then got a ride to Nottigham for the dollop 5th birthday with Jack Beats & Diplo headlining.

The night was busy, very bust by the time Tomb Crew (some what Nottigham ledgends) where spinning in Room 1. There mix of baltimore style beats with jazz and funk influcences was the highlight of the night for me. In my opinion from then on it was downhill, wether it was that I was tired, or just not quiet feeling the music but I felt abit lost in Room 1. Jack Beats deliveried the bassline fidgety wonky stuff they have helped make become so popular but after the pounding beats of Tomb Crew previoulsy, I headed to Room 2. Here I was greeted by another busy room but with techno blaring out of the world famous Funktion One system. The pounding beats and high end percussion meant this room was in a frenzy as the party continued way into the small hours.

Lots of people rushed back at 3am to see Diplo play the last two hours and he continued in the same vein as Jack Beats with heavy electro bassline sound. From my point of view the music had no where to go and that escillation in the atmosphere kind of peeked. Had to leave at 3.45 though as my friend Rob who was driving was getting tired.

Overall a great night with a diverse and up for it crowd, but the electro music I have loved for so long now is getting stagnent, if producers dont book there ideas up I believe that by the end of '10 the electro bubble may burst.

On a more mellow note, a more indie influenced act, Just a Band, are providing todays track of the day. Just A Band have been great over 08 and 09, with great tracks and remixes alike. There most recent released remix was the excellent Pfunkt - Anna Log (Just a Band Remix). The style is ideal in warm up slots as it often quiet vocal yet remains to have a hard driving beat, not unlike Soulwax productions. Buy there stuff here: Beatport

This is there latest self prodcued track from the To Hell With Gravity EP on Home Work Records, titled with the EPs name. Its heavier than normal J.A.B stuff but still has great Indie undertones to keep me entertained.

Just A Band - To Hell With Gravity

Find more of there stuff on: http://www.myspace.com/justabandx

Fashion Shows!

Hey, been really busy of late helping to promote the Filthy Boots night and getting ready for a DJ set this Thursday. I am DJing after the Univeristy of Derby Fashion Show, which is a great gig to land. Andy Mc, has asked me to take down some funk grooves and I have be downloading some great funk flavours over the past couple of days, to hopefully give the 3rd year students some great music before they head of into the bars of Derby.

The event is always good as the fashion and clothing on display is always original, with taylor made DJ sets accompanying each show compiled by Andy. Its this Thursday 4th June and is £10 entry, which for whats on display is a steal. For more info visit: http://www.derby.ac.uk/fashionshow

La Roux...

La Roux, what can you say. Some have tipped her to be the big thing of '09 and some have tipped ex pop idol turned hipster, Little Boots. So far we have only one winner in this race...

With remixes from big players already this year bulstering what in my opinion are great electronic pop songs, she is going intergalactic faster than latest Mars prob! This latest remix I have is from Midfield General, who are well known amongst the dance music community, yet have maybe never reached the dizzy heights there productions deserve.

La Roux - Bulletproof (Midfield General Remix)

With the looping sample of La Rouxs, now instantly recognisable, voice kicking things of, it slowly builds into a warm up DJs wet dream. Rather than being the peak time remix that Skreams, 'In For the Kill', remix became this is an almost progressive yet energy packed track. The splicing and looping of La Rouxs voice over the later introduced pounding bassline, means that this track never gets boring and the huge breakdown around 1.30 from the close, is hands in the air stuff.

Ideal for a few tracks for the main event rocks the place, as it delivers yet doesnt give to much to early!

Ross Noble

Last night I didnt get to see the popular BBC series The Apprentice, as I went to see a well known comedian Ross Noble. My girlfriend gave me the suprise and I thought, 'Cool, I dont know this guy and at £20 a ticket he must be good', how wrong I was. I dont know whether this is because the toilet humour on show is common in my workplace, but I just didnt get it. After the interval I was left wanting more, as it seemed so made up and just unfunny. I prefer comedians who are either clever or observe, and from what I can make out all Ross can do is make crude jokes and talk down about the city he is preforming in. My girlfriend was also unimpressed and we left in the encore, what a shower of shit.

On the plus side, in my quest to dig out heavy bassline fidget house with an old skool feel, for Hygro and RealBlunted on www.djforums.com/forums , I have found some corkers.


First from Mikix the Cat, French/German producer on Trouble & Bass Records, is the track Movin' Around.

The track starts of as a bass heavy sqealcher but soon erupts into a stabbing synth orgy, only for the bass to remerge and send the club goers into a frenzy. The breakdowns throughout with the echoed synths make this an old skool slice of action for the modern fidget house DJ.

Mikix The Cat - Movin' Around

Having played at the best nights in the UK including Room3 at Fabric at the famous 'Kill 'Em All' nights, this guy is becoming ever popular around Europe. See him soon at various dates in mainland Europe, in Holland, France and Germany.



On a different, if less old skool tip, is the well known party antehm Ritaiin, from the Nadastrom boys. They have been producing some great tracks as of late, including the recent remix of Tittsworth - WTF. With an EP on Dave 'Switch' Taylors label Dubsided and another in production this guys are only gonna get bigger and bigger!

Nadastrom - Ritaiin

Ritaiin although now several months old is still a great track starting with a nagging beat. This then breaks down to the most intense break down since Fake Bloods'-Mars. The exploding echoing synth followed by the echoing childrens voices always causes a great reaction. especially to those who are unfamiliar with the track. Heavy panting and old skool drum breaks and to the intensity before dropping to a bassline so phat that my laptop speakers distort. This is one track all fidget/electro DJs for late night madness!

Catch them soon in there native US of A....

13 Jun 2009 20:00	Electric Daisy Carnival	Denver, Colorado
3 Jul 2009 22:00	BLISSPOP PRESENTS: NADASTROM + TITTSWORTH + WILL EASTMAN @ 930 CLUB	DC, Washington DC
18 Jul 2009 22:00	ELEMENTS PARTY @ SECRET VENUE (TBA 24HRS BEFORE DATE)	Pico Rivera, California