Friday, 28 March 2008

March Chart

Been a long time since I did one of these... top 30 for March, in no particular order (well, alphabetical order if you want to be really annoying about it, but you know what I mean

Dave Begg (Beatroot) March Chart

Alex Under - -7 [Net28]
Ben Klock - Similarity [Bpitch Control]
Ben Klock, Marcel Dettmann - Scenario [Ostgut Ton]
Brendon Moeller - Saviour [Third Ear]
Cassy - Somelightuntothenight (Troy Pierce mix) [Beatstreet]
Chaton - Precis 1 [Plak Records]
Danton Eeprom - Confessions Of An English Opium-eater [InFine Music]
Funk D'Void, Sian - Ginebra [Soma Recordings]
Guido Schneider, Jens Bond - In Order to Dance [Upon You Records]
Holger Zilske - Spooky Kissing (Kiki mix) [Playhouse]
Len Faki, Par Grindvik - Do Us Part [Drumcode]
Luciano - Montana [Cadenza]
Lucio Aquilina - Magic M [Cocoon Recordings]
Martinez - Tool 1.6 [Re:connected]
Mathias Kaden, Micha Klang - Geschichten Aus Jemineh [Glueckskind Schallplatten]
Matt John - Olga Dancekowski (Audion mix) [Bar25]
Pan-Pot - Faces feat. Vincenzo [Mobilee Records]
Peace Division - Voodoo (Its In The Wall) [Crosstown Rebels]
Petre Inspirescu - Mostra [Cadenza]
Pier Bucci - Chiloe [Crosstown Rebels]
Prompt - Evolve [7Noise]
Reboot - Be Tougher [Cadenza]
Reboot - Letters [Cadenza]
Ricardo Villalobos, Jay Haze - Free Ride [Tuning Spork]
Ryo Murakami - Her [Poker Flat]
Sascha Funke - Mango [Bpitch Control]
Seuil - Salazie [Minibar Music]
Steve Bug, Cle - Behind The Curtains [Poker Flat]
Substance, Vainqueur - Emerge 0 [Scion Versions]
Tony Lionni - Shuffle [Versatile Records]

Thursday, 27 March 2008

mix: Matthew Dear aka Audion Essential Mix 15 Mar 08



Sometimes a mix comes along that you know is going to be something special - Matthew Dear's Essential Mix from a couple of weeks ago is one I was really looking forward to, and unsurprisingly he didn't disappoint. Sticking more to his Audion style sound, he treads a fine line between house and techno, on the minimal side of things at time but never losing a funky edge. I've probably made that sound crap but trust me it isn't! The mix features some top tracks from Cadenza label-mates Reboot and a particularly nice track from Prompt, a new discovery for me and one that will be heading straight into the Beatport cart.

Download the mix here: MEGAUPLOAD link

And check out some of these whilst you're at it:


Matthew Dear website

Ghostly International website

(whilst we're on the subject of Ghostly, I noticed that Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities play in Aberdeen on 26th April, worth checking out if you like "experimentation, and unpredictability with help from an eclectic cast of collaborators (classically-trained trombonists, punk rock drummers, a junkyard boy's choir" :)

Anyway, back to the point.... the mix... link & tracklist below

Matthew Dear Essential Mix 15 March 2008

download here

TRACKLISTING:

Matthew Dear ‘Dom & Sheri’ (Ghostly)
Hot Chip ‘No Fit State (Audion Mix)’ (EMI)
Marco Da Mata & Elle ‘Circling Dub’ (Acid Milk Recordings)
Santizzo, Makka ‘Goom’ (Supernova Digital)
Dapayk & Padberg ‘Theiss (Guido Schneider Remix)’ (Mos Ferry)
Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts ‘My Main Man (Flying Filter Edit)’ (Hartchef Discos)
Reboot ‘Clear Motion’ (Below)
Reboot ‘Be Tougher’ (Cadenza)
E-Contact ‘Frozen Girls’ (Stock5)
Raz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra ‘Kisses (Over Temperature Mix I)’ (Get Physical)
Prompt ‘Evolve’ (7Noise)
Michael Ho ‘Break Free (feat. Lil Dirty)’ (Moon Harbour)
Prompt ‘Elephant’ (7Noise)
Supermayer ‘The Art of Letting Go (Ewan's The Art of Getting Low Dub)’ (Kompakt)
Ryo Murakami ‘Rise’ (Dessous Records)
Rozzo ‘I Wish I Was a Black Cat’ (Trackdown Records)
Jichael Mackson ‘Schnurz’ (Hartchef Discos)
Tim Woestenenk ‘Sunset Love’ (Quagmire)
Elflein & Fox ‘Map (Liebe Ist Cool Remix)’ (Synket)
D-Nox & Beckers ‘Shanghigh (Minilogue Remix)’ (Electribe)
Seth Troxler ‘Love Never Sleeps’ (Crosstown Rebels)
Life Lessons ‘Lee Curtiss’ (Unreleased)
Marc Neyen ‘Mad Suit (Pheek Remix)’ (Archipel)
Jichael Mackson ‘1000 Bugz feat. Blimp’ (Stock5)
Reboot ‘Tony Der Schieber’ (Combi Int.)
Kreon ‘Shake N Make (Reboot Remix)’ (Below)
Alka Rex ‘Ghost Convertibles’ (Musique Risquee)

Sunday, 16 March 2008

Mix: Terrence Dixon



Whilst checking out this cool article on MP3 blogging by Steve Mizek I stumbled upon Steve's blog, Little White Earbuds

Check it out for an exclusive mix from Detroit techno producer and dj Terrence Dixon plus loads of other cool music reviews and mp3 samples to download (low quality of course!)

Friday, 7 March 2008

James Holden cheesefest



what a way to celebrate not posting in a couple of months than by posting this.... it's not often that James Holden, one of our first "big" undiscovered guests at Area 51 (apart from the time we had an up & coming Lee Burridge play to 100 people), is mentioned in the same sentence as cheese, but this time it's more than apt, as he becomes surely the first "name" dj to play at his own cheese tasting evening. Roquefort & roll? boom tsh... i'm here all week

Anyway, check this out (link courtesy of RA)

London’s oldest Swiss restaurant St. Moritz is the venue for a unique dance-music-meets-cheese-tasting party next week: The Fondu-Fun-Do.

"During my travels around the world I've developed a bit of an obsession for different types of cheese,” explains Border Community boss James Holden. “Now it's great to finally be able to combine my two biggest passions in one night in London—music and cheese!"

Put together by the mad wags at Allez-Allez, the night kicks off with a fondue tasting party from 9 p.m. onwards—while stocks last of course. Then the main course—non-cheesy sets from James Holden and the Allez-Allez DJs until 3 a.m. Sounds pretty civilized, huh? Be quick, though: tickets are limited to 150.


nice :)



pass the oatcakes