Another cheeky nod from our friends over at Kahua Promotions informs us of the latest ‘potty mouth’ label they are working with and all sorts of goodies have subsequently landed on the door mat here at Sound Canvas towers.

Label boss Lee Latmir introduces us to this Fledgling London based label and makes no bones about the name, “it’s all part of the label’s ethos”.  The debut offering from the label is from Wonky Dynamo (Lee Latmir & Tim Burns) the two
of which have collaborated for labels including Defected, Subliminal Soul, Nuphonic and
have clearly set the standard for what we should expect from this label in the future.

So what do we have?
Finished with delicate sleeve embroidery for the vinyl and a cheeky little posing pouch my Nan would be proud of housing the CD version. I feel all warm and special as I kick back and indulge this smooth dose of slo-mo deep melodic house tinged with cutting edge disco glitch and I am instantly taken in.  With a very ‘Metro Area’  vibe about it, the original Wonky Dynamo offering is a definite hit and with the vocal tones of Tash Panas wooing softly, I am loving it.
Watch this space as I will definitely be rocking this mix on my next slo-mo eclectic house mix.

Next Up, none other then Shur-I-Kan gives it the treatment, gets on the dials with a tasty upbeat remix finished with his usual dance floor rocking skills, delivering another deeply satisfying text book, ‘notch on the belt’ track.

Dubs on both parts do the honours making this a seriously high end debut release for what promises to be a label to watch and with the likes of Atjazz remixing Wonky Dynamo on their next release. . . that’s what I ‘m C*ting talking about!

Release:
Coming in your ears 27th September 2010

Wonky Dynamo ‘Never Loved Before’
Cunting Records – CR001
Never Loved Before (Shur-i-kan Neverland Mix)
Never Loved Before (Shur-i-kan Neverlovedub)
Never Loved Before (Original Mix)
Never Loved Before (Wonky Dub)

http://www.cuntingrecords.com

http://www.myspace.com/cuntingrecords

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Room 1 sees Mulletover and Micheal Mayer’s Kompact crew from Cologne competing for adulation from the masses. But the undeniable quality being hammered out of room 2 by Dirtybird records is where you’ll find us, deep deep in the zone. Dirtybird, who celebrated 5 years in the game earlier in the year are some serious dudes. Claude Vonstroke has been added to the line-up to headline alongside Justin Martin who’s deep tech-house sets have become synonymous with my morning tube journeys. The rest of the Dirtybird gang J Philip, Sketchy and co will be helping things tick along nicely. Room 3 will be churning out soulful, funky, dubby numbers from home grown label Hotflush via Joy Orbinson, Scuba and family just to get you in the mood for carnival Monday!

This bank holiday weekend has some serious contenders but Eastern Electrics is our pick of the bunch. Tickets are still available, we picked ours up from PHONICA RECORDS in SOHO.

Check Justin Martins tasty Fact 160 mix to hear what to expect.

Fact Mix 160: Justin Martin by Fact Mix Archive on Mixcloud

Words by Alex B >>> mrbacon@soundcanvasmusic.co.uk

SW4 Weekender – Clapham Common – Saturday 28th Sunday 29th August.
Nearest tube – Clapham Common – Northern Line
www.southwestfour.com
www.locknloadevents.com

Words by Alex B >>> mrbacon@soundcanvasmusic.co.uk

Friday night in the main space kicks off with Professor Green, Toddla T, Redlight, Breakage, Jakwob, Dam Mantle, Redinho and Goodhand and super Glasgow promoters turned record label Numbers. Room 2 will be hosted by Club Snap, Crackle & Pop and the Cabaret Tent will be hosted by the quirky Marisa Carnesky. Saturday offers the biggest names on the urban scene with Radio 1 DJ, Bestival founder and Turning Point champion Rob da Bank, fellow Radio1 DJ MistaJam and grime collective Roll Deep backed by a full band.

Sunday winds down with an eclectic mix of music, poetry, comedy and interventions throughout the Roundhouse’s more intimate spaces. Sound Canvas favourites Eat Your Own Ears head up Room 2 with the best up-and-coming new music talent from London and beyond including Actress, Bo Ningen and Radiant Dragon. London Word Festival play host in the Marquee with Laura Dockrill, Ross Sutherland and Terry Saunders performing alongside the Roundhouse Poetry Collective and Roundhouse Experimental Choir.

Love Music Hate Racism will be hosting a programme of special guests in The Hub and Edinburgh Festival’s most progressive young theatre venue Forest Fringe present their Travelling Sounds Library. There will also be an outdoor market with DJ’s, a dress-up box hosted by Escapade and more.

Apart from our very own Hennesy only just dropping his latest slice of downtempo pie on our ever hungry plates (check that here),  you may already know that soundcanvas have always followed the world of pitched down grooves with a close ear.

These tracks are definitely hot, fitting nicely in to that Chateau Flight, Tensnake, Crazy P mixtape kinda vibe they will be finding their way into my collection for sure. Baring in mind this is a first release, well, Nick will find himself an instant honorary member of this ever growing movement, representing with this beautifully produced debut, which oozes plenty of deep soulful goodness. . . . Mr Turner, hmm. .  definitely one to watch.

Get your cans on and check it out here. . .

• Look Into My Eyes – Ray Mang
• You Can’t Have Your Cake And Eat It Too – Brenda Taylor
• Never Gonna Reach Me (Hot Toddy Mix) – Crazy P
• What Am I Gonna Do? (Dub Mix) – Ilija Rudman
• Township Funk (Crazy P Remix) – Mujava
• Cruel Intentions (Maurice Fulton Remix) – Simian Mobile Disco
• Girlfriend Is Better (Bit Funk Edit) – Talking Heads
• Coma Cat – Tensnake
• Drama Drama (Coko Karina Edit) – Coko Karina
• On the Road Again – Barrabas
• Shark In The Water (Crazy P Mix) – VV Brown
• Wax The Van – (Yam Who? Rework) – Arthur Russell
• Get It right – Tensnake
• When You Touch Me (MAW Re-Edit) – Taana Garner

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Manchester has had a real buzz around it for so long, that your excuses for not making it there must be running thin now. With Sankeys, churning out top nights so often it was voted best club in the world by DJ Magazine this year, you could even kill 2 birds with one stone!! WHP was previously voted as Britain’s best club by Mixmag and we found out for ourselves why last year. WHP absolutely captures the nature of dance music, with its atmospheric setting, body shaking speaker system and as popular as it has got, it’s still a dance hungry partisan crowd.

There have been 29 dates announced running from late September until new years day, and after studying the party calendar for a week, we still haven’t picked our top tip! Boys Noize Records party? 2 separate Cocoon nights, one headlined by Sven Vath and one by Ricardo Villalobos? Richie Hawtin playing at his Minus Label night along with Magda, SMD’s Delicatessen featuring Aeroplane and Tensnake are all up our street. WHP have even included artists such as Manchester’s own indie synthsters, Delphic, Legendary KRS -ONE and Grandmaster Flash, alongside names such as Four Tet, Moderat, Flying Lotus, Busy P, Magnetic Man and Wolf + Lamb’s Gadi .  What ever your flavour, WHP has something tasty for you.

Words by Alex B >>> mrbacon@soundcanvasmusic.co.uk

1. Which party have you most enjoyed playing this year so far?
Womb in Tokyo. Its got the best sound, crazy crowd. Plus its Tokyo, so great food and places to go. Is my favourite place!
2. The earth is about to explode . . . you have time to retrieve 3 pieces of prized vinyl and a sandwich to take into your emergency evacuation vessel, what records would they be and what filling would you have in your sarnie?
The prized vinyl would be 3 albums. Discovery by Daft punk, Vespertine by Bjork and Grace by Jeff Buckley.
3.If we could take care of all your commitments this weekend and you had unlimited funds, where on the planet would you go and what would you get up to?
I would get a private jet, put my mates on there, then let them decide. Ill be happy as long as they are there

4. Who’s your favourite DJ at the moment ?
I think Tanzmann. I have loads of favourites. But Matthias has something real special I think.
5. What two critical pieces of advice would you pass on to like minded aspiring artists?
Be patient and cautious with your music. Also be really analytical of your music, always try to improve it.
6. If you could choose a superpower what would it be?
I think to fly would be awesome.
7. If you had a magic TV remote control, who would you put on mute?
Jeremy Kyle and Trisha. They both really annoy me!
8. Which producer/s should we be keeping an ear out for in the near future?
Emerson Todd from New Zealand and Onno from Amsterdam. Onno is writing some ridiculous music at the moment, its really great dancefloor music.
9. What is your guilty pleasure?
80’s stadium rock!
10. On your Myspace page there is a video of Tiefschwarz playing “Kitch-In” at Sonne Mond Sterne Festival, where the geezer at the side of the desk is trying to give it the cool one but is seduced by the track dropping and he flicks out the funniest little side kick in time to the  “woo” vocal sample . . love it! What influenced the making of this track?
Actually this track was originally a remix for Tiga (zzt). I cant remember the name of the song, but it had the Woo’s in there, which I loved. But I did the remix and they were not feeling it, it didn’t suit the label, Turbo. Which is cool, but I asked if I could release it as my own track. So I re-recorded all the parts that were not mine. So I re-sang the Woo’s. I had to use the computer to pitch my voice up, because I cant sing that high in real life haha.

Download Tim Green’s exclusive mix here >>>

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We’ve been keeping our mince pies peeled for this one for the last few weeks and ending months of speculation, Red Bull finally announced the line-up to go ahead on Monday 30^th August. Headlining once again are Major Lazer, and typically of Red Bull they’ve announced a stonking mix of established and rising artists, including Douster, Porier, Sticky, Joker, London’s very own sound clash specialist David ‘RamJam’ Rodigan and Drop The Lime (Luca Venezia).

In Major Lazer, Red Bull have handpicked the one act that captures the colourful, vibrant, multi-cultural essence of the Carnival. Although the Party is expected to be held again under the Westway, don’t expect déjà vu. Diplo & Switch have a ton of new material since they played the Red Bull party last year and as usual will be showcasing a few unknown talents with an unexpected, surprise guest. Also getting us hot under the collar is New York based Drop the Lime. His almost unclassifiable sound seems a perfect fit for Red Bull and the carnival. Not intent with being the head honcho at label Trouble and Bass, his productions, remixes, and impending Fabric Live 53 mix have made Luca a man of the moment. His live sets are fast becoming legendary with Luca laying live vocals over what has been described as “goblin bass, chopped breaks and tropical beats” and reports of audience participation, sounds like a carnival to us!

Red Bull, you’ve done it again, you can count us in!!

Carnival runs August 29^th-30^th – www.thenottinghillcarnival.com

Red Bull Music Academy – www.redbullmusicacademy.com

Words by Alex B >>> mrbacon@soundcanvasmusic.co.uk

Disco Bloodbath are Damon Martin, Dan Beaumont and Ben Pistor and they champion a fantastic medley of spaced out raw italo disco, vintage house and proto-techno which is right up our street. They started out as a basement boogie outfit in East London and are rightly now helping people cut the rug across dance floors around the globe.

We higly recommend you keep your precious little ears to the ground for Disco Bloodbath mix tapes, remixes and original productions in the near future.

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Grab it below. . .

For full track list see below. . .

• 1. Naomi ‘Note We Never Play’
• 2. Quasifunk ‘Dancing In The Jungle’
• 3. Douze ‘Les Paradis Artificiels’
• 4. Clock Opera ‘A Piece Of String’ (Magnets Remix)
• 5. Blamma Blamma ‘Beyong 17′ (Mighty Mouse’s Lost in Space Remix)
• 6. Jaga Jazzist ‘Banabfluer Overalt’ (Prins Thomas Diskmiks)
• 7. Bell X1 ‘Flame’ (Chicken Lips Version)
• 8. 4Tech & Nano Tech ‘I I I’ (Original Mix)
• 9. 40 Thieves feat, Qzen ‘Don’t Turn It Off’ (Original Version)
• 10. Stefano E Bene & Hard Ton ‘Why Your Love’ (Katzbatz Remix)
• 11. Bassheads ‘Is The Anybody Out There)
• 12. Kitkalitto feat. Petteri Sariola ‘Traveler’
• 13. Health ‘Nice Girls’ (Little Loud Remix)
• 14. Severed Heads ‘Dead Eyes Opened’

As anyone that has visited Sankeys in Manchester will know, New York’s club scene has been at the forefront of the global inspiration that created the world’s number one club, and captured the essence of legendary old school basement nightclubs like Twilo, Sound Factory and Vinyl from the “city that never sleeps”.

Sankeys – the UK clubbing institution which regularly showcases the worlds biggest DJ’s alongside homegrown talent like Greg Vickers, Ellesse and OD Muzique, is still currently on top of the world after winning this year’s biggest ever worldwide poll held by industry leading magazine, DJ Mag. Sankeys plan to make their mark on New York from the start of 2011.

Across 16,000sq ft in a brand new space situated in a former Garage in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen area on 50th West Street, Sankeys New York will have a capacity of 1100 people, and follow the same template that has organically developed into the success story Sankeys can now proudly tell.  One of Sankeys New York’s resident’s will be the established, greatly respected DJ/Producer and former Sound Factory resident DJ A-LUV.

Sankeys don’t do things by half so like its Mancunian older brother, Sankeys New York will continually push technological boundaries boasting an impressive Soundsystem the world has never seen before created by ADVANCED AUDIO TECHNOLOGY and production techniques such as hydraulic LED video lighting never before used within a nightclub environment. The New York club will be continuing Sankeys rich and diverse music policy, delivering cutting edge lineups of European and stateside talent from across the House, Techno and Electronic scene.

Owner David Vincent has now revealed the exciting New York venture as well as a previously announced vision to open new venues covering America, South America, Asia and throughout Europe in the future.

“Since announcing we had a vision to open other clubs around the world we have been inundated with offers, however, New York was always going to be the first location for Sankeys home from home. Out of all the cities that have made Sankeys what it is, New York has, without a doubt, had the biggest influence on our music, design and technology (such as our Phazon Soundsystem). We built Sankeys in Manchester with all the great New York DJ’s’ in mind, and most importantly, to make sure that they always feel welcome. Good lessons were learnt at great NYC parties such as Be Yourself at Vinyl from the greatest entertainer of them all, Danny Tenaglia.

Sankeys has been organically built around the great traditions of New York… this is now our way of giving New York back what it gave Sankeys, with my own futuristic twisted twist of course…” David Vincent

To celebrate the New York announcement, this Saturday 31st July Sankeys and New York collide for “I Love NY”. The Martinez Brothers start their Manchester residency and treat the Sankeys crowd to another magical 4 hour set. The energetic brothers from the Bronx will be spinning alongside Sankeys NYC resident A-LUV and a rare showcase from NY based record label, Wolf+Lamb featuring Soul Clap and Zev.

Tim’s musical journey began playing the guitar and having a keen interest in bands but this soon changed after falling in love electronic music. After spending the majority of his clubbing experiences smashing it up in London’s Fabric, he found the inspiration and drive needed to seriously take his production skills to another level altogether. These boundary pushing skills have seen his work appear on dynamic labels such as Cocoon, Cr2 and the above mentioned Dirtybird and Get Physical.

Check this talented young man’s DJ schedule on his Myspace page >>> www.myspace.com/tg909

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For more info check >>> www.berlinfestival.de

Just want to let you know we will be doing the Disco Circus 2 launch party at the Mixmag Party on Friday 3rd September 2010, and it’s FREE. It’s at the Queen of Hoxton, London (we love that venue).

Also playing is the WORLD EXCLUSIVE of ‘THE MAGICIAN’ aka Stephen Fasano from Aeroplane joining us and many more. Full details to come but please check out Stephens first DJ mix as The Magician below: -
http://soundcloud.com/themagician/magic-tape-one
Much Love,

After getting our groove on to Snatch! 004 from Kolombo vs Loulou  Playerz, Riva Starr’s blisteringly hot label presents us with another debut release… This time, from the ever-on-form Thomas Schumacher…

Always keen to create and explore new avenues of sound, Berlin’s Thomas Schumacher has, over recent months, consistently surprised and impressed us with his productions. Whether its producing DJ T’s album ‘The Inner Jukebox’; providing contrasting, yet equally brilliant remixes for the likes of Axel Bartsch and Trentemoller, or dropping beats that range from the deepest tech to the wonkiest of basslines on his very own ‘Slow’ and ‘Taxi’. Thomas always proves to have his finger well and truly on the pulse of modern electronic music.

Find out more about Amnesia and Cocoon here

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• Jay Shepheard – Pipes N Sneakers (Manuel Tur & DPlay remix)
• Lovebirds – N2deep
• Simian Mobile Disco – Hustler (Joakim remix)
• Hot Chip – One Life Stand (Carl Craig PCP remix)
• Frivolous – River’s Fate
• Mike Monday – Grace (Justin Martin remix)
• Tim Green – Old Sunshine
• Loko – In Love
• Hannah Holland – What You Feel
• Wolfgang Gartner – Killer
• Autokratz – It’s On
• Joy Orbison – Hyph Mngo

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Nothing could have prepared me for what I was about to see, hear and feel when we looked over the edge of the peak on our way to the metal staircase that took us down to the dance arena. We get a few more rounds in as Crookers tear the crowd up with trademark pulsating beats and edgy remixes, all of us floating on the energy and atmosphere that eventually takes us to the pit in front of the stage. As we look around we can’t believe how big and well laid out the dance arena is, how loud and crisp the sound system is and how much the crowd are captivated, you couldn’t design a better venue from scratch in my opinion. We scale the incline towards the bottle neck passage that opens out to the football stadium style curved terracing where people are throwing some serious moves in unison. Here I probably witnessed the best set of my life where Erol Alkan categorically smashed the place into tatters with a seamless house, techno and electro mix where the entire arena was hanging on his every flick, loop, cut, scratch and knob twist. The Londoner had us all in the palm of his hand and if stopped the CDJ mid-set and announced on the mic that we were all going to invade one of the bordering countries we would have. At the end of his set Mr Alkan hopped up onto the desk to take a well deserved bow as the crowd were going nuts, before handing over to Boys Noize with their collaboration “Lemonade” setting the tone for the remainder of the morning.

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Nod nod nod nod. . . . This is some seriously matured late night Atmospheric deep techno right here,  with some cutting edge glitchy percussion and amazingly enticing melodies. . . talk to me!

Russia’s Moonbeam have been gaining momentum over the last few years and with good reason. Formed in Nizhny Novgorod in 2003, brothers Pavel and Vitaliy have been steadily releasing dance floor tracks that weave seamlessly from thick-bellied atmospheric techno to dense charging trance. Storming into DJ Magazine’s Top100 Poll, the two continue to widen their sonic arc with a fabric of different styles, diverse guest vocalists both in their studio and with their live shows and now present their latest release on Germany’s Traum.
The sound of the New Wave band Bauhaus seems to make it’s way into several releases nowadays…
We are not talking about samples but the dark romantic feeling of this period. Moonbeam’s track “Distance” carries this haunted and ghostly feeling of the 80’s, the chill of cold steel and candle lit rooms. It wouldn’t be a Moonbeam track without the spine-tingling melodies which have always been the strength of their music. 

The Kiev based Spartaque has become famous through his success in Russia and was voted as one of the countries top 3 artists. He has continuously raised his profile and is now playing events such as Love Parade/Germany and performing with artist such as: Dandi & Ugo, Tocadisco, Ahmet Sendil, Umek, Citizen Kain, Popof and many more. His remix of “The Underwater World” is a euphoric and modern minimal-techno hymn showing his skills by rocking big dance floors with passion.

Freska gives his debut with this remix and will release his first solo 12″ on Traum in September. His bouncy and modern “house” remix  of “Distance” makes him a welcome artist for intimate situations and hip clubs around. Freska has recorded for prominent labels Club etc and is
certainly one to watch in the future.

“The Underwater World” dedicates itself to the night… but slowly transforms, making its way into daylight. As sounds fly like “robotic bats”, big basslines flood the track, cogs as new sounds uncurl.. Moonbeams latest EP dives headlong into deep, dubbed techno, soaked in bass while at the same time unbelievable colourful melodies. Last but not least “Run For Me“ is a sonic piece of Traum music that evokes Krautrocks best electronic avant-garde of the 70ies, incorporated in their own world…  known best as “Moonbeam land”. “Run for me” is certainly a track for the late hours.

We are keeping a close eye on Warung which it would appear is fast becoming a front runner of ‘must do’ nights on the White Island  with a full review of this Brazilian Phenomenon to come when we attend in early September.

“Warung has managed to effectively bring over the carnival atmosphere of the extraordinary beach club in Brazil to the White Isle with a mixture of house and techno, veteran DJs and rising stars.”(KISH COMMUNICATIONS)

WATCH THIS SPACE!

Full Line Up

14.07. / Main Room: Popof (Live), Aril Brikha (Live), Francesco Farfa, Daniel Kuhnen. Coco Loco hosted by “Soulfooled” and “Ibiza Undersound”: Alex Niggemann, Gorge, Superlounge, Rod Maya.

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The boys even took time out of their hectic schedule to answer a few questions, but first of all, here’s the exclusive mix tape available for download >>> Fill your boots !

• Between The Visible And The Invisible – Phasen Mix – [Itokim Nice & Nasty]
• Sensation 9 – Dubbed Remix – Massimiliano Pagliara [Rush Hour]
• Plug – Ottomatique Remix – Katelectro [mighty Robot]
• Never Ending Mountain – Phil Kieran [Cocoon]
• Drop Down Pass Out – Christopher Benjamin [Flux Recordings]
• The Worm (Dema And Paride Saraceni remix) -Citizen Kain And Phuture Traxx [Neverending]
• Spooky Trains – Nick Warren’s Back Of The Bog Dub – Grafiti [Hope Recordings]
• Bloody Hands – Marc Marzenit Monster Remix – Peter Horrevorts [Gem Records]
• Fountain Trip – – Jakiro [eVapour8]
• Ridvo – Tekel [Initial Cuts]
• Pack Your Trunks – Matt Cooper [Rekluse]
• Sonar Noise – Alex Millan [Style Of Life Records]
• Woombat – Davis & May [*Back Home]

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The Interview. . .

-If we could take care of all your commitments this weekend and you had unlimited funds, where on the planet would you go and what would you get up to?

Simon: I would have to say back to Berlin, I have some unfinished business with a few of the clubs over there which definitely need ticking off my list + the place is amazing and the music is second to none!

Mattie: The beach somewhere in Kent, like Whitstable or Broadstairs. I love the British seaside more than anywhere else on earth. With my unlimited funds I’d buy a beach hut and install a fridge full of beer and burgers, a barbecue, and a pair of Technics.

-In your opinion what has been the best party/promotion in the UK this year?

Mattie: WEPLAYMUSIC! Well I would say that but the problem with running your own night is that of course it’s where you hear more tunes you love than anywhere else.

Simon: I kind of have to agree with Mattie, WEPLAYMUSIC. There are loads of great little night’s out there at the moment but none of them are playing what we really want to hear.

-What can we expect from WEPLAYMUSIC over the next 12 months?

Simon: Well we have just recently moved venues and we will holding our next big night on the 20th August. We have booked the mighty Xircus which consists of Max Cooper & Jeet. It will be our biggest party to date. We plan on holding a monthly night alternating bookings with well established DJ’s and Local up and coming friends.  Full detail’s coming soon

Mattie: But we are also inspired by warehouse raves and epic house parties than we are by bar and club events, which means we’re not just interested in great music and a friendly crowd – we’re also on the lookout for those unique spaces that can really make a party something special. The last two years have seen WEPLAYMUSIC throw our infamous barn party out in the countryside, and this year we’re looking to capture some of that same madness in unlikely spaces around London. Alongside that we’ll carry on championing the best new music and DJs at our regular nights and via www.weplaymusic.co.uk.

-If you had a magical TV remote control, who would you put on mute?

Mattie: Anyone involved in advertising. Come to think of it, this is what I do with my normal remote control anyway.

Simon: I’m involved in advertising!!  Not so much a person but every siren in London, there is no need for them to be that loud.

-Which producer/s should we keeping an ear out for in the near future?

Mattie: We reckon Max Cooper’s definitely one to watch, he’s got the makings of a real techno breakout star – the next Nathan Fake. Other than that, some talented producers I reckon deserve to be massive are Roland M. Dill, Daniel Mehlhart, Joseph Capriati, Lucio Aquilina, and Format:B.

Simon: Well we are obviously bias but I would have to say Max Cooper too his production’s are great and he’s an amazing DJ too.  I have recently been introduced to the music of Ryan Davis, he’s a very talented producer creating the melodic techno I favour the most. We decided to finish this mix of with one of his tunes Woombat which he created with he production partner Lanney May. Very Talented indeed.

-If you could choose a superpower what would it be?

Mattie: If I finally managed to properly juggle three tunes on three decks I think that would be a pretty awesome super power.

Simon: The ability to stay awake for long periods of time drinking without passing out, I had a few funny incidents whilst we were at Sonar.

-Your gaff is ablaze, you have time to retrieve 3 pieces of prized vinyl, what would they be?

Mattie: I’ve got loads of bits of collectable coloured vinyl and limited editions and what have you, so there’s no way I could only pick three. But it’s not the collectable stuff I’d miss the most, it’s stuff I’ve found for 50p that’s got a lot of sentimental value, so how about: Valerie Dore – The Night 12″, Depeche Mode – Speak & Spell LP, Front 242 – Politics of Pressure EP.

Simon: Luckily for me all my vinyl is stored back up north at my rents house as I don’t have the space down here, so I would be straight out that door!!!

-What is your guilty pleasure?

Mattie: Musically, I’ve got so many it’s stupid – I love the Eurovision, I’ve got a shelf full of Bonkers CDs, I read Terrorizer magazine, I’ve got more hi-nrg 12″s than anything else, and I think Aqua are awesome. Basically I just love music and long ago stopped caring what about what’s cool and what’s naff.

Simon: None musically, Fast food especially fried Chicken.

Bright eyed, bushy tailed and fresh back from their recent antics at the Sonar Music Festival in Barcelona,  its all about Lost My Dog right now. . .

Five short years have sped by as these fellows have searched high and low for their K9, releasing no fewer then 35 highly respectable deep house offerings along the way, earning themselves and the label a well deserved seat at the table of underground music labels.

The label has seen the likes of Jay Tripwire , Jake Childs, Harold Heath and Nathan Coles, not to mention in-house producer Pete Dafeet  furnishing us with some high quality deep house / tech house grooves over the last 5 years

“100 reasons why dance music still rules” (IDJ magazine)

So what have we got. . .  (rubs hand together) Lost My Dog have kindly sent us a cheeky copy of Lost My Dog: 5 Years & Still Looking, which is in our deep opinion, a quality compilation of 14 of the best tracks from the label served up to us over the last 5 years as selected and mixed by in-house producer and DJ Pete Dafeet.

With Pete Dafeet – Lungs (Fred Everything Remix), Jay Tripwire – Everytime, Kelvin K – Gershon Got It Poppin’ among others, the mix is just as you would expect, a smooth faultless blend of flowing grooves which undulates nicely through this 50 minute journey of sorts. . . . to be honest if you know the label you’ll be familiar with the calibre of Pete’s selection here. . . question is. . . can you do better??

Find out more here

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As I scan across the page I realise I seriously need to brush up on my Portuguese as I can’t understand a bloody word . . . never mind I find the photo section which is teeming with very attractive humans and an obvious hedonistic party atmosphere, as I pick my jaw back up off the floor I am starting to accept that the Warung ethos may well be a winner.

Warung’s reputation for showcasing top notch DJ’s and blooding upcoming talent will be upheld this season at Privilege with the main room hosting Felix Da Housecat, Sharam, Gui Borratto, Robert Babicz, 16B Lolitas and special live appearances by Dirty Vegas, Kevin Saunderson’s Inner City and Life is a Loop.

The alternative Coco Loco adds a different dimension to the main room, with DJ’s Alex Niggemann, Coyu, Solomun, Gorge, Superlounge, Gavin Herlihy, Sebo-K, Alex Kenji, Simon Baker, Geddes, Uner, Ricky Ryan, Kasper, Robbie Romero, Matt Tolfrey and Will Saul. European labels Get Physical, 8 Bit, Mobilee, Supernature, Soulfooled, Murmurr, Leftroom, Hope & Audio Therapy and Baracca are hosting this room for the summer and this is where you’ll probably find me in a dimly lit corner communicating via the medium of dance. I think it’s fair to say that this has the potential to be the party of the season . . . what do you reckon?

All in all a marvelous spread, see you in Privilge on a Wednesday very soon.

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These tracks were the soundtrack to my summer a few years back and I thought that I’d share them with you, in particular Tennis Hero’s “Alone” on Dealers Of Nordic Music . . . . lovely job.

• Cant change me – Ron Trent feat. N’dambi
• The promise ( Fish Go Deep deep dub ) – Kerri Chandler
• Devotion ( Gdub dub ) – Randy Muller Boom chang Gang
• Guessing again ( Soul Bounce remix ) – Mark Grant feat. Russoul
• What I feel inside ( Main vocal mix ) – Andre Harris
• Hang around ( Karizma deeper 1ne remix ) – Ben Westbeech
• The Light ( Karizma Deepah 1ne remix ) – Raw Artistic Soul feat. Ursula Rucker
• I go deep ( Main mix ) – Yass
• Passing time ( Main mix ) – Mood II Swing feat. Lauren
• Till I see the sun ( Fanatix vocal ) – DJ Jorj feat. Carmen Hendricks
• Wonderful ( Terry’s main club mix ) – Terry Hunter feat. Terisa Griffin
• Butterflies ( Restless Soul Soul Heaven mix ) – Reel People feat. Vanessa Freeman
• Girl with you ( Mark grants original pass vocal ) – Mark Grant feat. Russoul
• Alone – Tennis Hero

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“The track which became ‘None Of Dem’ started as a beat which I already had, and loved, so it was obvious it would develop into something more,” says Robyn. “It is a really important track on ‘Body Talk Pt 1.’ Lots of people are really into it, we thought it would be interesting to see how others would reinterpret it by giving them the opportunity to remix the track!”
Get on it . . . we are.

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Since then we dug a little deeper into his works and quickly become big fans of his ability to float to and from multiple genres whilst turning heads and pricking up a number of well educated ears. His competence and ability seemingly beyond his years can be vindicated by his time studying classical composition and jazz piano in Manchester at Cheltham’s School of Music.

Still in his early twenties, Shepherd has had tracks and remixes released on labels like R2, Planet Mu, Ninja Tune, Domino, Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood and his very own label Eglo which he runs with Rinse Fm’s Alexander Nut. Another astonishing achievement occurred in May 2009 when Shepherd and fellow collaborator Fatima conducted a 13 piece Floating Points ensemble at Camdens Roundhouse to great success.

Stand out tracks for us are:
- Love Me Like This (nonsense dub) on R2 Records, a synth drenched bump along with riding piano.
- The flip side “Shangrila” with its panning keys, effects and future break beat/electronica.
- K & G Beat on Plant Mu and Peroration V on Brownswood , proper broken beat atmospherics with the latter a collaboration with Fatima.
- Our particular fave “Shark Chase” recently released on Eglo, a jazzy techno trip full of cheeky little surprises.

I would strongly suggest you have a peek at this geezer’s busy schedule and check him out live if your lucky enough to have him in your manor in the near future >>> myspace.com/floatingpoints

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Based out of London, MiGHty mOUse burst on to the scene late 2008 and have since been churning out quality fresh offerings and remixes for some top names Bent, The Glamour, Ali Love, Detachments. . .

The mix is proper and along with some excellent remixes from MiGHty mOUse themselves the compilation features a couple of tracks we like to shout about

Spectral Empire-Black Shark (Chateau Flight Remix)
Crazy P-Reach Me (Hot Toddy Remix)
Matias Aguayo-Minimal (DJ Koze Remix)

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• Sin & Figs – Ribn
• I’ll Be By Your Side – Tensnake Remix – Sally Shapiro
• Camera Obscura Part 2 – Jay Shepheard Remix – Roberto Rodriguez
• Super Mercado – Tomas Barfod & Fredski
• C:\ My Consciousness – Frivolous
• Sedona – Spirit Catcher
• Village Vanguard – Alex Santos & Chris Woodward
• Vocal Chords – Tim Green Remix – Claude Vonstroke
• Astor – ShurIKan Remix – Robert Babicz
• Show Me – Maetrik
• Villo – Oliver Dahl
• French Fried – Lostchild Feat. The Largest Cockney Escort

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These two finely attired gentlemen have a number of releases and re-edits on Airdrop and the inspired NY based Wolf + Lamb label and hotly anticipated rubs on Aux-Rec in the pipeline but their talents don’t halt there.When you navigate the superbly designed site you realise that these boys are serious players in the underground music trade and have got their highly skilled fingers in all sorts of flavoursome pies.

As well as Djing, promoting and producing for top notch labels Cnyce & Elyte offer boutique DJ services, custom musical environments and consultation for hospitality, fashion and media brands. My favourite area of their site is the blog as it houses podcasts from various alternative artists and Dj’s and the latest offering available for download is a wicked mix by the extremely hot Moustache Mamas, which I have been busting in my motor over the last week or so.

So if you looking for high end music entertainment in all areas and formats check these boys out now!

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Man,what is it with Germany and Deep House? . . to my knowledge, never has a nation been so unrivaled in consistently delivering such grass roots deep house and minimal techno with such ease and Mild Pitch Records is certainly no exception.

Based out of Essen, Germany, Mild Pitch Records is the Brain child of renowned producers Manuel Tur, Dplay and Langenberg, each of which have had great individual success and gained deserved respect within the industry, working with an array of acclaimed labels, Freerange, Drumpoet Community, Ovum, Mule Electronic to name but a few.

Mild Pitch Records had its first release in September 2009 with Ribn’s ‘This Feeling’ and has since brought us 5 benchmark releases adhering to what proves to be a well defined formula paving the way for release number 6, ‘The light Black EP’ out 26th May.

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Mild Pitch 006 / Ribn – The light Black EP
This latest release sees Manuel Tur & Langenberg teaming up once again, to produce under the ever more familiar guise of ‘Ribn‘. Along with managing to find out just what kind of a super hero Manual Tur aspires to be, Soundcanvas has managed to wrangle a cheeky review advance on This latest offering and our findings are as follows . . .

A/ Light Black
This is a seriously atmospheric, progressive groove of a track, with a nice techno percussion twinge. With its bulbous Basssline grinding away throughout, the track fills the space between your ears with some lovely panning, reverb etc, in short the production here is slick. Though the overall vibe of Light black is pretty soft and palatable on your senses, you can rest assured that hearing this dropped into a set in a club should be a sure confirmation you are you will not be leaving til you’ve had a quiet word with yourself in the corner around 6am. . .

B1/ Sin & Figs
Having passed the tracks between us here at Soundcanvas, our over all the favorite from this installment is the ‘Sin & Figs’ track which our very own Hennessy summed up beautifully. . . “A bit of me that, I’m all over it like a smoked bacon and fried egg sandwich with white crusty uncut bread and a mug of rosie with one sugar. This track lulls me into a real relaxed zone and I could happily listen to it all day, day dreaming. The deep beat, coupled with the earthy and techy percussion, rolls along beautifully and the various chord, key and sound arrangements have me sold. This tune is definitely going to make it onto my next mix.” the ever graciously descriptive Hennesy there . . and I quite agree with him, light skippy high-hats and an almost acoustic guitar sounding riff let this 8 minute ride vibe you out to the max.

B2/ Stonedrum
Crackle crackle of the vinyl . . . introduces this great retro tinged down tempo number which has me got me seriously nodding in my chair right now. This track would sit perfectly in the middle of a ‘Disco/Down Tempo’ set or well. . . as a ‘closer’ at the end of any respectable set actually, but again, this is, at its core a brilliantly produced chugging deep house bump. You know what . . . I think this could be my favorite actually . . .

Check it out for your selves here . . .

1)In your opinion, what has been the best party/promotion in the last year?
That must have been our Mild Pitch label showcases at Robert Johnson and Panoramabar with Ribn live, Dplay, Langenberg and myself. Also, we’ve just returned from a great night at our favourite swiss club, Zukunft in Zurich last week again.

2)If we could take care of all your commitments this weekend and gave you unlimited funds, where would you go and what would you get up to?
I’d buy loads of expensive studio gear, get into the studio and finish my new album for Freerange at last!

3) Soundcanvas recently spent some time in Berlin and had some amazing clubbing experiences, from the cutting edge precision of the Watergate sound system and decor, to the sweaty, crazy little ripped out basement party, Hotboxx at Kleine Reise. . . What is it about Germany that seems to breed the deep routed essence required for this genre of music . .  whats your secret!?
I think Germany is a very diverse and polycentric country so you can’t really compare Berlin to other cities such as Essen where I’m based. Especially Berlin is a very international city so there’s probably not even a specificly “German” secret behind all this.

4)What can we expect from Mild Pitch over the next 12 months?
We’ve got a brand new EP coming out now, entitled “Light Black” by Ribn which is the project I do with Langenberg, followed by a single from Blakkat who I already worked with on my last album. Blakkat used to run Shaboom records out of Blackpool, UK in the late 90s and was one of my key influences when I started to get into house, so I’m really happy we could get him for a Mild PItch single.

5)If you had a magic TV remote control, who would you put on mute?
The construction site in front of my house that makes it really difficult to concentrate on answering these questions right now.

6)Mac or PC?
Mac and PC

7)If you could choose a superpower what would it be?
Make coffee taste good even if there’s no more milk in the fridge…

8)Which producer/s should we be keeping an ear out for in the near future?
Lots of young talent out there right now.. Tim Toh and Space Dimension Controller are only two to name.

9)For all the budding producers out there looking for a tip. . . what would you deem to be a ‘must have’ piece of studio equipment?
There really is no “must have” piece of studio gear, the most important production tool still has to be your brain and your own creativity! Power sockets are very useful to start at some point though.

10)Fire alarms are ringing. . . you have time to retrieve 3 pieces of prized vinyl, what would they be?
Roisin Murphy – Ruby Blue
Kerri Chandler – Back To The Raw
Björk – Volta

• Two Dots – Lusine – Pezzner Remix
• Kitch In – Tim Green Original Mix
• Bolingo Grigo – Original Mix – Andreas Henneberg, Simon2
• Closed Circus – Mark Henning Remix – Lee Jones
• Rekorder 00 – Original Mix
• Martin Eyerer, Gui Boratto – The Island
• Mrs. Bojangels – Original Mix – DJ Koze
• The Paranormal -Voodeaux – Wolf + Lamb Remix
• Aundy – DJ Version – Claude VonStroke
• Burak Sar – Original Mix – SIS
• Emotional Landscape – Original Mix – Iz & Diz
• View From Nowhere – Original Mix – Mitsabishi

Two Dots is a tune. There I said it, and I don’t mind admitting, it took me a while to source it too! I just love it when you have to to dig hard to find a track, once found, consumption is all the more satisfying. This one rewarded me with the realization its another painfully well produced Pezzner remix. Dave Pezzner. . . based out of Seattle Washington came onto our radars around 2008 and began defining what has now become a unique, deep, percussive, educated sound which gives not only your body, but your mind something to think about and ‘Two Dots’ is a prime example of this. With a few high end productions under his belt, he was soon picked up by the highly acclaimed ‘benchmark’ deep house label, Freerange records and has gone on to produce and remix for and with the likes of Mike Monday, Milton Jackson, Chris Lattner, James Braun to name but a few .
As for the rest of the mix, its another fine mess of glitchy satisfying deep house and minimal techno to get your teeth stuck into. . . nom nom nom

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• Say how I feel – Rhian Benson
• Gettin’ late – Floetry
• Cross my mind – Jill Scott
• Heartbreaker – Aquanote
• Subject – Dwele
• Level green – Hefner
• Get away – Spacek
• I think I love you – Dwele
• Your love – Michael Johnson
• Fun – Floetry
• Newness – Musiq Soulchild
• Skyy, can you feel me – Raphael Saadiq
• Wish I didn’t miss you – Angie stone
• Rock wit you – Jazzy Jeff feat. Erro
• A little trouble – Brotherly
• Hold it down – 4hero

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Check it here >>>www.exitfest.org and get yourselves the fuck out there!

And if your sitting there thinking . . . actually. . .  yeah I’ll have  a bit of that! We would strongly recommend that you get in touch with a very helpful gentleman called Nick at >>> www.exitconnectuk.com Nick and his team have all the answers to all your questions with regards to the festival and on the site you can find information on how get there, accommodation, transfers,  past reviews and some very useful festival tips. Their office is based in the UK, which obviously is a right touch as this breeds instant confidence and the enquiries are dealt with in a timely fashion which in my opinion is bloody fantastic as I personally have zero patience . . . Lovely job.

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This year We Love are teaming up once again with the G-Shock Burlington Project to lauch We Love . . . Fresh Blood 2010. The aim of this new project is to break up and coming artists, indie labels and underground parties, which are looking to reach a larger audience and expand their fan base. The finalists will host the infamous Red Box room in Space and those who smash it will continue their journey with We Love, Burlington Project and G-Shock on their European events. Check the links above to get involved. . . tidy.

So if you’ve not sorted your summer hols yet, get those flights booked, purchase those sunglasses you’ve got your mince pies on and we’ll see you in the Red box.

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• Small Fries – Djuma Sounsystem
• VocalChords – Claude Von Stroke
• Donut – M.A.N.D.Y & Booka Shade
• Run and Hide – Dimitri Andreas
• Didascalia (Dream Sequence Remix) – Da Lukas, Alex D’Elia
• Bones – Voodeaux
• Deepfear (Andrea Roma Remix) – Sidekick
• Just a Spoonful – Voodeaux
• Crash (Lovebirds Remix) – Milton Jackson
• Coco Feel and Love Shonk – Shonky
• Kenesai – Timo Mass, Santos, Mutant Clan
• Only One – Chris Lake

There is just so much good music about at the moment and here is a fresh mix with the proof. Named after a track from Claude Von Stroke’s brilliant Bird Brain album available on the mighty Dirtybird label, this is a seriously deep seamless blend of Glitchy  melodic deep house through minimal Techno featuring some of the leading producers of the moment, Djuma Sounsystem, Voodeaux. . . and plenty more! Only one caveat with this mix . . .
PLAY IT LOUD!
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WEPLAYMUSIC are Simon Ledder and Mattie Twentythree and they follow the simple ethos of playing the very best of all of the above at various social soiree’s in London and up North. These guys are not impressed by big name DJ’s, the latest trends or champagne soaked two-bob celeb riddled clubs, they are simply aroused by people getting together, getting down and cutting the rug like nobodies watching. . . and that’s why we love them!
Our favourite area of their blog is their mix series which is split into four sections:

- WPM ltd – Their flagship series of cutting edge exclusive mixes from the likes of Jay Shepheard and Rainer Weichhold commissioned for WEPLAYMUSIC.

- WPM presents… – A series for one off label/artist showcases and live sets.

- WPM – Simon and Mattie’s very own mix series.

- LDN/MAN/UK – Mixes from various musically like minded humans from around the country.

Check WEPLAYMUSIC in the cellar for Triangle @ Hobby Horse, 281 Kingsland Road, Hackney, London on 30th April. They are collaborating with Dalston faces MAKE ME and THIS IS NOT HAPPENING for a bi-monthly shakedown in the new basement boogie space. It’s free to get in and is open from 9pm til 3am. Lovely job.

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This particular producer from Hamburg Germany caught my ear last year on a Permanent Vacation mix tape with his remix of Polargeist’s “Home From The Can” on Bang Gang 12 inches.

The rich vintage beat, warm flowing chords, clever imaginative programming and song structure had me instantly hooked and I found myself blasting it full volume and throwing shapes in my motor whilst fellow commuters gazed on in confusion. It reminds me of the early nineties MK, MAW and Chez Damier B-side remixes that I grew up with and I found myself digging through my old records in the loft, hooking up both my 1210’s for a cheeky dabble of vinyl skulduggery.

Tensnake has been quietly establishing himself since around 2006 with releases on his own label Mirau and remixes and productions on Radius, Endless Flight, Domino, Running Back and Permanent Vacation. Stand out tracks for me are his remix for Sally Shapiro’s “I’ll Be By Your Side” his very own “In The End (I Want You To Cry)”  Holding Back (My Love) the above mentioned remix on Bang Gang and of course I have well and truly jumped on the band wagon for “Coma Cat”

For me though, best of all is his choice of profile pic’s in particular the image chosen for his Discogs page . . . sitting in the back garden avin’ a bit of grub, lovely job.

If for some reason or another you have not yet been graced by this gentleman’s musical talent then check him out on the following links:

• www.beatport.com/tensnake
• www.tensnake.com
• www.discogs.com/artist/Tensnake

As I write this I am kickin’ back to his dj mix for Fairtilizer.com from last summer on SoundCloud . . . tidy >>> www.soundcloud.com/tensnake
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As mere fledgling underground music enthusiasts, we would spend our Saturday afternoons elbowing our way through the crowds in Blackmarket Records Soho trying to fight off the older boys to get our hands on copies of what are now deemed pinnacle underground tracks. Acquiring the much acclaimed and savagely rare MK Burning dub mixes on Area 10 Records red vinyl was one of the most memorable records shopping experiences to date. As I sit here I reminisce how it went down a storm when I played it that very night at a local party of pissed up rookie house music fans.

A track list has been provided for all trainspotter types (like us!) to satisfy your soul with cry’s of “OMG! I have been wanting to know what this track was for like. . . 15 years!”

• The Foot Therapy EP-Specialists-Ron Trent-Joshua Abacus-Chez Damier-Prescription Underground
• Burning-MK Limited Edition Color Vinyl-Area 10 Records
• Everynow & Then-Ralph Falcon-Miami Soul
• Outer Limits-Mission Control-DSR Records
• Get It Off (underground mix)-Three Generations feat. Chevell-Atlantic Records
• Wanna Be With You (club mix)-Instant Exposure-Emotive Records
• House Nation-Da Rebels-Clubhouse Records
• Track 1-Atmosphere EP-Shelter Records
• I Never Knew Love-Chez Damier & Val Whitehead-KMS
• Serious Grooves With KMS – White Label Blue Vinyl Sampler

Compiled and mixed by Alex Rose & Mick Hennessy for soundcanvasmusic, enjoy.

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His latest mix has some gorgeous atmospherics and includes tracks from Mark Pritchard, Kink and Aphex Twin and we are all over it like a donkey on a waffle. Darko’s sound crosses between house, techno, electro, dubstep and general high end electronica. He has over 30 releases to his name on labels like Ovum, Underwater, Deep Focus and his very own imprint Wolfskuil Records
with huge support from Laurent Garnier, Sasha, Steve Bug, Francois K and Jimpster.

For more info on Wolfskuil check the site >>> www.wolfskuilrecords.com
Download past and present Darko Esser podcasts from >>> www.darkoesser.com

Lovely job.

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Held over two floors at the White Trash fast food venue Berlin, the night is called White Noise and it’s musical direction takes an unpredictable winding road every Saturday night delivering a dance floor shaking Indie, Electro and Alternative music medley.

The venue is wicked. Upstairs is a very open pub style affair with large central bar where you could almost be fooled into a false sense of redneck mayhem, as folk can been seen table top dancing and thrashing around to the likes of Nirvana, Libertines, Ramones and The Rolling Stones.

However, take your Toosh down the tight winding staircase into the basement and a very different story unfolds. With low ceilings and the decor making you feel like your about to be the next victim of a vampire attack. The sound system is banging and the dance floor packed and jumping to a loud roller coaster of alternative indie electro music, from the likes of Crystal Castles, MGMT, Justice, The Foal’s, Ladyhawke, CSS and Depeche Mode. This is a seriously raw underground alternative music club, where buying a beer makes you feel like you are pawning your grandmothers wedding ring as you bark your order to the caged barman.

White Noise and its venue stink of the typically unpredictable wicked underground music scene which rumbles defiantly on in Germany’s hive of musical culture. . . Once again, hats of to you Berlin.

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• Mellow Madness – Now your Calling (Wahoo Remix)
• Cloud – Turning
• Osunlade – April
• Jimpster – Heart & Soul
• Tortured Soul – Might do something wrong
• Nathan Haines – Earth is the place
• Karizma – Hang around
• Manoo & Francois A – Traffic
• Karizma – Luv Daylight
• Manuel Turr – Boxed Rivers
• Trickski – Move me
• Nadirah Shakoo – Love song

Something else deep and soulful?
Ok, so when we soundcanvas fellows are out carving up dance floors , it must be said, we do usually like to drop and hear some tough cutting edge beats that get bodies moving. However, the diversity of the electronic music world is blessed with a multitude of extremely talented producers/artists, able to effortlessly fuse electronic music with, well, ‘Soul’ basically, melting your heart with ease, by means of beautiful Rhodes chords, bass guitars, smooth vocals . . .

Unwilling to flush out of our veins a deep rooted love for high quality soulful house music, this mix swings smoothly back and forth between the deep and soulful sides of this vast genre featuring tracks from: Osunlade, Karizma, Manoo & Francois A, Tortured Soul and many more.

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• Black Coffee – Turn me on
• Ralphski – Stop me
• Peter Kruder – Coste
• Bopster – Captured
• Karizma ft Ursula Rucker – The Light
• Osunlade – mommas groove – (jimpster’s hip replacement mix)
• karizma – break
• Henrick Schwarz – Headphone silence
• Jon Cutler  – Drawn to the rhythm
• Kaskade – Safe
• I heart Boogie – hear my sound

Here is a cheeky little ditty from last year for your listening (and download) pleasure. A nice deep and soulful house mix from Soundcanvasmusic’s very own . . . me. Mixed exclusively for and broadcast on SS Radio’s well reputed Deep & Soulful channel last summer, this is a very tender offering of some of last years finest smooth soulful and deep house music. Enjoy.

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• Feist – My Moon My Man (Boys Noize Remix)
• MGMT – Electric Feel (Justice Remix)
• Friendly Fires – Paris feat. Au Revoir Simone (Aeroplane Remix)
• Franz Ferdinand – Ulysses (Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve Re-Animation)
• The Whip – Divebomb
• Justice – Genesis
• Zombie Nation – Forza
• Solid Groove – This Is Sick
• Justin Martin – My Angelic Demons
• MGMT – Kids (Soulwax Remix)
• Wolfgang Gartner – Get It
• Chocolate Puma Touch Me (Bart B More Remix)
• Wolfgang Gartner – For The Love Of Girls
• Cut Copy – Hearts On Fire (Knightlife Remix)

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• Headphonism feat Anna Meta – Guidance
• Ben Westbeech – Hang Around (Wahoo Dub)
• Cloud 9 – Do You Want Me (Deep Dub)
• 4 Ears and Lady Bird-Can’t Be Without You
• Blaze – Family (Roots Alt Dub)
• Elements of Life feat. Lisa Fischer & Cindy Mizelle-Into My Life
• Ralf Gum Feat. Monique Bingham – Kissing Strangers
• DJ Gomi feat. Yasmeen – Glad I Found You (Scott Wozniak Vocal Remix)
• Joseph Malik – Futuristica (Grand Unify Vox Remix)

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Offering a glimpse into the deep dark world of Cocoon Ibiza, this mix is from between 11pm and 3am in the main room of Amnesia, with Sven Väth and Joris Voorn. commanding the dance floor. The Soundcanvasmusic crew were lucky enough to be in Ibiza to celebrate this monstrous occasion last August and can tell you first hand it was probably the best night on the island. Sven Vath and friends categorically smashed it and took their faithful crowd on a winding rollercoaster of intricate ups, downs, twists, turns and disco bombs.

Ammnesia Ibiza is arguably one of the best clubs in the world and they broadcast their nights live across the airwaves on Ibiza Sonica throughout the summer. This mix comes courtesy of this service.

So as I sit here rocking back and forth, I raise a glass of the finest Red to the 11th year of Cocoon and say roll on the summer. You cant get us out there quick enough for another fine banquet of top high end house and techno . . . hmm . . . I’ll have mine medium rare please.

Enjoy the mix and see you out there.

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Sven Vath – Live @ Cocoon Amnesia in Ibiza, Spain 27 July 2009

Adding to what is fast becoming an international empire, Supperclub London has landed in what was formally known as Neighbourhood. So, whats it like? Well as expected, the uber cool white minimal lounge feel and Bed dining of la Salle Neige is as expected. Le Bar Rouge was however very small, dark and in our opinion, not as good as it should be.

Primarily Supperclub for us has always been about high end music and atmospherics and DJ’s Jurr and Rolove have always successfully pioneered the musical side of the brand by consistently mixing and compiling some of the best deep house and down tempo cd’s to date, so expectations were high on this front.
The music throughout the first half of the evening (la Salles Neige) was a pretty much on form mix of smooth chillout including a beautifully worked remix of Marvin Gaye/Shirley Bassey, through to some nice mid-tempo house and disco from the likes of The Rurals and Metro area which was reassuring to hear.

The food was four set courses of absolutely fantastic tucker from broccoli and stilton soup to sea bream with curried coulis. . . haaandsome. Several £11 cocktails and £78 bottles of Verve Champagne later and we find ourselves dancing to what can only be described as a sterile blend of borderline commercial through to obvious ‘techy’ house which didn’t seem to want to settle and did not really reflect on what you would typically hear on a Bar Rouge CD. This said, from around 1am things did seem to toughen up some what and it all became a little more consistent, with music being dropped from the likes of Jimpster, Inland Knights and Chris Lake.

We are not convinced the UK arm has entirely captured the sheer quality, depth and caliber of the music featured on their CD’s and also sense more effort and emphasis has been placed on wowing you with high prices and random acts, such as a masked semi clad Phantom of the Opera lady pouring wax all over herself and then proceeding to ‘jack up’ in front of you. . . hmmmm.

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• Steffi – Kill Me (Crushed Soul Mix)
• Artie Flexs- Precious
• Kreepz & D-Tain (Pete Dafeets full moon mix)
• Jimpster – The Brighterside
• Small Town Collective – Schaumbad
• Tevo Howard-Move (Acid mix)
• Jazz Loungerz- So Let Go
• Andy Caldwell-Black Diamond Sky (Morgan Page Dub)
• Josh Wink – Just Right (Jimpster Mix)
• Royksop-What Else Is There (Trentmoller mix)
• Polargeist-Home from the can (Tensnake Remix)

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Alexkid @ Watergate – Berlin / October 2009 by alexkid

As is etiquette in Berlin, the party, though already rocking did not really get going until around 4am with Mark Henning throwing down a seamlessly clinical set of his latest works,closely followed by two hours from Sweden’s Samuel L Session, with a truly relentless set.
” its 8am. I am sure I am spent . . . then the DJ smoothly fish hooks your mouth open and feeds you a big fat juicy worm which you never expected would taste sooo gooood”

Club finish time: Unknown.
Conclusion: Get yourself out there.
Line-up / Mark Henning – live, Samuel L. Session, Todd Bodine, Tom Clark, Mihai Popoviciu, Demir & Seymen Visit www.water-gate.de
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• Cave Bear Cult – Spaghetti Disco
• MGMT – Electric Feel (Justice Remix)
• The Whip – Divebomb
• Lykke Li – Little bit
• LCD soundsystem – Get Innocuous
• Crystal Castles – Crimewave
• Depeche Mode – Enjoy the Silence
• Hot Chip – Shake A Fist
• Justice – D.A.N.C.E
• Hadouken – Driving To Nowhere
• Das Pop – Fool For Love
• Passions – Emergency
• Foals – Hummer
• Justice v’s Simian Mobile Disco – We Are Your Friends (Reprise)
• Hercules And Love Affair – Blind (Frankie Knuckles Remix)
• Kurd Maverick – Let’s Work (Jimpster Remix)
• Wolfgang Gartner – For The Love Of Girls
• Tennis Hero – Alone

This mix deviates from my usual housey format but was nothing short of a joy to do. Hope you enjoy it as much as me – X

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DJ, Producer and all round general dude Erol Alkan talks to BodytonicTV about his experiences and story so far in a crazy world of electronic music. He talks about DJing, production, clubs and studio work. From the influences of the Internet on modern music to a fledgling enthusiast modern day entry point into to the electronic music scene.

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• Guinea Pig – Vocal Variation Mix (feat. Julia Biel)
• Roses (Bangana Remix) – Clarisse Muvemba
• Orca (Original Mix) – DJ Tonka
• Funkworm EP (Funkworm) – Stimming
• Neon Lights (Nick Bridges Bodyrox Mix) – Max Linen
• Spells Of Yoruba / Marir EP (Spells Of Yoruba) – Gel Abril
• My Little Lady Birds – Remix – Giash, Til Yali
• 2 Fast 4 U – Julian Ganzer Remix – Lopazz
• Refresh / Bang Bang Bang (Refresh) – Bangana
• Music From The Great Plains – 5 Golden Years In The Wilderness Buzzin’ Fly Records
• Kleine Nachtmusik – 5 Golden Years In The Wilderness

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• Jimpster – Freak
• Mark Knight & Funkagenda – Shogun (Jimpster Remix)
• Claude Von Stroke – Who’s affraid of Detroit? – Stanton Warriors Mix
• And Caldwell – Warrior – Claude Von Stroke
• Justin Martin – Night Owl
• Jimpster – Dangley Panther EP – Audio Montage mix
• Milton Jackson – Ghosts in my machine
• Jimpster – Dangley Panther EP – Original
• Aril Brikha – Ex Machina
• Karizma – A million tears

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• Sabda Brahma – Bhakta
• Trentmoller – In Progress
• Telepopmusik – Love Can Damage Your Health (Abicah Soul+Dennis Ferrer Remix)
• Joi Cardwell & Steal Vybe – Wanderlust (Sole Channel Dub Vox)
• Reel People feat. Darien – Alibi (Dennis F’s Out On Bail Instrumental Mix)
• Justin Martin – Cicada
• King Kooba – The Groove
• Johnny Fiasco – Things That Go Bump In The Night (Take 5)
• Ame – Rej (ATFC’s Twin Cherries Edit)
• Troydon – New York Minute
• Blaze feat. Mr V – Breathe (Mr v Sole Channel Instrumental)
• Restless Soul feat Zansika – And I Know It (Dub)

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• Beezy Operator – Spirit Catcher
• Lotion Pants (With Sass) – Michael J Collins
• Woman Pleaser (Jay Shepheard Remix) – The Runners
• Electric Jones – Hot Natured
• Ragnarok (Beatport Edit) – Noir
• Hey Hey (DFs Attention Dub) – Dennis Ferrer
• Vandon – Reboot
• Peer Pressure – Cates&dpL
• Dream In The Desert (Hystereo Revision) – Lowbrows
• Yin – Francis Preve + Wolfgang Gartner
• Aurora (Riot In Belgium & Knightlife Remix) – Alex Gopher

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• Junior Boys – Like A Child (Carl Craig Remix)
• The Juan Maclean – Happy House
• Shit Robot – Lonely Planet
• The Elektrons feat. Mpho Skeef – Classic Cliche (Wahoo Remix)
• Deetron feat Ovasoul 7 – I Cling (Aril Brikha Remix)
• M.A.N.D.Y – Damage
• Riot in Belgium – La Musique (Adam Sky Remix)
• Crystal Castles – Courtship Dating
• Style Of Eye – The Big Kazoo
• Roland Appel – New Love
• Jimpster – Hold On your Soul

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