No one ever knows what the next big thing is gonna be. . . but you can be rest assured it will be obvious as f**k and you wont believe you never thought of it! Needless to say then, C*nting records is simply a genius name for a quality new label.
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)
This Bank Holiday Sunday will see the infamous Union Street Car Park in SE1 host Eastern Electrics who have managed to rustle up a line up we just cant ignore!
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.
Fancy throwin’ some serious shapes to some banging house music on Clapham Common without looking like the local fruit-cake? Well this bank holiday weekend is your very chance! Over 40,000 galvanised human being’s will descend upon SW4 from 12 noon, to drink dance and generally act euphoric. 2010 will see the all new SW4 Weekender combine last years two events SW4 and Get Loaded in The Park and we think your all the better off for it! Both days now have a fantastic blend of house music, from headliners Fatboy Slim, Armand Van Helden and Pete Tong, to established electronic artists such as Alex Metric, Kissy Sell Out, Cagedbaby and M.A.N.D.Y.
Although here at Project Sound Canvas towers we’ve got our knickers in a twist about SW4 hosting the only Boys Noize Records festival arena in the UK this year. With Boys Noize, Erol Alkan, Switch, A-Trak & Djedjotronic set to shake London to it’s core. What more could you ask for? Some eye candy perhaps? Check! SALT-N-PEPA performing their first UK show in 15 years? Check! The Met Office reporting we may actually get 2 dry, warm days? Check! WOW!
Currently Saturday is SOLD OUT and Sunday tickets are only available from Local Retailers. However if you cant make it and still want to get involved don’t despair, the whole weekender will be broadcast live over the internet phenomenon that is www.be-at.tv. (seriously check this out). And after the final beat has been dropped on Clapham Common, the Official after party’s kicks off @ Ministry Of Sound. Saturday night hosts Pete Tong and Toolroom’s Mark Knight, while we’ll be making the most of the Bank holiday Monday and seeing out Sunday with M.A.N.D.Y and hot off the back of his album release Black City the impeccable Matthew Dear.
Deviating slightly from the usual house, techno, soul and disco tittle tattle and trying to keep things fresher than a fruit and veg stall on Borough Market, Sound Canvas buoyantly brings to your attention the Turning Point Festival at Camden’s pioneering Roundhouse between the 17th -19th September 2010. The Roundhouse is at the forefront of London’s performing arts scene and as a charity, it helps over 3,000 fledgling artists every year. Turning Point Festival epitomises the Roundhouse’s aim to develop and uphold blossoming talent by assigning young people aged 25 and under to organise the event, thus equipping themselves with the skills required to take their careers forward.
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.
Another cheeky heads up from our Friends over at Kahua Music Promotions this time informing us that a Mr Nick Turner joins The mad skillz of Uk’s Trendy mullet Imprint with his debut new-disco downtempo, deep house (call it what you like) offering ‘Love is reel’ and I must say, this ’slo-mo-house’ vibe really does have it going on right now.
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.
They say the early bird catches the worm and we don’t want to wish away our lovely British summer. However, if you fancy getting over to the Manchester institution that is The Warehouse Project, you better do a quick head count and check www.thewarehouseproject.com to pick your flavour. Line-ups have only just been released, and tickets for this anarchic rave held in a former air raid shelter underneath Piccadilly train station are selling out fast.
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
They say the early bird catches the worm and we don’t want to wish away our lovely British summer. However, if you fancy getting over to the Manchester institution that is The Warehouse Project, you better do a quick head count and check www.thewarehouseproject.com to pick your flavour. Line-ups have only just been released, and tickets for this anarchic rave held in a former air raid shelter underneath Piccadilly train station are selling out fast.
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 and Lamb’s Gadi . What ever your flavour, WHP has something tasty for you.
This weeks pleasing entity is an exclusive interview and mixtape from one of our favourite human beings at the moment . . . Tim Green.
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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Red Stripe sold over a garden fence, more jerk chicken than you can shake a vuvuzela at and over one million revelers aged from 1 to 100 descending upon West London. Yes, it’s that time again . . . Carnival 2010. This year the world’s second largest street festival has over 40 static sound systems on show, countless parading floats and a several pre and post carnival parties.
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 30th 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!!
We listen to alot of mixes here at Sound Canvas and it can be quite rare for some of them to keep being replayed over several weeks. The Disco Bloodbath mix we downloaded from the We Love websitehas been cheering us up every morning for ages now, the only thing is we can’t source the bloody track-list.
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.
The 1st of the month has arrived and those cheeky mice have dropped their August 2010 mixtape on us pronto! While we eagerly await the arrival of Disco Circus 2 this Septemeber, Mighty Mouse serve up more Canapé to wet the pallette.
If 80’s tinged Dirty New Deep Disco House Skulduggery is your thing, then get some of this down ya! As with many things Mighty Mouse, their generosity knows no bounds and the mix is available now to download absoutely FREE.
Find out more about // Disco Circus 2 Launch Party – ANNOUNCEMENT //
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)
Confirming speculation and months of club land whispers; Sankeys can proudly announce the unique transatlantic creation of Sankeys New York.
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.
For several months now this London based house and techno producer has been a regular feature on our mixes here at Sound Canvas Music. Tracks like his remix of Claude Von Strokes “Vocal Chords”, “Kitch In” and “Revox” also on Dirtybird and my current fave “Old Sunshine” on Get Physical have had us bouncing all over the gaff. Clearly not content with knocking out filler tunes, this man is hotter than a billy goat in a pepper patch right now!
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
The 5th edition of the Berlin Festival seems to be going from strength to strength. With more acts announced from all across Europe and beyond, it seems there is even more reason to visit one of Europe’s most popular cities this September. Celebrated acts including LCD Soundsystem, Caribou, Fever Ray, Boys Noize, Sound Canvas favourite Erol Alkan, Soulwax, Chilly Gonzales, 2ManyDJs (live) and Hot Chip will join exciting new talent like The Megaphonic Thrift, Jesse, De Staat and Cast of Cheers at Berlin’s historic Tempelhof Airport for two days of tearing it up.
Well, we’ll be in Ibiza rocking our little soundcanvas socks off, but here’s a message from the most Mightiest of mice. . . .
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,
Yep, you heard me right. . .
Every week throughout the party season on the white island, the marvel that is www.ibizasonica.com presents Amnesia radio broadcasting the weekly Cocoon night live from the main room of Amnesia itself! You wanna know how it going down every Monday in Amnesia? Just check this link every Monday 10:00pm – 1:00am UK time to hear Sven Vath and guests such as Loco Dice, Joris Voorn and many others live in the mix!
As we approached the Petrovaradin fortress in the rally-like taxi on the opening night of the festival, our eyes widened and cheeky grins began to appear as we saw the Exit banners and laser beam style lights shoot across the sky. We jump out at the base of the bridge which leads to the road that takes you towards the main festival entrance. I’ll be first to admit that I was a little apprehensive with regards to how four English geezer’s were going to be welcomed by the local people of Novi Sad, who were pumping music from stereo’s, selling merchandise and alcoholic shots along the street. We walk through the other side of the tunnel where we bank left to exchange our e-tickets for wristbands and stroll towards the turnstiles where security and old bill with shooters on their hip mooch about making sure you don’t take your drinks to the entrance. Once inside we all agree on a rendezvous point and bop to the bar where we exchange our Serbian dinar for beer and energy drink tokens. With a pint of Tuborg turbo shandy each we check the line-up schedule and head towards the dance arena to check Crookers, Erol Alkan and Boys Noize back to back.
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.
This week we are truly honoured to recieve an exclusive mix tape from Simon Ledder and Mattie Twentythree at WEPLAYMUSIC. Mr Ledder describes it as a pretty accurate portrayal of what you would expect to hear at the WEPLAYMUSIC parties which are now held at The Brickhouse on Brick Lane opposite the Vibe bar in London’s east end, check their site for upcoming dates >>> www.weplaymusic.co.uk
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]
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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-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??
On Wednesday 30th June 2010 at the worlds largest club Privilege in Ibiza, there is a very special opening party happening called Warung Brazil, Warung meaning . The party originates and has been imported from the Warung Beach Club on the fine sands of Praia Brava which has a breathtaking backdrop panorama of the Atlantic Ocean. Globally acknowledged as South Brazil’s Mecca for underground electronic skulduggery and proclaimed to be one of the best clubs in the world by the likes of Sven Vath, Luciano and Loco Dice, who’s going to argue with that? I’m certainly keen to learn more about this fascinating South American house and techno movement. Upon arriving into the rich Adobe Flash soaked website, the steady kick drum, punchy hats and skippy percussion of Hernan Cattaneo’s Pastida remix which kicks in on the sites media player has me nodding immediately. . . I’m provisionally hooked.
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.
For their next remix competition, The Mighty Beatport’s next contest comes in the form of , Robyn’s ‘None Of Dem’, her collaboration with Röyksopp from her ‘Body Talk Pt 1’ album.
“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.
The first instance we heard of this young mans talent was on Tensnake’s Resident Advisor mix last year. The track featured was “Vacuum Boogie” and it shuffled along beautifully in a spacey acid jazz style groove which reminded me of Glenn Underground’s work in the mid to late 90’s.
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
OK . . . so its been out since last October, we know, but for those of you unaware of it, MiGHty mOUse’s Disco Circus Compilation is still available COMPLETELY FREE!! from discocircus.net. Referred to by MiGHty mOUse as ‘Post House’, dISCO cIRCUS vol1 is two and a half worthy hours of tasty, chilled, deep disco goodness that should most definitely be indulged to the max this summer by one and all! So if you haven’t done already, go grab it now!
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
Hear at Soundcanvas we are always online having a butchers for quality alternative music blogs and websites and recently we stumbled across a splendid site called Soulclap.The site caught me off guard at first and took a minute for the penny to drop that it is run by Cnyce & Elyte, the steadfast mid tempo house and deep disco duo Soulclap based in Boston in the United States Of America.
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!
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 . . .
How lucky are you! ?! Manuel Tur takes time out to talk to soundcanvas about music, Coffee, Construction sites and prized vinyl. . .
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
As we are still very much a fledgling blog (launched February 2010) and to date we have leaned heavily towards the electronic genre and have not really got around to expressing our feelings for the more soulful side of our musical tastes. Not so long ago we were really hooked on artists like Dwele, Jill Scott, India Arie, Jazzy Jeff, Me One, Eric Roberson, Vikter Duplaix, Floetry, Musiq Soulchild and Bilal. We were exposed to these sounds mainly by Gilles Peterson on his legendary Worldwide show on Radio 1. The other day we were digging through some old mix CDs and it struck me how we have lost touch in this area of music which we truly love. So I thought I would hit the web to see if I could find somewhere to bring me up to speed and I came across a wonderful site called Soul Bounce. The layout and design is very pleasing to the eye and the Soul Bounce team are hot with on the pulse reviews, audio downloads and interviews embracing both popular and alternative/underground urban artists. On top of all that they have a comprehensive blog roll which is perfect for stumbling upon other music related gems, which is always a nice touch I’m sure you’ll agree.
A little while ago we dropped a post about this years upcoming Exit Festival. Well, since then there have been a number of top quality acts added to the bill. From the 8th of July you can catch LCD Soundsystem, Chromeo, DJ Shadow, Zombie Disco Squad, The Horrors, London Elektricity, Crookers, Josh Wink, Royksopp, Brodinski, Klaxons, Laidback Luke, L-VIS 1990, Pendulum, We Have Band and Does It Offend You, Yeah? to name but a few.
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.
This year is chugging along so quickly you might actually be forgiven for not having booked your Ibiza trip yet. Here at Soundcanvas we are thankfully all booked up and looking forward to our annual tear up. One of our favourite parties on the white isle is We Love… @ Space and if I’ve got my maths right, 2010 will be the 21st year this legendary Playa D’en Bossa party has been running. Originally starting off as an after party affair back in the day for workers, lost souls and non-stop ravers, this movement has gone from strength to stength and is now considered one of the most respected avenues for cutting edge underground artists and dj’s in the world. Last year the only party in Ibiza you could catch Claude Von Stroke and Carl Craig was at We Love. . .
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.
The reason WEPLAYMUSIC has been our favourite blog over the last year or so is because of it’s consistent focus of proper underground music, it’s easy to navigate site and unbeatable and exclusive mix downloads. Every time we visit the site we learn something new about the music we hold dear to our hearts. . deep/tech house, minimal/techno, disco and alternative electronic oddities.
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.
Over the last six months I have been keeping a keen and beady eye on a gentleman called Marco Niemerski, also known as Tensnake.
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:
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 Words by soundcanvasmusic
The latest podcast we are loving is from a dutch male DJ/producer/promoter called Darko Esser. Over the last 15 years he has played at Europes best underground clubs including Berghain & Panorama bar, Tresor and Rex.
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.
Just found this flyer in the back pocket of a pair of my jeans and memories flood back to yet another fab night we attended in Berlin last month.
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.
I am sitting at home listening to the Cocoon 10th anniversary mix with my headphone volume cranked right up, nodding away reminiscing. 20 minutes in and I’m thinking I need to get this mix onto our blog. . .
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.
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.
Starting out 11 years ago as a student protest with a political agenda, Exit Festival is now widely regarded as one of the best festivals in europe. Kicking off Thursday 8th through to Sunday 11th July 2010, Exit has announced the first number acts which include soundacanvasmusic favourites Crystal Castles, Boys Noize,Erol Alkan, Ricardo Villalobos, Ed Banger’s Busy P and Dj Mehdi. Staged within the Petrovaradin Fortress built on the banks of the River Danube, it offers a remarkable view over Novi Sad. We at soundcanvasmusic hope to make it to the festival so watch this space for future posts.
Soundcanvasmusic were lucky enough to spend the weekend in Berlin to check out the renowned party culture. Friday night started at new boogie basement venue Kleine Reise, located deep in the district of Kreuzberg. The entertainment for the evening was the natty new party Hotboxx and the soundtrack was ass-bouncin, psych-rockin, dirty-disco. After ordering a couple of extremely moreish mojito’s and sinking a couple of well earned rank tasting shots we strut from the bar through to the dance floor passing man of the moment Tensnake on the way. The venue is proper, at first it looks like a cross between the film sets of Saw, Hostel or Trainspotting, until you spot the subtle decorational touches and classic furniture that looks like it’s been chored from my nans kitchen. As the alcohol begins to take affect and I feel myself greasing up and feelin’ loose I shimmy my tush onto the dance floor, where a seamless blend of mid-tempo goodness is played out by headline act Ilija Rudman, Namedrop and Benoit, Ray Burst and the seriously foxy Moustache Mama’s. Not sure what time we got out of there in the morning but we certainly recommend checking this shit out. Upcoming Hotboxx parties are at The City Arts & Music Project, London March 12th and again at Kleine Reise, Berlin March 19th.Words by soundcanvasmusic – Get the latest Namedrop & Benoit Hotboxx mix>>>
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Saturday 27th February saw the soundcanvasmusic dudes make our way to one of Europe’s finest house and techno clubs . . the acclaimed Watergate, Berlin is a purpose built electronic music club lending itself to some of the most underground DJ’s/producers and parties on the house and techno scene. Spread over two floors, the clubs Uber cool and minimal decor invites you to sink comfortably into either of the two dance floors seducing your ears with perfectly balanced sound . . . (loud sound).
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 Words by soundcanvasmusic
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.
After cutting her teeth on San Francisco’s underground music scene throughout the 1990s with photography, graphic/web design, and event promotion, Susan Langan aka Qzen commenced her DJ career as the decade closed. With a nod to the classics, she’s delved deep into the forefront of future music, allowing crowd reaction to direct but not dictate her selection. Get the Mix
Gilles P returns with quite possibly the best line-up yet for another triumphant Worldwide Awards session – this time taking over the newly refurbished Garage in Islington. With no less than 14 awesome live acts and DJs gracing the stage, plus the usual array of special guests, cameos and general tomfoolery, it’s looking like a night to remember. You can bag your tickets HERE. To celebrate this gathering of our favourite artists from 2009, Brownswood homie and all-round gentleman DJ LeFtO has pieced together a dope little mix repping the whole line-up. Check it…
Freerange records has been a big favourite of ours since the very start of it’s existence over 10 years ago. They have consistently put out innovative, deep and soulful grooves across a number of genres, making them in my opinion one of the top UK based labels. Jamie Odell (Jimpster/Audiomontage) and Tom Roberts originally launched the label to release Jamie’s own releases but soon started to build on those foundations by signing and developing fledgling artists, which has now led to a stable boasting over fourteen regular artists. The number of 12 inch releases currently stands at eighty plus and full length albums at sixteen plus. Keep up the outstanding work fellas.
ENGLISH ////////////////////////////////// The Social Club isn’t just a name – we take the responsibility of our presentation of culture to society very seriously. Our mission statement reads: “One calling for the Social Club is the inclusion of styles, genres, and thus the public.” This isn’t some wishful thinking either – the weight of history is all around the Social Club. Situated in the very heart of Paris, the Social Club used to house the same printers which saw George Clemenceau’s L’Aurore newspaper come rolling off, in particular with Emile Zola’s famous ‘J’accuse’ letter to the French president. CHECK IT OUT
BuZzin’ FLy head Honcho Ben Watt announced on 23rd December that Kiss Fm deem there to be ‘no room at the Inn’ where his weekly deep house and techno radio show is concerened! Sad news for kiss listeners but you can still keep up with the latest Buzzin Fly antics at the BuZzin’ FLy site. Anyways. . . This weeks shows is all about Listeners choice 2009 with Ben spinning the top 10 essential deep house tracks from 2009 as chosen by the shows fans. . . . Find out more.
No one ever knows what the next big thing is gonna be. . . but you can be rest assured it will be obvious as f**k and you wont believe you never thought of it! Needless to say then, C*nting records is simply a genius name for a quality new label.
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
This Bank Holiday Sunday will see the infamous Union Street Car Park in SE1 host 
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 
Another cheeky heads up from our Friends over at 
We listen to alot of mixes here at Sound Canvas and it can be quite rare for some of them to keep being replayed over several weeks. The Disco Bloodbath mix we downloaded from the 
The 1st of the month has arrived and those cheeky mice have dropped their August 2010 mixtape on us pronto! While we eagerly await the arrival of Disco Circus 2 this Septemeber, Mighty Mouse serve up more Canapé to wet the pallette.
Confirming speculation and months of club land whispers; Sankeys can proudly announce the unique transatlantic creation of Sankeys New York. 
Well, we’ll be in Ibiza rocking our little soundcanvas socks off, but here’s a message from the most Mightiest of mice. . . .
Yep, you heard me right. . .
yed, bushy tailed and fresh back from their recent antics at the Sonar Music Festival in Barcelona, its all about 
“100 reasons why dance music still rules” 
For their next remix competition, The Mighty 
Hear at Soundcanvas we are always online having a butchers for quality alternative music blogs and websites and recently we stumbled across a splendid site called 
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 
1)In your opinion, what has been the best party/promotion in the last year?
As we are still very much a fledgling blog (launched February 2010) and to date we have leaned heavily towards the electronic genre and have not really got around to expressing our feelings for the more soulful side of our musical tastes. Not so long ago we were really hooked on artists like Dwele, Jill Scott, India Arie, Jazzy Jeff, Me One, Eric Roberson, Vikter Duplaix, Floetry, Musiq Soulchild and Bilal. We were exposed to these sounds mainly by 
A little while ago we dropped a post about this years upcoming Exit Festival. Well, since then there have been a number of top quality acts added to the bill. From the 8th of July you can catch LCD Soundsystem, Chromeo, DJ Shadow, Zombie Disco Squad, The Horrors, London Elektricity, Crookers, Josh Wink, Royksopp, Brodinski, Klaxons, Laidback Luke, L-VIS 1990, Pendulum, We Have Band and Does It Offend You, Yeah? to name but a few. 
The reason 
Just found this flyer in the back pocket of a pair of my jeans and memories flood back to yet another fab night we attended in Berlin last month.
I am sitting at home listening to the 
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.
Starting out 11 years ago as a student protest with a political agenda, Exit Festival is now widely regarded as one of the best festivals in europe. Kicking off Thursday 8th through to Sunday 11th July 2010, Exit has announced the first number acts which include soundacanvasmusic favourites Crystal Castles, Boys Noize,Erol Alkan, Ricardo Villalobos, Ed Banger’s Busy P and Dj Mehdi. Staged within the Petrovaradin Fortress built on the banks of the River Danube, it offers a remarkable view over Novi Sad. We at soundcanvasmusic hope to make it to the festival so watch this space for future posts. 
Soundcanvasmusic were lucky enough to spend the weekend in Berlin to check out the renowned party culture. Friday night started at new boogie basement venue 
After cutting her teeth on San Francisco’s underground music scene throughout the 1990s with photography, graphic/web design, and event promotion, Susan Langan aka Qzen commenced her DJ career as the decade closed. With a nod to the classics, she’s delved deep into the forefront of future music, allowing crowd reaction to direct but not dictate her selection. 
ENGLISH ////////////////////////////////// The Social Club isn’t just a name – we take the responsibility of our presentation of culture to society very seriously. Our mission statement reads: “One calling for the Social Club is the inclusion of styles, genres, and thus the public.” This isn’t some wishful thinking either – the weight of history is all around the Social Club. Situated in the very heart of Paris, the Social Club used to house the same printers which saw George Clemenceau’s L’Aurore newspaper come rolling off, in particular with Emile Zola’s famous ‘J’accuse’ letter to the French president.
BuZzin’ FLy head Honcho Ben Watt announced on 23rd December that Kiss Fm deem there to be ‘no room at the Inn’ where his weekly deep house and techno radio show is concerened! Sad news for kiss listeners but you can still keep up with the latest Buzzin Fly antics at the 
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