Check out the amazing new video from Sydney’s Light Year. Not only is it a great video but it’s a great track as well, and after receiving high-profile online support from Tensnake, it’s sure to your most shared video this month.
Light Year (aka the mononymously named Jordan) have already released 2 EP’s and toured both America and Europe but with a Australian-style take on the Hot Creations brand of deep house groove combined with an acid-house rave video, he’s sure to have a big year.
Chances are, if you download a lot of deep house podcasts, you’ve already heard Toky. The Hot Since ’82 remix of his track About You is currently making itself known to all and sundry after appearing on Noir’s latest ‘Recommends’ podcast. No surprise there really as it’s due for release on Noir’s label on 30th January. There is another remix by hot tip Fur Coat but it’s the Hot Since ’82 version that’s the big draw here. Pushing what seems to be January’s sound, of deep, down-tempo melancholic house; the remix is the type of track you might miss first time round but then you hear it again and say oh hey what’s that? Then maybe you’ll hear it another time and this time it sticks in your mind. With haunting androgynous vocals coupled with a dirty and deep bassline; it’ll be a 4am killer on the dancefloor for when everyone’s ultra-smashed.
Toky – About You (Hot Since ’82 remix)
Toky’s certainly set for big things this year despite only getting into dance music production last January after a live session with fellow Italian Karm from Tale Of Us. To be on Noir’s label, remixed by two very upcoming acts *and* gained such attention in a year is staggering. And if that weren’t enough, he’s already formed an ace side-project called Superhero with Italian DJ and producer Leon. There’s only a preview available of their new track Drugs And Choices but it’s fucking ace so do check it out. Dry humour laces spoken word lyrics over a sparse beat creating a surprisingly addictive little number.
Superhero – Drugs And Choices (preview)
It’s actually the first track on Toky’s recent Purp & Soul podcast which is well worth a listen and a download. Definitely keep your ears out for more from this man.
O hai epic Potty Mouth line-up. What’s that you say? Inxec has coaxed his LA cohorts Droog over to London town to play with him? And Polish duo Catz N Dogz are in town playing a rare live set? And somehow Danish DJ and producer Noir has been thrown into the mix too??
It’s no surprise that clubbers have been going mental for Droog Vs Inxec‘s tech-house track Westbound. It’s got a dark tone to it with a wonderful build-up that will excite both experienced ravers and those new to the scene. But it’s one of the more deliciously darker track from the Westbound EP, Unhinged, with its melancholic female vocals that’s really what 2012 is going to be about.
Inxec Vs Droog – Unhinged
Catz N Dogz are amazing DJs and with a whole box of tricks from their own record label, Pets Recordings, to delight crowds with, seeing them play out is a treat that London get’s its fair share of (luckily). But how often do we get to hear them play their own stuff? This is no doubt a problem that has been eating away at you for some time and thank god for Potty Mouth to the rescue. Expect choice picks from their latest album Escape From Zoo, maybe even a bit of their recent side project with Soul Clap on Hypercolour’s off-shoot label Glass Table, the wonderfully named Clapz II Dogz (if we’re really lucky), and most certainly recent tracks like Jon Bovi.
Catz N Dogz – Jon Bovi (snippet)
Aside from being one half (the music half) of one of the biiiiigest hits from last year, Noir & Haze – Around, Noir also has one of the most downloaded deep house podcasts going. And when you consider how many DJs and producers are constantly churning out podcasts for our ears, this really is no mean feat. Couple that with the fact that HIS tracks regularly pop up on all those other podcasts and you know you’re in for something a bit special.
Noir – We 2 / Are 1 (snippets)
Get your tickets NOW for the very next Potty Mouth before they all sell out.
Potty Mouth Sat 4th Feb Secret warehouse, e. London 9am – 6am £8 – £15
As he’s due to hit our shores early next year, we asked Israeli-born, NYC-based DJ and producer Elon to spread a little early Christmas cheer and share with us his top tracks for December. Fan of underground techno, deep-house, tech-house and the like? You’ll be mighty pleased with his picks then! Don’t say we don’t spoil you….
‘Home’ by M.A.N.D.Y vs. Bookashade has been put through the remix mill and the results are explosive. Tim Green, Jona and Monaque have all added superb interpretations to it – but my personal fave is the Tim Green mix.
London-based Tim Green has been an ever-present name in Tech / Deep House in recent years, but a string of impressive releases in 2011 has catapulted him to the upper echelons of the scene. Looking forward to what 2012 has in store…
Home Remixes Part 1. is out now. You can buy it here, or you can download his remix (192Kbps) from the SoundCloud player below.
I’m a bit late to the party with this Till Von Sein track, as the video has been floating about since the beginning of the month. But hey, I just saw it this morning so there’s a chance you maybe missed it too. Non Existent Love is the first single from debut album LTD (Living The Dream apparently) and features Tiger Skin, Lazarus and Meggy…… and a topless chick in a Venetian mask. Oh yes, I know how to spoil you on a Tuesday afternoon.
Have a listen to the rest of the album (the track with Catz N Dogz is really quite something) as he’s been kind enough to post all the tracks on his YouTube channel, or if your place of work is one of those pesky types to block distracting sites like that, try listening to a little mix he made of all the tracks for his Soundcloud.
8th birthdays are usually tremendous affairs. Cake, candles, balloons, presents, maybe a clown. No such frivolities for Phonica Records. Instead they booked out the normally wonderful 3-arched Great Suffolk Street Warehouse and pulled together one of the most impressive lineups South London has seen all year. With Matt Tolfrey’s Leftroom arch playing host to both Benoit & Sergio and Visionquest, and the Phonica arch featuring Joy Orbison and Soul Clap, you’d think you’d have the night covered. But it was former-Phonica-employee Heidi who had, for us, the winning arch.
Lord-a-mercy this new mix from Ben Westbeech is a bit fucking brilliant. I literally feel a bit breathless when I think about actually how good it is. Since downloading it yesterday, I think I’m on my fourth play already. Fo’ realz. It opens with a joy of a tune, Candy feat Matt Tolfrey by Lee Curtis, but it’s not until Roman Rauch’s track Dirty Haze that this mix really hits its stride. From then on, it’s just moment after moment of deep house bliss. One of the stand-out bits for me, and I’m slightly ashamed to admit I missed it the first few times round, is Thyladomid & Adriatique feat Feist – Deep In The Three. Feist + deep house = oh my word. If you haven’t got plans for Bank Holiday weekend sorted then definitely consider heading along to Slowpoke at The Nest in Dalston on Sunday 28th August to catch him live. Oh and Slow Hands are playing too so it’ll pretty much be amazing.
Bank Holiday Weekend is just days away! What could make it better? Hmmm… How about 2 VIP tickets to Liaison at Matter this weekend? Oh and a bottle of champagne? For TWO winners?
It’s Liaison’s 3rd birthday, one of the UK’s biggest house brands, it’s sure come a long way from its humble beginnings in a small nightclub in Essex. For a while, the much loved house night ’lived’ at Pacha, and now it’s touching down in Greenwich uber-club Matter!
They’ve got Kerri Chandler, Michel Cleis, Martinez and Spencer Parker (plus special guests) on the birthday bill. If you like your house deep then this is the only place you need to be on May 1st! This night is set to be one of the most talked about parties of 2010 – guaranteed – and you could be there, VIP TEAM WANARB style!
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