Friday, 31 August 2012

Friday Mixtuals + Chris Malinchak - "All Shook Up" Free Download

Happy Friday!

Been a busy one today so no time to to write any ramblings I'm afraid. Just a selection of some mighty fine mixes we've been listening too over the past few days as well as a tasty little free download treat from Chris Malinchak.

Any one heading to the DFA FutureDisco shindig at Corsica Studios tomorrow see you there.

Also, here's a picture of a cat........Why a cat you ask? Why not, every other f#cker posts pictures of cats?



Safe weekends ya'll.

x

Chris James - September Mix


Midland - XLR8R Dimesions Mix (click through on image)


Chris Malinchak - All Shook up - Free Download.





And here's our August mix if you didn't get it earlier in the week.


x

Thursday, 23 August 2012

Oli D.A.B & Robin - August Mix


Been too long coming this one.



Here's a sleazy selection of summer come down grooves that we mixed up a few nights back. Been one hell of a summer. Shouts to Secret Garden Party crew, Farr Festival Crew and of course the Stop Making Sense Family.



Hope you enjoy and for those coming to Trouble Vision on Friday see you on the floor.


O
x

Friday, 17 August 2012

Extra Friday Mixtual - Detroit Swindle @ Redlight Radio

One more Friday mixtual for you. Just had this one sent over and it is a cracker. Bit of a rush post so sorry for the lack of words.

Detroit Swindle @ Redlight Radio, Amsterdam - 08-07-2012




Superb mix session recorded live on the Dams Redlight Radio. Some seriously naughty tunes in this one so we thought we'd get it up here to make your Friday even sweeter. Get it on the Soundcloud below and catch you all next week.


Friday Mixtuals - Breakbeat Lou "BIS show" + Leisureware "Parasol Mix"

We're back with our Friday mixtuals recommendations. Basically a select few mixes that have really been floating our boatings over the past few days that we highly recommend downloading, streaming or just having a little look at.     

Two gems for you this week........

Breakbeat Lou - Beats In Space show


First up Breakbeat Lou, creator of the ultimate breaks and beats series joins Tim Sweeney in the Beats in Space studio for a session of some of the most classic breaks and drum loops you could ever need to hear.



If you're not listing to the Beats in Space shows yet you're missing out on a serious trick. Recorded and streamed live from New York's WNYU 89.1 FM the show has weekly guests on the mix tip including Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and upcoming Trouble Vision guest Andres featured over the past few weeks. There's also a bit of chat to break things up a bit on all the Beats in Space shows....not really worth calling it a radio show if it's just a straight up mix right?

Nice to have something a little different on this one. Get on over to the Beats In Space web site here for the mix download as well as a massive archive of older shows.   


Leisureware - Parasol Mix



Another top mix from Fill Yer Boots controller Leisureware. This boy is a mix machine and we've posted a few of his choice selections up here over the past months. No dropping in quality on this one either featuring a lathering of classier end house cuts including the Bicep and Omar Odyssy beaut "Don't" and an e funk feeling shake up towards the end. Get it on the Soundcloud player below with the tracklisting over on the Soundcloud page.




Thursday, 16 August 2012

Medlar Mix for TSUBA + Kiwi edit Download

Wussup all.

We're back! After another superb Stop Making Sense Festival adventure in Croatia. Both the Trouble Vision Boat and Club parties went off. The usual boat antics made for an amazing start to the evening and Deetron fully controlling the club session after was very special indeed. 

Other high lights included Mr Solid Gold bringing the last hour of the club session in with what we like to call a "Power hour selection"  as well as the impromptu beach bar after party rolling through until noon the next day.

Huge love to Chris and the Stop Making Sense family for smashing it again this year and a massive thanks to all the people that came and boogied. Hopefully we'll see you all there again next year.

So as its been few weeks without a post we thought we'd ease it back in with a couple of little Thursday treats.

First up -

Medlar - TSUBA Mix




A very tasty mix from Medlar for the TSUBA podcast series.   Medlar can do no wrong in our eyes right now and the mix is a perfect example of that. The lad has some serious taste. Get on the link here and sign up to the TSUBA site to get the download.


Second up -  WAR - "lowrider" (Kiwi edit) - Free Download




A superb edit of  WAR - "Lowrider" from the man Kiwi. We were well impressed with the Moloko edit he sent us over a good few months back and this one is also hitting the spot. Listen on the Soundcloud below with Download link also on the player.





More to come in Friday Mixtuals tomorrow.

x


Thursday, 26 July 2012

Farr Festival & Synamatix Farr Mix

Big love to all those who came and checked out either of our sets at Secret Garden Party at the weekend. It was serious amounts of fun and the return of the sunshine on Saturday made for a very special day.

Shouts to Firas and the Drop crew and to Dan and the Time Machine crew who had us along to make some noise at their superb stages.


Farr Festival - Synamatix Mix


Another very special party in the woods this weekend as i'll be making my return to Farr Festival in Newham Hertfordshire (no Robin this time round due to his selfish honeymoon break).


Last year's event was one hell of a session and for a newish and smaller sized shindig they really know how to put on a party.

Catch myself going back to back with Mr Solid Gold on the Farr live stage from midnight after fellow Trouble Vision Resident Park Ranger begins the onslaught in a B2B with the man like Pelski.

Also on the line up for the weekends woodland shindig - Eats Everything, Craig Richards, Bicep, Hannah Holland plus many many more. Get on over to the Farr web site here for full details and tickets.

And to get you in the mood here's a little mix put together by Daily Street blogger and Deadplate label boss Alex Synamatix who will also be gracing the Farr wheels of steel on the Friday evening. A very tight mix of some heavy choice cuts demonstrating a serious knowledge in mix tape creation.


Check out the mix on the souncloud below and read an interview Synamatix has laid down for the Farr Festival team over on the Farr blog site here. Also worth checking out, The Daily Street for whom Synamatix is chief writer in residence. One of my favourite daily reads this one packed with musical mutterings, fresh garms and crepe love.





Friday, 13 July 2012

Raf Daddy - Fabric Live mix

Ok. This is our 3rd and final post of the day but that's what Friday mixtuals is about. Turns out Raff Daddy, one half of everybody's favourite bear duo the 2 Bears will be gracing the ones and twos at Fabric this evening and to celebrate he's knocked up an exceptional mix. Litterally just seen this one posted so cracked it on and i'm glad to say you will be happy little bears after listening to it.




Raf will be joining Roska's take over of room two later this evening alongside Seiji, Foamo, Brackles and more with Moda holding down room 1 and Hoya Hoya taking the controls in room 3. 

He's also said a few words about it over on the Fabric site here where you can get more details on full line up as well as tickets.

DO IT. Mix on the player below.

O

                  

Bubba Interview for Oonst

A little Friday bonus for you now. To add to the Oonst - Studio Gangster mix put together by Bubba for his upcoming appearance at Oonst next week (check it in the previous post) our fellow Oonst resident A.T.T.S. put a few questions to the the man himself to find out what's really floating Belfast's Jonny Bubba's boat.





A.T.T.S -  Hey Jonny.  When did it all kick off for you musically

Bubba- 
Hello!! We had a great electronic music education in Belfast David Holmes (Now soundtrack maestro for Steven Soderbergh) was running the first underground club back in the 90's bringing in top guest like Andy Weatherall, Richie Hawtin, Slam and more... we got our GSCE's in Chicago House and A Level's in  Detroit Techno and Acid House!! I wanted to make this music and started buying equipment.

A.T.T.S - Whats the scene like in Belfast at the moment 

Bubba -   
Really healthy we have a big crew of producers/DJ's pushing into the international scene...Jet Project, Space Dimension Controller,Phil Kieran, Japanese Popstars, JMX, T-Bone running labels hosting nights releasing all over the place.. and the new crews coming through Cromby, Swoose, JC Williams, Ejeca...promoters like Twitch bringing in quality guests like Gerd, Kenny Larkin, Joy O...clubs like Yello,Stiff Kitten,Thompsons putting on big parties..we have been Djing at Boat Parties and even Kebab Shops (don't ask!!)..there is definitely something in the water!

A.T.T.S -
Top 3 current  dj/ producers  do you currently you admire ?

Bubba - 
Jamie Jones- - he brought sexy back and inspired a generation of Dj's and producers!
Gerd - the man with a 100 alias and the killer tunes to boot!
Andy Weatherall/DJ Harvey - tough to choose between either but..they have both been blowing me away for years!

A.T.T.S -  Which current imprints are rocking the best output at the moment

Bubba - 
Jeez...so much serious music about....loving the RushHour Clone labels always excited by there releases. Hot Creations are pulling smashers out of the bag..Crosstown still pushing it..Noir , Diynamic,Hypercolor, One Records, Real Tone...I could go on I'm selfish I love them all!!! lol smaller labels coming through Extended Play, Electronique, Tropical Beats, NastyFunk slipping out some tasty tracks!
 
A.T.T.S -  Hows Runnin' Wild going ?  What should  we be looking out for ?

Bubba -
Its has been crazy..just thought myself and Chris James (Coat Of Arms) would collab on a label putting out some of the cool unreleased music we were getting sent....we did our launch party at Sankeys with Me Amine Edge and Chris for a packed 500 people which was a crazy party for a Sunday night in Manchester! 

Release wise we have tracks and remixes from Lee Webster, HimselfHer, Sean Roman/Dick Diamond, Tapesh and a VA compilation with killer cuts from Death on the Balcony, Denney, Adam Curtain and Flow and Zeo. Its definitely off to a good start, requests for the T-shirts are in already!! lol

A.T.T.S -  
Whats next up for Bubba release / production wise ?

Bubba -
I am hitting the studio hard after being away in Russia, Brazil and Canada..which was all very inspiring...Remixes coming for Extended Play, Lucid Dreaming, Neim, Elite and a new ep on Hourglass with killer Adam Shelton and Jordan Peak remixes...also remixed a cool project from my friend Jon DaSilva his band TVMR on Hacienda records which is run by Peter Hook which was great to be involved in..and finally putting finishing touches to an Azari & III remix which i can't wait to let people hear...

A.T.T.S -   Regarding production what software/ hardware /samples could you not live without?

Bubba -
Ableton is just a natural way for me to produce you don't loose the groove...digging round records fairs was great groundwork have built up a library of samples buying dodgy looking 80's 7" for 50p!! They were worth the risk. Love my plugin synth's like Blue and Trilian..and a bit of outboard an old MC303 which was'nt the machine Roland promised but some decent drum and synth sounds..also get the lend of my mates Juno which is just bad!!


A.T.T.S -  I see your social media present is really strong - how important do you think this is for modern artists to succeed ?
  
Bubba -
For me it was the key to getting noticed to be honest being based in Belfast was a disadvantage years ago as you were not at the hubs of Manchester or London.now I can be chatting and getting sent tracks from Oz and Brazil over skype..we used send demo's on tapes!!!
Its important though not to overkill!! I don't want everyone to go god not him again on facebook!!!

A.T.T.S - Where do you find your music any particular websites or is it mostly through recommendation / promo lists etc?

Bubba - 
Soundcloud, Resident Advisor, Beatport, Whatpeople play, Facebook, Feel my Bicep Blog, Purp & Soul, Music for Lovers, Deep North and more and obviously get sent promos and loads of demos which I do listen to!! And friends recommendations!! so overload but i am addicted to music they help feed it!!!! 

A.T.T.S - Thanks for your time Bubba!

Full details and ticket links for next weeks (Friday 20th July) Oonst event featuring Bubba and Alex Nagshineh can be found here

Friday Mixtuals - Bubba "Studio Gangsta Mix for Oonst" + Mr Solid Gold "iD mix for SMS"

Friiiiidaaaayyyy!

Yes it's here again. So we've got two superb mixes for you today along with their corresponding epic parties.

Bubba - Studio Gangsta Mix for Oonst


First up is this hot little number hot off the press from Bubba as promo for our upcoming Oonst event at Basing House, Shoreditch next Friday the 20th July. So a massive big ups to the man for hooking us up.



Bubba will be heading up the proceedings along side the very talented Alex Nagshineh and  residents. We've got a 6 am licence for this one so it is no doubt going to be a biggy. Check out the Facebook event here for more details as well as the RA page here for tickets.

Grab the mix on the below Soundcloud player and hopefully see you down at Basing House next Friday!



Mr Solid Gold - iD Online Mix

Second up today is another hot off the press mix from our our fellow TV brother Mr Solid Gold.  A fine selection of soulful beats and burger bun house, this one has been put together for iD online alongside a few words here in anticipation of our return to Croatia for this years Stop Making Sense festival.



After last years roaring success we can't wait to be heading back to the beautiful Croatian coast for another serious session in the sun. We'll be joining the TV boat party line up again alongside Hesseltime and Dark Sky with Mr Solid Gold and Park Ranger joining Detron to continue the session back on dry land.


We highly recommend heading out if you are in need of some sun (UK peeps you know that means you right now) so check out ticket info over here.

Mix on the Souncloud player below. 
Safe weekends ya'll!


Friday, 6 July 2012

Friday Mixtuals.... Fleur De Soul - Springtime Boogie Mix & James Priestley - Sonar 2012

Friday mixtuals time.

Fleur De Soul - " Springtime Boogie mix"


Opening up with something a little smoother. This one was brought to our attention earlier today via the medium of Facebook by the one and only Dave Blackgrove, proprietor of London's Sambalanco events and all round general boogie funk and dance floor adviser.



We know very little about Fleur De Soul other than he's from Germany and mixes a very firm selection of smooth groove funk and soul. Checkout the mix below and find more from the man himself over at his Soundcloud page here.




 

James Priestley - Secret Sundaze Live Sonar mix 2012


James Priestly is the man, DJ, promoter, label owner, venue owner, agency owner. His fingers are litterally dripping in musical pie and his party Secret Sundaze is possibly one of the classiest shin digs in town and has been for some time now. 



We were gutted that prior enravements prevented us from hitting up this years Secret Sundaze off Sonar event that took place at Barcelona's open air La Terrazza club but this recording of James' set from the day has filled a bit of the hole.

House house house in the best possible way throughout on this one. Check it on the Soundcloud player below and head over to the Secret Sundaze web site here for details of upcoming events.





Crepe City x Nike -Saturday 7th July

It's Crepe city time again!

As some of you may know i do like my kicks and i try to slip in as much sneaker related stuff on here when Robin allows it. 

Tomorrow we see the return of Crepe city. London's number one Sneaker meet. The last one back in March made for a seriously good day out and this one promises the same. Taking place this time round at Nike's own 1948 space in Shoreditch, Crepe city is a must for trainer fanatics and fair weather fanciers alike.



They'll be large amounts of kicks on sale ranging from the beautiful, rare and more pricey numbers to unmissable bargains (Last time i picked up some mint 1990 superstars for ten quid). As well as clothing brands and a very special Jordan exhibition in the mezzanine gallery to keep the real heads happy.

Aside from the shoes on sale DJs Motive, 7oel, Siobhan, CWD , Chris P Cuts (Funhouse) and others TBC will be on the decks all day. As well as food from FARM:Shop, bar, cup cakes and a trademark  Crepe City sneaker giveaway.

Check out the video of the March event below with full details of tomorrow's event above on the flyer and on the facebook event page here.

Proceedings kick off at 10:30 tomorrow morning so hopefully we'll catch you there.

O
x


Crepe City 5 from Broken Antenna on Vimeo.

Thursday, 5 July 2012

Thursday Mix - Greg Wilson - Live at The Queen of Hoxton

Thought I'd crack up this sparkly little selection mixed by the king of edit Greg Wilson recorded live at the Queen of Hoxton a few months back.
Peoples love of disco edits does not seem to be slowing down these days with some of the most unexpected of DJs slipping in slowed down looped up disco hooks that seem to turn the dance floor in to a love filled reenactment of studio 54 at any moment.



Greg Wilson is a man who should receive a large cut of the credit for this in my eyes. A true pioneer of the edit and a DJ that has been earning his well deserved respect for a very long time. This seamless mix sampling pretty much every loop you would want to hear over 2 hours of tasteful dance floor grooving was recorded from a set at London party Big In Japan and I'm a little sad i didn't  make it down to see him in action. This certainly makes up for it. Get it on the Soundcloud player below and head on over to your local on line beat store and try a little digital digging to discover all that this legend of a man has laid down on tape.




Wednesday, 4 July 2012

Mid Week Mixtuals - BICEP - MUSCLE WORX (EXCLUSIVE MIX FOR FADER MAGAZINE)

I don't really need to say anything about this one apart from download it now and play it very loud.



Bicep doing what they do best. Housing the f#ck out of the place. Get over the there superb blog space here for more details on the boys as well as plenty of downloadable material.

Catch them at Fabric this Saturday 7th July where they will be hosting a FEELMYBICEP room with very special guest Terrence Parker.

Mix below.




Friday, 29 June 2012

Friday Mixtuals - Christophe & Soundstream

Happy Friday! The weekend is upon us and what better way to get you through to the end of the afternoon as well as put your head in the party mood than a couple of hot damn mixes free for your music pods.

Christophe - Futureboogie  Mix

First up is this absolute gem of a mix put together by Bristol based DJ and graphic designer Christophe. 



A firm member of the Futureboogie family for whom Christophe also designs. We found this mix over on the Futureboogie website as part of their regular online mix releases. Definitely worth tripping over to the site if you get a chance as there's a load more mixes (just noticed a fresh one from Leftside Wobble as it happens) up for download as well as Futureboogie artist and release info.

I've had this one on repeat for the last week, a superb selection of subtle piano house and disco strings. Not been able to find a track listing yet but we think you'll recognize a few jams as well as spend a good number of hours pulling your hair out trying to identify the others.

Anyway, get over to the Futureboogie site here for the download link.


Soundstream - Recorded @ Das Ist, Bristol




Ok, we've banged on about this Saturday's Tief enough this week but with a line up like that in London's favorite venue (well ours at least) it's worth the hype. This little treat of a mix from Soundstream who will gracing the steel wheels this Saturday was recorded just over a year ago at Bristol's Das Ist. It's a two hour flurry into house and disco packed with Soundstream originals and unreleased edits and picks up the pace at points with some classic Frenchy filter house sounds. The recording is a touch grainy at times but it comes straight from the club floor so we can’t complain. Catch Soundstream tomorrow night at Tief alongside Pepe Bradock and much more. Ticket and other info for tomorrow night’s Tief can be found here.

Get a listen and download on the Soundcloud link below


Monday, 25 June 2012

Bella Taylor - May mix

This one came through as a recommendation from one of our buddies this morning so we thought we'd get it up here this afternoon to get you through the rest of the eve.




It's always good to hear of someone doing things right and it seems this is mix tape a an example of just that. A nice little selection of some classic tunes from over the past year or so perfectly spliced and crafted by Bella Taylor.

This is the first we've heard from Bella and hopefully we'll be seeing the name a little more if the future.

Anyway, crack it on on the Mixcloud player below and let us know your thoughts.