Monkeys & Synths

We like to mix it up @ the blog of choice and found the article below:
http://createdigitalmusic.com/2012/05/synths-versus-real-primates-so-easy-a-monkey-can-play-it/#more-24069


Composer and Swedish dance music maestro Håkan Libdo has been a constant source of experimentation. But his latest project yields zoo-like new adventurousness. Six species of monkeys are equipped with synthesizers to test the question of whether playing a synth is really playing music – or if it’s so simple, a monkey can do it. 


Describing the project, there’s a bit of a defense of the complexity of the instrument:


“You just press a button and out comes music, right?” Well… you do press buttons, twist knobs and faders, but there are endless ways of doing this. That is why the synthesizer is one of the greatest example of human ingenuity and engineering — something that makes us different from the monkeys.


You obviously can’t just break into the monkey cage with some finds from eBay and try this yourself. Lest you think there was some animal cruelty involved, Skansen Aquarium in Stockholm was a collaborator in the film. Here’s a look at what happens – the Bliptronic is to me the clear winner as a monkey-playable instrument, and in the end, some keyboards just … lose.





It’s all a teaser – and a clever one – for Sweden’s Voltfestivalen, coming up June 9. Edited by Simon Carlgren, concept by Håkan Lidbo. Of course, this doesn’t answer whether monkeys can be DJs… or Paris Hilton, for that matter. (She announced her debut DJ set date today and was, perhaps, met with more skepticism than these adorable zoo animals.) 

This Weekends Activities

Festival 24 @ Littlecroft, Saturday 2 June 2012

Line Up

The Martinez Brothers (Objektivity)

Subb-an (Crosstown Rebels)

Robert James (Hot Creations)

Eats Everything (Hypercolour)

Culoe De Song (Innervisions/Soulistic music)

Rocco (Realtone Records)

Manoo (Realtone Records)

Zepherin Saint (Tribe Records)

Bugz in the Attic

Audiowhores

Huxley

Wbeeza (Third Ear Recordings)

Ethyl (Secret Agency)

Tomoki Tamura (Holic-Music)

AphroDisiax (Gavin Peters & Sy Sez)

At One

Dominique Danielle (Rinse FM)

Leon Paul (Nyumba Deep)

Lady T

D Pressure (Project Minimal)

Jessica Rabbit (SLeeP)

Able (Rinse FM)

La DJ Petite

Rufus! (Sunday West)

Khyan (Broadcite)

Shafty

One Ohm

Luke Anderson

Danny Mowe

Kieron Kruz

Time: 12 midday (2nd) till 12 midday (3rd)

Venue: Littlecroft, Theobold Street, Radlett, Herts, WD7 7LT

Cost: £40 tickets are now on sale by loggin on to the website (http://www.festival24.co.uk)

Tickets can be purchased by calling one of our agents on 07515 034 684 (N, W & S Ldn) / 07961 822 924 (E Ldn) / 07903 392 858 (N London & Essex).

http://www.festival24.co.uk

DJ Qu Talks NY's Golden Era of House Music

The New York house sound and the city's "golden era" of clubbing come up during this 18-minute video discussion between Make Me and Strength Music boss DJ Qu.

A Number One "African Healing Dance" Thank You......

On Sunday 27th May 2012 African Healing Dance - At One ft Wyoma (Atjazz Remix) went to No.1 on the Traxsource charts...... This is a special moment for all of us, as we have worked very hard on the remixes and the original project, trying to bring to you only the best in terms of music, quality and message. 

Personally I just want to send out some thank you's:


- A massive thank you to Martin Atjazz for releasing the original project and actually doing the remixes. It's an honour for me to have the first remixes ever, of one of my record done by such a talent and for that I can only give thanks. 


- A massive thanks to all our loyal fans/followers... Without you, none of this would be possible and for that I can only give thanks. 


- Thank you to all the people that have helped me from early on: Phil Asher, Sy Sez, Osunlade, Martin Atjazz, Neil Pierce, Bugz in the Attic and just cause your not named & shamed doesn't mean you weren't on the list just can write everyone down otherwise it turns into the Oscars!!


Check out the article, news and info over at the Atjazz Record Company website.





Finally I would just like to say.... There's more on the way from us in the form of a collaboration......




Peace, Blessins and Balance...

Free Mix Friday

Get Your Tickets: Festival 24 @ Littlecroft, 2nd June

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Festival 24 @ Littlecroft, 2 June 2012

Line Up

The Martinez Brothers (Objektivity)

Subb-an (Crosstown Rebels)

Robert James (Hot Creations)

Eats Everything (Hypercolour)

Culoe De Song (Innervisions/Soulistic music)

Rocco (Realtone Records)

Manoo (Realtone Records)

Zepherin Saint (Tribe Records)

Bugz in the Attic

Audiowhores

Huxley

Wbeeza (Third Ear Recordings)

Ethyl (Secret Agency)

Tomoki Tamura (Holic-Music)

AphroDisiax (Gavin Peters & Sy Sez)

At One

Dominique Danielle (Rinse FM)

Leon Paul (Nyumba Deep)

Lady T

D Pressure (Project Minimal)

Jessica Rabbit (SLeeP)

Able (Rinse FM)

La DJ Petite

Rufus! (Sunday West)

Khyan (Broadcite)

Shafty

One Ohm

Luke Anderson

Danny Mowe

Kieron Kruz

***Limited £30 tickets can currently be purchased by calling one of our agents on 07515 034 684 (N, W & S Ldn) / 07961 822 924 (E Ldn) / 07903 392 858 (N London & Essex). £40 tickets are now on sale by loggin on to the website (http://www.festival24.co.uk)***

Festival 24 is the latest edition to your essential summer calendar. The twenty four hour electronic music festival will make its debut this year, in the rural setting of Radlett, Hertfordshire. The philanthropic organisers are using the launch of the festival to raise awareness and money for the ‘Just for Kids Law’ charity, aimed at helping young people in difficulty.

Broken beats, Afro, Deep, Tech, Minimal, Japanese and Soulful house form the line- up delivering a collective of music that reflects the team’s love of the genre. A passion for music is at the core of this intimate event and the eclectic mix of house sounds inspired by a diverse selection of cultures, creates its own niche.
The artists headlining the 24 hour music marathon illustrate an assortment of talent from the ever evolving genre, promising performances that will captivate the audience. The beautifully rustic backdrop makes the perfect location for festival revellers to completely absorb the essence of house music, while soaking up the summer sun.

With a fully stocked bar, fresh food and a 24 hour music marathon, the event offers the complete package for festival goers. Join us and be a part of the Festival 24 experience from the very begining.

This Weekends Activities

Simmer present King Britt @ Basing House, Friday 25th.


Line Up


King Britt 
Mark Pavitt (Electric Minds / Lift^ Party) 
Richard Adam (Simmer)


Time: 10pm - 4am
Venue: Basing House/ 25 Kingsland Road; Shoreditch; London E2 8AA; United Kingdom
Cost: £5 Earlybird / £8 / £10 / £12 OTD






Househuntin': House Music Dance Party Spring 2012 @ Plan B, Saturday 26th.

Line Up

Neil Pierce (Soul Heaven/Beat Players)

Marcia Carr (TMP)

Ras-T 

DJ Linx 

Charles 'Brother -C

Time: 9pm - 4am

Venue: Plan B/ 418 Brixton Road; Brixton; London SW9 7AY; United Kingdom

Cost: £10; £8 concs

Southport Weekender 48: Video Summary by Kumigar

I saw this video last night and just thought it was amazing. How one persons love for house music led her all the way from one side of the world to another......


Get inspired.... Make it Count... :-)





And for those that missed Kerri Chandler & Karizma.......

Cutting Edge Mixed By Luke Solomon

Luke Solomon has mixed Cutting Edge, a new compilation for Brazil's D-Edge label.

The imprint, as is clear from the name, is connected to the Sao Paolo club of the same name. The venue is one of the most credible and underground clubs on the continent, regularly bringing in acts from the house and techno world. As the co-head of Classic Records, Solomon's house credentials are unparalleled, so he seems a natural fit for the imprint's debut bow into the CD market. Throughout, Solomon balances things between house and techno, with things reaching a peak early on via Roberto Rodriguez's epic remix of Scope's "Seven Reasons." It's the seventh official mix compilation from Solomon in his lengthy career, and his first since 2006's A Classic Decade. 

Tracklist
01. The Grand Corporation feat. Jeremy Glen - Wonder & Amazement
02. The Digital Kid - Angels Looking Down On Me 
03. Red Rackem - How I Program 
04. Kris Wadsworth - Lime & Pink 
05. Crooked Man - This Machine (Kills Me) 
06. Scope feat. Terry Grant - Seven Reasons (Roberto Rodriguez Vocal Mix)
07. Kink & Neville Watson - Metropole
08. Crooked Man - Preset
09. Jonny Fiasco - Vital Signs
10. Andy Meecham - Morning Banger
11. Iz & Diz - Juvenated 
12. Trademarq - Leave Me Alone (Brett Johnson Remix) 
13. Boo Williams - Devil Music 
14. Duckbeats - I Really Do Believe 

D-Edge will release Cutting Edge on July 7, 2012.

Free Mix Friday

Atjazz & Jullian Gomes - Overshadowed Reviewed.

So now you've heard the original.... Take a moment to ask yourself what stood out? An the reason I say this is because....  No two people will hear the same thing, in that sense we all interpret records differently!


First off let me be the one to tell you the tracklist:


Atjazz & Jullian Gomes - Overshadowed (ARC - 38)


1.) Overshadowed - Atjazz & Jullian Gomes 
2.) Overshadowed - Atjazz & Jullian Gomes  (Atjazz Galaxy Aart Dub)
3.) Overshadowed - Atjazz & Jullian Gomes  (Jullian Gomes Perspective)


PURCHASE HERE


Yes that's right..... I can assure you that you will be receiving one of the best vinyls I have heard in a while (No Bullshit) this is a hot joint. It's hard to review tracks for me as I see sound and that effects in turn how I feel and interpret a record but here goes anyway. Usually with records I would see landscapes, different forms of impacts, various colours and or stories. Yeah you guessed it, with this record I see a short story. (It's possibly best to have the original track on in the background as you read this first review)


Track by track, whats the crack?


1.) Overshadowed - Atjazz & Jullian Gomes


First point to make is the kick drum just screams at you with a ferocious force that will drive deep in the heart of any clubs sound system, I would liken it visually to the moment when chubby rain impacts on a puddle. Immediately as the kick is thrust in you are hearing these haunting yet melodic keys, which has all the eeriness of your average haunted house but makes you feel more mellow than a 1970's hippy. 


So now picture this groove building with some well mixed tape noise in the background and now you have the point in the visual story in-which the young girl is looking out the window, as the rain beats down on the windowsill she puts her hand to the window and a single tear falls down her face. (At this point your unsure whether this is a review, a badly written script or if im crazy...... Answer is probably the later)


Moving on.... You remember you have the constant chant of the clav, driving the groove and a minute in the track breaks into a deep dark and dubby groove that has a consuming presence, which is quickly followed up by a deep driving bassline that makes the hairs on your neck raise, so close your eyes and we can really do some work on the dancefloor here!!!! You have the claps and snares flowing throughout the mix with the enchanting keys building and building. At this point you notice that the girl at the window has seen a ghostly figure motioning up the garden path toward her, the tension is building and the arrival of this ghost is imminent. Then you realise the girl at the window is not scared or sad, it's someone special coming home and the hi-hats are motioning waves of excitement and the changing hi-hats are expressing beaconing the need to hurry inside as they build. All the while the haunting chants are just echoes of memories this girl has of that special someone, it all becomes clear. (At One has lost the plot!)


As the track brakes for an aptly timed interval the door to the house is blown open by the wind and the girl turns from the windowsill to face her door slightly ajar. Everything calms slowly as the anticipation for the impending crescendo of sound and that special some one to re-enter as the girl peers toward the door. At this point the crescendo comes and the track comes back in just as it stopped, not what you expected right? Neither did the girl, the chants an dubby beats continue to drive you through. The girl smiles, just as i suspect you will and she embraces the thought that....... The special someone was never going to come through the door or inside, it was just to let her know she was being watched over, cared for, loved still from a distance. Overshadowed......


Quick note: I just wrote this with the track on a loop, the story ends abruptly for me but how will you perceive the track? How will you hear it? What will you hear? How will you feel? (this was wednesday night 11pm, after having missed the apprentice). I know one thing though...... Tomorrow I will probably see something totally diferent...




For the next two tracks, there will be no story thats the joy in buying the record.....


2.) Overshadowed - Atjazz & Jullian Gomes  (Atjazz Galaxy Aart Dub) 


This is typical Atjazz fuckeries, he takes a track and puts into a completely different zone!! With a dope deep soulful house work out of dubby beats, percussion and a serious musical journey. Opening up with a notable almost reverse melody and progressing with some dope additions to the track musically including the faintest guitar or maybe even harp riff in the background. Now you know when Atjazz does Astro remixes he means business.... yeah well, a Galaxy remix tells the Astro where to go..... please believe. 


Even down to the reverse chimes everything is where it should be, the vocal samples are executed to perfection, the layers of keys upon keys are worked well and the end product is a force to be reckoned with. All in all a dope work out and fitting dedication. 


3.) Overshadowed - Atjazz & Jullian Gomes  (Jullian Gomes Perspective)


Yeah yeah Mr Gomes, we know you got the juice. This 'perspective' is a straight four to the floor killer, deep, moody, dub groove. You have this almost minimal version of the track with a deep dark bassline driving the whole way through, with crazy background noises, synths and fx being positioned in & along the way, as well as the original key riff. Until you come the break when we almost fade to black and this deep dark chugging bassline comes right back in with the drums, hitting you with nothing but solid building grooves as the track builds back into the motion. For me this track really kicks at this break and does a wonderful job of making you screw up your face! With samples and sounds being positioned to perfection to kill you with ambience.  Mr. Gomes definitely brings that late night heat.


For me this package is a solid (9/10) and just all round niceness.....


For all you vinyl junkies Overshadowed will be out on 22nd May, no digital option is available as yet.


PURCHASE HERE

This Weekends Activities

Krankbrother BBQ Terrace & Loft Party with DJ T. & Todd Terje @ Loft Studios, Saturday 19th.

Line Up

DJ T.
Todd Terje
Krankbrothers
Nick Lawson
Adeline
Ashley Wild

Time: 4.00 pm - 4.00 am

Venue: Loft Studios  / 77 - 81 Scrubs Lane, London, NW10 6QP

Cost: £10 - £25

Paul 'Trouble' Anderson's All Star Loft Party and Macmillan Cancer Support Fund-Raiser @ Ministry Of Sound, Sunday 20th.

Line Up


Main Room: The Loft

Phil Asher (Restless Soul)
Danny Rampling (Shoom)
Joey Negro
Live: Reel People “Can't Stop/The Rain”
Victoria Wilson James & Waterson - “Deep In Vogue”
Live& DJ Set: Robert Owens - ‘Tears/I'll Be Your Friend'
LIVE PA: JOCELYN BROWN - “Believe”
CJ Mackintosh
Live: Lisa Millett ‘Bad Habit'
Bryan Chambers - “All I Do”
Shola Phillips - “The Pressure”
Paul ‘Trouble' Anderson

Host: Steve Jackson (Kiss FM/Choice FM)

MCs: Supreme and E-Mix with Dancers

Bar:

Jeremy Newall (Release The Groove)
Chrissy T
Gareth Cooke
Simon Andrews (The Loft)
Femi B (Feel Real)
Zepherin Saint (Tribe)
Marcia Carr Vinyl MC
Funkie P (The Loft/Garage City)
Karizma (Basement Boys)
Aaron Ross (Fanatix/Soul Heaven)
Bobby & Steve Zoo(Kiss FM/Groove Odyssey) back 2 back with Neil Pierce (Fanatix/Soul Heaven)
Sy Sez (Aphrodiziax/Soul Heaven) back 2 back with Gavin Peters (Aphrodiziax)

VIP: High On Hope Special - Vintage House & Disco

Trevor Fung (Spectrum/The Future)
Colin Faver (Kiss FM/Solar)
Luke Howard (Horse Meat Disco)
Norman Jay (Kiss FM/Good Times/MBE)
Jeffrey Hinton (Queer Nation/Heaven)
Ricky Morrison (M+S Productions)
Keith KCC
Kid Batchelor (Confusion)
Frankie Foncett (High On Hope)
Severino (Horse Meat Disco)
Malcolm Duffy and Kenny C (Trade)

Soul/80's Room:

Femi Fem (Young Disciples/Rotation)
Barrie K Sharpe (Duffer/Masterplan)
Gordon Mac (KissFM/Colourful Radio)
Roy The Roach (Quaff/Trustthedj.com)
George Power (Electric Ballroom/Crackers)
Dez Parkes
Ronnie Herel (BBC 1Xtra)
Terry Jones
Live PA from Rose Windross
Fitzroy Da Buzzboy (Soul Survivors)
Aitch B & Jazzie Q (Soul II Soul)

+ MC Micro and a Live PA from Rose Windross




Time: 9:00pm - 3:00am
Venue: Ministry Of Sound/ 103 Gaunt Street; Elephant & Castle; London SE1 6DP; United Kingdom
Cost: £10 Limited Early Bird Tickets