Freerange Vinyl Boxset: Out of the Ashes

To mark the anniversary of last year's riots in the UK, Freerange have put together a vinyl box set called Out of the Ashes. 

Freerange was among the many labels who lost their back catalog in the fire at the PIAS warehouse. Out of the Ashes collects 12-inches whose original pressings were lost in that fire. In an essay accompanying the release, music journalist Joe Muggs says the intention of the release is "not to commemorate wanton destruction, or to mourn a loss, but to celebrate a lesson learned and a passion rekindled," referring to the music community's enduring passion for vinyl. 

"Were we all hanging on to vinyl records simply as an expensive emblem of times past?" he writes. "Could the destruction of the back catalogue be symbolic, a sign that in a volatile era we needed to stop clinging to these lumps of plastic and move with the times? After reflection the answer for us, and many other labels, was a resounding and resolute 'no!'"

Out of the Ashes also includes a number of tracks that were only available digitally until now. It packs in five 12-inches in total, comes with artwork by I-Want Design, and will be limited to 250 copies. 

Tracklist
A1 Blackjoy - Untitled
B1 Tony Lionni - Precious Feat. Marvin Belton (Deetron Remix)
B2 Ethyl & Flori - Tanqueray
C1 Bassfort - Dixtrit
D1 Lovebirds - Keep Coming (Axel Boman Mix 2)
D2 Subject – Come On (Charles Webster Remix)
E1 Marcel Wave - 27 Holton (Serafin's Back To New York Re-interpretation)
F1 Jimpster - Dangly Panther
F2 Only Freak – Can't Get Away (From Your Love) Feat. Rasiyah (Solid Groove Remix)
G1 Manuel Tur feat. Holly Backler – Most of this moment (Isolee Remix)
H1 Switch – Get On Downz
H2 Audiomontage – The Darkness
I1 Milton Jackson - Ghosts In My Machines
I2 Rocco - Stormy
J1 Shur-I-Kan – Generations (Una Bombers Basement Mix) A
J2 Shimiko - Push

Freerange Records will release Out of the Ashes on August 13th, 2012.

This Weekends Activities

Tribe Xmas Party Wth Boddhi Satva @ Brixton Clubhouse, Saturday 10th.


Line Up


Boddhi Satva (OFFERING/VEGA RECORDS)
Zepherin Saint
MATT L-S
KRISTEL MORIN


Time: 10:00pm - 5:00am
Venue: Brixton Clubhouse/ 467-469 Brixton Road, SW9 8HH
Cost: £10 early bird tickets from www.ticketweb.co.uk / More on the door




Aphrodisiax presents Deetron & Charles Webster @ Plan B, Saturday 10th.

Line Up


Deetron
Charles Webster
AphroDisiax
Mark Paul

Time: 10:00pm - 6:00am

Venue: Plan B/ 418 Brixton Road, Brixton, London, SW9 7AY

Cost: £5 earlybird, £10 first release, £12.50 second release, £15 third release, more on the door

Free Mix Friday

 CBLS 124- Compost Black Label Sessions Radio hosted by SHOW-B & Thomas Herb by compost

 Simbad121011HivemindFm by simbad

 Studio Soul by charles

This Weekends Activities

Buzzin' Fly @ Plastic People, Friday 30th April.


Line Up

Charles Webster
Ben Watt
Chris Woodward

Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am
Venue: Plastic People, 147-149 Curtain Road, Old Street, EC2A 3QE
Cost: £10 on door - £8 presale

Mumu presents... Liebe*detail Showcase @ TBA, Saturday 1st May.

Line Up

Matthias Meyer (liebe*detail)
Lee Jones [live] (MyMy)
meta.83 (liebe*detail)
Eurokai (liebe*detail)
Harrisôn & Lee Rands

Time: 10pm - 5am
Venue: TBA - East London
Cost: £10 - £12





Viva La House presents Dj Yass & Ralf Gum @ The Den & Centro, Sunday 2nd May

Line Up

CIRCLE ROOM: Deep, Soulful & Uplifting

DJ Yass (Defected / Paris)
Ralf GUM (GoGo Music / Germany)
Sy Sez (Soulheaven / AphroDisiax)
Nick Doe (Viva La House)
Crookid (Unknownfm.net)
T. Maronie (Ladybugz)

THE LONG BAR: Deep Tech

Alexis Raphael (Vita Luna)
Andy Burby (Sick)
Gareth wild (Pitch Black)
Blake Baker (Key of life)
J Nelson (Supercool/Snowbombing)

Plus a very special Live PA

Time: 10:00pm - 06:00am
Venue: The Den & Centro, 18a West Central Street, WC1A 1JJ
Cost: Limited £12.50 early bird tickets, Main Ticket: £15 in advance

MUAK @ EGG Brief Review

Ok so i was in Egg on Saturday it was full to the rafters with a good mixture of people by the time I cropped up at around 1:30. Now as you have seen previously i'm not that great with the snaps hence i only took a few lol, so don't be upset, i'm busy chatting and having a good time lolol!!!

Anyways so i roll up and who do i meet coming in none other than Osunlade himself so after a brief chat, i shoot a quick snap of him (pictured below). Anyways i walk in to the first room aka the garden (i think) and was very unimpressed by the sound system i have to say, i know its supposed to be a chillout area but a lil more sound please!! The groove in there was perfect in there though all night.



After that i didn't do much room surfing like i normally do, i stayed in the basement for the next couple of hours caught the end of Soulogic's set which really started to get the crowd going and waited for Osunlade & Ron Trent, much to my disappointment Ron was a no show!!

So Onsulade rocks up an gets the crowd going with a few bangers then played one of my fave edits (Dennis Ferrer vs Peppe Bradshaw), he kept the momentum going with deep, soulful and afrocentric/tribal beats, as the night progressed getting slightly more techy and deep, holding a groove really well. If i had to point out a negative, it would be that he played to much known crowd pleasing music & i would have expected a few more unknowns that make you wonder why you don't have them in your life!



After about an hour and a half i wondered upstairs to see Charles Webster (pictured above) who was banging out deep house all day long, the kind you haven't heard b4 and are intrigued by, i really started getting into his set in a big way and noticed he walked off (probably to go to toilet, i dunno) no sooner had he gone the music just stopped dead lol!! probably just a cdj thing, which is a horrible thing to have happen, i know from personal experience as most Dj's do.

Unfortunately that insident with Charles/my cohort playing lead me back down stairs to take in the sound of Matt Bandy (pictured below) a talented Dj/producer, who knocked out some serious tunes to groove to including his own work in the mix of it all, a very nice house journey insued which had a sit down crowd standing up for a boogie, congrats on a good job, jobbed.



Now to my suprise when i re-entered the main room Osunlade was still banging out grooves, by this point his journey was somewhere deep in the afro/tribal land of South Africa, all in all from what i heard and saw of Osunlade, Egg/promoters definitely got there moneys worth because Osunlade was pumping all night. After he had finished i stayed to see Kellilicious who knocked out some nice grooves, by which point it was 6am and unlike me i was starting to get tired (must be getting old)!!

So i rounded off what was a well worth while evening/morning, with a few goodbyes and wandered off home. I'm now trying to pre-empt the next line up!! Will Ron be on there who knows lolololol.

Osunlade & Ron Trent Headline Muak @ Egg

Saturday 30th January sees Muak (People Together) return to London’s EGG Club to kick off 2010 with another night of deep, soulful House.

Looking Like a sure fire winner here, Im hoping to get down there to support Mr Bandy & also to see Mr Trent in action!! alongside a host of others like Webster & Zaki....

The Basement
Underground House with the legends;
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- OSUNLADE
- RON TRENT

with support from

- Kellilicious
- Hamish Dunn & Dave Lynam (Soulogic)

The Terrace
Deep, tech House;
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- CHARLES WEBSTER
- ZAKI
- MANISH

The Loft
The future sound of House with Shameless;
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- Toni C & Plastic Pippo
- Eightbitrate

The Apothecary
The finest Soulful House;
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- Moi launch party
- Bobbie Anderson / Anna Kiss / Booker T
- Alix Jinx / Funkfanatic / Babyface Jay

The Garden
Smooth Latino House;
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- Matt Bandy
- Dove
- Mr XS & Scottie D
- DJ Lewi

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MUAK
With House Legends
Saturday 30th January
EGG
200 York Way
Kings Cross
London N7 9AP
Nearest Tube / Rail : Kings Cross
Bus: 390

Admission is £12.00 with an advance ticket, or £15.00 on the night.
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