Monthly Archives: July 2010

Woody’s Roundup: Field Day

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Let me back up! Field Day has now held its place firmly on the music-loving Londoner’s radar for 4 years. Slightly slow out of the blocks, we first got involved in 2008; a superbly messy affair. Our Field Days have been plagued by the weather that typifies Glastonbury, but also energised by the atmosphere that makes it. Perhaps 2010 is the year the drenched festival curse will be broken in Victoria Park too?

Field Day 2010 will mark our hat-trick, so it may come as no surprise that we thought we’d jump on the Field Day warm-up bandwagon and put out a little post for you all. As suspected, in writing this, one of the most exciting things about Field Day has been looking back. The promoters and programmers are like the Mystic Megs of modern music. Scrolling through the line-ups from 2007-2009, they read like the boards of a rather successful bookie:

2007 – Bat for Lashes, Florence and the Machine, Caribou, Filthy Dukes, Foals, Justice, Late of the Pier, Zombie Disco Squad.
2008 – Brodinski, Crookers, Magistrates, Simian Mobile Disco, White Lies, Wild Beasts.
2009 – Aeroplane, Big Pink, Delphic, Errors, Fake Blood, Mumford & Sons, Santigold, The Temper Trap, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs.

At the time, it was all those people you’d never stumbled across before. Or, that you only had a sort of an inkling you might like. Then, maybe like us, you just had a little wander over, just to see what the blogosphere fuss was really about and all of a sudden you were a fan!

The 2010 spectacle is already complemented by the more ‘commercial’ resurgence in Electronic music. Upward climbing artists, perhaps most notably, names like Egyptian Hip Hop, Gold Panda, Hudson Mohawke, Memory Tapes, Mount Kimbie, Pantha Du Prince, Phoenix and Tensnake stand side by side as equals with their lesser known counterparts, and long-established champions of emerging music (Andrew Weatherall, Erol Alkan, Kieran Hebden, James Holden…). The range of stages caters for every fan, from the Small Disco drinkers of the Lock Tavern to the all-night ravers of the city’s disused east-end Car Parks and Karate Clubs. This, in turn, draws a crowd of hungry young trend setters eager to get a taste of the future legends of our generation.

So, in appreciation of the event’s keen eye for the charts of new and their sure fire tip-offs for the future, we have put together 2 little Zip packages for our Friday-weekly Woody’s Roundup. Links and track lists are below, plus a couple of our favourite mixes from the vaults for good measure. We hope you like it. It should provide some stereo fodder for the prelude, the after party and the recovery should you so require…

See you tomorrow.

Stars of 07 – 09 [zip]

Florence and the Machine – Drumming Song (Boy8bit mix)
Foals - Olympic Airways (Disjokke remix)
Justice – DANCE (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke mix)
Late of the Pier – Bathroom Gurgle (Tronik Youth mix)
Zombie Disco Squad - Esperanto
Aeroplane – Whispers (Love Affair mix)
Fake Blood – Mars

2010 Sampler [zip]

Gold Panda – You (Seams remix)
Pantha Du Prince – Behind the Stars
Brodinski – Arnold Classics (Tony Senghore Staggering & Daggering Mix )
Walls – Burnt Sienna
Mount Kimbie – Field

Mixes
Tensnake RA Podcast 187
Simian Mobile Disco – Forever Fabric
Andrew Weatherall – Dummy Mix July 2010

Art-fucky House

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Ivan Smagghe’s Beats In Space radio show drew my attention to Challenge, and their new EP Broken Clock. Challenge is house-heavyweights Pete Herbert and Tim Paris, who, along with Jef K founded the Marketing Music record label, ‘entirely dedicated to Tim’s music and crushes.’

Listen to the whole EP here – Resident Advisor calls it ‘art-fucky house,’ and all three tracks are fantastic:

Challenge – Broken Clock EP

BONUS: Ivan Smagghe – Planet Turbo Montreal 25 June 2010

Promise

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I was busy minding my own business last weekend, pottering around listening to a promo mix by Gadi Mizrahi for the Fabric blog, when a track caught my attention. A track so smooth, so fresh and so ridiculously funkaaay that I had to email Mr. Mizrahi and find out what on earth this was.

The track was Promise by a producer who calls himself Lump. Promise came from Lump’s Rain EP released as a 12” White Label on Amplified this year.
Lump – A Promise by One From The Vaults

Now, I don’t think Lump is new to this scene by any stretch of the imagination (in fact his back catalogue of releases appear to go back to 2002), but he is new to me. Information on Lump’s respective websites is limited, but browsing through previous reviews of his work you can grasp some of the facts. His name is Arttu Snellman and he is Finnish, though he lists his hometown as Lisbon. His MySpace bio explains he is, “The freezing man from Finland who makes strangely funky tracks to make this world a better place” and one of his tracks, Lord Only Knows, is described on SoundCloud as “Semi-detached House”.

Jokes aside, I don’t think that’s too far from the truth. It seems to be House but there’s something extra; perhaps the traces of Funk, Jazz and Soul gluing it all together. Perhaps, as is suggested by some reviews, track names and his MySpace name, ‘Lump Dub’ is actually an accurate classification. “Dub”, commonly misinterpreted, does not always require its Jamaican origins. Wikipedia (source of all facts) characterizes Dub music by “a ‘version’ or ‘double’ of an existing song, often instrumental, using B-sides of 45 RPM records… and typically with instruments and vocals dropping in and out of the mix”. For many of these tracks, that seems to fit. For instance, Promise must be a take on Lee Dorsey’s Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky (Gonh Be Funky LP, 1980).

Whatever it is, dig deeper than Promise and immerse yourself in the retro feel of these beautifully made records. My suggestion would be log onto his SoundCloud page, get comfortable and start at the top with It Must Be My Baby then, just let it play…

Wave Machines – Keep The Lights On (Lump Remix)

Gadi Mizrahi – Double Standard Crew Love Mix – Fabric Promo Mix – July 2010

Tracklist
Stevie Nicks – Stand Back
Soul Clap – Isley Experiment
Lump – Rain
The Mole – Oh My Stomach
Nick Holder – Black Jazz 8
Alex Smith – Here With Me feat. Diviniti
Girls on Top – I Wanna Dance With Numbers
Lump – A Promise
Rick Wade – Vanguard Cinema
FCL – Let’s Go
San Soda – Het Zwarte Kanon

The Best of Everything

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We’ve been very much enjoying this little CD made by the lovely Louis Brodinski and Institubes‘ DJ Orgasmic. The entire package consists of ‘The Hip Hop Side’ and ‘The Electro Side,’ and can be downloaded for free on their The Best of Everything blog. With party-starters like Christian Martin and Sebastien Leger on the tracklisting this mix is a perfect way to crank your way up into the week ahead.

Download: Best of Everything – The Electro Side

Tracklist
1. Jerome Sydenham & Dennis Ferrer – Timbuktu (Dark Rub Mix) (00 : 00)
2. M.in – The Beat (6 : 55)
3. Samuel L. Session – Can You Relate (8 : 27)
4. The Aikiu – Just Can’t Sleep (Egyptrixx Rmx) (12 : 28)
5. Christian Martin – Ghosts (16 : 30)
6. Sebastien Leger – Indian Shots (19 : 01)
7. Jan Driver – Tumble (24 : 23)
8. Umek – Sequence Of Shapes (27 : 09)
9. Makossa & Megablast – Soy Como Soy (29 : 40)
10. Fergie – Senderoff (Umek Rmx) (34 : 12)
11. Dominik Eulberg & Gabriel Ananda – Eucalypse Now! (37 : 13)
12. Style Of Eye – Puss Puss (41 : 00)
13. Mikix the Cat – Hot Block (45 : 32)
14. Tom Piper & Destroy Disco – Bender (Angger Dimas Rmx) (48 : 18)
15. Jackname Trouble – Light Again (Kink Rmx) (50 : 19)
16. Marcus Price & Carli – Var E Naaaken (Girl UNIT Rmx) (53 : 59)
17. Riot Kid – Voodoo (Lvis 1990 Rmx) (56 : 00)
18. The Phantom – Cambodia (57 : 57)
19. Aril Brikha – Winter (1 : 01 : 13)
20. Hot Chip Playboy (1 : 06 : 08)

From the Cradle to the Rave

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I trust DFA implicitly. When they tell me to listen, I listen. When they tell me something is good, it is good. They’ve earnt this trust: I can’t think of an example of their judgement being wrong in the many years that they’ve made New York City move.

Shit Robot AKA Dubliner Marcus Lambkin, has the full DFA backing for his first album, released 20 September on the label. And well he should, as his DFA connections span a decade, since he met James Murphy through his own label Plant Music, and they began playing Plant Bar in New York together. Murphy produced the album and sings alongside Lambkin on the track Triumph. Other guests include Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), Juan Maclean, Nancy Whang (LCD Soundsystem) and Saheer Umar from House of House. This debut has been a long time in the making, but Lambkin’s years of experience shine through in the musical integrity of the whole record – the tracks are characteristically heavy electro-disco without sounding the same, in part thanks to the different voices invited to add their lyrical contributions. DFA have released a little taster remixed by TBD, and for the rest you’ll have to wait a little while longer.

Shit Robot – I Found Love (TBD Remix)

From the Cradle to the Rave tracklist
1. Tuff Enuff? (feat. The Juan Maclean)
2. I Found Love
3. Losing My Patience (feat. Alexis Taylor)
4. Take ‘Em Up (feat. Nancy Whang)
5. Grim Receiver
6. Simple Things (Work it Out) (feat. Ian Svenonious)
7. Answering Machine
8. I Got a Feeling (feat. Saheer Umar)
9. Triumph!!!

Woody’s Roundup

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These bones are tired bones, but that’s nothing getting back on it won’t fix. Tonight Corsica Studios hosts the fifth Ekstravaganza party down in Elephant & Castle with Ivan Smagghe and Prins Thomas, and tomorrow the Get Physical crew bring their own brand of dark and dirty to Fabric, with M.A.N.D.Y on the decks. However, this week’s winner is… Soul Clap presents the T Bar Closing Party at Scrutton Street Warehouse tomorrow. The lineup is sent from heaven, in the shape of Soul Clap bringing the efunk, Nicolas Jaar and Floating Points. Did someone say party?

In other news, the Warehouse Project lineups for 2010 have been announced. It’s hard to put into words the excitement that comes from running to Euston after work, working ourselves up into a giggling mess on the 2 hour train journey, alighting in that wonderful city and following the surge of clubbers under the railway arches into the biggest undercover car park club you’ve ever been to. Book tickets here before they all sell out.

Here’s a few of the songs that have been feeding our stereos of late: Woody XVIII
Soul Clap – Extravaganza
Ladyhawke – Paris is Burning (Cut Copy remix)
Junior Boys – Teach Me How To Fight
Crystal Castles – Vietnam (Midnight Conspiracy Remix)
Matthew Dear – Soil to Seed
Green Velvet – Shake & Pop feat. Kid Sister
Diskokaine – Hall of Shame (Sidechains Remix)

The Count and Sinden‘s Mega Mega Mega album is released on Domino Records 23 August, and this track After Dark featuring Mystery Jets has been on repeat this week. A nice little dancing video for a Friday afternoon.

Kill em all, let God sort it out…

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We had a major clubbing conflict this weekend when our attendance at Lovebox prevented a visit to our local the Lock Tavern to see our favourites the Filthy Dukes alongside master of the cowbell Rory Phillips. Free Summer party, going on without us!

We were sad, but the Kill Em All crew have healed the hurt with their first radio show, featuring Filthy Dukes and Stopmakingme. Catch them this weekend at Secret Garden Party and next weekend at Field Day, and for a warm up mix listen to episode 1 of the radio show on Mixcloud.

Listen Up

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Ukranian DJ Yaaman‘s background is a hip-hop one, producing Rap and R&B records for other artists until a ‘music revolution’ led him to the electronic dance scene in 2009. At only 25, he has some big achievements under his belt, playing clubs since 2005, hosting a weekly radio show “Mixmagic” on MFM, and creating quintessentially electro-disco tracks worthy of the likes of Aeroplane and Villa. Beautifully crafted and layered, his productions combine the funk elements of hip hop with the finest electropop synths to make something pretty special.

See for yourselves:

Yaaman – Kangaroo

Yaaman – Sweet Dreams

Check out his soundcloud page for more tracks including the excellent Le Telescope.

A little bit of Havana

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Tom Flynn’s new Little Havana EP dropped on Anabatic on Wednesday featuring the crazy Latin vibes of Miami Lanza. It’s been subjected to some pretty exciting video treatment, shot in South Florida with free running groups Broward Parkour Movement and break dancers Indigo Flow Crew:

Tom kindly did a mix for us back in May which is available below. Miami Lanza falls right after the Tim Green mix of Mark Broom’s supersonic Supersnout.

Tom Flynn – One From The Vaults Mix

1. Mark Knight – Drug Music (Acapella)
2. Tim Green, Emerson Todd – Nail Clipper
3. Hermanez – Soms
4. Dani Casarano – La Tulipe
5. Tom Flynn – Just Can’t Play
6. Nick Curly – Say Something
7. Mark Broom – Supersnout (Tim Green remix)
8. Tom Flynn – Miami Lanza
9. Tom flynn – Jupiter
10. Steve Parker – Klik Klog
11. Matthew Dear, Seth Troxler – Hurt (Martinez remix)
12. Booka Shade – Regenerate (Tom Flynn remix)
13. War Paint – War Paint (Claude Vonstroke remix)