Solardip are an indie-electro band from Istanbul, and the tracks they’ve sent keep popping up on my iPod and grabbing me for their absolutely captivating and addictive vocals from Duygu Aba, she reminds me of New Young Pony Club’s excellent Tahita Bulmer, and their tracks are written perfectly to make the best of her voice. I actually can’t stop listening.
Here’s a video teaser for their debut album The Future Now, out April on Remoov Records.
Here are some free goodies well worth a download.
They’ve been popping up again and again, next to all the great tracks I’m hearing in mixes; including Raffa FL‘s Hot For You out tomorrow (with an excellent choice of remixes from Climbers and Hot Since 82), and Rebel‘s Fake Choices coming later in the year. It looks like Electronique knows how to pick ‘em.
The label was started in Manchester by promoter Simon Heslin, and they now run nights at Sankeys, The Attic and Cord in the area, as well as venturing to Ibiza in the summer months.
They’re set to release a little taster of Miami too, with their WMC 2012 sampler coming next week:
I seem to share some tastes with one of my favourite DJs Thomas Koch aka DJ T; as not only did he remix one of my favourite tracks to play out, the uber-classic DJ Le Roi feat. Roland Clarke, I Get Deep, for Get Physical‘s remix package in January this year, he’s also currently working on one of my down-time favourites, the beautiful Changed by Mario & Vidis, for release later in the year.
He’s been having a break in Hawaii pre-the craziness that begins with Miami Winter Music Festival in March (we’ll be seeing him at the Get Physical party as well as some of the Electric Pickle appearances), and he’s done a little mix while he’s there. The Mario & Vidis remix is 1hr 12 minutes into the mix; the man is so smooth it’s untrue – have a listen.
I love the ravey, hip-hoppy bits from about half an hour onwards. Absolutely great Ibiza Voice podcast from our man in Leeds Robert James.
Sean Roman’s bio tells us he’s ‘Deep North affiliated,’ which, on closer inspection, turns out to be a music collective from Toronto, running nights and recording mixes. The Deep North name suits Sean Roman’s smooth and bassy brand of deep house, peppered with sexy vocals and nostalgic plinky-plonky metallicky chimes (see Passion Crimes). Strangely enough his roots are in drum n bass, under his Mutt moniker, but you can definitely hear the garagey basslines and high-pitched vocals in tracks like Phone Call and I think that’s what tickles me the most – I feel like I’m 13 again and turning up my parents’ stereo to the likes of Artful Dodger, but it’s a guilty pleasure that’s grown up into something a bit more rounded. See what I mean:
He’s responsible for the beautiful, epic, and much-played Sinnaman on Assembly Records last year, his track Sarah’s Song appeared on Hot Waves 2, and 2012 has already been jam packed, with two eps in 10 days; the Staring EP on Molotov21 and the latest This Thang EP on Neim.
He’s also got a side project that goes under White Lions and is often to be seen on My Favourite Robot compilations with label-mate James Teej - just listen to the bass kick in at 1min 30 on this little beauty.
Here’s a little mix to get you started, from the excellent Gotta Dance Dirty blog. Worth noting are Passion Crimes (41mins) and What I’m Missing (7mins), both on an EP coming to Miguel Campbell‘s Outcross Records in March.
Tracklist
1.Solomun – Something We All Adore – Supernature
2.James Fox – New Jack Swing (Sean Roman Slight Alterations Edit) – Well Rounded Housing Project
3.Sean Roman – What I’m Missing – Outcross
4.Green Velvet – Flash (Jamie Jones Remix) – Relief Records
5.Jacques Greene – Motivation – Greene01
6.Maceo Plex – Stay High Baby – Ellum Audio
7.My Favorite Robot – Forest Fires – Visionquest
8.Beep Dee – Step by Step – Molotov21
9.Toby Tobias – Tommorrow’s Bringing (Lee Foss My Hands Smell Like Sleep Remix) – More Music
10. Sean Roman – Passion Crime’s – Outcross
11. Tboy – As U (Sean Roman Sweater Remix) – Neim
12. White Lions – Exit Strategy – Act Natural
Our friend Jay from Jac The Disco has been around the world and back in the last year or so, we’re constrantly green with envy at the latest scuba diving shot or amazing Eastern sunset, and it seems he’s been keeping a hand firmly on the decks in that time, while partner-in-crime Pac represents in London at his Legendary Children night, as well as appearances at Disco Bloodbath at XOYO.
They’re soon to be reunited, so we thought we’d pass on this little piece of paradise from the island of Koh Tao.
Tracklist
01 Metronomy – Heartbreaker (Diskjokke Remix)
02 Midnight Line – Drop Me A Line (Mano Le Tough Remix)
03 Maceo Plex – Aint That Love
04 Benoit & Sergio – Principles
05 Max Essa – How Do You Feel (Kim Ann Foxman Remix)
06 Stubbs – Good Morning, Good Day
07 Spank Rock – Energy (Glimmers Remix)
08 Soha – Les Enfants Du Bled
09 Clock Opera – Once And For All – (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
10 Cock N Bull Kid – Asthma Attack (Stopmakingme Remix)
11 Booby – Moobeech
12 Mitzi – India (Joakim Remix)
13 Hercules & Love Affair – Painted Eyes (Wolfram Remix)
14 Connan Mockasin – Faking Jazz Together (Michael Mayer Remix)
Tierkratz have been quietly sending us great mixtapes for a while now, and this one, like the others, is wonderfully listen-on-repeat-able, it smoothly bounces along, starting with the beautiful Cream by Claptone (released this week on Exploited), also featuring the first of their own productions that I’ve heard as yet, U Don’t Know nestled in the middle.
I love the man, and two hours of him on the essential mix is going to make my day. Have a listen.
You snooze you lose, especially on something as huge as Dan Pearce (Eats Everything) and Chris James‘s collaboration Coat of Arms and their bimonthly mixtapes. I was slow off the mark on the December-January mix, so I’m going to share February-March with you while it’s fresh. So fresh, in fact, that we don’t have a tracklist yet, but I’ll add it in as soon as we get it.
Vaults are on the decks at The Book Club tonight from 8 – 11, and tomorrow at The Hospital Club from 8.30 – 1.30. Tomorrow’s is guestlist only, so email [email protected] if you want to do a little dancing…