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Days of Being Wild

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Out 3 December, Eskimo Twins are back with Apikoros EP on new(ish) label Days of Being Wild (With remixes from Red Axes, Tomas More, The Countach and Hotel International). It’s a suitable home for Nathan and Tim; Days of Being Wild describe their releases as ‘From disco to techno. Slightly deranged club music.’

Utterly epic from start to finish, doom-laden bass, percussion and bleeps – very characteristic of their metal-influenced brand of club music, but completely developed into a sustained build with a little touch of disco that you can’t help going back to.

They’ve done a podcast to accompany the mix with all three of the tracks in, listen out for the amazing Ariam:

1. Egyptian Hip Hop – SYH
2. Rory Phillips – E-Bow
3. The Eyes In The Heat – Blood (Daniel Avery Remix)
4. Peaking Lights – Beautiful Son (Eskimo Twins Remix)
5. Mock & Toof – My Head
6. Chicken Lips – D.R.O.M.P. (Robi Insinna-Headman Remix)
7. Eskimo Twins – Akashic
8. Daniel Avery – Receptionist
9. Eskimo Twins – Ariam
10. Roisin Murphy – Simulation (Mano Le Tough Remix)
11. Eskimo Twins – Apikoros
12. Simian Mobile Disco – Breaking Times

Program Me

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It was announced last week that Hideout Festival has sold out, and it’s yet another year that we’ve desperately wanted to go and just not got our acts together in time. But, too many festivals, too many DJs, too many countries, too little time, you know? This one is exceptionally good though, on a beautiful Croatian island and with pool/beach/boat parties from the likes of Heidi‘s Jackathon, Wax:On, Crosstown Rebels and Dirtybird.

Our good friends Eskimo Twins are playing, and have been back in the studio working on some new material together. They’ve kindly agreed to give away a rework of Bruce Haack‘s 1970s Program Me from the album The Electric Lucifer, keeping some of the psychedelia and the Apocalypse Now style jungle-mystery and adding in a heavy dose of cowbell and metal-infused whispers.

You can also download their April mix, so whet your appetite with these:

The Eskimo Twins’ 2011 Mix Up

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The season of the Best of list is well and truly upon us. My iTunes has certainly benefited recently from multiple Top 2011 Albums lists and the odd gift voucher or two from distant relatives…

So, in the spirit of 2011 reflection, the lovely Eskimo Twins have sent us their fantastic End of 2011 Mix to get us up and out of the turkey haze and into the New Year party zone. It’s packed full of lovely memories and moments from a great year for electronic music. Enjoy!

Eskimo Twins – End of 2011 Mix
Tracklist:
Com.A- Fiction
Blondes – Pleasure
People Get Real – Deep Breath (Eskimo Twins Remix)
Art Department feat. Soul Clap & Osunlade – We Call Love (DJ Harvey Remix)
Todd Terje – Ragysh
Joakim & Krikor – Azid
Azari & iii – Reckless With Your Love (Tiga Remix)
Punks Jump Up – Chimes (Say Yes to Another Excess Remix)
Jaymo & Andy George – Midnight (Light Year Remix)
Moby – After (Paul Woolford Remix)
Gingy & Bordello – Body Acid (Kink’S On Acid Remox)
Shadow Dancer – Parallax
DJ Mehdi – Pocket Piano (Joakim Remix)

Right in the Tabernacles

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Heretic‘s sent us the perfect mix to extend that Bank Holiday party. Pick yourself back up and GET BACK OUT THERE.

Heretic – ‘Right In The Tabernacles’ Mix
Tracklist
1. Nakion – Oh Ah!
2. Lifelike – Heatwave
3. Yuksek – On A Train (The Magician Remix)
4. Den Haan – Digital Fantasy
5. Aeroplane – My Enemy (Rex The Dog Remix)
6. Shadow Dancer – Catmoves
7. Sepultura – Roots Bloody Roots
8. Mixhell – Highly Explitic (Brodinski Remix)
9. Hey Today! – Minor (Para One Remix)
10. Heretic – Program / Yourself
11. Orbital – Chime (Heretic Rework)
12. Brodinski – Manifesto
13. Big Mister Doom – Bunk

Heretic

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James Murphy said on the Part Of The Weekend Never Dies Soulwax documentary, “Every DJ should be forced to be in a punk band for a year.” He’s put his finger on an important ingredient in what I’ve been trying to describe as my ultimate favourite sub-sub-sub genre for years now; it’s indie-electro-tech-rock with or without a bonus helping of post-punk vocals. Oh, and don’t forget the rave.

I think there are a few people out there understand what I mean (basically, that people who like rock, indie and punk make great electro). The Kill Em All crew for one, and the Wax:On label for another. That influence of another genre: rock or indie when we were teenagers or further back, whatever our dads played us on the old record player when we were kids. This manifests itself in electro productions as a dark grinding industrial sound that I just love.

Tim Clerkin off of Eskimo Twins is one of those people who keeps his rock influences at the forefront when making records, and it shows in heavy metallic bass and thumping beats. His partner in crime Nathan’s been travelling for a few weeks and Tim’s put down a couple of tracks under his Heretic moniker. Hopefully you can see what I mean below: perfect industrial electro with clear rave roots. Pretty good on any dancefloor.

Program / Yourself by HereticUK

Orbital – Chime (Heretic Rework) by HereticUK

Woody’s Roundup

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There’s nothing like the fear of never being able to leave your house again as it’s piled high with drifts of snow to make you rush out and have a dance while you still can. As ever, London has superbly risen to the occasion and offered a few goodies to stagger to after the office Christmas party.

Tonight Stopmakingme, Pete Herbert and Prince Pac play at The Book Club for the Big In Japan Christmas party, Retro/Grade join Villa and Acid Girls for Scandalism at Stokey’s The Nest, Motor City Drum Ensemble play at Plastic People, and Tim Sheridan plays one of my all-time favouritely-titled nights VeryVeryWrongIndeed at Lightbox in Vauxhall. Dollop host XOYO with LuckyPDF and Dollop DJs, and Eskimo Twins are joining David E Sugar free at 93 Feet East.

Tomorrow promises no sleep for the wicked as Jackmode present round two of their Pelski nights at Counter Culture, with the big boys Jesse Rose, Zombie Disco Squad, Oliver $ and Jet Project. Mr Rose was spotted grooving in the crowd to Round Table Knights last time we attended so it’ll be interesting to see how he enjoys making us move. There’s another legendary 2020 Vision party with Tensnake, Lindstrom and Crazy P, and Soul Clap are rocking Hearn Street Car Park with their Yoyoyo 90s Jam Rave E-Dition. If you’re up North (even if you’re not it’s only 2 hours on the pendolino from Euston) Wolf + Lamb have their Christmas party at Sankeys, with Gadi Mizrahi and the lovely Nicolas Jaar. Way down South My Heroes Killed Cowboys in Cornwall hosts Filthy Dukes and Stopmakingme.

Enough to dance those icicles away I’d say.

Here are some tracks to help with that:
Heartik – Wax Works (Mowgli Remix)
Prince Club – La Charma pt. 2 (Prince Club Sub-Marine Mix)
OMD – Sister Marie Says (Stopmakingme Remix)
Lykke Li – Get Some (Beck Remix) [Lykke Li remixed by Beck? Yes please]
Davide Squillace – The Other Side of the Bed
Yeasayer – Madder Red (Munk Remix)
Feed Me – Jolie [Feed Me are the latest signing to Deadmau5's Mau5trap label. Expect the Feed Me's Big Adventure EP in January]

Woody’s Roundup

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There’s nothing like a little drop of escapism to jog one out of work mode and into playtime. Tonight we’re doing the triple – heading over to The Book Club for Hold Still (Tim Filthy Dukes), then Counter Culture to see Stopmakingme, Punks Jump Up, Lee Mortimer and Justin Robertson, and over at Village Underground Kitsune have invited Rory Phillips, Jamaica, Classixx, Is Tropical and The Twelves to their party at Village Underground. If you don’t have tickets to this beware – they’ve only got limited numbers on the door. Down South Caribou and Four Tet are playing at the Coronet and Ramadanman is at Corsica Studios.

Tomorrow it’s The C90s Shine A Light single launch at the Lock Tavern, 20:20 Soundsystem are at Fabric, Doldrums brings Joy Orbison to Plan B, and Bugged Out/Greco Roman at XOYO sees Drop The Lime take to the decks.

Here are a few little treats from the digital world this week, notably some boogie funk from Kraak & Smaak. Yes, it’s true, listen for yourselves:
Kraak and Smaak – Dynamite (Kraak & Smaak’s Boogie Funk Version) – the new Dynamite EP is out exclusively on Beatport from 22 November, elsewhere 6 December.
Clock Opera – Once And For All (Little Loud Remix) The Hundred in the Hands – Commotion (Tiger & Woods Remix)
RAF – Self Control (Bottin Edit)
Mumdance – So Squalid Instrumental
Joe and Will Ask – Clive Onion
Selebrities – When I Look at You
Download all in one go: Woody 32

Some very nice little releases next week: Tony Senghore‘s new EP Score is out Monday 22nd, as is Stopmakingme’s Wrapped in Plastic on Kill Em All.

Also well worth a listen: Eskimo Twins on the remix of Everything Everything. Two names we always like to hear, and when you mix them together you get:
Everything Everything – Photoshop Handsome (Eskimo Twins Remix) by Eskimo Twins

Woody’s Roundup

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Sunday is officially the new Thursday, although Thursdays seem to be going VERY strong, and special commendation on that front goes to Joe and Will Ask?‘s new night Vikings at one of our favourite bars in Spitalfields – Gramaphone on Commercial Street. I’ve always had adventures there and last night was soundtracked by Joe and Will Ask? and Eskimo Twins. A pretty stonking line up for a Thursday, and it’s being repeated every second thursday of the month.

Joe and Will Ask? Mix for Vikings

Counter Culture was pretty much my perfect club night last weekend, and tonight they’ve got Night Slugs label night, with Girl-Unit joining Bok Bok and L-Vis 1990. We’re off to Roundhouse for Chromeo and Midnight Juggernauts, then the after party at XOYO. We’ll be popping into Vogue Fabrics on the way home for Public House with the first of their Residents Fiasco series. Tomorrow Trailer Trash team up with Nuke Em All for Trash Em All at XOYO with Zombie Nation live and A1 Bassline, and new night You Again! starts at Question Mark bar in Stoke Newington.

As for Sunday, free party with Busy P and DJ Mehdi? Yes please. So I guess the moral of this story is: Go Out. Every night.

Cory Blaine – Hot Plate (Zombie Disco Squad Remix)
Monkey Safari – Those Dancing Days
Jet Project – Bombay Revolution Bootleg
Djuma Soundsystem – Junkies vs Rain
Zombie Nation – Overshoot (DJ Mehdi Remix)
Tronik Youth – Think (Radio Edit)
Light Year – Marcellus (thanks to Bang Gang for also giving away a free download of Light Year’s Public Service Announcement from the Five Girls EP)
OR: Woody 31.ZIP

Bang Gang does August

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Bang Gang‘s latest podcast is up and running and the tracklist looks FIERCE. Heavyweights including Bobmo, Eskimo Twins, and The Krays.

See for yourselves.

Bang Gang August Top 12 mix

Tracklist
1. Aeroplane – Superstar (The Krays Remix)
2. Eskimo Twins – Judas (Justin Robertson Remix)
3. Bobmo – My House
4. Hey Today – Strange (Munk Remix)
5. Clouds – Splatter Pie
6. !!! – Wannagain Wannagain
7. Massimo Massivi – Put Your Hands Up, Put Your Hands Down
8. Discodeine – Falkenberg (Pilooski Remix)
9. Boys Noize – Yeah
10. Siskid – Gun Stubbs (Rebelledo Remix)
11. Discodeine – Singular Ft Matias Aguayo
12. XX – Shelter (Tiga Remix)