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Woody’s Roundup

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Many of you are lucky enough to be on the South Coast this weekend to kick off the festival season with The Great Escape in Brighton, and we’ll have reports next week, but Audio and Digital alone will be seeing the likes of d/r/u/g/s, Actress, Little Dragon, Ghostpoet, Kill Em All, Caribou, TEED, Black Devil Disco Club… as well as the festival itself in various venues around the seafront.

Following on from last week I’m still thinking about new releases, mainly because Dirtybird 50 has just come out. New names to me, and all of them stompers. Listen here.
This all means that in London town, we’ve got launches galore, as 6th Borough Project & The Revenge play Warm at Plastic People to celebrate the new album One Night In the Borough (which is bloody good), Fabric are launching Jackmaster‘s Fabric 57 mix, with Hudson Mohawke and SBTRKT live, and The 2 Bears join Toddla T at The Nest to celebrate the Bear Hug EP.
Fittingly, The 2 Bears have remixed Toddla T’s Take It Back (we posted the Dillon Francis mix last week) so you can have a listen here:
Toddla T – Take It Back (The 2 Bears Remix) by The 2 Bears
Nice work all round.
Tomorrow Round Table Knights take over 7-9 Crucifix Lane (this was called Counter Culture for a while and is one of my all time favourite London venues. I cannot recommend it enough, the vibe is like naughty children having a house party while the parents are away) for the Say What? album launch party. Partypartyparty gogogo.

Afrojack – Pop On Acid
Slice & Soda – Year of the Dragon (Villa Mix)
Ghost Eyes – Phantom Mountain (Stopmakingme Remix) [via Planet Notion]
Mario & Vidis feat. Ernesto – Changed
Round Table Knights – Paparussi (L-Vis 1990 & The Neon Dreams Remix) [from the limited edition vinyl pressing of Round Table Knights Remixes]
Tiga – Sex O’Clock (Matias Aguayo remix)
Jargon – Disappoint you (High Rankin remix)
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From Lithuania With Love

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Mario Basanov is responsible for the kind of beautiful records that you catch snippets of floating on a breeze, or that quietly enter your subconscious on a sunny day. Crystal clear vocals fuse with sparing yet sensitive bass just perfect for a Sunday afternoon.

His real name is Marijus Adomaitis, and he’s a secret genius, producing for an array of other artists, ranging broadly from jazz records, to pop, to his own style of deep house. His studio work is included in the Metal on Metal remixes of Kissy Sell Out‘s Her, Bloc Party‘s Flux and New Young Pony Club‘s Ice Cream.

We began to take notice when we heard the very lovely I’ll Be Gone, and other tracks to go and check out are: Caribbean Girl (Ilya Santana Remix), In My System (Make You Move) featuring Kathy Diamond, and Who’s Shot the Silence (released in 2009 as a limited 1000-copy edition).

He’s working with Australian label Future Classic (also home to Classixx), and their Après 4 Compilation Ep combines the wonders of Basanov, Arithmatix! and The 6th Borough Project. They call it ‘slo mo noughties house,’ and it is indeed perfect for the après party.

The latest Mario Basanov partnership is with fellow Lithuanian Vidis, and their first single Test came out as an exclusive download with Juno yesterday. The first album is due for release in June, so to celebrate they have their UK debut at the beautiful Adam Street Members Club near The Strand on 14th May.

Have a listen:

Mario Basanov – Who’s Shot the Silence? (aout6 sweaty remix)

Mario Basanov – Do You Remember (Arithmatix! Remix)