TRACKLIST:
1: DEADBEAT – Grounation (Berghain Drum Jack)
2: KENNY LARKIN – Tedra
3: LAZYBATSU – Novogiorno
4: ROY DAVIS Jr. – I Have A Vision feat. Erin Martin
5: ABASSI ALL STARS – Chant Down Babylon In Dub
6: STARKEY – Time Traveler
7: SHUT UP AND DANCE – Epileptic (Martyn’s no strobe mix)
8: GEENEUS – As I
9: MARTYN – Velvet
10: VIRUS SYNDICATE – Apollo (Various remix)
11: POINT B – E Blade
12: JOKER & RUSTIE – Play Doe
TRACKLIST
1: Tonya Renee – About You (Karizma Boucha Remix)
2: Trackheadz feat. Zaki – Feel (Vocal Mix)
3: Nu Birth – Anytime
4: Smokin Beats Feat Lyn Eden – Dreams
5: Mosca – Done Me Wrong
6: Todd Edwards – I Might Be (MJ Cole Remix)
7: Todd Edwards – Saved My Life
8: Industry Standard – What You Want
9: Danny J Lewis – Spend the Night
10: TJR – Just Gets Better (TJR Dub) [feat. Xavie]
11: Somore – I Refuse (What You Want) [Industry Standard Mix]
12: Deetah – Relax (Bump and Flex Full Flava Groove)
13: Grant Nelson – Rhode House
14: Kele Le Roc – My Love
15: Dem 2 – Destiny
16: Fish Go Deep & Tracey K – The Cure & the Cause (Dennis Ferrer Remix)
17: Ill Blu – Bellion
18: Fuzzy Logic ft Egypt – In The Morning
19: Ramadanman & Midland – Your Words Matter
20: Falty DL – My Friends Will Always Say
21: George Fitzgerald – The Let Down
22: The Martinez Brothers – Debbie Downer
23: Jacques Greene – (Baby I Don’t Know) What you Want
24: Scuba – Adrenalin
25: Scuba – Loss (Original)
26: Jamie XX – Far Nearer
Our good friends Black Cherry have release a new singles called ‘We’ll Never Know‘ which is a free download! Have a listen below.
To go with that, our very own Eagles For Hands has dropped an amazing remix to go with it, which is also FREE!!!!!!! Have a listen and download the WAV below.
We are back at The London Fields pub, this Friday! We are looking forward to playing a pure vibes session. Special guests include a House set from Dark Arx and Tune Tourist dropping the freshest Hip-Hop form the 90′s.
I have been talking to Δ Δ since November/December last year and have also posted up some of his music. I am particularly proud to rep this guy seeing as he is a fellow Greek (not many of us are doin’ it)! He has been kind enough to answer some questions and put down a special Get Some mix, great tracklist by the way, so have a read and listen and waste the rest of the afternoon with us!
GET SOME X Δ Δ INTERVIEW
Who are you and what do you do? I’m Dimitri, I write and produce electronic music as Δ Δ.
Where are you currently based? I live in Athens, Greece.
When did you first get involved with music and what were you doing? I started playing music at the age of 12, when my parents got me my very own drum kit. I guess something must have clicked right then and there…
What’s your background as a music maker? For years I was playing drums in local hardcore and punk bands, but always felt the need to work on something completely different. Being a self taught drummer with no formal musical training whatsoever, it was scary and exciting to find ways in which I could compose music.
The first time I recorded something on my own was when I got an old microphone and started recording sounds and chopping them up into small loops. It sounded like crap at the time, but it felt good doing it, so I never stopped. Since then I try to get my hands on whatever makes a sound.
What were the musical influences of your childhood? I grew up on a steady diet of hardcore punk and hip hop, stuff like Wu-Tang, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Eazy-E, but I was fascinated by electronic music, Kraftwerk, Aphex Twin, LFO and The Future Sound of London being the first that come to mind.
At the time I discovered most things through my older brother, who’s been instrumental in my involvement with music. I remember going through every record I could get my hands on and carefully studying the structures of songs, the textures and the groove.
What musicians and producers have had the biggest impact on your life and productions? There are just so many to mention. I’ve been a record nerd all my life, so this has always been the hardest question to answer. I’m always interested in things I don’t know, so whenever I discover something new, I immediately get lost in it. If I had to narrow it down to only a few, off the top of my head I’d have to say anything involving Gerald Donald (Drexciya, Dopplereffekt, Arpanet, Der Zyklus etc), Low, Muslimgauze, Minutemen, Ryoji Ikeda, Legowelt, Aphex Twin, Giorgio Moroder, Raymond Scott, Townes Van Zandt, Vince Clarke, Fennesz, The Beach Boys, Popol Vuh, David Axelrod, Pierre Henry…
How would you describe your music? There’s a question I usually avoid. I wouldn’t know how to describe it really, since I don’t operate within a particular style or sound. A song starts when i stumble upon a sound I can mess around with and from there it evolves gradually over time into the final composition.
How has the music industry changed since you first got involved? In your opinion, has the online revolution has a positive effect on what you do and the music industry? Obviously it’s had a positive effect, as it creates whole new possibilities and allows you a place to exist, a distinctive voice, which I find extremely liberating and fundamentally human. Of course, it only makes sense that music is moving parallel to the rate communications and the internet are evolving. As far the industry itself is concerned, I’d like to believe that people who bought records and are interested in music will keep on buying records and supporting the people that created them. MP3s are like the flyers of this generation. The record on the other hand has a life of its own. I never heard of anyone fetishizing over something as lifeless as an MP3.
If you had all the time and money in the world, what project would you embark on? A center for the research of electronic music and a label to publish that work. I was always fascinated by the work of early musique concrete studios and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, so the idea to recreate something within that spirit with the technologies that are available now, is definitely something i could imagine myself doing. Also, it’d be really funny to play music in lab coats.
Who do you think is the most interesting new artist at the moment and why? There’s so much good music out there, it’s difficult to pick just one. One who definitely deserves more recognition, even though he’s been around for a few years, is Maxmillion Dunbar. He’s got a really consistent body of work and has a lot more to offer. Just have a listen to “Cool Water” and you’ll see what I mean.
What can we expect from you in 2011? “Sportex” will be out soon on Pushing Red with a remix by Ikonika, it’s my very first release and I honestly couldn’t think of a better way to start the year! Hopefully, more releases and gigs will follow along the way, I’ve yet to see where it all takes me…
Who should we be watching in 2011? Boddika, Instra:mental, Raime, Blawan, Joe, Giganta, Riffs, Vital Heat. Keep your ears open and you’ll find amazing music where you least expect it.
Where would you like your music and life to be in 12 months? 12 months is a long time, I don’t even know where i’m gonna be tomorrow, let alone in 12 months from now. Hopefully, my dog will finally find a mate, my cat’s leg will heal and I’ll find a few more sounds to mess around with.
And finally, please complete the following sentence… GET SOME… SLEEP
TRACKLIST 01. Autechre – Nine
02. Lukid – Foma
03. Arovane – Pink Lilies
04. Boards of Canada – Beware the Friendly Stranger
05. The Advisory Circle – Frozen Ponds PIF
06. LFO – Simon From Sydney
07. The Future Sound of London – Cascade (Part 1)
08. Oval – Kardamom
09. Cornelius – Like a Rolling Stone
10. Fennesz – Circassian
11. Belbury Poly – Clockwork Orange
12. Global Communication – 5 23
13. Omar-S – Psychotic Photosynthesis (No Drum Mix)
14. Jean-Luc Ponty – Computer Incantations for World Peace
15. Oneohtrix Point Never – Betrayed in the Octagon
16. Russ Garcia – Moon Rise
Here’s an early X-Mas gift, a revisit to a couple of the great mixes made for us this year form R1 Ryders, Greena, Simbad and special instrumental mix we ran by Pictures Music. Check it!
A dose of purple induced funky to kick your Monday morning off. Boabinga’s latest release on the BUILD label, teaming up here with Mensah and DVA. Wavey!
Adam over at Things I’ve Seen asked us to do a little interview, and we think it came out alright! You can read / listen here: GET SOME DROP THE TRUTH. Cheers Adam.
Not a lot needs to be said about this really, two legends in the UK dance scene have teamed up in Wiley and MJ Cole and here is a clip of their work, a VERY good look if you ask me. Check it out.
EASY, with only a few days to go it is time to unleash some music! Simbad has dropped a little mix, exclusive to GET SOME, and kindly let us interview him in the build up to Saturday nights rave, can’t wait! So have a read and have a listen, then get yourself down to Gramaphone and enjoy the party!
PEACE&OUZO
GET SOME INTERVIEW SIMBAD Who are you and what do you do? I make msuic & dj, have used many aliases when released in the past but im trying to stick just to Simbad deze days…
Where are you currently based? Mainly in London but spending 1/3 of every year in da US
When did you first get involved with music and what were you doing? As a teenager I picked up the saxophone and started playin in bands and got heavily into jazz & funk then moved to Paris in the mid-90′s where i was putting on Jungle & DNB nites with a crew, finally moved to London when i was 19 to pursue my dreams… Had to do many shitty jobs while playing with musicians on the side but got to do loads of session work in studios, mainly house & garage. Then met another french fella called Fred McQuinn and we started our own studio and label (we were releasing under Marathon Men) , thats when i really got into the whole production & record collecting (was workin in some record shops in Soho @ that time too)…
How has the music industry changed since you first got involved? In your opinion, has the online revolution has a positive effect on what you do and the music industry? Well back in da days we would press a 12” and live of it for months easily (as music was selling well in general) and everything was much more ‘physical’ or hand on hand, whether in da studio regarding the gear (hardware equipement like compressors, mixing desk, reverb units etc…) , record releases or carryin crates of vinyl to your gigs you know ? The whole digital revolution had some positive effects regarding freedom of expression & exposure via non-physical mediums but the whole game has changed tremendously, not only money-wise but also substantially…
Like nowadays i feel the information behind a tune or an album has been lost, no more credits attached to it too much and the sound resolution in quality has somehow diminished and we’re getting used to it !! It seems that there’s a lack of knowledge in certain areas and that kinda bothers me coz its as if technology has made our brains regress instead of progressing, we almost leave the computer to do all the thinking and thats fucked up in my humble opinion… I mean its amazing what we can do now with computers just digitally in creativity and all that, but its important to know also what we’re worth just as simple human beings and how we relate to our context in different ways… Hahaha not that i wanna sound patronizing but you know what im sayin ???
Do you find there to be a prejudice against DJ’s who use MP3′s and is software like Ableton Live bridging the gap? Mmmh not really, i mean again its a question of taste and creativity really… You can have the best tunes and not connect with an audience, wether its coz you’re playin’ low resolution mp3′s via your laptop (so the frequency spectrum of the music is totally diminished therefore we can’t feel it through the sound-system) or coz you just dont pay attention to the vibe and just look at your screen all nite LOL but naaaaaaah you can really exploit that digital side of playing in a positive way… Its about energy and emotions & fun @ the end of the day right? (and BASS hahaha)
Personally I still prefer vinyls and cds for the physical touch and the randomness of human error opposed to a robotic flawless pattern of a software… But thats me yo !!! Loads of my fellow dj friends do really great things with Serato and Ableton and i do admire them, somehow its all about being original and being yourself… The way you do it isnt too much of an issue no more… Just spread da love yooooo
What can we expect form Simbad in 2010? Few singles about to come out on a few labels (Defected, 2nd Drop and a few others TBC) and still loads of remixes (Simbad Remixes VOL 2 due any minute on Key Rec.), gotta mix down some collabs projects too (with Cooly G, Deetron, Von D, Fred P, Karizma , Son Of Kick etc…) and more travelling i guess… The Donn T album that i produced in Philly in 2008 has just come out (she’s Questlove sister) and im still rapping up this booogie / funk project featuring some dope singers in the states for a respected label from LA… Also finishing a compilation for Brownswood Rec. with exclusive material from various peeps, quite exciting actually !
If your career in music was to end tomorrow, what would you do instead? Good question haha ! I pretty much live day by day and find it a blessing to survive doing what i love so i dont think about it too much… Maybe i would retire to the Himalayas and become a buddhist monk LOL
Who should we be watching in 2010? What you eat LOL !!! Musically ?? A singer from South Africa called Brian Temba, a french producer named Klimaax, the next Stereotyp album all gone juke style, some Mark Pritchard newness that is out of this world, guys like ID & Baobinga, Airhead, Midland, Trilogy or DNB cat Steve Lynx makin sick beats … The next Disiz & Grems album (the 2 best french rappers) … Labels like Night Slugs, Deep Teknologi, Record Breakin’, Numbers plus all your favourite producers and bands haha
And finally, please complete the following sentence… GET SOME… love (let’s)
TRACKLIST 1: Earl Flint – People Hold On (CBS)
2: Mike Dunn – Prey (CDR)
3: Kink – E79 (Ovum)
4: Izzi Dunn – Nothing But Love (Bugz In The Attic Dub) (CDR)
5: Doc Daneeka – Hold On (Ramp)
6: Simbad – Pilgrimage (CDR)
7: Dubbel Dutch – Throwback (Palms Out)
8: Ave Blast – Glow In The Dark (CDR)
9: Mj Cole – Thekla Riddim (Prolific)
10: Africa Hitech – Do You Really Wanna Fight (CDR)
11: Midland – Play The Game (CDR)
12: LD Vs Cluekid – Jay’s Reese (Ringo)
13: Plan B – Prayin (Breakage Remix) (CDR)
14: Aquadrop – Hyper (Eight FX) (Edit) (CDR)
15: Unknown – Chatte Pa La (Edit) (White)
The new Lil Silva release is an EP I can’t get enough of right now. I am a huge fan of Night Slugs and what BokBok and the boys have been doing over the last couple of years. With every release they drop I have a listen and can’t decide what it is I like about them, I put the tracks out of sight for a week and then revisit them just to be absolutely blown away! The new Lil Silva EP was no different, I didn’t get it immediately but ‘Gold To Get’ and ‘Pulse vs Flex’ are massive tunes and the full six tracks that are on ”Night Skanker’ are all worth a listen. BIG MIX, BIG RELEASE, these guys are taking over! Have a little listen to the tracks below and get out and buy a copy!!!!
If you came to GET SOME on Saturday, thanks you. if not, here’s what you missed… A massive thank you to Greymatter, R1 Ryders, Pariah, G-Double and the Essex boys for making the night what it was, BIG!
