Scuba is the production and DJ alias of Paul Rose, the curator of Hotflush Recordings, a label, which having released some of the most important tracks of the formative period of dubstep, has grown into a leading player in the wider world of electronic music. A celebrated and influential DJ, Scuba was voted #25 in Resident Advisor’s 2011 poll of the world’s Top 100 DJs and has also been nominated for several categories in DJ Magazine’s Best of British 2011 Awards.
Earlier last year Scuba released his ‘Adrenalin’ EP, picking up radio plays from Zane Lowe, Annie Mac, and Rob Da Bank, illustrating how his sound has mutated into previously unexplored areas. Alongside ‘Adrenalin, Scuba also released his addition to K7!’s DJ Kicks series which has made notable appearances on several “Best of 2011″ lists.
On the 27th February, Scuba will release his third album through Hotflush. Entitled ‘Personality’ and featuring 11 brand new tracks, it takes in a wealth of genres across contemporary dance music, proving once again Scuba’s place at the cutting edge of the electronic music scene. Preceding his LP will be ‘The Hope’; pushing on from the tense atmospherics of previous Scuba material, the single fizzes with claustrophobic bass pressure and menacing narration. Backed by an exclusive non-album cut ‘Flash Addict’, ‘The Hope’ will proceed the album on the 6th February.
Scuba: ‘Personality‘ LP Hotflush Recordings Release date: 27th February 2012
CD Tracklist:
01. Ignition Key
02. Underbelly
03. The Hope
04. Dsy Chn
05. July
06. Action
07.Cognitive Dissonance
08. Gekko
09. NE1BUTU
10. Tulips
11. If U Want
Track taken from his forthcoming album, Personality, as well as being released as a single in its own right on 6th February. For full details on release schedule read Scuba’s interview with Resident Advisor, which will tell you everything you need to know.
Hotflush get off to a strong start in 2012 as they welcome Belgian newcomer Locked Groove to the fold. The title track is the pick for me, but all three tracks are the work of a promising new producer showcasing a deft amalgamation of deeper house, techno and garage influences. The EP is out on vinyl and digital on 16th Jan.
Cracking mix from Greymatter in the warm up to this year’s NYE celebrations. Greymatter plays alongside Scuba/SCB, Joy O, Wbeeza and a host of others including Kitsch & Sync at Tief, Corsica Studios.
Kevin McPhee – Your Side
Tornado Wallace – Insect Overlords
FaltyDL – Atlantis
KRL – Deep Down
Kevin McPhee – Sleep
Alex Jones – With The Hats
Mosca – Orange Jack
Storm Queen – It Goes On (Vox)
Darling Farah – Foregin
Aardvark – Just Washed That Pig (Extended Mix)
Mosca – Dom Perignon
The Crazy Brazilian – Hold
Paul Woolford & Psycatron – Stolen
Floating Points – ARP3
For the raving crew who wont take bed for an answer, check out Kitsch & Sync’s NYD party in Stoke Newington. It’s a guest list only occasion so head over to the facebook page and get your name down if you think it might be for you.
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
HF028 – Roska
Release date: May 30, 2011
A. Error Code
AA. Abrupt
Hotflush presents the full label debut of UK funky figurehead Roska, following his appearance on the recent BACK AND 4TH compilation and seminal remix of Untold’s Just For You in 2009. This release brings together two cuts that emphasize a healthy evolution of the Roska style that has made such an impact on bass music in the last couple of years. Retaining the customary hard-hitting percussion and raw syncopated rhythms, a slightly futuristic twinge moves us into more unfamiliar territory, with the energetic synth arpeggiation of Error Code backed by the spacier, dubbed-out Abrupt.
Something pretty different from Lando Kal here, who most of you will know as one half of hyperactive hip hop duo Lazer Sword. Stepping up for a solo outing on Hot Flush, ‘Further’ brings his innate sense of funk and soul to the loose 2-step rhythms and muted sound palette; it is pure vibes on this one!
‘Further/Time Out’ is out on 12″ and digital on 16th May
EASY,
It’s been a while since I put out a mix and the sunshine over the last couple of weeks has really inspired me, so here’s my summer mix! I have been playing a few of these of these tunes for a while and there some other which I am just particularly feeling right now, kick back and enjoy! The last one being a personal favourite, and classic!!!!! Tracklist is below…
PEACE&OUZO
TRACKLIST
1: TONYA RENEE: About You (Karizma Boucha Remix)
2: TRACKHEADZ FEAT ZAKI: feel (Vocal Mix)
3: JOY ORBISON: The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow (Original Mix)
Black and whites in music are irresistible. Indie and dance. Rhythm and melody. 4-4 and broken beats. Even though some of the above are arguably the same meta category (the big one, er, ‘Africa versus Europe’, ‘black versus white’ if you’d rather) they’re still useful in defining some sort of polarity that tells us who we are, what we like.
Problem is, increasingly the black and whites that I used to depend upon are deserting me in favour of a confusing agenda of preferences made up of other prejudices: memory and nostalgia, shock and awe, plain old quality. When you no longer fall into any of the camps around which popular music forms its allegiances you need to find an agenda for every circumstance. The one on my mind right now is head vs body. This one I reserve these days for nightclubs, particularly Berlin’s Berghain (a body club in every definition).
On last visit I was struck by how listless the crowd at the club’s top room house outpost, Panoramabar, seemed compared to the ruthless clarity of purpose evident on the main Berghain dancefloor. I’ve always enjoyed Panoramabar; it does housey decadence with more class and intelligence than most places. At its best it’s a place where hetros happily rub shoulders with exhibitionists, muscle Marys and the club’s obligatory weirdos. Where you can sashay around with a rum and coke at some ridiculous hour, get offered fresh fruit at the bar, exchange beatific grins with fellow late night travelers and whoop and holler your way into the next evening. All this listening to sets by Carl Craig, Andre Galluzzi, Efdemin. Bliss.
But nonetheless, it’s always been a more blood-pumping experience for me plunging into the quadrant of Function One piled high in Berghain. Down here you don’t just sashay around elegantly wasted, you tend to jump up and down or stand mesmerised in the mist. The music isn’t appealing to your head, your waist, your ego. It’s after your body, your Id. It’s primal. It’s body music. And the body music that thunders through you from that incredible soundsystem is, of course, largely driven by pile-driver 4-4s.
Increasingly, though, the DJs entrusted with that floor – the Marcels, Ben Klock, Norman Nodge – are looking to the broken grooves of dubstep to punctuate their strain of intensely reduced techno, finding in it the scale and physicality the space demands. Scuba, who runs Berghain’s regular dubstep night, Sub.stance, is charting a perverse mirror of their journey as his production and sets become more and more pinned around the metronomic 4-4. Surely it’s no coincidence that this dancefloor is the common ground of all these experiences.
So, with the polarities slowly dissolving but dubstep and techno still just flirting with each other, trying to figure out how to reconcile their differences from Bristol to Berlin, it may be a safe bet that the answers reside in the body and not the head.
