Jun282009
The long awaited followup album from the Freemasons is getting its release tomorrow and will go by the name of Shakedown 2.
The Freemasons have a silky golden touch to anything they put their hands to so I am really keen to get my hands on a copy of this album. If their last album is anything to go by, this one will be all killer, no filler.
The only reservation I have withthe album is that it is a mixed album. When I purchased the first Shakdown album it was all mixed together, which is a shame when you want to be able to play these tunes out as a DJ. Freemasons did eventually follow up with Unmixed, but the tracks on there were all radio edits and therefore not much good to me as a DJ.
The tracks are however spot on and Freemosons will always remain in my top 5 lists of producers, I just hope that we can expect an unmixed version of Shakedown 2 at some point that includes the full length versions of each song.
Either way, I’ll make sure that I pre-order Shakedown 2 at Amazon today!
Jun282009
The Epihany Orchestra is actually a one man electronic band from Guildford in Surrey who puts together some of the most phenominal chill out and relaxation music I have ever heard.
“Remixes” is the latest album from The Epiphany Orchestra, following on from “One” that was released a few months ago. The prodcution is always spot on and each track takes you on a journey.
“The Epiphany Orchestra have done it again. The long awaited album, entitled “Remixes” is an absolute corker!
All the best tracks by The Epiphany Orchestra have been remixed into a wide array of genres to create some incredible music!
Our favourites include the MASSIVE trancey breakbeat remix of “Ponder,” Bigbeat remixes of tracks like “Chills” and “Tibetan Sunset,” and of course the fantastic remix of “Head Space.”
Alongside the remixes (9 in total!), The Epiphany Orchestra have written three brand new and exciting tracks, in keeping with the ethos of the remix album - two very chilled out tracks, including one of my all-time favourite tracks “Untitled Groove.” The other track has a more driven beat, and has a beautiful arpeggiated sound, a la “Head Space,” and bass a la “Ponder” - GREAT STUFF!!
Listen to The Epiphany Orchestra - Remixes
Jun232009
On July 11th 2009 two drivers will depart on a 10,000 mile drive from London to Mongolia, crossing Europe, central Asia and culminating with a dash across the mighty Gobi Desert.
They are raising money for Save The Children, in association with the Mongolian Charity Rally. Their specially equipped off-road vehicle will be packed full of educational materials and clothing to donate to the Mongolian people. They will also be donating the vehicle on arrival.
What Is The Mongolian Mixtape Marathon?
They’re asking DJs from all over the world, be they big names or bedroom DJs, to upload mixes for them to listen to all the way to Mongolia. They estimate they have 800+ hours driving time and they’re intending to listen to dance music non-stop all the way there! Each DJ will be asked to submit a one hour mix of their favourite tunes and also make a small donation (of at least £1). They will then put all the mixes together and listen to them non-stop, all the way to Mongolia!
For more information and to submit your mix, visit: mongolianmixtapemarathon.com
Jun202009
Released on the 22nd June, Fierce Disco Remixed is the latest offering from the Fierce Angels studios and features 45 fierce anthems mixed by Mark Doyle.
Disc: 1
- Discrete Feat Belle - Free (Club Mix)
- Crystal Waters - Never Enough (Harlem Hustlers Love Club Edit)
- Club 4 Life - Don’t Matter (12″ Club Mix)
- Soulshaker Vs Ce Ce Peniston - Shame Shame Shame (Club Mix)
- The Wideboys Feat Clare Evers - Bomb The Secret (Intention) (Full Club)
- Fac15 Feat Cathi O - Haven’t You Heard (EK’s Believe In The Magic Mix)
- Whelan & Di Scala Feat Nikki Belle - Teardrops (Hott 22 Mix)
- Buzzjunkies Feat Elesha - If You Love Me (Moto Blanco Club Mix) 9, Frankie Knuckles - Disco Shimmy (Eric Kupper Mix)
- Eighteen Feat Stephanie Mills - (You’re Putting) Rush On Me (Moto Blanco Mix)
- Audio Fraud Feat Peyton - Ride Like The Wind (Moto Blanco Club Mix)
- Cahill Feat Nikki Belle - Trippin On You (Extended Mix)
- Marco Demark - Tiny Dancer (Moto Blanco Mix
- Freemasons Feat Amanda Wilson - Watchin (Club Mix)
- Wi-Fi Feat Melanie M - Be Without You (LMC Extended Mix)
Disc: 2
- Michael Grey - The Weekend (Main Mix)
- Wi Fi Feat Siobhan - Last Night (Club Mix)
- Peyton - Falling (Eric Kupper Mix)
- Bonnie Bailey - Kingdom Of Pretty (Bassmonkeys Club Mix)
- Gusto - Disco’s Revenge (Freemasons Vocal Club Mix)
- Grooveland - Tell Me Original (Vocal Mix)
- Bassmonkeys Feat Naomi Marsh - The Answer (Club Mix)
- Dirty Old Anne - Turn Me On (Vocal Mix)
- Riffs N’ Rays Feat Kelly Llorrenna - Let The Music Play(Riffs N Rays Mix)
- Elek-Tro Junkies - Don’t Hold Back On Me (Club Mix)
- Freemasons Feat Siedah Garrett - Rain Down Love (Walken Mix)
- Whelan & Di Scala feat Nikki Belle Erskine - Sunset To Sunrise (Extended Mix)
- Ultrabeat - Sure Feels Good Soulseekerz Mix
- Stunt - I’ll Be There (Wideboys Mix)
- Bassmonkeys Feat Naomi Marsh - Here’s Where the Story Ends (Club Mix)
Disc: 3
- Soul Searcher - Feeling Love (Soulsearcher Club Mix)
- Milk N Sugar - Stay Around (Club Mix)
- Steven Anders Vs Andrea T Mendoza - Can’t Fake It (Tibet Vocal Mix)
- Inaya Day - Nasty Girl (Riffs N Ray’s Extended Mix)
- Marly - You’ll Never Know (Morjac Extended Mix)
- Gadjo - So Many Times (Extended Mix)
- K-Klass Feat Bobbi - Let Me Show You (2008 Re-Master)
- Herd & Fitz - I Just Can’t Get Enough (Full Club Mix)
- Blaze &Feat Barbara Tucker - Precious Love (DF Future 3000 Mix)
- FR Feat Jenny - Love Is The Music (Original Mix)
- Praisecats - Shined On Me (Bini & Martini Mix)
- Freeloaders - So Much Love To Give (Basscore Remix)
- Therese - Put Em High (LMC Extended Mix)
- Evoke - Arms Of Lloren (Steinway Mix)
- Rhythm Fatale Feat Redd Angel - Man In The Mirror (Extended Mix)
Get your copy of Fierce Disco Remixed now!
Jun172009
This is just a quick post as I do not know how long this speical discount code will be valid for, but I have managed to find a special link that will give you a total of 10% off your final shopping basket when you order your tunes through djdownload.com.
This is great news for me as these guys give a fast friendly service, and their catalogue is stuffed full of the latest freshest tracks. In fact djdownload.com is where I get a good chunk of my records from each week.
So follow the link below and stuff your bag with as many tracks as you can handle to take advantage of the 10% discount offer.
10% Off At DJDownload
Jun152009
Listen to the sound of the award-winning Glade Festival headliners with this twenty-track digital compilation album. In preparation for this year’s biggest three-day dance music event, Trackitdown have teamed up with Glade Festival to provide you with a Digital Album Bundle showcasing the incredible range of music and artists that the festival has become famous for.
This exclusive bundle consists of 20 full tracks from headline artists performing at this year’s festival in high quality 320kbps MP3 alongside a 70 minute continuous mix of all 20 tracks. Covering the wide range of styles you can expect to hear including: breaks, dubstep, tech house, psytrance, techno, drum & bass, ambient, minimal, electro and everything between.
This digital format is perfect for Glade’s hardcore fans that know their tunes and want to get excited about the best weekend of the summer festival season.
Glade Fesitval Digital Ablum
Jun052009
A few weeks ago, I was mooching around the Hed Kandi web site and saw that they were due to release a competition soon. It was billed to be the mother of all competitions where, in a nutshell, the prize would be a residency with Hed Kandi, playing at parties all over the world and living the jet-set lifestyle.
This competition really appealed to me and I got quite excited about the prospect of jetting around the world with some of the top DJs playing for such a well known brand.
So I had a look at their website this morning and saw that the details for entering the competition had been released. What would the rules be? How would they be judging this competition for the ultimate prize? I read on to find out.
Whoever gets the most votes, wins.
I’m sorry? What was that? Whoever gets the most votes, wins??? What kind of stupid competition is that? Allow me to explain.
To enter the competition, you have to create a Hed Kandi page on Facebook. This page is then used to describe all about you, have some press releases, some videos, mixes, releases, biography and so on. There will be a button on the page where, when clicked, will give you one vote. The idea is to get as many votes as possible to make the top 10 leaderboard. If you are on the leaderboard when the competition closes, then you have a chance of winning.
It doesn’t really make sense to me. If Hed Kandi are looking to take someone around the world with them, if they are looking for a DJ to represent their brand, surely they would want to pick a DJ based on their skills and not how many friends they have, or how deep they roll.
By running the competition in this way, it is not impossible for Hed Kandi to have a top ten leaderboard of bedroom jock wannabes who happen to have an entourage behind them.
This has really upset me. I thought this would be a good competition to enter because I think I might have the skills that they are looking for, but there is no “competition”, no comparison of talent and I am reluctant to get pipped at the post by some kid who happens to have over a million “friends” on myspace.
As marketing campaigns go however, it has to be said that this is very clever of Hed Kandi. This is a great way to get other people to do their marketing for them and they are really using the social networks to promote and enforce their brand. What better way than to create a popularity-based contest in order to get people spreading the word and marketing the Hed Kandi product for them.
So from a marketing angle, I genuinely applaud you Hed Kandi, you have found a way to really harness the web of today and use it to your advantage.
But as a DJ, I feel cheated and I fear that each and every day this industry is starting to become less and less about how talented the DJ is and more and more about how many people walk through the door.
If you like, you can enter the Hed Kandi competition here.
Jun042009
HedKandi.com has changed! They’ve been busy at Kandi Towers, creating a brand new website for you to keep up to date with everything in Kandi world.
The new site is now live, so why not pay them a visit and check out the new interactive events map, new online shop and news features…
http://www.hedkandi.com
