Syncopics

JustGreg's The Guild mix series

Taken from the Album Icarus released on Syncopix Records in April 2008

Icarus (Syncopix Records - SYNCCD001)

Taken from the album Icarus released on Syncopix Records in April 2008.

Firing Sequence (Syncopix Records - SYNCCD001)

Syncopix - Flora (drum n disco edit)

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Hot off the back of their 10-year celebrations, Inna Riddim have put together a short mix for us for our new The Guild series showcasing some of the forthcoming as well as current DNB releases from their stable of artists. 

Moody and dark with a slight techno tinge the mix features Hutch & Rehan, ForestSound, Ritual, Vice Versa, Cykotek, John Matrix and Aural Blueprint. 

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Track list:

01. Hutch & Rehan - Sting
02. ForestSound - Contact
03. Ritual - Run
04. Vice Versa - Voodoo
05. Cykotek - Neofunk
06. John Matrix - The Truth
07. Hutch & Rehan - Kraken
08. Nasty Habits - Shadow Boxing (Cykotek Unofficial Relick)
09. Aural Blueprint - Reminisce


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JustGreg's The Guild #1 by Inna Riddim

Happily introduce to you Tonic from NZ/Wellington :) 
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The reason why I chose him over that he is a talented producer because I love his heavy bass tones and the atmosphere of his tunes.

Check his soundcloud or his site for more interesting tracks :)

www.dnbtonic.com
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@dnbtonic

Track list:
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1.   Hollow Tone
2.   Gun Slinger
3.   Latitude (Forthcoming AutomAte)
4.   Flume (Forthcoming Modular Carnage)
5.   n-Key - Physical Science (Tonic Remix)
6.   Distinction
7.   Eastern Winds
8.   Hertz Me Hertz You
9.   Pacific
10. Retina (Forthcoming Modular Carnage)
11. Pre Meditated (Forthcoming On Music)
12. Prime Number (Forthcoming AutomAte)

Enjoy it!

JustGreg’s The Guild # 2 by Tonic (Free Download)

Interview with Markus a.k.a Indivision:
- Can you speak a bit about the Indivision group?
- We started out as a trio, but for quite awhile I've been handling everything alone, Kaarel is still a member though but at the moment he is serving his mandatory 11 month time in the Estonian Army. 
- What was the first dnb track which you've ever heard and why would you like to become a producer?
- The Upbeats - View from the Inside. It sounded so awesome at the time. I had quit track & field, so needed something else in my life. I started out with any knowledge of how to write or produce music. In the beginning I spoke English at a basic level (thanks to music it has improved quite a bit). 
- What's your inspiration?
- My inspiration is the life itself, prolly clichee, but this is how it is. Everything I feel, see and affects me in life - it's all in the tracks from cycling till women.
- What's your plan for this year?
- I have an album dropping out this year, it's called 'Mirakuru'. 'Mirakuru' is featured in the mix aswell. In Japanese it means 'Miracle', the name came from a TV show called 'Arrow'. Also, I have lined-up a release on Liquicity.
I hope I can play in many European countries this year, such as Germany, Belgium, Austria and the UK.

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Track list:

1.Mutated Forms & Stanza - The Big Bang
2.John B - Mercury Skies (Subsonik remix)
3.Indivision - Another Funk
4.Indivision - Takedown
5.Indivision - Gladio
6.Indivision - Yellow & Green
7.Indivision - Second Chances
8.Indivision - All of That
9.Indivision & Livewire - Skylights (Phetsta remix)
10.Indivision & Livewire - Apologies (Grafix remix)
11.Indivision (ft. Thomas Oliver) - You are my Whole World 2014
12.Indivision - Mind Game
13.Indivision - Il Pirata
14.Indivision - Everything
15.Indivision - Mirakuru
16.Urban Contact - Starburst (Indivision & Cosmic remix)

JustGreg’s The Guild # 3 by Indivision (Free Download)

Interview with Loz:
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- Why have you started to produce dnb?
- I have always been passionate about Drum & Bass, since I was in my teens. I had decks growing up and I did a Music Technology degree just to give myself the skills to follow my love for the music!

- Whose music inspires you mostly?
- Oooph great question… I don't think there is anyone in particular now, but when I was 15/16 and came across High Contrast - High Society album, all I wanted to do was make Drum & Bass like that!

- What was the first dnb track which you ever heard?
- EZ Rollers - Walk This Land (Paradise Remix)...I used to record all my favourite tracks from radio & my brothers CD collection onto cassette tape and listen to them, I distinctly remember being mesmerised by that EZ Rollers track from 'Lock Stock & 2 Smoking Barrells'... The Paradise remix was something else!! (I was 10 years old).

- Tell me a little bit about your future plans?
- I have been slack on the beats due to other career commitments outside of music… I would like to get back on it, get some more gigs abroad... Continue to work with guys that support me like Maris at Liquicity and  Marco & Valentin at Fokuz Recordings. I have my first set in London coming soon at Fabric so getting more things down there would be sick too!


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Track list:
Redeyes - Psychonaught (Ft. Dan Stezo)
Nexus & Tight - Odyssey
PennyGiles - Way I Feel
Foreign Concept - Endless Fade (Ft. Naomi Olive)
Random Movement - I Stayed Around
Satl - Joy
Loz Contreras & Macca - Wanna Be Your Lover
Rowpieces - Brazil
Malaky - Without You
Command Strange - Rock Steady (Lenzman Remix)
Sabre & Safire - Genie Method
Donnie Dubson - Muted Horns
Ivy Lab - 20 Questions
Commix - I Have You
Phil Tangent - Bedouin (Ft Steo)
Macca & Loz Contreras - Untitled
Villem & Mcleod - Dutch Oven
Unreal - Just One Night
Tokyo Prose - Small Gains
LSB - Leave
Dave Owen - Yo Girl
Satl & Malaky - for Your Love
Submorphics - Long Been Gone
Anushka - Never Can Decide (Ivy lab Remix)
Macca & Loz Contreras - Away From Here
Calibre & Marcus Intalex - Something Heavy
Macca & Loz Contreras - Honey Sugar
Redeyes - Poetry In Motion
Macca & Loz Contreras - Against The Wall
Dramatic - Diamond In The Rough
Gerwin - Soul Truth (Bungle Remix)
Macca & Loz Contreras - Players Ways
Satl - BLO
Loz Contreras - Disco Kiss

JustGreg’s The Guild #4 by Loz Contreras (Free Download)

Interview with Surplus:

- This is great selection! Why did you choose these tracks?
- Thanks mate, a lot of these tracks are tracks coming out on Soul Trader so obviously these are tracks I'm feeling and wanting the world to hear :) The rest are tunes that I'm currently feeling and feel compliment each other.
- Why did you start producing dnb?
- Hmmm good question, I started DJing in 1996 and got slowly more and more into it, so I guess production was a logical step from there. I started producing in 2000 on a hardware setup, however life had other ideas and I stopped altogether in 2005. After years being away from music I finally got bitten by the bug again last year and am now fully hooked again LOL.
- How can define your style?
- In terms of Djing, I don't really like to stick to one particular style but like to play a little bit of everything. The music I produce tends to lean a little more towards the liquid and soulful end of the spectrum although I do from time to time work on more techy stuff to varying levels of success.
- Who were the biggest influences on your music?
- I guess growing up my parents used to listen to a lot of Motown music like the Jackson 5, Diana Ross etc and I remember being interested in a lot of that music, as I got older I got into Hip Hop and was listening to Tupac, Public Enemy and Nas , I guess it's then I started getting interested in DJing and how music was put together, I think my first exposure to Rave was getting given tape packs at school in the early 90's with guys like Easygroove, Ellis Dee, Carl Cox, Grooverider and the early pioneers. Now days I try and listen to as much music as possible to get influences and maybe the odd sample, but this is not always easy to find time to do
- You have your own record label, The Soul Trader. Can you tell me artists who have released tracks here?
- We have signed quite a few releases from a variety of guys, BCee, Skynet,  Random Movement, HLZ, Salaryman and McLeod have all signed tracks to us and we have signed albums from AudioSketch and Drifta with a lot of other artists all contributing towards these like Total Science, Concord Dawn, Bcee and David Boomah. We have also drafted in remixes from quite a few producers.
- What will be the next big thing on The Soul Trader?
- Probably our vinyl series which starts with an EP featuring Digital, Skynet and Random Movement, followed by the two albums which are really coming together.
- What's your future plan as Surplus?
- Right now just to keep progressing, try and improve and learn, I still have a long way to go. I have some releases coming out on Fokuz, Soul Deep, Celsius and I have tracks which have just dropped on Mindtech and Soul Trader. I'm working on various collabs which is something I enjoy. I would like at some point to do an album but don't feel I'm at a stage right now to be able to write enough quality in a short period, so will probably just put stuff out as singles as and when.
Thanks for getting in touch and hope you enjoy the mix.

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Drifta, AudioSketch, Static&Oversight - Antimatter ft Chaksa(Concord Dawn Rmx)(Soul Trader)
Nymfo - Brain Feeder 
Chewy Jetpack - Mars(Skynet Rmx)(Soul Trader)
Skynet - Fractal(Soul Trader)
Riya ft Break - I Don’t Need
Random Movement - Chop Shop Burn(Soul Trader)
AudioSketch&Surplus - Leave it All Behind(Villem&McLeod Rmx)(Soul Trader)
Calibre - Stranger
HLZ ft Fats - History Sound
Kasra&Enei - Overthinking ft DRS
Optiv&BTK - Divebomb
AudioSketch - Resolution(Soul Trader)
HLZ - Broken Lights(Soul Trader)
Skynet - Tribal Warfare
Riya ft Villem&McLeod - Fear Bites ft Dynamite
McLeod - Stolen Kisses(Soul Trader)
Surplus - Love Beat(Fokuz)
Drifta ft David Boomah - It’s All Over(Soul Trader)
AudioSketch&Salaryman - Dream Catcher(Soul Trader)
Saxxon ft Jon Scott - Unknown 
Drifta&Surplus - All Night Long
AudioSketch&HLZ - Let You Know(Soul Trader)
BCee&Drifta - Ghost(Soul Trader)

JustGreg’s The Guild #5 by Soul Trader (Surplus)

This is my new release on TEARDROP RECORDINGS. it features one of my early acid jazz / hiphop heroes called GALLIANO. A really laid back summer groove in the vein of roy ayers with 2 mixes to cover all tastes - from downtempo head noddin to groovy deep house to upliftin liquid funk vibes - its all there! hope you dig this!

Lovebirds Ft. Galliano - Icarus Syncopix Mix

Juno

Warm Up (Syncopix Records - SYNC003)

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This time I got great mix from Syncopix. Next to his new tunes he also selected tracks from Homemade Weapons, Ulterior Motive, Cyantific, Calibre, Octane&DLR&Break, Culture Shock, Total Science, Quadrant&Kid Hops&Iris, D Kay, Hamilton and many more. 

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Syncopix:

I started mixing my parents´ oldschool compilations and recorded on mixtapes for friends and myself.

Around 85' I caught up with the New Wave and Synth-Pop sound. I got into everything from “Depeche Mode” to “Kraftwerk” and 70s Funk and Soul. Sometime later I followed up groups such as Hijack, Silver Bullet, Son of Noise or Gun Shot. It was hip hop and rap which accompanied me on my musical exploration. While playing all kinds of classic instruments I learned to play drums which lead to a logical progression to a faster and harder sound for listening.

In 1993 my first MK 1210's and a Vivanco mixer found its way into my bedroom. Vinyls would fly over them until 1994 the first D&B club called "De Underground/ Cubic" (Powerhouse, Hamburg) would open its doors.

In 2000 I started the Syncopix label as a platform for the music that coming out of my room. This pseudonym still stands for the production, the studio, and for my musical expression. The intension is to keep myself more in the background while the music does the talking.

Keeping it coming, I got in touch with the Hospital Records in London and they´d put out a tune called “Swollen” on their compilation series “Plastic Surgery 04 #2”. It followed by a 12” vinyl on their M.A.S.H. imprint  “Soul secure/ Paris”.

The first official single “Happy-Happy, Joy-Joy” got licensed for the “Weapons of Mass Creation” compilation on Hospital Records. The 12” features the Hospital anthem “General Hospital” which is a tribute to the label. They also released the “Travellin´Man” single.

In 2008 I won 2nd time the German Drum and Bass award (future music award, best producer 2005 and 2007).

Also in this year I started a new project together with the Mojo-Club in Hamburg called “Rogue Soul”. It went straight into the BBC rotation playlist (“Be with you”), and the album got signed by the major label Edel Records. 

I released my second album the Urban Symphonies in April 2009. Also in this year Hospital Records signed “Mr. Resident” for the SIIICK album. LtJ Bukem signed “So in need” for vinyl release on Good Looking Rec. and Spearhead has put its hands on tracks are called “Glossy” and “Stay In Touch” for a vinyl 12”. Dj Marky and S.P.Y. were remixed the track “Be With You”.

The year 2010 I started a new collaboration between Syncopix Records and the Vienna based label Blu:Saphir to work on a CD/digital label compilation for SYNC:SAPHIR. This platform is focusing on the more minimal and deeper drum n bass genre, featuring like Enei, Mr. Sizef, Joe Syntax and many more.

After a few studio switches and sound adjustments in 2015 I got back to work on my new Album which will be released early this year.

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JustGreg’s The Guild #6 by Syncopix

We are in the transmission to change from Just Greg to Cosmonauts.