Data Transmission Podcasts 2016

Tracklist - http://www.datatransmission.co.uk/podcasts/469-jess-bays/

2015 was a big year for Jess Bays playing We are FSTVL and heap of gigs in Ibiza and an Award for Best Ibiza Newcomer DJ Runner Up. Offering the crowd a blend of uplifting vocals and tough tech beats, she has quickly become a recognised name on the circuit. Not afraid to take the crowd on a journey Jess digs deep in to the archives and sets the floor alight with a mix of sounds from 70's disco, 80's groove, 90's garage through to pioneering beats.

Jess heads up A & R for hot new label D-Vine Sounds which is owned by Sam Divine, along with a guest mix on the world famous Rinse FM to name but a few achievements.  She is a regular at Ministry Of Sound, EGG, Lightbox & Fire and has also played a number of times at the infamous Studio 338 to a full capacity terrace.  Jess is crafting her way to be hot property on the global party scene, she brings energy and education to her crowd, with remixes and edits that are show stopping. Jess has supported some of the biggest names in the industry, among the likes of Richy Ahmed, Sam Divine, Lee Foss, Claude Von Stroke, Justin Martin, Hannah Wants, Sonny Fodera, Cristoph, Saytek Live to name just a few! Just recently she has headlined SIN in Dublin & an upcoming party in Dominican Republic.

Jess plays our 'Class of 2016' party on the Saturday 16th January at the Big Chill House in Kings Cross alongside Archie B & DJ Blaise, check out the poster below for the full line-up.

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Tracklist - http://www.datatransmission.co.uk/podcasts/473-just-be/

Right so that’s that then. Dry January is over and there's only 29 days to completely reverse any health benefits cutting out the sauce may have had. So in the spirit of the majority of Britain, Charlie Sheen and Russell Brand we’ve decided to go back to our old ways and indulge ourselves in the only way we know how: invite one of our favourite previous podcast contributors back for a second bite of the DT cherry. 

But who have your brought back, we hear you cry? Sasha, Moby Disclosure? Nope. We’ve turned to our old mucker Matthew Benjamin, who better known by his one half of Layo & Bushwacka and now Just Be never fails to impress. His first mix for us as a solo artist came back in the spring of 2013 when, with the sun setting on his time as part of one of the world’s most beloved tech house duos and his Just Be project quickly heating up with tracks and remixes for the likes of Crosstown Rebels, Tronic and also Get Physical he turned in a mix of serious distinction.

Now an established tech house tour de force, with his Volcano EP in our heads and on our playlists and a residency at Ibiza hotspot Sankeys on the horizon for the summer, we couldn’t think of a better way of kickstarting our year than commissioning an all vinyl mix from one of the scene’s leading selectors and guess what? We were right. It is the ideal way to start your week, month and year so what are you doing still reading this? Get this on your speakers pronto.

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When Enrico Sangiuliano looks back on his life in years to come, we imagine he'll think of 2015 as the year he made it. That's not to say the Italian wasn't around before that - he's been spinning at his nation's biggest illegal raves since 2003, and has built up expertise as a producer and sound designer too, landing releases on Drumcode, Truesoul and many more.

However, it was one fateful release last year that really catapulted him to stardom. Dropping in August, Enrico's remix of DJ Boris' 'Can You Hear Me' carved his name into the record books, claiming the longest ever running #1 in the Beatport Techno chart at 14 weeks! Enrico also claimed the highest selling Beatport Techno track for 2015 and the longest time in the global top 10 in the best of Beatport chart, all of which earned him the #8 spot on best selling techno artists of 2015!

Quite the list of achievements then, and we're not the only ones who think so. Enrico has garnered support from across the techno community, with the likes of Sven Väth, Adam Beyer, Alan Fitzpatrick, Pan-Pot and Stephan Bodzin all singing his praises. Momentum like Enrico's doesn't come around everyday, so you can bet the Italian will fully capitalise on his success and make 2016 his own too, kicking off with his Data Transmission Podcast.

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Tracklist: http://www.datatransmission.co.uk/podcasts/475-danny-howard/

Now our mother always told us never to trust a man with two first names, but in Danny Howard’s case we’re willing to make an exception.  Living his life by the mantra that ‘Nothing Else Matters’ (but the music of course), the radio don believes so strongly in the power of those words that he named both his record label and successful run of events just that as a reminder of his commitment to showcasing the sound he’s so passionate about to the masses. 

Currently enjoying a hot streak as both a DJ and producer, the coming month sees Danny boy touch down in Liverpool for UK institution Cream Saturday February the 20th before releasing his club ready remix of Riton’s ‘Rinse & Repeat’ for Ministry of Sound on the 26th. Thus, bright sparks that we are, we thought we’d get in on the action and welcome the Blackpool native in to the hallowed group of DJs selected to record a Data Transmission mix. Giving us an insight in as to what we can expect from in throughout the rest of 2016, we won’t spoil the surprise as to what made the cut when Danny was selecting just what to include when crafting this mix although we will tell you that it kept us locked in from start to finish, causing one dancing related injury in the office along the way. Check it out for yourself below.

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Valentine’s Day may have been and gone but we’re still feeling cold here at Data Transmission, with the summer seeming an age away. Luckily our favourite pop-straddling techno duo, Junior Boys have leant us their ‘Big Black Coat’ and following on from the release of their snuggly titled LP, the inimitable Canadians have now given us an hour long set of selections guaranteed to warm the cockles and have you listeners thawing out your boogying muscles.

Having just served up their first album as Junior Boys in almost five years, the pairing were anything but idle in their time away from the moniker with Jeremy Greenspan releasing two solo singles and a collaborative EP on Jiaolong – the label run by his old friend Caribou – before co-writing and producing Jessy Lanza’s acclaimed album ‘Pull My Hair Back’ whilst the Berlin based Matt Didemus started releasing solo tracks under his Diva moniker and launched his own label, Obsession.

“One of the nice things about doing the solo stuff,” Greenspan explains, “and in particular the album with Jessy, because it did so well, was that I could stop thinking about Junior Boys as being the thing I do and start thinking about it as a thing I do. That meant I could work on Junior Boys music with the same spirit as I did when it was new. It was hugely liberating and invigorated me, because I was doing things I felt really good and confident about. I was really happy with the last two Junior Boys albums, but if I look back on it, they were challenging records to make, in a way that this one absolutely wasn’t.”

Ja. So with the boys having just proven that they’re still a force be reckoned, or more likely dance with in the studio, we thought we’d invite them to show off their dexterity on the decks to get this or any other party for that matter, started.


Tracklist

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Unless you've been hiding under your Grandmother’s electric blanket for the past few weeks – or sensibly departed for warmer climes - you may have noticed things are still rather grey and chilly outside. Yes, as those gloomy folk on Game Of Thrones predicted, winter did indeed arrive and unfortunately seems unwilling to leave of its own accord.  So, with one eye on the thermometer we’ve decided to take matters into our own hands and warm ourselves up with a hot mix from Russian born Brookylnite, Serge Devant. 

Serving as the heat seeking cousin of the more famous ‘rain dance’, Serge’s sections are the the tonic we’ve been looking for in these meteorologically dreary times and follow on from a number of auspicious studio efforts that have seen him moving souls and soles the world over. 

Plotting the biggest of 2016s – he kickstarted his year with the Always On My Mind EP for Crosstown Rebels – we think you’ll be hard pushed to many artists who will blow up in a bigger way this summer. So if you want to stay one step ahead of the curve and remain you’re friends go to guy or gal when it comes to all things contemporary house, you know what to do.

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China. Home of in no particular order; the terracotta army, martial arts, a particularly impressive wall, Feng Shui and most notably - for us at least - stonkingly good electronic music. Yes, there's no doubt about it, the relatively unheralded Chinese music scene is enjoying a purple patch at the moment and with today's podcast we feel we're very much in the right place at the right time, chancing upon an artist at the peak of their powers.

So who are blabbering on about we hear you cry? Beijing based sound designer Shao Yanpeng is the answer. The first Chinese artist to join the Tresor family, he’s being tipped by anyone who's heard his work for a big 2016 and so we thought there was no better time than now to welcome him into the DT fold.

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With his new Pink Fly EP having just dropped via his own Whistleblower imprint, genre blurring UK producer Reset Robot serves up a seismic edition of DT podcast guaranteed to get you flexing all of those boogying muscles.

A Portsmouth native, Reset Robot runs the UK label alongside fellow South Coaster's Alan Fitzpatrick and Rhymos, and having developed an eclectic sound residing in the shadowy depths between techno and house, looks set to have the biggest of years ahead of him.

The record follows the producer's recent excursions alongside Jon Gurd and Tom Powell as one third of burgeoning techno triumvirate Mister Woo, and offers a complex blend of raw electronica, twisted beat patterns and snarling sonics guaranteed to set dancefloors on fire.

Created in his own image, the mix reflects both of his recent EPs in its ability to make coarse, muscular clutter undisputably danceable. Packed with his own material with a few works from from Roman Lindau and Hybrasil scattered in for good measure, the mix is available to stream and download now.

We don't like techno, we love it...


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We aren’t sure what it about Detroit that allows the city to produce such a high volume of quality electronic music but surely, there must be something to it.  The air? The water? Well, we can neither confirm or deny any theory regarding why the area is such a hotbed of creativity for house and techno but rather revel in the dance hub's all American cool. Yes, this weeks podcast sees us head to back to the Motor City as Hamtramck producer DJ 3000 serves up an hour long set of selections for our listening pleasure.

Having established a fierce reputation in recent times, the selector born Franki Juncaj has just returned to his Motech label and having served up his first 12-inch for the in over three years, has got us all hot and bothered about what he's got planned for the rest of the year. Titled 'Take Me Away', eagled eared listeners will probably already be aware of the Truncate remix of the hypnotic house straddling techno number, having been included in Eats Everything's recent fabric mix and used to hammer dance floors all over the world over the course of the past few months.

With plenty of other exciting developments in the pipeline for 2016 and beyond, the next summer look set to be the most exciting of the DJ 3000's career. We wish we could tell you more, but right now all we'll say is watch this space!

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Defected Records favourite Sam Divine launched her own D-Vine Sounds in 2014, with chart success following almost immediately. To date, the label has achieved 3 Traxsource numbers 1s, as well as countless top 10s. With a roster of exciting, up and coming artists, backed by support from some of the most respected tastemakers in the industry, as well as a forthcoming tour to destinations including Ibiza, Italy, Bulgaria and the Domincan Republic, the next natural step is to expand our musical offering.

This year sees Sam extended the label with the launch of Soul D-vine. Drawing on various influences and genres, they felt they needed to build a platform to showcase a sound that awakens the soul and groove that is deep within us all. Driven by big vocals, soulful instrumentals and paying homage to the pioneers that raised us, Soul D-vine will deliver a fresh take on a classic sound.  Kicking of with Casey Spillman "Here with me" on Free Download by Clicking Here.  A track that builds and rolls seamlessly. Casey Spillman, is an exception to the rule & no stranger to the D-Vine Sounds camp. Already an established artist on the house scene with releases on Audio Rehab, Morganic, Chief & D-Vine Sounds, Casey has just thrown in a game changer on the soulful tip.

To celebrate the launch of the new label we invited Sam to join the Data Transmission podcast this week, a very long over due first mix on our main series and we are seriously excited to have her. 

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As we reported a while back, on the album front this Spring is one of the hottest in recent memory with a series of much hyped extended studio efforts announced or set to arrive as the temperature begins to thaw. One of the most anticipated here at DT is that of Grammy Award nominated Londoner Mat Zo who has revealed that his sophomore album, Self Assemble, will be landing courtesy of his Mad Zoo.

"Self Assemble" is the follow up to Zo's Grammy nominated debut album "Damage Control", which peaked at no. 7 on the Billboard Dance charts and made the top spot on their Heatseeker Albums Chart. Drawing on everything from electro-funk and 70s disco through trance to 90s pop and dubstep, "Self Assemble" endlessly blurs boundaries to rhapsodic effect. Born from Zo's initial ambition to write a film soundtrack, the album is boldly cinematic in both scope and feel.

We are very lucky to welcome him to the Data Transmission Podcast today with a 3 hour special mix, enjoy!

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Check out the interview with Argy about this mix here - http://www.datatransmission.co.uk/podcasts/argy/

Argy is a thinking man’s DJ and producer from Greece who has turned out tons of classics tracks and a couple of great albums on label slick Cadenza, BPitch Control and Poker Flat in his time. He is adept at producing anything from slick techno to classically informed house music and is someone who never steers away from a pounding groove.

His forthcoming ‘Chronographic’ compilation, which will see the London based producer donate all proceeds to an LGBT shelter in New York City that offers help to the homeless, the mentally ill and anyone suffering prejudice because of their sexuality. 

Created in 2008, the mission of New Alternatives is to increase the self-sufficiency of homeless LGBT youth and to enable them to transition out of the shelter system and into stable adult lives. They do this by providing case management, education services, life skills training, community-building recreational activities, opportunities for self-expression, and support services for HIV+ youth. Their guiding principles are those of harm reduction, youth development, and empowerment. Every night, thousands of LGBT youth and young adults are homeless in New York City. Whether they have been kicked out by homophobic families, forced to flee conservative communities, aged out of foster care, or come from families torn apart by poverty, AIDS, drug abuse or eviction, these youth sleep in the City's parks, on the subway, and in public facilities such as Port Authority and Penn Station. A fortunate minority find a safe haven in one of NYC's handful of housing programs and shelters designed for this population, facilities so underfunded that youth wait months to get in or sleep on concrete floors and countertops. Another portion of the homeless youth population finds not-so-safe shelter in large, City-funded institutions or the men's shelter on Ward's Island, where they are subject to homophobic harassment- and even violence -at the hands of both staff and peers. The least fortunate of all find themselves practicing "survival sex" -- trading their bodies for money or a place to stay.

Along with 3 new cuts, the album release pulls together a wealth of legendary material from his vaults, including collaborations with and remixes by the likes of Agoria, Jerome Sydenham, Luciano, Timo Maas, DJ Gregory and others.   He drops in on this weeks podcast with a very special Disco Classics mix recorded at Output in NYC.

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Full Tracklist -  http://www.datatransmission.co.uk/podcasts/500-roni-size/ ‎

Where has the time gone? It seems like only yesterday we were prepping our inaugural podcast from Ed Banger founder Busy P for your listening delights and here we are today at edition number 500! (Insert cheering and whole load of whooping!)

We’ve had some great guests since launching the series back in 2009 but today we’ve got a mix that is up there with the very best of them with a special 4 hour mix, that's a massive 64 tracks from one of the founding members of Drum & Bass, a pioneering DJ and 'Mercury Prize' winning producer... Mr Roni Size.  \

2015 was a huge year for Roni Size and Reprazent, with headline slots at some of the biggest festival across the UK and Europe, it proved there is still the desire to see the original live band in Drum and Bass doing what they do best. 2016 saw original junglists, Roni Size and DJ Krust relaunched their seminal label, Full Cycle Records earlier this year.  Full Cycle Records was born in 1994 (previously known as Roni and Krust’s Full Circle Records), and quickly became one of the most important jungle – and then drum & bass – labels of the early ‘90’s. The Bristol-based label issued now classic releases from the likes of Size, Krust, Die, Suv, D Product, Flynn & Flora, and beyond, before closing in 2009.

For the rest of the summer you can catch Roni Size and DJ Krust at South West Four on August Bank Holiday Weekend, but in the mean time he's delivered our 500th podcast... so enjoy!

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