2013 DANCE SETS

Dry and smart

January 2014

Tomoki Tamura

HOLIC

electro

Dan Curtin / Got Me EP
Label: Holic Trax 
Release: 11th SEP 2013 
Cat No: HT 007
Format: Coloured 10” vinyl / digital

A1 Got Me Somethin
A2 Descending (Vinyl only)
B1 Got Me Somethin (Trus'me Remix)

Its What You Wanted(Digital only)

All Tracks written and produced by Dan Curtin
Vocals on Got Me Somethin by Habida.

Buy 10' + Digital
https://holic-trax.bandcamp.com/album/dan-curtin-got-me-ep-inc-trusme-remix-ht007

DECKS.DE
http://www.decks.de/t/dan_curtin-got_me_ep/c20-8d

BEATPORT
http://www.beatport.com/release/got-me-ep/1181869

The fact that, after more than twenty years in the industry, Dan Curtin's music is as innovative and vital as ever before is testament to the skills and strengths of the man himself and the high regard in which his music is held. Today he joins forces with the label offshoot of leading London club night, HOLIC. With an artist roster as exciting and diverse as their popular party lineups (Rick Wade, Tuccillo, Mr. G, Chris Carrier, Doublet), Tomoki Tamura's HOLIC TRAX have rapidly built a reputation on the strength and quality of their releases. 

With a discography that stretches back to 1992 and encompasses over 70 singles and 9 albums its perhaps a greater testament to the talent of Dan Curtin that he is as in demand today as ever before. His recent releases and remixes for Bass Culture, Strictly Rhythm, Autoreply and Mobilee have impressed and see him remain one of the most influential producers of today. 

The very fact that Curtin is never constrained by style or genre is perhaps the key factor to his success and his embracing and merging of sounds is prevalent once again on his Got Me EP. Lead track Got Me Somethin', sees Dan combining the raw, hypnotic power of his techy soundtrack with the gracefully soaring vocals of Kenyan artist, Habida. Beauty is to fore again on Descending, the vinyl only track on the package, as its deep liquid groove envelopes and trickles around our senses. A wonderful piece of music. 

Mancunian producer, owner of Prime Numbers and the man behind of this years much lauded album, 'Treat Me Right', steps up on the remix of Got Me Somethin' as  Trus'Me takes the original on a deeper path. Again Habida's vocals shine as again she glides across the bubbling analogue warmth of Trus'Me's production.




HT 007 Dan Curtin - Got Me EP (inc Trus'me Remix) Out in SEP - short preview

Mark Mulcahy hits the road in Ireland following the release of his critically acclaimed album 'Dear Mark J Mulcahy I Love You' which came out on Fire Records earlier this year.

23 Oct - Spirit Store - Dundalk - Co. Louth
24 Oct - Balor Arts Centre - Lifford - Co. Donegal
25 Oct - Grand Social - Dublin
26 Oct - Crane Lane Theatre (Guinness Jazz Festival) - Cork
27 Oct - De Barra Folk Club - Clonakilty - West Cork

iTunes

Mark Mulcahy - The Rabbit

Brooklyn indie-rock trio Hospitality earned buzz-band status with their peppy 2012 debut, but they navigate darker, more turbulent waters on their follow-up album, Trouble out on Fire 27th January 2014

Hospitality - I Miss Your Bones

Download my new track with Jay Hardway 'Wizard' here: http://btprt.dj/1bDcC8j

<3 on Hypem

Martin Garrix & Jay Hardway - Wizard (Original Mix)

TOMOKI TAMURA facebook page.
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Live at Holic 09 / Tomoki Tamura closing at WOMB,Tokyo SEP 2013

Hospitality - Rockets and Jets

Taken from the new Hospitality album 'Trouble'
Out on Fire Records 27 January.

http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php?page=release&releaseid=00000001051

Hospitality - Rockets and Jets

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Axom - Scotland (Original Mix)

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Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fApyGQ3p-Ig

Genre: Techno mélodic
Release Date: Déc 30, 2013 
Format: MP3, 320 kbps 
Label: Free Download 

Mastering : Benoit Fleury
Réalisation Artwork : https://www.facebook.com/BuckleGraphicStudio

Support by Fédération française de clubbing, Gipsy family, Fabrice Torricella, Jules & Moss, Efix, F.e.m, Quentin Schneider...

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Axom - Scotland (Original Mix)

Free Download

The Verve- Bitter Sweet Symphony (Christopher Adolfo Remix)

Cliche 56: Red Axes - Ballad of The Ice LP (April 28th, 2014 - vinyl + CD + digital)
mp3: http://www.official.fm/playlists/tTHL
itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ballad-of-the-ice/id847325595
vinyl: http://www.juno.co.uk/products/red-axes-ballad-of-the-ice/528596-01/
CD: http://www.juno.co.uk/products/red-axes-ballad-of-the-ice/528598-01/

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Red Axes is Niv Arzi and Dori Sadovnik, two young men who have always lived in Tel-Aviv and have been making music together since the noughties. Ballad of the Ice is their debut album. Their artistic travels have taken them from the rock scene to the dancefloors, and to creating an album. More than a summary, this LP is an invitation to discover a singular musical identity: a ballad of the ice, a song as light as love and cold as a tunnel, springy as a dance step and deep as nostalgia.

Originally, the two young men were part of the band Red Cotton. Their musical obsessions were very distinct and have never really left them since: post-punk, new-wave, synth-pop, gothic rock, italo-disco and all the other styles with double-barrelled names that flourished in the underground of the western world at the turn of the 70s and 80s. They were barely born then, and Israel was hardly a promised land for these musical trends. Nonetheless, today the people who love these styles, at the forefront of which Cosmo Vitelli, founder of the label I’m a Cliché who signed them, recognise Red Axes’ talent for creating tracks that are not only impeccably referenced but also terribly current, in their production and in their intentions.

In 2009, house and techno made a noisy entrance into their lives. They were DJs by then and Tel Aviv was all hedonism and crazy parties. Red Cotton was over and Red Axes began. In 2012, I’m a Cliché introduced them into a community of people who enjoyed what the musical press could refer to as ‘cold-rave’. Four EPs were released on the French label that discovered sharp acts such as Yuksek, Azari & III and Simian Mobile Disco. Add to these a bunch of edits that went spinning on everyone’s turntables, remixes and originals that attracted labels such as Kill the JD, Throne of Blood, Correspondant, Clouded Vision, Relish and others – these built Red Axes’ reputation as the makers of solid dancefloor tools. Meanwhile, being resident DJs of the Bootleg in Tel Aviv gave them the ability to play versatile, broaden their scope, improve their way of thinking the music. It also allowed them to rub shoulders with some of their favourite DJs, from Ivan Smagghe and Jennifer Cardini to the Cómeme crew. These established DJs quickly became major supporters.

But Red Axes didn’t get lost in a loop of never-ending clubbing. The extent of their research is evident on the album. Apart from beautiful vocals by Abrão, a member of various Brazilian punk bands of the 80s, Arzi and Sadovnik handled all the instruments and machines. The influence of the types of music they love – which aren’t limited to the ones we just referred to – is inevitably present, but translates in unexpected ways. There’s a lot of maturity in these songs, memories, hashed-out feelings. This music could emanate from much older men; it brings on a certain saudade. But it’s never heavy and doesn’t rely on dusty clichés: Red Axes are very current and love to have fun above all else. They tread on ice with a certain elegance, ice that mustn’t crack or melt.

After ‘Head Like Glass’, a pure cold-wave intro, Red Axes take us on a repetitive stroll of light percussion with ‘Kicks Out of You’. Then comes the rock track ‘Watkins’, followed by a brass dub ‘Only a Clown Can Catch an Axe’. The poignant ‘Papa Sooma’ feels like it’s coming out of an old cassette player, and ‘Road to the Hills’ is all intimate house feelings. ‘Neon’ will make you clap your hands on the stage of an urban western, while ‘Candy’ is a toe-tapping Mancunian devil. ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’, a Bauhaus cover, adds a layer of groove in the bat cave, and finally, ‘Dreams Like a Tale’ closes the album in a psychedelic mist.

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Red Axes - Kicks Out Of You (LP Version) (OUT NOW - from debut album Ballad of the Ice)

Buy Album on iTunes - herculesandloveaffair.net/HLAiTunesAlbumOrder

Buy Album on Amazon - herculesandloveaffair.net/HLAAmazAlbumOrder

"It’s Butler’s precision on the boards that’s most impressive here - his polished, spacious touch is pumped with enough groove to win over any dance floor without inhibitions"  DJ Magazine. 8.5 

"John Grant follows in Antony’s footsteps, bringing the melancholy to Hercules and Love Affair’s tough old-school house production Guardian - mention from Alexis Petridis 

"It’s back to 1989 for this amazing Acid House collection featuring vocals by John Grant"  - Daily Star

Heartbreaks and 808s near a perfect balance between chart-ready house and the flouncy electro-pop/ Italo disco image H&LA have nurtured. CLASH  8/10

“Only a fool would dismiss Butler’s expansive vision and flair for daring reinvention.”  Mixmag  8/10

“A set of classy no-frills, no-nonsense house anthems, all vintage 808 drum patterns and bubbling bass squelches, it works a treat.” Q Magazine 



Hercules & Love Affair’s new album ‘The Feast Of The Broken Heart’ (released 26th May / pre-order here georiot.co/3mv7) sees another musical reinvention from ringmaster Andy Butler - delivered by an impeccable new line up.

The ever-revolving collective led house music’s resurgence with club anthem ‘Blind’ in 2008 (Pitchfork’s record of the year), and 2014’s line up is another roll call of exceptionally talented vocalists. Brits nominee John Grant’s ability for translating hardship into elegance is writ large on ‘I Try To Talk To You’ and ‘Liberty’; Rouge Mary, whose deep, spiritual voice is hewn from a gospel education; Belgian singer Gustaph whose counter tenor takes lead on the single ‘Do You Feel The Same?’ and smoky voiced virtuoso Krystle Warren, who was introduced to Butler by Grant, and sings the provocative ‘My Offence’.

Andy Butler comments: “I wanted nasty basslines, stormy, bleary-eyed sounds, fiery, rough, tough and ragged old school house productions that sounded almost techno. I didn’t want polite, I wanted aggressive.”

This aesthetic coupled with tales of emotional triumph makes for something tough yet soulful. Meaningful house music that IS pop music and can speak to the most musically adroit of tastes.


Connect with Hercules & Love Affair:
Hercules site - herculesandloveaffair.net
Hercules YouTube - herculesandloveaffair.net/YouTube-Subscribe
Hercules Facebook Page - herculesandloveaffair.net/Facebook-Like
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Hercules Instagram - herculesandloveaffair.net/Instagram-Follow
Hercules SoundCloud - herculesandloveaffair.net/SoundCloud
Hercules MixCloud - herculesandloveaffair.net/MixCloud
Hercules Tumblr - herculesandloveaffair.net/Tumblr
Hercules Google+ - herculesandloveaffair.net/G+
Hercules Free Music - herculesandloveaffair.net/Free-Music - Get free downloads of other Hercules tracks
Hercules beatport - herculesandloveaffair.net/beatport
Hercules Spotify - herculesandloveaffair.net/Spotify




The Feast Of The Broken Heart

08 Liberty

Sonic Matta Remix / Remixed by Sonic Matta

Ultraviolence - (Sonic Matta Remix)

Solomun is a genius when it comes to sexy club music.
This remix is already rated one of his best to date and perfectly refletcs his flair for the sub-heavy downtempo funk and club-feel. Expect the cool underground clubs to have the Solomun remixes running for the entire summer season 2011.

2 weeks exclusive at Beatport:
https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/378135/Around

Early support by:
Soul Clap, Tiefschwarz, Deetron, Ame, Wolf + Lamb, Gorge, Jimpster, Audiofly, Dubfire, DJ T, Gel Abril, Stephan Bodzin, Adam Port,
David August, Mihai Popoviciu, Patlac, Kruse &amp; Nuernberg, Kolombo, Aki Bergen, Uner, Einmusik, Martin Dawson, Axwell, Chris Lake,
Wally Lopez, ATFC, Tom Novy, Timo Garica, Nick Warren, Doomwork, Alex Dobly, The Junkies &amp; H.O.S.H.

Noir and Haze - Around (Solomun Vox) 128kbit - Noir Music

With a clear knowledge of crowd pleasing party business, Tomoki creates a playful yet sophisticated vibe. The Berlin based Japan born DJ does his thing, personality up front. Big room sounds layered with all the claps and chimes you need for a dance. His eclectic influence is obvious with a strong base of 4/4 but no fear to throw in some Jazz sounds and old school interludes to mix it up – How it should be. Casually slipping in and out of techy lounge atmospherics this mix pulls from wall to wall. Serious.

Tomoki Tamura - MEOKO Podcast #168

Label: Sgustok Magazine
Catalog#: SMP047
Format: File, MP3, Mixed, Podcast, 320 kbps
Released: 13 Feb 2015
Genre: Electronic
Style: Deep House, Tech House, Acid House, Dub Techno

TRACKLIST

01. Linkwood - Miles Away
02. Owen Jay & Melchior Sultana - Forever 
03. DJ Route 8 - Cruising (Disco Trippin' Mix)
04. Larry Heard - Somebody Somewhere
05. Norm Talley - Bois Blanc
06. Franck Roger - Deep Theory
07. Master C&J - Face It
08. Shazz - Lost Illusions (Masturbation Mix Edit)
09. The Wise Caucasian - Kutchie Dub 
10. Mandar - Wet Paul
11. Birdsmakingmachine - Inland Sickness
12. Ron Trent - 7th Heaven

Link

Sgustok Magazine Podcast 047: Tomoki Tamura

played at the bar "LBQC" August 15, 2012  /  Vannes
https://www.facebook.com/anton.rotten
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Anton-Rotten/46374054245?ref=hl
https://www.facebook.com/Delamusique.maispasque?ref=hl
some of the tracks played...
For You / By Marian
Caught Between (original mix) By Maetrik
Pink Trees (original mix) / By Robert Babicz
Pile Down / By Kolombo
After Love / By Guy Gerber & Shlomi Aber
Jaana (original) / By Kaiserdisco
Miranda (Oliver Huntemann remix) / By Stephan Bodzin, Marc Romboy
Fenlow (Haze 2011 dub) / By Ricardo Villalobos & Jay Haze
Darkflower (Fever mix) / By Robert Babicz
Pandemic (Amesons dub) / By Robert Dietz
Le Carrousel (Egbert mix) / By Phil Kieran
Home (Kollektiv Turmstrasse - Interstellar mix) / By Mandy Vs Booka Shade
Flash (Channel X remix) / By Green Velvet
48 Hours / By J Paul Getto
Forever This / By Fries & Bridges
Philly (2011 edit) / By DJ T

LBQC summer mix 2012 / AR

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