
Joseph Malik and Daniel Walls aka remix duo, ‘Oddball Creatives’, deliver a deluxe DJ package on the last ever single from Joseph on Ramrock Records. For this epic project, they brought in Edinburgh music legends, jazz trumpeter, Colin Steele and the Proclaimers keyboard player, Steven Christie for the new remixes of ‘Adult Contemporary’ taken from Joseph’s seminal 2023 LP, ‘Proxima Ebony’. 

Producer and keyboard legend, Steven Christie has a long history of songwriting with Joseph over three decades, so it seemed the right thing to do, with ‘Oddball Creative’ co-producer, Daniel Walls of Digital Liquid fame, to deliver this homage to 90s house and original disco breaks and beats. Joseph and Daniel were hugely inspired by Pépé Bradock, Moodymann and Peven Everett on the Oddball Creatives remix featuring Steven Christie. Steven has collaborated with Joseph on Ramrock releases ‘Til Sunday’ LP and ‘Justify Me’ EP and more recently on Steven’s ‘Must do Right’ LP on his label, San Siro Heights.

Joseph first began recording with trumpet player Colin Steele in the early 90s and through the 2000s on German record label, Compost Records and again on Ramrock Red Records from 2017 onwards. You can hear their remarkable collaboration on Linkwood’s ‘Miles Away’ track which has gone into House history. Colin Steele has been at the forefront of the Scottish jazz scene for the last 30 years, winning BBC Jazz CD of the Year for his second album, ‘The Journey Home’, amongst many other awards over the years. His current 2025 release is an interpretation of the iconic Glaswegian band, The Blue Nile’s songbook with the Colin Steele Jazz Quartet entitled ‘The Blue Nile Jazz Interpretations’. Jazzwize Magazine has quoted, “I'd be surprised if a better British Jazz album is released this year.” Darren Morris, at North Street West studios, mixed the Oddball Creatives ‘La Beat Soul Club Tribute’ remix and added additional piano, bass and strings on Joseph's dedication to his favourite soul club in the world, ‘La Beat Soul Club’. The La Beat DJs, Gavin Elder, Brian Gordon and Ross Wilson’s DJ sets deeply inspired Joseph and Daniel to go home after the club night to reinterpret ‘Adult Contemporary’ as a tribute to dancing the night away on the Southside of Edinburgh. Joseph invited Colin Steele to capture the magic to make a dance floor filler for the end of the night. 

Daniel Walls has had a solo release on Ramrock Red, under his DJ moniker Digital Liquid, called ‘Footsteps’ where he teamed up with Joseph and Beldina Odenyo. Dan has also worked closely with Joseph since Joseph’s ‘Diverse’ 2 + 3 LP releases. Dan’s remix off shoots of their work include ‘Only Fans’ and his ‘Come One, Come All’ ‘Battle Cry’ rework.

When Joseph sent House legend/FAITH magazine editor Terry Farley the hot new 'Oddball Creatives' extended club mix of ‘Adult Contemporary’, he gushingly replied after listening on his sound bar loudly several times: "That’s incredible mate. It's the kind of track that reminded me of the 'I need You’ era, Sylvester mixed with NYC morning music/ sleaze that got played at iconic Manhattan clubs like The Saint as the dancers came down off their uppers and the Quaaludes kicked in. The vocal is beautiful, and the mix never takes the turns you expect. To make such a very left field and clever track without losing its core danceability isn’t an easy trick but Joseph’s vocal performance nails it in the most beautiful way”.

Signing off with a final quote from a man who needs no introduction, Irvine Welsh:
“I love this record, the accompanying beautiful and groovy mixes, and most of all, Joseph Malik’s amazing voice. He tells me this will be his last record. I hope he changes his mind. If not it’s a beautiful spiritual high to go out on, and thank you Joe, for the fabulous music and great inspiration down the years.” 


Joseph Malik - Adult Contemporary (OC ‘La Beat Soul Club Tribute’ Instrumental) ft. Colin Steele

Joseph Malik - Adult Contemporary (OC ‘La Beat Soul Club Tribute’ Remix) ) ft. Colin Steele

A collision of rave outsiders: Morris’s unlikely pop mystique meets Gramrcy and Loveless on the FWD dancefloor… lnk.to/GJLPH149

In Berlin where the bassweight bubbles bright, Lived Gramrcy and John Loveless, deviant and polite, They stirred a pressure-cooker full of electroclash stew, With ISDN-line scramble and a hint of something new.

“Oh!” cried Tony Morris (former teacher, taxi man), “I’ll hypnotize with repetitions, catch me if you can! I’m Scotland’s most unlikely pop sensation, don’t you see? A cult figure cabaret, as deviant as can be!”

They mixed it up on Phantasy Sound with textural delight, The earworming anchor bobbed and bounced all through the night, From FWD-era gumption to the disco esoteric, They created ‘Lucid’ madness, quite atmospheric!

The festival-rupturing Highdive had ruptured long before, Now ‘Feel So’ tipped the scales toward the ecstatic dance floor, With post-punk percussion prancing, hi-NRG in tow, From Chicago down to Rimini, watch the bassline grow!

Said Peggy Gou and Daniel Avery, “What a splendid sound!” While 2ManyDJs spun it ’round and ’round and ’round, And Moschino’s models strutted to the supreme release, As rave outsiders intersected in their bubbling masterpiece!

So if you seek the throbbing beat of something deeply odd, Find Gramrcy and John Loveless – that peculiar duo’s squad With Tony Morris chanting in his late-sixties prime, Making lucid nonsense music, one earworm at a time!

Three years after their all conquering ‘Highdive’, Gramrcy and John Loveless return to Phantasy with ‘Lucid’, a pressure-cooker of FWD-era bassweight and electroclash scramble anchored by the hypnotic vocals of Tony Morris.

Listen below, pre order here: https://lnk.to/GJLPH149

PREMIERE: Gramrcy & John Loveless  - Lucid feat. Tony Morris [Phantasy Sound]

Back in September, Erol Alkan joined us for a one-off OffBeat at Pikes, marking his debut in Freddies. Listen back to an hour from the night — Erol in his element, recorded live in one of Ibiza’s most iconic rooms.

Erol Alkan - Live @ OffBeat, Pikes Ibiza (04/09/2025)

A re-recording of the first set  I played as part of a night of the 'Pattern Recognition' night in St Anne's chapel Barnstaple, along with 'She The Throne' & 'Lichon' 

Pattern recognition set - St Annes chapel, 18//10/25

Infected Senses is the, DIY, production & experimental side project for Kev Winser aka DJ Louie Louie. Not afraid of pop nor the avant garde. He is also the co-founder and promoter of 'Music Is Murder' in Exeter, Devon, UK.  He uses Soundcloud to mainly just hang up first mixes or ideas for a while, untill they find a home on the bandcamp page -  https://infectedsenses.bandcamp.com/

Pattern recognition set - St Annes chapel, 18//10/25

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