JJW003
Modat 
Music For The Contrarian 
https://soundcloud.com/johnnyjohnnyrecords

Vinyl Only LP
Release Date: Jan 13th 2022

JJW003: Music For The Contrarian

Music For The Contrarian

Modat - Bad Eyes (Beau's Warehouse Mix)[Johnny Johnny]

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WSNTDIGI001
Bandcamp: https://modatorbeau.bandcamp.com/track/shp

wsntmedigi001

Unknown Artist - shp [WSNTMEDIGI001]

BUY HERE: https://jimpster.bandcamp.com/album/drop-out-ep

Almost exactly 30 years ago in 1994 Jamie Odell released his Loxodrome EP on legendary London label Jumpin & Pumpin, a release that has since gone onto receive a lot of love and attention and got reissued by Craigie Knows sub label Wormhole Wisdom back in 2020. Fast forward three decades and Jamie aka Jimpster has decided to dust off his Loxodrome cap, and now we’re happy to present you with the fruits of his studio sessions in the form of The Drop Out EP.  

The title track treads a much darker, more minimal path than we’re used to hearing on his Jimpster or Franc Spangler releases.  Aimed fairly and squarely at the dance floor, Drop Out goes heavy on squelching, modular synth sequences which build around a stripped back jacking drum groove.  Jamie’s trusty Juno 106 gets dusted off to provide the chunky bassline and ominous pads which are interjected with a trippy vocal sample and white noise fills.  

Emberfall follows in fine style with saturated 808 drums and 303 acid line taking centre stage. Overall, an optimistic and uplifting atmosphere emits from the speakers, heightened by the Juno string chords, taking inspiration from classic 90’s Italian Dream House.

Flipping over we have a dub version of Emberfall which loses the pads and stabs in favour of dub delays and extra snare fills for a more impactful and minimal acidic club workout.

Closing out the EP things get lush as Jamie heads into deep, late night electro territory on Fornax A.  Memories of Black dog and B12 are channelled through the layers of filtering synths and glitchy breakbeats and are inspired by his production approach and Atari ST running C-Lab Creator and Akai S900 - the tools at his disposal when producing his debut Loxodrome EP all those years ago.

PREMIERE: Loxodrome - Fornax A [CYPHON RECORDINGS]

Loxodrome - Drop Out [Cyphon Recordings]

This is a promotion for FORM@ RECORDS' next release, a compilation album called "Art Form 3". It will be released on Bandcamp and will also be released on CD.

Art Form 3

Purest

Purest ("Art Form 3" 2min promo mp3)

Just Breathe

Behind The Hill ("Just Breathe" 2 min promo mp3)

Priku @ Sunwaves 35 01/05/2025

Buy on Bandcamp

Domenic Cappello - Niamh's Song [Delusions Of Grandeur]

Alpha Notalga

Electric Flow

Electric Flow (promo)

IM-002

Abacus "Basic Amounts" IM-002

Livewire grew up absorbing House and Detroit Techno as a teenager in Glasgow. With regular visits to two legendary clubs nights, Friday nights at Pure at the Venue, Edinburgh and The Sub Club's Subculture in Glasgow.

These experiences and many more left Livewire totally mesmerized by the sound of the 1st and 2nd wave Detroit pioneers. Not to mention the quality Deep House sound coming out of Chicago at the time.

This eventually led to the purchase of two SL1200 mk2 turntables back in 1994. A long time coming after getting a job collecting glasses and saving up what felt like forever!!

Livewire put out his first record in September 2004 on Lady D's D'lectable Music imprint. Other artists on the label have included; Glenn Underground, Jamie Principle, E Smoove, Mel Hammond and more.

With a deep interest in Post Production and Mastering, Livewire has had the opportunity to master various Ep's for Ben Parkinson's early Boe Recordings imprints, for artists including:  Kink, Keith Wadsworth and David Labeij.

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