Episode 33 speaking to instrumental Techno producer CJ Bolland! He's realeased some of the most iconic electronic tracks ever made, including The Prophet, Camargue and Tower Of Naphtali - as well as doing a remix on the Prodigy's No Good single and many others for the likes of Depeche Mode, Orbital, Moby and New Order. 

He made the title track for the 90s clubbing film 'Human Traffic' - 'It Aint Gonna Be Me' with one of his greatest dancefloor tracks on the B-Side: Desolate 1. His track 'Sugar Is Sweeter' got the remix treatment from Armand Van Helden and became a worldwide dancefloor hit.  

We discuss his early influences, his musical journey and the people, studios and stories which formed his incredible and influential sound. 

https://www.cjbolland.com/

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Show Notes:
Dr Who Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75V4ClJZME4
jean Michel Jarre Oxygene Pt 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSIMVnPA994
Jen SX1000 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU_gmrqZo5Y
Ensoniq Mirage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A6FV6b0cbE
K-Klass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZcMgZYnN20
CJ Bolland Museum Mix - The Prodigy - No Good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_HFpNv1l0M
SPECTRUM - Brazil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFMGl9u4ZXg
David Morley Synth Collection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlbMPZ7odHw
Dave Spiers Bight Spakrs Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXWgBEiNhs
Rational Youth - Le Meilleur Des Mondes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCp8Lq2kZzc
Blawan https://blawan.bandcamp.com/
CJ Bolland - Camargue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsrdANlEz8I
Top 10 R&S tracks https://fourfourmag.com/top-10-classic-rs-records-releases/
CJ Bolland - Tower Of Naphtali https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_nSu8UOYdo
Apollo Records https://apollorecords.bandcamp.com/
Prodigy playing CJ Bolland's remix of 'No Good Start The Dance' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFZQ7LuOeVk
Biosphere https://www.biosphere.no/
Deus Band http://www.deus.be/
CJ Bolland - It Aint Gonna Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfTIfoJhsbk
Human Traffic film https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0188674/
CJ Bolland Essential Mix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN0DEAppJos
CJ Bolland - Sugar Is Sweeter ( Armand Van Helden Mix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GflGJzO6ykg
Berghain, Berlin https://www.berghain.berlin/en/
CJ Bolland - Desolate 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efSbiVPKYOE
CJ Bolland - The Prophet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyd8s1tYNwk
Al Pachino Speech - Devil's Advocate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC1jpqJ2Mf4
Waldorf Iridium https://waldorfmusic.com/en/iridium
The Moon - Shake It (Big Bone Mix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPn3_eSV-g8
Executive Slacks https://executiveslacks.bandcamp.com/
Arturia Polybrute https://www.arturia.com/products/hardware-synths/polybrute/overview


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midierror meets... CJ Bolland [EP33] Electronic Music Producer / Remixer

Artist /painter whose trying to master a new form of expression  in djing and techno and electronic music.

https://www.instagram.com/james_bellaney/

Robin Rimbaud (Scanner) is an artist and composer working in the UK, whose works traverse the experimental terrain between sound, space, and image, connecting a bewilderingly diverse array of genres – a partial list would include sound design, film scores, computer music, avant garde, contemporary composition, large-scale multimedia performances, product design, architecture, fashion design, rock music and jazz.

Since 1991 he has been intensely active in sonic art, producing concerts, installations and recordings, the albums Mass Observation (1994), Delivery (1997), and The Garden is Full of Metal (1998) hailed by critics as innovative and inspirational works of contemporary electronic music. He scored the hit musical comedy Kirikou & Karaba (2007), designed the sound for the new Philips Wake-Up Light (2009), and campaigns for Stella McCartney (2017), Chanel’s Fall-Winter collection (2012) and Jaguar (2014).

In 2019 he designed the sound for the Cisco telephone systems used in offices around the world, whilst his sound work in Vex House in London was voted as RIBA House of the Year. His work Salles des Departs is permanently installed in a working morgue in Paris.

Committed to working with cutting edge practitioners he has collaborated with Bryan Ferry, Dangermouse, Coil, Laurie Anderson, Carsten Nicolai, The Royal Ballet, Wayne McGregor, Merce Cunningham, Hermes, Hussein Chalayan, Philips Design, Mike Kelley, and Miroslaw Balka. His work has been presented throughout the United States, South America, Asia, Australia and Europe.

Upcoming gigs:
tba

Past gigs:
18.02 - Moscow @ WIP \w Exarde Music
17.12 - Moscow @ Mutabor \w Beta
24.09 - Moscow @ Mutabor \w Resonance 
03.09 - Saint Petersburg @ K-30 \w "Клуб"
30.07 - Moscow @ Mutabor \w Resonance 
28.05 - Tyumen @ \w Hot Wax
07.05 - Moscow @ Mutabor
14.05 - Saint Petersburg @ Blank
17.04 - Moscow @ Resonance 6 Years 
18.09 - Moscow @ Mutabor \w Ishome
22.02 - Krasnodar @ XOXO
31.12 - Saint Petersburg @ Blank New Year 2020
06.07 - Moscow @ Resonance x Mutabor
14.06 - N.Novgorod Region @ ART OVRAG
07.06 - Moscow @ RNDM
27.04 - Moscow @ Modul
13.04 - Saint Petersburg @ Mosaique \w Efdemin
30.03 - Moscow @ Proun
29.03 - Moscow @ Arbat Hall \w Ishome
15.02 - Moscow @ Парк Горького
15.02 - Moscow @ Deficit
11.02 - Berlin @ Tresor w/ Rawax
02.02 - Saint Petersburg @ Blank
05.10 - Moscow @ Live8 w/ Evan Baggs & S. Uribe
30.09 - Moscow @ ЛУЧ II w/ Marcel Dettmann
15.09 - Moscow @ Red Bull Music Festival
29.08 - Moscow @ Synthposium at Noor Electro
11.08 - Moscow @ TOT:SPOT x Rawax
30.06 - Saint Petersburg @ BLANK
09.06 - Rostov @ True Music /w Ballantine's
07.06 - Voronezh @ True Music /w Ballantine's
19.05 - Moscow @ Live8 /w Mike Huckaby
10.05 - o2 TV @ BeatOn
05.05 - Moscow @ Squat 3/4
28.04 - Saint Petersburg @ Resonance 3 Years
07.04 - Moscow @ Resonance 3 Years Anniversary
31.03 - Tyumen @ Dom Pechati /w EL
24.03 - Tyumen @ Dom Pechati /w HOTWAX
16.03 - Moscow @ Live8Club
01.12 - Krasnoyarsk @ Silver Rain Studio
14.10 - Tyumen @ Dom Pechati w/ Ishome
13.10 - Ekaterinburg @ ОНАxТРИПТИХ
29.09 - Saint Petersburg @ m_friends
26.08 - Almaty @ RBMA Session
25.08 - Moscow @ Synthposium 2017
05.08 - Istambul @ Suma Beach
21.07 - Perm @ ESTHETICA
13.05 - Krasnoyarsk @ Olll 
04.05 - Dubai @ Analog Room
21.04 - Perm @ ТОЛЬКОТЕХНО 
07.04 - Moscow @ Surround @ Dissident, 
01.04 - Moscow @ Resonance 2 Years @ Squat3/4 
18.03 - Minsk @ Chill Out 
26.02 - Tehran @ Darbast Platform 
25.11 - Moscow @ URAL @ Rabitza
10.12 - Omsk @ m_friends 
16.12 - Moscow @ RBMA Night @ Propaganda,
17.12 - Saint Petersburg @ PULSE @ MOSAIQUE, 
02.01 - Omsk @ NY @ Svoe Mesto
06.01 - Tyumen @ NY @ Dom Pechati
04.02 - Moscow @ UNIT XV @ Rodnya, 
11.02 - Saint Petersburg  @ M_division ∞ years

Short biography

Alex Favell, previously known as Falex has dabbled with clublife since the late 90's.

His first set was at the legendary 'Nocturnal' in Leicester 2002. Alex has not looked back since in terms of djing for personal pleasure and the occasional set out.

Alex had many residencies, including 'Smashed', 'Hypnotic' and countless appearances around Leicester and the shire including the 'Emporium' in Coalville. Also notebly, Alex enjoyed hosting internet radio shows for three years making some great connections in the music scenes online, sharing the music he loves.

Blending the old style of mixing - Alex is a worthy advocate of djing, technically, tune selection and giving that something different when taking you on a journey through sound and imagination. Playing many styles over the years ranging trance, house and techno, drum & bass and club classics Alex has adapted with the times, first learning the trade on direct drive turntables. Shifting to CDJs in the noughties and most recently software, controllers and digital audio sequencing.

The Alex of late has been studying Music Technology BTEC at Leiceter College, with aspirations of a career in the music industry. Looking to the future SSR (School of Sound & Recording) in Manchester becons with a honary degree in 'Electronic Music & DJing'.

Synth Explorer, Renoiser, Programmer, Sound Designer, VJ, Graphic Designer, Interview Man, Film Fan, Photo Chap, Sky Watcher.

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