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This is my set from the Beats 4 Love Festival which took place at Dolní Vítkovice in Ostrava, Czech Republic, in the summer of 2023.

Since I returned to the fray in 2023, I've been using Ableton and a number of controllers to create my sets and am loving the flexibility it gives me to do deeper dives into edits, overdubs, mashups and mixes. It wasn't uncommon during this set to have four or five audio channels running simultaneously. I hope you enjoy the ride!

Forbookings, please contact lesley (at) iamcru (dot) com
Much love,
Simon

Elite Force (aka Simon Shackleton) - Beats For Love Festival 2023

This set was first performed on January 1st 2024 in San Francisco at the Breakfast of Champions block party on the Space Cowboys main stage.

A RE:CONSTRUCTED set is a *long* way removed from a standard DJ set. It's a live/hybrid set.

Simon takes hundreds of tracks from his huge library, painstakingly deconstructs them (using Ai if needed to separate elements from the original tracks), and then pieces everything back together to create a hugely emotive and immersive musical story.

He uses Ableton Live and multiple controllers to trigger up to 16 individual channels of audio at any one time during the performance, and also performs live keyboard overdubs. The end result is a hugely addictive, compulsive and compelling blend of music that's often new, often familiar but always utterly unique.

Hope you enjoy the ride.
xoxo

Elite Force - Breakbeat Breakfast Reconstructed - Jan 2024

Hour 1 Joe Wink 
Balad - Duality (Intro Mix) 
Ezequiel Arias & FOLGAR - You (Extended Mix)  
Balad - Zenith (Original Mix)
Haen & Mango - Con Sequence (Original Mix) 
dot13 & Sebb - Take My Soul 
OHM (LB) - Solitude (Veles LB Remix) 
Rick Tedesco - Black Lace (Fretwell Remix) [RUNE Recordings]
Renzo Cappadona - Triangle 
Rafael Acryl, Masa (HU) - Serious (Low Contrast Remix) 
ID - FACTORe
Juanjo Corrales - All Night Long (Original Mix) 
Tristan Henry, Poolhaus  - Giving Soul (Original Mix) 
Immortal feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor (Because of Art Extended Remix)
Hour 2 Nathan Clement
Fractal Architect - Canna (Original Mix) - Movement Limited
Hosini - Jupiter IV (Original Mix) - When We Dip XYZ
Stereo Underground - For a Moment of Truth (Original Mix) - Balance Music
FJ9 - Mountains (Original Mix) - Einmusika Recordings
Yotto, Franky Wah - Just Over (Franky Wah Extended Remix) - Odd One Out
Marius Drescher, Philipp Kempnich - Faith (Original Mix) - KATERMUKKE
Martin HERRS - Do We Love Each Other (Original Mix) - Mobilee Records
Budakid - The End (Original Mix) - Exploited
FJ9 - Garden Of The Gods (Original Mix) - Einmusika Recordings
Stereo Mind - Time Is Up (Lee Jordan Remix) - Emotional Content Recordings
We’re Brothers - A Mornings Promise (Sam Hopgood Remix) - Laika Sounds
Mia Mendi - Comfort In The Void (Original Mix) - Renaissance Records
Tal Fussman - Truth (Original Mix) - Stil Vor Talent

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