Addictive drumplay, sunbaked grooves and UK funky fusionism from @Haganuk

A fusionist known for intense bass and intricate drumplay, DJ and producer Hagan has built a name for himself blending the sounds of UK funky and garage with those connected to his Ghanaian heritage, from hiplife to gospel. He tells Tice Cin about his early inspirations and lifelong obsession with percussion, which he captures perfectly in his Recognise mix

Interview & tracklist: https://djmag.com/features/recognise-hagan

Recognise: Hagan

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Welcoming Warrior One to Losing Suki, the man like Carl Faure has been knocking out some killers for labels like Black Butter, Catskills and King Pigeon over the last few years, and for Suki he shines a light upon the garage house hybrid sounds….

Title track “5ths” kicks things off with the kind of punchy garage house swing that never fails to move you, airhorns and synth sweeps pepper the cut whilst a thundering Double 99-esque bassline throbs hard and heavy.

Flipside, the reverberating keys and MC licks of “NYC” continue Warrior One’s indulgence of the classic US house sounds but with a slick production for the modern dancefloor.  Closing track “Only You” presents orgasmic pads and tough garage beats, its meaty bass touching the spot, a sweet slice of when rave met garage (somewhere in a field off the M25, most probably).

‘5ths’ EP is available from 20th January 2014 on 12” vinyl and digital download a few weeks later.

Selected DJ reactions

Audio Bullys – So on the vibe!
Tensnake (Defected) – the usual Losing Suki quality, thanks
Shadow Child – Big EP, love this, NYC is dope
Todd Edwards – loving the 90s vibes
Tom Findlay (Groove Armada) – loving this, whole EP is right on
Deetron – the strings and bassline of Only You are so beautiful 
Moxie (Radio 1) – nice to hear new music from Warrior One, NYC for me
Reboot (Cadenza) – 5ths is a great smasher
MANIK (Ovum) – 5ths is dynamite


Warrior One - 5ths EP (SUKI013) [clips]

Available to pre-order: bit.ly/1b0zqtM

The Northern England up and comer on the tip of everyone’s tongue, Josh Butler, drops the ‘No Frills’ EP via Kerri Chandler’s MadTech Records this March.

Josh Butler’s been steadily bubbling away on the British underground for quite some time now, and it seems 2014 is going to see Butler truly shine with a busy touring schedule already locked in for the year. Material on Love Not Money and OFF Recordings further brought to light Josh’s talents and now the Leeds based producer joins the MadTech roster, following the footsteps of Celsius, Mia Dora and No Artificial Colours in the rise to stardom.

Kicking off the single is title track ‘No Frills (Dub)’, which sees Butler play off a rugged, strippedback rhythm, built around a classic 4/4 foundation, while popping percussion, warbling dub-tinged bass and infectious vocal murmurs meander around the drums. Creating a hypnotic, undeviating groove, given an even more striking affect when menacing synth sweeps draw the attention away from it sporadically. The end result is a refined contemporary roller designer for the dance floor.

Then on the latter half of the single we have ‘Like This’, staying on a similar tip with loose beats and shuffling snares driving the record. While a hooky sub bass drives the energy and an undeniably catchy vocal line uttering ‘the beat goes like this’ adds a further widespread, modern appeal to the cut.

Josh Butler’s ‘No Frills’ EP is out on MadTech Records 3rd March (Beatport Exclusive) and 17th March (General) 2014.

www.madtechrecords.com
www.facebook.com/madtechrecords
twitter.com/madtechrecords


Josh Butler - No Frills Dub (Ministry Of Sound Radio: Track of the Week RIP)

the recording (of a part) of the PKA's dj set at Wrong Party in Sampieri (Sicily) last 14th August 2017.

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LOVELY (BILLIE EILISH & KHALID FLIP)

YUNG GUILLOU ≈ LIMOUSINE ($lask)

More Downloads: http://www.slothboogie.com/2013/01/slothboogie-guestmix-029-hnny/

1. Olivia "I Need Love (A Deep Need For Love Mix)"
2. The Beloved "The Sun Rising" (Edit)
3. The Songstress "See Line Woman"
4. En Vogue "Strange (House Mix)" (Edit)
5. Real Cool "Reality Begins"
6. SLG "Goat Cheese"
7. FUR "Heaven"
8. Shai "If I Ever Fall In Love"
9. HNNY "Boy"
10. Outboxx "Astro Girl"

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