Umber [Minimal Groove Concept]

LAINR - Bana

Continuing the exploration. This new piece is a deep dive into a specific concept, carried by somber waves and a dense, foundational low-end. Thank you for being part of this sonic development and supporting my artistic journey.

Until the break of day

In da Club

Bubbles came over to my studio one early Monday morning right after returning from his Berlin trip because he had some stuff to get off his chest and wanted my help. He had made up his mind about leaving San Francisco to live in Berlin but before he could leave us, he needed to reminisce a little. So over the course of the next hour and a half, with him on the microphone and myself weaving a mix of original music stems and released tunes, we recorded. Here is the result of that Monday morning's off-the-cuff love letter of leaving from Bubbs. I miss ya, double bubble, you fucker.  

post script (2 years later)... 
Bubbles had wanted to "make a track" but showed-up with no music, lyrics, tune or direction - only anxious excitement about his Berlin adventure and decision to move there. Almost two hours later, my laptop  overheated and died trying to keep up with Traktor's 3-decks+1 live input for FX, plus Live in the background, separate controllers for each app, and trusty Wavelab recording the blended stereo mix. I did a quick fade-edit of the recording, bounced it to a 192 bitrate mp3 and sent it to him on messenger just as he got back to his flat, all hot and pissed-off (mostly because he was ready to leave SF; and the sudden end to our session did not time well with the purr and clawing from his... cat).  He promptly told me to trash it; he couldn't send "that" to @Solar (SF legendary DJ, founding member of Sunset, and good friend). I took it in stride and tossed the original recording file.. hell, it was just a hastily captured stereo master; one take - just another random weekday-morning visit from Bubbles, full of energy (and a box of whip-its)...We'd have time to get it right before he left the city.  In less than two months, he would be gone, forever. 

On a late, Friday night,  just a couple blocks away, he pushed the wrong button of the wrong person with his over-the-top nature for In a blink of an eye, Bubbles was chased and then shot 3 times by a stranger, gunned-down in the street, murdered 2 blocks from home.

Those next few days were a blurred reality that nobody in San Francisco wanted to accept. It was almost a week later, as I was re-reading old messages and looking at pictures of days gone by, I came across that Facebook message from him - to trash that recording that both he and I had long ago forgotten. I read the message again, and again but I couldn't recall much of the actual content we laid down together that Monday morning from almost three months prior now. I searched my hard drives, usb keys, random burned DVDs and CDRs - I couldn't restore the original stereo recording file from Wavelab.. long-since overwritten...gone. And then I read the message again - there it was, a link to my Google Drive to that single 192 bit mp3 I had bounced to send him for a quick listen. Now, I listened, again, then again and again and still to this day, over 2 year's later, again and again. This lossy, un-mastered, compressed thing was all I had.  It didn't matter. So what you have hear is the best I could manage, from that mp3. No, the vocals are not on separate tracks, no, I can't send you the project to do your own mix or master.. this is it, baby. And I am good with that - fuck, GREAT with that. I hope you understand and dig this just a bit more now.  love

Bubbles+Buckner-July-8-2017

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Soho Radio Show - June 2020 with Bill Brewster & Ben Gomori

We celebrate our 100th broadcast with tunes from Tilman, Pangaea, Oscar Mulero, and more! Plus, Sticky Fingers Collective's Hot Coffee is on the turntables with a quality house session for guest selections!

Broadcast Friday July 17th, 2020 on WERA 96.7FM Radio Arlington.

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HOUR 1 w/ Nocto
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Part 1:
Koji Ono - Inner Rhythms
I Gemin - Misco Dusic
Tilman & Will Buck - Untitled Island
FLASHBACK: Master Jay & Michael Dee - T.S.O.B.
Scruscru - Lawka Chudes
Igor Gonya - Gimme Some Love
Jacques Renault - No Strings Attached
FUTURE CLASSIC: Pangaea - Like This (Full Mix)

Part 2:
Eluize - Drama
Monobox - Rectangle
Luca Sanna - Dimlight
Bas Mooy - Dormir
Morgan Hislop - Watch As My Ceramics Crumble (Chambray Remix)
Adryiano - U BETTER AXUMBODY
Brame & Hamo - Harzer
André Hommen - Mirror
Blue Hour - Flow State (Ben Sims Remix)
Oscar Mulero - Nature

HOUR 2 w/ Hot Coffee's Guest Selections:
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Part 1:
KemeticJust Presents: Terrance Downs - Here For It (Deeper Tech Rub)
Jason Grove - Mastercut 4
Unknown Artist - B1
Javonntte - Say Sumin'
ID - ID (Unreleased)
Kai Alce - "DW MI"
Now School - C'Mon
Ray Kandinski - Ways of the Underground
ID - ID (Unreleased)

Part 2:
4004 & Cromie & Sebastien Vorhaus - The ADD Dimension
Labuzinski & Graef - Lowengummi
Le Loup - Champagne Magnum (DeWalta's Michigan Rework)
Juilus Papp & Dave Warren - Feel You (Tender Moments Version)
Merle - Forever Yours
Javonntte - Same Feelings
Mr. G - Time
Unknown Artist - Yes You Can
Mad Rey - Double Jeu


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In celebration of @Trunkfunk’s twentieth anniversary, label founder @NIBC discusses the Swedish label’s history, the new 20 Years of Trunkfunk Part 1 vinyl sampler and he shares an exclusive mix of tracks from the Trunkfunk catalog.

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Breaking through as a House and Garage DJ on the infamous East London pirate radio circuit from the beginning of the millennium, M.A.X has witnessed the ever changing electronic music scene and evolved with it under various alias's. He has been tour support DJ for all of Rudimentals UK tours (most recently the We The Generation Tour Feb/March 2016), and main support act for their 2015 European tour.

Being a regular feature during the last few years at major UK festivals including Glastonbury, Bestival, Wildlife, We Are Fstvl, Mutiny etc and out in Ibiza for the last 3 years at Venues such as Space, Ibiza Rocks and Pikes has helped cement M.A.X as a respected DJ among his peers and secure a sponsorship deal with Jagermeister.

2015 saw M.A.X break through as a producer with an official remix for Rudimental under his belt, a track on Black butter spread Love, an original and remix on RM records and a remix for Soul Divide on Amplified. Lots of radio support on BBC Radio 1, 1xtra, Kiss FM, Capital Xtra, Rinse and Beats one have helped get his name noticed by the masses.
2016 will see official remixes for the likes of MK, Anne-Marie, Dua Lipa and Longplay to name a few, an original on the Beating Heart album plus his much anticipated debut E.P.

On the DJ front, 2016 has seen M.A.X play multiple sets in the main room at Egg London, Proud Camden, 338 and Ministry Of Sound to name a few, with guest mixes on BBC Radio 1 Xtra and Rinse FM. With some of UK's biggest festivals and major events yet to be announced and sets in Ibiza, Milan and Amsterdam and more European bookings tba, it's shaping up to be a busy year for this fast rising talent.

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M.A.X Presents Sinals World - 21.08.20

One of the labels which had a huge impact on me & altered what I bought, played and listened to in terms of house music, plus of the key inspirations for the launch of 3am Recordings, this is a nod to Toko, purveyors of 100% exquisite deep house - yes, this is real "deep house", not the crap which is sadly associated with that term nowadays :)
Tracklist:
Pat Barry - Keep Us In Our Place
Weekender - Lost In The Loft
Violet Trax - Don't You (Original Fentonville Mix)
Mettle Music - The Lowdown (Si Brad Remix)
Si Brad - Conapt
Attaboy - Autopsy In B Flat
Mettle Music - Catch Yourself (Aruba Remix)
Rubato - Feels Like (Dub Mix)
Weekender - Spirit In Your Soul (Toasted Mix)
Grandadbob - Badjelly (Si Brad Mix)
Weekender - Hugo's Dub
Attaboy - Busted Wagon (Salt City Numb Dub)
Attaboy - Kookaburra

Al Bradley (3am Recordings)- A Nod to Toko - 23.08.20

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Back in 2016 he released Odd EP on OH! and now it´s time for his comeback release Hope. It´s out very soon and you can then find it on all platforms.

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