Lounge

This track started with some interesting strings recordings Tom made, where he arranged the instruments in terms of their frequency range, from the lowest in the centre to the highest on the edges. He provided my with a few unused recordings of this session and I sort of brutalised them, in as much as the end result sounds nothing at all like the original recordings. I just liked the timbre and texture that occurred when I cut them up, with each hit being a complex mixture of chords, one bleeding into the other so that a lot of the samples are quite impure melodically.

It just turned into an experiment of what I could do with these odd melodic units, or quanta of the original tentet, hence the name - Quantet. In the end I went for a very simple stripped back approach, nothing too unexpected or complex in this one, but hopefully a nice mood, that was the aim anyway.

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Quantet - with Tom Hodge - FIELDS

This is the exclusive track I produced with Alexander Berg from the mighty swedish duo Genius of Time. He's one of the most talented people I ever met and was a pleasure working in Berlin with him. Really looking forward to do some more tracks with him.

Tempel Rytmik  - Anagrama (Dj Kicks exclusive)

Live North American Tour Feb / March 2014
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As Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber get ready to tour North America for the first time in many years, the duo has decided to share the original unreleased version of the track "Looking" (which appeared in an alternate version as the bonus track for the album Odeon). With a disco-informed bassline and drum track laced with delicate keys, this track has us even more excited for the live shows. 

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Looking

Tosca - Looking (Unreleased Tour Version)

Here's another gem of an exclusive track from Brandt Brauer Frick's DJ-Kicks. As with all of the exclusive music on the mix, "How I Miss You" was pressed onto custom vinyl dubplates in order to record the mix live, using nothing but vinyl.

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How I Miss You

Glenn Astro - How I Miss You (Brandt Brauer Frick - DJ-Kicks)

Seven Succulents is a continuation of my 2009 release Six Silicates. Where Six Silicates was a nod to crystals, Seven Succulents explores the weird and wonderful world of desert plants. The music thrives and grows from a single seed, winding its roots delicately through sand, communicating through beacons of sound sent across vast arid landscapes. The songs are named after plants I have tended and cared for over the years, and the collection exists as an homage to the wonders of nature; a love note for quiet desert foliage. 

Seven Succulents features additional musicians Mike Greenfield (of LOTUS) on drums, Samuel Wexler on violin, Timmayo Sheehan on flute, Lynne Watts on vocals, and “The We’re Home Family Drum Brigade" crammed in my living room making a whole lot of noise. 

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Hawkmoth

Phutureprimitive's second full-length release "Kinetik" pushes this producers sound into new territories of emotional electronic dance music, exploring a heavier, bass-centric sound that adds raw energy to the meticulously detailed tracks this trusted producer is so well known for. Lush melodies drift across intricate rhythms, groove heavy beats and warm, fuzzy bass lines.  Often exploring a dark and dense palette, this music also manages to convey a sense of tranquility and beauty, engaging the listener into a full on kinetic experience.  Not only does this album has massive dance floor appeal; Rain's energetic presence on stage is not to be missed. Constantly defying convention, the Phutureprimitive sound is not solidly rooted in any single genre nor easily defined, but draws influences from many sub-genres including Downtempo ,Glitch Hop, Dubstep, Psychedelic, Trip Hop, and more. Phutureprimitive has become a musical force to be reckoned with, performing in cities and countries throughout the United States, and Europe including New York, Nashville, San Francisco, Los Angeles, England, Scotland, Portugal, Holland, Italy and Croatia.         www.phutureprimitive.com

High Rez

Phutureprimitive's second full-length release "Kinetik" pushes this producers sound into new territories of emotional electronic dance music, exploring a heavier, bass-centric sound that adds raw energy to the meticulously detailed tracks this trusted producer is so well known for. Lush melodies drift across intricate rhythms, groove heavy beats and warm, fuzzy bass lines.  Often exploring a dark and dense palette, this music also manages to convey a sense of tranquility and beauty, engaging the listener into a full on kinetic experience.  Not only does this album has massive dance floor appeal; Rain's energetic presence on stage is not to be missed. Constantly defying convention, the Phutureprimitive sound is not solidly rooted in any single genre nor easily defined, but draws influences from many sub-genres including Downtempo ,Glitch Hop, Dubstep, Psychedelic, Trip Hop, and more. Phutureprimitive has become a musical force to be reckoned with, performing in cities and countries throughout the United States, and Europe including New York, Nashville, San Francisco, Los Angeles, England, Scotland, Portugal, Holland, Italy and Croatia.         www.phutureprimitive.com


The Changeling

Kinetik

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Ali Love announces first details of his brand new full-length artist album set for release on Crosstown Rebels. The album titled “P.U.M.P” features the new single “Deep Into The Night” released July 2014, a fine example of Ali’s writing and production talents that sees him playing all instruments, keys and programming across the 12 track LP.

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Will You Be Mine

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Have Love

L.O.V.E. is an exclusive new track from Motor City Drum Ensemble's lovely DJ-Kicks mix, which also features music from Aphex Twin, Electric Wire Hustle, Mr. Fingers & more.  A digital single for L.O.V.E. with an additional Basement L.O.V.E. mix will be released June 20th, with an extra special set of remixes on the way.  DJ-Kicks is out July 5th.

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DJ-Kicks The Exclusives

L.O.V.E.

Motor City Drum Ensemble- L.O.V.E. (DJ-Kicks exclusive)

Despite DFA's disco pedigree, the Juan MacLean's DJ-KiCKS mix is a love letter to straight-up house music.  Recorded specifically for the mix, the Juan MacLean's new single "Feel So Good" is a perfect distillation of that vibe. For more info visit http://www.juanmaclean-djkicks.com !

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Feel So Good

Juan MacLean Feel So Good (DJ-Kicks) Edit

This is one of those tracks that seems to hold a lot of memories for people I think, having been a significant mainstream track when it was released in 2002, and also a beautiful piece of music by any standards - it's one of those ones you may not remember from the name, but when you listen the riff and vocal (by none other than Hafdis Huld) it's unmistakable. It even reached no. 49 in the UK charts according to Wikipedia, so I'm officially remixing pop music now (sort of). As with some of my other recent remixes, there was no need (and I probably would have found it impossible anyway) to improve on the track melodically, as it's pretty close to perfection in that sense. I just tried to update the style of it, with some glitchy detailed drums, a sort of dubstep-ish influenced beat structure, a long evolving build throughout, and some distortion. This is being released on the legendary Skint records too, which I'm quite excited about.

FC Kahuna - Hayling - Max Cooper Remix - Radio Edit

Agoria - Panta Rei - Max Cooper Remix

This remix had some really nice vocal and guitar parts, but when I combined them with my drums it didn't really work for me. So I decided to create a long build with the original parts, which finally drops into a more stripped down form to try and maintain the quality of the original elements. It's a bit of a combination of deepness with euphoria, which I hope still works, I guess I'll find out what you think about it soon enough!

D/R/U/G/S - The Source Of Light - Max Cooper Remix

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When creating an exclusive new track for his DJ-Kicks mix, Maceo Plex decided to deviate slightly from his comfort zone. “I’m kind of known for a couple of big disco records and some really deep bassline house tracks," he says. "This track is much darker, but still pretty sexy and soulful. The whole thing is dark and futuristic.” Maceo's new track "Galactic Cinema" anchors his mix, which is available April 30th on !K7.

A two track EP featuring both new Maceo Plex tracks from DJ-Kicks ("Galactic Cinema" and "Mind On Fire") will be available on Beatport on April 15th.

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Galactic Cinema (DJ-Kicks)

Maceo Plex - Galactic Cinema (DJ-Kicks)

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"My Way" (featuring Joe Dukie of Fat Freddies Drop) is the second official single from the debut album 'Getting Closer' by CLOSE, a new production alias from producer, DJ and label owner Will Saul.

"For me Joe Dukie has one of the best voices on the planet so it was a bit of dream come true to get to work with him. I worked with Fink in his studio in Brighton where we recorded his band (drummer and bass player) - the instrumental is all live and one take. We then sent this over to Dallas (Joe Dukie) and he sent back his vocals. Midland and Dusky are part of my core crew at Aus and really hitting their stride at the moment so natural choices for remixers for this single" CLOSE

The "My Way" single (which also includes remixes from Dusky, Midland & Tanner Ross) will be out June 24th. 

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My Way feat. Joe Dukie

My Way

This is a shortened down version of a remix I did for MMOTHS recently. If you want the full length (mixable) version then you can get that from here as part of an excellent free remix package: http://mmothsmusic.com/diariesremixes

It was a nice remix to work on, with some great field recordings, a lovely simple piano riff, and some looped vocal samples which all slotted nicely into the new structure I wanted to go with - something a bit more club compatible than the original, but still hopefully carrying the feeling.

I messed around with the field recordings in the Monolake Granulator a bit, to get some subtle glitch/randomness in there, but other than that I went pretty straight on the arrangement, just gradually introducing the layers and adding a new synth to punctuate the peak, and a new bassline and chord variation.

The idea with the field recording/glitched intro section was to try and make something non-melodic and a bit harsh and cold, in attempted polar contrast to the warmth of the main melodic section and enveloping bass ie I wanted try and make the bleak part emphasise and accentuate the nice part.

So, anyway, here it is, as a free download for all.

Lounge

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