Podcast 377: DJ Haus

DJ Haus is a master of excess, and anyone familiar with the DJ/producer/label boss/YouTube profligate likely knows this all too well. Heading up both Unknown to the Unknown and the Hot Haus imprint, the London resident has issued a seemingly endless string of reliable house, techno, and UK garage records via his labels, all with an insatiable taste for cheeky bombast and dancefloor theatrics. His own production output is no less unstoppable; both as DJ Haus and in his Trumpet & Badman project with DJ Q (not to mention the now-defunct Hot City duo), the consistently prolific artist has built a sizable body of jacking, bass-loaded club music with an ear for classic sounds, all of which reaches as far back as 2008. (Hot City did its XLR8R podcast back in 2010, too.) Just about every solo entry DJ Haus makes in that extensive catalog arrives via one of his labels or some quasi-official digital avenue, but his latest release, the four-track Helta Skelta EP, just dropped courtesy of Clone‘s busy Jack for Daze imprint (one of our 2014 favorites, naturally). Suffice it to say that we don’t need any more of a reason to ask a seasoned pro like DJ Haus to contribute a session for the XLR8R podcast series.

Once again, it’ll be no surprise to the initiated that what DJ Haus has turned in to us goes big on everything. His mix is 35 tracks of high-octane dancefloor energy: an hour and a half chock full of twitchy ghettotech, restless house grooves, and nasty bassline monsters—plus a handful of unheard dubplates for good measure. Most of the podcast features material from contemporary producers (save for a couple trusty standards, like Paul Johnson’s “I’m a Freak”), but it all nonetheless pushes a classic aesthetic with rugged hardware workouts and blippy, adrenaline-hungry tempos. DJ Haus appears to have no trouble showcasing the crowded rosters of his label pool and other like-minded outposts, while also dropping his own productions into the whirlwind affair. Those ADD sensibilities can seem a bit fickle here, and yet they’re methods which pay off with striking regularity. In that sense, DJ Haus’ exclusive mix for XLR8R might actually be the perfect analog for his career on the whole.

01 Crystal Bandito – Work_It – Ultramajic
02 Palace – CODEX – Hot Shit Recs In Effekt
03 Trumpet & Badman – Body Ache – Hot Haus Recs In Effekt
04 Catz ‘N Dogz – Brock Landers – Steps Recs
05 DJ Octopus – Day By Day – Hot Haus Recs In Effekt
06 Arun Verone – Queen Of Hearts – Dubplate special
07 DJ Haus – Feelin’ Reel – Unknown To The Unknown
08 DJ Fett Burger & Luca Lozano – Totally Tangerine – Sex Tags
09 Steve_Lawler – House Record – hot Creations
10 DJ Emanuel – Untitled 3 – Zippy Records
11 Anil Aras – Shake Dat Ass – Dubplate special
12 Mak & Pasteman – Oh Baby – Digital Soundboy
13 Hugo Massien – Kontrol – Dubplate special
14 Innershades – A World That Matters (Raw mix) – Unknown To The Unknown
15 Merimell – Workout – Hot Haus Recs In Effekt
16 U KNow The Drill – Off The Chain – Hot Haus Recs In Effekt
17 Kraftwerk – Home Computer (Night Owl remix) – Hot Shit Recs In Effekt
18 Chambray – Work That – Ultramajic
19 Felix! – Again (Embryo Remix) – Unknown
20 DJ Haus – Coming On (Arun Verone MR2 Rework) – Dubplate special
21 AR – Dolla Tella (Doctor_dub) – Zephron
22 JIMMY EDGAR & TRUNCATE- SUBMISSION – Fabric
23 Trumpet & Badman – Only U – Hot Haus Recs In Effekt
24 DJ Haus – Another Place – Rinse FM
25 Rushmore – Throwback – Hot Haus Recs In Effekt
26 Steve Murphy – Movida – Hot Haus Recs In Effekt
27 Headcore – In & Out – Lazare Hoche
28 Paul Johnson – Im a Freak – Music Is Love
29 House Gang – Old Skool Confusion – Dance Mania
30 Vin Sol – off the chain – Clone
31 DJ Haus – Helta Skelta – Clone
32 Palace – Solstice – Hot Haus Recs In Effekt
33 Daze – Lips (’94 Original DAT Dub) – Lobster Theremin
34 Photonz – Resurrected – Palms Trax Remix – Hot Haus Recs In Effekt
35 DJ Octopus – Hangover – Hot Haus Recs In Effekt

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Maurice Puls “Sly Simon”

Last year a London transplant by the name of Terrell dropped a pair impressive productions via our Downloads section, first sharing the closing cut from an untitled EP for the First Second label and then offering a rolling house endeavor for download a few months later. Now, Terrell has returned to the XLR8R pages under a new guise, Maurice Puls, with “Sly Simon,” one of three tracks set to appear on a forthcoming EP from his new alias. Set to again see the producer releasing with All City offshoot First Second, the untitled record and “Sly Simon” appear to find the budding artist adding a more mechanical edge to his club constructions, as the six-minute track fits plenty of clattering sheets of metal and industrial hits between its full-bodied kicks and snares. Along with the download of “Sly Simon” below, the rest of Maurice Puls’ upcoming EP can be previewed below before its official release later this month.

Sly Simon

Om Unit and Sam Binga Drop New Collaborative EP; Stream It Now

UK artists Om Unit (pictured above) and Sam Binga have combined forces on the Transatlantic EP, a new four-track collaborative effort that drops today. Serving as the Bunit label’s inaugural release, Transatlantic finds the production pair fusing together drum & bass, Om Unit’s familiar “fast/slow” constructions, and a number of other percussive club music strains to result in a darkly fast-paced affair.

With its limited vinyl run appearing sold out in most online stores, Om Unit’s and Sam Binga’s Transatlantic EP is still available digitally beginning today, and is also available to stream in full below.

Check Out a New Remix from Andy Stott

Pulled from his recent Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper LP for Domino, Panda Bear‘s “Boys Latin” track has received a remix treatment from Andy Stott (pictured above). On his rework, Stott completely reshapes “Boys Latin,” letting the original production’s vocal layers only occasionally peek through, and even then while being wrapped in additional ambient layers. The rest of the Manchester producer’s six-minute remix digs deep beneath static-lined textures and retooled bits of industrial percussion, making for something that is altogether darker and much more aggressive than Panda Bear’s original. Stott’s dark-tinted take on “Boys Latin” can be streamed in full below.

Djinji Brown “Waterfalls in Dub”

Today, longstanding house selector Osunlade’s Yoruba label has dropped Only to Survive the Diaspora, an 11-track compilation featuring new productions from the likes of Drala, Afefe Iku, and Osunlade himself. Included in the collection is “Waterfalls in Dub,” a soul-steeped affair from Djinji Brown which rides a sharp procession of hand-played percussion across the entirety of its six-minute run. Fitted atop Brown’s stream of hand drums and shakers are waves of Rhodes chords, fluttering strings, bursts of synth bass (as well as a good deal of live bass), and occasionally, some watery field recordings which give the placid club tune its title. Djinji Brown’s “Waterfalls in Dub” can be downloaded below, where a 10-minute preview of Yoruba’s new compilation is also available to stream.

Waterfalls in Dub

Janis Preps New EP for Tasteful Nudes; Preview It Now

Emergent producer Janis will deliver the seventh release for Argot offshoot Tasteful Nudes later this month. The Frankfurt-based artist dropped two 12″s in 2014—one for Mirau, the other for his own House is OK imprint—but his forthcoming You Can’t See Me EP will mark his first release of the new year and his Tasteful Nudes debut. The EP contains three lush, synth-driven deep house outings, and features vocals from Eva Kruijssen and Denise Frickenschmidt as well as samples reportedly collected from around Janis’ family cottage.

Before You Can’t See Me sees an official release in both vinyl and digital formats on March 23, clips for all three EP tracks can be heard below.

1. You Can’t See Me
2. Tender Love
3. Es Neschtle

Crackazat “Eye Light (Sunset)”

A consistent home for quality house music (often of the jazzy and disco-infused sort), Sweden’s Local Talk imprint will soon add the first full-length artist album to its always catalog in the form of the Crescendo LP from Crackazat. A Bristol-bred producer, Crackazat now calls the Swedish city of Uppsala home, which is where he crafted the 13 tracks which make up his debut LP. A Floating Points-esque highlight from the record, Crackazat has given his “Eye Light” production (which can be heard in its original form here) a slight reshaping, deeming the result the “Sunset” version of the track, likely due to the production’s warm organ chords and joyously swung rhythms. Crackazat’s “Eye Light (Sunset)” tune can be grabbed for free below ahead of the Crescendo LP’s official release later this week, on March 6.

Eye Light (Sunset)

Seven Davis Jr. Wild Hearts EP

Seven Davis Jr. has been on a roll ever since debuting in 2013 with One, one of the best vocal house records in recent memory. He’s since showcased the breadth of his production chops and the range of his voice with releases on Classic, Apron, and Ten Thousand Yen—exploring the sounds of frenzied funk, jacking house, raw instrumentals, and experimental R&B. For someone with such a comprehensive sound, an album seems like the obvious next step, and UK label Ninja Tune has snapped up the Texas-born, California-based artist for his debut full-length later in the year. Beforehand, they’ve served up Wild Hearts, a two-tracker that reminds us of the years Davis spent working in more radio-friendly realms before he sunk into the underground.

His ability to write a catchy hook really stands out on “Wildhearts”; it’s perfectly suited for credible clubs, but also sounds like a pop hit. The repeated refrain gets lodged deep in your brain—as a proper pop song should—coming through a mire of fuzz like an ill-tuned radio receiver. Underpinned by elastic bass licks and energized with quick, crunchy claps, it’s a bulbous jam that oozes funk, which Davis closes with a tender Rhodes solo. It’s a feel-good party jam on the surface, but there’s real personal pain underneath. Lines like “As I jump back on the horse, I still think of you regardless” add a genuine emotional resonance that elevates “Wild Hearts” above your average DJ tool.

On the flip, the much shorter and to-the-point “Let Somebody Love You” might be meant for the same person mentioned in “Wildhearts,” but after a few drinks. Kinetic and angsty, the b-side’s distorted synths gurgle constantly below Davis’ crisp vocals as he pleads to be taken back by his lover. Candid and full of palpable energy, both tracks feel like living snapshots of Davis’ world rather than coldly calculated computer grooves.

Maya Jane Coles Readies LP as Nocturnal Sunshine, Streams Lead Single

Maya Jane Coles has revealed details of her debut album as Nocturnal Sunshine, her “dark and dubby, bass-driven alter ego.” The British-Japanese producer has kept the alias quiet in recent years, focusing instead on DJing and producing under her own name and piloting her I/AM/ME imprint. The upcoming LP is described as “eminently dark and—at times—menacing,” and “a heady journey steeped in dancefloor tradition… that portrays another side of an artist.” Coles’ own vocals will feature throughout, alongside Chelou and Argentinian singer Catnapp.

Before Nocturnal Sunshine arrives on May 26 via I/AM/ME, album single “Take Me There” (streaming below) sees a digital release today, with a 12″ version that includes bonus cut “Never Too Late” becoming available on Record Store Day on April 18.

Stream a New Mix from Max Cooper

Max Cooper delivered the latest installment of BBC Radio 1’s long-running Essential Mix series over the weekend, and now the two-hour session is available to stream in full online. “I wanted to make this mix a fusion of everything that I love most about music, without any restraints,” says the London producer, whose most recent EP, Kindred, was released on UK imprint Fields back in November. “As a result it plays a little like a trip through the inside of my head.” The mix, which includes unreleased tracks from the likes of Nils Frahm, Lusine, Rob Clouth, Tim Hecker, and Cooper himself, can be streamed in full here, and a complete tracklist is on view below.

Roska “NDOW”
Max Cooper “4D Wave Interference” (White Label)
A Winged Victory for the Sullen “Atomos VI” (Erased Tapes)
Max Cooper “Untitled” (White Label)
Vaetxh “List of Lists” (Detroit Underground)
L’usine “Arterial” (Ghostly International)
Kimyan Law “Eclairage” (Blu Mar Ten Music)
Fran Seven “At Least” (Atomnation)
Isaac Delusion “Pandora’s Box” (Lusine Remix) (White Label)
Burial “Rough Sleeper” (Hyperdub)
Gidge “Huldra” (Atomnation)
Kiasmos “Looped” (Erased Tapes)
Samu.l “Beach” (Surface)
Fennesz “Before I Leave” (Mego)
Rob Clouth “Untitled” (White Label)
Tessela “C’mon Lets Slow Dance” (R&S)
JoeFarr “Tape 7 (Tessela Remix)” (DSNT)
The Future Sound of London “Papua New Guinea” (Jumpin’ & Pumpin’)
Faib “Inhale” (Smoking Sessions)
Nils Frahm “Peter (Max Cooper Remix Edit)” (White Label)
Tom Hodge “Teotihuacan (Part 1)” (Quotient Series)
Rob Clouth “The Smallest Possible Space” (Leisure System)
Alberto Ruiz “Haze” (Be One Records)
Rrose “23 Lashes” (Eaux)
Dyad “From Another Place” (Dyad)
Pfirter “Supraventricular” (Stroboscopic Artefacts)
Rival Consoles “Haunt” (Erased Tapes)
OneohtrixPointNever “Rush” (Warp)
Rob Clouth “Deep Field” (Leisure System)
Little Joey Farr “Mormon Shuffle” (Leisure System)
Satirist “Untitled” (White Label)
Dorian Concept “The Sky Opposite (Tim Hecker Remix)” (Ninja Tune)
Tom Hodge “Remnants” (Fields)
Kimyan Law “Daimyo” (Blu Mar Ten Music)
Rival Consoles “Recovery” (Erased Tapes)
Boards of Canada “Dayvan Cowboy” (Warp)
Rockwell “Full Circle” (Shogun Audio)
Cirrus “Shiver Shrapnel (Woulg Remix)” (Terra Null)
Vaetxh “List of Lists” (Detroit Underground)
The Rustle of the Stars “Sleeping Land (Part 1) (Max Cooper Remix)” (Quotient Series)
Nils Frahm “Them” (White Label)

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