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Fabric Reveals #savefabric Compilation
A #savefabric compilation is on the way.
The project was a collaboration between Fabric and its affiliated label Houndstooth. Artists linked to both were contacted and given a three week deadline to devise, produce and master a track (with the condition that it be previously unreleased). A total of 111 tracks were received, including music by Roman Flügel, Radioactive Man, Mathew Jonson, Kangding Ray, Luke Slater (as Planetary Assault Systems), Lucy, Dasha Rush, Paula Temple, and many more artists.
The release is part of the #savefabric campaign, which launched in September. All proceeds raised from the release will go to the campaign. So far, over £300,000 has been gathered in support of the legal battle to save the London club (as well as 150,000 signatures on petition).
#savefabric will be released November 4. Pre-order it from the fabric store.
Stream Throwing Snow‘s contribution below, “One For The Booth,” and check out the complete tracklisting.
Tracklisting:
01. Unsubscribe “FFS, R” (Loop Mix)
02. μ-Ziq “Bumshit (Vox)”
03. 18+ “Holes”
04. 2020 Soundsystem “No Order (Ralph Lawson & Rui-Z Remix)
05. A Short Run “Stasha” (Feat. Howie B & Craig Richards)
06. Abul Mogard “Patterns Of Our Own Times”
07. Addison Groove “Equal Lies”
08. Agoria “Tribute”
09. Akkord “Scalar Wave”
10. Ali B “The Music Saves Me” (Feat. Afrika Baby Bam)
11. Appleblim “Fabrication”
12. Audion “Fun House”
13. Broken English Club “The Gentle Art of Murder”
14. Bruce “Cables”
15. C.A.R. “Voodoo Moon” (Thomas Von Party Cover)
16. Calyx & Teebee “Loose Ends”
17. Caspa & Rusko “Ravers Tears”
18. Clams Casino “Time”
19. Clark “Shadow Banger”
20. Coldcut “Donald’s Wig” (Feat. Roses Gabor)
21. Cosmin TRG “Dens”
22. Curses “A Face In Smoke”
23. Dasha Rush “Sweet Monster”
24. dBridge “Modern Submission”
25. DJ Tennis “Magrelian”
26. Dominowe (Gqom Oh!) “Just Dance”
27. Dub Phizix “Beatroot”
28. Dusk & Blackdown “110 not out (2011)”
29. Dusky & Todd Edwards “Holiday In Holloway”
30. Enei & Kasra “Basic Instinct”
31. Exercise One “All These People”
32. Fake Blood “Reflections”
33. FiS “DMT Usher VIP”
34. Future Beat Alliance “Sleaze Bag”
35. Guy Andrews “Procession”
36. Hamid “Untitled 02”
37. Heartthrob “Scott’s Teats”
38. House of Black Lanterns “Lost”
39. Howie B “Space Trip”
40. Ikonika “Miracle Whip”
41. IVVVO & Aïsha Devi “Eros Plexus”
42. Jesse Rose “Suck It And See”
43. John Tejada “Ucbtron”
44. Justin Drake, Lil Mark and Matt Tolfrey “Freedom”
45. Kangding Ray “Summerend”
46. Kate Simko “All Heart” (Feat. Amunet Shah)
47. Kirk Degiorgio “Shadow Of A Solitary Being”
48. Kiwi “Throw Down” (Latin Freestyle radio edit)
49. Kuedo “Bismuth”
50. Lakker “TucTuc”
51. Laura Jones & Karousel “Find A Way”
52. Letherette “Stabz”
53. Lucy “The Juggler”
54. M.A.N.D.Y. “Berry And North”
55. Machinedrum “Stronga”
56. Marc Houle “Broken Wing”
57. Marquis Hawkes “Redemption Radio”
58. Masters of Disasters “The Church Of The Many”
59. Mathew Jonson “Decompression” (MJ Ghostforce Remix)
60. Matthew Styles & s:vt “Machine Life”
61. Max Cooper, Satirist “Grit”
62. Michael Mayer “Auld Lang Synewave”
63. Mike Shannon “Can’t Take My Love Away” (Feat. Dave Aju and the LCC All Stars)
64. Mr C “Stand Up” (Club Mix)
65. Mr Jones “Heavy Eyes”
66. Mumdance & Logos “Return Of The Room 2 Lazer”
67. Nathan Fake “Laluna”
68. Neville Watson “Fight On”
69. Nightwave “Speakeasy”
70. October “Anna’s Acid Hour”
71. Om Unit “Pop Lockin’ Hieroglyphs”
72. Optical “Shape The Future VIP”
73. Overmono “U-Plastics”
74. Paleman “Sore”
75. Paula Temple “You Cannot Kill A Soul By Killing The Body” (Live At Moogfest)
76. Perc “Foto Real”
77. Peter Van Hoesen “Into A Fortification”
78. Pinch “Skylines”
79. Planetary Assault Systems “Twelve” (L.B. Dub Corp Meets PAS Rework)
80. Radioactive Man “Craig’s Trousers Flap In The Bass Wind”
81. Roger van Lunteren “Hills, I Want You” (Gerd Janson Edit)
82. Roman Flügel “Jam The Jam”
83. Route 94 “fabric”
84. Rrose “Glands”
85. Second Storey “The Last Record”
86. Shackleton “The Stitch Up”
87. Shaun Reeves & Tuccillo “Clouds”
88. Sherwood & Pinch “Retribution”
89. Shift Work “LA (S.L.O.W.)” (Health & Safety Mix)
90. Simian Mobile Disco “Balloon Takes A Holiday”
91. Skream “Munk”
92. Slam “Government Problem 2”
93. Smagghe & Cross “Sam & Jen”
94. Snow Ghosts “A Moment”
95. Soft as Snow “I Adore” (Troy Gunner Remix)
96. South London Ordnance “Arc”
97. Special Request “Requiem”
98. Stanton Warriors & Cause n Affect “Never Let It Go” (feat. Janai) (VIP Mix)
99. Sunset Graves “Dead City Hymn”
100. Tasha “Lost and Found”
101. tqd “Vibsing Ting”
102. Terry Francis “The Answer”
103. The Mole “Glide Down”
104. Throwing Snow “One For The Booth”
105. Tiefschwarz “Wegekuckuck”
106. Tom Demac “Unchained”
107. Trevino “Fractured”
108. Tuff City Kids “Edlost”
109. Untold “This Is How I”
110. Vatican Shadow & Telefon Tel Aviv “Rejoice”
111. Vex’d “Gravity” (2004)
The Bunker New York Announces Romans Album
The Bunker New York will release Romans‘ first full-length.
Gunnar Haslam and Johannes Auvinen (a.k.a. Tin Man) first got together as Romans back in 2014, and have released two EPs to date—Romans 1 on Global A and last year’s Ambulare Aude on The Bunker New York. The duo will return to the imprint with their debut album together, Valere Aude, a 12-track record packed with “hallucinogenic, psychedelic techno.”
Speaking about the project, Auvinen stated: “We are discovering a third entity as Romans, within Romans, which is neither he [Haslam] nor I. Our decisions as producers become simpler as we get closer to discovering Romans’ sound.”
Valere Aude will be The Bunker New York’s second full-length release, after Reagenz‘ The Periodic Table. It comes at the end of a year in which the imprint has released music from the likes of Donato Dozzy, Wata Igarashi and Patrick Russell.
Valere Aude is expected to drop in early December. Pre-order it at Bandcamp and listen to snippets below.
Tracklisting:
01. Cirta (6:23)
02. Legia
03. Via Agrippa
04. Aquila
05. Zarai
06. Locria
07. Cyrene
08. Dura Agameia
09. Markouna
10. Sitifis
11. Sabratha
12. Oeviodunum
Lorenzo Senni Joins Warp Records
Warp Records has signed Lorenzo Senni.
Milan-based musician Lorenzo Senni is known for his experimental take on trance production, with previous releases dropping on his own Presto? imprint, Boomkat and Editions Mego. His upcoming debut on Warp is no different: six-tracker Persona is described by the label as “a reminder of a time before trance and makina were watered down to progressive house, “highlighting his “roots in straight-edge Hardcore punk.” It features artwork by Ed Atkins.
Persona will be released November 11. Stream “Win In The Flat World” below.
Tracklisting:
1. Win In The Flat World
2. Rave Voyeur
3. Emotiva1234
4. One Life, One Chance
5. Angel
6. Forever True
Butane ‘Little Helper 250-3’
Today, Little Helpers will mark a huge milestone with its 250th release, a storming six-track EP from label bosses Butane and Someone Else.
Since launching in 2009, Little Helpers has been home to groove-led digital productions from artists such as, among others, Ryan Crosson, Mark Henning, Flashmob, Andras Toth, Andrew Grant, and Re-UP. Like the locked grooves on vinyl, Little Helper’s release are built for DJs to loop, layer, and edit; all the while holding their own as standalone tracks.
The simply titled Little Helpers 250 will feature two collaborative tracks alongside two individual outings from Butane and Someone Else. Like most of the label’s catalog, each of the tracks on Little Helpers 250 sits in the dubby nether regions between house and techno—bass-heavy cuts for the heads.
To celebrate the release, Butane has offered up the first of his two individual cuts, “Little Helper 250-3,” as today’s XLR8R download. The track focuses on a rolling 808 groove, with dubby synth stabs and ominous vocal chops thrown in for good measure. The quality of the production is a testament to Butane’s experience and, like all Little Helpers’ releases, begs to be played on a huge soundsystem.
You can download “Little Helper 250-3” via WeTransfer below, with the full EP available at Beatport.
Percolate x AVA Festival ADE Showcase w/ Gerd Janson, Leon Vynehall and more
Podcast 461: Mite
Regular readers of XLR8R and those following electronic music of all bass persuasions should at least be familiar with Atlanta producer Mite. The Embassy Recordings co-founder—alongside fellow Atlanta beatsmith and XLR8R favorite Distal—has been a regular on our pages since emerging on the scene around six years ago. Pushing a bass-heavy style that takes its cues from grime, jungle, drum & bass, and early dubstep, Mite’s reputation has gone from a rising artist with promise to one of Atlanta’s most prized producers.
Since a Spring 2015 EP on Embassy, titled Locker Code, and an appearance on Mumdance’s Fabric mix with “Cemetery Seance,” Mite has been relatively quiet; although, that’s all set to change with the launch of his latest project and label, Alpha Traxx. The inaugural release on Alpha Traxx will be Mite’s “Exhibition,” a devastating single with unique Atlanta-based vocalist Young Lyxx in tow. Mite also shot, directed, and edited the video for “Exhibition,” which is set to land alongside the single. The label and its first release indicate a new direction for Mite, one that will focus more heavily on vocalists and bridging the gap between his UK influences and the southern rap scene around his home city.
In anticipation of “Exhibition” and the launch of Alpha Traxx in early November, we invited Mite back to the XLR8R pages to supply this week’s podcast; a booming 90-minutes of neck-snapping rhythms, unreleased dubs, and wall-shaking sub-bass.
When and where was this mix recorded?
The mix was recorded last week in my studio.
What equipment did you record the mix on?
I have Pioneer CDJ 850s and a DJM 800 mixer in my home studio.
Did you have a specific mood or idea that you wanted to express?
I wanted to focus on bridging the gap between US rap and grime, but more so the wider spectrum of UK sounds I’ve always gravitated towards. A lot of the MCs and singers I meet in Atlanta want “the weird shit.” I keep hearing more and more of a thread between weightless stuff and the rap producers working out of Atlanta. My intent was to keep it darker and a bit more upfront.
How did you select the specific tracks that you wanted to include?
I’ve spent the last year regrouping, grinding in the studio, and dialing in on my sound. I had a lot of dubs to draw from but I knew I wanted to feature vocals more heavily. There’s a dub of Commodo’s classic sounding “My LiegeI” got Lyxx to rap on top of. Also, Scratcha DVA and Lyxx have experimented a couple times and the dub for his “Spoon Bender” track with Mickey Pearce was a chilling combo. Per Scratcha’s request, Lyxx wrote the lyrics and we recorded it in complete darkness. After that, I knew I wanted to link songs either in texture or harmonically throughout the mix. I was less concerned with keeping groove and style consistent from track to track and just letting the focus on layering harmonies move the momentum forward.
How did you approach this mix in comparison to a regular DJ set?
It’s somewhat similar to how I’d DJ live in terms of styles represented. Although this mix had the benefit of experimenting with different strings of songs and textures in advance.
You just launched the Alpha Traxx label with your single “Exhibition” feat. Young Lyxx. Can you tell us a bit about the label and what direction you’ll be taking it in?
Since my last release on Embassy Recordings, Locker Code, and having “Cemetery Seance” feature on Mumdance’s Fabric mix around the same time, I wanted to start a new label with a more refined and cohesive aesthetic, sonically speaking. I didn’t want to be too cyclical releasing tracks that were only representative of the most recent studio experiments. I wanted to just build and build and build for a longer period of time and then out of that put together singles and EPs and cultivate vocal projects with a more specific sonic thread running through them. I basically only listened to mid-’90s jungle and late ’90s drum & bass mixtapes (Ed Rush, Optical, Johnny L, LTJ Bukem etc.), radio rips, and vinyl, along with old and new grime for a year. So I focused more on layering percussion, processing, and resampling my sounds and writing songs where the harmonies weave in and out of each other to push the arrangement forward.
My plans are to initially focus on releasing solo material and collaborative projects engineered for the club. I’ve found it easy to stay fresh in my studio over the last year exploring spaces between the groove and textures of grime, the colors and melody of techno, and the dirt and processing/resampling of drum & bass.
What else do you have coming up this year?
I have “Exhibition” feat. Young Lyxx coming late November, it’s a single that includes the original and instrumental version and there’s an accompanying music video which I also directed. I also have a co-production with Jayell (part of DJ Toomp’s camp) that features Young Lyxx, Man Man Savage, and Lil Kendall dropping soon. In early 2017, Lyxx and I have a large EP coming on Shiftee’s Hot Mom imprint that I executive produced. After that, I have two more releases planned for Alpha Traxx, a solo single, and a collab with Manikan.
- Rabit “Hex”
- Skippa Da Flippa “Amazing” (Prod 30 Roc)
- Mite “Tech Support”
- Wheez-ie “After Burner”
- Mite + Manikan “8 Bit Bounce”
- 1K “Don’t Give No Fuck” (Prod 1K)
- Mite “Sauze Dub”
- Mite “Virus Dub”
- D Double E + JD Reid “Rashi”
- Young Lyxx “Girls” (Prod Mite)
- Inkke “Chores”
- Commodo “My Leige” (Young Lyxx Dub)
- Addison Groove + DJ Die “Standard Affair”
- 21 Savage + Metro Boomin “No Heart”
- Terror Danjah “Mars”
- Dexplicit “Metroid”
- Sir Spyro “Side By Side” (YGG RMX)
- Maxo Kream “Shop” (Prod Unknown)
- Young Lyxx + Mite “Exhibition”
- Mumdance + Logos “Legion”
- Mite “Machine/Nature”
- Formally Unknown “Rolling”
- Star Eyes “Dreamscape”
- Apple “De Siegalizer” (Logos RMX)
- Flava D “Wheels”
- Mite “Hoover vs Reese”
- Spooky “Baby” (JG RMX)
- Hefna Gwap “Yams” (Mite RMX INST)
- Young Lyxx + Chico Lee “Probably” (Prod Mayhem + Mite)
- Hefna Gwap “Pill Machine” (Mite + Manikan RMX INST)
- AJ Tracey + MJ Cole “The Rumble”
- Scratcha DVA + Mickey Pearce “Spoonbender” (Young Lyxx Devil Mix VIP)
- Zoe Violet “Unrequited Love” (Prod Zed Bias)
- Mayhem + Mite “Good Good”
Acido Drops PG Sounds EP
Acido has released a new PG Sounds EP.
PG Sounds is a collaborative project by Sven Rieger (better known as SVN) and Philip Gelberg. The duo have so far put out two records on Rieger’s SUED imprint, as well as one via Dynamo Dreesen‘s Acido imprint under the S.P. Posse banner.
A new PG Sounds record has arrived at Hard Wax. It is not the first time the name has featured on an Acido record: the pair contributed to both of the My House Is Not Your House EPs. Warm two-tracker Versions features one untitled house cut and one untitled downtempo number on the flip. It follows on from an ambient two-tracker by Convextion on the imprint earlier this year.
Versions is out now. Check out snippets and buy it over at Hard Wax.
New Technics Turntables Hit Market
Panasonic‘s new Technics SL1200-G are on their way to international retailers.
Earlier this year, the Japanese electronics corporation announced that its SL-1200 model, an industry standard for DJs, would be getting revamped. The result is the new SL-1200G, which is now being filtered into stores across the world.
According to Pitchfork, the list price of the turntable is $4,000, though it is unconfirmed what it will actually retail for. The corporation’s CEO, Tetsuya Itani, has stated that the price tag was determined by the fact it is sturdier than previous models.
You can find out where to buy the SL-1200G here.
