Free LSG Album

Legendary German producer Oliver Lieb has decided to give away a previously unreleased LSG album that he produced in 2002. According to Lieb, distribution shake-ups left the album in limbo, and now five years later, he's decided to release it for free as a tribute to his fans. Check out Lieb's MySpace blog for the story as well as his current thoughts on the scene.

16 Bit Lolitas Interview

inthemix provides another excellent interview, this time with the Dutch duo, 16 Bit Lolitas. The guys mentioned several upcoming releases they've got scheduled. Here's the summary:

• 16 Bit Lolitas 'Break/Difficult' [CR2]
• 16 Bit Lolitas 'Non-Verbal Language/Back 2' [Hope]
• 16 Bit Lolitas 'Beauty Hides In The Deep' [Armada]
• 16 Bit Lolitas 'Neptune' [Renaissance]
  

The duo also mentioned that their track "Goodbye Pluto 2" will appear on Hernan Cattaneo's next compilation, and like 2006, they'll be providing a multitude of remixes. Read the full interview here.

Sequential Vol. 2 - April 30th, 2007

The second volume of Hernan Cattaneo's Sequential series on Renaissance is apparently being released on April 30th. I've heard little word on this, except for a small blurb on Hernan's site. The first volume, although not as strong as Hernan's previous work, was actually quite the grower. With the recent resurgence of deep house (a sound Hernan has certainly championed in the last several years), the prospect of Sequential 2 actually sounds rather promising.

Digweed asks "What's your favorite track on Transitions Vol. 2?"

John Digweed is curious what your favorite track from Transitions Vol. 2 is. Visit his MySpace blog to vote.

Here are my personal favorites:

1. Guy Gerber - Digital Memories
2. Antena - Camino Del Sol (Joakim Remix)
3. Williams - The Shivering (Pitch & Hold In Camera Obscura Remix)
   

Spooky to Release New Album in June

Release dates for Spooky's third album, Open, and its third single, "New Light," have surfaced. The single will be released on May 21st, 2007, while the album will be released on June 4th, 2007.

Buy Sander Kleinenberg's Home

Price: €1000,000 (roughly $1,300,000)

"This canal house is really something. Built in 1611 (almost four hundred years ago!) and re-styled by Sander in 2002. The house covers 250 m2 divided into 6 rooms, 3 bathrooms, and an enormous kitchen where you can entertain all your friends with home made goodies. But more importantly than the abundant size, is the styling of the interior ... [From] what I have seen of his house, apple green and dark grey are Sander’s favourite colours. You will walk, eat and sleep in rooms that are a nicely balanced combination of light apple green and dark grey set off by a basis of stark white to enhance the contrast.

Source: Poptical Music/inthemix

Luke Fair finishes Balance 011

Luke Fair posted the following message on his website (lukefair.com) regarding his upcoming entry in the Balance series:

"Hey all...finished my Balance CD last week. Stay tuned for the press release coming soon, with the tracklist and tour dates. I'll be back out on the road regularly starting next month...and tour regions for the CD release are as follows: April 18 - 28 in Australia, April 28 - May 13 in Asia, May 13 - June 17 North and South America and Europe for the following two months. I'll be sure to post the dates here as soon as I know them. Will upload some newer mixes within the next few days so check back. Hopefully see some of you in Miami for the Balance Release Party!!"

This promises to be absolutely huge. Here's hoping he'll make a stop in Portland or Seattle.

Desyn Masiello: SOS Mix CD in the next 6 Months

Desyn Masiello sat down with inthemix and discussed his Good Vibrations tour in Australia along with his plans for 2007. Interesting quote:

"I’m working with the expanding SOS collective – Demi and Omid currently – but more members on the horizon soon. We’ve just set up a new studio in London and the focus the next few years will be that. We are working on a number of mix CDs now too, they’ll be out in the next 6 months."

An SOS compilation was originally scheduled to come out in '06, though that obviously didn't come to pass. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see. Read the entire interview here.

Steve Porter - Porterhouse 2

I've never been a big fan of Steve Porter, but the tracklisting for his recently released Porterhouse 2is intriguing to say the least. The compilation features an astounding 57 tracks mixed over 2 CDs; a definite departure from the industries current blueprint for creating compilations. I applaud his novel approach, and am certainly intrigued by many of the tracks he's included, but I'm also skeptical. It's not hard to imagine this sounding like one huge 80 minute train wreck. Nevertheless, I'll be checking this out and have every intent on giving it an honest listen. Here's the (enormous) tracklist:

1. Gaz Nevada - Secret Agent Man (Roger Lee Mix)
2. Nixon - Turn it Up (Phunky Toast Dub)
3. Chris Micali – Kinshasa
4. Sucker DJs – Banrock (Paul Rogers Mix)
5. Island 9 – Buster
6. Tribalicious - Dirty Mind
7. Aaryn Blain - Raging Elephant
8. Slyde - Space Bass Rock
9. Steve Porter - Rollerblade Disco
10. Bobcat & Legz - 7-10 Split
11. Chris Micali - Feel For You (Kares 25 mix)
12. CPM - Lobec Mapic (Matt Rowan & Jaytech Mix)
13. Steve Porter – Pity Stix
14. Way Out West - Apollo (General Midi Mix)
15. Plump DJ's - Black Jack
16. Agent 001 – ReDan
17. Katcha - Touched by God (D.Ramirez Mix)
18. Steve Porter - Beau's Jam
19. Mat 303 & Josh Love - This is Love (Marco G's Funkatouch Mix)
20. Emjae - Ghetto Girl
21. Richard F - Automatic (Drum Mix)
22. Steve Porter - She's Cool
23. Judge Jules & BK - I Don’t Know
24. Housemaster Boyz - House Nation (Max Graham Mix)
25. Dissconnection – No Love (Bassbin Twins Edit)
26. Emjae – Jealousy
27. Monkz - Goggles
28. Matt Rowan & Jaytech - Holding On
    

CD2

1. Roger Lee - Discover
2. Slim Fat Reducer - A Little Bit
3. Strider - Tiger Uppercut (Superstyle Deluxe Remix)
4. Steve Porter – Tazmaniac
5. Joey Mazzola & Mike Balance - In A Groove
6. Roger Lee – Equator
7. Island 9 - Fender Bender
8. Shiloh - Vice (Luke Chable Mix)
9. Homeaffairs - Duele El Amor - (Raul Rincon Mix)
10. Mojado – Arena
11. Agent 001 - Juicy Froot
12. Rogue Element - Dead Drummers
13. Matt Rowan - Her Strength
14. Emjae - Sweat Box
15. Golden Girls - Kinetic (Steve Porter Remix)
16. Carlos Montes - Walking On The Sky
17. Steve Porter - Sound Future Fantasy
18. David Tort – Droid
19. Slacker – Scared
20. Chris Kaiser – Over
21. K-Skill - My Revolution
22. Mario Ochoa & DJ Fist – Showtime
23. Soul of Man - Sukdat (Rogue Element Mix)
24. Steve Porter - Definite Form (SP's Broken Form Mix)
25. Emjae - Safe From You
26. Aaryn Blain – Crescendo
27. Steve Porter & Groove Creator – 1990
28. Medway & Sven Hauck - Amonamen (Matt Rowan & Jaytech Mix)
29. Steve Porter - Momento Pacifico

Press Release: Shiloh - Elements 001

"A component or constituent of a whole or one of the parts into which a whole may be resolved by analysis: Bricks and mortar are elements of every masonry wall."

This brand new series from Baroque challenges the run of the mill mix cd and puts an exciting new slant on the concept of a DJ compiled mix album. Each artist enlisted to take on the 'Elements' will compile a wish list of tracks for their album. Then be given the parts that make up each track to remix them, and form a unique & brand new package of tracks that will make up their DJ mix! This series takes the DJ / producer relationship to a new level & proves just why the whole transformation from Producer to DJ - DJ to producer, works so well.

Brothers Colin and Justin Moreh are the 2 peas that form the Shiloh pod..

"When Baroque asked us to put together this CD we were thrilled. We saw this as a great opportunity to give people an idea of what it is like to hear us live. Until recently, the type of music we played out could have a very different flavor than some of our studio productions. We see this project as a merging of these two musical avenues giving the listener a feel for our DJ sets while leaving our own personal production stamp on the tracks we've selected by remixing and re-editing the songs to really reflect what we are and have been enjoying these past months."

Sasha, Paul van dyk, Tiesto, Hernan Cattaneo, Pete Tong, Nick Warren, Dave Seaman and co have all declared themselves massive Shiloh fans, with Messers' Seaman, Van Dyk & Warren all using tracks from Shiloh on their own recent albums!

The second bonus disc provides a selection of unmixed versions of tracks featured on the album, with both originals and Shiloh’s own reinterpretations included. This will allow fans to appreciate the transformation, and also makes the tracks available to the growing number of djs who play primarily from CD.

Track list here.

Phil K - Hi Fi

With little fanfare, Phil K has just released his new compilation Hi-Fi. Here's the tracklist:

1. Layo & Bushwacka - Dr. Teeth
2. Rockers Hi-Fi - Push Push (M.A.N.D.Y.'s Pusher Remix)
3. Guy J & Sahar Z - Hazui (Gui Boratto Remix)
4. Myron Bytz - Amfuem (Fine Cut Bodies Remix)
5. John Dahlback - S For E
6. Habersham - Where's My Guitar
7. Mikael Weil - Silmarions (Claude Vonstroke Bavarian Ferrari Mix)
8. Beats & Styles - Dance Dance Dance (Tom Neville Remix)
9. Hi-Fi Bugs - Don't Die Don't Kill Anyone
10. Speculum - Menace
11. Oliver Huntemann - Rotodrom
12. D.I.M. - Sysiphos
13. The Martin Brothers - Stoopit
14. Petter - Some Polyphony

Looks excellent. There are a quite a few great tracks on here, most notably the new Hi-Fi Bugs track which is fantastic. I'll be reviewing this once I get a copy. Phil's currently touring the album. Here are some dates:

Feb 2 – Chinese Laundry, Sydney
Feb 10 – James Hotel, Launceston
Feb 11 – Syrup, Hobart
Feb 17 – Brown Alley, Melbourne
Mar 9 – Cairns, Venue TBC
Mar 10 – Port Douglas, Venue TBC
Mar 17 – Moon Bar, Brisbane
Mar 18 – Elsewhere Bar, Gold Coast

Dousk - Mocca EP

The next release due from Mashtronic records is huge. Greek prodigy Dousk has produced two superb tracks that are among the finest he's ever done. "Acrobatics", which was featured on John Digweed's Triple J Mix in October, is a dark, driving, progressive beast that will destroy any dance floor it's played on. "Biz 1982", which was featured on one of Digweed's Kiss 100 mixes back in October, is a more modern electro-prog number with an anthemic lead synth line and a relentless bassline. Following on from December's "Caribou", Dousk is on a role. 2007 promises to be a big year for him.

Release date: March 15th, 2007

Dubfire - GU31: Taipei

The tracklist for GU's forthcoming Taipei compilation has been released. Dubfire, one half of Deep Dish fame, is the man behind the decks this time.

CD1

1. Intro: The Low End Specialists featuring Gay Joy 'It Comes From Inside [Inside-apella]'
2. Francois DuBois 'I Try'
3. Myself 'Barbeque'
4. Lance Jordan 'Sun is Rising [Ruff Mix]'
5. Julien Jabre 'Swimming Places [Sebastian Ingrosso Re-Edit]'
6. And If 'Finest Dream [Silicone Soul Remix]'
7. Booka Shade 'In White Rooms'
8. Simian Mobile Disco 'Hustler'
9. Ballroom 'Remember Me'
10. Deetron 'The Afterlife'
11. Lula 'The DJ, The Music & Me [Peace Division Remix]
    
12. DJ Simi & DJ Marotta 'MyHouse'
13. Yoshimoto 'Do What U Do [Markus Schulz Remix]'
14. Dubfire 'I Feel Speed [Club Mix]'
15. X-Press 2 featuring Rob Harvey 'Kill 100 [Carl Craig Remi
    

CD2

1. Intro: Angel Lopez 'The First Rebirth [FX DJ Tool]'
2. Nitzer Ebb 'Control I'm Here [Dubfire's Jamrock Remix]'
3. U & K 'The Sax Track'
4. Nic Fanciulli 'Lucky Heather [Dubfire's Lucky 13 Remix Parts 1 + 2 - iTunes Edit]'
5. Noir 'My MTV [The Dolphins Remix'
6. Robbie Rivera 'Float Away [Dubfire's Casaplex Remix]'
7. DJ Vibe 'You' Kaos
8. Len Faki 'Die Rumpelkammer'
9. Depeche Mode 'Everything Counts [Oliver Huntemann & Stephan Bodzin Dub]'
10. Samuel L Session 'Related'
11. Samuel L Session 'Can You Relate?'
12. Emanuel Heinstein ' Satellites '
13. Alexander Kowalski & Barca Baxant 'Start Chasing [Extrawelt Remix]'
14. Ellen Alien & Apparat 'Jet [Paul Kalkbrenner Remix]'

Quite a few old tracks featured here. I'll give this a genuine listen, but I'm honestly not expecting much considering Deep Dish's output of late.

Satoshi Tomiie - Renaissance: The Master Series Part 9

The tracklist for the upcoming 9th volume of Renaissance Recording's flag ship has been released. Mixed by veteran Japanese DJ/producer, Satoshi Tomiie, the 2CD mix looks quite promising.

CD1

1. Ripperton - Farra
2. Bot’ox Meets Showgirls - The 16th Machine
3. Phonogenic - Air Moves (Freestyle Man Discotronix Mix)
4. Jimpster - Don’t Push It (Original Mix)
5. King Roc - Welcome To Zion (Original Mix)
6. Vernon - Don’t Be Lonely (An2 Remix)
7. Nick Chacona - The Right Wing
8. Opus Ink - Darkroomboot (Sasse Elkatronix Rework)
9. Herlihy + Torrance - So That´s What Happens (Original Remix)
10. DJ Yellow + King Britt 0 Alienation 3/Beyond the Forest
11. Jim Rivers - I Go Deep
12. Art Of Tones - Praise (Llorca Remix)
13. Motor City Soul - Aura (Jimpster Mix)

CD2

1. Thugfucker - Ahh (D'Julz Remix)
2. Marc Romboy vs. Robert Owens - I Need (DJ Fex Fexperimented Mix)
3. Matt O'Brien - Serotone (Radioslave's Panorama Garage Remix)
4. Lance De Sardi Feat. Landshark - Lose Control
5. Planet Funk - It’s Your Time (Different Gear Remix)
6. Shlomi Aber Presents BAO - Moods Feat. Lemon
7. Pablo Akaros - Celofans (Original Mix)
8. D'Julz - Flick It (Original Mix)
9. Guy Gerber + Patrik K - Sleeping In The Bass Box
10. Shlomi Aber Presents BAO - Crop Duster
11. Estroe - Driven (Original Mix)
    

Personally, I can't think of a better choice for the Master Series. Satoshi is certainly a master of his craft. Let's hope the always on-the-ball Renaissance continues to set the standard for the industry.

Release date: March 12th, 2007

Shiloh - Elements 001

The tracklist for Shiloh's upcoming compilation on Baroque has been released:

1. Manuel Dela Mare - Genesis (The Fruit Mix)
2. Filo & Peri - Electric Funk (Lys & Gigi Mix)
3. Phatjak - So High (James Harcourt Mix)
4. Danny Armstrong - Kill The Machines / Sign Language
5. Shiloh - Lines
6. James Harcourt - Tease
7. R-Tem - MSFG (Electro Mix)
8. Filo & Peri vs. Serge Devant - Triple Crown
9. Joel Armstrong - After Later
10. Gareth Emery Presents Runaway - Outrageous
    

Every single track listed will include some sort of additional production by Shiloh be it an edit, an outright remix, or an original production all together. Having heard both "Lines" and Shiloh's remix of "Triple Crown", I can speculate what the mix will sound like, and am looking forward to hearing what promises to be an eclectic mix of forward thinking house music.

Elements 001 will be released on March 15th, 2007.

Updated 2/10/07 with tracklist corrections.

Spooky Re-releases & Live Set

Electronic music legends Spooky sent the following news to subscribers of their site's newsletter:

"Hi guys – just a short note to let you know that Gargantuan was re-issued today on CD and download – the current best deal we are aware of for the CD is on play.com. The downloads are available from iTunes from today. All the other download sites get it next week on the 11th December.

The Little Bullet EP is also available as a download from beatport.com and includes the 2 Underworld mixes of Schmoo as well as 3 mixes of Little Bullet. The 3 EPs Clank, Stereo and Shunt will be re-issued as downloads on 11th December. Found Sound will be re-issued now in January – download only. Hope you all have a great Christmas."

- Spooky

This is obviously great news, and any fan of electronic music would be well advised to check out these rereleases if they haven't already heard them before. Especially with regard to their first album and its respective singles, Spooky were way ahead of their time. Their sound helped shape what we now call progressive house.

In commemoration, I've uploaded a recent 30 minute Spooky set that prefaced Sasha's Cacao Beach set from July this year. You can download the set here. Here's the tracklist:

1. Spooky - Schmoodub [Guerilla]
2. Elizabeth Fraser - Underwater (New Spooky Remix) [CDR]
3. Chymera - Unknown (Spooky Remix) [Ovum Recordings]
4. Spooky - Eypes Mouth [spooky.co.uk]
   

Also, I've posted some old reviews of Spooky that I wrote a couple of years ago. You can view them by clicking the reviews button to the left. Enjoy!

Therapy Sessions Volume 3 Tracklist

The tracklisting for Dave Seaman's upcoming Therapy Sessions compilation with Lexicon Avenue. Click here to see it. Both tracklistings look rather promising with some great tunes included. Nice to see a couple of Shiloh productions included on Seaman's disc, as well as a new production from Stel. It'll be nice to hear something other than glitchy breaks from the guest mix as well. The compilation is due out September 25, 2006.

Nick Warren to Compile New GU

Nick Warren has announced that he is compiling a new mix compilation for Global Underground. No details yet, though he has posted an e-mail address for artists to send their tracks to for consideration for inclusion. Although this will be Nick's 7th GU, he has a reputation for putting out quality mix CDs, especially in the last few years.

Shiloh - Vice on Floppy Discs

Shiloh has announced that their single, "Vice", will be the first release on their new imprint, Floppy Discs. The original mix was featured on Luke Chable's Addicted compilation and can also be heard on Shiloh's June 2006 Promo Mix. The flip will feature a massive remix by Luke Chable himself, and is already available to listen to on Chable's MySpace page (http://www.myspace.com/lukechable). I loved the original, and the remix is quite good too. No release date has been confirmed as of yet.

Chable & Bonnici Mix Compilation: Hidden Form

Luke Chable and Danny Bonnici (of Nubreed) are set to team up on a single CD mix compilation for Hidden Form Recordings, aptly titled: Hidden Form. After Chable's excellent Addicted disc on Platipus, I'm definitely looking forward to this. We'll see what Bonnici adds to the mix. A track list and samples are available on the Hidden Form website at hiddenform.com.

Free Track from Luke Chable & Dan Mangan

Luke Chable and Dan Mangan have released their 2003 track, "Ton Pei" (as Sunset Squad) as a free download. The two decided to give the track away after discovering it had been leaked. Check Dan Mangan's MySpace for a link to the track, and check out my review here.

Quivver pushing Controlled Substance

ohn "Quivver" Graham is set to release his second DJ mix compilation, Controlled Substance, on his own Boz Boz records on August 7th, 2006. Click here for the track list. Although his first compilation (Tranceport 5) was a perfect example of everything wrong with progressive house at the time, Graham has certainly changed his sound since the "dark ages" and looking over the tracklist, this is definitely something I'm looking forward to.

Sasha - Instant Live Released

Sasha's new double mix CD, Instant Live was released immediately following his closing Fundacion residency show at Avalon in Los Angeles, CA this last Saturday. Fans in attendance were able to immediately purchase the album at the end of the night. Click here for a tracklist. I will be posting a review shortly as soon as I can get my hands on a copy.

Therapy Sessions Volume 3 featuring Lexicon Avenue

Volume 3 of Dave Seaman's Therapy Sessions compilation series has been announced, this time featuring Lexicon Avenue as the guest DJ. Although I felt the last the Therapy Sessions release was a bit disappointing, I don't think Seaman will disappoint this time. Coming off strong reviews for his latest mix on Renaissance, I have a good feeling will deliver the goods. Lexicon Avenue is certainly an interesting choice for the guest CD, as they're certainly not relatively new faces to the industry (as Phil K and Luke Chable were back in the day). I wasn't too keen on the dirty, glitchy breaks of the last two guest mixes so hearing some Lexicon Avenue style deep house might be just what the doctor ordered. Although a release date hasn't announced yet, I'm anticipating a Q3 or Q4 release.

Steve Lawler - Viva (Ministry Of Sound)

Steve Lawler is set to release a new compilation on Ministry of Sound called Viva. The album will consist of 3 CDs, two clubs mixes and one downtempo mix ala the Back To Mine Series. Ministry of Sound appears to be attempting to claim some territory in the prog/house scene with the Sessions by Josh Wink and also a huge triple mix CD from super group SOS (Desyn Masiello, Demi and Omid 16B) later this Summer. Viva will be available on June 19th.

New Mix CD from Sasha!

Sasha is teaming up with Instant Live productions to release a live double CD of his closing Fundacion residency party in LA on June 26th. The CDs will available to those who attend immediately after the show, and only 10,000 copies will be pressed. For more info, check out Sasha's website at http://www.djsasha.com/. A cool idea, and I imagine Sasha will be pulling out all the stops for those 2+ hours. These sets will certainly have a different feel compared to his last two mix compilations, which were more geared towards home listening (for obvious reasons). The latest mixes I've heard from Sasha were pretty good, so let's hope these will follow suit.

Shiloh's Debut Album Released

Three years in the making, after two years of delays (if you remember back far enough, the album was originally supposed to be released in 2004), Shiloh's debut album, "Bleed", has finally been released. Featuring two CDs of fantastic music, Shiloh fans will not be disappointed. Having listened to the album several times, I can honestly say that album does live up to the hype. I'll be posting a review in the coming days (as soon my hard copy arrives in the mail). Those interested in purchasing the album should head over to the Baroque Records website at http://www.baroquerecords.co.uk/. Digitally, it looks like the album will be released next week.

Balance 010 - Jimmy Van M

According to the Balance MySpace page, Jimmy Van M, most well known for his residency at New York's Twilo and his masterminding of the Delta Heavy tour will mix the 10th volume of the acclaimed mix series. This is fantastic news, though there are certainly high expectations for Van M who is no rookie to the scene. His Trance Nation America mix was fantastic, though his Bedrock compilation was pretty boring. I haven't given his recent Kiss 100 mixes a thorough listen, but he has a fantastic reputation in the industry. And considering how great the last few Balance releases have been, one can only imagine that this mix will follow suit. I applaud EQ Gray for their selection.

Digweed's Transitions Released On Renaissance

John Digweed's new mix CD was released last Monday. The release marks the launch of a new series for Digweed that will include bi-annual single CD releases from now on. Digweed also promotes the Transitions brand via a Podccast and a weekly radio show on Kiss 100. Read my review of the CD here. Also check out John Digweed's website at http://www.johndigweed.com/ for more info.