A NEW HOME FOR HOUSE Guy J launches Lost & Found label
Guy J, one of the cornerstones of Bedrock Records for the past five years, has launched his own label, Lost & Found. The Bedrock sub-label will serve as an outlet for the Israeli DJ and producer to release a wealth of his own material.
“Lost & Found is my way to release more of my music because I have a lot of original tracks and remixes that never came out,” Guy Judah tells DJ Mag USA. “Now I will have my own channel to get more music out.”
Guy J’s ‘Lost & Found’, a sleek and richly melodic progressive piece, kicked things off in fine form in late July, backed by an efficient, dubby interpretation by fellow Israeli producers Sahar Z and Guy Mantzur that is a perfect balance of melody and menace.
Lost & Found will be a reflection of Guy J’s own varied musical taste. “I don’t think today there is a need to focus on one genre only. In my DJ sets I play tracks from all sub-genres of house music, so I wish to do the same with my label — just to deliver good house music to the market.”
Looking ahead, Guy has enlisted deep house vet Kevin Yost and tech house newcomers Yariv Bernstein & Muzarco for the label’s next two releases.
“Kevin is a master of groove, and I’m very excited to have him on the label. I’ve got a track from him called ‘Persistence’ which is a very groovy, sexy track, and I’m remixing it for the second release,” Guy says. “Then for the third release, Yariv and Muzarco will be in charge with ‘Taxa’, which is a killer on the dancefloor. It will also feature a solo Muzarco track, ‘Instinct Mostly’, which is a more techy track.”
Working with Bedrock main man John Digweed has provided Guy a firsthand experience of what it takes to develop a successful brand and to thrive as a dance label. “Bedrock is one of the few labels that still succeeds because of its belief in good music, and it has the ability to keep on delivering quality music and supporting its artists. I’ll do my very best to do things with that same ethos and give the label the best I can.” JOSHUA STEPHENS
A TRUNK FULL OF FUNK Caserta visits the past to deliver the future
While EDM rules festival main stages, the sound of house is still bubbling underground on Boston-based Caserta’s debut EP ‘The Accomplishment’ (out now on Scott Diaz’s Connect:d imprint). Drawing on classic samples, its sound revels in his trips to hear Danny Krivit play disco and house at his 718 Session party in New York, and also draws parallels with early Kenny Dope, one of Caserta’s many inspirations. ‘You That I Adore’ filters a tantalisingly familiar female vocal, ‘Baby I’m Hooked’ gets slow and sexy with some talk-box action, and ‘Land Of...’ could be a Soul Clap edit, but DJ Mag USA’s highlight is ‘The Way That You Do It’, a summer-time jam filled with ‘70s guitar licks, drum rolls and an infectious vocal refrain.
As it turns out, music runs in the family, his dad a seasoned DJ and drummer. “As a matter of fact, while doing this interview I got a call from him asking why his crates weren’t showing up in Serato”, laughs Caserta, aka Joe Caserta, when we catch up.
“Before I was born, he traveled to California and was taken under the wing of famed Tower Of Power drummer David
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Garibaldi. So, you can bet there was plenty of Tower Of Power being played along with Average White Band, Steely Dan and Heatwave.”
For his own part, it was hip-hop that came before a love of these sample sources, something his dad didn’t take kindly to. “The first hip-hop album I ever bought was Dr Dre’s ‘The Chronic’ on cassette. My father would later find this and throw it away because of all the profanity! But that led me to Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Biggie, Jay Z, and the list goes on.”
Now he’s accomplished the ‘The Accomplishment’, what’s next on the list, we ask? “On a personal level, it would be nice to find a woman who can put up with me. One who doesn’t run for the hills when I fall off the grid when I’m spending three hours tweaking hi hats”, he jokes. “On the musical side of things, I want to keep making music that people that I look up to appreciate and support. I don’t need to get rich off music. People’s respect and appreciation for my craft comes first. If I can achieve that then the rest will fall into place.” JOE ROBERTS
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