that, I don’t think he holds back at all. He definitely didn’t on this track. The album is so-so, which he would admit, but this track is too much. It’s just super late-’90s IDM in its purist emo form. Love it. Also, Mike is like a father figure for me in music. First guy to really take notice of my music, and for that I am always grateful.”
05. JAMES BROWN ‘Since You Been Gone’ “Funk power. ‘Since you been gone, I been staying in the chapel every night’. Hu hu hu huh! Take your funk and fuck off, this is the real shit.”
06. MOODYMANN ‘I Need You So Much’ “I actually got a woman to fall in love with me to this song, so relax — it doesn’t get better than this, you have found it. Moodymann is basically a band leader on this album, and this track shows he can do it all, not just sample soul.”
07. JILL SCOTT ‘Slowly Surely (Theo Parrish Ugly Edit)’ “I just opened for Skream at Webster Hall in NYC last weekend, 1500 people all wanting dubstep and I played this song in its entirety — ‘cos fuck them! I want kids to know there is more out there. By minute seven they were all dancing, it was emotional.”
08. MOS DEF ‘Umi Says’ “It’s a Plastic People tune. I made an edit and it goes off. But I think this was just a freestyle that Mos recorded. This one’s for you.”
09. HORSEPOWER PRODUCTIONS ‘Gorgon Sound’ “This made me want to make two-step. This track right here, hearing it at Dubwar in 2006 in New York made me want to make this kind of music. For about two years straight it was all I listened to, breathed and slept too. Actually it got pretty crazy, my obsession with this music. There is so much soul in this track, the swing and the attitude is so rude.”
turning 30 in a few months and I have not made anything even remotely close to as good as this album, and probably never will. It’s a harsh reality for a competitive person.”
03. WAGON CHRIST ‘Sci-Fi Staircase’ “He reminds me that music is fun and not to take things too seriously. Much has been said about him being the unsung hero from Cornwall: I think the heads that really know, know it has always been about his productions and influence on his peers. This track is just gorgeous. Not to mention the remix competition of this track where Aphex entered under a different name and won it.”
04. U-ZIQ
‘Goodbye, Goodbye’ “Mike Paradinas, for such a funny, strange guy, he has a way of completely draining his emotional content out into his music. I envy
10. JUGGAKNOTS ‘Generally (Live On WKRP In NYC)’ “Breezly Brewin... at his best right here. The beat is too much. My most played tune.”
NIXWAX
nixwax.co.uk
Who’s behind it? Nixwax was started in the summer of 2011 by three friends, Rob Amboule, Alec Function and Hunter Giles, who have been making music together since they were nippers. Looking at all the unreleased music they’d unearthed, they decided they’d make a go of running a label.
Sounds like? House and techno, tinged with a bit of disco. “After the big bass epiphany, we had found a lot of music that sounded like house albeit with more low-end, influenced by the melting pot that is the British club scene,” says Alec.
Who’s on it? They have five artists to date: OJsmooth, Kris Le Vay, Behr, Joonipah and Nisse Nilson. All of their releases have been debuts, something that the label prides itself on. “There are a few surprises in the upcoming release schedule, but clearly we can’t give away all their secrets just yet,” he adds.
Who’s playing it? Being a vinyl-only imprint so far, it’s difficult to keep tabs on who exactly is buying their records, though with stock rapidly running down at all outlets, it’s clear they are. However, their inbox is not short of compliments from big name DJs such as Heidi, Huxley and Mosca to underground poster boys like South London Ordnance.
What’s next? Not only do they have a new release, their sixth (‘NIX006’), coming out on 18th February (the ‘All The Memories EP’ by Nisse Nilson), they’re also throwing a big party to celebrate it at Plan B in Brixton, London on 1st February.
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