FANTASTIC FOUR
This issue’s hottest four names in dance music
Adsorb
Kikumoto Allstars
Breakbeat champion steps up… In the beginning there was jack…
ADAM DOWDING, aka Adsorb, might just be a very clever man. With many of SOME SAY that house is a feeling and if that’s the case it’s one that Australian
breakbeat’s cognoscenti having slipped their moorings, we can’t help thinking DJ/producer Cam Farrar is experiencing 24/7, 365. His debut album ‘House
that the Brighton-based DJ and producer has spotted that the scene needs a Music’, out now on Gigolo under his Kikumoto Allstars moniker, is a Tardis
new hero. With a residency at Brighton’s Supercharged, alongside Krafty Kuts, time-warp to the heady acid warehouse rave days, packed with funk dripping,
and slick yet grimy productions on the likes of Against the Grain (check his Chicago rhythms, bubbling acid sulphur and rambunctious riffs redolent of
remix of Splitloop’s ‘Party People’ for a reminder that breakbeat is all about Larry Heard or Marshall Jefferson.
the dirty bass), Dowding has all the credentials. He’s toured with Krafty and Rebooting the original acid fl oppy disc, toughening it for modern fl oors, Far-
also helps him out on the dials. rar’s album is a perfect snapshot of dance at its most potent distillation and
Of his own style, he says: “I may go funky, dubstep or progressive, but always an illustration of how electronic grooves have come full circle.
keep the breakbeat fl avour.”
“I’ve always collected old Chicago records from around ‘86 – ‘87 and I was
Next up is a new mix for Annie Nightingale’s BBC Radio 1 show, after his last amazed how fresh they still sound today,” confessed Farrar. “By comparison
selection was rated one of her favourites of 2008. Expect this one to seriously modern dance music can be somewhat predicable. I wanted to loosen up and
rattle some bassbins. (BC) capture the innocence and fun I loved in the original warehouse music.”
Black Canvas Jimmy Vallance
Broad breakbeat brushstrokes Trance maestro goes one step beyond…
IN AN ERA when so many electronic acts are determined to convince that A NEW GENERATION of trance superstars are peeping over the parapet, eager
there’s “always been a live element to their music”, Gloucester’s Mr Melody for a slice of the pie. No-one epitomises this aspiration more than rising Cana-
and Rider Shafi que — aka Black Canvas — are a welcome shift sideways. This is dian DJ/producer Jimmy Vallance who’s set to storm through with a broadside
defi nitively digital music, but with a rootsier, warmer vibe than anything you’ll of new releases and high profi le gigs.
hear in the live arena. This year has already been something of a whirlwind for the 19-year-old DJ,
Throwing down a reggae-fuelled fusion of dubby beats ranging from hip-hop who in just a number of months has shared the stage with Paul van Dyk at
and breaks to drum & bass, their forthcoming album ‘Rise’ — out 1st June London’s matter, is about to release the fi rst track — ‘Tonight We Have The
on Cool and Deadly — is smoother than rum and ginger ale on a lazy Sunday Stars’ — on his newly minted North 8 Recordings label and is currently in talks
afternoon; totally heartfelt but without the smallest hint of schmaltz. with one of dance music’s major players to produce his debut album, though
details remain hush hush — for now.
“Our sound is unique to us, a representation of our rich culture and heritage,”
says Melody. “It’s also from the heart, nothing is forced; it is what comes With a style encompassing progressive, trance and electro elements (Jimmy
naturally. Hopefully people will listen to our music and understand how we cites everyone from Daft Punk, BT, Deadmau5 and Tiësto as infl uences), the
see the world and where we are coming from.” (BC) Vancouver DJ is sure to make an impact. Watch this space…
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