Benga
LEWIS DENE’S
INSIDE TRACK
■ Sometimes you have to experience
life’s downs to appreciate the ups,
the complex to see the simplicity,
and feel hurt and sorrow to see the
fi rst signs of hope and happiness.
Listening to ‘Vicious Times’, the
aptly-named solo album from TOM
GEIGER, it’s clear that the producer
has had his fair share of life
experiences — both good and bad.
EDDY TM’s
We’ve already raved that ‘Can One
Day Change Your Life’ is sublime Stamp of Approval
simplicity and reminiscent of Carl
Mala Kennedy’s amazingly simple ‘Ride
Where dance meets rock every issue…
The Storm’. The new single, ‘Empty
Girl’ (with remixes forthcoming
TIP!
from MORGAN PAGE), is every bit as OU EST LE SWIMMING POOL
good — you’ll be equally mesmerised About to sign a deal with a soon-to-be-revived
by the subtle qualities of this legend of a punk label, this brilliant electronic
melancholy song about superfi cial three-piece from Camden have songs that
relationships. could charm the very birds from the trees.
It’s a marked change in direction for Imagine Mylo but with really good vocals.
JOHN CREAMER’s NY Love imprint,
but a refreshing collection that’s TIP!
about real musicianship, proper BLACK PETER
songs and one man’s self-therapy A top tip from Kissy Sell Out and produced by
through song writing. Andrew Friendly (DJ Friendly/Milke). Black
Peter are Gio, a bouncy, sassy New York rapper,
and Anna, singer/shouty rapper of The Sexual
Hot Bitches (one of Reading’s best-kept
secrets) and they could even ignite a party at
Glasvegas’s house.
TUNE!
MAGISTRATES
‘Heartbreak’
XL
This wonderful single sounds so much like an
■ San Francisco based DJ/producer updated Fleetwood Mac that they will tire of
BEHROUZ is one of the most the inevitable comparisons. I have high hopes
prominent artists in his fi eld. The for this lot.
Yoshitoshi favourite now plies his
considerable production trade with GIG!
Urbantorque to create ‘Time Travel’, REMIX ALL-NIGHTER
Sinden & Emma Warren a dramatic and emotion-filled at matter, Friday 17th July
voyage into the deep, with his Ladytron, Phil Hartnoll, Losers, Japanese
emotive mosaic of deep percussion Popstars, Burn The Negative all live, with Alex
and tech-etched progressiveness. Metric, Mary Anne Hobbs, Matrix and
One purpose of Red Bull Music Academy’s globe-trotting expeditions is to DJ YELLOW, MARTIN H and SCOPE Futurebound and a couple of surprise guests I
focus on the unique indigenous sounds that emanate from the particular city & LEIGH MORGAN further enhance can’t mention at time of writing but check
where it is hosted each year. As one of the world’s most exciting and musically a quality package with some stellar matterlondon.com.
fecund destinations, the constant hybrids and sonic crossbreeds of the bustling mixes.
metropolis that is London — from the beat science of dubstep to deep house, BOO
TLEGS!
wonky, funky and countless other UK bass music mash-ups — is bound to be ■ NO HALO follow-up the massive STREETLIFE DJS
an ideal springboard for more exciting creations and ideas, if past events are success of ‘Put Your Hands On’ with Bootlegs by these DJmag and Remix show
anything to go by. the funky new Hed Kandi single championed boys are always a real treat. Look
“I’ve been in the studio with [famed jazz funk producers] The Mizell Brothers, ‘What Is This Feeling’. No Halo is the out for their new label, Street Beats, and some
with Theo Parrish producing Tony Allen, with Ron Trent playing percussion and creative force of PAUL HARRIS and choice plundersome electro-glitchtastic battle
Wally Badarou playing keys,” Benji remembered. “It truly is an amazing breed- IAN MASTERSON, along with TERRY weapons, including Lenny Kravitz and Prince.
ing ground for ideas and talent.” RONALD and vocalist THERESE. The Even Muse if you’re feeling light in the loafer.
new single comes with funky myspace.com/sldjs
Applicants should get their skates on now, and sign up at redbullmusicacade- reworkings from CARL HANAGHAN
my.com. Spaces may be super limited but this is something very special indeed. and SOLITAIRE. Eddy Temple-Morris presents ‘The Remix’
Go at it like a bull at a red rag! every Friday, 10pm – 1am, on Xfm London,
Xfm Scotland and Xfm Manchester.
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