As part of Vermelho Wonder’s Vinyl 12″ debut single I contributed a Special Version of ‘Se Voce’, dubbing out the vocal parts and adding some fills and reverb. A 300 pressing which is very nearly sold out, the last few are on Bandcamp.
My Selects playlist is refreshed on the first Friday of the month with 25 new tracks. The playlist features 100 tracks in total with the new ones added at the top, its an eclectic selection of Ambient, Reggae, Dub, Disco, House, anything i’m vibing off in the office. Spark up an incense and dive in here.
The next release is a remix 12″ featuring interpretations of 3 Jura Soundsystem classics by Quiet Village, Tapes and Good Block. I have to say (yes i am biased) it’s a killer 12″ with some variety and just really strong music. Quiet Village have nailed a deep and hypnotic house mix of ‘Carafe Denim’ which sounds simultaneously classic and futuristic. Tapes does Dub House better than anyone else and his remix is a total bassbin rattler! Last but by no means least Good Block have gone the extra mile taking the minimalist ‘Linn Fun’ from my album into Ambient House territory.
This is the first time i’ve commissioned remixes for the label, a rare occurrence as i usually like the focus to be on the original songs, but the timing felt right and reminded me of my Tsuba days where pretty much every release had a remix. That was fun but soon became quite exhausting and i pretty much ran out of steam. I won’t be going down that road again, so enjoy this remix 12″ as it could be many years before the next one! Buy the 12″ on my Bandcamp here. You can stream on Spotify here.
I head to Melbourne tomorrow for show at Angel Music Bar 1-4am for Proto Exotica. I gave a quick fire interview with the boys here.
I headed to Bali for the first time with 2 gigs for Le Bajo, you can see some pics from my travels here.
I did a remix for the best bassist in the business Fernando Pulichino which is out now on Tsuba Records. It’s a House mix, heavy on the conga and with some chord stabs added to the great original from Fernando.
I have a rare hometown gig in Adelaide on 9th March at the recently re-opened Sugar nightclub, pretty much the only good spot in town for my kind of music. Playing 1-5am.
Instrumental Dubs #2 is out now on Bandcamp and in all good record stores. The first edition was really well received during the pandemic so a second volume was always on the cards. When i’m digging i have a special folder marked ‘Dubs’ for potential tracks for the series which is bursting at the seams, so this edition was a lot of fun to put together. It features some slow boogie to start the LP with a killer Dub of Tracy Kerr ‘If you want my lovin’ produced by her father George Kerr. It was a pleasure to speak to George personally to finalise the license, a gentlemen of the industry. The B side features a leftfield cut from Mad Professor from 1989 that sits somewhere between Reggae, Electro, Dub and Disco and closes with a Dub mix of Original Rockers ‘Push Push’ that only featured on the CD single first time around.
I’m heading over to Melbourne on 2nd Sat to play at the Toff in Town as part of the Now or Never Melbourne festival. Tickets here.
I’m back at the awesome Club 77 in Sydney this Thursday night for Phil Smart’s Tempo Comodo night, a celebration of the slower side of club music. I spoke to the Club 77 blog with my current top 5 slo-mo chuggers.
