We’ve got (2) names you need to get used to this year. Ex-member of Light Year now called Jensen Interceptor just remixed the ex-member of Hey Today! now called Nickel. That’s all I’m personally gonna tell you about Jensen because the bio on his facebook is more than amazing and needs to be read:
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The Jensen Interceptor is a sporting GT (Grand Techno) classic hand-built in the United Kingdom Of Sydney by Jensen Productions between 1985 till present. The Interceptor or Jensen or Ji as he is known by his piers is the hairiest man in techno today & no doubt his spastic dance rhythms will certainly raise yours (pubic hair that is). In his earlier years he was a mechanic, engineer, sticker collector & bitchumen sniffer. However Jensen is best known for being one of the four corners behind Turbo Records newest acid techno signing AUSTRALIA & also for being one half of the suedo kitch dance funk force known as Light Year. In a recent interview Jensen was asked what he would like to achieve with his music and djing and his reply was simple “to turn gay people straight and straight people gay”. The Jensen sound can be described as minimal according to maximalists and maximal according to minimalist, either way its clear the Interceptor has found the perfect balance of vibe needed to please any crowd.
*Check out the new sound below and grab Light Year & The Finger Prince’s FREE remix of the Alex/Erol favorite ‘Lemonade.’
Been too busy clocking in and out at work to soak up all the MP3s on Stoney Roads this week?
Never fear as we kick off a weekly MP3 wrap on everything that went down (or posted up in this case), from Erol Alkan and Boys Noize, Monkey Safari, Flosstradamus, Zombie Disco Squad, The 2 Bears and more!
The ‘Work’ remix by Frog in Socks rolls out like a cheeky trip to the woods with Yogi Bear. Some simple prods, a fair bit of shuffle through precussion and the signature style vocals of 2 Bears makes for deliciousness.
By pulling from a vast array of source material (Radiohead, The Rolling Stones, The Moody Blues, Sublime), and molding it into their unique brand of dance-floor classics, They have established themselves as a dominant force in EDM circles and have received recognition and praise from tastemakers worldwide.
Those lucky enough to catch BBC Radio 1′s Live Lounge on the 6th would have been treated to SBTRKT(aka Aaron Jerome) covering Friendly Fires “Blue Cassette”.
Happy Monday! We’re coming back strong after a short Thanksgiving break with news on Insomniac’s new White Wonderland New Year’s Eve event, Soulwax’s Under the Covers Vol. 1, an Erol Alkan Q&A, and Visionquest’s greatest dance act of all time. More info after the jump.
Insomniac is releasing the details for “White Wonderland”
From Pasquale Rotella’s Twitter: “#WhiteWonderland NYE details will be announced after the weekend as well as a special announcement later in the week about #Beyond2012.” All that has been said about White Wonderland is that it is 21+ and that the venue is about 35 minutes from downtown LA.
For the last few years we have been touring as 2manydjs with a show called ‘Under The Covers’ where a giant screen behind us shows the animated sleeves of the respective songs. There used to be a time when DJ’s would put up the sleeve of the record they were playing on display behind them, and we basically brought a ridiculously exaggerated and expensive version of that idea on tour with us. We compiled some of the best animations here with some local ones we did for specific countries like japan/brazil/france/italy/turkey/etc. This hour is the first of two parts that are possibly the closest thing to a 2manydjs festival set here on RSWX.
I had an image of the sun sinking into the sea as I made the track. I tend to work that way in general, trying to form a narrative for myself to trace over musically.
A good example of a record which can be smart and smash any festival to pieces. Simple but not stupid, possibly one of the best club records of the last few years.
I tend to not play records I regret, apart from my own unfinished, work-in-progress tracks. But the regret is usually a good sign as it means the track’s definitely not finished and needs to be looked at.
Visionquest, the DJ collective made up of Lee Curtiss, Shaun Reeves, Seth Troxler and Ryan Crosson have had an incredible 2011 taking in residency’s everywhere from Ibiza to Berlin.
Three out of four members of the quartet were in London last week and Mixmag caught up with them to find out who’s got their vote in the Greatest Dance act of All Time poll. Find out who they picked below.
If the rapidly rising Italian producer, NT89, isn’t on your radar just yet, it will be after you soak in his latest release out on Bad Life Records, Payne EP. Deep, dark, and grungy are the first adjectives that come to mind after listening to the 3 track EP, complete with two originals and a remix from Bang Gang/Mad Decent rep, Obi Blanche. Already picking up hype from Mumbai Science, Bobmo, Paul Chambers, and more, I’m pretty sure we might even witness the big guns like Tiga and Erol playing out this Future Techno masterpiece known as Payne. Pick it up on Beatport now.
1. Klaxons – Atlantis To Interzone Start Up
2. Justice – Waters Of Nazareth (Erol Alkan’s Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr Re-edit)
3. SebastiAn – Walkman (SebastiAn’s Werol Alkman Edit)
4. Mr Oizo – Half An Edit
5. Headman – Moisture (Mustapha 3000 Remix)
6. Lark – Animal’s Claw (In Flagranti Edit)
7. Herbert – Moving Like A Train (Smith N Hack Remix)
8. Claude Von Stroke – The Whistler
9. Spiller – Jumbo (Re-edit)
10. Spank Rock – Bump (Switch Mix)
11. Hi Jack – Hi Jackin (Herve Mix)
12. Peaches – Downtown (Simian Mobile Disco Remix)
13. Johannes Heil – Warrior Of Light (Re-edit)
14. Digitalism – Jupiter Room (Erol Alkan’s Simple Yet Effective Edit
15. The Knife – Like A Pen (Thomas Schumacher Remix)
16. Hot Chip – Boy From School (Erol Alkan’s Extended Re-rework)
