Posts by Urchins
Eskimo Twins
By Urchins | February 18, 2010
With one of the best names I’ve heard for a while, this outfit already had my attention well before their music had finished downloading onto my macbook. It would be a much more romantic story to imagine that this track was genuinely produced by two brothers wearing sealskin, using whale bones, in an igloo somewhere in the deepest reaches of the North Pole (apologies for any factual inaccuracies in what I just described.) The real story, though, is that with a mutual appreciation of everything from acid, techno and a “lingering teenage love” of metal – came the formation of Eskimo Twins, in the somewhat warmer climet of Leeds, England. Fast-forward two years and they are still holding down a residency at Wax:On, one of the countries most recognised clubbing brands, and have a couple of well recieved EP’s under their belt to go with the mountain of huge names they perform alongside on a regular basis. We predict big things for these guys in 2010!
Cassette Jam – ‘Never Going Home’ (Eskimo Twins Remix)
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Audiofun
By Urchins | January 23, 2010
The newest release on Southern Fried Records is from Manchester based Irishman Audiofun; whose hard work and ear for a solid beat has garnered attention from some of the big players in the ever expanding ‘electro’ scene (although his EP is reviewed in the ‘Warehouse’ music section of a music mag next month; anyone care to shed light on that!?). This Audiofun EP shows a huge variety of influences, from techno through to tribal and back through the ‘dutch house’ scene that really took hold in 2009 – the result is a solid first release from a dude who you should be keeping an eye on in 2010! Enjoy a couple of low-quality versions of his EP tracks, and a mixtape before making your way over to Beatport to snag the real things! Tracklisting after the juuuump!
Audiofun – “January 2010 Promo Mix”
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Stopmakingme
By Urchins | January 7, 2010
Fabric has a fairly long running tradition of hugely successful nights being ran by hugely successful musicians, so it’s a pretty smart move to keep up to date with the movers and shakers over in Farringdon. Running ‘Kill Em All’ with the now borderline mahoosive Filthy Dukes, whilst manning the tills at legendary music shop Pure Groove is Stopmakingme – a young upstart with designs on producing the music that he so deftly mixes on a regular basis on some of the country’s biggest nights.
With a selection policy of “unwashed heavy electro, mutant new wave, huge disco, pulsing techno, updated post-punk and perfect pop” it was always going to be an interesting foray – and the new remix of Sisters of Transistors track Solar Disco manages to encapsulate pretty much all of the aforementioned descriptions! Keep an eye out for a debut EP in 2010 and check out his January Mixtape to see what you can expect to see in a Stopmakingme set very soon!
Sisters of Transistors – “Solar Disco” (Stopmakingme Remix)
Stopmakingme – “Off Modern Mix”
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Solo Loves Garage?!
By Urchins | December 10, 2009
Solo has come a long way from the 14 year old who made a habit of ’smoking spliffs and doing dodgy heavy metal covers’ to being the forefather of a hugely exciting ‘midget’ sub-genre and a producer who’s tunes have found their way into the record bags of DJ’s at the top of their game in practically every scene. Like his countrymen Mowgli and Riva Starr, Solo makes the sort of music that will go down well in practically any clubbing environment – so it comes as no surprise that he’s now starting to remix and produce original bits with some heavy hitters. The latest reworking is of UK-Grime King ‘Wiley‘, and features a sample from the haunting White Town track ‘(Never Be) Your Woman’ – a track that I’ve not heard in years! Be sure to follow Stefan on Twitter and, if you can bring yourself to log in, Myspace!
Wiley – “Never Be Your Woman” (Solo Loves Garage Remix)
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8oh8!
By Urchins | December 2, 2009
A1 Bassline has consistently been one of our favourite artists over the past couple of years, and Christian has really taken strides to move his sound forward and onto bigger and better things. The culmination of this was a Southern Fried Records EP which featured a couple of new songs, and a couple of older favourites too. This new sound is an amalgamation of the basslines and drum loops which so endeared us to him in the early days, with new influence from Dutch House and even Techno coming together to make a much more mature and well rounded effort in ‘8oh8′ and also in ‘Here Come Da’. The lovely people over at Southern Fried have given us these two belters for you, and you can grab the rest of the EP over at Beatport!
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Lies
By Urchins | November 5, 2009
Fenech Soler have been arguably the most hyped underground band in Britain in the latter part of 2009; carving a very definite mark in a number of London scenes with their perfectly balanced dancefloor pop – the guys are as at home with the indie kids as they are in a club. Their debut EP was ridiculously well received, and their live shows have been the stuff of legend for months now – we think that 2010 will be a very VERY good year for this Kings Cliffe quartet; and they go into it on a very strong footing with a solid release on Moda Music. Remixes on the package include winners by Alex Metric and Tom Staar, plus the Phantom’s Revenge remix which you can find just below!! Go check iTunes and Beatport for the full release!
Fenech Soler – “Lies” (The Phantom’s Revenge Remix)
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Reset!
By Urchins | October 28, 2009
Earlier this year we posted about a collective of DJs / Promoters / Producers and all round busy Italian guys called Reset! It was clear even back then that they were on the right track, fast forward to today and things are about to get very exciting for our Milan based music mafioso. Not only have they become the latest addition to the ever-improving Cheaper Thrills roster with their forthcoming ‘My Truck’ EP, but they have put together a remix for Cassius‘ ‘Youth Speed Trouble Cigarettes’ comeback single, which has already found its way not only in to the CD bags of DJs worldwide, but on to the Mixmag Cover CD from ‘Club 75′.
We’re super pleased to exclusively give you this remix, plus a reworking of a classic drum & bass tune, and a 40 minute Autumn Promo Mix to boot! Go give Reset! some love before they hit the next level; whatever that might be!
Cassius – “Youth Speed Trouble Cigarettes” (Reset! ‘Trouble’ Remix)
Natural Born Chillers – “Rock the Funky Beat” (Reset! Remix)
Reset! – “Some Autumn Clubby Hits Mixtape”
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Sugarbeat Club w/ AC SLATER & URCHINS
By Urchins | October 20, 2009
We think it’s important that we keep you lovely people up to date with what the Palms Out family is doing in it’s quest for global domination, and to big up the shows that stand out on our collective calendars. A quick perusal of the dates of our bass heavy brederin AC Slater will tell you that he’s currently tearing up dancefloors in the UK – and we’re massively excited to be joining forces with him in a Palms Out hijacking of one of the Isle’s favourite nights – Sugarbeat Club! Ran by Utah Saints; the night has already played host to Soulwax, Felix da Housecat and DJ Ca$h Money, and a whole host more – and next Friday sees AC and Calvertron smashing up room 1, whilst Urchins stake a claim to room 2 for the long haul. Come down and show us some love! Click the link below to get the full info.
Sugarbeat Club @ Cabaret Voltaire Edinburgh – 30/10/2009!!
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Aout6
By Urchins | October 20, 2009
Lithuania is not a country that you generally hear much about. A quick check of a generic online encyclopedia will tell you a fair bit about the former Soviet ties and subsequent independence, along with the fact that Vilnius is currently a very deserving ‘European Capital of Culture’. What it sadly doesn’t tell you is about the underground music scene that has been bubbling away for the past couple of years – powered largely by Metal on Metal, The Sneekers and Aout6. The latter has recently released a debut EP, Stolen Stylophone; which has gained some heavy support from a diverse range of DJ’s from Larry Tee through to DJ Zinc. We’re pleased to offer you three of those tracks, including a fairly tech heavy effort from Tom EQ.
Aout6 – ‘Stolen Stylophone’
Aout6 – ‘Stolen Stylophone’ (Tom EQ Remix)
Aout6 – ‘Kavines Himnas’
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Lorcan Mak Mixtape
By Urchins | September 15, 2009
In the past few months it’s become apparent that squeaky synth hooks and huge kicks are now a fine match for the more tried and tested big bassline / distortion method that’s been dominating our clubs for the past couple of years. People like Afrojack, Kid Kaio and Harvard Bass have proven this beyond any doubt and now a lot more producers are starting to take this route, meaning we’re beginning to see a new ‘mini-genre’ of DJ’s and producers who are kicking up a fuss somewhere in between techno, bmore and plenty of other ‘house’ based genres. One of the latest producers to get in on the act is a super young Irish chap called Lorcan Mak; who has already seen two of his original tracks top Brodinski’s monthly charts; which is a fairly strong start! He has put together a mix for us which contains a whole bunch of his own tracks, plus an exclusive first listen of a Kid Kaio remix of our track ‘Tickets’ which is forthcoming on Palms Out sometime very soon. Check out the mix, and then go check out his myspace to see where you can catch him!
Tracklisting follows…..
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When You Wish Upon a Staar
By Urchins | September 13, 2009
For the past 200 odd years we earthlings have been trying to communicate with interstellar beings. Beaming out strange binary codes, wierd sound-waves and on a more primitive level – using NASA spacecrafts. To be completely honest, so far we’ve done pretty terribly. The above picture is the ‘Aricebo Message’ which is commonly accepted as being the most ’successful experiment of it’s kind’ – though considering that it will take 25,000 years to reach it’s destination, and then another 25,000 for us to get a reply; it’s difficult to see how this was a success. And even if it does reach it’s destination – what the hell are they going to think about Earth? That it’s like Space Invaders on acid? Probably.
It’s time for someone else to step up and give it a go, and it seems that the clever so-and-sos at Moda Music have managed to achieve what nobody else has ever got close to. They’ve managed to get hold of some messages sent by Tom Staar – a ‘lonely space traveller searching for his long lost intergalactic compadres’. How they managed to decipher the messages is anyone’s guess, but the end result is a blistering new EP full of twinkling disco synths, heavy basslines and his own vocals (presumably translated verbatim into English….). Unsurprisingly, this EP has been creating a lot of well deserved attention, and finally becomes available to download on Beatport from September 21st. In the meantime, check out the minimix and a nice Album track that we’ve been given on Tom’s behalf!
Tom Staar – ‘Best Friends Girl’
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Sounds of Summer 16 – DAVID E. SUGAR!!
By Urchins | September 1, 2009
So things have been gathering pace behind the scenes, and the changeover to the brand spanking new Palms Out v.2 is well underway; with the final stages happening in the next week or so! Once this happens, things will be back up to full speed again – we’re going to be trying a whole bunch of new stuff as well (and maybe even a rehash of some older ideas….). Keep em peeled, and thanks for your patience!
But in the meantime, we’re going to try and appease you with another fantastic Sounds of Summer mixtape! This week sees a real big hitter step up to the plate; and a mix that we’ve been excited about since the moment he got in touch with us. He has been consistently at the forefront of house music for longer than I care to remember, can boast classic remixes for artists like Klaxons, and released one of the most definining tracks of 2007 in ‘Oi! New York, This is London’. Far from stopping there, our latest curator has continued to be turned to by any label who’s looking to add some steel to their latest signing. On top of all this, he hosts a weekly radio show on Ministry Of Sound Radio, so we’re uber pleased that DAVID E SUGAR found the time to deliver us a mixtape of the highest quality! Featuring a bunch of unsung gems and a host of guest speeches from some of your favourite producers (guess which ones!), this is a welcome addition to our iPod for the rest of the season!!
David E Sugar – ‘Sounds of Summer mix 16′
(Alternate Download)
KOV – What Have I done (David E. Sugar Remix)
Kikumoto Allstars – I’ll make you jack
David E. Sugar – Around
DJ T – Dis
Yello – The Race (David E. Sugar Jedit)
Boy 8 Bit – Baltic Pine
David E. Sugar – I see Love
STU – Danger
DJ Dekline & Red Polo – Let it Bump
Martin Sorenson – Start Something (40 Theives Remix)
Model 500 – Interference
Sendex – Untitled
Pain Struck Stanley Dumb – Sure Acid
Ace of Clubs – Patriotic Acid
Syntheme – Red
Esau Mwamwaya – Kamphopo
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Watch The Sun Come Up!!
By Urchins | August 7, 2009
Summer is a season of holiday romances; whether you wake up confused as to what exactly is lying next to you in your hotel room, or spend a sunset staring into each others eyes spouting nonsense about “being the one” – we’ve almost all been there in some respect. Example thinks that it’s sunsets and beaches that seem to tease the words “I love you” out of the most stubborn mouths, and the subject of his latest assault on the world reflects this well!
After stepping into the big leagues with the success of ‘Hooligans’, our boy has found himself working with the hitmaking team ‘Metrophonic’ and also the man who can almost definitely guarantee you a number one record right now; Calvin Harris. ‘Watch The Sun Come Up’ is deservedly going to be huge; we’re sure you’ve heard it all over every Radio station and holiday resort this summer, so we don’t need to talk about the catchy chorus and melodic keys; but now we’re offering up the EXCLUSIVE first listen of the remixes! If you had to pick the hottest remixer in both the disco and dubstep scenes right now, chances are you’d pick these two. Fred Falke and Joker & Ginz are sure-fire choices for even the most discerning genre follower – and these mixes only add to the ridiculously consistent body of work produced by both. Joker remix is just sillllllly good!! Get on them….
Example – ‘Watch the Sun Come Up’ (Fred Falke Remix)
Example – ‘Watch the Sun Come Up’ (Joker & Ginz Remix)
Also, go check out the full extended mix of the original HERE….
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Sounds of Summer 15 – SHARKSLAYER!!
By Urchins | August 3, 2009
One thing everyone wants to do in the summer is jump straight in the sea. Unless you live in England, of course, in which case this genuinely results in being dirtier than when you got in. We could all do with the latest artist to pound out a Sounds of Summer mixtape at our side for such ventures, especially if they can actually live up to their name…..
These guys have only been on the scene for a few, very productive, months – and have already stamped their name onto releases on Dubsided, So Sweet and Trouble & Bass. A pretty good return for any producer, let alone those just starting out! Their latest remix (get ready for some shameless self promotion….) sees them absolutely destroy Digital Manges – ‘Manges’, which is out right now, on Palms Out records, and you can grab it HERE. Not just blowing our own trumpet without cause, this track is blowing up dancefloors at the hands of such luminaries as Laidback Luke, Diplo and Jaymo & Andy George (which reminds me just how late THEIR mix is…) If you’re not already all over these dudes, we suggest that you do so immediately. It’s always safe to go in the water with…..SHARKSLAYER!!
Sharkslayer – ‘Sounds of Summer mix 15′ (mediafire link again)
Tracklisting coming up…
Morten Timmerman & Rudi Stakker – Siren
Franky Rizardo – Flutetest
Sis – Bubu
Oliver $ – The Greatest
Daniel Steinberg – In My Home
Yankee Zulu – Prang Out
Daniel Haaksman – Pobum Coco (Sharkslayer bass dub)
Lenka & Nadastrom – Trouble Is A Friend (Sharkslayer Nassau edit)
Edu K – Ja, Mann
Don Diablo – Disco Disco Disco (Mowgli remix)
Freeform Five – Wonder Strikes Again (Malente’s champion sound remix)
Jaimie Fanatic & DJ Rockid – Move & Mingle
Jamtech Foundation – Obeah
Digital Manges – Manges (Sharkslayer club mix)
Boy 8-Bit – Wolfen
Sharkslayer – So Sincere (Renaissance Man remix)
Momma’s Boy – Give It Up
Yacek – Hyphy Reggae (Nate Metro Gunshot mix)
Sharkslayer – Skanking
Lasbas – Night Ride
Diplo & Laidback Luke – Hyi (Foamo remix)
Datsik & Flux Pavillion – Crunch
501 – Get Back
Gun Jack – Ghetto Blasta
Eek-A-Mouse – Wah Do Dem (Tes La Rok remix)
Don Goliath – Free Di Herbs (Oneson remix)
Tinga Stewart – Why Can’t We Live Together?
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Sounds of Summer 14 – SANTIAGO & BUSHIDO!!
By Urchins | July 28, 2009
Next up in our quest for eargasms this summer is a duo who’ve just found themselves literally on top of the pile in the electro world – Number 1 on the Beatport Chart with their latest EP ‘UWLMF’. Far from being a surprise; the success was pretty much a given – everything that these two put is solid and uber-playable, by pretty much any DJ. It wasn’t their first chart-topper either; ‘Head Trick’ was among the top 8 most downloaded tracks on Beatport during 2008, and remains one of the safest bets in my CD wallet. Synonymous with Chicago label Potty Mouth, our boys are heading down under for a much anticipated series of dates in Australia, and are following that up with a trip over to Europe in Autumn. Their mix demonstrates the maturity that is so evident in their music, taking in jazz, funk and a bunch more before returning to some tried and tested summer house bangers, it can only be….SANTIAGO & BUSHIDO!!
Santiago & Bushido – ‘Sounds of Summer mix 13′ (mediafire link…we’ll be back on server VERY soon, honest)
Keep an eye out for mixes from Scott Cooper, Detboi, Utah Saints and Afrojack!!
Stanley Turrentine – Vera Cruz
Kool & The Gang – Summer Madness
Nu Shooz – I Can’t Wait
D Train – Keep On
Quando Quando – Love Tempo
Lidel Townsell – Nunu
CZR – Southside Chicago
Cajmere – Brighter Days (Underground Goodies Mix)
Cajmere – Horny
CZR – Structure
Paul John – Feel My Bass
Romanthony – Let Me Show You Love
Gene Farris – Visions of the Future (Roy Davis Jr & Dj Skull mix)
Puzique – Don’t Go!
Jape – Floating (D.I.M. rmx – edit)
Le Knight Club – Santa Claus
Benjamin Diamond – In Your Arms (Alan Braxe mix)
Cassius – Feeling For You (Les Rhythmes Digitales Dremix Short rmx)
DJ Jes – I Gave You Love
NYC Live & Direct – Move Like This (Chronicles mix)
Dj Spen – Craze at Midnight
Crydajam – If You Give Me The Love I Want
Stacy Kidd – Love and Tenderness
Black Science Orchestra – New Jersey Deep
Pepe Bradock – Deep Burnt
Nick Straker Band – A Little Bit Of Jazz
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