Nightnews-media XTRA: Updates: Hobo, Vampire Weekend, Nov 11; The March Violets,
Leeds; Fast, Bongo Club UPDATE; TROUBLE XTRA DATE Nov 16; New TROUBLE date,
Dixon
7th Dec - Edinburgh

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Press information has been recently received for the following

Contents

#1 - Vampire Weekend [NEW YORK TOURING BAND] Nov 11; SPECIAL Gig at Hobo -
Edinburgh

#2 - The March Violets, UPDATED, Saturday December 8th 2007 - Leeds
#3 - Fast FORTHCOMING, Bongo Club UPDATE - Edinburgh
#4 - TROUBLE XTRA DATE :: Ben Westbeech Late Club Gig - Edinburgh
#5 - New TROUBLE Date: Dixon - Fri 7th Dec at Cabaret Voltaire - Edinburgh

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#1 - Vampire Weekend [NEW YORK TOURING BAND] Nov 11; SPECIAL Gig at Hobo -
Edinburgh
The Bongo Club 37 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8BA
00 44 (0) 131 558 7604

Nov 11 2007 11:00PM
Vampire Weekend
http://www.vampireweekend.com
http://www.myspace.com/vampireweekend
+ Chutes
+ Hobo Djs
11pm - 3
£3

Hobo welcomes Vampire Weekend this Sunday 11th Nov with their cativating blend
of
afro-beat, New Wave and Indie. New York's hotly tipped quartet will bring a
little
bit of Indie pop sunshine to our rapidly shortening winter nights. Support is
from
Chutes with Hobo Djs plugging the gaps with their usual Electro-Rap-Rock Riot.
It is
there first Edinburgh gig. They are on tour with The Shins, who they are
supporting
at the Barrowlands on Saturday night. They have had press in Dazed and Confused,
NME, Rolling Stone, The Guardian Guide and many more. There debut single is also
out
this coming Monday!

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REST OF 2007 Program :: Live Bands & DJ’s All Night!
Hobo is Every Sunday at the BONGO Club, Edinburgh
11pm-3am
£3

Nov 18 2007 11:00PM Night Noise Team + Come On Gang
Nov 25 2007 11:00PM - tbc
Dec 02 2007 11:00PM - tbc
Dec 09 2007 11:00PM Broken Records & Isosceles
Dec 16 2007 11:00PM SL Records Xmas Party! Live Bands all night!
Dec 23 2007 11:00PM Epic26 & DJ’s All Night!
Dec 30 2007 11:00PM - tbc
:: check myspace for any last minute changes before you print

all gigs followed by indie, post punk, electro, dance party till closing time
Resident + Guest DJ's
+ 2 drinks promos (vodka mixer + bottled beer)

COMMENT :: Rapidly becoming a busy band showcase night with some ecelectic post
punk
and new wave dj-ing, drinking and dancing till 3am. Dec 16 is the Christmas
party!!

Next bands (usually announced at the last minute see myspace link.)
Check http://www.myspace.com/thescottishhobosociety

Contact: Blair Walker yourboyblair@...
http://www.myspace.com/thescottishhobosociety
http://www.thebongoclub.co.uk/

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#2 - The March Violets, UPDATED, Saturday December 8th 2007 - Leeds
Leeds Metropolitan University, Students’ Union, Calverly Street, Leeds,
United Kingdom

The March Violets Homecoming Show
Leeds Metropolitan University

Saturday December 8th 2007
The March Violets
+ Chris Reed Unit
+ More Special Guests
Tickets now available on the Myspace site with lots of other stuff.
http://www.myspace.com/officialmarchviolets

Press :: The March Violets, one of the original (and some say the best) Leeds
drum
machine bands, are returning to the city that started it all and reforming to
give a
one night only show. Featuring classic tracks such as Snake Dance and Walk Into
The
Sun, and some brand new material, plus some very interesting Special Guests:
first
confirmed being the Chris Reed Unit, Founder member and frontman of Red Lorry
Yellow
Lorry.

After the show everyone gets to stay for an aftershow party till 3am, with DJs
from
Leeds very own Wendy House providing the sounds in both rooms. We hope you can
be
there, it should be one hell of a party.

Tickets are available from the Met, both online and at the Booking Office,
though
the cheapest online outlet is at http://www.myspace/officialmarchviolets where
you
can also pre-order the CD of new material that will only be available at the
gig.

About The March Violets :: In 1984 frontwoman Rosie Garland left the band and
went
to Africa as an Aid worker. She has since become a solo performer on the gay
cabaret
scene as Rosie Lugosi and is a published author. In 1985 founder and frontman
Simon
Denbigh left in a storm of "differences" and formed the proto-grunge 'Batfish
Boys.'
Since then he has had many incarnations, wandered into electronic music, and has
been a member of The Sisters of Mercy for the last 10 years. Guitarist Tom
Ashton
ran with the Violets until they collapsed in 1986, had a brief stint with Clan
of
Xymox before moving to the backwoods of Georgia to play with guns and breed. In
2007
they are talking to each other again. These parts of the original lineup have
agreed
to get together for old times' sake and because they felt there was something
important left unsaid. The one-off one night only event will be in Leeds, the
city
that started it. The March Violets will also be releasing a collection of Brand
New
Tracks. This will only be available as a very limited edition to those who go to
the
Gig. This is a one time event. Play Loud, Play Purple. The March Violets.

Postscript :: Just one more thing for now... if you're female with long black
hair
[or know of such a person...we've certainly noticed a few amongst our friends]
and
you are feeling particularly drunk / happy / silly / etc and happen to have a
mobile
phone with video capabilities [or even, gasp, a video camera] could you please
film
yourself shaking your hair to our new track, Long Black Hair. Just download the
45
second snippet of the track on our myspace player, film yourself, or get a
friend to
and send us the results using the link below... the video will be shown at the
gig
when the band performs said track... mmmm... could be interesting.

Venue :: Leeds Metropolitan University,
Students’ Union, Calverly Street, Leeds, LS1 3HE United Kingdom
http://www.lmusu.org.uk
http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/visiting/index_howtofindus.htm

Contact :: Rosie Garland
http://www.myspace.com/rosielugosi
The March Violets
http://www.myspace.com/officialmarchviolets
Leeds Metropolitan University, Students’ Union
http://www.lmusu.org.uk

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#3 - Fast, Bongo Club UPDATE - Edinburgh
The Bongo Club, 37 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8BA
Tel:00 44 (0) 131 558 7604

4 weekly - Fridays

30 Nov 2007 23:00 with GAY AGAINST YOU live!
http://www.myspace.com/gayagainstyou
Time :: 11pm - 3am
Cover £5.00

also coming up at fastpunkclub…

28th DECEMBER :: FAST CHRISTMAS PARTY
with X-VECTORS
http://www.myspace.com/xvectors

25th JANUARY
with THE GUSSETS live
http://www.myspace.com/gussets

22nd FEBRUARY
with NAVVY live http://www.myspace.com/navvypop

ABOUT FORTHCOMING
:: GAY AGAINST YOU: What can we say about this incredible pair? Last time they
played FAST they nearly caused a riot using only chalk… Gay Against You is
consisting of Joe Howe aka Germlin and Lachlann Rattray aka Yoko Oh No ! They
are
enthusiastic, messy and very, very friendly duo who inhabit the middle ground
between Cyndi Lauper and The Locust. In the two years since they formed, they
have
toured extensively in the UK, performing with acts such as Lightning bolt, Help
she
can't swim, DJ Scotch Egg, Shitdisco amongst others. Phew! 'Gay Against You are
part
of a fine mentalist tradition that spans Atari Teenage Riot, Denim and Diamonds,
Les
Savy Fav, Devo and, er, Dweeb and are a breath of fresh air in the often
po-faced
pretentious Glasgow noise/improv scene.' - Diskant

'Two subterranean creatures dressed in primary school P.E. kits, complete with
charcoal-stained eyes and badly-concealed erections, howl unintelligibly over
spaz-core electronics.' - Fused Magazine

:: X-VECTORS:
After a great year for one of Scotland’s finest bands (touring with Klaxons,
great
reaction to their 12” on Optimo’s label and a new LP recorded & due out next
January) X-VECTORS will join us for X-MAS party to remember!

::'Edinburgh's punk, disco, electro, garage, rocknroll, danceparty bringing the
raucous rhythmic vinyl dirt and the most psychotic most angular bands records &
visuals to one of Scotlands' best loved venues The Bongo Club,..' they say!
http://www.myspace.com/fastpunkclub

+ free entry to Ride This Train, upstairs :: Country / Bluegrass / Americana
http://www.myspace.com/ridethistrainclub
where the pioneers of the twin gramophone, Lucky Luke & Cousin Craig, play the
best
in rebel country & blues & are joined by hot guitar pickers & hollerers &
drunkards

Promoter
Chris http://www.myspace.com/miller2030
Regular DJ line-up contacts to follow

Contact
fastpunkclub@...
http://fastpunk.blogspot.com
http://www.myspace.com/fastpunkclub
http://www.myspace.com/ridethistrainclub
http://www.thebongoclub.co.uk/webpages/programme.php

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#4 - TROUBLE XTRA DATE :: Ben Westbeech Late Club Gig (Brownswood) - Edinburgh
The Jazz Bar, 1a Chambers Street, Edinburgh (5am during festival)

** Please note this date was previously advertised to take place on Fri 23rd
Nov.
The correct date is Fri 16th and it is happening at the Jazz Bar. **

TROUBLE
FRI 16TH NOVEMBER: SPECIAL EXTRA DATE
BEN WESTBEECH – FULL LIVE SHOW (LATE CLUB GIG)
TROUBLE DJs
11.30pm - 3am,
£10 door / £8 adv.
Tickets from usual outlets.

About :: Bristol boy Ben Westbeech is the singer-songwriter and
multi-instrumentalist whose So Good Today debut single and broken beat anthem
launched Gilles Peterson's new Brownswood label and tore up the clubs last year.
He
followed it up earlier this year with debut album Welcome To The Best Years Of
Your
Life and nothing can stop him now.

Classically trained and raised on a diet of rock 'n' roll, but passionate about
hip
hop, soul, jazz and drum 'n' bass, Westbeech injects all the colour, warmth,
vibrancy and panache of these styles and more into the mix, lacing it all with
his
own lyrical take on the world around him. It's a compelling take, too,
demonstrating no shortage of skill in the song-writing department, but it's his
plaintive vocals, instrumental prowess and utterly compelling beats that really
shine. With Bristol drum 'n' bass legend DJ Die lending a hand in the studio,
the
bass coming off this record moves the earth as well as all the girls in the
room.

Reminiscent of Jamiroquai and Omar's Brit-soul bounce and funky grooves but with
a
breadth of style that's one hundred per cent contemporary, this music comes from
some pretty grimey streets but sounds sweeter than just about anything else out
there right now. In a musical climate saturated by identikit kids throwing
dodgy
dance shapes they nicked off their older brothers and sisters and then
embellished
with angular guitar sonics recycled ad nauseam, Ben Westbeech is nothing less
than a
breath of fresh air.

See below for more info :: Photos Available

Ben Westbeech - Biog - "OK here's the story.... I'm Ben Westbeech and I like
music. But then I like food, too." Those who have heard (and who hasn't by now?)
Ben
Westbeech's ridiculously infectious, light-as-a-bubble debut single 'So Good
Today,'
will already have the 25yr old Bristol-based vocalist-producer marked down as a
serious sensualist. No-one can write such a sublimely feel-good tune - all
honeyed
vocals, pin-sharp grooves, light, stuttering drums and catchy melodies - without
knowing a thing or two about, well, indulgence. Yet it wasn't until he was
already
classically trained as a cellist, pianist and vocalist, that young Westbeech
fell in
love with the beat & basslines of late 80s pioneers like LTJ Bukem and NWA. It
was
by adding killer snares, throbbing low-end and syncopated jazz licks to his
existing
musical arsenal of strings, wood and voice that Ben secured his love of the
lascivious, an obsession begun some years earlier. "I was brought up on rock
'n'
roll music by my dad and this is when I fell in love with breakbeats," he
explains.
"Then, at age 12 I bought decks and started mixing and buying records. I was
playing
in orchestras and choirs by day, and by night mixing dance music. It was this
juxtaposition of styles that has really shaped my musical ear." Upon leaving
school,
Ben attended University. He managed two years of a music and drama course,
decided
he hated it, and ditched it for some work experience with Shy FX and T-Power.
This
heady baptism of beats was a crucial turning point in Ben's life. He emerged a
brand
new entity, suddenly as comfortable with a sampler as a with a spiccato. Then he
did
what every basshead does: he moved to Bristol. "I started going out and meeting
people like MCs Sirplus and Kelz, and [drum & bass producer] Clipz, who I had
known
before I moved. I started making hip hop with Sirplus and we got a tune called
'Big
Ras Crew' picked up by Die and Roni [Size], who put it out on Full Cycle. I
ended up
producing half of Sirplus' album, which sadly never came out. I then met Die
during
a classic Bristol three-day bender and a day's skating at St George Park. We
clicked
and started making tunes together – a bit of drum and bass, hip hop and anything
else we vibed off." Ben also at this time set to work on his debut album. 'So
Good
Today', his debut cut, was immediately picked up by Gilles Peterson, who made it
the
inaugural single for his brand new Brownswood label and subsequently rinsed it
on
his Worldwide show. Before its official release the record was voted fifth best
single at the 2005 Worldwide Awards, and it has gone on to become one of this
year's
slinkiest dancefloor anthems. Upon hearing more Westbeech grooves, Gilles
snapped up
the album too. Light as an early morning samba drifting over the misty hilltops
of
Rio, fluid as the river Avon that trickles past Ben's Bristolian home, Welcome
To
The Best Years Of My Life sees the singer play the role of velvet-voiced
vocalist
with sassy panache, melding sharp-eyed beats (never pompous, never obvious) to
lyrics that brim with sensuality and indulgence: love, lust, drinking, partying,
dancing, music…life. It's Sybaritic soul at its finest. "It's all a reflection
of
what was going on in my life at the time, and the cards that I had been dealt
when I
was younger," states Ben. "I think music is a great diary of your life and these
are
my first experiences. It was recorded all over the shop. I moved house five
times
that year, so each room I was in produced a couple of tunes. I also did some
tracks
with Die and some with Clipz. Die has mixed most of the album with me and has
been
really important to the overall finished sound of the record." The document
billows
and sways with an easy-going charm that knocks you down and puts you back on
your
feet so often you'll feel like a bobo doll. There's the old-fashioned swing-time
of
'Stop What You're Doing', the overtly sexed-up 'In/Out', the Patife/XRS-Land d&b
flutters of 'Get Closer'. There's folk, soul, hip hop, jazz, Latin…but one thing
Ben
doesn't indulge in, is that old soul-boy trope of sadness. "I remember the day I
wrote 'Feel So Good', he says. "It was grey and I was feeling down. I was really
frustrated with my situation at that time. I think being on the dole for so many
years was getting to me. Life felt tough. But despite the inspiration I've
always
wanted to make music that made me happy." Even ominously titled tracks like
'Grey
Skies' – an instrumental that sings for itself – are moving rather than
mournful,
and 'Taken Away From', with its nostalgic tang and plodding beat, is way more
sensual than sad. Connecting this upbeat collection of jams together is Ben's
versatile and mellifluous voice - think Jamiroquai and Omar harmonizing with
Timberlake and D'Angelo and you're get close. Hip pop sans fromage? Classic soul
with a contemporary edge? An Epicurean gust of fresh air? Whichever way you like
it,
Ben Westbeech and his music aim to please.
Word: Paul Sullivan

Ben Westbeech :: Welcome to the best years of your life :: released march 2007

Welcome to Ben Westbeech's world. Welcome to a truly multi-talented musical
force.
Welcome to an album that's a hybrid of myriad styles and genres. Welcome to
something unexpected, heartfelt, genuine, true and most importantly of all, fun.

Welcome To The Best Years Of Your Life - Ben Westbeech's debut album - displays
a
wide range of musical influences and styles. Futuristic suburban soul,
fuzzy-edged
funk, unpretentious pop, robust jazz, freshly laced hip-hop and dancefloor
derived
sounds ranging from drum n bass to house are all present. The result is a
potent
cocktail blended by, and filtered through, Ben's creative and multi-talented
musicianship. Rather than confine himself to the role of singer-songwriter,
classically trained Ben also takes the credit for playing most of the
instruments,
and for much of the mixing and production of the album too. [He let someone
else do
the artwork though].

The record includes the smile-inducing and ridiculously catchy So Good Today,
which
is where the story of Welcome To… begins. Backstage at a hot festival in summer
2006, a mutual friend presses a rough copy of the track in to the palms of
Gilles
Peterson. Duly impressed, Peterson promptly signs Ben to his newly created
label,
makes So Good Today the inaugural release, and asks Ben to get to work on a full
album; a good result, especially considering So Good Today is Ben's first ever
solo
recording! The limited 12" makes widespread ripples of positive attention, and
an
excited and enthused Ben regroups at his Bristol bunker to create Welcome To…

Lyrically, the album captures a Polaroid portrait of the casual hedonism of
today's
young inner city Britain. This is a record inspired by the beautiful wreckage
of
messy nights out followed by fragile hungover afternoons drinking tea in bed.
Ben
takes a life affirming, positive and celebratory approach [see Get Closer, Stop
What
You're Doing, So Good Today, Dance With Me], but also explores darker
contrasting
corners too [Taken Away From and Pusherman].

Ben Westbeech's Welcome To The Best Years Of Your Life is available from March.
The
album will be preceded by the release of the Get Closer single in February,
which is
already receiving positive support from several DJs including Radio 1's Annie
Mac,
Fabio & Grooverider and Pete Tong. UK and European live dates with a full band
are
also planned. Increasingly tipped as a talent to look out for, 2007 looks set
to be
the best year of Ben Westbeech's life. Welcome…

http://www.brownswoodrecordings.com
http://www.myspace.com/benwestbeech

Contact Hobbes :: Hobbes <hobbes@...>
JAZZ BAR, CHAMBERS ST, EDINBURGH
Venue: www.thejazzbar.co.uk / info@... / 0131 220 4298
Forum: www.getintoTrouble.com / info@... / 0131 477 6916

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#5 - TROUBLE DECEMBER: Dixon - Fri 7th Dec at Cabaret Voltaire - Edinburgh
Address: The Cabaret Voltaire, 36 Blair Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QR
Tel: (0131) 220 6176 Fax: (0131) 220 4638

NEW UPCOMING TROUBLE LISTING - At Cabaret Voltaire:
Fri 7th Dec: Dixon (Innervisions, Get Physical, Berlin)
& Trouble DJs,
11pm-3am,
£8/6 concs.

With his monthly Inner City parties at the awe-inspiring Weekend club on the top
floor of an office block in the heart of East Berlin, Dixon represents
everything
that is musically exciting and good about uber-cool, neu Berlin. He also
co-runs
the critically admired and fanatically adored Innervisions label with Ame and
was
formerly a resident at some of the city's most important nightclubs: E-Werk, WMF
and
Tresor. He has released records on Sonar Kollektiv and Defected Records with
Georg
Levin (under the guise of Wahoo). And, not content conquering the world with an
exhaustive DJ tour schedule, Dixon recently showed electro, techno and minimal
house
fans his definition of house music by delivering the latest instalment in Get
Physical's acclaimed Body Language mix series.

We've been hearing what a great DJ Dixon is for years and we've been foliowing
his
studio work since his remix of Afrobeat champion Femi Kuti emerged in 2000 and
his
stunning Off Limits mix CDs, which first appeared when Trouble started at the
Blue
Note back in 2002. Wahoo's ace remix of Jazzanova with Vikter Duplaix's At
Night
and their Make 'Em Shake It club smash were big records for us at Trouble in
2002
and 2004 respectively. What's clear from the man's production work but possibly
not
obvious to the casual observer, however, is how closely his style matches our
own.


Dixon's remix of Femi Kuti's Victim Of Life brought out the African rhythms in a
dubby, broken beat style that keeps the 'floor simmering and still sounds fresh
today; Wahoo's At Night remix is a bumpin' mid-tempo burner and Make 'Em Shake
It a
peak-time floor-filler in the broken beat/hip house mould. Check out his ace
recent
Resident Advisor mix (available through our site here:
http://www.getintotrouble.com/DJmix.php?id=342) and/or the Body Language mix for
a
taste of what he's playing right now. Both mixes strike a very resonant chord
for
us and we'll be uploading more very soon, so feel free to check back later for
other
examples of just how diverse and accomplished this man's style is.

At the heart of it, Dixon has become a standard-bearer for house music the world
over, but his interpretation of house goes right back to its Seventies soul,
jazz,
funk, disco and electronic roots, while also having its focus firmly fixed on
the
future. Call it future-retro (we've always just talked about freestyle), but,
as
that classic Fingers Inc record puts it most effectively 'house is a feeling'
and
Dixon is one of the best ambassadors for that sentiment in the world right now.

Dixon Biog :: Dixon is a DJ, a disc jockey in the truest sense of the word, and
a
man on a mission. Born in Berlin 30 years ago, Steffen "Dixon" Berkhahn is first
and
foremost a house DJ. He was a weekly resident at the some of the most important
nightclubs in Berlin since the mid nineties - such as the legendary E-Werk and
tresor clubs. But it soon became obvious that his definition of house was much
deeper than the house music which was played in berlin at that time. From 1996
on he
ran "audio video disco" one of germany's most influential house nights at the
wmf
club in berlin together with his partner mitja prinz. there is no way of
avoiding
dixon if you are speaking about contemporary house music in germany today. In
1998
he hooked up with the jazzanova boys and his first release for their sonar
kollektiv
label was his remix for the jazzanova side-project extended spirit. since then
he
has remixed tons of artists such as femi kuti, atjazz, jazzanova, attica blues,
brooks, i-cube, georg levin, taxi, kemetic just, beanfield, clara hill, fauna
flash,
meitz and not so many others. he also produced such classic house tracks like
"when
i`m with you" or "(i got) somebody new" for georg levin. in 2002 he started a
production collaboration with georg levin called "wahoo". the first single they
produced as wahoo is called "make em shake it" and was such a big hit in 2004
that
in 2005 it was signed to one of the biggest house labels of the world - defected
records. Watch them come. Over the last 5 years, the success of his remixes and
his
off limits mix cd brought him to nearly all good house clubs worldwide he was so
busy travelling and producing that he stopped his weekly residency in berlin in
2004. but since there are just a few good house clubs left in germany he decided
to
relaunch his clubnight again this spring. the night is called 'innercity' and is
at
the weekend club in berlin.

Dixon Discog ::
REMIXES:
ARTIST TITLE / LABEL
EXTENDED SPIRIT PROPULSION DIALOG REC / SONAR KOLLEKTIV
MEITZ AFRICA AIRDROPS REC. / SONAR KOLLEKTIV
HILL & FUNèS DON'T HESITATE RECREATION REC. / SONAR KOLLEKTIV
FEMI KUTI VICTIM OF LIFE BARCLAY FRANCE
BEANFIELD THE GREAT OUTSIDE COMPOST RECORDINGS
JAZZANOVA THAT NIGHT (WAHOO MIX) JCR
ATJAZZ IT'S COMPLETE MANTIS REC.
CALM PEOPLE FROM THE SUN YELLOW,/ WAVE RECORDINGS
TAXI PEOPLE COME RUNNING INFRACOM RECORDS
FAUNA FLASH ALONE AGAIN COMPOST RECORDINGS
VICTOR DAVIES RUNAWAY TRAIN JCR
KEMETIC JUST FOR YOUR LOVE SILVER RECORDINGS
BROOKS COLOR ME BAD MANTIS RECORDINGS
WAHOO MAKE EM SHAKE IT SONAR KOLLEKTIV
WAHOO TAKE OVER ME SONAR KOLLEKTIV
I- CUBE OBLIVION VERSATILE
WAHOO CANDLELIGHT (SONAR KOLLEKTIV SPRING 2006)
WAHOO SHINE (SONAR KOLLEKTIV SPRING 2006)
WAHOO THAT NIGHT (SONAR KOLLEKTIV SPRING 2006)
1 LOVE I ADORE U (SONAR KOLLEKTIV SPRING 2006)
ISOLEè BLEU (PLAYHOUSE SPRING 2006)

PRODUCTIONS:
GEORG LEVIN WHEN I'M WITH U RECREATION REC / SONAR KOLLEKTIV GEORG LEVIN I GOT
SOMEBODAY NEW SONAR KOLLEKTIV / MAW PHONIQUE CANNES DESSOUS RECORDINGS
COMPILATIONS:


COMPILATIONS:
VARIOUS ARTISTS OFF LIMITS RECREATION REC / SONAR KOLLEKTIV VARIOUS ARTISTS OFF
LIMITS 2 RECREATION REC / SONAR KOLLEKTIV VARIOUS ARTISTS OFF LIMITS 3
RECREATION
REC / SONAR KOLLEKTIV VARIOUS ARTISTS SONAR KOLLEKTIV VOL. 1 SONAR KOLLEKTIV
VARIOUS
ARTISTS YOGA SESSIONS - DRAWING FROM THE ROOTS (MAN RECORDINGS SPRING 2005)
(SEPTEMBER 2007)

Review of Dixon's Get Physcial Mix CD :: Dixon, deep house music's most assured
young troubadour, sends his aquatic sound plummeting to un-chartered depths on
the
fourth installment of 'Body Language' (a series going from strength to
strength),
with unprecedented results. Deliberately paced, meticulously constructed and
deceptively powerful, Dixon's mix is a beautiful reminder of how great mixed
music
can be when selected and controlled with TLC. Over 15 seductive tracks – most of
them vocal – Dixon gets you smitten with an age old genre of electronic music
that
never seems to date. There are traces of Larry Heard here, and Glenn Underground
there, and flickers of forgotten masters like Kevin Yost and Black Science
Orchestra, but Dixon doesn't want to dredge the past. He is one who is well on
top
of his widely encompassing sound, and despite the mix being classic and
celebratory
the track list is impressively modern. Dixon's own edit of Timo Maas opens the
mix
unassumingly; pitter patters of gentle pads and distorted reverb carry an
orchestra
of lonesome cellos into the shimmering minimal disco of Chromatics 'In The
City'.
The thumping toms and falsetto choir of Owasu & Hannibal's glorious 'What's It
About' is by contrast ethereal and sexual, the oozing soul drenched vocals and
303
pings twisting it into strange 21st century club music. Henrik Schwarz, another
wizard of the depths, joins Dixon in whipping Chateau Flights 'Baroque' into a
warm
feast of vintage Chicago strings and synths, before, gently bleeding through,
come
Mari Boine's melancholic Gallic vocals and the thick aural molasses of Schwarz's
Detroit heavy groove. Any selector game enough to drop a Thom Yorke track as
accomplished as 'The Eraser' deserves applause, that Dixon so effortlessly makes
it
the corner stone of the mix is testament to this guy's extraordinary talent.
Untreated and barely edited, Yorke's vocals soar into Stefan Goldmann's
stabbing,
rolling mix of IT's 'Women In Toilet', sending the mix deep into the Berlin
night.
The tweaking acid lines and edgy vocals of Larry Heard's 'The Sun Can't Compare'
haunts beyond its starry night love theme, and the second version of
Schwarz/Ame/Dixon's now classic 'Where We At' rides strong with low slung
purpose
and pulsing menace. Dixon then sends you running into the sunflower fields with
the
exquisite 'Love Can Damage Your Health'; Dennis Ferrer turning Telepopmusik's
sun
drenched lullaby into mesmerising house music so bright it blinds you. Man of
the
moment Martin Buttrich does his best Carl Craig impersonation on his mix of 'Its
All
True', smartly allowing Tracey Thorn's timeless vocals to shoot for the
stratosphere. The only crucial fault to this amazing mix is the glaringly out of
step closing track, Smith & Hack's trombone heavy mix of Herbert exuding a rough
stomp that seems so out of place amongst refined and delicate company. It by no
means spoils the mix, just leaves you salivating at what Dixon could really have
left you with after such intense and measured mood building. In a year when the
resurgence of deeply intelligent and soulful dance music appears to be
blossoming,
Dixon is emerging as the worthy ambassador and this mix will undoubtedly be the
flagship. Along with Luke Fair's 'Balance', it's the best house music
compilation
you are likely to hear in 2007.

Published online by http://wwwinthemix.com.au May 2007

Review of Off Limits CD :: Unfreaking-believable :: This mix will blow you away
with
its simultaneous combination of smoothness and raw funk power. We start out
slowly,
with just a kick and some bass and some props to all the DJs who keep pumpin up
the
stuff - there is absolutely no clue as to what is coming. Then we roll slowly
into
Shazz's "El Camino" and then a couple of smooth vocal tracks, including the
well-known "Sweeter Love" by Blue 6. Standard stuff, you might think, and well
mixed
- and that would be good enough. But no. When Robin Jones's "Royal Conga" drops
in,
things start to heat up - REALLY heat up - and they never settle down from
there.
It's nothing but straight up - energy, funk, groove, attitude, syncopated and
broken
beats, soaring vocal heights, SICK sample manipulation, digital afro-heaven. If
you're not on anything, it will certainly feel like it. By the time you've
ridden
out Blaze, the Sunday Bunch, 4 Hero, and Urban Species's pounding grooves, and
Soul
Dhamma's "Flower" has put goose bumps all over your body and filled your head
with
light, you'll be able to do nothing but smile as Azymuth's ultra - sophisticated
"Amazon Adventure" slides in sideways to bring things down to Earth. Your
thinking
WILL be rearranged. And you'll be looking to get your hands on ANYTHING by Dixon
for
the months to come. Yes, it's one of THOSE mixes. (Published online by Amazon,
December 2002)

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