Yep yep, Lee Coombs throws down his 1st podcast of 2011! And he still aint letting up, exclusive breaks/electro/techno aplenty. Safe to say, It's already shaping up to be a great year from these offerings. The tracklisting for this Episode includes a preview of the next Thrust release, 'Hypnotone'. Both mixes are in the mix for your listening pleasure...
He's taking flight this weekend to take on Bangkok's Q Bar. As always if you want to book Lee for a DJ show please contact sacha@idealdjs.co.uk
1. Worthy - Work it work - Televizion
2. Lee Coombs - Hypnotone - Tech Mix - Thrust Recordings
3. Lee Coombs - Ambar - Lot49 (featured on the new Meat Katie comp)
4. Zodiac Cartel - Just do it - U&A
5. X Press 2 - Get on you - Moguai Remix - Skint
6. Peo de Pitte - Burning Up - U&A
7. Lee Coombs - Hypnotone - Breaks Mix - Thrust Recordings
8. Dylan Rhymes - Filth Bag - Lot49
9. Kosheen Djs - Konflict - Audio 23 Records
10. Chevy One - Shift the Gear - N-Mity Records
It's been a short while since Lot49 Co-owner Dylan Rhymes stepped up to the plate with some of his signature dirty beats, but he's now back in the game and knocking them out of the park with his first release a gritty wobbling peak time banger aptly titled 'Filth Bag'.
Never one to disappoint Rhymes delivers more of his signature style, crafted production, saturated with unrelenting synths, basslines and infectious grooves that should satisfy even the most finicky of electro connoisseurs.
UK Breaks Kings Ways & Means have been assigned for remix duties turning in a gritty, growling slab of Tech Funk while Australia's Neon Stereo injects his hefty Electro adrenalin all up in it!
More dancefloor slammers from Dylan Rhymes forthcoming on LOT 49: TAKE MIAMI compilation!
Aaand for good measure, Rhymes has been kind enough to give away one his finest realignments! Last summer he took Afrojack's 'Pacha On Acid' and intertwined it flawlessly with Sebastien Leger's 'Disco Techno', to make quite possibly my most reliable track of last year. This amalgamation made for a rising, throbbing, acidic roller. That by the end of it left every crowd baying for more. Get on the download all, a definite dancefloor filler awaits!!
At TFM we like to get a little more in depth now & then with the artists we know and love, and we've drafted in the most excellent wordsmith Nick Bleeker to craft this in-depth expose of new wunderkid, Peo de Pitte who's so hot right now he actually caught fire in East London the other night.
His recent single 'Burning Up' hit the #1 spot on Beatport and an amazing remix package has just dropped, featuring BANGERS from the Bassbin Twins, Zodiac Cartel and Torqux & Twist.
My man, Peo De Pitte! Things are hot for you right now! Update, let’s go!
Yeah, new year, loads of new tracks… I’m excited! Just as excited as I am when trying to figure out what wig to wear on a Friday night ;)
Your sound is rather unique in time where dance music is starting to really experiment with hybrid genres [genre cross overs] how did you come across the meaty hip-hop-esque beats and rhythms that pepper your releases? There’s a noticeable influence from a ton of different genres.
Hmm, yeah I have a quite diverse music taste. I started out as a DJ on a radio station when I was 13 and then got into making dance music on Atari and old school samplers. I’ve been working as a fulltime music producer and done everything from pop to house, garage, breakbeat, raregrooves etc…
I’m really into well produced beats and thoughtful musical riffs... If drums ain’t rocking I find it quite hard to like the track to be honest…. It sets the mood for me… I guess it originates from my youth when I was constantly listening to hip-hop oriented dance music….
2 years ago I made a decision to just frankly not give a shit about what people dictated as genres and just do my thing. It’s pretty much a mix of my musical history with a slap of fucked up Peo weirdness.
Do you think that your sound is one that will catch onwith the recent influences of hip-hop styled Dubstep, the blogs are catching on and beginning to be the first to promote the freshest music [both illegally and legally] do you feel that the sound is suited to the current taste of music being promoted by blogs, or do you feel like you have to be one step ahead of the game?
One always has to be a step ahead of the game… sometimes it’s hard as certain releases take time to get released and that’s where blogs and bootlegs comes in … blogs are quick and fast and gets your tracks out to a big amount of people…
What about blogs as a source of newly released music? In talking to a few different artists over the years, I’ve found some actively support it, some are forced to support it and some want the blogs to stop. What’s the view on music blogging?
I got loads of help from the blogs last year… The Riverside remix went through the roof with downloads and even Ministry of Sound hit me up and wanted to release it, there were a bit too many samples in there to be able to do a commercial release though.. But I think we are reaching 100 000 downloads soon of it, so it’s still being downloaded every month..
Most promoters who booked me last year heard of me from the blogs. In a perfect world it would be nice to get the big fat royalties from record sales as you did back in the day, but times have changed and I’ve got nothing but love for the blogs…. Big ups to everyone who spread the word about me last year!!!! !
Burning Up is just about to drop on U&A. U&A’s a big signing for you, especially because it contains a rare diversity for a record label, did it influence the way in which you produced Burning Up and Berlusconi?
I did a remix for Loops of Fury at the beginning of last year and since then Shack was on me about a single release on U&A. I got caught up with remixes and other collaborations but really wanted to be on U&A again and just decided to sit down and crank out some new banging tracks on my own.
I knew Burning Up was something that both Shack and I would be into and he really liked it. Berlusconi was a bit of a laugh really.. I wanted to bring in some weird soul feel in the breakdowns and then kick off with minimal groovy house... I’m going to Italy this summer… Love to drop it there, evil grin ;)
How has U&A treated you? I know that Shack eyes quality more than anything else in the world. How has the artistic relationship with you and the gang over at U&A developed?
U&A is the perfect label to be on, nothing is left to coincidence or chance. It’s what you need these days. You hear about all these DJ’s who start their own label and thinks it’s easy, it’s not… It’s harder than ever to get through the white noise on internet, sales are lower than ever, all DJ’s inboxes are exploding with underproduced music promos and peoples attention span is extremely short. U&A is one of those labels that have embraced new technology in an amazing way. There will definitely be more banging Peo de Pitte material on U&A this year!
What’s to come in the next few months? Release wise?
Oh, yeah… I’ve got one upcoming release on Lee Mortimer’s label Warehouse and one release on Will Bailey’s imprint Simma Records in the upcoming months. I completed remixes for Tony Senghore, Will Bailey and another huge dance act (I’ll keep that one secret so far). 2 cheeky bootlegs are also done and ehm, might end up on blogs soon ;)
Just doing a remix now for my friend Per QX and then after that it’s time to crack on with more original material for U&A!
Charlie Kane is a 15 year old producer (yep you read that right!) about to tear up the scene with his debut EP 'Kaning It' out on Bleach Feast.
'Kaning it' is my pick off the EP which fully embraces the tech funk vibe, backed up by some solid production on all tracks which have influences from across the spectrum.
Putting age to one side, this guy has some serious talent.
To celebrate his new release, he's also giving away a free track and promo mix.
The Space Cowboys crew have been cool enough to send along another Mighty live set, this time from Plaza de Funk, which I hear was part of the soundtrack for a certain someone's milestone celebration a couple weeks back. Happy belated Zach, from myself and the Manifesto. May this next trip around the sun be your best yet. Thanks for sharing the gift of music.
And if the style of the artwork looks familiar it's because it's none other than the man behind many many many a classic cover, Jem. Peep more of Jem's work.
Track List 1. PLAZA DE FUNK - SUPERFUNK 2. LAIDBACK LUKE VS DAFT PUNK - BREAK DA FUNK DOWN (KRAFTY KUTS RE-RUB) 3. ATOMIC HOOLIGAN - IS THIS REAL 4. DJ ZINC VS JACK BEATS - NEXX THE BASSLINE (PLAZA DE FUNK REMASH) 5. PLAZA DE FUNK - KEEP YO HEAD 6. COIN OPERATED BOY - TRUST ME (CLOUDS REMIX) 7. PLUMP DJ'S - LIGHT FANTASTIC 8. HEXSTATIC VS. SEIJI VS. SANDRO SILVA - TIMBERTOOL (PLAZA DE FUNK REMASH) 9. FUTUREHEADS VS SWITCH VS WILL BAILEY VS MALENTE - WORRY ABOUT THE STAR WHISTLE (PLAZA DE FUNK REMASH) 10. HERVE' - HOT! DRUM ATTACK 11. MICA PARIS - TAKE IT BACK (NAPT REMIX) 12. SIDNEY SAMSON - RIVERSIDE (PEO DE PITTE RE-RUB) 13. SLYDE - RUSSIAN GIRLS ARE DANGEROUS 14. CROOKERS - UNKNOWN (KRAFTY KUTS RE-RUB) 15. LAZY RICH - DISCOFUKKR (PLAZA DE FUNK REMIX) 16. PLUMP DJ'S - BE GOOD 17. LAZY RICH - BEE EFF EFF 18. SUB FOCUS - MOVE HIGHER 19. MOBY - RAINING (BASS WEAZAL REMIX) 20. KID KENOBI - BREAKERS REVENGE 21. PLUMP DJ'S - BOOMER 22. BONSAI KAT - EGOTRIPPING 23. DRUMATTIC TWINS - CRAZY LOVE (PEO DE PITTE 2010 DISCO EDIT) 24. PEO DE PITTE AND BIRDEE - GIMME SOME MONEY (PLAZA DE FUNK REMIX) 25. PROPELLERHEADS - CALI SKATER (ELITE FORCE RE-FIX) 26. AFROJACK - POLKADOTS (OLIVER TWIZT 2010 REMIX) 27. FELGUK AND TIM HEALEY - RIO (SLYDE BREAKS EDIT) 28. HAGGSTROM AND CASWELL FT. MC SHAWNIEMON - ROOM IS SPINNING QUICKLY 29. THE LOOPS OF FURY - SOAP (PEO DE PITTE REMIX) 30. THE COUNT AND SINDEN - MEGA (CLUB)
In early 1990 Kenny 'Dope' Gonzalez released a track under his pseudonym 'House Syndicate' on Dope Wax Records. This track became nothing but legendary with many Underground House DJs at the time. This track was called 'Jam the Mace'… Lee Coombs takes the Raw elements of the track, keeping the Old School vibe and classic Acid Warehouse sound and bringing it right up to date kicking into 2011, Enjoy!
Lee Coombs’ legendary label THRUST RECORDINGS is re launched for 2011. Thrust became a firm favourite with many ‘A’ list Djs across the world with its crossover sounds of ELECTRO TECH FUNK and BREAKS. This release has already been road tested by Lee and a handful of other privileged tastemakers to maximum effect.
DRONE is a grinding 4/4 beast with dubbed out stabs and break down that is pure Electro Funk. DJEMBE is a Breakbeat roller that has already seen peak time action at last years Burning Man festival. Both huge crowd pleasers for sure!
Meat Katie is back and armed with his latest single 'Bizarre is Beautiful'. This is his first Breaks single in sometime, and what a single it is. A chunky grinding Bass-line, underpins this late night growler coupled with his infectious heavy percussion and all the Techy over tones you would expect from this Tech-Funk Pioneer. Relentless in its approach, Bizarre Is Beautiful has seen action on dance floors from Hong kong to Kiev, by some of the worlds biggest DJ's showing there is room for cool, credible, stripped back breaks in nearly any kind of set.
Remix comes courtesy US Technorist Lightknife who turns in a slamming and chaotic remix that effortlessly builds to an almighty climax, expect to be hearing a lot more from LightKnife on Lot49 in the near future.
Mark, (Meat Katie) has been busy in the the studio and has a great run of singles & remixes in the pipeline for the next few months, not to mention the Seven Year Itch Compilation which he has Compiled and mixed to mark seven years of Lot49 (which he is co owner of alongside Dylan Rhymes) which contains no less than 16 Exclusive unreleased tracks.
Tours of Australia / Far East are confirmed for Late March/April and a USA in May.
And for good measure, as if his original work ain't enough, he's been kind enough to give away one of his reworks that has been damaging dancefloors the length and breadth of the globe! Bonus!!
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