Contest lasts from December 1, 2009 to February 28, 2010
Harvey McKay - 69 (check it on the FOEM forum). Soma Records: 'Enter 69. The Track that captured Soma’s attention from the get-go. To say this ‘grabs by the balls’ is an understatement. A ripping synth/bass-line tears through the murky beats and bleeps of 69, and creates waves of raw Techno. Not one for the faint-hearted!'
Prizes: -At least one digital release on Soma Records -6 months subscription to Soma Records releases -Nice Soma Records t-shirt
December , 2009 to February 28, 2010 Jury: Harvey McKay and the Soma Records team Material:Get the samples via the FOEM forum Submit Upload your remixes via the FOEM forum
Don't send your tracks directly to the artist or the label Do your very own style Take your time to remix, remember, a winning track takes time Master your track but keep a raw version so Soma Records can master it No legal recourse. The judges' decisions are final Keep on movin
‘Turntable Technology’ is the highly anticipated exceptional double artist album from beat technician Pablo on Soma Records, stepping away from the staple label sound to unleash a synthesis of anarchic beats, soundscapes and medleys.
‘Turntable Technology’ is a diverse and mesmerizing album that defies all genre boundaries. Sounding like a reincarnation of The Avalanches crossed with De La Soul and The Cinematic Orchestra right through to Ennio Morricone and Jon Brion, Pablo fuses rare beats and breaks, hip-hop, soul and jazz together with soundtrack, classical, down-tempo to create an album unlike any you will have heard. Experimenting heavily with instrumentation, many of the parts are played by Pablo himself, including the Cuatro guitar, Puerto Rico’s national instrument.
Pablo is Michael Hunter, the Glaswegian musical talent that brought the dubbed-out goodness of Butches Brew to Soma’s sister label, Fenetik, under his Butch Cassidy Sound System alias. He has produced under his Pablo guise on Good Looking Records, Fenetik Music and Red Hook Recordings and composed the theme and incidental music for the computer game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas & Grand Theft Auto IV; music that has been heard by millions of gamers, all over the world.
The album commences with title track, ‘Turntable Technology’, a vocal introduction to turntable use and control set over a choice selection of glitched-out and skipping beats. Swinging into the primate sounds of ‘Sing’, with its truly infectious riff and freaky vocals charging up the energy before stepping into the dancefloor friendly ‘Fairchild: Live At The Lab’ and tripped out ‘Sky Is High’.
‘Turn The Page’ is a brief insight into the life of Pablo, discussing his one-room home and lack of sufficient footwear all through an audio-book format while ‘The Story Of Sampling’ delves into his topsy-turvey world with classical strings and lyricists stitched together with a ghetto’s worth of attitude. Featured on Rough Trade’s end of year compilation, Counter Culture ’08, ‘Record Shop’ is filled with vintage goodness. It teaches a lesson on what Pablo spends his buttons on before shooting straight into the cosmic ‘Goes To Pluto’, with its funk’d-up bass, spiralling synths and whacked-out shakers and cow-bells.
‘Music Maestro’ mellows the tone with harps and gentle singing in anticipation for the dark and mysterious ‘Rooftop Chase’, crawling with eerie sounds that shoot cautious looks over your shoulder. Finishing CD1 is the divine, saxophone-led ‘High Jazz’, a blissful and sincere record that tugs happily at the heartstrings.
CD2 is a collection of instrumentals of many of the originals scattered amid additional original works including ‘The Cuatro Track’, a beautifully peaceful and sanguine guitar solo and ‘Into The Deep Blue‘, a deeply passionate record provoking imagery of rolling Italian hills, olive trees and Mafioso. ‘Proceed With Caution’, ‘On The Trail’ and ‘Act of Persuasion’ share a menacing spirit with the earlier ‘Rooftop Chase’ while still blazing with magnetic mystery.
‘Journey’s End’ begins to wind the album down with melancholy and almost helpless sentiment before the dreamy and soulful ‘Reincarnation’ leaves the sweet taste of Pablo watering in your mouth. From beginning to end this album moves, entertains and scares. As much at home within the world of cinema as it is for anytime listening, Pablo has concocted an utterly memorable masterpiece that lives and breathes.
TRACKLIST
CD 1 1. Turntable Technology 2. Sing 3. Fairchild (Live at the Lab) 4. Sky Is high 5. Turn The Page 6. Speed Check 7. The Story Of Sampling 8. Record Shop 9. Goes To Pluto 10. Music Maestro 11. Rooftop Chase 12. High Jazz
CD 2 1. Speed Check Instrumental 2. The Cuatro Track 3. The Story Of Sampling Instrumental 4. Into The Deep Blue 5. Turn The Page Instrumental 6. Sky Is High Instrumental 7. Act Of Persuasion 8. Turntable Technology Instrumental 9. Sing Instrumental 10. Puzzled Picture 11. Music Maestro Instrumental 12. Proceed With Caution 13. On The Trail 14. Journey’s End 15. Reincarnation
More info: http://www.pabloslab.com / http://www.myspace.com/pabloslab
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Slam bring back the jack with their superb new release on their Paragraph imprint, Variance/ We Doin’ This Again?
With recently released remixes for Paul Ritch, Mihalis Safras and Samuel L Session, a big Slam single on Len Faki's Figure label, and a much anticipated Slam mix of Josh Wink's "Everybody to the Sun" about to drop, the duo are on a roll.
When the first Paragraph record landed almost a year ago, it instantly grabbed the attention of the Techno fraternity and marked a new sound for Slam, concentrating on a rawer and more groove orientated style.
Paragraph 004 doesn’t stray from this ethos.
Variance leads on the EP with a relentless groove and sub-bass subtleties that suck you in from the off-set. Sonically charged melodic sounds create a dizzying LFO driven effect, while a sparingly used vocal sample adds to the organic texture of track, letting it breathe after the startling crescendo.
We Doin’ This Again? returns to our House, giving a nod to the Slam’s previous Freelance Science label and pseudonym. Stabbing vocals and tripped out percussion give this track undeniable swing, with a restrained sub-bass adding extra bump. We Doin’ This Again? lends its self to their Return To Mono residency at Glasgow’s Sub Club, where Chicago influenced House flourishes.
Argy – “Variance has a nice energy… the other side sounds too much like standard German neo-house to me.”
Adam Beyer – “Excellent!! Full support!”
DJ Hell – “Variance is the one for me!!”
D’Julz – “We Doin’ This Again rocks!”
Gregor Tresher – “Great tracks, will play out both of them!! Quality as expected!”
Chloe – “Nice tracks!”
Dyed Soundorom – “Will play Doin This Again! Thanks!”
2000 and One – “We Doin This Again rox!!!!”
Paco Osuna – “I like We Doin This again.”
Agoria – “Variance is FAT!”
Wally Lopez – “Love We Doin This Again!”
Sian – “Massive tracks!”
Umek – “Will play Variance! Thanx!”
Kevin Gorman – “Track so nice- gonna leave feedback twice.. just need to say that 'We Doin' This Again' is revised to a 5 out of 5... Slam back their best!”
Stephan Bodzin – “Another huge Slam-bomb!!! Will drop Variance everywhere!”
Luke Slater – “Will play Variance!”
Mauro Picotto – “Variance is a main dance floor killer, full support!”
Luciano - "Full support! Like the techno vibe of Variance."
Anderson Noise - "I Will play a lot!!"
Pig & Dan - "I LOVE SLAM!!"
Deetron - "Very well produced crafty tools, will be very handy!"
Rolando - "Both tracks rock!!!!!"
Anja Schneider - "We doin this again is for me. Lets do it!"
Based in Glasgow, SOMA is one of the worlds leading electronic dance labels, and one of the longest running. We have been putting out great music since 1991 releasing more than 250 singles and 75 Albums.
Our many successes include launching the careers of Slam, Silicone Soul, Funk D'Void, Alex Smoke, Master H, Vector Lovers, Percy X aka Edit-Select and Daft Punk
Soma is committed to developing new music and artists and has a reputation for consistent excellence. New artists we are working with include Mark-Henning, Harvey McKay, Mr. Copy and Marco Bernardi aka Octogen, Decimal, Let's Go Outside, Audiofillia & Jandroide. We also have a strong series of compilation albums entitled Sc-Fi Hi-Fi and Sci-Fi Lo-Fi, put together by such musical luminaries as Luciano, Andrew Weatherall, Ewan Pearson, Damian Lazarus and Rob Da Bank.
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