The Pondering Blonde

BPM Life Interview with Inxec

Inxec is sitting pretty in Mexico when we have our skype date a few weeks back. He’s come a long way from toggling a Playstation handset to make music all those years ago, finding himself to be something of a programming prodigy and his musical architecture has jumped in leaps and bounds, as releases become symbolic soundtracks and gigs abroad see him begin mapping the globe. Because yes, this is only the beginning.

Inxec got his leg up when he was signed to Jay Haze’s Contexterrior Label in 2006 and a string of releases saw him begin crafting his special take on electronic music, without the pressures of having to release a certain sound. ‘A friend of mine Shadi Megalaa from Igloo Records introduced me to Jay and it all started from there. I had a few releases on the label and it was the right place for me to start as he really gave me the artistic freedom to do what I wanted with my sound.’ Having now had releases on Cocoon, Cr2, Baracca Music, Turningspork- Haze’s headier techno label -and Leftroom, he has a strong feel for his music direction.

‘Some labels want you to make a certain sound to fit into they’ve got going, but the labels I work with appreciate you as an artist and let that be your musical journey, and that’s important.’ Inxec’s sound spans the house and techno spectrum with glitchy-minimal elements and a dash of funk. His sound and effects are meticulously placed. His experimental tip comes from his reprogramming past-time which has seen him ‘rewire’ his Ableton software with another called Maxwell Live and ‘having the best of both worlds’ to produce his trademark weirdness.

I ask why he made the move to Munich and not Berlin, the touted ‘Electronic Music Capital of the World’. ‘I moved to Munich a few years ago, and have to admit, I moved there for a girl, which didn’t last. I was only there for a year but it helped me get into the scene in Germany, I got my foot in the door at Harry Klein and was resident at the club there for 5 years. Berlin is great but it’s hard. It’s very competitive and it’s all ‘hype, hype, hype.’ I’m not into that really, I’m not much of a people person.’

Returning to London Inxec is happy to be back with the brotherhood although the state of the club scene has seen recent turmoil once again. ‘Ye it’s always in a state of flux. The girl I’m seeing at the moment is the owner of T Bar, and she just found out its gone into administration, so it’s not the best time. It’s kind of like the delayed effects of the recession, it’s sad. The scene has been moving back into the warehouse and secret part culture which excites things a bit- it’s not all about the clubs.’ He mentions Lo Kee, Half Baked and Mulletover as some of the underground parties’ vibing in East London at the moment.

‘Musically, it’s a hot place to be, all my friends are here and everyone’s doing great things, so I’m happy to be back in the creative mix of it all.’ The friends he speaks of are long time production partner Matt Tolfrey- their 2009 release Jerk was without a doubt one of the soundtracks to last summer. Hector, who in 2009 was signed to Mobilee and made waves on the underground circuit with his first release for the label, Got Fringe. ‘I have an EP coming out with Hector soon. I’ve also got one with Mark Chambers coming out- he’s from Dubai, a Radioslave remix and a Nina Kravitz remix on Rekids. Oh, and on Cocoon and Gedde’s label Murmur later this year with Matt.’

He recently returned from DEMF, Detroit’s iconic electronic music festival where he had the time of his life. ‘It was unbelievable, really next level. I spent a lot of time at the actual festival- I didn’t wanna do the other parties, I was just enjoying being at the festival, there was so much happening. Plastikman Live was just incredible- great production. There was just such an amazing vibe going on, lots of celebrities hanging out- I spoke to Kid Rock and kinda met Carl Craig when I accidentally slapped him in the face!’

On playing his first DEMF set, he feels like it was a coming of age for him in the dance music industry, ‘I definitely has this ‘wow’ moment, it was an incredible feeling to be part of it. Although it started raining during my set, which was at the open air arena- right after the first track in fact, and they had to shut it down until the rain stopped. But I got to play again later, at about 3pm when they opened the underground stage and played to like 4 000 people. It was really warm down there, everyone waiting for the rain to stop, so the energy was crazy. It was a truly special experience.’

Take Inxec, Tolfrey, Geddes and throw into the mix American-Berlinners, Shaun Reeves, Lee Curtis and Seth Troxler and you have their whole little team, changing the face of electronic music one up-front beat at a time. ‘I guess we’re a bit of a rowdy bunch. But they’re all great guys, very real people. We talk about things, we don’t blow smoke up anyone’s ass- there’s no hidden agenda.’

On the agenda- his trip to South Africa and the former snake park that houses one of South Africa’s best night clubs in Johannesburg, where he drops an exclusive set. ‘A former snake- wow, I’m looking forward to checking that out.’ He says, excited on top of being excited about coming to play while such a big sporting events holds the worlds attention in SA. And on being billed alongside the legendary Cosmic Gate. ‘I didn’t know who Cosmic Gate was until I was book to play in South Africa!’ Ah, such is the life in Technoland.

BPM Mag Interview with DJ Sasha

Sasha came into being during the era of Manchester’s iconic Hacienda days. Pioneering the Northern Soul sound and jumping head first into the Acid House movement, Sasha transformed The DJ Life as we know it today with a relentless progressive grace and a partner-in-crime-called Digweed. One would think the man who gave Renaissance Recordings gold status and Global Underground it’s 90’s cool would be too big to tweet ,but that’s exactly where our banter kicks off, after catching wind of a live Twitter interview with one of Ibiza’s well known bloggers the day before we chat.

‘It was pretty good, I’d never done an online interview like that before- the interview (by @Blogibiza) was for Pacha magazine, which is published annually each season in Ibiza. -I’m booked to play several times there this summer.’ Does he like being on top of new marketing and communication trends? ‘I was a bit slow on the upstart to get involved with some of these social networking channels to be honest, I thought it was a lot of people telling everyone lots of trivial things about themselves, and was kind of mundane, but I’ve found it to be a really great way to communicate directly with fans- I can tell them what I’m up to, what I’m listening to- and what I’m eating every now then. ’ [laughs]

A big Football fan, Sasha’s tour to South Africa in July coincides with the final week of the World Cup and he’s keen to get involved and catch a few games while he’s here.  I teasingly ask about England’s performance in the Finals so far and he’s quick to jump into a well-opinioned discussion about the team and various players. ‘Well, I hope they can get their heads together in the next game and click; it would be great to see England still in the running while I’m out there. Really great that I got booked to play in SA over the World Cup- I’m excited to come and be part of it!’

Sasha’s last album, Involver Volume 2 on Global Underground came out in 2008 and the dance world is undoubtedly waiting with bated breath to see in which direction he’ll lead the dance culture heathen next. ‘Yes, I’ve been making new tracks and have a load of new music that I’ve already been playing out at the clubs and festivals… so good news; I’ll have lots of fresh stuff to play out in SA. In terms of releasing an album, I’m not sure when or whether it’ll be full of big, banging club tracks or something a little different, we’ll see…’

Sasha has always been a purveyor of progressive dance and has stood by the darker European house sound from early on in his career. ‘It’s important to believe in your sound. Over the years I’ve trained my ear and honed a certain musical taste.’ His reputation with the older dance heads to this affect is unwavering, although recent years have seen him indulge a more housey tip with elements of electro, breaks;  essentially breaking out of his ‘proggy’ pigeonhole,  inspired by the likes of, Leftfield, UNKLE, BT and more recently James Holden, Tiefschwartz and Swayzak.

Having discovered the likes of BT and James Zabiela, I ask how it is he has such an eye for spotting talent, his management agency Excession is one of the biggest in the world today and manages a top selection of electronic music artists. ‘I don’t know, I suppose they had some kind of X factor or wanderlust; James was so full of energy and so driven, both by the music and how to make it. There are a lot of good dj’s, but they need to have that hunger and desire, be able to make the leap from being a bedroom dj to playing in front of 5000 people. Also, not everyone is cut out for the party lifestyle. There’s a lot of pressure, long nights and of course, a lot of time spent on your own away from home.’

Although notoriously shy about his personal life, I ask how he’s got on, living the ultimate party lifestyle? ‘I’m married and have a little boy, yes you definitely need a strong woman to handle and understand the pressures of this career and I definitely have a one behind me. Over the years I’ve lived quite a nomadic lifestyle- between London, New York, Amsterdam for a bit as well and many airports feel like homes at times. I still have an apartment in New York but I’ve settled in London now.’

To wrap up, I ask what he’s up to this weekend, as you do.. ‘I’m playing at Glastonbury festival this weekend; we’re doing a special Vortech Lighting Show, which I’m really excited about! I only hope that everyone comes to check it out and are not holed up in a pub somewhere, drinking beer and watching the World Cup!

Don’t Mind The Gap, Get Innit

Remember the day’s people went on a Gap year, returning with enough dosh to put a deposit on a house or buy a new car? Well, it’s likely those people never left their grotty flat share and ate baked beans on toast every day; kinda useless when you have one of the maddest, interesting cities at your fingertips! If you go overseas you’ve got to experience it and get your nails into the awesome, dirty, sexy culture and live it up! Well, in my almost 2 years as a party-chasing Saffa in London, I certainly did try! Here’s a scratching-the-surface summary of life on the nightshift in London Town.

London really is a melting pot of incredible culture. But you can’t sit in Wimbledon aka Little South Africa expecting it to come to you- you have to chase it and get involved. A round up of our regular (not necessarily all at once!) nocturnal team included several South Africans, a Brazilian, an Italian (and sporadically; her loud Italian entourage), a lone-ranging Turk, a couple of Aussies, two Spaniards, an American, a Welsh lass, and a good dozen curious Brits, among them! It’s a truly incredible thing to be surrounded by so many different people and never a dull moment on a night out!

It has to be said, South Africans aren’t the most stylish bunch; Saffa’s are more likely to spend cash on going out and getting hammered than on new threads, but this is a good thing… We just don’t look as good doing it. The locals are pretty lekker and accept- no, welcome- raving travellers who adopt their city and dancefloors- contrary to belief that they’ve been sulking about immigrants for decades (Those old farts moved to Cornwall ages ago anyway!) But as they say, everyone leaves eventually, and while it’s a bummer for residents to watch international friends come and go; when it comes to the London clubbing community at large, this constant shift and new energy is what keeps UK dance culture so alive and well!

The core club scene, aka those deemed the coolest club kids of all by no-one in particular- they’ve just danced up the year-miles to prove it, is actually kind of small when you elbow your way right into the thick of it- everyone knows everyone and supports everyone. And so you just have to go and party at everyone’s party every weekend- it would be rude not to. (No mean feat I tell you!) When they know you, they put you on the guestlist, let you skip the queue and coat check your stuff for free. It’s the little things that make it home, right?

If you’re still clubbing at Pacha and Ministry of Sound 6 months into your London Life it’s safe to say you probably couldn’t find the underground in a mine shaft- but hey, maybe next time you can tickle the Deadmau5 pantomime behind his ear even? Okay, big room shows are great, and the underground is not without its massive warehouse parties, but there’s nothing like an intimate shindig with your favourite dj just metres away- you can even pinch his bum if you want to… I’m just saying!

Experiencing The End before it closed and witnessing the power of its era in dance music history sucked me right in. I entered a world that crossed the border of Recreational clubbing into the 24/7 realm of Professional Party People. A community ‘headspace’ that speaks EDM- discussing venues, promoters and releases in beats per minute; the same way you might natter to your girlfriend about your day at work, the traffic and what’s for dinner. It’s something else entirely and privy to a well-networked and thriving music scene- totally worth trading your collection of pictures of The Queen to experience first ear and foot! London, you sexy vicious bitch; to be continued…

Pulse Radio Interview with Geddes

Geddes has been making party people across London mulletover and over for 5 years and counting, and has set the precedent for underground clubbing with its understated-cool crowd and aural-driven atmosphere.  With the release of his latest track, Paperweight with Alex Jones, his label Murmur plotting releases like electronic landfill and his events success spilling into the festival circuit and abroad, Geddes is far from toeing the line. We cornered Geddes to find out a little bit of this and that ahead of Mulletovers 2^nd affair at the Eastern Electrics festival this bank holiday weekend.

mulletover stands strong as one of London’s best underground event brands- how did it come about?

I wanted to do a night and originally started mulletover with a guy called Jafar.  We were due to do our first party but the venue we were using got closed down and Jafar knew Rob who coincidently was doing a party on the same night, he had a spare room upstairs and the party went ahead.  We did another party together after that and decided we’d work under the same banner and here we are five years down the line.

The event has stretched its legs to festivals and one-off parties abroad. Tell us about mulletovers journey…

We first started doing parties in Ibiza, then Croatia.  Festival wise we were part of TDK Festival in London, Lovebox in Victoria Park last year and now Eastern Electrics with Resident Advisor.  This year is the first time we’ve been invited to do Glade Festival, which was wicked.

Glade Festival is said to be the subversive alternative to the other hyped UK festivals, how was it to have mulletover being part of it?

‘The thing about Glade is, it spurned from grassroots and they hardly have any sponsorship to help them along, it makes the difference to the festival and the people who go- it’s definitely special. We had Mr C, Adultnapper and Jamie Jones play for mulletover in the club tent and it rocked from start to finish, we had a great time!’

You’ve apparently managed to miss a few of the Mulletover parties- how does that happen- do you get lost trying to find the secret location?

I missed three parties and all of them being in Ibiza.  Moral of the story is not to put you passport through the washing machine J

How did you find yourself in the music industry and what initially guided your organic sound?

I was surrounded by music at an early age, it was quite an important part of my family’s socializing, and we’d spend hours dancing in the living room to Frank Sinatra, Grace Jones and Barry White.  Then my sister got a job with universal records and was product manager for Twisted Records, which was home to Danny Tenaglia and Murk, from then on I knew what I wanted to do.

You’ve played witness to the London scene over the last decade- what have you seen and learnt from it?

Trends move quickly, one minute minimal is the in thing then house is back.  Be true to your school!

You also produce under the guise Rekleiner with Anthony Middleton and Luca Saporito- how do you three come together to create this intricate and melodic sound?

I knew Luca from West London and he was hassling me to play at mulletover, through his persistence we became friends and started working in the studio together. The rest is history though however the guys are now in Barcelona so it’s hard for us to get together and make music now.

What has been one of your favourite gig experiences to date?

Robert Johnson in Frankfurt is the most amazing place to play, good sound system, small room and nothing else is needed.

Your track Paper Weight with Alex Jones is your first EP on Murmur and was released in July- what is the response so far?

Yeah it had a really good response from the promo we did, both Alex and I are very happy!

Murmur launched in 2008 and is cutting the edge with great track releases from great artists- what can we look forward to next?

We have a great EP from Tom Demac we’re very excited about, something else from BLM who’s a London-based artist, M.in from Frankfurt, Mic Newmann from Australia and hopefully something from Meat.  Release schedule is full now till next year.

If there was one sound you could remove from the earth and never have to hear it again- what would it be?

The noise of buses going past my window late at night, they are so noisy I can’t open my window and in this hot weather that’s not ideal.

Eastern Electrics Bank Holiday takes place on August 31^st 2009, with Anja Schneider, Damian Lazarus, Glimpse and Geddes playing the Mulletover room. Tickets available from Resident Advisor.

Excuse The Mess Interview with Ralf Kollmann

Where did your musical journey begin and how did you find dance music and the techno sound?
Little Ralf loved to listen to the radio. I discovered special shows that aired Maxi and Instrumental Versions once a week and recorded everything with my father’s old tape machine. I was inspired by his record collection, even though I didn´t understand what this music was about. He had this Krautrock stuff, Kraftwerk of course and some other early experimental synthesizer bands in his collection. I made my first steps in the disco arena when the first techno and house wave developed in the clubs in Germany and other cities, in the early 90’s.

I got my early club lessons in Sven Väth´s legendary Omen Club in Frankfurt. I remember a very special night when Richie Hawtin, Daniel Bell and Speedy J all played together, it blew my mind. I realized then that this was a new movement and a whole new lifestyle for a young generation was created. Wow! Just realized that this was 17 years ago… I started as a passionate Raver and became a passionate Maker- being proud of mobilee and our artists playing a little role in the global techno circus.

Tell us about growing up in Germany and watching the development and evolution of dance music scene- from the front row as it were.
I wouldn´t say that I sat in the front row, cause before Germany was hit hard by electronic dance music there was a house movement in Chicago and Detroit, later the Acid House hype in the UK developing from Manchester… When I discovered clubbing it took a few years before techno became mainstream by the help of Love Parade and Mayday. The Sponsors and Media in Germany followed up with Top 10 Chart Positions- I think it was similar to the huge success of Prodigy and Underworld in the UK. That boosted the original Techno underground in the mainstream market and some vibes got lost of course.

When everybody was used to seeing Techno beats and Euro Dance on Music TV, a new underground developed, around 2000- and that inspired me a lot to dive back into the music thing again; celebrating it, enjoying it, feeling it and finally, starting the label in 2005 with Anja Schneider. It’s great that people who inspired me as a little raver are now colleagues and friends. And I still like to rave of course!

Why is everybody obsessed with Berlin right now?
Berlin is one of the most liberal cities in the world. When it comes to clubbing; Panorama Bar and Bar 25 are known all over the world in reference to Berlin’s Nightlife. Compared to other metropolitan cities, it’s affordable to live here without having three jobs. It’s quite relaxed and the city is a huge creative space. There’s a big density of international Labels, DJ´s and Producers who’ve decided to make Berlin their home. The Sound is defined by international activists who discovered Berlin as an inspiring city to live, make music, go out and have fun- it’s the undisputed epicentre of techno music and it will probably not change in the near future.

You’ve played in many cities around the world, recently playing in New York, Miami, Amsterdam and Dubai, tell us about your travels…
It’s always a pleasure to travel and discover other cities, countries and meet enthusiastic and passionate people. Especially the music we are playing and enjoying ourselves; it seems to connect very special people all over the world. The vibe is similar everywhere… if I am playing in a small wooden hut at a beach or at 5 star hotel club resort in Dubai, the people are interested in the music we are doing.

Barcelona is amazing during Sonar Festival, San Francisco and Los Angeles are my favourite party towns in the US. I have a lot of fun playing in London and also Ekaterinburg in Russia. I must say, it’s a luxury that in Berlin we have the opportunity to party for 24 hours- sometimes it’s sad when the party stops at 3 or 4am, when it was just about to get nasty! But every trip has something unique, and it’s great to if you have residencies all over the world where you make friends and know what to expect when you are coming again.
I’m really looking forward to coming to South Africa for the first time in my life and being the first mobilee dude there!

You’ve been nurturing the mobilee label going on 5 years now, how does it feel to have created this yourself and been part of an international music movement?
Anja Schneider and me started it as a side project five years ago and within a short time it accidently became a full time job for both of us. Every mobilee artists is playing an important role and transporting our vision with every gig and every release. After five years we are more than proud that we created an established platform for talented artists who play all over the world. We started the label at a time when the music market changed completely and that taught us to be flexible and go our own way all the time. It’s important to leave the well-worn path sometimes and try something new and take risks. And we still see ourselves at the beginning with what we started and have ideas and visions for the next years to come.

Mobilee is 5 years old in 2010, what can you reveal the label plans to do to celebrate?
We are just developing the activities for next year. The 5 years anniversary is playing an important role next year and will be the main theme in 2010. We are doing a world tour on five continents in 5 cities each. We will release a very special anniversary compilation featuring exclusive, never-before-heard material from every artist on our roster. This is one celebration you aren’t going to want to miss. We call it “mobilee 5² tour” and it will be showtime! Hope we can make stop in South Africa again next year!

Mobilee is recognised for being on the cutting edge of modern music marketing techniques, tell us about the thought processes behind that…
We are living and acting in a high tech environment. We grew up with internet technology and social networks. It helped us to become popular worldwide without spending multi million dollar budgets in marketing so it’s obvious that we are trying to be on the top with modern music marketing techniques. We just launched a mobilee touch mix application for the I-Phone. The update with 5 new tracks and even unreleased music is available in a few days. We are trying to create a lot of visual content for our artists and exclusive content like mixes and behind the scenes features for our social networks.

It’s very important to keep an eye on what is going on out there. You should always be prepared for sudden changes and embrace new technologies and opportunities. You can cry about how difficult it is to sell music because of illegal downloads, or you can spend this energy finding new ways of distributing your music and using the creative potential of your artists and staff to develop new ventures

Mobilee is also known for its familia vibe amongst artists on the roster, how important is this kind of energy to running a successful label?
That’s part of our label philosophy. We wanted to establish strong and long lasting relationships with our artists from the beginning on. Nowadays you need a strong platform and a strong brand if you want to be recognized as an artist. We are joined forces, building up a strong visual and musical identity, we produce our own event ideas for Sonar

Festival, Winter Music Conference or Amsterdam Dance Event and give our artist as much creative freedom as possible. I think that’s part of our unique standing. We are musically versatile. The mobilee sound is created and defined by our artists and not dictated from above. The personal relationship to our artists is very important. If the personal chemistry is not right we cant achieve something together. We would never release music from someone we don´t like personally, even if it’s the biggest hit we have ever heard in our life.

How would you describe the sound of the label and how has it developed over the years?
It’s essentially just what Anja and I like musically, and this can often vary. We started listening to house and techno a while ago – and we’ve been passionate ravers since the early 90s – so the Mobilee sound is very versatile and primarily defined by our main artists. For us, the most important thing is to release music that makes people dance. Club music is made for the dancefloor – especially 12” releases. When you get down to brass tacks, the whole industry is based on nothing more than moving people’s asses every weekend!

Excuse The Mess with Mobilee Records, South Africa Tour

EXCUSE THE MESS WITH MOBILEE RECORDS
30TH OCTOBER – VOODOO LOUNGE JOHANNESBURG

Excuse The Mess crept onto the scene in 2008 with a secret Party in an empty office space in Central London. Two sound systems, a full bar and over 100 people snuck into the off-limits area on the 9^th floor and danced until the early hours of the morning in front of windows boasting breathtaking views of the city. The mischievous tone was set from the start, with partygoers helping to clean and remove all evidence of the subversive shenanigans at the end; birthing ETM’s etho’s of an underground club night with a cheeky twist.

Early days saw ETM taking to the backrooms of some of London’s favourite nightclubs, and stole the show in the Loft at Egg on New Year’s Eve with sheer good party vibes and spirit. Excuse The Mess became ‘the little party that could’ and set the precedent in 2009 when it bust out its first warehouse party at Corsica Studio’s with 3 international acts; Mymy, Matthew Styles and Ralf Kollmann, charging the room with an illustrious array of deep house and techno.

Excuse The Mess soon had some of the best local dj’s and vj’s vying for a spot behind the decks. Joining London resident’s Nick Maleedy, Russell Caten and The Fix; Ralf Kollmann, co-owner of mobilee Records with Anja Schneider, joined the team as international resident, bringing his fresh-as-hell German techno assault to the ETM Soundscape. In 5 years mobilee Records has become one of the most watched Techno labels in Europe, their artist roster includes the wickedly talented Pan-Pot, who headlined the ETM show in June and lead the packed Alhambra Warehouse in East London into a Berlin-stomping frenzy.

500 Showcase now presents Excuse The Mess to South Africa!

Excuse The Mess residents Ralf Kollmann and Nick Maleedy are bringing the best from their boxes in London and Berlin to make South Africa part of the ETM family this October! Ralf’s presence is as intense as the full bodied-moving minimal techno he plays and is renowned for tight track selection and tighter mixing, flecked with all kinds of tasty unreleased material. Nick’s penchant for deep house, stripped down techno and tribal grooves sees him mix a sophisticated playlist, and playing  alongside some of Europe’s finest including Pan-Pot, Matthew Styles, Thomas Schumacher, Danton Eeprom and Giles Smith.

Exclusive VJ Appearance from Ben Anchor, whose 8 year career in visuals has seen him reside with the CHAIR TV VJ’s crew and perform at Manchesters infamous Warehouse Project alongside the likes of Richie Hawtin, Luciano, Goldie and Justice.

Join us for the first leg of the 3 city tour at the Excuse The Mess Masked Ball at the sacred Voodoo Lounge in Johannesburg for a no excuses deep house and techno indulgence, complimented by the best local dj’s from Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town.

We ask you in advance to Excuse The Mess

Little Lexi leaves Defected

My time as Little Lexi on Defected has come to an end since my return to SA. It was a totally rad experience being the girl with the ‘clubbing dirt’ and blogging about it every week on the site… See below all my posts over the 8 months I was stuck in… Big love to the boys at Defected HQ in London- them lucky bastards sitting in their office grooving to the freshest house music all day-  tough life eh! :) You can get a dose of the latest Defected wordsex here.

Art on the Rhode

Robin Rhode  is one of my favourite artists, a South African; born and artfully skilled in Johannesburg, he now lives in Berlin, Germany. First came across his Who Saw Who exhibit displayed next door to Andy Warhol’s lifetime collection at The Hayward Gallery in London and google his name every now and then to see what he’s been up to. He’s into live conceptual installations; mixing street and performance art with photography and film, simulating movement with coal and chalk, filming and cutting it to represent his vision. His stuff reminds me of a Banksy-meets-Andy Warhol vibe with his social commentary in urban settings and Pop Art style representation.  Most of his work is photographed and seems to get jammed into this gallery in New York. Fancy! http://www.perryrubenstein.com/artists/robin-rhode/ and some wiki wiki info can be found here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Rhode

Luminocity Presents… Goldfish LIVE at Hub Club, London

Goldfish have grown from a local South African outfit to an international sensation with their eclectic live act, which blends instrumentals and sweet vocals over afro-infused Electronica. The duo held two residencies in Ibiza this summer; playing weekly at the revered Blue Marlin beach club and vibing the Main Floor and Global Room at Erick Morillo’s infamous Subliminal night every Wednesday at Pacha. Goldfish have taken the stage at some of the world’s biggest music festivals including Glastonbury, Sensation White, Ultra Music Festival and Get Loaded in the Park where they performed alongside Faithless, Basement Jaxx and Orbital; jetting off to Russia, Italy, Egypt, France and Brazil in between.

Luminocity, a new boutique artist agency, presents Goldfish LIVE in London for an intimate last summer session at Hub Club in Shoreditch, one of East London’s most novel warehouse venues. On the back of an incredible season and their anticipated Goldfish dj mix for the August issue of Dj Mag; this is set to be a special final show. With support from mobilee’s hottest new recruit Hector and the Spanish duo Sonogama, from the dynamic Sounderground Records label, the night is set to indulge an intriguing sound shakedown. Join us from 11pm onwards- early bird tickets are available from Ticketweb and RA for £12 and £15 at the door.

Mobilee’s newest recruit, Hector is a London favourite with residencies at Dig Your Own Rave, Kubicle and regular slots at Fabric. Balancing an experimental nature with a commitment to the spirit of house, his mixed up, moody sound and progressive energy creates a unique ambiance on the dancefloor. From Phonica Records to releases on Horizontal, mobilee, and Cecille among them, Hector has come an incredible way from his Mexican roots; his tunes finding their way into the sets of Ricardo Villalobos, Onur Ozer, Dinky and Appleblim

Sonogama are the Spanish duo of Ayoze Chico and Ollie Mendez. The pair found their musical future partying in the Canary Islands and went in studio together, where they founded their label Sounderground Records. The label, based in Germany has released tracks for Brendon Moeller, Dan Berkson and James What.  Sonogama have played across the UK and Spain, including residencies at London’s Kitchen Party and !KNUF. Sonogama indulge a shared passion for tribal-tinged European house and their behind the box antics are an epic energy force for the dancefloor.

Nick Maleedy has an instinctive ear for dark and dubby house that reeks of moody, intelligent and experimental flavour. His refined and unassuming manner makes for an interesting dancefloor experience whenever his sets hit the room and his residency at Excuse The Mess has seen him play alongside some of Europe’s finest acts including Pan-Pot, MyMy, Matthew Styles, and Ralf Kollmann.

Rhythmatic Presents… Spencer Parker at Corsica Studios

Rhythmatic continues to set the tone for eloquent underground club nights in London with an event of unsurpassed intelligent music, stylish people and home grown atmosphere. Rhythmatic events are taking the whole cake when it comes to anticipating an audiences wants and needs, and serves up an ever enticing combination of ‘Night Out’ that’s is always devoured with glee!

This time around Rhythmatic takes you deeper underground with a too-sweet sampling of London’s tastiest export, Spencer Parker at the helm. We thought it best to get nab him before he heads off to Aus and Europe for most of the summer and we hear he’s got a bag full of the best and a whip ready to crack the occasion! The man is said to have an ear for the music and an eye for the floor and he will no doubt get the room gagging for it at Corsica Studio’s- one of the Big Smokes most coveted dark spaces!

Rhythmatic is excited to make its debut at the venue, and offer their audience a new place to get down and intimate. It’s all about the decadent rhythm and this one is sure to thrust you in the right direction!

“Rhythmatic is one of the best night’s I’ve played in London recently, good guests, great crowd and being given complete musical freedom by promoters who really know what they’re doing, make it somewhere I look forward to returning to” – Spencer Parker

SPENCER PARKER

Spencer Parker is one of Europe’s leading djs, and fast becoming a household name in all senses of the expression. His unique style of house music is in demand the world over with productions, remixes and re-edits being supported by Radio Slave, Luciano, Laurent Garnier, Richie Hawtin, Ben Watt, Nic Fanciulli and Pete Tong. A set from Spencer is a journey of acid house, techno and cool jack’in tracks and the odd trippy vocal. Since jumping into production his tracks have been released on prestigious labels such as Rekids, Tsuba, Buzzin’ Fly, and SAW. His skill sees him open intelligently for big names and a rock a main floor in his own right. If you haven’t seen him live in action yet- now’s the time to get involved!