Best of 2010…

A recap of whats been going on this year….

Top Tracks:

Extravaganza – Soul Clap
Stay In Love – Nicolas Jaar
In My System (Jef K System Mix) – The Gathering
Since You Looked Into My Eyes – Kabale Und Liebe
Jazz Tango (Original Mix) – El Mundo & Satori
Club Lonely (J.Cub Remix) – Lil Louis
Deja Vu (Musaria Mix) – Larry Heard
The Maze (Part 1) – Stefan Goldmann
Un Dia (Reboot Remix) – Juana Molina

Tournicoti (Original Mix) – Julian Jeweil
Yeah feat. Guest Of Nature – Deniz Kurtel
Sliding Away (Johnny D Vocal Mix) – 2020 Soundsystem
Vampire Night Club feat. Seth Troxler – Art Department
You Might Lose It (Kerri Chandler Kaoz 623 Remix) – Makam
Crystalised (Jamie Jones' Booty Mix) – The XX
Cooper – Christian Burkhardt & Einzelkind
Strange Neighbors – Marco Faraone & Arado
Definition (Nic Fanciulli Remix) – Loco Dice
Forget The World (Ft Beckford) – Zev
It's 2 Late 4 U & Me – Moodymann
What They Say – Maya Jane Coles
The Secret – Joris Voorn
Snorkel – Lati & Maetrik
Nous Sommes – MMM
Tribute – Livio & Roby
Rejekt – Dubfire


Top 10 Record Labels:

Cocoon
Crosstown Rebels
Desolat
Wolf and Lamb
Drumcode
Hot Natured
Leftroom
Bpitch
Hypercolour
Remote Area
Sci + Tec
 

My Top 10 DJ Sets:

Vath, Villalobos, Dubfire, Carola, Loco Dice, Hawtin B2B – Timewarp
Villalobos b2b Carola - Amnesia Terrace
Sven Vath - Creamfields
Matthias TanzmannDC10
Visionquest - Mint Club
Seth Troxler - Space Terrace
MagdaUshuaia
DubfireGlobal Gathering
Matt Tolfrey - Wherehouse
Livio & Roby - Sankeys

Top 5 Live Sets:

Kollectiv Turmstrasse - Amnesia Terrace
Nicolaas Jaar - Spektrum
Marc Houle - Stealth (Zleep)
Reboot - Maimarkthalle (Timewarp)
Guy Gerber – Warehouse Project

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Hello 2morrow, Goodbye yesterday…

Hello 2morrow – Moodymann
Pure party Cut with rubbed disco vibes

Be Strong (Original Mix) – The 2 Bears
Southern fried house music with some advice about music
(Along with some hero shout outs)

Roads – Martin Buttrich
Crunchy grooves from the Desolat X Sampler

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Thunder – Psycatron, Paul Woolford
Thunderous techno cut with background walls of turbulent synths and hits

Skyhook (Green Velvet Remix) – Phil Kieran
Legendary tune reworked by Legends

Samuel L Session – The Organ Track
Cascading synth lines and techno rhythm

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Into The Night (Nicolas Jaar Remix) – Azari & III
Sparse and dark creation lead by moody piano chords.

Without Me (Marcus Worgull Dub and Dixon's Edit) – Tevo Howard
Stripped back vocals layed over a fantastic warm hypnotic dub

Baby – John Johr
Solid release on Left'd

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Winter Warmers

Cooper – Christian Burkhardt & Einzelkind
Einzelkind's Groovy Melodies combined with Burkhardt's heavy and funky basslines
is a recipe for success creating hammers like this

Moonshine – Lauhaus
Both a Peak time anthem and a afterparty unwinder
Deep but driving with a serene melodic hook.

Sick – Basti Grub & Komaton
Emotional and Hypnotic

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Freek 'N You (MK Dub) – Jodeci
Classic Track from '95. Seems like everyone is
redescovering Mark Kinchen and sneaking him back into their sets.
(and rightly so)

Callisto (Joris Voorn Remix) – Bodzin vs Romboy
Techy progressive masterpiece named as Pete Tong's essential new tune

Le Velour (Franck Roger Late Nite Dub) – Shonky
Deep melodic minimal fused house music

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Good Voodoo (Subb – An Remix) – Kiki
Classic house-inspired basslines with bewitching vocals from Chela Simone.
Topped off with a solid input from exciting new producer, Subb-An
"Somebody Call the Doctor…!"

Stop The Revolution (Dubfire's Arrowhead Dub Mix) – Meat Katie, D.Ramirez
Rethinking his 2007 track with a techy and dubby twist

My Little Lady Birds (Remix) – Giash, Til Yali
Clicky Minimal Techno

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Review:

Clives Alright – Pteradactil Disco
Release Date: 24/01/2011, Cat No: HOTC006
 

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A cheeky dancefloor groove that is underpinned by a textbook Hot Natured bassline. Humerous vocals inquire about Clive's (Clive Henry) well-being which is eventually answered mid way through the song with a sample from a telephone call, confirming that Clive is infact alright…
 

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Filter Cuts & Basement Basslines – That DJ (Mix)

"A 90 Minute session with back to back basslines, twisted bare grooves, haunting filter cut vocals & cosmical hypnotic synths underpinned by a dark disco tinge. This mix packs in a selection of the biggest tracks that have been destroying deep dancefloors"

Tracklist:

Prostitute (Visionquest remix) – Seuil & dOP
Fables and Fairytales (Deniz Kurtel Remix) – N/A Feat. Rosina
Dr Secret Tooth – Magda
Suicide Girl (Robin Porter & Subb-An Remix) – De Signer
Dawn's Highway – Simon Wish & Cruz & Lati
Riding The Edge (Camea Acid Remix) – Afternoon Coffee Boys
Vampire Nightclub feat Seth Troxler – Art Department
I Can't Wait – Russ Yallop
The Soul Pt II – Craig Smith & The Revenge
Our Time in Liberty – Jamie Jones ft Art Department
Perception – Burnski & Robert James
Straight Off the Bone (Dub) – S.A.S.
Le Velour – Shonky
Do You Remember (Solid Groove Remix) – Blaze
Disco Nights (Jay Haze Remix) – Abe Duque & Blake Baxter
Henry Street – Sasse & James Flavour
Moonshine – Lauhaus
Candy – Lee Curtiss feat Matt Tolfrey

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17 Tracks, 90 Mins, 171 Mb
Speedyshare Download
Soundcloud

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Inside 004 – Russ Yallop

Russ Yallop (Aka Rusty James) is a serious slice of hot new talent with a massive release on Damian Lazarus's vanguard label; Crosstown Rebels. Combining the magnetism of disco with the raw energy of contemporary house music, Russ Yallop is producing a fresh take on a trusted formula with contagious basslines, filter cut vocals and cosmological synths.  Russ is definitely one to watch in 2011.

I Can't Wait – Russ Yallop

I Never – Russ Yallop

Crossroads – Russ Yallop

 

• What was the music scene like where you grew up?
I grew up in Brighton which has a buzzing 'beats' scene, breaks/dnb/hip hop ie loadsa sweaty lads wearing hoodies drinking Fosters. The house scene is mainly commercial, it wasn't until I started doing seasons in Ibiza that i really got into house music.

• Crosstown Rebels is a cutting edge label, how has it been working with them?
Working with Crosstown has been amazing. If I had to pick a label to do my first ep on it woulda been Crosstown! Damian (Lazarus) may have been round the block a few times :) but he still is absolutely on the pulse, to give a complete unknown such as myself an ep of my own I think shows real balls and I suppose a commitment to music over anything else.

• In your opinion, which is the best club/venue in the world?
Ha ha easy one, DC10. For the vibe, the history, the crowd, the attitude, but foremost because of the music. Really impressed how Circo Loco seem to be prepared to keep pushing new sounds when they could easily stick to their guns. Oh shit forgot to mention Chasers in Slough…

• Who's throwing the best parties at the moment?
Tough question as for me as long as the line-up's to my taste and the soundsystem's good I can have fun anywhere. My regular haunts are Fabric and Kubicle.

• Are there any projects, remixes or productions in the pipeline?
Loads! I'm a slave to the studio. Have a podcast out soon which I'm excited about and upcoming releases on Crosstown & Hot Creations. Plus next ep, Harlem, is out very soon on Hypercolour's new label Losing Suki.

• Will you continue to produce under alias Rusty James, or is it all go for the new sound of Russ Yallop?
Rusty James existed because I was wary about using my own name, seemed weird using a name which has always pissed me off having to incessantly spell it for people! But it was actually Damian who persuaded me to use my own name as it was much more unique. Will be sticking with Russ Yallop for now.

• What's your favourite song of all time?
Impossible question! Just thinking about it causes my brain to freeze and needs a restart.

• Have you got any track or artist recommendations for the viewers?
Hmm. Saying Jamie Jones is a bit like telling people Al Pacino's a good actor… Lee Foss is outstanding and is yet to make a record which I'd class as anything but incredible. Robert James is a huge new talent- the fucker's been making music for a fraction of the time i have and is currently shitting out killers.. As for tracks I suppose then Jamie Jones – Our Time In Liberty, Lee Foss – Keep My Cool, Robert James – Mindscaping, & Richie Ahmed – Suck It. All so sick they really should be in bed getting some rest.

Russ Yallop – Soundcloud Page

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Minimal Madness

Heisse Scheibe (David Squillace Remix) – Sven Vath
Mind Games (Tobi Neumann Remix) – Sven Vath
As good now as it’s always been

Black Jack 13 – Marc Houle
Minimal Madness

3 Fingers – Lee Curtiss
Deep dark detroit minimal techno

Chemistry of Attraction – Joris Voorn
Check also the dark science dub

Express Yourself – Marco Carola
Throbbing Bassline

Down – Ambivalent
M-nus dancefloor destroyer

Oogity Boogity – Thrill Crosby
Bouncy Techno from Troxler

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Talk Show Host (Youandewan Mix) – Radiohead
Ambient bootleg

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