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Win Holloways tickets
Filter magazine take over Proud Galleries for the third time on 21 Nov. The previous event was a complete sell out and featured performances from The Pipettes and Ebony Bones. This time, they're treating us to The Holloways, Dirty Harry and a DJ set from Men In Masks. The night will have a Wild West theme, with the venue divided up into different activity rooms, with a gambling den, roulette hosted by Pete Heat The Rock N Roll Magician, a shooting gallery, a campfire singalong, and an old style Wild West whorehouse, with cowgirls and cowboys strutting and spinning on the pole.
Wild Bunch takes place at Proud Galleries in Camden on 21 Nov, between 7.30pm and 2am. Tickets cost £10 in advance or £12 on the door
We have two pairs of tickets to give away for this brilliant event. All you have to do is email competitions@remixupdate.co.uk by 5pm on 14 Nov. Winners will then be selected. Tickets will be available for collection on the door.
Hello, What Am I Doing?
I love the Remix Update, it represents a true community (I look at it as a family) tied together by a deep love for the same kind of music, and I'm always very grateful that anybody listens to the show and/or likes what I do as a DJ/radio host or producer. So starting now, I will endevour to write a little something down in this space especially for you, on a weekly basis.
It could be a tip or a highlight of something on the show, or a bit of gossip (as soon as I hear the new Prodigy album for example, I'll tell you about it), or a rant, or a biggup, or a preview of a gig or a festival or an answer to a question that I get asked a lot. Questions like "What happened to your show on MTV?", "Will you do telly again?" and "Are you touring with Pendulum anytime soon?"
I'll begin with one of these questions: "What's going on with The Losers?"
Well, my production and remix partnership with Tom Bellamy - the pin-up one from the best looking band in indie rock ever, The Cooper Temple Clause - has blossomed into a debut album and a live show.
A few of you will have seen the first ever live show at this year's Secret Garden - the Infadels present loved it and said they want to take us on tour! A few more of you may have seen us support Evil Nine's excellent live show last week in Hoxton - we got some lovely feedback, thank you. There's some more dates upcoming, details on which below.
We're playing our cards close to our chest regards the album, and have not let any music get out, but the time is fast approaching when we feel able to slowly bleed some tracks out onto the internet, probably via www.myspace.com/losersuk - we just want to get the page looking sexy first (can anybody help us with this?).
Single one will be 'No Man Is An Island', basically one of those list songs, written in rhyme, going through all the "losers" we love. Losers, in the sense we use the word, are "beautiful losers", the underdogs of the world, the opposite of that over eager, very American "we are winners, we are number 1" mentality. Losers are people who don't have their lives and their happiness depend on the outcome, but are happy in the simple taking part.
I debuted the track a couple of weeks ago, late at night, when a nice student from Cheltenham requested the Midimidis Rhysmix - which i didn't have - so I played the Losers track by way of an apology. The single will come with remixes by Utah Saints, Grum, and Tobias Doppelganger. Not sure what label yet, but watch this space.
Sorry to go on, hope you find this column in some way interesting. I'm sure the nice guys at CMU will love any feedback you give, I know I will.
Live, love, work, sleep, play, and create hard, and thanks again for keeping the faith.
Love and respect,
Eddy
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Send feedback, comments, questions and drunken rants to feedback@remixupdate.co.uk
Don't forget CMU's very own showcase night, the CMU Social, takes place on the second Tuesday of every month down at 229 in London, right next to Great Portland Street tube station.
The next edition is this week - so tonight by the time you read this probably! That's Tuesday 11 Nov at 7pm. It's going to be a great night with two brilliant and innovative singer songwriters on stage - Tim Ten Yen and Matt Finucane.
Then on Tuesday 9 Dec it will be the Christmas Social, a very special night with lots of festive cheer plus live on stage Chris Coco's band City Reverb and former Pipette Rose Elinor Dougall who will be performing some of her new solo material.
You'll find more information at www.myspace.com/cmusocial. Meanwhile we have some FREE guest list spots for Remix Update readers for tonight's Social. If you want to come just email social@cmumusicnetwork.co.uk with your name and how many people you want to bring by 3pm today, Tuesday 11 Nov.
Eddy's upcoming DJ dates
15 Nov: Reading, PlugnPlay Studios (Losers live + DJ Set)
20 Nov: Newcastle, World Headquarters (Losers live + DJ Set)
22 Nov: Skegness, Big Reunion at Butlins
28 Nov: London, Chuuurch at 333 (with Geek Chic Soundsystem and Benny Lightyearz)
29 Nov: Skegness, Big Reunion 2 at Butlins
4 Dec: London, Dr. Shocks Emergency Playground at Mean Fiddler
13 Dec 2008: Madrid, Elastico
Adam Freeland - AerObama
Everyone else has had a tenuous link to the American election in the last seven days, so why can't we? Actually, I think this collision of Daft Punk's 'Aerodynamic' and a Speak & Spell overseen by Adam Freeland gives us more reason to talk about US politics than most other music publications. Initially made as a simple word of encouragement to those about to vote, it now stands up just as well as a pleasant message of congratulations. Well done America, we're sorry for ever being worried that you might vote in John McCain.
Listen on MySpace
Buy Adam Freeland stuff on iTunes or Amazon
Herve & Kissy Sell Out - Rikkalicious
Herve? Kissy Sell Out? Together on one track? No, I don't believe it. But, yes, it is true. This has happened, and the results are quite something. 'Rikkalicious' makes me want to stop writing this, go and find somewhere dark, sweaty and overpriced and then leap around until I'm either sick or die of exhaustion. Luckily for you, I'm dedicated to my art enough to resist doing that. Plus, I have to write another one of these next week, so dying probably wouldn't be the best use of my time. I'm going to continue looping in my headphones instead.
Listen on MySpace
Buy Herve stuff on iTunes or Amazon
Buy Kissy Sell Out stuff on iTunes or Amazon
Adam Freeland Vs Daft Punk - AerObama
Oasis - Shock Of The Lightning (Jagz Kooner Remix) (Big Brother)
Herve & Kissy Sell Out - Rikkalicious (Cheap Thrills)
FRIDAY NIGHT HOTPLATE: Kid Cudi vs Crookers - Day N Night (Data)
Kids In Glass Houses - Fisticuffs (Sam Wire Remix) (Roadrunner)
Snow Patrol - Crack The Shutters (Losers 7" Remix) (Fiction)
Radiohead - Creep (DJ Idiotech Remix) (Unreleased)
Esser - Satisfied (Transgressive)
The Streets - Heaven For The Weather (Sixsevenine)
ALL TIME TOP TEN (exclusive ten minute mix of all time top tunes) by Evil Nine (download here)
Fabio Frizzi - Zombie Flesh Eaters Theme
Mtume - Juicy Fruit
Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy
Toto - Africa
Gary Numan - Films
Goblin - Tenebrae
Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down
Pointer Sisters - Automatic
Run DMC - Peter Piper
TV On The Radio - Staring At The Sun
The Cure - The Forest
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Queens Of The Stone Age - Go With The Flow
Public Enemy - Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
Nirvana - In Bloom
El-P - Dr Hell No And The Preying Mantis (Feat. Vast Aire)
John Carpenter - Escape From New York Main Theme
The Fall - Big Priest
Gary Glitter - Rock N Roll Part 2
Justice - D.A.N.C.E. Pt II (Live) (Because)
Late Of The Pier - Focker (Boys Noize Terror Re-Edit) (Zarcorp)
Audio Bullys - Dope Fiend (feat. Mad George) (White 10" vinyl)
Fake Blood - Mars (Beat Vandals Vs Krafty Kuts Rerub) (Unreleased battleweapon)
Wiley - Cash In My Pocket (Feat. Daniel Merriweather) (Asylum)
Yo! Majesty - Fuck That Shit (Domino)
Friendly Fires - Paris (Aeroplane Remix) (XL)
Ladyhawke - My Delerium (Original) (Modular)
The Big Pink - Too Young To Love (House Anxiety)
Mongrel - The Menace (Wall Of Sound)
GOLDEN BOOT: Team 9 - When You Were Histrionic (Killers vs Muse)
The Hours - See The Light (Dekker & Johan Remix) (IsGoodMusic)
Riz MC - Radar (City Rockers)
MIDNIGHT MADNESS
The Prodigy - Climatize
We Are Scientists - Chick Lit (Matt Helders Remix)
Slyde - Youre My Fix (Losers Remix)
Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game (Moody Boyz Vocal Mix)
The Levellers - Just One Kiss (Groove Diggers Remix) (OTF Recordings)
Lazersonic - Levels (Feat. Ali Love) (???)
Frankmusik - 3 Little Words (Island Records)
The Chemists - This City (Losers Remix) (Distiller Records)
TC - Where's My Money? (Caspa Remix)
Daedelus - For Withered Friends (Feat. Michael Jackson) (Ninja Tune)
Stanton Warriors - Still Here (Baron Remix) (Punks)
Kora! Kora! Kora! - Skankenstein (Cabaret Voltaire Remix) (Shiva Records)
M83 - We Own The Sky (EMI)
Listen Again at xfm.co.uk
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RIZ MC
Rizwan Ahmed, aka Riz MC released his first hip-hop track, '9/11 Blues' back in 2006, whipping up controversy amongst people who, frankly, missed the point by about a mile and a half. Unfortunately for Riz, those people had a tendency to work for places like MTV and pretty much any radio station you'd care to mention.
Ahmed is also an established actor and has appeared in a number of TV shows and recently starred in films such as 'Road To Guantanamo' and more recently, 'Shifty', which will go on general release next April. On top of all that, he's managed to fit in earning himself a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University.
It's unsurprising then, that such a talented chap is picking up rave reviews for his new single 'Radar', which is released this week through Crosstown Rebels. Having performed alongside the likes of Dizzee Rascal, Asian Dub Foundation, Nitin Sawhney and Gilles Peterson, this boy is hot property right now and with more collaborations and new music on the way, his name is beginning to spread far and wide. We caught up with him for a Remix interview.
How did you start out making music?
I memorized Wu Tang lyrics, then started writing my own. My brother got me into hip hop. and then jungle and garage, so I really wanted to be the kind of MC who could span across all of these and more, and just be an MC regardless of the musical backdrop. Trying to show that diversity was important form the start.
I didn't release music until I felt I could show my skills. So I did slots on some pirate stations, then went away to uni and focussed on running and hosting my own club nights, where I built up my live skills. When I got back to London, I hit the MC battling circuit hard and won a few big ones. So, for me, I tried to put a lot of foundations in place as a performer before releasing my own music.
What inspired your latest single?
'Radar' is about stereotypes - the way we put people in a box just from how they're dressed or how they talk, we build a whole universe of assumptions about people from the smallest things. And it's because there's so much information around these days, we can't just see things for themselves, whenever we experience anything it triggers associations or little bits of info we've picked up from somewhere.
I never really fitted in to any social scene growing up, and even now I'm not someone out there 'on the scene', I just do my thing. So I've always been aware of how people have tried to limit and place me somewhere convenient on their mental map. In turn I do the same to others. It's not good, but it's unavoidable.
What process do you go through in creating a track?
Usually I write the song first, then go to a producer, give them a feel for the track and what vibe I'd like, and lay down the vocals over a rough guide. Then I leave them to be creative with it, and finally come back to tweak and help a lot on arrangements. I love working with other people and gain a lot form it. Lazersonic, who produced 'Radar', really developed and articulated the sound for this release. He's not from a hip hop background (none of the people I work with are, deliberately so), and so it was just a matter of letting him and others do their thing and not feel they have to fit in to MC-cased music and its usual conventions.
Which artists influence your work?
4hero are a true inspiration - their range and the heritage they've left us with by being at every seminal stage of the development of UK dance culture. Bjork and Radiohead are people I could listen to all day because it's future music, whatever they do is fresh and cutting edge. Mos Def and Talib Kweli were big inspirations growing up, as lyricists, but now I prefer Roots Manuva.
What would you say to someone listening to your music for the first time?
Turn it up very loud, and actually listen to the songs... this ain't background music!
What are your ambitions for your single, and for the future?
The single's had a great response, people recognise it as something very original, which is all you can ask for. The remixes are exciting to have too and I just hope it reaches the people who would appreciate it. Over the next few months I'll be putting out some free downloads, another single, and an album in 2009.
The Remix is one of Xfm's longest running specialist shows. Each week you will find the artists and songs you love from Xfm daytime like you've never heard them before, reworked, rerubbed and, well, remixed for the dancefloor. You'll find the best indie remixes, plus the best in bootlegs, breaks, electronica and quality dance music, basically dance music that rocks.
The Remix was created and is presented and produced by Eddy TM, a true pioneer of dance music that rocks. You can hear the show every Friday at 10pm, across London on 104.9FM, across Manchester 97.7FM, and online at www.xfm.co.uk.
CMU and The Remix have been best friends since 2004, with Team CMU tapping into Eddy's knowledge and passion for the best boots, break and remixes across our media and, in particular, in The Remix Update, the free weekly e-bulletin from CMU that accompanies the radio show. If any friends want to receive this update tell them to email subscribe@remixupdate.co.uk.
ONLINE REMIXING COMMUNITIES
Boombox: news, tracks, forum at www.bmbx.org
Get Your Bootleg On: forum at www.gybo5.com
United Remixers Guild: downloads at www.theunitedremixersguild.com
SAMPLES
BAP Free Sounds: French site supplying erm, free sounds at: www.bap.free.fr
Beta Monkey: Free samples at www.betamonkeymusic.com
Loopasonic: Samples galore at www.loopasonic.com
Replay Heaven: Re-records samples to sound like the originals but avoid clearing problems
www.replayheaven.com
The Free Sound Project: Free sounds available for non commercial use under creative common licences freesound.iua.upf.edu
SOFTWARE
Acid: If you want to get into remixing you can do worse than download Acid. You can download the free version at mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/download/freestuff.asp
GarageBand: Mac users could also check out GarageBand. More info at www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/
Propellerhead Software: These guys produce a range of packages for making music. Check them out at www.propellerheads.se
Ableton Live: A favourite of many professionals, Ableton Live is available in a stripped down entry level version. More info at www.ableton.com
Add your sites to this list - email details to andy@unlimitedmedia.co.uk