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Kev Willow wins Chase & Status Remix Competition
Chase & Status have been rulers of the commercial D’n'B and Dubstep world for sometime now, breaking into the mainstream with tracks like “End Credits” with Plan B and more recently, the storming “Blind Faith” – Not to mention producing for Bajan superstar Rihanna!
Recently, they opened up the doors for lesser known producers and ran a competition to find a remix for their up-and-coming release “Time” featuring Delilah.
..and fuck me, who should win but our very own Scouse production wizard, Kev Willow.
“As soon as we heard Kev Willow’s remix we knew we’d found the winner. We loved the music used in the intro, and the garage / Todd Edwards vibe with the cut up vocals was an original concept for dubstep. It was a different and exciting sounding remix and he really put his own stamp on it.”
Listen to his blistering mix here:
Out May 2nd 2011
Staffy & Maverick – Chucked Love OUT FEB 7th!
Our Electro and Dubstep label “Love & Cake Digital” will be unleashing a belter from the mighty Staffy & Maverick on Monday February 7th, so be sure to get yourself a copy of Chucked Love.
Doing the rounds on the London scene, thanks to Urban Nerd’s resident Rattus Rattus, you may well have heard this track dominating your local dancefloor already, but if not, check it out now:
Racking up over 150k views on youtube already, the original mix is an internet sensation. Add to this a scorching remix from The Prototype, which recently gained airplay on MistaJam’s 1Xtra show and you’ve got one hell of a single! GO GET!
MistaJam plays a Prototype mix on BBC 1Xtra
Check out Kev (aka The Prototype)’s mad mash-up of House and Dubstep on the MistaJam show.
Cheers to our pal Mat Roff, the talent illustrator and designer behind The Prototype’s artwork.
The Protoype – Plan of Action EP OUT JAN 10th 2011
Ladies and Gentleman, after much anticipation The Prototype’s debut dubstep EP can now be downloaded from iTunes, Amazon, Play.com, Juno etc etc from tomorrow!
After a spending 2010 racking up remixes for the likes of Natisse and Kof, Kev Willow aka The Prototype has put together the Plan of Action EP, a blistering, eclectic slice of Dubstep. Ranging from hard and aggressive dancefloor fillers like “Bass Be Louder”, to the more commercial offering “Got Me Feelin” and the floaty ambience “4am”, Plan of Action brings together sounds from across the ever expanding spectrum that is Dubstep.
Available on the Viral Beat Recordings label, run by The Prototype and Test Pilot Music.
1. Bass Be Louder
2. Rainbow Kiss
3. Where Have You Gone
4. 4am
5. Got Me Feelin’
6. Plan of Action
MARC ALEKSEI LCD EP004 – LEMON&HONEY EP
Available October 4th 2010
Digital Download
UPC: 5032629006557
1. Lemon&Honey 2. Pristine 3. Revere 4. Shine
Following a succession of strong releases and numerous accolades, Love & Cake Digital return to the scene with their fourth EP release. This time with “Lemon&Honey”, a soulful, intelligent slice of Tech House-meets-Electro from the Australian newcomer Marc Aleksei. Already winning praise is his native Oz, Aleksei (real name Cheyenne Lawson) is a standout talent, who despite his young age is proving that he’s a force to be reckoned with.
Stylistically, this young upstart is fusing lush Minimal Tech, with deliciously squelchy Electro elements, as well as giving a nod to Hip Hop and Dubstep along the way. Kicking off the display of diversity is the title track “Lemon&Honey” which manages to be upfront, ravey and intellectual all at once. With melodic subtleties that have drawn comparisons to Wesley Matsell’s ‘’Bernwerk’’, the opening track is a prime example of just how promising this new talent is. The subsequent tracks range from the hard-hitting, sub-bass fueled “Pristine”, the technical and at times, mechanical intricacies of ‘Revere’ to the deep, contemplative, atmospheric closer “Shine”. With words of encouragement and appreciation coming from Australia’s top DJ, Luke Porter and club plays from various DJs hitting up America’s east coast, Marc Aleksei is taking his first steps to being an internationally recognised talent.
New tings – Tom Excell & Marc Aleksei
Here is a sneaky peak at two new tracks we’re in the process of scheduling for Love&Cake Digital.. The first, Soul Lemon by Tom Excell is a grimey, dubstep-infused slice of Electro-Breaks and the second, coming all the way from Queensland, Australia is Marc Aleksei’s exceptional slice of Tech-House and Minimal, the Lemon&Honey EP.
Mmmm.. Fruity. What do you guys think?
Fantastic FREE BitBasic Album on Rec72
DOWNLOAD IT HERE! Here’s what Rec72 are saying..
London-based Bitbasic aka. Simon Haycock, has released several EPs and albums through other netlabels such as Monotonik and Testpilot Music before; Bitbasic started his musical adventures at the age of 15. Playing out with a laptop and 40h monome, Simon uses his self-written software ‘dj64′ which modells a mixer and two turntables virtually.
As the music magazine Drowned in Sound has coined Bitbasic’s virtuosity “in nodding to the likes of Nathan Fake, Four Tet and Paul White among others, Haycock is [...]bringing together equally excellent and equally diverse genres and wedding them into a sound distinctly his own.”
Bitbasic has recently played live at the Unique Beats Festival 2010 in Edinburgh as rec72 netlabel mates Pandacetamol did in 2009.
Congratulations to BitBasic & Miaoux Miaoux
Two of our Test Pilot artists Simon Haycock aka BitBasic and Julian Corrie aka Miaoux Miaoux have featured on Music Week covermount CDs in the last two months. Bizarrely, each appearance was entirely independent of the other.. But all the same, bravo guys!
To catch BitBasic Live and see what all the fuss is about, check out Summersault in London this weekend: http://www.villageunderground.co.uk/events/summersault
Miaoux Miaoux – Blooms EP – Out on CD 16th March 2010
LCD EP003 – BLOOMS EP
Love & Cake Digital
Compact Disc EP (Limited Edition) Available 16th March 2010
Digital Download forthcoming/tbc
1. Pixellated 2. Dream On 3. Snow
Miaoux Miaoux, aka Julian Corrie, releases his first new material in two years in the form of the Blooms EP, a beautiful and striking blend of electronica and post-rock. Already being praised by BBC Radio 1, The Scotsman, and Glasgow PodCART, the EP features a more song-orientated approach to Miaoux Miaoux’s unique brand of electronica, recalling The Postal Service and Apparat, as well as established post-rock pioneers Mogwai.
It follows on from the success of his debut album Rainbow Bubbles, which The List called “an accomplished collection of post-rocking vibrations laced with some decidedly un-bedroomy electronics” and Drowned in Sound “a very good album”. Rainbow Bubbles also included an acclaimed remix of indie popsters Zoey Van Goey, which appeared as the b-side to their first single.
The Blooms EP will be launched on Tuesday 16th March with a gig at the 13th Note Cafe, Glasgow, 9pm, where Miaoux Miaoux will be supported by chiptune wizard Firebrand Boy and the legendary Errors DJs. It will be available on CD, and also as a download from all good digital retailers including (but not limited to) iTunes, Amazon, Napster, LaLa, Trackitdown, Juno, Rhapsody and eMusic.
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