Posts Tagged ‘fabric’
Buraka Som Sistema have always liked throwing curveballs. From their first DJ residencies, where off-the-cuff sets were “pretty much rehearsed live… mixing for people at raves, that was our practice – kinda like shock therapy” to incorporating unusual material into their songs – recording shattering glass, or throwing an orange at the wall and using [...]
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Being a key member of the worshipped Minus family, Magda is used to being propelled into the fast moving, cutting whirr of the hype machine, but she doesn’t really pay it any mind. “I’m not really into this hype thing; I think it’s kind of silly. What really matters is to develop your own ideas [...]
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Tags: deep, deep house, fabric, fabric 49, fabric london, magda, minimal, minus, tech house, techno
Anyone can construct a track, and lay out its elements in all the right places – have the bassline kick just here, or the percussion build right there – but only a select few can actually design one. It comes as no surprise that Matt Edwards is a graphic designer and artist by trade, as [...]
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Tags: fabric, fabriclondon, house, matt edwards, minimal, radio slave, rekids, tech house, techno
It’s difficult to know where to begin with an artist as complex and multifaceted as Jay Haze. On one hand, his upbringing – desolate beginnings in the processing plant-infested lands of northeast Pennsylvania, surrounded by drug addiction, death, group homes and jail – is a tainted window into the complicated soul within. But on the [...]
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Tags: congo, fabric, fabric london, house, jay haze, tech house, techno
From label boss, hit producer, World Champion DJ, trendsetter, genre-mangling party-starter, to blogger extraordinaire, Alain Macklovitch, best known as A-Trak, embodies the full scope of the 21st Century musician-entrepreneur model. At the mere age of 26, A-Trak has had two distinct phases to his winding 11 year career. Stage one: after winning the World DMCs [...]
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Tags: a-trak, dmc, fabric, fabric london, fabriclive 45, hip hop, house, kanye west
The Detroit-based mastermind stands tall as a daring reminder of how things used to be, how things should be: authentic, exceptional music released on a carefully harvested grassroots label, with no attachment to hype or any incestuous ‘Top Friends’ circles. Distributed solely off his own back, and diligently monitoring every step (even hand-writing notes on [...]
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Tags: bootleg, detroit, detroit techno, fabric, fabric london, omar s, tech house
Commix duo George Levings and Guy Brewer were famously raised in the historic English town of Cambridge. Of the Cambridge trinity – Nu:Tone, Logistics and Commix – it was Commix that were the last to take a firm grip on the D&B scene, yet when they did finally cement themselves it was in some style; [...]
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Tags: commix, compilation, drum & bass, fabric, fabric london, fabriclive, mix comp
The Stanton Warriors and fabric records are pleased to partner for the next installment of arguably the most revered breaks compilation series in action today – STANTON SESSIONS VOLUME 3.
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Âme mixes Fabric 42
Kristian Beyer and Frank Wiedemann (collectively known as Âme) were born in Karlsruhe, South Germany. Kristian grew up in Mannheim whilst Frank remained in Karlsruhe. Even now despite the electronic music world’s current migration to Berlin, they both agree Karlsruhe is still the city for them to continue their musical journey.
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Life after bands: an idea with the most negative of implications. But there is indeed much vibrant life, brimming with heart and soul, left for James Ford and Jas Shaw, collectively known as Simian Mobile Disco. The name for their production/DJing outfit sings ballads about their musical history, from the very first word – Simian, [...]
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