Ron Bacardi (aka Ben Sims) came and saved the day, filling in for Omar Souleyman at our XOYO residency last Summer. It was a slamming set so we were excited for him to grace our podcast series. As usual we hit him up to find out what has been going on.
“Trying to get my head down in the studio, finish off some solo and collaborative projects plus a few remixes that should be out soonish.
Also, a nice mix of gigs lately, lots of new spots alongside old faves plus fun b2b sessions with Truncate and ROD. My first Ron Bacardi set of the year @ Claydrum in Holland went really well too, so definitely fired up for more.
The mix was recorded at my East London studio in February on 3 CDJ2000’s and a Pioneer 900 mixer.
It’s a mix of new and old, rough-edged raw house and mutant disco with some unreleased cuts and a few surprises.
It was done while digging out beats for my RB set in Maastricht so it’s essentially a one-take practice set and pretty much sums up what the project is about musically. Obviously there’s links to my techno sets (I was never going to be playing micro house) but it’s definitely got its own vibe going on and I’m about as pleased with it as a harsh self critic can be with one of his own mixes ;-)”
Up next..
“There’s quite a few Ron Bacardi sets coming up including some festival action and one at Concrete in Paris plus Kabuki returns to Dance Tunnel in Dalston with Rolando and me going b2b all night.
Machine celebrates its 5th year with a bunch of nice events as well as hosting an area at my favourite UK fest, the eclectic and pint sized, super friendly Field Manoeuvres.
My remixes for Shinedoe, Cassy and Luke Slater are all due out this half of the year, as is a new Ron Bacardi Hardgroove release. Plus, there’s some under the radar, labour of love projects like a hip hop mash up 7″ and some deep digging disco edits.”
FMB MIXTAPE 42 | RON BACARDI (iTUNES)
FMB MIXTAPE 42 | RON BACARDI (320 DOWNLOAD)
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