Feel my Bicep

Finally our plastic homage to Detroit has hit the shelves. BUY BUY BUY. Have a listen, we hope you like it. Instead of describe the track for you we thought it may be better to give you an insight into the production.

Bicep – 313

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‘313’ was basically a melody I recorded of my laptop, my neighbour was getting his Jazz on, so I stuck the mic up to the wall and clicked record. **Note: he will have no credits on the sleeve- His dog shits all over my steps**. We knew the claps were a fundamental part of the track so to add some realism, we set off to Dalston market- inspired by stories of Marshall Jefferson hiring 15 people for the claps on his tunes when he played live. Instead of forming an alliance with the common people we stocked up on meat and what a fine selection there was on offer. On returning to the studio we took turns recording and slapping each other with various types of beef and fish- finally we layered these sounds to give this ‘Real‘ meat thing in action. The chatting you can hear around the start was recorded of my phone while in the waiting room of a very lively brothel, all I can say is that the recording got a little messy towards the end.

Bicep – Winter

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‘Winter’ was just a demo song on our DAW, cant believe people didn’t pick up on this one ;)

Hope this gave you a brief insight into the lengths we take in the strive for perfection! And perfection it is.

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Another awesome edit from our friend Rayko who has been stompin out some great edits over the last year, funky disco greatness with sick synth action!

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The Peech Boys, a group that Larry Levan formed and was part of (and who became the New York Citi Peech Boys when the Beach Boys threatened a lawsuit due to the similar sound of the name). With a strong gospel tinge in the vocal arrangements and driven by a tinkling piano, the latter song is a quintessential example of the deejay’s soulful aesthetic. One of the first dance releases to incorporate a dub influence and an appended vocal-only edit, when it was finally released, much of the song’s momentum had been lost and it stalled in the lower reaches of the charts. Re released as the all too famous ‘Don’t make me Jack’ by the wonderfull Paris Grey, we stuck up back in the early days Here.

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The Galactic Captain of the edit makes bodies move with this groove from the heart & soul; “Sacrificial Soul” plunges the percussive depths of San Fran’s finest jam moments of 1969 and comes up modulating for more. Seriously enlightened cuts from the creator and originator. No 7 in the Rvng Of The Nrds series Check it!

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Classic tune courtesy of the godfather Larry Heard aka Mr.Fingers. For those who appreciate warm and passionate compositions, Larry’s music is pure magic. He has been blessed with a unique gift that sends listeners into a blissful euphoric state.

si-fi power synth action!

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Nicked this mix of pitchfork it’s so ace, full of those sick tunes every disco dj has been bustin out for the last 15 years!

“DFA’s Tim Sweeney has put together a mix of mostly early-90s disco and house from the Balihu label, an imprint started in NYC in 1993 by producer Daniel Wang (you may recall seeing his name on the tracklist to Hercules and Love Affair’s recent mix, Sidetracked). The mix is heavy on Wang’s original material (see tracklist below), but also features a number of the label’s other releases, some of which have never had digital versions until now. A compilation of the label’s highlights, entitled Daniel Wang Presents Balihu 1993-2008 is out today via Rush Hour.”

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Huge tune, proper crackly echo synth action, reminds me a bit of some off Padded Cell’s stuff…was a massive favorite of the Kompakt crew, I remember Mayer dropping it at a beach party at Sonar and the place going off!

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This tune sums up the Friday feeling…well the opening lyrics definitely do

“I go bananas
Bananas to the beat!

Le le lee
I mono wayso jambo pe janga poje
Onte myo sobo jo maame jauo peijosau
Kokonipi jao sobo jambo, jambo pomi peso

I go bananas
Bananas to the beat!”

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Faced with the prospect of being homeless in a week, instead of being able to stretch the budget I  instead invest in more synths. Its tunes like this that mesmerise me in to buying them… its not my fault.

Feels so analogue! something you don’t get much these days.

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Daft Punk’s Bangalter scored the dark and disturbing film ‘Irreversible’ with great effect. This is one of the stand out segments from the the soundtrack. ‘Paris by Night’, slow nu-disco beats inspired by the revenge of a brutal rape, this is as sinister as they come.

Paris by Night

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Night Beats

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Mystical pumpin Italo, big obsessive snares and a freaky trumpet esq synth..makes for a nice combination not just an Italian, partial to a mustache and disco dancing would like.

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Arpeggiated greatness  again from Arto, big buildups and smooth breakdowns…first tune i heard by the man himself and one of our favorite Vinyls from last year. Keep it deep!

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We have the reel master serving up a couple of slick, friendly edits/mashes. First up some classic hip hop from Dubble D and Rakim… although it has been sampled to death, you gotta love some of the old school scratch sampling…always fresh!

Dubble D & Rakim- soul squelch (Greg Wilson mash)

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Depeche Mode Esq industrial sampling chugger! slapping in-an-out like the proverbial Columbian/donkey scenario, and equally as entertaining.

Free Blood- grumpy (Greg Wilson version)

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, a British band in ze 80s(79-88) that make some swish synth pop. Talking Loud and Clear is a great track to start on considering we are yet to put any OMD up, will have to sort this out with some more classics. Word of advice, this tune doesn’t always go down to well- (when i have played it out that is), have seen Tiefschwarz play this on a couple of occasions as their “quirky” last tune!

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Another old school cocoon banger here from Deetron, pioneered by the likes of Sven Vath and Switch in 2005 making this a club classic. Recently it has made a resurgance in the disco field, only the temp is slowed from the original 130bpm to somewhere around 118. ‘Isotope’ is so melodic it hurts, with an arpeggiated synth just building and building- then an offset bass-line kicks in and everything goes off! Tonnes of 909 action and no need for more cowbell.

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