It's often pointed out that I don't post enough about women (or play them enough on the show)... I want to blame PR people and stuff... but it's my fault too.
While looking for some new female power I almost lost it when I read this on She Is Danger's YouTube page... these girls are bad as hell (and their portfolio is impressive):
"She is Danger are London based female producer/vocalists Lena Cullen and Maya Jane Coles. She is Danger write, produce, engineer and perform all their own music, to create a world of dubstep, electronica and beyond... 'Hurt You' will be released in 2nd February 2010. For more up to date info: www.myspace.com/sheisdangermusic"
Check out this awesome video and then peep the .zip file below for a BUNCH of hot remixes... Massive Attack, Delphic, Groove Armada, Crystal Fighters and Groove Armada... that's a lot of names kids!
This little give-away of remixes by She is to make you aware of the release of 'Hurt You', now on Beatport, out on 8th February 2010 on other download services.
Zip file of tracks below Here's what's in the Zip file of awesome: 'Paper Romance' (She is Danger Remix) - Groove Armada 'Doubt' (She is Danger Remix) - Delphic 'Girl I Love You' (Feat. Horace Andy) (She is Danger Remix) - Massive Attack 'I Love London' (She is Danger Remix) - Crystal Fighters 'Under The Sheets' (She is Danger Remix) - Ellie Goulding
If you wanna check more videos... 'Hurt You' (Radio Edit) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArihRgWIjV4 'Hurt You' (Subscape Remix) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhEqeKQkoi8 'Hurt You' (Kanji Kinetic Remix) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo6KUyHFmPU
Love to hear what you think in the comments! Be back soon!
Oh and here's some more info:
She is Danger are London based female duo multi-instrumentalist/singer Lena Cullen and British-Japanese producer/dj/spoken-worder Maya Jane Coles.
She is Danger write, produce, engineer and perform all their own music, as well as their own stage visuals; and are fast creating ripples within the worlds of dubstep, electronica and beyond.
Their sound is a dark mixture of influences from dub through to electronica with nods to 2-step, tech-house, dubstep, techno, trip-hop, speed garage, ska, drum'n'bass, reggae, ambience, film scores, soul, indie and jazz along the way.
Their remixes of acts such as Ellie Goulding, Delphic and Crystal Fighters have already earned the dames of dub spins by the likes of Annie Mac, and a lot of blog love with their remix of Groove Armada's 'Paper Romance' featured exclusively as a 'Daily Download' on NME.com and their remix of Massive Attack's 'Girl, I Love You' guesting Horace Andy on vocals was RCRDLBL's 'Single of the Day' with the track included on the deluxe version of 'Heligoland' available on Itunes.
Recent gigs have included supporting acts such as Crystal Fighters, Heartless Crew, Doorly, DJ Lottie, Engine-Earz Experiment, Theopolis London and even the Orb at the Orb's latest album launch, as well as clubs nights as far ranging as Yo Yo, Dirty Boots, and the world largest fetish club Torture Garden ;)
She is Danger's darkest side is evident on their debut limited edition release 'Hurt You'. Boasting remixes by rising stars Subscape and Kanji Kinetic and has already enjoyed spins internationally and at home in the UK on stations like BBC Radio 1, Galaxy, Kiss and XFM whilst also making a 'Single of the Week' on NME Radio! Not too shabby for a debuting self-releasing act...
'Hurt You' will be released on She is Danger Music:
* Beatport - 2nd February 2010 * All Other Download Sites (exc Itunes) - 8th February 2010
R&S records is one of THE MOST RESPECTED TECHNO LABELS OF ALL TIME. So I'm very proud to announce that this, ARCADIA'S 300th POST will be highlighting the relaunch of this great label.
Read below to see why... there's LOADS of goodies today, but I think it's more than worth your time to read why these tracks are so relevant and this label so cool... we'll start with Delphic, then move to a FREE 4 track R&S sampler, and then I'll give you a tip on a couple new tracks that are pure dancefloor fillers :) I kept hearing about Delphic from various media types and industry people. On a daily basis, almost, I've been seeing their names. Now I understand why... check out this undeniable video for "Counterpoint"
If you wanna watch it outside of this site the link is here.
And here's a little press on these guys... you know how I love Manchester (speaking of, The Whip interview should be up soon!)... Delphic are post-dance futurist nostalgics from Manchester. In a world of indie bands dipping a cautious toe into dance music’s occasionally baffling computer world, Delphic are the real deal, the missing link between the Chemical Brothers and New Order, between Underworld and Muse. The next giant leap forward for a dance outfit to take repetitive beats and crisp electronics out of the underground with the swagger, confidence and tunes to take over festivals and ultimately to fill stadiums.
Delphic are Richard Boardman, Matthew Cocksedge and James Cook and have been together for only a year. They make their music on laptops before figuring out how to play it live, throwing guitars, bass and drums over the electronics to results their unique sound, then take to the stage and stitch their songs together into one continuous euphoric DJ set-like onslaught.
‘Counterpoint’ is their first single on Belgium’s classic electronic label R&S. It’s an epic, a timelessly optimistic pure rave moment produced by Berlin based producer/remixer Ewan Pearson, who is soon to start work in Berlin with the band on their debut album, due for release later this year.
Check out more about Delphic @ www.randsrecords.com. NOW ON TO SOME MORE AWESOME SHIT!
NEXT UP is a 4 track sampler you can get over at Amazon.com. Click here to download it. I was gonna post up individual tracks? But you want all these puppies, trust me.
The tracks included are: "Quail" "Shining" "I Become Overwhelmed" "Majestic 12"
Here's some press on this sampler... "David Morley
Although producer David Morley ( www.davidmorley.com ) has been involved in a range of recording projects, encompassing trance and techno as well as the more ambient and "intelligent" offshoots thereof, his work has been marked by a consistent experimentalism, earning him a reputation as a compositional innovator among producers, DJs, and home listeners the world over. Born and raised in England, Morley's name is most often associated with the Belgian techno scene, primarily due to early R&S releases as Spectrum, TZ4, and under his own name which helped to solidify the label's nascent sound. Spectrum's "Brazil," recorded with R&S owner Renaat Vandepapeliere, was a visionary fusion of dancefloor techno/trance and ambient/experimental strains that helped earn R&S its association as an important force at the fore of European dance music. Morley, together with Outlander's Marcos Salon, was also behind the fourth release (known as TZ4) in R&S' Test Zone series (and co wrote 2 of the TZ7 tracks with Maarten Van Der Vleuten with whom he also wrote the classic and highly sought after black label "Mantrax - Sonic Circus"), an important signpost in R&S' early development. In 1994, Morley released his first two EPs under his own name -- "Evolution" (the first release on R&S sublabel Apollo) and "Shuttle" (on R&S-proper) -- both exploratory ambient/electro classics that sit neatly next to the works of such artists as Biosphere, Aphex Twin, and Higher Intelligence Agency as early examples of ambient/intelligence techno. More recently, Morley has released increasingly dark and textural works, both solo and in combination with former Inky Blacknuss collaborator/current Mo'Wax signee Andrea Parker. In addition to the pair's Infonet EP Angular Art (1995), Morley and Parker recorded the Too Good to Be Strange EP (Apollo, 1995) under the name Two Sandwiches Short of a Lunchbox (later used in the Tom Cruise film "Vanilla Sky"), as well as contributed tracks to R&S ambient sublabel Apollo's second label comp The Divine Compilation. Morley's debut full-length, Tilted, appeared on Apollo in 1998. He also co-wrote Andreas Parker's classic debut "Kiss My ARP" on Mo Wax and has recently released a variety of songs on Miss Parker's "Touchin' Bass" label and on Sub Rosa's sub label "Quatermass". A new album is apparantly in the works for release this year..... His music is published by Bug Music
Jacobs Optical Stairway
Jacob's Optical Stairway project from 4Hero's Dego and Mark Mac. The album was something of a superstar collaborative effort at the time, also featuring Juan Atkins and Josh Wink getting in on the Junglist action. The album moves beyond 4hero's previous ruffneck ragga style and incorporates a mellow jazz instructed vibe to proceedings, married beautifully with Atkins on the Detroit meets West London experiment 'The Fusion Formula', and exploring live organic textures with saxophone from Lascehes, Niles Hailstones trumpet on 'Solar Feelings' or Quincey's guitar on the title track.
Locust
Mark Van Hoen (born September, 1966 in London, England) is an electronic music performer and producer recognized for his contributions to the advancement of electronic music in the last 20 years. He has created music under his own name as well as: Locust, and Autocreation. His production work includes albums for Mojave 3, Scala, Sing-Sing and many others. He was a founder member of the influential group Seefeel and has toured with Massive Attack and Orbital as well as opening for Slowdive. He is a greatly admired and influential composer and performer that has inspired countless other musicians. His music is known for its distinctive blend of old world electronic music with the more modern strains of electronica, creating a rich and colourful body of work steeped in emotion and expression. His work has brought a deeply human and emotional depth to a genre of music that has been criticised as being sterile and mechanical.
After offers from Warp Records, Rephlex and Virgin Records, Mark Van Hoen chose to sign with Belgian Label R&S in 1993. Locust's early records were distinct in their pure use of vintage analogue synthesizers and tape recorders to create a romantic and somewhat dark, broody sound environment in which his music could unfold along a current of beats and rhythms while escaping the mechanisation of many of his contemporaries. As the Locust sound moved towards and increasingly more vocal oriented approach in the late 90's, Mark Van Hoen began to release music under his own name and returned to the instrumental music of his early period which he continues today.
Sun Electric
Sun Electric saw the light of day in 1990, with their first 12" O'Locco on Wau! Mr.Modo. (Well, there was actually one track before that: Sundance, which appeared on the first Cafe del Mar compilation.) After splitting up with the third member in a band called Fischerman's Friend, Max and Tom carried on as Sun Electric.
O'Locco got great attention by Alex Paterson, Jimmy Cauty & Youth in London. They considered S.E. to be the inventors of Ambient House. From there a great friendship and collaboration with Thomas Fehlmann (to whom they were already closely related ever since they moved to Berlin) and The Orb started, which lasts until today. In 1994 The Orb released "Pomme Fritz" - a collaboration between The Orb and S.E.
After being stuck with a record deal at ZTT records, which didn't lead to any releases, Sun Electric found a new label: R&S in Gent, Belgium.
"O'Locco" got re-released and a double 12" followed, then the first album "Kitchen" came out in 1993. The first big tour in England, opening for The Orb, took place in late 1993.
The artwork for all covers on R&S until the last S.E. release in 1998 was done by Designers Republic, who added an outstanding visual aspect to the music.
Three more studio albums were released, "Aaah!" (94), "Present" (96) and "Via Nostra" (98) and one live ambient-album "30-7-94", recorded that day in a park in Copenhagen.
The years 1993-98 saw the band touring all over Europe, Japan, US and Chile. After the release of "Via Nostra" the band took a turn to freeform improvised live music, got more into programming with MAX/MSP and changed their name to S.E.Berlin.
One vinyl release on the shortliving label Bad Orb followed, then Max and Tom decided to end the project.
Seven years of individual projects went by. Then Tom discovered an old CDR at a friend's house on the Canary Island Lanzarote, which Max and Tom had left there in the year 2000. It had a bunch of unreleased tracks on it from that time. Listening back to it came out as a surprise: they still sounded good and fresh, even quite special in the new musical context of 2007."
Very hot shit indeed. Scoop that up NOW. Not often that legendary labels give you so many free track, right?
"Geo" by The Chain is, well errr, off the chain lol? I'm such a fucking dork.
"If you’re a fan of the very early days of trance when soul collided with hypnotic chords and techy beats, be sure to check ‘Geo’ by The Chain. As former mule electronic [l] artists, Foat & Boddy aka The Chain have been releasing music together for a number of years and with an album planned on R&S next year they are sure to get more fans on the back of this Balearic-sounding release.
There are tribal-influenced rhythms, deep vocal snippets and sun-drenched syths that nod towards the early 90s, but the transitions and FX are up to date.
‘Geo’ sounds like a classic already."
Yeah, it's good to see R&S back in full effect. Their logo, like Ghostly International's, is one that is like a stamp of quality... you know as soon as you see that stallion that you're on to something good. I hope you all enjoyed this as much as I have... "Counterpoint" is available as of yesterday on Beatport.
As I said I've got really good stories from Chicago and an interview with The Whip (one of Manchester's other great bands) and that should be up soon. Until then!
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