Saturday 31 March 2012

Made In Melbourne - Jungle Jim

Hello

Heres a few photos from the event "Made In Melbourne (23rd March)" held every few months at Billboards, packed with the best talent that melbourne has to offer. Inc. Heath Renata, Mike Metro, Chardy, Orkestrated, Stevie Mink, Nick Coleman, T-Rek, Dean Del, Samual James and + more.



MADE IN MELBOURNE Fb Page




First up is a couple of tunes from 17 year old Producer/ DJ Tom Clayton. Such Melbourne talent is there to find, you just have to know where to look. While he may have 63 followers on his soundcloud now, guaranteed that will rise fast as soon as he hits the club scene.


Calvin Harris - Bounce (Tom Clayton Dutch Bootleg) [SAMPLE TRIAL]




Katy Perry - Peakock (Tom Clayton Bootleg) sample






Stretching out to Sydney for this one by an artist called "Narrator." "Krokodil" has deep melodies with a really good Dutch style synth line on the drop. The song is very well put together and production wise, is of the highest quality, everything gelling perfectly together. Narrator is a talent on the up!


Krokodil (Original Mix) - Narrator



GBI DJS

Thursday 29 March 2012

DJ's gotta eat too... + NWO@3D NEXT WEEK FRIDAY - Esbii



Does this look like a DJ does to you? . From just a glance, obviously not, but really, this a DJ at work right now. Not behind decks fist pumping to his shit, not partying it up with a shit ton of beers and bitches, not even in front of a disco lit crowd that just are infatuated with him, hell he's not even wearing headphones! but in actual fact, this is JungleJim doing DJ things. We're supplying a house party with their fun/tunes tomorrow and since they have requested r'n'b and hip hop (genres completely out of any in GBI's way), it's time for homework to be done.


(btw readers, all that stuff I said that Jimmy isn't doing right now, yeah we do all of that all the time )

Activator featuring Reinweiss - Rombee




This track has blown my mind as the perfect way to describe it is reverse bass house. A lot of reverse sounds I've heard have always remained in the hardstyle genre (and as I have mentioned previously reverse bass hardstyle being close to my heart) and I was pretty amazed to hear something made that was a lot more closer to house using a reversed bassline. Long time hardstytle producer Activator has indeed made something fresh and unique!



Also, just would like to take a moment of your time to spread the word of this sick new event, New World Order @ 3D, next Friday (Good Friday). Main basis of the event is the new fresh stuff that's come out lately rather than the classics and I'm glad to see that that the love of my life, Josh Lang, will be playing and most certainly will go off!

Hope you all have a mad weekend!

- esbii out

Monday 26 March 2012

SCNTST's from Mumbai - MasterSys

Mumbai Science, the duo that I will never tire from have released their final EP that is apart of the "Unified Theory" Trilogy, and I have to say this is the best release to come out of the monthly chapters that began on the faithful day of January 9th.


Part 3 is a burst of love from a heavy orgy that involved Techno and House associates banging eachothers brains out, Part 3 decides to go a bit more raw and darker then the previous two, with that special touch Mumbai Science has been known for, a feeling of atmosphere with their use of echoey samples and a solid and energetic kick that blends into whatever their imagination is pumping out.



Chemistry happens to be a personal favourite of mine from this release, a track full of lazer-beam like sounds that shouts craziness but manages to retain a solid Techno vibe throughout the track, accompanied by a slick bass guitar strum.

To celebrate the final release, Lektroluv have decided to also release a picture vinyl version featuring tracks from the Trilogy. I have to shine light on this badboy, the artwork on this is just so well done, an awesome touch to some stellar releases.
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Unified Theory Part 3 is out now on Beatport and iTunes.
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That's all I have time for now, but in order to save this post from such a gimpy pun in the title, I'll leave you now with some of my personal favourite SCNTST productions, I'm still in awe that this is a 17 year old pumping out these tunes... one more year and he'll be legal... just screwing with you.
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Peace and Chicken grease - MasterSys.

Saturday 24 March 2012

As much as i hate to say it, Nina Las Vegas can DJ - Jungle Jim

So I wanted to start off my 2 week absence by posting one of my own tunes, a remix of Eminem's They Way I Am. I've always been a fan of Stevie Minks Purple Pills remix, however the more i learn the art of producing, the more I've realised the lack of production value in the song. I wanted to make a tune that wasn't driven 90% by the lyrics, but rather the production. Who knows if I have or not! But here it is:


Eminem - The Way I Am (Jungle Jim remix)




Also Free to download from my soundcloud page :)


Next up is an absolute banger from my new favourite local artist Reece Low. Move over JDG (especially seeing as the wanker won't reply to my emails!). His remix of Zoolanda's Heave turns an already great song into an international hit. The driving bassline on the drop is just my style of dirty club banger. You can check out Reece Low's soundcloud here.


Zoolanda - Heave (Reece Low Remix)





For my last tune I am going outside Melbourne to the UK, with a song by the 'Puppet On Crack.' 'The Puppet Theme' has quite a seedy, creepy kind of sound to it which i think just works so well with the artist as a whole. I can picture some creepy Puppet in a horror film, stalking and threatening someone to this melody. Great tune.

The Puppet on Crack - The Puppet Theme (Original Mix)




GBI DJS

Thursday 22 March 2012

Much Ado about Power? - Horse

I made a new set this morning, shortening it to use up my remaining 33 free minutes on Soundcloud (el cheapo). I wanted to put in some of the harder tracks I've been digging lately and if a set opens with Figure, its gonna kick people square in the teeth. Also wanted to mix up genres a bit to see what techniques could be used when the tracks couldn't be physically beat matched.



Tracklist on Soundcloud

I've been a fan of Ado since his hearing his mix of Kissy Sell outs 'Wild in the Warehouse' and he consistently delivers banging tracks. Also had a slight love affair with his Articles remix from Clouds, as heard at the beginning of my Xmas set. I really like this track because its non-stop action with its relentless bassline. The acid sounds coming through along with some tech funk influences means it just keeps rollin'



The next track is a free gem comes from the bossdog at 'Sweat it out' Ajax. The classic house tune rolls off the decks beautifully for such events as Festivival and doesn't stop cruising nor bopping.Thanks Ajax

Why is it tomorrow this morning? - Esbii

So you just walked out of a club and this one tune you heard an hour or two ago that made you go off while in there is going in a repeat of what you can remember of what it was. Sure it's great you have just discovered something new to you that you love, but the problem is you can't get more of it unless you hear it again.

This has been a dilemma for me many a many a many of many a many among many times. Though there is no quick sudden answer that can be given by my humble self as a solution to the problem, but one way where you may encounter this track again is listening to sets/mixtapes by DJ's that are relevant to your interest. Jochen Miller's podcasts have been quite successful in my search for music and has also lead me to find other great trance artists since paying more closer to the genre last year.

Besides the initial point I raised earlier stating a massive problem, if following this route and listening to music similar to what you want to find, you can find many great new artists and tracks to sample and perhaps turn to love, no?

In any case, if you have a look at a lot of my previous posts, you will see such sentences like "So I found this track on so-and-so's set".


Fabio XB & Ronnie Play - MooZik (Dave Schiemann Remix)



I posted this remix of Moozik this week not only because it has been played over and over and over again in my car; not particularly because I liked the original, because I have not heard the original, nor is it because I am a fan of any that were involved in this track, because none of those names were known to me, but because it was really out of the off chance I discovered it. I found this track from Richard Durand's High end Trance mix (Intense set btw) and glad there was a way I could back track to find out it's name rather than cold when first heard!

Anyway, the track starts off percussion like sounds that instantly flash sound memories of the infamous Melbourne nightclub, Q Bar. I have never ever heard such sounds of that era or Q Bar itself been used in trance, it was that classy light tone that house bring infused with trance that really has captivated this track for me and I definetly implore everyone from all respected preference of EDM to give this track a try!

Hell, this track was so good and I couldn't find it on youtube that I uploaded it myself

Till next time,

- Esbii out

Monday 19 March 2012

Spotlight on Feadz - MasterSys

It's been a weak and whack week beforehand, being trapped in home for a long period gives your sanity an odd play around, but what a better way to ease those depressing moments with some tunes. Throughout last week I've been playing a particullar artist on repeat, the man known as Feadz ( Ed Banger ).






Feadz is quite the talented one, his unique blends of genre mashing from the likes of Hip-Hop, Electro and Acid House is a breath of fresh air for the label, from which I find has been dwindling over time ( In comparison to its " Glory Days " from 06 - 08 ) but Feadz continues to keep doing his own thing.

In 2010, he released one of my favourite EP's from the label, the underrated EP that goes by the name T.U.F.F ( The Unfinished Feadz Fairytale ). After being sucked in from one of the most awesome EP promo videos I've seen ( NSFW ), It was an instant purchase on day one.

Feadz_"Tuff"(video teaser) from L'Enregistreur on Vimeo.


I repeated the track " Four Sight " heavily, I just love that vibe the track gives, a slick, engaging and deep track that sucked me right in, I even went ahead and uploaded the track on Youtube for fans to enjoy. The EP also includes a ridiculous and unique banger known as " Dial a tool " ( Sydney lads Light Year did an impressive remix of the track later on ) and a bass heavy Electro track called " We got them ".





In 2012, Feadz still continues to push his vision in the game known as Music, with an EP coming out with fellow artist Kito titled Electric Empire ( Sporting some impressive artwork from the Ed Banger crew, as usual ), with a guest appearence by Feadz's ex-squeeze Uffie. I'm really digging the 2nd track in the preview, a bass heavy gospel like sound, an intense pick up and some awesome vocal sampling is going to a killer on the dancefloor with the right set of ears. Electric Empire is set to be release by the end of this month.

Thursday 15 March 2012

Moombah-wah? - Horse

Although I've never been much a fan of the Moombahton genre, the latest release from Vato Gonzalez is one I found rather enjoyable. Generally I find moombahton struggles to keep the energy flowing through its tracks, and quickly becomes quite stagnant. Dillon Francis is an artist I've followed in the genre as he keeps it pumping despite the slower beat, namely 110 bpm. 'The Moombahstard' builds with a delightful trumpet melody and keeps moving with a deep drawn out bass and intertwines the classic sounding brass elements.



This next track stems from a collaboration between Datsik and Kill the Noise.'Lightspeed' gets broken up with 'new dubstep' ripping synthesizer sounds which are normally just a waste of space and, in my opinion, aren't really music, but work well with this track. Its great to see with this song that you can clearly identify which elements are inspired by each of the artists, enjoyable to see their poetic license coming through and sticking to the type of sounds they are known for and produce.



'Optic' comes from a new EP from Turbo Records outfit Clouds. The first track I heard of theirs was their remix of Proxys' '8000' early last year. Esbii and I joked that it just tried to be like Tiga's Mind Dimension, but over the last year they have stuck with a heavy sound and I am yet to hear a bad track from them. Optic, for all intensive purposes, should be pumped loud and proud to deliver the full deep techno sounds.




Until next week buster brown, I'm out

Thursday 8 March 2012

Was going to take it easy this weekend, but decided to have a quiet night out and how the hell did i end up here at this time? - Esbii

Like I mentioned in my previous entry, I had my very own time behind 3D Nightclub's decks on Friday night and it certainly went very well. Now when I say well, I mean that I didn't screw up. I'd just like to take this moment to point out to you all that DJ'ing isn't entirely just get one song to stop then cut it into another song while wearing headphones in the process, it's a whole lot more than that..

The blood, sweat and effort that passionate DJ's can put behind one set is something that should be respected as an art. I say passionate DJ's because there are those ones out there who are simply fame seekers/cool kid wanting status cunts/club name dropping whores/beatmatchless skilled jockeys/pre recorded set players/"my set tonight is whatever beatport.com has on their top 20"/ endrant .

From hand picking tunes from their own collections and endeavors for good music to practicing all their techniques on the decks just to make sure it's all going to go the way they want it, ensuring all the tracks and their order have a good flow so the crowd doesn't start stop and finally, praying to god they don't accidentally search for the next track on the CDJ that the current playing track is using (it's happened to me in my practice time).

Anyway, this week's edition will be a couple of tracks that I chose to play for my night!

Sam Punk - Out Of Hell



Discovered this track on Josh Lang's K405 guestmix awhile back and was very surprised to find out it was made only in 2009 as I swear I heard it way long before that year. Hard trance meets hard tech is the perfect way to describe it in my opinion, that dark ripping melody is definitely one that will get stuck on repeat in your mind for weeks!

Kidd Kaos and Tone - Closer (Drum Disaster's Rough Edge Edit)



So much justice done to an already dance floor breaking tune in this edit by this South African artist. I felt this tune isn't the most recognized track going around at the moment, but it needs more attention! I'd like to point out that DD claims himself to be a "Industrial Hardcore DJ/Producer", but this little gem of his can belong in any hardstyle set of mine. Scaling in at 155bpm and packing the hardest punch at 0:28 seconds, just pure hecticness oozes from this!

Before leaving, I'd just like to say my above rant is purely opinionated from me, I'm know I'm not the greatest DJ in the world nor the most famous or recognized, but I like to think my passion and enjoyment as one does equal the big names.

Also, another thing, "Out of Hell" was my first track in my set and Drum Disaster's edit of "Closer" was my last track, you can tell the amount of difference in speed of BPM between them. This what I was talking about when I meant flow, as the one I wanted to give to my crowd was a progression of starting at the slowest to building them up to the fullest from start to finish; there are many other ways flow can be delivered by a DJ, not one is right, not one is wrong, but just don't screw up.

- Esbii out

Monday 5 March 2012

Welcome to Miami...Noize - MasterSys

The time has come again, after 2 great compilations known as Miami Noize, Boys Noize Records is set to release its 3rd compilation, Miami Noize 3.

My love for Boys Noize Records is at a scary rate, It is my definitive label that I follow immensely, and in my opinion is one of the best labels to follow today. The amount of diversity and genre pushing is just great to see, and they're bound to push the limits again with Miami Noize 3.


Alex Rihda has compiled a great list of artists for this new compilation, from popular acts such as Bart B More, Felix Cartel and the legendary group known as Digitalism. Along with label buddies such as Djedjotronic, Strip Steve, SCNTST, Jan Driver, Shadow Dancer, Audionite, fresh newcomers BS1 and a mysterious producer known as ELAX ( rumours that this may be Alex Rihdas alter ego ). This is set to blow the roof off again just like the previous compilations beforehand ( highly reccomend checking them out ).



I'll let the previews speak for themselves, Miami Noize 3 is set to be released digitally across various distributors such as Beatport and iTunes on the 12th of March.

Hopefully this will be the end of my Boys Noize Records posting fanboyism ( I doubt it though ), but only time will tell.

MasterSys.

Saturday 3 March 2012

Off To The Zoo! - Jungle Jim

Starting things off this week with a tune released less than a day ago by one of my favourites, JDG. The drop of 'Snap' is filthy, dark and it speaks for itself.

JDG - Snap (Original Mix) [AFTRDRK Music]



JDG's Soundcloud Account



The next 2 tunes are from an artist named Zoolanda. Only 22 years old, he has started making tunes that arn't just good melbourne tunes, they have the potential to be international hits. 'No Milk' in particular is a well constructed, very catchy tune and is available to download from his soundcloud account.

Zoolanda - No Milk (Original Mix)




Heath Renata, Zoolanda - Party Don't Stop (Original Mix)



Peace!

GBI DJs

Thursday 1 March 2012

Bring Back Summer- Horse

Following the thoughts of Mastersys' last post, I've made a mix to say goodbye to Summer. It was an enjoyable 3 months and will welcome it again come the end of the year. I really enjoyed making this set, with some great tracks from some of my favourite artists, check it out.



Tracklist available at http://soundcloud.com/horsegbi/horse-bring-back-summer

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Trumpdisco released the OV Shark EP about a month ago on 'Sweat it out'. This Melbourne duo seems to be flourishing overseas and bringing out some massive originals and remixes for acts like Yolanda Be Cool, Adrian Lux and Haezer. The track 'Cut & Paste' feat Airwolf is one I could listen too all day, everyday. A hustling, solid bassline backed by some cheeky female vocals makes it such a free flowing track. It almost reminds me of Solid Grooves (aka Switch) 'Sick Na Good' released in '06 for its jackin' style and booming drumline. 'Do you want more of what you came for' is another huge raw track definitely worth checking out.




Next track is Volt by Sound of Stereo, I really enjoy this track as it takes me back to Boys Noizes' 2007 debut album Oi Oi Oi. If you didn't already know, Boys Noize is King, and this track seems to again bring fourth the use of original and analogue synth sounds. Their are too many tracks around using synthesized sounds as almost filler in tracks, rather than settling on a roughish sounding, at times distorted, full length club track.




This last track just wants me wanna jump round like a monkey, which is certainly a good thing. Botneks remix of Tocadisco's Bat3ria brings a high energy and bouncy touch. Generally driven by a solid drumline, the track breaks down into a dubish beat, for which im not too much of a fan. It does give the track a chance to build and drop again though, and bring back the boogey.