Shock team up with Nightflight to bring you the nicest man in techno, Ewan Pearson on Mar 26th. And we have 10 free passes to giveaway for the gig. To be in with a chance of winning, simply answer this question
Q. Which of is the these tracks hasn’t been remixed by Ewan Pearson?
1. Playgroup – Make it happen
2. Ladytron – Evil
3. Autechre – Gantz Graf
4. Goldfrapp – Train
Email your answer to nightflightdublin@gmail.com
Competition closes Thursday Mar 25th.
This months mix comes from Ivanvarian, and features the likes of Nick Drake, J Dilla, Tom Tom Club, Spiritualised and Lee ’scratch’ Perry. It is perfect ipod fodder and it has been on constant rotation at Nightflight HQ.
Tracklist
1. Villagers – Seven strangers
2. Nick Drake – River man
3. Spiritualized – Let it flow
4. Psychonauts – Circles
5. Balaclavas – Night Worship
6. Blur – Battery in your leg
7. Dondolo – Dragon (shit robot mix)
8. !!! – Is this thing on (rug and tug edit)
9. Shit Robot – Chams
10. Fever Ray – Triangle Walks (Rex the Dog mix)
11. Willie Hutch – Brothers gonna work it out (The Revenge re-edit)
12. Susan Cardogan – Hurt so good
13. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry – Jungle Lion
14. Marlena Shaw – California soul (Mad Decent Remix)
15. Esther Williams – Home is where the hurt is
16. Cole Medina – Brick Wall (Cole’s Heavy mix)
17. Plaid – Shackblu
18. Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love
19. Gorrilaz – Kids with guns (Hot chip mix)
20. Harmonic 313 – Word Problems
21. Death in Vegas – All that glitters
22. Q-tip – Won’t trade
23. J Dilla – So far so go
24. The Troubleneck brothers – Back to the hip hop
SEBO K [Mobilee, Berlin]
Friday April 30th, Button Factory
Adv Tickets: 10e
Sebo K has long been a key figure in Berlin’s music community, starting his DJ career in the early 90s at Alec Empire’s Bass Terror nights, Berlin’s first UK-style breakbeat parties. By the mid 90s he had discovered his love for Chicago house and Detroit techno—a passion evident to anyone who has heard the vintage depths many of his tracks nod to—and at the turn of the decade began playing regularly at legendary clubs throughout Berlin. Now, thanks to his releases on the mobilee label, he’s becoming an unstoppable force in the electronic music scene. One of his first tracks for mobilee, “Rancho Relaxo”—in collaboration with Anja Schneider—was an instant classic, establishing Sebo (as well as the label itself) as an up-and-coming act worthy of extreme attention. To declare that Sebo has lived up to expectations would be an understatement to say the least.
Despite a relatively sparse discography of original productions, quality over quantity is the name of the game for Sebo K, with each of his productions—from his debut on mobilee to his most recent track, “Diva”—receiving universal acclaim from both DJs and critics alike and cementing his position as first-rate producer. His mix CD Back Up Vol. 01 introduced audiences far and wide to his mixing abilities, effortlessly bridging the worlds of minimal techno and classic deep house with one critic proclaiming it “house that sounds perfectly at home wandering through new provinces.” Alongside his now timeless original productions, Sebo has done remixes for some of the most respected labels and artists on the planet including Poker Flat, Mule Electronic, Radioslave, and Efdemin. Meanwhile, his tracks have appeared on a nearly uncountable number of compilations and mixes by DJs such as M.A.N.D.Y., Richie Hawtin, Steve Bug, Dennis Ferrer, Loco Dice, and Dixon.
His love for soulful, deep vibes combined with his ability to transition seamlessly between minimal techno and straight house—and an uncanny ability to blur the lines between the two—has reinforced the importance of house in an age seemingly inundated by techno lovers. His residency at Berlin’s Watergate in tandem with constant gigs at high-profile venues around the world has demonstrated that Sebo’s DJ abilities are on par with his exceptional production skills, and that his seemingly endless string of successes isn’t likely to end any time soon.
Tracklist
01 Fox the Fox – Precious Little Diamond
02 Walter Jones – I am Loved
03 Gatto Fritto – Bursting the Bubble
04 Tony Lionni – Better Change
05 Neurotic Drum Band – Robotic Hypnotic Adventure
06 Soul Clap – I want you
07 Johnick – Play the world
08 Four Tet – Angel Echoes
09 Dave Lee – Mucho Macho
10 Marco & Orpheo -Mach 4
11 Donna Summer – Bad girls
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Tune into the Box Deluxe show 1900 – 2100 hrs Saturday 20th for a Maurice Fulton Special on www.powerfm.org.
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Maurice Fulton. In a word: different. An abridged run down of his aliases, alter egos, groups, protégés, collaborators and remixees (one who’s work has undergone Mauricification) is exhaustive. So let us surmise that if you walk into a decent record shop anywhere in the world you are likely to find at least a handful of records gracing his name. If not his name then one of his aliases, alter egos, groups…
It is important to note that Fulton has had a profound influence on dance music since leaving his hometown of Baltimore for New York in the early nineties (he had a hand in programming the percussion on Crystal Water’s smash hit Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless) back in 1991) and that he has seemingly managed to remain relatively unknown whilst doing so. Fulton rarely, if ever gives interviews due to a bad experience in which he was misquoted as dissing his friends. Information about him online is scarce. He is on Myspace but anyone with record label Tigersushi in their friend list ‘will NOT be added’ and he also has a facebook page but those eager to find out what is on his mind will be disappointed. It is fair to say then that there is a vague aura of the troubled, misunderstood genius about him though anyone who has seen his RBMA tutorial video will know him to be charming, funny, chilled and above all supremely talented.
It is testament to his talent that one struggles to pin down exactly what he is. He has been DJing since the age of 13 and all those years of practice have seen him get pretty good at it. He regularly gigs around the world and audience feedback is overwhelmingly positive. A prolific remixer, he will be the first to admit that a Fulton remix is not a remix but an entirely new track in itself. It is not uncommon for the end product to retain little more than the original vocal track with a new melody and rhythm laid down as the foundation.
He is a gifted musician with skills on keys and drums and is so good on bass he has managed to forge a sound all of his own. The unmistakable, flanged mutant slap bass he has been layering over tracks for the last few years has had househeads and disco enthusiasts alike wiggling and bumping on dance floors from Sydney to New York and everywhere in between. It is because a lot of his recent work is so accessibly funky that those only recently introduced to Fulton might blanche at some of his more leftfield output.
Herein lies the key to his longevity: Never compromise!
He has a penchant for working with female vocalists, mostly noveau soul singers and always head turningly attractive. A series of monthly podcasts offers the chance to hear him go wild on the decks and catch glimpses of material one suspects will sadly never see the light of day. That material which has already been released is plentiful and surprisingly for an artist so adroitly committed to playing by his own rules is mostly available online, though the less said about the infuriatingly rare Alice Smith remix the better. Recordings of his DJ sets get the pulse racing and have surely gotten many a bleary eyed clubber through the Monday morning commute to work whilst his home mixes are usually episodic journeys that will take your mind far away from the trials and tribulations us mortals have to deal with on a daily basis.
If you are not already convinced just read this response to a question regarding the idea for his track Paris Hilton : ‘The making of that record, I wanted to create something to make people dance and laugh at the same time, while they’re dancing. When someone told me that they’d never laughed so hard and danced at the same time it was a big compliment to me. It’s a really big compliment to me. I think dance songs, you should have fun and laugh and have a good time while listening to the song.’
You have been warned.
Sol O Carroll
Audiofly – Saliosol // 8bit
UNKLE – Heavy Drug (Surrender Sounds Mix) // Surrender All
The Revenge – Just Be Good To Me // Needwant
Carlo Lio – Breakfast In A Bag // Quartz Music
Telefon Tel Aviv – Immolate Yourself (Sascha Funke & Ben Klock Mixes)
Jon Averill
Two Men from Jersey – So Special
World Domination Enterprises – Funkytown
Terre Thaemlitz – Masturjakor (Kink & Neville Watson Remix)
Sissy Nobby – Lay Me down (L Vis 1990 Mix)
John Talabot – Afrika
Matagouri
Cottam – untitled (002B) [cottam]
Telespazio – telemetric (arto mwambe’s ‘guitar down’ remix) [tiny sticks]
Noir desir – le vent nous portera (rubber room rerub) [mindless boogie]
Midnight magic – drop me a line [cdr]
Massive attack – pray for rain (tim goldsworthy remix)
Pablo
Eamon Harkin – innit
The Units – High pressure days ( rory philips remix)
Doug Willis – get your own
Black Science orchestra – headspace lullaby
Motor City drum ensemble – raw cuts 2
Louche
Capacra – king of the witches(rub’n'tug remix)-dfa
Phenomonal handclap band- move in the light (rune lindbaek mix)
6th borough project- mclovin- permanent vacation
Unkle-heavy drugs surrender sounds mix
White lies-farewell (rory phillips mix)
JimmyB
Partial Arts – Telescope
Francois K – The Road of Life
MCDE – SMK 2
Justus Kohncke – Yacht
Ost & Kjex – Have you seen the moon in Dallas (M Fulton)
Stephen Manning
Fox the Fox – Precious Little Diamond
Four Tet – Angel Echoes
Rondenion – Sun Glare
Josh Wink – Stay Out All Night – Radio Slave mix
Wally Badarou – Chief Inspector
Nightflight’s Priority Boarding Password special offer returns on Friday February 26th, as we celebrate Downtownsounds 9th Birthday with one of their all time favourite djs and a regular guest at their parties in Ri Ra back in the day, the maestro that is Maurice Fulton.
Just utter the word ‘Downtownsounds’ before 12.30 at the door and admission will be just eight euro pounders
So who are DownTownSounds and what have they been doing for the last nine years I hear you ask? Well they set up shop in 2001 hosting some one off parties in clubs like The Shelter and Mono (The Village today) as an outlet to share their common love of soul, disco, house, techno, and party classics. They went on to host regular parties in The Belvedere, Crawdaddy, Ri-Ra and Kennedy’s, with guests of the calibre of Nicky Siano, Mr Fingers, Lindstrom and Prins Thomas, Metro Area, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Theo Parrish, Ashley Beadle and Danielle Baldelli all playing for them down through the years.
Here is the top five mixes that have been sent into Nightflight HQ this month.
Paul Neale Mix
Tracklist
Moodymann-I Cant Kick This Feeling When It Hits
Tevo Howard-Move
Darkstar-Aidys Girl Is A Computer (Kyle Hall Remix)
Tom Trago-Passion (MCDE Remix)
Andres-Jack City
Rick Wilhite-Dreams Of Yesterday
Moodymann-Brown Mahogony
Glenn Underground-70s Trip
Rick Wade-Crazy Love
Kenny Dope-Five 0 Fantasy
Omar S-3 Blind Rats
3 Chairs-War on Woodward Avenue
Kings Of Late Night- Illumination (Sound Signature Mix)
Cosmic Boogie-Feels Good (Disco Deviance Edit)
Mr Scruff & Kandi Tatham-Fresh Noodles
Peven Everett-Simmer (Timmy Regisford Edit)
Generic People mix
Tracklist
Marlena Shaw – California Soul (Diplo Mix)
Dennis Edwards – Don’t Look any Further (Revenge mix)
Get a Room – Under the Vice
Pheonix – Listomania (DSL mix)
Tiger ’n Woods – Sin Nation
Soul II Soul – Back to Life (Rules mix)
Tony UnderGround – Connie & Frank
Auxillary the Masterfader – MIdnight at the Bar
Bill Whithers – Who is He (Henrik Schwartz mix)
Band of Horses – The Funeral (Bucketmasters mix)
Soulwax – Party People
Boochy Mix
Tracklist
1) Pablo Bolivar – Modern Time
2) Lee Curtis – Smoking Mirror
3) Frenchie – Fait Accompli (john Daly Remix)
4) Levon Vincent – Woman Is Devil
5) Trus Me – Vibration
6) Adam Byrd – Panarama (Florian Kruse)
7) DJ T – Shine On (MCDE Remix)
8. Precious System – Voice Of Planet Love (Dixon Edit)
9) Future Beat Investigators – All I Want
10) Vincenzo Pres. Phantom Image – Thizz Izzz The Lab
11) Bertrand Dupart – Earthquake
Brian Ring Mix
Tracklist
Still Going-Still Going theme
Yellow Magic Orchestra-Firecracker.
Don Blackman-Never Miss a thing.
Steve Arringtons Hall Of Fame-Speak with your body.
3 Chairs-Misty City.Frederic Galliano-Kanboufo.
Jalal Ouissal-Undelivered Poetry.
Dfa-Microstructural Characterization.
Move D-Workshop 02.
The JB’S-Doin it to Death.
Bohannon-Dance Your Ass Off!!!
Cameo-Its serious.
Was(Not Was)-Tell me that Im dreaming.
Sexual Harrassment-I need a freak.
David Nolan Mix
Tracklist
01. Forever in their debt (Red Rack’em Remix) – The Revenge
02. Raw Cuts # 6 – Motor City Drum Ensemble
03. Gare Du Nord (Original Mix) – Dynamodyse
04. Je Suis Differente – Two Armadillos
05. Soul Shine – Ekkohaus
06. Bring down the walls – Giom
07. Fo-Eva – Soultourist
08. Deeper Sense – Original Mix – John Dimas
09. Give it – Lance Desardi
10. The Truth – Lawnchair Generals
11. Like Jazz – HALO & JAY J
12. All I Need (Halo Varga dub) – Morgan Page
13. If it ain’t broke – Mango Boy
14. Symphony of Bliss – Martinez
15. Gypsy Bucket – Knee Deep
If you want your mix featured next month, email your mix to nightflightdublin@gmail.com
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Heres’ what Francois K said about Nightflight:
“Thanks so very much! You guys have a really great party going on.
I had a really wonderful time, and it looked to me like so did everyone else who turned up!
The venue has great, excellent acoustics and soundstage with little or no reflections. (this is so rare!). A tight, clear and distortion-free sound system, with engineer and staff that really know their stuff; No need to play loud.
And then…. a super-enthusiastic audience that kept wanting more, seems that they also really enjoyed the transitions, like playing some very electronic things right next to Voyage, and I just fell into gear throwing on whatever felt right, without much thinking about it. Such a lovely evening!
Now that I know what to expect, I think we can take it up another notch or two if I am invited back, including breaking out the really mad stuff.
Only negative: having to stop…..”.