JOY ORBISON (Doldrums/Hot Flush/Aus)
Twenty-two-year-old Pete O'Grady from Croydon, who goes by the name Joy Orbison, is one of the hottest dance producers around, recently being named in the BBC's "Sound of 2010".
Despite all of this attention he still works as a "dogsbody" in a mail room, saying he prefers music to be a relief from work, rather than work itself.
O'Grady has been DJing since the age of 12 and his sound is a lovingly-crafted late-night evolution of house and UK garage, with soft bass, hypnotic home-made percussion and distant chopped-up vocals. His debut single, "Hyph Mngo/Wet Look" was released on Hotflush Recordings in October 2009, and has been followed by "J.Doe/BRKLN CLLN", "The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow" and remixes for Four Tet & Jose James.
FLOATING POINTS (Eglo)
Citing names as varied as Theo Parrish, Dorothy Ashby and Stravinsky as major influences on his work, it is not hard to see that he has musical knowledge way beyond his years, and having been an accomplished pianist since the age of 16 - he is a true musician. The variety in influences is mirrored in the diversity of his productions - one week it’s broken, the next a string quartet and sometimes just straight up gritty beats. Whatever the genre, the Floating Points ’sound’ shines brightly from within, projecting an individual range and texture of soulful sounds that will remain forever fresh!
As a DJ, mostly his sets sit between boogie & house. & his fascination with both genres sees him hopping continents digging in dusty crates for gems he’s yet to hear!
SHACKELTON (Perlon/Skull Disco)
In 2004, prior to the founding of the label Skull Disco, Ian Hicks of Mordant Music liked and released an early Shackleton track entitled Stalker. The track later appeared on Rough Trade’s ‘Best of 2004’ compilation. Around this time Shackleton started thinking about forming a label to release “interesting bass music” and “interesting percussive stuff”. Around the same time, Laurie ‘Appleblim’ Osborne was making similar bass heavy music with abstract beats. Shackleton was impressed with a track, Mystikal Warrior, and it hence appeared on the first Skull Disco release; a double A-side with Shackleton’s I Am Animal. Shortly after, Shackleton began the (now defunct) Skull Disco nights in London. Attendees at the first Skull Disco night included Loefah and Mala.
Releases on the Skull Disco label are typically double A-sides featuring a track apiece from Shackleton and Appleblim, however the most recent release is a 2CD compilation, Soundboy Punishments, which includes all releases to date, as well as some early Mordant Music and Hotflush releases. Skull Disco releases often tend to use unusual sounds, atypical of the dubstep genre; they often eschew the familiar drum tropes of dubstep for African percussion and samples of ethnic vocals, combined with massive, wobbling sub-bass and sometimes elements of four to the floor, Basic Channel-esque drum patterns. Typical artwork on releases (by Zeke Clough) is also of an idiosyncratic nature, the penand-ink covers referencing egyptological symbols as well as displaying a decidedly metal influence.
Shackleton’s music seems to have tapped into a wide range of genres with support for his music coming from djs as diverse as Kode 9, Ricardo Villalobos, Radio Slave and Mary Anne Hobbes while the Hardwax record shop and The Wire magazine are also very enthusiastic. Shackleton’s releases have been record of the month in publications such as Mixmag and IDJ magazine on several occasions, whilst Mixmag also included Skull Disco and Shackleton in their Best Act of 2007 top ten list as well as being in the top five record labels and at number one in the remix chart. Shackleton has also been involved with remixing for Simian Mobile Disco and legendary dub techno pioneer, Pole. Shackleton’s ‘Soundboy’s Suicide Note’ mix was even made the official mix of the year on Mary Anne Hobbes’ show on BBC radio.The Summer of 2007 saw Shackleton do two European tours whilst 2008 has already seen him play room one at the famous Fabric nightclub. Whilst Shackleton’s music tends towards the idiosyncratic and intricate percussion in preference to the big, bass drop, his music is still geared towards the dancefloor and audiences respond in kind
JAMES BLAKE
MOUNT KIMBIE
DEADBOY
MARTIN KEMP
ALEX NUT
LONE
SPAMCHOP
TAYLOR
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