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We will be joining friends at DAWN - Lightbox for the official after party from 5am on Easter Sunday!
Love LDN are hosting our first Warehouse Party of the year at the famous ICAN studios in East London on Easter Saturday. This time we have gone bigger then ever before with headliners, venue, lighting and visuals.
V.I.P tickets include Queue jump, access to VIP balcony overlooking main room and VIP bar (no queueing for drinks).
“James has an uncanny knack of making everyone in the crowd feel as though he's DJing just for them. Once the music starts, it’s not him and them: its everyone.”
- Midland
"James is a technical Jedi and pushes the boundaries of DJing to its absolute limit every time he plays. His skills take Pioneer and the kit into new dimensions.”
- Rik Parkinson - Product Planning Specialist (Pioneer DJ Europe)
A new single, a new label, a new direction and a new inner-found creative confidence: make no mistake, the most exciting episode yet in James Zabiela’s already incredible career is about to begin. “I’m definitely more confident about my music and studio expertise,” says James, who took a certain step back from studio production to concentrate on touring for a couple of seasons. But as his brand new single “The Healing’ so ready attests, the new JZ is more musical than ever. Deep, bold and bristling with e-motional melodies, it’s probably not quite what you’d expect from JZ, the man who spends his summers in Space – but it’s true to his musical ethos, which takes in everything from Modeselektor and Boards Of Canada to classic Warp… and every other warp speed in the universe. Ever the perfectionist, James has been involved in every element: even the artwork for was shot by James whilst on a train one morning… and the field recordings were made when James was stuck on tour in Mexico.
“The Healing’ isn't a dance-floor track,” he starts. “It's a personal song. Something that is as much organic as it is electronic, something that could appear on my album, should I ever write one.” (And, Zabiela fans, watch out: for the first time, he is definitely open to the possibility.). “I posted a clip of the track on my Facebook page and a comment that came back was "this is not what I was expecting at all, but I like it"! A review I was happy with! I also wanted a version I could play at my gigs so I made a cheeky remix which is really an ode to those 12" remixes of the 80s. One of the reasons I'm starting this label is so the fan boy in me can work alongside my musical heroes.” In this case, electronic ambassadors Hot Chip, Club Root and the fast-rising Midland. And what drew Harry Midland to ‘The Healing’, we wonder? “Two reasons,” he offers. “I really liked the original and could already hear parts jumping out at me and because after two years James has become a very good mate, who in my relatively short music career has given me some amazing support and opportunities.”
Another important step came this summer when James also took time to precision-cut a mix for Resident Advisor, a 90 minute sonic adventure that opens with the grand syth bounce of ‘Guidance’ by Indigi & Synkro and pioneering Hotflush producer Beaumont before taking in tracks from Bonobo, Falty DL and Addison Groove: indeed, JZ in 2012 is more into deep bass than ever. Of course, he’s still attracted to glacial soundscapes and throughout the mix, he retains an ear for melody and haunting vocal snippets that have epitomised his best work. Later on, the mix takes in Jon Talabot, Ben Westbeech and JZ’s new single, which suits his new ethos perfectly. “I think a lot of people who are familiar with my DJing and previous work will like this track and the direction I’m going on,” he attests. James has also completed the next instalment of his acclaimed ‘Paradigm Shifts’ mix, which can be heard on his soundcloud now. http://soundcloud.com/jameszabiela/james-zabiela-paradigm-shift-1.
First started in May 2011 James adds parts to the mix over time and you can hear the strains of the last track from the previous mix (Scuba – ‘Adrenalin’) in the opening of this new mix. As an ongoing body of work, it’s probably the next logical step for James (and countless other artists)
from the traditional compilation series. Opening up new ideas and possibilities is what James is all about… indeed, with so much of his music being permeated by smart movie samples and cool cut-ups, the online world is his natural home…along with a label that showcases his ethos.
“The label Born Electric has been coming for a while,” he smiles. “But I wanted to get it right.” Beyond the single, James also found time to rework Hot Chip’s ‘How DO You Do It?’ – on the personal invitation of the band, who he’d stayed friends with after Felix and Al played alongside him at We Love in Ibiza – and the final result can be heard on the excellent double-pack and digital remix EP for ‘How Do You Do?’ As ever, James is in great company, with Todd Terje, Joe Goddard and Mickey Moonlight all mixing. There was one other significant point to this cool club production: it also marked a return to the studio after a two year break. (Zabiela fans watch out once more: neither James nor Hot Chip have forgotten about the music which they’ve have made together. With both parties unleashing their inner analogue on the project.
As ever, James remains a Pioneer Product Tester Advisor, having visited their factory in Japan and the testers visiting him at his home in return.
“He always leaves me feeling inspired by the new and creative ways he uses the tech," says Rik Parkinson. Zabiela also continues to push the boundaries creatively with what can be done in the studio and onstage, with custom made iPad layouts and mappings, multiple controllers in tandem and in harmony with traditional DJ skills.
As with everything in JZ’s career, the upward arc has been gradual and organic. Having performed at We Love for a decade, it’s understandable that James would want to try something different in 2012 (his twelfth season!) so in tandem with promoter Mark Broadbent (who spend autumn and winter sending each other new music), the two came up with a new concept that allowed him to help curate four nights at the party, as well as inviting people whose music he admired. James hosted Born Electric nights 4 times this summer, with guests from Modeselektor and Shackleton playing live and producers like Midland and Scuba joining James in outer Space.
But we’ll leave the final comment to a Facebook user called Dominic Moriarty, referring to his Resident Advisor mix and recent 5 hour set at XOYO for Born Electric. "What. A. Mix. There's something about James, he delivers so much emotion and personality into his mixes like no other DJ. It's like watching a life-affirming film that leaves you with a sense of fulfilment. Having first seen him at Sasha's birthday at Space in 2004 and then seeing him at XOYO for BE launch, his evolution has been epic and now he truly is a master of his craft.”
Justin Martin is a San Francisco house dj/producer and co-founder of the dirtybird crew.
Justin Martin started playing the pops and pans at the age of 2..... and now he is a dj.
Currently working out of Berlin, Kevin McHugh has spent the last decade living in the German capital or New York and in a sense; these two metropoleis represent the contradiction at the heart of his Ambivalent persona. On the one hand the reckless freedom and hedonism of the Berlin subculture, on the other the more considered, conceptual approach of its New York counterpart. As a result his idiosyncratic sound lies somewhere between the two, a precarious balancing act that manages to infuse stripped down, finked up minimal techno with a distinct sense of purpose, often defined by a pearl of an idea around which his skeletal grooves revolve.
After growing up in Washington DC on a balanced diet of Acid House, Go-Go and Punk, his active involvement in the electronic scene began in New York in 2002, producing a series of memorable parties for Creative Time in the base of the Brooklyn Bridge. Fusing house and techno with experimental multimedia and urban installations, Kevin was quick to recognise connecting patterns of value between these art forms, with temporal, physical, spatial and minimal elements among the most obvious common denominators. If one person embodied these principles through music it was Richie Hawtin. The pair were soon working together, co-producing the Plastikman show at Mutek in 2004. The planning process meant spending the best part of a year in Berlin during which time Kevin assimilated into the scene. Energized, he returned to New York and besides co-presenting the Nerd Tank on East Village Radio, he began working on his own compositions, which quickly led to a debut release on Camea’s Clink label in 2006. His event organising activities also intensified, buoyed by the network of DJs and producers he’d met in Berlin.
It was after one particularly intense party, that Kevin set to work on a new track. Extreme images from the event were still flickering across his mind as he picked up his studio mic and, in a flash of inspiration, laid down a twisted, one-sided conversation in a single take. He passed the resulting track to Troy thinking it was just a bit of fun, a tongue-in-cheek parody for his friends to play. Within days Richie was telling him - the track was blowing up, the dancefloor reaction to R U OK was unbelievable. What followed was beyond his wildest imaginings as the track went global, topping charts around the world aided by Ali Demirel’s tripped-out video interpretation. By 2008, the gravitational pull had become too strong to ignore and he returned to Berlin, hooking up with the Minus community and embarking on a non-stop schedule of live shows and DJ gigs. 2009 also saw him join the line-up for the London Contakt special as well as the release of several remixes, a JPLS collaboration and his own follow up EP is 5.
2010 holds even more promise for Kevin, with back-to-back releases. Rumors shows another quirky wordplay, voiced by a character twisted in knots trying to learn the meaning of all the gossip floating around. His second release of the year comes on strong with a dancefloor bouncer Down accompanied by an aggressive vocal challenge. With a DJ mix and an album in the works, it's already becoming more interesting by the day.
Ambivalent by name, ambivalent by nature, Kevin McHugh insists we shouldn’t read too much into his ideas, but as long as he continues making such bold musical statements, that stimulate the instinct and intellect in equal measures, he’ll just have to get used to the attention.
No Artificial Colours " We used to DJ at weddings. Now we don't."
Pedestrian - A notorious sound wanderer, sonic sculptor and dancefloor master, Pedestrian’s intricate, crystallised production and an instinct for DJ sets that can captivate any club has seen him ranked in K Magazine’s ‘10 Bass Music Artists To Watch Out For In 2012’. And with very good reason.
With universally strong releases on Push & Run, 2nd Drop, Brownswood and Metalheadz, Pedestrian (also known as Jack Sibley) flows over genre constraints with sounds that submerse the home listener and entrance the heads on any dancefloor.
Hailing from St Albans, a young Pedestrian cut his teeth on the breaks of soulful drum & bass. It was during his time living and occasionally learning in Cambridge that a sound began to emerge beyond the confines of 170bpm, leading Pedestrian into absorbing realms of penetrating basslines, crystallised synths, organic audio sampling and crackling melodic harmonies.
Critical acclaim from Gilles Peterson led to generous amounts of airtime on his Radio 1 show, with the music aficionado signing ‘Hei Poa’ to his Bubblers 6 compilation on the pioneering Brownswood label.
This mystical track, lauded for its high production value and a dancefloor impact only enhanced by an ethereal, hypnotic quality, saw a release on hungry young label Push & Run in late 2011. Remixes from Frederic Robinson, Jon Phonics and haunting B-side ‘Led Astray’ helped the release garner ecstatic reviews from critics, some hailing Pedestrian as a revelation in sound, some calling it the single of the year, and the 12” featured on the back walls of record shops like Phonica for weeks.
Pedestrian’s singular production also caught the ear of innovative drum & bass artist Commix, who commissioned a remix of ‘How You Gonna Feel’ for landmark label Metalheadz, resulting in a complex, sexual and completely unique track, nodding to his early roots in the genre even whilst his sound progressed along its own path.
A considerable talent for remixes has seen Pedestrian invited to reinvent a host of incredible tracks in his distinctive and entrancing style, always insistent on preserving and enhancing their essential qualities.
Remixes of Emeli Sandé’s ‘Daddy’, Tropic’s ‘Mouves’ and a collaboration with close associates Maribou State on a massive Lauryn Hill ‘Doo Wop’ bootleg have been very warmly received, not to mention the iridescent brilliance of his Gang Colours refix, ‘Dance Around The Subject (Pedestrian’s Dusty Warehouse Remix), out on Brownswood at the back end of 2011.
Walking on the shoulders of the many great musicians and styles that have come before him, Pedestrian’s deep appreciation of all strands of music lends as much to his absorbing, intricate and fun live sets as it does his production.
Pedestrian DJ sets are instinctively, expertly tailored to the dancefloor below, thriving on any opportunity to play 90 minute or 2 hour sets that wander from luxurious, melodic beats right through to the nastiest basslines that hip hop, house, garage and everything in between have to offer.
Unlike many DJs on the scene, with Pedestrian no two sets are the same, and his well-earned reputation as a master selector has seen him achieve repeat bookings on the back of every gig, as well as a residency at fearless house and bass music night Trix.
As of 2012 Pedestrian will have played at Croatian festival Soundwave two years running, and his signature mixes such as Julio Bashmore’s ‘Battle for Middle You’ into Fatboy Slim’s ‘Right Here Right Now’ have caused dancefloors to explode and peers to shake their heads in envy. Pedestrian has shown on many occasions that his skill with production software is only matched by his fiendish ability with the mixer.
With an upcoming Collaboration EP featuring Pedestrian and friends remixes for Maribou State and 2nd Drop lining the horizon, plus a constantly diversifying and expanding bookings schedule, Pedestrian is perfectly placed to take the next step in his music career and fully realise his passion for unique, meaningful sound.
As Pedestrian continues to traverse previously unknown realms of sound engineering, his Circadian Rhythms EP on distinguished label 2nd Drop will only see the buzz around this young producer get more intense, and with recent support coming from luminaries such as Bonobo, Ifan Dafydd, Gang Colours and Huw Stephens, 2012 is looking undeniably promising for this young artist.
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