DJ CULTURE: ADAM LE CHIC

What is this month's floor filler? 

Jamie Lidell - I Wanna Be Your Telephone (Tiga Party Like It's 19909 Remix).

Who was/is your DJ guru/inspiration?

Fredo & Thang (Villa), Aeroplane, Erol Alkan (Disco 3000), David and Stephen

Dewaele (Soulwax).

What was your most banging Edinburgh gig?

Heavy Gossip at Medina, 16th July 2010, with Nick Yuill and Craig Smith.

What was the first track you ever bought (no

matter how embarrassing)?

D:ream - Things Can Only Get Better (not for DJing). First DJ single was Basement Jaxx, Red Alert on 12 inch.

Favourite all time track?

I've racked my brain but it is far too difficult to answer, its a toss up between Inner City's Good Life and Joe Smooth's Promised Land.

Catch Adam at various venues around the city (resident DJ @ Dare)

NIGHT OF THE WEEK: 
HEAVY GOSSIP @ CABARET VOLTAIRE

DRESS CODE: Casual, clubby and trendy.

MUSIC: House and Electro

DJS: Craig Smith (6th Borough Project), Nick Yuill, Adam Le Chic and guest artist, Aeroplane.

There will be no idle chatter bouncing off the walls of the subterranean twin-roomed dance club Cabaret Voltaire tomorrow night. No point. The heavy sound of house grooves are guaranteed to drown everything else out, courtesy of Craig Smith, Nick Yuill and their very special guests, Belgium-based electro artist Aeroplane.

The night marks the reinvention of Aeroplane. The two-man group who split earlier this year and now has Vito De Luca taking the reins after Stephen Fasano has left to explore other projects. 

With a raft of lush grooves on their Eskimo imprint, including some seriously cool remix work for the likes of Grace Jones, Lindstrom and Sebastien Teller, it's going to be a very special night. 

Always uplifting and funky, expect the Heavy Gossip soundtrack for the weekend to include a premier selection of old and nu disco, psyche pop, classic house, polished and Balearic cuts. 

Smith has been paramount in the quality control, keeping the music policy firmly focused on quality music. 

Working with all the major players in the industry, he remains at the forefront of house music, playing out a completely original selection of sounds.

If you're in the mood for a seriously good party and one which reads as a night to remember, with music you might not otherwise get the chance of hearing, then book your tickets for Heavy Gossip. It's going to be a house journey that spreads its wings wide with the inclusion of an electro aeroplane.

Heavy Gossip, Cabaret Voltaire, Blair Street, 11pm - 3am, £10, 0131-220-6176

Words and picture Grant Paterson

GUEST DJ PODCAST: 

WEZ SAUNDERS - HOUSE SET

 Guest DJ Podcast - Wez Saunders - Endemic Digital - House Set by The Guide Clubland 
This week's podcast comes courtesy of Wez Saunders, DJ, producer, remixer, booking agent and label boss of Endemic Digital. Sanuders, who also scored sucesses under his previous alias Humungo 242 (remixing for Pink, Uncle 22, and DJ Trust), shared Gemini belt-drive decks from the age of 14 with his 11 year old brother and spent the 90's progressing through the musical journey of Old Skool, Hardcore, jungle, drum n' bass, dance, house, speed garage and trance... finally setting into the progressive house scene with a pair of Technics 1200's. 

Most recently he dipped his toe into Dubstep with which he is now enjoying a self-confessed 'musical-affair'.

Track list:

01: Lee Danes - Don't Look (Original Mix)
02: Kirill Ivanov - Under The Groove (Original Mix)
03: Echofusion - Under The Groove (Original Mix)
04: Pete Gooding & Tyrell D - Get Loaded (Pete Gooding Remix)
05: Jim Rivers - 7 Days (Original Mix)
06: Onionz - Space Bass (Jim Masters & Le Jockey Sequence Dub)
07: Emmy Betiol - Let's Danse (Original Mix)
08: Terry Farley & Rocky present The Cobra - Blue Magic (Main Mix)
09: Terry Farley & Rocky present The Cobra - Maurice (Wez Saunders Remix)
10: Krill Ivanov - Like A Dummy (Original Mix)

GRANT PATERSON'S FLOORFILLAZ:

To hear this weeks floorfillaz, click on the soundcloud player below:
 Resident DJ - Grant Paterson - Floorfillaz - Oct 15th 2010 by The Guide Clubland 

Stefano Noferini - That’s Good (Deep Perfect)
A risky title unless, of course, it is indeed the truth, which it is. As the bass line hooks you in, a powerful kick drives this big-room tune, swooshing into even deeper territory thanks to a brilliant tech chord. This is good,  very good indeed.

Pete Heller - Nu Acid EP (Bedrock)
One EP, three mixes, all excellent, but top marks go to the Robert Babicz remix, which is bass heavy with a stonking 303 acid anthem. The dance floor will go mental. Don’t be surprised if your jaw becomes unhinged and is found kicking around the South Pole thanks to the Nu Acid school of progression.

Bukaddor & Fishbeck - Glaedys EP (MBF)
A top EP from MBF. Flip it straight onto Vocoloco, a track guaranteed to take any frenzied crowd a step closer to the edge. Just unbeatable. A bass haven, techno heaven, if you could buy audio brilliance this would be it... so, buy it.

Max Cooper - Expressions & Remixes EP (Traum)
Exceptional release featuring the freshest talent in the form of Max and Marc Marzenit. The pair take the deeply atmospheric track Ripple, and coat it in an icy layer that glimmers and sparkles across the dance floor with crystalline precision.

Joe Fisher - Trombola, 2Robots Remix (Future Lovers)
Peak time prog tech with a tension building intro, this one explodes into a furious bass-heavy journey. Creates a head churning effect, like being spun in rotations of G-Force 5. You will be left shaken and stirred.

DJ CULTURE:

NIGHT OF THE WEEK: ELEMENTS @ THE LANE

Dress code: Just bring your dancing trainers and good vibes

Music: Trance and techno

DJs: Trance Room Stu Patchitt, Ross Thomson, John Newall, Kiwi, Ally Brown, Tommy Mulligan, Matt Mackie. Techno Room: Paul Millar, Danny Linton, Debbie Grant, Lee Mutch, Jamie Stenhouse, David Boyle, Ian Dickson, Sean Whelan.

ONE of the last true underground venues in Edinburgh, The Lane plays host to many nights aimed squarely at providing the best the underground music the scene has to offer.

Tonight you’ll hear exactly that at Elements. Billed as the only trance night featuring a full Scottish DJ roster made up entirely of local boys and one little lady playing pumping tunes, Elements finds the west end club split into two rooms - one trance, the other techno, so there’s plenty of choice as far as having a banging night out is concerned and, as it’s on a Friday, a whole weekend to recover.

Elements boasts the Scottish premier league of fresh new talent on the decks, all fired up and ready to rip the lid off the club. Tonight’s bill is a line up that doesn’t take any prisoners so if all you are looking for is a place to dance around your handbags girls, then this is a no no. Dirty, sexy grooves and an explosive party is what to expect as headliner Stu Patchitt is joined by an army of trance cadets, most notably John Newall, who tore the Ministry Of Sound apart in London a month ago. Now he is ready to do the same on his home turf.

Paul Millar’s squad in the other room are armed to the teeth with thumping techno strikers, notably Jamie Stenhouse, who lives, breaths and eats techno. Expect something special from this lad. He’s a wee half pinter who punches well above his weight as Koen Groenveld discovered when Stenhouse warmed up for him in Glasgow’s Arches nightclub recently. New girl Debbie Grant, who is popping up all around the country at the moment, will playing a electro charge techno with finesse. Looking for a night out tonight? 

You could do worse than brave the Elements.

Elements @ The Lane, Queensferry Street Lane, 10.30pm-3am, £5 b4 11.30 / £6 after.

 Akabu - The Phuture Ain't What It Used To Be (Album Preview) by The Guide Clubland
Dave Lee aka Joey Negro headlined Ultragroove last Saturday, his driving set rocked Cabaret Voltaire, as you would you expect from a DJ/producer considered to be one of the founders of the UK house scene. Best known for sampling disco cuts which ultimately led to the creation of the term 'disco house.' Joey has been an innovator and creator of house music for more than 20 years, yet his DJ sets are as fresh as the variety of electronic music he creates.


After 200 productions and a string of hits including the UK chart anthem Must Be The Music, he's back with a new project, the debut album of his underground house pseudonym Akabu. The Phuture Ain't What It Used To Be is the new future sound of house music. I decided to ask him a few questions...


So what's been happening the the world of Joey Negro? 
Djing, travelling, studio, running the label, the usual stuff I guess.


What has been the highlight of the year so far? 
Not sure really, the Suncebeat and Vintage festivals were very good.


What do you think has changed in the world of house music over the last 20 years? 
Musically records like tensnake Coma Cat sound very similar to the beginning of house music, so in a way things have come full circle....but a lot has happened inbetween.


What do you think the effect of music reality TV shows have had on the music industry? 
It's just another marketing tool for the major labels. If a few talented people get a break from it, who otherwise wouldn't have got a deal, then it's a good thing. The song choices for the winners is often very, very predictable, but a lot of people like predictable. No one forcing the public to watch the shows or buy the music.


Your own project, 20 Years Of Joey Negro has a good mix of your underground and commercial successes, looking back over the last 20 years what has been the most memorable moments? 
I guess getting on Top Of The Pops a few times before it disappeared was a childhood dream come true.


What prompted you to collaborate with Grant Nelson and DJ Spinna? 
I just wanted a fresh take on the tunes, I'm too close to them to do anything radical with them.


You have released a quite a lot of vintage stuff this year, from Backstreet Brit Funk to Locked In The Vinyl Cellar. Did you want to educate the masses or kindly share some of your musical inspirations?
I like doing compilations of old stuff, partly to share the music with other people and to help justify still shelling out large sums for old records.


Who inspired you to become a DJ and artist and what was the defining moment when you thought, 'This is what I want to do.'
There was no moment, just a general love of music and lack of any ability to do anything else.


You've had commercial successes throughout your career, did you set out to do this or did it just happen naturally? 
I tend to think best big tracks happen naturally, but that's not to say you can't force it, in fact, you have to force it from time to time, especially for follow ups. The most successful acts are ones who can summon up that magic to order.


When in the studio do you have a road map to what you want to create or do you just go with your gut feeling?
Really depends, you've got to have some sort of plan but you've also got to be prepared to think on your feet if the ideas don't work as well as you expected.


Your most recent release Akabu The Phuture Ain't What It Used To Be is a quality house album. Were you consciously pulling all these elements together - soul, funk and acid house? 
When I make an album I just try and make ten to 15 tracks which sit together well. I don't want them to sound too similar but also need a uniformity that makes it sound like an album. You have to be prepared to abandon tracks and start of new ones as the project moves forward.


The Phuture Ain't What It Used To Be has some interesting titles. Is this Joey's acid house rebellion or have you come full circle? 
After doing the last Sunburst Band album which is all live instrumentation, I wanted to make something more electronic and modern. It's not deliberately retro though I did draw on the old deep house sound of the late 80s a bit. Some of it sounds like the first stuff I was doing, like Masters Of The Universe or the first Joey Negro record Do It Believe It. It's the same person making it  so I guess that's not to surprising.


Who are the new breed of house producers you think are worth listening out for? 
Tensnake is making some good stuff. I think Nicolas Jaar is an interesting new guy.


What's your current top tune at the moment? 
The Oliverwho Factory – Nighlights (Planet E).


What was the first record you ever bought (no matter how embarrassing)? 
Sweet, Blockbuster.


Do you still use vinyl or CDJs and other technology? 
I still buy vinyl, but as for Djing I use CDJs.


Is using a computer to DJ wrong, or is it just a matter of preference? 
Nothing is wrong, providing you consistently play good music that suits the crowd/club/situation.


Has MP3 changed from the days of shopping for records, is it too accessible? 
It makes it easier to get together a collection of tunes quickly and removes the social element of record shopping. Still, you can't acquire good taste or programming skills from an Mp3.


For more information please visit the following web sites:


JOEY NEGRO: www.joeynegro.com or www.myspace.com/djjoeynegro


AKABU: www.myspace.com/akabumusic (includes album preview)