Maurice Fulton has been a huge influence and a constant feature of so many DJ's sets. His productions are like no-one else's we can think of, perfectly fusing genres and vocals within a framework of super tight percussion and killer bass lines.
His remixes for Rhye, Roisin Murphy and Alice Smith demonstrate this outstanding ability perfectly.
We are so happy to welcome Maurice back to Brighton to play a 3 hour set and celebrate the 10th year of Disco Deviant with us all.
Disco Deviant mainstay Pablo Contraband will be joined by our newest resident and Unity stablemate Tech Support for a night of disco excess at our new favourite, Hideout.
As it's a small capacity venue (200) Advance tickets will most likely sell out. LINK to Tickets - Group of 4 deal £24+BF
Tickets are also available in Resident on Kensington Gardens, Brighton.
Install: FUNCTION ONE / MASTER SOUNDS RADIUS MIXER
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ALSO on sale is our offering for The Great Escape this year - Erol Alkan joins Pablo Contraband for a Phantasy Showcase featuring Gabe Gurnsey and Cowboy Rhythmbox.
Steffen Baldo aka Ugly Drums first appeared on our radar with his brilliant release on Quintessentials last year. Quite Frankful was a well received 3 track EP that sold well (you'll need to dig about a bit to get a vinyl copy) which led onto more releases and remixes in 2012. He's has remixed Broken - Andy Ash's recent release on Black Key and Mt Elephant and Toby Tobias have both recently employed his skills on his new Quintessentials EP.
We thought it was high time to catch up with Ugly Drums and find out what floats his boat. He also put us a lovely disco mix together which you can listen to & download.
PABLO: So tell us a bit about the mix, did you have any thing in mind when preparing the tracks?
Steffen UGLY DRUMS: Yes definitely, it always
takes me some time to prepare a mix, finding tracks that fit together
well and at the same time are telling a little story is
my main goal, most of the time I'm not sticking to one particular style
of music when doing mixes so I make my choices about which tracks to include into the mix more on the overall feel and vibe of the tracks.
Do you have a similar approach to your production ?
No, my way of
producing tracks is a mess, I wish I would have the same clear vision
while producing which I have when doing mixes, its
not that I don't know in which direction I want to go with a track or how
to do things but a lot of it happens by error, by just trying things
out and just going with the flow.
What can we expect from Ugly Drums in terms of releases in 2012?
Good
question, I hope a lot :) ... some releases are in the pipeline, some
remixes also, I finished a lot of music lately and for most of it I
found a home. What I can definitly say is that a new
release on Quintessentials will happen sooner or later this year which I'm
very happy about because I like the label
a lot and working with them on the first release was one of the best experiences I have had.
What or who are your main influences musically?
That's
a tuff one... I could go on and on and on about this question. in terms
of genres, basically everything, stupid to say, I know, but I listen to
all kinds of music from bands like motorhead or black
sabbath to roy ayers and everything in between it just has to appeal to
me in a certain form. When it comes to
electronic
music i really like what the people in Chicago and Detroit are doing +
also labels like firecracker or rush hour inspire me a lot because they
got a sound to it but at the same time they are coming up with fresh aproaches.
What inspires you?
Good food, good drinks, walking around looking at things.
Name two things you would love to do this year?
Travelling, i really want to see Japan , Vietnam, China, and Thailand and I hope I'm able to visit one of them.
Second thing would be to improve my cooking skills, not that I'm a bad cook at time but getting better
and more defined would be great.
What are your top 3 movies?
I am a total movie maniac, watching movies is the thing i do most when not producing music so its not an easy one
to answer since there are so many great movies out there so i think it makes more sense to just list some genres
and the things i like about them.
First would be 70/80`s Italian comedys, I like all the movies by Adriano Celentano and Thomas Milian,
second would be horror movies, of course all the classics like Friday the 13th , night of the living dead etc.
I also dig all the movies/mostly remakes rob zombie came up with during the last years , captain spaulding ftw. :)
+ a lot of new French horror/thriller cinema is really good like martyrs or all the Gaspar Noè flicks
Finally I would asy Asian cinema, I'm a huge fan of Takashi Miike.
Thanks for the interview Steffen and for putting the mix together for us it's great.
Some Sunday Disco & Deepness courtesy of Andy Ash. I think you'll agree his productions have been outstanding over the last few years, have a listen to this mix. He's doing it for me!
Looking like a good year with a load more releases scheduled for Alphabet City. The Unity Agency are handling his DJ bookings so if you fancy him playing down your way email info@unitytalent.co.uk
Monday, 1 March 2010
Disco Deviant have booked one of the scene's most prolific DJ/producers - The Revenge. He has produced some of the finest tunes of recent years and his extended remixes certainly do the bizzo.
From the Ooft camp in Glasgow, The Revenge aka Graeme Clark has progressed from local DJ/Producer and blogger to an international DJ, showcasing his talents far and wide.
His sets are usually a mixture of his own productions, remixes and edits alongside some stellar disco treats and deep house and Detroit flavoured delicacies. Reports from his gigs have been glowing, and unlike some producers, this guy is definitely a DJ first and foremost.
This is a great chance to catch The Revenge on his Brighton debut, at Audio on Fri 16 April. He already has a string of bookings in 2010 including major festivals and a tour of Oz.
Also on the bill is Pablo Contraband delivering his disco centric sound, compromising of disco and funk edits and originals with some classic house usually included in the mix.
There is also a rumour ; as yet unconfirmed, that the Wolf music guys will also be on DJ duty... quite a night.
Andy Smith // Art of Tones // Arthur Baker // Binks // Birdee // Brandon Block // Cody Currie // Dr. Packer // Eliza Rose // Faro // Late Nite Tuff Guy // Le Visiteur // M.ono // Nick the Record // Nico de Transilvania // Pablo Contraband // Paris Cesvette // Phonk D // Ralph Session // Rayko // Rebecca Vasmant // The Emperor Machine // We Should Hang Out More // Young Pulse // Yuksek
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