Aphex Twin's incredible 'Flim' reimagined by American jazz trio The Bad Plus with breathtaking results. See beneath it for a reminder of the original.

Not sure if words will do this one justice...adjectives defy me. Like all good journeys, make sure you're emotionally and mentally prepared before you embark. This mix will take you places you never even dreamed of.

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FACT mixes are generally spot on, but it's rare they come with something quite so brilliantly unexpected. They've just added a set from London low-end specialist Bass Clef, of whose dubstep, dancehall, grime hybrid sound we have been fans for some time. His mix though, unusually focuses purely on his passion for African music - something that is certainly audible in some of his music's rhythm and percussion - and is mixed and edited all from rips of his own vinyl collection. He's quite the connoisseur it seems.

A better 47 minutes you will not have inside your headphones today.

Cop it instantly.

Careering away from the rest of the pack with a certain kind of die cut beauty and a label roster that would make any self respecting musical futurist weep, the Apple Pips label turned 10 releases old recently with the release of Greena’s ‘Tenzado’ b/w ‘Actual Pain;’ and in a kind of unintentionally fitting masterstroke, the bastardized hybrid of Greena’s music, a sound that fuses as much house and funky as it does garage and dubstep bassweight, perfectly represents what Laurie Osbourne aka Appleblim’s label is all about.

Releasing music from artists as varied in style as T++ and Instra:mental the label has seen physical releases from Jus Wan, Martyn, Ramadanman, Brackles, Al Tourettes and the aforementioned Greena over its relatively short two year tenure, a feat which in terms of diversity and quality control has been seldom matched by any label, irrespective of genre.

“I see Apple Pips as a way of getting some of the amazing music that I am surrounded by on a daily basis,” Blim reveals, “either from the people I work with closely in Bristol, or from the producers round the world who give me their music to represent in my sets... I see the label - and the Apple Pips nights - as a way of giving something back to these talented people, to give them a platform and perhaps a step up so they can get more recognition and opportunities themselves.”

“I guess the label kicked off because Skull Disco [the label co-run by Appleblim and the elusive master of percussion, Shackleton] didn't seem appropriate to release certain music on...” he considers when probed on the inception of the label. “Myself and Shackleton always thought of Skull Disco as just being an outlet for our own strange experiments, and whilst it later came to bring in some people as remixers and collaborators it wouldn’t have seemed right to release other peoples music on it. Towards the end of Skull Disco I was chatting with Martyn who had expressed a love for Skull Disco, and whose 1st 'dubstep' release on DAT:music I had been battering at FWD>>. We were chatting about labels, about how I wanted to start one to release other people’s music, and how he was setting up his own, 3024 imprint. I loved his 'Suburbia' track to pieces, and he was like, ‘have these two tracks to start your own thing.’ I owe a lot to him!”

Working, like his artists, on a continual axis of discovery, Appleblim cites a kinship of music as his main proponent to keep pushing his label wares forward - “It’s just the love of music, and it’s the power to change people’s lives” - but within that undying appreciation of all styles and, what is imaginably a constant influx of submitted music, how does one pick what makes it onto the release schedule?

“Just something that gets me buzzing...” enthuses Blim, “the tracks all came from different connections. Sometimes it’s just a tune someone has sent me, sometimes its hearing a tune in a club and being like ‘what the *&^%$ is this?!’ and it’s the DJs tune. Sometimes it’s something I’ve worked on with someone in their studio, sometimes it’s a track I’ve heard on a mix and I try and hunt them down...that’s the exciting part of a label really, that thrill of finding a tune you know other people are going to buzz off..."



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Gerd Janson is behind the label Running Back, one of 2009's biggest success stories, putting out unique releases in the vast domain of nu-disco, big room techno and house including the addictive, surreal ‘The Voice From Planet Love’. I could go on and on about how fantastic this label's releases are but really you're best off checking them out for yourself...after you've read about the man behind it all, of course. Gerd also finds the time to hold a residency at Robert Johnson, write for Groove Magazine, be a member of the Red Bull Music Academy team and do the odd remix too.

We caught up with him before his forthcoming appearance in Room One tomorrow night, alongside Âme, Henrik Schwarz and Marcus Worgull. And click after the jump for a rather lovely competition.

Hey Gerd, how’s it going? What’s been taking up most of your time recently?
I wish I knew. Then I could at least try and work out how this thing called time management might work. But other than thinking about that, I do fun things like writing, playing records and trying to put them out.

What can we look forward to on Running Back? Have you got many releases penciled in?
To speak about the up and the coming is always a hard thing for me to do. Some ideas turn into actual releases, others don’t. If you spill the beans too early, it might work as a portent for the actual outcome. Although it is safe to say that the next 12” is a recording by South-African hot shot Rezkar that comes along with a nice John Daly remix and some bonus beat action. Then there is a special two-part project by Rome’s very own Marco Passarani later this year, romantic disco trance by Databoy 78 that features a nice remix by Lexx, maybe another re-issue and most of all the first album release on Running Back. It’s by Zanzibar’s diva Mim Suleiman and escorted by two 12”s for maximum sound pressure. Quite a special thing for me, as it’s a bit removed from RB’s usual (if there is anything usual in its shilly-shally spirit) programming, plus produced by one of my heroic all-time favourite producers and Mim sings in her native tongue. Guess it is something like futuristic African beat music with a discotheque twist crossed with transmissions from outer space. I am nervous about it. Damn, now there are no beans left to spill, are there?



What is your first musical memory?
Next to the fact that I am still amazed by the absolute horrific taste in music that my parents still cherish, it is probably buying a 7-Inch of Tina Turner’s “We Don’t Need Another Hero” from the Mad Max movie score. I was more obsessed with movies than with music as a little one and buying that platter was as close as a little boy could get to the thunder dome back then.

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All you carefree, hedonistic party monsters will have one extra reason to celebrate this Sunday, 7th Feb… the unstoppable WetYourSelf crew will be cruising into its 3rd undaunted year as London’s favourite Sunday soirée and will be welcoming back France’s queen-of-sleaze Miss Kittin for the big party. If you were lucky enough to attend their launch party with Kittin last year, you know what to expect...massive hangovers. And a ridiculously fun way to carry your weekend on into Monday - truly like nothing else.

The WYS night, which has been quenching countless insatiable party appetites since back in September of 2007, has gone from strength to strength to strength since its (water)birth (in Old Street’s notorious after-hours club/swimming pool – Aquarium)...and the last year they've spent tearing through our Room One has welcomed the wildest group of party goers, ravers and internationally renowned DJs each and every Sunday. Long we wish it continue that way!

Whether you're one of WYS' die-hard regulars, you happen to have Monday off work, or you just forgot to go to bed, this is simply unmissable.

Just when you thought things couldn't get bigger, Joao Barbosa aka Lil Jon aka J-Wow of Buraka Som Sistema has been added to tomorrow night's bill. As you can see from his face above, he's as excited and shocked as we are. London best be ready.

The recently rekindled collaboration between Jonah Sharp and Move D, known publically as Reagenz and captured emphatically on their second LP ‘Playtime’ which dropped late last year, should be seen as nothing less than a rare and splendid treat for lovers of more atmospheric four-on-the-floor endeavours.

As the story goes, the two famously met at an Autechre show in San Francisco way back in ’94, recorded their first self titled album, ‘Reagenz,’ (solely with hardware; not a computer in sight), lost touch soon after, and then reunited by complete coincidence 13 years later at another Autechre show, this time in Japan. The duo became notorious throughout the world of house music thanks to their marriage of crystalline ambience and strong percussive rhythms, gauging a clear a present niche in the scene right from the get go.

We’re happy to be able to announce that the duo are making a very significant live appearance in Room One on this Valentines Eve and they’ve kindly provided us with a free download of the track 'Confidence' from their critically lauded ‘Playtime’ album. Keep your musical tastebud titillated and earmark the 13th February in your iCal or none specific equivalent...

Download: Reagenz – Confidence

Having cut his teeth on the hip hop circuit with a slew of 12"s and an album with Verb T, 'Broken Window,' on the Silent Soundz label, London based producer The Last Skeptik is on the verge of his second album release: a completely free remix album featuring the likes of  Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Marina & The Diamonds, Daniel Merriweather and so many more.

Ahead of his debut appearance in Room One next Friday for The Doctor's Orders takeover (featuring DJ Babu, TY & Big Ted, Mr Thing and more) we asked him to put together a mix and boy did he rise to the challenge, including exclusive tracks from Stig Of The Dump and Skitz ft. Rodney P and Kardinal Offishal.

Download: The Last Skeptik - FABRICLIVE Promo Mix



Tracklist:

The Last Skeptik Intro ft. Stig Of The Dump
Reflection Eternal ft. Mos Def, Jay Electronica and J Cole - Just Begun
Jay Electronica - Exhibit C
Skandal - Abstract
Fliptrix ft. Jehst - Get Involved
Strong Arm Steady ft. Phonte - Best Of Times
Dubbledge - Choices Choices
Dam Funk - Hood Pass Intact
Gorrillaz ft. Bobby Womack and Mos Def - Stylo
Eslam Jawaad - Star Spangled Banner [The Last Skeptik Remix] ft. Get Cape Wear Cape Fly
Busta Rhymes ft. Rampage - Abandon Ship
Stig Of The Dump - Hate
Black Milk - Keep Going
Skitz ft. Kardinal Offishall and Rodney P - Struggla
Strong Arm Steady - Follow Me
Erykah Badu - Back In The Day
D Angelo - Devil's Pie
Gil Scott Heron - Angel Dust
Linda Clifford - Never Gonna Stop
2pac - All Eyez On Me
Snoop Dogg ft. Dr Dre - Just Dippin
Tha Dogg Pound - Let's Play House
Loudmouth Melvin - Top Ten List [The Last Skeptik Remix]

And in another commendable celebratory gesture he's offered us the exclusive blog fodder of his remix of The Streets' 'Trust Me.'

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Theophilus London is a hard cat to pin down. Just when you think you have him figured out, he'll split your wig with something rising deep out of left field. With no official albums released and a hype hurricane whirring around him incessantly, Theophilus has been around the globe and back - and blazing through the blogosphere all the while - with only two mixtapes to his name. He's a widespread embodiment of the internet age - proof of just how far one can get with sheer vision and determination.

On their two red hot mixtapes ('JAM!' and 'This Charming Mixtape'), IDM beatmaker and righteous producer Machinedrum (aka Travis Stewart, Syndrone, Tstewart, Neonblack) and Theophilus paired up to create mixtapes that are packed with as much artistry, imagination and love as any album release. Bringing back the thoughtfulness and brilliance that mixtapes used to have back in the day, Machinedrum's beat concoctions are matched impeccably with Theophilus' unique flow - which sits somewhere between a myriad of different styles...sometimes seeping into profound lyrics filled with introspection, and other times word-hopping randomly through stream-of-consciousness freestyles.

As his fabric debut with the Fool's Gold fam creeps up, check out his new video for 'Humdrum Town' here...reminds us of many late nights spent drunkenly clinging onto a karaoke mic (shudder).



Before he lands in the town of his given birth name tomorrow, we stopped in with Theophilus London to find out more...

How did you get into rapping?
All my cousins…we got to church on Sundays and before church, they’d like be singing all these Biggie Smalls lyrics and 2Pac lyrics - and I had no idea! I grew up listening to soul artists, my mom had me listening to soul. But then my cousins all listened to hip hop so I wanted to fit in. So I forced myself to learn a Biggie Smalls lyric. I loved hip hop,the energy of it – I just thought, ‘ I want to feel this.’ I just learned my first hip hop lyric – and that was late in the game, learning Biggie’s record was late for hip hop. So I first got into rap and then I started trying myself, putting words together and seeing if it fits or what mood I could get out of it.

Did you take it pretty seriously from the get-go?
I started taking it to school and battling other kids. Everyday I was trying to showcase my talent, whatever it was – show and tell, whatever. I’d just always be like, ‘Yo, check this rhyme I wrote five minutes ago!' and have somebody beatbox and all that. I just got addicted to it, just writing everyday, writing down all my experiences and making them rhyme and presenting them to people. And eventually people said I should take it more serious, and it started to get more serious to me.

You were called Theolonius Kapps before you settled into your real name…what’s the meaning behind that?
Theolonius Kapps, taking Thelonious from Thelonious Monk the jazz musician. And Kapps was this nickname I got from the street because people said I was captivating.

With such a magnificent birth name, why didn’t you use that?
I got teased all time time growing up, I didn’t get some girlfriends because of this name. I started going by Theo and kids found out what it was. But it became cool to me later – I thought, ‘I want to make this a powerful name, I want to be the most talked about person with the Theophilus name.' I’m beating all the other Theophilus’, the Bible guys, on Google!

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One of the leading members of LA's famed Brainfeeder crew, Ras G is a maverick weirdo genius. BTS Radio have a set from him for download that aired last night and it's big.  A must for any fans of trippy, hazy beats.... and of airhorns... there ia a lot of airhorn action.

Cop it here: btsradio.com/html/ras-g-bts-radio-mix.html.

Tracklist:

Illum Sphere - Psycho (Fat City)
Flying Lotus - Data Entry (CDR)
Mike Slott - Six AM (LuckyMe)
Eccy - Silver (CDR)
Samiyam - It`s Not a Fluke (CDR)
Flying Lotus - Vicodin (CDR)
Ras_G - Raw Fruit (CDR)
O.J. Simpson (Madlib/Guilty Simpson) - The Paper (Stones Throw)
Samiyam - Zombie (CDR)
TokiMonsta/Blue Daisy - USD (CDR)
Quasimoto - Main Girl (Stones Throw)
Slugabed - Get The Fuck Up!!! (CDR)
Otto Von Schirach - End Of The World
16 Bit - Chainsaw Calligraphy
Foreign Beggers - 7 Figure Swagga (CDR)
Excision & Datsik - Swagga Back (CDR)

Friday 19th Feb - FABRICLIVE
ROOM ONE: Marky & Friends
DJ Marky, Scratch Perverts, Wrongtom +
Full line up here

Filming: Andrew Bainbridge, Michael Kinsella, Joe Roberts
Edited and produced by: the independent content company

For those of you that follow dubstep the name Mizz Beats should be synonymous with your enjoyment of last years’ massive tune ‘Purple Love’ that she co-produced alongside label mate Silkie. But Mizz has been in the music game for a lot longer than that; coming through when grime was breaking in 2005, she worked alongside some of the genre’s elite figures like Wiley, JME, Skepta, D Double E, Lady Sovereign (before she became Sov, obvs) to name but a few. Alongside West London’s Anti-Social Entertainment collective and her production team The Arcade, Mizz has set her sights on stepping out of the shadows and directly into your soundsystem in 2010.

With her debut 12” for Mala’s Deep Medi Musik out this week, we caught up with their latest signing to get the lowdown.

Name: Mizz Beats

Age: 23

Hometown: Brick Lane, London.

So where did you grow up and what were you listening to? How did it influence you in terms of becoming a musician?
I grew up in Leytonstone in East London. As an only child I didn’t have any siblings to influence me musically, just my parents and they are jazz, soul and rare groove fans. So I grew up listening to a lot of producers like the Mizell Brothers, Gary Britz, Roy Ayers, Norman Connors etc. And of course in the 90's I got into hip-hop and fell in love. I have always been composing; I started playing the piano at age of 9, got my first keyboard with a four track on it at like age 11 and was composing from back then. Then at age 13 my parents bought me my own computer for music production use and it all really started then.

Do you make music full time? If not, what do you when you are not making beats?
Yes I make music fulltime. When I am not making music I am teaching young NEET's music production all around London. I love to teach.

You built your rep in the grime scene; for those that don’t know, who did you work with?
I had a few releases; first was with D Double E on Signal, second Wiley, Jammer, Siyer, JME, Ears on Saw It Comin'. Third was my 'Hoodie' (remix) featuring Lady Sovereign, Skepta, JME, Baby Blue, Jammer and fourth was my remix of Roots Manuva's 'Colossal Insight'.

What was the vibe like back when grime was beginning to bubble?
I hadn't been listening to grime much in the early days I was a hip-hop and R&B fan at the time; but through friends and family I had heard a bit of it. But when I started to get involved I never did pay attention to what was going on! I have and still do just spend most of my time in the studio; bit of a saddo really... LOL.

What are Mizz Beats five favourite grime tracks from the early days?
1. D Double - Nasty Dub
2. Dizzee Rascal - Stop That
3. So Solid – Rap Dis
4. JME - Serious
5. Jammer - Murkle Man

What was your first experience of dubstep?
The first time I heard dubstep was actually at Silkie’s house like when I first met him and Quest about 4 years ago. Then Quest and Silkie started to take me out to the raves and the love affair began!



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Ahead of our Parisian takeover this Saturday in Room Two led by fabric 23’s Ivan Smagghe we truly are spoiling you, dear reader, with yet another seriously slamming exclusive mix, this time from Getthecurse resident, Mikhail, who will be appearing alongside his partner in crime Clement Meyer this weekend.

The Getthecurse boys are notorious for putting on some of the most sought-after parties in Paris at the minute, inviting a wide spectrum of artists to come spin at the Social Club - from Seth Troxler and Claude Von Stroke to Kiki and Deetron, all have billed in the last 12 month - keeping their parties varied and unpretentious whilst constantly pushing the boundaries of house and techno; never failing to push their audience’s party buttons.

Mikhail’s short mix is another little sample of what you’ll be hearing come Saturday: twisted darkroom vibes to the max! Whack it up to 10 why don’t you...?!

Download: Mikhail - fabric Promo Mix



Tracklist:

Chantal - Chantal Uno (Comeme)
Unit Moebius - Overload (Clone Classic Cuts)
Discreet Unit - Unit (Prime Numbers)
Darabi - Truckin (Unreleased)
Ivan Smagghe & Roman Flügel - Uno (Kill The DJ)
Clement Meyer - A Bucket Of Blood (Get The Curse Music)
Tassilo - Pulp (Lan Muzic)
Qoso - Yaheya (Darabi remix) (Fool House)

Much has been written about the emergence of Berlin’s Berghain/Panorama Bar mecca and the parallels with our own home from home in EC1, not to mention the artists that have spawned from the success of the now legendary club.

The Berlin hotspot has acted as a perfectly formed catalyst and showcase for its elite residential squad. Two in particular, Ben Klock and Steffi, bring their unique Berlinesque flavour to Room Two tomorrow; we caught with the pair to dig deeper than the hype and discover more about two of the most influential stars from one of the most influential venues in the house and techno scene.

Berghain and Panorama Bar seems to have acted as the perfect catalyst to boost your reputations within the techno scene, yet Ben, you have been playing in Berlin since the mid-90s right? And Steffi, you conquered the Amsterdam music scene before re-locating to Berlin? Tell us a bit about what you were up to pre-Berghain/PB…

Steffi: I was living in Amsterdam before I moved to Berlin. I used to have my own club night there in Mazzo (rip), had several residencies and organized loats of parties. Always wanted to bring the people quality and stay underground. One of the highlights was Boem Tsjak festival I did with Marsel from Delsin Records. We organized this during Amsterdam Dance Event because they were not focusing enough on the Dutch labels and their talents in our opinion.

Ben Klock: I used to play in clubs like Cookies, Tresor and WMF in Berlin. Although it was a great time and I had a few residencies here and there, I never really felt home anywhere before Berghain. That's where it all really changed and where I felt that the right people and the right place came together at the right moment to give me the inspiration that I needed.

You each run your own labels, Klockworks and Klakson respectively - what made you decide to set up your own imprint and do they represent you as musicians/DJs?

Steffi: Klakson started really naive, more like a fun thing to do. Dexter's first release hit the market quite well, it turned out to be. We always kept Klakson as a low profile label and only released stuff we really liked. It was never created to become a huge label with many releases, but more to work with people we liked and music we really wanted to be out there. This is how it will continue in the future. I just started a new label called Dolly! This will be an exclusive label that features people I am working with at the moment. I am very excited and the first release by Jacob Korn just came out a few weeks ago!

Ben Klock: When I started the label in 2006/07, most of the music around was very clean, a bit overproduced and well arranged. I wanted to have my platform for a bit more raw approach. I always liked first sketches, in graphic design or art as well. That is also shown by the artwork of the label. Tracks for Klockworks will always have that kind of raw feeling which is one side of me as an artist and DJ.

Steffi, you are known for throwing parties in Amsterdam. Do you cast a critical eye over each place you play, or is it nice to relinquish the responsibility of filling a club?

Steffi: No that’s not in the back of my mind. I do know the feeling of doing a club night and have to deal with the nerves on the night itself :) So it makes me understand promotors better and makes me support smaller parties who try to give people a chance to listen to quality music because we need this!

Ben, I read that you were a graphic designer before switching to music; do you find one helps the other in terms of generating inspiration or being creative?

Ben Klock: For quite a while I was doing this parallel. So I didn't really switch. I stopped working as a graphic designer when I was working on my album. I realized that I couldn't do both anymore timing-wise. There are similarities in the process of finding ideas and then developing, finalizing them. But I really have to say that I'm glad that I am able to concentrate on one thing now. Music is really on first place for me!

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The finest purveyors of deep house have decided to expand their repertoire and cut their cloth from an alternative material to wax. Berlin’s Innervisions empire, led by fabric 42’s Âme and Room One regular Dixon, have turned to paper to unleash one of the most hyped pieces of Techno literature ever to be released. Tobias Rapp’s book ‘Lost and Sound: Berlin, Techno and the Easyjetset’ investigates the city’s love affair with electronic music and seeks to answer why the world is flocking to the German capital to get a piece of the action. Innervisions have taken the innovative step of releasing a limited number of copies exclusively via their website in English, as originally it was only available in German. You can check it out here.

Catching up with Âme ahead of their Innervisions Room One invasion next Saturday, we found out why they though we should be swotting up on techno.

It’s not often that a record label diverts from releasing music to releasing literature. Tell us why you felt it essential to translate this book into English and publish it?
Tobias Rapp, the author, is a good friend of us so the connection was already there before. When we all read the book, we felt that it would be definitely a very interesting project for the international market. We asked Tobias straight away and he said that we would a great partner for this project so this is why it happened.

For people that might not know about the book, what is it all about?
The book describes the situation and energy in the Berlin techno scene at the beginning of this century. Tobias was very inspired by his club experiences around these years so he wrote a book about it. He writes about the big and famous clubs and afterhour locations, some key players from the Berlin scene and the Easyjet ravetourism in a very eloquent way.

The original version of the book had a huge impact across Germany, thrusting techno back into the German media. What do you think sparked the swell of homeland interest in the book?
At the end of the nineties, the whole techno thing went back to the undergound so in Berlin around and after these years, something new grew up without media support or any other hype stuff. At the end, of course, a wider audience took notice of that and the success of the book is pretty much a result of this attention.

How does the book particularly resonate with you? Obviously that played at part in your decision to publish it through Innervisions?
As I said, Tobias is a good friend of us and Innervisions had a small part in his book. We are publishing music, why shouldn’t we publish a book about the music scene from our town?

No doubt the hype surrounding this book will further fuel techno tourism to the German capital...as Berliners yourselves, are you conscious of the influx of people seeking the magic of Berlin? Do you think it’s had a positive or negative influence on the city’s music scene?
I think Berlin clubs already showed that they can handle the ravetourism as they are pretty good in selecting voyeurism from passionated hedonism.

How do you feel Berlin and its music have developed over the last decade?
Berlin is probably the only bigger city in the world where the government recognised that there is also an economical power in their own music scene. So they even support the clubs with all the help they can give them. So there is less a danger of sellout and commercialisation then anywhere else.

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Double up on your Toddla TV dose today.

Since 2007, six French virtuosos have been providing lovers of the 'seriously twisted, mind-warping 4x4 house and techno’ variety with a solid axel of musical richness and diversity in the form of their blog, Getthecurse. On February the 6th we are lucky enough to welcome Clement Meyer (Co-Founder and passionate blogger) to the decks of Room 2.

The rapid success of the blog has since allowed Meyer to promptly shoot up the ranks and into exposure, receiving a string of residencies at The Social Club in his home-town, Paris, along with T Bar’s infamous Thursday night session ‘Baise Main’. 2009 saw his first release, aptly entitled ‘Slow, Deep and Hard’ (on Seinan Music), receive praise from the discerning ears of Solomun, Laurent Garnier and Jamie Jones among many others . With the launch of his own label, Get The Curse Records, right around the corner, 2010 promises to be nothing but a successful era for the young Parisian and what better a way to continue theyear than with a visit to EC1? Expect plenty of fast paced chunky bass and sleazy synth rattling the very walls!

Until then, Clement has very kindly recorded us this exclusive promo mix as a taster as a warm up to his set, which includes a track off his forthcoming ‘Midnight Madness EP’. Enjoy!

Download: Clemet Meyer - fabric Promo Mix



1. Mikael Stavostrand - Breaka Breaka
2. Remote - Fahkt
3. Konrad Black - Busting Down the Door With a Shotgun
4. Rebolledo - Venganza y Seducion
5. Clement Meyer - Midnight Madness (Olibusta Remix)
6. Segeke - Deeper Side (Elon Remix)
7. Andrea Esu - Bati Bati Gol
8. Click Click – Re-edit
9. The Barking Dogs -It's What (Philipp Lauer Remix)

Here's a line lifted straight out of NYC royalty - and Fool's Gold famalam - Kingdom's biography: "Kingdom may play everything from kuduro to juke, but R&B is his first love, and it shows in his bass-heavy remixes and original tracks, often featuring R&B vocal samples on top of his trademark production style - what some have called 'a Brooklyn take on the UK garage sound.'"

So it comes as no surprise that, when we prompted Kingdom to send us 5 random youtube finds, this was the result. 5 dope little gems, and no less varied and unexpected than his righteous DJ sets. Go on and indulge.

But before you do that, crank your speakers and blast this ridic mix he's put together for us for the Fool's Gold takeover in Room Two next Friday. Put this in your diaries, people - 5 February will be epic.



01. Choice - Acid Eiffel
02. Cooly G - Weekend Fly
03. Roska - The Sheppard
04. Mosca - Square One (Kingdom Edit ft. Willie Carter)
05. Kingdom - Bust Broke
06. Shaun-D - Spanish Fly (Kingdom Remix)
07. Mike Q - I Am Legend
08. Kanji Kinetic - Thrill Seeker (Kingdom Remix)
09. Dj Toño - Nanue
10. Bok Bok - Citizens Dub ft. Bubbz
11. Untold - Don't Know. Don't Care.
12. Bionics vs. Slimzee - The Capsule
13. Kingdom - You
14. Kingdom - Mind Reader ft. Shyvonne (Todd Edwards Remix)
15. Kingdom - Mind Reader ft. Shyvonne (Todd Edwards Dub)

KINGDOM'S RANDOM YOUTUBE FINDS



1) Monica performing the MJB classic "Not Gon Cry" involves Monica jumping up and down in insane boots while Mary looks on in tears.



2) There are countless home videos of Juke footwork on YouTube but this one stands out with it's dark folk sample and white socks on carpet.



3) Same goes for this one, but this one is a Baltimore video: there are a million great Bmore dance YouTubes but nothing tops some dancing in the dark.

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