Labels n' Ting

As you can see, i just got labels back for the record. They were designed by Stewart Walker and Angus Paterson.

Also sent away the pre-masters yesterday so everything is almost ready!!

Release date is MAY 12th!

Signed

It's official. Today i put pen to paper and signed for Soma. I'm gonna be releasing a series of dance floor type singles within the next year and eventually an album. Along with remixes and shows all over the place, it looks like it's gonna be a busy and exciting year..

Fucked Face

Last weekend i went to Numbers at the Subclub to see Smith N Hack and Feadz. When that finished i ran and then walked/coughed to my friends house in the southside. After spending the rest of the night and following Saturday drinking away i decided to show off my handstand skills on a spinny chair. I ended up falling flat on my face. The picture you see above is the following morning when i remembered what i had done. At first i was like, "yas, this bruise looks pretty cool". But no, it turned out to be motherfucking carpet burn. This made the usual rough monday-tuesday-wednesday a million times worse. I would've tooken a photo of how gruesome it looked on Tueday, but i was feeling too awful about it. Luckily by now(Thursday) it looks a bit better and possibly could scar because i've picked it so much..

Anyway, in other news..I've been signed to Soma Recordings. For now it's just a single 12" and full digital release and i'm aiming for a May release. Along with the release i will be doing a couple of shows in Glasgow and a couple in Europe but nothing has been confirmed yet. I will let you all know when it's all happening and fill you in with more details. I'm Looking forward to playing live again. This is probably the longest i've gone without playing in about a year, even though my last gig was only in december.

If you didn't know aswell, i've updated my myspace. I've added a couple of new things as well as an old track(availiable to download) which some of you might remember.

That's me for now, i'll keep you's updated with any other injuries i sustain in the future.

Introduction....

Hello people,

Thanks for checking this out. Started this blog for a few reasons. Firstly i want to document and keep everyone updated on what looks to be an exciting year for me. I have my first release coming out at some point aswell as remixes and european gigs amoungst other things. I'll post news and other shit when everything has been confirmed.

I also want to share any stories i have and let everyone know what new music i'm digging. I'll possibly get round to posting mixes when i feel i'm good enough to let everyone hear!

Since it's the start of the year, i'll start with my favourite musical moments of 2007 which has been the best year of my life so far. So in no particular order, here it is...

1. Modeselektor dropping Kill Bill at New Year
I'll start with the start of the year with an obvious one. It's an old tune and even at the time i thought it was abit played out, but everytime i hear it out me and everyone in the room goes nuts. THE original human pogo dance creater.

2. Radio Slave's Misch Mach (Shed - Well Done (030 edit) mixed with Villalobos's Blood on my Hands Remix)
First heard this mix in Sonar when i was waiting to see if my suitcase would turn up(it didn't). Really enjoyed the mix and i copped it as soon as i got home. Overall it's a great mix but there's one bit with the above tracks which is outstanding.

3. Lucio Aquilina - Magic M/My Cube
Another obvious one. This track had so much internet hype surrounding it after a video of Luciano playing it got put up on Youtube. Unfortunetly by the time it got released i'd listened to the skipping lower quality version way too many times so i lost interest. Luckily My Cube on the other side made up for it..

4. Adam Beyer @ Escape, Detroit (27/10/07)
In 2006, Adam Beyer's Essential mix became my favourite mix of the year and is partly responsible for why i started making Techno. He's done it again with this one. So good it hurts that i wasn't there. Inspirational.

5. Radiohead - In Rainbows
I didn't even realise this was coming out untill about a week before it did, which is probably a good thing because i didn't really have any expectations for it. I didn't think much of it at first but it grew and grew on me and for about a month it's all i listened to. Jigsaw Falling into Place is by far my favourite song of 2007.

6. Johannes Heil @ Sleaze
This was my first night out at Club 69 and it didn't disapoint. Wanted to see him for ages and he was amazing. Played all his great tunes and he's got quite a few of them. The next day my arm was totally fucked from punching air all night.
The guys at Sleaze are doing a good job there too, highly recommend going through to one of their nights.

7. Dizzee Rascal @ Sonar
At Sonar by night, all 5 of me and my friends got spilt up. With thousands of people in a massive area it's almost impossible to find anyone if you're lost. However, 4 of us all found each other right at the front of Dizzee as he begun his set. I don't really like his new stuff but just hearing the best from Boy in the Corner was enough get into this list.

8. Soul Jams @ Sonar
Since alot of the days in Sonar were spent hungover or recovering from the infamous Rick Flare game or holding my nose because of the crab smell, life was made much easier listening to the likes of Bobby Womack, Al Green etc.

9. Bon Jovi singalongs
There were many of these moments over the year. One that stands out most is probably when me and Grant were walking into town from Shawlands singing Living on a Prayer, on the way to The Art School. Timeless

10. Joris Voorn's Resident Advisor Mix
Great mix by Joris Voorn here. Not usually a House kind of guy but this definetly converted me. Some great tunes on it and really well put together..

Other highlights have been all the gig's i've done. Definetly learned alot from the 7 i did last year. Hearing "COPY! COPY! COPY! COPY!" being chanted was hilarious..