Dave Basek Signed to Long Distance Recordings Posted on
Label Head Dave Basek has just had two tunes picked up for release on Australian Label www.longdistancerecordings.com.
LDR is a fresh new label with a forward thinking attitude, leaning towards the tech, minimal and progressive sound. LDR has a distinctly global flavour; featuring collaborations from European and Australian DJs and producers; including Berlin's Namito, Chopstick and Johnjon (as Fanclub), London's Jaytech, Sydney's Mark Dynamix (as MDX), , Sydney's Matt Nugent.... alongside remixes from Deepchild, Ryan Riback, Bass Kleph and more...
Dave's tunes "First Rain" and "Tokyo" are due for release in August.
May Junkbeats News Posted on
News on the Junkbeats grapevine….
Junkbeats artist - Ed function http://www.myspace.com/edfunction - will hit the air waves with his new single “Nextcentmentmotion” next month. This release will include remixes from Sydneysider Adam Jace http://www.myspace.com/adamjace who has been picked up by Germanys Plastic City Records http://www.plasticcity.de and was a favourite with the ‘Child of deepness’ (Deepchild) ‘Sunset’ radio show on FBI.fm radio http://www.fbi.org.au . Other remixes for the ep may be a sneaky collaboration by ‘Bas/Is’ a duo known OS and about to break here in Australia.
Junkbeats have picked up another Sydneysider Tim Jirgenson http://www.myspace.com/timjirgenson so watch this space.
Mike Redfern http://www.myspace.com/djmikeredfern has joined the Junkbeats line-up… Hurrah!
Ed Function is on the old school house tip at the moment… nice
Newcastle’s music scene never had it so good thanks to Phil Smart.
Lowkey and Nude http://www.myspace.com/lowkeyandnude new release on Junkbeats is currently being mixed down in the Junkbeats studio.
Dave Basek’s brain is straining under all of the programming that he is doing for a new club opening on the most ‘Easterly Point’ of oz… as they say watch this space. Dave is heading down to Melbourne to play live on June the 22nd with the Darkbeat boys http://www.darkbeat.com.au .
JB
Listen to Junkbeats Podcast vol # 1 hosted by Dave Basek Posted on
Free tunes from Jimi Polar Posted on
Be sure to check out the Downloads section for new tunes that have just been uploaded lately
Junkbeats favorite bearded producer and Future Classic Records artist Jimi Polar is giving away 'Wide Open Spaces' a dub acid house tune that he made last year...enjoy
ITM podcast Posted on
East Point Sounds artist Mark Briais has his mix made available for a podcast on Australia's premiere dance music website 'IntheMix'. Check his podcast for April at the address below or on the 'Downloads' section of our site.
Two new Ep's are now live on beatport.com, we have the lastest effort from Fo_Sek 'Net Party Exit' featuring remix's from both the Fo_Sek composers, Ed_Function and Dave Basek.
Also on East Point Sounds we have the debut EP from Brisbane’s own Mark Briais, on remix duty Scott Hopkins has definitely stepped up to the mark.
Rob Paine (Worship, Solomonic Sound)
"feeling these two tracks.. definitely heady and early or really late vibes. cant figure out which one i like better. give thanks for the tunes! Bless"
Matt Nugent (Hussle)
"Nice tune Briais, I dig it"
Mike Callander (data on dub)
"Dude, your original is f**kin’ HOT! I will definitely play this in my early and late slots. Love it. Keep ‘em comin’!"
New music on the way Posted on
Oh yes, I love it when we have new music to offer! not one but two new releases, the next instalment from Junkbeats is a Fo_Sek track with remix's by the respective Fo_sek members, Ed Function and Dave Basek. Also celebrating the arrival of our new label "East Point Sounds" we have Mark Briais' first offering from the studio with a Scott Hopkins remix, stay tuned...
FTP is down - we are working on it right now! FIXED Posted on
Junkbeats had been sharing server space with blacksoul however their server unexpectedly dropped our files... We are back now and we are now running from our own server, so all downloads have been restored :) enjoy...
Junkbeats update February 2008 Posted on
The Junkbeats collective has been busy over the past few months since our first release. The Junkbeats Sampler Volume 1 was a resounding success. The EP features tracks from label stalwarts Dave Basek, Phil Smart, Ed Function and Jimi Polar, a good representation of the depth of music our collective is producing.
Our second release "Smoke Yourself" from Dave Basek and Phil Smart featured a remix by Consistent from the TFE records stable, home of Jan Driver. The mix made an impact on people like Jesse Rose and slotted nicely into David Duriez’s Brique Rouge Records monthly mix.
The latest release on the Junkbeats label is Phil Smart and Jon Williams' "Downsize", released via Beatport on February 12. A natural journey conceived high on a fog shrouded hill in San Francisco, Downsize also features a trippier, drifting remix from Future Classic's Jimi Polar.
The long awaited new look website is now up and running, with a lot of Dave Basek’s blood, sweat and tears having been poured into the site. Check out the results at www.junkbeats.com. There you will find free music downloads and podcasts, information on artists, interesting links, gig calendar, links to purchase exclusive Junkbeats music direct from us via our www.ithinkmusic.com site as well as www.beatport.com and the chance stay informed about Junkbeats news, releases and the new Freelectronica netlabel.
We have also launched a bunch of sub-labels like dB Recordings (the first release received heavy rotation on TripleJ, Australia's leading youth network radio station), East Point Recordings, 6am and Lobe Limbique Musique, which are dedicated to various electronic, ambient and explorative genres of Australian music. Also coming soon is our protech label Servo with upcoming releases from Agent Of Kin, Sam Hayes, Rob Salmon and Scott Hopkins.
News on the junkbeats crew... Posted on
Dave Basek has taken on a music teaching position at the Northern Rivers Conservatorium, NSW and continues to build computers, grow chilli plants and crank out the beats, with plenty of new releases and remixes for Junkbeats and sublabels. Dave has remixes for Deepchild and Jeff Bennett out soon and more collaborations with Kriece http://www.kriece.com to come, after the success of the Snap Freeze release that was huge for Kriece’s Kindred Sounds label.
Phil Smart is back from his latest US trip and has relocated to Newcastle, just north of Sydney, playing a Sunday residency there and travelling to Sydney for gigs twice a month at places like Habitat, Future Classic, Minimal Fuss, Lost Baggage, Loose Kaboose, Deep As Funk and Subservice www.myspace.com/philsmart
George Sadlik has been getting around town with Traktor in tow. He's seen a busy year with gigs in Brisbane, and Bellingen and keeping the Sydneysiders in the know by feeding tunes from the Junkbeats labels to Sydney punters and working hard to get the Habitat label night cranking.
Mark Briais brought the Junkbeats clan to his local hood of Brisbane where they made quite an impact on the Brisbane clubbing elite. Quality highlights included gigs supporting Funk Da Void and Alex Smoke and regular spots at Family, Elsewhere, Sundae boat cruise and Bar Soma. Late nights in front of Cubase have paid off for Mark and his "Testing Times" release will be out soon on East Point Recordings.
Ed Function is wiggling his butt in the Fo_sek guise with Dave Basek and will have a new EP and album out on Junkbeats in 2008, plus the release of his ambient/chill EP for Junkbeats sublabel 6am.
Jimi Polar has been creaming it with releases on Future Classic, being charted by John Digweed and the big boys. Collaborations with Jamie Lloyd and living the life of the full time musician in Sydney and lapping it up!
Brisbane's seminal upfront music night Drop, hosted by DJ Scott Walker, was a chance for the collective to play and party together. Jimi Polar warmed up on the nu-disco/dubhouse tip then flipping over to play Moog and samples over the live set by Dave Basek and George Sadlik. We're talking three suit cases of mixing desk, samplers, keys, laptops, controllers, not your pseudo-Abelton set that seems to be the norm. Banging out the new and old releases it got a great reaction from the Brisbane crowd. Phil Smart, fresh from his Minimal Fuss set with Dixon and Ewan Pearson, played seamlessly. Just damn good.
Habitat club night launches Friday 8th February Posted on
Junkbeats launches our very own monthly club night Habitat at the Bunker in Sydney on February 8. Line up features DJ sets from Phil Smart, Jimi Polar and George Sadlik as well as a not-to-be-missed live set from Junbeats captain Dave Basek. Music made to last.
Smoke Yourself free download on In The Mix Posted on
Download your free copy of Dave Basek + Phil Smart's Smoke Yourself courtesy of the good folk at inthemix.com.au, available from January 14th-20th.
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