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Coming soon on Sub Soldiers is Caspa’s latest smasher “Back For The First Time” which is currently playlisted on Radio 1 and getting tons of primetime plays by the likes of Annie Mac, Fearne Cotton, Mistajam and many more.
Look out for the vinyl release coming soon backed with “Geordie Racer” featuring Subscape!
It’s that time of the year when music related blog’s get their chart heads on and review 2009 with their top albums and singles, we tried something a little similar when S.T. Holdings staff members recently picked their ‘Top 3 Tracks of the Year’: http://www.stholdings.co.uk/2009/12/02/s-t-holdings-staff-charts-2009/
On perusing around the internet at the various charts we have found a mountain of accolades for some of the labels we have been representing, here’s a short run down of some of the finest records this year according to the masses and the music moguls:
It’s been a meteoric rise to fame for Joy Orbison, a release picked up by Hotflush Recordings (ran by Scuba) and released on his more techno orientated sub-label (HFT), first raved about by Martin Blackdown for his Pitchfork Blog and since then has completely blown up with Joy being tipped for the top in 2010 by the BBC Music Longlist: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8388584.stm
The tune has also been picked up on by the NME who voted the track their 18th (out of 50) ‘Best Tracks of the Year’: http://www.nme.com/list/50-best-tracks-of-2009/159979/page/4
Boomkat follow suit and position the track No.9 out of 100 in the ‘Tracks of the Year’: http://www.boomkat.com/charts.cfm?id=517&gID=10
We await to hear the development of Mr. Orbison’s sound in 2010…..
Martyn’s debut LP was a big success and the internet was flooded with information and hype about the album, his crossover from Drum & Bass to the more techno/house influenced Dubstep sound was great timing and he soon became the figure at the forefront of that particular sound.
It has won alot of ‘awards’ this year across many sites, including no.3 in Resident Advisors ‘Top 20 Albums of 2009′: http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1121
12th in FACT Magazine‘s ‘Top 100 Album’s of 2009′: http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4134&Itemid=103&limit=1&limitstart=5
A mention in the ‘Lost 9 of 2009′ section on Drowned In Sound: http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4138671-lost-9-of-09-2-2562-unbalance?2009
16th in Boomkat‘s ‘Top 100 Album’s of 2009′: http://www.boomkat.com/charts.cfm?id=516&gID=10
Watch out for Martyn’s forthcoming releases coming in 2010, first will be a 2 part remix release, details here: http://www.stholdings.co.uk/2009/11/30/forthcoming-on-3024-martyn-the-remixes/
Ramp Recordings have had a host of big releases this year, notably the Zomby Mini-LP which featured artwork by Kate Moross taking the 8-bit Nintendo sounds to the extreme and cementing himself as one of the artists at the forefront of electronic music. Songs supported by the likes of Annie Mac, Zane Lowe and Kissy Sell Out on Radio 1.
FACT Magazine voted it No.7 of their ‘Best 40 Albums of 2009′: http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4134&Itemid=103&limit=1&limitstart=6
Boomkat voted it No.3 in their ‘Top 100 Albums of 2009′: http://www.boomkat.com/charts.cfm?id=516&gID=10
More to come from Zomby no doubt in 2010!
Peverelist’s debut album finally landed on his own Punch Drunk imprint recently, a producer with relatively few releases to his name but always quality over quantity, a well renowned producer who has worked with Shackleton, Appleblim and has performed remixes for the likes of Pole, along with Martyn he is one of the forerunners of the Techno influenced Dubstep sound.
Resident Advisor made it No.19 in their ‘Best 20 Albums of 2009′ list: http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1121
Boomkat made it No.85 in their ‘Top 100 Albums of 2009′: http://www.boomkat.com/charts.cfm?id=516&gID=10
Expect big things from Punch Drunk in 2010, a Hyetal & Shortstuff 12″ is due for release on 18th January 2010.
Kapsize, the Bristol based label co-run by Joker and Pinch’s Multiverse has been showcasing some huge Joker productions this year, notably ‘Purple City’ by Joker & Ginz. Joker has gone from strength to strength this year and is set to blow big time next year, having headlined the Sonar dubstep stage and undertaken some high profile remix work.
XLR8R voted it amongst their ‘Best of 2009′ list: http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2009/12/bumpin
Pitchfork voted for it amongst their ‘Best 100 Tracks of 2009′: http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7742-the-top-100-tracks-of-2009/5/
Here’s looking forward to 2010.
We’ll leave you for the year with some previews of some releases you can expect to see released in January 2010:
DJ Zinc, one of the UK’s most prolific DJs and producers always at the forefront of the dance music world is back following his awesome genre defining ‘Crackhouse EP’ with the sure-fire banger ‘Wile Out’ with Ms Dynamite b/w the explosive ‘My DJ’ with dubstep king Benga and Ms Dynamite again on vocal duties. Already being caned at radio 1 by the likes of Zane Lowe, Annie Mac, Pete Tong, Mistajam and Ras Kwame and many more….this is another monster from Zinc looking like crossing over into the mainstream…
Cat No: EAST001
Format: LTD Edition PROMO 12” Vinyl
A: ‘Wile Out’ - Zinc and Ms Dynamite
B: ‘My DJ’ - Zinc / Benga and Ms Dynamite
Genre: Dubstep / Grime / Urban
Label: Zinc Music
Release Date: February 1st 2010
To coincide with a huge influx of big releases on the label we’re pleased to post up the Ramp Recordings release schedual along with a mix from Shortstuff to coincide with his new 12″ / Digital release (RAMP023).
RAMP020 – Hot City:
A) Hot City Bass
B) Sweat
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RAMP021 – Slugabed:
A) Gritsalt
B) Let’s Go Swimming
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RAMP023 – Shortstuff:
A) A Rustling
B) Stuff
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FACT Magazine review of RAMP023.
RAMP022CD / RAMP022LP – Zomby – One Foot Ahead of the Other LP
1. One Foot Ahead Of The Other
2. Helter Skelter
3. Pumpkinhead’s Revenge
4. Polka Dot
5. Godzilla
6. Expert Tuition
7. Bubble Bobble
8. Mesculine Cola
9. Firefly Finale
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Zomby’s mini-LP is imminent and there are a limited amount of vinyl promo copies doing the rounds at the moment, check your local record store and see if you can nab one. The official release date for the CD will be 24th August 2009.
You may have heard a certain Annie Mac playing ‘Helter Skelter’ on her show recently, there’s also talk of the track being passed to Zane Lowe.
Below is a selection of links to feedback about the album:
Shortstuff Crazylegsmix:
Cortney Tidwell – Watusii (Daphni remix)
Mosca – Square One
D-Malice – Untitled
Roska -Without It
Fuzzy Logik – In the Morning
Smith & Mighty – U Dub
2 Bad Mice – Hold It Down
Zomby – Mescaline Cola
Agent-X – Turbulence
Shortstuff – A Rustling
Brackles – Air Pie
Pearson Sound – Wad
Untold – Gonna Work Out Fine
Roska – Boxed
Underground Solution – Get Happy
Hot City – Head Work
Shortstuff & Hyetal – Don’t Sleep
Martin Kemp – After the Night
Greena – Tenzado
Shortstuff – See Ya
Stuff & Brax – Pipey D
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