All sorts of stuff

There’s been LOADS going on recently, and I’ve been so busy I haven’t had time to update this blog, so apologies to regular readers; I’ll try to keep up with it in future.

I’ve been making lots of dubstep, getting really into the sounds of Mala, Benga, Breakage and Distance particularly, and the Bluze dubstep sound is beginning to emerge.. I’m finding it a genre much closer to ‘me’, if that makes sense; like I had to speed myself up for drum & bass, even psyche myself up to go in the studio, whereas the dubstep sound sits much more closely with my mood, and gives me a freedom to be as hard or as deep or as chilled as I want, and the music seems to just flow from me.

I’m currently working on a remix for Roedelius and Barking Green Records, which is going nicely, and am putting together my latest set of tunes for a promotional album for my trip to Miami WMC 2009, which I’m really looking forward to.

I’m also at the start of talks about some exciting live shows in the summer – can’t say more at the moment, but it’ll be really good if it works out.

Lastly, my old crew First Down have been doing stuff down in Brighton, a wicked mix of loads of our old tunes, many remixed and revamped with new addition ‘Assembly Worker’, along with some new tracks too – I’ve produced a tune especially for the mix; head to www.myspace.com/firstdowncrew for a sneak preview, before it’s available in CD format in the near future – more about that another time.

Exciting times in Bluze world.

Roedelius/Noh1 album – Fibre – and interview

Ambient Maestro Roedelius has collaborated with Barking Green’s Noh1 to make an incredible slice of electronic downtempo in the form of the Fibre album. Available now from Barking Green records, the album’s a result of a week’s jamming session in Noh1’s studios alongside several other great names in electronic music, as well as an incredible theremin performance by Dorit Chrysler.

Over the course of the next 2 years, Noh1 spliced and edited the records, ‘In a Silent Way’-style, into a brand new, and incredibly accomplished piece of work; check it out on the site now.

As part of the launch of the album, Barking Green have released this interview with Roedelius, giving us a rare glimpse at the man himself.

Marcus Intalex gets blogging

Taking in my latest copy of Knowledge, or KMag as it now likes to be know, I spotted a news item mentioning that Marcus Intalex has set up a blog, on WordPress like mine

http://s0ulr.wordpress.com

Check it out; it looks good, and you get up to date news on Soulr releases with track previews, plus who knows, maybe in the future Marcus will give us a bit of a diary of what he’s up to…

Eastern Jam Released

Just thought I’d mention that ‘Eastern Jam’ by Chase & Status, which I mentioned in my last post, is out now, and available for digital download via Beatport; and I suspect the other usual suspects when it comes to digital downloads.

Ram also have a preview of the tune on their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/ramrecordsltd

Tune!

Studio time and Eastern Jam

I’ve been back in the studio for the last couple of days, after a nearly two-month break due to a messed up computer. What a relief to be back in and making tunes again, I can’t tell you!

My headspace is totally in the dubstep vibe right now, and I have 2 new tunes on the go already; like I twittered the other day – dubstep is like god looked inside my head, and invented my own theme genre.. it’s just *so* me, I’m loving it.

Anyway, I’ve been hearing this tune around lately, so I thought I’d post it up cos it deserves serious respect. A lot harder than the more laid-back dubstep that I’ve been making, this is more of a monster, but oh my gosh what a monster – Chase and Status – Eastern Jam (hosted by Get Darker Mag, which is why you keep hearing ‘Get Darker’ repeated over it…)