The Night Mail by New Jackson is one serious kick ass tune, these guys from Dublin have totally nailed this track for me. Credit must also go to Fergal Brennan, for the striking video that accompanies the track. To say that both complement each other is a serious understatement, as you will see for yourself below.
This track just oozes class for me, visually the video total pulled me in, I literally found myself drifting off while watching it.
Lovemaker is the result of my first solo studio session, under my Fredérick Fringe alais. It’s a remix of an old Wham track by Jim Burgess. This is not to be confused with the 80′s pop sensation of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley.
I’v always enjoyed playing this track, depending on the crowds vibe I find it has a very broad appeal. It’s perfect for both warmup sets, sun drenched sets by the pool or the more disco orientated partys. Fonder memories of it for myself, include playing this in the white isle while the sun rises; after a long party, you need solid grooving tracks like this, to ease back to reality.
For my re-edit I wanted to try and give the track a bit more groove and use the bongo breakdown as a big kick midway through the track. There is no traditional breakdown as such, It just didnt feel right with regards to the flow and tempo of the re-edit.
Below is a snippet of the track, I hope you enjoy.
Rayko is easily one of my favorite DJs/ Producers and has been for some time. His soundcloud page contains a wealth of productions and mixes, which is more than enough to rock any club or party. The mix below, which is spread over two parts, is a great snapshot of what this guy does.
With summer seemingly coming to an end; though I’m personally unsure when it even started. It seems an appropriate time to release this little cheeky summer bootleg. Mr Hooks and myself, where inspired to do remix a track aimed directly at the “hands in the air” summer crowd.
Emeli Sande is a name that we had never really heard mention off before. A singer, songwriter from Scotland, she hits all the right notes in this well produced track “Heaven”, that did very well in the summer of 2011. The track reminded us of the masterpiece that is Massive Attack’s “Unfinished Sympathy” a track that we both love every second off.
This bootleg is available to download for free here.
Below is the artwork, designed by myself for this Ubblahkan production.
Below is the cover that I produced for this remix. The official cover, as designed by Limbo Records is different (they have their own look and feel). That said, I still want to continue with designing a separate look, for each track produced under the Ubblahkan name.
My Digital Mash project was born out of a combination or various things, leading me to design and build my own photography site. The main frustration was based around Facebook and my belief that it has started to cheapen photographs and what they stand for. With so much information being passed around they seem to get lost amongst everything else that goes on. While I certainly dont claim to be a photography expert (Far from it infact) I can appreciate a good photo and the moments that they capture.
I wanted to develop a site that would allow people to view the images, without tagging, comments or fear of them showing up elsewhere. This would put the focus back on the actual photography itself. I also seen it as a way to document my life and the various circles of friends that I touch on a weekly basis.
Consider this to be version 1.0, there is easily room for improvement in various areas.
Finally decided to up my game and move into the studio with my long term DJ pal, Mr Dale Hooks. All outcomes of this new collaboration will fall under the name of Ubblahkan. My goal this year was to finally start producing some material, that would reflect the various genres that I enjoy.
The Ubblahkan project has also givin me another avenue to output some designs. This will allow me to craft a brand based around our productions. For this to happen I wanted to create a look that could be produced many times, yet look very different.
My early work on this consisted of slight variations of the graphic below. The aim is to change the background for each release, giving the tracks an individual, yet consistent appearance.
You can follow Ubblahkan productions and adventures on twitter here.
I came across this very nice looking screensaver by Stefan Trifan, called “The Weather”. What first caught my attention, was the minimalist design, the lovely use of typography and the imagery. After contacting Stefan, he very kindly provided me with a Belfast version of the screensaver, the nice guy that he is. His site is well worth checking out, packed full of interesting visuals and concepts.
You can download the Belfast Weather Screensaver here.
Well here it is, summer 2011 and another season in Ibiza has well and truly kicked off. I can’t seem to stay away from this place, it’s just to much fun and is by far the big social event each and every year. With that in mind, I’ve been sitting on this track for a while, a little belter that I will certainly be dropping in Ibiza 2011 Der Tanz der Gluehwuermchen by Dominik Eulberg is simply Ibiza material at its finest.
Soundcloud has by far become my first stop when sourcing new tracks and mixes. It is very similar in a way to what my major project was, back while I was at university. The work that has gone into it over the last few years has pushed it in such a positive direction. Most mornings I land in and just hit play on all my new received tracks. It has taken a while for me to follow people that I believe have similar music interests to me, this is soundclouds true strength.
As I approach near capacity on my free account I am certainly going to upgrade my account. Originally I had a beta access to soundcloud when it first launched, it still impresses me to this day. I believe that the days of going to a DJ or bands site to hear new tracks/ mixes is all but over. A soundcloud page can provide so much more from comments to purchase links.
Anyways, I came across this track today Mountaineer – Golden Chalk (Version Idjut) on Lang records. Its pretty much hard to describe what genre this goes into, seems to have a wee bit of everything. Its right up my street and the type of track that could easily be listened to a few times in a row.
