News added 28th August 2006  October 9th will see the release of the second installment of the EQ Records’ “Electric” series. Conceived in 2005 as an offshoot to EQ’s world conquering ‘Balance’ series, in hindsight the imprint relinquished all control upon handing the reigns to Gavin Keitel. The intention had been for ‘Electric’ to be a platform, upon which, up and coming DJs could make their debut on the international stage without the label’s commitment to cutting edge, quality underground music wavering in the slightest. While Keitel fitted the bill perfectly, few could have imagined the full impact this electrically charged super-conductor would have on the series debut. If the intention had been for ‘Electric’ to become EQs ‘quiet achiever’, the culmination of Keitel’s vision and subsequent outpouring of support from all forms of the dance music media quashed this idea. While lacking the international reputation of previous Balance stalwarts such as Chris Fortier, James Holden or Paolo Mojo, Keitel had very effectively put both himself and the ‘Electric’ series on the world stage. This has left EQ with an unenviable, yet by no means unfortunate dilemma. That of ensuring the follow-up would be worthy of being propped upon the building block forged by Keitel’s genre-spanning electro to tech-house to minimal masterpiece. As would only be expected, EQ have not only taken up the challenge, but, responded with the force of an electrically charged storm! The second in the series won’t disappoint those fans expecting nothing less than cutting edge, underground dance music, delivered by uncompromising compilers. Yet even with this in mind, as always, EQ have ensured a surprise of tantalising proportions. Firstly, ‘Electric_02’ will be showcased over two CDs, and the involvement has grown from a single DJ on the first ‘Electric’ to a combined total of six artists on ‘Electric_02’, with one being famed illustrator & cartoonist Neil Swaab who has been named as one of the top visual artists in the U.S. by “Print Magazine”, creating the cover-art. Keeping the local vibe’s electric current flowing are local heroes Nubreed. While the Melbourne trio’s unwavering commitment to quality can never be questioned, it would be a vast miscalculation to equate tenacity with inadaptability or inflexibility. A far cry from their lauded “Y4K” breaks compilation of last year, here Nubreed are given the freedom to explore the more house orientated and electro sounds that the band members find equally interesting. And judging by Danny Bonnici’s Ableton assisted DJ sets in recent times the results will be nothing short of breathtaking. The second CD is an equally exciting prospect, with dons of the decks’n’fx DJ sets, duo King Unique to be ‘Electric’s first international ambassador. Whether it be their own productions, remixes or radio sets, no small part in their rise to prominence is due to one high quality project after another. Unique in more than just name, their sets take the more highly publicised Ableton Live accompanied sets of Sasha to a whole new level. Having always used samplers, laptops and effects since King Unique’s inception in 2001, today at least half their sets are made up of mash-ups and re-edits done in the studio, incorporating Ableton Live. To quote the boys, While Matthew Roberts mixes these mash-ups off CDs, Matt Thomas uses Ableton to play FX, big whooshy sci-fi noises, vocals and stuttery-robo sounds over the top. Then the whole mix goes through a Pioneer EFX unit for further treatment. The result is pretty fat. The tracklisting
CD1 – King Unique
1. Modeselektor – Ziq Zaq
2. Claude VonStroke – Who’s Afraid of Detroit?
3. Steve Bug – You Make Me Feel
4. Wighnomy Bros. – Moppal Kiff
5. Kupon – Zoom Out
6. Booka Shade – Night Falls
7. Francois Dubois – I Try
8. Kupon – Zoom In + Felix Da Housecat - Rocket Ride
9. Anja Scheider & Sebo K – Rancho Relaxo
10. Sascha Funke – In Between Days
11. Bookashade – In White Rooms
12. Thomas Schumacher – Red Purple
13. Akabu – Phuture Bound (Ame mix)
14. Andrea Doria – Quantised Traffic
15. Extrawelt – Fernweh
16. Stephan Bodzin vs Marc Romboy - Phobos CD2 - Nubreed
1. Headland – Nitefall (Vance Musgrove mix)
2. Damon Jee & Oliver Giacomotto - Play
3. Milton Jackson – Tech No
4. James Harcourt – Audio Daemon
5. Danny Bonnici & Dan Mangan - Periwethel
6. Nubreed - Subtronic
7. Future Funk Squad – Audio Damage (D.Ramirez mix)
8. Plump DJs – Electric Disco (D.Ramirez mix)
9. Alex Kenji – Cyborg
10. Speculam - Backdoor
11. Muz & Mann - Panik
12. King Roc - Locomota
13. Sarah Mcleod – He Doesn’t Love You (Hook n Sling mix) official press release  Comments[0]
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News: Electric_02 mixed by King Unique & Nubreed
