Fake Blood will be celebrating the release of his new EP 'Yes/No' (Different Recordings/Blood Music) this friday at Fabric London. Building the momentum around performances from artists gracing the Blood Music roster the lineup reflects Fake Blood's ethos perfectly with sets from similarly energetic DJs like Boy 8 Bit, Clouds, LeBreton and Ego Troopers.

We asked Theo some questions about this release and the party:

"- You are about to release your new EP, 'Yes/No'. Could you tell us a bit more about the tracks that feature on the EP?
The title track "Yes / No" is a tune I've been playing in my sets for a little while, but have tweaked it up ready for release. Disco / classical piano and a bass sound that loosens teeth. Plus a fully interactive and user-friendly vocal sample.
"End Of Days" is a strange techno record, full of nervous looping parts that feel like the 4 Horsemen are approaching to the sound of the Horns Of Jericho. Kind of.
"Bionic" is a stripped back late-night tune that ticks and builds into an odd melodic part, while sending your brain images of semi-cyborg men doing huge jumps and bending iron bars.

- The launch party for the 'Yes/No' EP will be at Fabric on Friday 21st September. How did you choose the artists that will be playing with you in the Blood Music room?
We did another Blood Music party there last February (which was an amazing night), so I wanted to feature some guys who didn't get to play last time - like LeBreton and Clouds. And then I brought back Ego Troopers and Boy 8-Bit due to popular demand! Everyone I chose for the line-up is an excellent DJ, but their styles are quite varied. So I deliberately gave everyone a set time that would let them shine.

- The party will be streamed live on Awdio. What are your thoughts on Live Broadcasting? How important is it to you?
As a DJ, you can only visit so many places so often. Even less so with a Blood Music party / line-up. But a live stream or camera feed allows people to access a party they might not get to see in person. I never really record or post studio-made mixes / sets online, but a live set is different - it's more representative of what a club night is about: the sound of the room as well as the music, and people actually mixing on the spot (manual corrections and all), rather than super-clinical mixes constructed in the studio.

- What future projects do you have planned for your label Blood Music?
We have great new releases by Dabeull and Boy 8-Bit coming soon, and some nice surprises to follow those! Plus we've got more Blood Music parties planned for autumn and winter, the first one of these coming up in Dundee. We have new t-shirts and stickers to give away at the parties, and some unusual ideas and music getting prepared for 2013!"

You can listen live streaming all night from Room 1 on the 21st September from 10pm - 6am, on Fabric London channel HERE

WetYourSelf! is the weekly Sunday night Party at fabric London. On a weekly basis, the artistic force behind the phenomenon, DJs and producers Jacob Husley, Peter Pixzel and Cormac, pour their energy into a packed dancefloor.

Their frequent 3-way back to back sessions are legendary, with the crowd feeding off their obvious child-like excitement for the musical journey they are at the helm of. Their desire to create serious dance floor hedonism, yet present quality music in an unpretentious way, has irrevocably changed Sunday nights in London.

WYS! club guests have included luminaries from around the globe, including: Jeff Mills, Mathew Jonson, Alex Under, Argy, Ben Klock, Chris Liebing, DJ Hell, Ellen Allien, Gaiser, Kiki, Marc Houle, Marcel Dettman, Martinez, Miss Kittin, Oxia, Sascha Funke, Sebastien Leger, SMD, Stephan Bodzin and Style Of Eye plus many others.

"- When did WetYourSelf begin and what was the idea behind?
WYS! started in 2007. At the time we were 3 guys DJing separately all over London and involved in different scenes. We joined forces at the Aquarium club with the intention of presenting quality music in an unpretentious way, on the most relaxed night of the week. We wanted to embrace the east end scene but put the music first. Very quickly we found out that we worked great as a trio and have been working together since

- Was it important to do it on a Sunday? How are Sunday nights usually in London?
Sundays are Special. It feels really naughty to be out on a Sunday night and that creates this very special vibe. Like when your walking out of the club on Monday morning 8am with a big smile and sunglasses and the rest of London is stressing about getting to work on time. Also, Sundays are much more relaxed and attract a much more relaxed crew. The pressure of Friday and Saturdays is long gone by Sunday, leaving a very special number of party people.

- How do you choose your guests for the WYS parties? Are there some criteria?
Well as a trio, we are close enough musically but also different enough to make things interesting. Our bookings represent our meeting points in terms of taste. If we like what we are hearing then certainly an artist may well become a WYS! guest. Our bookings have always been a mix of talent that impresses us, that might be a worldwide recognised name, or it might be the guy playing in a london house party somewhere who plays an amazing set that we all love.

- Could you have done the same in another club than Fabric London?
Well, we did do it at another club for 2 years, but Fabric has been the perfect place to grow and evolve.

- You are broadcasting these parties live on Awdio. Why the live experience is important to you ?
It's another way to give people a taste of what we are doing, mainly for those who can't be at the club for one reason or another. It's important that its live, what happens vibe wise in the booth translates to the floor and to the audience. You can hear it in the mix. Awdio is perfect for this.

- How do you link the parties and the label?
The label is celebrating its 2nd birthday on the 26th of this month. All our headlining artists on this date have remixed or released original material on the label. The label is a representation of the club and of the 3 of us as individuals, in this way it is as diverse as our bookings.We have freedom to release anything we like as long we all 3 can get behind it.
It's increasingly true that our label artists become part of our events, as we are showcasing more and more WYS! related artists at our parties across the globe.
We have WYS! recordings events planned in Copenhagen and  Brazil which we are very much looking forward to.

- What are your upcoming projects on WYS?
Lot's more music on WetYourSelf! Recordings, including Original music and remixes by Tomas More, App, Fabrizio Maurizi, Thomas Muller, Martin Dawson MHMone, Adam Stacks + more.
As well as this we are just about to finalise our second range of WetYourSelf! t-shirts which is a collaboration with our resident illustrator Martin Wollerstam.
Further more we are branching out further in this wonderful world and will be hosting WetYourSelf! parties from Denmark to Brazil -Stay tuned"

Thank you to Cormac for his answers!

You can listen to the next WetYourSelf! with Dubshape, Cormac, Jacob Husley & Peter Pixzel the 12th of August on Awdio!

WetYourSelf Channel

This Saturday (1st October) The Warehouse Project invites the Ibiza party promoters We Love to curate both rooms for another amazing night. Awdio will be streaming many of the sessions once again, so you will be able to hear sets from Mark Movement, Idiosync, Mat Playford, Geddes, Jem Haynes, Nic Fanciulli and James Zabiela.

We Love.. WHP Sat 1st Oct, 10pm (GMT) Room1
We Love.. WHP Sat 1st Oct, 10pm (GMT) Romm2
James Zabiella has been killing dance floors around the world over the past decade, skillfully mixing many dance-music genres to create a sound that is definitely his own. We caught up with him for a quick chat before he takes over the main floor and Warehouse Project on Saturday.

Pearl Wise: Hi, James, first of all you seem to be eternally 22 all over the web, how old are you actually now?
James Zabiela: 32! I think that’s the problem with internet isn’t it? Once you’ve got one bit of information up there, whether it’s good or bad, in this case it’s quite good, it just stays up there!

PW: You were first introduced to dance music through records rather than going to clubs. Most people do it the other way around, they get introduced to dance music in a club and then get into the records. Do you think that this changed the way you listened to it?
JZ: I do think it’s different, I wasn’t really old enough to get into clubs, my first experience of a club was when I was Djing, I hadn’t been to a club and I was in one playing straight away. What surprised me was that I couldn’t just go in and play exactly what I wanted to play, I actually had to DJ, and I knew nothing about reading crowds and I was surprised at how loud the music was! So I guess I did initially have a different perspective to the way most people get into electronic music.

PW: What about the actual records themselves, they are produced for that clubbing experience.
JZ: When I got into electronic music, for the first couple of years, before I set foot in a club, my experience of dance music was really just listening to mix tapes. I used to cycle around Southampton on my bicycle (I know that’s dangerous), and I used to love it and I was happy with that. I didn’t even need to go to a club. I just loved the music. Of course it’s a totally different ball game when you do go to a club and you realize that actually this is amazing, I can actually feel the bass on this track, and all of a sudden the track that you listened to a thousand times on a CD player has a new meaning in a night club.

PW: Are you working on a mix CD at the moment?
JZ: No, no I didn’t do anything this year. Instead of doing a mix CD this year I did a thing called Paradigm Shift on Soundcloud. It’s a 25 -minute mix, and the idea is to keep adding to it. I can change it and edit it as I go along and everyone can hear how it develops… Maybe I’ll keep it going forever or maybe I’ll give it a shit ending like Lost.

PW: What are you playing these days when you play out?
JZ: I’ve always liked a bit of everything, so variety has always been my thing I guess. I’m beginning to like the sort of martin techno sounds that some people would class as dubstep, I like Hotflush recordings, Scuba’s label, a lot of deep house stuff, Four Tet, I like a lot of stuff that’s on Ghostly International.. all over the shop.
I’m confused. Can I just answer that?

PW: How much is your career do you think is based on luck and being in the right place at the right time?
JZ: There is definitely a huge element of luck, but I suppose you also make your own luck. I made loads of mix tapes which I was giving to everyone. A good analogy is to buy loads of lottery tickets and eventually one day you might win something.

PW: Were you working hard to though?
JZ: Oh yeah, a total geek. I did spend a lot of time practicing. I didn’t have a girlfriend. I was in every night. Instead of getting in a car, I was on the turntables.

PW: Are you still based in Southampton?
JZ: Yeah, because I travel so much it’s a nice place to come home to, if I was there in a full time job, I’d perhaps crave something else. Because I’m not there very often I do miss it.

PW: What do you think you would have done if you weren’t a DJ?
JW: I was a graphic designer for a little while. I’d probably still be doing that. I didn’t really do very well with it if I’m honest..
The sort of design I like is sort of like my taste in music, I like the more weirdy abstract stuff.

PW: What do you think you’ll be doing in ten years time?
JW: At the moment music is my life, my love and everything and I’m happy with that now, and maybe they’ll be other parts of my life to explore, who knows. I don’t like thinking about the past or the future, I just think about the moment.
I don’t know how I got to where I am now, certainly not through being the most organized person.

PW: So, sticking to the present, you’re playing at the Warehouse Project on Saturday. (1st October) Have you played there before?
JW: I have, it’s absolutely amazing. It’s all that stuff I missed, when my dad used to go out raving in fields and warehouses when I was like 12 years old and you’d hear stories. It does recapture that, being in a proper warehouse helps, and also it’s dark and it’s just a sound system, a couple of lights and a bunch of raving loonies. The crowd up there’s just amazing. Manchester’s probably my favourite place to play in the UK, Sankeys as well. The Warehouse Project is probably one of the best gigs you can do!
Last year when it snowed all the airports shut down and I was stranded in Romania and couldn’t get back to it. They’ve given me two this year to make up for last year and I’m super exited about it!

Paradigm Shift on Soundcloud by James Zabiela

Another summer of parties in Ibiza comes to a close with all the major clubs throwing their end of season events this week. This year international DJ and producer Sasha curated his  'Never Say Never' party at Ushuaia Beach Club, inviting other inspiring DJs and playing the music he loves. Ushuaia bids us  farewell (until next season) with Sasha taking us on one more musical journey before the autumn kicks in. This will be an amazing event with  special guests Bookashade and Damian Lazarus joining Sash behind the decks. Those who can't make it to Ibiza will be happy to know that they too are invited to the party and will be able to listen to Sasha's set live via Awdio.
Never Say Never, Thursday 29th September, 10pm-midnight (GMT+1) on Awdio

 

The bizarrely named Horse Meat Disco began as a club in Soho on 2003. Since then they have become hugely influential in pushing forward the underground disco sound. Now in huge demand all over the world, this DJ collective have released their third CD compilation bringing together rare disco, 80's boogie, fresh edits and new dance-floor discoveries.
http://www.horsemeatdisco-thealbum.com

We caught up with James Hillard and Jim Stanton from Horse Meat Disco to find out what it's all about:

Pearl Wise: What or who is Horse Meat disco?
James Hillard: Horse Meat Disco is a weekly Sunday night Disco party thats about to celebrate its 8th Birthday. Its a queer party for everyone and we pride ourselves on the diverse crowd and party atmosphere. Comprising the skills of the 4 resident DJs James Hillard, Jim Stanton, Luke Howard and Severino we've been responsible for ruined mondays for almost a decade!

PW: Where does the name come from?
JH: It was an obscured headline in a newspaper that i caught a glimpse of as i was throwing it out. The original headline was Horse Meat Discovered In Salami. I thought it was a great name for a party. It conjures up all manner of weirdness whilst meaning very little.

PW: How would you describe your sound?
JH: Music across the disco spectrum in all its metronomic glory.

PW: You’ve still got a residency at The Eagle in Vauxhall, has this been important to keep going now that you’re playing worldwide?
JH: Absolutely!!! Its the mothership and we wouldn't be where we are today without it. Its the venue that just keeps on giving and perfect for our sunday sessions. Even 8 years in we wouldn't dream of leaving it or packing it all in.

PW: Where else are you holding residencies at the moment, how are they different to your London parties?
JH: We have monthly residencies at the Lux in Lisbon and Tape in Berlin. Two beautiful clubs and both parties whilst different are so much fun. Berlin is definitely 100% gay. Sweaty teutonic menfolk and gay abandon whilst the Lisbon parties are more of a mixed affair and perhaps more party. The main difference between London and our other residencies is that whilst HMD on a sunday is in a pub the other residencies are in proper nightclubs and i don't think there is a better club in europe at the moment than Lux in Lisbon. Its just perfect. Great sound, great lighting and the people are so friendly although they come out super late. Berlin is party from opening till end!

PW: What track would you choose for the following activities:
Doing the washing up -
Jim Stanton: Has to be Donna Summer's "Dim All The Lights" for maximum rump-shakin, loud singin moments!
Having a long hot soak
JS: Currently the band HE SAID with heir track "Pump" featuring Graham Lewis from Wire, totally cool, relaxing and oddball stuff!
Going on a country drive
JS: HEAVEN 17 "LET ME GO" Extended Rmx

PW: What has been your most nerve racking DJ moment?
JS: This year when we closed the PS1 summer party season. We have heard so much about PS1 over the years and their magnificent line ups and we actually ended up playing the closing set. It was so intense with 6,000 people crammed into the outdoor courtyard space at the MOMA NYC but a totally amazing experience it blew us away!

PW: What makes it all worthwhile?
JS: All the obvious things like happy smiling faces, laughing and dancing sharing the love. Can't beat it!

PW: Have you played at the Warehouse Project before? If yes why is it special?
JS: We played last time with the Friendly Fires it was genius WHP is special because there is NOWHERE in the UK throwing together nights with line ups like this outside of festivals. It's a cause for real celebration in the roots of such a proud musical city like Manchester and we're honoured to be a part of it.

PW: When you go to disco heaven, who would you like to hang out with?
JS: All the best and brightest stars: LARRY LEVAN, SYLVESTER, LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY, PATRICK COWLEY, JIM BURGESS, SHARON REDD, NICK ASHFORD, MICHAEL JACKSON, DIVINE ... sadly the list goes on and on :(

Catch James Hillard, Jim Stanton, Severino and Filthy Luka spinning their disco delights live from the Warehouse Project via Awdio and Resident Advisor on Saturday 24th Sept at 11pm-12.45 from Room 2.

Hailing from Naples, Marco Carola has fast become one of the best techno DJs in the world since he started spinning and producing in the 90's. His label Design Music was one of the first Italian labels dedicated to techno followed by his 1000 and Do:Mi:No imprints. He has been a longtime friend of Richie Hawtin's and his generally associated with Plus 8 and M-nus for which he has released many tracks.
Carola will be spinning at the Warehouse Project on Saturday 24th September and if you can't make it to Manchester you can catch him live via Awdio and Resident Advisor for a live stream at 3.45am.

 

Four friends Seth Troxler, Ryan Crosson, Shaun Reeves and Lee Curtiss who all have been tributed to represent the freshest wave of new producers to emerge from the Techno mecca Detroit, have reunited to create a label and four-way DJ collective - Visionquest. Their mission? To re-position people's parameters regarding the boundaries of electronic music. Visionquest as a DJ entity is a four-way mesh of today's most exciting house and techno, grooves, soul and a few bangers. Seeing as each member of this fabulous four has enjoyed global success as a DJ and released records on some of the world's biggest labels, united they're bound to create a truly inspiring musical journey.
On Saturday night (24th September) Visionquest will be performing a 4-way DJ set not only for those who got tickets to the Warehouse Project's Welcome To The Warehouse event, but also for the rest of the world who can enjoy the set live via Awdio.com and Resident Advisor from 1am to 3.45am.

Visionquest (Shaun Reeves & Lee Curtiss) - Fabric Promo Mix - 28-02-2011 by R_co

EPM are streaming an exclusive set by the mysterious Oliver O (Oliver Way) of the Detroit Grand Pubahs this Friday. He'll be using this a practice set for his upcoming gig at the Leif festival on Saturday. Listen to the set before anyone else!
Live on Awdio on Friday 2pm-4pm local Amsterdam local time

The Munich club Rote Sonne invites some Austria's biggest talent to represent the sounds of Vienna. Elektro Guzzi , the most digital sounding band who perform their tight and structured tracks 100% live.
Electric Indigo who has been a one of the most influential leading female DJs with her Female Pressure collective and label. Patrick Pulsinger has dabbled in jazz, techno and more experimental sounds which hasn't prevented him gaining an almost cult like status on the electronic dance music scene.
Live on Awdio this Friday (13th May) from Rote Sonne

Catalytic celebrate the release of their new EP by Monkey Brothers featuring a remix by French producer Alex Kid. The EP has already had some great feedback from members of the house scene.
Monkey Brothers will play a special live Awdio set from the Catalytic Studios on Wednesday 11th May at 8pm so join them for this momentous occasion.

Somebody EP is available in Beatport, Juno, ...& all good digital stores.
Listen here