Life sure is full of coincidences, so i guess it makes sense that we got an email from UK dance music veteran Demi asking us to air a very special mix on our podcast while we were in London in January. While he’s been a major name in the game for a long time many of our listeners might not know Demi, because we’re from different musical worlds, but his SOS crew, which also includes, Omid16B and Desyn Masiello, has always been a guiding light in the world of tech/prog house. For us SOS first came to our attention with Desyn’s superb 2004 Bedrock compilation, which led us to check out an amazing SOS performance at WMC the following year. While their sound might not line up exactly with where we’re at these days, there’s no doubt these guys are DJ’s DJs, with impeccable selection and skill that shine through no matter what your taste.
So now you’re probably wondering how we ended up with a Demi mix on The Adventures Of Soul Clap. Apparently he’s been following our podcast for awhile now and felt it was the perfect home for this awesomely eclectic masterpiece of a mix. What makes this episode even more special is that the mix is a tribute to his friend and influential Londoner Jonny Rhythm who recently passed away and who’s memory lives on through this music.
Here’s what Demi says: “The mix is a reflection of some very special and personal moments shared with him and the eclectic tastes we shared. The mix was a labor of love and ended up being a work in progress for a year because of the varied sounds and samples/snips spliced and put together.”
Tracklist
dexter wensel – life on mars
james brown – (leon roberts tribute)
roy haynes – quiet fire (demdrumZ solo edit)
house of whacks – sister’s daughter vs ignam sabrina (demedit)
scientist – plague of zombies
unknown – on a thursday
soul 2 soul – back to life
chaka khan – ain’t nobody (hallugenic mix)
the doors vs blondie – riders of the storm vs rapture
the doors – roadhouse blues & studio extracts
outside – eagle peak
marsha hunt – oh no (demedit)
jimi hendrix – foxy lady (remix)
herb alpert – rise (demedit)
bob marley – could you be love (demdub edit)
doug wood band – drag racer
ellen Mcllwaine – bon under
spiritual experience – messenger of god
t-coy – carino 90
dirty germain – illusion
womak & womak – strange & funny
The Adventures of Soul Clap Episode 67: Demi’s Tribute To Jonny SUBSCRIBE
We first met William Rauscher of Night Plane at the Marcy Hotel outside in the yard. It had been a long night and it was a beautiful Brooklyn morning and when we were introduced, his name immediately rang a bell. Wasn’t he the Resident Advisor writer who did the label of the month feature on Wolf + Lamb? He was! And wasn’t he the guy who reviewed the Love Light Edits EP on Wolf + Lamb Black? YES! Oh and didn’t he give us only 3 1/2 stars??? Well turns out William is a tough critic and this we can appreciate, but we told him “it was nice to meet you, but we only give this experience 3 1/2 stars”.
All ball busting aside, William is more than just a writer/blogger, he is also a very talented producer. His project Night Plane sounds like a stunning combination of new disco, house, jazz, rock and psychedelia that couldn’t be more timely as the lines of dance music continue to blur. Samples, synths and tons of reverb, William’s music is really impressive and when we received his mix of ALL ORIGINAL material, we knew we had podcast gold.
For more info on Night Plane check out the Myspace or the blog, but we think really the music speaks for itself. So without further ado, tracks by William, mixed by harry, here is Night Plane:
Tracklist:
Blue I Feel (When I’m Feeling Down)
Cava Scura
The American Friend
Icebreaker
Str8 2 Ur Heart
All The Colors Of The Dark
Let The Right One In
Back For More
Fisherman
Enemy Lands
The Adventures of Soul Clap Episode 66: Night Plane SUBSCRIBE
When it comes to the few North Americans seriously stacking their discographies in recent years, few can compete with Jonny White. Representing Toronto, Jonny has been just slaying the Techno/House genre with releases on his own No. 19 Music, Ripperton’s Perspectiv Records and a ton of remix work including a feature alongside Tiefschwarz for Crosstown Digital Rebels. Unfortunately we’ve still never met face to face, however we’re already quite familiar with his music after discovering his after hours treasure “Rainsong” (No. 19 Music) back in 2008 and what a tune!
We asked Jonny to do a podcast a while back and this one came together live at his pad in Toronto New Years Day after a night of madness! The mix is loaded with original content and we’re thrilled that he gets things rolling with our new Clapz II Dogz project made with Voitek from Catz n Dogz. Lastly, you can catch Jonny White and us (Da Clap) on the same bill for the first time in Miami this year at Crosstown Rebels’s Get Lost WMC party. Enjoy Jonny White!
Tracklist:
Clapz ll Dogz – Can’t Stand The Rain
Social Disco Club – Downtown
Zev – Forget The World feat. Beckford
DJ Wild – Not Now I’m Dancing (Anonym’s Discodancing Remix)
Max D – Can U?
Jamie Kidd – Triptych (Jonny White Remix)
Freaks – Creeps (Freaks Hoxton Re-Dub)
Atmosfear – Dancing In Outer Space (The Revenge Rework 1)
Art Department (Kenny Glasgow & Jonny White) – The Creep (Jonny’s Beatapella)
Random Factor – Broken Mirror (Freaks Turning Orange Mix)
The Revenge & DJ Harri – Sayin Nuthin
Jimmy Edgar – Tell It To The Heart (Jonny White & Kenny Glasgow’s Art Department Remix)
The Adventures of Soul Clap Episode 65: Jonny White Toronto Madness SUBSCRIBE
Right before Thanksgiving we did a mini US tour of New York, Chicago and Detroit and it felt pretty amazing. Everywhere we went we debuted new Soul Clap music and every time people went crazy. It really blew our minds to get such a great response in America, especially at such an American time as Thanksgiving. I’m not going to get into a discussion about the moral implications of t-day, but I will say it’s a special time for family and friends to get together here in the states so it meant alot for us to get so much love in our home country. Now, before it’s too late we wanted to give you, our beloved listeners all over the world a taste of what our pre t-day tour sounded like. This recording is the first hour of our 3 hour, early morning set at Brooklyn’s Market Hotel for Airdrop’s Late Supper. It features a bunch of exclusive new Soul Clap music, some of which has been released, but mostly is forthcoming and never coming out. Part 3 of the mix is a bit deeper for the sunrise and should be coming out on Airdrop’s Airpod in the next few weeks, so stay tuned.
The Adventures of Soul Clap Episode 64: Live @ Airdrop Late Supper Pt. 1 SUBSCRIBE
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The first track of this mix is a remix we made with Gadi Mizrahi of the amazing Boston based band called Bad Rabbits. These guys make some serious throwback funk/rnb/new jack swing plus they are Slick Rick’s backing band so they’re def worth checking out. Their whole debut EP is available for free download over at Karmaloop and here we’re giving you our remix for free download. Enjoy! Bad Rabbits – She’s Bad (Gadi Mizrahi & Soul Clap Remix) DOWNLOAD
Till Von Sein is the master of arrogance. He’s gotta be our favorite German dude mostly because he rocks crispy white tee’s with catchy slogans on them for like maybe two or three uses tops and then throws them away. Plus whenever he’s buying sneakers, homeboy always cops two pair. I mean, if that ain’t keeping it REALLY real in Berlin, than we don’t even know.
In the studio, TVS (as the kids call him) was a force in 2009 putting out soulful and pop infused Berlin sounding tech house with colabs alongside fresh dudes like Catz ‘n Dogz, Tigerskin and Chopstick. So, what will 2010 hold for Tilly Jam? We’ve heard a taste of some new joints allegedly headed to Supplement Facts that are off the hook and if he get’s that track with the “Shanice” sample out of Reason he’d have another bomb! Soul Clap seal of approval, two thumbs up!
All around, Till is just one helluva guy and we’re proud to have him for our first podcast of the 10’s!!! Das da sheeet!
Tracklist:
Motorbass – Neptune
Frank West – We do
Tom Gray – Nobody Loves You
TVS & Chopstick – What Going On
Cazzo Dogz- Something Will Come Out
Alland Byallo – All Tuckered Out
That Crazy Kid From Lodz – Love Cant Turn Around
Stevie – I Can Play It (R2 Edit)
Lindness – Gee Up Edit
Talking Heads – Take Me To The River (Noodleman Edit)
This Sweet Love – Prins Thomas Edit
The Adventures of Soul Clap Episode 63: Till Von Swizzle SUBSCRIBE
During our recent visit to the homeland Chicago to play Noe & Fred’s Souvenir party we finally got a chance to hang with Phillip Stone. Many of you may already have this guy’s stuff, just check your iTunes and search for “Phil Edit” or “Phil’s Dub”, that’s where we first saw his name. For year’s Phil has built a name for himself getting his super-DJ-friendly edits of new heat and classic cuts (which he makes with Audacity!!! go figure) into the right hands. Plus with advanced mixing skill, extraordinary programing ability and a slew of high profile DJ gigs opening for the big boys in his home town, it is commonly noted that Phil Stone is Chicago’s best DJ. We’re real pumped to have his contribution to the Adventures of Soul Clap Podcast and seems very fitting to have Phil close out one hell of an amazing year! Closer was a hoserrrrrr
Tracklist:
Patchworks – Panama’s Break
Patchworks – Labroke Grove
Shenoda – Do What U Wanna
MarcAshken & Matt Tolfrey – Babygirl (Daniel Sanchez’s 13 mins of Love Rmx)
Chris Lattner – Deep as Hell (Pezzners Sub Floor Dub Mix)
Ryo Murakami – Lost it
Rene Breitbarth – More Doris
Unknown – Feel Love (Bel Ti Caf Edit)
Unreleased
Dj Yellow presents Mindz Kontrol Ultra – No Way You Can Sleep
Unreleased
Motor City Drum Ensemble – Raw Cuts #2
Jef and Chris – Fever (unreleased)
Unreleased (edit of mine)
Nite People (Garage Mix)
Yannah/Eddy – No One’s Gonna Love You (Ilija Rudman Rmx)
The Adventures of Soul Clap Episode 62: Phil Is Ill SUBSCRIBE
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It would be uncivilized to have a podcast from Phillip Stone without giving away one of his edits! So Happy Holidaze from Soul Clap and Phil, here’s a bomb for ya: Hot Chocolate – Cadillac (Phils Dub Edit) DOWNLOAD
2009 was without a doubt the year that Soul Clap’s edits and bootlegs got the worlds attention. It all started with a burning passion for classic pop music followed by a newfound obsession with Ableton LIVE. Soul Clap’s prior production techniques found them held hostage by Logic in an unbelievably slow moving world of “Core Audio Errors” and system crashes. I mean really, WTF? Who would have thought a $3,000 Dual Core Mac and software investment would lead to such misery? Sorry… had to vent, where were we… right…
This powerful combination of theory and method resulted in a slew of projects that would go on to shape the Soul Clap sound and with the support of the Brooklyn based megalith Wolf + Lamb as well as countless DJ’s around the globe, this force has bolstered a new trend in dance music.
The “RnB FreE.P.” is the first installment of Soul Clap’s free music series. This series will showcase unreleased, but dance-floor-tested material for free download on our website. This first release is a special thank you to our fans and supporters this holiday season. With an R ‘n B theme, the FreE.P. features reworks and remixes of famed Bostonian Bobby Brown’s late 80’s hit “Humpin Around”, fallen diva Aaliyah’s seductive “Rock The Boat” and 90’s Waco Texas based pop quintet Hi-Five’s Kissing Game all mastered by Gadi Mizrahi @ The Marcy Hotel.
Please note, this music is made out of a labor of love, but as we all know, love is really hard to eat. So, for those sympathetic to the art of starving there is a choice for optional donation. All proceeds will go to the making of more dope dance music by Soul Clap!
Sure has been awhile since we posted anything about Soul Clap releases, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy putting music out on both our label homes (Airdrop and Wolf + Lamb). Since we last posted about our MJ Edits EP on W+L in August, we’ve had our first all original artist EP “The Definition” released on Airdrop 12″ vinyl + digital. Then in October our second Wolf + Lamb Black 12″ vinyl release, the “Pop Edits” was sent out into the word. Next, mid-November our remixes of No Regular Play’s “Smiling Faces” & “Derecha” hit Beatport, with both breaking the deep house top 100 and Smiling peaking at #22. Finally, this week, our collaboration with Le Loup, “I Want You” was featured as a digital bonus on W+L’s Significant Others Too EP. For those of you paying attention, Baker Man Edit comes out on AUX 12″ vinyl this month and we’ve got loads more instore for 2010, so stay tuned!
Don’t forget, you can stream all our releases for free and find links to buy the full versions in Our Music section!
So a couple weeks ago we got a message from our website from someone named Leonardo Machado. He said something like “I’m 15 years old, from Venezuela and I have this mix and was hoping maybe you can podcast it”. We love our fans and the first 2 tracks were Wicked Game Edit and 3 Wheel E-Motion, so we said what the heck let’s give it a listen. Guess what, it was awesome. It’s taken us a little while to get our act together and post the episode and he’s updated the mix a bit, but we’re just super excited to have the chance to get an awesome mix out to you from a bonafide DJ prodigy. And to you Leonardo, we say, keep up the good work!
Mini Bio: “Leonardo begin to listen electronic music in 2007, when he feel atracted to the sets of Richie Hawtin, Ricardo Villalobos, Seth Troxler, Sascha Dive. In this year he was knowing others genres of electronic music like Minimal House, Nu House, and this year at the age of 15 years old he began to mix minimal music. He’s dream is being in a producer and found his own label. This podcast is influenced in Nu House and Deep house music From Venezuela.”
Tracklist:
Above Smoke – Downtown
Soul Clap – Wicked Game
STL – Neurotransmitting Clouds On The Secret Freeway
Maik Loewen – Soul Of A Sampler
Motor City Drum Ensemble – Raw Cuts #6 (Original Mix)
Gamutino – Feedback
Nina Kraviz – Pain In The Ass
FALSE – Fieldleft (Original Mix. Digital Only)
Just One Night – Just One Night (Theme Song)
Moodymanc – Omlette (Original Mix)
Sante – Dambalaa
The Adventures of Soul Clap Episode 61: LM, Mean DJ Machine At 15 SUBSCRIBE
Another month, another silly Soul Clap interview. This time with UK based fashion/culture/music trendsetter Dazed Magazine’s digital edition. Read the whole thing here.
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