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FABRICLIVE01 : JAMES LAVELLE (December 2001)
Guiding FABRICLIVE since it started, resident James Lavelle's sets skirt around the cutting-edges of electronic music. An untroubled, rock 'n' roll mixing style and plenty of powerful tracks are the hallmarks of Lavelle's energetic weekly performances.
??I wanted this mix to reflect the diversity and sound of FABRICLIVE, past, present and future. In some ways this album is like a diary, inspired by the energy and mood of the dancefloor. It's dedicated to all the regular Friday heads for keeping me up.? - James Lavelle
This CD merges soundclash spirit with street-smart sounds. Bushwacka's anthemic 'Feel It' exemplifies FABRICLIVE's lack of formula, and elsewhere, James joins the dots between rock n roll, hip hop, breaks, house and techno, fearlessly showcasing future classics like Green Velvet's twisted-to-fit 'La La Land', next to slept-on standouts like Smokey Robinson's scream from Motown, 'People Get Ready'. Aided in part by UNKLE partner Richard File, tracks are cut, chopped, spliced and stitched into a 70 minute throwdown of headstrong sonics.
Tracklisting
1 Intro
A Message To Our Sponsors
2 Rare Earth
Get Ready
Universal
3 Psychonauts
Circles
Mo'wax
4 Dj Shadow
Organ Donor
Universal
5 Divine Styler & Dj Shadow
Divine Intervention
Mo'wax
6 South
Broken Head 11
Mo'wax
7 The Chemical Brothers
Piku
Virgin
8 Howie B
Hey Jack (UNKLE Metamorphosis Mix)
Polydor
9 Orbital
Funny Break (One Is Enough) (Plump Dj's Mix)
Warners
10 Bushwacka!
Feel it
Plank
11 Forme
Kick a Hole (Tigerstyle)
Marine Parade
12 Altitude
Night Stalker (Meat Katie Remix)
Bonzai
13 Peter Dildo
Physical 2000
Trackdown
14 Green Velvet
La La Land (Extended Mix)
Music Man
15 Animated
Grab The Rope (FC Kahuna Mix)
Deviant
16 FC Kahuna
Mindset To Cycle
City Rockers
17 Morel
True (The ~censored~ Is You) (FC Kahuna's Headstart Mix)
Hooj Choons
18 Echomen
Thru 2 You (Bushwacka! Remix)
Airtight
19 Landmine
Fairytale
Oblong
20 Lazonby
Sacred Cycles (Medway Remix)
Hooj Choons
21 Medway
Release (Original Mix)
Hooj Choons
22 Bushwacka!
Healer
Oblong
23 Radiohead
Everything In It's Right Place
EMI
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FABRICLIVE02 : ALI B (February 2002)
A FABRICLIVE mainstay since the opening night, Ali was offered his residency immediately after playing at the venue's pre-launch press party. A vinyl-hunter long before he knew what DJing was, his music industry background included working at Acid Jazz Records and spells as Press Officer to the Plump DJs, Norman Jay and Gilles Peterson. He was once resident DJ at the Blue Note in Hoxton Square.
??Capturing Fabric's Friday nights is hard because there are so many different sides to it. I tried to include the more funk-driven breaks I'd spin in the early part of a set, before getting a little harder, a little deeper and mellowing out at the end. I included a lot of American breakbeat from artists like DJ Icey, Tony Faline and Mike and Charlie. I think their sound has had quite an impact on the UK breaks scene. ? - Ali B
Comfortable in any of Fabric's three spaces, Ali's break-centred sets commonly expand to include rare groove, funk, hip hop and soul. A varied collection of straight-aimed breaks, this mix exhibits Ali's underground interests, moving from Shakedown's huge hooks, through DJ Icey's bass-drenched drops to Mr. Scruff's blissed-out breakbeat and Ils' string-tinged, foundation-threatening 'Next Level'.
Tracklisting
1 Intro
2 DJ Love
Underground Funk
Stellar Music
3 Redtape
Worldwide
A. Bennett
4 Shakedown
Get Down
Sony Music
5 Bassbin Twins
Number 2
Bassbin Records
6 Mike & Charlie
Body Rock
Just Funkin' Records
7 DJ Technique
My Definition (The Lee Coombs Acid House Breaks Mix)
Mob Records
8 Huda Hudia & DJ Volume As The Hotheadz
Let Me See If You Can Dance
Kaleidoscope Music
9 DJ Spice
Groove Operator
Version 3.0
10 Lee Coombs
Sky Juice
Finger Lickin' Records
11 Outcast
Criminals
Kingsize Records
12 Dreadzone
Believing In It (Drumattic Twins Mix)
Rufflife UK Ltd
13 Tony Faline
Feel The Funk
Union Records
14 Laidback
God Can't Stop
Rumour Records
15 DJ Icey
Surreal
Zone Records
16 PMT
Gyromancer
Big Fish Music
17 DJ Who
Feel the Bass
Kaleidoscope Music
18 Plump DJs
Big Groovy ~censored~
Finger Lickin' Records
19 Bassbin Twins
ESW
Bassbin Records
20 Jammin
Hold On
Bingo Beats
21 Ils
Next Level
Marine Parade
22 Mr Scruff
Night Time
Pleasure Music Ltd
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FABRICLIVE03 : DJ HYPE (April 2002)
Few DJs or producers could claim to be as active and committed to their music as London's DJ Hype. Gaining experience as part of the Heatwave Soundsystem (part of Shut Up & Dance), he mixed reggae, hip hop and house with the 'all-inclusive' attitude he now applies to drum and bass. He has built soundsystems, A&R'd for Kickin' Records, worked with both indies and majors, and hosted radio shows on the seminal Fantasy FM and Kiss. He currently operates the labels True Playaz, Naughty and Global Thang.
??This mix is all about those dirty, funky, super-tearin' True Playaz nights at FABRICLIVE. Real jungle, drum 'n' bass. Damn right.? - DJ Hype
DJ Hype is on of the most energetic and intense DJs around. Mixing a defiantly dancefloor-aimed selection, he cuts, hacks and doubles-up tracks to shape an 18-cut throwdown of to-the-minute d 'n' b, true to his consistently sold-out FABRICLIVE residency. True Playaz at FABRICLIVE happens on the last Friday of each month.
Tracklisting
1 Moving Fusion
Thunderball
Ram Records
2 Brockie & ED Solo
Mars
True Playaz
3 Mist:i:cal
Mistical Dub
Soul:r Records
4 Bad Company
Planet Dust
Prototype Recordings
5 DJ Zinc
Ska
True Playaz
6 Total Science
Squash (Twisted Individual Remix)
Advanced Recordings
7 Sound of the Future
The Lighter
Formation Records
8 Trinity
Jah
V Recordings
9 Bad Company
Rodeo
BC Recordings
10 Future Prophecies
Nightmare Walking
Subtitles Music
11 Bonafide
Super2Bad
True Playaz
12 Mist:i:cal
Swingtime
Soul:r Recordings
13 Krust
Snapped It
Bucks Music
14 DJ Zinc
Casino Royale (Zinc Remix)
True Playaz
15 DJ Hype
True Playaz Style
True Playaz
16 Pascal
Jazz Juice
True Playaz
17 Shimon & Andy C
Body Rock
Ram Records
18 Dillinja
Grimey
V Recordings
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FABRICLIVE03 : DJ HYPE (April 2002)
Few DJs or producers could claim to be as active and committed to their music as London's DJ Hype. Gaining experience as part of the Heatwave Soundsystem (part of Shut Up & Dance), he mixed reggae, hip hop and house with the 'all-inclusive' attitude he now applies to drum and bass. He has built soundsystems, A&R'd for Kickin' Records, worked with both indies and majors, and hosted radio shows on the seminal Fantasy FM and Kiss. He currently operates the labels True Playaz, Naughty and Global Thang.
??This mix is all about those dirty, funky, super-tearin' True Playaz nights at FABRICLIVE. Real jungle, drum 'n' bass. Damn right.? - DJ Hype
DJ Hype is on of the most energetic and intense DJs around. Mixing a defiantly dancefloor-aimed selection, he cuts, hacks and doubles-up tracks to shape an 18-cut throwdown of to-the-minute d 'n' b, true to his consistently sold-out FABRICLIVE residency. True Playaz at FABRICLIVE happens on the last Friday of each month.
Tracklisting
1 Moving Fusion
Thunderball
Ram Records
2 Brockie & ED Solo
Mars
True Playaz
3 Mist:i:cal
Mistical Dub
Soul:r Records
4 Bad Company
Planet Dust
Prototype Recordings
5 DJ Zinc
Ska
True Playaz
6 Total Science
Squash (Twisted Individual Remix)
Advanced Recordings
7 Sound of the Future
The Lighter
Formation Records
8 Trinity
Jah
V Recordings
9 Bad Company
Rodeo
BC Recordings
10 Future Prophecies
Nightmare Walking
Subtitles Music
11 Bonafide
Super2Bad
True Playaz
12 Mist:i:cal
Swingtime
Soul:r Recordings
13 Krust
Snapped It
Bucks Music
14 DJ Zinc
Casino Royale (Zinc Remix)
True Playaz
15 DJ Hype
True Playaz Style
True Playaz
16 Pascal
Jazz Juice
True Playaz
17 Shimon & Andy C
Body Rock
Ram Records
18 Dillinja
Grimey
V Recordings
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FABRICLIVE04 : DEADLY AVENGER (June 2002)
Despite losing the ability to taste and smell through a childhood accident, Damon Baxter employs the senses of touch, sight and sound to their fullest. As DJ, label-boss and producer, he has forged an original identity amidst a scene of soundalikes, weaving together an appreciation of the past and understanding of the present. Regularly appearing in any of fabric's 3 rooms, his fearlessly throwndown sets are notable for hip hop skills and hard-hitting beats. Since his early releases on Electron Industries as Sem, Deadly has released records through DC Recordings, Wall of Sound and his own label, Illicit. He has remixed Manic Street Preachers, Travis and Money Mark. His debut artist album benefited from the production of FABRICLIVE cohort Howie B.
??I play chopped up hip hop and party tunes. Within one record there's actually three - there's nothing repetitive in the records I play, it's bang, bang, bang constantly. No fillers! This sounds exactly like me when I'm drunk and firin'... except for the fact that there's some proper, wicked mixing on this.? - Deadly Avenger
Throwing hooks like a heavyweight, FABRICLIVE 04 is a cut and paste, quick mix selection that captures Deadly Avenger's boundary-free mixing method. Beginning with the cinematic 'We Took Pelham', and his own re-placing of Bill Conti's 'Rocky' score into Joseph Sargent's 1974 statement of NYC-attitude, 'The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three', it moves through hip hop, breaks, roots and soul - seamlessly scratched, hacked and cut into an energetic, sonic onslaught. Testing the sample spotters and defying the bootleggers, Deadly's mindset is summed-up in squeezing The Nextmen and Dynamo Productions between the Jackson Sisters and James Brown.
Tracklisting
1 Deadly Avenger
We Took Pelham
Illicit Recordings
2 DJ LBR
Megadeath
AV8 Records
3 Deadly Avenger
Live At The Capri (Supermix)
Illicit Recordings
4 Crooklyn Clan
Franklinz 2000
AV8 Records
5 Frank Delour
Put Em?? Up
AV8 Records
6 LL Cool J
The G.O.A.T.
Universal Music
7 DJ LBR
Make Some Noise
AV8 Records
8 DJ LBR
Let Me Clear My Funk
AV8 Records
9 Jimmy Bo Horne
Dance across the floor
Sunshine Sound Records
10 Ceasefire vs. Deadly Avenger
Caipirinha
Wall Of Sound
11 Jackson Sisters
I Believe In Miracles
Universal Music
12 Dynamo Productions
Hit The Floor
Illicit Recordings
13 The Nextmen
Midnight Method
Illicit Recordings
14 Maceo And The Macks
Cross The Track (We Better Go Back)
Universal Music
15 DJ Ace
Crowd Motivator
AV8 Records
16 Crooklyn Clan
Let??s Get Ill
AV8 Records
17 DJ Ace
Crowd Motivator (Old Skool Dub)
AV8 Records
18 The Jackson 5
I Want You Back
Motown
19 DJ AP
Let Me Know
AV8 Records
20 Petricone
Petricone??s Handz Across The Water
AV8 Records
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FABRICLIVE05 : HOWIE B (August 2002)
Born in Glasgow during the 1960s, Howard Bernstein grew up in an unenviable position; a Jewish child within the west of Scotland's sectarian divide. Rejecting all forms of bigotry and division he found solace in music. Invigorated by John Peel's scattershot broadcasts, he began collecting 70s vinyl from the likes of John McLaughlin, Santana and Gong. After moving to London he gained production skills with a 3 year stint at Lilley Yard in Fulham, manning the controls for Swing Out Sister and the Banshees. By the mid 80s he was part of Soul II Soul's 'weekend posse' and reinforced the connection with Nellee Hooper and Jazzy B with contributions to the first Soul II Soul album. During the 90s he worked with Massive Attack and a pre-jungle Goldie, began releasing 'Howie B Inc' 12s on James Lavelle's Mo' Wax label and helped to programme Tricky's Island-deal securing demo?s. 1993 saw the launch of his own imprint, Pussyfoot, and two years later he collaborated on and co-produced U2s 'Pop' album. He was invited to produce the live sound for its accompanying world tour, and the project went far beyond previous attempts in merging rock spectacle and electronic ingenuity. Howie's solo studio album, Folk, was released last September.
??It's a typical set of what I would play down at FABRICLIVE. It's got humour, grooves, mad sounds and good songs. And there's some stuff in there that I know people don't have.? - Howie B
This showcases the adventure and spirit of Howie B's non-compromising DJ sets. Merging breakbeat, electro, house, techno and reggae, he uses cross cuts, blends and quick trick-mixes to construct a sub-bass soaked, heavy-hitting mix. There's the freeform beats of his own Skelf project, Exile's wired rhythm, excerpts of confrontational artist Lydia Lunch and Medicine's stutterfunk re-think of I Monster's 'Daydream In Blue'. Elsewhere, his two-note trip through Garbage's 'Cherry Lips' meets Bombing F's wildpitch grooves; Lemonescent's tribal breaks crash into DJ Llopis Chi-town inspired bass; and the mainline electro hit of San Fran's Jackyll and Hyde splits Big Hair/Earl Gateshead's gloriously O.T.T. 'Hindoo's and Hairdoo's' and Prince Far I's sweet roots vibe.
Tracklisting
1 Skelf
Fish
Mo?? Wax
2 Exile
Neuroscan
Distinctive
3 Dope Smugglerz
The Word (PMT Mix)
Mushroom
4 I Monster
Daydream In Blue (Medicine Remix)
Sony
4 Excerpt from Lydia Lunch - The Human Animal
5 Blame
Music Takes You (The Blim Remix)
Movin Shadow
6 Garbage
Cherry Lips (Howie B Mix)
Mushroom
7 Bombing F
Donuts And Coffee
Overdrive
8 Featuring Meat Katie - Future Abuse
8 Lemonescent
Beautiful (The Terminalhead Remix)
Supertone
9 Jackyl And Hyde
Beyond
Hallucination
10 DJ Llopis
Clone The Clowns
Ibogo
11 Big Hair And Earl Gateshead
Hindoos And Hairdoos
Big Hair
12 Prince Far I
Foundation Stepper
Sanctuary
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FABRICLIVE06 : GROOVERIDER (October 2002)
Grooverider began DJing in London during the mid-eighties for Brixton-based pirate radio station, Phaze 1, and small-scale soundsystem, Global Rhythm. Unable to mix and unexposed to acid house, he merged The Jam, The Clash and X-Ray Spex into soul, jazz, hip hop and funk. Believing that 'what you play is more important than how you play it', he found a likemind in fellow Phaze DJ, Fabio, and the two honed their skills with early basement beats made in Detroit and Sheffield. Within three years they'd held their first residency, become circuit DJs and given drum 'n' bass a seminal club: Rage. Leaving Phaze for London's Kiss FM, they joined Radio 1 in 1998 and now host '1 In The Jungle', a truly international platform for their music. Grooverider operates the Prototype label, home to Trace, Ed Rush, Optical, Fierce and Codename John, his own production alias.
??I'm resident at FABRICLIVE and it's my favourite club in the UK - that's for real. I was kind of honoured when I was asked to do this mix, it seemed like a good project to be involved with. The soundsystem at Fabric is built for dance music. It's way ahead, a proper dance club.? - Grooverider
FABRICLIVE.06 is a whistle-starting tour of drum 'n' bass flava. Want the breakdown? Peshay's 'Got Me Burning' leads with shrieks and beats; Ed, Optical and Fierce bring razor-edged bass; Danny C uses tequila-sharp styles; Mampi Swift locks shattered drums into hard-hitting horns. Blend the distant keys of Special Forces and Total Science's rimshot rhythms into a freaked frequency from Twisted Individual and a looped-up, laid-back track from Ed Rush. Add Origin Unknown's techno-thinking 'Truly One' , DJ SS' screaming sirens, the drilling Optimus Prime, oscillating Digital and big, bad, electro hit of Dillinja. Then close with Ram's wired edges, Krust's minimal trip and the wasted Calyx getting lost in the machines. Using jigsaw-mixes, quick cuts and 'VIP' dubs, this is trademark Grooverider; melody, soul and heavy, heavy future funk. Through 70 minutes he showcases a strong scene, a committed collective and a number of talented producers that have each found a sound. It's from the heart and for the floor. It ain't too loud.
Tracklisting
1 Peshay ft. Co-ordinate
Got Me Burning
Cubik Music
2 Ed Rush, Optical & Fierce
Alien Girl
Prototype Recordings
3 Danny C
The Mexican
Portica Recordings
4 Mampi Swift
Rebirth
Charge Recordings
5 Special Forces
What I Need
Photek Records
6 Total Science
Hotspot
Timeless Records
7 Twisted Individual
~censored~ Muzzle
Formation
8 Ed Rush
Subway
Prototype Recordings
9 Origin Unknown
Truly One
Ram Records
10 DJ SS
The Lighter (S-Files VIP mix)
Formation
11 Bad Company
The Pulse
Prototype Recordings
12 Optimus Prime
Amen Slag
Inflicted Records
13 Digital
Deadline VIP (Vip Mix)
Function Records & Timeless Music
14 Dillinja
It Ain??t Too Loud
Valve Recordings
15 Influx Datum
Back For More
Formation
16 Ram Trilogy
Milky Way
Ram Records
17 Krust
Kloakin?? King
Full Cycle Music / Bucks Music
18 Calyx
Wasteground
Moving Shadow
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FABRICLIVE07 : JOHN PEEL (December 2002)
For 37 years, John Peel effectively ran a pirate radio station from inside BBC Radio 1. His broadcasting technique consistently broke convention: he was the first DJ to give out titles, distribution details, and label information; he played tracks in their entirety, without talking over them; instead of a playlist, he employed an 'arbitrary, childish, and unfair' system; and he was first to play the same record twice in a row. Born John Parker Ravenscroft in Heswall near Liverpool, he was educated as a boarder at Shrewsbury School. John's life was changed by rock 'n' roll; he devoured the music throughout the fifties and, after serving National Service and moving to America, put his encyclopaedic knowledge to use by guesting on local radio. Soon after, he was to host his own shows in Oklahoma and California, and in 1967 he returned to the UK, where a brief stint on Radio London preceded his joining the BBC. In his time at the station, John became a pioneer of new genres, bands, and DJs. From 1998, he hosted Home Truths for Radio 4, and in addition syndicated a weekly show to Radio Eine in Germany. At Fabric we had the pleasure of releasing John's first-ever DJ mix CD in 2002. The compilation captured the spirit of his appearances at our nightclub, the first of which - on February 1st, 2002 - he described as 'one of the greatest nights of my life'. An eight-month-pregnant woman sat on the stairs listening, and the crowd were singing 'Teenage Kicks' and chanting his name a full fifteen minutes after his set (he was still attempting to leave the room at that point). John won a multitude of industry awards, garnered seven honorary degrees, and was appointed an O.B.E in 1998. He is survived by his wife, Sheila, their two sons, and two daughters. Fabric will donate a percentage of proceeds from every CD sold, to charities including the British Heart Foundation and The Salvation Army.
??This CD isn't supposed to be mood-establishing. If anything, it's mood-demolishing. These are some of my favourite songs... there's a real risk I'll listen to nothing else ever again.? - John Peel
John Peel was undoubtedly Britain's most risk-taking DJ. After his spectacular soundclash at the 2000 Sonar Festival, he was invited to host a 'Peel Session' room at FABRICLIVE. This is his only mix CD and it captures his all-out approach to club DJing.
Tracklisting
1 Intro (Followed by Asa-Chang & Junray etc)
Hana
The Leaf Label Ltd
2 The Soledad Brothers
Break ??em On Down
Estrus Records
3 Don Carlos
Late Night Blues
RAS
4 MC DET
Hipsteppin??
Times Two Records
5 The Velvelettes
Needle In A Haystack
Universal Music
6 Bad Livers
Lust for Life
Mark Rubin
7 Trouble Funk
Let??s Get Small
Island Records
8 The Capris
There??s A Moon Out Tonight
Sony
9 The Fall
Mr. Pharmacist
Beggars Banquet Records
10 Smith And Selway
15.5 Remake
Tronic Music
11 Jimmy Reed
Too Much
Vee Jay
12 Maloko
In The Midnight Hour
Warners
13 Derrick Morgan
Moon Hop
Rounder
14 The Datsuns
In Love
V2
15 The Kingswoods
Purty Vacant
Green Records
16 Sinthetix
Liar
TOV Music
17 Culture
Lion Rock (John Peel Session)
Cultral Foundation Records
18 Act 1
Tom The Peeper
Polydor
19 Joy Division
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Factory Records
20 Elementz Of Noise
Clock
Emotif Recordings
21 The Cheviot Ranters
Corn Rigs Tunes
Topic Records
22 Marc Smith vs. Safe ??n?? Sound
Identify The Beat
Bonkers
23 The Kop Choir
You??ll Never Walk Alone
Cherry Red Records
24 The Undertones
Teenage Kicks
Sanctuary
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FABRICLIVE08 : PLUMP DJS (February 2003)
Lee Rous and Andy Gardner were introduced to one another by mutual friend and full-time Freestyler, Matt Cantor. Inspired by a dodgy, top-shelf mag they named their venture and in 1998 released their debut EP 'Y2K: Chunky Plumps'. Less than five years later they have amassed an astounding underground following and met the mainstream through remixes and advertising projects. The Plump DJs have built a reputation for electrifying DJ sets, playing intimate spaces and large venues worldwide. At the forefront of the breakbeat scene they have been tipped to transcend their dancefloor roots. Ahead of their debut full-length album in June, The Plumps create the eighth release in the FABRICLIVE series, blending their skills as DJs and Producers. Staying true to a scene that relies upon self-made tracks and remix swaps, all cuts are treated, edited, stripped and rebuilt.
??We used two turntables, two Akia 6000s and even Pro Tools' 'Edit Suite' towards the end. The whole of Laborotois Plump basically! We made two tunes from scratch especially for the compilation whilst we were putting it together and we've done DJ versions of the various tunes we used as we went along.? - Plump DJs
Prepare for a sharp, serious sonic assault. Hexidecimal uses heavy bass and freaked guitar on Sound Alliance's 'Leave Home', One Upfront grind a Ghostbustin' groove, Nation 12 lock old-skool licks and Abstract build from jungle vibes. Move Ya throw lazer zaps and drop bass, Evil 9 get dark, Lee Coombes joins Meat Katie for a techtro trip and Phil Kieran gives the pulsing 'Alarm Bells'. Soul of Man's aquatic funk nudges the 4/4 thump of Punx, Chad Jackson recalls Streetsounds with 'Energize', Mr. Velcro Fastener find King Size electro frequencies and the heavy house of Screen Two meets the tough, textured C83. The Plumps contribute four full tracks, including the acid-line-led 'Angelfish', co-produced with fellow FABRICLIVE resident Ali B.
Tracklisting
1 Plump DJs
Intro Fab 1
Fingerlickin'
2 Sound Alliance
From Home (Hexidecimal Mix)
Distinctive
3 One Upfront
Nova
Requiem
4 Nation 12
Listen To The Drummer
Rhythm King
5 DJ Abstract
Beyond This World (Dub Mix)
Rat Records
6 Plump DJs
Squeaks and Bleeps
Fingerlickin'
7 Move-Ya!.
Dope Freak
Know How
8 Plump DJs vs. Plan B
Angelfish
Fingerlickin'
9 Plump DJs
Contact 00
Fingerlickin'
10 Evil 9
Cakehole
Marine Parade
11 Lee Coombes
Two Men On A Trip (Lee's Tripped Out Mix)
Fingerlickin'
12 Plastic Pervert
Alarm Bells
Mob
13 Soul Of Man
The Drum
Fingerlickin'
14 Punx
The Rock
Data
15 Chad Jackson
Energize (Casino Kid Remix)
Inner World Audio
16 Mr Velcro Fastener
Electric Appliances (Plump DJs Vocal Remix)
Air
17 Screen Two
Hey Mr DJ (Stab Mix)
Stabb Mix
18 C83
Back In The Day
En:vison
19 Plump DJs
Punch Drunk
Fingerlickin'
20 Donna Summer
I Feel Love
Casablanca
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FABRICLIVE09 : JACQUES LU CONT (April 2003)
Jacques Lu Cont has been flirting with the music industry for seven years. Once flame-haired and distracting, ever wide-eyed and interesting, he has spent that time creating records and confronting rumours. As Les Rythmes Digitales he preceded the 80s revival, feeding his pop lust into micro-machines. Propped by Mark Jones and the Wall Of Sound stable his sound has developed on every project, becoming an irony-free celebration of the catchy and populist. As well his two full-length albums for WOS he has formed the rock-leaning band Zoot Woman, remixed for and collaborated with a number of artists and musically directed Madonna's Drowned tour.
??I don't think DJing is that cool. I don't like the image of the silver boxes and the hooded jacket and crappy sunglasses. It's only worth doing if you are trying to do something different which is what I've tried to achieve in my FABRICLIVE mix. I don't like the supposed glamour in DJing and I even hate the name! I'm a DJ? Don't think so... When it makes sense for me is at a party. The FABRICLIVE nights have been inspirational. Without sounding too sycophantic, because globally I've had a lot of great DJ experiences, Fabric presents you with an amazing system on which to present your music. That's where it steps up to the next level, it's like you're playing at home and when you're that comfortable you get more creative, more inventive and more inspired.? - Jacques Lu Cont
'FABRICLIVE 09' is personal and playful, electric and energetic. Including tracks from the roots of rock, the days of disco, the source of house and the edges of electro, Jacques constantly re-loops and re-edits cuts into a bassline-led, vocal-happy, 70 minute bump-a-long. Alongside studio wizardry and mixing mastery is the Lu Cont sense of fun and party-sprit: check Strauss meeting the Eurythmics for evidence. Currently between artist albums, 'FABRICLIVE 09' screams the co-ordinates of the former wunderkind's future direction: this is new Jacques' CD.
Tracklisting
1 Mirwais ft Craig Wedren
Miss You (Thin White Duke Mix)
Echo
2 Risan
Eastern Palace
3 Tom Tom Club
Wordy Rappinghood
Universal
4 Chicken Lips
Steppin
Kingsize
5 Steve Miller Band
Abracadabra
Eagle Rock
6 Crazy Penis
Give It Up (Laid Vocal Mix)
Paperecordings
7 Hypnolove
Eurolove
Confusion Records
8 Themroc
Gold Is Your Metal (Paper Faces Remix)
Wall Of Sound
9 Supreme Bachelors
S&M
Tom Symmons
10 Royksopp
Remind Me (Ernest St Laurent Moonfish Mix)
Wall Of Sound
11 Straus
Also Sprach Zarathustra
12 Eurythmics
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
BMG
13 Zoot Woman
It's Automatic (Paper Faces Remix)
Wall Of Sound
14 Gus Gus
David (Medicine 8 Mix)
Underwater
15 The Housemaster Boyz
House Nation
Saber/Trax
16 Devo
Snowball
Virgin
17 Junior Sanchez
I Wanna Rock !
Cube
18 The Pixies
Gouge Away
XL
19 Brian Eno
Here Come The Warm Jets
Virgin
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FABRICLIVE10 : FABIO (June 2003)
Fabio began DJing during the mid-eighties spinning funk, soul and acid house at after hours clubs and on pirate radio stations. His broadcasting career began on Brixton-based Phaze 1 where he met Grooverider - a like-minded DJ playing fresh, underground sounds. Together they honed their skills and embraced new music, eventually cementing their association with the seminal drum 'n' bass night, Rage. In the early 90s, Fabio left Phaze for the newly-legal Kiss FM and in 1998 moved on to Radio 1, where Fabio and Grooverider's '1 In The Jungle' show gives the drum 'n' bass scene an international platform. Ever prepared to represent acts at the margins, Fabio seeks out new converts for an already vibrant scene. He's a regular at Progression Sessions and his own night, Speed, created in '94 and now known as Swerve. Through his Creative Source imprint Fabio has consistently championed unknown talent including Primary Motive (aka. Danny C) and Calibre
??I tried to combine liquid funk with a raw edge and feature some of the nu-skool; Calibre, Hi Contrast and Twisted Individual, that are making the scene so exciting.? - Fabio
This is a trip through the drum n bass scene of 2003; multi-faced and party-based. Tough, twisted, and innovative, Fabio rages through the straight up nu-skool of Calibre, Total Science and Social Security, takes in a masterclass from Special Forces and revels in J Majik's warm textures. Special Forces returns to drum 'n' bass with the brooding, Robert Owens-fronted 'Miracle', while Social Security offer the classic intensity of 'Take Away'. Dancefloor favourite '3 A.M.' crashes Bebel Gilberto's 'So Nice' adding summer spirit by showcasing Marky & XRS's Brazilian drum n bass flavas. 'FABRICLIVE 10' hears a major drum 'n' bass talent in room-rocking mood.
Tracklisting
1 Calibre
Venus & Mars
Creative Source
2 J Majik feat. Kathy Brown
Share The Blame
Infared
3 Total Science
Squash
Advanced
4 Calibre
ReJack
Creative Source
5 J Majik feat. Kathy Brown
Tell Me (Twisted Individual remix)
Infared
6 Special Forces
Miracle
Photek
7 Social Security
Take Away
Creative Source
8 Marcus Intalex, ST Files & High Contrast
3 A.M.
SOUL:R
9 Danny C
The Mexican (Instrumental)
Dread
10 Bebel Gilberto
So Nice [Summer Samba] (DJ Marky & XRS mix)
WEA
11 Influx Datum
Dayz Of Glory
Formation
12 Funk ??N?? Flex
Flow With Me
defunked
13 High Contrast
Savoir Faire
Hospital/ Tongue & Groove
14 A Sides feat. Singing Fats & Regina
What U Don??t Know
Eastside
15 Danny C
Ace Face
Creative Source
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FABRICLIVE11 : BENT (August 2003)
Who make David Essex appear cool, confuse pedestrians in Shoreditch with a fake doctors' surgery, take a M*A*S*H-style field hospital to festivals and still find time to make blissful mid-beat music? This is the weird, wired world of Simon Mills and Nail Tolliday. Nail's background in music stretches back a decade and includes stints in record shops and productions on DIY, Warp and Classic. Simon originally aimed for a career in design whilst producing sample-friendly loops for music libraries. The two synth enthusiasts united in their love of bad records (they have more Mantovani records than your dad, trust us) and a desire to make approachable, happy dance music. Their sublime debut album 'Programmed To Love' was released in '00 and its follow-up, 'The Everlasting Blink', was released in March of this year. Bent have toured the UK as DJs and with a full live band.
??We aimed to give the mix an uplifting, optimistic, positive and, at times, cheeky quality to it... something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.? - Bent
Get Bent in true lazy and laid back Friday night form. Languid, soulful and a little bit naughty: this is them at their fun-fuelled best. From their ambient synth intro, to the closing strains of 'Dancin' In The Key Of Life', Bent are playful and intuitive. There's classic NYC house from Morgan Geist, with and without Metro Area partner Darshan Jesrani, Whodini inviting you to play with 'Magic's Wand' to a killer hip house groove, and Tim 'Love' Lee pleading us to 'Touch It'. Fila Brizillia wig-out on 'New Canonball', Mr Scruff' cuts a quirky 'Shrimp', and Bent's own special brand of 'Magic Love' features prominently. There seems to be something personal about them, whatever you ask is never too much and they keep their promises. We can't speak too highly of them"
Tracklisting
1 Intro
2 Giorgio Moroder
From Here To Eternity
Universal
3 Metro Area
Caught Up
Environ
4 I:Cube
Tunnel Vision
Versatile
5 Black Lodge
Horse With No Name
Mo' Wax
6 Kelley Polar Quartet
Hammer/Anvil
Environ
7 Nile
To Sir With Love (Chicken Lips Full Length Vocal Mix)
Independiente
8 Morgan Geist
24k
Environ
9 Time 'Love' Lee
Touch It
Tummy Touch
10 Whodini
Magic's Wand
Zomba
11 Fila Brazillia
The New Cannonball
Twentythree
12 Mr. Scruff
Shrimp
Ninja Tune
13 Jolly Music
Radio Jolly
Sony
14 Annie
The Greatest Hit
Loaded
15 Bent
Magic Love
Ministry Of Sound
16 Jean Carn
That Was All It Was
Demon
17 Steve Arrington
Dancin' In The Key Of Life
Warner
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FABRICLIVE12 : BUGZ IN THE ATTIC (October 2003)
Bugz in the Attic are a new generation collective based in London, fusing elements of the past and present with influences and ideas to create their individual sound. Scratch the surface of the broken beats and you'll find fresh thinking on drum n bass, house, soul, techno, dancehall and breaks. The nine members work together, with a clearer, more cohesive aim than most individuals, playing down economics and playing up group ethics. Their label Bitasweet is a home for all the Bugz sounds, their essential remixes and individual projects. As part of a vibrant and growing scene they DJ regularly at Co-Op, their own 'Got The Bug' night and events across the globe. In the coming months they tour the US, Canada, Europe and Japan with work also starting on their debut artist album.
??Every single one of us has a love of soulful dance music from the last thirty years. We're all from different scenes in terms of what we were involved in before Bugz in the Attic but the common thread is soulful dance music. Whether it be garage, drum n bass, r n b, house, hip hop, disco... Bugz is a soul and a vibe thing.? - Bugz in the Attic
Pick any track from 'FABRICLIVE. 12' and hear what Bugz is about: power, invention, percussion, intention. Dominic Stanton leads with fuzz bass, handclaps and a schizophrenic arrangement; 4-Hero's Dego McFarlane joins Kaidi Tatham on the majestic 'Got Me Puzzled'; Nutmeg get wild; Dego remixes kindred spirit Phil Asher. After Artwork's wobble beat there's Seiji teasing vocal gymnastics from Lyric L, Daluq dropping deep and Bugz' sublime bass-heavy re-think of Vikter Duplaix. Zed Bias gets heavy on 'Time To Skyank', Dego joins Kaidi and Daz for the jackin' 'Future Rage', Orin Walters re-works Alison David's heart-stealing 'Dreams Come True' and Trouble Man dubs things out. To close there's The Neptunes smoothing Daft Punk's edges and a monster hook from N'Dambi.
Tracklisting
1 Umod
Tromboline
Dominic Stanton
2 Kaidi Tatham & Dego
Got Me Puzzled
2000 Black
3 Nutmeg
Bicycle Kick
Neroli
4 Focus
Having Your Fun [4 Hero Rework]
Versatile
5 Artwork
Red
Big Apple
6 Seiji ft Lyric L
Loose Lips
Bitasweet
7 Daluq
Oriental Express
Soulja
8 Vikter Duplaix
Looking For Love (Bugz in the Attic Remix)
Hollywood
9 Nu Design
Time To Skyank
Zed Bias
10 dkd
Future Rage
Bitasweet/2000 Black
11 Alison David
Dreams Come True (Afronaught Mix)
Fresh Air
12 Trouble Man
Strike Hard
Far Out Recordings
13 Daft Punk
Harder, Better Faster, Stronger (The Neptunes Remix)
Virgin
14 N??Dambi
Call Me (Re-Edit)
Cheeky Recordings
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FABRICLIVE13 : J MAJIK (December 2003)
While his mates were torturing Action Man or pestering their parents to visit the Science Museum, J Majik was finding better ways to occupy his time. Seduced by acid house at the age of 12, he hunted down white label imports to hammer on the family stereo. At 14 he bought his first music equipment and aged just 15 released his first track, '6 Million Ways To Die'. Before long he was under the wing of more experienced producers: Dillinja engineered his fresh work and Goldie signed his tracks to Metalheadz. Now he runs the highly regarded Infared label, DJs across the globe and is working on artist albums.
??The tracks on the mix are really upfront, just what you'd find in my box going to FABRICLIVE. It's musical but with a real energy as I move between styles.? - J Majik
FABRICLIVE. 13 is a tightly mixed trip through Jamie's box of tricks. Classic tracks are reworked and layered with fresh cuts from across the drum n bass spectrum. Highlights include MC Tali's 'High Hopes' re-configured over Infared's musical 'Me Lever' and Generation Dub's 'Deliverance' meeting with Pascal's timeless 'P-Funk 04'. There's Infared's warm vibes on 'Capoiera', J's own snarling 'Pitbull', club favourite 'Back To Love', Baron's mind-bending remix of 'Nosher' and Peshay's Latin inspired 'Jammin'".
Tracklisting
1 Infared
Me Lever
Infared
2 Tali
High Hopes
Full Cycle
3 DJ Hazard
Enuff Iz Enuff
Ganja
4 J Majik, Future Bound & Wickerman
Pitbull
Infared
5 Generation Dub
Deliverence
Formation
6 Pascal
P Funk 04 (Movin Fusion mix)
True Playaz
7 Total Science & Baron
Monkey See, Monkey Do
Baron Inc
8 M.I.S.T. Vs DJ Marky & XRS
Back To Love
Soul:R
9 Infared Vs Gil Felix
Capoeira
Infared
10 DJ Hype
Original Foundation
Ganja
11 Wickerman
Hustler
Infared
12 Hold Tight
9 2 5
Industry
13 Total Science
Nosher (Baron remix)
CIA
14 Peshay feat. Studio 12
Jammin??
Cubik
15 DJ Clipz
Cuban Links (Fresh mix)
Emcee
16 Swift
Play Me
Charge
17 Dillinja
Fast Car
Valve
18 John B
Pressure (remix)
Valve
19 DJ Fresh
Temple Of Doom
Breakbeat Kaos
20 J Majik & Wickerman
Fleshwound
Infared
21 Photek
We Got Heat (Ram Trilogy mix)
51st State/ Photek
22 Badmarsh & Shri
Signs (Calibre remix)
Outcaste
23 Black Widow
No Trace
Black Widow
24 Twisted Individual
Bandwagon Blues
Formation
25 J Majik & Wickerman ft. Kathy Brown
Feel The Music
Infared
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FABRICLIVE14 : DJ SPINBAD (February 2004)
In hip hop, the DJ was, is and always will be King. Spinbad is no pretender to the throne of Herc, Flash, Flex or the rest. A fixture in New York's airwave battle (Hot 97 v Power 105.1) he plays to millions at drivetime every day. He's a regular on the fashion circuit, has supported Moby and Dido on huge tours and is equally likely to pop up on O'Brien, Leno and Letterman as get down in a heaving nightclub. His infamous '80s mixtape, Rock The Casbah, is now certified as the most-bootlegged release of all time by download/file-sharing services and this is his first-ever official mix album.
??I like to incorporate turntablism and party rocking together. A lot of people play clubs and don't really do anything with the records; I try to keep everything danceable but at the same time incorporate the real DJ skills. The mix has a party feel, a lot of up-tempo club joints that I'm adding my own flavour to.? - DJ Spinbad
This is a hip hop mix in the classic style: blasting with energy, packed-full of hooks, bursting with bass, smooth, fast and fun. You may have some of these grooves but there's no mistaking the moves. It's sunshine funk that you can't stop smiling at and nodding your head to, outrageously pieced together as only New York's hottest scratch DJ could.
Tracklisting
1 DJ Spinbad
Intro
2 Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz
Déj* Vu (Uptown Baby)
Sony
3 Nas
Halftime (Album Version)
Sony
4 Blahzay Blahzay
Danger
Polygram
5 M.O.P.
Ante Up (Robbin Hoodz Theory - Explicit Mix)
Loud
6 QB Finest Ft Nas & Bravehearts
Oochie Wally
Sony
7 Ol?? Dirty ~censored~
Shimmy Shimmy Ya
WEA
8 Crooklyn Clan
The Franklinz (Dirty Mix)
AV8
9 Crooklyn Clan
Thug Anthem
AV8
10 Mystikal
Shake Ya Ass (LP Version)
Zomba
11 KRS-One
Sound Of Da Police
Zomba
12 BDP
South Bronx
B Boy
13 Eric B & Rakim
Eric B Is President (Album Version)
UMG
14 Special Ed
I Got It Made
Profile
15 Black Sheep
The Choice Is Yours (Album Version)
UMG
16 Showbiz & A.G
Party Groove
London
17 The 45 King
The 900 Number
Tuff City
18 A Tribe Called Quest
Scenario
Zomba
19 Run DMC
Peter Piper
Arista
20 Run DMC
Walk This Way
Arista
21 Slick Rick
Mona Lisa
UMG
22 Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock
It Takes Two
Arista
23 Cheryl Lynn
Got To Be Real
Sony
24 The Sugarhill Gang
Rappers Delight
Sanctuary
25 Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel
White Lines
Castle
26 Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
The Creator
WEA
27 Chubb Rock
Treat 'Em Right
Select
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FABRICLIVE15 : NITIN SAWHNEY (April 2004)
Nitin Sawhney is a dynamic force in British music and arts, constantly challenging barriers and conventional perspectives. His six artist albums, including the Mercury Award nominated 'Beyond Skin', have pioneered a cultural and humanitarian awareness through a broad base of reference. To his diverse and passionate fanbase, his music is a symbol of unity at a time when governments seem intent on emphasising difference and fear to preserve an unnatural equilibrium. In his childhood, Nitin played punk, jazz, classical, and traditional eastern music with a variety of bands. A prolific artist who likes to collaborate and explore new ideas, he has written comedy, composed for orchestras, DJed, and played live across the globe.
??Like my sets at FABRICLIVE, this compilation builds in energy from the darkest to the most infectious of sounds. Deep grooves and dope beats for cynics and clubbers everywhere.? - Nitin Sawhney
This mix is a confluence of musical influences and ideas. It's a journey blending rolling broken beats with furious rhythms; thoughtful, energetic and infectious. Kicking off with the deep jazz of Nitin's Koop re-edit, we're led into the broken drum patterns of his 'Eastern Eyes'. Freeform Five's flamenco styled reworking of 'Homelands' contrasts with the deep gentle groove of Viennese Dzihan & Kamien's remix. There's dub with the Burnt Friedman mix of Tosca, an Atjazz remix of 'Tempest' and 4hero remix Nathan Haines as Nitin takes a step towards the dancefloor. Frantic beats come from two brilliant tracks on melodic drum n bass label Hospital. There's the growling bassline of Darqwan, into the eastern fusion of forward thinking production and traditional sounds of Visionary Underground. The delicate music of 'Beyond Skin' features the powerful words of Robert Oppenheimer, creator of the A-bomb, condemning his Frankenstein, and the mix closes with 'Hymn 2', a sublime combination of Photek's cutting edge production with the ancient sound of choral song.
Tracklisting
1 Koop
Relaxin?? At Club F****n (Nitin Sawhney Edit)
Compost
2 Nitin Sawhney
Eastern Eyes (Seiji Remix)
V2
3 Nitin Sawhney
Homelands (Freeform Five Remix)
Outcaste
4 Nitin Sawhney
Homelands (Dzihan & Kamien Mix)
Outcaste
5 Tosca
Suzuki (Burnt Friedman/ Nonplace Dub)
!K7
6 Marcos Valle
Valeu (4Hero Remix)
Far Out
7 Kabuki
Tempest (Atjazz Remix)
Irma
8 Nathan Haines
Long (4Hero Mix)
Chillifunk
9 4Hero
We Who Are Not Others (Jazzanova Mix)
Talkin?? Loud
10 Phuturistix
Bad Thoughts
Hospital
11 Darqwan
Three Note Blue
Hospital
12 Visionary Underground
Freedom
Nasha
13 Niraj Chag
The Wheel
Nasha
14 Ges-e & Visionary Underground
Militant 24
Nasha
15 Nitin Sawhney
Beyond Skin
Outcaste
16 Craig Armstrong
Hymn 2 feat. Photek
Virgin
Enjoy!
-Nikhilio
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