Our 12th Podcast comes from Herodot, a young Romania artist who is creating a stir with his unique mix and productions. During the last year, he has focussed on production and the first success already came as his colleagues RPR sound included his song on their mix for Circoloco’s 10th Anniversary CD. We can’t wait to having him on the 3rd March for our 2nd Instalment of the Rhythmatic Intimate Sessions at a new location.

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Rhythmatic Team

It gives us great pleasure to offer you with our 11th exclusive podcast, this great mix by two of the most talented young artists and DJs to emerge out of the London electronic scene “Wesley Razzy & Archie Hamilton”. The set was recorded live at the last Rhythmatic party for 2011 at the Hoxton Basement on the 10th Dec.

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See you all in 2012

We are proud to welcome our next Podcast from the Roumanian Duo Livio & Roby, giving us this exclusive mix ahead of their debut appearance at Rhythmatic’s 4th Anniversary alongside Onur Özer on the 26th Nov in London

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From initiating the first studio sessions back in 2004, Livio & Roby are one of the foremost proponents of groove laden house, fast becoming ambassadors of deep funk-blended tech-house on some of the leading labels in the scene as well as controlling the dance floors of techno playgrounds around the world.

With consistent studio output and live sets over the last four years, 2010 looks set to be… their year, with Dj’s including Loco Dice and Steve Lawler heavily strengthening their profile with huge support in their backbeat of warm-swung loops that drift towards the sounds of early house and never fail to unwind with a looped combination of stunning tones, subtle synths and intricate drums.
Riding high on the techno scene’s recent climate change with grooves that twist and turn each bar yet never loose the consistent grasping control over your body’s lower torso; Livio and Roby have been producing percussive prompted beats with a natural European zest long before the majority of today’s techno dj’s ripped back the parched electronic layer to reveal a more organic house sound. Displaying exceptional production skills, early releases and remixes appeared on Lawler’s Global Underground “Lights out 3″ and “Viva” compilations.

On top of clearly knowing their way around a pair of turntables, 2007 followed with releases thick and fast; the classic simplicity of their gritty underground sound, assembled into increasingly energetic tracks made Livio and Roby one of the most visible names of the deep house resurgence.

2008 saw the pair share the turntables alongside Loco Dice in Romania resulting in the ultimate testament to their musical talent. Dice welcomed Livio and Roby into his community of creativeness, promptly inviting then to join both his booking agency Artist Alife and much applauded label Desolat where they went on to release “Mistique” in collaboration with their pal George G. From their early appearance in the booth with Loco Dice and Martin Buttich at Cocoons Ibiza residency to recent singles on Nick Curly’s Cecille imprint, the two Romania producers have built quite a reputation for themselves that really justifies the heavy hype that’s been surrounding them of late.

Labels including Viva Music, Cecille and Loco Dice’s eminent Desolat have welcomed the deep duo to explore a now signature sound, that’s awash in the beats that made many of us fall for house in the first place. Exercising their persistent reference to a winning Chicago and Detroit compound, sitting on the deep, percussive side of house has earned them their respected place in the often tangled and disjointed electronic scene

Chris Carrier Podcast 9, Episode 1 on the Rhythmatic itunes podcast

Rhythmatic Intimate Sessions is back to what it does best – creating unique and intimate Sessions wherever they have been booked to play. Our next instalment is taking place at Cargo with a very special debut by Chris Carrier 22nd of Oct.

There are two kinds of DJs: those whose goal is to make a name for themselves and those whose goal is to make music – and let the rest follow. Parisian Chris Carrier is among the latter. For more than a dozen years he’s been an underground icon, churning out more than one hundred records and remixes for a host of labels. Too busy working to chase a spot in the limelight; Carrier is nevertheless rightly revered as one of the most gifted, prolific producers on the dance scene.

Refusing to restrict his output to one genre or one school of thought, Carrier has dabbled freely in everything from house to hip hop, drum ‘n’bass to minimal, techno to electro. Most DJ’s have one label – if at all – but Chris is so restlessly creative he’s founded a whole fistful of labels over the course of his career, including the renowned Adult Only imprint, Chronobrain, Combustible, Taka, X86 and Direct Art. He has also worked under more than a fifteen aliases. Chris is an artist who refuses to be pigeonholed or to conform to a bland “career plan.” Growing up in Paris, his father, a keyboardist, provided his early musical inspiration, along with heroes like Quincy Jones and AC/DC.

Archie Hamilton (Rhythmatic, Moscow Records)
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Archie Hamilton was born into a life in music. The polar influences he was exposed to throughout his childhood can be attributed to the multi-faceted sound of his own work in the studio, or unique style behind the decks. On the one hand his father educated him in the classical modes: jazz, acoustic, rhythm & blues, soul, and even opera. On the other hand his Mother came from a punk background (she was even in a punk band in the late seventies – complete with a shaven head!) before embracing the Acid House movement, exposing Archie to the sounds and rhythms of Hardfloor, Adonis, Marshall Jefferson, Jam & Spoon and the Orb. He started listening to her Terry Farley and Mrs Wood mix-tapes and naturally (at the tender age of thirteen) saved up to buy a set of Numark belt-drive turntables and began scoring basic compositions using the eJay loop sequencer.

He started his DJ career at university, where he secured a residency as the opening DJ at the Carling/O2 Academy in Oxford in 2006. On moving back to London in 2008 he continued to enhance his path in the industry by working at ‘Defected Records’ and ’360 Artist Mangement’, ably supported with a succession of regular gigs at venues such as the Aquarium, Cargo, the Rhythm Factory, the Lightbox, the Doors, and the Horse & Groom; all culminating in a memorable performance at the Glade Festival in the summer of 2009. The following winter, he co-founded the ‘moscow records’ imprint where he started releasing his own music and applying his past knowledge and experience to take on the A&R duties, along with a weekly residency at the T Bar (RIP).

Throughout 2010 moscow released a series of records to critical acclaim. With rave reviews on RA and Ibiza voice, and accompanied by support from a long list of A List DJ’s, the fledgling vinyl imprint made a serious impact in a very short time. Since then, Archie has been deep in the studio honing his craft and working tirelessly behind the scenes. With an underground hit remix for Death On The Balcony, and an arsenal of unreleased material under his belt, Archie has been awarded a coveted residency at Rhythmatic, which, according to RA “is among the best parties in London”. He will be playing alongside guests such as Gorge, Gavin Herlihy, Marco Carola, Matthias Tanzmann, Davide Squillace, Rhadoo, Petre Inspirescu, Thomas Melchior, and many more…

Needless to say, you will be hearing his name a lot more henceforth.

Tracklist

1. House Of Vampires – Deadbeat [Echocord]
2. The Skye Is Always Greener – Jug [Release Sustain]
3. Unreleased – Archie Hamilton
4. Celestine (Afrilounge Rework) – Niko Schwind [Genowefa Recordings]
5. Que Cara E Essa (tINI Cusco Sour Remix) – Manon [Desolat]
6. Kickboxing – Dana Ruh [Buzzin' Fly]
7. My Pal – Kelvin K [Hudd Traxx]
8. Hard Loving – Mihai Popoviciu Remix – William Kouam Djoko [Thirtyonetwenty]
9. Coconuts- Shlomi Aber [Be As One]
10. Roll Dat – Loco Dice Mix -Tripmastaz[Magnetic Recordings]
11. Make You Higher – JT Donaldson [Robsoul Recordings]
12. I Like That Beat – Gavin Herlihy Remix – Onno [Upon You]
13. Do It Again – Moser [Loco Records]
14. Different Morals – Clockwork (c/w)Remix – Brigante, Ali Love, Luca C [Southern Fried Records

Wesley Razzy (Rhythmatic)
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One of the most talented DJs to embark the London Scene, Wesley Razzy is undoubtedly the city’s fastest rising talent. His role as resident of one the biggest London parties Rhythmatic has seen him shape some of the most intriguing nights in the capital.

Dj bookings are constant for Wesley’s unique deep tech groove sound, which has seen him play at some of the best clubs in United Kindom, including WetYourSelf at Fabric, Jaded at Cable, T-bar, The Egg, Ministry of Sound, Unrated Afterhours, Parallel at Cargo and other infamous warehouses. Wesley has shared the booth and nailed the crowd with Marco Carola, Davide Squillace, Matthias Tanzmann, D’julz, Thomas Melchior, Sascha Dive, Lopazz, Lee Foss and many more.

Track list

Nephastum – Danny Benedettini
Oasis (Jozif Remix) – Shonky
Yeah (Jay Shepheard Remix) – Ooft
Dana Ruh – That
Feel It – Alex Arnout
For You – Phillip Bader
Rebel (ReKreation Remix) – Od Muzique & Mark Holmes
Try it Again – Pezzner
Drums of the Jungle (Frank Roger Remix) – Sascha Dive
Runnin’ Around (Dark Swing Mix) – Trailer Ends
Transitor – Michael J Collins
Silva (Chaim Remix) – Westboy
Jack Yo Bodda -Jason Fine

Ceri mixes for Rhythmatic ahead of her appearace at Rhythmatic at Cargo on the 30th July… Enjoy!!!

Ceri – Rhythmatic Mix…

1. Dan Berkson – Secrets (Original Mix) [Crosstown Rebels]
2. Carlo Gambino – Pot Kettle Black (Gambino’s Fine China mix) [Unreleased]
3. Jonny Cade — Dotty Hook Up (Pol_On For The Lazy Days remix) [Loco Records Supreme]
4. Challenge – Wind Up (Genius Of Time Remix) [Marketing Music]
5. Atnarko & Nica Brooke – Solid Ground (Fred Everything Lazy Dub) [Lazy Days]
6. Bearweasel – Pollowhead (Original Mix) [Murmur]
7. Bubba – Make Me Feel (Original Mix) [ALiVE Recordings]
8. F.E.X – Can You Feel It (Martin Landsky Remix) [Robotronic

Ceri
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Ceri is a London born DJ, who’s signature sound is a blend of all things house and techno, she has been making her mark recently on the UK scene. Holding her ground and keeping the floor just where it wants to be, in all situations; from deep house and dark and dubby tech, to main room underground house, tech-house and techno. As a young teenager she used to sneak off to clubs like fabric, The End (RIP) and the Camden Palais in London, feeling most at home in the middle of the dancefloor. Later, whilst at university in Southampton, she was further immersed in the electronic music scene at the time, never missing the infamous high tide boat parties or legendary nights at the (sadly now closed) Rhino club. Her last day in Southampton was the same day she flew to Ibiza to live for the summer, following the source of so much of the music she loved. By this point she didn’t just love dance music, she was obsessed by it and her love of music became her life.

Now over ten years on from her first taste of clubland, she has played for some of the UK’s biggest and best clubs such as; Ministry of Sound, Cargo, Cable, Brixton Academy, Pacha, and Egg, for nights like Jaded, Rhythmatic, Zombies and Get Diverted, as well as appearing at smaller nights at underground venues in London and across the UK.

She also runs a successful fundraising club night ‘Rave to Save’, which has raised nearly £10,000 for different charities over the past three years, with even bigger and better things planned for future events, to raise more money and awareness for the charities and prove charity work can be fun!

The next natural step for her musically was production, so she locked herself away in the studio to work on her debut ep and various remixes to be released very soon.

Gorge aka Pit Waldmann (8bit, Katchuli)

Gorge has offered us this great mix ahead of his appearance at Rhythmatic on the 30th July @ Cargo. Enjoy!!!

Gorge (8bit, Katchuli) – Tracklist.

Rauwkost – Apu Stinacus,
Rythm & Soul – La jazette M,
Jamie Funk – Kicking back,
Hyena Stomp – Can i do,
Solomun & Dj Phono – Icecream & Bonus miles,
Pezzner – Circles,
Alex Celler – Blue Vaudeville,
Darren Nugent & Pavel Lench – How can I (Alexkid rmx),
Leix – Chants (Okain rmx),
Jimpster – Seduction,
Gorge – Henrietta (Jacksonville rmx)

Gorge (8bit, Katchuli)
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Gorge aka Pit Waldmann finds his deepest roots and home base in the German metropolitan Mannheim where the legendary techno festival “Time Warp” and one of Germany’s leading clubs, the “Loft” are based. These surrounding venues are maybe one of the reasons why the musical passion of Gorge leads to the foundation of the first label imprint called “Amused Records” back in 2004 where his partners Nick Curly and Wolfgang Wahl are also actively involved. A very short period of time later a second platform named “Amused8Bit” with releases of the likes Johnny D, Ray Okpara and SIS already follows. In 2007 the stylistic tendencies of the two labels become more and more different so that “8 Bit Records” gets a relaunch and new artists like Gruber & Nürnberg, Dubshape, Ali Kuru and also highly profiled projects like Peace Division and Audiofly enter the roster.

Since 2008 Nick Curly and Gorge run the label “8 Bit Records” in cooperation together and its sound becomes more and more trendsetting in terms of high quality “Deep House” and “Tech House”. Some magazines are even talking about the distinctive “Sound of Mannheim” and many influential print medias like Groove Magazine, Raveline and De:Bug release extended features about this sound. With a fine mixture of shuffling groove programming and deep tech house elements Gorge supports Nick Curly’s worldwide success. However since summer of 2008 he also finds enough time to produce records under his own moniker and high profiled record labels as Dennis Ferrer’s “Ojektivity”, “Systematic Recordings”, “Plastic City” and “Freerange” start to sign his music and worldwide best known jocks like Luciano, Steve Bug, Loco Dice and Dennis Ferrer frequently spin his black plastic! So it’s not really a surprise that Gorge is one of the most demanded German techhouse artists at the moment and great venues like Rex Paris, Space Ibiza and Cocoon Frankfurt are booking him.

We are happy to give you our next podcast, recorded Live at Cargo on the 29th May by Den Ishu

Den Ishu (Desolat, Remote Area)
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Den Ishu from the heart of Germany’s Ruhr Valley has been producing since the beginning of 2009. With a whole bunch of influences from Soul, Funk, Hip Hop and House, plus a decade behind the decks, he was soon delivering an exciting mix of Old and New Skool house. His first production became an instant success, being immediately picked up and released by Loco Dice and his Label “Desolat“ in October 2009.

The following EP “Uganda Express“ exploded like a bomb instantly finding support from the likes of Richie Hawtin, Luciano, Sven Väth, Carl Cox, Marco Carola, 2000 And One, Tiefschwarz and reached countless Top 10 sales and DJ charts. With “R.U.W.M.“ featuring on “All Inn Limited“ Records he reached #3 on Decks Top 100 charts and definitly created one of the sure shots for 2010. His second EP “Preacher Man“ released on Amsterdam?s “Area Remote“ pushed him once again into the Top. Den Ishu?s “Expand Your Mind“ EP on Gregor Treshers?s imprint “Break New Soil“ set him to be firmly established as one of the new and fresh artists to keep an eye on. Den Ishu could not have got off to a better start and it is set to be a big year for him.

Den Ishu @ Rhythmatic – recorded live at Cargo 29 May 2011 by Rhythmatic

Cavo Paradiso Podcast Episode 1 on iTunes w/ Stathis Lazarides

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Stathis Lazarides has the musical ethos and mentality of an artist who finds it impossible to compromise with trends and to specify genres when in the studio or at the DJ booth. Music has been his foremost priority for 20 years and the concept of sitting down to compose in his studio without a specific plan,mainly working on impulse, is for him the building block of underground music.

Stathis has started his journey into the amazing world of dance music at the tender age of 17.The setting was a small pub in his native country, Greece, but the impact to his life was massive. After spending some time Djing on various Greek Islands and enjoying a residency at the legendary Kinky Bambolina club in Thessalonica, he moves to London to study sound engineering and gets his first taste of an illegal rave in the middle of a field in Bedfordshire (many-many more followed)!

After finishing successfully his studies, starts his own record labels, Funktastique records and Bailado Music, and enjoys a string of releases, favored by dj’s like Sasha,James Zabiela, Seb Fontaine, Steve Lawler, John Digweed and radio stations including BBC Radio 1 and Kiss fm. Around the same time, he begins his residency at the world famous club Cavo Paradiso, in Mykonos, Greece (where he is the resident dj since 2000), and gets regular appearances at the Ministry of sound,Turnmills,Egg,Soulsonic clubs in London.

Soon after, he gets noticed by labels like Azuli(Stathis L-Spaceman),Harlem,Steve Lawler’s label(Deep Impakt-Shroomz) and Blackwiz,Sandy Rivera’s label(Stathis L-Music 4 Girls) and start remixing projects for Phonetic(Skahana-St Tropez),Blackwiz (Suroh-Sentimentos),Wallop(Smash-Damaged),Urbantorque(Relation-In Minuscule).

Stathis L. appearance in the club culture saw him playing with many of the worlds influential Djs, such as Carl Cox, Danny Tenaglia, John Digweed, Laurent Garnier, Little Louie Vega, Felix Da Housecat, Harry Choo Choo Romero, Sandy Rivera, Pete Tong, Steve Lawler,Sven Vath,Matthias Tamzmann,Loco Dice,Marco Carola,Raresh and many more. His sympathy for the audience and his ‘music has no borders’ attitude made him abuse different stages around the world.

His latest projects include a collaboration with Cecile and Area Remote artist Alex Celler,going with the name Steller. First release will come out on Soweso records later in the year,with a remix from Johhny D.

Stathis has also been the driving musical force behind the rhythmatic moniker,a party that has gatecrashed into the London scene 2 years ago and has a impressive roster of guest appearences such as Marco Carola, Matthias Tazmann, Luca Bachetti, Davide squillace, Gregor Tresher, Spencer Parker, Kreon, Lemos, Kabale Und Liebe, Rhadoo, Pedro Inspirescu, Fabio Giannelli to name a few…….Stathis has regarded his residency at Rhythmatic as important as the one at Cavo Paradiso and the future holds exciting new projects for the party not only in London but also on the international scene.

It is impossible to define his music style in a few concise words. Deep evolution? Funky sentiments? Dirty intentions? Atmospheric,non pretentious, quality underground music? Or a reflection to his emotions? His style obviously has a good presence of house and techno surrounded by a range of elements. But imagine what would happen if several people were asked to describe a very large and complex object that they don’t see, but could only feel. In this case the object seems to be music!