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3 Beat Records Buzz/Coolcuts/Hype Chart 13th May 2008

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

SOULTRONICS FT MAX C I BELIEVE (ORIGINAL/CAHILL/E-SQUIRE) 3 BEAT BLUE
CIREZ D JOURNEY/STOCKHOLM MARATHON MOUSEVILLE
3 GUSTO DISCO’S REVENGE (WHELAN & DI SCALA) AATW
JOSH WINK STAY OUT ALL NIGHT OVUM
5 BLANK & JONES FT BERNARD SUMMER MIRACLE CURE (GLENN MORRISON) MAELSTROM
6 YAZOO SITUATION (HERUCLES & LOVE AFFAIR) MUTE
7 LEFTFIELD SONG FOR LIFE (TIM DAVISON EDIT) WHITE
8 ORLANDO VAUGHN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING DUFF NOTE
JOHN DIGWEED GRIDLOCK (HENRY SAIZ) BEDROCK
10 DANNY CLARKE & JAY BENHAM WONDEROUS STRICTLY
11 BOOKASHADE CHARLOTTE (BOOKASHADE REMIX/DUBFIREGET PHYSICAL
12 HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR YOU BELONG EMI
13 DJ JEAN THA LAUNCH RE-LAUNCHED HOUSE-TRAINED
14 JOHN DAHLBACK WORLD OF LOVE PICCADOLL
15 KING UNIQUE SUGAR HIGH (FANCIULLI/KING UNIQUECURFEW
16 DARIUS SYROSSIAN & MUNDYK CASPIAN MAN (PAUL WOOLFORD) BREAKOUT AUDIO
17 SKYLARK MOVIN (JORIS VOORNNRK
18 PAOLO MOJO SIRENNA OOSH
19 GUY J UNDER PRESSURE (ORIGINAL/ERROR ERROR) BEDROCK
20 DONNA SUMMER I’M A FIRE (MATTHIAS HIELBRONN) SONY
21 WHELAN & DI SCALA NEVER LET GO (TOM NOVY) AATW
22 ROLLING STONES YOU CANT ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT (DFA) COLUMBIA
23 GLENN MORRISON COSMIC FLIGHT (ORIGINAL/NICK WARRENHOPE
24 LIL MO YIN YANG REACH (MARK KNIGHTDEFECTED
25 QUIVVER DIRTY NAILS & VAPOUR TRAILS BOZ BOZ
26 STEVE LAWLER 21ST CENTUARY KETCHUP SCI-TEC
27 EMANUEL, MCALL,KATHERINE ELLIS GOTTA GET THROUGH (SMAX & GOLD/WESLEY S) BORN TO DANCE
28 LIZ KAY TRUE FAITH (ULTRABEAT/HYPASONIC/RIFF & RAYS) AATW
29 PAUL WOOLFORD UTOPIA INTAMACY
30 SHARAM THE ONE (D-FORMATION/GUETTA/COLEMAN) DATA
31 CHUS & CEBALLOS GO ON! (MATTHEW DEKAY) STEREO
32 FEDERICO EPIS SIMPLE GLOBAL UNDERGROUND
33 RHYTHM FX BIG FELLA (TOTAL CONTROL ACCESS MIX) DEFIANCE
34 MARMION SCHONEBERG (GLENN MORRISON) GREAT STUFF
35 NICKO & ALSE THE WOODS (SKYLARK) OKYO
36 JAMES TALK YUCCA SPOKEN
37 JUNKIE XL CITIES IN DUST (KING UNIQUE) NETTWERK
38 THE JUAN MCLEAN HAPPY HOUSE DFA
39 HERNAN CATTANEO ANIME (ORIGINAL/ROCCO) URBAN TORQUE
40 SANDER VAN DOORN PURA VIDA/SUSHI NEBULA

Mysterious Bedrock - Gridlock Remix

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

There’s a hot new remix of Bedrock - Gridlock that has been causing a fuss with trainspotters, including us at 3 Beat. Its still a bit of a mystery who has remixed this monster, but here’s a clip of Digweed playing it at the weekend @ The Mansion for WMC in Miami. We’ll get on the case to find out who it is by and report back soon!

**** Hot New Info *** The remixer is Spanish producer Henry Saiz, who has several tracks on Digweeds Transitions 4 CD, and it will be forthcoming on Bedrock records very soon!

Prydz/Pryda - Fabric Test

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Does Eric Prydz ever sleep? Or does he just sit there locked in his room making anthems? 3 Beat Records staff are al amazed by how consistant this chap is - he’s had poppy hits under his Eric Prydz name, Pryda is his underground guise and the Cirez D is when he wears his techno hat - yet they are all outstanding… how des he do it?

Fabric Test is the latest one that we’ve heard, and its huge - check it out when Sasha and Digweed dropped in in Miami

Mark Ronson - Nice Guy, Good DJ and very tall!

Monday, May 12th, 2008

I had the pleasure of DJ-ing with Mark Ronson on Satuday night @ Bandstand, and I was curious to hear what he would play, as I know he used to be a Hip Hop DJ and grew up in New York, but then I know the kind of music that he’d had hits with too… So all of the 3 Beat lads were very interested to hear him play…

Anyway, I was DJ-ing and playing mainly 80’s party dance (stuff like Colonel Abrahams - Trapped, Cameo - Word Up, Gwen Guthrie - Aint Nothing Goin On But The Rent etc) and then i dropped New Order - Blue Monday, which got an enormous scream from the crowd, proper hysteria… until I’d realised that a very tall man in a suit with a Massive top hat had walked on stage.. Ah.. It was Mark Ronson.. makes sense with the screams now! Ha Ha..

So Mark politely asks can he borrow my headphones, as his team of men set up Serrato for him (superstars often forget head phones, co-incidently Rob Da Bank had forgotten his too…) and he complimented me on my musical choice “I’ve been listening from the other room, you’ve been playing some great tracks, it reminded me a lot of a club that I used to go to in New York” he said, which made me smile…

So Mark comes on, and it musically made sense to me, he was playing upbeat Motown kind of tracks, Stevie Wonder, Supremes, and then stuff like his version of Valerie (which raises the roof of course) and then he drops in to old school hip hop party rockers like Walk This Way. By this time I’d had too much beer and cant remember too much else that he played!

He later went on upstairs and did the full live thing, and was rather good!

A Good night was had by all though

Steve Parry 

3 Beat Records Progressive Recommends 12th May 2008

Monday, May 12th, 2008
ANDREW TECHNIQUE HALF STEP FURTHER EP EARRESITIBLE 7.49 Listen Buy
AN OUTSTANDINGLY COOL GENRE DEFYING GROOVE LODGED BETWEEN TECHNO AND PROG, BUT WITH TECH HOUSE WARMTH AND TRACEY MELODICS, BUT STILLEXTREMELY COOL ON UMEKS AWESOME LABEL
DAVID AMO & JULIO NAVAS LA SANGRADA FAMILIA/KABALLAH BRASIL FRESCO 7.49 Listen Buy
HARDER AND TECHIER THAN RECENT RELEASES, THESE OLD SCHOOL SLAMMER CERTAINLY PACKS A PUNCH FROM THE SPANISH DUO.
GURU JOSH INFINITY 2008 (KLAAS/ISMA-AE) BIG CITY BEATS 7.49 Listen Buy
KLASS FIRE IN A THROBBING ELECTRO MIX, WHILST JEROME ISMA-AE ADDS SOME TECHIER BEATS AND USES THE FULL SAX ONLY IN THE BREAK
NICK CHACONA BINDING SPHERES DOGTOWN 7.49 Listen Buy
AWESOME SLAB OF LECTRONIC HOUSE WITH SUPERB NU-DISCO FLAVOURED DEEP MIX FROM JEROME SYDENHAM. PLAYS FROM HOWELLS, MOJO, AXWELL, DEETRON, MARCO V, NICK WARREN, CHARLES WEBSTER, SHURIKAN, LUCIANO, TIGER STRIPES, FERGIE, ASHLEY BEEDLE, PETE HELLER, S. TOMIIE
TUBE-TECH & D.A.V.E. THE DRUMMER WAKE UP (REMIXES) T:CLASSIXX 7.49 Listen Buy
WETHINK THIS IS AN OLD TRACK REMIXED, BUT WE CANT REMEMBER IF THE ORIGINAL WAS BY THESE GUYS (WHO ARE USUALLY BANGING HARD TECHNO STYLEE?) ANYWAY - REMIXES FROM PALAZZO AND FROM ERIC SNEO ARE WICKED WITH A TOP CUT UP RIFF. SPLENDID
DAVE SEAMAN GOBBLEDYGOOK AUDIO THERAPY 5.99 Listen Buy
MR SEAMAN DELIVERS A TOUGH OLD SKOOL FLAVOURED PROGSTER WITH A MODERN TECHY TWIST. WAILING ETHNIC VOCALS AND FILTERED TECHY HOOKS WITH UNDERLYING TRIBAL RHYTHMS.
GREGOR TRESHER A THOUSAND NIGHTS GREAT STUFF 14.99 Listen Buy
THIS AWESOME TRACK FROM LAST YEAR GETS THE REMIX TREATMENT ACROSS 2 12″‘S. TWEAKING THE KNOBS ARE DUBFIRE, EXTRAWELT, PATRICK ZIGON AND GREGOR TRESHER HIMSELF.
JAMES TALK FT LIZ MELODY ARE YOU LISTENING AMON FLAVA 6.99 Listen Buy
BIG RAVEY VOCAL MONSTER FROM THE TALKATIVE ONE WITH BASS AS BIG AS JEMMY’S EGO. FUTURE FUNK SQUAD, ITO AND MLA PROVIDE THE RUBS.
JOEY MEDINA & FEI FEI PEANUT BUTTER CHURN UP BAROQUE 4.99 Listen Buy
ABSOLUTELY BANGING TECHNO INDUCED PROGSTER THAT GOES STRAIGHT FOR THE JUGULAR. HAS A DUBFIRE, MARCO BAILEY FEEL
JOHN DAHLBACK WINNERS & TOOLS PICKADOLL 6.99 Listen Buy
MAXIE DEVINE & VEERUS SLIMLINE ROCOCO 4.99 Listen Buy
THUMPING GROOVES WITH TECHNO INFLUENCES SKIPPY BEATS. A FILTERING LEAD CARRYS THE TRACK.
TIM DAVISON LONG WAY FROM HOME - SAMPLER 1 BAROQUE LIMITED 4.99 Listen Buy
ON FORM TIM DAVISON WITH ANOTHER POUNDING ATMOSPHERIC PROG EP.
UMEK UTOPIA EP RENAISSANCE 4.99 Listen Buy
BANGING TECHNO RAVE BOMB FROM EUROPEAN TECH DON UMEK. THE LEAD RIFF HAS AN OLD SKOOL VIBE. INCLUDES TIGERSKIN MIX.
MUZZIAK THERAPY NOIR 5.99 Listen Buy
CHUNKY LITTLE NUMBER, BLURING THE HOUSE, TECHIE AND PROG BOUNDARIES FROM THIS WICKED BULGARIAN PRODUCER, REMIX DUTIES GO TO ITALIAN ROBYTEK WHO ADDS A MUSICAL LAYER AND PHATTENS THINGS UP INA TECHIER STYLEE
PAOLO MOJO NIGHTLAW OOSH 5.99 Listen Buy
MONSTEROUS ANTHEMIC ELECTRONIC MONSTER TAKING IN TECH HOUSE, PROG AND TECHNO AND BIG THROBBING NOISES WITH A WHOPPING BREAKDOWN AND UNUSUAL STRUCURE. HUGE!! PLAYS FROM AXWELL, VAN DYK, FANCIULLI, PRYDZ, TONG, SEAMAN, CATTANEO, TONG, PARRY, WALLY LOPEZ

a weekend off…

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

hi there. Rob Cain here.

For the first time in nearly 5 years i have a weekend to myself. I have no gigs what-so-ever. Now some of you may see this as a bad thing, i however am exstatic about it.

 Im debating what to do with my evening, obviously my missus is going to be with me, so im at ends where to take her.

currently on the cards in ‘Bandstand’ which is run by ‘DJ Rob Da Bank’, this evening will feature a DJ set by ‘Mark Ronson’ ‘Kissy Sell Out’ & our very own ‘Steve Parry’. Its either this or i drop into liverpool glamourous nightclubs ’Society‘ or ‘Garlands‘…

so much choice.

I’ll probably end up in the ‘Grafton’

House Trained work it out!

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

brand new label House label  - House Trained have signed the funky house anthem Work It Out - from dj Disciple and given it a super hot pakage with mixes from Mischa Daniels - Klaas & 3 Beat Friends Whelan & Di Scala. Large!!

Thomas Tuft. 

urban donk

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

A while back i was talking about some producers that have been combining 2-step garage and scouse house. well heres bassline with donks

check these samples out…

 mwp project - the drill

j jay - proffesional widow

i like it.

Back To The Old Pool with Steve Silk Hurley, Sterling Void, Fast Eddie & Joe Smooth!

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

BTTOP 3 Beat

This is The 3rd and Final BACK TO THE OLD POOL in association with QUADRANTPARK.COM and 3 BEAT RECORDS

We are bringing you Liverpools proper SUMMER OF LOVE 20 yrs of house ALL NIGHTER

flying in from the birth place of house music ,the city of CHICAGO are 4 of THE GODFATHERS OF HOUSE coming to the city of culture 2008 to bring you a musical experience you will ALL remember for the rest of your lives…

  • *** STERLING VOID (Live PA+dj set) 1st time EVER in the UK !!
  • *** STEVE SILK HURLEY (dj set)***
  • *** FAST EDDIE (Live PA)***
  • *** JOE SMOOTH (dj set + Live PA)***

plus residents
DJ PLUTO , CUTTER , PEZZ , IAN KENYON ,

This all takes place SAT JUNE 7th @ LIVERPOOL CARLING ACADEMY

10.45pm till 6.00am

Ladytron - Sasha Remix!

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Proving my trainspotter status is still as good as ever, i managed to piece together bits of information, and although I wasnt even at the Sasha gig at Circus, I manged to find out before anybody else that went what the ‘huge vocal tune’ was that he dropped in the middle of the night!

Its the new Sasha remix of the new Ladytron track, and it will appear first on Sasha’s Involver 2…

watch this space!

Steve Parry