Posts tagged melodika recordings
broken shores promo mix
Oct 29th
To mark the release of his Melodika debut ‘Broken Shores EP’ Matt Chester mixes up a set of hi-tech funk and soul that features tracks from UR Soldiers, Kenny Larkin, Stacey Pullen and Matt Chester himself.
Check it out over at: http://blog.myspace.com/mattchester1
Get "Broken Shores EP" here
melodika artists in remix swindle
Oct 22nd
Check out the following:
- Rob Mello – Critical (Fabrice Lig Vocal version / Fabrice Lig Dub) [Classic]
- The Parallel – Sigma (Lee Holman Flore mix / Lee Holman Deep mix) [Static]
- Tomi Chair – Waterslider (Matt Chester’s 11th Hour mix) [Nice & Nasty]
- Terrence Dixon – Minerals (Matt Chester’s 11th Hour mix) [Nice & Nasty]
The debut single from Matt Chester, "Broken Shores EP", is now available to buy. Get yours here: https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/137786/broken_shores_ep
matt chester interview
Sep 3rd
Electronic Directory represents Melodika Recordings, featuring interview with Matt Chester.
Matt Chester Biography
Matt Chester is a London based techno, house and electro producer, specialising in a unique blend of soulful funk-drenched Detroit techno, raw jacking Chicago house and deep and emotive UK electronics. He released his first EP, ‘Into The Fall’, in 2004 on his label 11th Hour Recordings to great critical acclaim, with Germany’s DeBug magazine hailing it as the ‘finest debut of the year’, and UK’s DJ Magazine stating ‘if this is only his debut, just imagine what he will become capable of’. DJs around the world were also fast to pick up on his sound, with strong support coming from Laurent Garnier, Dave Clarke, Derrick May, Fabrice Lig and dozens more. Since then he has released 2 more EPs on 11th Hour to equal reaction, as well as EPs for Paul Mac’s Sula Muse and Fabrice Lig’s Melodika imprints, has remixed Detroit’s Terrence Dixon and has a new 11th Hour due out featuring a remix from UR’s DJ 3000.
He is renowned for his extraordinary DJ skills, playing with a fluid and energetic fast-cut style, usually performing on 3 decks & on special occasions with additional drum machine. He has played across Europe and North America, performing in London, Detroit, Glasgow, Vancouver, Rotterdam, Frankfurt, Vienna, Prague, Cologne and many other cities, and has appeared alongside artists such as Derrick May, UR, Surgeon, Octave One, Jay Denham, Autechre, Andy Weatherall and many more.
Since 2006 he has also been playing live – live, that is, directly off synthesisers and drums machines, without Ableton or even a laptop in sight. Each set is performed completely off the cuff, an improvised jam blending in snippets of his released material alongside drum lines and synth jams made up right on the spot, lasting anywhere from 90 minutes to 4 hours ! His debut live set was performed as a special guest alongside the Underground Resistance crew in London, and he has since taken it on the road across Europe.
Matt has several new projects lined up for 2008, including 2 more releases on his own label with guest remixers, and an EP showcasing the housier side of his production to be announced soon.
pedro cali interview
Aug 24th
As we mentioned before, we will be doing a series of artist interviews with Melodika Recordings, the first one with another of Belgium’s most promising new artists, Pedro Cali.
Pedro Cali Biography
Pedro Cali was born the 19th of March 1979, in Charleroi, Belgium.
At the age of twelve, he begins to have a passion for music, dicovering a LP of The Doors in his Fathers vinyls collection. This drives him to play piano as a self-taught person and to improvise inside various musical groups.
At the age of sixteen, it is love at first sight for electronic music, and especially for the Detroit sound. In this music, he finds the melodies and the free pattern of artistic expression that he was searching for.
Few years later, while completing his studies to become an infographist, he works on his first tracks. One friend advise him to send his tracks to Fabrice LIG (Fcommunications) and the feedback is pretty good Pedro Cali signs his first track, Behind The Clouds, on F… U ! FCOM.
In 2006, he founds the Chroma Electronic Collective with his friends Erell Ranson, (AW Records, Styrax) and Tyler Smith (Audiocrash).
Today, Pedro has a job as a graphic designer and travels on his way through his melodies and their characteristic "deep & funky" side.
new pedro cali single – retrofuturism available for download on juno download
Jul 25th
Melodika’s excellent come back release, Pedro Cali – Retrofuturism is available for download now on Juno Download
Juno Download – Belgian-born Pedro Cali brings us the "Retrofuturism EP" from Melodika. Four tracks of electro synth quality. "Crazy Bounce" has an orbital-esque edge, then "My Sweet Angel" brings it down to a progressive level. "I Am As I Am" is a deeper groove, whereas "My Sweet Angel" (exclusive to Juno) is a perfect cinematic end to this great EP.
Get this single here: http://www.junodownload.com/products/1341321-02.htm
selection july 2008
Jul 14th
DJ Mark Flash – Brasilia EP [Underground Resistance]
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Mark Flash drops a stomping great piece of Detroit party-funk – mashing a South American groove with the emotive UR chords into an unstoppable whole. It reminds me a bit of Los Hermanos/Ican but it then goes a bit further. Supermassive.
Tracklisting:
- A1. Sao Paulo
- A2. Erzuli
- B1. Cachaca
- B2. Minha Mocambo
Get "Brasilia EP" here:
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Erell Ranson – Sense Of Our Life [MySelf]
Erell Ranson launches his own label with this expansive piece of truly deep techno. I was very surprised by this because it brings me back to the days of ‘Rhythim Is Rhythim’. Your only difficulty is choosing between the shiny original and the Mayday-inflected Arne Weinberg remix.
Tracklisting:
- A1. Sense Of Our Life
- B1. Sense Of Our Life (Arne Weinberg remix)
- B2. Conversations With Myself
Get "Sense Of Our Life" here:
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Pedro Cali – Retrofuturism (part one) [Melodika]
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Ahh Melodika finally comes back here with this great release from Pedro Cali. ‘Crazy Bounce’ is an interesting, subtle yet strong track with his funky beats and synths that lives up to its name. Both ‘My Sweet Angel’ and ‘I Am As I Am’ are very sweety and emotional tracks with familiar Motor city flavours and particular atmosphere.
Tracklisting:
- 01. Crazy Bounce
- 02. My Sweet Angel
- 03. I Am As I Am
- exclusive on beatport. Walk Away
- exclusive on beatport. My Sweet Angel (Beatless mix)
Get "Retrofuturism (part one)" here:
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Soul Designer – Evolutionism (part two) [Third Ear]
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Sublime. ‘Scaraboogie’ is a pure electronic boogie for all forward-thinking funk citizens. On the flip ‘Children Of Galapagos’ is an epic hi-tech jazz masterpiece that shows Fabrice Lig on top form. This is really really special for me.
Tracklisting:
- A1. Ecosystem
- A2. Scaraboogie
- B1. Molecular Song
- B2. Children Of Galapagos
Get "Evolutionism (part two)" here:
- Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £5.95
- Buy in 320kbs MP3 format from Juno Download for £5.10
- Buy in MP3 format from Beatport for $7.96
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welcome back melodika
Jun 24th
We’re pleased to announce that Fabrice Lig’s Melodika imprint is coming back as a digital label. With some quality releases from; Perdo Cali, Matt Chester, Lee Holman, and Taho.
To celebrate the relaunch, we will be welcoming those artists onto the blog with a series of new interviews etc.
More information will be made available at their myspace pages.
Pedro Cali- Pedro Cali is another of Belgium’s most promising new artists. Pedro’s sound sits between techno and house, with a large dollop of twisted funk, swingy groove and brilliant deepness. So, it builds and builds and just gets more and more exciting.
Matt Chester- Matt Chester is of course the man that started 11th Hour and one of the most brilliant and musical acts in UK.
Lee Holman- Hailing from Ireland and co-founder of Sub-Culture, Lee Holman is one of Europe’s finest electronic producers. He’s already recorded for Orlando Voorn’s NightVision as well as Ferox. Blinding !
Taho- Taho needs no intrduction; he’s released on quality labels such as Laurent Garnier’s FCommunications, Wink’s Ovum imprint, Delsin, and many more !
- Melodika Recordings
- Keep an eye on this label, it’s one of my current favourites. ;-)