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Charlie May / Pedigree Cuts

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I thought I’d put together a little appreciation of Charlie May’s South American promo which was put out last year I assume to promote Charlie May’s then forthcoming tour of South America (?).  As I’m sure most readers will know Charlie has some serious production chops and this is basically an hour plus of what was then upfront original material in various guises (remixes etc).  It’s a testament to those chops that the whole hour plus works as one cohesive unit.  It’s a great listen.

He’s also got a downtempo track ‘Night Light’ featured on the following pedigree cuts synch compilation which is satisfyingly emotive.  He talks about it here.  Check it.

An enthusiastic man

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I love seeing people who are genuinely buzzing from music. Here an old interview with Sasha from around the time GU13 Ibiza was released, I presume to promote that mix CD. You can see the passion he had at the time and in the conversation he’s having with Dom Philips, whose book ‘Superstar DJ’s Here We Go’ I read a few months ago (a recommended light read!). The late 99’s were an awesome time for the progressive sound he’s discussing and was about the time I was getting into clubbing etc. Definitely my honeymoon period. There was also the getting away with it documentary around this time that went out on channel 4 but I don’t think this interview formed part of that. I could be wrong though.

Staying visible?

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I’ve just read an interview with Swayzak from the RA site which rang true with me.  They talk of the accepted norm nowadays of having to stay visible to stay in touch with your market.  I’ve read so many sources which parrot that in this long tail digital musical marketplace the only way to stay visible to the ever decreasing audience is to provide it with a constant stream of material.  This may be true but it has a sobering effect on the product that is churned out as if by rote.

Music is an inspiration.  As Swayzak say in their interview if you don’t have anything to say there’s no point in putting something out.  Presumably the people that do so do so to make a living or presumably in an attempt to make a living.  I’d like to try falling into the former but the burden of completing and releasing material by rote would, as things stand, be beyond me.

Like I’m sure many other musicians it takes me an age to start, consider, stop, resume, edit, discard, continue, arrange and then polish a piece of music and then commit to an end to this process.  I would seriously have to consider streamlining my workflow if I were to up the productivity.

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LSG – Blueprint (ES Waves Mix)

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Having re-organised my soundcloud account I’ve made room to post this old remix I put together some years ago which I also used as the last track on the second ES Waves Podcast.  It’s a bit of a hybrid in that I appropriated some percussion elements from a couple of other tracks.  I think it works but perhaps needs some additional work leading up to the breakdown.  Anyways here it is.

The original is a cool track.  Oliver Lieb just had an amazing ear and a distinct sound.

He’s actually just played a retro set of a lot of his classic tracks which he’s posted on his soundcloud.  Check it out

New Album out now innit!

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I’ve finally, finally released the second full ES Waves album ‘Parasol Stars’.  I think it’s awesome but then I would say that.  Press release is below.

ES Waves – Parasol Stars

World One
Playtime
VSL
Connectionist
October Bird of Death
Powerdrome
Elastic Reality
World Eight

ES Waves – Parasol Stars
Released by: ES Waves Media
Release/catalogue number: ESWM-005
Release date: May 30, 2011

ES Waves Media presents ESWM-005 ES Waves – ‘Parasol Stars’ the second full length ES Waves album containing eight progressive electronic numbers.

Parasol Stars is a culmination of four years of production work, a triumph of inspiration and work ethic, which showcases a futuristic yet humanistic sound that both rocks and rolls.  From gentle, fragile numbers such as ‘Elastic Reality’ to powerful jams such as ‘October Bird of Death’ and ‘Powerdrome’ Parasol Stars pushes the sound of ES Waves further into the future.  ‘World One’ opens the game, ‘World Eight’ closes the box.

2006 saw the release of the first ES Waves album ‘Nakatomi Plaza’ released on the defunct Inaspace Recordings label. Also in 2006 the dj Jonathan Lisle asked ES Waves to help out on his OS_0.2 mix album released on John Digweed’s Bedrock Records label de-constructing each track to create several dj tools which Jonathan used throughout that mix.  Parasol Stars is the fifth release on ES Waves Media following ESWM-001 ES Waves – ‘Nean Dreams / Laser Beams’, ESWM-002 ES Waves – ‘Email for Lucky’, ESWM-003 ES Waves – ‘Wavelands’ and ESWM-004 ES Waves – ‘Powerdrome’.

ES Waves Media also presents an occasional series of podcasts showcasing the music and dj sets of ES Waves. These are hosted by podomatic and can be subscribed to via iTunes using the following link itpc://eswaves.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml (retaining the itpc prefix). They are also posted on the ES Waves soundcloud page.

All tracks presented here were mastered by Jesse Skeins at http://www.medwaystudios.com/
To contact ES Waves please email ‘info [at] eswaves.com’ replacing the ‘[at]‘ with ‘@’.

ES Waves
Website – https://eswaves.com/
Myspace – http://www.myspace.com/eswaves
Podcast – http://www.eswaves.podomatic.com/
Soundcloud – http://soundcloud.com/eswaves
Twitter – http://twitter.com/eswaves
Youtube – http://www.youtube.com/user/ESWavesMedia

The second full length ES Waves album containing eight electronic numbers. Parasol Stars is a culmination of four years of production work, a triumph of inspiration and work ethic, which showcases a futuristic yet humanistic sound that both rocks and rolls.

Bit of a creative pause

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Last few weeks have seen a bit of a creative pause.  The third ES Waves Media release is being detailed at the moment.  I hope to have it finished in the next few weeks.  It is, of course, totally awesome but then I would say that.  Again I hope to have some time at the weekend to get the next podcast finished up.  It will be rocking.  The album is hopefully finally in its final shape.  I love it.  Not got a great deal more to say at the moment.

ESWM – 002 ES Waves – Email for Lucky – Out Now

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Um I was away when this came out (in chilly Iceland, beautiful country) so have been a bit slow posting things here about Email.  Here is the press release which you may have seen elsewhere.

ES Waves Media presents ESWM-002 ES Waves – ‘Email for Lucky’. This package contains two mixes of ‘Email for Lucky’, the ‘Extension Mix’ and ‘Mix 3’ each being progressive house tracks.

The ‘Extension Mix’ (running at 08:46) is a moody proggy house set opener with a four minute intro which builds to the entrance of a big kick drum at 04:40. The track keeps the energy level fairly constant from there on in with some nice sound design thrown in. ‘Mix 3’ (also running at 08:46) is a mid set progressive house track with some big sounds in the second half of the track. It has a bit of a bleak repetitive feel.

2006 saw the release of the first ES Waves album ‘Nakatomi Plaza’ released on the defunct Inaspace Recordings label. Also in 2006 the dj Jonathan Lisle asked ES Waves to help out on his OS_0.2 mix album released on John Digweed’s Bedrock Records label de-constructing each track to create several dj tools which Jonathan used throughout that mix. Email for Lucky is the second release on ES Waves Media following ESWM-001 ES Waves – ‘Nean Dreams / Laser Beams’ released 11 October 2010.

The near future will bring the release of several more club focused ES Waves tracks on ES Waves Media before the release of the second full length ES Waves album ‘Parasol Stars’ early in 2011. ES Waves will return to release another club track in December 2010.

ES Waves Media also presents an occasional series of podcasts showcasing the music and dj sets of ES Waves. These are hosted by podomatic and can be subscribed to via iTunes using the following link itpc://eswaves.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml (retaining the itpc prefix). They are also posted on the ES Waves soundcloud page.

All tracks presented here were mastered by Inner Portal Studio http://innerportalstudio.com/
To contact ES Waves please email ‘info [at] eswaves.com’ replacing the ‘[at]‘ with ‘@’.

Nice 80s soundtrack music

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Evil Nine, who I can’t say I’ve listened to a lot of, have put together a mix of music ostensibly from horror / Halloween / slasher film soundtracks.  There’s some really nice 80s synth sounds and production going on here.

ES Waves Media – 001 ES Waves ‘Neon Dreams / Laser Beams’ released 11/10/10

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Press release for the first release on ES Waves Media.

ES Waves – Neon Dreams / Laser Beams

ES Waves Media presents the first ES Waves release following a four year hiatus. ES Waves – ‘Neon Dreams / Laser Beams’ is a synth heavy melodic progressive house track (hopefully leaning towards what would have been described as proggy house in the late ’90s rather than present day, though that is only the writer’s prejudice) with some interesting sound design detailing and is presented here in three flavours.

‘Neon Dreams / Laser Beams’ is the long form track with an extended intro and outro (running at 11:00). The ‘Quick Mix’ (running at 07:00} has a dj friendly intro and outro but retains the same main body as the aforementioned long form track. The ‘Master Mix’ (running at 10:59) is a stand alone track with an extended introduction, grooveless breaks and some nice heavy synths. It was also created before the other two tracks were put together hence it really is the master from which the two other tracks were spawned.

2006 saw the release of the first ES Waves album ‘Nakatomi Plaza’ released on the defunct Inaspace Recordings label. Also in 2006 the dj Jonathan Lisle asked ES Waves to help out on his OS_0.2 mix album released on John Digweed’s Bedrock Records label de-constructing each track to create several dj tools which Jonathan used throughout that mix.

The near future will bring the release of several more club focused ES Waves tracks on ES Waves Media before the release of the second full length ES Waves album ‘Parasol Stars’ early in 2011. ES Waves will return with ES Waves – ‘Email for Lucky’ in early November 2010.

ES Waves Media also presents an occasional series of podcasts showcasing the music and dj sets of ES Waves. These are hosted by podomatic and can be subscribed to via iTunes using the following link itpc://eswaves.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml (retaining the itpc prefix). They are also posted on the ES Waves soundcloud page.

All tracks presented here were mastered by Inner Portal Studio http://innerportalstudio.com/
To contact ES Waves please email ‘info [at] eswaves.com’ replacing the ‘[at]‘ with ‘@’.

ES Waves
Website – http://eswaves.com/
Myspace – http://www.myspace.com/eswaves
Podcast – http://www.eswaves.podomatic.com/
Soundcloud – ES Waves
Twitter – http://twitter.com/eswaves

Released by: ES Waves Media
Release/catalogue number: ESWM-001
Release date: Oct 11, 2010