Outsider "Outsider E.P" - first single in over a decade!!
In the mid nineties the Junior Boys own label was at the peak of its powers, releasing music from Underworld, the Chemical Brothers and X-Press 2 and amongst this triumvirate of soon to be pop stars came some of the best underground techno & house music of the decade from the duo of Marvin Beaver and Justin Drake setting forth under the moniker Outsider. Fast forward almost a decade and a half and both Beaver and Drake look back on considerable successes under the banners of Dylan Rhymes and Peace Division respectively. However it seems for Beaver at least there is some unfinished business here, and so he has decided to take matters into his own hands, saying farewell to Justin Drake and setting out on his own! After lying dormant through the change of millennia and beyond it's now time for Outsider to rise from the still warm ashes of it's distant past to once again set alight the dancefloors of the present.
The eponymously titled 'Outsider EP' is built around 3 brand new cuts from the now solo Outsider production unit. First of these is 'Tapped Up', a tough and rollin' slice of techno with strength and stamina of a pile driver! Straight for the jugular percussion and a filtered drop that pushes the intensity through the roof lend this an edge that is sure to make it a peak time killer.
Next up we have romantically titled 'Baby', a deep and delicious slab of percussive tech house with a bassline that drives this superb record close to the edge of audio insanity. Once again this is an intense and engaging cut that is a surefire winner.
Finally we have 'Slit' a deep and hypnotic closer that goes further underground than it's bedfellows and hits a seam of purest gold; quality from start to finish.
Outsider is back, and despite the reduction in personnel the sound is as superb as ever - let's hope we don't have to wait another fifteen years for the next instalment!
1. HEY HEY - DENNIS FERRER
2. TECHNOID - ANT BROOKS
3. DRUMBOTTO - MATTEO DIMARR
4. SCHADENFREUDE - ADAM SHAW
5. JACK IT - TIM DELUXE
6. TEMPERAMENTAL - MIKAS
7. THE KEY - DAVE SPOON
8. TRUE IDENTITY (PIG + DAN) - STEPPENWOLF
9. WHIPLASH - A. MOCHI
10. WIWY - DUSTY KID
11. ALPHA BAGUERA - STEVE ANGELLO
12. TAPPED UP - OUTSIDER
BUY the OUTSIDER E.P NOW on Exclusive from BEATPORT:
https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/203677/outsider_ep
Lee Coombs DETOX + REMIXES from Light & Dark
Hot on the heels of his Light & Dark album which has been yet another highlight of a superb career, Florida-based Lee Coombs and Lot49 deliver the DETOX package featuring remixes from Meat Katie, Trent Cantrelle, Access Denied and Burufunk.
Detox, the second track on Light & Dark, is a no holds barred monster of a dancefloor cut and is a powerful example of tech-funk at its best. As you’d expect with Coombs, pounding kicks, visceral acid lines and unnerving vocal samples all vie for attention but it’s the huge, hip-hop drop in Detox which pushes it into the stratosphere.
As always with the Lot49 crew, there's been little scrimping on the remixes too. Mark Meat Katie Pember takes a break from an incessant DJ schedule and Lot49 A&Ring to deliver yet another standout remix in his catalogue of standout remixes! His interpretation evolves from a 1 note hat and snare loop into an ’is it house, is it breaks?’ tech-funker he’s renowned for. A tweaky, sliding b-line with a warped key shift does all the work while heavy snares, synth percussion and the original’s vox samples create a dense soundscape. Vintage stuff..
Trent Cantrelle is up next and shows exactly why he’s established himself through remixes for the likes of Subliminal, Little Mountain and Renaissance over the years. Filtered FM stabs, acid licks and beats and bass are all Cantrelle needs to push Detox further into anthem territory â?" and that’s exactly what he does.
Penultimately, Russian breakbeat upstarts Access Denied deliver one of the freshest examples of the genre this year with a snarling yet melody flecked rub with an emphasis on groove. Things are only just kicking off for these guys and if this is anything to go on, it’d be foolish not to keep an eye on them.
Last, but certainly not least, is Burufunk who take the breaks batton from Access Denied and run with it, injecting some saw-tooth funk into proceedings and squeezing every last drop out of the track with a nifty tempo-adjusted breakdown.
To listen to "Detox" go to http://soundcloud.com/lot49/sets/detox
OUT NOW on Beatport https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/201657/detox
To listen to "Light & Dark" go to http://soundcloud.com/lot49/sets/lee-coombs-light-dark
OUT NOW on Beatport (www.beatcom.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/197586/light_and_dark)
OUT NOW at a special price: http://www.chemical-records.co.uk/sc/servlet/Info?Track=LOT49CD008
Also available to buy from itunes
LOT49 COMPETITION
Welcome to the New Lot Competition for all you unsigned producers out there. We will try and keep this brief and to the point as you only have four weeks recording time - and every minute counts!
What you need to do is quite simple - write an extraordinarily good, original piece of dance music.
There will be 14 finalists chosen by our resident producers (see artist page on www.lot49.co.uk).
If you are chosen you will then go on to the next stage - this means you are already a winner and you are guaranteed a release on Lot49 as part of the New Lot compilation and you will receive a selection of goodies from our very kind sponsors.
From here you will be voted on by our panel of world class DJ/Producers who will pick out ONE winner for the TOP PRIZE
JUDGES
James Zabiela
Steve Mac
Timo Maas
D Ramirez
Orbital
TOP PRIZE
Lot49 Recordings 3 E.P. Deal
KOMPLETE 6 - Native Instruments
All 10 titles from the Loopmasters ARTIST Series
All 24 titles from the Loopmasters ORIGIN Series
Soundcloud PRO Max Yearly Account
Ableton Live 8 Software Package
Also the winners EP will be mastered at the legendary Wired Masters Studio in London by Kev Grainger who has worked with the likes of Steve Angello, Bjork, Erick Morillo, Gilles Peterson and Gary Numan to name but a few.
FINALISTS
Inclusion on Lot49 Recordings New Lot Compilation for release early 2010
Soundcloud PRO Max Yearly Account
Any 3 titles from the Loopmasters ARTIST Series (excluding Deadmau5 Xfer)
HOW TO ENTER
1) Go to www.lot49.co.uk competition page and register with your email, artist name and country
2) Submit up to three separate tracks with them clearly labeled by artist and title in the following format [Artist_Title.wav] to our competition Dropbox
The competition starts Nov 1st and ends Dec 1st.
No entries submitted after this date will be eligible.
The winner will be announced on this site on December 14th 2009.
** keep checking www.lot49.co.uk for updates on LOT49 events**
SOUNDCLOUD
If you do not yet have an account with soundcloud, go do it right now, its a great way to access upfront music.
If you have demo's please fire them over to us via the soundcloud dropbox: http://soundcloud.com/lot49/dropbox
To hear forthcoming Lot49 material way before anyone else check out: http://soundcloud.com/lot49
FACEBOOK
So we have eventually got our asses in gear and sorted a Lot49 Facebook group:
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=43904946897
Click and join people!!!
LOT49 DIGITAL
OK so Chemical Records have beaten everybody to it with getting the entire Lot49 back catalogue online and available for download.
Hola !!! NOW ON BEATPORT EXCLUSIVE !! OUT on 21th of November - ELEKTRONIK PIPE E.P. - Lady Packa and Dirty Drop Family Remixers - Dirty Drop 013 ( IT ) - Tech-Breaks Listen to it in myspace´s player !
