BIOGRAPHY
The Zodiac Cartel ethos is simple.
‘Jackin’ House Music With A Techno Soul’.
It was late 2006 when the mysterious Zodiac Cartel burst onto the scene, with the shredding ‘Devil’s Music’ on Lot49, and the massive selling remix of Elite Force’s ‘Used & Abused’ on U&A Recordings. Both tracks sold in large quantities and immediately installed the Cartel as one of the ‘go-to’ producers in his field, with supporters such as James Zabiela, Crookers, Kissy Sellout & Sasha amongst the many A-listers supporting his prodigious career to date.
Whilst some have him pegged as a ‘fidget’ producer, there’s a lot more depth on offer in his productions, and a broad & diverse range of remixes this year has served to showcase his virtuoso production skills. Remixes have ranged from the deep & druggy (remixes such as Butter Party – Wriggle (Dark & Deep Mix), Harvey Mackay – Reflex) to the peaktime & anthemic (Fukk Off – Rave is King / Rennie Pilgrem – Drumma) to the wonky (Elite Force – Jack The Joint / Sawtooth Suckas – Ordinary Girl). After a year of outstanding remix production work, he recently dropped the ravishing single, ‘Klappyn / Robots’ single to great commercial and journalistic acclaim.
So far he has protected his anonymity (as it’s no secret that he has a long and distinguished back catalogue of releases under other names & in other genres) in order to let the music alone do the talking; but as a highly experienced & technically gifted DJ in his own right, he is stepping out from the shadows and undertaking a series of DJ shows in 2009.
LATEST RELEASE OUT NOW!
Zodiac Cartel - Beyond The Dancefloor EP
[Wearhouse Music WEAR020]
Buy Now On Beatport
1. Beyond The Dancefloor
2. Beyond The Dancefloor (Bill Eff Remix)
3. Beyond The Dancefloor (RAYFLASH Remix)
4. Vudu
20 releases deep and still getting stronger by the month, Wearhouse Music is proud to release this amazing EP from the excellent Zodiac Cartel (just who is behind this slick production outfit?) Big crunchy beats, clippy house snaps and deep rave references are all present and correct in this excellent EP.
4 tracks; 2 original, 2 remixes all giving you a perfect snapshot of how the weekend should be sound tracked. Beyond The Dancefloor in its original and both superb Bill Eff & Japan's finest RAYFLASH mixes are on point and guaranteed to kick the bass bins to pieces. Vudu is a choppy number with sliced vocal stabs that groove this track right out. Slightly dark but builds, this is a future 6am anthem for sure!
Selected Feedback
"Vudu is cool, thanks :)"
James Zabiela
"OMG! Killer release, the Rayflash remix is
awsome! A real ace of spade track! Big
support from Norway!"
Aniki
"hot package, once again. You guys never
let me down, always something i love in the
package. The original for me."
Klaus Hill
"Beyond moves the dancefloor moves the best "
STEREO MC'S
"Nice bouncy fun for the dancefloor, liking Vudu too, thanks"
Hananah Holland
"zodiac cartel are always on point!"
Chibuku
Links to Sample/Buy
Beatport
iTunes
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Trackitdown
Weapons of Choice 2
"Delighted to wake up this morning and find that Zodiac Cartel will be hosting the second in his Weapons of Choice series as an exclusive with Noise Porn. These are a set of six 320kbps remixes which he’s giving away across the blogs, and the trend from first episode to second is promising!
Last time round, he took on Franz Ferdinand (check out the tune below), but this time it’s Santigold with L.E.S. Artistes. It’s been transformed into a cooler-than-cool track which pays homage to the laidback nature of the original but still has a rasping buzziness to it which keeps it dark and controlled. Certain dancefloor destroyer!"
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Sample ZC on Soundcloud
BEATPORT PLAYER
Browse through the beatport player for full back catologue and remixes from,The Subs, Lee Coombs, Rene Van Munster, Calvertron, Jesse Brooks, Death Kit, Fukkk Offf, Fine Cut Bodies, Butter Party, Jonathan Landossa, Lee Mortimer, Rennie Pilgrem, Harvey McKay, Butter Party and Elite Force.
For full discography and remixography click here!!
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