Joris Voorn Interview – Balance 14 Tour – Brisbane 2009

After the success of Voorn’s Easter Saturday appearance in 2008, Logic & Kana were quick to get the Brisbane leg of the Balance 14 tour nailed down and after a heavy dose of everything from disco, house and tech from Mike Redfern, bpm, Elliot Clarke and Fuzion, Voorn’s return appearance was set for something fairly monster.  Kicking things off with some of the quality deeper music he’s been throwing around for sometime the afternoon dynamics shifted seamlessly in to the darkness of sunset.

Three hours later we were left floorless.  The comments being thrown around and the intensity of the party rattled from one wall to the other, long after we left the venue.  There’s no doubt in our minds it was one of the best parties we’ve all been a part of so a huge thanks to Joris and most of all those who turned up!

Post-Party, Joris was kind enough to have a few words with Kris Swales, chief editor for Time Off, and we’ve attached it to the footage from the event.  Australia’s Techno and House scene definitely has something to be proud of and it’s only getting better.

See you all at the next party – thanks and all the best

Kana

Brisbane’s favourite techno demi-god Kazu Kimura has been keeping busy in Spain, his home away from home, over the last few years.  On his recent retrun to Brisbane we asked Kazu to share with Kana his pick of whats hot in techno at the moment.  You’ll find here a full frontal assault of upbeat industrial rhythms, deep hypnotic pulsing basslines and some funk thrown in for good measure – to be honest, we’d expect nothing less from the man on the leading edge of techno now would we??

01: Mark Broom & Brothers Vibe / Mind Feeling (youANDme Hirsch Edit)
02: Carl Craig / Angel (Jerome Sydenham Vocal Dub)
03: Planetary Assault Systems / Om The Def
04: Redshape / Blood Into Dust
05: Jerome Sydenham / Systematic Dub
06: Kyle Geiger / Ode to the Elders
07: Pfirter / Pickatwo (Remute Remix)
08: Dj Yellow / Sleep With Me (Wink Edit)
09: A.Mochi / Whiplash
10: Alan Fitzpatrick / Amsterdam (Heiko Haux Berlin Overdub)

Hi all,

We had similar streaming issues on Monday as previously when the Kana Show was down, unfortunately that means no show this week.

BUT its not all bad news, we have some more exciting posts coming this week with the ‘exclusive to kana’ tag!! Keep your eyes wide open and your ears bustin!

All the best,

Adam & the Kana crew

In the lead up to the Balance video interview coming to Kana shortly, Joris was kind enough to share his top 10 favourite unreleased tunes of the moment, exclusively for the Kana audience.

01.  Joris Voorn – We’re All Clean – Rejected (Unreleased)

- New track of my up coming Dusty House Room 2 EP.  It’s very disco, but it rocks every crowd I play it to.
It has a sample that goes One, Two, Three.. So some might recognise it from my recent sets.

02.  Dosem – Beach Kisses (Joris Voorn Green Mix) – Green (Unreleased)

- The next EP on my own Green label, with my own remix of Dosem’s beautiful Beach Kisses track. It’s a bit edgy, in the sense that it sounds a little trancy, but with an open mind without predudice this is a great track!

03.  Edwin Oosterwal – Dusty House Room 3 – Rejected (Unreleased)

- Edwin’s secret tapes coming to live on the dancefloors… More about this soon!

04.  Deetron – Maindish – Music Man (Unreleased)

- Very strong new track from my good friend Deetron. This brings the soul back into techno!

05.  Steve Bug - Swallowed Too Much Bass (Joris Voorn Too Much Tape Delay Mix) – Poker Flat (Unreleased)

- Recent remix I did for Steve Bug, has a groovy basis, with a memorable break! Not much more than a nice tool, but very effective!

06.  Joris Voorn – Chase The Mouse – Rejected (Unreleased)

- The other track of my upcoming Dusty House EP. Summer tune….

07.  Samuel L Session – Can You Relate (Joris Voorn Flooding The Market With Remixes) – Soma Recordings

- Slightly ironic remix I did for SLS.

08.  Joris Voorn – Spank The Maid – Rejected (Unreleased)

- Spank it! Again, Dusty House music…

09.  Rejected – Peanut – Figure (Unreleased)

- A track Edwin and me have been working on 2 years ago, only got release just now, that’s how things go these days. Still works pretty well on the dancefloor though!

10.  Dj Madskillz – Tiramisu – Remote Area (Unreleased)

- Madskillz is mad, that’s all I can say..

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Just wanted to say thanks for being so patient with the lack of content these last two weeks.¬† I will be back in London about April 16th and things will be back as normal with the Kana Show on Monday 20th April. In the meantime I will endeavor to post up some more articles next week and the recording from the Mix Up show if you miss it tonight…. but that’s no excuse not to tune in now is it

Cheers

Adam

Triple J tonight

With his own productions featuring in the Kana Show on several occasions, it is no suprise that Richard Belsom, head of London-based Phobic Records, would be our first Feature Artist. A great producer, energetic DJ and all round top bloke, Richard has been working tirelessly for over 13 years to develop his craft. His new label, in partnership with Claire Ripley, kicked off to a great start at the end of 2008 with great releases from Harnessnoise, Sona Sound and more recently with Border Communiy’s Avus. If you like laid back grooves or enjoy the deep hypnotic rhythms of minimal through to chugging tech house, breaks and techn, then Richard is definitely someone to look out for.

As promised, Richard has prepared an exclusive mix for your listening pleasure.

Tracklisting:

01. Skat – Firefly’s

02. Peace Division – Revival

03. Ekkohaus – Soulshine

04. Claire Ripley – Utopia

05. Justin Margovan – From The Beginning [Phobic Records]

06. Matthias Meyer & Patlac – Salt City

07. Tom Clark & Daniel Dreier – 13 Cookies

08. M.N.L. & Jhon Doe – Blueberry (Alex Young Tutti Frutti Mix)

09. Peace Division – Freak It

10. Josh Wink – Counter Clock 319

11. Sona Sound – Nervous Breakdown (Inxec Remix) [Phobic Records]

12. Dave Aju – Crazy Place

BIO:

Originating from Maidstone in Kent, a town famed for generating an influx of talent currently flooding todays dance scene, Richard Belsom has established himself as one of the UK’s finest up and coming DJ’s/producers.

No stranger to the scene, his unquenchable passion for dance music stems from over a decade of treading the boards of various clubs and events across the globe. It was this passion that inspired Richard to combine his several years of classical music training with his love of dance music to fulfil a role that would place him on the other side of the turntables by becoming a DJ, producer, label partner in Cubism with Tony Thomas, and most recently starting his own Phobic Records label.

Richard’s love for mixing started back in ’95 at the tender age of just 16, spending every space penny on vinyl. After a few months practice Richard decided to apply his skills to a live audience and got a residency at a local U18’s party, this was to earn him alot of experience and learning opportunity over the 3 years he held the residency. Eventually deciding that weekends were far too cherished for the likes of u18’s parties Richard left to pursue his other main passion Рclubbing. This is where he discovered his love for house music, totally inspired by dj’s like Sasha, Digweed, Danny Howells.

Since finishing in the semi finals of the Rhythm Clash DJ competition a few years back (held in association with Pioneer and Club Class), Richard’s portfolio has seen him go onto play some of the biggest clubs and festivals in the UK and Ibiza including Ministry of Sound in London, Stealth in Nottingham, The Gallery at Turnmills, the Electric Gardens Festival (to a 3000 strong crowd), Es Paradis and Bar M to name but a few, as well as securing residencies with no less than four club nights across the South East, as well as promoting his own Cubism events.

This portfolio doesnt just end there, seeing Richards success story go on to include warming up for or playing alongside some of the worlds finest artists including Peace Division, Layo & Bushwacka, Tom Middleton, Paolo Mojo, Ashley Caselle, King Roc, Nic Fanciulli, Klaus “Heavyweigt” Hill, Tony Thomas, The Electric Press, James Mowbray, Deepgroove, Simon Baker, Simon Morell, Luke Dzierzek, The Rogue Element, Elite Force, Precision Cuts and many more.

Richard describes his sound as ranging from laid back grooves, deep hypnotic minimal through to chugging tech house, breaks and techno. He also incorporates 3 cdj’s, keyboard, and Pioneer FX unit to push the boundaries of his sets to a new level.

Main influences include artists like Sasha, Danny Howells, James Zabiela, Justin Robertson, Peace Division, Nic Fanciulli, Paul Woolford, James Laville, Dave Clarke, Magda, Josh Wink, and Lee Burridge to name but a few.

On the production front Richard is constantly in the studio experimenting with sound and creating tracks around the genres he loves. His work has been signed to many labels including Jack Digitals, Bass For Breakfast, Ambiosphere, Cubic Records, New Era, Click Recordings, Send Records, Cubism, Evasive, Fragile Recordings, S.P. Recordings and most recently Oliver Huntemann‚Äôs Confused imprint with a huge remix from minimal giants Piemont. Richard‚Äôs production work has recieved support from various topjocks across the globe including Nic Fanciulli, Hernan Cattaneo, Paul Woolford, Yousef, King Unique, Goldfish & Der Dulz, Nicolas Masseyeff, Oxia, Spektre, Larsson, Jamie Mchugh, Tom Stephan, Deepgroove (Who reviewed Rhythm in M8 magazine), Oliver Huntemann, Bedrock legend Pole Folder who recently featured “Surrender” on his radio mix (80hz Sessions), and Tony Thomas who has just featured Drums Go on his forthcoming Cubism mix album. Recently Richard also won a remix competition judged by Global Underground star Anil Chawla and Paul Lancaster, for his remix of Anil‚Äôs track Fever (available now on Fragile Recordings).

In May 2007 Richard went into partnership with Tony Thomas in the Cubism record label. After a year working on Cubism, and 10 very succesful releases, Richard decided the time was right to set off on his own path and Phobic Records was born. Phobic will be concentrating more on pure underground music from deep house, minimal and techno with the label philosophy aimed at bringing the freshest sounds from the worlds greatest undiscovered talent alongside some of the finest established names in the scene. Already gaining support from some of the biggest DJ’s in the world including Steve Lawler, Nic Fanciulli, Audiojack, Tom Pooks, Smokin Jo, Toni Rios, Anil Chawla, Simon Baker, Harvey Mckay etc etc the label is set for huge success in 2008 and beyond.

For info, demo’s, remix enquieries or bookings e-mail belsom2@yahoo.com

Discography

I Play Music (Jack Digital)

Rhythm (Jack Digital)

Soundscape (Ambiosphere)

Surrender (Ambiosphere)

Enlightenment (Ambiosphere)

Turbulence (Cubic)

Devastator (Cubic)

Drums Go (Cubic)

Lethargy (Cubic)

Banshee (Confused Recordings)

Stomp (Erase Records)

Eye Of The Storm (Jack Digitals)

Shredder (Evasive Records)

First Light (Kitsam)

Black Sheep (Evasive Records)

Bad Acid (Unsigned)

Dad’s Home (Unsigned)

Escapism (Bass For Breakfast)

Demons (Evasive Records)

The Rage (Bass For Breakfast)

Caress Moi (Unsigned)

Remix’s

James Zabiela – Weird Science (Richard Belsom mix)

Claude Von Stroke – Deep Throat (Richard Belsom mix)

Anil Chawla – Fever (Richard Belsom Mix) (Fragile Recordings)

Lunacy Sound Division – Househeads Untied (Richard Belsom Mix) (New Era Records)

Lunacy Sound Division – House Muzica (Richard Belsom Mix) (New Era)

Tony Thomas – Double T (Richard Belsom Remix)(Cubism)

Sam Ball & Mark Gwinnett – Loca (Richard Belsom Remix) (Cubism)

Darien J – Vortex (Richard Belsom Remix) (Cubism)

Rhythm Code – Dont Stop (Richard Belsom Remix) (Cubism)

John Varney – Elektric Frequency (Richard Belsom Remix) (Cubism)

Carlos Fransisco – Raindancer (Richard Belsom’s Riders On The Storm Remix) (S.P. Recordings)

Lunacy Sound Division – Get With You (Richard Belsom Remix) (Cubism)

Dan Van Damn – Incarnate (Richard Belsom’s Hypnosis Remix) (Jack Digitals)

Access Denied – Massive (Richard Belsom’s LARGE remix) (Click Records)

Access Denied – Coconut Milk (Richard Belsom’s Milked Remix) (Send Records)

Tony Thomas – Cosmosis (Richard Belsom Remix) (Cubic Records)

Lunacy Sound Division – Suburban Zombie (Richard Belsom’s Walking Dead Remix) (Cubic Records)

Steve Linney – Straighten Out (Richard Belsom’s Bad Trip Remix) (Evasive Records)

Mike Healey – Oh Monkey You’re Mine (Richard Belsom’s Bad Monkey Remix) (Cubism)

Sam Ball & Anil Chawla – Daily Intake (Richard BelsomRemix) (Cubism)

Rob Mooney – Beehive (Richard Belsom Remix) (Bass For Breakfast)

In today’s evloving music scene there is so much music, so many labels, and even more dj’s & producers than ever before that it is quite challenging to stay on top of the ‘who’s who’ of house & techno. The simple task of laying down two tracks (which some people call DJ’ing) is becoming easier and easier, so much so that a 10 year old with A.D.D. could pull off an hour’s set without much trouble. Are these troublesome times? I think not. For the faster our music scene grows, inevitably the more truly talented artists we are all exposed to. As more and more people take to digital methods of performance, the more great new concepts and controllers are developed to meet these growing demands.

So in this vein, Kana have decided to take some of the ‘guess work’ out of the equation and share with our readers a few artists whom we feel demonstrate this tenacity to rise above the crowd, push the envelope and ultimately push our music scene into the future.

Keep an eye out for our “Feature Artist” posts in which you might find artists you know, and some perhaps you don’t. Every post will have an exclusive mix prepared for our Kana audience by the featured artist and an in depth bio to demonstrate why they might have pricked out attention.

From all of us here at Kana, we hope you enjoy the articles and definitely rock out to these special mixes.

Yours in music & good vibes,

Kana

Adam

 

Elliot Clarke might be best known to the club fraternity of Brisbane as the fresh-faced young gun who’s found regularly gracing the decks in some of the Valley’s best venues. Is there more to him than meets the eye, you ask? Absolutely! With many high-profile gigs over the past two years, Elliot has been making a name for himself in the underground dance music community, and all before the age of 23! There’s no doubt that talent, hard work and determination have been contributing factors, but others may simply attribute his success to plain and simple good luck. However, I was a little curious as to how he managed to hold down his residencies, as well as donning the hat as promoter for both Colours and Kana, alongside the additional pressure of a demanding day job.

Anyone who has experienced one of Elliot’s sets will agree with me when I say they’re always impressive. Expect them to be full of energy, featuring the freshest and funkiest tracks around (that mere laymen simply cannot find) and Elliot will keep you guessing throughout, as his style is very left of centre and far from predictable. “I guess I looked up to those older guys like Aphex, Mills and Claude Young for inspiration. They played a big part when I initially kicked off. I never compromise on the quality of the music. I’ve definitely been getting in to some of the more left field deep house sounds getting around which venues seem more than happy with,” says Elliot. Bypassing vinyl and going straight to CD, Elliot’s experience behind the CDJs and subsequently Ableton has allowed him to play the music he loves exactly as he wants it to be heard. Unable to make up his mind about whether his greater love is techno, minimal or left-field house, you’re likely to hear tunes from all schools of thoughts.

As Elliot grew in confidence and skill early In his career, so did his ability to read a crowd and know what was expected. What better way to give the punters what they want than to bringing in sought-after Internationals? Not to mention bringing In a little bit of creativity to the dance scene by promoting the sort of unique gigs that hadn’t otherwise been seen In Brisbane. Elliott knows he’s onto a good thing! “Promoting has always been another dimension, creating a fresh outlook on what’s happening around us. I can definitely speak on behalf of anyone who’s promoting quality house and techno in Brisbane that we definitely get a rush off looking around seeing people having a great time. That definitely makes the effort of promoting worth it”.

In the two years Elliot has been in the driver seat as a promoter, big things have happened in Brisbane. Colours parties kicked off at Empire early In 2008, featuring some of the best music on Brisbane’s techno and progressive scene. Under the Colours blanket, Elliot claims that pulling off a gig with the likes of Dave Pham and Mike Callander was one of the best nights of the eyar for him. Colours also co/hosted Alex Smoke, Pig & Dan and Supermayer earlier on in the year which proved to be so popular that the Empire reached capacity very early on in the day.

More recently Elliot co-founded The Kana Corporation. The name Kana doesn’t have any underlying meaning, Instead It’s a blanket term for different types of Japanese script. Elliot launched the ‘OK Kana’ parties In September last year alongside Adam Gillett who is now based in London and pushing the brand over there. The underground parties are at secretively chosen locations, disclosed to the attendants via SMS only a couple of hours before they take place. The parties themselves give people a chance to sit back and smile about something unique every now and then, as opposed to being stuck in a club so often. The details of the party are kept pretty tight to prevent over saturation. As romantic as it might sound, for a short few hours you feel like you’re part of something that no one else has experienced. Lugging so much through the inner city of Brisbane has its disadvantsges though. “I’m never pushing a bass bin with a broken wheel on to the Riverside walkway again though”, he says with a laugh.

As for what lies in store for the future, Elliot has already been a very busy beaver working alongside good friend Mike Redfern for Logic Events to plan an event – not only with a renowned artist but also creating a venue with a delightful twist. “First and foremost for Kana is Joris Voorn’s Balance 014 Launch from midday on Sunday 4th February. Bar Soma will play the host, however we’ll be creating something very different to a close crowd of no more than 200-250 people in the venue’s courtyard which will be completely transformed to accommodate this special event”. The prodigous Dutch guest Is the object of much affection on the ITM forums, especially after his last Brisbane gig. “Voorn’s energy behind the decks is brilliant,” Elliott asserts.”Having someone who can capture that rhythm without faulting is one in a million, Joris Voorn is one of those people. Having him tour on the back of aBalance release makes the event more intimate and special than what it might otherwise have been, which even then would be ridiculously hard to compete against.” As for Colours, the wait is only a week later on Friday February 13 for Colours’ first birthday! To indulge their loyal fans, Elliot and Fusion will present the musical treat of John Selway from the USA. On top of that, Elliot promises SCSI-9 on March 13 as another big party to not miss out on.

Elliot displays the passion of someone who wants to go places within the music industry. He loves his music and delivering a set to invoke similar feelings in his audience is paramount. But he acknowledges that he has reached this point with plenty of support. “Whether it’s Colours, Kana, Drop, Logic, Subtrakt or even Birdees on a Saturday afternoon, we’re being spoiled at the moment – make the most of it people!”

Interview conducted by Katie Dawson on behalf of InTheMix

 

Promoting a budget party? Looking for some retro wallpaper? Then look no further than this quick, free image rasterizer.

Basically, it allows you to upload an image of your choice and expand it into a printable multi-page PDF which you can then print at home to create a massive wall poster 3+ metres wide!

Awesome!

Here’s one we prepared for the Kana logo