Turntable Radio – December 06 podcast

Time has come for the last podcast of 2006. We’re continuing the same way we started by bringing you more exclusives and brand new tracks from around the world.
We’ve got new tracks from Tigerstyle, Astro, Birdy Nam Nam, Waxfactor, Insideamind and NozL as well as new tracks from recent releases by Lamont, C-Mon & Kypski, Danny Breaks and Nick Nack. And then we’ve got exclusives from Bungalow Zen, 2tall & Clockwork as well as a Ninja Tune special with new tracks from Yppah, Kid Koala and the excellent D-Styles remix of Busdriver.
So get stuck in as we’re bang in time for the festive season you can enjoy the podcast with a hangover and full stomach. Remember you can subscribe to the podcast with your podcatcher of choice, find us in iTunes as well as all the good podcast directories. If you’re having issues subscribing to the show then hit up the links on the right hand side for more info.
We’ll be back in the new year with a new location as mentioned before – Turntable Radio is relocating to Japan, Tokyo to be exact. And the show will be taking on a slightly different format, still brought to you in podcast. Look out for some more detailed news regarding this move and change to format real soon.
Until then though enjoy the podcast and a good festive season to all our listeners worldwide! The show wouldn’t exist without you guys. And a massive thanks once more to all the artists and labels who have supported Turntable Radio in the last year, sent us music and generally helped keep the high standard of the show.

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December 06 podcast playlist

2tall – TTR Intro
Waxfactor feat. 2tall – Blast On Call – Needlework Records, needleworkrecords.com
Insomniac feat. Ricci Rucker – Good Day – Soothsay Records, soothsayrecords.com
Lamont – Senses Overloaded – Real Tablist, taken from the ‘Senses Overloaded EP‘ out now, bleep.com/needlework
Danny Breaks – Hand Exercise pt1 – Alphabet Zoo
Astro – Correct Technique – Unreleased
Tigerstyle – Tables for Two – Unreleased, djtigerstyle.com
Yppah – Ending With You – Ninja Tune, taken from the debut album ‘You Are Beautiful At All Times’ out now, ninjatune.net
NozL feat. Mala (Parallel Forces) – Sharp Star Mumbles – NozL Recordings, taken from the debut EP, ‘The Man Who Brought Us Here Has Vanished’ out now, nozl.co.uk
Bungalow Zen – Do you Know? – TTR exclusive, taken from forthcoming debut album, myspace.com/bungalowzen1
Busdriver – Avantcore (D-Styles Remix) – Ninja Tune, ninjatune.net
Lamont – Amnesia Walls – Taken from ‘Truth About Pan’s Sons’ compilation, download at thegrooveofsatyre.com
C-Mon & Kypski – Chemical Mixture – Jammm, taken from the album ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ out now, c-monandkypski.nl
2tall & DJ Clockwork – Style Catalogue – TTR Exclusive
Kid Koala – Slew Test 1 – Ninja Tune, taken from the album ‘Your Mom’s Favourite DJ’ out now, ninjatune.net
Insideamind – Laughing life – Insideamind, taken from the debut EP out now, insideamind.net
Birdy Nam Nam feat. D-Styles and Mike Boo – Il y a Un Cauchemard Dans Mon Placard – Uwe, birdynamnam.com
Nick Nack – Beat Drop – Super Bro Records, taken from the ‘Beat Drop’ EP out now, crowdcontrolrecords.com

2tall & Lamont – Senses Overloaded EP and tour dates

2tall & Lamont’s latest collaboration, and the first EP release on Real Tablist records, is finally available. ‘Senses Overloaded’ sees the duo join forces to deliver 7 tracks of inspired music – 3 from each artist and one joint collaboration. The EP has been in the works for a while and is available to buy now from Needlework records’ Bleep.com page as a digital release pack. The CD release will be handled by Real Tablist and should be out in all good shops and online stores in the new year. The tracklisting is as follows:

1: Perpetual patterns – 2tall
2: Senses Overloaded – Lamont
3: Winding down – Lamont
4: First inspiration – Lamont
5: Senses Overloaded (2tall remix) – 2tall
6: Thought police – 2tall/Lamont
7: Glowstick justice – 2tall

Regular listeners of the show will be familiar with some of tracks, as we’ve already previewed ‘Perpetual Patterns’ and ‘Senses Overloaded’ – and for those who missed out you best get your downloading on. Support has also been coming from radio shows in Germany, France, US and the UK. You can also expect to see reviews popping up online in various blogs and some print magazines. You can listen to previews of the tracks on the bleep.com page as well as on the myspace.com page.

If you’re in search of some good, honest and refreshing music than you could do worst than to get your hands on this baby. Especially if you’re new to the work of these two producers and tablists.

Senses Overloaded – Live Beat Creation tour

To support the release of the EP, the guys will embark on a tour in the new year. Dates are unconfirmed at the moment though residents of Belgium and Holland can expect live shows in their areas from March onwards and the guys will also hit up festivals in the spring. Check realtablist.com for more up to date info in the new year.

The live tour takes the EP on the road – but more than that, it takes the music the guys create in the studio as the basis for a live show that encompasses new ideas and offers a different and entertaining audio-visual experience. As Lamont explains:

“The goal is to create great music with equipment like turntables, laptops, midi controllers, drum machines, percussion and synthesizers. All of Lamont’s and 2tall’s composed music is re-created live on stage using hardware and software loopers and effects units.
Teknar Visuals join the line-up as well to provides visual support during the musical performance. Seven cameras are placed on stage to film Lamont and 2tall in action. Teknar Visuals mixes the filmed performance in REAL TIME and adds other images on screen. The main purpose of the visual support is to show the audience what 2tall and Lamont are doing on stage …in full detail.”

Finally while you’re grabbing the Senses Overloaded EP over on bleep.com be sure to check ‘The Death of Memory’ by 2tall, “3 songs from the period just after Shifting Tides was written. Jim was working with new equipment, and bringing in new ideas from recent inspirations and unearthed sounds. These songs were previously only available as a bonus CD with the Shifting Tides release, but are now available for sale through bleep.com.”

And as taster of the live show here’s 3 youtube videos that will give you an idea of what you can expect when these guys hit a town near you:

Xmas giveaway winners

This year saw our biggest ever giveaway, a real extravaganza with 6 different competitions offering everything from dj equipment to records, cds, tapes and more.

But like most things in life not everyone can be a winner – well you are all really as the picture above says, but in reality the bank account couldn’t take it. And so here’s the list of the winners. All winners have been contacted, but if for some reason you haven’t received an email then please drop me a line so we can sort it out. All prizes are being sent in the next 2 days.

Thanks to everyone who took part and look out for more competition in the new year.

Xmas giveaway extravaganza winners:

• Eclectic Breaks & Stanton giveaway: Benjamin Ewins
• The Inside/Norm Rex giveaway: Juuso Ritari and Kamil Rosol
• NozL giveaway: Ulf Eide and Dennis Tjoengf
• Dj Klock giveaway: Yiu Yue Hin Derek
• Needlework Records giveaway: Bryan Murphy
• TTR and Spin Science goodies bag giveaway: Jacob Meyer and Manystylz

Le Jad – Nervous Shock

French producer Le Jad made his ‘debut’ in the scratch/DJ community last year with his first break record, ‘Doll’s Break’ co-produced and arranged with Or D’Oeuvre, a french tablist and battle DJ. The record itself wasn’t anything revolutionary or amazing, however it contained some banging beats and was overall an ‘above standard’ break record, refreshing amongst the sea of sameness you hear when it comes to battle breaks.

Hell it was so refreshing that Jad went on to co-produce Netik’s winning 2006 DMC sets (France and World) – a nice addition to any calling card. He also worked closely with Troubl, who finished second at DMC World Supremacy, and continues to work with Or D’Oeuvre. If anything Jad is likely to be remembered for bringing a refreshing idea and approach to battling – that of co-producing sets to ensure that everything you hear is actually the DJ’s own (or Jad’s). No more using the same tired breaks, just get your sets produced or co-produce them, press the records et voila, a bit of fresh air and difference brought to the battle scene.

Anyways moving on, Le Jad is now releasing his second break record, ‘Nervous Shock’, this time with some help from Ortofon and Hand-Control in France – an interesting partnership to say the least. The new record offers more of Jad’s twisted take on electronic music – kinda like someone taking the best (or worst depending on where you stand) of techno, jungle and hardcore and blending it to make it more turntablist friendly. On offer are beats, scratch sentences, drum sequences and skip proofs containing rave synths, techno drums (some bordering on the Thunderdome, which again might leave some people a little perplex) and some more classic sounds. The whole thing has been arranged and sequenced by Jad and so while it may sound a bit deja vu, you can rest assured it’s as fresh as it can get.

You can get a taste of what’s on offer at the following link http://www.hand-control.com/lejad/indexenglish.htm, just click on the Flash player and check the press release and explanations from Jad.

Our copy is somewhere in the post so we’ve not had time to check it properly yet, but seeing as Jad’s ‘Doll’s Break’ was one of our favourite records of 2005 it’s fair to say that this one is likely to rank quite highly.

The record should be out and available in all good record stores and online shops in the next month. More info at hand-control.com and ortofon.com.