For a long time and especially since the release of my “Starksy & Glitch EP” I’ve been getting a lot of emails asking if I could pass the release over to them. In some rare cases I will but more often I don’t. Anyway, it made me think.

Seems like the more successful a record is, the more people turn up trying to get it for free. And that is great, it means they are interested in it, they would like to have it, they would like to listen to it.

But clearly listeners are not aware of the possibilities a single piece of sale can bring to a recording artist. That may be no surprise – how would they know? It’s hardly common knowledge and maybe it doesn’t even have to be. But there’s so many things in life that we get to experience only one aspect of and therefore don’t get to appreciate it completely. Like a party event for instance. Many things to complain about, from the sound quality, through the amount of people that showed up or whether that live-act was more like a laptop DJ set with MIDI controllers to the size of the cloakroom, etc. However, unless someone has actually organised an event themselves, they probably have no idea about the diversity of factors that make or break a club night or series.

Truth is, a purchase can make or break the success of a release. Or it could mean a DJ booking to a city. Or a collaboration with an artist. Or all of those and more.

Either case, it has great potential – probably desired by the fans themselves.

So yea, it made me think. And I was fascinated by the thought that with such small input may come so much impact. Not sure listeners are aware of that.

What do you think?

Hey everyone,

Just really wanted to say thank you all for the massive support you’ve been showing lately.

I’ve been working very hard in the last year or so putting in a lot of effort to what I do but it feels just right and that it’s really worth it when I read through my emails and see some of you take the time just to drop by and say hi or or let me know you like what I do, or want to know when I’ll be on tour heading your way.

I’m getting a lot of love for doing what I genuinely like to do and it makes me feel humble and happy at the same time.

Thanks, hope to see you at some point and have a drink or two!

On behalf of Adapted Records & myself we’re happy to announce the
AMB – Spanner Scan remix competition!

*Rules/Regulations & Info*

There will be 3 remixes chosen and released along side Whitebear and Flavours, there will be a 1st | 2nd & 3rd place.

Judges will be Adapted Records & myself.

Awesome opportunity for the new or the experienced to remix a legends tune and get a release exclusive to Addictech.com

Deadline : 1st of August

All tracks have to be submitted here,
Stems and the Original tune here.

Good luck and Happy remixing!

There’s so much great music out there these days that I’ll try and regularly give you my top selection of the ones you can download for a price of your choice. Plus pick one favourite of my recently purchased ones. If there’s a compilation or EP/LP, I’ll intentionally give you only one track off it.

My first pick is a top quality tune by Atomic Reactor, great flow, awesome vibe, check it out:

Here’s one by Quanta on Enig’matik Records, carefully crafted sound design in a nice dubby flavour:

Vibeaquad‘s album’s second installment “Orphan Alien pt2″ is a seven-track beast that you can purchase on all good online stores as well as his own bandcamp site (name your price there btw), I recommend checking all of the tracks out, but here’s one of my favourite, Porky Pegasus:

The Blunt Intrument guys have been killing it a while, go snatch up their wicked Tool bootleg if you haven’t yet:

Been enjoying this tune “Lift Your Spirit” by Unlimited Gravity, you may have too as it’s got over 9k plays on Soundcloud where it’s been sitting for three months, now you can get it for just 2 bucks:

I’m really keen on this remix package of Mr. Bill’s Cerebellum Serenade to drop, I put up a preview of my version on Soundcloud but also wanted to give you guys the beginning, I quite like the atmosphere and the horns in it, check it out:

• Mr. Bill Cerebellum Serenade AMB remix start

Then it goes on to:

And a snapshot of the complete project:

So there you have it, landing in less than two weeks on 9th May on Adapted Records.

On the remix works are characters like Goosebumpz, Meat Axe, Crazy Daylight, Freddy Todd, Bran Richards, Blatwax, Doramey Rogers, and more.

Quite crazy actually. Yea, people see me, and they see the suit, and they go: “you’re not fooling anyone”, they know I’m rock and roll through and through. But you know that old thing, live fast, die young? Not my way. Live fast, sure, live too bloody fast sometimes, but die young? No. Die old.

Super excited about this one guys,

My next track on Simplify Recordings ‘Backbone Giggle’ with remixes by VibeSquaD and K Theory is now available on Beatport,

Go check it out and snatch it up if ya fancy, cheers everyone for the support!

I always find a bit of live-act to be a great cure for hangover. Recorded this one using Ableton Suite, Akai APC40, and a Maschine Mikro. If you like the music, you can download it from here:

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A little practice in the studio using NI Maschine Mikro. No loops used, all samples are one shots, a couple have got a bit of a pattern going.

After three days reading and watching just about everything I found on the internet on MIDI pad controllers, I finally made up my mind and got myself my first one, the Maschine Mikro.

Had a looong think between the Korg Padkontrol and the Maschine so I headed to the nearest store today and lined up both next to each other. I felt more confident about the Maschine, but it was only after checking the sample library and the software that I realised how good a decision I made. I mean, stuff by Amon Tobin, Matthew Herbert, Apparat, 7GB of quality samples all neatly organised.

Now would be a time to nest in the studio for a week or so and bang out a few tunes but life’s harsh, I got a load of assignments to mark. Anyway, here’s my first crack after firing up one of the presets, can’t wait to dive in deeper.

Going through my folder today where I collect stuff that need listening to and sorting, I had an idea.

There’s so much great music out there these days that I’ll try and regularly give you my top selection of the ones you can download for a price of your choice. Plus pick one favourite of my recently purchased ones. If there’s a compilation or EP/LP, I’ll intentionally give you only one track off it.

Here’s the first one, recently bumped into this guy heRobust, here’s one of his freebies on Saturate Records, fell in love with it instantly:

When mastering Cheese & Biscuits for Adapted Records (free compilation), I was blown away by the amount great tracks on there. One bassline that probably got more stuck in my head than others though was this one by Tar-Nay:

I love good titles, this one’s hilarious, plus the track’s elegantly lush. By Chris B:

I highly recommend snatching this one up by Bobby Tank:

This one’s more on the banger side by Akira Kiteshi:

Finally here’s the plus one, my recent favourite, an amazingly sweet tune by Thriftworks. You can listen to the full length track on Soundcloud and get it here on Beatport: