22
HOUSE
ISSUE 88 / 2016
EVENT PREVIEW:
ADAM BEYER B2B IDA
ENGBERG ALL NIGHT
LONG
The Drumcode power couple
are set to play an exclusive all
night long takeover at Ministry of
Sound on 16th July
With their signature back-to-back sets a staple in
their touring schedule, the newly-married couple
have graced some of the most respected stages
across the globe and count the likes of Awakenings
festival, DC10 and Space in Ibiza as hotspots, and
there b2b debut at Ministry of Sound is sure to be
just as crazy.
LWE, who have a longstanding relationship with
Adam and Ida, putting on their first UK Drumcode
show in 2010, are hosts for the night. The brand’s
keen attention to detail and Ministry’s incredibe
soundsystem is a match made in heaven. Danish
duo Anek and up-and-comers Solardo will provide
support on the night, playing three hour sets
respectively.
ONE TO WATCH: DJ
HARVEY IS HITTING IT
HARD!
He’ll be showing the kids how it’s
done.
The UK selector has a hefty couple of months
coming up this summer. He’s got two residences
secured, one at London and the other in Ibiza.
He returns to the white isle this summer after a six
week residency over their last summer. He builds on
that this year stepping it up to seven weeks, from
August till mid-September at the Ibiza R ocks House
at Pikes Hotel.
In addition to his Ibiza dates, he’ll be holding down
XOYO every Saturday in August, again, all night
long. His four week stint at XOYO is his first London
residence in 25 years!
ARTIST OF
THE MONTH: SHARAM
Sharam unveils his sophomore LP, Retroactive, seven years after the release of his
debut album Get Wild
One half of the legendary dance duo
Deep Dish, Sharam’s new solo album
continues to tell his story through a
retrospective look at his influences,
going back to the days when he first
discovered his love for dance music
in the underground club scene of
Washington DC.
Retroactive, a collection of tracks
that Sharam has held back waiting
to release as a cohesive concept,
revisits his roots, moving from early
80’s Giorgio Moroder-inspired disco
to futuristic and dark clubby cuts with
bass heavy sounds. Moroder himself
features on the heavily synthesised
‘Crazi Flute’, and other standout
tracks include the old-school opener
‘Arpi’; ‘Over You’, which borrows from
the thickly-vocoded productions
of the late 70’s; ‘The Photograph’, a
14-minute collaboration with Alex Neri;
and ‘Here Comes The Rain Again’, a
cover of the iconic 80’s Eurythmics
record, transformed into a dancefloor
dubplate.
“I never want my records to sound like
anyone else’s, and at the same time I
never want two of my own tracks to
sound the same,” Sharam explains.
“Every track is its own adventure, like
an individual ride in a theme park.
Each ride has to stand on its own, but
come together as one cohesive unit in
the context of the theme park. In this
case the theme park is a warehouse,
filled with hypnotic rides and emotional
rollercoasters, and I’ve retroactively
gone back to all those rides and
influences”.
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PLAYLIST
Here’s the house on our playlist this month:
DubLife (Alexkid Remix)
Riva Starr
In The Reds
Cirez D
Heartbeat (feat. Nathan
Nicholson (Technasia
Remix)
Claptone
Kinky Tail
Detlef