Nadastrom

I hate it when I discover great new producers and realise, that they aren't really that new at all and have been knocking about a while, forcing me to clamber about trying to catch up with what they have done previously, which is exactly what I am having to do now having discovered the American producers Nadastrom.

I had never heard of them before until hearing my boy Mele's mix for Sinden on Kiss Fm, where he started with their devastating remix of 'Bombay', which is an absolute certainty to be caned throughout the summer and will no doubt be a festival favourite.

After investigating a lot of their older stuff it became clear their past releases from 2007/2008 sounds pretty dated now, with a very big Fidget influence going on. However in the last 2 years Nadastrom seem to have grown into genre switching producers in fine style, with their fresh, modern sounding takes on various scenes, including their great remix of 'Juke Dat Girl' by Chicago Juke hero DJ Gant.



Nadastrom can certainly switch styles up and have a very clean sound to their production, and by the looks of it their profile has continued to rise and rise over the past 3 years, and they look well on their way to becoming big big names beyond their home country.

I've been looking high and low for some Nadastrom DJ mixes but they seem quite hard to come across, although I did manage to find this 30 minute mix taken from a live show at a night called Killer Kitsch held in Glasgow. Unfortunately theres only a quarter filled in tracklist to go with it that isn't really worth putting up, but its a great half hour indicator of Nadastroms sound.


Nadastrom - Live @ Killer Kitsch (Mediafire) 

Hot City

Another producer to rant on about this post, and yet another one who's sound is difficult to lump into one specific category, fusing a whole host of influences from a plethora of scenes to create something that sounds incredibly fresh.

Hot City is another producer to have emerged from the huge melting pot that is London 2010, and in what seems to be becoming a more popular trait, is a producer with a sense of mystery around him. In theory, Hot City essentially makes House Music, but there is so much more going on with his sound its difficult to tie him down in that genre.

One immediately noticeable production trait of Hot City is the exquisiteness of his vocal cut's that he uses, at times employing them along with his incredibly catchy synth lines to create what sounds like the perfect merging of jackin Chicago House, skippy 2-Step & Garage and mad as you like Old Skool Rave, whilst keeping a close tie to the post Dubstep movement, all done with a sprinkling of that most vital ingredient, fun (there's even a track which has what sounds suspiciously like a Donk in it!).

Its a really hard sound to explain without sounding too much like a rambling tit, so your best off just listening to the stunning mix Hot City did recently for the XLR8R Podcast, packed full of fresh exclusives. Be careful listening to it in public though, it took all my strength to stop myself jumping up and dancing like a tit whilst listening to it on the bus the other day.

Hot City - XLR8R Podcast(Mediafire)

01. Hot City “What Am I Doin”
02. Terrence Parker “Why After All This” (Seventh Sign)
03. Karizma “Neccessarry Maddness” (R2)
04. Justin Martin “Beat That Bird With a Bat (Donk Boys Remix)” (Dirtybird)
05. DJ Zinc “Because” (Bingo)
06. Mike Dehnert “Umlaut2 (Levon Vincent NY Basement Mix)” (Clone)
07. Shams “Watch You Foam at the Mouth and Try to Swim Today” (Vicious Pop)
08. Cubic Zirconia “Josephine (Egyptrixx Remix)” (Don’t Cry)
09. Grevious Angel “Move Down Low (VIP Mix)” (Soul Jazz)
10. Hot City “Another Girl”
11. Tolfrey/Ramirez “Bounce To Me (Lauhaus Remix)” (Phonica)
12. DJ Assault “In The Club”
13. Black Box “Ride On Time (Zombie Disco Squad Remix)” (AATW)
14. Jay Robinson & Screama “Down (Original Mix)” (Monkey Beats)
15. The 2 Bears “Be Strong” (Southern Fried)
16. Nochexxx “Sandspur”
17. Jodey Kendrick “Dirt Devil” (Rephlex)
18. Jimmy Edgar “B There” (Hypercolour)
19. SBTRKT “Laika” (Brainmath)
20. Harmonimix “A Milli” (Harmonimix)

Bonus Beat:-

Monarchy - The Phoenix Alive (Hot City Remix)

Daniel Steinberg

Having only really started a love affair with House Music properly in the past 3/4 years, and with having a mountain of new music to catch up with from various other genres, it can sometimes be hard for me to keep up with all that is going on in what is probably the most popular Dance Music genre on the planet.

I do try my best to keep up to date with things and now and again find a producer or artist that reaffirms my disappointment in not starting my love affair with the genre earlier, producers like Daniel Steinberg.

I can't really give too much information on Steinberg's history or biography as he seems to be one of those producers who is much more well known on the continent and seems to play his trade on European shores. I can however share the music that has brought me to his attention and incited me to do this post.

Its safe to say that Steinberg's productions have a very unusual quirkyness about them, one production trait of his being his undoubted talent to incorporate strange and wonderful samples and loops from old and obscure records alongside his tight as you like percussion. For an example of what I mean take a listen to his quite simply BRILLIANT track 'Rush Me', sort of a per cursor to the Gramophonedzie style tracks which have become so popular of late.



Again, information on Steinberg is quite hard to find with him being a virtual unknown to most House music heads in the UK who aren't devout trainspotters of the genre, and mixes by him are apparently hard to come by as well, although I did manage to find a set recorded live in January at somewhere named Funkwerk (what country Footwerk is in I couldn't tell you!), which I have made available to download below, be sure to check him out!

Daniel Steinberg Live @ Funkwerk [30.01.10] (Mediafire)

Tensnake

I don't know much about Tensnake, only that he is German, he produces mainly Disco orientated music, and that he has made what is in my mind going to be the biggest tune of Summer 2010.

My mates Cosmic Boogie & Andy Mac from Archive/Cream have been ranting on the past couple of weeks non stop about a track entitled 'Coma Cat', and after some investigation and checking it out, I am absolutely fucking HOOKED.

A tune with 'Ibiza & Festivals 2010' written all over it if ever there was one, this will be a slow burner, but watch it grow and grow after its release next week, and keep an eye on Tensnake, who is definitely a producer to keep an eye on in the future.