Major Lazer is a fictional animated character who (according to press releases) fought as a Jamaican commando and lost his arm in a secret zombie war in 1984. He fights vampires and various monsters, parties hard, and has a rocket-powered hoverboard.
Made up of DJs Diplo and Switch, the two were introduced after working with M.I.A.. The duo's first album, "Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do" was released on June 16, 2009 on Downtown Records. It was recorded in Jamaica at Tuff Gong Studios. Vocalists such as Santigold, Vybz Kartel, Ward 21, Busy Signal, Nina Sky, Amanda Blank, Mr. Vegas, Turbulence, Mapei, T.O.K, Prince Zimboo, Leftside and others contribute guest vocals to the album, as well as additional production from Afrojack and Crookers.
http://www.myspace.com/majorlazer
This Voltergeist remix is a white label. Original copyright belongs to Downtown Records. Download it as a .wav file from Soundcloud, get in line, and let me see your bestest wind...
http://www.myspace.com/thevoltergeist
http://tinyurl.com/voltergeist-on-facebook
MAJOR LAZER - Pon De Floor (Voltergeist Version) by microraverecords
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Thursday, 8 October 2009
*ZE BULA REMIX EP* on Akwaaba!!!
Really good news this morning after a rough couple of months at Microrave HQ. Just found out that the tracklist for the new Akwaaba Music & Mad Decent joint release "Ze Bula Remix EP" has been announced, and features the Voltergeist remix along with 5 other crackers.
It's very encouraging news, and has got me feeling positive about music again!
It's very encouraging news, and has got me feeling positive about music again!
Thursday, 27 August 2009
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
Monday, 3 August 2009
Emotiquon: August "Madison" Mix 2009
Poster by JK Dodd 2008Part One of August's Emotiquon Special! This is the original recording of debut Emotiquon DJ set @ Madison's (way back in January 2008) in their hometown of Ayr, Scotland.
TRACKLISTING:
01 - TRENTEMOLLER - Take Me Into Your Skin - [Poker Flat]
02 - THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS - Come With Us - [Freestyle Dust]
03 - MODESELEKTOR - Happy Birthday - [bPitch Control]
04 - SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO - Hustler - [Wichita]
05 - JAMES ZABIELA & NIC FANCIULLI - No Pressure - [One + One]
06 - LES RYTHMES DIGITALES - Music Makes you Lose Control (LRD Remix) - [Wall Of Sound]
07 - GOLDFRAPP - Ooh La La (Benny Benassi Remix) - [Mute]
08 - CHRISTOPHER JUST - I'm A Disco Dancer (MISC Remix) - [International Deejay Gigolo]
09 - PLUMP DJs - System Addict - [Finger Lickin']
10 - DEKOY - High Rise (Dopamine Remix) - [Diverted Traffic]
11 - THE BLACK DOG - Wishing Well (Beloved's Go Deep Mix) - [Hydrogen Dukebox]
12 - RADIOACTIVE MAN - Do The Radioactive - [Rotters Golf Club]
13 - SUBSTANCE, VAINQUEUR - Emerge (British Murder Boys Remix) - [Scion Versions]
14 - DAFT PUNK - Burnin' - [Virgin]
15 - ALLOY MENTAL - We Have Control - [Skint]
16 - AGARIC - Goose Step - [Raum...musik]
17 - TIN TIN OUT feat TONY HADLEY - Dance With Me (Sharp Mad House Remix) - [VC Recordings]
Recorded and mixed by Shaun Dowse & James Rehill on 25th January 2008.
Thursday, 2 July 2009
July Podcast: 2 HOUR SPECIAL - RSI Radio Show with guest DJs Marcel Heese and Voltergeist!
Written by Kenny Breaks, host of RSI Radio:
"Guys!
Got an absolute stormer of a show lined up this week, well if you're into fresh underground techno that is!
On the warm up we've got Voltergeist. A fellow Ayrshire lad who's been making electronic music for 15 years and now runs his own label, Microrave Records. He managed to get some attention with a track featured on Future Music magazine back in July 1998, alongside Autechre, Dave Angel, Kevin Saunderson and Funk D’ Void. He developed his live performance skills by playing at numerous Student Unions and clubs around Glasgow and Edinburgh. In 2003 he met Emotiquon co-writer James Rehill and together they went on to remix artists such as Heaven 17, Enter Shikari & Shitdisco.
The music of Voltergeist is inspired by his love of deep house, abstract electronica, minimal techno, and heavy “blissed-out” dub music. Living in the heart of the Ayrshire countryside is also a major inspiration, surrounded by beautiful woodland waterfalls, rolling hills, and dramatic sunsets on the West Coast over the Isle of Arran. Sound good? You'd better believe it!
http://www.myspace.com/thevoltergeist
(Get exclusive free remixes and tracks) - http://www.ilike.com/artist/Voltergeist
TRACKLIST:
01 - random flute sample with delay
02 - Deadbeat - Right As Rain - {~Scape}
03 - Zoviet France - Stainless - {Tramway}
04 - sample from the movie "Abyss"
05 - A.N.R. - Rockers Rising (sample) - {Planet Dog}
06 - Deadbeat - Mecca Drum Jack - {Wagon Repair}
07 - Zoviet France - Stainless (reprise) - {Tramway}
08 - Ben Neville - Petid - {Telegraph}
09 - Daniel Stefanik - Reactivity 3 - {Statik Entertainment}
10 - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun (sample loop)
11 - Der Tahl - Puston - {Trenton}
12 - AFX - Ktpa1 - {Rephlex}
13 - Circlesquare - Dancers (Konrad Black remix) - {K7}
14 - Chris Morris - Club News (sample) - {Warp}
15 - Kreon - Drum My Scene - {Robsoul}
16 - Queen Atom - Enemy Of Time - {Dumb Unit}
17 - GusGus - Add This Song (Voltergeist 'Throbbing Heart Of Dark Desire' Mix) - {Kompakt}
18 - Carlos Anaya & Balankin - Say Yes - {Zua}
19 - Voltergeist - Bones - {Microrave}
20 - sample from the movie "Apollo 13"
21 - Club Rayo - Shooting (Afro Rare Instrumental) - {Low Pressings}
22 - Ilario Alicante - Living Near Africa - {Cecille}
23 - Robert Babicz - Aural (Vocal Mix) - {Treibstoff}
24 - Pereeskop - Pripyat Ghost-City (Jack O' Lantern Mix) - {Underground Ukraine}
25 - Voltergeist - Solarium (Emotiquon Mix) - {white label}
Mixed, produced and recorded by Voltergeist on 17th June 2009
When I was arranging Smear's mix for the radio a while back he mentioned to me that he knew Marcel Heese and he'd be keen to do an exclusive for us too. Now, I know RSI is really all about local DJ mixes but I felt I couldn't pass up the opportunity and I have to say, the mix is pretty phenomenal.
Marcel Heese is a resident DJ at the now legendary German club, Tresor. He's an avid fan of Detroit, Chicago, Dub Techno, Ambient, Noise, Industrial, Breakcore and Dubstep to name a few and his current sets are an amalgamation of all those genres but in spite of such diversity he manages to keep them smooth and congruent.
In April 2008 Marcel became part of the prestigious Tresor Headquarters team, besides playing in Germany he has also visited a few foreign clubs in Poland and Slovenia.
His current favourite labels and artists are: Downwards, Counterbalance, Axis, Warp, Tresor, Sähkö, Token, Transmat, FXHE, Basic Channel/Maurizio, Mojuba, Tectonic, Redshape, Bitstream, Robert Hood, Planetary Assault Systems, Jamal Moss aka Hieroglyphic Being, Drexciya, Counterpart, Deepchord, Lerosa, Theo Parrish, Sleeparchive, Ostgut Ton, Sandwell District, Ancient Methods, 2562, Martyn, Vidab. Influences of all those can be heard in Marcel’s exclusive mix for Leith FM, he's chilled out a bit recently, decreased his BPM, adding to increased power in the groove.
http://www.myspace.com/fac303
TUNE IN TO RSI RADIO SHOW AT 11PM EVERY FRIDAY - http://www.leithfm.co.uk/listen/
or in the Edinburgh area on yer taxi driver's tranny at 98.8FM
HEAR THE SHOW ON THE MICRORAVE RECORDS JULY PODCAST:
"Guys!
Got an absolute stormer of a show lined up this week, well if you're into fresh underground techno that is!
On the warm up we've got Voltergeist. A fellow Ayrshire lad who's been making electronic music for 15 years and now runs his own label, Microrave Records. He managed to get some attention with a track featured on Future Music magazine back in July 1998, alongside Autechre, Dave Angel, Kevin Saunderson and Funk D’ Void. He developed his live performance skills by playing at numerous Student Unions and clubs around Glasgow and Edinburgh. In 2003 he met Emotiquon co-writer James Rehill and together they went on to remix artists such as Heaven 17, Enter Shikari & Shitdisco.
The music of Voltergeist is inspired by his love of deep house, abstract electronica, minimal techno, and heavy “blissed-out” dub music. Living in the heart of the Ayrshire countryside is also a major inspiration, surrounded by beautiful woodland waterfalls, rolling hills, and dramatic sunsets on the West Coast over the Isle of Arran. Sound good? You'd better believe it!
http://www.myspace.com/thevoltergeist
(Get exclusive free remixes and tracks) - http://www.ilike.com/artist/Voltergeist
TRACKLIST:
01 - random flute sample with delay
02 - Deadbeat - Right As Rain - {~Scape}
03 - Zoviet France - Stainless - {Tramway}
04 - sample from the movie "Abyss"
05 - A.N.R. - Rockers Rising (sample) - {Planet Dog}
06 - Deadbeat - Mecca Drum Jack - {Wagon Repair}
07 - Zoviet France - Stainless (reprise) - {Tramway}
08 - Ben Neville - Petid - {Telegraph}
09 - Daniel Stefanik - Reactivity 3 - {Statik Entertainment}
10 - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun (sample loop)
11 - Der Tahl - Puston - {Trenton}
12 - AFX - Ktpa1 - {Rephlex}
13 - Circlesquare - Dancers (Konrad Black remix) - {K7}
14 - Chris Morris - Club News (sample) - {Warp}
15 - Kreon - Drum My Scene - {Robsoul}
16 - Queen Atom - Enemy Of Time - {Dumb Unit}
17 - GusGus - Add This Song (Voltergeist 'Throbbing Heart Of Dark Desire' Mix) - {Kompakt}
18 - Carlos Anaya & Balankin - Say Yes - {Zua}
19 - Voltergeist - Bones - {Microrave}
20 - sample from the movie "Apollo 13"
21 - Club Rayo - Shooting (Afro Rare Instrumental) - {Low Pressings}
22 - Ilario Alicante - Living Near Africa - {Cecille}
23 - Robert Babicz - Aural (Vocal Mix) - {Treibstoff}
24 - Pereeskop - Pripyat Ghost-City (Jack O' Lantern Mix) - {Underground Ukraine}
25 - Voltergeist - Solarium (Emotiquon Mix) - {white label}
Mixed, produced and recorded by Voltergeist on 17th June 2009
When I was arranging Smear's mix for the radio a while back he mentioned to me that he knew Marcel Heese and he'd be keen to do an exclusive for us too. Now, I know RSI is really all about local DJ mixes but I felt I couldn't pass up the opportunity and I have to say, the mix is pretty phenomenal.
Marcel Heese is a resident DJ at the now legendary German club, Tresor. He's an avid fan of Detroit, Chicago, Dub Techno, Ambient, Noise, Industrial, Breakcore and Dubstep to name a few and his current sets are an amalgamation of all those genres but in spite of such diversity he manages to keep them smooth and congruent.
In April 2008 Marcel became part of the prestigious Tresor Headquarters team, besides playing in Germany he has also visited a few foreign clubs in Poland and Slovenia.
His current favourite labels and artists are: Downwards, Counterbalance, Axis, Warp, Tresor, Sähkö, Token, Transmat, FXHE, Basic Channel/Maurizio, Mojuba, Tectonic, Redshape, Bitstream, Robert Hood, Planetary Assault Systems, Jamal Moss aka Hieroglyphic Being, Drexciya, Counterpart, Deepchord, Lerosa, Theo Parrish, Sleeparchive, Ostgut Ton, Sandwell District, Ancient Methods, 2562, Martyn, Vidab. Influences of all those can be heard in Marcel’s exclusive mix for Leith FM, he's chilled out a bit recently, decreased his BPM, adding to increased power in the groove.
http://www.myspace.com/fac303
TUNE IN TO RSI RADIO SHOW AT 11PM EVERY FRIDAY - http://www.leithfm.co.uk/listen/
or in the Edinburgh area on yer taxi driver's tranny at 98.8FM
HEAR THE SHOW ON THE MICRORAVE RECORDS JULY PODCAST:
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