They came from a Distant Land...

Here's a tasty little dubstep treat from unknown entity Project Sapphire. The track is called "Distant Land"...and that's really all the information I have! Well, that and the fact that it's a bit of a banger!! Think a Benga-esque production with a sampled female vocal, alongside a deep-down and dirty bassline. Nice to find something new and unheard.

Project Sapphire - Distant Land

It Takes More Than A Blue Drink For That To Work...

So I check my inbox yeah, and found out that the system actually works... the word is getting around about the blog, and people are beginning to send me stuff. Mixes, remixes, tracks, photo's...the lot. It's good to know that new DJ's and artists take the initiative to get their stuff out there and take a chance. And I have to say, there is a LOT of good stuff coming out of the UK at the moment. Electronic music is crazy-hot right now, the big guns consistently deliver - but more importantly there is a scene of up-and-coming producers that are pretty much on the button, running their own nights and spreading the cheer of good tunes and party vibes throughout the land. I likes. Which brings me nicely to another southern head pressing said buttons...

Teen Symmetry (pictured) is a young, hip producer with all the right credentials... Hoodie? Check. Cap? Check. Haircut? Check. Trendy artwork? Check. Remixes under his belt? Check. Talent? Definitely.
He dropped me a line through Facebook no less with links to mixes and tunes, not for me... but for YOU! How very kind. After listening through the tunes on his Myspace, which I recommend, I can see similarities between what TS does with the likes of Drop The Lime, amongst others. And that ain't no bad thing. He makes the kind of music that's a little too fast to be house, a little too much fun to be techno, and not cheesy enough to be electro...yet takes elements from all three... the kind of music that makes the party go off. Ya get me? Plenty of loud and screechy sirens, stabs and synths. Here's an intro from the boy himself...

"Teen Symmetry is the musical incarnation of producer Erin Davies. After playing in bands since the age of 18, the now 21 year old has turned his hands to his laptop, midi mixers and keyboards. His sound blends dirty disco punk with dancey electro. Teen Symmetry has only been around since Febuary of this year and under this guise has already produced remixes of MSTRKRFT, Kylie Minogue, A1 bassline and Frank Musik.
Due to all this he has already played shows around his hometown Bournemouth and travelled around the UK playing shows with the likes of Hadouken! DJ's, Le Petit Pilous (Boys Noize), Foals, Alex Metric, Example, Crack your skull (Ibar), Ste-V-Something (We are your Friends)."

Not bad ey? Now for the proof...

Click HERE for a collection of some of Teen Symmetry's remixes!
And then click HERE for this mixtape...

Tracklisting:
1: Intro - Teen Symmetry
2: Messiah - Le castle vania vs Computer club
3: Summertime (Crookers remix) - Whiley
4: Detroit - The Bloody Beetroots
5: Electro 411 (Lies in disguise remix) - Shinichi Osawa (Teen Symmetry edit)
6: Thunderstruck (Crookers remix) - ACDC
7: Cocottic (Boys Noize remix) - Daft punk
8: Paris - MSTRKRFT (Teen symmetry's friendly edit)
9: Music sounds better with you - Stardust (Teen Symmetry edit)
10: Designer drugs (Designer drugs remix) - Fake shark real zombie
11: Hey you (Le Castle Vania remix) - Kill the noise
12: Mars - Fake Blood
13: Lo sforzo (La riots remix) - Ocelot
14: Bounce ft Nore (Felix Cartal remix) - MSTRKRFT
15: Club Action vs D.A.N.C.E (A1 bassline mix) - Yo Majesty & Justice
16: Vuvuvu - MSTRKRFT
17: I want your soul (Fake blood remix) - Armand van Helden
18: Hear beats in Vancouver (Teen Symmetry remix) - Kylie Minogue
19: Disco sirens (Boy 8 bit vocal edit) Midfield General
20: Leavin (MSTRKRFT remix) - Jesse McCartney
21: I kissed a girl (Bass invaders remix) - Katy Perry
22: Crimewave (LA riots remix) - Crystal Castles
23: Phantom PT II (Boys Noize remix) - Justice
24: Music is my hot hot sex (The slips remix) - CSS
25: Whats your Damage (Digitalism remix) - Test Icicles
26: Hold me down (The shoes remix) - Primary 1

ENJOY!

Don Rimini Remix Contest!

Ok so we all know today is very important as far as voting is concerned...the result of the big vote today is likely to change the world forever...

That's right, I am of course talking about the Don Rimini remix contest I entered a few months back!! (HAH YOU THOUGHT I MEANT THE USA ELECTION!)
My track has made it to the final and there could be some good prizes in it! :D

Ok, so it might not change the world, but it's still pretty important you represent and hopefully get my remix to win!
It's pretty simple, visit Fairtilizer find my track called 'Don Rimini - Hools (Roland Dubbs Re-Lick)' and click the "love heart" icon next to the track to vote for it!
(It might ask you to register, if it does don't worry - i just did it in under 30secs, usual affair - email, password etc and you're done!)

Your vote will be really appreciated, and hopefully we'll get 'nuff people voting for me! The track itself has already had almost 2000 downloads online, so it's got a good shout!

Happy voting, Roland Dubbs!

ALSO - NEW REMIX AVAILABLE HERE!!!

Glitter Junkies - Hang The Mother Fucking DJ (Roland Dubbs Remix)

Mood & Mood Basement R.I.P

Ok, so I wouldn't expect anyone outside of my home town to know this, but the home of alternative music in Buxton - 'Mood', and it's downstairs sister venue; 'Mood Basement', has closed it's doors for the final time. A shock to many, including now legendary manager Simon Aldous, the news came yesterday completely out of the blue that the whole venue is, basically, going to be liquidised. As of today there will be an empty shell of what was once Buxton's very BEST nightclub for House, Hip Hop, Drum & Bass, Soul, Funk, Bmore, Electro, Hardcore, Grindcore, Jungle and literally anything off the beaten track - Mood was always willing to give it a go...
And more often than not, it worked - from 2003 until 2008, here is the story of Mood, told from a personal perspective, but an entertaining one, by fellow DJ and bezzie friend of Roland Dubbs - Figure Of Wax....
(to anyone who was lucky enough to find themselves in the Basement on a Saturday night - there will be some part here you can relate to and appreciate, guaranteed!)

"From the days when doorman Tim would let us into 'Burlingtons' at 16 (we'd sneak downstairs round the pool tables so we wouldn't get caught drinking) through to working for 18 months behind the bar - not to mention our night in The Basement (April 30th 2004 - 2008)...I have a vast amount of excellent memories regarding Mood.
Mood and The Basement was and still is the ONLY thing in Buxton / Derbyshire to let open-minded young artists / DJs introduce new and exciting music to people - consider it the John Peel of the venues!
In the years which we proudly rocked The Basement (and sometimes the main bar) I have personally seen artists go from strength to strength, to name a few:

*Bob Adams' Punk Night*
Although the name of the night escapes me, the very first alternative night to grace Mood Basement was Bob's capacity-smashing punk night. Wall to wall with the likes of The Kirkz, Monkeyshuffle, Creosote, Sperm Free Nation and many more - it went off! It was the first time people realised that something different was happening in Bucco and the curiosity worked without fail.

*Emergency Services*
I remember the day Jim, Tom Speed and I approached Simon about putting on a night and offering to do the first two for free as a taster. A year later I think we had drunk himout of £1000's of stock and went back to doing it for free! It was the first DJ night at Mood and I'd like to think we did a good job of things... Through any sketchiness it has led to us now serving under several guises across the UK:
Figure Of Wax, Electrique / Roland Dubbs, .gingerbrown, taRDyboy, whataboutthebeats?...
ES played host to such acts as Paper Tiger (now running 'Future Rhythm' @ Leeds Faversham), Blessed House (live support to Verb T + Mystro), These Monsters musicians (Leeds / Reading Festival BBC Radio 1 Tent 2008) and many, many more...

*Elements / Keepin' It Dusty...*
Coop, Matter Of Fact, LA Soul - These dudes opened my eyes to the fact that there were other heads out there and we now all had a platform to work from. On our first anniversary night of ES we'd left it too late to book - these lads had pipped us to it! Rather than fanny about and cancel, we hooked up on the same night and bounced back and forth - to the point where eventually we became the same night!

*Thirsty Ear*
Easily the most focused group of DJs to take The Basement's atmosphere and let it grow into one of Sheffield's best new nights. Without doubt the best fancy dress nights and ridiculous banger DJ battles (Urban Smackdown 2005 - need I say more? ;) went off here. Always good fun and the way it should be! One of my favourite Basement memories is going mental to 'Once in a lifetime' by Talking Heads on Thirsty Ear's Christmas Eve party 2006.

*Doom*
The Marionette Records crew have roared down ear canals and pierced their drums from The Basement to the internet with releases on both iTunes and Canada's DTRASH label over the years. I've seen many sights that have mentally scarred me at Doom - mainly they involve people being naked and I'm almost certain one has involved a horse. If anyone remember Alex and his magical bumbag from Doom then I'm sure they'll be smiling ;)

*Soundboy Massacre*
Jack and Waggy kept it dutty with the hardest jungle, d+b, breaks and reggae sets under the pavement. I used to love warming up Soundboy and knew they were onto a winner whenever they organised a Main Floor bash or simply rammed the place with more people than possible. If Rick Baker had his top off and was trying to climb on top of the speakers to Woolfy's set- you knew you were at a proper party. Paid off though as Mr. WAGZ now has a safe spot at Sheffield's Detonate (playing alongside the likes of Roni Size, Goldie, High Contrast...)

Moving to the main bars - working there was without a doubt a way to make the monotony of small-town living worth living. Drunken kisses or fights made work exciting but even on cold, dead winter nights it'd still be sweet as chilling with a takeaway pizza and watching Extreme channel.
Although I've been out of Buxton for a couple of years now, Mood's always been a safe place to return to when I'm back. All I will say (and I honestly hope any heads from Buxton who either manage or own venues are reading this) Buxton will entirely lose touch of creativity unless somewhere can capture the ethos that Mood did. The last time I can remember a scene in Buxton this big was back when my brother and his friends put on raves as Black Moon Soundsystem. That was around 15 years ago!

Simon, I wish you and the family all the best and I'm very sorry to hear the news. Good luck with it all and cheers for the opportunities - time well spent. Everyone else: please continue to support and achieve the work that Mood staff have put inover the years - Buxton needs it.

-Tom "The Uncoof B*st*rd" Speak, Figure Of Wax, Willy Warm-Up.

FRESH(ers) 2 DEATH!

taRDyboy is proud to bring you it's first ever...and second ever...club nights! They're gonna take place during Freshers Fortnight at Mood - a venue which has played host to some excellent nights over the last 6 years.

As it's our debut club night we're giving the residents a run out, so expect to hear some wonky fidgit house carnage from ya boys Roland Dubbs and JDevious as they bring you that main floor loving!

The first gig takes place on Weds 24th Sep (7pm-2am), and the second on Fri 3rd Oct (7pm-3am). The drinks offers are ridiculous - 7-8pm: All drinks £1 / 8pm onwards: All drinks £1.50!! And to top it off entry is free! That's right, ridic DJ's, ridic tunes and ridic-cheap drrankkks as well as FREE ENTRY!

Find the event on FACEBOOK!

(Mood Late Night Venue, Buxton, Derbyshire, Weds 24th Sep/Fri Oct 3rd, House/Bmore/Fidgit/Electro)

And to celebrate, here's a little remix by Roland Dubbs of Don Rimini's track "Hools"

Don Rimini - Hools (Roland Dubbs Re-Load)

Keep It On The Low

Sorry for the delay folks - I have a pretty good excuse... I've been to Creamfields! Woop. Yes, it was amazing, thanks for asking. As you can see from the photo above I met some pretty cool people. There's me on the left, next to Herve, and Switch just second in from the right. Not bad ey? It was about 10mins before Switch's set in the Bugged Out! Tent.
Highlights for myself included Skream & Benga, Herve, Switch, Noisia, Andy C, Matrix & Futurebound, 2manydjs, Underworld, and rather surprisingly Tiesto. I don't like trance, but the sheer magnitude of that show and the vast amount of people in what must be the biggest tent in the world was quite amazing! Needless to say, I got my wonk on all weekend and had a blast.

New tune time. Yeah so just before I headed out to Creamfields I made a new tune as Roland Dubbs. It's full-on dancefloor wobble business and it's called "Keep It On The Low" - you can get it here...

Roland Dubbs - Keep It On The Low

Peas.

Your Boyfriends Are Called Neil

Neil Middleton and Neil Ramjee are making waves. Partly because they DJ regularly in the seaside town of Bournemouth, but mainly because they are an exciting and adventurous DJ tag-team who spin sublime 'electro-n-anything-goes' and throw big-ass parties across the south of the UK! Did you know.... Your Boyfriends Are DJ's?

Neil M. hails from Lichfield, and Neil. R from Surrey, both now based in Salisbury, Wiltshire. I first met Neil M. through a mutual friend, and after regularly exchanging great music over the net I managed to make it down to one of his club nights - 'Dirty Boots'. dB was an indie clubnight at The Barn (notice how I say 'was'), and at it's peak it played host to the likes of The Holloways and The Duke Spirit. After much success over the years the boys decided to hang up their boots on a high and push things forward with Your Boyfriends Are DJ's (YBAD). Dirty Boots died, but it's spirit lived on through YBAD.

Very recently YBAD threw a HUGE free rave at their old haunt 'The Barn', and having seen the photo's and heard the feedback I can tell you these boys mean business. Definitely check the photo's on their facebook group and on their myspace page. They are also the best places to keep upto date with all their moves and the only place to check out their mixes!

They currently DJ regularly at The iBar and 60 Million Post Cards, both in Bournemouth, but their newest adventure begins this Sunday (August 10th) courtesy of radio station Deep Blue FM. For the first time it will be broadcasting live from Your Boyfriends Are DJ's @ iBar. So from 9pm - 11pm on Sunday night turn on, tune in and bug out to the sounds of Your Boyfriends...! (You never know, they may even play some Roland Dubbs joints ;)

Your Boyfriends Are DJ's - 4 Free Mini Mixes

His Swan Song...

Ok, so after a successful first couple of months on the taRDyboy front with mp3's and mixes flying off the proverbial shelves, the time has come for me to introduce you to the stylings of an upcoming producer/dj... or maybe more specifically - 'Laptop Twiddler'! (Refer to Photo!)

His name is BoB SwanS (irregular capitalisation deliberate!), and he has sent me a tonne of mixes and mp3's for you guys. See, it really is that simple! Send stuff/I like stuff/I 'big up' stuff!

BoB is based in Manchester and plays out both locally and nationally! He DJ's vinyl, CD's and the odd C90 cassette, and produces with Ableton Live and various other bits of kit. He is part of the musical collective - THE NYMPHO YOUTH CLUB, and runs a Facebook group that you are more than welcome to join! For more information on BoB SwanS visit his myspace. For now, here are a couple of mixes and some edits he has kindly offered up for your aural pleasure...

Mix One -
Tracklisting:
1. Sparks - Tryout For The Human Race (Kafka+BoB edit)
2. Roctakon - More Of What I Need
3. Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Gold Lion (Diplo Remix)
4. Shadow Dancer - End Hit
5. Boys Noize - Wu Tang Battery (Battery pt2)
6. Hocus Pocus - Heres Johnny
7. LFO - FreakBest
8. Fwends - First $ Money Maker
9. Crookers - Atomic Baile Boy
10. Fatboy Slim - Champion Sound (Switch Remix)
11. Crookers Ft. Mc Leka -Para de Grainha
12. Blaqstarr - Shake It To The Ground (Claude Von Stroke Mix)
13. Comfy In Nautica - Panda Bear
14. David E Sugar - Oi Berlin This Is London (Jesse Rose Garage Dub)
15. Timbaland - Misscomunication (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)
16. Charlie Fanclub - Dirty Dick Hazzard
17. Jean Nippon - Raw Krazy
18. Baldhead - Moth3f2ck8z (Midfield general Remix)
19. Party Crashers Unite - Put Your Hands Up For NY
20. Gucci Soundsystem - A Carpenter

Mix Two -
Tracklisting:
1. Jesse Rose - Your All Over My Head
2. DJ Toga Foam Party Vs. Armand Van Helden - Playmatebounce (BoBs EDiT)
3. Claude Von Stroke - Peanut Butter Jelly Time
4. Roxy Music - Editions Of You (Phones Remix)
5. Shit Disco - OK (Yuksek Remix)
6. Aaren San - Osc Low Nyzz (Blende Remix)
7. Boys Noize - Lavalava (BoBs EDiT)
8. Runhide Survive Soundsystem Vs. Goose - Bring It On (Teenage Bad Girl Remix)
9. Pharoahe Monche - Body Baby (Count Of Monte Cristal Remix)
10. The Proxy - Ready To Watching

Edits & Mashups!!!!

The Go Team Vs. Kurtis Mantroniks (BoB SwanS Edit)
Sebastien Tellier - Sexual Sportswear (Sebastien Remix) Vs. DJ Neoteric - Move Bitch (BoBs Re-edit)
The Motors - Airport (BoB SwanS Flight of Doom)
Disco Dream And The Androids - Dream Machine (BoB SwanS 127bpm ediT)

NOTE: Some links are being a little temperamental, if you can't get the music head straight to the source here - BoB Swans
ENJOY!

The taRDyboy Mixtape Vol.1!!

Whut whuuuuut!

We've been quiet for a hot minute, mainly down to laziness - but also because we're still waiting for you budding young jackin' house producers to send us your tunes. If you want a bit of promotion then hit us with your tracks - tardyboy@hotmail.com.

Right, back to business.

This is the very first mixtape to come out under our name, and it certainly won't be the only one either. Co-founder Roland Dubbs has mashed up 60mins of goodness on this mix, all live, no computer trickery, daaaaaaaamn!

You can download The taRDyboy Mixtape Vol.1 here and don't forget to give Roland a shout at his myspace.

The taRDyboy Mixtape Vol.1 Tracklisting

1. Herve - LaLaLand

2. Black Ball - Hold Dat

3. Cazals - Life Is Boring (Crookers Zuppa Del Cazal Remix)

4. Solid Groove - This Is Sick (Yeh Woho! Remix)

5. BSBTRGDCLUB - Cocoboy & Asiagirl

6. Robbie Williams - Never Touch That (Switch Remix)

7. Wongo - Shrimp

8. Busy P - Protect And Entertain (Crookers Remix)

9. Foamo - Moving It In Here

10. Don Rimini - Let Me Back Up (Crookers Remix)

11. Fake Blood - Blood Splashing (Fake Blood Theme)

12. Machines Don't Care - Beat Bang

13. Bloc Party - I Still Remember (SpeakerJunk Remix)

14. Machines Don't Care - Afrojacker

15. Basement Jaxx - Take Me Back To Your House (SpeakerJunk Remix)

16. T2 - Butterflies (The Count & Sinden Remix)

17. Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Epic Last Song (Jack Beats Remix)

18. Late Of The Pier - Space And The Woods (Switch Remix)

19. Chemical Brothers - Midnight Madness

20. Crookers - Il Cattivo

21. Sexual Chocolate vs. G-Unit - I Like

22. Oh Snap!! - Bill Cosby Sweater (Hostage Remix)

23. Ben Westbeech - Dance With Me (Switch Remix)

24. Kidda - Under The Sun (Herve Remix)

That's a shitload of drastic-spastic floor wobblers right there! Just wanna shout out Soundboy for mad night last weekend, and also Thirsty Ear for what will be a mad night tomorrow! Thirsty Ear @ Mood Basement in Buxton, Derbyshire tomorrow - BIG ASS PARTY (Hip Hop/House/Bmore/Dubstep/D&B). 9pm - 3am. FREE ENTRY + CD'S!!!

We Are Your Friends (Part 1)

OK, so now you know what we're about we should probably introduce you to our friends. In the next few posts you will get chance to see who they are and what they do.

First up here is Roland Dubbs. Mr. Dubbs is a resident at Keepin' It Dusty (Buxton), and Bassface (Sheffield), his sole ambition is to deliver the heaviest basslines and wonkiest tunes for your aural pleasure! Get his latest bass rinsing tune 'And You Know' here and holla at his myspace.

Welcome to taRDyboy!

This is the very first taRDyboy post!
We are here to introduce you lot to DJ's and producers who are of the taRDyboy mentality - dirty, wobbling, electro house! Feel free to email us your tunes / mixes and if we like them we might feature them!
This could be the start of something beautiful :)