Monastery Monthly

For those who place an emphasis on quality music and killer crowds during their late night ventures, Monastery Nightclub has established itself as the premier light-in-the-dark about Brisbane's valley precinct. Why? Because they sure do know how to book. Proof? Here's whats coming up!

NEW YEARS DAY @ MONASTERY
feat CLAUDE VON STROKE

Monastery Nightclub proudly presents Claude VonStroke on the first night of 2010. Come and celebrate the New year with a special 3 hour extended set from the big boss of Dirtybird records and a 12 hour party starting at 5pm!! One night in San Francisco after a long night of partying, Barclay and his friends began to make up fake European DJ names. Just kidding around, Barclay came up with “ClaudeVonStroke.” It ended up sticking after someone at the party booked him to DJ and used the new moniker on the flyer. The rest is history, up until now that is, so get on board and combat your hangover with the very cause come NYD 2010!

CHECK OUT HIS TUNES HERE (hypem.com)

Local line up: Danny T, Wongo, Habebe, Aniki, Dominic James, Noy, Killafornia, Jmac, Fingajigg and Chappo. Doors Open @ 5pm, January 1st 2010.

MOWGLI (UK/DEADFISH) @ MONASTERY
Friday Jan 15th, 2010.

After the huge success of his London to Paris ep and with support from Danny T, Habebe, Killafornia, Fingajigg and Jmac, this show is definitely one to mark in the calendar for the start of the new year. Don't beleive us? Listen to what these heavyweights have to say about the UK phenomenon!

★ BRODINSKI: WOAH this is fucking NUTZ!
★ NOOB: BOMMMB, I love it! Thanks a lot
★ JAYMO: Mowgli, Solo, Riva and the crew are on fire right now. London to Paris is the one for me - love that sample, love that perc, love that riser.... Love. That. Track.
★ DAVE NADA: Mowgli has one of the best sounds in dance music right now, period. So much style and sonically on top of his game.
★ EDU K: OMG!! Mowgli is THE master!
★ JAIMIE FANATIC: sick release! But that's what you can expect from Mr. Mowgli.
★ RIVA STARR: London to Paris is goood!
★ STEVE AOKI: I like it!!
★ SINDEN: London to Paris, will play this weekend when I travel from London to Paris. Its got that funk!

SOUNDS GOOD!

Seriously Mean Jam!

Both were born and bred in the Sheffield music scene and influenced by a plethora of artists that fed a passion for upfront dance music and club culture. With an eventual rebirth into the electro house era, today deep in the Fridge we visit the technoraties: Nikjam and the Meena.

Bursting into the Electro House scene in 2009 with the success of their debut release ‘The Kaos Eerie’ EP on Peak Hour Music, came with a patient learning from early 90's underground clubs and drifted ends. A lust for production left the remixes ‘Bang Bang’ by Sue Cho & ei8ht and ‘Electronic Bitch’ by Headway benchmarks for the duo that have already began to make their mark as DJ's.

Current influences amongst the two simply include: "Good music. Whether it be dance music or not, hearing good music makes us want to make good music."

Future episodes enclosed within their collections include the production of fresh tech house tunes, where the final touches on new demos are paving their way. With both prodigies’ spinning regular shows on Di.Fm, be sure to check these guys out after the jump.

Nikjam and the Meena - Impossible (Original Mix) 
 Nikjam and the Meena - Dune (Original Mix) 
Titus 1 - Tea for 2 (Nikjam and the Meena Remix)

Check out their digitally imported shows below :
The Meena - In The Meen Time 009 (December Mix)

The Meena : 'In The Meen Time'
1st Thursday of each month @ 4PM EST / 9PM UK / 22:00 CET

Nikjam : 'Dirty Laundry'
3rd Thursday of each month @ 4PM EST / 9PM UK / 22:00 CET

More to come soon kids!

Soul For Rent EP!

Matthew Garton knows how to have a good time.

From quirky vocal overlays to bouncy basslines, his music reflects his style both in the studio and on the decks. This time Garton is shaking up the sound of Los-Angeles based Potty Mouth Music, putting an eclectic stamp of house, tech and funk into one five-track package. “Soul for Rent EP” (PMM032) not only marks the producer’s PMM debut, but also brings another new vibe to an already multi-dimensional roster of sound. “This EP represents all the styles of house that I love,” Garton says of his PMM debut. “It almost feels like I’ve drawn on influences from the past and then reworked them into more current interpretations.”

The EP’s title track “Soul for Rent” melds funk, stark synths and distorted vocals into one bounce-driven groove. South African electro house producer Geoff K speeds up the tempo for his remix, padding the bass while taking the track to a deeper, fuller place. Adding to the EP is “Candy Whacked,” a dirty tech fueled groove with all the peaks and valleys of a 2 a.m. banger. “Pretty Surprise” brings Garton’s quirky house influences to forefront, with help from a funky bass guitar and cheeky vocals by Baldwin Blaq. “One Love” rounds out the EP with its startling mix of synth driven sounds the build into a dreamy, soulful breakdown. Swing jazz drums and tick-tock bass pumps create stand out noise for the equally stand out track.

Matthew Garton - Soul For Rent (Original Mix)

Matthew Garton - Soul For Rent (Geoff K Remix)

Matthew Garton - Pretty Suprise (Original Mix)

Matthew Garton - One Love (Original Mix)

Matthew Garton - Candy Wacked (Original Mix)

BOOM!

The Future is Near.

The now-traditional festival juggernaut is back again and we've kept an eye or two out here at the Fridge. For those of you that missed out last  year as Future Music virgins, the festival is a massive 10-hour sonic-gear-boom-blasting pinnacle that provides the brain crunching context for some of the best of electronic musicians to ever bless the genre. Throughout the multitude of electronic artists represented by Future Music, to put it simply, there's an artist for everyone any anyone. We won't bother informing you about the line-up, check it out yourself and decide who you'd like to see.

Enjoy the Future Music of 2010.

The Summer Party Tape

Words are for the people, music is for the god's, thus making this mixtape heavens language. Enjoy and if desired, reach KEEN? (me) on Facebook, Twitter or Soundcloud.

KEEN? presents // 'ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING'
(Summer 2010)

   KEEN? Presents // 'ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING' (Summer 2010)  by  keen?

Keep an ear out for tunes and remixes by the likes of ... Duck Sauce, Fake Blood, Major Lazer, Laidback Luke, Proxy, Starkillers, Fedde Le Grand, Crookers, Armand Van Helden, Alex Kenji, LMFAO, Chuckie, The Gossip, N.E.R.D, Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, Prodigy, Diplo, Bingo Players, Loot & Plunder, Stardust, A-Trak, David Guetta, Suzanne Vega, Steve Aoki, Claude Von Stroke, Brodinski, Chelley, D.I.M, La Roux, Micheal Jackson, Jesse Rose, Boris Dlugosch, Genetik and many more!!

KEEN? x

Adventures With Wongo :: Volume #4

"OK today i write to you from ORCKLUND IN NUU ZEEELIND.

Im sitting here in a studio knowing that i have to dj on the radio in 40 mins and i still havent been picked up. so far its not a good sign. im a little worried but my damn blackberry isnt working here. GOSH DARM IT!!.. hey lets see if i can do a whole post without swaring. i wont delete what i write, so if it just comes out naturally there is proof i have a problem. HECK!

WOW THO POW! POW!,  has some sick shows coming up including 2 boat parties and warm up at Neverland for Claude Vonstroke on 6th of Jan. tix are avaliable at moshtix.com.au RIGHT NOW YO!!!!

I'm also playing at Ruby Tramp on New Years Eve!! so its going to be pretty hectic there! an extreme amount of looseness, epicness and hecticness. (is hectic a QLD term??) i didnt think we used it that much. though i do.

ALSO if anyone is in melbourne/traveling to melbourne anytime soon. Please check out the Late Show's saturday nights at Revolver. i played there along side Butter Party & Loops Of Fury from brisbane and it was an epic fun night! although i know a certain someone who was there for 28.75 hours (and i quote), so dont be alarmed when you see that guy in the dark corner who seems to have three eyes, four arms and is talking to a shattered glass.

Allll rigghtt that seems to be it for this month. i have a good goodie to give away next month so tune back in and i may even try do this post as a Voice Clip next time... now that would be sweet. youd actually see what was going through my half eaten brain."

EZ YO xxxxx

(Editors Note - Wouldn't it be cool if Wongo did audio posts?)

Hangin' With Ho-Ju :: Episode 3.

G'day people,

Sorry for the lateness of my rant this month, been absolutely slammed at Ho-Ju HQ... We have got soooo much stuff going on over the next few months its crazy... We have some amazing tunes coming up by some amazing artists... KICK-OH, JOURNEYMAN VS BARRCODE, WoNK, FILTHY REHAB, ACID JACKS, KOOCHIE, DAN AUX'S WAY CRAZIES!, THE CHEERZ, JACK DA RIPPER, THAT GIRL DJ, THE DUTCH RUDDER, DANIEL FARLEY n more.....So watch out for these hot hot tunes hitting soon...

Some other big news this month is that Ho-Ju Records has picked up a sponsor... MESSY FUNK CLOTHING from the UK... Messy Funk is a new clothing label for men, women and children. Launching on the 4th June 2010. Creating it’s own style of ‘attitude clothing’, with an aim to provide high quality products with a stand out from the crowd effect. Messy Funk captures a mixture of fresh trend setting designs. Ranging from; Striking colours, to a fusion of contemporary styles and Tongue in Cheek designs.

Messy Funk’s first clothing range will be released on Friday 4th June 2010. You will be able to buy Messy Funk right here where they will be shipping worldwide.

Check out Messy Funk on Facebook and Twitter.

Some big things to come between Ho-Ju & Messy Funk, so stay tuned... I also come bearing gifts this month people...My good mates over in the UK, PUNK ROLLA have sent me some tasty goodies for u lovely Fridgejet readers... They have cooked up a couple of absolute bangers for us to enjoy...Check em out and pay some respect to the boys right here!

Empire of the Sun ' Walking on a Dream ' PUNK ROLLA REMIX

The Beatles ' Getting Better ' PUNK ROLLA Remix

Enjoy the tunes, and til next month... Stay cool...;)

PMM030!!

It took a nasty Sunday hangover to inspire the mixed-up sounds of the MightyFools’ newest release on LA-based Potty Mouth Music. The two tracks juxtaposed on “Worse Than Yesterday EP” (PMM031) pair reverb and stabbing synths with the kind of peak hour rave influences Andy Samin and Jelle Keizer do best. The result is a versatile, two-track EP that melds influences of house, electro and techno into one party-centric package.

Following up on their 2008 success of “Who Da Fool?”(PMM013), MightyFools return after a year of touring Australia, Europe and most recently, the U.S. While their DJ influences include marquee artists including A-Trak, Boys Noize, Tiga and Busy P, their studio work has taken on the more muted influences of funk and soul as of late.

“It has that special thing that we try to put into our music as well,” says Keizer.

On their latest EP, MightyFools again bring their vibe of music diversity to the dance floor with “Worse Than Yesterday.” The title track pulses as a heavy rave track for peak-hour sets, inspiring chaotic twists and what Keizer calls “crowd destroying sounds.” “Clean It” echoes the duo’s earlier PMM release, combining hip-hop vocal drops with analog synth stabs to create a pounding, effected out track that pulses with gruff groove.

Enjoy the samples courtesy of PMM, then buy the full EP right here!

Mightyfools - Clean It (Original Mix)

Mightyfools - Worse Than Yesterday (Original Mix)

BONUS:
Oh My God It's Techno Music mixed by Mightyfools (Oct 09)

Wasn't Stereo good.

Surecut Dub Lazer!

Having recently received another colourful email from Goldy boys The Surecut Kids, we just have to throw their rant, picture included, your way. What's better is there's a tune to accompany it, a Major Lazer remix for that matter :)

"Hey hey! Got a new remix for you all… This is our re-rub of ‘Pon De Floor’ by Major Lazer. There was a remix comp going on for this track recently which i totally slept on, but decided to do this for our own use anyways. Its a dubstep version, and im sure there is a gazillion dubstep versions out there after that contest, so why not add this one to the pile. It actually started out as a dancehall/electro sounding remix but I wasn't feeling it so it sat on the shelf for about a month and then was re-born today in its current form."

Sounds tasty huh?

Major Lazer - Pon De Floor (The Surecut Kids 'So You Think You Can Dagger Remix)

Lazy.

 Dim Mak Tuesdays. A Dream.

Oh shit. We have been bad. QUICK, Take these!!!! Promise to be more posts up soon :)

Puck me. I love the pase of this tunes drop and to be honest I wouldn't expect anything less from tech-funk master Pablo Decoder.  Coming out soon on UK label Champion Records, the tune is certainly something tasty so we suggest you nab the real deal here!

Audio Affinity feat Juelz - Candy (Pablo Decoder Remix)

JackBOT's just shot us threw some of his fresh workings and he's got some fancy touch. Grab the tunes and enjoy euphoria, you can purchase them here once you realise your in love. If you wanna know a little more about this guy go right here, but you have our word there's plenty more to come!

Binkers - Do It Right (JackBOT's Jack'More Remix)  on Legacy Kids Club Records, Amsterdam 

Timoshii - Top One (JackBOT Remixes) on BomBeatz Records, Florida US

Gordan Freeman - Candy Machine (JackBOT's Gumdrop Remix) on Velcro City Records, Denver CO

James Amato continues to tear the world to shreds with his own awesome sound and the very prominent record label he's succesfully established. It's time for a mixtape from the man himself and as you would expect, theirs a fair dash of Potty Mouth Music releases in there.

James Amato - Leftcoast Bass (Recorded November 2009)

 
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