Plays on Percussion

Local man-beast hybrid Wolfie has kept himself busy over the last few months since we last introduced him here on the fridge.

Lending support to MSTRKRFT, Kissy Sell Out, Douster, Sven Vath, Kindom, Sound Pelligrino, Harvard Bass & Kid Sister through his coveted residency at Empire Hotel, it wasn't long ago the youthful Brisbane based DJ / Producer earned himself his own feature night. Wolfie's sets play an amalgamation of his own tunes and tracks/sounds influenced by the like Mele', Roska, Mommas Boy & Beataucue in a manner that is both dark and tropical.

As such, today in the fridge Wolfie brings us upto date with his continual in-house productions, laying down his fresh sound in his upcoming EP. Granted support from Larry Tee and Edu K, Wolfie tell us that the EP is "packed with endless amounts of drums and pure riddim... everything percussion & minimal but still makes you dance...".

Acid by iamWolfie

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Ending the week with Ernie.

There's a slam down coming to end this guilt ridden week, and it's with Ernie. Ernie, also often known as Bernie likes to hold spoof events for people looking to party harder than anyone else around. We're not one to doubt [b]Ernie, especially with the inclusion of their Mexican come American party man with "more bounce to the ounce";  Harvard Bass from Teki Latex/DJ Orgasmic's Sound Pellegrino Label. If there ever was a well educated Bass, it was this one. 

The busy man (Victor Hugo Ramos) is quite an exciting addition to the house scene whose sound can't really be confined to a specific sounding genre, at least in our words. A fresh scoop of his latest remixes are sophisticatedly extracted from the likes of down-under DJ's; Bag Raiders and the Aston Shuffle. Supporting the man are locals we've very much blabbed on about before including Keen?, Killafornia, Habebe, Wolfie & Danny T. Be sure to listen to some of Harvard after the jump for a dose of what to expect.

Ernie never could really tell us much more, except that "Bernie was a close friend and was a bid advocate for partying whilst; lets say slightly off the planet"

It definitely sounds like it.

Acid Girls – Lightworks (Harvard Bass Remix)
Beni - Maximus (Harvard Bass Remix) 

Drop The Lime - Set Me Free (Harvard Bass Master)

 The Toxic Avenger - Rush Hour (Harvard Bass Remix)

BONUS +1 Level Up:
HARVARD BASS - OCTOBER MIX

Medling with Melé

There's a man with a CV boasting multiple EP releases, Radio 1 guests mixes for Toddla T and massive support from an array of artists. Hence, there's no wondering why everyone in the business is tipping Krissy Peers, better known as Melé for big things. Playing checkers with the top at only 18, this young prodigy puts out every kind of genre from House, Electro, Grime or UK Garage. Our Manchester based broheim, Leo, managed to catch a moment of his time to get the latest.

Can you explain Melé's sound in 3 words.
I-don't-know.

At only 18, your already mustering up some of the freshest tracks to grace our ears. Where did it all start for you?
I started producing about 3 or 4 years ago. Seriously for about a year & a half though.

What else would you say helped you get seen? Other than some pretty impressive productions. What artists gave you you initial break through?
Sinden has really helped me out from the beginning of the whole mele thing which is cool. but also guys like l-vis 1990 & herve have helped me along the way.

With huge numbers of artists cueing up to get you on remix duties, the brand new release of your 'Bombay EP' on Mixpak Records and upcoming releases on Sindens groundbreaking 'Grizzly' label and Herve's 'Cheap Thrills', 2010 is shaping up to being a pretty busy year!What else have you got in the pipeline that we can look forward to?
I've just finished a track for a compilation Enchufada are doing called "Hard Ass Sessions", which is basically some artist's having a go at making a kuduro influenced track, really cool idea. Other than that a remix for Greenmoney which will be coming out on A-trak's Fools Gold. that about it really, I'm just seeing where things take me!

I look forward to hearing your take on Kuduro! For your remix on the Greenmoney EP, who were you approached by at Fools Gold? Was it A-Trak himself?
Nope it wasnt, i had been chatting to the greenmoney guys for a while & they had been saying they wanted me to remix this track with mz bratt they had for a long time before it was signed to fools gold. so fools gold was just a big bonus i suppose!

Definitely! How does it feel receiving support from the likes of A-Trak, Sinden and Brodinski, to name a few, so early on in your career?
It's really cool that all these guy's like my tracks, also a bit surreal at the same time.

Do you reckon this put a lot of added pressure on you whilst making your productions?
Not really, its made me more confident if anything.

Would you ever consider doing a collaboration? If so who would you like to work with?
Yeah I would love to. I don't think it work's when people just do collab's for the sake of them though, I would to work with MIA one day!

Who's/what your biggest musical influence?
Liam Howlett for sure.

Any artists your strongly backing for big things this year?
Brey on an experimental tip is doing some really cool stuff. I may be starting a label with him end of this year but that's early days. Google his terror danjah remix!

What are your opinion on blogs? Do they help the music scene develop and move forward or are they a hindrance?
yeah definitely they are cool. they can help break you to people who may not have heard of you before, i know they have helped me a bit.

Where Did Your Name Come From?
In about September last year my stuff was just starting to get recognized. I was producing under a different name (which was crap & I'm not going to share it) & i remember l-vis 1990 just told me one day that i needed to change it. I thought Mele sounded alright so i went with it.

What's your favourite fruit?
Orange, although i am not a fruit eater.

What's been the biggest highlight for Mele so far? Any particular set you've played or proud moment you want to share?
there hasnt been 1 big highlight really. playing chibuku in liverpool a few weeks back will always stick with me i think, it was one of them really spontaneous things, but pretty amazing!

Thanks for the chat and we look forward to hearing more soon!
TA!

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I'm an ass man.

After a brief hiatus of battle to what is insufficiently our spare time, secretive sneakiness and cheap vodka, we're back and will be cracking this week to get you somewhat updated on all things fridgjetty.

We start off mid-week now dosed off with world cup fever and some of our favourite club nights to bring you an update on some sounds we've been frothing over.

It wasn't long ago we talked thick riddim of our Lisbon based Portuguese holmies here. The same Kuduro Soca Ryhthm sound has recently matured and translated into the Portuguese label – Enchufada's latest ep, entitled "Hard Ass Sessions Vol. 2” – and what you read is what you get. All the tracks in the ep sit sounds between 135 to 142BPM respectively, rebirthed as inspired or at the very least, mutated interpretations of Kuduro rhythms delivered by Douster, Bok Bok & Nic Sarno You can download the ep here.

Bonus:
K-Von - Sabre Knights Mix 
Brenmar - 24K Mix
(More on these lads later!)