Radio Slave/Rekids/Rekid

so, where's two then ?
anyone know anything so those of us who like cds can catch up with the rekids output.

Also I'm so pleased that Pipecock has joined ILM.

― Tim F, Monday, 12 November 2007 21:42 (1 year ago) Bookmark

I was being sarcastic even then. We'd had fights in Ronan's blog comments section.

Actually "sarcastic" is too strong. It was more that I was looking forward to the fireworks.

haha ok that's definitely happened

unlike the appearance of two

just for you mark

Press Release

REKIDS REVOLUTION – 3 CD compilation album

CD1: Originals / unmixed

CD2: Remixes / unmixed

CD3: Spencer Parker Rekids mix / mixed

Cat: Rekids 004 CD

Rekids

Radio Slave’s Rekids imprint gets busy and brings you a 3-CD compilation of the finest Rekids releases of late – and there are many – as well as some exclusive tracks you can only find here: REKIDS REVOLUTION.

An UNMIXED Disk 1 brings you Rekids Originals. Nine straight-up original Rekids tracks: Radio Slave’s futuristic Block Party ‘Bell Clap Dance’. Kenny Hawkes & David Parr’s ‘Gemini’ – is it summer? Is it 80s B-boy? Is it deep house? It’s all. Mr G’s ‘U Askin’?’ – non-stop analogue driven, bass-heavy tech-funk. Runaway’s ‘Brooklyn Club Jam’ – licensed to DFA in the USA and used on Roberto Carvalli’s recent New York fashion show. Spencer Parker’s ‘Improvised Minotaur’ emobodies what’s classic in a forward thinking way. Viente Tres’ ‘Serpiente Cosmica’ (exclusive) lets the music do the talking (the style is in the name). Spencer Parker’s ‘YOGOTO’ (exclusive) backs relentless techno against a piano riff and chants of ‘You got to move your body!”. Luke Solomon’s ‘Martin, A Cello & Me’, a beautiful track taken from Solomon’s debut artist album ‘The Difference Engine’, released early 2008. And Toby Tobias’ ‘Eleven’ (exclusive version) – taken from Toby’s debut artist album ‘Space shuffle’, released 2008.

An UNMIXED Disk 2 brings you Rekids Remixes. Slam techno-rubs Radio Slave, Andomatt 3000 gets hard and funky with Luke Solomon, Marcel Dettmann works the bare bones of Mr G, Cristian Vogel jacks Jjak Hogan (exclusively here), Dubfire grinds Radio Slave feat. Danton Eeprom, Prins Thomas gets disko with Luke Solomon, Josh Wink gets acidic with Radio Slave, Boola creates mood with Radio Slave (exclusively here) and I:Cube gets cosmic with Toby Tobias.

A MIXED Disk 3 sees Rekids’ signing Spencer Parker expertly segue 12 of Rekids’ most prominent releases into a mix that you will listen to over and over. Get addicted…

Radio Slave’s ‘Tantakatan’, taken from Rekids 022 and part of the ‘No Sleep’ series, brings a perfect introduction to the mix; slow, dubbed heaviness, beats and builds as the ‘Grindhouse’ accapella interjects and lets it roll into Veinte Tres’ ‘Serpiente Cosmica’. Next up, an exclusive groove-laden D’Julz remix of Spencer’s ‘Romantic’ leads into Radio Slave’s ‘Bell Clap Dance’, one of the biggest records of 2007. The midway brings one of the biggest dance records of 2006 - Matt O’Brien’s ‘Serotone’ - pure yet unassuming, peaktime grooves designed to trip you sideways, switch into Spencer’s own unreleased and exclusive secret weapon ‘YOGOTO’. The big, hard German influences of Radio Slave’s ‘Secret Base’ bounce into the unmistakable beats of Dubfire’s remix of Radio Slave feat. Danton Eeprom’s ‘Grindhouse’, the biggest release on Rekids yet… From here, the first ever Rekids release from May 2006 - Radio Slave’s ‘My Bleep’ (original) - bleeps up, down, around and leads into a more cosmicated Roman Flugel ‘My Bleep’ remix . And finally, Spencer ends with the excellent I:Cube remix of Toby Tobias’ ‘The Feeling’ - slow electronica lets the melodies play you out.

Spencer Parker’s first Rekids release came in 2006 with the ‘Beautiful Noise’ EP. He since released on other labels including Tsuba, Liebe* Detail, Buzzin Fly, Saved and returned to Rekids in 2008 with the ‘Dreamer’ EP. 2009 steps up a level as Spencer rises to the challenge of mixings Rekids’ rekids into mix perfect for your ears.

REKIDS REVOLUTION is a selected montage of Rekids’ recent and essential releases, as well as a look to the future with unreleased music that you can only find here.

There will also be a REKIDS REVOLUTION Vinyl sampler of exclusive releases:

The Tedd Patterson remix of Runaway’s ‘Brooklyn Club Jam’, Boola’s remix of Radio Slave’s ‘Tantakatan’, Spencer Parker’s ‘YOGOTO’ and the Cristian Vogel remix of Jjak Hogan’s ‘Devo’.

TRACKLISTING: REKIDS REVOLUTION / REKIDS 004CD

CD1 – Originals / Unmixed

1: Radio Slave – Bell Clap Dance

2: Kenny Hawkes & David Parr – Gemini

3: Mr. G – U Askin’

4: Runaway – Brooklyn Club Jam

5: Spencer Parker – Improvised Minotaur

6: Veinte Tres – Serpiente Cosmica (Revolution edit) [exclusive]

7: Spencer Parker – YOGOTO [exclusive]

8: Luke Solomon – Martin, A Cello & Me

9: Toby Tobias – Breakdown (Revolution version) [exclusive]

CD2 – Remixes / Unmixed

1: Radio Slave – Bell Clap Dance (Slam Paragraph remix)

2: Luke Solomon – Space Invaders (Andomat 3000 remix)

3: Mr. G – U Askin’ (Marcel Dettmann remix)

4: Jjak Hogan – Devo (Cristian Vogel’s PMP Engine Remix) [exclusive]

5: Radio Slave featuring Danton Eeprom – Grindhouse (Dubfire Terror Planet remix)

6: Luke Solomon – Spirits (Prins Thomas Disko-Tek Miks)

7: Radio Slave – Screaming Hands (WINK interpretation)

8: Radio Slave – Tantakatan (Boola remix) [exclusive]

9: Toby Tobias – The Feeling (I:Cube remix)

CD3 – Spencer Parker mix / Mixed

1: Radio Slave – Tantakatan

2: Radio Slave featuring Danton Eeprom – Grindhouse (accapella)

3: Veinte Tres – Serpiente Cosmica

4: Spencer Parker – Romantic (D’Julz remix) [exclusive]

5: Radio Slave – Bell Clap Dance

6: Matt O’Brien – Serotone (version)

7: Spencer Parker – YOGOTO [exclusive]

8: Radio Slave – Secret Base

9: Radio Slave featuring Danton Eeprom – Grindhouse (Dubfire Terror Planet remix)

10: Radio Slave – My Bleep

11: Radio Slave – My Bleep (Roman Flugel remix)

12: Toby Tobias – The Feeling (I:Cube remix)

Vinyl Sampler double pack / REKIDS 035

A: Runaway – Brooklyn Club Jam (Tedd Patterson’s 2.6.8#2 remix)

B: Radio Slave – Tantakatan (Boola remix)

C: Spencer Parker - YOGOTO

D: Jjak Hogan – Devo (Cristian Vogel’s PMP Engine Remix)

Rekids forthcoming:

Albums:

JJAK HOGAN – YOUR PLANETS NEXT!

RADIO SLAVE – WORKS! (3CD remix compilation)

Singles:

MR. G – MAKES NO SENSE (inc Radio Slave remix) – REKIDS 033

SANTE & STEFFEN HERB – SUPERVISION (inc Adam Marshall remix) – REKIDS 034

REKIDS – REVOLUTION (double pack) – REKIDS 035

RADIO SLAVE – NO SLEEP PART SIX (Koma Koma & Sundazed) – REKIDS 036

Rekids party:

Friday 27th February 2009 – Rekids Night, Panorama Bar, Berlin

Friday 29th May 2009 – Rekids Night, Panorama Bar, Berlin

Friday 28th August 2009 – Rekids Night, Panorama Bar, Berlin

Saturday 28th November 2009 – Rekids Night, Berghain, Berlin

out Jan 26th

fantastic stuff.
now all they need is a website update.

How is Toby Tobias – The Feeling (I:Cube remix)? An I:Cube remix of Kathy Diamond sounds good.

Plus, really like their rekid sleeves.

i agree. the font is great.

i had a tip off re the revolutions compilation from the label just after posting earlier, along with the following teaser titbit :

"Then in March/April we will have RADIO SLAVE – WORKS! – 3CD comp of his favourite remixes from the last couple or so years."

looks like 2009 is going to be a good one for REKIDS fans.

umm how about 2008? that toby tobias album is bliss and runaway's "brooklyn club jam" has to be one of the best tracks of the year. surprised to see no talk of that on this thread.

but wow, 2 3XCD compilations in early 2009? ambitious...

yeah brooklyn club jam is sweet, the original is bangin and the brennan green version fits with all the nordic balearic studio/l+pt type stuff

I mentioned it on the dfa thread, it's a co-release (maybe came out on rekids first but I got the dfa 12")

WHOOOOOOOOOO

the rekids version of 'brooklyn club jam' has an LSB remix, it's awesome.

i'd been wondering why the two labels released it differently. i love the LSB remix, would like to hear that brennan green version

I don't get the appeal of Radio Slave. In my opinion his works are boring, too monotonous, and predictable. Of all his tracks I've heard, I only like "My Bleep". And don't get me talking about his remixes. So grating. Anyone else like me?

I loved Bell Clap Dance but seemed to be in the minority there.

i don't think you're alone... about half the thread would appear to hold the same opinion! (xp)

Yes, I entirely feel you Durrr, and have felt like this for awhile, culminating with Bell Clap Dance, which was just sounds outright bad to me, it just irritates me.
However, he's certainly done some good stuff, such as his remix of Deer in the Headlights, but much more importantly, his remix of Eleny by Le Noir, which is perhaps the best application of his aesthetic to a song/remix/anything of his I've ever heard, and blows away all his other material I've heard with this poignant epic.

Hmm... I can't agree. For me, Bell Clap Dance was very welcome fresh air in a period of austere up its own ass 'minimalism'.

i'm still a fan - i like the slow tense builds, they also work well in mixes as the stepping stone between your floatier cosmic disco-type stuff and more straight-up house or techno. (the 'minimal + cosmic' equation upthread really makes sense to me.) i never really got 'bell clap dance', though simon baker's remix is good.

yes the eleny remix is a good one too. (xp)

Bell Clap Dance to me is the sonic equivalent of chewing tinfoil with metal fillings (and I have synaesthesia too, so I'm not entirely making this up!)

When I saw him DJ, he was amazing (granted this was at Mutek where his record bag was lost (he probably flew Air Canada there, ha). But filling a big room, late, and really banging (he started at like 128-9 BPM or so) stuff I couldn't sit still listening to at home sounded fantastic (again, this was stuff borrowed from other DJ's, though).

'bell clap dance' is a monster.

i always think radio slave's music is what the crap discussed in this thread "Indie electro": the worst genre ever? would sound like, were it any good.

radio slave might be monotonous, but it's a very singular kind of monotony.

i like his crunchy stuff about as equally as i like his super smooth streamlined stuff.

Shit I hate being this far off the money. In the context that I first hear it, Bell Clap Dance sounded like the business.

That context was a Damian Lazurus mix from last year - and maybe that's the problem haha.

you don't have to change your opinion on the track just because mehlt eats tinfoil.

Yes, I will continue to enjoy this track whatever mehlt's diet du jour.

i always think radio slave's music is what the crap discussed in this thread "Indie electro": the worst genre ever? would sound like, were it any good.

...i don't get this at all, what's indie/electro about it?

re: the monotonous thing, i can see how people got this from his 2006-2007 remixes (the 'cosmic meets minimal via carl craig stuff') but there's more to him than that... there's the poppier remixes for one thing, and the slo-mo rekid stuff, and 'no sleep' parts 4 and 5 broadened his sound a bit more.

it's not indie/electro, but it has that overwhelming, piledriving, grinding feel to it which i assume is what justice et al aim for (except radio slave does it, you know, really well, and doesn't give me a headache)

I thought the tin foil with fillings/braces thing was common knowledge, it produces this very strange metallic sensation that's not like a synthesis of taste feeling at the same time, if that makes sense, and it's not entirely pleasant. Try it sometime!

It also seems that the vast majority (all but me) seems to approve of Bell Clap Dance.

radio slave is a fucking genius. what happened with the humate remix? i want to hear that soooo bad.

not understanding radioslave is probably more to do with listening at home on your own in your bedroom rather than going mad in front of a big rig. Comparing this to justice/electrohouse is one of the lamest opinions i've heard on here in a while

saying radioslave is a monotonous roar is like saying the waves in the ocean are a monotonous roar

for about 2 years his remixes were incredibly monotonous...

Please, can anyone explain the strength of "Dead Souls (Radio Slave Long Distance Kiss Remix)"?? I relistened to it last night because it appears on RA's top 15 remixes and my reaction was still the same: what the fck?

yeahbut you like sasha.

why? he's the man like. hahaha.

heh, you know i never understood that term. what does "the man like sasha" mean, like? he IS sasha, not just like sasha. what am i missing?

I don't get it either :/

Also I'm so pleased that Pipecock has joined ILM.

― Tim F, Monday, November 12, 2007 4:42 PM (1 year ago)

t'is a thing called sarcasm, I presume.

another year, another pseudo for the man : cabin fever.
seems to be more house flavoured as opposed to the epic techno thing.
anyone else picked this up ?

there's a few of those cabin fever edits now but they're not all matt edwards' work.

heartening to hear that a 'real' quiet village record (not just edits, stuff that's akin to the remixes) is planned for later this year sometime. i thought it might've been all over after the k7 farrago.

^^^ such good news!

is there a tracklisting for 'Works!' yet?

excellent news re quiet village, but will there ever be a radio slave artist album (as opposed to yet another mix cd, or is that expecting too much.
in fact, what happened to Works ?
did it get a release and i missed it ?

don't think it has yet. i did read somewhere, RA perhaps, that he might be retiring the radio slave name - maybe he's waiting for whatever remixes are still unreleased to come out, then the comp will come out as a kind of full-stop.

the upcoming innervisions 12" by 'the machine' is his latest alias, 4 those who don't know. (appears to only be appearing with ame and dixon mixes, so perhaps rekids are doing a release too.)