Today marks the first anniversary of the passing of DJ/producer Andrew Weatherall, one of the brightest minds to ever craft music for the dance floor.
Weatherall, 56, died as a result of “a pulmonary embolism. He was being treated in hospital but unfortunately the blood clot reached his heart. His death was swift and peaceful.
Weatherall’s influential musical legacy is being remembered today on a rework of New Order‘s “In A Lonely Place” released on Weatherall’s Rotters Golf Club. It was produced by Andrew’s brother Ian Weatherall and Duncan Grey featuring remixes by David Holmes, Keith Tenniswood and Sean Johnston (as Hardway Bros.)
Proceeds from sales will benefit Weatherall’s partner, Lizzie, and the Thrombosis UK Charity.
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Prolific Tokyo-based progressive-house titan Shingo Nakamura has recorded for top labels including Silk Music, Anjunadeep and Otographic Music during his storied career.
This month, the beloved DJ/producer gave the world “Glow,” a deeply emotive and sonically soothing single issued on Monstercat Silk, a newly launched label formed after Monstercat acquired Silk Music. “Glow” offers clues about what can be expected from the maestro on his full-length album due in June.
We checked in with Shingo to find out which five tracks are currently rocking his world. Spoiler alert — one of the cuts he selected isn’t for the dance floor! Continue Reading →
A year after issuing Caribou’s fifth full-length album, Suddenly, electronic music producer Dan Snaith has announced the upcoming release of a 12-track remix collection.
The news comes after Snaith caused a furor on social media in late December 2020 when he took to Twitter to announce he had declined a corporate virtual DJgig paying $40,000.
Snaith’s tweet was viewed by many as tone-deaf since musicians worldwide are out of work due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the now-deleted post, Snaith wrote: “I was just offered $40k to DJ virtually for a private company on NYE. Hey corporates – looking at the world RN, can’t think of a better use of your slush fund than pissing it up the wall so yr pampered staff can watch overpaid DJs prance around the lamest virtual party of all time?”
With that kerfuffle behind him, Suddenly Remixes interpretations by Four Tet and Morgan Geist, Floating Points, India Jordan and Shanti Celeste as well as three unreleased remixes by Toro y Moi, Jessy Lanza, and Prince Nifty.
To whet fans’ appetite for the March 12 release, Snaith shared Koreless’ remix of “Never Come Back.”
Obligatory press release gush from Snaith:
“Sometimes remixes are commissioned to be marketing tools or to make the music functional in a club. But for me, there’s only one reason to get remixes done: because I’m a giddy fan of the remixer. Looking down the tracklisting of this remix album, it’s a thrill to see a list of producers whose music I find so inspiring collected there. Some are established artists, some are just starting out; some I messaged, begging a remix, right after coming across their music for the first time; and some are dear friends whose music I’ve loved for a while—but in every case, I feel very lucky to hear their music and mine connected on this remix album.”
Suddenly Remixes tracklist:
1. Never Come Back (Koreless Remix)
2. Never Come Back (Four Tet Remix)
3. Home (Toro y Moi Remix)
4. Sunny’s Time (Logic1000 Remix)
5. Sister (Floating Points Remix)
6. Ravi (Shanti Celeste Remix)
7. You and I (Jessy Lanza Mix)
8. Sunny’s Time (Prince Nifty Saddle Up Mix)
9. Never Come Back (Floating Points Remix)
10. Never Come Back (Morgan Geist Remix)
11. Sunny’s Time (Kareem Ali Remix)
12. Like I Loved You (India Jordan Remix)
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Chick Corea, one of the greatest jazz musicians, has died at the age of 79. According to a post on Corea’s Facebook page, the virtuoso composer, keyboardist and bandleader passed away from a rare form of cancer that was only discovered very recently.
Born Armando Anthony Corea in 1941, Chick pioneered jazz fusion in the ’70s with the highly influential group Return to Forever. He also played and recorded with a who’s who of musicians, including Herbie Mann, Miles Davis, Stan Getz and Stanley Clarke.
During the course of his lengthy career, he won 23 Grammys and was nominated over 60 times.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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