dirtyblondes (climax recordings) on orbitalgrooves.com DIRTYBLONDES SPECIAL - 1900 TO 2100 GMT (THURSDAY 20 OCTOBER) This weeks show features the dirtyblondes (aka James Wilson from Climax Recordings and myself). Climax recordings has been making a name for itself over the last few years releasing quality production from the likes of Mara, Paul Lancaster, J Punch, Red & Blue and Steve Linney JAMES WILSON Newcastle born and bred, 31-year-old DJ James Wilson takes his musical influences from celebrated DJ / producers Deep Dish, as wellas the likes of Steve Lawler, Danny Tenaglia and near-legendary local night Shindig. With this, James has developed a real passion for what he calls ‘proper house music’ - deep, sexy hypnotic grooves. After promoting his own successful nights in and around his hometown, James wanted to further broaden his musical horizons with the idea of setting up hi sown label. This label would give him a base from which to release the music he has great passion for. Upon setting up the label, Climax Recordings, James has built up a great following with a varied-style release policy that has seen thelablel’s tracks receive fantastic across-the-board support from DJ’s such as his heroes Deep Dish and Steve Lawler to the likes of Sasha, John Digweed, Erick Morillo, Sander Kleinenberg, Chris Fortier, James Zabiela and DJ Hyper and also from greatly respected producers such as John ‘Quivver’ Graham, Saeed & Palash and Parks & Wilson to name but a few. With the label’s ever-growing reputation, James has been able to call upon the services of a varied range of producers. For the earlier releases, he called upon the services of respected up-and-coming producers and remixers like Earth Deuley (Low Pressings, Addictive), FaceDown (Junior) and Hellpass (Renaissance). More recently, he has been able to use the label’s rapid rise to secure productions and remixes from more established names such as , OkoTek, Innate, The Forth, Trafik, Stereomovers, and the renowned Mara, who have all turned out tracks and remixes for the label, the majority of which saw the light of day in 2004 / 2005. Alongside this, James has spent time developing some of the home-grown talent he has signed to the label, such as Tim Fretwell, who after a couple of releases for Climax has gone on to remix for labels of the stature of Bedrock and ElectroFly, for artists of the likes of Pole Folder and Steve Porter, amongst many others. Paul Lancaster, a local DJ / producer and remixer, has also gone on to have releases for other quality labels. Both Paul and Tim still maintain their roots with Climax, and will have more material out on their “home” label in the near future. All this goes to show that James has an eye for talent as well as an ear for quality music. 2003 was the year that saw Climax really take-off, with Radio 1 plays from Pete Tong and Seb Fontaine, as well as tracks signed to Seb Fontaine’s Perfecto Presents mix compilation, and also two Global Underground compilations, Steve Lawler’s Lights Out 2 and the chill-out mix Electric Calm 2. On the DJing front, 2003 and 2004 saw James take his DJing talents to headline gigs in Italy, Romania, Poland and Washington DC, as well as slots alongside the likes of Barry Gilbey, Fabric’s Tyler Stadius, Bedrock protégé Jonathon Lisle, and USA’s Steve Porter & Randall Jones. More recent local gigs have been done with his production partner Steve Linney, under their DJing and production alias DirtyBlondes. They are currently in the studio working on their debut track, and with remix work already Waiting for them, 2005 / 2006 should see James push on through even further. Musically, James takes progressive, tribal and techy house sounds, adds a dash of acid and then fuses them all together to make an hypnotic groove, whilst always maintaining that basic foundation of funk. He then uses this to take the dance-floor on a deep, dark and dubbed-out journey to a far away place. This is all evidence that both James Wilson and Climax Recordings have come a very long way in a relatively short space of time. www.climaxrecordings.com
Here's the tracklist for my hour on Steve's show - 1. Lexicon Avenue - 'Why R U Here' (Dirtyblondes Intro Edit) (cd-r) 2. Lorenzo Cherubini - 'Tanto3' (Alex Neri & Stefano Fontana Remix Dub) (Tenax / Bustin' Loose) 3. Nic Fanciulli - 'Squirreled' (Renaissance) 4. Peace Division pres. Doped Out Kings - 'Groove Me' (Original Mix) (Release) 5. Ri-Tek - 'Electronic Interference' (Pravo) 6. DJ DLG - 'Dimension' (Huge) 7. Stu Hirst ft. Amanda Pryce - 'Feel Excited' (Vox) (Limbo) 8. DK7 - 'Where's The Fun' (Jesper Dahlback Remix) 9. Deepdownanddirty - 'Magnatar' (Climax) I hope some of you can tune in. Thanks in advance to Steve for this.
here's my tracklisting 1. Cirez D - W-Dizco [joia] 2. DJ Oliver & Irtman - Atltantica [azuli black] 3. Groove Armada - I See You Baby (Futureshock Remix) [zomba records] 4. Cirez D - Diamond Girl [joia] 5. Julio Torres - Biruta [harlem electric] 6. Roman Flugel - Geht's Noch? (Steve Angello vs. Who's WHo mix) [skint] 7. Bass Spankerz - Initiate [spanked] 8. Lee Coombs vs Lick The Frog - Lick The Frog [fingerlickin] 9. Spoiled - I Know (D. Ramirez Old Skool mix) [slave] 10. U-Facilities vs The Man - Speechless (Steve Linney remix) [climax recordings]
