Rising Star Nelski shows an unseen side of his studio talents with his remix. Prepared especially for those warehouse moments, this remix takes you deep underground with a solid groove, memorable hook and the unforgettable vocal’s from Jerique.

Having gained much acclaim on recent tours of the Philippines, Netherlands, Sweden, Miami and the UK – Nelski is set for his debut live appearance at the 2012 edition of Nature One Festival in August with the likes of John Dahlback, Sven Vath, Dubfire, MANDY, Ben Klock and Marcel Dettmann.

Love Express is released exclusively with Beatport on the 14th May.

If you like what you hear, then keep in touch with Nelski via his Fan Page www.facebook.com/nelskiofficial.

This will be Nelski’s debut appearance in Germany, and what better way to introduce yourself to a new audience that with a Live show?! Nelski joins a long list of A-List artists including Sven Väth, Dubfire, M.A.N.D.Y. and more.

You can find more information on this event on the Nature One website: Nature One Festival 2012

Full Line Up:

DJs:
Paul van Dyk (Berlin), Sven Väth (Frankfurt) Chris Liebing (Frankfurt), Dubfire (Washington), Ferry Corsten (Rotterdam), Sander van Doorn (Eindhoven), Len Faki (Berlin), Felix Kröcher (Frankfurt), Hardwell (Breda), Moonbootica (Hamburg), Tocadisco (Köln), John Dahlbäck (Stockholm), Markus Schulz (Florida), M.A.N.D.Y. (Berlin), Marcel Dettmann (Berlin), Ben Klock (Berlin), Ian Carey (Miami), Bingo Players (Enschede), Marco V (Amsterdam), The Disco Boys (Hamburg), Tom Novy (Zürich), Dominik Eulberg (Bonn), Butch (Mainz), Klaudia Gawlas (Passau), Torsten Kanzler (Berlin), W&W (Breda), Nervo (Melbourne), Sean Tyas (New York), andhim (Berlin/Köln), Falko Niestolik (Salzburg), Dr. Motte (Berlin), Adam Port (Berlin), Da Hool (Ruhr-Area), Dennis Sheperd (Berlin), Dag (Frankfurt), Tanith (Berlin), Ruben de Ronde (Haarlem), Kerstin Eden (Berlin), Frank Sonic (Ruhr-Area), Pele (München), Andy Düx (Mainz), Ulli Brenner (Frankfurt), Man at Arms (Gelsenkirchen), Buchecha (Sao Paulo), Jenny Furora (Mainz), sunshine live DJ Team aka Charles Mc Thorn, Eric SSL & DJ Falk (Mannheim), Ben Nicky (Bristol), Rafael Da Cruz (Köln), Jon Asher (Münster), Housebeats Brothers (Westerwald)

Live-Acts:
Rank1 (Rotterdam), Extrawelt (Hamburg), Laserkraft 3D (Kaiserslautern/Mannheim), Vitalic (Paris), Anthony Rother (Frankfurt), BMG aka Brachiale Musikgestalter (Wiesbaden), Dapayk (Berlin), Aka Aka feat. Thalstroem (Berlin), Terence Fixmer (Brüssel), Hardfloor (Düsseldorf), Cyberpunkers (Mailand), Jam (Jam & Spoon) (Frankfurt), Niereich (Graz), Ravers Nature (Hof), Nelski (London), Mijk van Dijk (Berlin), Pounding Grooves (London), NatureOne Inc.

Recorded especially to celebrate this years WMC, where Nelski supported Chris Lake at Mynt Lounge, Nelski showcases some of the hottest promos to from both Rising Music and beyond.

You can download or stream the podcast by clicking this link.

Enjoy!

Track Listing

1: Axel Bowman – Paris 2006 Feat. Kornel Kovacs (Original) [Made For The Night]
2: Noir, Haze – Around (Solomum Vox remix) [Bargrooves]
3: Subb-an – This Place (nice fanciulli remix) [Saved]
4: Zombe Disco Squad – Plinky (Monkey Safari Remix) [Made For The Night]
5: TJR – Funky Vodka (Original) [Rising Music]
6: Azari & III – Reckless (with Your Love) (Riva Starr Remix) [Permanent Vacation]
7: Zoo Brazil – The Big Rose (Original) (303 Lovers)
8: Jay Lumen – The Drummer (Great Stuff)
9: Nelski, Breese – Takin It Back – CDR
10: X-press 2 – Smoke Machine (Sonny Wharton Remix) [Skint]
11: Basement Jaxx – Where’s your Head At (Michael Hooker Bootleg – CDR
12: DJPP, Silversix – F_cking Amazing! [unknown]
13: John Aquaviva, Roy RosenvelD – Bounce [Definitive]
14:Todd Terry Presents Sound Design – Bounce To The Beat (Prok & Fitch School Of Tod Terry remix [Toolroom]
15: Switch – Just Bounce 2 This (Eats Everything’s none Squeaky Re-Bounce) [Freerange Recordings]
16: Djuma Soundsystem – Les Djins (Siege Re-Edit) [Critical Mass Recordings]
17: Otto Knows – Million Voices [refune]
18: Hot Mouth – Bad Habits [Rising Music]
19: Romain Curtis – Nandaya (Nelski Remix) [Big Love Music]
20: Chris Lake – Build Up (Original) [Rising Music]
21: Seamus Haji, Nelski – Hey Boy Hey Girl (Original) [Rising Music]

See the remix featured on 35 of the worlds most influential blogs here:

The Guardian, April’s Best Music From Across The Map

Okayafrica is okayplayer’s new cultural guide to all that’s hot and jumping in the new African renaissance. This month, they invite SFM’s own Olugbenga to release a themed mixtape for their website.

You can listen and download the mix direct from Okayafrica on the following link: Africa In Your Earbuds #15: Olugbenga

With his unique brand of electronic music and ear for a solid rave hook already catching the attention of Carl Cox and Pete Tong, we caught up with hot up and comer Nelski for a chat ahead of the Uber Easter Special.

Easter Sunday sees James Zabiela headline a superlative line-up of house and techno talent at Carlise’s Melting Pot, for the second Uber of 2012.

Joining James for this Bank Holiday mash-up will be Soma darlings Silicone Soul, Nelski (live), Snowbombing’s Marc Roberts, and many more.

With his unique brand of electronic music and ear for a solid rave hook already catching the attention of Carl Cox and Pete Tong, we caught up with hot up-and-comer Nelski for a chat ahead of the Uber Easter Special.

Listen to a 60 minute Nelski mix here:

To some viewers you might be a new face, but 2011 saw you rise from obscurity to international recognition in the space of 12 months. Tell us a little bit about yourself and your journey over 2011?

Yeah 2011 was a big year of firsts for Nelski. First Beatport Top 10, first play at Ministry of Sound, first live show, first festival and first album so, with that I had a chance to reach a lot of new people in a relatively short time. It was an intense year and I loved it. It’s just given me a drive to make sure that this year is even bigger. I need to have a sense of progression with everything I do, and I’ll keep working hard to get that.

Your live show as we know it was conceived in the Skiddle tent at the Wickerman last year. How much of a baptism of fire was that?

About as hot as it gets. No room for error as there were no other live acts in the Skiddle Bass Camp last year. So it was all-eyes-on and little room for error!

You’re playing at Uber over Easter weekend; looking forward to it?

Uberlly! It’s a great space with a great line-up, and a great crowd so I have heard – which is a recipe for success. So, yes, I am looking forward to it immensely.

Is the live mix you’ve done an indicator of what people can expect from the show?

Exactly, I’ve managed to put together a mix of the kinda tracks you could expect to hear in my live show. ‘Could’, as the thing with the live show it keeps developing and new unheard tracks could creep in at any point!

What makes your live show stand out from other producers’ live projects?

There are a lot of people performing ‘live’ who are simply triggering loops and samples on-the-fly. It’s almost like a live re-editing/remixing. My live shows are about playing my own tracks. Playing keys, performing percussion and live vocals so it is totally unique to me and built around my music.

The show is a concoction of visuals, vocals and music. How difficult is it to coordinate all these elements, and can you give us a sneak insight into what equipment you have in your set-up?

Thankfully it’s fairly easy with thanks the backbone of the set; Ableton live. I also use a handy piece of kit Called the AKAI APC40 – this gives me hands-on control of everything with a strike-of-a-pad, a turn-of-a-knob and a play of a keyboard. It’s amazing, I love living in these technological times!

You have just released a massive remake of The Chemical Brothers classic ‘Hey Boy, Hey Girl’ with Seamus Haji, which has been flying up the Beatport Chart since its release last week. Tell us a bit about why you chose this track and how you ‘remade’ it.

It’s such an iconic track, you could say we’d be crazy to attempt it. It came about through Seamus Haji having created a kind-of bootleg/edit which has been getting a fair bit of heat. That’s when we thought it needs an update, but rather than simply sampling the original and sticking it under some new beats and noise, we wanted to put our fresh modern take on it without being confined. So literally we re-made the track from the ground up with all new synths, and even re-recorded the vocals. At first I used my vocals but being British they were way too far off the mark, so I called upon the services of a friend Angelo over in Philadelphia USA. To be fair he pretty much nailed them. you can still hear a layer of me in there low down tho. It’s great to see it get such a massive reaction. At first it’s the vocals that get the reaction because it’s so well known, but as the new synths start to develop in there and people start to hear it’s an update, then people really go wild into the drop. It’s great to see it in action, especially in a festival/big room arena.

Although you now live in London we’ve heard you are originally from Liverpool. Are you still in touch with the Liverpool club scene now?

Well, technically I’m from Cheshire, but Liverpool was my City. Unfortunately I don’t really get the opportunity to get back there much. It’s a bit of shame now you come to mention it, perhaps I need to get that sorted out.

If you could only pick three Desert Island Discs, what would they be, and why?

Tanner Ross – the B-Side (No19 Rec’s): This is the type of track were, when you shut your eyes you could be anywhere, and I could use it to mentally escape for a bit. It’s beautiful and emotive, and you all need it in your life.

Wham – Club Tropicana: I love fun in the sun. So I’d play this to make me feel like I’m at my own Club Tropicana.

TJR – Funky Vodka: This is by far a fave record at the min, and I’m sure for a while. It will be guaranteed to keep me in a good mood time and time over until my rescue!

You have just played in Miami at the WMC for the first time, supporting Chris Lake. How was your first experience of Miami and the club scene?

If there’s one thing to really stick out it’s how fractured the scene really is. From a consumer’s point of view it’s great as you can very specific over what ‘flavour’ of house you’re into. From an industry angle it has made things a lot tougher as the markets have gotten very small. Someone who is big on one scene can be totally unheard of in another house sub genre. So for me this has but an emphasis on crossing-over genre boundaries. But, the party at Mynt Lounge with Chris was amazing – we will be releasing some footage soon, so keep your eyes on my fan pages for this.

Festival season is upon us! Can you reveal any plans about what you will be up to this summer with them?

I’m gearing up for a busy summer indeed. My favourite time of year is the festival period and my favourite gigs are festival stages. The standout shows Rough Beats and Nature One Festival in Germany where I’ll be heading it up with John Dahlback. It all starts this weekend though really, I am off to Asia to visit the Philippines for some shows, then off to Holland for my first time the week after, and another debut trip to Sweden to play Solidaritet in Stockholm the week after that! So exciting times!

And finally, what else lies in the immediate future for you?

as I write I am at the Winter Music conference in Miami. another couple of days of pool parties and then as mentioned i’ll be heading across to the Philippines, Holland and Sweden. So I’m gonna to try use all this travel time to get some brand new material together ready for my set at Uber! I can’t wait to see you all there.

Catch Nelski with James Zabiela, Silicone Soul and more at The Melting Pot, Carlisle for Uber Bank Holiday Special on Sunday April 8th. Tickets are available through Skiddle.

http://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Nelski-talks-WMC-Wickerman-and-Wham-ahead-of-Ubers-Bank-Holiday-Special/12058/.

Purchase the EP from Bearport today using this link!

To celebrate the occasion, Rory made up an exclusive mix tape featuring Matic Mouth on the mic – a collaboration you can be sure to hear more from as the year progresses! You can download the mix straight from Rory Lyons’ fan page on this link!.

Don’t forget to check out Fenchurch’s awesome clothing range and mixtape collection here: http://www.fenchurch.com/mixtapes/.

SFM x

Check out the full line up here: http://www.kendalcalling.co.uk/lineup

In between touring with Metronomy, the coming months will see Olugbenga locked away in the studio to focus on new solo material. His first unofficial remixes have received support already on 6 Music from Lauren Laverne plus DJ related features with Huw Stevens & Annie Mac on Radio 1 alongside press articles in Clash Magazine and The Independent.

Keen to develop his own ideas, inspirations and sounds; Olugbenga is beginning to draw attention to his solo work through his recent musical exploits as a producer, remixer and DJ. Set up in Ableton Live, Olugbenga has the platform to showcase his solo productions, edits, remixes and cuts live on stage, making each performance diverse and unique to that audience, drawing across a number of influences including contemporary African roots fusion, left-field hip hop, electronica, gospel and rock – all mixed up into a modern bass driven sound. This melting pot of ideas is accessible at anytime or place, whether it be post gig or pre club, transcending time zones or capital cities. His weapon of choice and digital companion; the Macbook Pro.

2012 has already seen Olugbenga tour Japan, Australia, Italy and the UK, gaining much acclaim for his original and innovative DJ sets. Clash Magazine even stating that ‘Olugbenga is more than a bit special, he is one to watch’. With forthcoming dates including Kendal Calling (UK), Soundwave Festival (Croatia) and a debut to tour of Russia, Olugbenga is about to step things up another level with the first release of his own productions.

In the mean time though, he presents a remix for Berlin based singer/songwriter Jim Kroft – an artist who is making some blissful waves in the scene, with an approach of a philosopher as much as an artist, Jim’s album release in October 2011 entitled ‘The Hermit & The Hedonist’, has received much acclaim, Jim having been featured on the legendary “Frank Skinner Show”, Absolute Radio and on BBC London with Gary Crowley enthused about new single “Memoirs from the Afterlife” as ‘terrific stuff, a classic pop song’.

Available for free download, Olugbenga’s edit of ‘Ulysses’ sees his signature broken beat and bass heavy sound compliment with the sunny, smooth and on point vocals from Jim Kroft. Couple that with some pulsating synths and catchy leads, and you have an accessible track that can produce a smile at any given time of the day or night.

If you like what you hear, don’t forget to follow Olugbenga here OLUGBENGA and like his fan page here www.facebook.com/thisisolugbenga.