The duo behind the Washington, D.C. Future Times labelBeautiful Swimmerswill be swinging into town this weekend.
Over the course of running the imprint for the past eight years, they’ve released the likes of Jack J, Hashman Deejay, Shanti Celeste, Huerco S., Steve Summers and Juju & Jordash, not to mention their own record Son. Expect a night of heavy house and curious curveballs when they hit Slyfox this Friday April 15. Support is coming from Adi Toohey, Sydney Pony Club and The Heavenly Jocks. Dive in.
So, y’all already know about Carl Cox’s [above]Pure festival that’s happening on Saturday April 23 at Hordern Pavilion (which also features Joseph Capriati, Format:B, DJ HMC, Eric Powell, Murat Kilic and Mantra Collective). But, did’ya know about the afterparty yet? HMC will switch into disco edit mode under his Late Nite Tuff Guy alias and go all night long at Barrio Cellar with help from Lauren Hansom, Mirã Bõru, Genie and U-Khan. Party on, Wayne.
Ol’ mate Tony Scott from the UK produces under a lot of aliases, but none more prolific as his moniker Edit Select – and he’s coming to Sydney next month. Since first emerging on the scene in the early ’90s, he’s been called up for remix duties for the likes of techno royalty Speedy J, Dadub and Chris Liebing, and has collaborated with Dino Sabatini, Markus Suckut and Giorgio Gigli. In 2007 he founded Edit Select Recordings, and has gone on to release productions from the likes of Tadeo, S100 and Cassegrain. He’ll be flanked by Kali, Shivers*, Dave Stuart, Sebastian Bayne and Anthony Bohlock on Saturday May 14 at the Burdekin Hotel.
Two local gigs not to miss: on Saturday April 16 at the Burdekin Hotel you’ll have the chance to catch an all-too-rare live serving from Mike Witcombe and Felix Warmuth AKA Systrum, while on Saturday April 30 at The Red Rattler it’s set to be an all-local, all-vinyl and all-techno throwdown from Babicka, Baron Castle, Ben Fester and Matt Lush.
Tour rumours: ready for the best sentence I’ve ever written in this column before? Good. Lock in visits from Ryoji Ikeda and Tim Hecker this June. Announcements for both are incoming. Oh, and Detroit Swindle are returning at the end of May too, if that’s yo’ thang.
Best releases this week: oh my Lord, the new Omar-S album The Best (out on his own FXHE Records, of course) has finally landed and it’s straight-up Detroit techno and house fi-yah. Feel the burn. You also can’t go past the new split EP from Hank Jackson and Anthony Naples (Proibito). Other highlights include Globex’sInversia 1 (Acting Press), Simon Shreeve’s The Healing Bowl (Downwards), Flxk1 & Ena’s 749 (Hidden Hawaii) and T & P (AKA Tim Sweeney & Phillip Lauer)’sShoot The Freak (Beats in Space).
Recommeded:
FRIDAY APRIL 15
Beautiful Swimmers @Slyfox
SATURDAY APRIL 23
Pure: Carl Cox, Joseph Capriati, Format:B@Hordern Pavilion
SUNDAY APRIL 24
Danny Krivit@TBA
SATURDAY APRIL 30
Hunted/Game@Burdekin Hotel
SATURDAY MAY 7
Anthony Parasole@Burdekin Hotel
SATURDAYMAY 14
Edit Select@Burdekin Hotel
