It is with great pleasure, and more than a little excitement, that we announce the signing of MixHell to legendary German label Boys Noize Records (BNR).

MixHell and BNR label owner Alex have spent the last few years travelling around Europe and playing many of the same shows, so it was inevitable that a relationship would form. Thankfully, it has blossomed into a recording relationship, with BNR set to release the debut MixHell album in the 1st quarter of 2011.

First up in the release schedule is a dynamic single entitled “Antigalactic”. This new track features remixes from Gui Boratto and Inflagranti. Due for release in March 2011, this is a must have for the record box!
The deal only goes to further solidify MixHell’s standings within the genre, as producers and DJs, and the hopes are high for another fantastic musical offering from MixHell.

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DJ Marky is readying himself for another stint in the Oceanic territory as he plans an Australasian tour this coming January (2011). It has been a while since DJ Marky went down under and there are some seriously hot shows to be a part of while he is there.

To check out your favourite DnB DJ doing his ting in the Australian summertime, check out the following venues on the following dates in January:
14th January 2011
ZEN Bar – Auckland, New Zealand
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15th January 2011
SANDWICHES – Wellington, New Zealand
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19th January 2011
SHAPE – Perth, Australia
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21st January 2011
THE MANNING BAR – Sydney, Australia
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22nd January 2011
TRANSIT BAR – Canberra, Australia
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25th January 2011
HQ COMPLEX – Adelaide, Australia
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26th January 2011
THE ROXANNE PARLOUR – Melbourne, Australia
For more information on DJ Marky’s whereabouts, stay tuned to his OFFICIAL WEBSITE or why not download the FREE iPhone app!

This month saw DJ Marky become one of the only Drum & Bass DJs to have his very own app – now available in the iTunes App Store.

The app is a convenient and simple way to stay in touch with DJ Marky’s many and varied global movements with a gig guide and News section. The app also allows consumers to preview and listen to DJ Marky tracks and podcasts as well as providing download links for the tracks and mixes available in the iTunes store.
The app is currently being made available for the extra special price of £0 – so head on over to the app store and get involved with DJ Marky and his to-die-for app!

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It’s official! Our very own DJ Marky has been confirmed to kick off the New Year in tremendous style as he puts together the first FABRICLIVE mix of 2011 – FABRICLIVE 55.

Since starting the DJ Marky & Friends at fabric in April 2009, it has always been a dream of DJ Marky’s to mix one of the world renowned and critically acclaimed FABRICLIVE mixes. We recently asked DJ Marky to tell us about his history and what being included in the fabric catalogue means to him.
“The first music I heard was jazz. Then I heard James Brown; when I first heard soul music, I fell in love. I got into early hip-hop in about 1983; then I switched to Detroit house, then acid house. Everything changed when I heard Altern8, The Prodigy’s ‘Charly’ and Bizarre Inc’s ‘Playing With Knives’. I totally switched and from then on all I cared about was UK music, I wanted to go to London so badly. The UK rave scene was all I would talk about. I started playing hardcore and then jungle after that; early Reinforced Records, Suburban Bass and Moving Shadow, tracks like Omni Trio’s ‘Hyper On Experience’. I’d order English music magazines and follow the scene from Brazil; I worked in a record shop so I would get my music that way, but only the biggest labels got distributed outside of the UK. It was hard work, I was very dedicated. No one in London would have believed back then that nearly 6,000 miles away someone was playing this crazy music.”
It was in 1999 that head of legendary D&B imprint V Recordings Bryan Gee stumbled upon Marky’s outlandish talents on a trip to Brazil and knew immediately he just had to bring the Sao Paulo resident home to the UK. Scratching, juggling and, of course, smiling, his way through every set, Marky made an instant impact. Studio collaborations with fellow Brazilian XRS followed for V on the ‘Brasil EP,’ but it was the release of the seminal ‘LK’ and his now-classic ‘Brazilian Job’ mix CD that firmly established Marky among the D&B elite. In 2003 Marky established his own label, Innerground, which is now on its 37th release, and remains an outlet for his own productions and the music he believes in. Now collaborating with fellow Brazilian – and one of the hottest names among D&B’s new-school of producers – S.P.Y. – Marky continual proves there’s more to him than just his incredible DJ sets.
“My label Innerground is something I’ve got a lot of love and passion for; I only put out tunes I believe in. It’s nice to keep the soul and funk alive. Production is cool. Sometimes I’m desperate to go to the studio, sometimes I don’t want to go. I’m not the kind of person that can just go into the studio and work. I need something to inspire me. Music is something I take very seriously and is very emotional to me; all the music I’ve made has a story or history behind it.”
If there’s one thing that’s predictable about a DJ Marky set, it is its unpredictability. As a genre, drum & bass is built on a huge variety of sounds, styles, influences and approaches, and with a DJ Marky set, you’re never quite sure what you’re going to get. From smooth, musical ‘liquid’ to dark, cerebral atmospherics and intense floor-filling ‘jump-up’, Marky is renowned for the surprising variety of his selections.
“I don’t plan my sets, I hate playing the same set twice. I think that’s why people like me, because they never know what I’m going to play. This mix has all my favourite tracks at the moment. It’s all music I really love and am passionate about it. The first thing I thought was that I wanted to do something different to what people that come to see me play would get. I don’t like the idea of trying to put as many tunes as possible on one CD. I want people to hear the music completely, not just one minute of each track; the mix is important, but music comes first. For this CD, it’s for a different time and place, for listening to at home maybe, with your friends having a beer or a glass of wine. My concept with CDs is very, very different to in a club – I don’t want to make a banging, noisy CD. It’s totally different.”

Despite his intentions to make this CD stand alone from his club sets, FABRICLIVE55 is unmistakably DJ Marky. Thoughtfully paced and constructed, and taking in many of the very freshest tracks that the Brazilian is currently playing, Marky proves once again that, in his own words, “Drum & bass is not just men’s music”. With a consistent thread of soul, musicality and groove, tracks such as Calibre’s ‘Even If’, Die & Interface’s ‘Bright Lights’, Total Science & 8-Bits’ ‘T1’, Marcus Intalex’s ‘Steady’ and Skream’s ‘Motorway’ are all proof of the enduring depth, variety and relevance still to be found in drum & bass.
“When I got offered to work with Fabric, the first thing I asked was; ‘When do I get to do a CD?’ There are so many people that I love who have done them. Within a day of being asked to do the mix, I’d recorded it. It’s so important to me and for my career. fabric is famous all around the world and since my first Marky & Friends event here, it’s been brilliant. We try to bring a slightly different audience to fabric – a slightly older crowd. What’s really important to me is the quality of the people at the party. I play for everybody and everybody’s welcome, but it’s nice to see older people in a club. And lots of ladies – if the girls are coming, then that’s good; that’s a party!”
The FABRICLIVE mix is due out on 17th January in Europe and Rest of the World, with the release date for the USA set at 15th February.
Tracklisting:
01 S.P.Y. – By Your Side [Spearhead]
02 dRamatic & dbAudio – Rolling Times [Phuzion]
03 DJ Marky & S.P.Y. – Yellow Shoes [Innerground]
04 Die & Interface feat. William Cartwright – Bright Lights (Rollers Mix) [Toolroom]
05 Lynx – Chess Funk [Detail]
06 Fierce & Vicious Circle – Section [Quarantine]
07 Klute – Will You Still Love Me? [Commercial Suicide]
08 Makoto & Deeizm – Untold [HE:Digital / Human Elements]
09 Calibre – Even If [Signature]
10 8-Bits & Q-Project – T1 [Innerground]
11 Logistics with IllSkillz – Notes From The Block [Hospital]
12 Heavy 1 – Millers [Samurai]
13 Icicle – Nowhere [Invisible]
14 Skream – Motorway [Exit]
15 Marcus Intalex – Steady [Soul:r]
16 Siren – Control [Siren]
17 S.P.Y. – Hotspot [Innerground]
18 Nymfo – Matchstick V.I.P. [Commercial Suicide]
19 Break – Time After Time [Symmetry]
20 DJ Marky & S.P.Y. – Brainstorm [Innerground]
21 Culture Shock – Cathedral [Ram]
22 Commix – Double Double [Metalheadz]
23 Marcus Intalex & S.P.Y. – Paulista Dub [Soul:r]
24 DJ Marky & S.P.Y. – Mystic Sunset [Innerground]
For more on the fabric club nights and label, please visit: www.fabriclondon.com

Music Week, widely regarded as one of the premier resources for music news across the board, has a habit of putting together some pretty tidy compilations for their subscribers. This month see the focus move to one of the fastest emerging markets in the world, Brazil; a country we happen to know a little about.

In the latest offering, Music Week have featured none other than Copacabana Club.

The tracklisting caters for pretty much all tastes, as is common with Music Week’s compilations, and features the likes of Luisa Maita, Andrea Dias and more. The highlight though, is of course Copacabana Club’s “Just Do It”, which continues to do well across the globe.

Plans are in the pipeline for a debut album due out in 2011, so stay close to the Bulldozer site for further info on this unique new talent.