UNIQUE 3 - Black Art Remixes

OUT NOW!

FROM THE MUTATE RECORDS WEBSITE
Part two of Unique 3's 'Take This Love' is the closely related sequel to the critically acclaimed 'Take This Love', which is riding high as IDJ Breaks 'Top Tune' of the month...

The Black Art Mixes are a selection of lost or misplaced remixes found down the back of the studio sofa, stuck in car cd players or simply mistakenly overseen amongst the massive stack of demo's that sits in the Mutate HQ.

WNCL REMIX FEEDBACK
'Very fresh and hard to keep still to'
Edzy, Unique 3

'Feeling the Unique 3 Refix, looking forward to playing this out'
2562 (Tectonic / A Made Up Sound)

'West Norwood Cassette Library does it ruffest for me'
Rob, Stereo MCs

'... a wicked UK Funky mix'
DJ magazine

'Proper quirky ... sounds like Todd Terry on acid'
Blah Blah magazine

'Love the swing sampling acid remix'
Bob Kickflip, NuSkool Breaks Radio


BUY IT
I gather that the artwork has led to a ban at some e-tailers - how ridiculous / hilarious - but you can still get it here:
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WNCL001

It's time to start a record label...

LABEL: WNCL Recordings
CAT NO: WNCL001
ARTIST: West Norwood Cassette Library
SIDE A: What It Is (Original Mix)
SIDE B: What It Is (Brackles Remix)
FORMAT: 10" Vinyl / Digital Download
RELEASE: May 2010

BEN UFO (Rinse FM / Hessle Audio) has already jumped on the fantastic BRACKLES remix and featured it on his online mix for Bratislavian club night BWO. Check it here

SHORTSTUFF, who, with BRACKLES, runs the excellent BLUNTED ROBOTS label, also throws his hat in for the remix. Check his new mixtape for San Francisco's ICEE HOT night here

P MAN, long time WNCL supporter, opened and closed his recent CYBA FM show with both mixes, available to download from GET DARKER, here

BRACKLES also showcased both mixes on his recent RINSE FM show. Check it here

ELECTRONIC EXPLORATIONS features the original mix in its 106th podcast. Check it here


Thanks to everybody for the support so far

ROCK LA BIBLIOTEK - March

ROCK LA BIBLIOTEK! - a night of fresh sounds and library archives - is back at The Hive Bar, Brixton on Saturday night.

This month's special guest is ABI CLARKE - part of the SOUL JAZZ label and sound system, film maker, Riding High resident DJ and often to be found behind the counter at our favourite shop, SOUNDS OF THE UNIVERSE. She'll be spinning a mix of dub, lovers rock, soul and rare groove. I can't wait.

WHEN: Saturday 27th March
WHERE: The Hive Bar
ADDRESS: 11-13 Brixton Station Road
NR TUBE: Brixton (Victoria Line)
TIME: 9pm - 3am
DJs: Bateman / Daryl B / Tobi One / WNCL
SPECIAL GUEST: Abi Clarke
ADMISSION: Free!

Hope to see you down there...

LINKS
SOUNDS OF THE UNIVERSE
HIVE BAR

PLASTIC PEOPLE

Just as FWD announces its return, Hackney Council announces plans to shut down PLASTIC PEOPLE.

Sign the petition to keep it open here

SOUNDCLOUD

WNCL is now up and running on SOUNDCLOUD. Preview new trax, check out some library archives and send me your stuff.

ROCK LA BIBLIOTEK - February

ROCK LA BIBLIOTEK! - a night of fresh sounds and library archives - is back this Saturday at Brixton's Hive Bar.

Joining the dots this month will be new library members, CROSHAW (raw blues, gospel, rockabilly), M¿STRY (heavy on the one funk) alongside myself (house and dubstep) with sometime residents DARYL B and TOBI ONE digging through their own library archives.

The special guest slot this month sees the return of CHERRIE FLAVA aka Nicole from Sounds of the Universe / Soul Jazz Records, no doubt bringing the most upfront selection with some classics thrown in.

See you there

WHEN: Saturday 27th February
WHERE: The Hive Bar
ADDRESS: 11-13 Brixton Station Road
NR TUBE: Brixton (Victoria Line)
TIME: 9pm - 3am
DJs: Croshaw / M¿stry / Daryl B / Tobi One / WNCL
SPECIAL GUEST: Cherrie Flava
ADMISSION: Free!

LINKS
CHERRIE FLAVA
SOUNDS OF THE UNIVERSE
TOBI ONE
CROSHAW
HIVE BAR

WEIRD TALES FOR WINTER

Resonance FM will be broadcasting Jonny Mugwump's WEIRD TALES FOR WINTER series, every night this week at midnight. Schedule details on the EXOTIC PYLON link below.

Author and contributor MATTHEW DE ABAITUA says "The second Weird Tale for Winter is my own The Dinner Party Wars, a story I rewrote and performed after the death of JG Ballard, as my own modest tribute to the great prophet of futuristic psychopathy. The West Norwood Cassette Library have done a fantastic job in hewing, smoothing and varnishing my raw recording, adding a rumbling bassline and various sonic constructs that any writer would be pleased to find himself within."

Tune in this week on RESONANCE FM



LINKS
EXOTIC PYLON
RESONANCE FM
MATTHEW DE ABAITUA

ROCK LA BIBLIOTEK - January

ROCK LA BIBLIOTEK! - a night of fresh sounds and library archives - continues into 2010. This month, I'll be teaming up with BATEMAN, reviving our PLASTIC SOUL moniker for a 2 hour back to back House Music all night long special.

The night also sees a return to the decks for TOBI ONE playing alongside resident librarians FRED & OLLIE and DARYL B

WHERE: The Hive Bar
ADDRESS: 11-13 Brixton Station Road
NR TUBE: Brixton (Victoria Line)
TIME: 9pm - 3am
DJs: Tobi One / Fred & Ollie / WNCL
SPECIAL GUEST: Plastic Soul
ADMISSION: Free!

LINK
THE HIVE BAR

UNIQUE 3 - Take This Love

UNIQUE 3's "Take This Love" is released by MUTATE RECORDS on January 30th. The West Norwood Cassette Library remix is included on an 8 track promo download package featuring the original LP track and remixes by Milanese, Si Begg, Cakeboy amongst others.

LINKS
MUTATE RECORDS

PODCAST - Warp20

20th podcast mixing up the first 20 releases on WARP RECORDS for last year's 20th anniversary. All the A sides except for WAP16 (TUFF LITTLE UNIT's "Inspiration") which appears to have disappeared from the library archives. And I never did like Moby's remix of LFO's "Tan Ta Ra" so I had the Mashed Potatoes instead.

LINK
WNPOD20_2010 WARP20