My "Best Of" Turbo Recordings

I was kindly asked to do this for Juno Records.

Its a mix of some of the deeper sounds from Turbo, including tracks from Chaim, Jori, Alex Jones, Jesper, Kolombo, RWB, and Konrad Black's amazing Sunglasses remix.

Fabric Interview and Charts

July Charts

1. Williams - Ships In Hamburg (Matt Walsh & Alex Jones Remix) (Turbo Recordings)
2. Zero 7 – Medicine Man (Noob Remix) (CDR)
3. Change - Peace For Freaks (Quartz)
4. Emerson Todd/Tim Green - Exercise (Cocoon)
5. Harry Axt - Frachter (Kiddaz.FM)
6. Jakob Hilden – Glamoflage (Trapez)
7. Tucillo - Panorama (Kalabrese Mix) (Deusions of Grandeur)
8. The Juan Maclean - Happy House (Matthew Dear vs. Audion Remix) (DFA)
9. Vincenzo – Thizz Izz (Poker Flat)
10. Livio & Roby Vs Hipo - Pitzi Ponc (CDR)
11. Abe Duque feat. Virginia – Following My Heart (DJ Hell Remix) (Process Recordings)
12. Phonogenic – Bass Were The Days (Turbo Recordings)
13. Snuff Crew – Feel Inside (Kink and Neville Watson Remix) (House House is Your Rush)
14. Jonas Kopp - Kopperniko (CMYK Musik)
15. Unknown – Trollsta (MHM One Remix) (CDR)
16. Photonz – Compulsion (Dissident)
17. Canyons – Blue Snakes (I’m A Cliché)
18. Social Disco Club & Maia - The Way You Move (Disk Jokke Retromix) (Bear Funk)
19. Clouded Vision – Neon Rain (Nialist/Astronomer Remixes) (White)
20. 40 Thieves – Beats in Space EP (White)



July Dates:



3/7 – Bugged Out! @ Fabric

4/7 – Bloggers Delight @ Audio, Brighton

11/7 – Barhouse, Chelmsford

15/7 - ASBO, Bennicasm, Spain

17/7 – High Horse @ T Bar, with Eamon Harkin

18/7 – Redlight, Shoreditch

24/7 – High Horse @ T Bar, with Thomas Mulluer

25/7 – Matter, with Tiga, Josh Wink

31/7 – Standon Calling Festival - Herts



My interview and podcast with Fabriclondon.com:


Matt Walsh has made a solid name for himself on the London scene emerging as a talented resident for the likes of Bugged Out! and Tiga’s imprint Turbo as well as the new ‘High Horse’ night at T-Bar with mates Casper C and Skull Juice. Production projects with Hypercolour boss Alex Jones and with Steve Cook as Clouded Vision are forging the beginning of a promising and wide-ranging sound with remixes already for the likes of The Proxy, Brodinski and Cari Lekebusch. With temperatures soaring this week Matt’s mix is perfect for those long summer evenings, or as he says "this mix is pretty typical of what you might expect from the latter portion of a warm up set, when the dance floor has filled, and the energy goes up a notch."

The track list includes new Audion material and his new remix of Peaches with Alex Jones giving a nice taster of what to expect at this Friday’s Bugged Out! takeover of room one. We chat to him about his musical roots, inspirations and current projects.



How did you get into Djing and who were your biggest inspirations when you started?

I always bought records, but only had one turntable until I lived with three djs at university. One played trance, one prog house and one hard house. I hated all their music and started mixing mine on their decks. I have followed Andrew Weatherall since I bought Screamadelica in the early 90s. Him and David Holmes were the first DJs I loved because they seemed to be the only ones who werent boring and linear to me. They got me into more 4/4 music when I was a britpop kid and I started out playing soul, funk and disco, old acid house records in bars and then a club night in my home town in Essex in 2002. Electroclash was born and I had fallen in love with it straight away.

You seem to have embraced twitter along with a great number of other DJs. What excites you more today – new technology or new music?

Until 3 or so years ago I was computer illiterate. I think I was one of the last people I know to get a myspace and only got a facebook at the start of this year. I was late on using CDs as well and only quite recently have started to leave vinyl at home. Twitter is the main thing I use now as its simple and works really well in a kind of chinese whispers kind of way. Soundcloud is also a great new tool.

If I had the choice of course its new music. There are new genres being written by the second it seems and a lot of new and exciting things everywhere.

You’ve prepared a promo mix for your upcoming set at the Bugged Out takeover at this Friday’s fabriclive - could you tell us a little more about it?

I prepared it to sound like the last hour of an early set, when the floor is full. I also took into consideration the Friday sound at fabric. I think the sound I play sometimes fits into Fridays and some Saturdays, pretty much where Bugged Out does too. It starts very deep and kind of disco with some acidic elements and builds to pretty banging after an hour, then makes its way back down again just in time for the next act to take over. (Dusty Kid on Friday).

What does London and the club scene here mean to you?

Its the only place in the world where you see and hear things first. Trends in sounds and fashions all start here. I moved to London 4 years ago and still love the buzz of the city and I live right in the middle of it too. People say its pretentious but you are spoilt for choice and there is something to do every night bu it has been amazing for me and without moving here I wouldn't have got to where I am now.

What does warming up require in your opinion?

I could talk for ages about this, I think some people really dont care, some want to just arrive at a club and go mad and others would rather wait and enjoy the build up. I think with a club that is open til 6 or 7am there is not really any need for people to dance before 11:30. I have played in clubs where massive tunes are played by residents at 10pm and the floor is exhausted before the main guest puts a record on. I have played the first slot a quite a few times now and always try to be patient and not get carried away. The first and last slots can be the hardest to play, but I enjoy both and its the time of the night where you can be more experimental. For a DJ that likes a lot of different music its great to play at different times of the night.

What, for you, is the appeal of collaborating in the studio and what are you currently working on?

Its been the easiest way for me to learn. I am a DJ and spend 2 or 3 hours a day looking for new music and listening to what fits together with eachother. If I would have made the choice to produce alone I think my DJing wouldn't have taken off as well as it has. There is a lot of pressure on DJs to produce a lot of music now and its something I have learnt a lot about in the last 2 years. With Steve in Clouded Vision I have been making early evening disco sounds, with vintage equipment I have been buying, with Alex Jones, late night house and techno. As Matt Walsh alone eventually I want to make something that is more peak time, I have a lot of things I have worked on but dont want to put my name to alone yet and sometimes if you make something that associates you with a 'scene' you can get stuck somewhere you may not want to be.

Release wise I have the Peaches Remix with Alex and more remixes for Williams on Turbo Recordings and one for Wax:On's new label (who I am in Ibiza with now writing this!). Clouded Vision will have 2 vinyl only white label EPs over the summer, with remixes from friends Photonz, 40 Thieves, Astronomer, The Nialist and ZNTN. We also have some remixes finished and upcoming for Johnny Dynell, We Have Band and King Roc.
At the moment I am working with Alex on a techno sounding EP and some edits as CV to go out on whites also. They will all go up on Soundcloud as soon as they are done.

Download:

Matt Walsh - FABRICLIVE Promo Mix (via Sendspace)

1. Remote - Public Service (Meanwhile)
2. Clouded Vision – Outside (Vox Accapella) (White)
3. Plein Soleil aka Chloe & Krikor - Casus Belli (Brontosaurus mix) (Kill The DJ)
4. Tucillo - Panorama (Kalabrese Mix) (Delusions of Grandeur‏)
5. Juan Maclean – Happy House (Audion Remix) (Dfa Records)
6. Abe Duque feat. Virginia - Following My Heart [DJ Hell Remix] (Process Recordings)
7. Monty Luke – Panik Attack (Mothership)
8. Daniel Steinberg - Cocolips (Heinrichs & Hirtenfellner Remix) (SUPDUB)
9. Tom Flynn - Zinga (UNO)
10. Julian Jewell - Marjo & Linda (Craft)
11. Noob – Da Brusse Test (White)
12. Alvaro - Ultimate Rise feat. Luxx (Seductive Remix) (Samsobeats)
13. Madkid – Bang Bang (Boka Records)
14. Deepgroove – Freya (White)
15. Okain, Thomas Muller - Somewhere Around Tristram (Bpitch Control)
16. Peaches – Lose You (Matt Walsh & Alex Jones Remix) (XL)

Diesel Mix

I was asked to do a mix for the new Internet radio station, Diesel New Music. You can find them on http://cult.diesel.com/. The mix has gone out live a few times and ive had a lot of emails asking for it as a download, so here it is!


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The Niallist

I've had this mix in my inbox for a while now and think it needs some airing. The Niallist has released a couple of records on the great "Dissident" label and put this crazy mix of acid and electro together, its pretty fun!

This is what he says about it:

SYNTHPOPDISCOROCK is the name of the game, all in the inimitable sexual/sensual Niallist fashion.
My love of DJing was reawakened last year after finally purchasing Ableton Live, and this is the first fruits of that relationship -
expect more installments of Erotic City coming over the next year at semi-irregular intervals!

Volume One "Come Alive" features exclusive tracks from myself, Ben Butler & Mousepad/Dolby Anol, Bekind Rewind, & Trippy Disco
with bang-up-to-date reversions of classics from the likes of Grace Jones, Anita Ward, Add N to (X) and Air,
lovingly blended around nu-disco and electrohouse from Binary Chaffinch, Faze Action and Digitalism.

To hear/download the mix just click on this link

Chart Time

Top Tracks for this month:

1. Tiga - Beep Beep Beep (Loco Dice Remix) (PIAS)
2. Noob/Brodinski – Unknown (White)
3. Daniel Steinberg – Keep On Movin’ (Roman Flugel Remix) (Front Room)
4. Hugg N Pepp – Penguini (Turbo Recordings)
5. Anja Schneider, Lee Van Dowski - La Roulette (Mobilee)
6. Andreas Henneberg - Federschwarz (Ideal Audio)
7. Peaches – Lose You (Matt Walsh & Alex Jones Remix) (XL)
8. Owain K - A Test (Loudeast)
9. Pfirter - Mi Chica (Figure Germany)
10. Alvaro - Ultimate Rise feat. Luxx (Seductive Remix) (Samsonbeats)
11. Tom Flynn – Spaced Out (Anabatic)
12. F.E.X. - Can U Feel It (Martin Landsky Remix) (Robotronic)
13. Groovabilisme – Catwash (Adults Only)
14. Pantha Du Prince – Behind The Stars (Dial)
15. Alpha Rhythm - Big K (Gaiser's Lower Case Remix) (Lost Souls)
16. Losoul - Up The Beach (Playhouse)
17. We Have Band – You Came Out (Clouded Vision Remix) (Kill em All)
18. Telonius - Like What (Glimmers Remix) (Gomma)
19. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Computer Games (Photonz edit) (White)
20. Human League - Open Your Heart (Eamon Harkin Edit) (White)

Really Good Robot!!

Last night I was in Leeds for Bad Robot @ Mint Club with Tiga. The club was pretty small and absolutely rammed with sweaty people. Tiga was on great form and at times even raised and arm or two, but wait for the grand finale, one shoe was held aloft during shoes!!

Amazing night all round, another great wax:on event and luckily my recording worked a treat! Here is my set from 11:30-1 before Tiga came on.

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Tracklist

1. Louderbach - Shine (Thrill Cosby's Broken Door Mix Vox. Dilo)
2. Peaches – Lose You (Matt Walsh & Alex Jones Remix)
3. Alpha Rhythm - Big K (Gaiser's Lower Case Remix)
4. Anja Schneider - Get Away - Christian Burkhardt Remix
5. F.E.X. - Can U Feel It (Martin Landsky Remix)
6. Audio Soul Project - Reality Check (Vincenzo Remix)
7. Samim – Circles
8. Chelonis R. Jones, Marc Romboy – Side FX (Konrad Black Mix)
9. Thomas Mueller & Okain - Somewhere Around Tristram
10. Hennon – Heart To Ear
11. Guy J – Shamen (Cari Lekebusch Remix)
12. Oliver Huntemann – Rikarda
13. VV Brown – Leave (Style Of Eye Remix)
14. Ida Engberg & David West – Supercluster
15. Miss Kittin – 1000 Dreams (Maxime Dangles Remix)
16. Human League - Open Your Heart (Eamon Harkin Edit)

April Charts

Here are some of the tunes ill be playing out over the next month or so and some more production coming very soon! Releases on Tartlet and Wax:on's new label as well as Clouded Vision remixes for We Have Band and Johnny Dynell out in the summer!!

April Chart 2009


• Peaches – Lose You (Matt Walsh & Alex Jones Remix)
• Zyntherius and The Dove - Synthesizer
• Adam Sky and Zoo Brazil - Circle Jerk (Milano 309 Turbo Mix)
• Green Velvet - Earthquaker - Original Mix
• Popof – High and Down/Shades
• Hennon – Ear to Mouth/Heart To Ear
• Oliver Huntemann – Rikarda
• Louderbach - Shine (Thrill Cosby's Broken Door Mix Vox. Dilo)
• Robert Hood - Who Taught You Math. (Shonky in the Hood Remix)
• Chizh - Nuworld - Kiki's Propaganda Haunted Mix
• Renaissance Man - Dubbo
• J Phlip - One Billion Organisms - Original Mix
• Magicbag - Robin Hood (Jamie Jones Remix)
• Chardronnet vs. Afrilounge - Just For A Little Peek
• Anja Schneider - Get Away - Christian Burkhardt Remix
• Deepgroove and Jamie Anderson – Freya
• Depeche Mode - Wrong (Magda's Scallop Funk Remix)
• Passarella Death Squad - Those Are Sirens (Photonz remix)
• Lazersonic and Zak Frost - Aquaplane (Unit 4 Remix)
• I-F ft. Fred Ventura – I Cut my Heart Out (Craig Richards Edit)

Plus in the meantime, ill be playing at some of these clubnights in April and May:

5th April – Stealth , Nottingham
9th April – Bugged Out @ Fire, London, with Erol Alkan
11th April – ASBO (Disco Set) @ Lock Tavern, London
24th April – Egg, London, with Popof
30th April – Wax:On with Tiga, Leeds
1st May – Wax:On with Tiga, Newcastle
3rd May – Bugged Out, London, with Tiga
29th May – Turbo @ High Horse, T Bar, London
30th May – Bloggers Delight, Bristol