Wednesday, 1 December 2010

Cold weather proving an almost total distraction here at the Luna Module.

Full bail out yesterday which included rescuing stranded drivers, eating pub fayre at lunchtime, sledging with the nipper in the afternoon. Out raking snow this morning from chicken's run today, smashing sheep's water & feeding with hay then removing 6 inches of snow from greenhouse roof.

Happy, unproductive days :)

Wednesday, 10 November 2010

'Hard Flaw' - Acperience (2010) Revamp *FREE DOWNLOAD*

Hard Flaw - Acperience (2010) Revamp *FREE DOWNLOAD*

This track is one of the reasons I make the music I do. I can remember exactly where I was on the dancefloor back in 1992 when I first heard this acid anthem. I'd been into acid house for 3 years or so, particularly the pHuture-style raw filth that to me was the PUNK of it's day. Acid House liberated people and politicized them in a way that's hard to understand nowadays ... going out dancing at the weekend was more often than not a political act, a statement of intent. This actually came out after the Criminal Justice Act became law in the UK (if I remember rightly) so it didn't necessarily soundtrack the rucks & riots & outrage that came with liking & consuming this music, but for me it was a symbol of that joyous moment of total abandonment where you forget everything and simply allow yourself to DROWN in the music. This is acid house at it's finest - an organic symphony of machines.

This version is dead simple. It's about letting the track breathe and evolve how it was always intended too. It's not about meddling, it's about gently giving it a slightly different context - a lot of work went into getting the production elements to sit comfortably and in bringing out certain elements of the original and using the stereo field to decent effect to do this. It's not rocket science, it's just an excuse to dig out this gem and play it in a current context.

You can download the full 320 right here, where it forms part of a special webpage I set up to showcase my experiences at the amazing SHAMBHALA FESTIVAL in Canada this summer.

http://www.eliteforcemusic.com/hardflaw.htm

If you dig it, show your support by dropping a comment on the track & joining the 12,000 strong family on Facebook > http://www.facebook.com/djeliteforce

sHack

Monday, 18 October 2010

Bitrok - Push The Envelope (Elite Force Mix) *OUT NOW*

First new thing from me for a couple of months is out now on Beatport & it's a bigroom breakbeat BOOMER.


BITROK - Push The Envelope (Elite Force Remix)


Check the rest of the EP too - the Original Mix is a fat & fresh Electro Houser whilst The Loops of Fury provide a stellar techno-electro remix of 'Closest Stranger'.

Tuesday, 12 October 2010

Motorstorm Apocalypse - Soundtracking The End of the World

The embargo has been lifted & I can announce that the Games Soundtrack I've been working on for the past few weeks is none other than the third installment of MOTORSTORM. Code-named 'APOCALYPSE' this is a proper, next-level game for the new decade ... with a futuristic city crumbling around you, an assortment of mutant vehicles battle for supremacy & survival in a series of riotous road-scraps.

An original score was written by KLAUS BADELT (Pirates of the Caribbean / Gladiator) & recorded with a 75-piece orchestra at Abbey Road & I've been throwing those (frankly amazing!) sounds into the electronic blender to create something akin to the 'Sound of the World Ending'.

Motorstorm Apocalypse is due out early 2011.

Saturday, 2 October 2010

Elite Force Top 10 (Beatport) [Sept 2010]

Elite Force Beatport Top 10 (Sept 2010) > Burnt Out & Blown Away >
http://bit.ly/aLj6Du

Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Loops of Fury's Remix pack is *OUT NOW* on U&A, exclusively at Beatport.

Devastating floor-burners from Zodiac Cartel, Bambounou, Vandal & Maelstrom >

http://ping.fm/hiQ8s

Tuesday, 21 September 2010

Zodiac Cartel Remixes Loops of Fury > Preview here > http://bit.ly/d9GRId (OUT Monday 27th Sept on Beatport)