Butter Side Up

For podcast number 11, we welcome fellow Leeds fledgeling and close friend; Louche resident Bruno Schmidt. In Bruno’s own words, this podcast is “"a selection of old and new tracks that I've picked out as a result of the lovely burst of spring we’ve had, with nothing more than sunshine and good times in mind"

**Bruno Schmidt**

Bruno first became excited by electronic music in early 2007 by Cambridge's longest running house and techno tastemakers, The Priory, who are responsible for throwing the highest quality underground do's for 6 years strong. Their monthly endeavor gave him a small yet accelerated window into the industry and the music from a place where it was otherwise invisible. Simultaneously, he was given remarkable chance to view greats such as Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May, Luke Slater and Andrew Weatherall, all within the confines of a small, lowlit 200 capacity venue. Although always music lover at heart, it was this time that his tastes began to spawn into what they are today.

Next step was Leeds and the with the combination of an uninspiring degree, a dusted over pair of decks in his student lodgings and an extremely versatile music scene, it wasn't long before he found himself alone for days on end, exploring the four corners of dance music, experimenting with various styles and developing his sound.

Blown away by Performances from Louche favorites Seth Troxler and Miss Fitz opening it's second year, he swiftly made contact, first promoting, before eventually muscling his way onto the roster, becoming Louche's newest and youngest resident. After an internship in the press department at London's infamous Fabric in early 2010, he decided to pursue an interest in the journalistic side of the industry and has since taken the reigns as wordsmith, providing consistent new music media for the website.

Whilst groovy, hypnotic house cuts structure many of Bruno's set, his tastes are deeply eclectic and he continually strives to be the true musical fanatic, exhaustively searching for new flavours and never letting his sound become stagnant. Expect bootlegs, classics, and a fair few of his own edits!

http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/brunoschmidt

http://soundcloud.com/bruno-schmidt

For the tenth episode of our growing podcast series we welcome a mix from a Butter Side Up favourite and good friend of ours...Leftside Wobble. As always Jonothan Moore aka Leftside Wobble joins the dots between dub, funk, disco & house with this mix. No specific genres, eras, musical fads or other such nonsense. Just a celebration of grooves that tickle your hips and soothe your soul!

We hope you all enjoy :)

**LEFTSIDE WOBBLE** (Futureboogie)

Jonothan Moore has been a regular fixture of the underground club scene for over 20 years. Over the years, Leftside Wobble has become established for bis genre hopping sets, mixes and edits. His sets are a joyous journey, which for all their genre hopping content always remain cohesive and true to the spirit of DJ’s such as Ron Trent, François Kevorkian & Danny Krivit.

He is know for his diverse set of artists including edits/remixes of artists such as Gil Scott Heron, Ashford & Simpson, Russ Brown, Esther Philips, The Beatles and Curtis Mayfield. These have achieved over 100,000 downloads and are supported by a diverse set of DJ’s including Greg Wison, Mr Scruff & Rob Da Bank.

This year Leftside Wobble will continue to release regular edits not only through a selection of labels including Disco Deviance, Cosmic Boogie, AutoDiscoteque, Tribute and Kojak Giant Sounds; but also through SoundCloud where he has over 8000 followers from the worldwide DJ community!

His attitudes to both DJing and music production stay true to his original Balearic spirit, so be prepared to be surprised but also be prepared to party!

http://www.futureboogie.com/artists/leftside-wobble

http://leftside-wobble.blogspot.com/

For the 9th Episode of our podcast series we welcome a deep mix from the man behind Fullbar, Arthur Barr. It showcases current and forthcoming releases from the now 2 year running label.

**About Fullbarr**

Northern label Fullbarr already has a reputation to belie its young age; one that eschews hype and big names for sonic freshness and musical maturity. “It’s all a bit of fun,” says founder Arthur Barr in a typically self-effacing style. “But it’s also a labour of love. I really want to continue to build on this little collective and want to continue expressing my eclectic tastes.”

So far the likes of Brendon Moeller, fast rising talents Samaan and Youandewan, Classic boss Luke Solomon and German minimalist Losoul have all chipped in to Fullbarr’s small but well formed back catalogue, joining the dots been deepest dub, groove-laden house and moody techno. But don’t just take my word for it: check the tracklists of people like Seth Troxler, Xhin, Paul Woolford, The Revenge and many more high profile spinners, all of whom found space for a Fullbarr track or two in their sets this past year.

From seedy teenage beginnings swigging vodka and providing beats at Ibizan strip joints ,to skilful A&R and respected head of a burgeoning label, Arthur Barr is the man behind all this, and is now curating his first compilation. “I wanted to encapsulate the label in 70 minutes” states the twenty something from Bradford. “I am hoping it may provoke people into further exploring the back catalogue as I will be giving it away on various blogs and in certain clubs and record stores around Europe.”

Hung up on the idea of organic growth rather than social media saturation, Fullbarr puts as much focus on vinyl presses, nice artwork and close connections with artists - on both personal and professional levels - as anything else. Naturally, that means the most important thing is the music, and whether it makes the boss feel something, rather than how many units it may or may not shift.

“The label and I are inspired and influenced by good liquor, sunrises, friends, Soma, Smallville and a whole load of other stuff that doesn’t matter” says the boss, before shining a light on the coming months. “Watch out for releases from Luke Solomon, Losoul, Kalabrese, Samaan, Vince Watson, Immer, San Soda, Hans Berg and Le Jockey, all in the first half of 2012.”

Have a listen and get taken on a journey through the deep hypnotic sound of Fullbarr releases current and upcoming...

For the 8th Podcast of our growing podcast series we welcome an exclusive mix from Japanese based French producer Timothee Fulbert Victorri aka Fulbert. He is a producer that has come to our attention recently with his distinctive and infectious 90's influenced house sound. He has had a couple of massive releases recently on respected labels Remote Recordings & Swedish based label Local Talk.

He is definitely one to watch for 2012 and beyond, with some more deepness coming your way! Have fun getting locked in to the grooves with this one and we will see you soon ;)

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Welcome to the Butter Side Up Podcast Series, this time we offer you something a little bit different. We know Andy Ash is a proper vinyl collector and has been for years, so we asked Andy to dig deep into his record collection and put together a mix of tunes that he is passionate about and maybe the ones he doesn't get the chance to play out that much. Its an eclectic mix of old disco and funk with a bit of Afro beat thrown in for good measure! We couldn't ask for more from Andy and is perfect for our seventh installment of the Butter Side Up Podcast Series!

**Andy Ash Bio**

Andy grew up collecting records and DJing since the age of fifteen and cut his teeth warming up playing deep house music around the clubs of Cambridge. Since then Andy has moved to Liverpool and widened his DJ spectrum, he now regularly drops vinyl bombs spanning from afro-beat through to deep house in his DJ sets.

Andy Ash has steadily been bulding his sound over the past few years taking in influences ranging from jazz through to techno. He started off with a small digital release on Five20East (The Revenge's original label) and has gone on to release multiple orginal productions, edits and remixes on labels such as On The Prowl, Boogie Originals, FOTO and Kolour Recordings to name a few. Having recently taken on the role of co-runner for Boogie Originals Records expect much more from Andy in the future.

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For our sixth podcast of our series, we have a brand spanking new mix from the mighty OOFT!

The main force behind OOFT Music is Ali Herron. Originally cutting his production chops with tracky edits and some early OOFT! remixes alongside The Revenge, Ali has been steadily building up his own studio over the last 5 years, putting out a series of deep, pitched-down house tracks on labels such as Instruments of Rapture, PPF, Delusions of Grandeur, Rememory and Wolf Music.

For our fifth podcast of our series we have a Deep house & Techno mix from Best Works boss Andre Lodemann. The mix is an hour of soothing deepness, that will most definitely get you in the mood for Andre's Leeds appearance when he comes to play for us in January and make his city debut.

ENJOY!

**INTERVIEW WITH ANDRE LODEMANN**

BSU > Hi Andre, how are you?

I am ready for a holiday as I had a lot of work to do both creative and administrative preparing my album "Fragments" on Best Works Records which is to be released in may 2012.

BSU > You have a number of projects constantly on the go, such as running

the Best Works label and producing solo material... how did you first

get involved in the industry?

If I am honest I started my career playing trance records in the early 90ies :) and then moving on to hip hop and finally house...

BSU > What is your most memorable experience of your career so far?

My most memorable moment was 1995 buying records in London. the stores in London had a totally different music selection compared to the stores in Berlin. The day I came back from London I played all the fresh tunes on a party in Frankfurt/Oder and the crowd went mad. The tune of the night was "Everybody be somebody" from Ruffneck.

BSU > What inspires you?

Everything that touches me in my life from bad weather to very personal emotions.

BSU > In your mind, is there one album that you feel everyone should listen

to at some point in their life and what is it?

Kate Bush "Kick Inside", Radiohead "In Rainbows", Massive Attack "Protection", Talk Talk "Laughing Stock", Joni Mitchel "Both Sides Now",...

BSU > Butter Side Up prides itself on its eclectic taste in music, what can

we expect from your set on Friday?

A journey from deephouse to techhouse and back with a touch of disco.

BSU> Who are you looking up to at the moment?

Can you tell us something about you that not many people know?

I like to keep certain things private :)

BSU > What can we expect from you in the future?

As above mentioned my album incl. a double cd and two 12"es and of course a few new eps and remixes.

Thanks Andre, see you on the 13th!

For our fourth podcast of our series we have a soul infused house & disco mix from Wolf Music's The Dead Rose Music Company! The mix features forthcoming exclusive tracks from the duo that will be hitting all good record shops soon! Since receiving the mix we have had it on heavy rotation; it showcases the trademark TDRMC sound and is the perfect mix for a laid back evening...Go and check it out yourself!

**DEAD ROSE MUSIC COMPANY**

Brought together, during a conflict born from two feuding families, by the love of underground music. Seeking the creative release from the mounting pressures of their opposing kin, The Dead Rose Music Company have chosen to keep their identities a secret as protection from reprisals from their families.

Escaping the conflict, TDRMC were brought together whilst digging through crates of old vinyl following the disco revolt. It was a chance meeting over a record that led to this forbidden union. Meeting in secret to share tales of disco beats and dance floor treats, TDRMC began an obsession with rhythmic movement and music through the ages.

Maintaining the secret and the façade of the feud they began to DJ at secret venues, playing for hours to the thronging masses, introducing different genres to one another, testing the water and lowering the barriers and conceptions of genre constraint “who says we can’t play disco with techno? If it’s a great record then we will play it in the context of seeing the dance floor swell to the dark bass and ethereal strings”.

For our third podcast of our series we have a mix from Disco & House don Pete Herbert! Pete is a proper party starter of a Dj and i'm sure you will all agree with me when you have heard this mix!

Pete is a true pioneer and legend of the electronic music scene; He started off working in notorious London record shops like Daddy Kools and his own Atlas Records while creating a good name for himself as a proper party starting DJ and top producer. A desire to really work the dance floor and a certain nostalgia for the house sounds of the 90s has played a massive part in Pete's creative output as a producer. Pete's DJ sets mix elements of house, Italo and disco into a heady potion of dance floor dynamite that will have you bustin' some serious shapes all night long.

"Brand new podcast series where we hand pick artists carefully and get them to dig deep into their collections and pick songs that they are passionate about.

We are offering something completely different...No specific genres, eras, musical fads, just one rule...GOOD MUSIC..."

Danny Berman aka Red Rack'em has kindly given us an eclectic mix full of artists that inspire him. He was Butter Side Up's first ever proper booking, so we feel privileged to use this inspirations mix for our second podcast of our series.