2. Soul Box

3. Good Dreams

Cat No: ARTMD015

General Release Date: 23 August 2010

Artizan 015 sees a gorgeous three-tracker of modern Deep House arrive, from our old friend MrCenzo (one half of MidiDropMusic with Freerange’s Matt Masters) and collaborator Luke Sawyer. It aptly follows up their lush ‘Finest Wear E.P’ together on the Deepology label and gets our vote for the Summer terraces with its warm pads and deep locked grooves. Cenzo has been carving a serious niche for himself with releases on Plastic City, Blacksoul, 54 Music, Nightbird, TriCircle, Dutchie, Timpa and many more…


MrCenzo & Luke Sawyer ‘African Ghost Tale EP’ – ARTMD015 by artizanmusic


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Next up Italian producer W10 with his full Flow Wave EP, not forgetting forthcoming remixes from Swell Session and Soul Minority…yeah!

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When i first saw you at Space I thought you were Spanish. Do you consider yourself an ‘ibiza DJ’?

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Everytime I see you DJ you are playing bits of everything. Techno, House, Minimal, Breakbeat… why is that and what will you be spinning this Sat?

Hahahaha you’re not the first who thought I was Spanish. Or Italian. Or any nationality who is a bit swarthy. I quite like that. I would say I was an “Ibiza DJ” for years yeah. In the sense that I lived there all year round and people booked me from other places on the back of seeing me on the island. Certainly in Europe I did a lot of Ibiza Reunion events and Ibiza themed lineups. A lot of people but especially regular island workers who I see every year go back to their homeland and I see them there in the winters so I guess that is all about Ibiza. Nowadays? no. I had to leave the island for family reasons and I don’t think it’s proper to say you are ‘Ibiza’ when you leave.
Musicwise? I think those labels are for other people to help them categorise. I just play House Music. Always have. You make me sound a bit ‘eclectic’ there and I’m not. There is a mix of types but they have an overall unity I hope. I do it because I only believe in good or bad music. So I try to play good hahaha. Mostly I just don’t get genre DJing. I don’t want to hear the same thing all night. I also don’t get the premise that you have to follow one record with one almost exactly the same just to sound fluid. You can be fluid and also be dynamic, take things up and down. Tracks can have different styles, labels….whatever but when you call them ‘techno’, ‘breaks’ it does make them sound incompatible but records have similarities and continuities beyond the drum patterns or fashions. They might be different genres but have the same atmosphere, key or sounds. A House track might segue into a techno tune but they have almost the same bassline maybe. Anyway… I just did Back to Basics last week so on Saturday which was awesome, I will more than likely re-try some of the tunes and edits that worked there. So… “House” innit?


Bishop asks :

Are you going to consider toning the face carpet down for your gig on Saturday or are you continuing to let it grow in an out of control stylee?

It’s funny people go on about the maddest things. Starting a conversation with me in a club about facial hair is like… I dunno talking about shoes hahaha! I don’t mean you mate I just mean in general. People can be very cynical and take the surface view that it’s ‘a statement’ or ‘a look’ and something I am….I dunno…. displaying for effect? I’m not. The boring truth is I live on my own in the middle of nowhere so I’ve no-one to impress except some sheep and I just don’t think about it. Anyone who knows me knows that I cut it all off all the time just for a change. Although to be fair right now it’s gone a bit far. Some kids last week were asking Beero “who’s the arab bloke playing now?” hahaha.


Mark asks :

You can take one tune with you beyond the grave, what would it be?

It’d have to be something proper underground hahaha! sorry! that was very poor. “Return to Sender”? shit that’s another bad one. I dunno mate that is a really hard one if it’s just the one. I imagine stuck with one tune for eternity means you are in hell. So I hope the devil does indeed have the best tunes. Even if God has all the venues haha.


Ben asks :

If you could play for as long as you like how long would it be for and why exactly?

I went through a long period of playing as long as anyone would let me hahaha. I did the Radio One stage a Glastonbury years ago and they stopped broadcasting on Sunday I think and I then played til Monday evening! I’d been at the decks for about 48 hours just pissing out the back of the tent and drinking mushroom tea hahaha. Why? I just love it. Massive ego probably haha. These days things are less…er… freeform. People expect a more fluid thing like we mentioned before so I do more normal 2 hour sets that are more punchy than meandering. I do like a 3 or 4 hour stint though now and then for a special thing. Saturday will be my first longer set for some time so I am revved up about that.


Ashley asks :

If you were in charge of your own republic, what would it be called and what 3 laws would you implement?

Easy. Yorkshire. Law number 1. “Fuck off out of it”. 2. “How much?” and number 3. “Annex Manchester”.


Paulo asks :

Do you have any special requirements, dietry or otherwise?

I have to eat my own bodyweight in fish everyday or I just die. Also I have to be transported in a cradle and sprayed with booze so my scales don’t dry out. I also swell to 40 times my size when swallowed by predators. But careful girls! those bristles are tipped with poison.


Antti asks :

What are the biggest cliches when comes to DJing? What time is love? and…Who’s your daddy?

Hahaha good ones! It’s a 3 parter yeah? ok…. Number 1. DJ cliches? I am one love haha. Er… I’d say moodiness, taking it all very seriously possibly while wearing sunglasses… er… American DJs costing so much for no real reason I can fathom…. er …Photos… haha DJ photo poses make me piss. Number 2? About a quarter past mate. 3? My Daddy is my hero. Sick-making true fact, sorry.


Jimbob asks :

What happened the very very wrong indeed love orchestra?

Ah you mean the “L.L.O”. The Limited Love Orchestra. What happened is I ran out of money hahaha. Great start…. great gigs. But the wind player is a jazz man from Paris… the guy on strings up North. Craig ‘The Machine’ had a mental hard task getting live triggering of all the studio sounds. Basically it’s a massive enterprise and right now agents and such are charging really too high prices for DJs so why would a venue pay for 4 people? all travelling from different countries with a shitload of delicate specialist gear…when they can get one guy with a bag of CDs to DJ instead? Bottom line is people don’t realise what is involved in starting up something like that. I mean just for myself I had to stop DJing for 2 months just to get fit enough to be able to play in time for hours. It’s harder than you can imagine because the other guys, they are top drawer. Jazz session men, classically trained. I was the weak link by a loooong way hahaha! Rehearsals, buying equipment, transport… Major Labels put huge amounts of money in bands before they even put their first tune out. However…. the mega gig we had at Matter with Trentmoller was recorded and that will be coming out on our VVWI label. And the band can re-start at any time cos all the lads have the scores and are pros…. no rehearsals needed now. So never say never. For a special thing I’d pay for it myself when I can afford it again. Cos it was so fucking nerve racking I nearly had a cardiac… but when you are into it it’s the best feeling in the world.


Rentaghost asks :

Who and what inspired you to get into djing and making music?

There was never a ‘moment’. I come from an Irish tradition and we do music from being nippers without really thinking about it. I always did it. Things like ‘becoming a DJ’ just sort of happened. When are you a DJ? when you first get paid? I didn’t get paid for God… the first 10 years maybe! It may be when you end up DJing more than playing in bands…. dunno. The whole phenomena of DJ culture… and I still find it all a bit weird… but it kind of happened around me and I just ended up part of it cos I was doing it when it started to become ‘a thing’. I love it, but it came from doing it for a laugh after gigs in bands. I mean The Utah Saints were the ones who gave me my break but I have to say probably Back to Basics gave me the most. I still just go there, get wobbly and dance all night on Saturdays off. Basics gave me my love of House no doubt.


Russell asks :

Would you say the English were as good at clubbing/partying as any other nation out there? or do other nationalities do it better than us?

No. You think you are but basically the poorer or more troubled a place… the more they know how to have it. They NEED it more. A wet wednesday in Brazil or Romania can piss on a Saturday in England. The English are the most clued up, the most er…. serious about it. Which is good and bad. When the English do have it off proper though they really let the lid off the pot. Hope to see some of that on Saturday.


Ricardo asks :

Where are you set to take your VVWI events now matter has ‘closed for the summer’ and do you miss Mr C now he has moved to L.A.?

Hahahaha I get the piss taken a lot ‘cos I always talk about Mr.C in interviews. It’s a fair cop. It’s purely cos we work together so often and he’s a top mate I always feel it’s my job as a mate to big him up. It’s daft I know. I do miss him actually hahaha… but we always have Skype… and our memories hahaha! Matter is re-opening. Fact. In the meantime we’ll see how this Saturday goes and hopefully we’ll be working again with these peeps from Republik and Kidology. This Summer is sooo hard on clubland though! Jesus all over the UK! It would be great if people realised their local club needs support over the next couple of months cos many are on the verge of closing…. joining the graveyard of some amazing places that we’ve lost recently. Your rave needs YOU!


Junior asks :

“what happened to all the free parties and afterhours? I went to quite a few and also wanted to say thanks!”

Aww I’ve gone all soppy that is one of the first times anyone has said that! That’s an easy one… again, just can’t afford it. These things cost a lot and it’s not the House Pixies that make it all happen. Again, our scene needs a bit of support at the moment. Thank you for that though fella.


Roger asks :

You’ve done pretty good at staying the course… are you embarrassed by your past and… why are you so fucking fat?

Oh right! I know you hahaha! Loaded question from my mate in Leeds. The past is always a bit embarrassing. Old fashions and TV programs that don’t date well. Of course I’ve done loads of stupid shit… made some daft records to try and pay the bills… but you know… some other stuff too that I’m ok with hahaha. I am not fat I am stout. I’ve been more of a hermit than ever lately so while I spend a lot of time outdoors I don’t get to swim every day like I used to so I’m afraid at my age… and being one of nature’s fatties anyway… it just stays on and gets harder and harder to get off. It’ll happen to you all eventually hahaha!



Catch Tim at Kidology on Saturday 31 July at London’s Egg…10pm ’til 12pm Sunday!



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1. I Deal – Original Mix

2. So You Know – Nacho Marco Remix

3. I Deal – Poussez Remix

4. So You Know – Original Mix

Cat No: ARTMD014

General Release Date: 26 April 2010

Next up on Artizan Music, the extremely promising Russian producer SPIELTAPE follows recent EPs for big hitters Global Underground, Ostwind and Modulator Germany, with this excellent two tracker of deep, groovy, techy shizzle. If you like your Spirit Catcher, Manuel Tur or Phonique, then this is for you..

On the remixes, we proudly welcome LoudEast head honcho and man behind some truly seminal remixes for Freerange, Plastic City and Om..Spanish producer NACHO MARCO. Its a simple, yet devastatingly groovy and effective, percussive workout from him, guaranteed to move your ass! Jafar & Maxime Cescau’s Poussez rerub meanwhile, marries a skanking italodisco bass around some choice skat snippets, stabs and their trademark blend of deep house and techno. All in all a FIRING package!

Out via Beatport End of April, preview below:

Spieltape ‘I Deal’ EP – ARTMD014 by artizanmusic

One time producer of legendary Manchester band Happy Mondays and two-time Grammy nominee, “Best Electronic/Dance Album” A Lively Mind (2007, Maverick Records) and Creamfields (2004, Thrive Records), his first album for Maverick Bunkka was released in 2002. It included “Starry Eyed Surprise” featuring Shifty Shellshock of Crazy Town, a Top 10 hit in both America and the U.K. Other guests on the album were Perry Farrell, Nelly Furtado, Ice Cube, Tricky and Hunter S. Thompson (his last recording before he passed away).

“Starry Eyed Surprise” reappeared in early 2005 as part of Diet Coke’s ad campaign for their re-launch of the beverage using Splenda. Paul’s hit, “Ready, Steady, Go” currently appears in Saab’s US ad campaign, and a new song, “Feed Your Mind” also appears in Toyota’s European ad campaign, for which the major car manufacturer has committed to 42 million Euros (over $51 million dollars) worth of ad buys. Oakenfold also scored the music for a Hummer commercial.

In total his releases have sold almost 2 million in the U.S. alone.

Film credits include music for Nobel Son, Collateral, Swordfish, The Matrix Reloaded, Pirates of the Caribbean, Die Another Day, Planet Of The Apes, The Bourne Identity and Shrek II. TV credits include music for Alias, Big Brother and Las Vegas.

Remix credits include, among many others, works for U2, Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Paris Hilton Jennifer Lopez, Salt N Pepa and The Cure.

As a touring musician, Oakenfold has DJ’d in hundreds of places around the world. He’s also noted as one of the most well traveled electronic touring artists within the United States.

He also scored GoldenEye: Rogue Agent, the James Bond-inspired videogame.

Prior to becoming a world famous DJ and producer, Oakenfold served as an A&R consultant for Profile Records and Def Jam, where he signed artists including Salt N’ Pepa, DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith.

Before becoming a major force in the music industry he graduated from the Westminster Technical culinary institute becoming a certified chef.

Bon appetit….

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