Nu:Logic - Memories

Still haven't had a chance to check Nu:Logic's album "What I've Always Waited For" despite the fact it dropped about twelve years ago.

Lovely bit of liquid from two producers who are more or less keeping Hospital afloat right now. Great for staring out the window and wondering where it all went wrong.

Emeli Sande - Heaven (Nu:Tone Remix)

Aight, so this one is older than Tony Colman's dad, but it's nice and summery out so let's have a bit of hands in the air remix loveliness from Nu:Tone.

Nu:Tone - Big Shot Guest Mix

After a smashing set at the Hospitality Fabric takeover back in January and with his new album, "Words And Pictures" dropping at the end of the month, 2011 is already shaping up to be a big year for Dan Gresham.

Check out his recent mix for Big Shot for meticulous liquid vibes.

Big Shot Guest Mix: Nu:Tone

1. James Blake / “Limit To Your Love” (Lynx remix)
2. Nu:Tone feat. Kyan / “Broken”
3. Calibre / “Easy Glide”
4. Calibre / “No Return”
5. Marcus Intalex / “Hot Hands”
6. Shimah / “Fire & Brimstone”
7. Logistics / “Gang Colours”
8. Hazard / “Food Fight”
9. Nu:Tone feat. Heidi Vogel / “Coming Back”
10. Marcus Intalex & Zed Bias / “Strangeways”
11. Calibre / “Gone Away”
12. Nu:Tone feat. Natalie Williams / “The First Time”
13. Sub Zero / “Brighter Days”
14. Nu:Tone feat. Lisa Milett / “Win The Fight”
15. Break / “Time After Time”
16. Logistics & FD / “Turnaround”
17. Devlin feat. Yasmeen / “Runaway” (Nu:Tone & Logistics remix)
18. Marky & S.P.Y. / “Yellow Shoes”
19. Nu:Tone feat. Logistics / “Lonely Hour”
20. Commix / “Reminisce”
21. Beardyman / “Where Does Your Mind Go” (Nu:Tone remix)

After Action Report: Hospital Fabric Takeover 7/1/11

A simple Fabric takeover may seem like a bit of a step down for Hospital, considering that it was only last September the label sold out the 5000-odd capacity Brixton Academy, but with the Hospitality brand going nationwide over the last couple of years, it was nice to have another London Hospital night, and there was certainly a lot of buzz around this one, despite it coming so soon after Xmas and NYE.

Fabric can really be a hit or miss venue. Either you'll get in nice and early and have a great time wobbling around on Room 1's bouncy floor before crashing in Room 3, or you'll queue for three hours to be groped by security on the way in, become hopelessly confused by the club's bizarrely dysfunctional maps and accidentally wander into the girl's loos, at which point someone's coke-addled boyfriend will punch you in the mouth. Whatever happens, you'll mostly end up having a good time.

Anyway, onwards to the DJs:

Stanza opened in Room 1, with a really good mix of old Hospital tracks, recent D&B anthems and a few newer curve balls. Essentially the standard This Is Drum And Bass sort of mix, but all the better for it and a good warm up for the night ahead.

Next up was S.P.Y., easily one of the strongest contenders for Producer of the Year 2010. Having been on fire throughout the year, I was really looking forward to seeing the Brazilian DJ and he did not disappoint on the night. By Your Side has yet to get old, and when we ambushed the man himself by the merch stand, he seemed like a bloody nice chap, and very impressed by the response the track has been getting over the past year.

S.P.Y doesn't get all of the Room 1 glory however, as Nu:Tone's subsequent set more than kept the energy going. Gotta give a nod to Natalie Williams' magnificent vocal work as well, and hearing the Room 1 crowd singing along to System was strangely beautiful, although sonically pretty damn horrible. Dan Gresham's new album is hitting the streets at the end of February, and from the stuff he's been dropping recently, it's gonna be good.

Other Takeover highlights were Joe Syntax, who kept things fixed well into the deep end in Room 3, along with London Elektricity, whose Room 3 Med School set reminded everyone that drum and bass is serious business. At 2.00 - 3.30, Blu Mar Ten were perfect for a battery recharge ahead of Cyantific's incredible Room 1 onslaught, and I urge you to check their promo mix if you haven't already done so. Rounding off the evening were Sigma, who pulled the trigger on the night with a heavy final set.

All in all, a fantastic night of D&B. See you at Hospitality Brixton in April.

Hospital Christmas Cracker

Just in case there was any doubt about how amazing Hospital Records are, they released a bunch of free tracks to anyone who had bought anything from the Hospital Webstore in 2010.

Pick of the bunch has to be Logistics - I Need You (of course)


Next up is a slice of deep minimal from Bop and Despot - Removing The Past


Thinnen provides an amazing rework of Nu:Tone's Strange Encounter


Last up is the instrumental version of Danny Byrd's Wait For Me.


Can't wait for the Hospital Fabric takeover next week!

Hospitality @ Brixton - Live Set Recordings

Props to DNBA for recording the night. Pretty low quality recordings, and the whole lot are riddled with MCs, but still worth a listen back if you were there, or a first time run if you missed out on the night.

Unfortunately, there's no Andy C. Guess we'll have to make do with Nightlife 5.

B-Complex

Nu:Tone B2B Logistics

London Elektricity

High Contrast

Danny Byrd

Netsky

Fabio

After Action Report: Hospitality - Brixton Academy 24/09/10

The Hospital Records crew can always be relied on to run a good party, and the past few years have seen the Hospitality nights rise from a promotional side-interest to both a major aspect of the label and one of the UK's biggest D&B events.

Whilst it was sad to see Matter close it's doors, Hospitality always seemed a little bit big for that place, despite it being a custom-built superclub. The gantry of death was pretty cool, and Room Two had a great vibe, but there often seemed to be too much pushing and not enough dancing.

It was therefore with some trepidation that we rolled out to Brixton for the largest Hospitality yet. With something in the region of five thousand tickets shifted, it seemed like we'd be in a for a night of long time queuing and jabby elbows.

On the night however, these fears seemed to be completely unfounded, with the Brixton Academy easily able to accommodate the five thousand-odd liquid ravers messing the place up. Hospitality evolved from a club night into a full on rock concert/religious pilgrimage a long time ago, and the open plan set up and balcony of the Academy was much more suited to this than Matter's main room ever was. There was plenty of room for bad dancing, and the soundsystem backing it all up was truly trouser-shaking.

Having missed B-Complex because of previous commitments, we steamed across London at Warp Nine in order to catch Nu:Tone and Logistics. The frantic scramble was rewarded, and we were able to catch the majority of their set. Hearing By Your Side go off was definitely something special, and Nu:Logic was probably the highlight of the evening, despite the best efforts of MC Ruthless.

London Elektricity also played a blinder, with the Hospital CEO clearly revelling in his role as superstar DJ and label chief. When you're playing to a crowd that size, it must be pretty rewarding to reflect on just how healthy the Hospital brand is right now, and Tony Coleman really is at the top of his game. A live performance of Just One Second by Elsa Esmeralda rounded off the set perfectly, making LE a hard act to follow.

Fortunately, High Contrast was next up, packing fresh tracks from his current project. I'd never heard this stuff before, but going on these tracks, Lincoln Barrett's new album going to be one of the biggest things to happen in 2011.

The other standout performance of the night has to be Danny Byrd, who raised the roof with a brilliant set, plugging his new album and throwing plenty of old skool rave classics in as well.

So overall, one of the best D&B parties of recent times. Link To The Past going off five times in one night was both awesome and hilarious, with every DJ apparently running it out. Here's hoping Hospitality will return to the Brixton Academy before too long. Matter was fun, despite the drawbacks, but The Academy seems much more suited to this sort of large scale D&B shindig. Twenty thumbs up!



£4.45 for a Gaymers though?
FAAAARCK ORF!