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50 Reasons to say a big hello to 2010.
January 5th, 20101. New Massive Attack album ‘Heligoland’ out Feb 8th.The single ‘Paradise Circus’ is the best thing I’ve heard in ages. Check the equally awesome video here…
http://massiveattack.com/blog/2009/12/15/paradise-circus/
2. Pioneer CDJ 2000s.
Pioneer raises the bar yet again… These little beauties are gonna make a big difference to DJing this year. Being able to turn up to gigs with thousands of tracks on a little USB stick. We’ve come a long way from carrying around those heavy boxes of acetates.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTKmrv5brLQ
3. Glastonbury 40th anniversary.
The Mother of all festivals celebrates 40 years as the biggest and the best. The highlight of my summer calendar. See you there 
4. Peter Kay’s The Tour That Doesn’t Tour Tour.
I already know how I’ll be celebrating my birthday this year!
5. Ellie Goulding album.
Already named as this years recipient of the Best Newcomer Award at the 2010 Brits which last year went to Florence & The Machine, Miss Goulding finally delivers ‘Lights’, her debut offering in March/
http://www.myspace.com/elliegoulding
6. Celebrity Big Brother.
The mainline program may have lost it’s mojo quite some time ago but the “celeb” version is still strangely addictive. Heidi Fleis meets Vinnie Jones meets Lady Soverign meets Basshunter. Count me in!
7. New Chris Morris film, The Four Lions.
Mr Brass Eye, the master satirist gets to grips with suicide bombers.
8. The return of Amy Winehouse.
Amidst all the furore surrounding her private life we tend to forget she is a genius artist. Here’s hoping she’s lost none of that magic.
9. The new Hot Chip album ‘One Life Stand’ out in February.
http://www.hotchip.co.uk/
10. Johnny Depp and Matt Lucas in ‘Alice In Wonderland’.
If anyone could bring Lewis Carroll’s classic to the big screen, it’s Tim Burton!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjMkNrX60mA
11. The Simpsons 20th Anniversary celebrations. Featuring guest appearances from Sasha Baron Cohen, Chris Martin, Seth Grogen & Sarah Silverman. (Starts Sky1 Jan11th)
12. Scorsese and Di Caprio team up again in Shutter Island. Out in February.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYVrHkYoY80
13. New american TV show Glee.
The huge US TV sensation finally comes to the UK. Fame for the next generation anyone?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1Q_YmOzeU4&feature=channel
14. New MIA album.
http://www.thetripwire.com/news/2009/11/06/new-m-i-a-album-sounding-like-gucci-maneanimal-collective-hybrid/
15. Sofia Coppola’s back with a new movie called ‘Somewhere’ starring Stephen Dorff as
a bad boy actor living it up in the Chateau Marmont hotel.
16. Shane Meadows brings the characters from This Is England to the small screen.
Set in 1986 this time, We Were Faces will be shown on Ch4.
17. 24 Season 8. Starts Sky 1 January 17th.
Nuff said!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=399Hiwua0J4
18. Jason ‘Juno’ Reitman & George Clooney team up for ‘Up In The Air’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m-Da8Tz4_E
19. New MGMT album ‘Congatulations’
Oracular Spectacular is no easy act to follow but these bright young things from Brooklyn are more than capable.
http://www.myspace.com/mgmt
20. Viggo Mortensen in The Road.
It can only be a matter of time before the new ‘De Niro’ collects an Oscar. Could this be the vehicle that secures it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbLgszfXTAY
21. Delphic ‘Acolyte’ album.
The new New Order are “on kissing terms with magnificence” according to The Independent. I wholeheartedly agree. Deftly produced by Ewan Pearson.
22. Good Vibrations festivals in Australia.
So excited about my first visit to Oz in almost 2 years to join The Killers, Friendly Fires, Gossip, Bassment Jaxx and many more in Sydney, Perth, Brisbane & Melbourne. Taking the family with me too. Woohoo!
http://www.goodvibrationsfestival.com.au/
23. New Vampire Weekend album. Apparently it’s “Higher, Lower, Faster”. But can it be “better” than 2008’s outstanding debut? Out in January.
http://www.myspace.com/vampireweekend
24. The amazing Christopher ‘Dark Knight/Memento’ Nolan directs Di Caprio in ‘Inception’. Out in July.
25. Leeds Vs. Tottenham in the FA Cup 4th Round Jan 23rd.
After despatching Man Utd with style and verve, Grayson takes his mighty white warriors to White Hart Lane for yet another, “tie of the round!”
26. Meet The Parents 3, The Little Fockers
If it’s half as funny as the first two, it’ll still be a must see.
27. Marina & The Diamonds album.
One 0f 2010’s great pop hopes gets to finally show what she’s made of.
http://marinaandthediamonds.com/
28. Joy Orbison album.
Creator of some of last years finest dubstep unleashes his debut collection.
http://www.myspace.com/joyorbison
29. Zachary Galifianakis Live at The Purple Onion.
He of ‘Alan in The Hangover’ fame releases his first stand up DVD from the legendary San Francisco venue. Out now.
30. The much talked about probable Oscar contender ‘Precious’ finally hits our screens.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5FYahzVU44
31. The annual Audio Therapy/ Hope party at the Winter Music Conference, Miami on Friday March 26th.
Alongside Nick Warren, D Ramirez, 16 Bit Lolita’s and more, if it’s half as good as last years roadblock we’re in for a night to remember.
32. Blur’s No Distance Left To Run documentary. The story of the comeback. It really really really did happen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iYxdghpJZY
33. Brendon Burns on tour.
The boundary testing Australian stand up is back in London in March for starters and hopefully more later in the year.
http://www.allgigs.co.uk/view/artist/57305/Brendon_Burns.html
34. Toy Story 3.
Any other franchise that was onto it’s third outing would usually mean a dead horse somewhere was getting a good flogging but as this is the genius of Pixar we’re talking about, what’s the betting it’s better than the first two?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_FfHA5whXc
35. Dexter Series 4
The best series yet say the reports I’m getting. I love Dexter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-rs5hQ6gpM
36. The World Cup.
We’re on the march with Capello’s army! Where there’s hope there’s dreams. The biggest and best sporting event in the world.
37. New Yeasayer album.
‘Odd Blood’ is the follow up to the superb ‘All Hour Cymbals’ out on feb 8th.
http://www.myspace.com/yeasayer
38. Plane Crash
A new twist to reality TV this year as Channel 4 crashes a jet into the desert on purpose for our delectation. Now that’s what I call proper telly!
39. The Apple tablet.
The rumours just won’t go away. Will the launch of Apples new device (apparently pitched somewhere between a laptop and the iPhone) change the game yet again?
40. Hurts album.
Much hyped Manchester duo deliver in May.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuwdw7KmGwA
41. New LCD Soundsystem album.
The long awaited follow to ‘The Sound Of Silver’ due in March.
http://www.myspace.com/lcdsoundsystem
42. Madmen Season 3.
One of the classiest drama’s ever to hit the small screen, Don Draper is back. Older but not necessarily wiser.
Starts on Jan 21st on BBC4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ_CBnLD89c
43. Paul Greengrass Iraq movie ‘The Green Zone’ starring Matt Damon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F20ovcLI29s
44. Camp Bestival 30th July – 1st Aug
This is the year we’re gonna brave taking the kids with us!
http://www.campbestival.co.uk/
45. New Mike Leigh film.
Back to what he does best. Intimate portraits of several characters living in today’s London
starring Jim Broadbent, Imelda Staunton and Phil Davis
46. French Crime Thriller ‘A Prophet’ Out in January.
Another probable Oscar contender.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svRYjm8sr-c
47. Cemetery Junction.
The Ricky Gervais / Stephen Merchant dreamteam are back together again for their first feature film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-ESq-Z8Vqc
48. Poppy And Ned & Lily Stone London.
Purely selfish this one, but as my wife’s two brands continue to go from strength to strength I’m hoping that it will allow me to do a few less gigs and spend some more time back in the studio. Fingers crossed.
http://www.poppyandned.com
http://www.lilystonelondon.com
49. New Groove Armada album.
Long awaited and if it’s anywhere near the standard of the single, ‘I Won’t Kneel’, we’re in for a treat. Out in March.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te800CeEjBM
50. And last, but by no means least, the debut album from the legendary Jedward. 2010 wouldn’t be the same without it!
Renaissance Masters Vol 14 out now…
October 20th, 2009
The Masters Series Volume 14 is my 11th CD for Renaissance and my 26th mix compilation in total. I actually did the very first commercially released mix CD, Mixmag Live Volume 1 (alongside Carl Cox) back in 1991, so I suppose I should have got the hang of it by now.
Unfortunately, this is not the case. Every single project presents a new set of challenges as the quest for the Holy Grail of the perfect compilation never subsides. Unlike podcasts or live sets, the making of a ‘physical’ (sic) album has a certain kudos. Something to stand the test of time. Something tangible. Something special. It becomes more of a test to see how far you can use technology to create an ‘audio collage’. How far you can take the art of mixing. One coherent piece. It’s so much more than blending a series of tracks together.
This is the reason these CDs take so bloody long to make. Like a sculptor chipping away for hours on end to achieve the fine detail. Every single track on this double disc extravaganza has been edited in some shape or form for the greater good of the overall flow of the mix. Some radically, some much more subtlely. But the care and attention to detail that goes into these things hopefully shines through. It took blood, sweat and tears.
I hope you enjoy the ride.
Global Underground Lithuania Compilation
July 8th, 2010 by DaveSo the cat’s finally out of the bag. We’ve crossed the ‘t’s and dotted the ‘i’s. The deal has been done. My next mix compilation for Global Underground will be #39Lithuania. It’s nine years ago since my last GU CD, #22 Melbourne and eleven since my first, #12 Buenos Aires but don’t call it a comeback because somehow, it doesn’t really feel like I’ve ever been away.
Having already covered all three Southern hemisphere continents on my previous GU releases we felt it was high time we chose a European destination and after much debate and deliberation we settled on one of the most exciting and vibrant places to DJ in the world right now, Exit in Lithuania. It’s been the jewel in the Eastern European clubbing crown for a few years and as anyone who’s been lucky enough to attend one of these infamous parties will tell you, that original acid house spirit pumps through it’s veins.
GU will touch down in Lithuania on July 24th at the Exit Summer Residence in Palanga on the Baltic Sea and the compilation inspired by that night will be released in September. The Global Underground story continues…
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