John B Podcast 114

Your explosion of fresh Drum & Bass for the week from John B, tracks from Calyx & TeeBee, The Prototypes, Break, LTJ Bukem and this week’s history lesson from J Majik.

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TRACKLIST

1. Blow My Mind – Virtue
2. Music (Technicolour 12″ rework)
3. Electric – Six Blade
4. Crowd Reaction – Dimension
5. Bounce – KilldaBrain ft. Nava
6. 4 U C Me (John B Remix) – Howard Jones
7. Midnight Air 2006 – John B
8. Stars (Matrix & Futurebound remix) – Mark Owen
9. X11 – FD
10. Drop That Rythm – John B ft. MC Fats
11. Extraction (Rido Remix) – Black Sun Empire
12. Time Stretching – Detail
13. Strung Out VIP – Calyx & TeeBee
14. Status Low – Break & Mikal
15. Experts (The Prototypes Remix) – Skism
16. Love is Not a Game ft. Kathy Brown – J Majik

John B Podcast 113

Your weekly dose of quality D&B is back, lots of new stuff from Metrik, Misanthrop, Hybrid Minds, Six Blade, and a classic remix from Grooverider, and some electrostep from Castor.

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TRACKLIST

1. Forget Who You Knew – Six Blade
2. Burning – DC Breaks
3. Starlet ft. Mimi Page – Hybrid Minds
4. Strung Out (Calibre Remix) – Calyx & Teebee
5. Green Flash – Keeno ** BIG TUNE **
6. Trojan – Basher
7. Turn Back Time (Metrik Remix) – Sub Focus
8. Eski’s Song – Cyantific
9. Snowed In – Gridlok & Prolix
10. Catch-22 – Misanthrop
11. Emily – Castor
12. Bachelorette (Grooverider ‘Jeep’ Remix) – Bjork
13. Golden Light – Keeno
14. Weep – Basher & Frankee
15. Freedom Faliure (John B Remix) – One Life Left
16. Lightbox – Six Blade

John B Podcast 112

Tracks from Mat Zo, Gridlok, Hybrid Minds, a classic from DJ Die, and this week’s big tune from Misanthrop!

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TRACKLIST

1. Lucid Dreams (The M Machine Remix) – Mat Zo
2. Instrument – Joe Ford
3. Mode-M – Gridlok & Prolix
4. Deadlock – Misanthrop **BIG TUNE**
5. Stainless – Acid Lab
6. Reincarnated – DJ Die **HISTORY LESSON**
7. Thing Called Love (Nu:Tone Remix) – Above & Beyond
8. Mountains ft. Jasmine Spence – Hybrid Minds
9. FAQ – Voyager
10. Out The Blue – Sub Focus
11. Gambino – DC Breaks
12. Connected (McMash Clan Remix) – John B & Kirsty Hawkshaw
13. Just Bounce – The Prototypes
14. Horizons 1 – Terror & Hubris
15. Fuel to Fire (Dexcell Bootleg Remix) – Agnes Obel
16. Ice cream – Cyantific

John B ft. Kirsty Hawkshaw “Connected”

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Having secured Album of the Month from Mixmag and Album of the Week from The Independent for his recent long player ‘Light Speed’ John B’s musical prowess continues to grow far beyond his drum & bass roots. With an outlook that’s embracing of fresh influences while always bearing the hallmarks of a very unique sound, John B is still one of the most exciting artists to arise from the D&B revolution of the ‘90s and continues to push the boundaries with every release.

On this, his latest single, John B delivers a stunning take on the ‘Trance & Bass’ sound that he made so popular. Teaming up with Kirsty Hawkshaw who lends her bright and breezy vocals to John’s sublime backing track, this is simply great electronic music that fans of great melodies and beautiful songs will love. Clocking in at 174bpm, most D&B is beyond the comprehension of many listeners, but ‘Connected’ stands up as both a driving piece of fast breakbeat trance music and a warming reminder that musical genres are for trainspotters, not for music fans.

Next up McMash Clan take a break from releasing on Flux Pavilion & Doctor P’s Circus Records to rework ‘Connected’ with some all-important dance floor filth. If you’re someone who prefers their bass music served with a wall of sub-bass weight and some face-pounding, unrelenting beats then this whacking great chunk of drumstep-to-D&B will surely satiate your every desire. Matching the beauty of John B’s original with the beast of McMash Clan’s sonic assaults, this is the perfect way to assure shear dance floor devastation whenever you drop it.

With this release John B once again shows us exactly why he’s regarded as a legend in the dance music world. His glittering career filled with triumphs and overflowing with fresh ideas just got even more impressive.

John B “When The Time Comes”

After the resounding success of Mr. Freud/ Red Sky topping the drum and bass arena chart for a month, and hanging around in the beatport dnb top 10 for just as long, super producer & DJ John B is ready to give you another taster from his new album in the workings TRN ME ON.

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John B // When the Time Comes
WHEN THE TIME COMES

John B // Dancing in the Dark
DANCING IN THE DARK

MP3 exclusive track ‘Numbers’ also availble on Beatport

Release Date: 11 August 2008

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Continuing to push his personal and stylistic boundaries, When the Time Comes and Dancing in the Dark blaze into a new more mature direction for the maverick. This is music made for centre stage arenas; and the definitive thinking mans drum and bass.

When the Time Comes starts out as a simple idea, exceptionally executed. It subtly builds bubbling analogue arpeggios contrasting with the crisp phuture-808 drums. It is beautifully crafted drum and bass, inspired into a new direction, melting with progressive house influences & electro trance. Characteristically evading categorisation, John B once again raises the bar for dnb production, taking on the genre and resetting it with a tune that seeps with the style of Eric Prydz, Deep Dish and Deadmau5. It has already defined and loaded the atmosphere at Johns high profile gigs such as Ultra, The WMC & The Starscape Festival in the USA & Pirate Station events in Russia. Quite simply this is both John B at his best, and how youve never seen him before.

In Dancing in the Dark John B takes a characteristic flip and wires into a harder, heavier sound. Mashing distorted beats and siren sounds this tune thrashes out some seriously gritty dance floor friendly drum and bass. Well we say friendly, but this is a nasty cut up dnb anthem; with distorted vox that smacks of Boys Noize, Justice et al. So dont let the trancey epic intro/break fool you, this tune will drop with head smashing consequences. Its a real crowd pleaser, thats proud to be angry…

Big Shot Magazine Review

John B – When The Time Comes / Dancing In The Dark / Numbers

4/5

D&B’s own ’80s pop star is back, and he’s more electro than ever. Slipping a selection of influences into a cracking set of tracks here, Monsieur B keeps you guessing at every turn. ‘When The Time Comes’ rocks out with some arpeggiated goodness and electro-esque drums before melding itself with progressive house and trance to create a twisting monster of a tune. ‘Dancing In The Dark’ takes things to the next level with a dirtier and altogether heavier sound, but still retaining that aloof electro attitude. Finally ‘Numbers’ completes the package, although this one will only be available as a Beatport exclusive. Skipping drum patterns and interspersed bass cuts mingle nicely, rubbing shoulders with more of that progressive outlook. Nice work John.

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Simply put, John B has the electrostep on lock. ‘When The Time Comes’ starts out simple enough, with an ascending melody bubbling to a boil, but instead of the normal boisterous funk that John has been known to drop as of late, this tune tops into a calm workout, never getting too crazy, yet still keeping you deep within the groove. Sounds like the perfect track that skillful DJs can work into some fabulous blends! For those who are looking for something to blast while playing arcade games, ‘Dancing In The Dark’ is just what the doctor ordered. Once that ‘dancing in the dark’ sample comes in, this one is going nowhere but into the gutter, and emerges as a DnB anthem that’s both sick and thick. John B definitely has an array of sounds in his sampler, and knows how to work varying vibes into his sound. And for those who are copping this track on MP3, Beatport has an exclusive track, the melodic-synth rinser ‘Numbers’, that you can grab as well.

John B “Electrostep”

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KNOWLEDGE MAGAZINE: Electrostep is quite simply the most breathtakingly personal album by a drum & bass artist since New Forms. John B has single-handedly created a new genre in Electrostep, and it would be criminal if he didnt go on to achieve a similar level of acclaim as Roni Size did at the 1997 Mercury Music Awards.

IDJ MAGAZINE – ALBUM OF THE MONTH: If you think drum & bass has steered itself into an artistic cul-de-sac then you definitely need to hear this album, for it is unlike any other thrown up from this scene. For the past few years, with singles such as American Girls and Electrofreeek plus Marilyn Manson remixes, John B has almost single-handedly developed a drum & bass style soaked in eighties electro, rock, grunge and trance influences and doused in tongue-in-cheek humour; and it has garnered him a fan-base few of his contemporaries could test. Alongside original compositions such as Russian Bride and Stalking You On My Space, both demonstrating his acute take on life online, the album includes covers of 80s classics such as Tainted Love and Hey Mickey, remixes of Howard Jones and Dirty Sanchez, all presented in a dynamic dance floor mix. If you buy one drum & bass album this year, make it this, as youll be playing it in years to come 5/5

DJ MAGAZINE: John B is drum and basss eccentric anomaly! Not afraid to uniquely express himself… open minds should investigate!

D&B has never been particularly noted for either a sense of humour or being too off the wall, so thank fuck for John Bs Electrostep. Both tongue in cheek and irreverently innovative, Electrostep might sound like another newly imagined genre from the music journalist conveyer belt but its actually one of the most refreshing, entertaining and exciting LPs garnered by the d&b scene all year. Expanding the visions he first flowered with 04 LP In:Transit, the make-up loving eccentric covers semi-satirical electro d&b wig-outs, glistening trance nbass, body-popping robo-funkers and the bubble-gum grunge of recent single Stalking You On Myspace. And a jump-up d&b overhaul of Hey Mickey. If only all d&b albums were like this 4.5/5

TOUCH MAGAZINE: John B looks like an 80s pop star. All pho-hekan and eyeliner, hes used this synthesized decade as his muse for Electrostep. On it hes let a drum n bass robot and a disco robot do the bare backed beast together and now were invited to hear the Yamaha sparks fly. The 80s pop star Howard Jones collaborates on For You See Me (ah, now we know where blonde John got his image from) and porn star Marcy Meow adds to a cover of Tainted Love. And lest we forget the huge lead single Stalking You On MySpace, dedicated to the cool kids hobby de jour. But wheres his rendition of Dont You Want Me Baby huh? 4/5

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Electrostep, is varied, accessible, interesting, exciting & genre-bustingly electro-Robo-Tastic. John B’s 7th album is more than just a collection of disposable, short-lived dumb dancefloor D&B tracks. Lots of clever, funny lyrics, robot vocals, wide-ranging musical styles, pioneering approaches to production, mainstream appeal but its still underground, raw & refreshing. The influence of modern Electro, indie/rock & 80s synthpop is noticeable throughout, but is interpreted in a way that moulds perfectly with the power and energy of Drum & Bass to define a revolutionary new direction: soon to be widely known as ‘ElectroStep’!

Collaborators include: 80’s superstar Howard Jones on ‘For You See Me’ – a powerful blend of electropunk & DnB with a gorgeous vocal & breakdown/buildup. John Bs Porn star friend Marcy Meow provides vocals on the 80s covers ‘Tainted love’ and ‘Metro’. “We met in San Francisco – she’s done around 25 movies to date including Barely Legal and Bang Bros.” Marcy has her own band Suicide Tuesday and is currently working in Vegas. John performed with her this year at the WMC in miami at the soho lounge. Other collaborators include Floridian Bands Fashionista & Iowatest, Soma-signed My Robot Friend, new UK act One Life Left and LA Electro-TrannySex-Masters Dirty Sanchez.

www.john-b.com/site, www.myspace.com/johnbbeta, www.electrostep.net for more info…

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TRACKLISTING [Continuous DJ Mix with index points]:

1. Rendez Vous

2. Russian Bride

3. Electrostep

4. Iowatest – Timelapse (John B Remix)

5. Midnight Air 2006

6. Stalking You On Myspace (12″ VIP mix)

7. Howard Jones – For You See Me (John B Remix)

8. Electronic (Radio Edit)

9. Tainted Love – (CD Mix) – (Feat. Marcy Meow)

10. Dirty Sanchez – Fucking on the Dancefloor (John B Remix)

11. Hey Mickey

12. Fashion (feat. Miss Ch33tah)

13. Take Me Home (feat. Stareyes)

14. Red Lights (feat. Shaz Sparks)

15. One Life Left – Freedom Faliure (John B Remix)

16. Remember Tonight (Radio Edit)