M.U.M Presents Miami Sessions Darren Emerson- M.U.M Episode 129

05/10/10 • 55 min

Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground Movement Darren Emerson is one of the most influential figures in dance music, his 17 year career has seen him work with everyone from Depeche Mode to Jamie Cullum with numerous hit albums and singles as well as music synched to computer games and films. Arguably best known for his work with Rick Smith and Karl Hyde, Darren joined Underworld when he was 18 years old, the band released three albums: ‘Dubnobasswithmyheadman', ‘Second Toughest in the Infants' and ‘Beaucoup Fish'. Underworld have sold over a million albums worldwide, featured two tracks on Danny Boyles Oscar nominated classic "Trainspotting" and are renowned for their stunning and unpredictable live shows. The hits include Cowgirl, Rez, Dark and Long and Born Slippy – all classics. 2000 saw Emerson leave Underworld and go solo. Although the band had been his passion for 10 years, it was time to branch out; concentrate on his record label and work with different producers. The first collaboration saw Emerson and DJ cohort Sasha produce the Ibiza classic ‘Scorchio'. Two Global Underground compilations soon followed; ‘Uruguay' and ‘Singapore' and the hugely succesfull Underwater Episodes. All proving that Emerson was back to doing what he does best; showcasing everything from deeper house through to jackin' techno cuts. Darren has also remixed tracks for everyone from The Prodigy to Everything But The Girl and Gus Gus. In 1994 Darren Emerson started Underwater records, initially to release music for his friends, the label has seen releases from Steve Mac, Paul Woolford, Josh Wink, Gus Gus, Joel Mull, Smith & Selway, Paul Jackson, and Tim Deluxe – whose ‘Sirens/ We All Love Sax' and ‘It Just Won't Do' helped put Underwater firmly on the map. In 2003 Underwater was voted label of the year by DJ Mag and continues to go from strength to strength releasing albums and singles from its ever growing and increasingly varied roster of artists. Darren recently released his third Global Underground compilation 'Bogota'. His debut solo artist album is now finished and will be backed with a plethora of club tracks meanwhile he continues his relentless globe trotting DJ schedule.Playlist:impster - treat me rightruss gabriel - prey telld'julz - rotondosteve hurley - jack your bodym.in - the beatAcumen - VictoryMaher daniel - dropping the gramaphoneJosh Wink - Everybody To The Sun (Slam)Ben Ben - Lucy LuDarren Emerson - DecisionsDarren Emerson - Hard4Slow (Xprezz-2)Darren Emerson & Jamie McHugh - Where We Came From (Patch Park)Dave Manual - ThunderboltDarren Emerson - Hard4Slow (Detone Dub)Many Thanks to Mr Luke Allen

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M.U.M Presents Miami Sessions with Robert Babicz- M.U.M Episode 128

Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground Movement

Rob Acid, Sontec, Dicabor, Alton Inc, Acid Warrior

Straight out of Cologne in 1993, under the pseudonym Rob Acid, Babicz released his first single Happy Answer on London Records, which unexpectedly became a huge club hit. With the rise of acid house influenced records dominating the charts, Babicz was able to ride high on this new wave of club culture. In addition to becoming an in demand live performer using one of his other names, Acid Warrior, Babicz started to release singles on high profile imprints like Kompakt, Treibstoff and Steve Bug’s Audiomatique, as well as his own label, Junkfood In what Rob appropriately dubs “the rave years” in the mid-nineties, he was already playing all over the world. During this time Babicz teamed up with Mate Galic and psychedelic sonic experiences of every kind followed, which as Rob himself sums up perfectly came as a result of “excessive sound-research and absurd parties... transistor radio and porn films on big screen”. His affiliation with Force Inc a few years later brought a series of more experimental, less dancefloor-orientated works which suggested his theoretical musique concrete roots. By the turn of the new millennium, Babicz was striving for a different sound and thus began a new label, Shortcut. At the same time, he received multiple requests for sound design from hard and software producers, most notably resulting in the presets he produced for Native Instruments. In 2007 Robert released his landmark record, A Cheerful Temper on Systematic Recordings, which expertly moves between electronica, techno, minimal and classic house. Playing ‘live’ has always been a key feature of Babicz’s authentic musicianship; improvising instead of reeling off pre-determined sets has made his celebrated shows unquestionably unique events. He consistently delivers astonishing performances of his own productions built around warm melodies, blissed atmospherics & analogue bass - sometimes jacking, but mostly tripping and always around the foundations of his first love: techno. Consequently, Babicz has more than proven his worth in the world of dance music and his right to the title of pioneer and innovator, whether producing tech house, minimal or acid techno. With the release of Immortal Changes in early 2010, described by DJ Mag as a “marriage of organic groove and glistening electronic melodies” it is clear that Robert Babicz still has much more to give... Playlist: Intro r.babicz - remote kiss ( babiczstyle) r.babicz - the sun ( babiczsyle ) r.babicz - dark flower (fever album mix) ( systematic ) g.boratto - i feel ( babicz earth remix ) ( defray ) r.babicz - percofonik ( babiczstyle ) r.babicz - storm lunch ( babiczstyle ) r.babicz - astor (g.boratto rmx) ( systematic ) r.babicz - come closer ( lost babicz mix ) ( systematic ) r.babicz - simple feeling ( babiczstyle ) Special tanks to Luke Allen http://www.robertbabicz.de/ http://www.facebook.com/robertbabicz http://www.myspace.com/robertbabicz http://twitter.com/RobertBabicz http://soundcloud.com/robbabicz

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M.U.M & 1605 Sessions Presents Miami Sessions with Umek Live@Nikki Beach- Miami Beach-Florida - M.U.M Episode 130

Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground Movement

DJ UMEKFor a long time, Slovenia is known for its great electronic parties, but as the local scene is of boutique dimensions, everyone, who wishes to take the art of mixing and producing to a professional level, has to go out there and enter the worldwide scene. Umek has done this step as early as in the middle of the 90s and so he became one of the most important techno players of the global techno scene, even before the end of the last millennium. Together with people, who shared the same views, he successfully captured the first era of researching and recreating the rules of the dance music in Recycled Loops, Consumer Recreation and Astrodisco platforms, which all put the sound of the Slovenian techno on the world map of electronic music.In the beginning of the year 2007, Umek started a new 1605 Music Therapy - Sixteenofive, with which he marked the beginning of the second era of his music creation and what an era it is. 5 highly popular releases on the 1605 label with lots more planned in the next few months, a huge success of the »Day Of Electronics 09« - the main 1605 event in Krizanke (Ljubljana, Slovenia) for the third year in a row, a popular summer festival »Disconautica« (Koper, Slovenia) featuring 1605 Main Floor for the second year in a row and with over 50.000 attending people. Furthermore the 15 astonishing releases and remixes already released in 2009 are the best proof, that Umek stays focused on his primary goal – to make high quality productions that stand out from the rest and to bring this music closer to people all around the world.The year 2009 also brought a fresh breeze in Umek’s booking department and so his new booking agency is Bullitt Bookings from the USA, that also takes care of some of the biggest names, like Dubfire, Nic Fanciulli, Shlomi Aber, Davide Squillace and many others.Last year's releases like Is it / Longer Trail, Destructible Enviroment, S Cream, Designed Persona, You Might Hear Nothing and the latest club hit Work This Data, have caught the attention of Armada, Hell Yeah, Tronic, Dataworx and other biggest labels of the music industry and judging by Umek's tracks »Hablando« and »Slap«, released on his own label 1605, by the enormous amount of upcoming releases and the second (and first on 1605 label) album with his 10 great tracks “Responding To Dynamic” (coming in spring 2010), Umek surely isn’t going to run out of creative fuel for quite some time.

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Umek, Live @ WMC Miami

1 Travelling - Jackspot Remix Felix Neumann - "Brise Records" 2 Raw Track (Shout Mix) - Massimo Di Lena "Cadenza"3 Soms - Hermanez Necotine "Leena Music" 4 Move Your Body - Utku Dalmaz (Chase Buch Remix ) "FHD Records "5 Lelle / Mentiras - Federico Locchi & UGLH "Laterra Recordings "6 Tout Va Bien - Matthias Meyer (Kollektiv Turmstrasse Remix) "Liebe Detail "7 Heyday - Barem (Ronan Portela Remix) "Foundsound Records "8 Kulunguele - Mijail, Mister K "Darkside Digital Records"9 Hipernova - Anna Miranda (DJ Deh Remix) "Ketra Records"10 Calypso - Round Table Knights vs Bauchamp "Made To Play "11 Above & Beyond - Mini Mode " Rhythm Royal Recordings"12 Lovers n' Fighters - Kruse & Nuernberg ( DJ Madskillz Remix) "Noir Music"13 I Know My Way - Minimorph "Underscore Records"14 Sofia - Down Right Rude "Azuli Records"15 Carlo Lio - Giro Tondo "Monique Musique " 16 Aguja - Kaiserdisco "My Best Friend"17 Move Your Body - Utku Dalmaz (Chase Buch Remix) "FHD Records"18 Birpad - Matheo Velez "Blaze Records"19 Burn Myself -Coyu "Swings Records"20 Chants - Sollscher Und Siech (Per Hammer Voodoo Rmx) "Beat Theraphy"21 The Bells - Monotrax "DNW Records"