New York (Top40 Charts/ Dance.Here.Now PR) - Dance.Here.Now. presents
James Zabiela with Sleepy and Boo ,Thursday, June 18, 2009 at Cielo. Technical whiz kid
James Zabiela may no longer be considered the young phenom he once was. With a new EP out exploring a darky, sleazier side and the high honor of mixing a compilation on the Renaissance: The Master Series, James' set course for the unknown. James' style is at once trippy, bleepy and deeply - nay, downright - groovy. Oh, and watch out for a few gnarly basslines along the way, those nasty, dirty sounds are a part of JZ's signature now. Scratches, loops, and fluttering chord changes are all par for the course in a Zabiela set. Layering different sounds with the aid of two Pioneer CDJ-1000s, a Pioneer EFX-1000, Korg Kaossilator, MIDI controller and a laptop, his hands and ears don't let up for a second, leaving the dancefloor: feet a-moving and mouth a-gap, all around the world.
This year James Zabiela has set course for warp speed. The first half of the year saw the release of his Renaissance: The Masters Series. Zabiela put forth two incredible discs that differ, yet compliment each other perfectly. Disc One produced a collage of beautiful electronica over-laid with his own "field recordings", a suite of ambient sounds and spoken word that represent both his journeys on the road and in the air, and time and thoughts between gigs. Disc two transports the listen to the club and features two new original productions. The CD features exciting track selection, which features Trentemoller, Modeselektor, Boards Of Canada, Paul Woolford, Apparat, Extrawelt plus many more.
Following that, James Zabiela explores the murky corners of electronica as he unveils his new Darkness EPFirst up - "Darkness By Design" - a track that has set plenty of messageboards aflutter since James started road testing it at gigs. It's a low-slung, sleazy excursion to the inner reaches of Zabiela's hard drive as pitched down vocals interplay with a slap bass and acid-lines, little surprise it was the result of James first viewing of Joy Division bio pic 'Control'.
'I was really inspired by the film,' he says, "My iPod is filled with Joy Division, Depeche Mode and Nirvana and I just wondered if I could put some of those elements into my own track. It was basically an experiment to see if I could pull it off. I surprised myself, but was further taken aback by the reaction it got on the dancefloor! Even then, I still had no plans to release it, but after I put it on my MySpace I had a load of messages asking when it was due out; I had no option but to change my mind!"
After completing the track James went into production mode for his recent, critically acclaimed Masters Series, but he hit a snag, 'Try as I may to work it in, DBD just didn't fit with the general feel of the mix. So, with a bit of time in hand I decided to remix myself and Darkness.2 was born!' The bespoke result ditches the vocals and ramps-up the bass and acid, creating a true peak-time experience.
The final track of this bumper package is Luke Dzierzek's remix of "Perseverance". Once again, specially commissioned for the Masters compilation, Luke takes the JZ classic and turns it into an impeccably produced percussive monster.
James Zabiela's Darkness EP is out now on all good digital sites.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Dance.Here.Now. presents
James Zabiela
with opening set by Sleepy and Boo
Cielo
18 Little W. 12th. St.
New York City
21+ w/ valid ID
Doors open at 8PM
$20 Limited Tickets available at danceherenownyc.com
www.cieloclub.com
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