KOBI // THE LITTLE MILL OF HAPPINESS // MEURSAULT @IRONWORKS/MADHATTERS

I'm not supposed to be writing about bands because thats Euans job on here but last night I went out to watch KOBI play the Summer Showcase at Ironworks and what followed was a night of amazing talented bands one after the other that really had me thinking.

So after a thrilling four hour train journey home from Glasgow yesterday I decided to take a walk into town to watch some music and first up was the Ironworks for the brilliant Summer Showcase. I have to give this a mention since we don't really cover these sort of gigs, the showcase has been running for a year or so now (as far as I know) and its done a brilliant job of highlighting some of the cities most talented musicians. I go along as much as I can when its on because it never fails to surprise me - there's usually around three or four bands on a week - its a great way of uncovering the scene with a couple of shows.

I did however take some time on my leisurely stroll into town which unfortunately meant I missed the first band on which was Naked Red, I'll catch them some other time! Setting up were the now resurrected KOBI with a new brass addition to the band that had originally come together for their Belladrum main stage performance. The sound of loud talk was hushed by a slow vibrato from lead guitar that marked the start of the performance and immediately heads turned to the stage. Finishing with their new single 'Fight' - a progressive instrumental that hits harder than a tyson left hook - you can sense theres a real energy behind the music. The addition of a trombone player really makes this song come out, lead singer Gary holds back from mic for this one that has you thinking there's more to come. They continued to fire through a perfect performance including their newest song 'Eye in the Sky' which for me was the best of the night. Not the first time I've seen them play but again they didn't fail to impress.

KOBI on Facebook - Soundcloud - Bandcamp - Twitter - Website



Next on was The Little Mill of Happiness. Knew nothing about them before they came on and after hearing them I can't believe that! A band that sounds and looks like a wall of guitars they certainly had me interested. There's a dark feeling that runs through the performance but that doesn't stop some people moving their feet to a couple songs. 'Article of Faith' shines out as their best song in my opinion, its a song that I could easily picture in some bad ass american movie where the actor wields an almost empty bottle of Jack Daniels and doesn't give a single fuck. Decide for yourself.

The Little Mill of Happiness on Facebook - Soundcloud



So with that the showcase came to a close for the night but my night was nowhere near finished. At Hoots it was only getting started. Meursault, a band from Edinburgh had been tipped to me as something special to listen to and they weren't wrong! With just over two thirds of the room filled you can't help but feel disappointed with that turn out because this band could be and have been selling out venues across the country. They won't be playing shows like this for long by the sounds of it but it was good to see a lot of the local music heads there to watch including Radio 1's BBC Introducing presenter Ally McCrea. Definitely recommend you give them a listen and if you get the chance to go to a live performance don't miss it!

Meursault on Facebook - Soundcloud - Website



The rest of my night became a blur. Went to the Market Bar, tried argueing Daft Punk and Deadmau5 have had more effect on modern music than The Beatles, much to the amusement of Netsounds Unsigned com-padres Jamie and Murray - not as funny as Murrays stand up routine though.

So there I have done a little write up on some bands, think I would do it more often but the Indie scene doesn't really let people like me in. I think there is some initiation process involving chinos and ironically cool knitted loose jumpers.

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[Track] Polkadot - Daydream *Free Download*

So I was derping about through the internetz the other day, and whilst power striding my way through the usual digest of funny pictures of cats and people's instagramed images of coffee mugs, I found this absolute GEM! There's some really nice deep house vibes in there that I am becoming increasingly fond of these days, check it out!



Nothing beats the feeling finding an unsigned, hardly heard of track that is of absolute beauty. This is one of those tracks. You can also download this track for free, along with a bunch of other great tracks, download linky HERE, it's the first track of the "The Party" list. Enjoy!

RITON // support from THEM & US / POLYMATH / BOOMSHANK REDEMPTION

For those who don't know already, Justice Never Sleeps is working with Ironworks to bring you one of the biggest dates of the electronic dance calender. On September 1st we will present to you Riton - firmly up there as one of the UK's most respected and talented DJ's along with support from some of the biggest names on the local scene including Them & Us, Polymath and The Boomshank Redemption. What better way to end your Summer?

Riton has been known for his pulsating DJ sets, stunning original productions and incredibly diverse and intelligent remixes including working for M.I.A and Kylie Minogue. His music has been touched and remixed by fellow star DJ's like Benny Benassi, TAI and D.I.M to name a few.

His work as Carte Blanche with the late DJ Medhi (Both pictured below) became known and loved across the globe in its short time, it included vocals from Hot Chip singer Alexis Taylor for the song 'With You'. Other projects like Eine Kleine Nacht Musik have shown a different hand to his production and his collaboration with Primary 1 as 'Riton & Primary 1' produced some of his biggest hits to date including 'Radiates' and the ridiculously catchy 'Whos There' which I'm surprised to find today even has a version featuring a verse from Wiley!

Anyone who follows electronic music will know this is a night not to be missed! We also have a support line up full of local scene smashers including Polymath (previous releases with No Brainer Records and Vamp Music), Them & Us (set to release through Dave Spoon's Televizion Records) and 

The Boomshank Redemption (previously supported Chase & Status, Fake Blood).

So now that you have to go you'll need a ticket. You can buy your tickets online, from the Ironworks box office or even from one of us Justice Never Sleeps dudes - Send us a message on our Facebook page for details. 

Carte Blanche (Riton left, DJ Mehdi right)

Justice Never Sleeps @ Belladrum Tarten Heart Festival 2012

So this has been my first post in a while as you can tell, I know its not good but hopefully you guys as well as the other JNS team can forgive me for being a lazy fat ass and I reassure you am back on it providing you with something alternative every week.

Now if you readers haven't been aware, one of the best festivals Scotland has to offer has just been underway. The Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival is done for another year and consistently gets better, The JNS team and DJ's were there this year in full force delivering beats so sick they had our body juices frothing! And as am sure you will hear about everyones views on this awesome weekend I'l let the DJ's who know electronic best cover that front, as for me I wanted do something a bit different and tell you who made my festival this year from just some of the amazing music I've heard this weekend from genres we don't usually feature, but things are about to change regarding that! So here is just a fraction of some of the bands I saw and although everyone delivered a huge show these guys are the ones who done it for me!

Fatherson 

One of the first bands to play on the Friday at the Hothouse Stage but was a performance that stuck with me the whole weekend. Sincere lyrics and huge catchy choruses led to a performance that had me singing their songs for the rest of the weekend. This 3 Piece have been going from strength to strength in the Scottish music scene and its no wonder why, I knew they were going to be good but not that good!


I was unable to share their lovely tunes but just follow this link here to listen to some outstanding stuff!

Treacherous Orchestra 

Definitely Something you wouldn’t expect to find on the blog I know but fuck it..This 11-Piece instrumental folk band are impossible to pinpoint because they draw on so many influences ranging from funk, techno, rock and many others making their music an awesome experience. The atmosphere at their gig was one of the best experiences from the festival and I am delighted to have been part of it, a great slice of the diversity found in Scottish music.

Frightened Rabbit 

A 5-piece band that I know loads of us were looking forward to this weekend, the firmly rooted success they've had in the UK and the US is easy to understand with honest soulful lyrics teamed up with the harmonies and addictive hooks they make something quite special. Their performance was an outstanding measure how a good live gig will always be the best way to hear music.

Roadway 

A 6-piece balls to the walls Classic Rock band who are locals to the Highlands of Scotland, their powerhouse gig at the Seedling Stage that I honestly thought was too small for Roadway's live performance which could have easily rivalled that to any main stage act this weekend. Huge, Raw and Epic are the words that spring to mind describing these guys, and their dedication to music and fans is something that is amongst some of the highest I've seen making very powerful and personal gigs to anyone lucky enough to see this cats live!

Stanley Odd 

 A 6 piece Hip Hop act hailing from all parts of Scotland, I have been following them for a while now but by some cruel twist of fate, any local gigs played has collided with something meaning that this Tartan Heart was the first time I have seen them live, and I am disgusted I haven't seen them sooner. Having only caught 5 hours sleep over the past 2 nights and trying to nurse a hangover with more alcohol the last thing I thought I would be doing would be bouncing through the entire set and generally krunking my shuffle from left to right but thats exactly what happened and I wasn’t the only one either. A blend of harmonic female vocals and truthful raps featuring heavily on modern day culture teamed up with huge beats made a bouncing atmosphere, it is often the small tents and performances that make such a genuine connection between act and crowd which is what makes those special moments at a live gig and this was one of them!


Hopefully guys you liked this bit of alternative posting, and I promise you my next post isn't going to take so long! Peace.  

JNS Mix #4 Mark Mackenzie [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Another JNS monthly mix, this time from JNS resident Mark Mackenzie - Mackz, Fresh & Juicy and half of Them & Us



Tracklist

1. Santigold - The Keepers (Duke Dumont Pour Hommes Remix)
2. David Tort - Acid (Lost In Acid Ausfarht Mix)
3. Jaymo & Andy George - Tension
4. WAFA - Abandon Me (Crookers Remix)
5. Modek - Goose Offender
6. Joe Goddard - Gabriel (Etnik Remix)
7. Shun Hoshina Anniversary - Evidence (Polymath Remix)
8. Micky Slim - I'm A Freak
9. Buraka Som Sistema - (We Stay) Up All Night (Botnek Remix)
10. Azzido Da Bass - Music For Bagpipes (The Integrals Remix)
11. Bingo Players - Cry (RESET! Turbofunk Remix)
12. Clouds - Gargoyles Bite


Mackz - www.soundcloud.com/mackz-studios

Them & Us - www.soundcloud.com/themusofficial

Fresh & Juicy - http://soundcloud.com/freshandjuicy

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Serving Up Some Justice #11

random picture from http://bartoszl.com/index.html

I promised we'd get back to posting some music since we are after all supposed to be a electronic music blog! I'm genuinely sorry if we have brought disappointment with the lack of posts but we've been really busy lately, you may already know we've been out and about setting up club nights with last weekends 'Festival Party' at Nova proving a success we can't wait until the next one. Make sure you get your tickets early for RITON + Them & Us, Polymath and Boomshank Redmemption at Ironworks. You can even purchase them from one of us!

So as you can imagine its the summer (is it fuck!) and the JNS inbox has been filled to the brim with fresh music (has it fuck!) so I've haven't had much trouble putting together this incredible list of new fresh tunage (have I fuck!).

I've also decided I'm going to add a brand new feature to the blog, its something I have been wanting to do for a while now. I call it 'Behind The Cloud' - its a compilation of Artists I feel have not been noticed anywhere near as much as they should be on Soundcloud, amongst them producers, songwriters and singers.

To start though I would like to run through my top tracks of the week -


Shun & Hoshina Anniversary - Evidence (Polymath Remix) 


Local producer Polymath always kills it with his unique style of blended acid techno house funk .. fuck knows what you put it under and frankly I don't care, thats the beauty of it! This remix is just pure brilliant, got to love those gentle pitch bends against the grittiness of that bass.





Esbjerg & Ray Vose - All Is Swell (Count Clockwork Re-Fix)


First of all, it makes me really proud to see scottish artists work together. I heard the original of this at Sonar FM a while back when I was on with Esbjerg, can still remember my face when it kicked in and he told me it was his! And the Count Clockwork re-fix surprised me a lot also, really brings some extra dirt to the mix and makes it a guaranteed banger for any techno DJ. For some reason Louis has taken it down today, instead we have the original below, so All is Swell now... see what I did there?



WAFA - Abandon Me (Crookers Remix)

Oooooooh how I miss the old crookers! There was a day where every single one of their tracks would have me shivering with excitement and then they got boring. But now there back! Its like the crookers took this track and jizzed awesome all over it, honestly can't stop listening to it. The changes are awesome, the sounds are awesome, the vocals are awesome, its like someone caught all the rainbows in the world, stirred them into a soup and fed it to my ears! Its like crack for DJ's.



Combostar ft Mani Hoffman - Free (Louis La Roche Remix)

Everyone needs to kickback and listen to some Louis La Roche at some point, he just does it right. He's really one of the only disco-y house artists I can take seriously. This is a prime example of a feel good tune with some electronic soul, love it!



Reset! - Don't Let The System (LKiD Remix)

Been following LKiD for almost a year now and here never seems to disappoint. Before I listened to this I knew I was in for a treat, take the super turbo funky pace of reset and mix that with the boppy house sounds from LKiD and you get this. Really fun mix!




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New post 'Behind The Cloud' will start this week!

Justice Never Sleeps Festival Party @ Nova

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