SECURE SHOPPING
To add some spice – and credibility – to this year’s annual best of round-up at Juno Plus, we enlisted some of our favourite DJs, producers and record label bosses to pick one record that didn’t leave their bag in 2012. We asked the likes of Gerd Janson, Levon Vincent, Veronica Vasicka, Bill Kouligas, Bok Bok, JD Twitch and Ron Morelli to take part, and their selections veered from the rickety techno of Powell to the bass heavy polyrhythms of Soundway Records, Omar S’s Eddie Murphy homage and much more.
Flexed-out disco muscle, stomping rave and a beautifully designed ode to Eddie Murphy: DJs, producers and label bosses pick their track of 2012
by Juno Plus on 10.12.2012 at 16:11pmListen: Daniel Avery & The Deadstock 33′s – Magnetic
by Juno Plus on 14.11.2012 at 10:31am
Daniel Avery and The Deadstock 33′s is a trusted combination – hear their forthcoming Optimo Music release here.
Daniel Avery prepares second Phantasy Sound release
by Juno Plus on 08.10.2012 at 15:49pm
Glum faced producer and DJ Daniel Avery has something to smile about – a new EP, entitled Water Jump, will arrive on Phantasy Sound later this month.
Details of Daniel Avery’s Fabriclive mix revealed
by Juno Plus on 19.09.2012 at 16:22pm
Full details of Daniel Avery’s Fabriclive mix have been revealed, with the London DJ featuring material from Simian Mobile Disco, Forward Strategy Group and Kassem Mosse alongside a healthy sprinkling of his own productions.
Daniel Avery – Need Electric EP review
by Juno Plus on 27.07.2012 at 15:44pmIn a recent interview Dazed Digital published between Kindness front man Adam Bainbridge and the perennially popular Erol Alkan, the two touched on an interesting discussion regarding the current state of remix culture. Bainbridge quite rightly pointed out that remixes were once a “different form of expression of the track” while now content hungry labels and digital agencies treat them as crass marketing tools. This is especially prevalent in the cesspool that is now the “blogosphere” where unworthy producers are commissioned to produce unnecessary remixes just to hammer home the point some insignificant band have some terrible and derivative single out.
Win: Tickets to The Revenge and Daniel Avery at The Nest
by Juno Plus on 19.07.2012 at 16:12pm
Two of post-disco’s biggest titans, The Revenge and Dan Avery, are going head to head in London soon, and we have two pairs of tickets to give away.
Watch: Daniel Avery – Taste
by Juno Plus on 16.07.2012 at 10:32amDaniel Avery’s Need Electric EP was released last week on locked groove vinyl via Phantasy Sound and the label has now revealed a rather fitting video for one of the record’s highlights.
The seven plus minutes of sparse rhythms, percolating bass lines and odd vocal embellishments that form “Taste” may well make for one of this year’s weirdest tracks conceived with the dance floor in mind, and the above Daniel Brereton directed video which frames jerkingly shifted shots of models rolling past frosted glass is an appropriate visual accompaniment.
Daniel Avery signs to Phantasy Sounds
by Juno Plus on 15.06.2012 at 09:35am
The star of London based producer Daniel Avery continues to rise, with news he has signed to Erol Alkan’s Phantasy Sounds label and will release an EP for the imprint later this month.
Daniel Avery – Movement review
by Juno Plus on 01.06.2012 at 16:59pmCast an eye across the crème de la crème of new producers and DJs straining to poke their heads above the dance music melee that is 2012 and what do you see? It’s certainly a sprawling landscape – and one which appears to be almost drowning in a deluge of new sounds on a daily basis. There’s a rapidly expanding pool of producers, DJs and releases all shouting loudly – and, arguably, without saying much. It’s amid this aural backdrop that Movement, the second EP proper from young(ish) mop haired pup Daniel Avery, lands – and stands out like a refreshingly sore thumb. A surefooted use of analogue tools and heavy injections of machine-funk ensure it gracefully sidesteps much of the competition and finely straddles the tightrope between sounding suitably left and gloriously classic.
Premiere: Daniel Avery – Movement (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
by Juno Plus on 08.05.2012 at 12:54pm
The upwards trajectory of Daniel Avery seems to have gathered all new momentum in the aftermath of the well regarded UK producer’s decision to retire the Stopmakingme name upon which he came to the fore.