Let’s face it, Erol Alkan needs no introduction: the DJ/label chief/producer/all round top guy has steadily built a devoted legion of fans the world over - from skinny jeaned teenagers to wizened music heads – since first launching the Trash night in London more than a decade ago. We spoke to the Phantasy boss about what tunes were appearing in his DJ sets this month. Topping the list is his killer new collab with Boys Noize…
Featured DJ Chart: Erol Alkan
by Juno Plus on 12.05.2010 at 12:55pmFeatured DJ Chart: Trickski
by Juno Plus on 01.05.2010 at 13:48pm
Trickski are, to use a well worn phrase, so hot right now. The Berlin-based duo (real names Yannick Labbé and Daniel Becker) have just dropped the Warm Up EP on Freerange offshoot Delusions of Grandeur, and it’s been rapturously received by members of the slow, sleazy-does-it deep house community. Renowned for DJ sets that touch on not just deep house but elements of disco and techno, we were intrigued as to what they had in their record bags this month. So we shot off a speculative email, and the results were fascinating, with the duo offering Juno Plus a detailed insight into their top tunes for April.
Featured DJ Chart: The 2 Bears
by Juno Plus on 20.04.2010 at 10:11am
The 2 Bears are Joe Goddard and Raf Rundell. They look like they could be brothers. They also kind of look like bears. Best of all, they’ve teamed up to make some killer house tracks on Southern Fried, and, to celebrate, we’ve got them to name their top tunes of the month for our latest featured DJ Chart…
Featured DJ Chart: Alex Gopher
by Juno Plus on 13.04.2010 at 15:38pm
Alex Gopher has been making fun, unpretentious electro for more than a decade now, part of a vintage crop of French producers that included Daft Punk, Cassius, Etienne De Crecy and Air. Not one to rest on his laurels, he’s just released a compilation of his newest remixes, which is soon to be followed by a new EP due out this month on his Go4Music imprint. We hunted the Gopher down to find out what’s been lurking inside that record bag of his…
Featured DJ Chart: Sinden
by Juno Plus on 12.04.2010 at 15:56pm
From dancehall to kuduro via broken beat and UK funky – the new featured chart from beat connoisseur Sinden is nothing if not eclectic. The DJ/producer recently announced the launch of his new label Grizzly, with a release from the man himself (in collaboration with the ever elusive SBTRKT) due out on April 19, swiftly followed by an EP from French star Brodinski on May 17.
Featured DJ Chart: Worthy
by Juno Plus on 06.04.2010 at 12:45pm
Washington native Worthy is now an intergral part of the fabric of San Francisco’s dance scene, having co-created Dirtybird Records with house cohorts Christian Martin, Justin Martin and Claude VonStroke upon moving to the West Coast almost a decade ago. Since then he’s dabbled in numerous productions on labels including Leftroom, Curfew, OM, Utensil and also set up his very own imprint, Anabatic. We caught up with the man himself to find out a bit about his top tunes of the moment.
Featured DJ Chart: Layo & Bushwacka!
by Juno Plus on 23.03.2010 at 12:06pmAbout to throw one of their Shake It parties with the world-renowned Carl Cox, London’s Layo & Bushwacka! will be bringing tech-house vibes this Easter Thursday taking place at the Warehouse, SE1 London. For an idea of what’s to come, Layo & Bushwacka! give Juno Plus their Top Ten picks of their favourite tracks right now.
Featured DJ Chart: Shit Robot
by Juno Plus on 22.03.2010 at 10:11amDFA’s Shit Robot aka Marcus Lambkin having had huge success with the record ‘Wrong Galaxy’ back in the day, has just released his new single ‘I Got A Feeling’ featuring B-side ‘Norfolk Nights’. Having remixed the likes of labelmates The Juan Maclean and Simian Mobile Disco, the Irish producer hailing from Dublin recommends his Top 10 tracks for March…
Featured DJ Chart: Snuff Crew
by Juno Plus on 18.03.2010 at 10:18am
The hooded Chicago-influenced acid-heavy producers from Berlin bring back old school 303 and 707 sounds and hard minimal beats. Having graced imprints like Playhouse in the past, they released their debut album last year on International DeeJay Gigolo Records, and now pick out their favourite tracks for us.
Featured DJ Chart: Toby Tobias
by Juno Plus on 15.03.2010 at 10:59am
The man making sultry lo-fi disco releases on Bear Funk, Jisco, Tirk, and Tiny Sticks, as well as Matt ‘Radio Slave’ Edwards and James Masters’ Rekids label, Toby Tobias gives Juno Plus his recommendations of what’s hot right now and why.
Featured DJ Chart: DJ 3000
by Juno Plus on 01.03.2010 at 13:03pm
With his Galactic Caravan album remixed by the likes of Dan Curtin, Alexander Robotnick and Ben Sims, and a new single set to drop this month, Detroit techno producer DJ 3000 is hot property at the moment. Read on to find out his top tunes for the month, along with insight into why they are a favourite in his record bag.
Featured DJ Chart: Chubby Dubz
by Juno Plus on 26.02.2010 at 13:04pmChubby Dubz is a German/US production team consisting of Oliver $ and Gene Siewing – two men with a shared passion for quality underground music. Having just dropped their 31 Flavours EP on Ornate Music, we managed to coax a featured chart out of them for February. As charts go this has a definite classicist tilt, with a few new gems thrown in for good measure. Enjoy…
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Featured DJ Chart: Anja Schneider
by Juno Plus on 24.02.2010 at 13:13pm
In the latest Juno Plus featured chart, mobilee boss Anja Schneider reveals some of the songs that are floating her musical boat at the moment. There’s a healthy mix of the old and new, with brand new productions from Deniz Kurtel and a (relative) oldie from Justin Martin. Also keep an eye out for Anja’s new Ithought EP, which you can buy now from Juno Records.
Featured DJ Chart: James Curd
by Juno Plus on 29.01.2010 at 14:27pm
Featured DJ Chart: James Curd (January 2010)
James Curd has beaten his own path from cult indie band Greenskeepers (a favourite of John Peel) to a respected DJ and beat-merchant over the last few years. His new EP In With The Old, In With The New shows off the range of styles that the Chicago-born producer has got under his belt. We chased him down to find out what tunes are floating his musical boat so far in 2010, and he admits it wasn’t an easy choice.
Featured DJ Chart: Richie Balboa
by Juno Plus on 28.01.2010 at 14:04pm
Breakbeat don Richie Balboa already knocks out the odd mix for Juno, which we think is rather good. It seems we’re not alone in thinking that either – it’s been nominated for Best Podcast in the 2010 Breakspoll awards (vote here). With such a talented man on our team, we thought we’d rope him in for a featured chart too. Here are his top picks for January – enjoy…
Featured Chart: Jimpster (Best of 2009)
by Juno Plus on 31.12.2009 at 11:15am
Following on from our in-depth interview with Jamie Odell aka Jimpster, earlier this month, we’ve roped the Freerange boss into talking us through his top tunes of 2009. Unsurprisingly, there’s some stellar choices from the deeper end of house music.
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Featured DJ Chart – The Revenge (Best of 2009)
by Juno Plus on 02.12.2009 at 12:48pm
This year has been something of a watershed for The Revenge, aka disco and house producer Graeme Clark. There were a host of releases on esteemed labels like Wolf Music, Mule and Delusions of Grandeur, some notable remixes and additional production under his 6th Borough Project alias (with Craig Smith). Time to kick back and relax then? Hardly – this Scotsman looks set to be flying higher than ever come 2010. He spoke to Juno Plus about the year that was, and talked us through the top five tunes from his “Best of 2009″ chart.
Featured DJ Chart – Sinden (Best of 2009)
by Juno Plus on 30.11.2009 at 15:21pm
This week Sinden brings us his “Best of 2009” chart with a range of the year’s biggest dance floor bangers. The London-based DJ has remixed the likes of A-Trak and DJ Mujava, holds down his own radio show at Kiss FM and toured with M.I.A (as her personal DJ no less). He has become famed for his wide-ranging sets, which touch on everything from Baltimore and dancehall to dubstep and house.
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Featured DJ Chart: Faze Action
by Juno Plus on 25.11.2009 at 16:49pm
In the latest instalment of our featured chart series, we get the low down on Faze Action’s hottest tunes for November. The disco duo are set to play at a show to launch Electric Mind’s Arthur Russell tribute album, taking place this Friday (November 27) at the Garage in north London. The likes of Maurice Fulton, Yam Who? and Groove Armada’s Tom Findlay will all be DJing on the night.




