Bedrock Records is a progressive house, tech house and techno label founded by John Digweed and Nick Muir in 1999. The name originates from Digweed and Muir’s duo alias, Bedrock. As well as releasing their own music on their label, they have set up the perfect platform for artists like Guy J, Pig&Dan, Stelios Vassiloudis, Booka Shade and Marc Romboy, to release uplifting, adrenaline-soaring, melody-rich anthems.
Review: Bedrock Records is 15 years old in 2024. We don't know yet how they'll celebrate this milestone, so for now we'll focus on their first release of the year: a fresh edition of Oniris's 2013 progressive-meets-tech-house classic 'The Rebirth', featuring Pat Brooks. The fantastic original mix - a fine fusion of shuffling tech-house drums, sweeping strings, electric piano loops and extended piano solos - comes accompanied by a trio of fresh reworks. Nick Muir and John Digweed fittingly kick things off with a typically melodic, slowly unfurling revision full of squelchy bass, bubbly electronics and fluid piano motifs, before Rude Hagelstein delivers a decidedly druggy, early morning revision. Roundings things off is the jazzy and sun splashed 'Blissed Out version', a classic Ibiza style downtempo take that's worth the admission price on its own.
Review: John Digweed presents Futuro: a 25-track compilation celebrating 25 years of his hugely influential Bedrock label (established in 1999). Taking in the likes of Bushwacka with tracks like "Lectrobee" to the "Bleu Cobalt" studio collaboration between Digweed, Nick Muir, and Captain Mustache - other notables here include label legends and associates like Marco Bailey, David Morales and Rodriguez Jr. Replete with uplifting melodies, pulsating rhythms and progressive hose suggestions, there's extra slices of techno from Raxon, next to select cuts by Sasha Carassi, Lost Desert, and Weska all the more. Bedrock's best.
Review: Hot on the heels of the release of their debut single, 'Killer of Fate' (a fine first outing that came accompanied by some stellar Red Axes remixes), Singapore-based trio Island Hill drop their debut album, 'Strangers In Paradise'. The name references their own history - they met while at an event on a remote island off South Korea - but it fits the humid, melodic, and occasionally tropically-tinged electronic music on show. Their roots lie in tactile, soft-focus, melody-rich house, but across the set you'll also hear nods to huggable tech-house, guitar-sporting electronic pop, broken house (the drowsy Of Norway collaboration 'Leaving'), Depeche Mode ('Breathe'), neo-Italo-disco ('Teenage Bride') and the kind of atmospheric, club-ready soundscape epics that have long been associated with the label they're signed to, Bedrock.
Review: During a typhoon party on the rugged, volcanic island of Jeju in South Korea, three strangers met by a twist of fate. Island Hill (Al, Barry and Dibby) realised that whilst their musical backgrounds may be wildly contrasting, something really gelled between them. The Singapore-based trio make their debut with this release, and being on John Digweed & Nick Muir's respected Bedrock label - they sure know how to make an entrance! If that wasn't enough, the track "Killer Of Fate" is remixed by acclaimed Israeli indie-dance duo Red Axes; it's a slinky and hypnotic affair with breezy and balearic undertones and comes ahead of their forthcoming album to be released soon.
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