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Dixon Avenue Basement Jams
Review: Big Miz aka Chris McFarlane follows last year's Jail The Lot! release on Dixon Avenue Basement Jams with an EP that again draws on US house and techno for inspiration. The aptly-named "Glitchy Belter" wraps dense, throbbing bass and ticking, skeletal percussion around a shuffling groove, sounding like a particularly primal Omar-S in the process. On "Doin' The Damage", McFarlane ventures back to the 90s minimalism of DBX to deliver a tweaked analogue rhythm teeming with insistent tonal bleeps. "Spit Dat" is more club-friendly with the Glasgow producer dropping robust bass drums and a searing bass as the backdrop for repetitive vocal loops, while he returns to raw, stripped back mode on "Stay Awake".
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DABJ 1231
07 Dec 20
Techno
07 Dec 20
Techno
Played by: Claude VonStroke
Review: After 30 releases, label owners Kenny Wasp and Dan Monox aka DABJ team up with Big Miz to finally put out their own material. "CYT" is a bruising, jacking affair, littered with vocal snatches and dropping into a psychedelic synth. "Dalm Right" pays homage to Chicago house, with a gurgling acid line underpinning raw kettle drums and an indistinct male vocal, but a similarly tripped out synth lurks in the background. "Eternal Damnation" is more stripped back, but this time a deranged preacher man-style vocal rains down damnation over a warbling acid line. On "Do The Damn Thing", the collaborators pick up the pace, for a slinky, linear groove that sits somewhere between Chicago jack and the sleek, linear rhythms of early Detroit techno.
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DABJ 1230
01 Nov 19
Techno
01 Nov 19
Techno
Review: The big man on campus returns! Fast becoming a staple on Dixon Avenue Basement Jams, the Glaswegian producer throws down an impressive full length demonstrating the diversity within his musical repertoire - and count us in as fans. From the deep and soulful late night house of "Our House" which will have you 'doin' the wiggly worm', Afrobeat meets Innervisions styled melodic house on "Hammond Groove" while "High Heavens" explores classic neon-lit electro aesthetics from the '80s. There's even some harder stuff in there, like demonstrated on "The Great Beast" that's a slow burning early '90s style techno jam (which blows the bloody doors off!) and "Gear Tension" which throws in more hallmarks of the golden era such as 303 acid and Joey Beltran styled menstasms.
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DABJLP 001
02 Feb 18
Deep House
02 Feb 18
Deep House
Played by: Ben Pearce
Review: Big Miz left the cherished bosom of the Dixon Avenue Basement Jams crew to guest on friend Wheelman's new Stereotone label. Here he returns to DABJ with his second solo single. Title track "The Bomb" is something of a killer, with Miz lacing a bouncy, funk-fuelled drum machine rhythm with wild but jazzy synth lines, warehouse-friendly stabs and bleep style electronics. Elsewhere, "Sponk 900" is a breathless, ghetto-house inspired slammer, while "You Lose" is a raw and wonky fusion of noisy but funky electronics and thrusting machine drums. "Break The Law", a more hypnotic but no less guttural jack-track reminiscent of early 2000s Chicago tech-house, completes a fine package.
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DABJ 1222
19 May 17
Deep House
19 May 17
Deep House
Review: Dixon Avenue Basement Jams: accept no substitute. The Glasgow label brings back local lad Big Miz on Safari Park Nonsense, following up last year's brilliant Midnight Man Handle. First track "Foundations" is a snarling acid house jam with booming 808 rhythms and a vocal repeating the titles very refrain. "Morse Dance" is more traditional deep house fare that fits in with the current status quo while "Urgent" returns to the fierce 808 heavy house with US influences with some absolutely smashing male vocals. Finally "Winger" goes out all guns blazing and reintroducing some 303 groove and a shed load of swing and shuffle to boot.
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DABJDIG 01
15 Jan 16
Deep House
15 Jan 16
Deep House
Review: Glasgow's Dixon Avenue Basement Jams offer us some more of their proper straight up house vibes; the way they were intended! Big Miz is up this time around with Midnight Man Handle. "Good Things" gets straight down to business with its stomping, swing fuelled beat and buzzing organ leads, proudly proclaiming "I don't play around with girls like that!" Enough said. Next up the soulful deepness of "Electrolites" still packs a hefty punch and you'll need your fill of said enzymes after dancing up a sweat to this one. On the B side there's no more Mr. Nice Guy; "Solange" throws together nasty 303 acid, a manic cowbell and some truly disturbed samples. Finally "Wurx" sounds like more of a restrained warehouse techno jam with its huge synth line, booming and hissing 909 and truly dark atmosphere.
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DABJ- 1216
25 Sep 15
Deep House
25 Sep 15
Deep House
