The wake of the explosion the electronic music scene has experienced over the past few years, has left an exponential number of small clubs and fledging promoters with the opportunity to grow outside of the once cherished ‘super club’ pond. This in turn has meant that many of the big fish super clubs have slowly died out as the market has become over saturated with small fish nights and local clubs eating all the punters as they bring in one or two headline acts or even locals DJ at a much cheaper entry price.

One club that has always managed to survive at the top of the food chain is the world renowned Fabric, although this hardly comes as a shock when you consider the quality of the brand itself and the calibre of the nights they hold week after week. (Just check out the most recent listings for an example of what’s around the corner)
Of course this is before you even bring in to the equation the so far 129 strong release monthly mix compilation, which I’ll be bold in saying probably rivals most mix compilations released throughout the years. Even the once acclaimed Global Underground series now pales in comparison, so it’s easy to understand why the brand is still going strong 12 years after the doors first opened.

The next release in to the FABRICLIVE CD series is mixed by none other than the should be platinum selling, Four Tet, an electronic artist who I’m sure needs little to no introduction and so perhaps I’ll save the time and skip that all together, but if you’re not totally au fait check out a copy of 2003′s Rounds for an overdue introduction.

What I will do instead is spend a bit of time deconstructing the mix for your eyes, before you ears get a chance to experience it, because oh my god what a mix it is…

It rolls from the beautifully constructed intro constructed from the early doors sound of a typical night to any large club; the chatter in the queue, the first beats of the night as you walk from one room to another, getting lost and finding your way at the bar on the way in.
It then gently strolls into some low slung broken beats from Crazy Bald Heads‘ First Born, stepping up a notch in to heavier territory of deep bass infused garage for a few tunes and then falling back in to the Four Tet mix of first born, a nice touch and shows his obvious aptitude for clever set programming as the more garagesque tunes were a pleasant surprise.
We drift in to slightly deeper territory through the hypnotic grooving flow of Floating Points, C++, Villalobos, Burial et al via some more upbeat funky from Genius (sic) and Big Bird.
At the start of the mix you can’t help but nod your head to the beats and by the time it nears the end you can’t help but want to be lost on a dance floor at 6am dreading the inevitable last tune and first train home. A true sign of a well crafted mix, one that can not only do a great service to your home hi-fi, but leave you aching for a big night out.

This brings us to the topic of the highly anticipated launch party of the aforementioned CD release party at Fabric on the 23rd of this month. Which, following Fabric’s high standards features a line up of names in each room that couldn’t be sniffed at on their own, let alone in a single venue at the the same time.

Joining the obvious Four Tet in room one for the launch is Caribou, with a DJ set I’m definitely looking forward to since his mind blowing performance at Glastonbury as well as Trevor Jackson amongst others.
Though what stands out the most for me is the fact that none other than Hessle Audio are hosting the second room; with Pearson Sound, Ben UFO, Pangaea and some guy who I’ve known since back from the day of playing Thursday night Eclectric parties in Oxford together and am incredibly stoked to see gain so much hype, ‘fresh from Berlin’ Objekt!
If that wash’t enough Eglo Records pick up the bar tab in room three…

Yes, I know exactly what you’re thinking and I totally agree; woah. See you on the dancefloor then yeah?!

FabricLive 59 is out for release next Monday 19th Sept but you can catch previews of the album now on fabriclondon.com where you can also get hold of early release tickets for the album launch party

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