THE PROJECT: June 2015

Tuesday 30 June 2015

East Project Podcast... Angelo M!

Angelos Moutsai grew up in Patras, Greece. He started his journey in the music industry aged just 16 and plies his trade in NuDisco, Deep and Tech House... We've been loving his productions and thought we pursuade him to put a mix together for the East Project Podacst series...

Welcome to Angelo M. !!

Angelo, tell us what you are up to at the moment?

For the time being, I'm fully committed to producing with "DJing" coming secondary. Currently, I'm working on new tracks alongside international artists and, more releases are yet to come this summer.

What’s the music scene over in Greece like and anyone who we should be keeping our eyes out for?

Greek music industry is very vibrant. Indeed, throughout the last few years, we have received tremendous support which, by extension, makes us confident as for our future music endeavours. However, there are few whom, in my opinion, have made a difference in House music (Deep & Tech)

If you could pick one producer to work with who would it be and why?

It would be a great pleasure, and indeed honor, to cooperate with artists such as Purple Disco Machine, Robosonic, Volkoder , Olivier Giacomotto, German Brigante and Sonic Future, provided that they have excelled in the music which I'm mostly concerned and where I see my future in.

Your big 3 tracks of the moment?

Some of my best-known tracks are the following:

1 - Angelo M. & Vanilla Mike - Something in Me (Beachside Records)

2 - Angelo M. & Highjacks - First Touch (Invisible Love) [Upcoming release this summer]

3 - Monrabeatz & Angelo M. - Got Your Money (Dear Deer Records)

You have a EP coming up on East Project shortly with HighJacks, tell us about that and what we can expect from it?

This Duo is on FIRE! ..I enjoy working with Highjacks given their professionalism and true dedication. Our upcoming EP, which will be released this summer by East Project, will include 2 original tracks and 2 hot remixes. I'm more than certain that our audience will support us once again"

Guilty pleasure track?

Ini Kamoze - Here Comes The Hotstepper:

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Tuesday 16 June 2015

"Label Spotlight" featuring Fresh II Death!

We respect lots of different record labels and this is definitely one of them... If you don't know already, you need to find out!! Fresh II Death records are well worth your attention. Find out more in our interview below...

What was the first release on Fresh II Death?

Our first release was by Anton Ishutin and was featured in Beatport's Top 10 tracks of the week way back in April 2013. We had some great support from some of our producer friends who were more than happy with getting involved in remix duties. Anton is from Russia and has gone on to make a great name for himself. As have some of the other remix artists from the release, namely Will Berridge who's signed to some really great labels and is featuring a lot in Mixmag, under the name Will & Held.

What's the ethos behind the label? Do you have firm targets in terms of what you want to achieve with it?

I'd had a couple of tracks of mine in the charts and I started getting quite a lot of attention overseas. Before I knew it I was getting loads of music sent to me to the point where I felt like I should be doing something with this. I'd always dreamed of running a label and so it just felt like the right time to make a start. The main ethos behind the label has always been pretty simple really. Regardless of the genre. "Would I play this?" I definitely regard myself as a "dj deck hog" as it’s really hard work getting me off them once I’ve started. I've been known to go on a bit of a tangent when playing so I could never define myself to just one style.

Our main target for the moment is to make the transition from digital to wax. With some showcases coming up in the near future, we're hoping to feature more of our artists live in the flesh!

What's your view on the current music scene? What do you like and what do you dislike?

I’ve seen a lot of genres come and go but its always the same, the music is good until it gets too popular and then the market gets overloaded with the same sound and over saturated to the point where it just fizzles out. It's the same with the clubbing scene. The cool kids are around for the new sound but as soon everyone hears about it, it starts attracting the wrong sorts. I've never really been one for following trends, I just like to do my own thing, get my head down and stomp my back out.

If you could sign any artist, who would it be?

I’ve been into DJing for about 15 years and ever since I started playing house music, I think the most tracks that I’ve bought and played by a single artist has got to be Hector Couto. So, he would definitely be on my hit list to sign.

Any advice for someone hoping to get a release on Fresh II Death ?

Yes, send me your demos. FreshIIDeath@live.com

I listen to them all, eventually! Ha. It’s a really nice feeling when you sign an artist who has been putting their heart and soul into their work. I remember how it felt when my tracks were first getting signed so it's great to be able to pass that on.

Finally… Guilty Pleasure track?

From the label;

And one from the vault;

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Tuesday 9 June 2015

EP FREE... "Chriis Cruz - Heartbraker (Hitmeister D Remix)

The EP FREE series is our way of giving a little something back for all the support we have been given over the years and we are already onto our 4th release...

This time it features our bro from Holland, Hitmeister D!

Check it out!!

Enjoy!!