Way back in June (yes, so long ago) we started to let loose the 10,000 copies of this year’s annual compilation into the wild streets, bars, cars, apartments and villas these one-off musical souvenirs now call home. The We Love CD has become something of a collectable item over the past few years by the policy of giving something back to the people who make We Love what it is, you party starters, instigators and all round obliging, open minded crowd which are the essence of our party.
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Past labels who have contributed to the cause include Lawler’s Viva and Lawson’s 2020Vision but this time we chose to take on a less established but highly dynamic label Vitalik with a unique concept of a compilation consisting of entirely unreleased material. Unreleased is not to say unknown though, you’ll find plenty of We Love stalwarts from across the musical spectrum we create at Space, including The Mole, Appleblim and Martin Buttrich. There’s even a super limited vinyl release of these very three artists which you might just find in your local record emporium if you are quick enough. In all likelihood, you haven’t managed to get your hands on and ears round the physical version of the compilation, so we’ve handily put it up on mixcloud for your listening pleasure. There’s also the ever necessary DJ sympathetic unmixed version available from beatport et al.
The mix itself was crafted by label boss / creepy uncle Ryan O’Gorman and We Love resident / wayward nephew jozif. Expect sultry grooves, colossal bass and an overall undercurrent of deep, driving house. The mix has been found to work with varying but always positive degrees of success on speedboat soundsystems, through underwater swimming pool speakers as well as through an iPod as you make your way back from these balearic climes to wherever it is you call home. Jozif’s debut as resident this year has been full of vigor yet always with that glassy sheen the terrace warm up needs – come see his last set of the summer this Sunday, September 25th.
Check the video below to understand the label’s place in shaping a musical landscape in Ibiza. Follow Vitalik on twitter.
jozif, all round rising star of house has just dropped the latest mix in the acclaimed Resident Advisor series of podcasts. It’s a satisfying, meandering journey through his own productions, remixes and re-edits, perfectly suited to home listening which we like. Since the start of summer when he appeared for an opening set in the Discoteca, jozif has become one of the most in demand upcoming DJs on the London scene, while gaining releases and plaudits with the likes of Wolf + Lamb, Vitalik and his own imprint he’s recently started with fellow fabric resident Craig Richards, the experimental, highly limited and fantastically titled Fist or Finger.
He’s continually impressed us with both his productions and sets, so much so that we’ll hopefully have him back for more and beyond next summer. He was even good enough to do the sound design for our international tour promo videos, have a look here. Check out the man himself with some insight into his world of production along with Prins Thomas and Minilogue in the video below.
A surreal account of genital surgery and general misadventure with The Mole. The soundtrack features a new release from our friends at Vitalik recordings, with amigos jozif and The Mole himself. Available from all good download stores and vinyl distributors.
Vitalik Recording was set up by Ryan O Gorman in 2009, its prevoius incarnation and namesake was synonymous with various forms of underground resistance and clandestine parties across Ibiza and thoughout London. Now with its sole agenda of releasing quality electronic music from upcoming artists; teaming them up with the most highly respected and talented producers trans genre; it focuses its energy firmly on good music and talent rather than a specific sound. Look out for a special Vitalik label night on Sunday August 8th this summer.
Monday saw the release of Vitalik003 – Gobi’s Paradise, by We Love… resident Jem Haynes and Jamie Funk. This is the first time Vitalik has released the pair’s work but the connection between Jem and Vitalik goes back a long way. Jem has kindly taken the time to answer a few questions about this release; being the busy man that he is we don’t often get to speak to him so we took the chance to see what else he has been up to over the winter.
Having lived in Ibiza for the course of the summer and being a weekly resident for We Love.., what were some of your highlights?
The first one that sticks in my mind was closing The Terrace after Steve Lawler, that was something I will never forget and hopefully one to be repeated this summer. Also playing before Martin Buttrich doing his Live show in the Redbox was also really special for me as he is in my opinion, the best producer out there! Lastly, as it was the last sunday of 2009 for me in Ibiza, was the joint closing of We Love and Space. Thousands of people, loads of rain and everybody raving hard well into the early hours….SPECIAL!
A real Jem
What have you been up to since you left the island?
I have been working on two new projects in the studio aswell as continuing to play gigs in as many weird and wonderful places as possible. The first project is an artist album with my studio partner Jamie Funk and also a Live show that will follow on from the album. The second project Im working on is called Loop and that’s alongside Martin ” DJ Smut ” Wood from Chew the Fat! and Redbox fame.
What is your relationship with vitalik?
I produce for their record label and am a resident DJ alongside Ryan O ‘ Gorman for his Burlington Project parties @ We Love aswell as us being villa housemates. I work in the Vitalik studio during the week, while Ryan floats around the swimming pool in his Samalian pirate style Dinghy, plotting to take over the world!!
What can we expect from this release?
I think there’s a good variety on this EP and we are all really excited about it. “Rogue Spirits” and ” Kingdom Come” are both Groovey/Techy numbers that really work the dance floor everytime I play them. I have also done stripped down DJ tools of these two tracks for those that like to get stuck in a loop! Gobi’s Paradise is very percussive, there is so many random percussion tweaks in there I don’t think we could make another track like that if we tried. The Inxec remix has got people talking about summer Terrace Anthems already. The bass hook on this is so catchy it will have you whistling in the shower for days!
Do you have any more releases planned in the near future?
Yes like I mentioned before I have just finished an artist album with my studio partner Jamie Funk due for release on 1Trax in April so keep an eye out for that… We also have our “Gobis Paradise EP” out now on Vitalik aswell as ” Final Frontier ” out now on MN2s records. One for the future to look out for is Loop recordings, the forthcoming label from myself and Martin ” DJ Smut ” Wood. We have got some great music lined up for that!
