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Latest promo mix...

Hello All.

Hello.

Yo. Brand new remix of Fugazi from Randolph & Mortimer...

http://www.myspace.com/randyandmort

It's all about the techno.

See here...

https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/chart/detail/17030/vandal_july_2009_chart

It's raucous & it's loud.

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Tiga 'What You Need' (Proxy Remix) [Turbo]
Disco Trash Music 'Neon Disco' (Alex Gopher Remix)
Autodidakt 'Shit Your Rack' (Proxy Remix) [Traktor]
A-Trak 'Say Woah' (Boys Noize Remix) [Kitsune]
Housemeister 'Who's That Boys' [Boys Noize Records]
Vandal 'Big Dog' [Unreleased]
Circuit Freq 'ZonderZug' (Randolph & Mortimer RMX) [Circuit Freq Rec]
Hyper Vs Vandal 'Fugazi' (Vandal Remix) [Kilowatt]
Felix Cartel 'Salty Lake' [Dim Mak]
Filth & Spendour 'Shadow & Shape' (James Harourt Remix) [Itch]
McLloyd'Tembisa Funk' (Jokers Of The Scene Remix) [Positiva]
Bloc Party 'Mercury' (Herve Remix) [Witchita]
Pheonix 'Lisztomania' (Alex Metric Remix) [CDR]

It's hot...finally the summer has arrived here on the outskirts of sunny Sheffield, although I suspect it won't last.

Anyway it's safe to say I just had a very hectic weekend. It began on Friday morning when I drove down to the big smoke to watch the mighty ACDC at Wembley Stadium. This was my third time seeing the Antipodean maestros (apart from Brian), the first being in 1991 at the Monsters Of Rock festival @ Castle Donnington and I got to say they blew me away. Me and my mate Al managed to get right into the pit and the action down the front was class, nothing beats being surrounded by 1000s & 1000s of people completely losing it. As for the band well...for a bunch of old guys they completely smashed it up.

We were just to the left of the walkway at the front!



Next was a *very* early Saturday morning drive over to Glastonbury to see Springsteen and checkout the rest of the festival. Considering how much new music was on at Glastonbury, apart from the immense Gaslight Anthem, I managed to see only the old pros...Status Quo (Rockin All Over The World), Madness (Ultimate party band), Tom Jones (!) & Spinal Tap (Very funny & Very Sharp). The highlight was easily The Boss though, he managed to play for 2hr40 without ever turning it into a greatest hits set. The final hour was one of the most barnstorming endings to a gig I've ever seen. He destroyed Glastonbury.

Hello All.

These are busy times. I didn't think it was possible to spend anymore time working in the studio but I seem to have squeezed more hours out of the week. Not sure it's normal to spend so much time with a machine, my mate said that it won't be long before I'm proposing to my machine. I don't think marriage to a bunch of hard drives and wires would be that bad, we have our ups and downs but overall we have a pretty solid relationship.

Anyway I've been beavering away on all kinds of different projects everything from techno to electronica but as this is a Vandal profile I'll stick with all that is Vandal.

First up is a brand new collaboration with Hyper called Fugazi and it's a biggie. Named after the finest hardcore band of all time, it's a super cool, groove led, techno influenced banger which is going to suprise a lot of people. It is a quality tune. The flip side is a balls out remix from myself. A banger of a package which should be out in July, previews will be up on my profile soon.

I'm currently working on a few  brand new remixes including a couple of Indie bands. One of them is an act called Tape The Radio, Steve Lamacq is a big fan and they have been picked out by the NME...expect big things.

WOrd reaches me that there are four Vandal tracks on the upcoming Babyface/Lot49 comp. This should be very cool as Babyface are one of the biggest underground promoters in the Far East. I'm not sure of the release date. More details to follow.

Outside of the studio I've been getting back into Fell Running - look it up on wikipedia! It's a quality sport which can be really hard work but it is strangely addictive. The local race season is in full swing and I've managed to a couple of a races under my belt. Plenty more coming up, it's going to be a busy summer.



Right back to the beats.

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7" vinyl release coming soon.