MARCH 01

NORDIC NEWS & PROPAGANDA 03.15.01 - NT017 - 12" out now - chart from Luke - NT018 LAZY TRANSMISSIONS out soon... - NT016 chart action/reviews - T-Bone dates - 'Sex In The Dark' on Turbo - TOS repress! ______________________________________________________ CAT: NT017 - 12" ARTIST: Home & Garden TITLE: Leaving Babylon EP RELEASE: March 12.2001 via Prime Worldwide Hot on the heals of his remix of MTrax 'Trip Chick' (NT016), Tim Shumaker steps up with this beautiful EP of his own as Home & Garden. This EP is making some noise and has debuted as a new entry at 23rd in the DJ Magazine Hype Chart (03/07/01). Home & Garden is only the latest guise of Timothy Shumaker, who released an EP for Nordic Trax (NT008) in July of '99 as T.O.S., the critically acclaimed 'McLean & Hoyne EP'. Tim also has releases on Silver Network, Classic, Red Nail, Bombay and Seasons amongst others. He recently moved back to Chicago from NYC, and this ep features the talents of two other Chicago favourites: DJ Colette sings vocals on 'Innocent', while JT Donaldson joins in on 'Tacky Tracky'. Track Listing: a1. Innocent feat. Colette b1. Tacky Tracky b2. Forever Lonely DJ on 'Innocent': "It's a superbly deep yet housey vocal track that sounds like Naked Music meets Circulation with all that warmth, a great vocal, chunky dancefloor-friendly beats and good percussion. I'll definitely be hammering this at Cafe Mambo in Ibiza this summer." DJ MAGAZINE UK (Feb9-Mar1/01) We are seeing some strong club & radio support so big-up to all the deejays pushing forward: Nick Holder, Laurent Garnier, MR. C, Kenny Hawkes, Chris Duckenfield , Charles Webster, Paul Woolford (Basics), Inland Knights, Marques Wyatt, Andrew Macari, Luke Magnuson & Tomas @ XLR8R, Jamie Thinnes, Q-Burns, George T, Murray Richardson and Pete Gooding (Renaissance). Look for the 'Innocent' remixes later this spring on NT with re-licks from Morgan Page, Gavin Froome & Swayzak. Stay tuned.... listen to real audio of Innocent now here or @ homebass.ca ______________________________________________________ CHART 03/01: Luke McKeehan Saturdays 'Inside' @ SONAR Nick Holder 'Beyond Your Dreams' (DNH) Jon Delerious 'Orange Eyes' (Nordic Trax) Tom S 'All U Got 2 Do' (Beau Monde) 2ND Shift 'It's Been A Long Time' (Seasons) Home & Garden feat. Colette 'Innocent' - Swayzak Home Help Mix (Nordic Trax) Nebraska 'Terrestial Forms' (Player) Shamlou 'Big City Lights' (Stir15) Eddie Matos 'Afreeka' - Natural Rhythm Remixes (Under The Counter) Hideo Kobayashi 'Rhythmissimo' (Pamplemousse) Andy Cardwell 'Carnaval' - Deep C Mix (Om) ______________________________________________________ CAT #: NT018 FORMAT: CD only ARTIST: V/A TITLE: LAZY TRANSMISSIONS - Mixed by Luke McKeehan RELEASE: CANADA - April 24.01 via FUSION 3; International release dates to follow The sound of Nordic Trax? Vancouver deejay/producer Luke McKeehan drops a deep & smokey mixture of vinyl-only NT classics and forthcoming unreleased material. The unique sound that "Nordic Trax have been doing so quietly for so long" (Untitled Music 26) comes to the fore on 'Lazy Transmissions' with an extended mix from Sonar resident and Nordic Trax founder McKeehan. 'Lazy Transmissions' is a mixture of tracks culled from Nordic Trax regulars like Tim Shumaker (aka TOS, aka Home & Garden), Gavin Froome and Peter Hecher, alongside such new-comers as Morgan Page, MTrax & Jon Delerious. Luke McKeehan operates Nordic Trax from deep in the heart of Gastown. Updated bio, discography and deejay dates are all available at here Track listing: 1. Home & Garden feat. Colette - "Innocent" 2. T.O.S. "Only When I'm Late" 3. Jon Delerious "Climbing 2001 - Dub Mix" 4. Josh & Luke Present The New CPU Experience "Take Control - Josh's Mix" 5. Morgan Page "Pathways" 6. MTrax "Trip Chick" 7. Gavin Froome "Deeper" 8. JT Donaldson & Chris Nazuka "Leading The Quiet Life" 9. Gavin Froome - "Bostonian" 10. MTrax - "Trip Chick - Home & Garden Remix" 11. Peter Hecher & Shawn Ward "Daydreaming" 12. Morgan Page - "Northern Lights" 13. Home & Garden - "Forever Lonely" ______________________________________________________ The positive reactions are still coming in for our last single NT016 MTrax 'Trip Chick', and this appears to be the first release of ours to cross-over between the house, jazz and even progressive scenes. Radio support has also been strong with Ali B (Fabric) leading the way with several plays on his Capital Radio Club Chart show. Trip Chick enjoyed a 4 week run up to #14 in his Club chart, published in 7 magazine. Further radio from Andy Cato of Groove Armada (Kiss FM) & Laurent Garnier (Radio Nova) confirms the irresistible grooves on this ep from those Manchester boys. read a review of MTrax 'Trip Chick' at BurnItBlue ______________________________________________________ Vancouver DJ and NT cohort 'Tyler T-Bone' Stadius is a busy man. With a new Saturday residency 'Deepen' @ Lotus and strong reviews still coming in for his recent mixed-cd 'Necessary Pieces 2', somehow Tyler has still found time to run his record store Bassix and was recently married. Big congrats to T-Bone & Shawna! You can check out a live stream of Necessary Pieces 2 now @ eptionic or better yet see him live at: Monday March 12 2001 - Sugar, Victoria, BC Thursday March 22 2001 - Dagobert, Quebec City, PQ Friday March 23 2001 - STEREO, Montreal, PQ Saturday March 24 2001 - Jingsi, Montreal, PQ Saturday March 31 2001 - FABRIC, London, England Thursday, April 12 2001 - Victory, Vancouver, BC Tuesday April 17 2001 - Refuge, Tofino, BC Saturday April 28 2001 - Sub Zero, Sno-Drift, San Francisco, CA ______________________________________________________ Taken from NT014CD/LP Necessary Pieces 2, Deja Vu's 'Sex In The Dark' will appear on the forthcoming mixed-CD, 'Sheffield Mix Sessions - Chris Duckenfield'. Due for release this May from Montreal's TURBO Records, this mix is done by one of our favourite producer/deejays Chris Duckenfield, one of half of legendary UK production duo SWAG. For more info on turbo go to: www.turborecords.ca ______________________________________________________ Yes, yes, yes... for all of you who have been trying to hunt down the elusive NT008 - T.O.S. 'The McLean & Hoyne Ep', I am happy to report that this long sold-out 12" will be available on limited repress (300) through Prime UK this April. The ep by none other than Tim Shumaker (of current Home & Garden and 2nd Shift fame) is a Nordic Trax classic. To get your copy place a special order with your local shop, buy online at: www.homebass.com www.satelliterecords.com www.groovetech.com or email us a direct order here. Get 'em while they're hot....