SEPTEMBER 00

- Necessary Pieces 2 CD released today in Canada! - NT015 - new release info - DJ Heather chooses NT - Nordic Trax @ the Vancouver Film Fest - charts from Luke & Dana D - news & reviews for Gavin Froome 'Skunks' (NT013 - 12") ______________________________________________________ NECESSARY PIECES 2 CAT #: NT014 FORMAT: CD/2LP ARTIST: Various TITLE: NECESSARY PIECES 2 - Mixed & Compiled by Tyler 'T-Bone' Stadius RELEASE: 2LP out now via Prime. CD out now in CANADA only from Outside Music. CD Available October 2000 worldwide via Prime. Back from his debut @ Fabric earlier this summer, Vancouver DJ Tyler Stadius has found time to sift through another massive batch of unreleased DAT's and presents our newest full-length offering. The release is the follow up to 1999's critically-acclaimed 'Necessary Pieces' (NT007CD), Tyler's first collection of deep house from Canada. The latest installment is a journey into deeper moods of house & dubby techno, featuring an eclectic cast of strictly underground Canadian producers. Released on double-vinyl & mixed-CD, 'Necessary Pieces 2' features music from across this large country, including Deja Vu, Peter Hecher, Jon Delerious, F.S.P., Ben Nevile, Gavin Froome, Jay Tripwire, Mike Shannon & Sunkissed. If you are in Vancouver this weekend, please join NT's Luke McKeehan, Tyler Stadius, Ben Nevile, Jay Tripwire & FSP @ Sonar this Sat Sep 30 @ Fever 9pm - 2am. (Tyler will also be in London @ Fabric Saturday October 7, 2000) ______________________________________________________ CAT#: NT015 FORMAT: 12" vinyl only ARTIST: MORGAN PAGE TITLE: Pathways RELEASE: Oct 30, 2000 via Prime worldwide. Currently making waves with his release on NYC's Fiji Records, this Boston producer drops another timely ep for Nordic Trax. Smooth, refined deepness is on tap here, as Morgan displays his considerable prowess in the studio. >From the brooding textures of 'Northern Lights' to the smooth and skippy vibe of 'Floater', Morgan escapes the traps of definition in modern dance music, and turns in a solid ep of quality music. ______________________________________________________ A Vancouver favourite, Chicago's DJ HEATHER is on the road promoting her latest mixed-CD 'Tangerine' for AfterHours across North America all fall. This fluid mix of jackin' deep house features a quality selection from NT: track 2 in the mix is none other than JT Donaldson & Chris Nazuka's 'Speaking With Sounds' (taken from NT012-12" The Quiet Life Ep). For more info on this release check the audio & read more at www.nordictrax.com ______________________________________________________ Nordic Trax @ VIFF? no, we didn't make a low budget indie flick this summer, but we will be hob-nobbing with the film types at the annual celluloid festival. Acclaimed French-Canadian filmmaker Denys Arcand (Decline of the American Empire, Jesus of Montreal) has the Gala film at the festival this year with his latest feature film 'Stardom'. The film features music from the Nordic Trax catalogue, including five cuts from "Necessary Pieces" (NT007CD) & four from "Mobile Villager" (NT010CD/LP), with selections from Gavin Froome, High Fidelity, Dino & Terry, Sea To Sky and Aaron Quist. 'Stardom' - In a celebrity obsessed world, everyone wants their 15 minutes of fame - until the price is too high to pay. The film provides a provocative exposŽ of our obsessed culture, a unique reflection of celebrity in which life imitates art, art imitates life, and the media imitates anything and everything. The movie stars Jessica ParŽ, Dan Aykroyd, Robert Lepage, Thomas Gibson, Camilla Rutherford, Charles Berling and Frank Langella. Coming Oct 27 in Canada to a theatre near you....from Alliance/Atlantis. (@ VIFF Sat Sep 30 & Mon Oct 2) ______________________________________________________ September Charts Luke McKeehan - Nordic Trax/Sonar Resident @ Fever - Saturdays @ Sonar, 66 Water St www.sonar.bc.ca HARRISON CRUMP - Racing Rotors (Circulation Remix) - Special Needs MORGAN PAGE - Pathways - Nordic Trax YELLOW SOX - Flim Flam (David Alvarado Remix) - Yoshitoshi FRANCOIS DUBOIS - No Witnesses EP - Blue SWAYZAK - Ping Pong - Swayzak JOSHUA - Dubwise EP - Seasons DEJA VU - Sex In The Dark - Nordic Trax ALEX GOPHER - The Child (Kenny Dope Dub) - V2 MIGUEL GRACA PRESENTS SOULNOTMIND - Shining Stars LP - Bombay THE T-COLLECTIVE - Burnin' - Primal Dana D's Room 2 Top 5 KENNY DOPE - The Ill Out - M.A.W. VARIOUS ARTISTS - 10 Year Promo - Ninja Tune DEAD PREZ - Mind Sex- Loud JURASSIC 5 - Juras Finnish First - Rawkus MAJOR FORCE - Reconstruction (Cut Chemist Remix) - Mo' Wax ______________________________________________________ NT013-12" Gavin Froome 'Skunks' A favourite on dancefloors around the globe, this EP has been supported by dj's worldwide. Laurent Garnier called this one "absolutely stunning work!" and has included it in his radio & club rotation in Paris. Big up to all the deejays supporting this one, including Dino & Terry, Andrew Macari (Toka), Harri @ the SubClub, Craig Richards, Johnny Fiasco, DJ Garth, Murray Richardson, David Duriez, Tomas & Luke @ XLR8R and Jamie @ Seasons amongst others. read on for more propoganda... DJ Magazine (UK) First out 'Skunks' is a double-deep, dubbed out, Vaguely techy house track, with tippy tappy hi hats and a suitably dark droopy bassline. Think pitched down Soma/Slam in a hazy weed addled trippy Kenny Hawkes warm-up set and you'll be just about there. It's good stuff basically. Track 2 'Secretaria' is deep again, not as good, but fine warm-up/wind-down stuff, with a fat bassline and dreamy vibes. Flip for 'Bostonian', the best cut on this 4-tracker; it starts off beatless, to the sound of a growing, throbbing bass, before dropping into some really funky drums. This is a real gear-shifter, one of those tracks to drop @ midnight and get people away from the bar and onto the floor. Excellent stuff. Last track 'Deeper' is a Bassino-style meanderer. Stick with 'Bostonian'. Nordic Trax continue to impress.**** JB 7 Magazine (UK) The title track 'Skunks' blows over, full of mystery and mellow distorted pads. On 'Secretaria', the 4/4 kicks a bit harder, then in come the swirls and funky bassline and, yes, we're groovin. 'Bostonian' is a lifting hip shaker with brass stabs, while 'Deeper' rounds off proceedings with sub-bass vibes. Four cuts that'll have you engrossed. Dean Thatcher **** XLR8R Magazine (US) It has been known that the Vancouver-based Nordic Trax label had unearthed a genius in the shape of Gavin Froome- "Skunks" only serves to reinforce this fact. With four cuts to choose from, the title track will most likely receive the best floor reaction. Twinkling keys shine over a late night festival of deep, moody chords and stomach-turning bass rolls. The infectious synth-stabs add the cherry on this proverbial Canadian cake. Nordic Trax once again ably staisfy the dietary needs of the late night tech-house fraternity. Luke Magnuson BLUES & SOUL (UK) Canada's Nordic Trax also have an August release entitled 'Skunks EP' by Gavin Froome. Kicking off with 'Skunks' he takes the listener on an extremely deep Chicago Style tech-houser. 'Secretaria' continues on a similar vibe with an effective use of logos. 'Bostonian' starts the B-side in style. This is the tune of the EP with its absolutely wicked deep chords running through it. Last up is 'Deeper', a mellow deep cut that lives up to its name. If you like your house music deep, you will love the Skunks EP. DISCOID (ITALY) After the recent success obtained with his debut album 'Mobile Villager', Mr. GAVIN FROOME is back on the field with four new tracks on the Skunks EP. The title track Skunks is a superb excursion into tech-house territory with a hypnotic bassline and beats. The other tracks are just as interesting explorations into a deep matrix. Tasty! www.untitledmusic.demon.co.uk 'Skunks' kicks off the latest Nordic Trax offering, and it's straight into pleasure seeking deepness, rolling bass and heaven sent instrumentation form a sticky blend of sound with plenty of shape and form to keep you interested. There's an almost watery feel as the sound progressively builds on you adding vocal hints as it really gets under your skin. 'Secretaria' has a fuller groove, solid building goes into a fine piece of percussive playfulness as this bass cadet steps it's way to the heights of deep n deliciousness. 'Bostonian' up's the tempo a touch adding springy touches and orchestral trumpet loops. The dancier groove really opens up the sound. 'Deeper' drops the pitch a touch opting for deep penetrating bass and echoing keys, it's a familiar track, I just can't place it, but enjoyable all the same. Nordic Trax continue the highest quality sounds. 9/10 www.dotmusic.com (UK) Single Review - Mon 3 Jul 2000 Having lapped up the praise that greeted his Mobile Villager album, Gavin Froome makes a speedy return with an EP of deliciously deep and funky house. The title track, 'Skunks', is a superbly minimalist offering which utilises subdued horn stabs revolving around building harmonic chords and floating over a nodding bass line. Definitely a bar hit for the wisely chilled-out. Secretaria' builds from a thudding, muffled kick drum to lush, but again un-busy chords, until an organic bass creeps in. Displaying his careful, tactile lacing of samples and effects, the sound is completed by a nudging, murmured vocal, which adds humanism to the sound. The third track, 'Bostonian', is a funkier offering which has greater dance floor application. Carefully placed bass lifts the otherwise ambient sounds, while percussive licks pick up the straight four four beats. 'Deeper', the play out track, demonstrates closer attention to the bass line and has the same cross over qualities that landed Tranquillity Bass' 'Cantamilla' in so many DJ boxes in the mid Nineties. Ben Osborne