Paul Woolford - The Lab 04 - limited 12" vinyl sampler

To accompany the brand new Paul Woolford - The Lab 04 compilation release, we've pressed up some very limited clear vinyl 12" samplers featuring 4 cuts taken from Woolford's selection.  Each track appears in it's full length mix, and the sampler includes Chez Damier's classic 'Untitled' (from KMS049) and 3 other cuts from Daniel Wang, Terrence Dixon and a Skudge Remix of Achterbahn D'Amour.

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The Lab continues with Paul Woolford

The Lab compilation series was established in 2009, and has since gone on to host some of the electronic music scene’s most revered DJs. Loco Dice, Steve Bug and Seth Troxler have made the series a ‘must check’ compilation brand, pushing new music, new artists and labels to the fore, and allowing the DJs to experiment and mix up the sounds in The Lab. 

 And so the fourth installment of the series is handed to a British producer/DJ who is not shy of musical experimentation himself. Paul Woolford bit the electronic bug from an early age, searching out the latest new sounds on the radio and in magazines and through the bustling club scene around his native city of Leeds. It was here that he came across the now infamous Back To Basics club night, at which his dedication to the music would land him the resident DJ role within a couple of years. Honing his sound and DJ skills, Woolford quickly elevated to land key DJ spots around the world and a residency at Ibiza’s We Love Space. 

 As a producer, Woolford has built up a vast catalogue of dependable, and at times groundbreaking, music on labels like 2020 Vision, Junior Boys Own, NRK Music and Cocoon, under his own name as well as aliases Bobby Peru, Hip Therapist & more… 

 Never one to lay down into one defined style or genre for too long, Woolford has taken huge strides over the last couple of years to lay down foundations in the deepest areas of the underground music scene, and his love of the electronic sound in its purist form has led to new music on cutting edge labels such as Carl Craig’s Planet E Recordings, Hotflush (Scuba’s label) and Phonica, and it is here that Woolford can be found straddling the barriers of techno, dub, deep house and garage. 

 His double CD mix for The Lab brings us right up to date with the Woolford philosophy, where genres are completely secondary to good music. The opening of Disc One is a considered segue, deftly mixing disco moods, electro and sophisticated ambient house from artists like Ashley Beedle, Lando Kal, Shed and Daniel Wang, before the familiar stings of Chez Damier’s all time classic ‘Untitled’ (from KMS049) sends Disc One into a lock solid groove. Not for long though, as Woolford expertly guides us through a huge melting pot of sounds and ideas, all the while keeping the mix flowing and listener engaged. Key tracks from Roman Flugel, Dan Ghenacia, Untold and Skudge work their magic and the first mix comes to a crescendo with another classic from the vaults, this time from Carl Craig’s Urban Culture, and the wonderfully epic ‘Wonders Of Wishing’, still sounding as futuristic today as it did on its original 1993 release date. 

 Without delay, Disc Two gets straight into the groove with the dirty funk of Super Collider and continues to forage deep and pacey techno house from STL, Fabio Gianelli and the first of two appearances from Trevino AKA Marcus Intalex. Analogue sounds and drum machines are the components that keep driving the mix forward, and a raft of new talent such as Billy Shane, Skudge, Yasua Sato and Kausto provide some stunning moments here, whilst scene stalwarts like Chateau Flight, DJ Harvey and Dan Curtin keep the energy levels right up there. 

 As Woolford continues to steer his own personal journey through electronic music’s marshlands, via new imprint Special Request, as well as a renewed global club scene to DJ in, The Lab mix stands as the perfect aural snapshot of a producer and DJ not afraid to take the music where many others fear to go, which is a rare thing nowadays when sticking to the formula often brings the successes that artists crave.   

CD01 

1.1 Rafael Anton Irisarri – Blue Tomorrows 

1.2 Detroit Urban Gardening Ensemble - Take Root (Ashley Beedle's Dearborn Heights Rework) 

1.3 Lazor Sword - Batman (Lando Kal remix) 

1.4 Mr Beatnick - Synthetes 

1.5 Shed - The Praetorian 

1.6 Daniel Wang - Berlin Sunrise (die Dammerung) 

1.7 Chez Damier - Untitled 

1.8 Hunee – A Study In Wild 

1.9 Roman Fluegel - The Improvisor 

1.10 Untold - Motion The Dance 

1.11 Zakes Bantwini - Wasting My Time (Dan Ghenacia Remix) 

1.12 Skudge - Convolution (2562 Remix) 

1.13 Urban Culture – Wonders Of Wishing (For You) 

1.14 Rafael Anton Irisarri – Blue Tomorrows   

CD02 

2.1 Super Collider – Darn (Cold Way O’ Lovin’) 

2.2 STL – High Again 

2.3 Fabio Gianelli - Grenouille 

2.4 Trevino - Fred 

2.5 Yasua Sato – Mirage Of The Night Sky 

2.6 Terrence Dixon - Return Of The Speaker People (Kausto's Sudden Aphasia Mix) 

2.7 Château Flight - Baltringue 

2.8 Canyons - See Blind Through (DJ Harvey Mix) 

2.9 Gemini - Movement 2.10 Billy Shane - Fach 

2.11 NB Funky – Riddim Box 

2.12 Trevino - Tweakonomics 

2.13 Dan Curtin – Fly By Night 

2.14 Achterbahn D'Amour - Trance Me Up (Skudge Mix) 

2.15 Aphex Twin – XMD5a

The Lab 04 - Mixed by Paul Woolford, will be available on 2CD Mixed, 2CD Unmixed, limited edition clear vinyl unmixed 12" sampler and digital album bundle.  Release date: June 18th.

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NRK celebrate 15 years with Forever Underground

Not many record labels can lay claim to a 15 year stretch, but NRK Music has been a consistent and trusted source of the finest deep house and tech house for the last decade and a half. Set up in 1996 in Bristol, UK, NRK Music quickly delivered a hefty slew of releases from the off from artists like Ian Pooley, François K, Dimitri From Paris and Nick Holder, and have never looked back since. Now with over 170 single releases and 45 albums, plus the mix compilation series Back In The Box, The Lab, nite:life and Deep Sensations, NRK prepare to celebrate 15 years in the business with “Forever Underground”.

A 3CD package, “Forever Underground” collects some of the finest moments from the label’s career to date, and showcases the variety of sounds and trends within the house music scene over the last 15 years. CD1 features such hi-lights as Quentin Harris’ epic “Let’s Be Young”, the sensationally deep Charles Webster mix of Shara Nelson’s “Go That Deep”, Blackjoy’s awesome disco jam “Moustache” and Foremost Poet’s legendary call to the dancefloor “Moonraker”, plus truly memorable deep house cuts from Nick Holder, Sirus and Twisted Pair.

CD2 continues the delve into the NRK catalogue, opening up with perhaps one of the defining deep house records of our time, François K’s “Time & Space”, swiftly plucking another bomb from the vaults in Tom Middleton’s remix of Kerri Chandler’s “Bar A Thym”. The underground vibes continue with the luscious King Britt remix of “Innocent”, Nick Holder’s classic “Summer Daze” and DJ Q’s pounding and hypnotic “Superclique”. Throughout it’s 15 year tenure, NRK have always reflected the evolving sounds of electronic dance, and the trio of tracks that round off CD2 are some classic, analogue techno sounds from Paul Woolford, Ed Davenport and the legend that is Carl Craig, confirming that NRK has been a label that stands by quality underground music, regardless of the many sub genres out there.

CD3 is a bonus mix CD from NRK founder, DJ and producer, Nick Harris. With not an easy task to pick out a CDs worth of 170 releases and upwards to 700 tracks & remixes, Harris deftly programs and mixes some of the standout tracks from over the years along with various Dub Mixes, Bonus Beats and underground goodies from the vaults. And so, along with many of the catalogue favorites, Harris pulls out tracks and remixes from Spencer Parker, Pete Heller, Kings Of Tomorrow, Trackheadz, Joey Negro and Chris Lattner, creating the perfect mix to encapsulate NRK’s forward thinking music policy and ear for an underground dancefloor bomb!

The 3CD of Forever Underground will be released on 7th May, with an extended digital album bundle available as from 21st May

CD01

01. SIRUS – AN EYE FOR AN EYE (ORIGINAL MIX)

02. NUFREQUENCY FT. SHARA NELSON – GO THAT DEEP (CHARLES WEBSTER REMIX)

03. QUENTIN HARRIS – LET’S BE YOUNG (ORIGINAL MIX)

04. NICK HOLDER – PARADISE (SALT CITY MIX)

05. TERRA DEVA – FRESH START (JOSHUA’S HOUSE MIX)

06. BLACKJOY – MOUSTACHE (LA STACHE)

07. FOREMOST POETS – MOONRAKER (ORIGINAL MIX)

08. TWISTED PAIR – HORNY HUSTLE

09. TRACKHEADZ – OUR MUSIC

10. ROCKET – PEOPLE (JENO’S STORMY WEATHER MIX)

CD02

01. FRANÇOIS K – TIME & SPACE

02. KERRI CHANDLER – BAR A THYM (TOM MIDDLETON’S COSMOS MIX)

03. AKABU FT. LINDA CLIFFORD – RIDE THE STORM (JOEY NEGRO DUB STORM)

04. Q-BURNS ABSTRACT MESSAGE – INNOCENT (KING BRITT’S SCUBA MIX)

05. NICK HOLDER – SUMMER DAZE (RADIO EDIT)

06. DJ Q – SUPERCLIQUE

07. ED DAVENPORT – NEW YORKSHIRE (CLUB MIX)

08. PAUL WOOLFORD – 313 (PART ONE)

09. HOT LIZARD – THE THEME (CARL CRAIG REMIX)

CD03 (MIXED BY NICK HARRIS)

01. AUDIO SOUL PROJECT – COMMUNITY

02. TRACKHEADZ – FEEL (INSTRUMENTAL MIX)

03. KINGS OF TOMORROW – THE SWAY

04. QUENTIN HARRIS – LET’S BE YOUNG (JULIEN JABRE REMIX)

05. TWISTED PAIR – HORNY HUSTLE

06. KERRI CHANDLER – BAR A THYM (ORIGINAL MIX)

07. AKABU FT. LINDA CLIFFORD – RIDE THE STORM (JOEY NEGRO DUB STORM)

08. FRANÇOIS K – TIME & SPACE

09. MATTHIAS HEILBRONN – BROOKLYN SUB (SOULFLOWER DUB BEATS)

10. CHYMERA – WISH (PETER DILDO RAWJUICE RESHAPE)

11. FOREMOST POETS – MOONRAKER (SPENCER PARKER’S A GUN FOR HIRE REMIX)

12. NICK HOLDER FT. SACHA – TIME (SIX SERIES DUBSTRUMENTAL)

13. SIRUS – AN EYE FOR AN EYE (PETE HELLER EDIT)

14. HIPP-E – BROVAS DARKNESS

15. LEWIS BOARDMAN – MIST (CHRIS LATTNER REMIX)

16. BLACKJOY – MOUSTACHE (LA STACHE)

17. ROCKET – PEOPLE (JENO’S STORMY WEATHER MIX)

SLIM TV interview with Paul Woolford

NRK & Sweatlodge present a night at Tresor with Paul Woolford & guests

NRK Music team up with Berlin based booking agency and radio host, Sweatlodge, for a special night at the infamous Tresor Club as part of the city-wide BerMuDa season. The special guest for the evening is Paul Woolford, an artist and DJ who continues to raise his game, most recently with production work for Carl Craig's Planet E as well as the great Hotflush label, run by Scuba. Woolford represents NRK Music on this night in preperation for his release of The Lab 04, due out early 2012.

Also on the bill are NRK's Nick Harris, Ed Davenport (extra special live set!), Oliver Deutschmann, Elie Eidelman and Dairmount. The party takes place on Saturday 5th November and runs from Midnight til dawn...

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Time To Jack!

NRK Music digs deep through the archives to bring together a collection of US/UK jackin house and acid trax. Representing the Windy City are legends Derrick Carter, DJ Sneak, Joshua and Gemini, whilst the UK throw back some suitably twisted grooves from the likes of Freaks, Rob Mello, Spencer Parker, Solid Groove and Paul Woolford.

Other artists featured on JackAttack include Ian Pooley, Foremost Poets and DJ Q.

"JackAttack" is out now as a digital download album, from Beatport, Traxsource, Whatpeopleplay, Stompy, iTunes etc.

Purchase "JackAttack" at Beatport

Nick Harris compiles & mixes "Deep Sensation 3"

The Classic NRK imprint delivers the third episode of its Deep Sensation mixes this October, with long-time A&R Nick Harris mixing up a selection of the labels singles output on one cd and a selection of unmixed highlights on another.

After a short break from releasing singles, label boss Harris revived the label’s 12” operations just over 12 months ago and has seen the label live up to it’s legendary history with tracks and mixes from the likes of Steve Bug, Kris Wadsworth, Spencer Parker, DJ Q and AlexKid – all featured here.

Harris himself has stepped out from behind the turntables and A&R desk in recent times, delivering a string of 12”s which have caught the imagination of a staggering list of DJs, from new blood like Seth Troxler through to veterans like Tedd Patterson. His tracks stand out from the crowd and this mix does the same, as good a sign as any that this music industry veteran is paradoxically one of the brightest new talents around.

Just as Carl Craig did with his epic RA Podcast earlier this year, Harris kicks off with Justin Drake’s remix of Amir’s ‘Narrativity’ and the mix takes hold immediately. Shifting through the bumping drums of Kruse & Nuernberg’s remix of Scope’s “This Rhythm” into the 3am trip that is Chris Lattner’s remix of Lewis Boardman, it’s evident from the off that groove rules but melody and texture more than ably assist.

From the darker edges of ultra-modern stripped house such as Amir’s “Anekdote” to the overtly old school sounds of DJ Q’s relentless ‘Superclique’ (allowed to stretch it’s legs for a full ten minutes, here), Deep Sensation III is a superbly executed snapshot of house music, culminating in the epic Paul Woolford remix of Shara Nelson and NuFrequencies “Go That Deep”.

Nick Harris, NRK and all of the artists showcased in Deep Sensation III are deserved of high praise, as no part of this label compilation falls short of excellent.

CD01
MIXED BY NICK HARRIS

01. Amir - Narrativity (Justin Drake Remix)
02. Scope - This Rhythm (feat. Sandra Lima) (Kruse & Nuernberg Remix)
03. Lewis Boardman – Mist (Chris Lattner Remix)
04. David Durango – Supernature (Matthew Styles Remix)
05. Nick Harris – Pony Trekkin
06. Spencer Parker – You Got Me
07. Amir – Anekdote
08. Alexkid & Rodriguez Jr. – Jeri Call
09. DJ Q – Superclique
10. Kruse & Nuernberg – Mirrorball
11. Scope – Frequencies (Steve Bug Flying Faders Remix)
12. Kris Wadsworth – Direct (David Alvarado Remix)
13. Ed Davenport – Overdub In Am
14. NUfrequency feat. Shara Nelson – Go That Deep (Paul Woolford Main Mix)

CD02
DJ FRIENDLY UNMIXED SELECTION

01. Nick Harris – Pony Trekkin
02. David Durango – Supernature (Matthew Styles Remix)
03. Scope – Frequencies (Steve Bug Flying Faders Remix)
04. Lewis Boardman – Mist (Chris Lattner Remix)
05. Scope - This Rhythm (feat. Sandra Lima) (Kruse & Nuernberg Remix)
06. Kris Wadsworth – Direct (David Alvarado Remix)
07. Kruse & Nuernberg – Mirrorball
08. Amir - Narrativity (Justin Drake Remix)
09. NUfrequency feat. Shara Nelson – Go That Deep (Paul Woolford Main Mix)
10. DJ Q – Superclique

Deep Sensation 3 is out on double CD and digital download as from October 25th

00Deep - A Review Of The Decade - 2006

Things started to get a little bit more experimental in 2006, co-incidentaly our 10th year in the business. The wave of European "minimal" techno and house was beginning to take a hold, not that this was a bad thing when we were able to call upon hot producers such as Radio Slave and Paul Woolford to rise above the identikit minimal sound and produce for us some amazing techno influenced singles and remixes....



Paul Woolford (also know for his residency at Leeds nighterie Back To Basics, and releases on 2020 Vision) released a trio of heavyweight singles for NRK under the "Modernist" series...what started out as a remix request to Paul spawned into these three singles where no sounds or styles were off limits. Radio Slave, AKA Matt Edwards, was still carving out his sound back in 2006, and NRK alligned with him nice and early, as he produced stunning remixes of Peace Division's "Blacklight Sleaze" and Jamie Anderson's former Honchos release, "Time Is Now".



As mentioned, 2006 heralded our 10th year as a record label, a milestone that we never thought we would achieve from our humble beginnings. A label retrospective, "NRK:10" was released as a triple CD, and showcased the many influential names and records that NRK have released since 1996.

Still though, there was no time to bask in former glories, as the task of breaking new singles was on hand. Displaying our love for all styles of house, NRK picked up Blackjoy's disco heavy "Moustache" (a track that had been building momentum for a couple of years on Bob Sinclar's Yellow label) and we complemented the re-release with great remixes from Prins Thomas and Franck Roger. 2006 also saw single releases from Peace Division (with the aforementioned Radio Slave mixes of their "Blacklight Sleaze" and John "Mood II Swing" Ciafone remixes of "Club Therapy"), Kerri Chandler's awesome "The Promise" (featuring the man himself on vocals) and Trackheadz legendary "Our Music", which also featured on their debut album "Trackheadz".



With the scene started to pick up and get stronger in the more "experimental" circles, it was decided to release a couple of mix album projects, a format that NRK had opted out of for a year or so. And the mix album to end all mix albums came in the spiritual shape of Joe Claussell's "Translate" project. Claussell is known to many as one third of the Body & Soul crew (along with Francois K and Danny Krivit) and he pulled out all the stops to produce a mix album that would differetiate itself from the rest of the pack. "Translate" featured "social commentary", street vox-pops, ambient passages, and the now legendary "10 tracks of silence", as well as stunning music from the likes of Ame, Jeff Mills, Alton Miller, Virgo and many more. "Translate" is truly a mix CD that has to be heard from start to finish, and is a project that we are very proud of at NRK, if only because it confused the hell out of half the people, and totally struck a chord with the other half.



2006 also saw the opening account on our Coast2Coast DJ mix series, and who better to compile and mix for us that Quentin Harris, an artist that had shined throughout 2005 with his "Let's Be Young" cut, and who started our C2C series with an awesome NYC inspired mix that threw down Mick Jagger, Franck Roger, Bizarre Inc, Blaze, Byron Stingly and more into the melting pot.

Paul Woolford remixes "Go that Deep"

"Go That Deep" has been one of those records that comes along every once in a while, wafting in like a breath of fresh air in a music scene busting with productions of differing quality. The unmistakable voice of Shara Nelson combined with the always on form Charles Webster, as chief remixer for "Go That Deep". Starting life as a downtempo song from Italy's Nufrequency, and picking up legendary deep house status from Webster, the track was also propelled to the fore, courtesy of great club remixes from Redanka and Skylark.

And so we leave the last word on "Go That Deep" (perhaps), to Paul Woolford, a remixer who was chomping at the bit to tackle the quite difficult task of remixing a future classic. Wooly has gone for the jugular on his two mixes here, utilising a part of the original vocal from Shara Nelson, and laying down a heavy and epic production that will certainly grab your ears. Very techno, very big, and hopefully a remix that will blow the socks off the party massive when dropped at the right moment. Wooly road tested this remix during his Ibiza Space residency this Summer, and by the grin on his face when I last saw him, I'd say it has the right effect! And most recently, Pete Tong and X-Press 2 have dropped the remix on their respective Radio 1 and Kiss FM shows!

Wooly's mixes of "Go That Deep" are out on December 15th, exclusively on Beatport.

Listen to a clip of Paul Woolford's "Go That Deep" remix