NYE Line Up Announced

Thank you to everyone that came to check out the Abandon Silence Best of 2010 Lists. We got some great feedback, even a retweet from the victorious Best Album Winner Flying Lotus. Over 5000 views in 3 days was, by sadly some distance, our greatest period of traffic ever! Thanks again to you all.

I am here to give you great tidings for this coming New Years Eve... We shall be hosting our own party! Well, we will be hosting the front INK room in Chibuku's legendary NYE party, to be held in The Masque, Seel St, Liverpool.

We are bringing back one of our favourite new producers of the year, MELE, for a third time to join our usual residents Rich Furness and Horza. As well as Mele, Rich and Horza, we have two new DJs coming along, Sheppard and Jake Daniel. Both have been on my imaginary waiting list for a long time, and I am so thrilled to finally be able to find a platform for these guys to party with us.

Abandon Silence NYE at Chibuku

MELE - Grizzly

Rich Furness

Horza

Sheppard

Jake Daniel

Firstly, we have Mele's latest release, I Swear Down, which is a fantastic grinding piece of 130 funky that evokes strong Deadboy vibes, but retains it's individuality.

Melé - I Swear Down by Melé

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And as a wee introduction to the two new guys joining us, here is a couple of mixes from the pair of them. I'm sure you'll agree that we have pulled these guys out of the top drawer to join us.

Both these mixes are available to download, just click on the arrow symbol to the right of the player...

Definition//Mix 2010 by SPD//SHEPPARD

Tracklist:

Horsepower Productions-HDN
Scratcha DVA-Jelly roll
Geiom-Eyl
Cosmin Trg-Since last night
Geiom ft marita-Sugar Coated Lover
Cooly G-Dis Boy
2562-Flashback
Sully-Sleazy
Pangea-Bear Witness
King Midas sound&Pupajim-Frequencies
Peverelist ft. Pinch-Revival
Addison Groove-Footcrab
Scuba-Three sided shape
Headhunter-In motion
Breakage-Higher
Commix-Bear Music
High Contrast-Tread softly
MRSA-Different
Spectrasoul-Mimic

Promo Mixtape (03-09-10) by Jake Daniel

Tracklist

Lusine - Two Dots [Pezzner Remix]
Minilogue - Second (Colour & Sound)
Johannes Heil & Extrawelt - Erdbeerfeld
Robert Babicz - Come Closer [Kollektiv Turmstrasse Remix]
Moonbeam - Run For Me
Marcel Dettmann - Reticle
Martyn & The Spaceape - Is This Insanity? [Ben Klock Remix]
Matt Walsh - Honey Comb [Sei A & Logan Remix]
Kevin Gorman - Shakey Stripped
Peter Van Hoesen - Terminal
Glimpse - Employable Enjoyable [Marcel Dettmann Remix]

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Playing in the Theatre room in The Masque will be a selection of Chibuku's 'Residents and Friends', including James Rand, Mark Mac, Paul McGuire, Revo and Mr Paul.

Mr Paul is a Liverpool based artist who has a residency with Chibuku and fantastic underground house night Discoteca Poca. This mix is a great exponent for his DJ skills and a good indication at the kind of sounds to expect on NYE!

Bisco by mrpaul7t7

Tracklist

Mark E - Smiling [White Label]
6th Borough Project - The Formula (Dub Vibes)
Chaz Jankel -Glad To Know You (Todd Terje Türkatech) [Permanent Vacation]
The Revenge ft Danielle Moore - Just Be Good To Me (Ron Basejam Remix) [Needwant Recordings]
Timmy P - We Had Disco
Johnny Dynell - Jamhot (Tensnake Remix) [Needwant Recordings]
Disco Channel - Honey (The Ground Floor Chicago's Reworks) [Little House]
Kevin Irving - Children Of The Night (Disco Bloodbath) [Disco Bloodbath]
Jamie Jones - Say What? [Hot Creations]
Russ Yallop - Rock Me [Crosstown Rebels]
MSTRKRFT ft N.O.R.E - Bounce (Maya Jane Cole Remix)
Model 500 - OFI [R&S Records]

Tickets are available at www.Chibuku.com/shop -- see you all down there

Abandon Silence 04

As we enter a new month, a draft of work has been lifted onto me. I find myself stuck in dissertation hell, as well as organising next year's Abandon Silence line ups. We have successfully confirmed January and February's line ups, and you will be the first to know who we have in store.

Next month we turn our attention to Abandon Silence 04, featuring Breakage, Mele, Horza and Rich Furness.

This night promises to be the biggest Abandon Silence yet, I cannot wait to host the digital soundboy himself, as well as one of the countries most prodigious producers.

As well as the DJs, we have a fantastic artwork campaign. This is by far the most ambitious promo that we have ever used. Designer Ben Thapa has yet again excelled himself, and as I am sure you can see, his designs are unreal.

To play us out, here are a few select cuts from this month's guests...

CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR TICKETS TO ABANDON SILENCE O4

Breakage - Vial feat. Burial by spex

Prayin' (Breakage Remix) - Plan B by DanDubaholic001


Flexi - Melé by Melé

Mele Radio One Guestmix

Last week Mele featured on Mary Anne Hobbs' Radio One show, giving a guest mix. Toddla T, standing in for Mary Anne, praised Mele for his open mindedness and fresh approach to the mix, with such a range of genres and styles encompassed by this one collection. Bright things are certain for this young Merseyside Producer.

The mix is to be found here, give it a listen and support Mele. His Bombay EP came out recently and he is set to headline at the Shipping Forecast in Liverpool this coming Friday before playing at the heavily mentioned show that you will find in the banner above!

Melé Radio 1 Guest Mix by Melé on Mixcloud

Mele vs Skepta: FRESH!

This is shit hot, brand new off the press, exclusive, whatever you wanna hear, Mele gave me this link himself. Check it out, his new remix of Skepta's next single, Rescue Me. The remix adds layers of synths and bass to the originals heavy styles. Give it a listen, give Mele's new Bombay EP a purchase, check him out live at AbandonSilence01!

Skepta - Rescue Me (Melé Remix) On Radio 1 by Mele

In Profile: Mele

AbandonSilence was recently very happy to get an interview with Mele. Mele is a new producer coming out of the Wirral, Merseyside. His productions have a style and flair that I absolutely love. I simply cannot get enough of his tunes, check them out after the interview;

(As a special treat, I've also put Mele's 'Favourite Tunes of the Moment' up for download or stream - right click, open new tab for them.)

here goes....


AbandonSilence: So, how did you end up producing and DJing music?

Mele: I got into about 3/4 years ago, a mate of my mums son sold me his decks when i was about 13 with a load of techno vinyls, so i just learnt to dj with them, producing came a little bit after.



AS: What was your inspiration to get into music?

M: Definitely seeing the prodigy for the first time, it was like an epiphany



AS: Which three artists are the biggest influences on your sound?

M: I must admit that that changes literally all the time, but at the moment i would probably say the stuff L-vis 1990, Redlight and Toddla T are doing.




AS: When you have created a new original production, how do you go about releasing it? (what order - internet, vinyl, bootleg, etc)

M: it used to be just sending demo's to labels, but now i really only release on labels i know and want to do releases with me.



AS: What are your views on the Liverpool scene?

M: i have been going to clubs like Chibuku for a while now, its getting stronger! I have only played in liverpool once or twice. but local guys like Rich Furness are smashing it.



AS: Why does it have such a small scene by comparison to other cities such as Manchester, Bristol or London? Do you have any idea as to why this is?

M: I often ask myself the same thing?!



AS: What are your views on dubstep? I know that you produce and DJ all forms of electronic music, so why do you feel that dubstep is coming to the fore at the minute?

M: I love dubstep but i would never want to get bogged down in the whole thing, it seems like people are taking it and running with it, which is a good and bad thing i suppose. its just great party music i suppose



AS: Is music your day job?

M: it is!



AS: What is your favourite club night to play in Liverpool? If possible, why?

M: i cant say that yet unfortunately! hopefully i will be able to comment on that soon [AbandonSilence would like to say that we are planning on changing this answer for Mele soon]



AS: What are your three biggest tunes at the minute?

M: stupid by redlight and pulse 80 by mensah and hydraulic by r1 ryders



AS: Cheers




AbandonSilence would like to thank Mele for his speedy and full co-operation in helping us out.


Cheers!


Flexi - Melé by Mele


Eliza Doolittle - Skinny Genes (Melé Remix) On 1xtra by Mele