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LEE COOMB'S ALBUM LIGHT & DARK



So i guess you lot have gathered that we have Lee Coombs's album "Light & Dark" about to drop on the 19th October?!! So what are you likely to expect from this, his first album release in 5 years? Well in "Light&Dark" Coombs has been bold enough to dip his musical wand into a variety of styles (such as the Leftfield-esque ‘I’m a Machine’ or the superb ‘Italo Disco’) and has pulled off each record with aplomb. His immense experience and ability as a producer have allowed him to take 11 very different aural shards and draw them in an incredibly accomplished final piece that makes for truly great listening.

There will always be a place for Lee Coombs in the dance music landscape and this, his latest offering shows once again why he is held in such high regard. We've had awesome feedback so far including 5star reactions from the likes of Carl Cox, Dubfire, Tiesto and The Crystal method to name a few so make sure you are reserving that copy today

We have also produced a cheeky video to accompany the massive supporting collaborative single between Lee and Uberzone Right Now

Check it out here


LEE COOMBS INTERVIEW

We caught up with Lee ahead of Saturday's party to have a chin-wag about his album, his influences and the Burning Man festival amongst other things. It's hosted by our very good friends at the Tech-Funk Manifesto blog.


FREE LEE COOMBS DJ MIX

Lee was also kind enough to give us an EXCLUSIVE 30 minute mix featuring exclusive tracks, re-edits and remixes all from the man himself including a very exciting rerub of Erol Alkan and Boys Noize's recent single. To listen to it click here

Track list:

1. Layo and Bushwacka - Madagaskar - Lee Coombs Edit - Olmeto
2. Lee Coombs - Detox - Trant Cantrelle remix - Lot49
3. Erol Alkin and Boyz noize - Death Suite - Lee Coombs Edit - Boyznoize
4. Justin Johnson - New York Stories - Lee Coombs remix - Cable
5. Uberzone - Alphawave - Lee Coombs remix - Nitrus
6. Depeche Mode - Peace Vs The Beatles - All you need is love - Lee Coombs mashup - CDR
7. Lee Coombs and Uberzone - Right Now - Lot49


FREE MEAT KATIE DJ MIX

As if one free mix isn't enough, label boss Meat Katie did this mix last year for a club in China and after a lot of messing about they have decided not to pursue a recording side of their brand so we decided just to give it away!

Hope you enjoy and please feel free to share...

Grab the mix from his Soundcloud page NOW

1. Sly Fidelity - The White Knight (Christian J Remix)
2. Meat Katie & Dylan Rhymes - Roll Player
3. D.Ramirez - Venus & Mars (Meat Katie & D. Ramirez Remix)
4. 30Hz - Subliminal Criminal (Magic Johnson Remix)
5. Blende - Peaches
6. Dustbowl - Step Up
7. Meat Katie & Kid Blue - Indian Queens
8. Meat Katie & Dopamine - Nectahh
9. James Cocozza - Garf (Dopamine Remix)
10. Vandal - Obey
11. Meat Katie & Jono Fernandez - Pace (Lutzenkirchin Remix)
12. Vandal & Blende - Health Boy
13. Meat Katie & D. Ramirez - Stop The Revolution (Bassbin Twins Remix)
14. Vandal - Idiots (Audiojack Remix)
15. Paranoid Jack, Meat Katie & Dylan Rhymes - It`s Like Liquid
16. Meat Katie - Cracks
17. Vandal - Captain Magic (Rudi Stakka Remix)
18. Dylan Rhymes - I Am Sweet (Hyperion Remix)

Total Playing Time - 72.15

Meat Katie has a new worldwide booking agent too so for all you promoters out there please update you records!

Worldwide bookings:
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website: www.mfm-booking.de


NEW LOT COMPETITION



This is a little pre-warning to all you yet to be discovered producers out there. Coming up very soon we will be running a month long competition to find the hottest young producer on the planet. More details to follow but keep your eye on our website - there is a 3 EP record deal on the table for the winner and the 14 finalists will feature on a New Lot CD as well as recieving a load of production related goodies.


BURNING MAN

This year saw Dylan Rhymes, Meat Katie, Dopamine & Elite Force all head for the infamous Black Rock City for a week, im sure you would have seen or heard of some of the stories from this years burning man, if not then here's what you missed.

Elite Force & Meat Katie b2b @ Opulent Temple

Elite Force & Meat Katie - Non-Believer

Meat Katie vs. Elite Force w/ Live Visuals by Stoptime341

Evolution (Burning Man time lapses)


OUR 2009 RELEASES SO FAR...


Meat Katie The Tension EP
DIGITAL

Odissi Empty Vodka Bottles
Remixes by. Pyramid, Jon Gurd, Kid Blue
DIGITAL

Dylan Rhymes & Pablo Decoder Kemptown
Remixes by Memo, Sharooz, Meat Katie, Peo di pitte
DIGITAL

Kid Blue Speak Freak EP
DIGITAL

Lee Coombs & Uberzone Right Now
Remix by Dopamine
DIGITAL
PHYSICAL


Meat Katie & Dylan Rhymes Roll player/Long Acre
Remixes By Specimen A & Mike Hulme
DIGITAL

Pablo Decoder EP Turbo/HighBolt/Zurich
DIGITAL

James Cocozza Garf
Remixes by Pablo Decoder, Dopamine
DIGITAL

Dopamine & Friends Spunk
Remix by Vandal and collaborations by Meat Katie & James Cocozza
DIGITAL

Dustbowl EP Up/Fire still Burning/Dark Passenger
DIGITAL

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[Chad Richey]

I'm actually jamming out to the elite force burning man mix. Fucking Dope... Killer Electro tracks!

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Lee Coombs is a man who needs little introduction, a constant name and face on the dance music landscape since the mid-1990s he has played a major part in charting the ever changing course of electronic music. Now he gives us an insight into his sound of 2009 with this his latest opus in the form of third artist album Light and Dark.

Listen to "Light & Dark" here now

Coombs musical history can’t easily be scribed in a few lines; his journey as a DJ stretches back to the late 80s and the early days of acid house, his recording career encompasses his work for classic imprint Finger Lickin Records as well as Adrift and Lot49, not to mention of course his own Thrust Recordings which he ran for nearly a decade. He has put his name to mix compilations for the likes of Paul Oakenfold’s Perfecto and remixed the likes of Moby, New Order, Lamb and Planet Funk. Coombs has travelled the world in the pursuit of his passion for music and has never the lost the enthusiasm for making great records and tearing up dancefloors

Light and Dark is in Coombs own words "a true tech funk album", an amalgam of sounds and influences from dance musics often disparate scenes. Alongside Lot49 crew Meat Katie, Dylan Rhymes and Elite Force, Coombs has pioneered this open minded attitude and helped forge the sound of tech funk, a fusion of techno, breaks, house and electro. On this long player Coombs takes the tech funk spirit and develops it to the n’th degree, it is a true melting pot of influences, from the opening bars of the Diva driven Control with the wonderful Katherine Ellis to the final refrain of the heavily Echo & the Bunnymen inspired Blues I’m Singing. Collaborations with the highly talented and spiritually inspired Seasunz rub shoulders with the massive Uberzone joint production Right Now whilst the siren drenched sounds of Detox and the squelching warehouse intensity of Moog Acid all add up to make this a pretty special album indeed.

This is not an album for those who want an LP that stays in a single static vein from beginning to end. Rather this is an album that is a true celebration of electronic music and everything that it has to offer, Coombs has been bold enough to dip his musical wand into a variety of styles (see the Leftfield-esque I’m a Machine or the superb Italo Disco) and has pulled off each record with aplomb. His immense experience and ability as a producer have allowed him to take 11 very different aural shards and draw them in an incredibly accomplished final piece that makes for truly great listening.

There will always be a place for Lee Coombs in the dance music landscape and this, his latest offering shows once again why he is held in such high regard.

"seasunz tune is dope...... Lee’s back"
Freqnasty

"Great - its phat wicked"
Annie Nightingale

"Absolutely love this"
Kim Fai

"The wait is over! Lee has created a monster! Spot on production and a collection of worthy forward moving tracks that remind me of why I love electronic music!! Well done Lee!"
Scott Kirkland - The Crystal Method

"A stalwart of the UK breaks scene for over a decade Lee Coombs is moving on with the times without losing his identity"
M8 Magazine

"The trademark Tech Funk sound is alive and kicking... there isn’t a bum track on here"
Tilllate Magazine

"Coombs puts both a fresh twist and his own stamp on past influences"
DJ Mag

"An excellent effort featuring some cool collaborations"
Datatransmission

OUT NOW on Beatport

OUT NOW at special price from Chemical Records

Album out on general digital release by October 23rd - grab it from your favourite store then!


Lee also kindly put together a mini mix/podcast of a few select tracks from the album

Download & Listen to the mix here

Or you iTunes lovers can grab the podcast from there.

Or if you dont use itunes then this is the direct link for Lee’s podcast channel