Eddie Amador & Scott Ferguson present part 2 of their ‘DJ Tools’ series. Two DJ Friendly versions of the warm and soulful house track “Love Is Bigger Then Life” with vocals performed by Miss Bunty.
A1 - The Simple Things: FERGUSON::ISM::MIX::4
“In a break from his previous mixes for us that spanned genres in the name of mood, this time Scott brings a Detroit-style booty/bass mixup. I’ll let him do the talking on this one….” ISM
“First off a note to the listeners: I apologize for the dreadful distortion during some of the filtering I perform in the mix. You would think that after as long as I’ve been mixing I would do simple things like check my levels and make sure that the settings on my filter box were not tweaked to harshly in one direction or the other. I decided I liked the mix distortion or no distortion so, I’m sticking to this original recording rather then doing it over.
Secondly, I was inspired to do this mix for mostly the following two reasons; I recently joined FACEBOOK and also it had plainly been a long time since I mixed these particular records in my collection. Why FACEBOOK? Since joining FACEBOOK I’ve been contacted by some folks from my past that I hadn’t laid eyes on or spoken to in years. You see, FACEBOOK has been a very strange and exciting experience for me, it seems that by simply glancing at a name or viewing a photo I can be almost instantly pulled back into time. I am not much of one for reminiscing but sometimes for short amounts of time its fun and somewhat romantic to think about who, what, when, and how you got to the present time. All this recent reminiscing got me thinking about weekend nights in my early 20’s, going to parties, all night raves, clubs, and early morning after-hours, and also somewhat indirectly (or directly?) the Detroit radio station WJLB. WJLB would always broadcast live Friday and Saturday nights from some club deep within the city limits of Detroit playing House, Techno, Electro, and Booty Bass. We often would listen to J-L-B (as most called it) at the house or in the car before any function we were attending just to put us in the mood. Weekend nights on J-L-B was a large part of my younger days in Detroit and my connection to the cities music. The majority of the records I chose were staple tracks played by great (virtually unknown) Detroit DJ’s like Gary Chandler and Wax Tax’n Dre on those Friday & Saturday nights broadcast live on WJLB-Detroit. With that said, I present ISM::FERGUSON::MIX::4 my tribute to nostalgia and WJLB-Detroit. Enjoy!” - Scott Ferguson
Here’s the tracklist:
01. Percolator [Original Mix] - Cajmere - Cajual Records
02. Walk 4 Me [Original Mix] - Robbie Tronco - Henry Street
03. Blow Your House Down - A Guy Called Gerald - Swordfish Records
04. New Jersey Deep vs. Jackie Moore - Unknown - Two Brothers and a DAT
05. Disco’s Revenge - Gusto - Bumble Beats Records
06. Bubbles - DJ Milton - 5-2-Da-Head
07. House The Groove - DJ Funk - Dance Mania
08. Rollin Through Time - Erik Travis - FACT Records
09. Now Wus Up Wus Up (Moe B Mix) - Mr De’ - Wus Up, Wus Up EP
10. Ass N Titties - DJ Assault - Ass N Titties EP
11. Who U Wit - DJ Deeon - Who U Wit EP
12. The Freaks - Unknown - Back to Haunt
13. Shake It (Remix) - Unknown - Dance Mania
14. Bangin The Beat - DJ Assault - Sumthin 2 Shake Yo Azz 2 EP
15. Keys To The Whip - DJ Profit - Booty Bar Anthem EP
16. Untitled - Dj Funk - Dance Mania
17. Superior Race - Dopplereffekt - Dataphysix Engineering
18. I Can’t Wait [created especially for ISM blog] - Scott Ferguson - white label
You can download this mix here.
Classics @ Clues
Here I am pumping out the Classics at my favorite bar on Earth. Clues Bar!
Classics @ Clues: Sam Dermaut & Scott Ferguson @ Charlatan, Ghent, Belgium
This is at about 4:30 am at Charlatan in Ghent Belgium. After beating them down with House and Techno we moved into some more fun (or funny) stuff. Sam is on the turntable farthest away from the camera and me on the turntable closest.
London, UK 08: Info for Party in London
Süd Electronic’s 8th Birthday (+ Lerato’s Birthday ) - 4th October 2008
Powered By A Funktion 1 Soundsystem
Line Up
Scott Ferguson - Dj Set - Detroit ( Ferrispark , Deep Vibes , Kinda Soul Recordings)
Prosumer - Dj Set - Berlin ( Berghain /Panorama Bar , Osgut ton , Running Back , Playhouse )
Residents :
Lakuti (Süd Electronic , Uzuri recordings )
Nick Craddock (Süd Electronic )
Visuals By Valero Doval
Venue : Somewhere in The heart Of Dalston . Full details to be revealed nearer the date
Times : 10 pm - Very late
Ticket Info : Advance Tickets £10 + BF From :
Click here for TICKETS
Otherwise £12 on the door and subject to availability
For more info email : info@sudelectronic.com
Or call : 07853371939
A great venue has been sourced out for the 4th, right in the heart of Dalston .
This venue used to be an art deco cinema back in the day and is now being used as a snooker halll . it still maintains some of it´s original features though and we will be putting some magic into it with our own deco including some great visuals by Valero Doval .
I’m currently very excited by Valero’s work . His work encompasses art , design and illustration with a portfolio wich includes work for various art magazines and publications including illustrations for the New York Times , artwork for various bands e.t.c.
For More on Valero :
http://www.valerodoval.com
We’ve enlisted the help of two of our favourite producers / dj´s to come provide some top draw music on the night .
Scott Ferguson and Prosumer .
More on them :
Scott Ferguson ( Detroit - Ferris Park , Deep Vibes , International Dj Gigolos, Kinda Soul Recordings )
With 17 releases under his belt as well as various remixes and appearance on mixes and compilations , a forthcoming album on K Soul’s , ” Kinda Of Soul ” imprint ( The album is out in October ) ; is fair to say that Scott is a veteran in what he does .
A unique synthesis of Blues, Soul, Disco, House, and Techno music are echoed in both Scott Ferguson’s productions and DJ sets. His jazzy and soulful compositions, energetic club tracks and druggy slow-burners incorporate a blend of engaging rhythms with conscious themes. A perfect blend of awareness and unique style makes Ferguson stand on his own and is embraced by music lovers around the globe.
In 1994/95 Hungry and seeking knowledge, Scott Ferguson connected with local DJs at Zoots, The Sardine Bar, and warehouse parties at the Packard Plant and Bankle Building where Detroit’s electronic music sub-culture thrived. Attending raves and clubs on a weekly basis, Scott became immersed in the scene as well as starting his own collection of House and Techno records. He never looked back since .
2002 saw the launch of Ferrispark with the hit ep , „Dump Days . this ep went on to receive accolades from the press across europe and many parts of the world and won him fans left right and centre .Scott continues to dazzle audiences all over with a packed european tour in october , stopping over here @ Süd , Berlin , Holland , Belgium and many more cities .
For more on Scott Ferguson:
http://ferrispark.com
http://www.myspace.com/ferrisparkscottferguson
Prosumer ( Berghain /Panorama Bar , Ostgut , Running Back , Playhouse )
Achim Brandenburg aka Prosumer has been a fervent collector of music for years . Resident at world renowned Berghain/Panorama Bar & has had a stint behind the counter at another Berlin institute ; HardWax .
Here is what Prosumer has to say about his sets and music in general :
“My heart is beating for early Chicago -Detroit techno records and for music thats similar and transports this feeling today . Generally i like producers who follow their feeling and who work on a personal style which caters for longevity , rather than a momentary kick . “
Prosumer is not only a dj but he is also a producer . he released his debut ep on Swayzak’s 240 volts label in 2004 then followed the smash hit ” The Craze ” in 2005 on Playhouse . Soon he was in demand for remix work . he released another hit ep on Gerd janson’s , Running Back imprint .
2008 saw an album by Prosumer and studio partner Murat Tepeli and he has since been ultra busy with dj & live stints in revered clubs such as the Rex , Robert Johnson , Fabric , Piping Club , Weekend , Watergate , Paradiso e.t.c.
For more on Prosumer :
http://www.myspace.com/prosumer
Our residents Nick Craddock & Lakuti will be joining in the celebrations too .
Hope you can make it !!!
Ferguson::ISM Mix 3
New Mix by Scott Ferguson on Infinite State Machine.
“It really is getting harder and harder to talk about these mixes of Scott’s. I am a huge fan of mixing things up by feeling, and he manages to do a very good job across many genres every single time. This one is a heavily atmospheric mix, beginning with swirling ambience and scratchy textures before sliding into more structured but still emotive Britpop and shoegaze. He then transitions into some forlorn acoustic shit, including an album cut from one of my all time favorite autumn records, REM’s “Automatic for the People”. I have been sitting on this one a bit, waiting for the cold weather to hit in Pittsburgh a bit more as this captures the essence of this time of year perfectly. I continue to be amazed at how seamlessly Scott can trace lines between 80’s and 90’s rock and deejay music’s formats. Whenever I ask someone to do a guest mix for ISM, I let them know that we are down with going wayyyyyyyyyyyy out of the norm. Scott keeps on doing it and doing it and doing it…..”
-ISM
Tracklist:
01. A Tattooed, Rock N’ Roll, Jew [Peter Brandwein Dedication Mix] - Scott Ferguson - For All Days, My Blood, My Brothers
02. Flowering Orphan - Robert Pollard - From A Compound Eye
03. Lucky Cloud - Arthur Russell - World of Echo
04. House Of Cards - Radiohead - In Rainbows
05. Olsen Olsen - Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
06. Thursday - Asobi Seksu - Citrus
07. Sometimes - My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
08. How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
09. The Worst Taste In Music [Extended] - The Radio Dept. - Pet Grief
10. Horse With No Name - Seelenluft - Birds And Plants And Rocks And Things
11. I Don’t Know What I Can Save You From [Scott Ferguson’s Ferris Studio Edit] - Kings of Convenience - Quiet is the New Loud
12. Classic Girl - Jane’s Addiction - Ritual De Lo Hibitual
13. Working Class Hero - John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
14. Sweetness Follows - R.E.M. - Automatic For The People