Junior Sensu chats Tobi Soprano

This is the 5th time we have now booked Tobi for Sensu. 6 if you count our Party in BCN at off Sonar. The first time we ever booked Tobi his flight got cancelled and he had no way of making his next performance in Leeds. Fact not fiction I was sat in the bath nursing my thoughts from the night before and he calls to say he is stranded at the airport. Leeds is about three hours away and my friend is a fast driver. So we filled a car and decided to ferry Tobi to Leeds and drive back up after his set. I will not go in to the details of the adventure, however it was not our last.

As you start to spend more time with a DJ you book your conversations start to sway away from the normal chatter of music and clubs as you start to understand more about them as a person. We could have chosen a million different topics to discuss with our good friend Tobi, that could have included FC Bayern Munich, Modulators, Smoothies/Juices, Family, Philip Seymour Hoffman………the list goes on.

Following a short conversation regarding the death of actors recently the topic of James Gandolfini and the Sopranos came up. We were delighted to hear the Tobinator is a fan.

So rather then get all sentimental, we thought we’d ask him 6 questions about the best TV Series ever created!

***HEADS UP IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE SHOW THERE ARE A FEW SPOILERS IN HERE***

Boom!

1) Why are you a Sopranos fan?

I always heard about the hype with the TV series……of course my friends were talking about it . In 2007 my friend Clé recommended Prison Break to me. I started to watch it and loved it. But later on I didn’t like the fact that the story never ends. Then I started with a couple of other series like Californication, Dexter, Homeland, Sherlock and also the fantastic Game Of Thrones.

I became kind of a TV series junkie. But I always knew that everything started in the late nineties with The Sopranos. After James Gandolfini‘s tragic death I bought the whole 6 seasons on iTunes and had a great time over the summer/fall 2013 watching it. It was absolutely brilliant. The story touched me so deeply that it was like living in this family until the last episode.

2) Who is your favourite Sopranos Character and why?

Tony of course is my favourite. I loved Dr Melfi and Carmela as well as Anthony Jnr. But the most impressing character was
Christopher Moltisanti. His character showed the whole drama about the antagonism and disruption which the Mafia people had to deal with. Played superbly by Michael Imperioli.

3) What is your favourite Sopranos scene and why?

There are way to many to mention only one.. so many impressive and touching moments. Unbelievable!

This is one of ours:

4) The Sopranos has several funny moments often dark humour. What are your favourites?

The funny and erotic where the moments when Tony confessed his attraction to Melfi in this room…Also Carmela when she fell in love with this guy from Naples. There were so many.

5) Michael Imperioli who plays Christopher Moltisanti wrote a number of episodes as a guest writer. You, Tobi Neumann has been given the chance to write an episode. Give us the plot summary in a paragraph.

A episode where a simple German criminal appears in their world and creates a big mess due the difference of mentalities and gets shot at the end. Something like this would have been funny. What I learned from the Sopranos was the conservative way of life and thinking of the Italo-Americans.

Beside that they are killers that follow a very strict old school way of life. For me as a child from the seventies, growing up with all this emancipation was strange. So in my story I would probably let my world clash with their world in a funny way. Of course with the bad end for the German.

6) If there was one final episode after the series finale what would have happened and what are your feelings overall on how things ended?

The end was not an end.. but I think that was the perfect way to finish. The real end was left to the imagination of the viewers.
A great way to finish something which actually is not easy to finish. Of course most of them were dead at the end. Not many
characters were left. Tony had to die.. but it was left open. A Hitchcock way to end. Great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnT7nYbCSvM
(Sopranos final scene)

There’s not much left to say here, other than see you tonight…

REMEMBER: Advance tickets are available online from Resident Advisor here until 22:30. There will be more available on the door.

SET TIMES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

23:00 – 01:00 – Enzo Siragusa
01:00 – 03:00 – Tobi Neumann

Vicious Creatures top 10 of 2013 // Clockwork Q & A

Their end of year soiree approaches with passionate allure. This culmination of 2013’s merriment has inspired Vicious Creature to curate a scintillating list of musical beezers.
Here is what they had to say about their top tunes of 2013…

No. 10 – The Mole – Lockdown Party (DJ Sprinkles Crossfaderama)

A song made by an underground Canadian and then remixed by the fabulous Dj Sprinkles. Chest thumping brazen bass blasts through this rip snarler. We love it.

No. 09 – Konstantin Sibold – Madeleine

A slice of pure class on one of our favourite labels, Innervisions. Sibold, a Stuttgart-based DJ and producer stirs strange dance floor emotion with this floaty rumbler.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol7_8U00vHk&feature=youtu.be

No. 08 – Jimpster – Porchlight and Rocking Chairs (Kink Remix)

A rangey dance floor whopper that builds to a bleep filled extended crescendo.KiNK’s tinkering takes this already powerful contender up to heavy weight status.

No. 07 Daniel Avery – Drone Logic

No other track this year has such a suitable title. The pure ‘drone’ of this beast resonates around the deep intestine with ferocious diligence. The title track from Mr Avery’s stunning album perked our interest from the very first listen. 

Attendance at his upcoming Sub Club gig with The i AM is a must.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hURsQLVmoOU&feature=youtu.be

No. 06 Murat Tepeli – Forever (Prosumer’s Hold Me Touch Me Remix)

Invigorating roller coaster of sound. A rangey remix by Edinburgh living Lárus look-a-like Prosumer.

No. 05 Moderat – Bad Kingdom

MODESELEKTOR and Apparat join forces to become Moderat. The partnership doesn’t disappoint. To hear is to love. Play this monster loud and swoon with electronic lust.

No. 04 Ten Walls – Gotham

The 2nd entry in our top 10 from label of the moment Innervisions. A unique sound that everyone’s grooved to throughout 2013. If you’ve not heard this for a while give it a play…….it still sounds amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I047BWE9YHg&feature=youtu.be

No. 03 Rachel Row – Follow The Step (Kink Beat Mix)

Huge summer anthem from Defected Records. This remix unites two talented Bulgarians, Rachel Row & KINK, and results in a foundation shaking journey of groove. 

No. 02 Ninetoes – Finder

Percussion heavy surprise that brings a smile to everyone on the dance floor. The question arises, who is this Ninetoes Guy? 

Well, Ninetoes is actually not some chicklet that fell into our lap, but a genuinely gifted producer and Dj that has been playing spots around the globe and mastering his craft for more than fifteen years. Hopefully he’ll be at The Sub Club one day soon.

No. 01 – Kolsch – Goldfisch

Vicious Creatures favourite Kolsch initially came on to our radar around 3-4 years ago with the now established club banger, Loreley. Since then he has endeared himself to us even more with several other amazing tracks and an amazing live set for Sensu back in 2012.  

2013 saw the release of his album 1977 on Kompakt records and our favourite of the new tracks is the stunning Goldfisch. Played by techno and house DJs throughout the world, this floaty wonder gave us lashings of joy throughout the past 12 months. 

Their present to us arrives tomorrow. The joyous act of coming together with the ones you treasure most.

Your stocking filler goes by the name of Clockwork,  He’ll be journeying to the Sub Club from Life and Death Records HQ to deliver some musical treats that will warm even the coldest of ears. Clockwork’s Happy Helpers on the night will be Cesco Ferri from Sensu and VC Residents Forbes & Lárus.

Ahead of the party the VC crew caught this young Italian DJ/Producer to talk all things Clockwork….

The last 12 months have been huge for you and Life and Death records………what would you say is the reason for the meteoric rise of the label?

I think we have a good situation going on. Everything came together really nicely from day one and the team built up the same way the music came together: Naturally.
We’re all friends both inside and outside the studio and that helps keep the fun in what we do, besides inspiring each other constantly when working on new music. These in my opinion are all characteristics that help bring originality to the Life and Death project.

This is your Glasgow and Sub Club Debut…………what have you heard about our city and in particular the club?

To be honest I am not too familiar with Glasgow itself, but I have heard some exciting and strictly positive feedback by other Artists and Sub Club purveyors. I’m extremely excited and thankful to get to play there.

Previous Clockwork sets were predominantly built around house music we have however noticed that your leaning more towards techno in recent months. Why? 

I have always been a big fan of Techno and Breaks, simply because these two genres were how I discovered and got into electronic music in the first place. The thing is you can’t just release your debut track on a pop/house based label and play strictly techno. So I’ve slowly built my way out of that to pursue what I really enjoy about electronic music. Having said that, it’s important for me to keep a slight difference between my productions and my sets so I still tend to include quite a variety of house records in my sets. 

Here is a snippet of those techno sounds from his set at Monasterio in Moscow last Friday…

https://soundcloud.com/c-w/clockwork-monasterio-moscow

Bring on the beats!

Laughing, dancing, flirting, sharing and sipping are strongly recommended to ensure maximum pleasure from our festive offering!

£5 Advance tickets here.

Grampian Mountains Artwork Design: A Personal Selection

In the first in our series of behind the scenes blog posts on our Tumblr we have asked Craig from Grampian Mountains, one of our favourite graphic designers, to shed some light on his recent work for Sub Club. Responsible for design and art direction for a wealth of music, arts and culture related projects across the land, Craig has been working on various projects with Sub Club since 2010. Below is a hand picked selection of his more recent work for us to give you an idea of the diversity and distinction of his craft.

Craig Gallacher of Grampian Mountains

Design & Art Direction for music, arts & culture. Occasionally plays records in public. Enjoys farms.

5 select pieces of work for Sub Club:

Sub Club 25th Anniversary

A choice of imagery arranged in a way that – I hope – carefully considers space and movement, freezing a moment in time as if it were a still from a film.

Sensu

New identity for the long-standing club-night and soon-to-be record label. This should also lend itself quite nicely to being animated some day.

Hyperdub

A moiré pattern experiment designed to compliment the label’s already very distinct visual language and diverse catalogue of music.

Phantasy Sound

This was just a good excuse to create a surreal fantasy landscape,  capturing a sort of fleeting moment where everything aligns.

20 kHz

I’ve been on both sides of the booth in Sub Club and it’s a frightening thing sometimes, having all that power and volume at your fingertips. This waveform pattern can be found laser cut into the walls of the club’s interior and once upon a time it even immaculately surrounded the booth although I believe it was ripped off in amongst the mayhem of one particular night. Anyhow, this is simply a reinterpretation of those fabled patterns and tip of the hat to a very unique place.

Sub Club SoundSystem At Rockness

We are very happy to announce our full Sub Club SoundSystem line up at this year’s Rockness festival in the Scottish Highlands. It’s set to be the party of the summer and we’ve pulled out as many stops as we can get our hands on to bring what we believe is our most exciting line up at Rockness to date.

Speaking about this year’s Sub Club SoundSystem, Mike Grieve, Sub Club Director commented, “This will be the fifth consecutive year of the Sub Club SoundSystem at Rockness and I would say our strongest line-up to date. It’s hard to pick the highlight with Bashmore, Carl Craig, Gerber, Subculture, Jackmaster and all the rest, but I think Henrik Schwarz will really take the place by storm. We can’t wait!”

KERRI CHANDLER // JULIO BASHMORE // CARL CRAIG // 
HENRIK SCHWARZ //
HARRI & DOMENIC // JACKMASTER // SCUBA // GUY GERBER // SENSU // HUXLEY // BETA & KAPPA

Kerri Chandler has been injecting soul into music since the early 90s, making him one of house music’s true originators. Never straying from his roots, Kerri has remained loyal to the underground, producing contemporary classics like ‘Bar-A-Thym’ and ‘Back To The Raw’ while his DJ schedule continues to take him to all corners of the globe, making new friends and fans at every turn.

Following a massive 18 months for Bristol’s king of the UK underground, Julio Bashmore shows no signs of slowing down. ‘Battle For Middle You’, ‘Au Seve’, ‘Tusk’ and ‘Footsteppin’ are modern classics and his Broadwalk label continues to go from strength to strength as his distinctive blend of deep house, garage and techno continue to make many fans in the farrest flung places.

Detroit techno legend, DJ extraordinaire and musical visionary; Carl Craig has got them all covered. An enduring favourite at Sub Club, his ability to remain consistent, innovative and an inspiration to all is unrivalled, as his slew of seminal  productions, classic remixes and stirring DJ sets testify each and every time.

With their seminal Subculture residency about to enter it’s 20th year as the Sub Club’s weekly Saturday flagship, Harri & Domenic continue to push the boundaries and rework their ever relevant take on house music with every set they play. They continue to steer clear of trends or fads and remain true to their roots, serving up flawless selections of house and techno to the clued up masses the world over.

A stalwart of international electronic music, Henrik Schwarz’s take on deep house transcends genres, scenes and pre-conceptions and continues to enrapture and educate those that come into contact with it. Responsible for a plethora of modern house anthems and contemporary classics and synonymous with Dixon and Âme’s incredible Innervisions label, Henrik Schwarz can be considered one of the most revered and respected names working over the last 20 years.

Numbers label head and party starter supreme, Jackmaster has seen his stock continue to rise and rise. With a reputation built on his impeccable taste and technical ability, he caters to the guys, the girls, the techno polis and the man on the street all at the same time. A regular on BBC Radio 1 as well as the in the best clubs the world over, expect everything from classic Detroit techno, disco jams to the freshest sounds coming out of UK today.

Scuba is many things to many men; Hotflush label owner, international tastemaker and a man on a mission to spread the very best dubstep, house and techno music there is to people who want to hear it most. 2012 saw the release of his third solo album ‘Personality’, stepping up his game and staking his claim as one of the biggest and best DJs and producers working today.

With releases on Visionquest, Cocoon, Cadenza and Bedrock to his name, it’s safe to say that Guy Gerber is a man in demand with all the right people. His own label Supplement Facts is making similar waves with DJs and clubs the world over as he keeps on spreading his unique sound, brimming with warmth, tenacity and enough groove to move the best of you.

Sensu are behind one of Glasgow’s finest house and techno parties, regularly packing out Sub Club with the very best DJs their world has to offer. From Loco Dice to Ricardo Villalobos, they never miss a beat with their guest DJs and always set the tone perfectly for what lies ahead with their excellent DJ selections and instinctive ability to work the floor.

Raised on a diet of UK & US garage, house and early rave music, Huxley has moulded his sound into his own distinctive take on the modern house blue print. Consistently on point releases on Tsuba, Hypercolour and 20:20 Vision have secured his status as one of the most exciting producers to emerge from the UK in the last few years and his DJ sets follow suit each and every time.

Beta & Kappa are resident DJs at i AM, one of Scotland’s biggest clubbing success stories in recent memory. Packing out Sub Club every Tuesday with their free flowing mix of electronic gems and painfully on the money guest bookings, they have ripped up the mid-week rule book and treated their loyal and clued up fan base to more parties to remember than we could possibly recall.

***For more information & tickets go to the official website