Andrew Weatherall presents his Masterpiece

[jaskkonii]

Weatherall is a natural choice for Masterpiece, Ministry Of Sound's ambitious, triple-disc mix series. He's spent decades at the heart of the UK club scene, from his early years writing for Boy's Own and DJing at Shoom to his current Thursday night residency with Sean Johnston, A Love From Outer Space. All the while he's kept his CV as eclectic as his taste in records, having done remixes and production work for Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine, Bjork and Fuck Buttons to name just a few, while also spearheading a gaggle of collaborative projects, most notably The Sabres of Paradise and Two Lone Swordsmen.

Masterpiece draws from many of these past experiences while keeping an eye on what Weatherall's up to these days. The mix is heavy on his own remixes (both new and old), and highlights many of his current friends and cohorts, like Soft Rocks and The Hardway Brothers. A handful of the 36 tracks come from hitherto unknown nu-disco projects, such as The Asphodells, Chida, Apiento and Craig Batley.

Tracklist

01. The Asphodells - A Love from Outer Space
02. Grinderman - Heathen Child (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
03. Timothy J. Fairplay - Sleighride (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
04. The Asphodells - Lost Cities
05. Hardway Brothers - Mania's Theme (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
06. Kalidasa - Burstin' Through
07. Craig Batley - Birdshell
08. Apiento - The Orange Place
09. Chida - Danca'e
10. The Horrors - Wild Eyed (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
11. Wooden Shjips - Crossing (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
12. Walls - Into Our Midst
13. Timothy J.Fairplay - The Final Reel (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
14. Scott Fraser - A Life of Silence
15. Mario Vierra - Cosmic Matter
16. Kasper Bjorke - Man from Venice
17. Bonar Bradberry - You Were Away (Space Ranger Hypno Mix)
18. Rudy's Midnight Machine - Ecstatic Love Machine
19. Midnight Savari - Phantom Galaction
20. Tornado Wallace - Insect Overlords
21. Sons And Daughters - Orion (Emperor Machine Remix)
22. Cut Copy - Sun Gold (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
23. Bogdan Irkuk (AKA Bulgari) - My Weakness (Prins 24. Thomas Discomiks)
24. Copyshop - Lipps (Pete Herbert Dub)
25. Pacific Horizons - Stealing the Fire from Heaven
26. The Subs - Decontrol (Aquarius Heaven Remix)
27. Black Light Smoke - Switchback
28. Soft Rocks - Magic Mikk
29. Martin Brodin - Badabing (Diskjokke Remix)
30. Ajello - Crystal Babe
31. Name In Lights - Ur Oskunni
32. Brioski - Radio Anatomy (Emperor Machine Remix)
33. Toddla T - Watch Me Dance (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
34. Todd Terje - Ragyshe
35. Primal Scream - Uptown (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
36. A.R. Kane - A Love from Outer Space

Ministry of Sound will release Masterpiece Created by Andrew Weatherall on April 23rd, 2012.

[thebanned1]

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looks interesting

[rewing3]

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Got this earlier this week and it is absolutely amazing.

[Hoff]

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I want to incorporate this
bobssss

[dusk]

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I have yet to get into Andrew Weatherall... keep hearing only good things.

[Rawrmune]

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Everyone from Erol Alkan and Optimo to Ivan Smagghe and James Lavelle is indebted to Andrew Weatherall. Not necessarily in terms of aesthetics, but definitely in terms of stance: the legendary English producer, remixer and tastemaker was, after all, the first proper punk DJ. This is why the news Weatherall was going to deliver a mix for Ministry of Sound's somewhat pretentious Masterpiece series (one that isn't "mixed," but "created by," no less) was received with suspicious glances by some. On top of that, making the rare triple-CD mix experience worth repeated listening sessions is always a risky move and remains reserved to the lucky few; some will opt for drastic stylistic changes (think of SOS or Will Saul's Balance mixes, for instance) to the risk of losing a sense of an overarching narrative arc. Thankfully, Weatherall avoids all those pitfalls and hands over the most coherent commercial mix of his long, sometimes puzzling but always fascinating, career.

Of Masterpiece's 36 tracks, Weatherall's only real concession to the so-called indie dance he often gets associated with is at the very beginning of the mix (CD1's first cut from Weatherall's new goth-tinged project The Asphodells) and the very end (CD3's last song: A.R. Kane's post-C86, sub-Primal Scream piece of psychedelic guitar pop), their positioning saying more than their actual length or presence. Overall, all three CDs stay on the dubby, sophisticated yet experimental, and highly melodic side of house, with a good slice of cosmic disco (remixes from Disjokke or Prins Thomas among others) and Weatherall's own dance noir reworks of more alternative rockers such as Grinderman, The Horrors or Primal Scream. Guitars may still lurk here and there, as on The Asphodells' trippy "The Lonely City" or on Weatherall's trippier remix of Cut Copy's "Sun God," but they never interfere with the overall dance floor dedication the DJ displays.

On the more technical side of things, the overall mix is surprisingly seamless, and if the tempo rarely ventures above the 120 BPM mark (as Weaterall's motto has been in the last couple of years at his Love Letter From Outer Space parties), there are enough engrossing moments (Kasper Bjørke's groovy "Man from Venice," Apiento & Co's dramatic arrangements on "The Orange Place") to keep surprising the listener. Compared to his 2004 Fabric 19 mix, there is an imposing timelessness to Masterpiece, even though it's pretty much as "now" as you could get.

Pretty nice review from RA. I'm gonna see if I can get this, looks interesting.

[simonr]

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Andy Weatherall provides this weeks Transitions guest mix

[bobjuice]

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Andy Weatherall provides this weeks Transitions guest mix

Where and when pls??

[DIDI]

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I have yet to get into Andrew Weatherall... keep hearing only good things.

Was lucky enough to see him here in Melbourne earlier this year. It was a real education !!

[sbando]

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Where and when pls??

http://soundcloud.com/everybodywantstobethedj/transitions-404-part-2-andrew

[Hoff]

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Was lucky enough to see him here in Melbourne earlier this year. It was a real education !!

..

http://soundcloud.com/everybodywantstobethedj/transitions-404-part-2-andrew

[sbando]

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At least Gus says thanks.

[trick12]

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waaw 15mins in this is takeing my mind somewhere to a big open field with day n night at the same time

thx sbanooo

[Hoff]

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waaw 15mins in this is takeing my mind somewhere to a big open field with day n night at the same time

thx sbanooo

.o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0oniiiiceniiiiiiceNiceeeee I Love those placessss



will hear it online Tonight : )) lorenzoBoy
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" What I like about Weatherall is he's playing off of CDJs, but he's ripped it from the vinyl and he really cares about how it sounds and he's got a great pair of ears. He's got this amazing vinyl, he's cleaned it, he's taken his time, he's listening to it on his studio monitors and he's ripped it onto a CD, so he doesn't have to carry records around. He's playing it in a CDJ2000 which is a great-sounding CD player so the warmth and the feeling's there. All the components are there for a magical, magical night."

[DIDI]

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^^^ That was one of the really interesting things in that RA article you put up.

At least Gus says thanks.

We posted before you put up the link So thank you

Just started listening and I love Andrew Weatherall's intro , shameless promotion!! Music sounds great as well . !!