New James Zabiela CD - Sounds in Motion - July 2003

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Posted by mdeveros on May-23-2003 14:46:

New James Zabiela CD - Sounds in Motion - July 2003

JAMES ZABIELA: SOUND IN MOTION
Label: Hooj | Release Date: July 2003

'He made me feel sick' was the veteran tech house DJs' verdict on the young upstart he had played with in Europe the week before. It was something to do with the way he attacked the CDJ1000s, scratching into his opening tune, synching up two copies of another, nudging one slightly out of phase for a big flangey effect before slamming the reverse switch on one of the decks for a rhythmically perfect splurge of aural mayhem. It was another good night out down the disco with James Zabiela.

And of those, there's been a fair few of late. Having been immersed in house culture since his pre teens thanks to a dad who worked in a Southampton record shop in the early 90s and came home with armfuls of LFO, Guerrilla, Joey Beltram and the like, James' unique, post-millennial blend of bleeps, breaks and house won him the Muzik mag Bedroom Bedlam comp in 2000, before bringing him to the to the attention of Sasha, Lee Burridge and John Digweed.

That was barely three years ago and now, at the age of 23, after a globetrotting couple of years, James will be settling down to a summer residency at what he understandably considers the best club in the world : 'Space Ibiza.'

So we thought we'd better try and get him to commit to CD a glimpse of what he's been trying to share with half the clubbing world since 2000. And whilst the live Zabiela experience is such that even a faultlessly executed double CD will only ever show part of the picture, we'd like to think we've captured a pretty mesmerising snapshot of a young man on the verge of great things.

If you listen carefully you'll hear the lad abusing Pioneer's CDJ1000s like a junior Jeff Mills for the post-Technics generation - scratches, loops, reverses etc, but that's not what Sound in Motion is about - just a natural by-product of a young, seriously technical DJ let loose on some heavyweight new technology.

The real theme of the album is the Zabiela sound: the jerky rhythms and blurred boundaries between breaks and four four are a JZ signature, but more importantly, in a listening context, so is his quiet determination to keep the melody constantly drifting in and out of the mix. Nothing too dramatic, just an ever ready supply of sparse, spacey riffs and submerged codas to dust the pulsing beats with texture and atmosphere, creating in the process a finely balanced combination of listening experience and DJ mix CD. All mixed 100% live, of course, something that Zabiela was adamant about. No Pro-Tools tomfoolery here.

The album is out on July 14th, with a nice little launch event at Space Ibiza being planned, and a record shop tour at around the same time for those who like to come and get a closer looks at a technical DJ in action, i.e.: those lads you see crowding round James at gigs watching his hands, whilst everyone else shakes their ass - gawd bless 'em!

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2xCD TRACKLISTING
Mixed 100% live, using and abusing 2x Pioneer CDJ1000s, Pioneer DJM600 and 2x Technics 1210s

CD One:
Zabiela Intro - More Than Just Playing Records
Edward Shearmur's - Taxi Ride (JZ DJ Re-Edit)
Sunday Brunch - My World (Nightdrive Mix)
Earth Deuley - Spacial Gathering
Natural Rhythm - Your World
Q6 - Out In The Shed
lanoiraude - J.J Scenario
Animated - Come On
O.C.B - Synchronicity (Spincycle Remix)
Beth Orton - Anywhere (Photek Tek Dub Remix)
Echomen - Thru 2 You (Bushwacka! Remix)
Maffia Soundsystem - Fact Da Floor
Timmy S - He's In The Bar
ODD - Don't Look at Me (Paul Rogers Dub)
Bermuda Triangle - Tay Do 22
Space Manoeuvres - Stage One

CD Two:
Intro
Simon & Levin - Gone
Dave Robertson - Slang For Funky
The Silence - Acid Attack
PJ Davy - Call It What You Like
Halo Varga - Future
PJ Davy - Freezing Point (Dave Robertson Remix)
Aphasia - Acapulco
Dave Brennan - Drink Deep (Zabiela's Vox Version)
Bushwacka! - Break your Face
Star Spangled Banner - Mr Negative (Freestyle Man Mix)
Ebon - Sleepless (Original Tribal Mix)
Ant - Process Cyan
Aidan Lavelle / Mode - Eli

Thanks to progress-sounds.com for the update

Posted by jdat on May-23-2003 14:57:

I can't wait for this !!!

Posted by pgreeny on May-23-2003 15:39:

this looks like its gonna b awesome

Posted by Nadi on May-23-2003 15:51:

SICK

Posted by TranceSeeker on May-23-2003 16:00:

Very promising!

Posted by dj willie whop on May-23-2003 16:04:

UnF! sweeeeeeeeeeet cant wait!

u know what i was just thinkin....how sweet would it be if James remixed stage one?!?! omfg i would drop dead the second i heard that sick breakbeat come in.!

Posted by breslin on May-23-2003 16:55:

Great news, can't wait for this.

Posted by capricorn15 on May-23-2003 17:21:

this guy owns, i got 4 sets from him, really good stuff

Posted by mute79 on May-23-2003 17:59:

whoa, i can't wait for this to come out!

Posted by zero on May-23-2003 18:37:

Awesome!!
James Zabiela is one of my fav dj�s, his sets are totally sick.

Posted by zarathustra on May-23-2003 18:38:

This guy's been one of my fav. DJs over the recent months. I am very interested in this album.

Posted by TeKnoHe@d2025 on May-23-2003 19:12:

After hearing "4" I can only imagine how good this CD is going to be. I can't wait to give it a listen.

Posted by nate735 on May-23-2003 19:57:

Sweet !! great news...

Posted by DJPrototypeX on May-23-2003 23:37:

looks great...cant wait...amazin DJ...but, Space Manoeuvres - Stage One?...lol...weeeeeeeeird...

Posted by dj_helen_k on May-24-2003 00:07:

wikked!
looks damn nice!!

he playing a 5hr set here in sydney june 7

omg!!!!

xx helena

Posted by nate735 on May-24-2003 00:07:

quote:
Originally posted by DJPrototypeX
looks great...cant wait...amazin DJ...but, Space Manoeuvres - Stage One?...lol...weeeeeeeeird...

Hes going old school...

Posted by fr0st on May-24-2003 06:05:

Im not realy impressed with the tracklisting tunes arent all realy that new..... I was hoping for the stuff ive never heard of like his 4cd series. Anyone nothing compares to him live, I hope he does all the crazy stuff he does live on the cds. Oh and the Space Manoeuvres - Stage One thing is a mashup its sounds realy fucking awesome....Im sure if you guys havent heard it youll like it ....

Posted by dark_tenshi on May-24-2003 07:09:

Can't wait to hear this...

Posted by ExOn on May-24-2003 10:51:

Looks great!