As the more astute of you will remember, I had a photo shoot a while ago to promote the debut Dekata Project Viral EP. One of the pictures featured me being thrown across the floor by the power of the music (as in he-man “by the power of greyskull!”), with various music / studio gear in the background, all painted white. Then the other day I spotted the cover for Jay-Z’s new album, The Blueprint 3, and lo and behold, it seems very similar! Loads of white music gear, with a pink/red vibe too. Make your mind up peoples!

My Picture:

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Jay-Z’s Album Cover

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Out now on iTunes, Beatport and all good digital stores, including remixes from Roska, Nu:Tone, Hint and Ike Synton. The full DJ mix. Enjoy!





  

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A pleasant review of our remix package

Sharp & Bias bring together an eclectic remix roster to thoroughly disprove that remixing soul should be like for like and shouldn’t creep too far outside its remit.”

Full Text:

http://www.datatransmission.co.uk/viewreview.aspx?reviewID=1144




  

SamSax

DEKATA PROJECT
LIVE ACOUSTIC SOUL SET
SHUGA BUDDHA @ THE BEDFORD
WEDNESDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER
77 BEDFORD HILL, BALHAM SW12 9HD

Doors 7:30pm, Entry £3, On stage 9pm
www.thebedford.co.uk
www.myspace.com/shugabuddha

PLUS SUPPORT FROM:

Carrie Haber
www.myspace.com/carrieonsinging
Heart on Fire
www.myspace.com/heartonfireinfo
Marcus Bonfanti
www.myspace.com/marcusbonfantimusic




  

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DEKATA PROJECT: “At Least We Can Dance” Remixes
OUT NOW!

As featured on Radio 1, and iDJ Magazine “Bubblin Under”

1) Extended Mix
2) Nu:Tone Remix
3) Roska Loves Dancing Mix

+ Hint Remix on iTunes Only!
+ Ike Synton Remix on BeatPort Only!

Buy it from all good digital stores including:

iTunes

BeatPort

Go to Beatport.com Get These Tracks Add This Player





  

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In case you missed it (like I did), as well as the bubblin under feature, we also made the Drum and Bass review section in September’s iDJ, for the Nu:Tone remix of “At Least We Can Dance”.

“Glorious bass-led melodic on this re-lick of hotly tipped UK live soul crew Dekata Project, with sprightly breaks rattling away underneath. Well worth checking. 7/10.” Ewen Cook




  

Mornin.

Photographer and friend of Dekata Project, Sam Peach, has been working on an exciting new project entitled “The Freelancers”. The project features pictures of creative people who work for themselves, and includes a picture of myself (see below), and also a great picture of Lucy Harvey, who is also part of the Dekata Project team with her style advice. The picture is of me sitting in the live room of my studio, complete with Argos duvets on the walls, and a guest appearance from my cat, Boo.

You can see all of the pictures on Sam’s website, go to projects->the freelancers: http://www.sampeach.com


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Here is our bubblin’ under feature, from September’s edition of iDJ Magazine, which mentions both the viral EP and  the new At Least We Can Dance Remixes.

Click the article to read…

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A heavy remix of “At Least We Can Dance” by newcomer and man of mystery Ike Synton. Think pumping Chicago House, synths, soulful electro-bassline, and fresh production, described by Inhale’s review as “an addictive slice of wonderful electronica and percussion”.

Out Sep 14th on Doshiwa Records, this track will be an exclusive on beatport.






  

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Just had a nice review of the Viral EP from Ben Lovett’s Grooveyard Column: “catchy, impeccably produced soul-house songs … 4/5″

Read the full text here:

http://www.bluesandsoul.com/column/20/ben_lovett039s_grooveyard/




  

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Hi everyone, some exciting news for you: Dekata Project and Doshiwa Records are proud to announce our brand new COMIC COMPETITION, to coincide with the release of “At Least We Can Dance” on September 14th. As many of you know, we have been working with all round artist and comic book legend Harvey James on all of our artwork to date, from the website, to the CD and digital sleeves. Him being an active blogger and all, he would post up his Dekata Project stuff on the web, and before we knew it, people started posting their own art inspired by his work and the little characters that appear in them. Have a look at this link and you’ll see what I mean, the standard of the responses was incredible, he entitled it “Black Lion Week” and it really took off – keep scrolling to see all the artwork:

http://harveyjames.livejournal.com/131261.html

So, we figured, if people will do this for fun, imagine what it would be like if we held a competition, to be judged by Harvey James, with a money prize of a whole £100 for the bestest of the lot! All of the info you need to take part can be found on his blog , link below, if you’re interested or know anyone who might be, please direct your efforts and questions here:

http://harveyjames.livejournal.com/137261.html

More soon!




  

It’s been a wee while, so I’ve gone all out and done a 90 minute mix of my current favourite tracks, perfect for the summer. Expect my usual mix of beats, including house, nu jazz, soul, latin, tech/classic house, funk, electro, and broken beats. Please share this link and tracklisting around the web, share the summer love.


http://www.dekataproject.com/mixes/DekataProjectFreshClub02.mp3

Tracklisting
1. Dekata Project, ‘At Least We Can Dance – Ike Synton Remix’ (Doshiwa)
2. Clap Rules, ‘Old Sequencer – Bostro Pesopeo Remix’ (Tiny Sticks)
3. Keith, ‘Miami – Superbeatz Remix’ (Irma Elettrica)
4. Joe T Vannelli,’Sognando’ (Dream Beat)
5. Peter Czak ‘Bossa’ (Czak Recordings)
6. Mark Knight, ‘Flauta Magica’ (Toolroom)
7. Jay Sinister Sealee & Julie McKnight & Louie Vega, ‘Bittersweet’ (Atal Music)
8. Yannah Valdevit, Atjazz & Domu, ‘City Madness – A&Ds 4 The Summer Remix’ (Development)
9. Grant Nelson, ‘Brave New World’ (Swing City Records)
10. Masirah, ‘Find A Way’ (Futuristica Music)
11. Tarantulaz, ‘Handle It’ (Curious)
12. John Oudo, ‘Loving You – Deep Rhythm Vocal Mix’ (Bigspin Music London)
13. Mishal Moore ‘Oh Lord – Kenny Dope Remix’ (Friction)
14. Jimpster, ‘Sleeper’ (Freerange)
15. Phil Asher, ‘The Weight’ (Restless Soul Music)
16. Copyright feat. Shovell, ‘Warrior Dance – Danny Marquez & DJ Fudge Mix’ (Defected)
17. Stel, Nils Nurnberg, Florian Kruse, Wiretappeur, ‘I Want You’ (Fresh Meat)
18. Phonat, ‘Set Me Free’ (Mofo Hi Fi)
19. Domu, ‘One Offs, Remixes and B Sides: Nicola Kramer – Best In Me’ (Tru Thoughts)
20. Quantic And His Combo Barbaro, ‘Undelivered Letter’ (Tru Thoughts)

Description
The mix starts off with the hot new remix of my very own “At Least We Can Dance”, remixed my newcomer Ike Synton: the extended mix of this tune and remixes are all out on August 31st, see www.doshiwa.com for more. The journey continues in this 80s tech / squelchy vein, getting darker as we go via tracks from Clap Rules and Keith, before the summer really takes hold and we have our first latin sizzler with Joe T Vannelli’s ‘Sognado’, a well thought out mixture of old and new skool bass lines and percussive beats. This track is closely followed up by more south american influenced tracks: the hazy trip that is ‘Bossa’, club anthem ‘Flauta Magica’ and beautiful builder ‘Bittersweat’. Next off on a soulful house tangent with a summer remix of Yannah Valdevit, from the ears of Domu and Atjazz, followed by the more traditional house piano and vocal riffs of ‘Brave New World’, guaranteed to get the sunshine girls dancing their asses off.

Next up, my current favourite broken beat / nujazz track, the hypnotic ‘Find A Way’ from Masirah. More four to the floor required, with two soulful electro-funk tracks in ‘Handle It’ and ‘Loving You’, the latter really establishing John Oudo’s remix credentials with a lovely uk-funky-esque rhythmic mix of his own track here. Acid jazz vibes come via Mishal Moore’s ‘Oh Lord – Kenny Dope Remix’, then the electro stylings of ‘Sleeper’ takes us through to Phil Ashers’s “The Weight”, from his latest essential Restless Soul EP, ‘ONE’. I couldn’t really do this mix without some version of the summer hit ‘Warrior Dance’, the Danny Marquez & DJ Fudge Mix took it for me, amazing energy and the drops you’d expect from such a big tune. The tasteful minimal / tech groove of ‘I Want You’ forms a nice bridge to my favourite electro house tune of the summer, the incredible ‘Set Me Free’ from Phonat, the tune that just keeps giving. I finish off with the more chilled offerings of top label Tru Thoughts: nujazz vibe from Domu’s remix of Nicola Kramer’s ‘Best In Me’, and my favourite track from the new Quantic And His Combo Barbaro album, something that must be owned people, Quantic’s biggest achievement to date in my opinion, amazing live band and grooves here, love the string arranging in particular. Worth noting: I’ve warped and sped this track up to fit my bpm requirements, sits well at this tempo too i think. That’s it y’all: catch me playing these tunes out right now.





  

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Hi folks, Dekata Project were featured on Rob Da Bank’s show this morning on BBC Radio 1. Rob played out the Nu:Tone remix of “At Least We Can Dance”, following on from Fabio and Grooverider’s recent play of the same mix. Rob’s show is available on line for another week, and also features the likes of Radiohead, Simian Mobile Disco, Friendly Fires, Speech Debelle and Bon Iver:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/robdabank/

The Nu:Tone mix again:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JJ7EDuOFQs





  

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Our friends at Inhale have done a review for the next release, don’t forget, out Aug 31st!

http://www.inhale.org.uk/features/?ih=ih_rev_1265




  

I finally got round to scanning this in from last month…

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