Hi all. There's two new releases out at the moment that I hope you can check out. First up 'The Directors Cut EP' is past it's promo period and available in all the usual places linked at the of this page. It's nice to see that after a week 'Hippies Groove' is currentlyNo.3 on the Deep House weekly chart at DJTunes - the store we just added a few weeks ago.
Check out the YouTube preview for the EP below:
Also now out on Beatport promo is the new release on Body Rhythm Black from Spin Science. The first part of the release features the original mix, an additional 'chord' mix from Spin and a remix from myself. Coming up in a few weeks time will be additional remixes from Harold Heath, Vas Floyd and Art Patrice. Check out the Youtube preview for part one below:
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9th September: Labels Now Up On DJTunes.com
I've been looking to take on a few more stores to stock the Body Rhythm catalogues recently and the first of these is the European based DJTunes.com
The full catalogue for both labels is up on their sites from today and from now on they will receive the new releases along with the usual sites after the Beatport promo periods, starting with 'The Directors Cut EP' which is due for full release on the 21st September.
I'm looking to pick up the pace a little as we head into the latter stages of 2009 starting with the first of the Spin Science singles entitled 'Tricky Dream' currently getting close to release. There's quite a few remixes for this one so I've just decided to split the release up into two parts. The first will have the original mix, plus an additional Spin Science remix and one that I'm currently finishing off from myself. A couple of weeks later will see the release of further rmxs from Harold Heath, Art Patrice and Vas Floyd. There's also another single from Spin called 'Troubled Rockstar' waiting to come out on the label a little later in the year.
Meanwhile on the main Body Rhythm label after the Directors Cut EP will come the remix package for my 'Night And Day' album. I'll name the remixers involved with that one at a later date. After that will come the 20th release on the label so I'm giving some thought as to what to do for that. I think it will most likely be some sort of retrospective release package with some of the early favourites being remastered for the occasion. If that is the case then this won't be a promo'd so it'll go straight to all the stores at the same time. After that I'd like to get a minimum of 2 more releases out before Christmas, hopefully more.
I'd expect a number of remixes that I've done for other labels to come out in the coming months as well. I'm just about to start work on a Fabien Kamb track 'Electric Room' for the Brown Eyed Boyz label and there's a couple of other things I'll be working on in the next few weeks so it's all systems go at the moment!
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26th August: 'The Directors Cut EP' Out Now + Animated Video!
I've put up a quick preview of the three tracks on YouTube which you can view HERE That's not all though. In a first for myself and the label I have also put up an animated video for one of the tracks 'Changing Seasons'. Since my music is often quite melodic and emotive I've often felt that it would work well with some kind of visual element. I've played around with video editing software in the past and it's a lot of fun but it's a time consuming process so I hadn't been able to really make use of it. 'Changing Seasons' seemed like a good track to do something with so I set out to find some freely available footage that I could use to piece together some kind of video from.
In the end I was very fortunate to stumble across an animated video called 'Four Seasons' which was made by a talented artist from Tokyo, Japan called Tomoko Konoike back in 2005. It seemed to capture the theme I was looking for whilst going far beyond anything I could have hoped to have made myself. I had been looking to use 'real world' footage but this was a beautifully animated piece, and a very entertaining and creative one at that. I was lucky that Tomoko had since made this work available to use under the Creative Commons Liense so with some minor editing to the video and a specially created edit of my track I was able to put this together:
Hope you like it. Don't forget that tou can also read DJ reactions for the new EP in the 'press' section of this site.
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15th August: New Release Coming Soon + Remix News
Whilst working on the 'Night And Day' album I came up with over 20 ideas, but there was only space for 12 on the final LP. The ideas that didn't appear on the album weren't neccessarily of inferior quality though, in many instances it was just that they either weren't finished in time or didn't fit style wise with the other tracks. So I thought it would be a good idea to make a new EP to follow on from the album where I take 3 of those ideas and develop them into full tracks. There were a few good candidates for this but here's a bit more about the one's I opted for...
First up is 'Changing Seasons'. The basic idea for this track came together late in the album process by which stage there was a few other tracks such as 'Sounds Like Summer' and 'Love At First Sight' which also had a prominent 'strings' section in them so even though I felt I definitely had something with this one I decided I'd leave it for another day. In hindsight, now that I've had a chance to turn the initial 30 second idea into a full track I would have liked for this one to be on the album although I'm not sure which track I'd have left out instead. Either way I'm glad that it is now getting a chance to be released.
Next is 'Tell Me Why?'. Like 'Changing Seasons ' this one came along late in the album process. At that stage the idea still needed a lot of time to flesh it out fully and I already had my hands full finishing off other tracks so I had to put it on the backburner. I've since went back to it and added key elements like the strings, vocal part and reworked the bassline which has turned this into something that again I'd have been happy to have on the album.
Finally there's 'Hippies Groove'. This track was completed in time and was close to being on the album, but when I realised that I could only fit in 12 tracks to ensure it could fit onto a CD a couple of tracks had to be left out and this was one of them. Since then I've went back to it and added a couple of things and now it's getting put to good use!
So these three will form 'The Directors Cut EP' which will be coming out on Beatport promo on the 24th August and in all other stores from the 21st September.
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A lot of my time at the moment is being taken up with remixes of one sort or another. Since the album I've remixed Nestora on Acryl Music, Arco on Candy Music, Fabien Kamb on Lowflow and Danny Stott on Brown Eyed Boyz. I've also just agreed to do yet another remix for Brown Eyed Boyz (my 3rd) and, showing how small a world we live in, it's going to be another remix of a Fabien Kamb track! There's another remix or two in the pipeline, just waiting for clarification before announcing them.
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Meanwhile it's all about remixes for both Body Rhythm and Body Rhythm Black as well at the moment. I've got a number of producers working on remixes of my album for a release that'll come out after the new 'Directors Cut EP'. On Body Rhythm Black I've got a couple of singles by Spin Science coming up. The first 'Tricky Dream' is being remixed by Harold Heath (Urban Torque, Plastic City), Vas Floyd (Plastic City, NightDrive), Art Patrice (Dutchie, Grouper) and myself. Following on from that will be the other single 'Troubled Rockstar' which again has Harold Heath and myself on remix duty (yes that's two remixes for Spin Science i'm doing in top of the others I mentioned earlier!!) alongside another busy man at the moment - Fabien Kamb.
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I've also been looking to get the Body Rhythm catalogue up on one or two other download sites. I'm currently signing the paperwork for DJTunes.com and I'll continue to pursue other worthwhile avenues.
So as you can see it's been a pretty busy time of late, especially with all the remixes but I'm comfortable with what i'm doing these days in the studio so it's not as daunting a workload as it might have appeared a few years ago.
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4th August: More News
Have you all bought the album yet? Ok, just checking! If you bought it from Juno Download then pat yourself on the back for being part of the reason it's been the No.1 selling Deep House album / compilation on that site for over a week now.
The Culpa-Events site just did a review of 'Within Your Soul' (the last track on the LP) which the reviewer describes as "a must have for all beach bar DJs this summer." Where I live 'beach bars' are mythical places rumoured to exist in far away lands so I can't confirm from first hand experience that this statement is true but I'm willing to trust the reviewers judgement!
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On the release front Jevne at Onethirty Recordings tells me that Christian Malloni's excellent remix of my 'Rising Up' track from a couple of years ago is getting re-released as part of a compilation of tracks from Onethirty's back catalogue. Soulman Music, who I am reliably informed are one of the best selling labels on Beatport, are responsible for this release which you can buy now from Beatport This one has only been out a few days but Christian's remix is already up to No.56 on the Deep House chart on the site.
Whilst I'm mentioning Onethirty I should also say that my System Check remix of 'What Do You Know?' by Ronan on the label is out on full release today.
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1st August: New Interview And DJ Mix / News
First off, the latest news on the album is that it's still No.1 on the Juno Download Deep House Album / Compilation chart as it has been for most of the past week. During that time it's been as high as No.11 on the overall Album / Comp chart on the site. Meanwhile over at Traxsource it's the 10th best selling album / unmixed compilation.
Even better I've noticed that if both those charts only included artist albums instead of bundling them in with the DJ mixes and compilations then my LP would have been the No.1 artist album on Juno Download and No.3 on Traxsource!
Thanks to those who have been supporting the album so far and a special thanks to those who have taken the time to get in touch and let me know how you feel about it. I'm relieved to say the feedback has been all positive so far! If you've not yet had a chance to hear or buy the album then you can do so at any of the store links found at the top of this page :-)
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I also wanted to let you all know that I have a new interview and DJ mix up at the MusicForever website. You do have to log in to the site though if you want to hear the mix but the interview can be viewed just by clicking the link. The article features a nice intro that boldly states that the album will win over listeners "who thought electronic music is a messy noise until now" which made me chuckle.
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27th July: News Update
A weeks gone by since the album came out in all the stores and I notice today that it's now No.1 on the Deep House Album / Compilation sales chart at Juno Download and it's also in the Top 20 overall album / comp chart that appears on the front page of the site.
There's been good support on other stores too with the album being featured on Clickgroove / Xpressbeats: " Mr Couch's magnum opus is a varied feast: deep, jacking, playful & soulful grooves, with warm chords, elastic bass, ethereal strings & emotive samples woven in. Great!" whilst Beatsdigital have picked 'Pure' from the album as a featured track and have also included the full LP in their recommended albums feature. Stompy have also picked out the album as having "a little something for everybody".
Also I spotted that the long running online music magazine Urbnet has put the LP at No.1 on their 'Top Picks For July'. This is nice, especially as the list also includes heavyweight artists like Mos Def, Tiga, Silicone Soul and Bob Sinclair!
Tomorrow I'm going to be focusing my attentions on the next Body Rhythm release. Since it'll be a while before the remixes come in for the album there's room for a release in between times. So i've decided to collect 3 or 4 of the tracks that almost made the final cut for the LP but either didn't quite fit in style wise or just weren't finished in time. There's work still to be done on each track but I think it's going to be a good release that should appeal to anyone who's been enjoying the album. It'll be a few weeks before this comes out as I want to give the album some time to do it's thing first.
...Oh, and I've got new DJ charts up on Juno Download, Traxsource and Stompy - check out the 'chart' section of the site for the links to those.
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Meanwhile out today on full release is Fabien Kamb's 'Standpoints EP' on Body Rhythm Black. Get your hands on a copy now from:
21st July: "Night And Day (The Album") : In All Stores From This Week!
The Beatport promo period has ended so from this week on you can get your hands on the "Night And Day" album from all the usual stores (see links at the top of the page). If you haven't bought it yet then now is the perfect time!
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Forgot to mention the other day a couple of remixes I did that have came out recently. Firstly a remix I did quite a while ago for Andrew Phelan & Origami's "Gimme A Beat" on Prismatic Tracks came out last month. The release was DMC Update's single of the month and my own mix received support from DJ's like Luciano, Layo & Bushwacka, Jay West, Charles Spencer, Raoul Belmans and Harold Heath. Buy this one HERE
Also released last week was another remix I did for the Onethirty label. This time I used my System Check alias to rework Ronan's "What Do You Know?" Grab this one hot of the press HERE with additional remixes from Office Gossip and Daniel Kyo.
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I'm continuing to work through some remixes at the moment. I've done a mix of track called 'Homelands' which will come out on Fabien Kamb's new Low Flow label in the near future. I'm also just finishing up a remix for Candy Music this week.
To help promote the album I'm also trying to do DJ charts for most of the major download sites. There's already one up on Juno Download HERE, another will be on Traxsource soon and others will follow in the coming week or two.
Also on my to-do list at the moment is an interview with Hungarian music site MusicForever which will also include an exclusive DJ mix.
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7th July Part 2: "Night And Day - The Album Is Out Now!!
Yes, it's typical of my luck that I had a problem updating the website just as the album was about to go out on promo! If this is the first your hearing of it then don't worry, it's only been out for a couple of weeks on promo so you've still got plenty of time to get your hands on it before it becomes yesterdays news!! Just CLICK HERE to preview and buy the album right now from BEATPORT. It's due out on all other stores on the 20th July.
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Something that I'm experimenting with right now is giving a short preview of my new releases on YouTube. It's all very basic but it's a little more interesting than just posting up a picture of a new release. So, to whet your appetite for the album, you can listen to an 8 track preview (the full album contains 12 tracks) by clicking HERE
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So what's the reaction been like to the album so far? Well i've been pretty happy so far. Beatport have been very supportive - they included one of the tracks "Last One Home" on their 'Beatport 20' radio show which gets syndicated on radio shows around the globe. For those of you who don't know the show is a weekly countdown of the top 10 selling tracks on the site, plus 10 tracks (mine being one them) being selected by the Beatport staff as "the hottest new tracks of the week". This is my first time being featured in this way and considering there's thousands of tracks being released each week on the site I was pretty happy about this. Check out more info about the Beatport 20 show HERE
Also I did an INTERVIEW about the album which Beatport selected to appear on the main feed of their popular blog site Beatportal. In it they describe the album as "one of the most competent and well rounded house albums of the year, with a sound that bridges dancefloors and home stereos with warm soothing chords, serene vocals, funky rhythms and chunky house grooves."
Meanwhile there's been a good REVIEW of the album on the Deeplink where they finish up by saying that it's "Absolutely recommended". I'm expecting another review or two to come in any day now. There's also been lots of DJ support for the LP which you can read in the press section of the site.
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I took a week off after the album was finally finished at the start of June to recharge my batteries so that was definitely enjoyable. I'm right back into the thick of it now though with a series of remixes to get through. I'm currently working on another remix for the Brown Eyed Boyz label (I remixed a Claes Rosen track for them earlier in the year, this time it's Danny Stott). I also recently finished a remix of a track by Nestora for Acryl Music...also funnily enough my second remix for them after working on Da Funk's 'Sativa' track last year. i've got at least another 3 remixes to get through after these so it's back to being busy again round these parts.
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As well as that I'm slowly but surely putting together a team of remixers to work on the remix package for the "Night And Day" album. It's taking a while to arrange so it's probably going to be 6-8 weeks at the very earliest before this sees the light of day, although I have just received the first remix back from the Candy Dealers (Jay West and Christian Malloni) who have been working on 'Lost Without You' from the album.
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With the album out the way I've had a chance to get the Body Rhythm Black label moving again as well. Out just last week was Fabien Kamb's excellent 2nd release for the label entitled the "Standpoints EP" which features 3 tracks from the man himself alongside two additional remixes from Spin Science and Da Funk. Currently out on 4 week Beatport promo so be sure to get your hands on a copy right now by clicking HERE Also if you like you can also watch the YouTube preview for this release HERE
More good news on the Body Rhythm Black front is that last week I signed up two strong new singles from Spin Science for the label. I'm just waiting on the parts right now so I can get some remixes commissioned for them. Something to look forward to for sure!
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7th July Part 1: I'm Back!
You'll notice it's been a long time since my last post. This isn't because nothings been going on - far from it! The problem has been that one day the package I used to update the site stopped working for no apparent reason. I couldn't find the original discs to reinstall so in the end I had to admit defeat and re-buy the software. I have investigated the possibility of switching the site over to a blog which I could just update online and that may happen at some stage as it's a bit easier to manage...we'll see how it goes.
Anyway, now that I'm back I'll update you all on the recent goings on in a seperate post above.
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21st
May: DJ Reactions Online
I
mentioned about the DJ reactions for the album sampler the other
day their and then forgot to put them up so apologies for that
- they are now up in the 'press' section. With a little less
than 2 weeks gone now since the promo went up on Beatport
the EP has been going well with 'Sounds Like Summer'
now up to No.23 on the Deep House chart on the site. From the
sales figures i'm seeing for this one I'm actually kind of surprised
it hasn't went higher up the chart (I've been higher with less
sales in the past). It'd be great if it would continue to rise
into the top 20 (Note: the track finally peaked at No.19 a day after this was posted) but overall i'm very happy with how it's going
so far and its also good to see that 'Rhythm & Blues'
has also climbed up inside the top 50 as well (currently at
No.42).
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16th
May: 'Night And Day' Album Sampler: Promo Out Now!
I
promise that the site will be updated more regularly once the
album (titled 'Night And Day') comes out but right
now all my free time is being eaten up by the album as I look
to finish it up for release (hopefully) in late June.
In the mean time the good news is that this week I released
a 3 track sampler for the album, currently on promo at BEATPORT
for the usual 4 week exclusive
period. Great reactions from the DJ's for
this one, especially 'Sounds Like Summer' which you
can hear on the May podcasts of both Shur-I-Kan
and Nacho Marco as well as making No.6 on Scope's
monthly chart. There's a whole host of other DJ support which
you can read in the 'Press' section of the site. The track is
currently starting it's rise up the Beatport Deep House chart,
up to No.65 today, with another track from the sampler 'Rhythm
& Blues' following closely behind.
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There's
another of my tracks in the Beatport Deep House Chart at the
moment though - At No.46 is my remix of Karol VXII &
MB Valence's 'Drooling Mouthpiece'. This one
has actually been in the Top 50 for the past week or so along
with the other mixes on the EP from Sebastian Davidson
and Nacho Marco. Also on the remix front my
mix of Andrew Phelan & Origami's 'Gimme A Beat' on Prismatic
Tracks finally came out on Beatport promo during the week.
Also,
if your looking for more good music then remember that both
parts of 'Body Rhythm Remixed Vol.2' are in stores now (see
links at the top of the site!
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Meanwhile
on Body Rhythm Black i'm happy to say that we've enlisted the
services of talented producer Spin Science
(Urban Torque, Elevation, Cabrio) to do a remix of Fabien
Kamb's 'Stay Down For A While'. This will
form part of the Standpoints EP which features 3 original tracks
plus an additional rmx from friend of the label Da Funk.
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April: 'Scotch On The Rocks' Update
A month after it's release 'Scotch On The
Rocks' from the 'Night At The Casino EP' continues to perform
well. It's currently No.2 in the overall chart at Wasabeat
after topping the chart last week. Meanwhile it climbed into
the Top 50 of the overall sales chart at Stompy and
I also see that Juno Download have included it at No.10
in their monthly 'Juno
Recommends: Deep House' chart for April.
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24th
March: Ross Couch Debut Album Due Out This Summer!
Well
it's time to officially announce on the site that I'm working
on my first album and I hope it goes some way to explaining
why I've been a bit slow with the updates on here in recent
times! It's been a long time coming - I came close to doing
an album for Bargrooves a few years ago but I just wasn't inspired
at the time and so it never came to fruition. After a couple
of years building up my Body Rhythm label though I now feel
like it's a right time to do this.
I've
kept news of this fairly quiet up until now as I didn't want
to put to much pressure on myself by letting people know before
I had a good few tracks ready. I've been busy working on tracks
since late December - in between doing the occasional remix
and a couple of release for Body Rhythm / Body Rhythm Black.
It's been hard work but thankfully I can see light at the end
of the tunnel now. As it stands I have pretty much an album's
worth of material in various states of completion so I'm currently
working my way through them all and developing the ideas into
full tracks. I'd expect when finished there'll be between 10-14
tracks and the plan is to make them all good one's - I don't
want this to be one of those albums where there's 2 or 3 good
tracks and the rest are just filling up space!
So
what's the album going to sound like? Well....like me really!
If you like what i've been doing over the last few years then
you should (I hope!) enjoy the album. I'm not looking to reinvent
the wheel here, I want it to represent the sound that I've become
known for and have been producing on my Body Rhythm label so
far.
I'm excited about the tracks I've come up with so far and am
really looking forward to being able to let people hear them!
I
can't say for sure yet when the album will be ready but I'd
like it to come out sometime between May - July. Some of the
tracks have a real feeling of summer about them so that would
be the perfect time for them to come out and it will also roughly
co-incide with the 2nd birthday of the label. Nothing's finalised
yet but I would expect to put out an 'album sampler' first with
a few select tracks on it and the full album would follow after
that. Then i'll be looking to get the remixers in to rework
some of the key tracks from the album.
I think it's likely the album is going to be digital only...in
an ideal world I'd like to have it out on CD too but that's
a completely different market that I'm unfamiliar with and with
the economy the way it is it might not be the ideal time to
dip my toe in the water!
Stay
tuned for more details in the coming weeks!
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23rd
March: Body Rhythm Remixed Vol.2 (Part 2) Out Now
The
second installment of the Remix EP is also now out on it's 4
week promo period at Beatport.
Click the image above for a direct link. This time the remixes
come from JP Phillippe (Feelings Can't
Explain), Lukas Keizer (Flightpath),
Fabien Kamb (Coast To Coast) and myself
(Still Striving).
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Meanwhile
i'm happy to say that the first part has had a successful first
week with Lukas Greenberg's remix leading the
charge by climbing into the Top 50 of the extremely competitive
Tech House Sales Chart at Beatport (currently No.48 and rising).
Both of Kirby's remixes are nestled in the top 100 of the Deep
House Sales chart too.
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More
good news on the chart front today is that Scotch On The
Rocks from my previous release on Body Rhythm has climbed
to No.1 on the overall sales chart at Wasabeat!
This is a first for the label (the highest position I'd managed
previously was No.5 overall for 'Woman' a couple of releases
ago) and it's a store I'm fond of so I was definitely happy
to see this.
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Finally
an apology as I promised some other news last week but didn't
have time in the end so check back tomorrow
for that!
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17th
March: Body Rhythm Remixed Vol.2 (Part 1) Out Now
Well
it's finally here! Part one of the next volume of 'Body
Rhythm Remixed' hit stores yesterday with 4 great new mixes
of "A New System". At the helm are Kirby
(two mixes), Karol XVII & MB Valence and
Lukas Greenberg. Definitely excited about this
one, all the guys did a great job with their mixes. Click on
the artwork above to jump straight to the Beatport
site where this one will be available to buy exclusively for
the next 4 weeks. The 2nd part is due out next Monday (23rd
March) with remixes of "Coast To Coast",
"Feelings Can't Explain", "Flightpath"
and "Still Striving". DJ feedback for both
parts has been great, check them out in the press section of
the site.
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The
'Night At The Casino EP' is continuing to do well since
it's full release and people are showing their continued love
for the jazzier tracks on the label by getting behind 'Scotch
On The Rocks'. As well as being charted by a number of
house DJ's the track has been making appearances on various
digital sites sales charts including going Top 100 on the overall
chart at Stompy (currently No.83 and
climbing), peaking at No.5 on the Deep House chart
on Juno Download and reaching No.5
in the overall sales chart at Wasabeat.
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I'll
be announcing something exciting later on in the week so check
back for that!
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12th
March: Overdue Update!
Can't
believe it's been a month since I last posted on the site! There
is a good excuse though as I'm working on something exciting,
but you'll have to check back next week to here more about that!
In the mean time here's what's been going on...
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Both
of the releases on Body Rhythm / Body Rhythm Black that were
mentioned in my previous update have finished their promo period
and are now in stores (see links at the top of the page). The
'Night At The Casino EP' in particular has been doing
well and has been a featured release on Beatport, Stompy,
Primal, Wasabeat and Beatsdigital in the past
couple of weeks. I was also looking through Juno Download's
deep house DJ charts earlier and I notice that Kirby,
Tommy Largo and Giom are all charting 'Scotch
On The Rocks' from that release - confirming what we already
knew, that they are men with good taste in music. Thanks guys!
:-)
Speaking
of which, Check out the Chart section of this site for my latest
Top 10's for Beatport and Juno Download.
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This
Monday (16th March) is a date to mark on your calander as it's
the day that the long awaited 'Body Rhythm Remixed Vol.2' release
hits stores. Well to be exact it'll be Vol.2 Part 1 on that
date with remixes of 'A New System' from Kirby,
Karol XVII & MB Valence and Lukas Greenberg.
Vol.2 Part 2 follows a week later with mixes from JP Phillippe
('Feelings Can't Explain'), Lucas Keizer ('Flightpath'), Fabien
Kamb ('Coast To Coast') and myself ('Still Striving').
Lots of great feedback and support coming from a host of top
DJ's (will post of the reactions soon) so I can't wait for the
Beatport promos to come out.
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There's
new stuff on the remix front as well. Out this week is my mix
of Claes Rosen's 'I Want' on the Brown Eyed Boyz
label alongside a reworking from Cosmic Belt. I'm also
very happy to have been asked to be a part of the remix package
put together by Karol XVII and MB Valence as the finale to their
three part 'Deep, Deeper, Deepest' EP series. I have
just finished work on a mix of 'Drooling Mouthpiece'
from the 3rd EP which currently resides at No.13 in the Deep
House chart at Beatport. Other artists working on remixes for
the release are Nacho Marco and Sebastian Davidson
so it should be a good one.
And finally as I mentioned earlier I have some big news to share
next week so be sure to come back next week to find out more...
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10th
February: Latest Promos...
As
you'll no doubt have noticed from the images above I've got
a couple of new releases out at the moment! Both are Beatport
promo's for the next 4 weeks so click on the pictures to be
sent directly to the site where you can listen and purchase
them.
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I
recently did an interview for a website called subdialectic.com
which you can check out here: http://www.subdialectic.com/?p=441
This came about thanks to Stephan Hoellermann who I
know of thanks to his Duoswing alias which produced
a rather nice jazzy track called 'Metrotendancies'
on Gotta Keep Faith last year. Apparently he's a regular
visitor to this site so if your reading this - thanks Stephan!
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I
know I'm always saying this but I really mean it...I'm very
busy in the studio right now! In amongst a flurry of original
material for a special project i'm working on for the label
I happened to produce a remix for the forthcoming 'Body
Rhythm Remixed Vol.2" release. I hadn't intended to
do a remix but it just kind of happened so I'm not complaining!
The track i'm revisiting is 'Still Striving' from the very first
release on the label.
Also
I've now heard Kirby's remixes (Yes, I said remixES!)
of 'A New System' and unsurprisingly they are excellent!
One has a similar stripped back feel to his huge selling 'Playin'
Jazz' remix and the other goes in a different direction
with a more soulful chord led approach that also sounds very
nice indeed.
The
full remix EP is now sounding so large that I've taken the decision
to split it into two parts (first part will include the 4 remixes
of 'A New System' and the second will house the 4 other
remixes chosen from the labels back catalogue). The two parts
will be released one week apart hopefully in March. It's definitely
a release that's not to be missed!
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27th
January: New Releases Forthcoming
Apologies
for the lack of updates in the last couple of weeks, had to
batten down the hatches to get some new releases finished for
the labels so I haven't had a lot of spare time. Anyway, I'm
happy to say that my new 'Night At The Casino EP' on
Body Rhythm will be out on Beatport promo next week with
System Check - 'Online / Get Energized' on Body
Rhythm Black due the following week.
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I
should also let you know about a couple of other releases that
came out in the last week or so. First up the remix I did of
JP Phillipe's "Providence Of The Cosmos' on Disclosure
Project is in stores now. Also the Mix CD 'East: Volume
Lotus' mixed by DJ Ping which features Kirby's mix of 'Playin'
Jazz' is also out now (Click on the pictures below to find out
more).
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There's
also news about remixes for the label. Da Funk and
Jon Silva are both working on remixes of a stand-out
track from Fabien Kamb's forthcoming 'Viewpoints
EP' so this is going to be a really strong package to look
forward too on Body Rhythm Black. Meanwhile I'm proud
to announce that Plastic City's Lukas Greenberg is
another producer who will be involved in the forthcoming 'Body
Rhythm Remixed Vol.2' EP. As with Karol XVII & MB Valence
he chose 'A New System' to remix and has turned in an excellent
techier edged mix. If you like the original version of this
track, one of the top sellers on the label to date, then your
going to be spoilt for choice on this EP as Kirby also
chose this one to remix! He's busy working on his remix at the
moment so I can't wait to hear his take on it. Other tracks
that have been remixed for the EP include 'Coast To Coast',
'Feelings Can't Explain' and 'Flightpath'.
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7th
January: Happy New Year!
Happy
New Year to you all. The year's only a week old but I'm already
excited about what's in store. I've been been burning the candle
at both ends working on new music, mainly for the Body Rhythm
label, and there's some really nice tracks emerging. I'm not
the only one who's been busy though...
I'm
delighted to say that Fabien Kamb has written a follow-up
to his debut release on Body Rhythm Black at the tail-end
of last year. The 'Viewpoints EP' features 3 excellent
tracks, including what I consider his best track to date "Stay
Down For A While" which leaves me in no doubt that
this producer has a bright future ahead of him.
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Meanwhile
it's my pleasure to announce that Karol XVII & MB Valence
will feature on the 'Body Rhythm Remixed Vol.2'
release with their mix of one of the best selling tracks on
the label to date 'A New System'. The guys have been
on top form recently with tracks from their two most recent
EP's cracking the Beatport Deep House Top 10. I recieved their
mix of 'A New System' just a few days ago and it's sounding
great! I'm still awaiting remixes from several other producers
for the release so stay tuned for more details.
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As
for the most recent releases on the labels, Latenta Projects
remix of 'Parallel Universe' on Body Rhythm Black
has stayed in the Beatport Deep House Top 100 for almost it's
entire 4 week promo period. The full release is due out in other
stores this Monday (12th Jan). Also Tommy Largo's remix
of my own track 'The Sound Of The Streets' has steadily
worked it's way up to No.48 in the overall sales chart at Stompy.
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Last
but not least - I'm now actively seeking new music for the labels,
so if your a producer you can send links to your tracks via
the email address found in the contact page. A couple of things
to consider before sending your tracks...
1.Please
check out the labels output first before sending to make sure
that your style of music is appropriate. To give you a rough
idea:
2.
I know it's tempting but don't just send any track you've got
lying around. As always the labels quality control is set to
high so please send me only the cream of your crop, the tastiest
fruits of your musical labor!
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31st
December: A Look Back And A Step Forward
Well
that's another year that's flown by! This was my first full
year working almost exclusively on my own labels and I definitely
enjoyed that. Thing started off well in February with the release
of the "Showstoppa" EP which at that time
became the best selling release on the label, mainly thanks
to the popularity of the jazz sampling "Rhythm Is Our
Business" track. The biggest success was still to
come though in the summer with the "Body Rhythm Remixed
EP Vol.1" which was put together to celebrate our
10th release. Kirby's remix of "Playin' Jazz"
became an instant hit on Beatport, rising to No.1 on the Deep
House Chart and staying in the top 10 for 7 weeks. It'll certainly
be a challenge in '09 to try and top that one! The year ended
on a high with some strong releases, including the "Second
Nature EP" which charted on many of the download stores
it appeared on and recently moved past the "Showstoppa
EP" as the 2nd best selling EP on the label so far.
Body
Rhythm Black was also launched in the middle of 2008 initially
as a platform for my 'System Check' alias but has started
to broaden it's outlook with recent releases by new talent Fabien
Kamb whilst remixes from Latenta Project and myself
under my own name have proven popular. I'll be looking to continue
this trend by bringing in more producers to the Black label
in '09.
Though
much of my energy was focused on the Body Rhythm labels I've
also had a chance to remix for other labels in '08, and several
of them won't actually see the light of day until the New Year.So
look out for new remixes for J P Phillippe on Disclosure
Project (Due Out In January), Leon Du Star on
Control Recordings, Ronan on Onethirty,
Andrew Phelan & Origami for Prismatic and
finally one I just finished a couple of weeks agoClaes
Rosen for Brown Eyed Boyz.
Despite
the worries we all have over the the economy I have some exciting
plans for the Body Rhythm label and have a feeling that 2009
could turn out to be the best yet. The release of "Body
Rhythm Remixed Vol.2" in Feb/March time should be one to
look forward to but there's much more to come than just that
so stay tuned to the website!
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23rd
December: Seasons Greetings!
With
Christmas only a couple of days away I'm looking forward to
having a few days break from the music to recharge my batteries.
Until them I'm working on new ideas for tracks for the labels
that'll see the light of day next year. I haven't confirmed
yet what the next (14th) Body Rhythm EP will be, I'll figure
that out in January. More certain is that the 15th release will
be "Body Rhythm Remixed Vol.2". I just signed
up the 6th and final remixer to appear on this release last
week so I can now just sit back and look forward to hearing
what they all come up with. I'll be announcing who the remixers
are and what tracks they are working on in the New Year.
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My
final release of the year: System Check - Into Orbit / Parallel
Universe - Body Rhythm Black 005 is currently into it's
2nd week on promo at BEATPORT.
Featuring remixes by myself and Latenta Project this
one has gained support from the usual suspects like Laurent
Garnier, Spiritchaser, Jon Silva, Da Funk & Spin Science.
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I
mentioned a few months back that I had signed a new distribution
deal that would bring the labels catalogues to more online stores
like iTunes, Napster, etc. Unfortunately this hasn't went well
so far with seemingly very little being done and now I can't
even get a hold of the distributor so I fear that this isn't
going to to turn out well. Don't worry though, the sites that
the labels have always appeared on (links to which appear at
the top of this page) are unaffected by this since they weren't
part of the deal - I have always, and will continue to deal
them with those stores directly. So it's not the end of the
world, Body Rhythm has been running for going on 2 years now
without the other stores so we can wait a while longer. Hopefully
the situation will be resolved early in the New Year.
So
that's about all for now. Have a great Christmas everyone!
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14th
December: Update
This
week saw the official release of my 'Sound Of The Streets
EP' on Body Rhythm and Fabien Kamb's 'Indigo / Samurai
Part 1 EP' on Body Rhythm Black, available in all the usual
music stores (I'm now including direct links to my releases
on the one's I deal with directly permanently at the top of
this page to make things a bit easier). Some notable high points
for the EP's this week include Part 1 of the Indigo / Samurai
EP reaching No.3 in the Deep House sales chart at Juno
Download (No.11 in the overall sales chart
for new releases this week), whilst The Sound Of The Streets
EP climbed to No.3 in the Jackin' Chart at Traxsource
(No.77 Overall).
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Right
now i'm working on a remix of Claes Rosen - 'I want', a track
first released earlier on in the year through the Brown Eyed
Boyz label. They are now putting together a remix package for
early next year that'll include versions from Cosmic Belt (Glidescope
/ Elevation) & Acos CoolKAs (Deepology / Proton) along with
myself. I'm hoping to finish off my deeper take on the original
track sometime in the coming week.
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My
latest DJ chart for Beatport is now live on the site here.
It was originally supposed to go up in the middle of November
but it's better late than never! Also feel free to check out
Fabien Kamb's first chart for the site here.
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Finally,
for those who haven't heard yet, a few of the online stores
I release through have had a facelift in the last couple of
weeks. First up Stompy
has had a major graphical overhaul and introduced several new
features including an upgraded music player. Traxsource
have also been busy launching
Level 4 of their site which now includes the option to purchase
in WAV format, and in a nice touch - upgrade your existing downloads
from the site to WAV format for a small fee. Also be on the
lookout for Beatport
4.0 which they have just announced is launching sometime in
January '09. I'm certainly excited to see what new features
they have up their sleeve. In the mean time there's more good
news for customers of the site as they recently announced new
lower prices for UK and European customers. These are three
of the best download stores for dance music and i'm very happy
to have my music on them so be sure to consider them the next
time your buying tracks!
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30th
November: Last Release Of the Year!
I've been hard at work over the past week finishing
off my final release of the year which is going to be: System
Check - Into Orbit / Parallel Universe on Body Rhythm
Black. "Into Orbit" will appear only as a Ross
Couch Remix of the previously unreleased System Check track.
'Parallel Universe' features both the original mix as well as
an additional remix from Macedonian deep house trio Latenta
Project who've had previous releases and remixes on the
likes of Proton Music, Epsilon Trax and Deepology.
Scheduled
for it's promo run on Beatport on the 15th December it'll be
interesting to see how the Christmas season affects sales. In
the past I've avoided putting out tracks during this period
but I've heard some arguements for giving it a go in recent
times so I've decided it's time to test the waters and see for
myself. Hopefully people won't be too pre-occupied stuffing
their faces full of chocolate in front of the TV watching James
Bond re-runs to log-in and buy the tracks!
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I'm
happy to say that this weekend my recent 'Second Nature
EP' on Body Rhythm became the 2nd best selling EP on the
label to date. It's good to see this one doing well, especially
as all 3 tracks have performed well rather than just 1 track
stealing the limelight. Meanwhile my original mix of 'The
Sound Of The Streets' from my latest EP of the same name
is about to enter it's 4th week on the Deep House Top 100 chart
at Beatport (currently at No.72 having peaked at No.27) during
it's promo period, as has my remix of Fabien Kamb's'Indigo' on Body Rhythm Black (currently at No.58 having
peaked at No.19).
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24th
November: Fabien Kamb - Indigo / Samurai EP Part 2 - Body Rhythm
Black 00402
The
last week's been pretty busy as I tried to sort out the technical
difficulties with Fabien's track 'Samurai' on Beatport. After
the distruption the best solution I could come up with was to
take the track off the EP and give it a fresh start. So I decided
to re-release it as 'Part 2' of the release along with a new
remix by myself under my System Check alias. Luckily the remix
came together pretty quickly and Part two of the EP is available
from today on promo at BEATPORT.
Thankfully there's been no problems with the audio on the site
this time round!
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Since
the last update I've also finished my remix of the Javi Lopez'
track 'Fuzz Tactic' for Homesick Recordings. I'm now looking
to see whether I can squeeze another Body Rhythm release out
before the end of the year. I've got some nice ideas that I'm
kicking around at the moment but really I'd need to have them
finished by the end of the week in order to get an EP out before
Christmas. Let's see how it goes, if the tracks aren't ready
in time then the next release on the label will probably be
around mid-January time.
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14th
November: Audio Mix-Up
Well
it looks like I spoke to soon yesterday as the audio problem
with 'Samurai' (The music playing in the track preview is my
remix of 'Indigo' when it should be Fabien's original mix of
'Samurai) on Beatport is back again this morning. It's obviously
some sort of unusual technical glitch on the site so hopefully
the problem can be located and fixed for good today. Unfortunately
we've now missed out on the best part of a weeks sales on the
site for that track.
Meanwhile
My own mix of Fabien's track 'Indigo' continues to rise up the
Deep House chart, now at No.22. Check out the release now at
BEATPORT
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13th
November: Body Rhythm & Body Rhythm Black Releases Out Now!
Usually
getting the releases up for their Beatport promo goes pretty
smoothly but we hit a bit of bumpy road with this one. On Monday
morning due to some kinf of error neither release appeared on
the site. Luckily we deal directly with Beatport and so were
able to get in touch with them about it and by lunchtime my
'The Sound Of The Streets EP" on Body Rhythm was up. The
new Fabien Kamb release 'Indigo / Samurai EP' however has proven
to be a bit more problematic and one of the tracks in particular
'Samurai' has only went live on the site late this afternoon.
Speaking to the technical guys at Beatport they think it was
some kind of encoding error.
So
not a great way for Fabien to kick off his debut release but
on the positive side my own remix of the 'Indigo' track from
the EP has made it's way to No.28 on the Deep House chart which
is pretty good going considering the initial problems we've
had. The original mixes found on the 'Sound of The Streets EP'
have also entered the Deep House Top 100 and that EP is also
currently featured on the Deep House page at Beatport.
Click
on the images below to be taken directly to the EP's on Beatport...
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Today
I started work on another remix, this time of a Javi Lopez track
'Fuzz Tactic' for Lucas Keiser's Homesick Recordings.
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9th
November: Weekend Update
Check
out the Press
Section for all the reactions to my new 'Sound Of The Streets
EP' which hits Beatport for a 4 week promo tomorrow. It's
going to be a busy week as we've also got the debut release
from Fabien Kamb - "Indigo / Samurai EP"
including a remix from myself lined up on Body Rhythm Black
for it's Beatport promo.
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Whilst
it's great to have to have some new releases on the way I must
give a special mention to the previous 'Second Nature EP'
which continues to sell well. Sometime in the next few days
I'm expecting it to become the 3rd best selling release on the
label (after 'Body Rhythm Remixed Vol.1' & the 'Showstoppa
EP'). In the past week it reached No.1 on the 'Soul' chart onSTOMPY, where both Raoul Belmans
and Andrew Phelan are both currently charting 'Dive
In' for the release. Over at BEATSDIGITAL 'Dive
in' has climbed to No.1 on the Deep House chart (No.11 in the
overall sales chart) whilst 'A New System' is also up to No.3
on their Tech House Sales Chart. 'Woman' is also spending it's
2nd week in the Top 10 overall sales chart at WASABEAT
(currently at No.5).
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I've
been busy planning the next Body Rhythm Remixed EP which will
come out early next year. 5 talented producers are currently
working on their remixes for the release and I hope to get 1
more on board in the near future.l I won't say who they all
are at the moment (oh, the suspense!) but I'm delighted to say
that Kirby (who's remix of 'Playin' Jazz' on the first Remx
EP is the biggest single track on the label to date ) confirmed
this week that he'll be back to work his magic again as part
of the EP.
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28th
October: New Ross Couch EP Ready For Release on Body Rhythm!
Good
news today that my new 'Sound Of The Streets EP' is finished
and will be the next release on Body Rhythm. I'm happy to say
that I've got a couple of great producers on remix duty for
the release. In demand Dutch producer Tommy Largo (Kolour, Guesthouse,
Control, Lost My Dog) and Chicago veteran Bryan Jones (Control,
I Records, Farris Wheel, Aroma) give the remix treatment to
"The Sound Of The Streets" and "Dark Days"
respectively making this a strong package that's not to be missed.
Promos are out to DJ's this afternoon and hopefully the EP will
be out in a couple of weeks time. I'll try to get sound clips
up on myspace in the next couple of days.
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I'm
currently working on a remix of Leon Du Star & Talkbox Mayhem's
"When The Sun Comes Down" for Control Recordings.
This will be part of a remix package that will follow on from
the original release which is on Beatport promo right now.
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Fabien
Kamb's 'Indigo / Samurai EP inc Ross Couch Remix' (Body Rhythm
Black 004) is now complete and in the hands of the DJ's ahead
of it's promo release on Beatport in a couple of weeks time.
Early support already emerging from Scope, Spiritchaser, Lukas
Greenberg, Da Funk and more.
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21st
October: Update Part 2
I'm
happy to say that I've made a new signing to the Body Rhythm
Black label. Fabien Kamb is a new artist from Montreal,
Canada who'll be making his debut on the label with the 'Indigo
/ Samurai EP'. This is a great EP of deep and tech influences
with real depth and some clever touches. I am currently working
on a remix of 'Indigo' to complete the package which will become
the 4th release due out within the next month or so.
Also
on Body Rhythm Black I have arranged for the impressive Latenta
Project trio (Proton, Sick Watana, Deepology), who hail
from the Republic Of Macedonia, to remix a track from my latest
System Check EP. They have a really nice melodic style that
I've been enjoying a lot lately. This release was intended to
be next out on the label but to give the guys time to complete
their mix I've now pushed it back to be the 5th release instead.
Look out for it probably around late November.
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20th
October: Latest News Update
Sorry
for the lack of updates in the last couple of weeks but rest
assured I've been keeping busy and have some good stuff coming
up in the very near future. Before I get to that though I should
let you all know that both the Ross Couch -Second Nature
EP on Body Rhythm and System Check - Rise & Fall
EP on Body Rhythm Black have now finished off their promo
runs and are out in all the usual stores right now.
Since
I started the labels I've noticed with interest how different
tracks perform better on different sites. For instance with
the latest Body Rhythm EP, 'A New System' was the most
popular track on the EP during the promo run on BEATPORT
perhaps because of it sits closest to the
deep/tech sound that's in favour at the moment. However on DANCE
RECORDS for instance 'Dive In'
is selling better - as I type this it's at No.3 on their overall
sales chart for the past week, and it's also one of the featured
tracks of the week at BEATS
DIGITAL. Meanwhile 'Woman', the
most soulful track on the EP has found favour on TRAXSOURCE,
where it helped the EP into their Top 100 Sales chart and it's
also made it's way to No.5 on the House Chart at Japanese site
WASABEAT.
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I've
got to head off now but come back tomorrow for news of a new
signing to the Body Rhythm Black label and also find out who
I've got lined up to remix tracks from both labels in the coming
weeks!
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5th
October: Remixes For Body Rhythm
I've
completed two tracks for my new Body Rhythm EP "The Sound
Of The Streets" which are sounding good and I've lined
up a couple of talented producers to give them the remix treatment.
Apart from the 'Body Rhythm Remixed' series (the 2nd volume
of which I'm aiming to put together in a few months) which was
a huge success I've rarely commissioned remixes for the label
due to time constraints so it's a nice opportunity to change
things up a little. I'll keep the names of the remixers quiet
until nearer the release date so stay tuned for more info!
I'm
happy to say the next System Check release on Body Rhythm Black
is also taking shape and advance promos to DJ's might be going
out sometime in the coming week if all goes well.
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Meanwhile
my latest Body Rhythm release 'Second Nature EP' is approaching
it's final week on promo at Beatport and is already one of the
labels most successful promos to date. Looking forward to seeing
how it does when it hits other stores a week on Monday.
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25th
September: New Distribution Deal For The Body Rhythm labels!
I
bring good news today as I'm happy to announce that I've just
signed up to a new digital distribution deal for the Body Rhythm
& Body Rhythm Black labels. Until now I've been distributing
the releases on the labels to some of the major digital download
sites directly, bypassing the need for a distributor. In
that regard nothing is going to change - I'll
still be cutting out the middle man to deal directly to Beatport,
Traxsource, Stompy, Juno Download, Clickgroove / Xpressbeats,
DJDownload, Primal, Wasabeat and BeatsDigital.
However
there's many other sites out their that I just don't have the
time and resources to reach. My new deal with DanceRecords.com's
new Digital Download Service now ensures that the labels will
now be available on a whole host of other stores as well. This
includes major sites like iTunes, Napster, Amazon and eMusic
as well as some great niche sites like DanceTracksDigital,
Trackitdown and Audio Jelly to name but a few. In all it
should increase the total number of stores i'm on from 10 to
aprox 100! This isn't going to mean 10 times the amount of sales
I'll be making for each release (although I certainly wouldn't
complain if it did!), sites that i'm already on like Beatport
are still the biggest sellers for dance music, but it will help
the labels grow and reach a new audience, whilst giving existing
supporters more choice as to where to buy the releases.
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Not
much else to report. I went to the dentist yesterday and found
out I need to get a wisdom tooth yanked out so I spent much
of the rest of the day feeling sorry for myself!
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23rd
September: Quick Update
Things
have been a bit disrupted in the last week or so but i've managed
to come up with a couple of tracks that should work well for
my next EP on Body Rhythm. Meanwhile the Second Nature EP
continues to be picking up a lot of praise so thanks to those
who've been supporting that one (including the Spiritchaser
guys who just charted 'A New System' at No.3 on their Beatport
chart this month).
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Latest
news on the licensing front is that Ross Couch - 'Playin'
Jazz (Kirby Remix)' has been selected to appear on the
"East - Volume Lotus" double Mix CD. This
is the 3rd in a series of Mix CD's released by the 'Wax N Soul'
label in conjunction with the impressively designed 'East' hotel
located in Hamburg, Germany (http://east-hamburg.de/).
Expect this one to hit stores in November.
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16th
September: Ross Couch - Second Nature EP - Body Rhythm: Beatport
Promo
The
twelfth release on Body Rhythm hit BEATPORT
on promo yesterday so I hope you all have time to check it out.
There's been some really great DJ reactions for this EP which
you can check out in the press section and in the past 24hrs
I've already recieved lots of messages of support from people
who've just had a chance to hear the tracks so thanks to those
who took the time to do so - it's very much appreciated so keep
them coming!
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I
just finished work on remixing the Ronan track "What Do
You Know" on Onethirty Recordings so look out for that
one coming out soon. I'm still waiting on parts for the other
remixes I have in the pipelin so in the meantime I'm going to
be making some headway on writing some tracks for the next bunch
of EP's on the Body Rhythm labels.
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8th
September: System Check - Rise & Fall EP Out On Promo Today!
my
new System Check - Rise & Fall EP on Body Rhythm
Black is out on promo today so be sure to check this one
out, I think it's definitely the best release under my System
Check alias so far. You can buy the promo exclusively from BEATPORT
for the next 4 weeks. You can listen to track previews at the
labels myspace page HERE
and also feel free to check out the DJ reactions from the likes
of Laurent Garnier, Scope, Shur-I-Kan and Spiritchaser amongst
others in the 'press' section of this site.
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Also
if you get a chance tune in online to my exclusive mix for DJ
Amir's 'Monday Deep Session' radio show which starts tonights
at 8pm GMT on Push
FM
Tracklisting
for the mix:
Ivan
I & Jason Howell - Funky Moves - Tarantic
TJ Kong & Nuno Dos Santos - Tranentrekker - Compost
Shur-I-Kan & Milton Jackson - Strange Zensation - Winding
Road
Mechanique - A Perfect Alibi - Destroy The Ego
Bleep District & Kinky Movement - You Don't Let Me - Replay
Tovar - Definition off (Jay West Mix) - SoSound
Tovar - 40 Seconds - 3am Recordings
Patchen - A Pale Blue Dot (JV's Mix) - Harmonious Discord
Scope - Feelings - Helvetica
Hugh Hephner - Lotus Bomb - Siteholder
Brendon Moeller - Electricity - Leena Music
The Youngsters - Rock To The Bit - Ovum
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6th
September : New DJ Mix On Air This Monday
With
the engineering work now almost complete for the new Purobeach
Desert Lounge 2 CD (Meerkat Music), I'm looking forward to making
a start on the Ronan remix for Onethirty Recordings on Monday.
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I've
recorded a new DJ mix for DJ Amir's 'Monday Deep Session'
radio show on Push
FM and it airs this Monday at 8pm (GMT).
Other recent guest DJ's on the show include Terry Lee Brown
Jr, Shur-I-Kan and Solomun. The mix will be similar in style
to the "Deep In The Tronics" mix I did earlier on
in the year (if you haven't heard that one then give it a listen
now in the 'music' section). Don't worry if you miss the show,
it'll be archived so I'll post a link to that when it goes online.
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1st
September : Flightpath EP Out On Full Release Today
Today
sees the full release for my latest EP on Body Rhythm. This
one is available to buy now from the following stores:
Check
out the 'press' section of the site to read DJ Reactions to
the release.
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Meanwhile
Tokyo based digital site Wasabeat
has included 'Feelings Can't Explain' on their latest
digital Mix compilation entitled 'Boys & Girls 08'
and described as a 'Bitter-sweet house compilation'. You can
buy it either as a DJ mix or as individual tracks exclusively
from their site now.
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Over
the weekend I agreed to do another couple of remixes (I'll let
you know names when things have been finalised) so, along with
the other work I mentioned at the end of last week it's going
to be a busy period for me coming up. Sadly I've had to turn
down another remix opportunity this afternoon that i'd have
liked to have been involved with as i'm not sure when I'd have
had a chance to start work on it. Not an easy call to make but
it's important to make sure that I have enough time to do each
remix justice.
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28th
August 2008: New EP Ready
It's
been a hectic week but i'm glad to say that my new Ross Couch
release on Body Rhythm, to be called the 'Second Nature
EP' is finished and advance promos are on there way to
the top DJ's this afternoon. I mentioned a few posts previously
that this was going to be a 4 track release but in the end I
think the EP works better as a 3 tracker, so the jackin' jazzy
track that I've been working on will be held back for a future
release.
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Normally
at this stage, with new Body Rhythm and Body Rhythm Black releases
in the bag I'd be winding down for a couple of days but no such
luck this time. In the next few days I'll be starting work on
engineering the latest Purobeach release - 'Desert
Lounge 2'. This franchise started out on Bargrooves
but is now released through Meerkat Music, still under
the guidance of Bargrooves founder Ben Sowton.
As
well as this I've also agreed to do another remix for Onethirty
Recordings. This time I'll be working under my System Check
alias and will be getting my hands on a new track from Ronan
who's last release on the label was a Top 10 Deep House Chart
smash on Beatport.
Finally
at the weekend I'm also going to be recording a DJ mix for DJ
Amir's 'Monday Deep Session' show on Push FM.
This will be broadcast on September 8th.
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Also
whilst I'm here I wanted to mention that the Beatsdigital
download site are encouraging users to review tracks both on
their site and on their Blog
which seems like a good idea to me. Already I've been fortunate
enough to recieve a couple of reviews for the current System
Check release which arrived on the site this week. You can read
Silky Jack's review of 'After The Drought' here
and David Abutbul's review of 'Epicenter' here.
Thanks to both guys for taking the time to write down their
thoughts on the EP, definitely appreciated!
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25th
August 2008: System Check - Epicenter / After The Drought -
Body Rhythm Black 002
The latest
System Check release has finished it's 4 week promo period on
Beatport and is now available in a host of other sales. Get
your hands on it from:
Getting
close to finishing off my new Body Rhythm EP, hopefully will
be sending promos out to the DJ's by the end of the week. Meanwhile
hot on the heels of the 2nd Body Rhythm Black release mentioned
above I've sent out promos of the new one called System Check
- "Rise & Fall EP" this week. Feedback has been
very strong already for this 3 tracker so i'm looking forward
to getting it up on Beatport promo in a couple of weeks time.
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Jevne's
Onethirty Recordings are currently celebrating their
30th release with a release titled 'Onethirty Mixed 001'.
It's a continuous mix that features some of the labels best
tracks over the years and includes Christian Malloni's
remix of my own track 'Rising Up' plus the remix I
did of Emil Lanne's 'Beat Street' for the label along
with other tracks from artists like Ronan, edmund, Chuck
Love, Jay Tripwire and of course Jevne himself.
If it takees your fancy you can buy the mix right now from BEATPORT
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19th
August 2008: The 6 Week Cycle
Things
are pretty busy here at the moment as I work to finish off the
latest EP's for the Body Rhythm & Body Rhythm Black labels.
Since nearly all of the releases on the labels are written by
myself I don't tend to have a big release schedule planned out
months in advance.
My
general aim is to have a release on each label out every 6 weeks
(This gives time for the 4 week promo period on Beatport and
a further 2 weeks for the release to hit the rest of the stores
before the next release comes along and the cycle starts again)
and so far I've managed to keep to that. I usually send out
my promos to the tastemaker DJ's about 2 weeks ahead of it going
up for sale on Beatport so that I can gather some solid feedback
to help promote the release when it comes out. Things can get
a bit hectic as the next release date looms and tracks are still
waiting to be finished! Often times I'll finish an EP and then
it's off to the DJ's within 24hrs to keep to the schedule.
Of
course if I didn't think the tracks were ready I'd just delay
the schedule a week or two. So far I've been lucky though. Since
I started the Body Rhythm label last year I've been quite prolific
so coming up with new tracks hasn't been too much of a struggle.
There's been times in previous years where I've went weeks without
finding inspiration in the studio but I think a lot of that
was trying too hard to second guess what record labels would
want from me rather than going with my own instincts. Having
my own labels now allows me to just do what I want too and that's
helped me a lot.
Anyway,
the forthcoming EP's are both going to be bumper editions, with
my new Body Rhythm EP being a versatile 4 tracker including
a minimal deep tech track, an emotive deep houser and a jackin'
jazzy number. Meanwhile the new System Check release on Body
Rhythm Black will feature 3 tracks aimed at the melodic deep
tech sound. Both releases should surface around the early part
of September, check back on the site for more details nearer
the time.
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PS.
I've updated the 'Press' section of the site with a selection
of DJ reactions for releases spanning back to 2006.
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12th
August 2008: August Beatport Chart
My
August chart for Beatport
is now up on the site featuring some great tracks from the likes
of Shur-I-Kan, The Youngsters, Solee and a couple from myself
from the new EP on Body Rhythm. Be sure to check out the 'Charts'
section of the site for all my recent charts on some of the
major digital sites.
I've
also updated the discography part of the site, including tracking
down images for a lot of the Mix CD's I've appeared on over
the years (you'll have to scroll down to the bottom of the page
to see that).
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11th
August 2008: Update Part 3
Along
with writing tracks for my Body Rhythm labels I've also worked
on a few remixes for other artists lately. Da Funk - Sativa
(Ross Couch Remix) came out today on Acryl Music so keep
an eye out for that on Beatport
where It's just started it's 4 week promo period. Lots of good
DJ reactions of that one so I'll add those to the 'Press' section
of the site when I get round to updating it in the near future
(I'm starting to update other sections of the site now so bear
with me whilst I dust away a few of the cobwebs!).
Also
out recently was Emil Lanne - Beat Street (Ross Couch Remix)
on Onethirty. I noticed that Jay-J charted this one on Traxsource
last month calling it a "Funky, groovin, dance floor dubby
track" so that pretty much sums it up! This one is available
now from all good download stores.
Coming
out soon is my remix of J.P.Phillipe's 'Providence Of The
Cosmos' on the Disclosure Project label. The original track
has some great instrumentation, including some great orchestral
style strings so it was fun to work on that one. Also in the
pipeline is my mix of Andrew Phelan & Origami's "Gimme
A Beat" on Prismatic tracks.
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10th
August 2008: Update part 2
There's
been a few compilation CD licenses in the works recently that
I haven't got round to mentioning on the myspace page so here's
all the info. Firstly, Illusive ft keely - 'Summer In September'
(Illusive is another alias of mine) appears on 'KM5
Ibiza Volumen 8' which is out now. Also
available now is the Kirby Remix of Ross Couch - Playin' Jazz
on a re-issue of 'Purobeach
Volument Tres'. The track is only
available on the re-issued version though, not the
orginal version that came out in 2007.
The
downtempo 'Summer In September' track is proving popular as
i'm also in the process of licensing this to a Japanese compilation,
more details on that when I get it. Meanwhile two tracks: Ross
Couch - 'Bon Voyage' and Illusive - 'Soul child' have been licensed
to a Mix CD for a Yacht management company called YCO.
A little bit different from the norm, this CD will be available
exclusively at Yacht shows in the UK & France. last week
I also licensed the Kirby Rmx of 'Playin' Jazz' to German label
H&G for a
compilation called 'Die Wellenreiter'.
This will be available on CD and to buy as a bundle, distributed
through intergroove Germany.
Finally
a couple of other licenses to mention are my track 'The Sunday
Matinee' appearing on veteran Dutch DJ b-ART's digital only
compilation 'DJD
bArt Vol.1' which is available exclusively
at www.djdomain.com
and also 'Rhythm Is our Business (Original Mix) which is out
on another digital only comp called 'Baldeelox
- The Tour 2008 pt.1'. Both of these are
available now.
Keep
an eye out for the next update when I'll be giving details on
my recent remix work.
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9th
August 2008: Update Part 1
Back
online at last! After over a year of being unable to update
the site (due to losing the password when I changed computers)
I've finally found time to move the site to another server and
get it back up and running. A lot of the site content is well
out of date now so I'll need to do a bit of tidying up over
the next week or so to get it back up to speed.
For
those of you who didn't know, since the website has been in
limbo i've got myself a myspace page: www.myspace.com/rosscouch
which i've been updating with news and track previews so it's
a good way to keep in the loop.
If
you haven't been aware of what i've been up to, here's a quick
update on a couple of the main things. In my last entry on this
site back in the early part of '07 I was mentioning that I was
planning to start my own digital label. Well, shortly afterwards
I did just that. I now run a label called Body Rhythm Records
(www.myspace.com/bodyrhythmrecords)
which is where I have been releasing my music for the past year
or so. It's been going well and has definitely been keeping
me busy, with 11 EP's released to date!
The label has just had it's biggest success to date with it's
10th release - the 'Body Rhythm Remixed Vol.1' EP which saw
several remixers doing their interpretation on tracks from the
back catalogue. The Kirby remix of 'Playin' Jazz' has been a
huge success on th world's leading dance music download site
Beatport,
reaching No.1 on the Deep House Sales Chart and has stayed on
that chart for 6 weeks now in total (still at No.9 as I write
this!). My own remix of another successful track on the label
'Rhythm Is Our Business' was also named Stompy.com
'Track Of The Week' and is currently climbing up their competitive
Top 100 Sales Chart (currently at No.88). This week I've released
a New EP on the label on promo at Beatport which you can get
at this link: Ross
Couch - 'Flightpath EP'.
With
the original label doing well I've also recently launched a
sister label Body Rhythm Black (www.myspace.com/bodyrhythmblack)
where I'm writing more tracks under an older alias of mine 'System
Check'. If your interested you can get your hands on the second
release on the label at Beatport at this link: System
Check - Epicenter / After The Drought.
I've
got to go now, but I'll update with more of what's been happening
recently tomorrow.
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