'Urgula' is the new side project of, Glaswegian, producer, John McLaren aka 'Kill Them With Noise'. In February 2020 we have the pleasure of releasing his debut EP under the 'Urgula' moniker on Bricolage. It's all set to feature three tracks of fractured, futuristic and glitchy techno.
Today we're launching a remix competition for one of those tracks, "Battle For The Magnetic Fields" and offering the chance to feature on the release.
The rules are really quite straight forward. Simply grab the stems from our bandcamp either here or below and have a go at remixing the track. Upload your finished remix to Soundcloud and message the Bricolage page with a link to your track where we will repost it and add it to the specially made remix playlist where we will be collating all the entries.
Entry is open to all and there will be two winning remixes selected to feature on the upcoming EP. One chosen by, label head, 'Fragile X' and one chosen by 'Urgula' himself. The competition officially starts today and the deadline for submissions will be midnight on Friday the 17th of January 2020. This will provide a time frame of almost 10 weeks for any potential submissions. Both remix winners will be notified on Sunday 19th of January and announced the day after. Good luck!
Hear "Battle For The Magnetic Fields" in full below.
Later this summer we'll be releasing an EP from, Hamburg based , Scottish producer Arran Trax. He's currently concocting a dazzling array of electro/acid gems for the June 25th release. He's already unveiled the track "Morgenlicht" to give you an idea of what's in store come the summer. Tonight we're launching a remix competition for "Morgenlicht". You'll find the stems available as a free download through our Bandcamp. All you have to do is head there and grab the components and have a go at remixing the track. The winning remix will be chosen by Arran Trax himself and will feature on the EP release in June.
The competition officially launches tonight and will close at midnight on the 10th of June, a fortnight before the EP release. This provides a total time frame of 9 weeks for any potential remixers. The winning remix will be announced on the 17th of June."Morgenlicht" is in the key of Cm with a BPM of 132. Feel free to change either as you please. Grab the stems for free download from our bandcamp or below.
Listen to the track in full on the AT soundcloud.
*Once you have uploaded your remix to Soundcloud you should PM the Bricolage page with a link to your track where we will proceed to repost your track and also add it to the specially made remix playlist.*
Later this summer we release the second EP from Glaswegian producer Oscurito. His debut EP, Octopus, was released on Bricolage in January last year and contained three big house tracks with a psychedelic tinged space theme running throughout. This time out on "Eastern Philosophy", as a much improved all round producer, Oscurito has stuck with the psychedelia mindset but went more a more a varied release featuring some beautiful ambient interludes, Eastern influences and his trademark driving basslines alongside bulkier beats. "Eastern Philosophy" is released on Bricolage on the 24th of July.
The "Eastern Philosophy" EP contains three tracks. "Kunoichi", "The Nihon Shoki" and EP closer "Find Your Centre".
Tonight we're launching a remix competition for "Find Your Centre". You'll find the stems available as a free download through our Bandcamp. All you have to do is head there and grab the components and have a go at remixing the track. There will be two winning remixes, one chosen by Bricolage label head Fragile X and the other, of course, by Oscurito himself. Both of the winning remixes will feature on the EP release in July.
The competition officially launches tonight and will close on the 21st of July, three days before the EP release. This provides a total time frame of almost 9 weeks for any potential remixers.
"Find Your Centre" is in the key of Cm with a BPM of 119. Feel free to change either as you please.
*Once you have uploaded your remix to Soundcloud you should PM the Bricolage page with a link to your track where we will proceed to repost your track and also add it to the specially made remix playlist.*
If you keep up to date with our social media accounts then you'll know that earlier this week we said that we'd have a few announcements coming this weekend regarding many aspects of a creative summer here at Bricolage. There's new music, guest mixes, a remix competition and a very big collaborative release coming at the end of summer.
First off, we're proud to announce that, after four successful Various Artists compilations, we're officially moving onto our fifth edition of the series with VA5 penciled in for official release on the 12th of June. Once again, we've rounded up a collection of established and creative producers from around the globe. All of them with their own unique sounds and creations to bring to the table. The latest compilation release will be featuring American electronic wizard Belial Pelegrim, Finnish downtempo specialist Sect-ion, the mysterious Suncastle, Edinburgh producer All Buttons In, Glaswegian experimental musician No Arrival and the exceptional work of Devras Plexi to name but a few. It's safe to say that we have another very eclectic Various Artists album coming your way next month. Stay tuned for the standard introduction and bio posts starting on our blog next week, as we welcome the new faces to the Bricolage family. As always, you'll get to learn a little bit more about the people behind the sounds.
To have a listen to the previous VA compilations head to our bandcamp page where you'll find the releases alongside the rest of our back catalogue.
Ever since the inception of Bricolage in 2015 we've ran our monthly podcasts and bi-monthly Headroom mix series to great effect over on Mixcloud. Our artists have consistently provided listening experiences that span across every spectrum of the electronic genre.
For June, we've managed to pull off a coup in getting some one off mixes from some very special guests. Friend of the label, Esef, takes over our podcast for the month. His monthly residents slot, alongside Loui Cleghorn, in Glasgows Flat 0/1 venue is known for it's sweat inducing mayhem and the boundless energy provided by the precise and remarkable tune selection on show.
As someone with a broad range of influences and tastes, Friday night club sets and after party marathons are just the tip of the iceberg with Esef though. A few years back he fused together ever evolving moods of dub, ambient sounds and house music for the very first guest session for the Fragile X "Cult Zer0es" mix series. So who knows what we're in for next month. Either way it's going to be a fun ride.
Be sure to check out his Return To The Cities EP over on soundcloud.
Our second guest mix next month sees Glasgow based powerhouse, Boom Merchant, take the wheel for the latest episode of our Headroom mix series. He's an astonishingly well established all rounder with an unwavering dedication to his craft in terms of both DJing and production. Known just as much for carving his own brand of house and techno as he is for his ability to hold club goers attention from start to finish with his cosmic sets at his very own Tribal Pulse club night. With an extensive and meticulously assembled record collection to choose from we should be in for a huge treat come June. Have a listen to a guest mix for Proton Radio below alongside the latest Boom Merchant release, "Haka".
Last summer we ran a remix competition for Loui Cleghorn's "Waterworks" track, where the two winning remixes got to feature on the title tracks EP.. This summer we're back again with another remix competition, this time for Oscurito. He releases his second EP, "Eastern Philosophy", on Bricolage this July and next Saturday we'll be officially launching the competition for his new track "Find Your Centre". Stay tuned for remix stems and more info coming soon.
Last but definitely not least, to celebrate Bricolage turning two years old in August we've lined up a very special collaborative project.
All of our releases so far have been digital only but thanks to the help of Rick at Dark Fidelity Hifi we've managed to secure a physical release for what should be one of our most ambitious projects to date. A CD run of 200 copies is in the pipeline and if it proves to be a success we'll be looking at more physical releases down the road whether it's CD, vinyl or cassette.
For the August release, we've pooled together an assortment of producers from a bunch of our previous releases over the past 20 odd months and paired them together to collaborate and come up with a track between them for the album. So far we have around 14 musicians on board, with many paired off and already in the early process of production. We're currently still looking for another 6 or 8 names to round off the production team and then it's all systems go.
More details on the physical release as they arrive. When we know, you'll know.
This post is an important update on our previous post about our remix competition for the "Waterworks" track by Loui Cleghorn.
Soundcloud have decided to close their groups from the 22nd of August onwards. That's this coming Monday. So all potential remix producers wishing to enter the competition should now upload your remix as standard on your own account followed by submitting the link to their track directly via PM to the Bricolage Soundcloud page and the label will repost the track on our own page and add it to a newly created remix competition playlist.
You can view the playlist and the current competition contenders below.
There are no other changes to the competition. There will be two remixes chosen to feature on the EP. One track chosen by label head Fragile X and one chosen by Loui Cleghorn himself. The competition will close (and the winners willbe notified) as originally scheduled on the 10th of September, two days before the EP is released.
On the 12th of September we release the "Waterworks" EP from Loui Cleghorn. It contains the title track and also "Gird Up Your Loins", two tracks that are full to the brim with beautiful translucent melodies and perfected percussion. To flesh the EP out that bit more we're going to include two remixes of the title track "Waterworks". That's were the competition part comes in. We're making the stems for the track available for free download at our bandcamp site, all you have to do is head there and grab a free download of all the components and have a go at remixing the track. There will be two winning remixes, one chosen by Loui himself and the other by Bricolage label head, Fragile X. Both of the winning remixes will feature on the EP release in September.
The competition officially opens today and there is a 6 week time frame before the competition closes on Saturday the 10th of September, two days before the EP release.
All potential remixes must be submitted to the Soundcloud group set up by the label.
"Waterworks" is in the key of G-flat major and recorded at 111bpm. There are no rules for the remix competition, all styles and tempo changes are more than welcome.
