Lazy Days Podcast 23

1.Matthias Vogt – Under The Radar – Lazy Days

2.Prommer & Barck vs Zangalewa – Waka Waka (Vocal Mix) – Derwin Recordings

3.Daniel Solar – A Walk In The Park (The Revenge Walk In The Dark Remix) – Dikso

4.Havana Cultura Band – Afrodisia (Rainer Trueby Remix) – Brownswood

5.Gerd- Palm Leaves (Deetron Remix) – Clone Royal Oak

6.Agoria – Singing (Dixon Remix) – Innervision

7. Memoryman – Million People (Instumental) – Manocalda

8.Nhan Solo & Daniel Dexter – The Thrill (Ian Pooley Piano Dub) – Semester

9.Salvatore Freda – Luv Can’t Hurt – Freerange

10.Rainer Trueby – Jeck (Marcus Worgull Remix) – Compost Black

11.Motorcitysoul – Carry on Cowboy – Carry On

12.Storm Queen – It Goes On – Environ

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Lazy Days Podcast 22

1. Art Of Tones – For Real – Room With A View

2. Roots Panorama – Threee (Ripperton Mix) – Versatile

3. Safeworld Phonique – Dessous

4. DJ T – Leaving Me feat. Khan (DJ T Left W Attitude) – Get Physical

5. Tornado Wallace – Rainbow Road (The Revenge Remix) – Instruments of Rapture

6. Pink Stalonne – Mine (Eddie Mars Remix) – Under The Shade

7. Nacho Marco & Garcy Noise – The Last Show – Modern Electrics

8. Matthias Vogt – C-Scat – Lazy Days

9. Stuffa feat. David A Tobin – Proof (FCL Remix) – Defected

10. Lovebirds – Keep Comin’ – Freerange

11. Manuel Tur – Foolin – Delusions of Grandeur

12. Til Von Sein – Monday – Suol

13. Ben Westbeech & Motor City Drum Ensemble – Justice – Striclty Rhythm

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Lazy Days Recent Releases

Pick up all the recent Lazy Days Releases!

Lazy Days Podcast: 17–21

1. MCDE – L.O.V.E – K7

2. Shur-I-Kan – Staying In – Lazy Days (forthcoming Sept. 2011)

5. Tigerskin – Foxgod

4. Andre Lodemann – Riven Reminisces (San Soda Remix) – Freerange

5. Audio Soul Project – Have It All (Bootleg Mix) – Fresh Meat

6. Littlemen – Decked Out (LawnChair Generals Remix) – Mobile Trax

7. Giom & Joshua Heath – Mister Marvelous) – Lost My Dog

8. DJ T feat. Cari Golden – City Lights (Maceo Plex remix) – Get Physical

9. Butch – Aerobic (Anton Pieete Remix) – Sphera

10. Here Today – Down Here (Ian Pooley Remix) – Claqueur

11. Danny Daze – Fall Away from Love – Hot Creations

12. Tigerskin – Back To Yesterday – Suruba

13. Elixia – Soho Phaze (Faze Action Remix) Z

14. Marcus Worgull – Long Way – Innervision

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1. Jin Choi & Daso – Teer (Rodriguez Jr Remix) – Systematic

2. Prommer & Brack – Everything (Prommer & Barck Remix) – Derwin Recordings

3. Marvin Zeyss – Next To You (Maya Jane Coles Remix) – Brown Eyed Boyz Records

4. Kenny Hawkes – Ashley’s War Pt. 2 (Kenny’s Space War Remix) – Paper

5. Master H & Alice Orpheus – I Am A Drifter Who Can’t Let Go (Marino_Berardi & Dairmount Drumapella) – Komplex De Deep

6. Linkwood – One – Prime Numbers

7. Sam And Liz – Last Night On Earth *Art Of Tones Stripped Mix) – Gomma

8. Roman Flugel-Brasil – Dial

9. Brett Johnson-Sweet Love – Bang The Box

10. Olene Kadar Feat. D-Low -Baby Keep It Up (Ian Pooley Main Mix) – Lo.Rise

11. Rob Mello – Motivation – Quintessential

12. Martinez – Memorial (Luna City Express Remix) – Moon Harbour

13. Atnarko feat. Sam Mollison – Thinking Of You (Peter Christianson’s LCG Remix) – Lazy Days

14. Chris Lake 0 Secrets In The Dark (Hector Couto Remix) – Rising

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1. Rhythm of Elements – Tribe #2 (AtJazz Assessment Dub) R2

2. Lance DeSardi – In The Midst – Lazy Days

3. Vincenzo – Seduction (Jimpster Remix) – Dessous

4. 6th Borough Project – Back To Me – Delusions Of Grandeur

5. 4th Measure Men – 4 U (Maya Jane Coles Remix) – Defected

6. Phonique- Endless Love (Alex Niggemann Remix) – Dessous

7. Simon Baker – No Pressure – 20:20 Vision

8. Ian Pooley – Groove Thang – Pooled

9. Makam – You Might Lose It – Kerri Chandler Deep Dub – Sushitech Purple

10. Mic Newman – The Fidelity – Freerange

11. Joey Negro presents Akabu – Life Is So Strange (Deetron Paradise Dub) – Z

12. Joy O – Jels – Hotflush

13. Ame – Kukanjani 1 – Innervisions

14. Bas Amro – Ten – Freerange

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1. Prommer & Barck feat. Lois Longerling – Loving (Andre Lodemann remix) – Best Works

2. Storm Queen – Look Right Through – Environ

3. Roberto Rodriguez – Like I said – Serenades

4. Mic Newman – Filthy Forever – Freerange

5. Kruse & Nuernberg – Mama’s Garden – Lazy Days

6. Manuel Tur feat. Holly Backler – Most of this Moment (Isolée Remix) – Freerange

7. John Waynes – Ceyla – Compost

8. Deniz Kurtel feat. Jada – The L Word – Crosstown Rebels

9. R-Tyme – Use Me (MK Mix) – Trance Fusion

10. Hundred Strong feat. Amp Fiddler – Time (Andreas Saag Main Perspective) – High Noon

11. Fred Everything with 20for7 feat. Vanessa Baker – Friday (Crazy P Remix) – Lazy Days

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2010…2011

2010:

Where has 2010 gone? Not the most eventful year yet it seems like last year went out like a flash. I’ve been lucky to be busy once again this year doing what I love but I feel there wasn’t enough months. The main event for me was  the release of my Om:Masters compilation. A mixed compilation of some of my favorite work, be it original, collaboration, remixes. Some sort of In-between albums/Hybrid showcase of my work as a DJ/Producer/Remixer. I was quite amazed with the reviews including  Album Of The Week in DMC UK and Album of the Month in Tillate UK. This was also another opportunity to hit the road and play some great shows in some of my favorite spots on the planet. 2010 also saw my return to my old label 20:20 Vision for the first time in 5 years, remixing Art Of Tones classic “Call The Shots” . Watch out for more collaborative work with my old pals from Leeds in a near future!

Exciting year also for my label Lazy Days with some new signings in the form of  Atnarko, Blacklodge and Kruse & Nuernberg. Watch out for more from them in a near future including K&N feat. Nathalie’s beautiful “Silk City” coming out in March with remixes by myself. This year also saw a welcome return collaboration with my longtime friend AtJazz and also a brand new collaboration between myself and LawnChair General’s Peter Christianson. The Lazy Days Podcast are also proving to be very popular peaking at 8000 downloads a month in November. Overall a great year for the label!

On the DJ tip, I  joined a new booking agency, Kimco Entertainment, for my Europeans and international bookings. This lead to first time trips to Dubai, Poland and Germany as well as touring touring in my regular territories.

Here’s a short list of 5 of my favorite gigs this year.

1.I Love Deep, Budapest

2.Lazy Days’s Freeform, Miami WMC 2010

3.Coachella 2010

4.Fabric, London, November 12th 2010

5.Le Salon Daome, Montréal, December 26th 2010

2011 :

What’s in store for 2011?  My “Big” Project is the 5 year anniversary of Lazy Days with a special release where I invited 4 of my favorite producers/remixers to each give their own vision of a track from the catalog. Heavy hitters Crazy P, Ian Pooley, Llorca (Art Of Tones) and Mr Greg Wilson have all delivered great remixes, I’m sure you will agree. This Remix EP will lead to a Compilation and World Tour. Vey much excited about it all. On the production tip, the tracks I produced for Flowers & Sea Creatures out of Montreal will finally out in february on Buzzin Fly, Urban Torque will be releasing my first Frederico Todos EP in the first quarter of 2011. Olivier Desmet & I remixes of Dennis Ferrer’s track Dem People will be released on Vinyl in February and on digital through King Street in March.I’m also releasing a Sample pack through Loopmasters in February. For those who don’t know them  www.loopmasters.com. High quality sample packs for producers. I’m also in the first stages of writing my next Studio Album that I’m hoping to release later this year. Watch this blog as I will be updating it on a regular basis with news, dates, various articles including studio tips, my monthly podcast & free downloads of unreleased remixes and tracks.

Thanks again for the love & support this year,

to a great 2011!

Fred

When enough…is not enough – The Complicated Art of Simplicity

My first real blog on my blog! This one is for the music creators out there or for those who have a few mins to waist. Hope you all enjoy, comments are welcome!

“How do you know when a track is finished” a lot of people ask. A main problem I find with many folks, including myself, is not being able to finish a piece of music. Sure ideas are flowing, you have a good groove but you’re stuck “in the loop”. Instead of taking what we have and spreading it into a nice arrangement, adding things as it goes and as they’re needed, we often find the need to stack ideas until we can’t make sense of it all. Most of the music I love is deceptively simple, yet so attractive to me.  In the background, I’m listening to Rhythm & Sound aka Basic Channel. It fascinates me how very few elements are involved in the music. It’s usually less than 8 tracks. A Kick, some little High Hat, sometimes a Snare, Bassline , Dubby Chords and maybe a Vocal. Why is it that such simplicity is hard to achieve? Ok this might be an extreme example but it serves me well to explain how less is usually more.

Looking at my tastes in Modern Art, it’s the same thing. I like simple stuff. A bold illustration on a plain background or often just patterns or fonts. I also love photography. I have thousands of pictures taken from my trips. I try to take the most pointless objects I see and turn them into their own little piece of “art” .It’s easy with photography as my knowledge is very limited and I like to keep it that for now. Another great example is food. the best recipes I know are usually the simplest, focussing on the quality of the ingredients rather than the quantity. That’s probably why I love Italian food. When I’m cooking, I make a point of limiting myself to only a few elements. How come it’s so hard to do the same in the studio? Is it the need to want to express “Everything” in one song, like it’s the last one I’ll ever do? Or maybe it’s knowing too much and having too much technology available to us? Is ignorance really bliss? Did all this advance in technology make our brain lazier or is less really “more”?

Fred

Lazy Days Podcast 16

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Lazy Days Guest Mix — AtJazz

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1. Dom Nevarra Feat. Rainy Payne – Play Me (Atjazz Remix) – Slip N Slide
2. Christo – The Trust Is Gone (Deep Order Remix) – Atjazz Record Company
3. Karizma – Groove A “K’ Ordingly (Atjazz Remix) R2 Records
4. Oveous Maximus – I Appologize (Atjazz Remix) – Yoruba Records
5. Atjazz & Yannah Valdevit – Info People (Boddhi Satva Afriki Soul Mix) – Development Music
6. Atjazz – Dirty Ride (Club Mix) – Plastic City
7. The RAH Band – Messages From The Stars (Atjazz Remix) – Atjazz Record Company
8. Maddslinky Feat. Omar – Special (Atjazz Remix) – Tru Thoughts

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1. Emmanuel Jal – Kuar (Henrik Schwarz Remix) – Innervision
2. Chaton – +91 Ahead Session 4 (Quarion BRKLYN Version) – Plak
3. Morning Factory – Love Dazzin’ – 20:20 Vision
4. Radio Slave – I Don’t Need A Cure For This (Kenny Larkin Remix) – Rekids
5. Ian Pooley & Spencer Parker – Kinderteller – Ovum
6. Armbar – Can’t Stop (Music Please) (Joshua Heath Remix) – Full Flavor Remix
7. Dennis Ferrer – Dem People Go (Kruse & Nuernberg OG Remix) – Nite Grooves
8. Giom & Derek Dunbar – Poulet Gauffre – Amenti
9. Inland Knights – Waster – Drop
10. Maya Jane Coles – Simple Things – Real Tone
11. DJ NibC – Hold On (Ian Pooley Remix) – Trunkfunk
12. Vernon & DaCosta – Wishing – Great Lakes Audio
13. Session Victim – Million Dollar Feeling (Gerd Remix) – Delusions of Grandeur
14. Makam – You Might Lose It (Kerric Chandler Dark Remix) – Sushitech Purple
15. AtJazz & Fred Everything – Back Together (Fred Everything’s Lazy Days Original) – Lazy Days
16. Jackson 5 – Dancing Machine (Henrik Schwarz Remix)

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