A Weekly Round Up – 5th May
10 YEARS OF MODESELEKTOR’S MONKEY TOWN RECORDS
A world-renowned label unfazed by changing trends and industry movements, Modeselektor’s Monkey Town Records is a tightly knit crew of friends providing a hub for various styles of electronic music on and off the dance floor. They’re welcoming in their 10 year anniversary with a 12 track compilation ’10 Years Of Monkeytown’.
Modeselektor plays Field Day on Friday 7 June
ECLAIR FIFI ON CHER, HANGOVER CURES AND
STEALING TOMATOES
Clair Stirling – aka Eclair Fifi – the first lady of electronic and hip-hop label LuckyMe spoke to Evening Standard this week. The Scottish DJ started on pirate radio at 16 and now hosts a show on NTS. Ahead of launching her own label, River Rapid, this summer, she joins us at Field Day 2019.
Eclair Fifi plays Field Day on Saturday 8 June
WHY HYPE WILL NEVER CHANGE HOW HARD FLOHIO GOES
Nigerian born, South London based MC FLOHIO has a cult following of those at the brasher end of the UK Grime and Hip Hop scene. Tracks like Bands and Wealth who she partnered with Berlin duo Modeselektor with, illustrates her high energy flow and slick lyrics. This high energy flow is exactly what she sat down and talked to Mixmag about this week.
FLOHIO plays Field Day on Saturday 8 June
U&ME IN DJ MAG’S TOP 20 TRACKS FROM COACHELLA
Nocturnal Sunshine is Maya Jane Coles finding her groove of old, highlighting dubstep, deep house and garage influences of her earlier years while adding flourishes of personality we’ve never seen before. Her track U&ME was ranked by DJ Mag as one of the top 20 tracks for this months Coachella festival.
Maya Jane Coles presents Nocturnal Sunshine plays Field Day on Friday 7 June
DJ SIENFELD UNVEILS NEW LABEL, YOUNG ETHICS.
Swedish Lo-Fi selector DJ Sienfeld revealed his new label ‘Young Ethics’ this week. Initially focusing on releasing his own material, the first EP ‘Galazy’ is due out May 17th. The intergalactic release has been designed to ‘hurtle his breakbeat style into space’, it’s expected the EP will give glimpses of the electro, trance and breaks Sienfeld’s been increasingly utilising in his club sets.
DJ Sienfeld plays Field Day on Saturday 8 June
“MERIDIAN WATER IS A DREAM LOCATION”
This week, Resident Advisor featured Field Day at #3 in their Top 10 Festivals for June, highlighting our ‘dream location’, The Drumsheds which ‘marks the beginning of an exciting new era’. They also gave a nod to our Late Night license for our on-site after-parties hosted by Printworks.
