HOUSE OF SHADE Hysteric Xtra-Organza Mix

"Sheer Organza" off the Statement EP featured on this lovely mix by Jan from House Of Shade:

mixed by Jan Kedves for HOUSE OF SHADE in Berlin – vinyl only – thank you for listening

1. Sade – Couldn't Love You More (Vin Sol & Matrixxman Mix) (White Label)
2. Farley Funkin Keith – Pump-N The Bass (House Records)
3. Ron Jason & Kim Ann Foxman – The Dream Project (Love Fever Records)
4. EZLV – Ordinary Thing (House Of Silk)
5. Ejeca – Together (Terrence Parker's Motor City Soul Mix) (Needwant)
6. Size Queen – Walk! (Paul's Groove) (Tribal)
7. Rick Wilhite – Drum Patterns & Memories (Moodymann Mix 2) (Rush Hour)
8. Julio Bashmore & Kowton – Mirror Song (Broadwalk Records)
9. CVNT – Sheer Organza (Body Work)
10. Hysterics – Code Switch (Club Mix) (Night Slugs)
11. Jam City – 500 Years (Night Slugs)
12. The Ride Committee feat. Roxy – Get Huh! (The New Mix) (E Legal)
13. Point G – Druker (Point G)
14. Whatever, Girl – Activator (You Need Some) (Dark & Lovely Mix) (Yoshitoshi)
15. DJ Cease – Super Crash (Tribute To Lil' Louis Rework) (Rush Hour)
16. Jamie Principle – Bad Boy (Unreleased Mix) (Trax)

CVNT in FACT Mag

CVNT introduces four tracks via Body Work.

Hailing from Glasgow and now based in Manchester, CVNT might not seem like a natural-born producer of ballroom house, the underground New York LGBT culture that gave us vogueing, but on his new EP for the Body Work label he’s forged his own transatlantic take on the style, melding hints of garage, grime and rushing acid with all-out, heavy-duty house music.

 Read more here. 

STATEMENT EP out now!!

IT"S HERE BITCHES. THIS IS MY STATEMENT.

There comes a point in the life of all ballroom children where, if they want to become legendary on the voguing scene, they must make their statement. To make the progression from being a star, or a face at vogue balls, to being someone who is recognised for their talent. To build a reputation, to stake a claim on eventually becoming an icon, every child must make their statement. This is mine. 

I don't walk balls, I make music for other people to walk balls to. So my statement is not a look, it is not face, or a body or a dance or a dip or vogue femme: my category is music. My statement is right here in these tracks.

I'm not looking to simply ape the sounds of the New York legends - to be a true statement, I have to stay true to who I am and where I come from. That's why I seek to fuse elements of British grime and garage to the New York ballroom template. In the end they are all forms of the genre we call House, and House music is what unites all the children, no matter what their category. With my statement I hope I am showing respect for the original legends of house and vogue, while staking my own claim by pushing things forward. 

CVNT on Generation Bass website

Awesome! Big up to Generation Bass for this feature on me:

CVNT: (adj) a term used in gay slang to describe someone who is impressive, original or fantastic in regards to style or demeanour.

Awesome new Ballroom EP just dropped from this British dude, which is mega as it fuses Ballroom with Grime and Garage a la UK Stylee.

You need to have it.

Stream the EP here and also download a free track and watch out for more from this dude. 

Read more here.

"Ding" free download from DJ MAG

Woop in DJ Mag again! *happy*

Mancunian DJ and producer CVNT makes what he calls ‘VOGUE GRYME FUTUR HOUZE’, which for the uninitiated is a mixture of New York ballroom, US house music and various strains of UK bass. 

If that hasn’t made things clearer then fret not as you can download his track ‘Ding’ below, a slice of mutant 808 trap that samples The Chakachas’ ‘Yo Soy Cubano’, most famously used in The Mighty Dub Katz’s ‘Magic Carpet Ride’. 

'Ding' is taken from CVNT's ‘Statement EP’, a recent DJ Mag Killer. Released by the excellent and varied Body Work label (check their Facebook here), you can pre-order the vinyl here and stream the other four tracks from the EP below too, our pick of which is the speed garage infused 'Feminine Destruction'. To find out more about CVNT and vogue ballroom visit his blog here.

CVNT "Midnight Function" video

Taken from the upcoming Statement EP, I put together a lil video for "Midnight Function", featuring some of my favourite recently-discovered voguing footage:

CVNT Statement EP test pressings

Look what arrived in the post this morning:

CVNT "Statement" EP in DJ Mag "Killers" section