2006 News Archive

December News

Merry christmas and a happy new year to all you lovers of the AW. Thanks very much for all your support over the past 6 years and especially this year.

After a quiet 2005 (so most people say) 2006 was a good year for us. It saw us start the year off by a cheeky white label (which people are still playing to this day) which was of course our remix of Sunshine by Raul Midon. We then went on to set up our own label Tempogroove and release a couple of tracks Not Going Back with Pete Simpson on vocals and A Better Place, promptly followed by an EP from some fresh new talent, The Cookies Monsterz. Look out for another hot release from these guys next year!

Whilst the label got off to a flying start we completed 2 of our finest (in my opinion) remixes. Dutty Funk for Mn2s and a hugely under rated and under played remix for the Knee Deep label called Show Me by the Rhythm Slaves, please do look this up if u haven't done already!

So yeah, what a great year - some fine music and to top that we got to dj at some rather nice places too! Estonia, Norway, Ireland, Holland and of course the UK. Our personal favorite was Prive in Estonia, such a great vibe from the word go - closely followed by the 1st time we played in County Mayo, Ireland. Mental is probably a light word to describe that gig! Check out the gallery, but hey those photos were taken amongst the mayhem so they probably don't give you a good representation of what it was about.

Ok.... We normally dont do these, but for me personally i think its been a great year for house music, so with out no further a do (jeez a feel like presenter or something) Here are my personal fav's of 2006....

1 - Beanfield - Tides (Audiowhores Edit)
2 - Zero 7 - You're My Flame (Justin Knoche Remix)
3 - Raul Midon - Sunshine (Audiowhores Remix)
4 - Till West - Same Man
5 - Todd Terje - Eurodans
6 - Copyright - We Can Rise
7 - Knee Deep - Take Me By The Hand
8 - Sunkids - Rise Up (Grant Nelson Remix)
9 - Wookie F.t Lain - Live On
10 - John Tejada - Sucre

2007 is shaping up to be the biggest year for us already. We already have 3 new releases lined up for Tempogroove Recordings, our new track with Roland Clark has just been picked up by a major UK label (more on that later) and we're set to visit Switzerland twice and an Asia tour is on the cards - and it's not even January yet! Ohhhh lovely.

Hmmm anything else to update you on? I'm not sure - if there is will add to this asap. Thanks again! Peace, Adam & Graham

Spring News

For the first time in a long while, it's great to be able to say that here at Audiowhores HQ, we are genuinely excited about this wonderful scene we call 'House'. Ever since Miami 2005 we recognised that there was a much needed musical shift on the horizon……sounds had become a little stale, everything sounded the same and soulful house music needed a drastic shake up. But like all successful movements, house has evolved with the times, with the energy and edginess which made it such a popular culture in the first place. Maybe it's just us, but currently our CD wallet is packed to the seams with quality, fresh sounding new music……measly 2 hour sets just aren't enough right now!
On a personal level, we feel it's the US producers who are leading the revolution! Well, what do you expect? They invented house!! The likes of Dennis Ferrer, Spen, Kerri Chandler, Quentin Harris, BT (the list is endless) have really set the tone and lead the way. Don't get me wrong, the European heavyweights are doing there bit too - just look at the success of Defected and the multitude of artists under their umbrella.

Musically, it feels like our influences have become more electronic and perhaps a bit tougher. Or, maybe it's just that we've broadened our musical horizons and opened our ears a bit? We've become regular listeners to so-called 'mainstream' radio shows such as Pete Tongue, Roger Sanchez, Hed Kandi and Annie Mac. Their track listings are full to the brim with cool tracks from our favourite producers; tracks which we rotate on a regular basis - mass exposure, can't be a bad thing can it?

And we haven't even mentioned Miami 2006……..not least memorable this year for Graham's passion for, well….erm, strippers! Whatever, 'house' is exciting again. There's a buzz out there again and we like it!

Rant over……and now for the other news.

On the gig front, highlight of the year so far was our trip to Sheffield's super-club, Gatecrasher for 'Hustle' - it rocked! Can't tell you how good it is to play on such a good rig…..top set-up, good numbers, great promoters, free beer, loads of snatch! What more can you ask for?! Looking forward to getting back there at some-point in the near future. Tracks on the night which worked for us were "Kerri Chandler - So Let The Wind Remix", our remix of "The Rhythm Slaves - Show Me" and "Sumo - Nini" to name but a few!
Elsewhere, we did the London trip and played for the ever successful Dusted night. Their monthly parties are spot on…..rammed to the rafters from midnight and still going strong at 6am. It's a good looking Ibiza type crowd who are really up for it…..funkier side of house goes down a treat in the Dusted room (the Dirty Dusted room is an Electro room).

Tempogroove Recordings is now fully up and running - Our 1st release Audiowhores Feat. Pete Simpson - Not Going Back is now available on www.traxsource.com as an mp3 promo, then later on it will be fully available on vinyl and also juno digital. For more info on Tempogroove and future releases check out www.tempogroove.co.uk

News February 2006

Well as you can see we've been far too busy producing music to be updating our website, so we apologise, but as you can see on this page we have plenty of quality music forthcoming. The first of which you will see will be our remix of Raul Midons amazing song, Sunshine. Graham fell in love with the original album version of this last year, Raul's album has been on repeat in his car ever since. So far the remix has been getting ridiculous amounts of airplay/dj-play from the likes of Aaron Ross, JJK, Neil Pearce, Delli G, Juke Joint, Redsoul, Groove Assassin, The Slammin Boys, plus many more. Expect this to hit the shops late Feb on white label - clips available to the right of this page.

Next up is our 1st production of 2006, it took a year in the making, it features Pete Simpson on vocals and Reel Peoples brass section - Not Going Back. Cant say much about the label its coming on at the moment, but all we can say is we're very excited about it! More news on the label soon.

We have also a couple of tasty remixes forthcoming in the coming months. First up that will surface will be a remix we did for Knee Deep's USA label. Rhythm Slaves - Show Me. This project actually started off as an edit, but we hit on a nice groove and it just evolved from there. Its defiantly the most hypnotic groove you will hear this year for sure! Watch out for this dropping soon after the Miami Winter Music Conference.

Another remix we have ready to drop this year is the massive Dutty Funk from Timmy Vegas, featuring Barbara Tucker on vocals. Again, this remix just started off as a quick edit we were doing for our dj sets, it wasn't really a proper remix for the label. We got stuck on a nice groove, sent it to the label and they immediately loved it! Luckily enough the boys at Mn2s were very accommodating and managed to squeeze us onto the final remix package. Look out for this dropping on Mn2s in May, along with remixes from Knee Deep, Soularis and more. Whoooo!

Ok that's it for now, just want to say thanks to Dusted for looking after us at the Egg club last week, the club was packed to the rafters and it went off big time. Also thanks to Phil and Stu for the laughs and giggles down at MOS Radio. I think the show is being archived soon so we'll stick a link on here or the forum. Peace for now, A & G x