IDC (music)
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IDC is David McCarthy, a DJ/recording artist from London
, UK.
In early 2011 DJ Mag stated "IDC is a genius and 2011 will be his year" and iDJ named him "clearly one of electronic music's finest purveyors".
IDC's releases have consistently received 5 star press reviews, starting with his debut single 'Scratch', through to the release of his debut album 'Overthrow The Boss Class' in 2008, and continuing to date with subsequent releases.
The second IDC album 'The Sun Is Always Shining Above The Clouds' was released in the last week of August 2011. The world's biggest selling dance magazine Mixmag
wrote "IDC is back with a rich and diverse album made across five studios over 18 months" and DJ Mag called it "a brilliant work" giving a rating of 9 out of 10.
"Eins Deux Tres" was the lead single from the album and it was awarded 'Tune Of The Month' in Mixmag
describing it as "a beautifully compelling collage of Beach Boys-like vocal harmonies and electronic voices. There's a Mobyness about its uplifting chords while the range of quirky samples and strings are reminiscent of The Avalanches. The best tri-lingual track we've ever featured!". DJ Mag gave it 9/10 writing "an explosion of ELO strings over a 'One More Time' rhythm stomp, never mind 'Money Shot' of the month, I think this is 'Single Of The Year'"
IDC's DJ dates have established him as a headline act throughout Europe and in major clubs in SE Asia.
and Rio in Berlin
following on from the release of his acclaimed debut single 'Scratch'.
The following year saw dates extend around Europe, most notably headlining a dance stage at Szegit Festival in Budapest and beginning an ongoing series of regular headline appearances at the 3,000 capacity Sala 1 of Razzmatazz Barcelona
, which he has now played on over 30 occasions.
One such set at Razzmatazz on New Year's Eve 2006 led to a two-page review in International DJ Magazine calling IDC "the future king of electronic rock'n'roll"
In summer 2007 IDC's own Brighton club residency "Dirty Weekend" was featured in a major undercover-filming news expose on European satellite TV channel Sky News
regarding the contemporary use of laughing gas
in clubs in the UK. The story was picked up by UK national tabloid papers and the dance press and used by the authorities as a reason to clamp down on the sale of for recreational purposes.
DJ Magazine then ran a feature on IDC saying "he makes music that sounds like a washing machine on crack - no wonder the likes of Mark Moore
, Erol Alkan
, Radio One
's Pete Tong
and XFM
's John Kennedy are all over his tunes" and dates continued around Europe and at major UK venues such as Together at Turnmills
in London, Stealth in Nottingham
and Ocean Rooms Brighton
as well as festivals such as Bestival
.
In 2008 international headlines at clubs such as Zouk
Singapore
and Volar
Hong Kong
extended his reputation to SE Asia.
2009 DJ activity saw the biggest UK DJ dates for IDC to that point, with 'special guest' support slots to 2ManyDJs and Calvin Harris
, as well as a third headline trip to SE Asia and continuing club dates around Europe.
In 2010 recording studio commitments restricted DJing activity to a new monthly hometown residency based at Digital Brighton, occasional one-off club dates in the UK and continued visits to Razzmatazz Barcelona
.
2011 highlights include a launch party for 'The Sun Is Always Shining Above The Clouds' at Razzmatazz Barcelona
and a return to Bestival
with a prime-time slot on the main Bollywood dance stage.
and described as "pushing the boundaries of electro-disco".
His 2007 release "Stomp" was called "one seriously heavy slice of deviant dancefloor electro" in another 5 star review in iDJ, with crossover potential compared to The Prodigy
in DJ Mag and named 'Record Of The Week' ranging from UK dance music mag legend DMC Update to John Kennedy's X-Posure show on XFM
.
The following single 'Akai Elvis' nudged the UK charts with DJ Mag writing "you can instantly hear why it's getting the same kind of response LCD Soundsytem's Losing My Edge
got before it reached saturation levels."
August 2008 saw the release of the debut IDC album 'Overthrow The Boss Class'. The ten track collection was recorded in London and Brighton, with McCarthy taking on all writing, performing and production duties, except for a guest vocal on the track 'Modern Touch' by Martin Andrews from the group 'Volunteer'. 'OTBC' was mastered at The Soundmasters by Streaky Gee, whose credits include The Prodigy
, Fatboy Slim
, Death In Vegas
and The Stone Roses
.
Once again superlative reviews followed, with a 5 star 'Recommended Album' review in International DJ Magazine calling it "2008's 'We Are The Night
'" and DJ Mag raving "there's a simplicity and fun to the production - a sense of delirious enjoyment rather that trying to be clever - that gives it an instantly accessible appeal."
DJ legend Mark Moore
singled out the track 'Modern Touch' for particular praise in his monthly review column by writing "I shall go on record as declaring this as 2 minutes 53 seconds of perfect pop. Once it's over you just have to play it again... and again."
April 2009 saw the release of IDC's first post debut album material, with the track 'Imaginary Bones' being released as an extended single package featuring Lo Fidelity Allstars
' Phil Ward on vocals on two distinct versions taken from different recording sessions, along with several remixes. The main 'dance' version featured heavily at various parties at WMC Miami. iDJ magazine said ""this raucous romp could well be IDC's biggest club monster to date" and DMC
Update made it five star single of the week saying "this is the most pissed up, drugged up, headfuck of a record that I’ve heard in a very long time, it makes The Prodigy sound like they’ve got The X Factor."
The 'alternate version' featuring a full band and horn section picked up UK BBC Radio 1
airplay and led to a 'live band' session on John Kennedy's X-Posure show on XFM
. The session featured three tracks recorded live at Capital Radio
's Leicester Square
studios, with McCarthy on bass and vocals joined by Seamus Murphy, Phil Ward and Martin Andrews.
2009 saw extensive periods in recording studios, with parts recorded in London, Brighton, Edinburgh and New York. The first fruits of these sessions was released as a 'free download' track the end of 2009. 'This Is Not A Riot' featured samples of crowd chants recorded at various demonstrations around the world, as well as the sampling of the LRAD Long Range Acoustic Device riot control sonic weapon.
The track received national UK radio airplay on BBC Radio 1
with Rob Da Bank
calling it "revolutionary rave". and went on to be referenced as "riot-folk" by the world renown monthly magazine Fortean Times
which officially acknowledged the track as the first-ever musical work to feature the LRAD.
June 2010 saw the release of single 'Daytime Radio Hit', ironically named due to the inclusion of the expletive-laden guest vocals of Holly from The New York Chimes which resulted in the only radio airplay coming from long time supporter John Kennedy on XFM
with an exclusively created 'bleeped' version. Dance press reviews continued to be highly positive, with iDJ calling it "jaunty electro boogie" and DJ Mag citing it as "an aptly-named DFA-style grooveathon."
The second IDC album 'The Sun Is Always Shining Above The Clouds' was released in August 2011. Mixmag
wrote "IDC is back with a rich and diverse album made across five studios over 18 months" and DJ Mag called it "a brilliant work" giving a rating of 9 out of 10.
"Eins Deux Tres", the lead single from the album, was awarded 'Tune Of The Month' in Mixmag
and DJ Mag gave it 9/10 writing "I think this is 'Single Of The Year'"
The Sun Is Always Shining Above The Clouds (2011)
Tracklisting :
The Protagonists
I Love
Daytime Radio Hit
Light The Place Up
Eins Deux Tres
Everybody
If You Stand For Something (You Won't Fall For Anything)
A Hollyoaks Life
Imaginary Bones
Culture Supervisor
Overthrow The Boss Class (2008)
Tracklisting :
Slowride
Scratched
Stomp
Modern Touch
Boss Klass
Recidivist
Cutie
Bolshy Beats
Akai Elvis
St Mawes
Singles
Eins Deux Tres (2011)
Daytime Radio Hit (2010)
This Is Not A Riot (2009)
Imaginary Bones (2009)
Modern Touch (2008)
Bolshy Beats (2008)
Akai Elvis - The Remixes (2008)
Akai Elvis (2007)
Stomp (2007)
Payola (2005)
Scratch (2004)
, Astralwerks
and EMI
range from artists as diverse as 50 Cent
and Radio 4
.
Recent remix releases include Corsair Records label mates Lo Fidelity Allstars
and Westway Records' Dogtown Clash.
Unofficial re-workings include a version of The Tings Tings song Great DJ
which used the unreleased demo
version as the source material and became a big download hit via music blogs and the Hypemachine site before the band became widely known.
IDC's initial illicit bootleg
productions received radio airplay around the world leading him to become one of the main contributors to the MTVMash weekly show for MTVNE, creating exclusive tracks for the two season series. His productions included the only official Outkast
mash-up
, "Hey Mug", which mixed Hey Ya with English band The Streets
and was cleared for use by Andre 3000
himself.
London
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, UK.
In early 2011 DJ Mag stated "IDC is a genius and 2011 will be his year" and iDJ named him "clearly one of electronic music's finest purveyors".
IDC's releases have consistently received 5 star press reviews, starting with his debut single 'Scratch', through to the release of his debut album 'Overthrow The Boss Class' in 2008, and continuing to date with subsequent releases.
The second IDC album 'The Sun Is Always Shining Above The Clouds' was released in the last week of August 2011. The world's biggest selling dance magazine Mixmag
Mixmag
Mixmag is a British dance music and clubbing magazine. It styles itself as "the world's biggest selling dance music magazine", with an Audit Bureau of Circulations audited circulation of approximately 21,250...
wrote "IDC is back with a rich and diverse album made across five studios over 18 months" and DJ Mag called it "a brilliant work" giving a rating of 9 out of 10.
"Eins Deux Tres" was the lead single from the album and it was awarded 'Tune Of The Month' in Mixmag
Mixmag
Mixmag is a British dance music and clubbing magazine. It styles itself as "the world's biggest selling dance music magazine", with an Audit Bureau of Circulations audited circulation of approximately 21,250...
describing it as "a beautifully compelling collage of Beach Boys-like vocal harmonies and electronic voices. There's a Mobyness about its uplifting chords while the range of quirky samples and strings are reminiscent of The Avalanches. The best tri-lingual track we've ever featured!". DJ Mag gave it 9/10 writing "an explosion of ELO strings over a 'One More Time' rhythm stomp, never mind 'Money Shot' of the month, I think this is 'Single Of The Year'"
IDC's DJ dates have established him as a headline act throughout Europe and in major clubs in SE Asia.
DJ
IDC's DJ career began around 2005 with guest headline sets at major electro clubs of the time such as Nagnagnag in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and Rio in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
following on from the release of his acclaimed debut single 'Scratch'.
The following year saw dates extend around Europe, most notably headlining a dance stage at Szegit Festival in Budapest and beginning an ongoing series of regular headline appearances at the 3,000 capacity Sala 1 of Razzmatazz Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, which he has now played on over 30 occasions.
One such set at Razzmatazz on New Year's Eve 2006 led to a two-page review in International DJ Magazine calling IDC "the future king of electronic rock'n'roll"
In summer 2007 IDC's own Brighton club residency "Dirty Weekend" was featured in a major undercover-filming news expose on European satellite TV channel Sky News
Sky News
Sky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...
regarding the contemporary use of laughing gas
Nitrous oxide
Nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas or sweet air, is a chemical compound with the formula . It is an oxide of nitrogen. At room temperature, it is a colorless non-flammable gas, with a slightly sweet odor and taste. It is used in surgery and dentistry for its anesthetic and analgesic...
in clubs in the UK. The story was picked up by UK national tabloid papers and the dance press and used by the authorities as a reason to clamp down on the sale of for recreational purposes.
DJ Magazine then ran a feature on IDC saying "he makes music that sounds like a washing machine on crack - no wonder the likes of Mark Moore
Mark Moore
Mark Moore is a British dance music record producer and DJ. He was founder of the pop/sampling pioneers S'Express, and runs the London nightclubs, 'Electrogogo' and 'Can Can'.-Biography:...
, Erol Alkan
Erol Alkan
Erol Alkan is a London-based electro DJ of Turkish Cypriot descent.-DJ and club promoter:In 1993, Erol Alkan started DJing in various Indie nightclubs in London....
, Radio One
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
's Pete Tong
Pete Tong
Peter "Pete" Tong is an English DJ who works for BBC Radio 1. He is known worldwide by fans of electronic music for hosting programmes such as Essential Mix and Essential Selection on the radio service, which can be heard through Internet radio streams, for his record label FFRR Records, and for...
and XFM
Xfm
Xfm is a brand of two commercial radio stations focused on alternative music, primarily indie pop, and owned by Global Radio.-History:Xfm was created in London in 1992 by Sammy Jacob, who later co-founded NME Radio in 2008. Xfm subsequently expanded to a network of four stations; there are...
's John Kennedy are all over his tunes" and dates continued around Europe and at major UK venues such as Together at Turnmills
Turnmills
Turnmills was a London nightclub on the corner of Turnmill Street and Clerkenwell Road in the London Borough of Islington. It closed on the morning of 24 March 2008....
in London, Stealth in Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
and Ocean Rooms Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
as well as festivals such as Bestival
Bestival
Bestival is a four-day music festival held at the Robin Hill country park on the Isle of Wight, England. It has been held annually in late summer since 2004. The event is organized by DJ and record producer Rob da Bank and is an off-shoot of his Sunday Best record label and club nights. The initial...
.
In 2008 international headlines at clubs such as Zouk
Zouk
Zouk is a style of rhythmic music originating from the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe & Martinique. Zouk means "party" or "festival" in the local Antillean Creole of French, although the word originally referred to, and is still used to refer to, a popular dance, based on the Polish dance, the...
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
and Volar
Volar
Volar may refer to:*Volar, Afghanistan*Flight*Volar Airlines*Anatomical terms of location#Relative_directions_in_the_limbs**Volar arches**Volar branch of ulnar nerve**Volar radioulnar ligament**Volar carpal branch...
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
extended his reputation to SE Asia.
2009 DJ activity saw the biggest UK DJ dates for IDC to that point, with 'special guest' support slots to 2ManyDJs and Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris is a Scottish singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ. His gold-selling debut album, I Created Disco, was released in 2007 and contained the top ten singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls"...
, as well as a third headline trip to SE Asia and continuing club dates around Europe.
In 2010 recording studio commitments restricted DJing activity to a new monthly hometown residency based at Digital Brighton, occasional one-off club dates in the UK and continued visits to Razzmatazz Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
.
2011 highlights include a launch party for 'The Sun Is Always Shining Above The Clouds' at Razzmatazz Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
and a return to Bestival
Bestival
Bestival is a four-day music festival held at the Robin Hill country park on the Isle of Wight, England. It has been held annually in late summer since 2004. The event is organized by DJ and record producer Rob da Bank and is an off-shoot of his Sunday Best record label and club nights. The initial...
with a prime-time slot on the main Bollywood dance stage.
Recordings
IDC's debut single release was likened to the output of DFA RecordsDFA Records
DFA Records is an independent record label and production team, launched in September 2001 by Mo' Wax co-founder Tim Goldsworthy, musician James Murphy, and manager Jonathan Galkin. The label has an exclusive distribution deal with major record label EMI....
and described as "pushing the boundaries of electro-disco".
His 2007 release "Stomp" was called "one seriously heavy slice of deviant dancefloor electro" in another 5 star review in iDJ, with crossover potential compared to The Prodigy
The Prodigy
The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s...
in DJ Mag and named 'Record Of The Week' ranging from UK dance music mag legend DMC Update to John Kennedy's X-Posure show on XFM
Xfm
Xfm is a brand of two commercial radio stations focused on alternative music, primarily indie pop, and owned by Global Radio.-History:Xfm was created in London in 1992 by Sammy Jacob, who later co-founded NME Radio in 2008. Xfm subsequently expanded to a network of four stations; there are...
.
The following single 'Akai Elvis' nudged the UK charts with DJ Mag writing "you can instantly hear why it's getting the same kind of response LCD Soundsytem's Losing My Edge
Losing My Edge
"Losing My Edge" is the first single by LCD Soundsystem, released on July 8, 2002 and later featured on their eponymous debut.The song was listed at #13 on Pitchfork Media's top 500 songs of the 2000s...
got before it reached saturation levels."
August 2008 saw the release of the debut IDC album 'Overthrow The Boss Class'. The ten track collection was recorded in London and Brighton, with McCarthy taking on all writing, performing and production duties, except for a guest vocal on the track 'Modern Touch' by Martin Andrews from the group 'Volunteer'. 'OTBC' was mastered at The Soundmasters by Streaky Gee, whose credits include The Prodigy
The Prodigy
The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s...
, Fatboy Slim
Fatboy Slim
Norman Quentin Cook better known by his former stage name Fatboy Slim, is a British DJ, electronic dance music musician, and record producer. He is a pioneer of the big beat genre that achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s...
, Death In Vegas
Death in Vegas
Death in Vegas are a psychedelic rock and electronic rock band from the United Kingdom, comprising two permanent members: Richard Fearless and Tim Holmes...
and The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses are an English alternative rock band formed in Manchester in 1983. They were one of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement that was active during the late 1980s and early 1990s...
.
Once again superlative reviews followed, with a 5 star 'Recommended Album' review in International DJ Magazine calling it "2008's 'We Are The Night
We Are the Night
We Are the Night is the sixth studio album by English big beat duo The Chemical Brothers, released on 27 June 2007. The record entered the UK Albums Chart at number 1 and debuted at number 65 on the Billboard 200...
'" and DJ Mag raving "there's a simplicity and fun to the production - a sense of delirious enjoyment rather that trying to be clever - that gives it an instantly accessible appeal."
DJ legend Mark Moore
Mark Moore
Mark Moore is a British dance music record producer and DJ. He was founder of the pop/sampling pioneers S'Express, and runs the London nightclubs, 'Electrogogo' and 'Can Can'.-Biography:...
singled out the track 'Modern Touch' for particular praise in his monthly review column by writing "I shall go on record as declaring this as 2 minutes 53 seconds of perfect pop. Once it's over you just have to play it again... and again."
April 2009 saw the release of IDC's first post debut album material, with the track 'Imaginary Bones' being released as an extended single package featuring Lo Fidelity Allstars
Lo Fidelity Allstars
The Lo Fidelity Allstars are a British electronica group who have recorded since the late 1990s.-Career:Their members originate from various cities in Northern England where they were formed in Leeds, before relocating first to London where they came to the attention of major record labels...
' Phil Ward on vocals on two distinct versions taken from different recording sessions, along with several remixes. The main 'dance' version featured heavily at various parties at WMC Miami. iDJ magazine said ""this raucous romp could well be IDC's biggest club monster to date" and DMC
DMC
-Computer Science or IT:*Diffusion Monte Carlo, a method that utilizes a Green function to solve the Schrödinger equation*Dynamic Markov Compression, a general purpose statistical data compression algorithm...
Update made it five star single of the week saying "this is the most pissed up, drugged up, headfuck of a record that I’ve heard in a very long time, it makes The Prodigy sound like they’ve got The X Factor."
The 'alternate version' featuring a full band and horn section picked up UK BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
airplay and led to a 'live band' session on John Kennedy's X-Posure show on XFM
Xfm
Xfm is a brand of two commercial radio stations focused on alternative music, primarily indie pop, and owned by Global Radio.-History:Xfm was created in London in 1992 by Sammy Jacob, who later co-founded NME Radio in 2008. Xfm subsequently expanded to a network of four stations; there are...
. The session featured three tracks recorded live at Capital Radio
Capital Radio
Capital London is a London based radio station which launched on 16 October 1973 and is owned by Global Radio. On 3 January 2011 it formed part of the nine station Capital radio network.- Pre-launch :...
's Leicester Square
Leicester Square
Leicester Square is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London, England. The Square lies within an area bound by Lisle Street, to the north; Charing Cross Road, to the east; Orange Street, to the south; and Whitcomb Street, to the west...
studios, with McCarthy on bass and vocals joined by Seamus Murphy, Phil Ward and Martin Andrews.
2009 saw extensive periods in recording studios, with parts recorded in London, Brighton, Edinburgh and New York. The first fruits of these sessions was released as a 'free download' track the end of 2009. 'This Is Not A Riot' featured samples of crowd chants recorded at various demonstrations around the world, as well as the sampling of the LRAD Long Range Acoustic Device riot control sonic weapon.
The track received national UK radio airplay on BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
with Rob Da Bank
Rob da Bank
Robert John Gorham, known by the pseudonym Rob da Bank, is a British disc jockey. He presents a Friday-night/Saturday-morning show, Rob da Bank, on BBC Radio 1 from 5am-7am, focused on promoting new left field music...
calling it "revolutionary rave". and went on to be referenced as "riot-folk" by the world renown monthly magazine Fortean Times
Fortean Times
Fortean Times is a British monthly magazine devoted to the anomalous phenomena popularised by Charles Fort. Previously published by John Brown Publishing and then I Feel Good Publishing , it is now published by Dennis Publishing Ltd. As of December 2010, its circulation was approximately 18,000...
which officially acknowledged the track as the first-ever musical work to feature the LRAD.
June 2010 saw the release of single 'Daytime Radio Hit', ironically named due to the inclusion of the expletive-laden guest vocals of Holly from The New York Chimes which resulted in the only radio airplay coming from long time supporter John Kennedy on XFM
Xfm
Xfm is a brand of two commercial radio stations focused on alternative music, primarily indie pop, and owned by Global Radio.-History:Xfm was created in London in 1992 by Sammy Jacob, who later co-founded NME Radio in 2008. Xfm subsequently expanded to a network of four stations; there are...
with an exclusively created 'bleeped' version. Dance press reviews continued to be highly positive, with iDJ calling it "jaunty electro boogie" and DJ Mag citing it as "an aptly-named DFA-style grooveathon."
The second IDC album 'The Sun Is Always Shining Above The Clouds' was released in August 2011. Mixmag
Mixmag
Mixmag is a British dance music and clubbing magazine. It styles itself as "the world's biggest selling dance music magazine", with an Audit Bureau of Circulations audited circulation of approximately 21,250...
wrote "IDC is back with a rich and diverse album made across five studios over 18 months" and DJ Mag called it "a brilliant work" giving a rating of 9 out of 10.
"Eins Deux Tres", the lead single from the album, was awarded 'Tune Of The Month' in Mixmag
Mixmag
Mixmag is a British dance music and clubbing magazine. It styles itself as "the world's biggest selling dance music magazine", with an Audit Bureau of Circulations audited circulation of approximately 21,250...
and DJ Mag gave it 9/10 writing "I think this is 'Single Of The Year'"
Discography
LPsThe Sun Is Always Shining Above The Clouds (2011)
Tracklisting :
The Protagonists
I Love
Daytime Radio Hit
Light The Place Up
Eins Deux Tres
Everybody
If You Stand For Something (You Won't Fall For Anything)
A Hollyoaks Life
Imaginary Bones
Culture Supervisor
Overthrow The Boss Class (2008)
Tracklisting :
Slowride
Scratched
Stomp
Modern Touch
Boss Klass
Recidivist
Cutie
Bolshy Beats
Akai Elvis
St Mawes
Singles
Eins Deux Tres (2011)
Daytime Radio Hit (2010)
This Is Not A Riot (2009)
Imaginary Bones (2009)
Modern Touch (2008)
Bolshy Beats (2008)
Akai Elvis - The Remixes (2008)
Akai Elvis (2007)
Stomp (2007)
Payola (2005)
Scratch (2004)
Remixes
Official IDC remix releases for major labels such as Sony/BMG, UniversalUniversal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
, Astralwerks
Astralwerks
Astralwerks is a New York-based record label that releases primarily electronic music. It is owned by Virgin Records/EMI and distributed by Caroline Distribution in the United States....
and EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
range from artists as diverse as 50 Cent
50 Cent
Curtis James Jackson III , better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, investor, record producer, and actor. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin and The Massacre . Get Rich or Die Tryin has been certified eight times platinum by...
and Radio 4
Radio 4 (band)
Radio 4 is a band from Brooklyn who formed in 1999. They claim that their sound, which has been described as "danceable punk", is "made in New York, is about New York, and sounds like New York"....
.
Recent remix releases include Corsair Records label mates Lo Fidelity Allstars
Lo Fidelity Allstars
The Lo Fidelity Allstars are a British electronica group who have recorded since the late 1990s.-Career:Their members originate from various cities in Northern England where they were formed in Leeds, before relocating first to London where they came to the attention of major record labels...
and Westway Records' Dogtown Clash.
Unofficial re-workings include a version of The Tings Tings song Great DJ
Great DJ
"Great DJ" is the second single by English Indie pop band The Ting Tings. Vocalist Katie White states that the song was written by "playing a D chord on the guitar for hours, because that's all I could play. And then I put my finger on the wrong string, and got what I discovered was an augmented...
which used the unreleased demo
Demo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
version as the source material and became a big download hit via music blogs and the Hypemachine site before the band became widely known.
IDC's initial illicit bootleg
Bootleg recording
A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. The process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging...
productions received radio airplay around the world leading him to become one of the main contributors to the MTVMash weekly show for MTVNE, creating exclusive tracks for the two season series. His productions included the only official Outkast
OutKast
Outkast is an American hip hop duo based in East Point, Georgia, consisting of Atlanta native André "André 3000" Benjamin and Savannah, Georgia-born Antwan "Big Boi" Patton. They were originally known as Two Shades Deep but later changed the group's name to OutKast...
mash-up
Mashup (music)
A mashup or bootleg is a song or composition created by blending two or more pre-recorded songs, usually by overlaying the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the instrumental track of another...
, "Hey Mug", which mixed Hey Ya with English band The Streets
The Streets
The Streets were a British rap/garage project from Birmingham, United Kingdom, led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Skinner and has included a myriad of other contributors most notably drummer Johnny Drum Machine, vocalist Kevin Mark Trail and the Italian-American beatmaker Leroy.The...
and was cleared for use by Andre 3000
André 3000
André Lauren Benjamin , better known by his stage name André 3000 is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and actor, best known for being part of American hip-hop duo OutKast alongside fellow rapper Big Boi...
himself.
External links
- http://www.idcmusic.com Official Website
- http://www.myspace.com/idcmyspace
- http://www.corsair-records.com