John B Podcast 164: Live @ Let It Roll Open Air 2016 Main Stage

Reposted from www.johnbpodcast.com

Back with another Epic set from John B - this time he had the honour of playing the final set on the final night of Let It Roll, on the Main Stage as the sun came up - a truly special moment at the biggest Drum & Bass festival in the world, held in the heart of the Czech Republic. The audio comes from the livestream broadcast so is lower resolution than normal, and mono, so apologies for that, but we thought it would be nice to share the set so you can share the moment! If you like the set please 'like' and share on your social media channels to help get the word out and get more people to hear the music :-)

 

John B DJ Booking Enquiries (Worldwide): james@evolutionartists.co.uk
North American DJ Bookings: scott@cybergrooveprod.com
Russia/CIS DJ Bookings: booking@radiorecord.ru


LINK FOR DIRECT DOWNLOAD OF MP3: http://podcast.johnbpodcast.com/content/JohnBPodcast164.mp3



 PHOTOS BY HANNAH MACOVKOVA PHOTOGRAPHY https://www.facebook.com/saiha

#EVOLVE

It's finally here! The first of my new 'Evolve' series. I'll write more soon but the press release below spells it out pretty clearly. Hope you like the new direction - and the video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3CWc7t-juo

 

Download here:
Beta Recordings store: http://jhnb.me/EVLV01
Apple Music: http://www.smarturl.it/BETA050
Spotify: http://jhnb.me/EVLV1Sptfy
Beatport: http://jhnb.me/EVLVv1bt

Beta Recordings’ 50th release and the beginning of a new chapter for Label owner John B.

Evolve is an exciting new project, musically & conceptually, from John B. A consistent series of new releases, reliably out every month, a new musical direction, the rebranding of the John B Podcast to ‘Evolve Radio’, and a futuristic touring concept & a compilation mix series to come.

Moving away from the traditional cycle of artist albums - long periods of quiet, then sudden push to promote one album, followed by silence again, this will mean a faster cycle from track completion to release, and steadier stream of adventurous, new music, continuously and regularly released – the vibe, awareness & promotion will develop organically as the project progresses.

Fusing the influence of mature, uplifting, progressive electronic music with the power, energy & surgical production values of Neurofunk & big-room Epic Drum & Bass, but still looking back and referencing his roots, John B’s sound is Evolving once more. Think Pryda vs Noisia, Jean Michelle Jarre vs DLR, Vangelis vs Hybris. Huge evolving arpeggios & uplifting yet restrained soundscapes contrasting with the tight drums & unstoppable force of modern electronic Drum & Bass. This is the mission statement.

The first track in this continuing series itself is entitled ‘Evolve’ and features speech & vocals contributed by fans from all over the world. A long, unfolding epic, morphing intro slowly builds into a tight, simple drop cutting straight through to the dancefloor, twists & develops further into a second drop where mangled reece basslines emerge from the depths and take things to the next level. A perfect release to set the bar high & begin an exciting new journey…

5 TUNES THAT CHANGED MY LIFE: JOHN B (Bassrush Interview)

If you're interested in what tunes are most important to me check out this recent interview I did with Bassrush!

http://www.bassrush.com/5-tunes-that-changed-my-life-john-b/

John B Podcast 163: Live @ Timeless DNB, Los Angeles 04.06.16

Hello everyone - doing my best to update this blog page a bit more regularly, although not entirely sure it's particularly necessary seeing as anything new I put online always gets mentioned on my Facebook and twitter accounts - but I guess it's nice to have them all here whatever. Here's another podcast for you anyway!

Post taken from www.johnbpodcast.com

Just when you've been waiting for a new podcast for months TWO pop up in the same week! Lucky you!

In contrast to last week's Spring Studio Mix in partnership with Serato, we now have a LIVE set for you, recorded on the last night of John B's most recent mini-tour of the USA (he's back out there twice again in July - check out the Live Dates listings for details!) in LA for the fabulous Timeless DNB party for a special event, their 100th party!

Always a pleasure, the LA crowd never disappoints! Get ready for a fun, varied set & a bit of celebratory slightly drunky John B on the mic!

There's a few little glitches in the audio from the radio mics the MCs were using - hopefully they're not too much of a pain - would have been a shame to not share the set just because of a few crackles :-)

If you like the set please 'like' and share on your social media channels to help get the word out and get more people to hear the music :-)

 

John B DJ Booking Enquiries (Worldwide): james@evolutionartists.co.uk
North American DJ Bookings: scott@cybergrooveprod.com
Russia/CIS DJ Bookings: booking@radiorecord.ru



LINK FOR DIRECT DOWNLOAD OF MP3: http://podcast.johnbpodcast.com/content/JohnBPodcast163.mp3

JOHN B PODCAST 162 / SERATOCAST 55: SPRING 2016 STUDIO MIX

I recently did a special podcast for Serato and their 'SeratoCast' series. Here's my Spring 2016 Studio mix! Also available at The John B Podcast

SeratoCast / Music From Our Extended Family of DJs Worldwide

For SeratoCast 55 we profile another of our favourite drum n bass artists and long time friend John B.

Check it out for some new John B goodness. "I thought it was about time I did another studio mix since I’ve been so busy working on new music lately I haven’t put a new podcast out since February! With this mix I took the opportunity to go a bit deeper than I sometimes do when playing out. This set is loosely based on how I played at Soul in Motion in London a few weeks back, opening with a new remix I just did for Dusky, including a couple of the new tracks on my recent Metalheadz EP & generally keeping the vibe darker & more underground Drum & Bass than usual - was a lot of fun! Hope you like!"

For more in the SeratoCast mix series visit: www.serato.com/seratocasts


If you like the set please 'like' and share on your social media channels to help get the word out and get more people to hear the music :-)

John B DJ Booking Enquiries (Worldwide): james@evolutionartists.co.uk
North American DJ Bookings: scott@cybergrooveprod.com
Russia/CIS DJ Bookings: booking@radiorecord.ru

LINK FOR DIRECT DOWNLOAD OF MP3: http://podcast.johnbpodcast.com/content/JohnBPodcast162.mp3

John B Remix of Dusky "Ingrid is a Hybrid"

This was seriously a labour of love! A LOT of time and effort went into this remix but it was well worth it! I think it turned out to be possibly the best remix I've ever done!

iTunes: http://po.st/IngridRMXyd 
Spotify: http://po.st/IngridRMXSpotifyYD 

Beatport: http://jhnb.me/28OddFN

LAVA T-SHIRTS IN STOCK NOW

You may have seen me sporting mine recently if you follow my Facebook & Twitter!

Anyway, they are now available to buy on the Metalheadz Store - grab yours here: CLICK LINK FOR SHIRTS

Here's me wearing mine while on a serious US-style Brisket BBQ mission last weekend!

John B - LAVA EP - [METALHEADZ] OUT NOW!

My EP on Headz is out now - buy links are below, along with audio previews and the official Video for LAVA which I'm proud to say I edited myself! I've been slowly learning a few new tricks in Final Cut X - (a far cry from the random tour videos I used to just edit on iMovie back in the day) I think this came out pretty well!

Anyway - here's the PR blurb and a couple of reviews we got, including a 10/10 in Mixmag and 'Single Of The Month'! Not bad!

"It’s been a while since John B graced the skull with the headphones. Across his career he has released genre defining music. His tracks on Prototype are revered and we don’t even need to comment on his contributions to the Headz catalogue, but that’s all in the past- its 2016 and he has a new agenda to set. These tracks are exactly what you would want from John B on Metalheadz. One side has drama, one side has soul. It’s a welcome return for a missed team member."

BUY LINKS:
Vinyl & Digital - Metalheadz Store: shop.metalheadz.co.uk/vinyl/meta039
Apple Music/iTunes: CLICK HERE
Beatport: CLICK HERE





Juno review (Click here to read in full):

"It's been years since John B last fronted a Headz release - 15 to be precise - but there is no other label these three tracks would be more at home on. Techstepping back to his earliest visions, "Lava" is a straight up spring back to 1998 in new trainers. Stark, grimy and heads-down, it pays homage to one of drum & bass's most innovative eras. "Lie To Me" reminds us of John's inability to sit still creatively with the jazzy, almost "Brand New Funk" style dynamics of "Lie To Me". Finally we hit "The Colossus". One of John's secret weapons since Sun & Bass 2015, it's an ugly piece of uncompromised machine funk with all the bass groans and cymbal splashing you could ever ask for. Arguably John's best release this decade."

John B - Lava [Metalheadz] (Video Trailer)

Pre-Order now: http://jhnb.me/META039

Photos: John B @ BEAT IT! Flex, Vienna 24.3.16

Just got these photos through from last week's gig in Vienna - always a great time over there! New tracks went down a storm!

Photos by Samir Novotny

John B @ La Cinta, Sun & Bass 2015 Tracklist

I'm already getting a lot of requests for this so thought I'd do a quick export from Serato while it's fresh!

Here's the complete list of everything I played last night at La Cinta! Was great fun and always so inspiring to see a sea of smiling, dancing faces on the beach with the ocean and the sun setting in the distance! Thanks to everyone that was there to share such a special experience :-)

The Sun & Bass Team recorded the set as usual so once the dust has settled I should be able to upload it as a future episode of the John B Podcast!

JOHN B @ SUN & BASS, LA CINTA, THURS 10 SEPT 2015 TRACKLIST

Starburst 2015 v4  - John B                    
You Know You Like It (John B Remix) - DJ Snake & AlunaGeorge    
Straight To Your Heart (Legion & Logam Remix) - Grum                      
Atlantis (Marky & S.P.Y. 12" Rework) - LTJ Bukem                
Macushla - Zero T                    
Take Me To La Cinta - John B                    
Contra - Brunno Junglist          
Una Cerveza (2014 Remaster) - John B                    
Nasty Wayz - Dillinja                  
Heaven - Digital & Spirit          
LAVA - John B [Metalheadz]                    
Drop That Rythm - John B & MC Fats          
Raindrops b2b Up All Night VIP #STAIRS Mashup - Culture Shock vs John B  
Raindrops - L PLUS                    
Recall & Reflect - Alix Perez                
Square One - Digital & Spirit          
Lie To Me - John B [Metalheadz]                    
Air Guitar - DJ Hazard                
The Nine vs Miss Kittin vs Morning Light - John B                    
The Pulse (The Prototypes Remix) - Bad Company              
Breathe (VIP Mix) - DC Breaks                
New Life (John B Remix) - Depeche Mode              
Tainted Love (12" Mix) - John B feat. Marcy Meow  
The Colossus - John B [Metalheadz]    

             

May 2015 News | New Studio Mix | Free Track Download | New Video | New Webstore

Lots of cool new stuff going on this week!

After a bit of a break with my podcast we're back with a brand new episode - and a big one at that - 2.5 hours of fresh new Drum & Bass - the Spring 2015 studio mix! Thought this time I should keep the chat to a minimum and do a proper, long, DnB mix representative of all the new stuff around at the moment that I'm into & don't always get to play in my club gigs if the set-times are shorter.

I get a lot of messages from fans of the podcast, and I can tell its something you guys love & were sad that I stopped doing them every week. I will always continue doing as regularly as possible - it was great to be doing them every week last year but it was taking up so much time, everrrrry week, planning what I should play, doing the mix, recording the voiceover stuff, and then all the technical stuff to get it up on itunes, soundcloud, johnbpodcast.com, john-b.com, reposting on Facebook, twitter blah blah blah etc. So the plan now is probably once every few weeks or so for the normal podcasts - and of course whenever I can record my live sets from the clubs I'll get them up on there too!

CLICK HERE to check out all the links, or you can stream it from this soundcloud thing below:

I also took a little break from the podcast at the beginning of the year because I GOT MARRIED!!! Back in February I married Magda, and we were away for our Honeymoon in Miami for the whole of March (and I also did some US tour dates including the week-long Miami WMC as usual) - hopefully a decent enough reason to take a break from doing the podcast every week during that time! ;-)

Now that I'm back - I'm fired up and ready to go in the studio with the next phase of my studio output - when I got back from the honeymoon I pulled apart all my studio stuff, changed all the desks to reduce their height (for some reason when I designed my set up years ago I decided it would be a good idea to have the desks much higher than is comfortable for some reason!) - got some proper Herman Miller chairs that I've always wanted, so I can actually sit there for the hours and hours you need, and rewired everything and got all the random cables that has spewed out of control over the years all tidied up and out of the way. Studio Mac Pro is all upgraded and running smoothly now, just a few more plug-ins and software instruments to upgrade... Here's a quick photo - I'll be recording a proper behind-the-scenes video in the next week or so for all you audio geeks!

Also - another free download - this time a new track of mine called "Electricity". I made it back in December just before I played at Soul In Motion, to use as the intro track that night. The original idea was obviously a political one, a dark industrial electro drum & bass hybrid track, with robo-vocoder vocals talking about society, bankers, tax evasion, inequality, corruption etc. With elections coming in the UK this week, more protests in America over police brutality & inequality, ongoing propaganda issues with Russia/USA/Ukraine stuff and talk of big businesses avoiding tax in times of austerity etc I figured it was a good time to put it 'out there' - and to make a serious video to go with it.

I love the venue they use for Soul in Motion - the club is in the basement of a really cool posh hotel and whenever I go there it always strikes me the different types of people there are upstairs vs. downstairs. Even though the vibe in either is totally cool & inclusive you can't help but notice how in the posh hotel bar and expensive restaurant upstairs there's all the rich, London media-types & international businessmen (and their hookers) while downstairs, in the same place there is this super underground other world - existing right in the same building. Obviously its still people that live in london and can afford to go clubbing etc but you do notice a contrast. That's where the 'Upstairs there is bourgeoise, downstairs music energy' line comes from anyway.

So... when Russell Brand was on BBC Question time he made a decent speech about a lot of those issues -  Farage & UKIP using immigrants as scapegoats for the cutbacks/austerity when the real villains are the banks that caused the crash & the big businesses that avoid paying tax, and the politicians that allow it etc. Realised that would be great for the intro for the track & set the tone for what was to come and it worked really well - except I couldn't get in touch with any of his people to get his bit officially cleared & also in the spirit of the track I think free download is more fitting.

So I got my head round Final Cut X and spent a few days last week working on the video, cut up loads of new archive footage, managed to sync up Russell Brand on the BBC show & then figured out how to overlay all the text so it drives home what the lyrics were. Anyway, here's the video, you can download the track from my soundcloud here.

We now have a brand new webstore!

The old webstore was getting pretty out-of-date looking so I moved it over to a new Shopify system. The great thing is now we offer digital downloads bundled with any physical product - so basically if you buy anything on vinyl or CD you get instant access to the music as a download too - AND as well as the usual mp3s you can now buy high definition WAV files. Lots of new merch too and some exciting new shirts and other clothing coming soon!

Check it out at www.beta-store.com

Who's this Handsome fella?

2 New DJ Mixes available for Free Download

Updated the podcast this week with 2 new episodes!



The first (CLICK HERE FOR LINK) is my official mix for the Sun & Bass guys - previously only available on their soundcloud page for the first month or so, but now also available on my iTunes podcast feed and up at www.johnbpodcast.com, soundcloud and mixcloud etc as usual.

The second (CLICK HERE FOR LINK) is a recording of my set from San Diego a couple of weeks ago, the final gig of my mini-tour in the USA over New Year's Eve/Jan, and one of my favourite gigs of that trip - recorded on a Sunday evening on the rooftop of Spin nightclub as the sun set and moon rose - really lovely time and such a cool crowd & good people involved in the party! Check out my Facebook page for some fun photos from the gig...

Also a big shout to everyone that came out to my show in London at Electric in Brixton on Saturday night for the Spearhead Records 10 year Anniversary - was a late set for me (4-5am) but great to see the place still rammed and everyone going for it (and reacting well to my new stuff!). Had a really good evening, managed to book a cheeky hotel room nearby using #airportninja reward points, grabbed dinner & drinks with some friends before & then went on for the rave! More UK gigs please! :-)






 Check out the gallery from the party on Facebook CLICK HERE.

A rare London gig on Weds Dec 17th!

Very pleased to announce I'll be DJing at the Soul In Motion Christmas party next Wednesday December 17th!

It's my favourite DnB night in London at the moment and great to be playing in the UK for a change too! 

Love the venue its in the basement of a posh hotel, right in the middle of London, West End so really easy to get to - and they have really good drinks too! Amazing sound system, small but really cool and comfortable venue, and awesome music policy, really deep, interesting, forward thinking underground Drum & Bass - going to be doing my best to get some special new tunes done in time...

And - its FREE ENTRY - just RSVP email with your full name to soulinmotion@gmail.com 

See ya there!

My mix for the official Sun & Bass Podcast

I was honoured to be asked by the Sun & Bass crew to do a mix for their official podcast - so here it is!

I wanted to do a set sensitive to the Sun & Bass vibes, more musical, liquid & soulful tracks than I usually get to play at my bigger club gigs, pulled out a few classics for the old-school headz & then ramp up the energy towards the end! Hopefully this brings a little bit of sunshine into your ears!

Please share on Facebook & Twitter etc so more people get to hear it! :-)

All my sets from Sun & Bass 2014

Just a little post to consolidate all my sets from this year's fabulous Sun & Bass festival - if you already subscribe to my podcast or follow me on Facebook etc then you should have already spotted them, but if not - here you go!

I'm actually recording the next episode of the official Sun & Bass podcast this weekend so keep your eyes peeled for that too.

Been ages since I updated this blog, seems a little redundant now that we all use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc - but I'll keep it alive anyway!

John B Live @ Ripping Club (Drum & Bass Set)

John B Classic D&B Set @ La Cinta Beach w/ MC Lowqui


John B Italo Disco/80s/90s Set in San Teodoro Town Sqare

John B Podcast 133

Not a Pryda Snare in sight - just 14 of this week's best new Drum & Bass tracks!

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Loads of great deals on the John B / Beta Recordings Webstore - have cut prices on loads of vinyl - starting at 99p! Enter code 'FBSALE' at checkout to get a further 10% off.

LINK FOR DIRECT DOWNLOAD OF MP3: http://podcast.johnbpodcast.com/content/JohnBPodcast133.mp3

TRACKLIST

1. I Wanna Feel (Brooked Brothers Remix) - Second City
2. Happy (TC Bootleg Remix) - Pharrell Williams
3. Cold Spring ft. Robert Manos - Seba
4. Halftruth - Dabs, Need for Mirrors & HLZ
5. Virtual Realmz (John B Epic Mix) - J Laze
6. Mixed Emotion - Dexcell
7. Clouded Judgement - Phil Tangent
8. Every day is Holiday - nClear & Eugenics Eight
9. Supersonic - Electrosoul System
10. Sex Dwarf - John B ft. Robyn Chaos
11. Good Life (Danny Byrd Bootleg Remix) - Inner City
12. Fire - Hamilton
13. Guessing Games (Bailey Remix) - Zero T & Script
14. Half Light (Audio Remix) - Wilkinson

John B Podcast 132

If you're here then I'm sure you already know all my podcasts are up at www.johnbpodcast.com but here's a link to the latest episode & an update...

Last Autumn I was asked by Radio Record in Russia to do a weekly radio show for them to broadcast on their FM station across Russia (they have over 130 regional stations now - a bit like Kiss FM here in the UK). So, since then I've been doing the podcast every week too - the same DJ mix as for the Russian Radio show, just I do a different voiceover and brand it differently.

Every week the podcast is available to download, for free. You can subscribe on iTunes so you automatically get it downloaded whenever there's a new one, or stream/download from Soundcloud - or just download the mp3 link directly to do whatever you want with it. Either way, all the links are at johnbpodcast.com.

TRACKLIST

1. Beating Heart (Dexcell Remix) – Ellie Goulding
2. Night Vision – Technimatic
3. Summit – Chords
4. Red Sky (ft. Shaz Sparks) – John B
5. Burnside Park – Submorphics
6. Figjam – Digital
7. Chasing a Dream – Technimatic
8. Better Things (VIP) – Crytical Dub
9. Forest Fires (ft. Etherwood) – Fred V & Grafix
10. Apache Trip (VIP) – Tim Cant
11. Creeper – Digital & Spriit
12. Hell Sequence – Gmorozov
13. Dark Shadows (ft. Rene Lavice & Total Science) – S.P.Y
14. 420 – Sunchase
15. Jet Pack – Prolix

Photos: John B @ Pravda Bar, Ufa 18.04.14

Well, I thought blogger would arrange these in an album, but apparently not...

Check out the whole gallery on Facebook here: Facebook.com/johnbbeta