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May 2014
EXIST (Atjazz, Karizma) - Live @ Mixmag Lab 2014
The Lab is our weekly office rave up where we live stream some of the biggest and best names in dance music from genres across the board. This week guarantees to be special as we welcome two true house music masters in the form of Atjazz and Karizma. Fresh from their recent performance at Southport Weekender and playing under their collaboration name EXIST, the two have combined their love, knowledge and vibe impeccably to deliver an epic, high energy journey of sonics. EXIST brings a stripped back sound, combining modern broken beats with soulful vocals and they play the whole thing live (the Lab is on 3 CDJs but even then it's as live as they can be.) Atjazz was one of the forerunners of the broken beat and nu-jazz scene, producing tracks like 'Touch The Sun'. Recent collaborations with the likes of Osunlade have combined soul, jazz-funk and africanism into the deepest house grooves. You can check them out on his weekly 'Your Soul' podcast. Karizma aka Kaytronik is a house music artist in the purist form. His back catalogue includes releases on the likes of R2 Records, Objektivity and Strictly Rhythm while the man has worked with legends like Kenny Dope, Roy Ayers and even J Dilla.
Apr 2014
Heidi - Live @ Mixmag Lab 2014
Taking her Jackathon parties to venues such as The Warehouse Project in Manchester, welcoming guests including Cajmere, Jackmaster, Maceo Plex, Maya Jane Coles and Kerri Chandler, Heidi Van Den Amstel has also performed high-energy sets at festivals such as Exit, Global Gathering and Movement in Detroit. Being taken under the wing of Get Physical founders M.A.N.D.Y and DJ T in 2006, her DJ career rocketed, later releasing compilations on the label before launching her own imprint Heidi Presents Jackathon Jams, with releases coming from Maya Jane Coles, tINI and Jimmy Edgar to name a few.