IS FIXED

In early 2004, DJ™s JDH and Dave P started FIXED at the Tribeca Grand hotel (New York), where they quickly established a forward-thinking booking policy that found heavyweight, Berlin-based techno jocks like Ewan Pearson playing one week, with on-the-rise indie acts such as Little Boots or Friendly Fires the next. To date, blue-chip artists like Erol Alkan, Soulwax, Booka Shade, Justice, Superpitcher, the Klaxons, Peaches, LCD Soundsystem, Mylo, Vitalic, Simian Mobile Disco, The Rapture, Tiefschwarz, M.A.N.D.Y. and many more have all made appearances. The party celebrated its 5-year anniversary in November 2009, with Basement Jaxx headlining the night. SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO IS FIXED SMD takes the reigns of the first mix in FIXED™s new series spotlighting what you can think of the New York institution™s parties. SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO IS FIXED is the perfect introduction to what FIXED is about. This is also SMD™s first domestic US mix ever. The pairing of these two important first™s make this release even more special and memorable. šJosh and Dave were the first people to put us on in America, and they consistently put on the craziest parties with the best dance music in the United States. We jumped at the chance to do a mix for them, as Fixed is a beacon of hope in a sea of generic bangers. It has a broad, classy music policy and is set to follow in the footsteps of legendary nights such as Trash and Optimo.› - Simian Mobile Disco šThe mix we have done for Fixed is based on how we hope our residency with them in New York will pan out. Fixed has always been a forum for the deeper and odder end of disco and techno, but without forgetting that it's still a party. We mixed this live in our studio, allowing us to throw some extra effects in there and also a bit of the 808 from time to time.› - Jas (of Simian Mobile Disco) www.defendmusic.com www.myspace.com/fixednyc www.myspace.com/simianmobiledisco šThe mix we have done for Fixed is based on how we hope our residency with them in New York will pan out. Fixed has always been a forum for the deeper and odder end of disco and techno, but without forgetting that it's still a party. We mixed this live in our studio, allowing us to throw some extra effects in there and also a bit of the 808 from time to time.› - Jas (of Simian Mobile Disco) **************** Defend Music is proud to announce the first release in a new series of mix CDs celebrating New York City™s famed FIXED parties  Simian Mobile Disco Is Fixed. Released on October 12, this marks the first Domestic USA release for the famed British DJ/Production/Remix team. This mix perfectly represents what you™d expect to hear from Simian Mobile Disco (AKA James Ford and Jas Shaw) at one of their FIXED residency nights - it™s all wondrous techno. There™s no messing around here as the mix launches with the spacey, wobbly, jazz tinged one-two punch of Brain Machine šEternal Night› and Etienne Jaumet šFor Falling Asleep.› Next, Jurek Przezdziecki šQwerty Poema› and Conrad Schnitzler šBallet Statique› reveal techno™s beautiful side with divine melodies and flowing beats before Andre Walter šMalphas› and Bam Bam šWhere's Your Child?› contrast with tougher and more ominous sounds. It™s the perfect lead into Simian Mobile Disco™s own remix of DJ Hell™s gothic techno track šU Can Dance (feat. Brian Ferry) and Paul Woolford™s rubbery šFalse Prophet.› Phillip Sherburne starts off the second half of the disc with his excellent šSalt And Vinegar,› and when paired with the next track, Clement Meyer šMidnight Madness› you™ve got the sound of a plane spinning out of control (good in the context of this mix). Simian Mobile Disco pulls up next with their most recent single, šNerve Salad,› a full on techno assault with nightmarish sounds weaving in and out. Pantha Du Prince šBehind The Stars› is equally dark, slowing things down before Carl Craig brings back the acid with his remix of Hot Chip™s šOne Life Stand.› The mix starts winding down with Chateau Flight™s bouncy electro šBaroque› before the BPMs start freefalling with SND š05:36:58› and Delia Derbyshire™s tripped out and droning šDreams.› FIXED was launched in 2004 by DJ™s JDH and Dave P at the Tribeca Grand hotel and the party quickly took off as a result of a forward-thinking booking policy. One week you™d find heavyweight, Berlin-based techno jocks like Ewan Pearson playing with on-the-rise indie acts such as Little Boots or Friendly Fires the next. To date, blue-chip artists like Erol Alkan, Soulwax, Booka Shade, Justice, Superpitcher, the Klaxons, Peaches, LCD Soundsystem, Mylo, Vitalic, Simian Mobile Disco, The Rapture, Tiefschwarz, M.A.N.D.Y. and many more have all made appearances. The party celebrated its five-year anniversary in November 2009, with Basement Jaxx headlining the night. Simian Mobile Disco takes the reigns of the first mix in FIXED™s new series embodying what the New York institution™s parties are all about. Simian Mobile Disco™s James Ford and Jas Shaw comment, šJosh and Dave were the first people to put us on in America, and they consistently put on the craziest parties with the best dance music in the United States. We jumped at the chance to do a mix for them, as Fixed is a beacon of hope in a sea of generic bangers. It has a broad, classy music policy and is set to follow in the footsteps of legendary nights such as Trash and Optimo,› Simian Mobile Disco Is Fixed Track List 1. Brain Machine šEternal Night› 2. Etienne Jaumet šFor Falling Asleep› 3. Jurek Przezdziecki šQwerty Poema› 4. Conrad Schnitzler šBallet Statique› 5. André Walter šMalphas› 6. Bam Bam šWhere™s Your Child?› 7. DJ Hell šU Can Dance (SMD Mix)› 8. Paul Woolford šFalse Prophet› 9. Phillip Sherburne šSalt and Vinegar› 10. Clement Meyer šMidnight Madness› 11. Simian Mobile Disco šNerve Salad› 12. Pantha Du Prince šBehind The Stars› 13. Hot Chip šOne Life Stand (Carl Craig Mix)› 14. Chateau Flight šBaroque› 15. SND š05:36:58› 16. Delia Derbyshire šDreams›