“There was always a party going on, and interesting people to talk to-it was just fabulous inside. “There was a sense of joy and celebration, and a feeling of being carefree that I don’t think exists in social life now,” says Leacock, a filmmaker whose works include It Girls and I’ll Take Manhattan. Those fabulous times helped inspire Leacock’s new book, Mortimer’s: Moments in Time, a collection of memories, ephemera, photos, and personal correspondence from the restaurant’s late grand poohbah, Glenn Bernbaum. We might not have always known who we were speaking to, and if we did it didn’t matter because we were all having a fabulous time together.” “Mortimer’s represented a time for a lot of people when we came together to celebrate nightly. “You just knew that when you went in the door, you’d be joining something great,” she says today. His deep, driving moods fluctuate between hypnotic rhythms and dark mind-blowing emotions.Robin Baker Leacock doesn’t remember precisely the first time she went to Mortimer’s, the late, lamented restaurant at East 75 thStreet and Lexington Avenue in New York City, but that inaugural visit wouldn’t be her last. Already signed to Soma, Arts and Animal Farm, this is a name you may see a lot more of in 2022.
This sees the producer spread his creative wings, with a powerful techno track to make his debut. Closing out the VA is a new name Non Reversible with 'Endless Expanse'. Effortlessly sitting on the hard dance crossover point, it's got bags of personality and is the kind of track you wait for at the end of the night. He takes inspiration from early 2000's hard techno, and wraps that into his latest blinder with 'Sleepless Nights With You'. Alt8 is a label favourite, with a release coming later this year. It's complex polyrhythms and hypnotic joie de vivre. Frazi.er is a name making some waves the last year, after his sell out show at Glasgow's HYDRO, and sets at Terminal V, Into The Woods and Platform 18, his raw, unapologetic sound makes a mark with 'She's Running Through My Head'.
KEYO's 'Tactical Progression' adds a touch of restraint and class to the release, before we head over to Estonian producer Merimell's ' Breatharian' which drops the tempo but not the energy, the tracks powerful industrial drums and funk drive this track. He makes his debut with 'Walls Of Jericho' and its scattergun hats and schranz-y drums. Navigating the difficult post-covid waters with much success, he's now signed to Omen, Flesh and Hammers and others. Skoden is a UK-based DJ/producer who broke into the industry with his own label, YAWA, back in 2020. Their track 'Without ID' is dystopian and hypnotic, with soaring menacing synth work. VXPX are an anonymous duo that express themselves through hard and fast sounds with an edge of '90s energy wrapped in industrial soul. Featured on a previous VA, Yorkshireman Balrog returns with his heavier, darker techno, with a debut collab alongside Rudosa for 'Names Not Down', an energetic drum workout with a cheeky nod to 90's clubland. The label has always prided itself in showcasing many unknown artists, those who have turned the head of Rudosa with some talented production skills. This May we see the label release its 3rd VA, quite the achievement in only its 2nd year running. Spanning several years of successful releases on high profile imprints he now mainly focuses on his own imprint, Moments in Time.
Talented UK-based artist, Rudosa, champions a fusion of hard hypnotic Techno with euphoric overtones that transports you back to a simpler time where nostalgia and emotion take over.
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