Last night I was lucky enough to get to see a show at Wrongbar with Alex Metric and Adam Freelands Live band. First of all I want to say thank you to Adam Freeland for hooking me up on the guest list! Now here is a brief revue…

Alex Metric was fucking awesome (please check out his tunes here!) and played a sweet set. He was also mad personable and down to talk to the viking so I bought him a stella to say thanks for busting some dope tracks haha (thanks for not kicking me the fuck out of your booth when I came past to say whatsup!). It is a shame he couldn’t have played for longer because I was totally digging it. Here is a short interview with the man himself.

Turns out he co-produced the new album for Adam Freeland, who knew??? Hopefully I can find a way to get his single in Canada when it comes out (if only he had been selling them last night at the show!) It would be really cool too swing a revue of his album when it comes out May 25th. Also we can be expecting an essential mix from him july 18th!

Adam Freeland and the FREELAND band

Next on was the headlining act, they went on at around 11 and played for an hour before calling it quits while citing “technical difficulties’ for the reasoning (more to come on that later). As short as it was they still played a dopesonique set that had both some old and new tunes. They have a new album called “cope” coming out May 11th i think? You can listen to the first 8 tracks at the bottom of this post and let me know what you think. Hopefully there will be a review of the full album when it comes out, assuming I can get it here.

Freeland – Under Control – Official Video from Freeland on Vimeo.

Unfortunately there were probably less than 100 people at the bar and i think that was probably the reasoning for them stopping so early. Huge disappointment for fans like me who were hoping to party till the early morning with some hella-dope beats. Now I really hope I am wrong but I don’t think that Mr. Freelands mic was plugged in until after they stopped playing (i watched someone plug the xlr in after he tried to talk to the crowd to tell them he was stopping and nothing came out haha) and I am pretty sure that the Korg ms-20 was more for show than actual use? I had been hopping to see him use it more. Either way I had fun and will for sure go check them out again but this time they need to give me more than two weeks notice so that i can promote the fuck out of the show this time!

big-ups to Alex Metric and FREELAND for a fun but ‘early’ night haha

Respek and love

check these links to learn more or to pre-order

http://www.marineparade.net/ or http://www.myspace.com/adamfreelandmusic

Alex Metric recently got his own show on the BBC. Congrats to him! Some of you may have been lucky enough to have seen him spin before Adam Freeland a little while back. Either way i am sure that you will be hearing more from him in the future.
listen to his mix now (quick or its gone!)

Track listing:
Poney Poney – Cross The Fader (Perspex Recordings)
Sneaky Soundsystem – When we were young (Breakbot remix) (Whack)
Miami (Goldenbug remix)
Bag Raiders – Fun Punch (Light Years Remix) (Bang Gang 12 Inches)
Cassius – Sound of violence (Alex Metric re edit) (Virgin)
Frankmusik – Confusion Girl (Dolby Anol Remix) (Island)
Siriusmo – Let Me In (Monkeytown Records)
Dream In The Desert (Hystereo Rebrand)
Freeland – Borderline (Grum Remix) (Marine Parade)

EXCLUSIVE TRACK

Infadels – We Are Ghosts (CDR)

ALEX’S INTRODUCTORY MIX

Chemical Brothers – Leave Home (Freestyle Dust)
Les Rhythmes Digitales – From Disco to Disco (Sum Records)
FC Kahuna – Glitterball (City Rockers)
Basement Jaxx – Rendezvouz (XL Recordings)
Daft Punk – Digital Love – (Virgin)
Leon Haywood – Daydream (20th Century Fox Records)

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Pony Pony Run Run – Hey You (PPRR Dance Mix) (Fairtilizer)
Casio Kids – Fotihose (Maxaxe Remix) (Moshi Moshi)
Autokratz – Give Me More (Yuksek Remix) (Kitsuné)
Phoenix – Lisztomania (Der Die Das Remix) (Kitsuné)
Royksopp – The Girl and the robot (Ocelot Remix) (Astralwerks)
Passion Pit – The Reeling (Shuttle Remix) (Frenchkiss Records)
Alex Gopher – Hand Guns (Beni Remix) (Go 4 Music)
Boys Noize – Jeffer (Boys Noize)
Alex Metric – Shirley You Cant Be Serious (Marine Parade)

EXCLUSIVE TRACK

Zoot Woman – Saturation (CDR)

ALEX’S DEEPER MIX

Peaches – I Dont Wanna Lose You (Yuksek & Brodinski remix)
Popof – Shades (Form)
Nathan Fake – The Turtle (Border Community)
Crystal Fighters – Xstatic Truth (Renaissance Man Remix) (Kitsuné)
Frankmusik – Confusion Girl (Russ Chimes Remix) (Island)

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The Enemy – Sing When You’re In Love (Alex Metric Remix)
Phoenix – Fences (Grincheux et Dangereux Remix) (Kitsune)
Delphic – Counterpoint (R&S)
Dan Black – Symphonies (Passion Pit Remix) (Polydor)

Check his myspace here

This fascinating, brilliant 20-minute video narrates the history of the “Amen Break,” a six-second drum sample from the b-side of a chart-topping single from 1969. This sample was used extensively in early hiphop and sample-based music, and became the basis for drum-and-bass and jungle music — a six-second clip that spawned several entire subcultures.

This past week on “In new DJ’s We Trust” Alex Metric took to the decks again to spin his ecclectic mix of punk, pop, indie-techno goodness. The guest on this installment of the show was ZootWoman who spun a selection of tunes from their influences and heroes and at the very end of his show he also played Adam Freelands new remix of Metric’s track “sympathy”. I had heard about this remix for a while but this is the first time I have had the chance to listen to it.

Click HERE for the link to listen to this weeks show (before it is gone)

11th September 2009
Alex Metric

Raw Man – Join Together
Boxer Rebellion – Semi Automatic (FC Kahuna Mix)
Gossip – Love Long Distance (Riva Star mix)
Kenneth Bager – I Cant Wait (Alex Metric’s back to 99 mix)
Linus Love – Bruxism Groove (His Majesty Andre Mix)
Sold Out – the Cut (Just A Band remix)
Grum – Heartbeats
David Guetta & Afrojack – Toyfriend
Miike Snow – Black & Blue (Jaymo & Andy George Remix)
Zoot woman – Just a friend

Zoot Woman – Heroes and Influences mix
Eurythmics – Let¹s Just Close Our Eyes
Model 500 – The Chase
Human League – Love Action
Yazoo – Situation
Kraftwerk – Computer World
A Guy Called Gerald – Voodoo Ray
Depeche Mode – People Are People
Visage – Fade To Grey
Underworld – Dirty Epic

Simian Mobile Disco Ft. Beth Ditto – Cruel Intentions
Wave Machines – I go I go I go

Undgdomskulen – I Dunno (David E Sugar Remix)
Gloves – PYX (Goldenbug Remix)
Claude Von Stroke & Justin Martin – Beat The Bird
Mason – At the Hippo Bar
Loco & Jam – Medusa
La Roux – I’m Not Your Toy (Jack Beats Remix)
Alex Metric – Golden
Cassius – Youth Speed Trouble Cigarettes

The Big Pink – Dominos

Deep Mix
Lusine - Two Dots ft Vilija
Unkle – Heavy Drug (Surrender Sounds Mix)
Simian Mobile Disco – Synthesise
Phoenix – Fences (Grincheux et Dangereux Mix)

Metric – Sympathy (Adam Freeland Remix)

Released minutes ago, here is the new remix of Miike Snow’s track “Devil’s Work” by Alex Metric. For those of you who don’t know Alex Metric, he is a British DJ/Producer who has been remixing tracks by the likes of La Roux, NERD, Phoenix & Bloc Party. For a little while he was on the BBC doing the “In New DJ’s We Trust” show on Thursday nights. He is currently on Adam Freeland’s record label, Marine Parade, and has been making waves around the world with his unique style of electro-house production.