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well - as expected - that night turned out to be as promising as i thought. KINGDOM, "Fade To Mind" - "home of the unpronounceable" [quote, benji b, BBC Radio One] label boss played a straight to the floor set, full of bouncing bass and driving rhythms - definitely one of those that i love to hear aloud!
From Boston (up east coast) to New York, where KINGDOM lived for 10 years, he moved to Los Angeles, now based there. Just recently he was in London and visited benji b in the studio for a chat and fading to mind.
In Vienna he did an interview on FM4 and later that night, talking to him, he mentions that they would not really have something similar to that in LA. Local radio was very commercial he says.
Kingdom is a CDR culture person, playing this very danceable selection in a perfect way. I really enjoy that kind of a set that has catchy vocal tunes innit but gives space in between with some straight dope beat tracks to underline the musics' instrumental side, pieces where maybe one small vocal is looped or so, but not straight 4min rap things, that i cannot take for more than 2 or 3 tracks in a row - personal opinion though.
Kingdom played a pretty rough set, also more or less he just straight went into it, no warm up needed, it was incredibly hot already anyhow..
..and yes . that Rihanna tune!
one can hear what kind of music inspired Kingdom to do what he is doing, that strong UK connection - Fade To Mind being the lil' sister of Night Slugs - his love for Grime and RnB vocals, the American side of music, heavy sounds, ... dirty club music. GREAT!
I am curious about the exchange between the continents, as earlier the Chicago house and italo disco situation was .. somehow.
With FTM's first release the NGUZUNGUZU Timesup, i had a lot of fun. A super release that gives a radio host quite a mission to announce it right. That was lovely.
Kingdom's Fogs - was released 2011 on Night Slugs- another thing that really caught my attention, such a wonderful track!
and then here with this freedownload
So well yes, all i remain to say is watch out for FADE TO MIND artists.
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Los Angeles-based DJ and label head Kingdom aka Ezra Rubin has built considerable influence with both his own discography and the output from his groundbreaking label,Fade to Mind. Rubin was introduced to MIDI programming and composition at an early age. Inspired by U.K. jungle andTimbaland's genre-defying R&B sound, he began experimenting with sampling keyboards and simple multitrack recording as a teenager. Upon moving to NYC to study visual art, Kingdom developed his signature design style and began his career as a DJ, connecting genres and sounds in a way that NYC club audiences hadn't experienced before. He released two mixtapes in 2006 and 2008 that fused U.K. grime, U.S. club, hip-hop and his own mutated take on R&B, catching the attention of London-based label Night Slugs, which sparked their ongoing transcontinental collaboration and kinship.
Saturated in mysticism and cosmic authority, Kingdom's distinctively bittersweet productions mix deep synths and apocalyptic drums into a spacious, multidimensional sound that immediately began having a major impact on club music worldwide. After critical acclaim for his early EPs 'Mind Reader'(Fool's Gold Records), 'That Mystic' (Night Slugs) and'Dreama' (Night Slugs), Rubin relocated from New York to Los Angeles in 2010 to form new label Fade to Mind with close friends and collaborators Nguzunguzu, Total Freedom, andPrince William. He quickly expanded the roster to include such diverse artists as ballroom house legend MikeQ and Kuwaiti-American composer Fatima Al Qadiri.
