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JESSE ROSE The house producer/DJ tours his ambitious 12 x 12 project
J esse Rose specialises in house music but he seems to enjoy playing with the form. He starts with the foundations of the genre but has taken it in so many directions from big dancefloor bangers to deep underground cuts. His record label Made to Play has helped kick start the careers of Sinden, Riva Starr, Round Table Knights and Oliver $. ‘For me the best thing about the label is finding and nurturing talent,’ explains Rose from his home in LA.
Growing up in Ladbroke Grove – influenced by the reggae soundsystems blasting out early house and drum & bass during his formative years – Rose moved to the States six years ago. ‘I’d have thought when I got out here I’d start making more commercial records because it’s sunny and the environment in LA is definitely more commercial, but actually I’ve been making much deeper records.’
2013 has seen the launch of Rose’s most ambitious project to date, his 12 x 12 series. ‘Basically it’s a way of releasing music unconventionally: instead of releasing an album I’m going to release an EP or a single on the twelfth of every month. It’s a new way of letting people digest the music because if you give them 12 tracks on an LP they often just pick their top three. But by releasing one every month you put focus on every track, especially deeper tracks which might usually get missed.’ It’s a big complicated project, especially when Rose has to fit it around his touring schedule. ‘If people can have three kids I can definitely make 12 records,’ he laughs. (Henry Northmore) Jesse Rose guests at Karnival, Annexe at the Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Sat 27 Jul.
HITLIST THE BEST DANCEFLOOR ACTION
✽ T in the Park The Slam tent is probably the best dance tent at any UK festival
(boasting Green Velvet, Richie Hawtin, Laurent Garnier, Maceo Plex and more) plus Kraftwerk, Calvin Harris and Disclosure across the fest. Balado, Fife, Fri 12–Sun 14 Jul.
✽ Bigfoot’s Tea Party Bigfoot’s now- traditional summer party on the banks of
the Clyde returns, this time with Alejandro Paz (Comeme) among the guests. 100 Stobcross Road, Glasgow, Sat 10 Aug.
✽ Friday Street The long-running Glasgow mod night celebrates thirteen years and its last ever night, before returning in a new guise in October. Blackfriars, Glasgow, Sat 27 Jul.
✽ StepBack Celebrating their fifth birthday, an important milestone for any club, with
techno from some of Edinburgh’s finest as Zuni and Max ‘40’ Maxxa guest. Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, Fri 19 Jul.
✽ I AM Fast becoming Glasgow’s best weekly
party, in part down to an array of guests which this month includes Daniel Avery (16 Jul) and Glimpse
(30 Jul). Sub Club, Glasgow, weekly Tue.
✽ bippp A new residents night we’re ready to get excited about, with Steev
from Errors and Mother Ganga’s Lewis Cook showing off their knowledge of synth-based music history. Flying Duck, Glasgow, Fri 26 Jul.
✽ Kill Yr Idols GK Machine’s broadly disco-punk night, with Pumajaw and Fiona Soe Paing presenting unique live shows. Berkeley Suite, Glasgow, Fri 12 Jul.
✽ Karnival Jesse Rose brings his deep house/techno 12 x 12 roadshow to the ’burgh. Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Sat 27 Jul.
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