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Features tracks and remixes from Luke Chable, Shpongle, Rennie Pilgrem, Moonface, Slacker, Main Element, Tilt and more…
Following in the footsteps of the groundbreaking '
Balance 005' by James Holden was never going to be an easy task, but if any man has the tools to do the job it's Anthony Pappa who's smooth mixing, & great programming earning him the reputation as one the worlds best DJ's. Having a wide and varied career that has seen him play all around the world, in addition to being the figure that launched Global Underground's Nubreed series which saw his face (not to mention blue jacket and brown eyebrows) splattered all over every available poster site in Britain, Anthony has already proven his worth, but since the release of his 2002 compilation 'Resolution' on React Music, he's slowly dropped off the radar, but now returns at the helm of the latest compilation in EQ's
Balance series. This compilation sees Anthony take his skills to the next level, the first CD being a voyage through the world of ambient and breakbeat with tracks by up and coming artists like Blue Haze and Australian Steve May sitting alongside material from long standing names such as Slacker and Tilt. Diversity is the theme and the second CD is a snapshot of the more twisted style that fans of Anthony Pappa know and love. With some of the finest material around at the moment carefully layered, programmed and keyed into one cohesive mix, it's the fitting end of an album that shows Anthony Pappa's ability to
Balance all manner of different sounds, making him the perfect candidate to join this acclaimed series.
Having worked in the family business from an early age, Anthony decided to strike out on his own and become an international renowned disc jockey, in the days when international renowned disc jockeys were as rare as tap dancing marmosets. Anthony was alarmingly good from the off. Annoyingly good. At the tender age of 15, he entered Australia's DMC Mixing Championships. And won. Not content with this, he worked regularly in the clubs in native Melbourne, where he forged a reputation as one of the city's hottest DJs. In 1993, Mixmag organized a mixing competition (it was a forerunner to Muzik's Bedroom Bedlam contest) and he won that, too, with a brilliant and musically clever mix of funky and vocal house.In 1994, frustrated at being halfway around the world from where the music he loved was happening, he hopped on a banana boat and landed in Southampton docks six weeks later armed with a bag full of records, and a cache of funnel web spiders. Hooking up with Dave Seaman and a sinister enclave of DJs and producers based in Maidenhead and Slough, he plotted his takeover of the world. He struck a friendship up with producer/engineer Alan Bremner and together they formed Freefall: by day mild mannered janitors at the Daily Globe, by evening world beating dance music makers. Gigs began to arrive as he established himself in the UK. Both promoters and punters noticed something particular about the way he played: smooth mixing, musically complementary, great programming. Trainspotters noticed something else again: that his record box was organized in keys. Crikey. Who's a clever dick, then?
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