John 00 Fleming: Nine Lives - the album

John 00 Fleming, a DJ with a truckload of albums already to his name, has just released his debut artist album.

Yes, you read right, his first ever, from go to whoah solo creation.

D.M.M recently caught up with John and here's what he had to say:

"My goal is to share my artistic creations with everyone. That's simply what I’m about.”

It’s with this opening pearler that trance doyen John 00 Fleming begins to explain his inaugural solo artist album, Nine Lives.

To the album: it’s something almost 20 years in the making. This in itself is perplexing as this is a DJ who has over 10 million album sales to-date. So then, as anomalous as it is how can this be? It can be because Nine Lives is, for the first time ever, pure unadulterated J00F from go to whoa.

Zero collaboration. Zero outside input.

Pure unadulterated J00F – now that’s worth a wait, but why such a long wait?

"I don’t like to work as many other DJs do with teams of writers and engineers. To me, it’s not a factory and I refuse to do that,” he says steadfastly. “When I write a track in my head I’m the only one who can truly see it, and when I create I’m often going to dark, weird places. No one can know these places and ideas apart from me. Digging those ideas out when I’m alone in the studio is what gives me the real buzz; it’s just me with my sleeves rolled up,” he muses.

"To me, that is what being an artist is and they are the ones who last the longest. Yes, I could go and employ someone to write tracks but it isn’t me. And that goes for anyone, not only those in electronic dance music.”
Bluntly honest in his appraisals, that’s the J00F we know. His beautiful truths underscored by his longevity in the scene and straight talk.

"My goal has never been to be number one DJ in the world, not to be a pop star, not to earn millions of pounds. If it was I’d have this team of people surrounding me. My goal is to stay to true to myself while sharing my artistic creations with everyone else. I do apologise that it sometimes takes so long but I do hope it has been worth the wait.”

Nine Lives was released on 16 August.

Get it from Beatport, iTunes, or Amazon.

Meanwhile, here's track seven - Finding Ganesha:

Check back real soon, or simply subscribe to the RSS feed, to catch part two of D.M.M.'s interview with John.

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DC

J00F Editions World Tour: Returning the club to the clubbers

John 00 Fleming is soon to kick off a world tour which he says will be totally focussed on "returning the club to the clubbers."

The J00F Editions tour, starting in John's hometown of Brighton UK mid July, begins an event series aimed at refocussing on the music and sound rather than props, pyrotechnics and stage dancers.

J00F Editions will feature extended sets, pumped up sounds systems and new talent, all themed to a musical style similar to John's much lauded Februaury BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix.

This perfectly sums it:


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DC

The New Year heralds in Moby magic

Electronic maestro Moby is touring Oz over the new year.

Headlining shows across the country, the world's most popular vegan will be playing the Falls Festival in Melbourne and Tasmania, Sunset Sounds in Brisbane, and Southbound in Western Australia.

Tickets are yet to go on sale but demand is expected to be huge with a ballot process already in place for each of the festivals.

There is rumour that he'll also be doing NYE at Shore Thing on Bondi Beach.

Playing to sell out concerts when last here in 2003, Moby will be bringing with him the fruits of his latest album, Wait For Me.

Interviewed on suicidegirls.com about it he said, "I wanted to make a really emotional, beautiful record. I don't know if I've succeeded, but my goal was to make something very personal, very melodic, very beautiful."

With his 1999 masterpiece Play selling over 1o million copies, Moby's track record can only stand him in good stead for this latest addition to his album armoury.

A musical prodigy he plays the keyboard, bass guitar, guitar and drums, and recorded Wait For Me entirely in his own home studio.

The first track from it, 'Shot in the Back of the Head', was directed by Twin Peaks creator, David Lynch.

"i'm (sic) happy to announce that david lynch has done the video for it. he (sic) is my favorite film director, and i'm really happy to have him as the first video director on 'wait for me'," Moby said via his blog.

Moby added that the animation in the video is, ‘very dark and beautiful’.



Tickets go on sale real soon so keep checking back for further updates.

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DC

Tiesto touring Oz in 2010

Australian trance lovers rejoice.

Tiësto is returning in 2010.

After wowing audiences in over 70 countries with his epic 2008 'Elements of Life' tour the Dutch native has announced he is visiting again early next year.

Orchestrated by Richie McNeill's, Hardware Corp, (the team behind such extravaganza's as Two Tribes and Transmission) they have only just released this tidbit and advise ticket pricing and further information will go public in the next few weeks.

If his 2008 tour is anything to go by then expect a brilliant mix of intimate and mammoth gigs predominantly in the eastern states.

Consistently in the top echelons of electronic music polls, whether it is for best DJ, best album, or best event, Tiësto leaves no stone unturned in ensuring an unforgettable musical experience.

And having just won four more awards at this year’s Miami Music Festival including: Best Solo Artist, Best Global DJ, Best Podcast and Best Full Length DJ Mix he is never one to rest on his laurels.

Acknowledging his fans on his website he said, “I think it's wonderful to have won these awards, especially since it's the fans who voted for me. I want to thank them all for their support!”

Since capitalising on being the only DJ to have played live in front of billions at the 2004 Olympic opening ceremony, Tiëstohas worked tirelessly to widen his audience and popularity.

His weekly radio show "Tiësto's Club Life" continues to bolster this success, boasting over 100 shows to date in addition to being one of itunes most popular downloads.

Otherwise known as, Tijs Verwest, Tiësto shows no sign of slowing down and word is he will be releasing another album following up on his much lauded, In Search Of Sunrise 7 – Asia, later this year.

Precise details on it are still sketchy but one thing is for certain: it’s these efforts which will continue to see this king of electronic dance atop the throne for a long time.

Check out some classic Tiësto cranking out 'Elements of Life' from the album of the same name, at Brisbane's Family nightclub last year:




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DC