MANTIS 048 with MOLEZ . today 6PM GMT on SWU

[makemassair]

LOCK ON: 6PM GMT . Fri 2 Oct '09
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For this, our 48th show, MANTIS presents Molez.

SHOWCASE
Molez is based out in Subotica, Serbia. He bought his first record in 2005 when he only aware of drum & bass. Back then he had one turntable on which he listened to his increasing vinyl collection. Eventually he got a 2nd turntable and began to experiment with his records, by that time consisting of the old skool techstep and hardstep sounds from the likes of Ed Rush & Optical, Konflict, Fission, Calyx, Dom & Roland, Technical Itch, Usual Suspects and so on.

Molez was captivated by the dark atmospherics and futuristic sounds and in 2006 met up with one of the members of the Sympton Crew (an organisation responsible for pushing diverse electronic music in Subotica). That member was Noiz, who noticed that they both shared a similar musical taste. From that meeting, Molez joined members Dekode, Drum:R and Noiz to spread the Sympton sound through Serbia. Thanks to Dekode's electro, IDM and dubstep records Molez grew interested in producing 140bpm paced music rather than producing drum & bass tracks. His productions are characterized by deep and sci-fi soundscapes.

In early 2008 he met up with Alien Pimp (owner of DubKraft Records) who gave Molez his first track; Sabotage on the Cinematic Dubstep Vol 01 release. With this digital release, Molez became one of the first Serbian dubstep producers. He went on to release his fierce, technoid influenced track Scythe on Rottun Recordings Pressure Chamber EP. That same year he was signed to John Bushby's excellent Digital Distortions label where he released his first EP: Letdown. It was this EP that got me interested in him and I wrote at the time:

"Woah. Serious sound sculpture coming out of this hybrid electro, glitch, dubstep, bass rich behemoth of a track. Molez is a new name to ]dD[ but after this, I can see a very bright future ahead. This is a producer in full control of their sound."

This Summer he followed up that EP with his next, Last Ditch, also on Digital Distortions. He has an upcoming release, Fields, on Bankai Audio (the Stormfield and Thorn Industries aka Blackmass Plastics joint project label) later this year. His musical dream hasn't quite come completely true yet as he aims to have a vinyl release some day soon.

REST OF THE SHOW
Usual business with yours truly, DVNT, selecting the first hour of sound presenting my current crop of darkfloor electronica. Including new tracks from Dr. Schmidt, Dessben, Guido, Lester Diamond aka Gunjack, and more.

LINKS
Molez on Myspace . Symptom Sound . Digital Distortions

MANTIS
MANTIS . Myspace . last.fm . Facebook . Twitter (DVNT) . darkfloor . Soundcloud . SWU Radio . makemassair

DOWNLOAD/LISTEN AGAIN
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[Nick Gunn]

I'm really sorry. But I can't help but pick up on the start of that "Molez" bio. Do people really want to know/be impressed by that stuff?

eg: Nick Gunn: in 1989, Nicks mother bought him his first tape deck and gave him some tapes. His first tapes consisted of La Bamba, the Beatles and ACDC. When he was a bit older, a year later he started to buy his own tapes, and by 1991, he had upgraded to a new ghetto blaster and owned music by the Beastie Boys, kriss Kross and Nirvana. etc. etc.
fascinating stuff.

[makemassair]

Personally I do. It sets the scene and you can see where people are coming from. How it influences their sound, both as a producer and in crafting a DJ set.

Perhaps it could be shorter, but sod it. I've done the promo now.

Either way, he's provided a sick mix.

[Nick Gunn]

It's just the first paragraph really. I read it and just thought "why am i being told he's bought some records, a turntable, then another turntable?"
But maybe if you're a fan of his it's interesting.