Next up for 8Bit Records, Nick Curly delves into his back catalogue and adds a timely polish to ‘The Voodoo’ and ‘No Takers’ two tracks which were favourites of his in the past few years. Remix support is the new addition to this release, which comes from Audiojack and Marco Faraone, both making their debut on 8Bit.
Luuk Van Dijk delivers three tracks for his new EP The Pusher forthcoming on Audiojack’s Gruuv imprint this August.
From a young age, Luuk Van Dijk has been playing alongside the likes of Jamie Jones, The Martinez Brothers, Adam Beyer, Hot Since 82 and Skream to name a few as well releasing on influential labels like Hot Creations, Food Music, and ViVa Music, and now prepares his next release on Audiojack’s Gruuv imprint.
Leeds grown and Ibiza based, Audiojack are a duo who have built a sterling reputation over the last decade as DJs, producers, remixers and label owners. With music on labels the likes of 2020Vision, Hot Creations, Tsuba, Leftroom, Get Physical and Culprit and remixes on Moon Harbour, B-Pitch Control and Diynamic, there is no doubt that Audiojack are one of the current most respected producing acts amongst their peer.
The duo have been mainstays on Ralph Lawson’s 2020Vision recordings for over a decade where they released their debut album Radio, and several bestselling EPs including Get Serious and No Equal Sides. Audiojack also signed to Jamie Jones’ infamous Hot Creations label, debuting with the heavily played Vibrate EP, which features their good friend and vocalist Kevin Knapp on vocals; one of many collaborations between the transatlantic trio.
Running their own dance floor focused label Gruuv for over five years has provided an alternative home for their original music. EPs such as Stay Glued and These Days, which include their rework of Jaydee’s classic ‘Plastic Dreams’ were received to critical acclaim. The label has also garnered a reputation for nurturing the best talent, new and old, and counts Emanuel Satie, David Mayer, Marc Romboy, Dachshund, Hugo, David Pher, A1 Bassline, Hermanez and Black Loops amongst its regular releasing artists.
More recently the duo have enjoyed musical outputs on Sasha’s Last Night On Earth, as well as the revered mobilee imprint of Anja Schneider and Ralf Kollman. We caught up with Audiojack as they were in the midst of their U.S. tour with a stop in our home city of Los Angeles.
Audiojack are the Leeds grown, Ibiza based duo who have built a solid reputation over the last decade as DJs, producers, remixers and label curators. Their original releases can be found on leading house and techno labels like Crosstown Rebels, 2020Vision and Hot Creations, as well as Tsuba, Leftroom and Culprit. They have remixed for labels such as Moon Harbour, B-Pitch Control and Diynamic, whilst Underworld, Groove Armada and Hot Since 82 are amongst the artists to have enlisted Audiojack for remixes.
Running their own dancefloor focused label Gruuv for over five years has provided an alternative home for their original music. It was Audiojack’s passion for DJing though which drove their desire to produce music and curate a label in the first place, adding “promoter” to their repertoire in 2015 with the launch of their Sunday Social free party in Ibiza. Held at the intimate Veto club the ethos is aligned with the true spirit of Ibiza. A small place with good music, unannounced guest DJs, no door charge and affordable drinks.
In their recent EP for 20/20 Vision, Audiojack proves that you really don’t need much to make heavy hitting club tracks. That said, it takes an immense amount of talent to make an EP with nothing but a kick drum and sounds produced from one’s own mouth.
All by Mouth features three cuts primed with organic texture while still maintaining a level of functionality for global dance floors. The three tracks, Fluent, Stutter, and Vowels clearly display Audiojack’s creativity by finding the balance between the natural sounds from their mouth and the heavy processing of vocal samples recorded for this session. Read more
