Nightshade Music - a digital label focusing on melodic tech house and techno, and the deeper, techy edge of progressive & house. Launched in February 2008 by Nosmo & Kris B, the label met with immediate success. Support for Nightshade releases has come from the most respected DJ's & producers in the world; Sasha, Paul Van Dyk, Pete Tong, Paul Oakenfold, Hernan Cattaneo, James Zabiela, Nick Warren, Jody Wisternoff, Matt Darey, Eelke Kleijn, with tracks featured on BBC Radio 1, Kiss FM, Frisky, and on Kris and Nosmo’s monthly shows for DI.fm and Protonradio.com. Darren Emerson has included Nightshade Music’s Nosmo v Kris B & Ben Brown “La Cocina”(Mazi dub) for his Global Underground 36: Bogota compilation, and Blake Jarrell is including a Nightshade track on his next album for Armada Music. Nightshade releases have reached top sales charts on major online retailers Beatport, Juno, DJDownload, Dancerecords.com and Audio Jelly. They have hit number one several times on the Progressivehouse.com promo pool chart, with high chart positions on the Balance Record Pool and Release Promo charts, and an 8/8 "pick of the month" for M8 Magazine. Nightshade Music has been able to reach a high level of success quickly by aligning themselves with great producers and remixers. Current and future catalog releases include Mazi, Jaytech, Subsky, Sebastian Davidson, Eelke Kleijn, Walsh & Coutre, Blake Jarrell, Wize, Joel Armstrong and many more established and unknown talent from around the globe. Label heads Kris B and Nosmo are no strangers to promoting music, having launched their Eggplant Music/Greylabel imprints with their debut, self-released single "One for the Road". After Sasha played this track on an Essential Mix (live from the Delta Heavy Tour), this initial release went on to be a Buzz Chart #1, Balance Record Pool chart #8, receive radio play from John Digweed, Pete Tong and Hernan Cattaneo, and appeared on five mix compilations.
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1. We Are The Robots
2. We Are The Robots (Bisquit Plum remix)
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Virus J & DJ Sun first hit most people's ears through releases and remixes on Distraekt (Pilliavin & Zimbardo's label). Since then, their work has been supported by John Digweed, Hybrid, Anthony Pappa, they even found themselves opening up for Underworld.
"We Are The Robots" has a funky bassline, driving beats, vocoded vocals (paying homage to Kraftwerk no doubt), lots of weird hits, mechanical noises and melodies. This is a cross-genre, energetic piece of tech-electro house. DJ Sun a.k.a Bisquit Plum gave us a great remix under his alternate moniker, with a simpler base, cool techno stabs, and a quirky, slightly haunting bell lead.
DJ Reactions:
"wicked, the plum remix is amazing - joel armstrong" - 4.5 / 5
Joel Armstrong (Canada) (Red Room / Pop Opera / Baroque / System / Dot Dot / Proton Radio)
""Robots are back, not my cup of tea"" - 3.5 / 5
Miss Nine (Netherlands) (Turn On..., Vonyc Sessions, 925 Digital, Armada, Yoshitoshi, Harem)
"Very quirky..i dig it!" - 4.0 / 5
Blue Room Project (USA) (Ascension Records, INgrooves, Sony)
"The Bisquit Plum remix is my preferred choice. Interesting grooves and liking that chimey sound in the middle. Both versions would work well on the dancefloor." - 3.0 / 5
Darin Epsilon (USA) (Perfecto, Lost Angeles, Monday Night Social @ Nacional, DI.fm, Proton, Curvve, Deep Records)
