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. Devil May Care
2. Devil May Care (Walsh & Coutre remix)
3. Devil May Care (Luke Porter remix)
4. Devil May Care (Francesco Pico remix)
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Walsh & Coutre, Luke Porter and Francesco Pico join the label, along with talented Melbourne, AUS newcomer, Craig McWhinney. The original mix starts with a big deep kick, and washy chords that tease, until the bass drops amidst a funky tight percussion groove. The track builds and swells, rising to a massive crescendo, with a huge string line and bangin' beats. This immediately reminded us of some of our favorite deep, melodic house producers over the years, Terry Lee Brown Jr., Tom Middleton and Timewriter. Walsh & Coutre took influence from the feel of the original for their astounding remix, starting with a bright, deep feel, then quickly taking it dark and techy, with a minor feel. The melodic elements and beats switch brilliantly, with big breaks, and a techno style finish - this mix could be a new genre in itself. Luke Porter made a more chunky progressive remix, with a great drive and his usual top notch production, bigger, with a summer club vibe, an excellent complement to the original. Francesco Pico rounds out the release with a funky, bigger house mix, closer to the upbeat feel of the original, but with techier, more dancefloor friendly beats.
DJ Reactions:
"Pico mix, nice groove!" - 3.0 / 5
Michael Deep (USA) (DJmix.net, Mypromopool.com)
"i like Like porter remix! good deep sound!" - 3.0 / 5
Electrobios (Argentina) (Anjuna Deep, Extrema, Add2basket, Baroque, Di, Deep Records)
"Amazing music!! all the tarcks have a great synth groove and great arragement.. " - 5.0 / 5
"Great production,very energetic track with groovy synths and catchy basslines. " - 4.0 / 5
KyneticS (Manuel) (Italy) (DanceRadio.gr - Rosa Dei Venti Club - Monumento - Il Clan- DanceFestival first edition- Kikì (Paris)
"Love the floaty chords and feel to the Original Mix. It takes a while to lift off the ground, but once it does, it's pretty good. A nice package overall. Walsh & Coutre do something really unexpected with the remix, which is what I like most about their productions. Luke Porter is definitely a producer on the rise. Francesco Pico is my favorite version, adding some much-needed funk to the floaty melodies, works very well." - 3.5 / 5
Darin Epsilon (USA) (Perfecto, Lost Angeles, Monday Night Social @ Nacional, DI.fm, Proton, Curvve, Deep Records)
"nice grooves on these, will be using on warm ups" - 4.0 / 5
Andy Newland (UK) (bedrock, ministry of sound, twisted audio, renaissance, baroque, bellarine)
"Wals & Couture rmx for me" - 3.5 / 5
Miss Nine (Netherlands) (Turn On..., Vonyc Sessions, 925 Digital, Armada, Yoshitoshi, Harem)
"Been hammering Luke Porters remix for a while now, excellent stuff. I'll be also playing Walsh & Coutre remix for sure, very nice! " - 4.0 / 5
