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. Machine Music (Kris B remix)
2. Machine Music (Jairus Miller remix)
3. Machine Music (Banx remix)
4. Machine Music
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Kris B, Jairus Miller and Banx deliver three different takes on Panos's techy melodic original, as we keep this release entirely within the extremely talented pool of U.S. based artists. The original from Panos (following recent well received releases on Brandnewvibe and Giant Squid) comes in with a driving club beat and big sidechained pads, while synth blips make the melody over the top and a big dirty bass drops underneath. The track strips down to its essential elements as the melodic structure grows and the beats pound. Label head Kris B starts his mix with funky stabs and sparse beats as the other elements of the track build slowly. A deeper organ riff adds a key change and gives way to a huge dirty, funky bassline while the simple effective beats move everything along, leading to the big bass heavy finale. Jairus Miller brings his unique voice to this release with a pounding tech groove, adding some bigger progressive melodies, big dynamic changes and some killer choppy funk, mixing genres as he does so well. Banx rounds out this package with a stripped down elegant remix, taking it in a more minimal melodic direction, simple and bangin. The techy groove builds with a catchy melodic arrangement as old school 303's make a harmony, bits and pieces of the original pads swirl in and out as the beats drop.
DJ Reactions:
"i like kris b remix! :)" - 3.5 / 5
Electrobios (Argentina) (Anjuna Deep, Extrema, Add2basket, Baroque, Di, Deep Records)
"The original is nasty..." - 4.0 / 5
Merk-E (USA) (House Assassins)
"Kris B mix" - 3.5 / 5
Miss Nine (Netherlands) (Turn On..., Vonyc Sessions, 925 Digital, Armada, Yoshitoshi, Harem)
"The Kris B remix does it for me, full support" - 4.0 / 5
"great ep, full support! big fan of the label and kris b has been on fire this year!" - 4.0 / 5
Steve Graham (USA) (365Mag, Proton Radio, Mcast, Tampahousemusic.com, DJsInbox.com)
"Fantastic package... Kris b mix is brilliant as always." - 4.0 / 5
Coonal (India) (http://www.myspace.com/djcoonal)
"Always on top of their music!!! Nightshade boyz never dissapoints. Nice release!!! Kris B's remix is the one for me. Will play & support!!! Thanks." - 5.0 / 5
BiG AL (Canada) (Ready Mix, GU, Baroque, Harem Records, Loco Records, Nightshade Music, Outta Limits)
"nightshade music is once again releasing a masterpiece... i love it all!" - 4.5 / 5
Jim_Star (Canada) (www.alicemanagement.com ; no sound ; monique musique)
"enjoy the variety in the mixes, Jairus did a great job with an original progressive approach, Banx did a tight minimal but melodic mix, and the original is a nice techy melodic track. my mix has worked well for me on the dance floor" - 5.0 / 5
Kris B (USA) (Nightshade Music (Owner/A&R), Armada, Baroque, Global Underground, Ready Mix Records, DI.fm, ETN.fm)
"Remixes from Jairus Miller and Kris B are great! Will support!!" - 4.0 / 5
