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Segue hit the Juno Records Best Seller charts

segbot — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:05:54 +0000

Without taking it all too seriously, we were pleased to see Segue and Vitreous riding up into the Best Seller charts on Juno Records this week just gone. One of the great things about charting so strongly is that the release has been pushed purely by word of mouth and has escaped the “local” orbit that we happily released it into. Following that, it was with a bit of luck that Juno charted my Segue remix of Guise in their Disco Recommends chart. Put in front of people like that, the remix had a run up the charts and the EP moved with it. I daresay by this time next week we won’t be found anywhere near the charts, but for now, here’s the highlights over the week as we have seen them:

#13 Guise – Segue Remix – Juno Records Disco Chart
#56 Guise – Segue Remix – Juno Records Best Selling (Tracks)
#20 Guise EP – Juno Records Disco Chart (Releases)
#63 Guise EP – Juno Records Best Selling (Singles)
#63 Guise EP – Juno Records Best Selling (Releases)

A big thank you to everyone buying this tune, and of course for all the support of those playing it out. We would love to hear any feedback, so drop us a line. If you haven’t grabbed the tune yet, grab it now on Juno Records.

Juno puts Segue in Disco Recommendations chart

segbot — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:23:10 +0000

I was just surprised by a message from Nate B, of Fromage Disco fame, that Juno Records has listed the Segue remix of Guise at #11 in the Disco category of the Juno Recommends list for August 2009. Needless to say I was surprised, and not in the least because some of our friends are still amused to see the name “Segue” anywhere near the word “Disco”. It puts a smile on my face tonight, as I was already happy about the new setlist falling together and was going to post about how well the gear, concepts and tracks are coming together for the new live set. That and I’m sitting here running Moog riffs through an SSL Alpha Channel. It’s a good night all round. Thank you Nate for letting me know, and thanks to everyone for the various real-world and digital comments since! I’ve just been listening to the other tunes in that list while typing and adding a few gems to my download crate. A great way to start the week!

Check it out: Juno Disco Recommendations August 2009

Segue remix of Kris-Ko’s “Begin Again” out now.

segbot — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:45:10 +0000

Bringing his bulging laptop of musical mystery to the Segue studio, the occasional Segue collaborator and live drummer, Kris-Ko, has leaped back into the producers chair with a new track that has been billed as “an emotional piece of minimal-tech electronica aimed much more towards the lounge room than the dancefloor”. Working with Australian record label Dektek Records, Kris-Ko has taken a step back from the pounding tribal house that defined his style while penning D-KO’s “Tribal Gathering“, and has ventured down a melodic and electronic path.

Running on the “re-imagination rather than remix” angle, the Segue mix took the liberty of running wild with alternate ideas, before settling into a gentler idea inspired by a serendipitous night of partying on the Gold Coast with the Dektek Records crew. With a tip of the hat to the space disco, deep house and melodic adventures that have been infiltrating the Brisbane party scene throughout the early stages of 2009, this one is a flipside mix that shows a subtle side to the Segue live show antics.

Available now on Beatport, and all other digital retailers shortly. If you like the tunes, or are playing them out, let us know!

Reset & Forever released by Smash Bang Records

segbot — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:11:43 +0000

Challenged with condensing years of gigs, arm swirls and smashed samplers into a debut release, Segue stepped off the back of an epic performance at the Big Day Out festival and temporarily retired the live rig to the studio with the goal of capturing the excitement from the stage into two tracks of raw electronic music. As homage to the excitement and energy of the live show, Dave Dri and guest percussionist Kris-Ko locked themselves away to record a double single featuring two of the original Segue bombs.

With the bubbling acid and tech riffs of encore favourite ‘Reset’, and the driving tech house grooves and abstracted vocal wanderings of ‘Forever’, this is Segue stepping off stage clutching samplers and synthesisers and headed straight to the after party. As the band evolves, its sound develops, and its players collaborate outwards, “Reset & Forever” is a classic slice of the energy and electronica that has defined a live act at its most smoke machines and strobe lights obsessed. Released on Australian label Smash Bang Records, “Reset & Forever” is available on Beatport now.

Before I Catch This Plane

segbot — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:40:46 +0000

A quick post after an all-night geeking session. The clock is ticking on a few cool projects before I fly out to join a project taking place in Vietnam and Cambodia. The trip is part of a charity challenge that we have been looking forward to, but the flight departs in 48 hours and there is still a lot left to do! Recently we have been bringing some life back to these blogs as we ready for an exciting 2009, which is obvious I hope just from looking at the site! A quick bandaid solution to get the dialog happening again, and as such its about time to drop some audio files of whats been up.

First up a couple of snippets from the pre-masters of Reset and Forever. Kris and I worked on these ages ago but they got lost somewhere between here and the label, and we lost track of progress of the releases. Crazy I know, but it does happen. Thanks to the magic of internets and interwebz and even innawebz, these will be up on Beatport once Smashbang Records work their mastering magic and everything sounds sweet. For now, here’s a taste of whats to come.

Forever teaser

Reset teaser

Next up a little bit of a session from late last night. This is pretty raw but its only fitting to start giving some insight into whats happening in the studio. Kris has got me in to do a quick mixdown of his quite inspired track “Begin Again”. Id love to claim thats because my mixdowns have suddenly become magical overnight, but its more due to some issues with his DAW and my brand spanking new production tower. The original tune is a lovely slice of melodic progressive house with plenty of subtle twists and turns, as Kris is frustrating adept at. His other forte is big woosh build ups, which he eschews here and keeps it nice. Which is where I come in. Here’s one of at least 10 or so nasty directions I’ve taken it. This direction won’t make the cut for the remix I daresay, but the general groove sounded good at 3am.

Begin Again (not a) Remix snippet 1

Begin Again (not a) Remix snippet 2

Apart from that I will be headed off to Vietnam shortly where I hope to get some field recordings and do some editing on the little Acer Aspire One we will be travelling with. Banging Cambodia progressive tech or bust.