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Stopmakingme - Another Fantastic DJ Mix For You

Pure Groove — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:17:19 GMT

Resident DJ at Fabric's Kill Em All nights as well as Bugged Out and many other fine nighttime parlours of fun, Stopmakingme is many people's tip in 2010 to become a household name, especially now he's started banging out some fine productions of his own! Much loved by everyone from Erol Alkan to the Filthy Dukes, he's also adored by all of us at Pure Groove. This is another fine DJ mix from the nicest lad in proto-electro-cosmiche-indie.

Here's what he says about it - "A mix of brand new music making my life better right now. It's more a collection of records rather than a DJ mix but the idea is that it should be listened to in this order. A mixtape, if you will. It's always a really enjoyable exercise to do such projects. It gives me the opportunity to bring out some different tracks I wouldn't normally play in clubs. Put it on your iPod and have a listen whilst walking around in the cold. Hope y'all like it!"

- Bot'Ox - Blue Steel
- CFCF - Raining Patterns
- Darwin Deez - DNA
- Sonny & The Sunsets - Heart Of Sadness
- Wetdog - Lower Leg
- Teenagersintokyo - Peter Pan (The Horrors Remix)
- Active Child - Voice Of An Old Friend
- Liars - Scarecrows On A Killer Slant
- Pantha Du Prince - A Nomads Retreat
- Gui Boratto - Azurra (Not The Same Version)
- Mount Kimbie - Maybes

Stopmakingme - OWTIC 001 (February 2010) by stopmakingme

www.myspace.com/stopmakingme

Dag For Dag Photos

Pure Groove — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:46:02 GMT

Dag For Dag @ Pure Groove, 1st February 2010

photos by Claudia Burlotti - www.bclaudia.com

New Secret Machines single - for free!

Pure Groove — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:37:30 GMT

Download the new Secret Machines single here!

It's fantastic!

Hadouken Photos

Pure Groove — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:33:32 GMT

Hadouken @ Pure Groove, 29th January 2010

photos by Claudia Burlotti - www.bclaudia.com

Fools Gold / Meusault Photos

Pure Groove — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:33:24 GMT

Fools Gold / Meursault @ Pure Groove, 25th/26th January 2010

photos by Claudia Burlotti - www.bclaudia.com

Surfer Blood - 8.2 on Pitchfork

Pure Groove — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:16:14 GMT

Click here to read a review of Surfer Blood's excellent debut album on Pitchfork, or click here to buy it from Pure Groove!

Brian Eno Documentary On BBC4 This Weekend

Pure Groove — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:44:02 GMT

Great looking program about Brian Eno on at the weekend - we'll be watching (if not live then on iplayer as we're all mad ravers partying all weekend at Pure Groove...

Click here for more info.

Tateshots video podcasts featuring Jeffrey Lewis, Mark E Smith and more

Pure Groove — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:08:54 GMT

Pure Groove popped down to our neighbours (almost...) Tate Modern on Friday night for the launch of its excellent Tateshots podcasts, which were screened on the big screen there. This selection of short films was all about musicians talking about art and their ways of approaching their work.

The films featured Jeffrey Lewis, David Byrne and many more and can all be watched at

http://channel.tate.org.uk/tateshots-blog - or subscribe on iTunes.

The photos below are all Copyright Tate Media

BBC Sound Of 2010 - the winners - a Pure Groove one and two!

Pure Groove — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:35:25 GMT

The below is from the BBC website - congrats to Ellie Goulding & Marina & The Diamonds - number one and number two in the list! Both their first singles came through Neon Gold, a Pure Groove affiliated label. We're chuffed to bits to be supporting such great artists!

And remember - you can order Marina's new single in a glorious 7" deluxe package ONLY @ Pure Groove right here!

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Singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding has come top of the BBC Sound Of 2010 list, which showcases the best rising music stars for the coming year.

The Sound Of 2010 was compiled using tips from 165 leading UK tastemakers, including top music critics, magazine editors, broadcasters and influential bloggers, who named their favourite three new acts.

Born in Hereford, the 22-year-old's "folktronica" sound mixes a traditional acoustic approach with a more cutting-edge electronic style.

Theatrical pop singer Marina and the Diamonds is at number two, followed by Manchester trio Delphic, who mix indie guitars with euphoric electronica.

Ellie Goulding was discovered at a talent contest in her home town of Kington, Herefordshire, and began as a traditional acoustic singer-songwriter.

But while studying drama at university in Canterbury, Kent, she hooked up with dance producers Frankmusik - who appeared on the Sound Of 2009 list - and Starsmith, and the results soon gained a following through MySpace.

Goulding has also received the Brit Awards' Critics' Choice prize.

A longlist of the top 15 artists was published in December 2009, and the top five has been revealed this week.

Previous winners include Little Boots, Adele, Mika and Corinne Bailey Rae.

Florence and the Machine and La Roux were on the Sound Of 2009 list 12 months ago, while Duffy and The Ting Tings made it the previous year.

Ellie Goulding says she is "absolutely honoured" to be at the top of the Sound Of 2010 list:

"I didn't expect to get anywhere a few years ago," she says.

"I didn't even expect to have a record deal, let alone be put in such a prestigious thing so I'm very happy. I think the list this year is great and I really believe in a lot of the acts."

She says she was one of a number of artists who were attempting to usher in a new musical era in 2010.

"I think it's got to that point where bands are committing to the future and creating a new sound," she says.

"I'd like to be one of them. As much as I'm respecting old music, I'm also looking to the future and I think a lot of other bands and artists are doing the same."

The Guardian's Paul Lester, who was the first mainstream music critic to write about Goulding in his New Band Of The Day column, says: "I picked Ellie because someone I rate - Frankmusik - told me she was great, and he was right.

"I like the way she's really versatile. You get the impression she could do folk as well as she could a dubstep track.

"As far back as the summer, people were touting her as the next big name. She looks good, she's got a good story and her songs are great - haunting, ethereal, but somehow catchy, like Cocteau Twins go pop, or something."

BBC 6 Music's Steve Lamacq says: "She's exactly the sort of artist that people are looking for at the moment, lying somewhere between Florence Welch and La Roux. I think she's a really interesting songwriter with a very distinctive style. It's quite a zeitgeist sound but without being contrived."

The full top five:

1. Ellie Goulding
2. Marina and the Diamonds
3. Delphic
4. Hurts
5. The Drums

Free Holy Ghost (DFA) Download!

Pure Groove — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:15:08 GMT

One of the biggest buzz bands of the year - producing Friendly Fires and making what could be the most exciting records of 2010, Holy Ghost look set to be massive this year.

Grab a free track from the album here

Stopmakingme DJ mix for 2010

Pure Groove — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:09:59 GMT

Green Velvet & Kid Sister - Everybody Wants
Boy 8-Bit - A City Under Siege (Stopmakingme Remix)
Tiga - Sex O'Clock (Matias Aguayo Remix)
Populette - Mommy (TBD Remix)
Booka Shade & Marc Romboy - Everyday Of My Life (Martin Landsky Remix)
Sven Brede - Sweat
Sloppy Seconds - Feel It
Hot City - No More
Lykke Li - Dance Dance Dance (Dixon Edit)
Touch Sensitive - Body Stop
Sounds Superb - Pseudo Wind
Boogie Corporation - Dirty Rips
Kraftwerk - Aero Dynamik
We Have Band - Divisive (Stopmakingme Remix)
In Flagranti - ExExEx (Golden Bug Remix)
Pink Skull - Peter Cushing

Kate Tempest Live @ Pure Groove

Pure Groove — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:25:50 GMT

Great footage from the instore shot and edited by Dean Puckett.

http://www.youtube.com/user/dpuck#p/c/98657FC469AECB4B/4/oEL9RpobWkE

Stricken City - Review In NY Times!

Pure Groove — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:46:52 GMT

Great review of the band from their recent NY jaunt!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/arts/music/13play.html?_r=1

buy the Songs About People I Know album at a special Xmas price here

BBC Sound Of Nominations 2010

Pure Groove — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:16:48 GMT

Marina & the Diamonds - played twice instore this year, most recently on 23rd June 2009, and through Neon Gold, we released her first three singles, Obsessions, The Crown Jewels and Mowgli's Road - now sold out! Album out in February. Had a track on Pure Groove Two compilation - only six copies left! Order here

Delphic - played here 15th April 2009 - signed copies of their first two 12"s are now sold out unfortunately!

The Drums - buy the last copies of their first 7" here

Everything Everything - played here on 5th December 2009 - order signed 7s by clicking here

Gold Panda - played instore on 3rd August 2009 and we released an EP of his early bits called Before - order a copy here and signed copies of his Miyami EP here

Ellie Goulding - through Neon Gold, we released her debut 7" single - now sold out!

Hurts - we stocked releases by their earlier band Bureau a few years back.

Joy Orbison - remixes aplenty and new releases coming soon...

Giggs - signed to XL, we'll be stocking bits soon!

Owl City - come and visit us!

Daisy Dares You - come and visit us!

Devlin - come and visit us!

Pure Groove Albums Of The Year 2009

Pure Groove — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:28:34 GMT

As voted for by the staff of Pure Groove, we give you our top 20 albums of the year.

Our number 1 originally came out on import in 2008 when we first had them play in the shop but it was given a full UK release in February 2009 when they came back and said hello again. It's a record that has been played constantly and never tires, it's a record that people will always come up and ask about, it's a record that sums up every part of this year for us. We've watched them all over London, we've seen them in America, we've watched them in Europe - everyone in Pure Groove genuinely loves this band like they love their own family!

Pure Groove 2009 Album Of The Year

Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart (Fortuna POP!)

what we said when it came out - "There's a American-led revival of a distinctly British sound - sometimes called the C86 scene after a free tape that NME gave away that year featuring bands such as The Pastels and The Wedding Present. The Pains. are one of the best bands leading this renaissance and this album is a masterpiece of hazy guitars and understated pop melodies."

rest of the top 20....

1	The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart	s/t (Fortuna Pop)
2	Dirty Projectors	Bitte Orca (Domino)
3	Little Dragon	Machine Dreams (Peacefrog)
4	Micachu	Jewellery (Rough Trade)
5	The XX	XX (Young Turks)
6	Girls	Album (Turnstile)
7	Grizzly Bear	Veckatimest (Warp)
8	Bat For Lashes	Two Suns (Parlaphone)
9	Holiday Shores	Columbus D'Whim (Two Syllable)
10	Wild Beasts	Two Dancers (Domino)
11	Phoenix	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (V2)
12	Wave Machines	Wave If You're Really There
13	The Whitest Boy Alive	Rules (Bubbles)
14	Joy Formidable	A Balloon Called Moaning (Pure Groove)
15	Passion Pit	Manners (BMG)
16	Stricken City	Songs About People I Know (Pure Groove)
17	Noah And The Whale	First Days Of Spring (Mercury)
18	Bombay Bicycle Club	I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose (Island)
19	Mumford & Sons	Sign No More (Island)
20	Slow Club	Yeah So (Moshi Moshi)