Bluevibe studio is pleased to announce that the first in a series of new EP’s - This life volume.1 - will be available in New Zealand on October 15th and worldwide by early November.
Come and join us at the EP launch party in Auckland and get a free digital copy of This life volume.1 - Rakino’s October 15th - featuring Lisa Preston live vocal jam with Gene Rivers on the decks. DJ support from Dylan C , Mark Robinson, Bromide dub and Adone .
With influences from Talkin Louds UK soul through the beats of Dilla to the futuristic essence of Spacek and Marc de Clive-Lowe - Bluevibe studio mashes up some beautiful vocal performances from Lisa Preston and Lesley Paton to bring you This life volume.1 , the first in a series of EP releases from the heart and soul of the Bluevibe studio. This life volume.1 also features the keyboard skills of Lewis McCallum on the track High times plus 2 bonus Bluevibe studio remixes previously only available in demo form.
For volume 1. of the series Bluevibe called in remix support spanning genres through dubstep to vintage funk from an eclectic blend of international producers including magOwl (Sweden), Soliloquy (Sweden) and Adi Dick (NZ).
Track list: ***click on the player below each track name to listen***
High times featuring Lisa Preston and Lewis McCallum
Holdin on featuring Lesley Patton
Holdin on - Magowl remix
High times - Adi Dick remix
Holdin on - Soliloquy remix
*Bonus Track* Ambitions end - Skahlah - Bluevibe studio remix
*Bonus Track* Wait a minute - The shades - Bluevibe studio remix
I’ll keep you updated with all the latest news on where you’ll be able to get your copy of the EP and I’ll be posting further details on the amazing artists involved and an exclusive look at the artwork as soon as it’s finalised this week.
As part of NZ music month voeveo.com ran a competition to win a $15k promotional package on their website. All you had to do was upload some content to sell on their site and you went in the draw. The good news is (as you probably got from the headline) that I won one of the 5 promotional packages which includes a featured artist page, promotion on the homepage and a google adwords campaign to drive traffic to my page on the voeveo.com website.
Voeveo.com sells content for your mobile phone including audio, video, games and images. I uploaded 4 ring tones to the site which only took me about 20mins to register, complete my profile, and upload and categories the 4 ring tones. You can head over to the Bluevibe studio page on the voeveo website to check out the ring tones. Whats even better is that if you register as a buyer on the site you get $9 prepay on your account which you could use to buy all 4 of the Bluevibe studio ring tones, nice.
Mike from voeveo.com got in touch to let me know I had won the package and has also agreed to hold off on the promotion until the release of the new EP which is now finished and will be out in July. It’ll be great to have the EP available through voeveo.com for all you mobile music consumers and everybody else will be able to grab it through an online music store near you! I’ll keep you informed of the release details in a few weeks time once we’ve got our plan together. This will be the first official Bluevibe studio EP so we’re still working on the best options for the release. I’ll be doing a few posts on independent distribution and promotion over the next few weeks and welcome any thoughts you might have on getting the EP out to the masses.
So here’s the first tracks from my new outfit BVX, it’s a ruff draft and really needs a vocalist to take it to the next level. I’ve got an acapella from Dwight Trible on the track at the moment which works really well and gives you an idea of where I’m going with it, if only I could get Dwight to do the vocals for me! If you’d like to drop some vocals on it then just leave me a comment and I’ll send you the track through to have a jam with.
BVX is a new project I’ve been working on for a few months and I’m looking to get an EP out as soon as the “Bluevibe studio presents” EP is done. The BVX stuff is more electronic and upbeat than most of my other stuff although “steppin back” is still on the mellow side of things. The rest of the tracks are much heavier although still sitting around the 100bpm mark. I’d really like to get out live again so all the BVX tracks will be either written on or transfered to the Yamaha RS7000 sequencer for some live improvised action. I’m looking at getting a vocalist and synth player to join me on stage but I’ll get that sorted once the tunes are more or less finished.
Let me know what you think of the new vibe by leaving me a comment and just hit me up if you’d like to collaborate.
I’m currently finishing the new EP which is the first in the “Bluevibe studio presents” series and has been in progress for about 4 months. What I’m going to do is go through all the stages involved in putting out this EP so that you get an idea about the release from start to finish and hopefully collaborate on a few ideas. The track you should be listening to whilst reading this is a remix of the first track on the EP my MagOwl. It’s a pre master version but is essentially finished except the final master. I’m currently in stage 2 of the release, outlining these stages has been a great exercise and is helping me stay focused on actually getting this EP out.
These stages are my method of working and may not be yours, I’d be interested to here how you define this kind of process and what works for you? Ok lets look at the stages then. [click to continue...]
Just wanted to wish all the readers and visitors to the new website a merry xmas and give you the chance to download the new EP "The Archives Vol.1 - The Ghostfaders" plus the Bluevibe studio remix of The Shades "Wait a minute". Thanks to The Shades for the colab and the chance to get it out to you for christmas. If your in NZ make sure you try and check out The Shades live plus look out for the new EP in the new year, should be a new Bluevibe studio remix from the new EP too.
Looking forward to 2008 I’ve got a list of new projects and remix’s on the go in the studio as well as a new job working with musicians on the P.A.C.E. scheme over at The Depot in Devonport. I’ll be adding regular posts to the website with info on new projects, lots more music for the mp3 blog, plus a new focus on collaborations where I’ll be posting unfinished tracks and asking you to download and add your vibe to them. I’m always on the look out for a killer synth player so if you like what you here from the studio then just hit me up.
Here’s to a fresh and exciting 2008, health, love and happiness to you and yours.
Here’s the links to the downloads, leave me a comment and let me know what you think.
The Shades are a great new band from Auckland who I found through myspace. The only track on their page at the time was “Wait a minute” which I thought was a beautiful slow jam and really thought I could give it a Bluevibe rerub. The track had some great elements to it which I knew would be easy to incorporate in to a more upbeat version. [click to continue...]
