Decay

Decay was established in 2012, in Belfast, Ireland by Pete Woods. Started with a vision to help promote techno and house music in Belfast, specifically from the Underground and people who really need and deserve the exposure. http://www.mixcloud.com/DecayBelfast/ For info contact [email protected]

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http://www.life-festival.com/index.php/line-up/#  

Some of you may already know that Breandy and I will be playing down in county West Meath at Life Festival in late May! the excitement really has just hit me from seeing our name on the lineup on their website, so I'm putting together a few blogs about things we're excited for in the next wee while, in order of appearance. First things first...

Easter Monday at the Hudson, presented by Ack Right, one of the most forward thinking UK Garage producers about, doing completely new things with the garage template and still not managing to sound poncey like a lot of this 'future garage' stuff.

Hefty stuff, which bring us to room 2, where you'll find us supporting this man...

<p>Bloom. One of the tightest, nastiest grime producers in the UK, who's actually from Belfast. This one is the type of tune just makes you uneasy, honestly expecting someone to shite themselves on Monday with tunes this creepy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then we come to Thursday, the Decay residents Easter party </p><p>&lt;iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DuUsRNUttKM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</p><p>where you'll be finding me and Breandy going from 10 til 2 with the bates in the Hudson, with a special discounted fare of only £3 cheaplist via the FB event. </p><p><br /></p><p>Then of course we have Life festival, and I strongly suggest you check that line-up out because it's a wee bit ridiculous... including, without a doubt one of my top 3 producers, Jacques Greene</p><p>&lt;iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/79J58LlPiAg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>

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Been a while since I've updated this, and now with Breandy helping out and us doing this blog thing together there's no excuse for us not to be!

Massive thanks to everyone who came down to Decay #4, as always lovely vibes. Special shouts to Jamie Nelson for showing how it's done, never ceases to amaze me as a DJ!

Consider this the official announcement, Decay will be hosting Paleman on June 21st in The Hudson(our residency is every 3rd Friday of the month!)

For those who don't know him, Paleman is one of the most exciting producers in the UK at the moment, with only one release under his belt but an unholy amount of dub's floating about bearing his name! certain tracks have been getting so much rotation there's VIP's flying around before the originals have even had a release date confirmed! Tickets will be available soon from the Hudson, priced at £7. I'll post more info up closer to the ticket release, though we aim to have them on sale before the 7th March.

Any other producers out there seriously jealous of his percussion? madness.

Next up on the hit list, a few nice joints ripped from Scuba and George Fitzgerald's Boiler Room the other day;

Sick VIP of Hardbody, which has been getting some serious rotation on daytime radio (don't destroy this one on us, Fearne Cotton... please.)

Next up one I've been searching for for a good while, only found out what it was because of that Boiler Room, very Hot Flush sound, slightly different to the usual George Fitzgerald sound but in a very, very nice way. Hefty kick on this is sure to shake a room.

 Finally, HAVE YOU HEARD THIS YET? If you havent, listen now. Unless you have laptop speakers, because Loefah is back with some seriously scary basslines. Top notch stuff.

My next blog post will be one entirely made up of some more under-the-radar producers, a lot of find's I've been sleeping on to try and have a few secret weapons when really, everyone should know about them because in reality they're absolute whoppers.

tilla next one, ciao...

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Listen to the vibes on this. Zed Bias on remix duty, making an already fantastic track a little bit naughty. serious boogie to be had to this. 

Also don't forget our upcoming party in the Hudson bar on the 29th with the Decay DJ's all night giving it 90 for your pleasure. 5r in and its smack bam in between boxing day and NYE so you have time to recover and time to recover for the other parties respectively! mon down.

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Low-key amazingness

Catch me (Pete Woods) playing the opener down at Love and Death thursday night...

Of course for an opening set I need some stuff thats a little bit deeper, so i went digging and came up with these... I couldnt even wait til after thursday to keep them to myself. enjoy.

first is a Jamie XX remix of Four Tet's Lion. madness, in the best possible way.

this one comes courtesy of Jackmaster, played it in his Numbers show on Rinse and I had to go find it. the way that bass moves just makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. KiNK doing the business as per!

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Phat Cats and Shweet Beats

New weekly feature from us, going to try and do it every wednesday! Basically, it's going to be a funny photo of a cat, and a song that fits in with it.

First off is this cat, named Colin, looking a tad surprised...  

followed by this tune... a track called Ambush by an artist called 116. been playing this one a lot recently, and the track name KIND OF fits in.

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It's been a while...

I've been spamming twitter with lots of tunes, so I decided to make a blog post about it... not going to be much writing on this one.

First up is MK-Burning, heard this a few times in the past few weeks and rightly so, lots of great garage-y classics getting back in the crate as of late (heard Dusky play Cape Fear on saturday. it. went. off.)

Next up is a remix I'm looking forward to... a lot. 

Eats Everything remix of Justin Martin's Ruff Stuff, that bassline is going to make any room shake. Ghettos & Gardens remixes part 2 incoming...

finally i'm plugging a mix i did for my radio show on blast xtra, every monday 7-9pm. none of my retarded chatting and shouts, just tunes! 

Pete Woods:Blast Xtra 3/12/12 by Pete Woods on Mixcloud

Tracklist is a bit all over the place but i think it fits my sound at the moment, and how I play! 

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Full sized blog post!

Massive shout to anyone who came down on Saturday night to support us, everything went well in spite of Ryan being unable to play due to technical difficulties. Breandy and myself (Pete) went back to back for the headline slot, and with a decent turnout you can expect to see #3 on its way!

Little update on a track we posted a while ago, Sixty Four Zero by Animal Youth, out on Lobster Boy on the 26th November. Apparently Animal Youth is Redlight and Mensah, making sense as the whole track just has that Redlight feel to it. Can't wait to get my hands on this one. Vinyl only I think, last Animal Youth release was so we can reasonably assume.

Next on the list is a rather fabulous track on its way from Dusky, been waiting for this one for some time now, first played about a year ago on the Swamp show, with its release planned for Loefah's new label School Records. Early December is when it's planned to drop, Digital and Vinyl, with an exclusive track available in each format, with one exclusive to vinyl and one exclusively digital.

For those who dug the Gerd remixes of Child or the Gerry Read remix of Lights Out featured on the blog before, they're out on Digital now as well!

Keep posted with us as we have some big plans to do with the blog and also our next event, hyped!

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Our next party, full details available from the facebook!

Misfit's Ryan Dornan once again steps up to the occasion, with support coming from myself (Pete Woods) and Breandy.

Venue:The Hudson Bar

Date:3/11/12

Doors:9.30pm

Tax:£5 flat rate for Decay and Discotheque in the middle room.

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Dusky just went one step beyond. Undoubtedly one of Dirtybird's finest releases was Justin Martins LP 'Ghettos and Gardens', but this remix just takes it to a whole new level.

A bassline made for subwoofers, it just wont sound right coming out of those Gumy earphones. Heavy shit.

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Furrball by Paleman & Zed Bias. No idea of the release, but I want it and I want it now. the way it completely falls apart at the breakdown, 'french kiss on acid' is how Redlight described it. It gets a bit wild.

Just listen, trust me on this one. 

Probably on Swamp 81, not for sure but they're both Swamp artists, so one must assume...

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One of two Swamp 81 entries on the list, MC Chunky tried his hand at making a few tunes and by golly are they good. His 4 track double pack shows his sound straight away, wildly different tracks, yet brought together by a completely unique groove.

Loads of classic drum machine sounds here, no surprise as one of the songs is called Experiment 727, and with a helping hand, engineering wise, from label-mate Zed Bias, you can feel the grooves dripping off this track.

Thang, the track in the video, is probably my favorite of the four tracks, but each of them is great and I've no doubt I will play them all in sets. Lovely vibes.

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Apparently Joy Orbison played this when I saw him on my birthday. I'd love to remember that.

Recently featured in Scuba's FACT mix, and getting airtime from Loefah in his most recent Rinse show, this is the bomb. 

Christened 'BRTHDTT!' or, supposedly 'Big Room Tech House DJ Tool Tip', making fun of hardwax and how it describes songs.

Huge synths and catchy vocal line, with Joy O getting deep on the percussion of this thing. Absolute weapon. Roll on WHP 1st December. 

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It's been a while since I did a blog post, so I'm going to make up for it today with my fave 5 from the past few weeks.

Starting with this, taking the amazing vocals from 'Midas Touch' by Midnight Star and coupling it with some funky IDM backing (how often do you say that?) this could be a perfect pop song(okay, debatable.)

The beat obviously has to follow the vocals, leading it through a poppy upbeat disco chord progression, it literally has the funk.

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You can't have escaped the original of this. It's been a dancefloor destroyer all summer long and now the remix 12" is on its way.

Gerd does two remixes, one under his NY Stomp moniker which sounds to me like he's taken the original and tweaked it to his own taste, with a new phat kick, big verby clap and some other percussive mastery, he's taken the template laid by Fitzgerald and changed it up a little, as opposed to the near full overhaul that the other offers up, under his Geeeman alias. 

Dark, hypnotic and a little bit weird, I can't stop listening. 

The Gerry Read remix of Lights Out is fantastic also, and can't be overlooked. driven by some jacking percussion rhythms, and sprinkled with pitched down vocals, only to be cut through with an almost alarm like synth, and then complimented with some lovely lush pads, this is definitely one of those remixes that's more than just a simple hint of an artists flair, but rather a Gerry Read work with a nod toward Fitzgerald.

Available to stream now on XLR8R at the below link

http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2012/10/stream-george-fitzgeralds-new-re

Wax only(as far as I know, no details of a digital release available) out on the 29th October, according to Juno, contrasting with XLR8R's details of the 15th.

'Woo'

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Say my name, say my name.

Anyone who doesn't like Destiny's Child doesn't like music, and this fresh groovy deep house take on the classic is absolutely beautiful. Cyril Hahn wasn't a name I was familiar with, but this is a quality, quality track.

Free download on his Soundcloud, https://soundcloud.com/cyrilhahn/destinys-child-say-my-name

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Breach vs Dark Sky - The Click

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Huge vibes on this one, that bassline! Breach is one of my favorite DJ/producers at the moment, everything is so sparse but so funky.

Forthcoming on Naked Naked, according to the man himself.

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Four Tet remix of The XX's 'Angels'

No idea of release dates or anything, all I know is that it is stunningly beautiful. 

No other words needed.