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Brighton Fusion – Fat!Beaches with Subtone

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1. Guy Gerber – Disorientation (Reboot Remix)
2. Cle – Nomads (Matthias Tanzmann Remix)
3. Speedy J – Red Shift
4. Matt Nordstrom – Lucky Drawls
5. Speedy J and Chris Liebing and Collabs – Magnit Express
6. Radio Slave – Grindhouse (Dubfire terror planet remix)
7. Dave Shokh – Chlam
8. Francois K. – Road Of Life (Radio Slave Dub)
9. Dubfire – Ribcage
10. Timo Maas – Subtellite

When did you start Fat!Beaches and what was your inspiration? How did it all come about?

We formed Fat!Beaches here in Brighton back in 2006. From the very beginning it was me aka Subtone and Arkadiusz Koper, who started it. The whole idea behind it, was to fulfill the lack of quality club nights playing underground music, the very same we have been listening to while going out back in Poland. Since then (over two years now) we’ve thrown about 30 parties in different venues across Brighton and we’ve played in clubs in London such as Aquarium, The Egg and Gramophone – which has always been good fun!

How did you both meet?

We met on the dancefloor at the Eskulap Club in Poznan in Poland, actually I can remember this quite well, it was Phonique from BPitch Control headlining that night… This club inspired us a lot, you know there were frequent nights of labels such as Tresor or Gigolo records, so we were listening to a lot of big European House/Techno/Electro djs. It probably had a massive impact on us and the venue is still there, despite poor opportunities to party that way here in Brighton.

How would you best describe the music policy?

Our style was changing and developing over the past few years, but for now I could easily say that we are definitely into Minimal House and Techno which is mostly becoming more about Tech – House these days. We have been trying to push these great vibes over here as we are simply passionate about this sounds. I’m more eclectic. In my mind old school genres like Detroit Techno or pumping House music blends together with nowadays upfront House/Techno/Electronica. Arkadiusz, he is more into new Minimal – Tech – House as well as more scientific about technology, using lots of fx in his mixes. I’m more classical, I like long smooth mixes but with elegance and soul added to it.

You have recently moved the night away from the underground at Tom’s bar. What was the reason for this move?

Basically, we weren’t happy about the way they treated us there. Despite our last party being successful, we ended up finishing before we were supposed to as there were people from Brighton Council metering the sound levels. Many people left during our guest DJ set slot as we had to put the music down for about 15 minutes, not a good experience. In addition to that we didn’t get any support or understanding from the management of the venue, on the contrary we got kicked out. In fact we kicked ourselves out. It was just too much. We are happy to give up the space for other promoters.

What would be your ideal venue in Brighton?

There is a few, really nice, interesting venues around, but in reality, during almost four years I have been living in Brighton, not much changed. Big clubs even though they are great party spaces, they will always be for commercial sound/people only, with no exception. In this case sound of quality House and Techno in Brighton will probably always stay underground, finding its place in little dungeons and old basements, despite its huge popularity in the rest of the Europe. But answering the question. We didn’t find the ideal place here yet, but there is still a few left to try. I believe Micro would be a good place to try in the nearest future:)

What have you go lined up for the future?

For the summer time we are going to join our friends nights as guest DJ’s. For the time being, we are booked to play on the nights such as: B-Side, Upside Down and Gonzo Disco. We are also trying to collaborate with nights like Analogue and Beep Low Tech. There is no pressure for us, we just want to play music and people to dance to it. We also got into production a bit already and we are definitely going to bring some buzz around and release more quality mixes and our own productions in the nearest future.

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