JOOF Editions Vol. 5 [ John 00 Fleming, Gai Barone, Paul Thomas & Tim Penner]

+ LAUNCH PARTY @ BRIGHTON’S THE ARCH 21.04.19 WITH JOOF, HERNAN CATTANEO & PAUL THOMAS

Launched on April 1st and this is not a joke. Not even remotely. JOOF Editions Vol. 5, mixed by John 00 Fleming, Gai Barone, Paul Thomas & Tim Penner is here to turn your world upside down.

“A decision was made to shake things up. Once that was done, says John 00 Fleming, that change took on a life of its own. // Originally I was just going to bring in one other, but amazing co-mixing suggestions kept coming up. Those suggestions turned into options and, well, here we are!” 

Volumes 1 to 4 were amazing and nothing less than odysseys into the fantastic world of progressive. Volume 5, having 4 times more DJs mixing it allowed for the album to become a far more focussed affair and something I never expected. With the series’ door opened to a cadre of label friends and fellow defenders of the electronic music underground, joining him in 2019 are Gai Barone, Paul Thomas and Tim Penner.

“It’s very much the best of all worlds, John feels. It’s allowed me to become even more focussed on a couple of bandwidths, while my co-mixers travel their own lanes, broadening the release as a whole”. 

Fleming’s fifth is the perfect truncation of the JOOF Editions’ you know and love. Its wonderful spacey intro calcifies swiftly into a chunkier, more groove-hardy thing. Incorporating housier undertones along the way, Basil O’Glue’s ‘Nekyia’ and – in its Facade variation – ‘Shrine’ sit alongside Stan Kolev’s ‘Ananda’. Delivering one stunning, toughly percussive and echoically-intense sequence after another, it culminates with ‘Arise’ and ‘Timelapse’ – a double hit from Jerome Isma-Ae.

At the midpoint, John’s mix traverses subtlety but unmistakable onto darker, more robust terra. JOOF’s own ‘Drop From The Vile’ and Miika Kuisma’s ‘Tri-be’ shadow Airwave’s ‘Perth To San Diego’, themselves prefacing a dozen other killers. Mix-matters come to the most anthemic of heads through Oliver Prime’s envisioning of LSG’s ‘Netherworld’.

The first of JOOF’s ‘Editions’ guest-mixers is the suddenly-everywhere Canadian, Tim Penner. A man with a notable passion for progressive’s more abstract and avant-garde natures, Tim’s delivers a ceaselessly fascinating two hours of music. Needlework-fine in its mixing, precisely nuanced and exploratory in the sonics, it courses with the latest soundware from The Stupid Experts, Rick Pier O’Neil, ACUMEN, Be Morais and others. Alongside, naturally, is a respectively significant dose of Penner’s own material, sourced from his just-released ‘Radio Silence’ album. Bringing Tim on board, John said: “Once in each decade you come across a genius of a producer. One that is so far forward thinking you’re unsure where to place them in the genre sphere. That’s Tim Penner in a nutshell”.

“No introduction necessary!” however is how John heralds ‘Editions 5’s next-to-the-decks. (Heck, he’ll give him one anyway!). “Gai Barone is a producer who – from Sasha to Armin van Buuren, exists outside every bubble. His hypnotic melodies have become irresistible to every music lover. Its not just talent either, Gai is one of the loveliest most humble artists on this planet.” In his quest to do justice to the Editions’ remap, the Italian’s gone to some extraordinary lengths. An album capsule perched atop a mix-comp rocket, whether it be original or remix, Gai’s had a hand in no less than 14 of the 17 tracks in his mix. Aliases too? You betcha. Charlotte Petitte, Dead Panther, Tannura Revolutionary Blocks, Celvee, Ayer Astura, Barra Uno – all extraordinary, all new Barone masks and monikers.

 Last and by no means least is moonlighting FSOE UV A&R man, Paul Thomas. Welcoming Paul, John says: “The latest new breed rising over the past couple of years getting on the radar of the likes of Hernan Cattaneo, Nick Warren along with touching a chord with the Trance world too, says John. One of the standout Progressive DJ/Producers over the past few years”, Paul Thomas angles his mix a touch later-night than his co-mixers. Elevating its tempo, through key tracks like Dmitry Molosh’s ‘Sacra’, Molosh’s rewire of Aly & Fila vs. Ferry Corsten’s ‘Camellia’ and Paul’s own ‘Joheia’ & ‘Lorax’ numbers, he brings greater emphasis to melodica, lift and endzone drive.

Fleming. Barone. Thomas. Penner. The men behind the only progressive compilation anyone’s gonna need this year!?? Well that’s for you to tell us! All eight hours of it dropped this month. You can order it here: https://www.beatport.com/release/joof-editions-vol-5/2525428

// To celebrate the release of the fifth ‘JOOF Editions’, John’s taking it back to where it all began. On April 21 at The Arch in his hometown Brighton, Hernan Cattaneo, co-mixer Paul Thomas and John himself will toast the album’s arrival. A rare chance to see the globe-circling DJ in his native environment and an even rarer opportunity to see Argentina’s greatest musical export outside the UK’s capital – this (literally!) is not to be taken sitting down. Easter Sunday, The Arch, Brighton.

Tracklist: JOOF Editions Vol. 5

John 00 Fleming mix   

1. Rick Pier O’Neil –  Earth Mover (Stas Drive Remix)  
2. Sebastian Busto  –  Budapest                          
3. Alex O’Rion  – Neuron (Version 1)  
4. Basil O’Glue – Nekyia (Facade Remix)  
5. Parallel Universe – The Decision                  
6. Analog Jungs – Phoenix (Subandrio Remix)                
7. Black 8 & Arrab – Sandwaves                 
8. Forty Cats  – Fluency Rate
9. Basil O’Glue – Shrine (Early mix)  
10. Stan Kolev  ‘Ananda’                            
11. Jerome Isma-ae & Tone Depth – Arise                       
12. Jerome Isma  & Alastor – Timelapse (Extended Mix)  
13. Airwave – Perth To San Diego         
14. Miika Kuisma – Tri-be                              
15. John 00 Fleming & EEEMUS – Drop From The Vile (Basil O’Glue Remix) 
16. Alex Morelli –  In Requiem                      
17. Jon Hopkins – Singularity (ANNA Remix) 
18. MVMB & Antimatter – Odyssey
19. Trilingo – Aika 
20. Sisko electrofanatik & klaark – Onium                     
21. Cetera – bACON AND cHIPS (Roby M Rage Remix)                       
22. John 00 Fleming –  Looking Back To look forward.
23. Robert Elster – Antenna   
24. LSG – Netherworld (Oliver Prime remix)

Paul Thomas

1. Antrim & Kamilo Sanclemente feat. Paula OS – Once & Again 
2. Paul Thomas & White-Akre – Goliath (Dimuth K remix) 
3. Kamilo Sanclemente & Juan Pablo Torrez – Plannar 
4. Dmitry Molosh – Sacra – Replug
5. Aly & Fila vs Ferry Corsten – Camellia (Dmitry Molosh Remix) 
6. Grazze – Cat & Mouse (D-Formation Remix)
7. Jerome Isma-Ae & Alastor – Timelapse (Martin Roth Remix) 
8. Stan Kolev – Inscape – Outta Limits
9. Sam Heyman – Celestials (Matan Caspi Remix) 
10. Matan Caspi & Ziger – Tampler 
11. Paul Thomas – Lorax 
12. Bluum – Weyland 
13. Paul Thomas Joheja 
14. Andre Sobota – 18th Hour 
15. Aneesh Gera – Solace (Paul Thomas & White-Akre Remix) 
16. Fuenka – Kosmic – FSOE UV
17. Andretta – Be With You 
18. Stereo Underground feat Sealine – Flashes (Gai Barone Remix

Gai Barone mix

1. Ayer Astura – Repaired
2. Dead Panther  – At noon                            
3. Gai Barone – 1975  
4. Revolutionary Blocks – SH101 
5. Jan Johnston – Calling your Name (Gai Barone Stripped Remix)  
6. Celvee – After one day  
7. Gai Barone – Ripley 
8. Charlotte Petitte –  Broken Glass 
9. FOLUAL – Alphabeta 
10. Barra Uno – Shaper5 
11. Gai Barone – Hardware 
12. Gai Barone – When The Swallows Come Back Home (Quivver Remix) 
13. Glowplan – Voco 
14. Tannura – Live  
15. David Forbes presents Hal Stucker  – Celeste 
16. Mark Found – Calculator 
17. Gai Barone – The Dancing (Fading Mix)  

Tim Penner

1. Raisell – Twarz (Main Leaf Remix)     
2. Michael A – Endless Time (Anton MAKe Remix)     
3. Deep Fog & Cream – Iridium (Pacco & Rudy B Remix)                          
4. Phil Martyn – Storm (Original Mix)     
5. Tim Penner –  Force Density  
6. The Stupid Experts – Night and Day (Original Mix)     
7. Be Morais – Sleepwalker                  
8. Tim Penner – New Technologies
9. Dowden – Orka (Tomek Rmx)             
10. Rick Pier O’Neil – Throaty (Original Mix)     
11. ACUMEN – Post Modern (JOBE Remix)
12. Tim Penner – Rebirth (Club Mix)
13. Tim Penner – Oceans Between
14. Theo Fraga – Emerge (Feemarx Remix)
15. AWKA – Lobbo
16. Ezequiel Arias – Passenger (Original Mix)
17. Tim Penner – Down Again
18. Ivanshee – Orbital Throb (Alessandro Spaiani Remix)
19. Beswerda – Van Melle 
20. Ezequiel Arias  – Control Is an Illusion (Original Mix)  

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