Tune Of The Week - Shiny Objects - Higher Ground (Maxxi Soundsystem Remix)
- Before the runaway success of club hit ‘Criticize’ which exploded
everywhere at the beginning of 2011 from Annie Mac’s Radio 1 show to
being featured on Beats in Space Best of 2010 Sam Watts had been DJing,
putting on parties and working hard in his studio for a number of years
in his home town of Bright on.
His follow up single was the first track
on Nurvous Records (a new label from NYC legendary label Nervous
Records), the track Open Your Eyes on Jamie Jones Hot Waves label and
recent EP on needwant records has seen huge support from Radio1’s Jaymo
& Andy George (who put him in their Future Stars of 2012 show) and
DJs across the board from Maceo Plex, Danny Daze, Tensnake, Morgan Geist
and Aeroplane to Tiefschwarz, Groove Armada and Sasha.
Remixes in 2011 were also flying out for the like of Hercules & Love Affair,
The 2 Bears and Parallel Dance Ensemble the latter which hit the #1 spot
on Beatport’s indie dance chart.
Maxxi Soundsystem toured
extensively in 2011 taking in Glastonbury, Glade Festival, Creamfields,
Sankeys Manchester, Flux Leeds, Disco Bloodbath, Rex Club Paris, Athens
and Fabric; proving he can rock any dancefloor that’s put in front of
him; playing a set made up of his own edits and remixes plus music
plucked from his 8 years experience playing in clubs.
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