Amen Brother w/ T.B.D. (Irish Debut)

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Amen Brother are very happy to announce our first International guests to Odessa with the Irish debut of New York’s T.B.D. (Golf Channel, DFA)

Dj’s Justin Vandervolgen (formerly producer of !!! and Outhud) & Lee Douglas (Rong Music) aka T.B.D. (DFA, Golf Channel) for a full on night of scorching disco, boogie gems and twisted house.

Support on the night comes from A.B. resident Niall Kirk.

(More Surprises TB….A!!)

TBD
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Comprising Rong Music’s Lee Douglas and ex-!!!/Outhud bassist/producer Justin Vandervolgen, TBD first made some noteworthy noise with the release of “What Is This?”, their 2009 debut. It found favor with critics, DJs and audiences alike, for it’s seditious take on dance music, avoidance of worn-out conventions and sheer sublimity. It was fitting success for an outfit founded by two musicians who, bored by the sounds around them, set out to “create something new, fresh and not confined by restrictive genre pigeonholing.” TBD was picked up by NY’s DFA label for their forthcoming single. Also in the pipelines are remixes for luminaries including Permanent Vacation, Runaway, 2020 Soundsystem and Populette, to name just a few.



JUSTIN VANDERVOLGEN
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Has a history spanning the last 13 years in the dance/disco community. Being one of the founding members and producer of the bands !!! and Outhud as well as remixing for labels such as Warp, EMI and Output. In 2003 Justin produced the !!! record “Me And Giuliani Down By The Schoolyard” which became a UK dance chart hit and helped to bring the emerging early 2000’s sound of NY dance music to the rest of the world. It was in 2001, when Justin moved to NY that he started djing more and playing some of the best parties and after hours spots in the city. Early 2008 saw Justin leaving !!!, (Outhud disbanded in 2005) to focus on producing, remixing and djing. 2009 saw the release of a two projects, one with Lee Douglas as TBD and his own now classic edit series titled ‘Try To Find Me‘ on Golf Channel Recordings.



LEE DOUGLAS
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DJ/Producer Doug Lee a.k.a. Lee Douglas has been at the forefront of New York’s disco/nu-disco/edits scene for the past decade. As an integral member of NYC-based Rong Music, the remarkable Stallions with partner Lovefingers and of course T.B.D., Lee has been forging and evolving his sound into uncharted territory refusing to be pinned down or give in to trends.

Since his debut release Our Song in 2004, (aptly hailed as a modern disco masterpiece) he has also dropped the massive New York Story in 2007, picked by many DJs as the year’s anthem and recently made Beatport’s Top 10 Nu-Disco tracks of the DECADE, alongside luminaries like Lindstrom, Terje and Aeroplane. He’s done numerous remixes for artists like Juan Maclean, Coati Mundi, **** Robot, Findlay Brown… all the while consistently cranking out vital re-edits on imprints like Blackdisco, Editions Disco, Wurst and his own TBD Classics.

So whether it be his collaborative projects; TBD with Justin Vandervolgen (Golf Channel/formerly of !!!), The Stallions, or his own originals/remixes/edits, Lee Douglas’ productions have found their way into the bags of virtually every notable disco jock to name ie: Mancuso, Harvey, Prins Thomas, Optimo…. and most likely yours too.

Beats In Space – T.B.D. Guest Mix
(Direct Download)
1. It’s Freaking Time
2. Chaka Bra
3. The Lumberjack
4. No Man, No Money, No Time
5. TBD – What Is This?
6. Oooh
7. Whoa
8. Hey Yay
9. TBD – I Don’t Know
10. Racist!
11. Have You Anything Good?
12. Oooh Lord
13. They Say (TBD Mixup)
14. Come To NY
15. Forever (TBD Eternal Edit)

SEE MNTOTHAT.COM FOR UPDATES

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Lee Douglas - Tonite Mix

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Here's a little article about Justin Vandervolgan...





Justin Vandervolgen

Casual listeners may not know him by name, but they will know him by sound; sticky pulsating bass and hyperactive rhythms. The man in question is Justin Vandervolgen. The name is even dripping in dance music dayglo. In 2009 he dropped the mix to top all mixes with Try To Find Me Vol. 2. Vandervolgen, the master of the remix, is the architect behind such reboots as Inventions and I Love You, which had the masses at Meredith swaying in approval.

"I'm fulfilled if when I'm done and I like it and I'm excited to play it and give it to my friends," the native New Yorker says of his musical makeovers. Going to the studio with a clean slate helps produce the magic. Of his studio excursions he says there is "No plan, just to try to make something that I'm happy with." For this free-as-a-bird approach, it would seem his independent label status fits perfectly. He clarifies however, "If some label came along and wanted to give me a six figure advance, and complete creative control I probably wouldn't say no."

So what inspired the sonics that have no doubt served as the soundtrack to many an intoxicated club experience? "I'm really into everything but I guess a basic generalization would be that my parents were into folk and rock, I got into hip hop then punk then reggae and then into dance music." Yeah and how about those fuzzy 70s porn vibes on the MBTM remix? "Like any other pre teen kid that didn't have cable, I stayed up late on Friday and Saturday hoping to check some butts and boobs on TV, maybe the music sank in a little." Divine intervention you could say, if you want to stretch things a little.

California sound rebels Outhud kicked out experimental electro-disco jams for a decade and helped give birth to LCD Soundsystem (via former bassist Tyler Pope). Outhud was also the first major platform for Vandervolgen, who helped bring the chaos together behind the boards. From one boundary-pushing outfit to the other, Justin quickly jumped into the producer's chair for festival faves !!!, starting with their self-titled debut LP and ending with 2007's Myth Takes. He describes his time with both bands positively, admitting to have come of age during those crazy days. "I started in those bands a little bit before I turned 20 and I met most of them in the punk scene when I was a teenager, so they were some of the people I grew up with in a sense. Outhud ended when it was time, and I left !!! when I felt it was right."
The DJ/producer has been on both ends of the live spectrum, playing to both stadiums and tiny sweatboxes. "I think both are cool but right now I'm definitely more psyched on small jams. Like, really small, 25 to 50 people. Hard to make money, but super fun." Coming up he will be heading down to Melbourne, a journey Vandervolgen sounds excited to take. "Really looking forward, I've only been to Australia once before and I didn't really see any of it all as there were no days off and had to do TV or radio promos during the day, was all a blur really."

Answering my broadly generic question about the direction dance will go in the future, he says "I really have no idea, I think though that probably until the world ends people will want to go out with their friends, listen to music, dance, drink and drug and have a nice time."

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New mix in the Amen Brother series from TBD, recorded live last week at their Brooklyn night, Tandem.

Sorry, no tracklist.

TBD play Odessa this Friday. More info here

Enjoy!!

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We have five Double Passes for Amen Brother w/ T.B.D. (Justin Vandervolgen & Lee Douglas) to giveaway this week.

Simply email mn <at> mntothat <dot> com with your name and the name of any of the labels that either of the TBD lads have released music on.

http://mntothat.com/amen-bro-tbd/

Winners will be notified on Thursday. Good luck!!

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We'll announce the winners for this at 5pm this evening. There have been lots for entries so we're going to fire a few extra single passes out too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN7MvcIO8XI