9/24/2023 0 Comments Soul music special request![]() ![]() Momentum is building, much as Woolford himself expected. The latter two have dropped in 2013, Hardcore appearing on Fabric’s ‘artist-led’ splinter label Houndsooth – the same as the new album. Woolford’s debut EP under the moniker, Ride, generated frenzied buzz and inevitably prompted follow-ups Lolita, Hardcore and Vapour/Mindwash. Special Request actually began life last year as both record label and production project. Special Request is yet another exciting shimmy for his CV, Woolford’s long and distinguished career synonymous with thrill and versatility. ![]() What better time, then, for Defected’s Ben Lovett to have a chat with the man himself… Plus, he just happens to have made one of the stand-out, feel-good house records of the year. ![]() Paul Woolford’s Special Request project announces debut album Soul Musicįact Selects: Slauson Malone 1 – 'Voyager'įact Selects: Aphex Twin - 'Blackbox Life Recorder" dir.Paul Woolford, a bastion of quality house, techno and electronic music for nearly 20 years now, is about to release a bold and beautiful new album as relatively new alias Special Request. Special Request – Deflowered (Hieroglyphic Being Remix) Special Request – Capsules (Lee Gamble Full Length Remix)ġ1. Special Request – Mindwash (Anthony Shakir Remix)ġ0. Special Request – Deflowered (Kassem Mosse & Mix Mup Remix)Ġ9. Special Request – Lolita (Warehouse Mix)Ġ8. Special Request – Mindwash (Anthony Naples Aftermath Remix)Ġ6. Lana Del Rey – Ride (Special Request Remix)Ġ5. Tessela – Hackney Parrot (Special Request VIP)Ġ2. You can download Special Request’s FACT mix here.Ġ1. Soul Music was made in a studio built “almost exclusively from vintage hardware and boosted by industrial-strength EQ and an FM transmitter”, and will be released in two stages: October 7 brings the triple-vinyl version, while the October 21 will see a digital / CD release featuring Special Request remixes of Tessela’s ‘Hackney Parrot’ and Lana Del Rey’s ‘Ride’ and re-works of Soul Music material from Hieroglyphic Being, Lee Gamble, Anthony ‘Shake’ Shakir and more. How many more unsung heroes must there be from across the years that have dedicated their lives to this?” There’s been a guy that’s basically always been involved around this part of the North, a guy called Shock, and he was involved all those years and continues to be these days with Radio Frequency FM, which I’ve been listening to of late. I stumbled across it purely by accident, from moving the tuning dial across the airwaves and the contrast between what was on commercial radio and what was being broadcast from PCR in Bradford or Energy, or Dream FM in Leeds was astronomical. “In terms of pirate radio itself”, Woolford continues, “the internet has changed the nature of it, but there was a time when it was pure community service. The project is heavily inspired by the pirate radio that Woolford grew up on speaking to FACT in March 2012 he explained that “the attractive thing about pirate radio is that it sits outside of convention, so there are no rules as such, and this is a huge part of why this project exists, so even though there are familiar themes involved on these releases, the stark contrasts make the differences.” ![]() Paul Woolford will release his debut album as Special Request, Soul Music, in October.Ī veteran of house and techno music, Woolford introduced his Special Request alter-ego in 2012, with a series of self-released 12″ singles. ![]()
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