TEA presents JUG - Loop Bar 8/4/11

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TEA announces its second soiree at Melbourne's quintessential house and techno institution Loop Bar. TEA's special guest is British expat come Sydney sider JUG.

Best know for his work on London's autoreply, JUG also boasts collaborations with Mark Henning and Ben Rourke as well as other beats and pieces with Bart Skils, Anton Pieete and Fog.

No stranger to a TEA party, JUG saw three call ups last year which included warm up sets for Berlin's Marcel Dettmann and Retrofit's Jay Shepheard. JUG will be providing a selection of prime house and techno cuts from his 15 crate plus vinyl collection, a special night for the vinyl obsessive and techno purist.

In support of JUG will be Pinksilver stalwart Daniel Filipovic and TEA's resident James Manning.

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Jay Shepheard & JUG at The Croft Institute 27/11/10

Jay Shepheard and JUG played host to TEA’s first Melbourne party at The Croft Institute with straddling support from resident Clyde Drexler as well as Martin L and Sammy Soda keepin things homely in room 2. A night where everyone was was up for a party, except for mother nature or course.

Melbourne’s whether decided to put on what might have well been the bleakest day of the year. John arrived to Melbourne from a 31 and sunny Sydney to a thick blanket of grey and rain. Safe to say this didn’t make John homesick as he was looking as bronzed as Bondi rescue thanks to what would have been a week full of sun drenched laziness.

After a healthy assortment of Chinese Dumplings and Broccoli in Melbourne’s Chinatown we made our way to Croft where TEA resident Clyde Drexler was kickin things off to a warm groove, quite the contrast to outside.

JUG then had the syringe and test tube swilling Croft move from the grass growing bar to the gymnasium dancefloor in which Croft was beading with Jay Shepheard excitement. Jay's at first cautious dancefloor had within no time lost all inhibitions as Croft’s hips were heaving and hands were flailing.

Croft’s security instantly became the bad guy as TEA and Jay were given a less then heartfelt ‘last track’ ultimatum. The lights were then raised and a scattered round of applause was appreciated form Croft. Next up was a cab back to TEA’s place for an afterparty....easy right?

TEA had Mati Obrzud film the entire night so watch this space for footage soon.

JUG - Slug EP

TEA resident JUG has just released his Slug EP on London imprint autoreply!

Words by Juno Plus writer Richard Brophy.

JUG's 3 track EP kicks off with 'Hymn for Him' a lovely house jam full of dubby drums promising before a shimmering, deeply evocative chord sequence with sensuous strings to boot. These elements provide the basis for a beautiful vocal that will melt the heart of even the hardest techno cynic.

In contrast, the bouncy acid of 'Eeehh' is more stripped back, but JUG aka Adrian Nicholson ensures that it will not be consigned to the DJ tool bargain bin thanks to the inclusion of some cut up, quirky vocals and the prominent driving percussion.

Finally, the title track attempts to straddle his musical and dance floor leanings. The beats are stripped back and the rhythm less direct, alternating between straight 4/4s and off-centre patterns, whilst the gradual introduction of atmospheric chords guarantee it and its author a high placing in the league of spine-tingling, ethereal techno.

You can next catch JUG playing at TEA with Jay Shepheard at Melbourne's Croft Institute 27th Nov.

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TEA Books MARCEL DETTMANN

After hugely successful party with Detroit's Omega Man Robert Hood [M-Plant] TEA brings Berghain resident and Ostgut Ton faithful Marcel Dettmann to Adelaide in his first time to Australia.

Techno as Marcel Dettmann defines it, is neither a movement without history nor wistful nostalgia. Today Dettmann is as synonyms with techno as the word itself.

Dettmann pours Detroit’s oil into European engines, puts British bass music under the control of Chicago’s very own Jack, cuts classics with abstract nuances and connects yesterday with tomorrow and today. In the unrelenting manner of a great DJ. Marcel links the art of improvisation with careful preparation and finally gives techno some of its often painfully missed serious physical constitution back.

Dont risk never being able to see Marcel Dettmann again.

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J U G & The Carter Bros & Clyde Drexler

J U G to play TEA's 2nd Party

TEA is happy to announce that autoreply's J U G will host TEA's 2nd party at Adelaide's Cuckoo Bar Saturday September 18th!

After such a successful night with with Robert Hood TEA was beading with excitement to get back to Cuckoo and throw another party.

Having recently returned to Australia since moving to London 7 years ago, J U G's CV boasts work with current Resident Advisor 'playing favourites' artist Mark Henning, Bart Skils & Anton Pieete aka District One Mix as well as fellow stable mate Ben Rourke. J U G has released on the Clever Music, Vitalik, Release Sustain and autoreply labels respectively. 

TEA featured J U G's latest remix of FOG which you can read and listen to hear

A special night for the vinyl obsessive and techno purist, TEA presents J U G.

For J U G tracks, remixes and podcast look no further then here

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To help soften the blow of the Australians four zip thrashing by Joachim Loew's techno vikings, I've found listening to fellow antipodean j u g 's remix to Corfu born, Athens based Fog and his track 'playin low' released on the hardworking autoreply.

Unlike the socceroos, j u g 's remix mix is full of silky glides, seamless passes and solid kicks, hopefully this 'playin low' business doesn't soundtrack the rest of the Socceroos campaign.

Check out some more autoreply here here & here

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