Nathan Coles & Dave Coker - Love Sludge EP
Catalogue Number: LMD017
Release Date: October 2007
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A1:
Love Terrorist
B1:
Sweat Bomb
B2:
Sweat Bomb (Strakes & Dafeet Mix)
Nathan Coles is one of the worlds most accomplished, hedonistic and uncompromising underground DJs. In a career spanning 15 years and 4 Continents, Nathan has rocked the international club scene with his inimitable style and unforgettable personality. Co-founder of the legendary Wiggle parties, he plays at the Wiggle night at Fabric alongside long time partner and friend Terry Francis. He is a prolific producer, remixer and writer, releasing hundreds of tracks on labels as diverse as Funk'd, Plastic City, Wrong, Wiggle and The End.
David Coker is a workaholic producer, remixer and musician who has worked all around the world from Ibiza to Shanghai. He was a founder member of Wubble-U in the mid nineties, whose anthem "Petal" reached the top 5 of the UK dance chart. His many pseudonyms include Pigbwoy, Smart Alex, Pramface, Housey Doingz, Doodlebug and Coke, Stoned & Baileys to name a few. In the studio he has worked for Bryan Ferry, All Saints, Billie Ray Martin, Bran Van 3000, Dub Pistols and many more as a producer and remixer. His most recent band Futon is a highly successful electro/rock band in South East Asia and Japan, and Dave is currently working on a new studio in his house in Ibiza. He and Nathan Coles have been friends and creative collaborators for 15 years, joining forces on various projects including Housey Doingz, Get Fucked, Coles and Coker, Smart Alex.
Both of the original tracks stay close to the London tech-house sound that Nathan Coles has become famous for alongside fellow Fabric resident Terry Francis. It’s very rare that artists carve out a niche of their very own, but Coles & Coker have certainly done that over the past decade.
On ‘Love Terrorist’ a punching and slightly moody intro paves the way for a devastatingly low throbbing bass and a lead hook more addictive than nicotine. Quirky vocal stabs and rapid percussion again create the classic Wiggle feel, whilst the track flips and twists faster than Maverick dogfighting with a MiG. ‘Sweat Bomb’ has the typical heads down, yet uplifting funky feel; a driving beat and bassline are complemented by squelches and squarks and an infectious vocal that rolls right through the track.
Lost My Dog bosses Strakes & Pete Dafeet step up for remix duties on ‘Sweat Bomb’ following well received remixes of Jay Tripwire and Richie Robinson on previous LMD releases. The canine crusaders’ take on a skippier feel, with bumpy beats and a Greenskeepers-esque bassline that blossom whilst evil analogue leads draw on the squelchy undertones of the original. The track maintains a strong groove throughout, whilst subtle pads add variation and flavour. Think London meets Chicago via New York with a dash of Middlesbrough thrown in!!
Magazine Reviews
iDJ Magazine (4/5)... ‘Love Terrorist’ sees Coles and Coker deliver a pounding slab of jacking house tips a wee nod to the electronic styles that are in abundance right now. A slight change of style for LMD (besides that cracking Harold Heath EP a while back), but it works a treat. Bleepy, trippy bit full of energetic house charm, this will work for all discerning house DJs whether your style is energetic or organic. ‘Sweat Bomb’ is more a squelchy, full fat affair with Strakes and Dafeet turning in a deeper, dubbed out rub. Yet another LMD delight for the collection.
iDJ Magazine (4/5)... I’d rather not know where they got the name Love Sludge from but tune-wise it’s a typically UK slice of deep tech house: bottom-heavy, heads-down, wiggling funk. The grinding ‘Sweat Bomb’ (surprise, surprise) is the sound of a sweaty basement at 2am. Strakes & Dafeet take it into classic deep house territory.
DJ Reactions
Inland Knights
Really like Sweat Bomb, have been playing lots, love it!
Harold Heath
I love both of the originals, they've been really big tracks for me
Shafunkerz
Wow, another corker from LMD… one of my favourite labels delivers another bomb EP. All mixes deliver. Love Terrorist is going to be in the box for many months!
Murray Richardson
Love the coles & coker... been playing this all weekend and cant get enough of it!!!... all the tracks are pure skill...
Sonny Wharton
this is an awesome release... big n chunky but with the swing alot of tracks are missing at the moment. Im into both tracks with Sweat Bomb being the standout for me.
Tyler Stadius
Love these tunes. Real funk & bounce in them. I'll use them for sure.
James Talk
Mate wicked both tracks are really good!
Jacob London
Nice work on this last one. Truly jacking material.
Da Sunlounge (Myna)
'Sweat bomb' is doing it for me!!!
Burnski (2020 Vision)
Sweatbomb is my fav, jackin!
Charles Webster
good stuff - LMD remains a consistently solid label.
Corrie (Eat More Beef)
I’ve been playing both original tracks!! Nice work on the remix too.
Spettro (Tango)
The Strakes and Dafeet remix is dope.
Luckystars
Really love the Strakes&DafeetMix . Will play it for sure.
Al Bradley (3am)
The usual quality from LMD!
Adam Collins (Omni AM)
Freaking great relelase. I think this is my fave on LMD yet. The Strakes and Defeet takes the original to another level. Played it 3 times over the weekend
John Davis (Headtunes)
Nathan is one of my fav’s and I was expecting great things when I got this, and they delivered… the standout is that cheeky bassline in the Strakes and Dafeet remix.
Neil Bainbridge (Shindig)
really feeling love terrorist. – good work on the remix too. From strength to strength with the label – keep it up
Scope / Ric McClelland (Urbantorque)
I'm goin for the Strakes & Dafeet re-rub as i'm a sucker for the old skool beats and deep stabs!
Ross Couch (Seamless)
Good to see more quality artists on the label. Liking the original mix of Sweat Bomb best here, nice bit of dirty funk that'll work well on the dancefloor.
Anil Chawla (Ministry of Sound)
Nice EP - Strakes and Dafeet mix is the standout for me, and will get most plays... Can't fault your sound!
Oli Faulkner (Space, Ibiza)
That Nathan Coles track did the business on Sunday at Space!
Magnus Asberg (On The House)
Oh yea! Like all trax been playing them out for a while now. The Strakes & Dafeet mix is very cool. The 2 originals are top notch house from two of my top buddies. Very good production, sounds great on a big system.
Jazzy Eyewear (So Sound)
I like Love Terrorist, nice chunky groove w/ nice electro overtones, dirty & underground, also liked a lot the original of Sweat Bomb, great for a late night set!
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