the godlike genius of Todd Edwards

anyway, tood ist super genius. although i've always been vaguely unsettled (in a good way) that his vocal tracking techniques were influenced by enya. (which means, tangentially, dem 2 and the artful dodger were influenced by enya. take that, sinker.)

SEARCH: i dunno, it's all good. the remixes (vocal and dub) of st. germain's "alabama blues" remain a 90s highwater mark.

seeing him spin at Centro-Fly (in the basement) w/SciFi and Andy B (and the Pope and others) was definitely one of my musical highlights this year. he played I think ONE song by another person and the rest were his his his. the sound mix was fucked up--too much midrange, when the trick w/an Edwards track is that you need to hear it eq'ed as all top and bottom--but that got fixed eventually. a lot of folks just stood there looking at him, trying to figure out what the fuck was going on, and Todd didn't care--he's really into what he does, there's a kind of peace about him. granted, he's also obviously a complete geek and from the brief introduction I had to him I gathered that he's a little out there. (he's very religious, for instance, which may help explain the sort of benighted innocence he has about him--which I hope doesn't sound like either a condemnation or romanticization of folks who care deeply about god.)

I'd personally pay money to watch him create a track.

Don't kow much about him though. Does he ever DJ in England, and I hear he's a very devote Christian (although half of the states seem to be).

Accept Jesus into your life and you will understand where "influence" begins and ends, with regards, your friend

http://members.aol.com/dubplatestyle/mase.jpg

http://djqwest.tripod.com/tlctodd.ra tlc - no scrubs (todd remix) - less than 5 copies of this exist anywhere!

http://www.johnclew.fsnet.co.uk/roll_with_it.ram todd edwards + karl tuff enuff brown + kele le roc - Roll with it .. coming out soon!! (i hope!)

this is the future of UK garage - 4 to the floor bizness

pretty lol watching blogger tards who've been wanking on about the 2step pop shite suddenly realise what the REAL shit is in the UK underground.

there is very very little merit to almost all UK garage right now. only producers i can be bothered with are zed bias, mj cole and todd edwards..

I've always wanted haterz.

Anyway, I'm with Tim on the Hakan Lidbo remix, probably T.E.'s best voice-chopping ever.

Search also:

Sound Of One “As I Am” (Todd Edwards Mix) – for its ridiculously concise push-push bassline

James Lavonz's mix of T.E.’s “Saved My Life” – for good thwacky ruff-up of Todd’s lily-whiteness

new Akufen album -- pretty clearly some T.E. fetish by way of Cologne

Whew, I loved him...his tendency to all but command nervous- making words like ‘glorious’ while mixing in an optional dose of sick sinisterism. Float away or freak out, as you wish.

ME TOP 10 TODDY: ---------------- 1) ST GERMAIN - ALABAMA BLUES (TODD EDWARDS DUB) 2) KRISTINE BLOND - LOVESHY (TODD EDWARDS RMX) 3) TODD EDWARDS - SHUT THE DOOR (VOCAL MIX) 4) TODD EDWARDS - SAVIOUR TONIGHT 5) TODD EDWARDS - FLY AWAY 6) THE HEIST - BABY I THOUGHT WE WERE COOL (TODD REMIX) 7) ULTYMATE + JACQUEE BENNETT - VYBE (TODD EDWARDS 98 RMX) 8) KARL BROWN + TODD EDWARDS - ROLL WITH IT 9) TODD EDWARDS - BECKON CALL 10) BENJAMIN DIAMOND - LITTLE SCARE (TODD VOCAL MIX)

1) ST GERMAIN - ALABAMA BLUES (TODD EDWARDS DUB)

2) KRISTINE BLOND - LOVESHY (TODD EDWARDS RMX)

3) TODD EDWARDS - SHUT THE DOOR (VOCAL MIX)

4) TODD EDWARDS - SAVIOUR TONIGHT

5) TODD EDWARDS - FLY AWAY

6) THE HEIST - BABY I THOUGHT WE WERE COOL (TODD REMIX)

7) ULTYMATE + JACQUEE BENNETT - VYBE (TODD EDWARDS 98 RMX)

8) KARL BROWN + TODD EDWARDS - ROLL WITH IT

9) TODD EDWARDS - BECKON CALL

10) BENJAMIN DIAMOND - LITTLE SCARE (TODD VOCAL MIX)

If anyone's after any mix cd's, (Todd wise) theres a possibility I may be able to get some ... although this is not certain! Feel free to mail me though anyway if you have any news about Todd or want to contribute to the website (www.Todd-Edwards.net)

Anyway, bar a few duff tracks, Full On 2 is set to be amazing. I'm soooo psyched (not to mention pretty damn impatient by now). He's made a few radio appearances in UK radio last week, and sound clips have been put up on www.todd-edwards.net. I recommend heading straight for the part 2 of the set he did on Richie Vibe Vee's show - the sequence from "You're The One" to the Space Cowboy remix is my new favourite thing ever.

Also - anyone seen recent pics of the man? He certainly got helluva lot chubbier since those two old I! Records promo shots that have been the only existing available images of him for, ooh, an eternity. Also, he now wears a T-shirt with the legend "Jesus loves garage"! Godlike genius indeed.

bravo, esp the first graf.

A stone-cold travesty of opinion Matos! Still, passionate subjectivism rules as far as I'm concerned so I'm down with the premise...

Unless you're talking about a microhouse producer who has just started in the last year or two, I think it's terribly difficult to pinpoint who took what from where. In Akufen's case, his '00/'01 releases wouldn't have been out of place on Kompakt; if anything, he was developing nuances in his style at the same time. You have to consider that some of his earlier releases were on Trapez and Perlon, two labels that have made the style what it is just as much as Kompakt.

Besides, someone who picks up a Kompakt 12" at random these days has about a 1/4 chance of hearing a track that resembles anything on My Way. Several other labels are more confined to that type of sound -- again, some have released Akufen tracks. With the way Kompakt has branched out in the last few years, I find myself using them as an adjective a lot less these days -- almost never, actually.

(None of this has anything to do with Edwards, so I apologize. I really enjoyed reading the article, if that helps.)

(Why couldn't the Akufen pictured in Matos' article be placed in that Pixies video to hack up Frank Black?)

my life is a shambles

what then? :)

With Akufen, I couldn't really get past the first few tracks on the album, which (admittedly on a superficial listen) sounded like bad IDM circa 1995.

That is the single best thing to happen in a long time. If Todd Edwards can get out of his speed garage-beat rut, then we have a lot of wonderful music to look forward to. Maybe I should start going to church.

haha

I listened to Never Ever Far again. Think its a great track, obviously. But I'm really not hearing anything much 2-steppy about it. There's the 4/4 pulse, and the barest hint of a melodic bassline. The drum pattern shuffles along, sure, but I wouldn't exactly call it "intricate" and it doesn't do anything to break up the pulse. And it just plods along unchanged for the duration of the song. I think his rhythms are quite downbeat, actually.

Whereas I then put on Rewind, to take a completely random example, and I hear a rhythm that's much more ruptured, with lots more internal breaks, micropulses, microedits... there's just so much going on. And that's not a particularly adventurous 2-step track. There's not really any dub elements going on in it, for instance, which bring a whole extra level of beef and disorientation on 2-step tracks from early (Double 99) to late (James Lavonz).

For me a lot of the best 2-step outshines Edwards--whether you agree with that or not, I think it's hard to dispute that there's a lot more going on in the music than what he brought to the party. All I'm saying is, I think the James Brown-Ohio Players metaphor is a tad overstated... I never liked the Ohio Players much, either!

so i dug out the akufen record and it's really good! i was too quick to dismiss it.

I sorta agree with Ben - I luv Todd Edwards but mostly for reasons quite different to what appeals to me re UK Garage. Although his remix of Hakan Lidbo's "Walk Away" sounds amazing in the middle of Pure Garage III.

Anyway - Matos, great article! But why the Akufen bitching (other than him receiving accolades that Todd should've got)? In your blog entry you rightfully claim that the big difference is that Todd is about melody/harmony/texture while Akufen is about rhythm... and then you write:
"Akufen's message boils down to "look how weird and cool the radio blips I picked up are," "
But ain't that kinda missing the point? Surely, Akufen message rather boils down to: "look how FUNKILY I've arranged these weird and cool radio blips"? His stuff is deliciously sharp and TIGHT, basically,
the most wonderful brain aerobics, calling your synapses to get on
down and boogie.

"Full On Vol.2" is great, but it suffers a bit from bad sequencing, making it even more hermetic and uninviting for the uninitiated - I prefer post-"Saved My Life" Todd to the old school Todd, but tracks like "Radio Thing" and "Push The Love" did stir up the flow of "Full On Vol.1" in a good way, and their ilk is sorely missed here.

The mega-wonderful 1xtra mix I pimped in the post way above is still something I think all Todd-heads should check out, and if you want more Todd R&B jams, click 'ere:
http://www.johnclew.fsnet.co.uk/cheekyrnb.ram

Actually, having already written it up in print, I must say I disagree with you re: the sequencing of Full On 2--I think it's much better done than the first one, the first couple tracks are kinda blah but then each track keeps upping the ante; my two favorites are the last two tracks, always a good sign. Also, to me his absolute peak is the Mantra "Away" remix, which is '97 I believe--his remixes are at least as good as his originals, probably a bit better. It's gravy gravy gravy as far as I'm concerned, but as my man Andy pointed out last night, he does seem to be getting a bit more M.O.R. as far as his source material and effect both.

Also, that thing you linked way upthread (haven't checked out yr new link, will try to later) sounded good, but basically like Todd-of-old with clankier beats--not that big a difference, really.

It's a half hour mix that's got half the tracks off "Full On Vol.2" put together in a way that beats the album's sequencing as far as I'm concerned, with a few oldies thrown in (in this context "The Praise" sounds soooo much better than ever)... it just goes up and up, culminating in the indescribably gorgeous remix of Space Cowboy's "Crazy Talk" - one of his best in ages. Unfortunately still unreleased, and no-one knows when it will hit the streets.

That Mantra remix - fuck yes, what a jaw-droppingly awesome tune. I agree that his remixes are often beter than his originals (and considering the business practices of i! Records, I'm not holding my breath for a best-of remix comp in foreseeable future, sigh). Tim's right about the Hakan Libdo dub too, and I'll also add to the list his (along w/ Sunshine Bros) remix of Somore's "Refuse" that hardly anyone ever mentions, but is truly heavenly.

project for the future (i.e. when/if I get a better PC w/d/l and burnign capabilities): make that T.E. remixes comp myself.

(along with a bunch of other amazing stuff)

Gah.

ooh, a NEW ALBUM. great!!! no word on the release date yet, but the Godd himself says it's gonna be vocal-heavy. not sure about the "definite departure" bit, but I don't mind - after all these years I'm STILL not tired even slightly tired of his shtick (and I'm glad that many 4x4 UKG producers have picked up on his vocal science recently). on his Myspace page you can hear last year's "Like a Fire" and the aforementioned "Far Away", which is wonderful as usual.

Sugar Beetz - In Your Eyes

4x4 UK garage Todd hommage from '04... though "hommage" is an understatement for such a straigh-up style-jack. anyway, it's completely awesome!

http://sixspeed.net/main.html

Duh.

you can find lots more UKG mixes and radio shows on this forum .

http://www.uploading.com/?get=2OZZD2LQ

Tracklisting:
----------------
The Factory - Do What You Feel (Edwards "Feel You Do Dub")
MJ Cole - Crazy Love (Todd Edwards Underground Main Mix)
Todd Edwards - Restless Soul (Main Mix)
Todd Edwards - Odyssey
Todd Edwards - Forgiven
Todd Edwards - No Scrubs (Main Version)
Zoot Woman - Taken It All (Todd Edwards Soul Line Remix)
Damon Trueitt - Run It By Me (Todd Edwards Main Version)
Todd Edwards - Move To Tears
Todd Edwards - Mystery (Original Vocal Version)
Todd Edwards - Like A Fire (Main Mix)
Todd Edwards - Hold On To Me (Main Mix)
JD Braithwaite - Love Me Tonight (Todd Edwards N.Y. Dub)
Sound Of One - As I Am (Todd Edwards N.Y. Dub)
Todd Edwards & Tuff Jam - Wanting Jesus
Urbanomix - Gonna Be Your No.1 (Todd & Jam Classic Vocal Mix)
Todd Edwards - Winter Behavior
Todd Edwards - Heaven (2005 Main Mix)
Todd Edwards - Saved My Life
Todd Edwards - Face My Heaven

66 minutes 53 seconds
30th July 2006

Bye for now!

John

(groan)

Maybe not the best place to ask, but does anyone have this remix Todd did of Enya's "Afer Ventus"???

the audio is a rip from 1xtra so it has some talking and an air horn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0NZg5nkfds

i only have the realmedia rip from the same show - the only time that track has surfaced in public, as far as i know. no sign of it ever being released, ditto "Roll With It" and the Gina Thompson remix. :(

on the upside, here's a brand new Todd track:
http://media.putfile.com/Todd-Edwards---Come-On-To-Me-MCDONALDS-AT-THE-ROAAD--Haha-XD-EZ

haha i only wish that did actually sound like 'mcdonalds at the road'. lovely track still.

would i be right in saying that that's better than anything on full on 3? i've only heard the clips.

well, if you mean *new* tracks on "Full On 3" then you're basically right - except for "When Angels Sing", which is pure magic.

Am I the only one who loves Todd but wasn't terribly into the Full On comps?

damn didn't even know there was a volume 3... no appearance of "heaven", though, which is a huge mistake

if anyone can find it, the "Prima Edizione" compilation is well worth checking out (on cd, 1999). i think it's a compilation of ep's he put out on i! Records. includes 'Light of the Son' which is one of my Todd favourites, as well as 'Fly Away' (+ ambient remix).

i seem to remember picking it up in a brixton secondhand shop a few years ago for a couple of quid. it's been a trusty mainstay of my mp3 player ever since.

http://www.discogs.com/release/207354

<i>Prima Edizione</i> is easily the best of his CDs.

oops. Prima Edizione

my favorite track is 'end this hate'

Holy shit, I'm loving Odyssey. So much cheesy pop goodness! I really want to hear Prima Edizione, now. Why don't I hear more about this guy??

Can we have a quick POX or something, as so I can jump right in with him.

Mantra feat. Lydia Rhodes - Away (TE rmx)
Perfect Love
St. Germain - Alabama Blues (TE Dub)
TE & Tuff Jam - One Day
Shut the Door (Healed from Within Dub)
Never Far From You
Somore - I Refuse (Sunshine Bros Re-fused rmx)
Heaven (2005 mix)
Winter Behavior
Never Leave

If I Ever Feel Better (Todd Edwards' Dub Better Mix) - Phoenix
R U Sleeping (Todd Edwards Mix) - Indo

wants all those trax

Yeah, Prima Edizione is sooo good. The Phoenix and St. Germain remixes I've played in the last 12 months but Prima Edizione is the best. I've been listening to this alongside Thomas Melchior's "Never Give Up"..

my favorite track is 'end this hate'

― deej, Friday, November 16, 2007 9:06 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this version is sped up but whatevs

heard some todd edwards track that goes "give me the reason, tell me the reason" in that normal todd edistorto voice, it was amazing, anyone id? cant find anything on the google

It's One Dark Martian "The Reason".

sweet thnx bro

pretty good track for a biter

Wow:

I guess that one is the most recent of a series of responses to this first one:

First response:

The one posted a day before the first one I posted (i.e. two days ago):

(Those are for the sake of completeness; I don't claim they're all equally listenable, though stitching together his breakdowns like that is definitely interesting.)

his set at fabric last night was so. fucking. amazing. couldn't stop dancing. revelatory. his remix's of roy davis jr's "i have a vision" and kingdom's "mind reader" <3 <3 <3 <3

Still searching in vain for that Enya remix...

This week I've uploaded a new Todd Edwards tribute mix online:
http://johnlew.com/my-new-todd-edwards-mix-sarki-a-nu-trend-begi

Tracklisting

01. Todd Edwards - Intro
02. Todd Edwards - Love Inside (Remix)
03. Todd Edwards - Someday I Will Find (Instrumental)
04. Todd Edwards, Stuart Zender & Mel Blatt - Breath Away (Vocal Mix)
05. Todd Edwards - Treehouse
06. Todd Edwards - Thank You (Whisper Vocal Mix)
07. Paul Johnson - She Got Me On (Todd Edwards Unreleased Mix)
08. Libera - Lacrymosa (Todd Edwards Remix)
09. Todd Edwards - Rescue Me (Alternate Mix)
10. Todd Edwards - Radio Thing (Sectors Mix)
11. VV Brown - Shark In The Water (Todd Edwards Vocal Mix)
12. Zoot Woman - Taken It All (Todd Edwards Dub Instrumental)
13. Kingdom - Mindreader (Todd Edwards Remix)
14. M-Flo - How You Like Me Now? (Todd Edwards Full Rap)
15. Talking Heads - Burning Down The House (Todd-i-fied)
16. Todd Edwards - I Might Be
17. Enya - Trains And Winter Rains (Todd Edwards Remix)
18. Todd Edwards / Tuff Jam - Share Your Love (Unreleased Mix)
19. Todd Edwards - Winter Behaviour (Bjork Mix)
20. Todd Edwards & Matt Jam Lamont - Waiting For The Light
21. Phoenix - If I Ever Feel Better (Todd Edwards Vocal Mix)

Something actually a little DIFFERENT??? NON 4/4!
http://soundcloud.com/todd-edwards/what-it-look-like-todd-edwards-dub-remix

is it just me in my addled state marinating in dj q and ez sets every week or are todd's new bits (assuming they are new) just absolutely wicked?

'if you want':
http://hulkshare.com/3e5burw32f5n

also 'touch'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c41E6QViK4

haha the only reason i'm not sure is cos i just reread myself on the kingdom thread last year saying i didnt know what to do with the 'mind reader' remix, and according to the radio the answer all along was just to bang it out cos it's great

'if you want':
http://hulkshare.com/3e5burw32f5n

thx alot. this is great.

http://meteoryty.pg.gda.pl/rozne/hihi/!Nowe12/HeadExplode.gif

http://hulkshare.com/2vz7z8muf385

WHATTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

he's on the RA exchange this week: http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?exchange=51

he's on the RA exchange this week: http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?exchange=51

― sam500, Monday, August 22, 2011 7:19 AM (1 week ago)

This is seriously great.

That "Generation" track! Whoooooooaa. And I never would have guessed it was him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJgzCzv0_FY

kind of a fun studio "tour", wish it was a bit longer

Todd Edwards
This is where I got the inspiration for the track "This Generation"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5cwjzPPNWk

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may 29th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL62dGlGGS8

love the "shall go" ep so much

i feel like the x-tian angle has been much more upfront lately, or at least i wasn't noticing it before, to the point that i've been pausing on buying some of his releases

that's interesting, i thought the opposite - or maybe rather i'd felt it even more strongly in years previous but now cos with him expanding his palette a tiny bit it seems more diffuse and less didactic

or idk it may just simply be as i intimated upthread that he fell out of my scope of relevance for a while and now i'm myopically bang into him again

i take particular enjoyment from his remix game of late - i guess with any other producer it would be kinda lame the way he blankly steamrollers the source material but with him it's like this sweetly absentminded (but not) father brown thing almost, very amusing

like how he turns this abject bollocks into this for instance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je8UCmQ45h4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5q1u0ccezY

and as you can see that one takes on a religious vibe purely just out of your awareness of todd being todd

his remix of wretch 32's 'forgiveness' is another good one, solves the thorny question of wretch by ejecting him from his own track entirely

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9G_nrUySJ0

god had forgotten how truly dire modestep are since my r1 days. their big breakout single i think is the worst pop track of all time.

http://www.junodownload.com/products/the-most-beautiful/1973722-02/

http://theodysseyproject.tumblr.com/post/24313258461/keith-supabeatz-feat-an-na-the-most-beautiful

:O

absolutely extraordinary even for todd

would love to have seen the face on these schmucks when they received their totally average-ass tune back done up like that

def an inauspicious caterpillar.

can't stop playing this, pure ambrosia.

http://digg.com/news/entertainment/little_boots_headphones_todd_edwards_vocal_remix_1

damn

revisited prima edizione in the last couple of days. shit's real

"look out" has a ridiculous flow!

not even sure if i'll enjoy the instrumental here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3T2XblxvPg

I kind of feel like the track works and the vocal works but they don't work together?

this 'the most beautiful thing' remix is incredible.

how do we feel about... this...

http://soundcloud.com/todd-edwards/todd-edwards-no-place-like-london-radio-edit

WTF

that's, erm, less incredible.

or perhaps in another sense.

haha, I cracked up so hard at the beginning of that

There's no place like...Liverpool?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv5_owW1uN4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APLo8XyDOlc&feature=player_embedded

We talked about this one yet?

meh

Well, compared to the original its a step up. A major one.

I'm still having a hard time believing that this Crosstown Rebels, Visionquest, Hot Creations sound that Todd Burns seems so infatuated with is actually a major thing.

Ooh so slow druggy deep house with OK drums, so amazing.

Ooh so (insert anything here) so amazing.

Dunno, just seems like a very bland and conservative kind of music to be getting all hot and bothered about.

I like Benoit and Sergio as much as the next guy but am so far a little underwhelmed by this "trend".

with you, brah, except I absolutely hate that shit

Even Nick Hannam's "Love You Girl"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f07K3owWHA

it's tough, stuff gets popular. It's not always the best stuff, it's not always the stuff you like. And it sucks that you have to hear this fake shit night after night after night

I don't think you can front on Infinity Ink's "Games":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmQKOXbN1_Q

Or indeed "House of Infinity".

which is like mid 90s Carl Craig (somewhere between the Jonny L and Aquarhythms remixes) meets garage.

or indeed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGrgRZ27ZMU

leectric feel is even better

(lee foss)

these actually have a passing resemblance (in struxture) to some todd stuff

kinda lowest common denominator but it still gets MASSIVE SUPPORT

I still maintain that Rev thinks that all of these tunes are the same as Art Department's "Without You" and Benoit & Sergio's "Walk & Talk" without actually hearing them.

seriously tho the build from the three minute mark of "House of Infinity" is just (((((((((( d[-_-]b ))))))))))

I still maintain that Rev thinks that all of these tunes are the same as Art Department's "Without You" and Benoit & Sergio's "Walk & Talk" without actually hearing them.

― Tim F, Friday, September 7, 2012 9:56 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

True, well you know BAD FIRST IMPRESSIONS and all of that, but yes Art Depo and B&S most certainly have biased me against whoever else people want to associate with them. These tracks are all fine (or at least that last one was until MGMT came in) but they don't get me excited. I loved the Robin Thicke one when I heard it in a DJ Q mix, so maybe playing this stuff with the pitch way up and surrounded by garridge is the key.

I was saying on twitter tho that even tho I got into dance music through house, I'm kind of super-bummed by almost anything 4x4 at the moment. Seems to kind of have become the provenance of dance music's stodgiest elements (or most garish, but I'm less frustrated with that kru).

Now to catch up on that other thread.

I do appreciate this particular piece of sage wisdom I received on twitter tho:

"House is like your mother. She raised you and you'll always love her, but sometimes you gotta move out of the house."

Yeah, and start making techno.

I think what rubs me the wrong way the most about Infinity Ink is the way the vocals have this faint whiff of MGMT/ pseudo Beegees kinda thing.

It doesn't much matter that there's a bumpy little garage loop under the rest of the beat, still yeucch.

Maybe its more Cut Copy than MGMT, I've spent too much time playing this crap for college students.

Are you talking about "Infinity" Josiah or "House of Infinity"?

House of Infinity, that'd be the one with the garage loop.

I did like Games better than the other two.

Out of everything I've heard on Crosstown Rebels I liked the Francesca Lombardo release the most. Old School Anna is pretty good.

Yeah sorry I assumed so I just wasn't sure cos you were talking about "Infinity" above and "House of Infinity" sounds nothing like MGMT or The Bee Gees to me.

Well obviously they're not singing in an Andy Gibb falsetto, but I hear a really strong pop disco thing going on in there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpqqjU7u5Yc

?

I am talking just about the vocals, not the rest of the track. Which sure Carl Craig and a little garage influence.

Isn't that just a male house diva thing?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdn0MYDATtE

A very very Anglo house diva, I'm not really a huge fan of male singers who mostly resonate through their nose.

Which is probably why I hate indie rock with a passion.

Now I'm reminded of all the RnB singers who have essentially the same register, I guess I'd rather listen to Jeremih than this. Or NeYo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8XKyxdm2mE

In the spirit of not completely being a grouch, this is great.

Yeah, and start making techno.

not sure if that's directly aimed at tweaking me or

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pure-Garage-4-Floor-EZ/dp/B00013MXRY

^^ bought in 01, still haven't listened to

er 03

send it to me imo

X-post

Just a joke Rev.

Leo Leo

YO REV

check leo thread at 3:45 pm

got your wish rev

where am I looking for this?

noize board LEO LEO

Leonardo Music Journal -- Awesome!!

ok got it. was not aware of that thread. v useful 2 know.

now we will never speak of it again

word

still lol at those London/Liverpool fanservice songs

todd's selling all of the records he's used for samples: http://www.ebay.com/sch/toddedwardsrecords/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LIFIEz0v1Gc/UG5lmivR5JI/AAAAAAAAAQA/wxL1wZwPL4s/s1600/baby-shocked-face-03-copy.jpg

http://soundcloud.com/djq85/todd-edwards-selection

what more could u want

http://soundcloud.com/atumpan/the-thing-todd-edwards-remix

aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh <3 <3 <3

my friend was telling me abt this on the weekend! wish i could listen at work :(

i mentioned this! you might also enjoy the ts7 mix of 'antenna': Afrobeats 2013

Interzone bubblers and afrobeats should be such a natural fit but that TS7 remix just doesn't work, kinda clunky imo.

i'm not sure they're a natural fit at all actually but it's an intriguing clunkyness... would say the fuse is less so cos his vocal is only glancingly afro anyway whereas todd leans on soca caribbean to make it work

He just uploaded this collection of his Essential Edits: http://www.sendspace.com/file/n1fhu5

this ones my fav today tomorrow itll change

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auY9x-41qOU

Hi everyone, I've put a new Todd tribute mix online for anyone still checking out this thread.

Sarki - Todd Will Be There (Todd Edwards Tribute Mix)
SoundCloud
Mixcloud
YouTube

There's some other mixes on SoundCloud and Mixcloud, so feel free to listen / download!

fffffuck yes! thank you sarki

anyone have an id for the last track here (starts about 1:32:30):

https://soundcloud.com/slapandticklemiami/podcast-episode-026-todd-edwards

my latest music obsession is Todd Edwards, going through his early singles/remixes, and tbh it's hard to find stuff I *don't* like. uk garage is such a particular style, I know the honeymoon can't last -- but then I LOVE the style, and will happily play it for hours on end when the mood strikes.

you should check out his FACT mix from 2009 or so... really great mix of his stuff from that period. kicks off with a banging remix of "burnin down the house" and has a dope enya remix too!

https://www.mixcloud.com/FACTMixArchive/fact-mix-109-todd-edwards/

awesome thanks will do

dj q mixes todd edwards for an hour:
https://soundcloud.com/djqmusic/todd-edwards-selection

new track by Poolside featuring Todd on vocals:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw9vdNjqBjM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UxY5LonBIc

Todd in Romford, 2003

Entire back-catalog being re-released tomorrow on streaming services!

140 tracks (!!!)

super cool

been having some moments with his rinse show lately

sweet! still rock the 3 volumes of full on regularly!

Amazing (but I hate lyric videos)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ues0MCCfaF8

Wonderful new profile feature here

https://djmag.com/longreads/rebirth-todd-edwards

thanks ned, great read!

somehow i've never seen the romford video before, what a magical moment, i can't stop watching it
the intro (which todd calls "preposterous" in the interview, lol) is like a long lost Avalanches track

he posted a really sweet tribute to the man he's been with for 7.5 years on facebook today. <3 <3 <3

ugh this sounds amazing

https://soundcloud.com/mixmag-1/hardrive-deep-inside-todd-edwards-remix

holy shit this is the best thing he's done in a minute, it's fucking beautiful

Hardrive - Deep Inside (Todd Edwards Remix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sgwSl20HKQ

that bassline is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

is it new tho? Spotify has it as a 2009 release

Yeah I just googled and it's new. Man I would love to hear this out.

Such a great remix