HIAF Guest Mix 8-Giles Smith (Secretsundaze/Two Armadillos)
When did you start DJing and how did you get into it?
I actually started buying House and Techno when i was about 15 but didn’t start djing until about 20. I had no intention or desire to become a dj initially but built up quite a collection. Believe it or not it was actually my friends and brother that kinda pushed me into djing as they said they’d prefer to hear me play my records than hear what we were hearing out at the time. My mum bought me my first technics turntable and a year later bought me the other with my brother and friends buying me the mixer. It was just left for me to buy some speakers and i was finally in business! I moved down to London after Uni in 2001 and soon after got my first gigs. After just a few gigs with a bit of luck and always being at their parties the faith guys picked me up and i started playing for them on a regular basis alongside some heroes of the time such as Doc Martin, Dubtribe, Ashley Beedle.
Who are your favourite producers at the moment?
Well at the moment im liking stuff from Jus Ed, Patrice Scott, Keith Worthy, Also Sascha Dive, Claro Intellecto, Guillaume and The Cotu Dumonts, Mountain People…
Any plans, either releases or parties, you think people might like to hear about?
There’s quite a bit going on at the moment. Martin Dawson and i have a project called Two Armadillos which is going really well. Had releases on Buzzin Fly, Four:Twenty and Dessous most recently. The most recent release “Hamlin” on Dessous which comes with a Sascha Dive remix is currently single of the week on Word and Sounds site. Also just done remixes for Dessous and Mood Music.
Secretsundaze wise our summer season has started well and is running every two weeks across summer at various locations. Have guests up coming including Onur Ozer, Jus Ed, Gullame and The Cotu Dumonts, Steve Bug amongst others. Other special events include our Sonar Party tbc on Sunday June 22nd and Lovebox on 19th July in Victoria Park in London.
Gig highlights over the next few months include: a Japan tour, Fabric, Croatia, Basics in Leeds, Weekend and The Tape Club in Berlin, Monza in Frankfurt, Harry Klein in Munich, Portugal, Volt Loves Summer Festival in Amsterdam, Monza in Ibiza and The Robert Johnson.
What is the average annual rainfall in the Amazon basin?
Geography was never my strong point at school….
Tracklist:
1. Lovelee Dae - Blaze (2020 Vision rmx) (Playhouse)
2. Musique De Ve FT Jain - Abicah Soul (Eargasmic)
3. Les Gans - Guillame and The Cotu Dumonts (Musique Risque)
4. All Night - Supalova (Raw Elements)
5. Midnights - Kenny Dixon Junior (Soul City Sounds)
6. The Flying Dutchman - Guillame at The Cotu Dumonts (Karat)
7. Hamlin - Two Armadillos (CDR / Dessous)
8. Orbital Life - Johnny D (Oslo)
9. All This Love For You ft Diamondancer - Ralf Gum (Gogo)
10. Nostalgia - Two Armadillos (Buzzin Fly)
11. Patience - Two Armadillos (Four:Twenty)
Joe H wrote:
Quality! this mix looks really good, only just yesterday i was bigging the two armadillos up. This mix is Just what i need for this lazy summers evening.
Posted 05 Jun 2008 at 7:42 pm ¶
JF wrote:
One of the most sincere and genuine people you will meet in house music!! Great stuff Giles.
Posted 05 Jun 2008 at 8:59 pm ¶
JF wrote:
And the smartest ‘tache to boot!!
Posted 05 Jun 2008 at 9:00 pm ¶
RoK wrote:
looks great, but it doesn’t download, could be this symbol ‘
Posted 05 Jun 2008 at 9:29 pm ¶
Ronan wrote:
you sure Robin? downloads for me okay, I just tested.
the first link working fine anyway.
Posted 06 Jun 2008 at 1:42 am ¶
tom/pipecock wrote:
KDJ, Blaze, and Abicah Soul on HIAF? those certainly aren’t very progressive records.
Posted 06 Jun 2008 at 2:21 am ¶
Ronan wrote:
you are a small man Tom.
Posted 06 Jun 2008 at 9:18 am ¶
bensen wrote:
thanks!another great mix…pure quality.
Posted 06 Jun 2008 at 11:08 am ¶
RoK wrote:
it does download now, thanks for the music
Posted 06 Jun 2008 at 11:47 am ¶
Isbjorn wrote:
Nice scoop! Looking forward to this one!
Posted 06 Jun 2008 at 1:03 pm ¶
tomo wrote:
i like the fact he mixes a few old records with new ones. good mix.
Posted 06 Jun 2008 at 4:52 pm ¶
todd wrote:
thanks for the mix giles and ronan. really feeling that kenny dixon jr tune. i’ve been amazed at the amount of old tunes i’ve heard recently that have been flooring me !
Posted 07 Jun 2008 at 2:55 am ¶
Elmo Saukko wrote:
Now listening. Hamlin is great!
Posted 09 Jun 2008 at 8:41 am ¶
Joshua wrote:
help! link in iTunes doesn’t work! Is there another way to download this?
Posted 09 Jun 2008 at 3:04 pm ¶
Ronan wrote:
Hey Joshua, I just fixed the download, it was an apostrophe’s fault. You can use the direct download link above if you ever have problems, thanks for letting me know!
Posted 09 Jun 2008 at 5:14 pm ¶
Joshua wrote:
Ronan!
I appreciate that so much! I greatly enjoyed Giles’ mix for secretsundaze vol. 1 and jumped when I saw he did a mix for your sight.
kudos!
Posted 10 Jun 2008 at 3:45 am ¶
giles smith wrote:
In answer to Tom’s comment. There is a mixture of old and new on there…if it was full of old tracks i would take that on board. It also just happens at the moment with so many new respected producers aping older sound to reference some of those. Also i’m just about to start mixing secretsundaze volume 2 so had sadly keep some of my favourite new tracks back for use of the official comp.
Posted 16 Jun 2008 at 3:18 pm ¶
Shawn wrote:
i’m loving this. The 2nd half is gold
Posted 17 Jun 2008 at 7:22 pm ¶
Joe wrote:
Ronan - thank you for this mix. We saw Giles play before Steve Bug at last weekend’s secretsundaze and he struck me as a seriously classy DJ. This mix confirms it. Thanks again.
Posted 13 Aug 2008 at 2:48 pm ¶