Next up in Slutty Fringe mix series we have Simon A Carr, responsible for making all the decisions at This Is Not An Exit Recordings HQ.
A fair bit has gone on since we endowed the honour of Label Of The Month on them a few months ago so we decided it was pertinent to pepper him with further silly questions (sorry Simon)
How is your day going so far?
Pretty good. Just got the Optimo Remix of Command V’s new single in my inbox which is sounding pretty dam good.
Have you been happy with the response to Manifesto #1?
Lots of people have commented on how great Manifesto #1 is and hopefully it’s brought some new people into the fold. Jonnie Wilkes from Optimo said he couldn’t stop listening to it which is the kind of response we like. We haven’t sold many though – if you’re reading this and haven’t bought it go and BUY IT.
What’s upcoming on the release front?
Thisisnotanexit Summer Sampler 2010 which will be a download release in June featuring an unreleased Faze Action Remix of Hatchback’s Jetlag, the Moscow Remix of Command V’s Hello and a big remix of Detachments The Flowers That Fell by urlaubshits called “urlaubshits minimal rave mix” which does what it says on the tin.
The other big releases are Command V’s debut single Lost On Me featuring remixes from Optimo, Jacques Renault, Max Pask and Night Plane followed by their debut album and Detachments summer single Hol Rom featuring remixes from Cosmo, Andy Blake and Will Saul and followed by their debut album which is finally finished and sounding amazing – a real mixture of modern day synth pop mixed with post punk and minimal wave.
TINAE are taking it to the clubs with a monthly night at tinyThe Drop, what’s the deal?
We’d been looking for a venue to hold regular Thisisnotanexit events at for a while and The Drop really fitted with what we wanted – really small, great soundsystem, stage for bands (and most importantly 5 minutes from Thisisnotanexit HQ).
We’re not going to have any guest DJs as I go to club nights and am never sure of the music policy and what they stand for as they have guests all night. Where have all the residents gone! So it’s going to me and Spectral Empire all night long month in month out (apart from when I go on holiday and we might ask a friend to cover).
We’ll be playing the records we always wanted to play out – so weird stuff at the beginning of the night and then a mixture of more danceable stuff later on taking in minimal wave, synth pop, EBM, weird disco records, post punk and house house house music.
We will though book different bands for each month – Detachments will be playing at the first one and we’ve got Night Plane booked for July. Factory Floor who we would love to book are ignoring my emails though. They’re the sort of band we want to book.
Are you one of those people that says Stokey?
Yes. I also once said the “N16 massive” which I will never ever do again.
Well I forgive you, Stokey has lost out in the cringe stakes to She Bu of late, tell us a bit about your mix for Slutty Fringe?
I’m terrible at doing mixes as get so obsessed with smooth gliding key matches and liquid transitions. I tried to ignore that and just put together a bunch of stuff that I really really love at the moment and sums up the sort of music you might hear at the monthly club night. It’s a bit weird and a bit dark but hopefully a little different from the usual 60 minute nu-disco workouts.
Plus there’s a couple of new Thisisnotanexit jams on there.
Finally, I’ve become obsessed with the idea of escaping it all and moving to in Costa Rica to work in the sloth orphanage, if you had your fill of running a successful indie label what would your escape plan be?
I’d probably just put all the remaining stock in a big pile, burn it all, film it and then just leave the Thisisnotanexit site up with a video of the fire. I’d then move to Berlin and write “This is not how to run a record label – the story of Thisisnotanexit Records”.
Simon A Carr Slutty Fringe Mix Tracklisting
Iggy Pop interview sample #1
Colder – Fade Away (Output)
Brain Machine – Alchemia (Bronnt Industries Remix) (Thisisnotanexit)
Chris & Cosey – Useless Information (Wax Trax)
Van Kaye & Ignit – Picasso’s On The Wall (Ding Dong)
Throbbing Gristle – Distant Dreams (Part Two) (Industrial)
Iggy Pop interview sample #2
Factory Floor – Lying (Blast First)
Joy Division – She’s Lost Control (Factory)
Shortwave Mystery – Without Cause (Thisisnotanexit Manifesto #2)
No Fun Acid – No Fun Acid #2 (Gavin Russom Remix) (No Fun Acid)
Portishead – We Carry On (Universal Island)
Detachments – Sands Of Time (Thisisnotanexit)
Stream Simon’s mix now from Mixcloud or download from here.
