DRUG EMPIRE STEMS

Live at Festival Number 6

LIVE AT THE TRADES

MIXED UP MIX DOWN

THE BEAST OF FLASH ATKINS MEGAMIX

RICHARD SEABORNE - THE REASONS WHY (FLASH ATKINS MIX)

NEW FLASH ATKINS MIX

HAKAN LIDBO AND THE PRODUCERS FROM SPACE - THE WORLD RECORD RECORD

Here's a project I was happy to be part of.  Swedish gent and future thinker Hakan Lidbo  aimed to get a world record for the most producers on one record after making the drum and clav parts downloadable.
Here's the result.

DID YOU FORGET TO SHINE? VIDEO

FLASH ATKINS - DID YOU FORGET TO SHINE?

FLASH ATKINS - DID YOU FORGET TO SHINE? (ORIGINAL MIXES)

FLASH ATKINS - THE BIG GAY 10K MIX

FLASH ATKINS - HARD DAYS ARTWORK

FLASH ATKINS - CAMPERVAN EP

 PAPD22 - Flash Atkins - Campervan EP by Paper Recordings

PAPD22

Flash Atkins – Campervan EP

1 Test One
2 Cherry Bounce
3 Test One (Flash Dub)
4 Cherry Bounce (Flash Dub)

Flash Atkins is a former Super Hero who lives in a Campervan in a field in deepest Yorkshire, maintaining an unhealthy addiction to drugs and booze.

Flash is actually the alter ego of Paper / The Bionics’ Ben Davis and he was created as a reaction against perma-tanned-indoors-sunglass-wearing-wanna-be-superstar DJs.

The Campervan EP is four tracks of floor rocking house music. First up, Test One has taken the original bleep classic as a starting point and given it a disco makeover. Starting off deep and percussive, it breaks to live bass and horns with plenty of analogue synths providing the electronics. Once the acid house piano comes in at the end, it’s dancefloor game over!

Cherry Bounce uses a cheeky sample to hold down a straight up take of garage house. With a bass line that nods to Farley & Heller and funked out Rhodes, it builds to a synth heavy drop before heading back in to the grooved keys.

The Test One dub strips things back to a simple nagging synth line for a big room take that has got Tribal Records running through it’s DNA. Big reverbs and heavy bass means this is simple and very effective.

Finally, the Cherry Bounce Dub goes tracky and hypnotic, riding out the original’s elements with the Rhodes getting filtered to change things up.

More quality from Flash Atkins, the man with no plan.

DJ Reactions

Rocky (X Press 2) - Cherry Bounce both versions doing it for me.

Jazzanova - Music should make people laugh too. Here is a perfect example.

Beats & Beyond - Still have the original Test One on 12", was my fave bleep track back then...cool reworks. Quality EP

Diskjokke - Nice and with an unexpected twist.

Sleazy McQueen - This is really cool. I'll certainly play test one and I'm sure Cherry Bounce will fit in my sets as well.

This Is Why We Dance - Quality forward-thinking house grooves, will support!

Ralph Myerz - Cherry Bounce is the one for me! VERY bouncy ride indeed!!!!!

Ryan Cavanagh (Slow Hands) - Solid release! Really like Test One a lot.

Billy Scurry - Ooofff!! that test one dub is a monster!!

DJ Nutritious – Phenomenal

Drop Out Orchestra - Test One is totally up our street (Charted Number 1)

Terry Farley - Love it!

Leftside Wobble - Such a clever spin on the Warp classic, the bleep disco scene starts here!

Tom Findlay (Groove Armada) - Test One dub is best for me.

Martin Brew - Ace EP! Loving the buzzy bass sounds on here. Meaty, beaty, big & bouncy.

Cosmic Boogie - Dub mix is grand.

The Lovely Jonjo - Love it. Doing warm up for Aeroplane tonight this Test One will do the job.

Q-Burns - Cherry Bounce is the one for me here. A cool track with some effective build moments + loads of shake. Into the musicality of "Test One" as well.

Stuart Patterson (Faith) - Love the way Test One turns into a different record.

Andy Ash - Test One is my favourite here. I like the way it changes throughout the track.

Released : End November
Format : Download

FLASH ATKINS - CHERRY BOUNCE / TEST ONE

 Flash Atkins - Cherry Bounce (Snippet) by Flash Atkins

 Flash Atkins - Test One (Snippet) by Flash Atkins

PROVIANT AUDIO - Slutten På Alt - DJ Mag Review

Flash Atkins - Beats & Pieces Review

When Tony Blackburn Met Flash Atkins

Flash Atkins Mix Summer 2010 by Flash Atkins

Flash Atkins Mix Summer 2010 by Flash Atkins

Renowned boozer and loser Flash Atkins proves he's still got the power to manipulate sound with his latest mix that blends house, afro and breaks in to a heady brew of disco deepness. It includes unreleased material including the Atjazz remix of his own Make Your Move featuring Crazy P's Danielle Moore, Proviant Audio's Spring is Here (due out on PAPERecordings) in the Autumn and Flash's edit of the balearic showstopper Sabali by Amadou & Miriam.


Stay Close (feat. Lisa Kekaula) Basement Jaxx
4 Your Love Eddie C
Spring is Here Proviant Audio
Freak Control Crazy P presents Syndromes
Robotic Hypnotic Adventure Neurotic Drum Band
Black Mama Riva Starr
Go Loco Sascha Braemer
Make Your Move (Atjazz Remix) Flash Atkins
Feverish (The Revenge Remix) Chamboche
Fever Jeff K & Chris Carrier
Spirit Of Drums Echo P
Sabali (Flash Atkins Edit) Amadou & Miriam

She - Domina (Flash Atkins Mix)

A Flash Atkins mix that doesn't look like it'll see the light of day as the artist jumped off the We Are Woodville ship at the last minute.

Domina (Flash Atkins Mix)  by  Flash Atkins