Midnight Shift Records
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| Industry | Music & Entertainment |
|---|---|
| Genre | House music and Techno |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Singapore, Singapore |
| Website | www.mnshift.net |
Midnight Shift Records is a record label established in 2011 and based out of Singapore. The label specializes in Techno and House music from both emerging and established producers. The first EP, 'The First Shift' was released in October 2012, featuring artists Basic Soul Unit from Toronto and Eddie Niguel from Singapore.[1] To date, the label roster includes artists such as Tapirus aka Charlton Ravenberg, Julien H Mulder, Simon Hinter and Recondite.
Of the same name are the Midnight Shift Events, a series of afterhours electronic music parties that began in 2009.[2]The series began with headline acts kept as a mystery with clues given out to members, held at venues such as Helipad, Velvet Underground-Dance (Zouk) and kyo.
In September 2012, Midnight Shift organized its first label showcase at the 26,000-strong Decibel Festival in Seattle, Washington with label artists Basic Soul Unit, Norman Chung, Terrence Parker and headliner Oxia.
In 2012, Midnight Shift began its collaboration with fellow Singaporean label Darker Than Wax and venue Zouk, to organise a series of events titled DMZ held at the club's Velvet Underground-Dance room. Featuring darker, deeper house music and a dsytopian aesthetic, the quarterly event has seen guests Basic Soul Unit,[3] Iron Curtis [4] and Mike Huckaby.
Releases
MNS001 - The First Shift (Released: Nov, 2012)
- A1 Basic Soul Unit - Late Night Shift
- A2 Basic Soul Unit - Black Ice
- B1 Eddie Niguel - Paths
- B2 Eddie Niguel - Absolute
MNS002 - Shift 002 (Released: Jan, 2013)
- A1 Iron Curtis - Never Give Up (Original Version)
- A2 Iron Curtis - Never Give Up (The Chant Version)
- B1 Ultrademon - Bend
- B2 Ultrademon - Goonchie Blunch
MNSRMX001 - RMX 001 (Released: Apr, 2013)
- A Basic Soul Unit - Black Ice (Deetron Re-edit)
- B Eddie Niguel - Absolute (Secret Cinema Remix)
MNS003 - Shift 003 (Released: May, 2013)
- A1 Recondite - Borderline
- A2 Recondite - Stomper
- B1 Julien H Mulder - Won't Say Nothing
- B2 Julien H Mulder - Old Rutins
MNS003A - Julien H Mulder: Enkel Strukur (Digital only free download: Sep, 2013)
- 1 Julien H Mulder - Dold Maskin
- 2 Julien H Mulder - Stomper
- 3 Julien H Mulder - Won't Say Nothing
MNSX001 - Tapirus: Trying to Make Something of Life (Released: Oct, 2013)
- A1 Tapirus - Acid Love Story
- A2 Tapirus - Trying to Make Something of Life
- B1 Tapirus - To Live in the Hearts of Those We Love is Never to Die
- B2 Tapirus - To Live in the Hearts of Those We Love is Never to Die (Basic Soul Unit remix)
MNS004 - Shift 004 (Released: Apr, 2014)
- A1 Terrence Parker - It Hurts
- A2 Simon Hinter - Leave
- B1 Simon Hinter - Leave (Philogresz remix)
- B2 Simon Hinter - Finding Home
MNSX002 - Tapirus: Where Are We Heading (Released: Jul, 2014)
- A1 Tapirus - Where Are We Heading
- A2 Tapirus - As I'm Going Through Suffering in Life
- B1 Tapirus - I Really Wonder When We'll Meet Again
- B2 Tapirus - Where Are We Heading (Credit 00 remix)
Artists on Midnight Shift Records
- Basic Soul Unit
- Deetron
- Eddie Niguel
- Juju & Jordash
- Julien H Mulder
- Locked Groove
- Iron Curtis
- Recondite
- Secret Cinema
- Simon Hinter
- Terrence Parker
- Philogresz
- Tapirus
- Ultrademon
Guests at Midnight Shift Events
- Robert Owens and Jerome Sydenham (2009, Singapore)
- Octave One (2010, Singapore)
- Kevin Saunderson (2010, Singapore)
- Deetron and Jerome Sydenham (2011, Singapore)
- Dave Angel (2011, Singapore)
- Surgeon (2011, Singapore)
- Argy (2012, Singapore)
- KiNK (2012 and 2015, Singapore)
- Oxia, Terrence Parker, Basic Soul Unit and Norman Chung (2012, Seattle)
- Redshape (2012 & 2014, Singapore)
- John Heckle (2013 & 2015 Singapore)
- Deetron (2013, Singapore)
- Recondite (2013, Singapore)
- Eduardo De La Calle (2013, Singapore)
- Oscar Mulero (2013, Singapore)
- KiNK (2013 & 2015, Singapore)
- Tapirus (2014 & 2015 Singapore)
- Kirk Degiorgio (2014, Singapore)
- Mix Architekt and Perc (2014, Singapore)
- Iron Curtis (2014, Singapore)
- Rødhåd (2014, Singapore)
See also
References
- ↑ "XLR8R Reviews: Basic Soul Unit & Eddie Niguel - The First Shift" - XLR8R
- ↑ "Midnight Shift, Singapore's secret society of after parties" - CNNGo.com
- ↑ "Basic Soul Unit: The DMZ" - TimeOut Singapore
- ↑ "The DMZ002 with Iron Curtis..." - inSing.com