Kidnap Kid - "Vehl" (Jonty Skrufff No Mercy Remix)

below is a free download link to the mix:
https://soundcloud.com/black-butter-records/kidnap-kid-vehl-jonty-skrufff?in=black-butter-records/sets/kidnap-kid-alphaville-ep-2

To kick off my 2012 roundup - my favourite remix and a short interview with Jonty about how it came about, what he's up to in 2013

and Black Butter Records, Kidnap Kid. Jonty's answers are italicised. Please See Jonty's blog [and place to sign up for his every friday

on point newsletter] here: http://skrufff.com or for email only http://www.mailermailer.com/x?oid=1006269b

Short interview with Jonty

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You've said you selected this track randomly from a folder of unknown promos?

Can you tell me a bit more about that serendipity - was it? or was it

fate? - im interested also in what you heard in the original that made

you take on this remix?

/...”It was pure serendipity, which has long been one of my favourite words (a line I’ve taken from wonderful American blues singer Bonnie Raitt, who I interviewed a few times in the 90s and blew me away. A truly magical inspirational person. Which brings me to Vehl- on one listen I loved it- the French vocal, the wonderful melody- it touched me.

So I immediately wanted to play it in my DJ sets and planned to drop it the next weekend at a big gig I had in Moscow (Arma 17). I was chatting to some Russian friends about the track before the gig but when I was actually playing my set I realised its beats were just too broken up to fit with the club’s vibe that night,

Taking a step back, after discovering the original and giving it five out of five I started corresponding with Black Butter and it turned out that the label boss was a long term reader and fan of Skrufff who had been sending me tracks under different projects for years- this was the first one I reacted to (serendipity striking again). I then asked him for the French vocal to use as an acapella and several conversations later, the remix idea emerged.

next - you call it the no mercy remix. knowing you - that was

surprising - as you're exactly opposite that in my mind... but was it

no mercy for boring djs/ boring clubs? boring people? edm?

its no secret each week in your blog you are having an open argument

with what you think are the false prophets and the charlatans -

pushing play once in the sets and

then posing like jesus on over sized arena stages... [i might rewrite

that - but asking what are you on about! :)]

“The ‘no mercy’ was a play on Kidnap Kid’s name and is really intended as a joke- I just like the phrase. As for club culture, I find this EDM world interesting as an outsider looking in but it doesn’t make me angry- and I must say I’m loving Berlin’s club scene right now- going out is so much fun and for me personally it’s been a fantastic year for music.

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the track is out on BB - they've had an incredible year - firstly tell

me about Kidnap

and secondly the label - why are they going so right - almost every

track i've heard from them this year - especially in south london -

rocks the spot

Olly from Black Butter is a magical guy- really- he’s in tune with his intuition and going for it. And Kidnap Kid similarly is a genuine raw talent who’s doing his own thing.

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i know you've been working hard on other tracks, remixes and originals

- which might surprise some people reading this - as they know you

from your journalism and on point newsletter and blog. you also

entered the dj life too - with astonishing success - so what i wanted

to ask - was where is this going? and what's your vision?

“To quote chantelle- I’m living the dream- kind of. I write about what I’m passionate about and I play music as a DJ I love- no fillers. The best things have always come when I’ve been bold and taken giant steps into the unknown (taking up writing, DJing, making music, the radio show, moving to New York, moving to Berlin)- Leaps of faith and (another cliché) seizing the day have always rewarded me.”

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finally, as a remixer - you're always looking out for amazing tracks - so who's exciting you

for 2013?

I follow labels more than individuals these days and am merciless in dropping labels the moment they go off the boil. For tunes I love, check out the radio shows here- each week we play at least 7 brand new tunes: http://www.mixcloud.com/jontyskrufff/