Pacha Presents / Cedric Maison / BareSkin / LongPlay / Bobby Pleasure / Lose Control March 8, 2013

Main Room

Cedric Maison (Hypercolour)
BareSkin (Hypercolour)
Bobby Pleasure
LongPlay
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Cedric Maison

With a father harbouring a deep interest in computer music and the burgeoning rave scene in the provincial South of England, Jamie Russell aka Cedric Maison had a path mapped out for him pretty early on. Late nights listening to ‘borrowed’ mixtapes from his dad’s collection indoctrinated the young lad with some of Chicago and Detroit’s finest output. Derrick May, Sneak, Todd Terry and Mood II Swing all figured in Russell’s formative education, resulting in the usual unhealthy obsession with vinyl which defines those who now who were sucked into dance music in the 1980s and ‘90s. This early influence paired up with teenage years of Sasha, Eddie Richards and Tyrant can still be heard in Jamie’s sets – hypnotic, groove based house with hints of techno which captivate as much as they motivate dance floors.

Promoting nights was the next stage for the then Oxford based man and his Playground nights grew so quickly that it outgrew Oxford and London became its new home – complete with an army of new regulars checking out the likes of Will Saul, Switch and Paul Woolford at the much lauded party. It was here where Russell rolled out the Cedric Maison moniker and took up the warm up reins, a role which is taken extremely seriously to this day. The night hit most of London’s best venues in The Cross, 333, The Key and Egg before it closed its doors so attention could be focused elsewhere.

That focus was Hypercolour, a label responsible for pushing some of the most relevant and delectable sounds of the day. Boasting such luminaries on his books as Groove Armada, Huxley, Kris Wadsworth, Glimpse, Mark Henning, Tom Demac and Maya Jane Coles, whose ‘Don’t Put Me In Your Box’ EP, the label’s 22nd release cemented Hypercolour’s place at the forefront of the UK Deep House scene