Mixed In Sheffield February 22, 2009

 

A 360 mix? I’m not sure either, but Ultramegasupadeadly is making one. “It covers all shades, all colours…through it all! Glitchy, wonky, electro, bass, dubstep…” And whilst you might be thinking yuck!, it actually makes sense if you let the man explain. It’s less a DJ trying to show you his skills, and more an anorak-esque exercise in collecting everything electronic Sheffield has to offer. In fact that is exactly what it is, big next to small, everyone. But it has to be asked, where does the motivation come from to pursue something so comprehensive? Part of it, confesses Liam O’Shea, the man behind the project was a reaction to Tony Christie and Richard Hawley’s Made in Sheffield covers album released last year. “What they were talking about, being the sound of Sheffield, that wasn’t my experience. I wanted to shine the light on the city and show it from my shoes. Respectful of what has been, but looking forward.” At its heart, this project is an attempt to make the city re-examine itself and look at what is going on, right now. “It’s a hard city, Sheffield, people are in their own little groups, in their own little corners, and what’s driving me is the idea of unifying it all. It’s about trying to get people to work with each other. The driving force is to unify the city, just for one minute. To see what it does and then let it go its own way again. And hopefully, I’m thinking, we may actually come to a realisation of what we are.”

The Mix features tracks from a huge range of Sheffield artists, including Toddla T, I Monster, Darqwan, Darlings of the Splitscreen, Run Hide Survive, Chris Duckenfield and many more.

 

The Mixed in Sheffield event is on April 25 at Yellow Arch Studios.

The mix goes live on mixedinsheffield.co.uk on April 25.

Look out for Article Issue 7 featuring a free CD of the mix in May.