All About Fabric
Fabric Promotions: Celebrating Four Years of Debauchery
by Katy Coghlan on December 29th, 2005
What started as a dream for three good friends has turned into something of an institution in the Adelaide dance scene. Fabric is celebrating its 4th birthday this month, and what a four years it has been. [more]
Ali B: B is for breaks
Ali B is an omnipresent force in the breakbeat scene. He's just polished off the latest instalment of the definitive Y4K series. skip_intro chatted to the hyper-kinetic talker about the series, the scene and whether he still gets confused with Ali G. [more]
The Fabric crew have been pushing the progressive house and breaks sound in Adelaide for very nearly 3 years now. On the eve of their 3rd birthday even at Garage I caught up with Fabric Co-Founders Mal and Kit. [more]
The story of Mal and 'Fabric' is an inspirational one, illustrating the fact that hard work and high standards can make for success. [more]
With an uncommon dedication and commitment to perfection, Chris Meehan is forging his own place in Australian dance music history.On the eve of his first ever Adelaide visit, he takes time out of his busy schedule to let us know what he's up to and what surprises he's got up his sleeve. [more]
The folk at Fabric couldn't help but agree that the Bugz in the Attic were something special when they first heard a mix. So much so that they sought and signed them immediately for the next in what has proved to be a varied yet consistently outstanding series of releases. [more]
Fenetik set to support OMID 16B at Sugar
Omid 16B has had a long a fruitful career in the global dance music scene. A DJ, producer and label owner of Alola, Disclosure and Sexonwax Records, he'll be turning Sugar upsidedown on the 20th. Adding more spice to the show, Fabric has booked local live act Fenetik to play some deep, minimal tech. [more]
Inertia picks up distribution of the Fabric and FabricLive mix CD series
Local record label and distributor Inertia have added the critically acclaimed - and always consistently good quality - mix CD series from UK superclub Fabric and FabricLive to their roster of labels. [more]
SA Heineken Winner added to James Holden local support
SA Found @ Thirst Winner, Ben Watt, added to the local support for James Holden's Border Community Tour this Thursday at Electric Circus [more]
Progressive house and breaks returns to Adelaide
After 6 long weeks, world class progressive and breaks is back this Friday! [more]
The most groundbreaking party Adelaide is likely to see this year keeps getting bigger with the addition of Melbourne's Chris Meehan [more]
Guess who's turning 3? [more]
Infusion and Matthew Dekay are Adelaide-bound in September for the most ambitous Fabric event ever! [more]
Fabric gets intimate with superstar US DJ Chris Fortier this Thursday night at Garage. [more]
It's a tale of two Chris' as Fabric heads into overdrive [more]
Ex-Fabric boss - blondes have more fun
Former Fabric founding partner and promotions chief Steve Blonde chatted to Skrufff this week about his new life running Islington gastro/DJ pub the Old Queens Head and revealed that he left the massively successful club for personal reasons. [more]
Friday night saw the Sugar crowd treated to a mesmerising display of showmanship by one of progressive's brightest stars, the UK's Omid 16B. Local support acts were Electric Therapy (Mal Chia and Lachy Pender) and Fenetik (Live). [more]
Melbourne's Progressive House DJ Kasey Taylor made a triumphant return to Adelaide and totally rocked Fabric on Friday night. [more]
Sugar was already moving nicely when I arrived around midnight. Mal Chia was on the decks wrapping his set up with Juliet's 'Holiday'... and the sultry vocals and skipping house tracks was pleasing the floor. The man touted as carrying 'the future sound of House' DJ Desyn Masiello (UK) was scheduled.. [more]
Unless you've been digging salt in the Gulag, you would have felt the presence of Fabric across the globe. Especially in Australia, where our breaks-fancying crowds probably know it as the spiritual home and residence for touring faves the Plump DJs and party rockers, the Stanton Warriors. [more]
After three months living in Melbourne, there are a lot of things I have missed about Adelaide, the three biggest however are friends, family and Fabric. It's not that there aren't any good nights or DJ's in Melbourne, there are stacks! However Fabric just has a vibe that no other night can recrate. [more]
Between last month's birthday celebration and next month's Spring Sessions it was hard not to think of the August installment of Fabric as, well... filler. But, don't get me wrong, I don't think I'd survive without my monthly dose of prog and breaks! [more]
I've been at some great Fabric nights: Holden @ Minke, Infusion @ BCWC... but I guess this night really summed up what Fabric is all about, great music, great friends and fantastic local dj's enjoying a success that seems to be pretty rare these days. [more]
Various Artists - FabricLive.27, DJ Format
It seems that every man and his dog will one day have the chance to guest mix on a Fabric Live album - especially if they (the Fabric peoples) maintain their current rate of hyper-mega-output. This time round tis the turn of Southampton's DJ Format to step up to the mixer... [more]
Various Artists - Fabric27, Matthew Dear as Audion
Immediately impressing you with its tactility, then rewarding you with its depth, Fabric 27 is nothing short of an exemplary mix CD. [more]
Over a friendship spanning fifteen years, the names Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard have become synonymous with the quality and innovative music they've produced. [more]
The speed at which London superclub Fabric is churning these CDs out, you'd think they'd have to suffer in terms of quality. Not so. [more]
Marking a quarter century of ground-breaking audio, Carl Craig's take on Fabric 25 encompasses extreme musical and emotional diversity. Made up largely of accessible house/tech-house/deep house tracks, his mix may surprise those who view Carl Craig as a protector of the traditional Detroit sound. [more]
In what can only be described as a manic sensory onslaught, there really is no stopping High Contrast, as a DJ and producer this is the stuff you aspire to and as a listener it is everything you want and more. Absolute magic!!! [more]
Now in their 24th instalment, the ongoing parallel Fabric and Fabriclive DJ mix series show no sign of slowing, with this latest volume of Fabriclive falling upon the capable shoulders of feted Philadelphia electro / hiphop producer Diplo [more]
FabricLive hits 23 with crossover producer Death In Vegas [more]
UK's Jockey Slut Magazine may have declared him the "Hottest DJ on the Planet", but generally Ivan Smagghe doesn't like to be labelled. [more]
With a long running residency at the London superclub it only seems appropriate their blend of hip hop, drum'n'bass and whatever else be captured on this compilation series. [more]
Ivan Smagghe, half of Parisian duo Black Strobe delivers installment 23 of Fabric's compilation series. [more]
The Fabric series have always been about progression and intrigue and this release fits the bill amicably. There is definitely a sense of growing older in this one and I feel that it is aimed at the same people who enjoyed listening to the dirty tough sounds of Adam Beyer not all that long ago. [more]
A fast moving and tumultuous blend of jump up ragga, drum and bass and hardcore infested British urban breaks. [more]
Meat Katie delivers the 21st installment of their FabricLive series. [more]
Fabric 21 mixed by DJ Heather is quickly becoming another favourite mix CD of the new-year. [more]
Despite holding a residency for the past few years at THAT club, it may come as a surprise to many that it's taken 20 volumes for Joe Ransom to finally get a jersey in the FabricLive series. [more]
Fabrics latest offering sees two of drum n bass's biggest names come together in style. [more]
The latest in the consistently interesting series by central London club Fabric takes us on a journey north of the city's hustle and bustle, where funk and woodwind rule the groove. [more]
Adam Freeland mixes the latest in the so far outstanding Fabric Live series. Combining elements of breakbeat, electro, deep house, rock, drum'n'bass and more he takes the listener on a sonic journey of sorts. [more]
Marking the eighth episode in famed London nightclub Fabric's Friday night mix CD series, Fabric Live 08 comes courtesy of the ever-proficient Plump DJs, and has arguably been one of the most highly anticipated in the series so far. [more]
After their recent Australian tour as part of Two Tribes, Slam's Fabric09 mix is especially relevant. In true Slam style it straddles a gamut of styles, from deep house to harder tech and electro. [more]
I've heard way too many 'single-sound' mixes lately, and this is a timely, excitingly eclectic reminder that DJ mixes don't have to tow the line. It gets all over the place, messes with tempos, beats, and most of all makes for a great party. [more]
One of the pioneers of house music delivers the 10th installment of the quality Fabric series, and showcases a live mix of deep deeeeeep house. [more]
This tenth release in the Fabriclive series is jam packed full of amazing tunes, spanning drum and bass and its sub-genres mixed by respected and experienced, Fabio. [more]
UK Future tech-house producers Swayzak do nothing to dissapoint with Fabric 11. A piece of work that is both highly consistent and well put together. [more]
The impeccable Fabric Live series take a different approach for this their 11th instalment. Chill masters Bent have laid down a spicy musical treat, representing what they might play in one of their back room (Room 3) sets at one of the worlds best clubs. [more]
Dance producers The Amalgamation of Soundz were already envisioned by Fabric's owner Keith Reily as Fabric residents 5 years before the club actually opened. The Amalgamation's were there in the opening days of Fabric and remain residents there after three most successful years for the club. [more]
Bristling with creative energy, soul and wild production, this is one of the most exciting sounds to get near rocking dancefloors for years, and this mixup from Bugz is the best intro you'll find! [more]
Mayer's track selection, and programming leaves you wanting to prolong the end, a yearning that is oft lacking in most mix CDs. [more]
London superclub Fabric's eponymous label has been releasing compilations at an almost frightening rate - this latest instalment in the FabricLive series bears the mark of the lucky 13. [more]
Fabric chalks up their fourteenth release in the mix cd series and this time we have American tech house legend Stacy Pullen in control of the mix. [more]
The Fabric series has proved to be a quality introduction to a cluttered dance compilation market, and for quite sometime a hip hop release has been well overdue. [more]
Residencies in now world famous clubs, overseeing four different record labels, managing a DJ agency from the time Terry Francis was a no-one, and now releasing his first commercial mix CD. Yes, first. [more]