Okay so now that Venga Digital is 16 releases old, what have we learned about this set of humble lads from Burnley? (....where??)
Headed up by electro pest Liam Vizzle, the label has come along way since its first release Rustler - This is Not a Drill which was released in May 2008.
Originally started as a side project to the clubnight Venga, the label proved to surpass its humble origins, to sit - almost a year later - right next to the heavyweights in the Electro industry. Accolades and praise from names such as Micky Slim, Stupid Fresh, HiJack, Lee Mortimer and many more ensure that the label is making waves, to the people that matter.
Not that the label forgets the people that make the industry tick... Venga Digital actively promotes unsigned talent, and personally responds to every demo sent in - and includes them in a monthly unsigned chart, honouring those tracks the deserve a leg-up but that are no quite there in terms of making it to release stage.
Venga Digital also prides itself in the quality of output, and the list of past remixers, and forthcoming remixers resembles a whos who of the electronic dance music Industry, such stars as........ (deep breath) ..... Ed Kane, Stupid Fresh, Will Bailey, Bryan Cox, Heavyfeet, Lee Mortimer, Twocker (RiP), Kelevra, Rene Van Munster, Rudder, Chris James and many more....
Lest we forget the Artist Roster... which pioneers the future-proof vibe that Venga is all about, getting in there first on the likes of Mightyfools, Rustler and Spangled Ballet - and recent additions Jackinori, Liam Vizzle and Si Biddle.
And the future?? Well 2009 kicks off with a Mightyfools EP, Ed Kane EP and a Kelevra EP - so aswell as championing new talent, the credibility of the label is now attracting bigger more established names!
Keep an eye out for Venga Digital in 2009!
Liam Veitch - A&R and Co-Owner
[email protected] Dane Skaife - Promotions & A&R
[email protected] Jez Birch - Legal
We LOVE new music, we WILL listen to everything we get sent... so SEND it!
email your Demo's for a brief A&R to the team at
[email protected] Or to show you are
really committed send us a CD hard copy to:
Venga Digital Recordings
Office 53 - Victoria Developments
Guy Street Mill
Padiham
Lancashire
UK BB12 8PX
Hope to hear from y'all very soon :)
VENG001 » Rustler - This is Not a Drill
(Remixed by Ed Kane, Ryan Riback and Liam Vizzle)
VENG002 » Ryan Riback - Boom
(Remixed by Lee Mortimer, Rustler and Marcus Knight)
VENG003 » Deviant Soundsystem - Ticket 33
(Remixed by Rene Van Munster and Rudder)
VENG004 » Spangled Ballet - Destruction Friday
(Remixed by Stupid Fresh, Max Cooper and Deviant Soundsystem)
VENG005 » Deviant Soundsystem - Filth & Funk EP (Remixed by Twocker, Spangled Ballet and Chris James)
VENG006 » Liam Vizzle - That Banana Track (Remixed by HiJack, Kelevra and Mightyfools)
VENG007 » Mightyfools - Foolish EP (Remixed by Lee Mortimer, Liam Vizzle & JakZ)
VENG008 » Si Biddle - Gud Old Days EP (Remixed by Aspin & Dipace)
VENG009 » Rustler - The Hit EP (Remixed by Liam Vizzle)
VENG010 » Jackinori - What's The Story EP (Remixed by JakZ, Dubjack)
VENG011 » Dubjack - This Sound EP (Remixed by Kelevra, Breakdown, Kyle Watson)
VENG012 » Mightyfools - Partyjunkies EP (Remixed by AC Slater, Oh Snap!, Liam Vizzle)
VENG013 » Jo Kira - Stilettos EP (Remixed by Wongo, Edu K)
VENG014 » Kyle Watson - Quick Attack EP (Remixed by Tom EQ, Bryan Cox, Dale Castell)
VENG015 » Kelevra - Electric Vendetta EP (Remixed by Mightyfools, B.Rich, Josh David, Jaimie Fanatic)
VENG016 » Wongo - Feel Good (Remixed by Tom EQ, Nick Supply & Slidzik, Adam Bozzetto Liam Vizzle)
Wongo - Feel Good EP
Released: 25th May 2009
A1 - Feel Good (Original)
A2 - Feel Good (Tom EQ Remix)
A3 - Feel Good (Nick Supply & Slidzik Remix)
A4 - Feel Good (Adam Bozzetto Remix)
A5 - Feel Good (Liam Vizzle Remix)
Up next then for Venga Digital is a man we have been following for a while now... WONGO . Hailing from Gold Coast Australia, and with a heavy back catalogue already this man is only getting better.
For the remixes,
Tom EQ gives us that solid subby driving style, which will slot in anywhere.
Nick Supply ... err.... supplies us with a choppy electro groover in collab with Slidzik, and remixes from
Adam Bozzetto and
Liam Vizzle bring the package home.
The original, it should also be said is from the very top drawer, a nice synthy pattern, followed by a solid 4x4 sub bass line, a party starter for sure.
Get it from
25th May on Beatport, DJDownload, Juno Download, Itunes AND MORE!
HiJack "NISHE!"
Zodiac Cartel "Tom EQ's rocking my world of late and this is no exception - really well produced & less clownstep than much of the fidge that's a round right now"
Calvertron "Great release, all tracks rock!"
MC Flipside "Original and Tom WQ remix work nicely...Solid."
Bass Weazal "solid ep:) support!!!"
Rene Van Munster "Tom EQ rmx is dope.."
Bird Peterson "The damn jam! The Original for the win!"
Kyle Watson "All in all a pretty solid EP, the Tom EQ Remix does it for me! Banging!"
The Bulgarian "Great package! can't pick a favorite mix yet! arrgh! ;)"
Edu K "f**k...i just luv all things WONGO! This dude is just a few step ahead of us all! Gold Coast muthaf**kazzz! Tom EQ's remix is pretty dope 2! Killa release!"
B.Rich "Whole release is really good! But i can see myself playing the nick supply remix the most. nice n funky"
Chris Santiago (&Bushido) "Liam's rmx is my fav of the bunch although all mixes are quality"
Chris James "Been killing the Tom EQ Remix, out in the clubs and on my latest mix cds :) Good Work, Big Up Wongo!!"
Jeff Doubleu "I've been kickin the tom eq remix for a while now! still massive! Cheers Wongo!"
TJR "Nick Supply's remix rips it! Felt like I sucked a tank of nitrous after listening to that, nasty."
Matt David (Breakdown) "I really enjoy the Tom EQ remix. It's what makes me want to move ...."
Ryan Riback "nick supply has some cool ideas here, and the tom eq remix would get my floors bouncing too"
Wonk "Heavy package this will go down well"
Various Artists - Made in 2010 EP
Release: 6th July 2009
A1 - Double Depths - Are You with Us (Original)
A2 - Mightyfools - Amsterdam (Dem Slackers Remix)
A3 - TLGB - Just Getting Started (Original)
A4 - Audiostalkers - Hallucinate (Original)
A5 - Ed Kane - FUTP 2009 (Original)
A6 - Mikey Dalton & Tin Dog - Smarty Party (Original)
Calvertron "Hallucinate kicks ass, will defo be dropping this!"
Lee Mortimer "That's a bad-ass bassline on Hallucinate. Will be giving that a spin"
Bass Weazal "Cool promo, bit of everything here! Favourite - Just Getting Started"
Nick Supply "Wicked package - lookin forward to droppin em' ;)"
B.Rich "Damn, what a fine release! Hallucinate and Amsterdam remix are the shining stars"
Adam K "Audiostalkers is Stand out track for me. Still keepin g things moving forward with fresssh bass and quirks turnarounds"
Wongo "audiostalkers dope breakdown!"
Ryan Riback "digging tlgb, nice and different from all the fidget thats out there now"
TJR "Audiostalkers - christ, that is some grimey shit. Have me sweatin like a whore in church!"
Adam Bozzetto "Are you with us has a cool groove, thanks for the promo"
