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BIOGRAPHY
Simon Shackleton’s Elite Force project began way back in 1996, debuting on his own newly founded Fused and Bruised label with a series of peerless 12s and remixes. After a successful five years,he put Fused and Bruised on the backburner to concentrate on production work, and following several years with Whole9Yards and Moonshine he became a mainstay recording artist for Adrift Recordings (formally known as Kingsize Records) before moving on to set up his own Used & Abused imprint.
Often credited for being a lynchpin in the developing the tech-funk genre (an amalgamation of breaks, house, techno and electro) he has released a series of highly successful singles in the past few years, finding broad support from DJs and musicians across the board, including the likes of James Zabiela, the Plump DJs, Laurent Garnier and Damian Lazarus. In addition to these solo singles, Meat Katie has been a regular collaborator with Elite Force, a relationship that had begun in 2003 with the massive-selling 'Toba'. As a remixer, Elite Force has always been in considerable demand, with re-workings for the likes of Grandmaster Flash, Crystal Method, Jungle Brothers, Stereo MCs, UNKLE, Infusion, Rennie Pilgrem, Shiloh and Dylan Rhymes all contributing to his reputation as one of the most creative and effective remixers around.
Elite Force's music has also been the soundtrack to many a movie, with a huge list of impressive A-list credits to his name, including the likes of the Matrix, Charlie's Angels, Arlington Road, Mortal Kombat, Crow, The Bone Collector, The Jackyll, Spiderman 2 and his music has appeared on a wide array of TV shows, from CSI to Top Gear, from Football Focus to LA Doctors. He's also soundtracked a number of computer games, including no fewer than 5 FIFA games, several of the Wipeout series, The Matrix,and Motorstorm 1, and he is currently writing some bespoke music for the sequel to one of the biggest games of all time......
On the decks, Elite Force has been a prime mover since 1990 when he cut his teeth playing huge student nights and self-promoted acid house nights in the South West of England, before moving up to London and ultimately gravitating towards his tech-funk style, with which he now has a full diary of global bookings and has become known as one of the top technicians on a circuit that has included massive shows in Hungary, Australia, Italy, USA, Czech Republic, India, Turkey, Spain, Japan and China, as well as numerous festival slots including Glastonbury, Coachella and the Glade. His bi-weekly strongarm sessions webcasts have become something of an intraweb institution since their inception back in 2001, and the most recent archives should be your first stop if you've not come across the Force in action before :)
LATEST FROM THE ROAD ...
27/oct-07 : Opel Halloween @ Mighty, San Francisco, USA I flew in to the US during the day, and that night played after my good friend Dylan Rhymes at one of the best parties of the year in San Fran. The costumes were simply out of this world, and that alone upped the energy levels by a good few notches.
06/oct-07 : Sfinks Club, Sopot, POLAND. First time for me at the lovely Sfinks Club in Sopot, part of the tri-city in Poland, and was a great, excitable night. I was on the 6am flight home though, which hurt like hell!
30/sep-07 : Babyface, Shanghai, CHINA. Okay, so I've played several times at Babyface in Shanghai and they've always been good shows, but this one was a little special as it was the start of the Chinese National Holiday, which lasts a week and saw the club absolutely mobbed. My good friend and excellent host, Anders, took thousands of photos and these are just two of my favourites from the night.
23/mar-07 : Angel Club, Beijing, CHINA This was the first time I'd played in Beijing despite having been to China a few times, and it was a superb night all round - at one point people were shaking the booth so hard I thought the whole lot was gonna collapse!
17/feb-07 : La Serata, Juarez, MEXICO. Awesome night over the border from El Paso in Juarez and my first time playing in Mexico. The club was packed, killer soundsystem and the people were party ANIMALS :)
25/nov-06 : Harbourlife, Sydney, AUSTRALIA. This was an amazing day. First up I flew out of Melbourne to arrive in Sydney for a late afternoon set at the mangificent Harbourlife (pictured), and then straight from there to Brisbane to play at the MoonBar, which was another highlight of a tour for which the term 'an embarrassment of riches' could have been coined.
21/oct-06 : The crazy crowd @ Switch in Tbilisi, GEORGIA. Had been looking forward to my first trip to Georgia for as long as Meat Katie'd been raving about the crowds out there. And I wasn't disappointed :) Some of the friendliest, most passionate & committed people I've met.
Have A Break @ Cinema Club, Kiev, UKRAINE More on this on the new blog, but it was a wicked night all round - played for two & a half hours with loads of new stuff to throw at the crowd after another long week in the studio.
DISCOGRAPHY
albums
No Turning Back Whole9Yards
Modern : Primitive (october 2006) Adrift
12" singles
Mainframe Wrekka Fused & Bruised
Cool Like The Man (Remixes) (12") Fused & Bruised
Turf Wars Vol.1. Derailed
This is Latinamyl EP Fused & Bruised
Call it Brisco EP Fused & Bruised
Bombin' the Subway Fused & Bruised
Here Come The Flow / Krushyn / Godfather with a Groove Fused & Bruised
Gasoline Alley (remix by Dylan Rhymes) Whole9Yards
Curveball / Haiku Whole9Yards
Crew One / Killer Elite Moonshine US
Hi 5 / Midnight Sun Moonshine US
Vapour Trail / Give it to the People Whole9Yards
No Turning Back / Body Electric Whole9Yards
Melodik Hypnotik / Jack the Joint Kingsize
Destination Australia EP EQ/Stomp AUS
Driving Me Crazy (remix by Rennie Pilgrem & Elite Force) TCR
Peyote Road / White Lightning Kingsize
Shadowbox / Ghetto Fabulous Kingsize
Pure & Free / Reclaim the Airwaves (PMT remix) Lot 49
Mindfunkpsychedelic (remixes by Jesse Rose) Adrift (re-released onU&A
Heart of Darkness (remixes by Dylan Rhymes & Madox) Adrift (re-released onU&A
You (remixes by Hybrid, Perc, Elite Force & Double Black) U&A
Return2Mindfunk (remixes by Vandal, Double Black & Blende) U&A
I Don't Think So Lot49
Used & Abused (remixes by Zodiac Cartel, Klaus Hill & Dopamine, SpeculumU&A
Melodik Hypnotik [Re:Vision 001] (remixes by Miles Dyson, Riva Starr & Elite Force)U&A
Ghetto Fabulous [Re:Vision 002] (remixes by Dopamine & Fine Cut Bodies)U&A
12"s with Meat Katie
Toba Kingsize
Juju TCR
The Answer (with Roland Clark) Kingsize
Fabulous Mint 400 Kingsize
Nu-Tron / All Night Long Adrift
Divine (with Roland Clark) Adrift
selected other aliases & collaborations
Lunatic Calm - Metropol (album) Universal/MCA
Lunatic Calm - Breaking Point (album) V2/City of Angels
Lunatic Calm - Centista Universal/MCA
Lunatic Calm - Roll The Dice (12") Universal/MCA
Lunatic Calm - Leave You Far Behind Universal/MCA
Double Black - Double Black / Pipedream Thrust
Killer Elite - Triggaman TCR
Killer Elite - Mezkal Blue Black
Elite Force - You (Double Black mix) U&A
Elite Force - Return2Mindfunk (Double Black mix) U&A
Elite Force & Jem Stone - Outta SightThrust
Elite Force & Lee Coombs - Right Side of Wrong Thrust
REMIXOGRAPHY
Ajello - It's True Moving Target
Blak Twang - Travellin' Unreleased
Buffalo Daughter - Rhythm & Basement Grand Royal
Crystal Method - Starting Over Virgin
Downpressor - Nine Ritmic
Dylan Rhymes - On the Dancefloor Blue Black
Dylan Rhymes - Superstar Adrift
Fine Cut Bodies - Trekk Far Chi
GDR - Powder 12 inch Recordings
Grandmaster Flash - White Lines Warner Brothers
Groove Armada - Get Down Sony
Hybrid - I Choose Noise Distinctive
Jungle Brothers Vs Elite Force - Lose It Music (Elite Force mix) unreleased
Keoki - Jealousy Moonshine
Killer Elite - Triggaman TCR
Klaus Hill & Dopamine - Ah Baby! Title Fight
Kraymon - Who Wants Some? En:Vision
Los Paranoias - Lies, Lies, Lies Faith & Hope
Lunatic Calm - Centista City of Angels
Mach One - Rip Chord P.A.C.K. Music
Madoka - Plataforma Release Elements
Madox - El Magnifico Mantra
Meat Katie - Next Life Kingsize
Mild Mannered Janitors - Shoom 74 Fused & Bruised
Oblong - Playing on my Mind Exceptional
PMT - Gyromancer 10 Kilo
Quinn Whalley - Hold Tight W9Y
Recycler - FUH115 Nation
Redlight - Play Proton
Rennie Pilgrem - Drumma TCR
Rhythm Division - No Messing W9Y
Rogue Element - Let Me Breathe Exceptional
Shiloh - Mana Electrofly
Simply Jeff - Funk Deluxe Phonomental
Speculum - Nympho Used & Abused
Stereo MCs - Set it Off Unreleased
Surreal Madrid - Flatline Rock Fused & Bruised
Surreal Madrid - Girls of the Nite Fused & Bruised
Surreal Madrid - Insanity Sauce Fused & Bruised
Toob - The Miscreant Lo Recordings
UNKLE - In a State Universal Island