It’s easy to imagine that mixing artists have it easy. Take some beats, jam them together with some sample loops and away you go, but the reality is that most of what is recorded like this is mediocre. However, in Star Slinger’s mixed up samples there’s something a bit more substantial and interesting.
Darren Williams is the Manc mix master behind Star Slinger and the likes of Mornin’, with its funked up Motown, hip hop reworking, has nudged him into the star light. The tracks are building together to make for a sonically charged, highly anticipated debut album.
His yet to be named debut single is being launched for the Star Slinger UK and European tour dates and festival gigs. The single will be launched at the UK shows with Memory Tapes in July, starting off in XOYO, London, and taking in the Deaf Institute in Manchester and The Arches in Glasgow.
Star Slinger 2011 UK and Euro tour dates & festivals:
May
27 – Le Kiosk, Lille
28 – Nation of Shopkeepers, Leeds
June
4 – The Apollo, Manchester, w/ Caribou and Battles
12 – Parklife Festival, Manchester
17 – Social Club, Paris
18 – North by Northwest Festival, Amsterdam
25 – Glastonbury Festival, Somerset
July
6 – XOYO, London w/ Memory Tapes
7 – Deaf Institute, Manchester w/ Memory Tapes
8 – The Arches, Glasgow w/ Memory Tapes
14 – Hultsfred Festival, Sweden
16 – Electric Elephant Festival, Croatia
23 – Midi Festival, France Confirmed
24 – Milhoes DE Festa, Portugal
28 – Creepy Teepee Festival, Czech Republic
30 – Juicy Beats Festival, Dortmund
August
4 – Festsaal Kreuzberg w/ Washed Out, Berlin
6 – Field Day London
9 – Scala, London w/ Washed Out
12 – Dockville Festival Hamburg
13 – Beacons Festival, Skipton (near Manchester)
28 – Creamfields Manchester
September
11 – Bestival, Isle of Wight
