Hostage – Listen EP
Edinburgh producer Hostage has been unleashing his unique brand of rave fuelled house, dubstep and electro for the past few years now, picking up a BBC Essential Mix along the way and Dj’ing across the world. His latest outing sees him hook up with London label Black Butter for a 6 tracker packed to the [...]
Wira – Show
The Hostage alter ego is back with glimpse of things to come. In between a busy touring and production schedule Alan Hostage is still finding the time to create top quality grey sound vibes from his Wire guise. This time a slower pace with skipping snares and echoey vocals is on the menu, creating real [...]
Saturday Snacks #5
It’s that time of the week again and this week’s snack of choice is Baklava. It’s a pastry thang filled with nuts and sweetened with syrup or honey and it’s basically ace. Here’s a wee recipe. Once again we’ve got a side plate full of beats to help aid snack digestion. First up is a [...]
Hostage – April 2011 mix
Edinburgh rave monster Hostage dropped this at the weekend and it’s providing the perfect soundtrack to an almost sunny Glasgow afternoon. If you too are feeling the spring vibes, this mix of garagey beats, dubstep, electro house and ravey goodness should be right up your street. Tucked away within the tracklist is the first outing [...]
Hostage goes Uptown Top Rankin’
Edinburgh producer Hostage has been locked away recently constructing his forthcoming new EP for Nightshfters, but while having a crisp break and considering the greatness of Tangy Toms, he unleashed this chunky raved up dubstep bootleg of the Althea & Donna classic. Opening with some off beat skanking before fuzzy bass notes wander slowly into [...]
Aerotronic – Sex & Cigarettes (Hostage rmx) – free download
Our ears had only stopped ringing after Hostage’s epic set at last weekend’s RockNess in the Annie Mac Presents tent when his belter of a remix for Aerotronic landed in our inbox. The original’s a bit ravey noise monster and Edinburgh’s finest has actually calmed things down a little (a first for him!). What you [...]
Hostage & RTA – Dog Bark Bass – free download
Edinburgh based DJ & musician Hostage (aka Alan Parley) teams up with RTA for an old school tinged, bass thumper of a track in the shape of “Dog Bark Bass”. Hostage had this to say about the background to the track: RTA is tWiSt. So, we’re sittin round my gaff, Bank Holiday monday, a bit [...]
Hostage – Dubtch / Otis / Skin Out – free downloads
Edinburgh’s Hostage has been producing music for over a decade now and in recent years he’s honed his rave infused big room electro house shenanigans to perfection. We’re big fans here and his recent Essential Mix for Radio 1 has been on constant rotation. So we’ve decided to take a wee wander into the world [...]
