Summery  Goodness

Heads up dance music fans, Party People’s DJ Ed Colman has co-mixed your potential summer soundtrack — ‘Wild Summer 2012’ — just in time for the heat.

Backing up from last year’s ‘Wild Summer 2011’, Colman has been cultivating his mixing skills, originating with a pair of pitchless decks, and a pushbike. “I actually inherited a couple of decks from a friend, they didn’t even have pitch controls on them… Eventually I sold my bike at the time and bought some new decks with the profits, that was when I was about 14.”

His bike selling entrepreneur skills then led Colman down the yellow brick road of DJing. “I started DJing and I was just kind of wondering how all those records were made. So I ended up getting myself a job in a recording studio and making cups of tea for people… From there I got to watch people putting records together on old multi-track tape machines and the big mixing desks. I was lucky enough to learn from some really great producers in the UK.”

Leaving the UK for Australian shores, Colman has made the most of the relatively younger Australian dance music industry, even grabbing a residency on the airwaves of commercial radio.
“Australia is really fresh. It’s been going for a long time in the UK… There is a lot of underground stuff going on here. England is always going to be a hub for dance music, but Australia is developing an individual style and an individual sound.”

As for style, Colman will bring anything to the table — as long as it gets you on your feet. “I just play stuff that I love, you know, stuff that kind of just hits me. Hopefully, if it makes me feel good, then it will make everybody on the dancefloor feel good. It’s a real mix.”

Bringing this party style to the newly dropped ‘Wild Summer 2012’, Colman continues to guide the good times. “It’s all about summer. It’s all about a nice uplifting vibe, you can put it on, on a sunny day in the car, you can put it on when you’re getting ready to go out, you can put it on at a party. Chris’ (Fraser) disc is awesome as well, he has done a wicked mix. I think they complement each other really well.”

‘WILD SUMMER 2012’ IS OUT NOW.