Carl Hanaghan unravels the Strings Of Life

<div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">No stranger to the Zulu Records’ ever-impressive release roster, Carl Hanaghan is back for a fourth outing on the imprint, this time with his summer-tinged update of Rhythim Is Rhythim’s classic track ‘Strings Of Life’.  Entering the Beatport House Chart at #71 and with support from the likes of My Digital Enemy, Kryder, Cedric Gervais and Sonny Wharton, we caught up with Carl to find out just what inspired him to re-visit this iconic track and what’s in store for the rest of the year…</span></span></b></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOBCs0wpWPZ0rUuAHOyJlrSCbvsCQGG8BHepGRqn-DVncar0MlEPOZ2SdmlYH-l09eIcw6gGl4bWeOZrM2iEAA4BRTF10Wv6HDSNh2fnLZvdip1clkcXX4tVD6wrCg4uxae-lGI94slzce/s1600/carl_hanaghan_press.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOBCs0wpWPZ0rUuAHOyJlrSCbvsCQGG8BHepGRqn-DVncar0MlEPOZ2SdmlYH-l09eIcw6gGl4bWeOZrM2iEAA4BRTF10Wv6HDSNh2fnLZvdip1clkcXX4tVD6wrCg4uxae-lGI94slzce/s1600/carl_hanaghan_press.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOBCs0wpWPZ0rUuAHOyJlrSCbvsCQGG8BHepGRqn-DVncar0MlEPOZ2SdmlYH-l09eIcw6gGl4bWeOZrM2iEAA4BRTF10Wv6HDSNh2fnLZvdip1clkcXX4tVD6wrCg4uxae-lGI94slzce/s1600/carl_hanaghan_press.jpg" title="CARL HANAGHAN" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Hi Carl, thanks for taking some time out to chat with us – first up, what’s been happening for you in 2014?</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">2014 has been a great year so far! On the road I’ve had some superb gigs with the highlights being the Gibson Club in Frankfurt, Germany and over in Utrecht at Winkel Van Sinkel in the Netherlands. I’ve had an EP released on Sonny Fodera’s label, Beatdown, as well as the release of ‘You Know How’ on my label Discopolis. My Digital Enemy have signed my rendition of the classic ‘Strings Of Life’ for their label Zulu Records and to top it all off I’m going to be a Dad in August this year so it’s very, very busy at the moment!<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">You’ve just released your own version of Rhythim Is Rhythim’s classic 1987 track ‘Strings Of Life’ on Zulu – how did this remake come about?</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">I had been playing the version by Soul Central remixed by Mark Knight and Martijn Ten Velden that was released on Defected in 2005 and then more recently the Supernova remix that they commissioned in 2011; I just felt that it was time for an update as it was becoming evident that it is a record that I will continue to play on and on… <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">What were your intentions when you set out to bring this classic track to the dance floors of 2014?</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">I’ve been finding a lot of my sets of late had been varying between Deep House infused with Tribal beats and I wanted to do something with this classic record that worked in both of these worlds. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">The support list is pretty impressive – do you think you succeeded?!</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">Absolutely, I’m over the moon with the feedback on my rendition of Strings Of Life and I have to shout out the guys behind the label, they know how to work a record. It’s great to be featuring in those DJ’s sets all over the world. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">This is your fourth release on Zulu now – you’ve enjoyed some great successes with your previous releases so you must enjoy working with the guys at the label?</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">For sure, my relationship with My Digital Enemy stems over 6 years now, it’s an honour to be signed to the label and I’ll always continue to support them.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Strings Of Life is your first solo release on Zulu – do you find you prefer working on collaborations?</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">I love working in collaboration as you have someone there to dance along to the track with you. Solo disco dancing is cool, but it’s better when you’re all together enjoying the vibe, you get more of a feeling that a record will work on the dancefloor. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">You also run your own label, Discopolis – how do you juggle the production / DJing / label management sides of life?!</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">The best piece of advice I ever had from a great friend of mine was to use Microsoft Excel! My life is controlled by one spreadsheet! Schedules, diaries, time-lines and accounting, if I didn’t have it then I wouldn’t be able to do these things! I love what I do; it’s a hobby that became a job so looking at spreadsheets all day is certainly no chore!<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">What’s the big plan for Discopolis this year?</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">Discopolis has some superb singles forthcoming from the deep and soulful side of House music, including beats from Vienna’s Klaue & Tatze and Manchester’s Fake • Remedy as well as a few cheeky singles from myself! We released our first Miami compilation this year during WMC which was a huge success! I am so happy with how well it was received that I’m looking to piece together an exclusive Ibiza EP shortly!<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">And how about for you as a DJ / producer?</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">Loads to look forward to this Summer with three dates confirmed at Es Paradis in Ibiza for the clubbing superbrand Hed Kandi and I’ll also be returning to play at Creamfields on Sunday the 24^th August!<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">Thanks Carl!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Strings Of Life is available now on Beatport:</span></b></div> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://www.beatport.com/release/strings-of-life/1277767" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">http://www.beatport.com/release/strings-of-life/1277767</span></a></div> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">To listen:</span></b></div> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/zulurecords/carl-hanaghan-strings-of-life" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">http://soundcloud.com/zulurecords/carl-hanaghan-strings-of-life</span></a></div> </span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">For more:</span></b></div> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/djcarlhanaghan" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">https://www.facebook.com/djcarlhanaghan</span></a></div> <span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://twitter.com/carlhanaghan" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">https://twitter.com/carlhanaghan</span></a></div> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/carlhanaghan" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">https://soundcloud.com/carlhanaghan</span></a></div> </span></span> <!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-AAY7Fm5_oaA%2FU2e0jmepP_I%2FAAAAAAAAGaI%2F3z7fFtzV_XQ%2Fs1600%2Fcarl_hanaghan_press.jpg&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOBCs0wpWPZ0rUuAHOyJlrSCbvsCQGG8BHepGRqn-DVncar0MlEPOZ2SdmlYH-l09eIcw6gGl4bWeOZrM2iEAA4BRTF10Wv6HDSNh2fnLZvdip1clkcXX4tVD6wrCg4uxae-lGI94slzce/s1600/carl_hanaghan_press.jpg" -->

Carl Hanaghan unravels the Strings Of Life

No stranger to the Zulu Records’ ever-impressive release roster, Carl Hanaghan is back for a fourth outing on the imprint, this time with ...

Carl Hanaghan returns to Zulu Records with Strings Of Life

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7TYJif5J7AIPgv2GRlyAhVy5h6fRBOmb5KqMnFf-MixFPWiOy-8YklhmvRsIxYzgWro-4DSESIeo2A71POEltu7OytHTnSSKjI91D8XZDWaEtssU8Gh9z_Sx2i4MNXMINBMJwnZDk6Y/s1600/zulu_strings_of_life.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7TYJif5J7AIPgv2GRlyAhVy5h6fRBOmb5KqMnFf-MixFPWiOy-8YklhmvRsIxYzgWro-4DSESIeo2A71POEltu7OytHTnSSKjI91D8XZDWaEtssU8Gh9z_Sx2i4MNXMINBMJwnZDk6Y/s1600/zulu_strings_of_life.jpg" title="carl hanaghan" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tried and tested at the Miami WMC, <b>Carl Hanaghan</b> returns to deliver his fourth track to date on <b>Zulu Records</b>.  This time he’s taken the 1987 <b>Rhythim Is Rhythim</b>house classic, <b>‘Strings Of Life’</b>, and brought it bang up to date with a cover that’s fit for the dancefloor of 2014, and with support coming in from the likes of <b>Robbie Rivera</b> on his radio show, <b>Cedric Gervais</b>, <b>Etienne Ozborne</b>, <b>Sonny Wharton</b>, <b>Kryder</b>, <b>My Digital Enemy</b>, <b>Federico Scavo</b> and <b>Freemasons</b>, it looks like he’s well and truly nailed it.</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Known on the Zulu imprint for several previous releases – ‘<b>Together</b>’ with <b>Ted Nilsson</b> and both ‘<b>We Are One’</b> and ‘<b>Drum Warrior</b>’ with <b>My Digital Enemy</b> – Carl’s got some serious production skills and his version of <b>Strings Of Life</b> just screams to be played on a beach and in the sun.  One that you’ll be hearing a lot more of this Summer on ‘The White Isle’?  We reckon it’s a dead cert! </span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 12pt;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Strings Of Life is available now on Beatport:</span></span></b></div> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.beatport.com/release/strings-of-life/1277767" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 12pt;" target="_blank">http://www.beatport.com/<wbr></wbr>release/strings-of-life/<wbr></wbr>1277767</a></span></div> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"> </span><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 12pt;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Supported by Robbie Rivera:</span></span></b></div> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/robbierivera/the-juicy-show-march-28th" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 12pt;" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/<wbr></wbr>robbierivera/the-juicy-show-<wbr></wbr>march-28th</a></span></div> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"> </span><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 12pt;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">To listen:</span></span></b></div> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://soundcloud.com/zulurecords/carl-hanaghan-strings-of-life" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 12pt;" target="_blank">http://soundcloud.com/<wbr></wbr>zulurecords/carl-hanaghan-<wbr></wbr>strings-of-life</a></span></div> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"> </span><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 12pt;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">For more:</span></span></b></div> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/djcarlhanaghan" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 12pt;" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr>djcarlhanaghan</a></span></div> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"> <span style="line-height: 12pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://twitter.com/carlhanaghan" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 12pt;" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/<wbr></wbr>carlhanaghan</a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/carlhanaghan" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://soundcloud.com/carlhanaghan" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 12pt;" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/<wbr></wbr>carlhanaghan</a></div> </span></span>

Carl Hanaghan returns to Zulu Records with Strings Of Life

Tried and tested at the Miami WMC,  Carl Hanaghan  returns to deliver his fourth track to date on  Zulu Records .  This time he’s taken...