Wink will also be touring heavily this summer, including the MontreuxJazz festival, City Hall in Barcelona, The Arches in Glasgow, Goa inMadrid, Flex in Vienna, Welcome to The Future festival in Amsterdam,SW4 Festival in London and many more.
Swirl, which had previously only been available on Wink's acclaimed compilations "Profound Sounds Volume 3" and "Sessions", is now available in its full unedited form. This thing is a monster and has been causing quite a stir since Ibiza. "Have To Get Back" had previously only been available in an instrumental form on the Min2Max compilation on Minus records. Now you have the opportunity to get the rare vox version of this twisted track! Both tracks are huge and getting the support of all the top jocks! Got get yours now at your local record store.
If you are looking for a digital version, you can find it at the following: www.beatport.com/ovum+recordings www.djdownload.com www.dancetracksdigital.com
Mixmag Says:
Josh Wink 'Swirl/Have To Get Back' (Ovum) While Ovum has recently gone from strength to strength, its guiding force Josh Wink has lately been rather quiet on the production front since the flurry of studio activity that spawned his '20 to 20' project back in 2004. 'Swirl', the long awaited follow up to '516 Acid', is finally here and we pleased to say it was well worth the wait. Once again Josh has harnessed his peerless mastery of the 303 to create a dark acid soaked weapon that manages to be brain twisting head music and pure driving dancefloor dynamite all at once. The B-side features a vocal reworking of 'Have To Get Back', which was previously released on M-nus' min2MAX compilation last summer. Essential deep acid-soaked techno 5/5
Also the Ovum catalogue is now available on itunes, napster, rhapsody, sony connect, and many many more via a new deal with Kontor New Media.
Ovum Invades Miami with its 11th Annual Ovum Party on March 21, 2007 at Suite! Be on the lookout for more details to come.
After a string of hits like “Higher State of Consciousness” & “Don’t Laugh,” Philadelphia’s Wink remains one of America’s very best underground DJ/producers. In addition to running his Ovum label, Wink maintains a monthly residency at Philly’s Fluid club.
James Baldwin once wrote, "Be careful what you set your heart upon, for it will surely be yours. Embracing a diligent work ethic, a spiritual mindset & a self-taught mastery of dancefloor devastation using little more than a pair of turntables, Josh Wink has worked hard since 1990 to become one of the world's most in demand purveyors of experimental, electronic, danceable music.
In 1990, Josh met up with a kindred spirit, fellow Philly jock, King Britt whose interests also include rap and acid jazz. Pooling their interests and blending their differences, the duo waxed E-culture's "Tribal Confusion" for respected New York based indie label, Strictly Rhythm. The record was a surprising commercial success and established both DJs as artists to watch on the global dance music scene.
After forming Ovum Recordings as an independent label in October 1994 with partner King Britt, Josh recorded the cult classic "Liquid Summer". He went on to release singles for a wide variety of revered European labels ranging from Belgium's R & S to England's XL. He also began remixing for Moby and others.
1995 was an especially good year for Josh. He scored 3 consecutive European smashes - all out of his modest 16-track bedroom studio - which unquestionably took dance music to a dizzying plateau. First came "Don't Laugh" - recorded as Winx and issued via Nervous Records - where Josh took a minimal techno beat and looped an incessant sample of a whacko laughing his head off. It was a stroke of sheer genius. The single broke down international language barriers and eventually sold more than 500,000 units.
Invitations to spin at prestigious nightspots all over the world have been pouring in since, but as his career has progressed, he has stayed true to his roots, never selling out and always maintaining his integrity, always coming home to his beloved Philadelphia.
Pooling their interests and blending their differences, the duo waxed E-culture's "Tribal Confusion" for respected New York based indie label, Strictly Rhythm. The record was a surprising commercial success and established both DJs as artists to watch on the global dance music scene.
