Born and raised in London, eclectic selector Treats is renowned for his genre-splicing dj sets. Seamless transitions between styles, including his collaboration with Hugo (Rap News), have allowed him to play a wide variety of gigs, engaging a breadth of audiences most DJs would consider impossible and possibly insane. From neck-snapping glitch-bass madness for Heavy Innit at Brown Alley, to deep fractal-inducing grooves at Rainbow Serpent Festival, Treats has built a reputation as the go-to guy when unusual parties appear. With mixes featured on PBS & RRR, Treats and his other aliases at mix portal musicfromspeakers.com are expanding minds and lifting dancers to new heights.
(one of treats’ first mixes, carefully pieced together over 6 months of unreal time, was played on xfm in london back in 2007.)
Ilovebananas by musicfromspeakers
norman standard keeps it high at this cheeky seaside day party. freaky beats, house, electro-swing and eclectic nautical naughtiness on the menu from 2pm til who knows when (treats on at 5pm, probably again later on…)
a summer sunday afternoon by the pool, replete with beats from treats, 1-3pm. expect some aquatic-themed sonic adventures, classic grooves & and fresh bloops. what does it sound like underwater? only one way to find out…
a deep session round the campfire at this natural amphitheatre by the lake on the beautiful french island. fest la tadpole was a small scale ‘proof-of-concept’ party at an abandoned prison that has been converted into a thriving biodynamic eco-farm. great food, powerful cider & good times were had by all.
12 01 14 treats @ fest la tadpole, french island by musicfromspeakers
starting with a cheeky bootleg, this one got deep, dark, dirty & weird. pure fresh electronic bass music for the heads (and butts) at this iconic venue in the heart of fitzroy. spooky themed decor and mad visuals from vj chronic sans notched up the vibes.
12 01 13 treats @ gutterhype, the laundry by musicfromspeakers
hugo & treats & the lullaby league will be unleashing their brand new live show across woodfordia at the following times and places…
tue 27th 1:45am
bazaar (full show)
wed 28th 12pm
parlour (hugo spoken word)
fri 30th 1am
grande (full show)
watch out for sets on the mystery bus too!
an ambient journey beginning inside the pineal gland, at 3am in this multi-projection av space at ega festival (entheogenesis australis)
visuals merge with sonic textures, intermingling with smoke and light, sychronising with visionary artist/vj, aurelien pumanaya floret (luminaya.com)
bit of a fail at strawberry fields festival this year, managed to play the first part of this set, then just as the new objekt joint dropped, the generator went down. first 12 minutes of this one is ‘as was’ on the day, after that is a post-festival mix of what could have happened next…
treats ended up playing for 3 hours at this renegade free bar, tucked between the trees at shine on festival, deep in the australian pyrenees.
this last half hour catches us easing down from a proper chunky rinse up into warm soulfully abstract techiness, as always with a few cheeky classics carefully woven in for good measure (lightly edited for your listening pleasure)
11 19 11 treats @ cocopocoloco, shine on by musicfromspeakers
great performances from an eclectic selection of local acts and artistes at this gorgeous venue, including the inimitable rhythmik swallowing fire during his set! an abundance of circus freaks & crazy cic students made this one a night to remember. good vibes all night. beyond genre once again brought the goods.
11 10 31 treats @ the jack o’lantern ball, red bennies by musicfromspeakers
after a classic sunny street festival on northcote high street, treats played to a packed bar in between local heroes spoonbill & mista savona. showing proper respect to the dearly departed dj mehdi & gil scott heron.
massive local lineup & u.s. dubstep pioneer antiserum in a secret warehouse location. in the messy room, treats played some fresh wonkyness, gearing up to full on quirk-rave. props to motio crew, hallie, rudi, mittons & pat for generally being legends
11 09 03 treats @ remote control by musicfromspeakers
tracklist coming soon
heavy innit rolling through space with some proper bass music! treats played some frontstep, double garage & wendy house, with added rude bits. heres the whole set.
listen loud
11 08 20 treats @ space walk, horse bazaar by musicfromspeakers
tracklist coming soon
smashing up the Qi warehouse afterparty for the epic band called ‘[me]‘. beautifully decorated venue with fabulous freaks in abundance. part 1 is around the first hour of the 6 hours of weird party music played that night. part 2 comes in around hour 3, when everything started kicking in, and we got a bit deeper…
(LAST PARTY THIS SATURDAY as the place gets knocked down next week)
thanks to april thursday for the pics, and to arctic for the reloads!
11 06 12 treats @ Qi, gadd st. pt 2 by musicfromspeakers
tracklist coming soon
a warm & chilled mix, after the activists had given their forest updates, and the trapeze artists had clambered down into the cushions. big respect to all crew involved.
tracklist
chris watson – le crone
atropolis – xingu chief
randy barracuda & mesak – black vaseline (eero johannes remix)
boards of canada – aquarius
scuba – in 2
instra:mental – watching you
mosca – nike
jose james – black magic (joy orbison’s recreation)
sbtrkt – twice bitten
ben last – boy becomes a man
desto – disappearing reappearing ink
mount kimbie – taps
homelife – dosta
hugo & treats – ‘let it reign’ – live @ the rainbow serpent festival chill stage 2010 & 2011
Two performances blending diverse music and inspiring lyricism are combined in this vid!
track consists of
kotchy – she made it easy (the plain ensemble remix)
untold – stop what you’re doing (james blake remix)
fennesz – rivers of sand
bobby mcferrin – circlesong six
jme – juju riddim
isan – carthart
in strict confidence – babylon (hecq remix)
Filmed by http://BorisAustin.com (2010) and Philip Bateman (2011)
Produced by Bravo Charlie – http://facebook.com/bravocharlietv
(see below to download the full sets)
another beautiful afternoon at our favourite festival. this time with a funktion one system, taking the chill stage massive on a journey through the 5 elements, featuring tracks from flying lotus, pink floyd, eskmo, aphex twin, bobby mcferrin, james blake & some taiwanese indigenous tribespeople…
11 01 23 hugo & treats live @ rainbow serpent (inst) by musicfromspeakers
click to download instrumental version
click to download vocal version
tracklist
flying lotus – intro _ a cosmic drama
kidkanevil – megajoy (tokimonsta’s unsound bliss mix)
ghostmutt – thoroughbred
nabo – parkinlot pimpin
smoke city – underwater love
blue daisy – blood petal roses (sunken foal remix)
zero 7 – destiny
eskmo – let them sing
eskmo – cloudlight
bjork – all is full of love
rumpistol – mobile
múm – illuminated
james blake – don’t you think i do (darling farah refix)
pink floyd – echoes
michael stearns – monk with bell
david darling & the wulu bunun – macilumah
*fiat lux redux (treats blend)
the art of noise – moments in love (caspa remix)
sp:mc – taiko dub
aphex twin – polynomial c*
dj vadim – r3 imaginashun
vibesquad – bass travel
zapp & roger – computer love
dizz1 – konotakosuke yaro
jamie lidell – a little bit more (luke vibert mix)
kelpe – closed cup headroom
eprom – bubble
the cure – lovecats
michna – levitation
florence & the machine – you’ve got the love
(xx remix/surecut kids re-edit/myles away dubstep remix)
*let it reign 2011 (treats blend)
kotchy – she made it easy (the plain ensemble remix)
untold – stop what you’re doing (james blake remix)
fennesz – rivers of sand
bobby mcferrin – circlesong six
jme – juju riddim
isan – carthart
in strict confidence – babylon (hecq remix)*