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Ming’s monthly video blog “In the studio with Ming” is featured on the front page Electronic Musician’s site. Each month he will be interviewing the artists that come through the studio and speaking about some of the production techniques used these in sessions.  Check for interview with Toby Lightman, Michael Lynche and more..

Powerhouse UK-based house, breaks, pop, and everything-in-between record label Exceptional Records released Chad North’s remix of Waveplant & Ernesto “(I Need A) Bassline” on June 29.

The single, which features the original and the Chad North & Aaron Pope remix, will be the first single off Ernesto’s full length compilation “Ernesto Sings” due out later this year on Exceptional. You can hear the soul-drenched original version on Soundcloud here.

Chad also features the remix on his own Soundcloud page here. This third release of his with San Francisco based collaborator Aaron Pope features a more distinct dance-floor breakbeat with chopped vocals and glitch effects. Waveplant (aka Chicago-based composer Joel Corelitz) and Chad North have exchanged remix projects over the past several years.

You can purchase the single on iTunes – with a CD single version to be released in the coming weeks. (Yes they still release CD singles!)

Habitat composer Chad North is currently recording for UK-based electro-house label Erase Records and has his debut single with the label set to drop June 1st.

This third collaboration with San Francisco-based DJ Aaron Pope will be available as an exclusive release on Beatport first – with a wider release to follow.

The track, entitled The Grind, is an electro-breaks hip-hop influenced banger that has already been storming clubs on the West coast. The package was mastered at Habitat Music by Ming and features vocals by Australian-based hip-hop artist Estae.

The Grind is packaged with the equally mighty You Got What as the b-side – very much in fashion with the current trend in fidget and electro-house. The remix package will follow later in the month with mixes by Scott Cooper (Potty Mouth Records), Wasabi (Erase Records), and Mike Hulme (Lot49, U&A).

Preview the tracks at www.soundcloud.com/chad-north.