Looking forward to my first time playing in the main room. 
Smartbar Wednesday, March 14th
Musicholics Anonymous
Hi, we’re 12 Stepp Music, and we’re musicholics!
In order to feed our addiction we’ve decided to start a podcast and ask all our friends to help. Music for breakfeast, music for lunch, music for dinner, and then definitely for a night cap 
So if you can’t get that tune out of your head and have to get down on the dance floor and shake your booty, or just bop your head, that’s okay too. Get your booty over here and shake that groove thing cause we love ya for it!
First up is Olin, who we’ve gotten into many shenanigans with at numerous afterhours, usually around 6am. Just a like a good friend, he gave a good dose of some pretty deep, heady, and minimal tunes. Good shait Olin!
Oh yah, if ya want to get retarded with us, you can subscribe to us on itunes. And if you want to get silly with Olin, check him out at http://www.facebook.com/olintechno.
Enough talkin, let’s get stupid!
Greg K Live recording from WNUR 89.3
Here’s a live recording from Dec. 5th appearance on WNUR’s Wiggle Hour. Thanks to DJ Runny Nose for having me guest on his show. It was fun and here is the tracklist along with the mix.
Tracklist
Vacuum Stance – Motor City Drum Ensemble RMX – LoSoul
Wiggle TV Show Intro
Colorseries Orange A (cd edit) – Donnacha Costello – Minimise
Let’s Not Talk About Love – Mano Le Tough – Permanent Vacation
This Must Be The Place – Greg K edit
Falling – Maceo Plex – Visionquest
Tre Ackord – Jonsson/Alter – Kontra-Musik
My Get Deep – Olin – unreleased
Deep Inside (Mageir Mix) – GusGus – Kompakt
Blink Twice – Nitin – Crosstown Rebels
Nothing – Hakim Murphy & Inbum Cho – Nowar
This Is A Lonely Beat – John Daly – Drumpoet Community
People Are Still Having Sex (Martin Roth’s RE: Wohnen In Dsseldorf Mix) – Blank & Jones – Soundcolours
You’ll Improve me (Caribou Remix) – Junior Boys – Domino
Drop Me A Line (Mano Le Tough Remix) – Midnight Magic – Permanent Vacation
Colorseries Blue B (cd edit) – Donnacha Costello – Minimise
It Goes On (Vox) – Storm Queen (Morgan Geist) – Environ
The Wanderer (Temple Vox Mix) – Romanthony – Decks Classix
Regret (radio edit) featuring Leigh Myles – Marquez Ill – 3000 degree
Bakerman (Soul Clap Remix) – Laid Back – Brother Music
Meet Joe Miller
Joe Miller, a Chicago artist, has been someone that I’ve looked up since he showed his “No Parking Ever” artwork.. He does painting, video, is involved in music and with kids. We’re proud and excited to announce that Joe will be a part of Love To Love and 12 Stepp Music. For more art check out his website Joe Miller Work.
Joe is far left with the hat on.
Benjamin
A long long time ago in a land of wanders lived two cats, Duncan and Maggie. They were the best of friends. Last Sunday afternoon, they went for some fresh air at Gompers Park where they met Benjamin. He’s a quite squirrel. He loves berries.
Duncan and Maggie saw him having dinner on a tree limb and decided to introduce themselves.
“Hi, I’m Duncan.” says the white fluffy persian. “And I’m Maggie,” adds the lovely tabbie. They are standing at the bottom of the tree looking up at Benjamin.
He looks down, putting aside his freshly picked berry. “Well, hello there. My name is Benjamin. You folks from around here?”
“Well no, not exactly. We came here to get some fresh air,” replied Maggie.
“Oh yes miss, we gots plenty of that around here,” says the squirrel with a heavy southern accent. “Have you all ever listened to deep tech?”
Duncan gives a quick glance at Maggie, shrugs his shoulders, “No, I don’t think we have.”
“Well,” Benjamin pauses, “why don’t y’all come on up and I’ll tell you a story.”
Maggie and Duncan took a second to think about it. They weren’t sure who Benjamin was, and their mothers told them that they should stay away from strangers. Duncan looks at Benjamin sitting comfortably in his tree.
Benjamin, noticing Duncan’s look and hesitation. “You know what, my friends, why don’t y’all stay right there and I’ll come down.”
The squirrel strolls down the tree. The fall weather is brisk yet refreshing. The sun, still hours from setting, warms our local friends.
Tracklist:
1. Sink Twice / Johnjon / Wazi Wazi Music
2. Six Figures / Levon Vincent / Novel Sound
3. Like A Sunshine / Johnwaynes / Mule Musiq
4. Circles / Scott Featherstone / Tino
5. Hold Me Tight / Homework (Phil Weeks Remix) / Exploited
6. Right In The Socket / ? / PR908B
7. Cheescake / Stimming / Green
8. The Wanderer / Roman Anthony / I Play Vinyl
9. Falling / Maceo Plex / Visionquest
10. Party People Clap / DJ Qu (Anthony Parasole & Fred P.) / Deconstruct Music
11. Shots / Shenoda / Hypercolour
12. Be My Chicago / Subject (Gerd’s 4 Lux Remix) / Freerange Records
13. Bush Break Fiasco / Tom Demac / Flumo Recordings
Olin joins the team
We are excited to announce that Olin, is going to be a part of 12 Stepp Music. I met him in 2009 when a friend of ours, Val, was putting together a collective. We became friends and he came by the studios for a tag session. It was a lot of fun. Olin, has been producing music for many years and from the first tunes that he played, I was a fan. Olin has released music on Gooseneck Records, So Valid, Pin Up Records, and his own imprint Forem. We are also very excited because recently he teamed up with Saville and their tune Horizon is going to be released on Wazi Wazi Music! His first project for 12 Stepp Music is a collaboration with Joe Miller, Sandra P, and myself called Love To Love.
Picture courtesy of David Goldman
New Logo
12 Stepp Music is proud to announce that after a flurry of inspiration we have redesigned our logo. Keeping the colors of blue and orange, the new logo contains four squares, three blue and one orange. The three blue squares represent stable, peaceful, and safe stepps. The orange square represents the happy, creative, and youthful us, fans of music. The number 12 represents the stepps we took to start a label and pursue our dreams. The two p’s in stepp represent unity, harmony, and love. After a great meal of Chinese food with Sandra, we fell asleep to a movie. I woke up at 3:30 am on this 28th day of October, 2011, sat down in the studio, and let the ideas flow into the computer. Here are the logos. We hope you like them as much as we do.
Love To Love Location Confirmed
Sandra and I went down to Indiana and had a picnic in the middle of the turbines. Our day started in Chicago about 2pm. We drove down to the turbines, no address except that we knew they were off I-65. We ended up getting off and going to Dairy Queen and grabbing some lunch. We took it to go and found a spot in the middle of it all. Took a few pictures and had a pleasant day. Then we drove over to the closest farm. No one was home, so we looked around for info so that we could call and get permission to shoot on their property. As we were pulling out the drive way we saw headlights from a distance. We waited, hoping it would be someone that lived at the farm. Sure enough the tractor pulled into the driveway. We waited until he parked, and then he came over to our car, that’s when I got out and introduced myself and Sandra. The nice gentleman by the name of Craig Foutch of Foutch Farms said that it would be alright to video tape. Excited, we got back in the car and started our trip back waiving goodbye to our new friends.
Working In The Studio
Besides being the label “goofball”, I’ve been working really hard in the studio getting my chops up. Spending the last two years working in Logic and studying music theory. The music is finally ready. Recently, I finished a track called “With Open Arms”, and sent it out to a few producers for feedback. I got one reply which really put a smile on my face. Who you might be asking? Well alright, Eli Goldstein or better known as one half of the producer duo Soul Clap replied,
“thanks greg. this is really nice ”
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Soul Clap
877-SCLAP-BZ
Here’s the tune, still available for download at soundcloud.
love,
Greg K
12 Stepp Music Opens It’s Doors
After many years of planning, hitting the streets, and studying, 12 Stepp Music has finally opened it’s doors to the world. Started by Greg K, the label will focus it’s energies towards putting out music that is fun, courageous, and has integrity. The sound you can expect to hear is what we like to call “Deep Tech House”, or a mix of House, Deep House, and Techno. 12 Stepp Music is inspired by the likes of Classic Recordings, Crosstown Rebels, Wolf & Lamb, Poker Flat Recordings, Dirtybird, Freerange Music, Minus, Innervisions, Cadenza and many more. For the label’s first project, “Love To Love”, Greg K is collaborating with several Chicago artists, Olin and Joe Miller, with technical support by Dominic Pipia, inspired by Sandra P, I-65 turbines, and love. Love To Love is the marriage of video and music demonstrating the healing power of love. Look for its web release in December 2011. We are excited about the future and wish to thank all the people that have helped along the way, our parents, the universe, and I personally would like to thank my fiance Sandra for always being there and being my muse.
