So, I had nothing to do last Friday for a change. This was an unusual but happy situation as I didn’t think my body could take anymore punishment after the last couple of weeks. Eventually though, I had my arm twisted to go and watch Hexstatic, mainly because it was free.

Unfortunately, Hexstatic were pretty rubbish and about 15 minutes into the set the visuals were failing (one of the main reasons for going). So what else could we do? Well how about Chew the Fat? Album Launch Party for Fake Blood at Cable Club? Not far from the South Bank! And it won’t be full of fucking wanker-bankers – Safe! So 20 minutes later and many failed attempts by the taxi driver to locate the club, we were there.

As you stroll (there’s never any queues at 1 in the morning) through the entrance of Cable Club and pass the strange but  friendly bouncer,  you walk into what can only be described as the industrial Dubstep-playground that is Room 2. The DJ at the time, whose name I still haven’t been able to discover was absolutely smashing it. So the perfect welcome, it was probably going to be a good night.

After geeking out for ages, we managed to catch the last 40 minutes of Fake Blood’s set. Then Evil Nine took the reigns and promptly destroyed it with a choice selection of killer tracks that had the whole place in rapture, including Dj Kue’s remix of Sabotage. Although it’s not the best remix, it still had every groupie in the club dripping off the DJ booth. Class.

Acid Girls – Lightworks (Harvard Bass Remix)

Beni - Maximus (Harvard Bass Remix)

Dustin Zahn - Stranger to Stability (Len Faki Remix)

Beastie Boys – Sabotage (Dj Kue Remix)

*Ridiculous night  out and I hope the Fat Club use this venue again as it was perfect, no dicks, good setup and rude sound system made the hours fly by. I even managed to lose my mobile at the end of the night, so if you’re a taxi driver reading this and you gave three messers a lift home to Victoria Park, you’re a cunt and I want my phone back.

4th Level Zombie

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I Love Techno 09! How I wish I had been there. Myself and a group of friends went last year and it was some of the most hassle free out of country clubbing I have ever embarked on (anyone who has tried to reach the Benicassim festival can testify to this). We jumped on the Eurostar and after a couple of hours were nestled in the picturesque city of Brugge, before stomping off to Ghent for one of the best nights of my life.

So I was spitting feathers when this mangled girl saunters up to me last weekend, asking for a lighter, wearing an I Love Techno 09 fleece (who the fuck honestly wears a fleece anymore, especially to a rave? In fact who buys fleeces anymore? Actually why the fuck are ‘I Love Techno’ even selling fleeces?). Anyway…  we got into a conversation and she harped on about how amazing the whole thing had been, that Dave Clarke smashed it and SMD live were awesome (standard). By this point I wanted to spit in her drink, she wouldn’t have noticed either but I’m not that spiteful! Besides I couldn’t even muster moisture let alone spit.

So in celebration of mangled-random girl’s amazing night at I Love Techno here is as many of the main mixes I could find. If anyone finds a copy of Dave Clarke, Fake Blood, Laurent Garnier or the Crookers, please send me the link, although I doubt they exist.

- 4th Level Zombie

Mixes from I Love Techno 2009:

A-Trak

Bloody Beetroots

Boys Noize

Brondinski

Deadmau5

Johnny D

Joris Voorn

Len Faki

Proxy

Siman Mobile Disco

Sound of the Stereo

Speedy J

Surkin

Vitalic

Zombie Nation

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27 november (Drumcode Special)
22.00 – 00.00 Ida Engberg
00.00 – 01.30 Joseph Capriati
01.30 – 02.45 Paul Ritch (live)
02.45 – 04.30 Adam Beyer
04.30 – 06.00 Cari Lekebusch
06.00 – 07.00 The Advent & Industrialyzer (live)

28 november
22.00 – 00.00 Olene Kadar (live)
00.00 – 01.30 Joris Voorn
01.30 – 03.15 Len Faki
03.15 – 05.15 Jeff Mills
05.15 – 07.00 Dave Clarke

Imorgon drar jag till en av mina favoritstäder: Berlin. What for? För att få uppleva den klubbdekadens som jag så ofta saknar i Sverige. För känslan av att kunna sova halva dagen, gå runt och strosa i butiker i Prenzlauer Berg och sedan inleda klubbkvällarna när svenska klubbars alkoholtillstånd redan gått ut.

Freistil med den vackra, rosa skylten. Favoritaffär på Oderbergerstrasse

Och helgen ser magnifik ut i Berlin. Som den brukar. Fredag blir planen att besöka relativt nya, hypade Dice club. Lördag blir återbesök på Berghain/Panorama Bar. Har du inte förstått what all the fuss is about så åk dit! Fascinationen för denna klubb tycks aldrig ta slut. I höst kommer till och med Kontra musik i Malmö att köra hyllningskvällar och boka Resident-dj’s från Berghain. Jag må vara insnöad på elektronisk dansmusik men det måste vara en upplevelse för vem som helst egentligen. Extremt välbyggda läderbögar i små, små shorts dansar ihop med trendkids och “ordinary people”. Inga lasrar och kameror tillgängliga men ett ljudsystem som imponerar på de flesta. Jag peppar främst för Len Faki, Oliver Deutschmann (Berghain) och André Galluzzi (Panorama Bar). För er som inte upptäckt skönheten med elektroniskt än, så är här en länk till en bra mjukstartlåt

Söndagen blir klurigare. Har inte varit på Bar 25 som jag tidigare blivit tipsad om, och nu kommer stället att stänga ner efter sommaren så det vore ju gott att ha varit där i alla fall. Lockar ju definitivt med en klubb som dessutom har bastu och utomhusbio…

Men Funkpark kommer nog antagligen bli slutdestinationen på söndag. Lineupen på stranden är trots allt ganska lockande med bland andra Richie Hawtin, Martin Buttrich och Matthias Tanzmann. Efter dessa dagar blir det bara till att slappa i några dagar till och insupa Berlins övriga kulturliv mmm

Пожалуй, один из лучших чартов, что мне приходилось видеть на beatport.com, Алекс не изменяет себе и откуда-то достает такое на грани idm прыгучее техно, что впору говорить о новом тренде.
Большинство треков вы уже слышали, Housemeister и Jeffer – убийственные хиты на танцполе, а вот долгожданный в свое время Mirror Error оказался не очень, но все равно его люблю за отличную обработку вокала и крайнюю необычность. Прослушать можно здесь на beatport.com.

Не забываем следить за мной, обновлениями и прочими музыкальными новостями на TWITTER.COM/YESNOMONKEY.

01. Housemeister – Who Is That Boys? (alt)
02. Siriusmo – The Uninvited Guest (alt)
03. Boys Noize – Jeffer (alt)
04. Feadz – Liisborg Error (alt)
05. Dustin Zahn – Stranger To Stability (Len Faki Podium Mix) (alt)
06. Felix Da Housecat – Elvi$ (alt)
07. The Faint – Mirror Error (Das Glow Remix) (alt)
08. Robert Hood – Museum
09. Untold – I Can’t Stop This Feeling
10. Deuce (Marcel Dettmann & Shed) – Twerp Wiz (Original Mix) (alt)

Finally MICRO006 is available on Vinyl since this monday, mp3s are following on Friday, 29th May 2009.

New EP after his smash Vertical Smile on Cecille. Andomat presents Bernd Krull – the even more freaky side of himself. Early Support from Style of Eye, Super Flu, Gregor Tresher, Bukaddor and Fishbekk, Lexy, Ken Ishii, Ramon Tapia, Max Cooper, Len Faki, Patrick Lindsey, Tim Xavier, Markus Kavka, Emerson, Christian Fischer, Florian Meindl, Donk Boys, Lars Sommerfeld, Dave Shokh, Holgi Star, Blood and Tears and many more.

Artist: Andomat 3000 pres. Bernd Krull

Title: Der Hohn macht die Musik

Label: Microtonal Records

Catno: MICRO006

Style: Minimal / TechHouse

Format: 12″ Vinyl + Digital Download

Release Date: 11th May 2009 (Vinyl) + 29th May 2009 (Digital)

Tracklist

A1 Femina Mobilior Ventis

B1 Sexus Sequior

B2 Materia Peccans

Digital Only Bonustrack Franz

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]]> http://stopzinloosgeluid.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/nieuw-label-voor-len-faki/ Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:20:49 +0000 Lars Aenders http://stopzinloosgeluid.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/nieuw-label-voor-len-faki/

In een interview met Resident Advisor vertelt Len Faki dat hij dit jaar nog een nieuw label zal gaan starten. Momenteel heeft hij al twee niet onverdienstelijke labels, namelijk Figure en Podium.

Het nieuwe label zal Figure SPC gaan heten en zal techno uitbrengen met ‘een tijdloos geluid’. De eerste release zal afkomstig zijn van de Rotterdammer Jeroen Search.

Kicking things off for the label will be Rotterdam’s Jeroen Search, who will provide a three-part limited edition set of 12-inches. When asked what it was about Search’s work that inspired him to create another label, Faki told us that he’s “loved Jeroen’s sounds for years. Always been timeless, deep techno. But actually it wasn’t Jeroen alone. [I've] received so much great material from various artists in all sorts of styles, that didn’t really fit into the concept of Figure and Podium, but I definitely wanted to give them a platform so SPC was born.”

Er zijn al aardig wat clubs met een reeks compilatie-ablums die mooie resultaten hebben opgeleverd. Fabric en Fuse zijn daar goede, nog altijd actuele voorbeelden van. Het Berlijnse Berghain is ook zo’n serie gestart en na André Galluzzi en Marcel Dettmann is het de buurt aan de Duitser Len Faki. En daar keek ik, zeker gezien de sterke producties van van hem, erg naar uit.

Aan het begin van Berghain 3 is er dan ook geen vuiltje aan de lucht. De cd begint met gitzwarte duistere techno; een Collabs plaat met in dit geval Chris Liebing en Speedy J kan natuurlijk niet ontbreken. Hoogtepunt blijkt Someone Else – Lowdown Brittle (WINK’s Profound Sound Interpretation) te zijn, want na deze lekkere plaat duikt de mix het diepe in. De (soms te) gekke geluidjes blijven vervolgens lang aanhouden en de positieve energie van het begin van de mix komt alleen nog even terug met Faki’s eigen BX3.

Op de helft van de cd lijkt Radio Slave’s Neverending in eerste instantie een adempauze te worden voor een slotoffensief met platen van een Joey Beltram of andere herrieschopper. Niets is minder waar. Het hoogtepunt is al bereikt en Len Faki bouwt af naar een housy geluid, inclusief pianoakkoorden en soulvolle damesvocalen in de plaat Found A Place van Tony Lionni. De enige link die het nieuwe geluid op de cd nog heeft met de eerste helft, is hooguit af en toe een gek hysterisch geluidje. Len Faki lijkt een soort nostalgisch geheel neer te willen zetten, wat wordt bevestigd als The Man With The Red Face van Laurent Garnier en Timbuktu van Ferrer & Sydenham worden ingemixt.

Dan vraag ik mij af waar de vliegensvlugge, donkere start voor nodig was. Waarom kiest Len Faki vervolgens voor een gedateerde lijn, die we al jaren geleden hebben gezien? Hoe valt dat te rijmen met het begin, dat als enige pluspunt aan deze cd kan worden gezien? Ik zie het niet, dus wie het weet mag het zeggen. 2/5

Tracklist:
01. John Beltran – Vienna
02. Edit-Select – Bauer
03. Roman Lindau – Raumgestaltung
04. Collabs feat. Speedy J & Chris Liebing – Magnit Express
05. Gez Varley pres. Tony Montana – The World Is Yours
06. Someone Else – Lowdown Brittle – Wink’s Profound Sound Interpretation
07. Pfirter – Mi Chica
08. Eric Johnston – Waiting For Weird
09. JP Montesino – Viaje Numero Uno
10. Planetary Assault Systems – Surface Noise
11. Len Faki – BX 3
12. Radio Slave – Neverending…..
13. Radio Slave w/ Dennis Ferrer – Neverending w/ Jero a cappella
14. Koljah & Oliver Deutschmann – Eaten Back To Life – Ed Davenport’s Stripped Mix
15. Tony Lionni – Found A Place
16. Basement Jaxx – Fly Life – Xtra Mix
17. Nick Holder & Kaje pres. Trackheadz – Feel – Instrumental Mix
18. Laurent Garnier – The Man With The Red Face
19. Ferrer & Sydenham Inc. – Timbuktu
20. Bloc Party – Where is Home? – Burial Remix

Label: Ostgut Tonträger
Catalog#: o-ton23

A: Edit-Select – Bauer

Recommended!

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The second and last part of samplers from Len Faki’s ‘Berghain 03′ mix features two previously unreleased tracks by Edit-Select and Len Faki himself.

Edit-Select starts off with a seething and haunting atmospheric track on the A-side, where the focus remains on small changes in the background. Heavy filtered white noise that steams up from everywhere fills the tracks steady beat with a sense of progression and elevation. Being so blatant in it’s DJ tool sense, the track is really something special and Edit-Select pushes it in and out through the locked groove sense that it’s made of.

As for the B-side, Len Faki transforms his signature sound into something different and fresh. A dub vibe combined with a more technoid groove, very much a like the Radio Slave track ‘Neverending…..’, he pursues a sense of timelessness and a mesmerising feeling throughout the entire length of the track. Of course it features Faki’s well known siren, but it’s placed in such manner that it doesn’t get too much attention from the groove, it just blends into the heavy break and disappears just as fast as it arrived.

Playing this in the right environment and to the right crowd, it’s a winner.

Label: Ostgut Tonträger
Catalog#: ostgut CD08

Tracklist:
01. John Beltran – Vienna
02. Edit-Select – Bauer
03. Roman Lindau – Raumgestaltung
04. Collabs feat. Speedy J & Chris Liebing – Magnit Express
05. Gez Varley pres. Tony Montana – The World Is Yours
06. Someone Else – Lowdown Brittle – Wink’s Profound Sound Interpretation
07. Pfirter – Mi Chica
08. Eric Johnston – Waiting For Weird
09. JP Montesino – Viaje Numero Uno
10. Planetary Assault Systems – Surface Noise
11. Len Faki – BX 3
12. Radio Slave – Neverending…..
13. Radio Slave w/ Dennis Ferrer – Neverending w/ Jero a cappella
14. Koljah & Oliver Deutschmann – Eaten Back To Life – Ed Davenport’s Stripped Mix
15. Tony Lionni – Found A Place
16. Basement Jaxx – Fly Life – Xtra Mix
17. Nick Holder & Kaje pres. Trackheadz – Feel – Instrumental Mix
18. Laurent Garnier – The Man With The Red Face
19. Ferrer & Sydenham Inc. – Timbuktu
20. Bloc Party – Where is Home? – Burial Remix

Being one of the most underrated mix series of today, Ostgut Ton flexes it’s well trained muscles from the dancefloor onto the compact disc. The undescribable momentums of the Berghain are showcased in this clever and unmistakeable way for everyone who want’s to get a taste of the music without visiting Berlin – and for us who enjoy the music on demand.

The previous installments from André Galluzzi and Marcel Dettmann differs a lot from Len Faki’s take. Leaving the purist techno and house for that special go-crazy-with-lots-of-fun-party-tactics-sound is a clever move. Ostgut Ton needs to remain somewhat magical – which means breaking away from repetative patterns (even good ones unfortunately). They also have a great DJ who in the right moment will lift you up from the ground just to throw you down again (Len Faki – Odyssee II at 10:00 on the Sunday morning at Berghain is the perfect reference).

The thing about this mix is that when you’re in the right mood, it’s one of the nicest things you’ve heard in ages. It brings you into a mood that really makes you want to dance. But, in regards to the previous Berghain-mixes, this one is a bit off when it comes to longetivity. It has a nice tracklist with exclusive tracks and zero fault on the transitions – but there’s just something missing.

As the attitude of the mix isn’t persistant, a feeling of timelessness gets lost which makes the mix a bit uninspiring. Giving it a listen at your house party or at the right moment – just as seeing Len Faki live in real life – it might just as well be a really great moment, but it also has the downside of bringing things into clarity and so the magical feeling is lost. Really tricky mix this one.

The CD is due very soon.

Tony Lionni seemed to appear out of thin air sometime last year. First there was an auspicious debut on Mule Electronic, then another soon after on Versatile. For me though, it was “The Chase” off the Deep Joy EP on WaveTec: shimmering slabs of synth stretched out over funky titter-tottering bass notes and a stream of digital bird calls. From there on, it was one successful release after another culminating in the year ending release, The Chronicles Noir, on Detroit label, Aesthetic Audio. And don’t forget about the massive techno stormer that was “Shaka” on Len Faki’s Figure imprint. So is Lionni just a johnny-come-lately new on the scene? Hardly. The following interview sheds much light on what brought him to where he is today and what is guiding Lionni to tomorrow.

 

Q: This past year you kept busy with releases coming out steadily on a diverse cross-section of labels. What did it take to get you where you’re at today? And how long you had been working on music before getting your first release out there?
A: Man, whatever your art form you gotta study. I’ve studied black music in all its forms for 30 years and experimenting with electronic instruments for 17 years.

Q: You seem to have a good understanding of what works for the dancefloor but with an ability to go deep as well. Your tracks that touch on characteristics of both techno and house without having to fit neatly into either category. Do you think you’ll continue with the sound you’re getting known for or do you think you’ll be exploring other styles too soon?
A: As an individual person’s character evolves, so does an artist’s work along with it. I always like to keep reinventing myself.

Q: Melody or Rhythm? If you had to pick between these 2 as main components in a track which are you going to go for every time and why?
A: Rhythm, that’s what moves you. Vibrations, rhythmic patterns can express much more for me than rhythm…its something unexplicable…

Q: Your release on Aesthetic Audio got props from Delano Smith recently and you’ve received a lot of positive reviews over the last year, but I also saw an almost negative review recently on your latest Mule release. How do you deal with criticism both good and bad?
A: I know the truth and that’s all that matters. Critics are failed artists.

Q: Which track you’ve released are you most proud of and why?
A: I can’t pick one but could pick two. My remix of “Birds” for Kuniyuki Takahashi who is a big idol of mine and now a very good friend, and possibly my release on Aesthetic Audio, “Free Your Mind” for my own personal reasons.

Q: It seems like you’re always keeping busy with posting new demos and releases on Myspace. Do you find that it’s a good sounding board for new work?
A: Exactly. It’s an experimentation sound board and nothing else. I write music for the necessity of it and the love of it and like to share my music as time is precious.

Q: One of your recent demos is called “Footpatrol” after a past Manchester dance crew. Can you tell me a little bit about them and your involvement with them? How does the sound of the track represent them or is it simply a tribute? Did you do any breakin’ back then? And if so what name did you go by and what was your signature move?
A: Footpatrol were real big stars on the Manchester club scene during the mid to late 80´s. They were a Jazzfusion dance outfit from the Mosside area of Manchester and were the best dressed and best movers. They danced to house music and were (some of the) people first dancing to house music.They would often battle other Jazzdance crews from other parts of the country at The Hacienda nightclub Manchester where the objective was to take control of the dancefloor. Not enough is spoken about them and (they) were a very important part of the club and the manchester scene before all the hype of Scallychester. The track is simply a tribute to them as they were idols of mine and if I entered a club and they where dancing i was happy. I wasn´t a breaker but more of a popper and had many different guises.

Q: So Footpatrol were influential to the scene and I’ve read that they even influenced A Guy Called Gerald to write a track with them. But I can’t locate any videos of them.
A: There aren’t any videos of them but they were similar to IDJ London. And yes, Gerald wrote “Voodoo Ray” for Footpatrol to dance to and that was amazing to see them and other fusion dancers battling to that track.

Q: You probably missed the Hacienda in its heyday, so what experiences musical or otherwise influenced you the most growing up?
A: Wrong. The best days in Manchester’s club history where before the acid house explosion at the Hacienda and in the U.K. I later went on to work for the establishment. I went to the Hacienda when I was 17 in 1988. But there where better more influential predominantly black populated clubs in Manchester Like The Gallery, Legends, 52nd street and many more where all the best dance music came from and was later played by the white DJs at The Hacienda.
Hip hop has been the most influential (on me) musically, as well as the records I used to hear being played at home while mum did the cleaning on a Sunday afternoon and dad played his records which were Soul, Jazzfunk and Disco records like Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind and Fire, James Brown…always the latest disco funk and boogie records…

Q: You’re living in Berlin now. Why did you move? What do you most miss about Manchester, Liverpool or the north of England?
A. I moved to be part of a large community of musicians and to be able to meet up easily with the different people from other parts of the globe when they pass by…I miss the edginess of Manchester and it’s attitude and nothing else.

Q: You recently played live in Barcelona. How did it go and what kind of gear or set up do you take to play live? How many times have you played live?
A: Sala Becool in Barcelona has an excellent booking policy, it’s small and intimate without feeling lost…really enjoyed it and had an appreciative crowd. I use a macbook and a Behringer keyboard. I’ve played twice in the last year once at Club Yellow Japan for Mulemusiq’s 4th anniversary and on the aforementioned occasion.

Q: You were a DJ before you became a producer, and from what I’ve read you played quite a diverse selection of music. Do you still pull from that diversity in either your DJ sets or productions?
A: Now I play one type of set or the other as the term eclectic has become an overused word and genre. Back in the day the Black music clubs played a mixture of all types of music and I wasn’t interested in any other form of music.

Q: What are some of the artists, tunes or labels that you’re really feeling lately?
A: I release a record on a label if I am feeling what their other artists are recording. The artists and labels I am working with are those that I admire and respect for one reason or another…Aesthetic Audio detroit owned by Keith Worthy, Patrice Scott’s Sistrum records, Brendon Moeller (the) A&R man at Wave, Jamie Jimpster at Freerange records and of course everything by Kuniyuki Takahasi for Mule Musiq.

Q: What else are you working on and what can we expect to hear from you over the rest of ‘09?
A: I am working on a remix for Alton Miller who for me is an incredible vocalist and it will be an honour as his new track is real, real dope. I want to record an album also finally this year. I’ve got further releases on the previous mentioned labels without forgetting the guys at Ostgut and my dear dear friend Len Faki-cant wait to release my 2nd EP for his wicked label Len Series.

Q: Lastly, what’s with the name? Is it real or a pisstake?
A: Refuse to answer.

Check out Tony Lionni’s “Footpatrol” demo over on his Myspace page while it lasts.

Ebben a postban olyan lemezekről akarok írni, amelyek egy most divatos szóval tudnék jellemezni “must have”. Mindhárom lemez techno, mindhárom lemez más, de mégis hasonló és mindhárom beszarás jó. Már épp panaszkodni akartam, hogy még idén  igazán jó techno lemezt nem hallottam (jó magyar szokás szerint), erre itt van máris három olyan korong, amelyek közül egyszerűen nem tudom eldönteni, melyiket hallgassam.

Mert Isten azt mondá, vegyél fel füllhallgatót és hallgass techno zenét Part 1

Berghain 03 – Len Faki

Label: Ostgut Ton

2009

Sokan jelentették az elmúlt két órában, hogy a szigethalmi út mentén egy fehér ruházatú fiatalember, meglehetősen nagy vigyorral a száján hasít a buszállomás felé. Jó kedve még nem bizonyított, de valószínűleg köze van ahhoz a jelenséghez, amelyet úgy hívunk, k***a jó techno zene. A viccet félretéve, a Berghain klub rezidensei közül, most Len Faki csillogtatja meg zsenialítását. A berlini techno producer mixlemeze hamisítatlan techno zene, olyan mix, amitől az ember azonnal táncra perdül, vagy felidézi egy korábbi nagyon komoly bulinak emlékeit. Ezért érdemes elektronikus zenét hallgatni. John Beltran Vienna szimfónikus témájával kezd a lemez, ami nagyon érdekes és jó választás. Ezek után kezdődik a zúzda, amit halandó ember csak klubbokban hall. A lemez végül “elslágeresedik”, de abszolút beleillik a mixbe. Tökéletes lemez:

01. John Beltran – Vienna
02. Edit-Select – Bauer (Exclusive Track)
03. Roman Lindau – Raumgestaltung
04. Collabs feat. Speedy J & Chris Liebing – Magnit Express
05. Gez Varley pres. Tony Montana – The World Is Yours
06. Someone Else – Lowdown Brittle (Wink’s Profound Sound Interpretation)
07. Pfirter – Mi Chica
08. Eric Johnston – Waiting For Weird
09. JP Montesino – Viaje Numero Uno
10. Planetary Assault Systems – Surface Noise
11. Len Faki – BX 3 (Exclusive Track)
12. Radio Slave – Neverending (Exclusive Track)
13. Radio Slave w/ Dennis Ferrer – Neverending w/ Jero a cappella
14. Koljah & Oliver Deutschmann – Eaten Back To Life (Ed Davenport’s Stripped Mix)
15. Tony Lionni – Found A Place (Exclusive Track)
16. Basement Jaxx – Fly Life (Xtra Mix)
17. Nick Holder & Kaje pres. Trackheadz – Feel (Instrumental Mix)
18. Laurent Garnier – The Man With The Red Face
19. Ferrer & Sydenham Inc. – Timbuktu
20. Bloc Party – Where is Home? (Burial Remix)

Mert van olyan, hogy megérint a techno zene Part2

Henrik Schwarz, Ame, Dixon – The Grandfather Paradox

Label: BBE

2009

The grandfather paradox-szal új sorozat indul, amelynek alapkoncepciója, hogy nem a legújabb techno nótákat mutatja be, hanem  olyan darabokat,, amelyeket, már nagy valószínűséggel az ember soha nem tud már beszerezni. A lemez két részből áll, egy mixelt és és egy nem mixelt korongból. Nagyon jó duplacédéről beszélünk, de nekem főle a mix lemez tetszik. Igazi német techno-s kemény “horroriszikus” nóták, néha vokálosabb szerzeményekkel. Hibátlan mix iszonyatosan élvezhető. (Ja és vezetéshez is tökéletes)

CD1: Mixed
01. Steve Reich & Pat Metheny – Electric Counterpoint – Fast (Movement 3)
02. Etienne Jaumet – Repeat After Me (Âme Mix)
03. Kenneth Bager – Fragment Eleven… The Day After Yesterday Pt.1
04. Liquid Liquid – Lock Groove (Out)
05. Cymande – For Baby Oh
06. Patrick Moraz – Metamorphoses 1st Movement (Live)
07. To Rococo Rot – Testfeld
08. Mathematics – Blue Water
09. I:Cube – Acid Tablet
10. Ø – Atomit
11. Conrad Schnitzler – Electrocon 11
12. Green Pickles feat. Billy Lo & M. Pittman – Feedback
13. La Funk Mob – Motor Bass Gets Phunked Up (Richie Hawtin’s Electrophunk Mix)
14. John Carpenter – The President Is Gone
15. Yusef Lateef – The Three Faces Of Bala
16. Robert Hood – Minus
17. Raymond Scott – Bass-Line Generator
18. Moondog – Invocation

CD2: Unmixed
01. Conrad Schnitzler – Elektrocon 11
02. Steve Reich & Pat Metheny – Electric Counterpoint – Fast (Movement 3)
03. Liquid Liquid – Lock Groove (Out)
04. To Rococo Rot – Testfeld
05. Patrick Moraz – Metamorphoses 1st Movement (Live)
06. Young Marble Giants – N.i.t.a
07. Kenneth Bager – Fragment Eleven… The Day After Yesterday Pt.1
08. Arthur Russell – Make 1, 2
09. John Carpenter – The President Is Gone
10. Robert Hood – Minus
11. Raymond Scott – Bass-Line Generator
12. Pyrolator – November Mühlheim
13. Cymande – For Baby Oh
14. Can – Sunday Jam

Mert van olyan, hogy nem ismered és mégis kellemes meglepetés Part 3

Stefan Goldman – The empty foxhole

Label: Mule Musiq

2009

“The Empty Foxhole” Stefan Goldmann első mixlemeze. A leghíresebb száma “Sleepy Hollow” után az egyik legkeresettebb minimal, techno producer lett.  A mixlemez maga is ennek  a sítlusnak a jegyében készült el. Természetesen nem hiányozhatnak róla sem a saját számok, sem olyan előadók számai, mint pl Ricardo Villalobos. A lemez leginább nekem az előbb említett producer mixlemezeihez hasonlít,( és amíg nincs új darab a mestertől nagyon is megteszi a hiánypótlás) igazi deep techno, mély erős grooveokkal. Nagyon király kis lemez.

01. Stefan Goldmann – Five Boroughs
02. Mathew Jonson – Symphony For The Apocalypse
03. Stephan-G & The Persuader – Kaos
04. Villalobos – What You Say Is More Than I Can Say
05. Joel Mull – Blossom
06. Minilogue – Inca
07. Nail – (I Don’t Wanna) Hurt U
08. Plastikman – Hypokondriak
09. MIA – Chateau Mandourelle
10. Panash’ – Cheval
11. Stefan Goldmann – Wolverine
12. Petre Inspirescu – Sakadat
13. Carsten Jost – Love
14. Jens Zimmermann – Tranquilitté
15. Dennis Ferrer feat. Malena Perez – I Can’t Go Under
16. Francesco Tristano – The Melody (Balil Remix)
17. Tuomi – Mourning Eyes

Progressive and Techno is the way forward is this post, not my normal offering but some bitchin’ tracks to enjoy! The Oliver Huntemann and Dubfire track has a kick to it that no Wonk/Jackin’ track can counter, in a club this is the fucking tits! If you know of any tracks that can prove me wrong then send me an e-mail.

Len Faki is really storming on the Death by House track, killer! All of these are wicked so just kick backand let them totally make your day.  I’ve snuck a sneaky Hervé/The Count track in there.

If any of you are into the art thing then I’d be more than happy to stick some pictures you’ve done on here, email me at MONSTERSAYSRAWR@GOOGLEMAIL.COM

Modeselektor – White Flash (Trentemoller Remix)

Delays – Hooray (the Counts Offensive Bass Mix)

Waterfall – Atlantic Ocean

Len Faki – Death by House

Oliver Huntemann & Dubfire- Diablo

Without further ado, Nosebloodelectro proudly presents a valuable update

Gavin Herlihy – Opium Haze.mp3

Jussi-Pekka – Stream Horse – Jussi Pekka S Swamp Remix.mp3

Len Faki – My Black Sheep – L.B. Dub Corp Remix.mp3

Saludos.

Et oui, ce n’est pas parce qu’Architek ne participera pas au Circuit Électronique du festival des Nuits Sonores que nous allons bouder notre plaisir !

Voici donc un petit récapitulatif de l’ensemble des évènements de ce jeudi 8 mai 2008, soit la nuit 2 du festival :

Beat Bindum

Étape proposée par Galacticut, Haute Pression Sonore et Artefckt
Brasserie du Marché Gare – 36 rue Casimir Périer – Lyon 2e / de 22h00 à 05h00
Contact : Sébastien Carret 06 17 77 56 12 / www.myspace.com/galacticut

Programmation

22h00 / 22h50 : Seleckta Jah Ring & Dj Flex (Kabok & Nestor Kea) (Mouiz & Record – Zinf ‘ les Rases / Givors – France) Dj set
22h50 / 23h40 : K-Ray (Galacticut / Lyon – France) Dj set
23h40 / 00h30 : The Octopus aka Le Poulpe (Mixtomatoz – Galacticut / Londres – Angleterre) Dj set
00h30 / 02h10 : The Toxic Avenger (Iheartcomix / Paris – France) Dj set & Live
02h10 / 03h30 : Dj Fly (Scratch Bandits Crew / Lyon – France) Dj set
03h30 / 04h30 : Dj Brano feat. Mc 22Libelull (Pirates’n’ Co – Galacticut / Vienne – France) Dj set

La Boom !

Étape proposée par Aimez-vous Brahms ? et Le Pilote Productions
Patinoire Charlemagne – 102, cours Charlemagne – Lyon 2e / de 22h00 à 05h00
Contact : David Fontaine 06 83 54 74 14

Programmation

22h00 / 00h00 : Warm-up
00h00 / 01h00 : Smith n’Hack (Smith’n’Hack / Berlin – Allemagne) Live
01h00 / 02h30 : Tomboy (Gomma / Copenhague – Danemark) Dj set
02h30 / 04h00 : dAta (Ekler’o’shock – Naïve / Paris – France) Dj set
04h00 / 05h00 : Golden Bug (Gomma / Paris – France) Live
22h00 / 05h00 : Kolle Bolle (Collectif Grafik / Lyon – France) Visual set

Concorde

Étape proposée par Médiateur Electronics et La Chapelle
La Chapelle – 60, montée de Choulans – Lyon 5e / de 18h00 à 06h00
Contact : Raphaël Fortin 06 20 97 54 05 / www.myspace.com/mediateurelectronics / www.lachapelle-lyon.fr

Programmation

18h00 / 21h00 : Jeremy Reyes (Yellow Prod / Lyon – France) Dj set
21h00 / 23h00 : Yoz (Phragma-son / Lyon – France) Dj set
23h00 / 01h00 : Gualter Vaz (Traffic Bam / Lyon – France) Dj set
01h00 / 02h30 : Joris Voorn (Green / Rotterdam – Pays-Bas) Dj set
02h30 / 03h30 : PH-Neutre (Mashine Ltd / Lyon – France) vs Frother (Advanced / Lyon – France) Dj set
03h30 / 05h00 : Len Faki (Podium / Allemagne – Berlin) Dj set
05h00 / 06h00 : D.Y.P (Substance Eclectik / Lyon – France) Dj set

Elektro System présente “Déstructuré invite Umf” et “Psykédélik invite Hadra”

Étape proposée par UMF Records et Elektro System
Ninkasi – 267, rue Marcel Mérieux – Lyon 7e / de 22h00 à 05h00
Contact : www.elektrosystem.org

Programmation

Ninkasi Kao

23h00 / 00h30 : Divai (Elektrosystem / Lyon – France) Live
00h30 / 02h00 : Hervé Ak (Kompakt / Lyon – France) Dj set
02h00 / 03h00 : Gui Boratto (Kompakt / Sao Paulo – Brésil) Live
03h00 / 04h30 : Marc Twins (UMF Records/ Lyon – France) Dj set
04h30 / 06h00 : Anton’X (UMF Records / Lyon – France) Dj set

Ninkasi Kafé

23h00 / 00h00 : Lunarave (Hadra / Chambery – France) Live
00h00 / 01h30 : Psywarrior (Mystic Chrysalide / Perpignan – France) Dj set
01h30 / 02h30 : Shotu (Hadra / Grenoble – France) Live
02h30 / 03h30 : Brethren (Spectral / Cape Town – Afrique du sud) Live
03h30 / 05h00 : Elyxir (Hadra / Grenoble – France) Dj set
05h00 / 06h00 : Sine Die (Hadra / Grenoble – France) Live

Guitoune

23h00 / 01h00 : Kokmok (Hadra / Marseille – France) Dj set
01h00 / 03h30 : Sysyphe (Hadra / Montpellier – France) Dj set
03h30 / 06h00 : Tajmahal (Electrik / Lyon – France) Dj set

Terrasse

16h00 / 17h00 : Luigi (Eardrum / Lyon – France) Dj set
17h00 / 18h00 : Amo (Elektrosystem / Lyon – France) Dj set
18h00 / 19h00 : Yannis Becker (Elektrosystem / Lyon – France) Dj set
19h00 / 20h00 : Da Fresh (Weaked / Lyon – France) Dj set
20h00 / 22h00 : Kiko (Different / Grenoble – France) Dj set

JFX Party 3

Étape proposée par Jarring Effects
Ancienne Usine SLI – 29, rue Saint Simon – Lyon 9e / de 22h00 à 06h00
Contacts : Loïc : 04 78 30 50 29 / www.jarringeffects.net

Programmation

21h00 / 22h05 : Broadway (Facto Records – Jarring Effects / St Etienne – France) Live
22h25 / 23h25 : Dälek (Ipecac / Newark – Etats-Unis) Live
23h40 / 00h40 : Revo (Jarring Effects / Morlaix – France ) Live
01h15 / 02h10 : Fumuj (Jarring Effects / Tours – France) Live
02h45 / 03h45 : Brain Damage (Jarring Effects / St Etienne – France) Live
04h05 / 05h00 : Zôl
04h45 / 06h00 : Dragongaz feat. Dj Fuck (Expressillon – Jarring Effects / Paris – France) Live

Micro Chaos Party v2.0

Étape proposée par Micromusic Lyon HQ et BRK
Marché Gare – 34 rue Casimir Perier – Lyon 2e / de 22h00 à 05h00
Infos : lyon_hq.micromusic.net / breakcore.free.fr

Programmation

Scène 1

22h30 / 23h15 : Kotorep Krew (Koto Land / Lyon – France) Dj set
23h15 / 00h30 : Jankenpopp (Zouk breakcore / Maribor – Slovénie) Live
00h30 / 01h45 : Eat Rabbit and The Bunny Crew (Micromusic Lyon HQ / Lyon – France) Live
01h45 / 03h15 : Patric Catani (DHR-Wwilko / Berlin – Allemagne) Live
03h15 / 05h00 : Rosa Park (Diy or Die / Nancy – France) & Le Crabe (Coquillages et Crustacés / Nancy – France) Live

Scène 2

22h00 / 22h45 : Dj Babystiff & Dj Ratbeat (Turntablism / Lyon – France) Dj set
22h45 / 00h15 : Alto Clark (1surG / Lyon – France) Live
00h15 / 01h15 : Roundopready (Infect / Lyon – France) Live
01h15 / 02h30 : Randomatik Blast (BRK / Lyon – France) Live
02h30 / 03h30 : Infekta (Transmutation / Sydney – Australie) Live
03h30 / 04h30 : Unas (Antisocial – Chiptunes vs sexy barbarian growls / Suisse) Live

NS Block Party # 2

Étape proposée par Lyondon Connexion et Baka Style
La Marquise – 20, quai Augagneur – Lyon 3e / de 22h00 à 05h00
www.myspace.com/bakastyle / www.myspace.com/lyondoncrew

Programmation

22h00 / 23h00 : Beat City (Junglive / Lyon – France) Dj set
23h00 / 00h00 : Rikette (MC / Lyon – France) Dj set feat. Mc Chinatown (Lyondon Connexion / Lyon – France) MC
00h00 / 01h30 : Dj Sug aka Digital Soap (Dope Ammo / Lille – France) Dj set
01h30 / 03h00 : Elisa Do Brazil (UWE / Paris – France) Dj set
03h00 / 04h00 : Salary Man (Baka Style / Lyon – France) Dj set feat. Mc Matt Tracker (Fréquence Sonore / Grenoble – France)
04h00 / 05h00 : Mixtik vs Maieutik (Lyondon Connexion / Lyon – France) Dj set

Pop o’Clock

Étape proposée par Dandelyon
La Plateforme – 4, quai Augagneur – Lyon 2e / de 22h00 à 05h00
Infos : www.myspace.com/dandelyon2006 / www.dandelyon.com

Programmation

22h00 / 23h00 : Axe Riverboy (Athmosphériques / Paris – France) Dj set
23h00 / 23h45 : Morning Crash (Polygohm Records / Lyon – France) Live
23h50 / 00h40 : Alb (Rise Records / Reims – France) Live
00h45 / 01h30 : Randy Twigg (Berlin – Allemagne) Live
01h35 / 03h00 : Biscuit feat. Scalde et Nicolas Colas (Disques Puzzle / Lyon – France) Dj set
03h00 / 05h00 : Sylvie Marks (Bpitch Control / Berlin – Allemagne) Dj set

Touch The Sound

Étape proposée par CJMS et Le Sirius
Le Sirius – 2, quai Augagneur – Lyon 3e / de 22h00 à 05h00
www.lesirius.com / cjmsl.free.fr

Programmation

Cale

22h00 / 00h00 : Stefanstrike (Lyon – France) Dj set
00h00 / 01h30 : Dj Chinaman feat. Mc Geezer (Deaf Rave / Londres – Angleterre) Dj set
01h30 / 03h00 : Hugabass (Jungle juice / Paris – France) Dj set
03h00 / 05h00 : Dj Lucid (Jungle juice / Paris – France) Dj set

Étage

22h00 / 04h00 : Dj Overflow (PCM Prod / Lyon – France) Dj set

… und zwar drei Tage von Freitag bis Sonntag oder zwei Tage von Freitag bis Samstag, dann aber ohne den eigentlich Headliner – äh die in. Ich habe keine Worte, deshalb

www.meltfestival.de

“Love is in the air” , sang John Paul Young 1978. 30 Jahre später liegt bei uns tatsächlich Liebe in der Luft. Die diesjährigen Bestätigungen liegen uns sehr am Herzen. Somit schien es uns nur angemessen, den heutigen Valentinstag als Anlass zu nehmen, um die ersten Acts für 2008 zu verkünden.

Eins nur noch voraus: Wie unsere neue Website bereits zeigt, wird dieses Jahr alles anders, besser, schöner und tatsächlich sogar sensationell. Letzteres liegt daran, dass wir eine unserer großen musikalischen Lieben für eine exklusive Deutschlandshow gewinnen konnten. Die Rede ist von niemand anderen als der Lady im Schwanendress, der höchstwahrscheinlich extravagantesten und spannendsten Popkünstlerin unserer Zeit: 2008 besucht uns tatsächlich Björk auf dem Melt! Mit einer Entourage von rund 15 Musikern wird sie unsere Hauptbühne in eine verschroben-schöne audiovisuelle Märchenlandschaft verwandeln – und zwar am Sonntag. Ganz Recht, Björk ist uns einen extra Tag wert, so dass wir den Sonntag noch ans Melt!-Wochenende dranhängen. Im Ernst: Wir können es kaum erwarten!

Und die Pop-Queen ist nur der Anfang. Die Künstlerin zieht einen ganzen Schwanz an weiteren Highlights nach sich: Auch die Frontsurfer der UK-Welle, Franz Ferdinand, performen dieses Jahr deutschlandexklusiv auf dem Melt! und werden dort erstmals neue Songs vorstellen. Und auch die Editors sind nach einem Jahr Pause dieses Mal wieder mit am Start und versprechen uns ein unverwechelbares Festival-Erlebnis mit viel Melancholie und Pathos.

Insgesamt liest sich unser Line-up bisher so:

Björk* // Franz Ferdinand* // Editors // Turbostaat // Booka Shade* // Alter Ego // Miss Kittin & The Hacker (live)* // Boys Noize // The Mitchell Brothers // Efdemin // Kissy Sell Out (live) // Uffie & Feadz // Len Faki // The Teenagers // Die Türen // Kompakt Label-Special: Supermayer (live) // Burger/Voigt (live) // Gui Boratto // Tobias Thomas** // Bpitch Label-Special: Modeselektor (live) // Ellen Allien // Sascha Funke // Tomas Andersson // Man Recordings: Crookers // Daniel Haaksman u.v.a. tba**

* einzige Show in Deutschland 2008 ** einziger Festivalauftritt in Deutschland 2008
Die verschiedenen Tickets sind wie folgt im Angebot:
Karten gibts bei allen bekannten Vorverkaufsstellen ab EUR 45 (je zzgl. Gebühren).
Tagesticket Björk + 4 weitere Acts tba (So. 20. Juli 2008): EUR 45 zzgl. Gebühren
2-Tage-Ticket (Fr. 18. & Sa. 19. Juli 2008 (+ gratis Sleepless Floor am Sonntag 20. Juli 2008): EUR 65 zzgl. Gebühren
3-Tage-Ticket inkl. Björk & 4 weiteren Acts tba (Fr. 18. & Sa. 19. & So. 20. Juli 2008): EUR 85 zzgl. Gebühren
Frühbucher aufgepasst: Alle, die ihr Ticket bis zum heutigen 14. Februar gekauft haben, können ihr Ticket vor Ort für nur EUR 20 in ein 3-Tages-Ticket inkl. Björk umtauschen! (Nur mit Vorabregistrierung über info@meltfestival.de).

Weitere Bestätigungen sind in Mache!

… ich wollte doch nicht hin!

01. Pigon, “Promises” [Dial] (buy)
More lush, deep material from Phillip Sollmann, this time sharing the credits with Rndm (aka Oliver Kargl). Rendered from a series of lengthy improvisations, the title track’s winding progression is a modernistic echo of Manuel Göttsching’s seminal E2-E4. An EP like “Promises” gets my hopes up dangerously high.

02. Len Faki, “My Black Sheep” (Radio Slave remix) [Len Series] (buy)
Leave it to Radio Slave to rescue a semi-obscure LF track and transform it into a world-consuming colossus. Its bass tone starts nearly translucent (because it’s all around you) and grows soot black and toothsome — an army of brass players firing a forceful chromatic scale down a bottomless pit at volumes you feel in your chest. If I don’t hear this over a huge PA soon I might need to hijack the nearest DJ booth.

03. Gaiser, “Withdrawal” [M_nus] (buy)
Have another look.

04. Ndru, “Vivisection” [unreleased]
Ndru’s latest and still yet unreleased track, “Vivisection” is like a window into an operation room that you can’t bring yourself to move from. As stinging vibrations and twitching atonal arrangements buzz at your ears the fleshy beat squishes sadistically to itself. Keep your eyes on young Ndru; methinks the best is yet to come. Download while you can!

05. Yellow Sox, “Zig Zag” (Roland Appel remix) [Freerange Records] (buy)
If I didn’t know better I would say this was made by one of the Innervisions crew: everything from its commanding presence to the thoroughbred construction and the characteristic wooshes between phrases screams Dixon & Co. Voom:Voom member and rising star in his own right, Roland Appel capitalizes on the tune’s inherent strengths (arresting string arrangements) and pushes it to the next level. Still plenty of time for this to have a significant impact in the clubs.

06. Kiki & Sasse, “Grand Cru” [Moodmusic] (buy)
Always nice to hear new music from Sasse and “Grand Cru” is especially kind on the ears. Its jacking, Chicago house-style beat (made from synthetic strings?) is well complimented by pock mark percussion and lip-puckering melodic tweaks. Serve to a luke warm dance floor and watch things bubble over.

07. dOP, “Allo Boom Boom” [Circus Company] (buy) (buy)
The dOP trio first caught my ear on Nôze remixes but now sound just as intriguing on their own. The hide and seek structure of “Allo Boom Boom” is refreshing, as you never quite know if you’re getting another loop or a frenetic keyboard/sax vamp or nothing at all. Deep house as made by those who never knew what deep house was supposed to sound like in the first place.

08. Nick Sole, “World Dubbing EP” [Mojuba] (buy) (buy)
Have another look.

09. Radio Slave, “No Sleep (Part 3) – Dedication” [REKIDS] (buy)
Second appearance for Mr. Edwards in this month’s charts and both of them include horns. Coincidence? Most certainly; although this time around, we get to hear the unpredictable sounds of Radio Slave going deep. Well worth the wait to get cranking, “Dedication” makes great use of a gnarled, brassy loop — a sourness to be countered by the sweet Rhodes noodles.

10. LCD Soundsystem, “Sound of Silver” (C2 Remix Rev. 3) [DFA/EMI] (buy)
Have another look.