Consultants defend work from watchdog’s attack
By Anne Gibson View as one page
5:00 AM Monday Nov 5, 2007

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Leading leaky building consultants have hit back at a Consumers’ Institute report that strongly criticised their contracts and price estimates.

The institute evaluated four firms that specialise in providing advice to homeowners whose places are suffering weathertightness issues.

It raised questions about the contracts and work of the specialists Prendos, CoveKinloch Consulting, Babbage Consultants and Alexander & Co.

Three of the four firms said the institute was wrong and defended their work. Only Alexander & Co was happy – so delighted that it sent the article to clients to promote its business.

The institute was unimpressed with three of the consultants.

“We think three of them – Prendos, CoveKinloch and Babbage – breach the Consumer Guarantees Act in various ways,” the institute reported in the August edition of Consumer magazine.

Phil Grigg of Babbage said the Consumer article was both unfair and untrue. Lawyers said Babbage was not breaching any act, he said.

Live @ Panama Amsterdam (Eelke Kleijn Solo) 09-10-09 (Outside the Box 045)

01. Thomas Lauren – She Is Gone Before Dawn [Savoir]
02. Renoa – Absolute Black (Luca Doobie Remix) [Brandnewvibe]
03. Giorgos Gatzigristos – Mutila [Outside the Box Music]
04. Giorgos Gatzigristos – Latent Presence [Outside the Box Music]
05. Edgar Duijff & Paul Sparkes – Waveheat (Nicholas Van Orton Remix [AlterImage Recordings]
06. Sezer Uysal – Conventional Fatigue [Outside the Box Music]
07. Tonecast – Arrested Before Sunrise [Secret Village]
08. Denis A – A Physical Test [DAR]
09. Weki – Eyes of Tutanchamon (James Harcourt Remix) [Tribal Vision]
10. My Favorite Robot – In the Dark (Slok Remix) [My Favourite Robot]
11. Sander Kleinenberg – My Lexicon (Eelke Kleijn Space Mix) [Little Mountain]
12. Dave Robertson & Jon Gurd – Never Do That [Alive]
13. Mariano Favre – Island [Outside the Box Music]
14. Subsky – Ups and Downs [ProgCity Deep]
15. Hernan Cattaneo & Soundexile – Sonification [Sudbeat]
16. Craig McWhinney – Grandview Grove (Christian Vance’s Walk Home Remix) [Haul]
17. Simon & Shaker pres. Teramik – Northface [State]
18. Sultan & Ned Sherpard – Roads Under Ramallah [Global Underground]
19. Hernan Cattaneo & Soundexile – Pastada [Sudbeat]
20. Simon & Shaker pres. Teramik – Southface [State]
21. Simon & Shaker pres. Teramik – Jalisco [State]
22. Kiko – Musco [Afulab]
23. Guy Gerber – Stoppage Time (Reshuffle Mix) [Bedrock]

Live @ Che in Montevideo, Uruguay with Logiztik Sounds (Outside the Box 044)

01. Chris Fortier – That Being Said (Tundra Seismic Remix) [Manual]
02. Shonky – Chocotox [Contexterrior]
03. Rennie Foster – Dramatics of Life [Gemini]
04. Eelke Kleijn – The Night (Pablo Bolivar Atom Remake) [Proton]
05. Sebastian Davidson & Estroe – Swabian Pancakes (Estroes Raisins Mix) [Conya]
06. Subsky – Ups and Downs
07. Ross Evana – Desert Rat [Omerta]
08. RPO & Mar C – Over Me [RPO]
09. Dirty Mongrel – Flight to Melbourne [Red Light District]
10. Elevator People – Horizons [AlterImage]
11. John Delagelis – Asio [Dieb Audio]
12. Vadim Yershov – Rolling Bass (Kimihiko Chiba Remix) [Discoteca]
13. Jay Tripwire pres. 8 Channels – Hypnosis [Ransom Note]
14. Tapesh – Brighter Day [Rebirth]
15. Martin Garcia – Westerpark [Groovecollection]
16. AndrewS & PM feat. Angie – Xoris Fovo [Progrezo]
17. Sander Kleinenberg – My Lexicon (Eelke Kleijn Space Mix) [Little Mountain]
18. Tonecast – Arrested Before Sunrise [Secret Village]
19. Zack Marullo – Carneval (Dandy and Invoice Remix) [Sound Tribe]
20. CoMa – Crystal [Kompakt]
21. Guy Gerber – Stoppage Time (Reshuffle Remix) [Bedrock]
22. Denis A – Sadalmelik [OVM]
23. Sasha & Adam Parker – Lowlife [Emfire]
24. Martin Garcia – Darwin’s Eye [Groovecollection]
25. Trim the Fat – Me & My Shadow

Verflixt, mir fällt einfach nicht der Name dieses Sounds ein, um den sich die drei Tracks mehr oder minder deutlich drehen. Früh 90er, poppiges House wie Robin S, Nightcrawlers etc. benutzten ihn gerne. Jetzt der 26-jährige Mathematiker Shonky, der ihn im ganz leichten CutUp-Gewand auf ein 2009er Level hieft. Luft nach oben bleibt da kaum. Auch der zweite Track mit tackernden 16tel HiHats technoider und der dritte könnten geradewegs aus dem kleinen Club des Dorian Gray stammen, so weit die Erinnerung nicht trügt. Shonky ist, was ich mitbekomme, der erste der aktuellen Deephouse-Welle, der auch ein anderes Verständnis von Deep bedient. Hammer. Meine Platte des Monats.

Wiederveröffentlichung eines der großen, groovenden Stücke Robert Hoods auf Peacefrof von 2002. Mit wenigen Elementen, vor allem ein leicht verwirrender Arpeggioansatz der ab und an durch ein paar melodische Synthspitzen durchkreuzt wird, grooveschlängelt sich der Track und wirkt ungemein stress- und höhenbefreit. Shonky steuert auf seinber 2009er Intepretation zum Glück wenig hinzu, kleidet aus Stück behutsam mit HiHats aus und weiß, wie er mit dem verlängerten Chorsound noch ein paar Endorphine mehr aus dem Körper quetscht. Classic und Futureclassic auf einer 12”. Hammer.

“La Fleur is not easily put into a box. Sheʼs the pharmacist turned DJ. The dancer turned dance maker.“

I morse släppte våra polare på Arvikafestivalen La Fleur till sommarens festival. Vi firar detta med ett inlägg om en av Sveriges just nu bästa house/techno/techhouse-dj’s.

Tillsammans med Adeline Supreme utgör hon dj- och producentduon Housewives. Deras klubb med samma namn röstades fram som “Bästa klubb” på People Choice Awards 2007 och “Bästa klubb” på  Scandinavian Music Convention 2008. Sedan ett år tillbaka sänder Housewives också P3 Dans första lördagen i månaden.

Enligt La Fleurs hemsida är 2009 året då det kommer att hända. Nytt material väntas både från La Fleur och Housewives. Dessutom hintas det om ett projekt med en för tillfället hemlig partner. TAjT rekommenderar dig å det grövsta att se till att hamna på ett dansgolv nära La Fleur. Du kommer inte att bli besviken!

La Fleur – Power Plant Mix.

Tracklist:
Nico Purmann – My Own Band
Shonky – Coco Feel And Love Shonk (Original Mix)
Mihalis Safras – Letters
Matt Star – Kuhle Fliege (Hugo Remix)
Telefon Telaviv – You Are The Worst Thing In The World (Gaisers Possibly The Universe Remix)
David Ekenbäck – Nairu (Style Of Eye remix)
Nico Purman – Eurphrasia
Haibo – Failsafe (Original Mix)
Baggy Bukador & Tim Fishbeck – Relic (Original Mix)
Jona – Stoned Autopilot (C2 Version)
Jona – Oblique (Original Verion)
Tolga Fidan & Anthony Collins – Violente
Dan Curtin – Beat Fiend (Original Mix)
Ahmet Sendil – Your Kisses Dynamite? (Original Mix)

Lyssna mer på La Fleur på Soundcloud och Myspace.

Quality house, by hagenaar & Albrecht:

Huggy & Dean – Indian Summer (Hagenaar & Albrecht Mix)

Great Tech:

Marc DePulse – PS. You Rock (Spektre Remix)

Shonky – Coco Feel and Love Shonk (Original Mix)

MedellinStyle.com presenta  a Green Revolution en su SETcion de Enero 2009.

Con una mezcla agradable, energía única y un despliegue musical de vanguardia.

Playlist:

01 Cabanne – Minérale
02 The Mountain People – Mountain006.1
03 Shonky – Time Zero (Mathias Kaden’s Vas-y Gamin Remix)
04 Masomenos – Ohaoo (With Chris Carrier)
05 Audioflu – 1999
06 La Pena – Cheesecake
07 Dj Sneak – Santero’s Groove
08 UR – Transition
09 Los Hermanos – Birth of 3000
10 Kreon – Momento
11 Tonny Lasar – Toshiban (Kreon & Lemos Remix)
12 Gruber & Nuernberg – Laugh Lines
13 Brett Johnson – Dejavu
14 Marcos Coya – Lúdico
15 Dj Swap – Consequence
16 Robert Babicz – Prism
17 Cesare Vs Disorder – Kudok
18 Marc Neyen – Mad Suit

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Is this as humorous as Mandelson gets?

I rather think it is…

Pilooski, photographié lors de l'édition 2008 des Nuits Sonores.

Programmation

• Pilooski (Astro-Lab Recordings / Paris – France) Dj set
  Pilooski est tout, sauf un nerd vivant dans la compulsion et l’accumulation. Sa discothèque riche et variée, complétée au gré des voyages, est sa source d’inspiration allant de la northern soul à la techno de Detroit, en passant par le jazz, la no-wave, le hip-hop, la pop, le krautrock… Le nom de Pilooski est devenu chaud depuis son association avec le collectif Dirty Sound System pour lequel il fait depuis deux ans des édits d’artistes inattendus – Cat Stevens, Yellow Power, Clara Mondshine, Alan Parson, The The… Il continue toujours son tour du monde, à la découverte des clubs et à la rencontre des gens, des pays et des modes de vie.

• Shonky (Freak’n'Chic – Mobilee – Crosstown Rebels / Paris – France) Dj set
  Révélation de l’année du label Freak’n'Chic, avec sa compilation Rendez-Vous, le Parisien Shonky s’essaye pour la première fois au mix en 1998, en fréquentant les mythiques soirées Kwality au Batofar. Inspiré par des djs tels que Dan Ghenacia ou Ivan Smagghe, il mixe régulièrement dans les clubs les plus connus de la capitale et à travers l’Europe. Après les platines, il passe à la production en 2005, en signant différents maxis sur Mood ou Sub-Static.

• Scalde (Artotal – Discograph / Lyon – France) Dj set
  Boss de Dandelyon, association d’aide au développement d’artistes pop rhodaniens, Scalde a plusieurs casquettes. Pour cette rentrée, il fait un featuring sur le nouveau morceau d’Agoria Dust, extrait de la bande originale du nouveau film de Olivier Van Hoofstadt Go fast. Parallèlement, il sort ce premier trimestre 2009 son troisième album Circenses.

Infos & Réservation

Écho Sonore #61 avec Pilooski, Shonky et Scalde, ça se passe le vendredi 31 octobre 2008 à partir de 22h30, comme de bien entendu à La Plateforme,  face au 4 Augagneur (Lyon 7^ème).

Tarifs

• Prévente : 11 €
• Sur place : 13 €

Liens

• Nuits Sonores
• Amazon.fr : Pilooski, Shonky & Scalde
• last.fm
• facebook
• photo : Patrick Guyennon

Groove Diggerz, last year’s Breakspoll Breakthrough Producers of the Year, have been nice enough to offer a free DJ Mix. Like a lot of breaks producers, Groove Diggerz have developed a penchant for all things house. As much as I’d love to hear a trademark heavy funky breaks mix from these guys, this Chilled, Deep DJ mix is quite alright.

Download here

Groove Diggerz on MySpace

Tracklist

• Move D – New Horizon
• 1st Class – Sharing Transparently
• Uto Karem – Trentatre
• Motorcity Soul – Change You (Shur-l-Kan Remix)
• Mark Romboy – Elif (Jimpster Remix)
• Jacksonville – Super 8 Motel
• Manuel Tur – Vabanque (Stimming Remix)
• Skylark – Who Cares (Stryke Remix)
• Ross Couch – Playin Jazz (Kirby Remix)
• Shlomi Aber – Efrat
• Shonky – Time Zero (Paul Ritch Remix)
• RE:Axis – Outsider
• DJ Inxx & Xpansul – Spanish Kebab

AirDrop released its new compilation today. It’s called EXTRACTION and unites 8 amazing Argentine talents that we respect a lot. Some of them are already out there in the world’s electronic scene, but most are still young and growing. EXTRACTION is a tribute to their different visions of electronic music, and represents AirDrop’s first aim, that is giving voice to the youthful and diverse talents.

All tracks were exclusively composed for the compilation. EXTRACTION opens with an other-worldly ambient track by our friend No Hay Pitch, and follows with minimal bangers and deep-techno hypnotizers by Fase Miusic Sender, Dilo, Peter Pan Project, Nexus DJ & Mon, McFly without forgetting our young favourite Minimaril! EXTRACTION closes on an amazing production by Acampante.

We have been distributing to a lucky few, a special edition of EXTRACTION limited to 250 copies, on the occasion of the Winter Music Conference two weeks back. For those of you who weren’t lucky enough to see one drop from the sky: the compilation is coming out tomorrow on Beatport for your personal pleasure.

Click play on the viddy below and see how Missing Keyframes, Fase Miusic Sender’s EXTRACTION tune, rocked Miami’s Townhouse Rooftop when Jamie Jones played it as his set’s closing track, before leaving the controls to Shonky.

Anyone who has once been to Miami during the Winter Music Conference knows the feeling of contentment, tension but also emptiness when stepping in the shuttle that links South Beach to MIA Airport. Contentment for having heard the best music in the world (non-stop), in such a short lapse of time and in the most cinematic city of the world, (that normally doesn’t receive such musical quality the rest of the year). Tension because you obviously arrived late for the shuttle since you stayed too long at the Sunday School for Degenerates and the people waiting are mad at you. Emptiness because you simply had such a BLAST that you can’t really feel anything, anymore…

Our week started on Tuesday with the Wave Music Party at Pawn Shop and Tedd Patterson opening our 6-days marathon with beautiful deepness and followed closely by François K (one of our favourites) and an unusual set (for the U.S) with a certain Techno dimension to it… Beautiful! As soon as François finished his bomb-dropping we ran to the back room to catch the last half-hour of Cobblestone Jazz Live! The trio composed by Mathew Johnson, Danuel Tate and Tyger Dhula kept the whole room in a rare intensity before finishing their set with the voices of my favourite track of theirs: ‘W’. Speechless…In the main room Radioslave took over François for some super-efficient stripped-down Techno, while DJ Three started rumbling the whole place with the backroom’s speaker-wall. All of Tuesday’s wonderful artists were super happy to receive a little yellow Giraffe and an Extraction Compilation. However we had to keep a little bit of energy for a special day…

… Wednesday started with the Freak’n'Chic (Dan Ghenacia and David Duriez’s Label) party: Jamie Jones, followed by Shonky and Marc Antona! What a line-up for this afternoon party. And what a venue: the Red Terrace of the Townhouse Hotel. Jamie Jones has a unique style, his beats really trigger something special in the people’s minds and feet. It’s simple, essential, super power and chic! Jamie really liked “Missing Keyframes”, Fase Miusic Sender’s track that is featured on our Extraction Compilation so he closed his set with it! Having the place melt under the mid-afternoon sun and handing down the commands to Shonky. Needless to say, AirDrop celebrated this properly, and had a hard-time making it to the OVUM vs. Pokerflat party at The Vagabond. The venue is great with such a big and tropical garden and two rooms.

Then we headed to Studio A, three blocks down for the absolute killing of Switch (closing the Downtown Riot party) and Justin Martin taking over for the Dirtybird afterhours. Switch is something apart and we all know it already, but having Justin follow up made it even more interesting. Justin is crazy, we all know that too, we had already heard him when he played for Soul Clap’s 3rd Edition of their Dancing on the Charles 2007 Party in Boston last summer but his style at Studio A was something else. No Comment…

Thursday, we needed to chill, and the Giant Step/ Demon Days party at the Delano’s pool was all the most welcome. With Roland Appel playing nice and relaxed, followed by Carl Craig and his profound slow techno synths. I saw him a few hours earlier at a panel, and Carl is so above everything that he didn’t even have to say a word during the whole panel, the other panelists kept on talking, but Carl is wisdom, and wisdom is silence. At the Delano, we had the time to congratulate Justin Martin for his set the night before, give our Giraffe to Claude von Stroke and Carl Craig and even cross paths with Harley and Muscle! After this a big mistake was made, the mistake however lead to a great thing. But we thought Crosstown Rebels Afterhours was the Friday morning when it really was the Saturday. So we went to rest to be fresh for that. Although, as I told you, it did lead to a good thing:

FRIDAY AT PS 14: CHEAP SUNGLASSES. In our view, it was the best party this year. We spent a beautiful day in the garden of PS14, playing hide and seek with the dancefloor, the boiling sun and the refreshing clouds; warming up to the beats of Tamur and the BLK/MRKT boys and going absolutely nuts to Italoboyz outside and Derek Plasaiko inside (who played for us in Boston two weeks ago, get the set at the link). Then, something good/ bad happened again: We had to leave PS14 in the middle of the afternoon: BAD; but it was to get to the interview Beatport organized for us at their National Hotel Headquarter: AMAZING. Check it out here. When this was over, Princess Anja Schneider just finished playing next to the interview booth and it was her turn to get interviewed, but it was also time for us to go back to PS14! And guess who closed the garden? Another Princess… Magda.

Saturday we decided to go back to Townhouse for Anja’s Mobilee Party organized by Listed, the Chicago/S.F boys. But before that: we also went back to the National Hotel/ Beatport Headquarter, which wasn’t on the program, but when we heard of the Ryan Elliott/ Matthew Dear/ Guy Gerber/ Richie Hawtin bonanza, we decided we couldn’t really miss that, could we? Richie was ending at 5:30PM, exactly when Pan-Pot was starting at the Townhouse, 4 blocks away. There definetely is a higher force ruling WMC. After Pan-Pot was Sebo-K and Anja Schneider for the finish-him. All I can remember is that it was great Right after that was Minimoo with a very special line-up and in a very special place, a hangar on North 24th Str. in Continental Miami! Minimoo have been gracing NYC with one of the finest quality party over the last few years. And once again in MIA they did their thing right, with a dope spot, a deafningly powerful sound-system and line up.

Sunday… School of Degenerates.