The Legendary 1979 Orchestra - Tropical by 1979 Orchestra
The Legendary 1979 Orchestra - Body Rock by 1979 Orchestra
Jul 31, 2010
Meet The Legendary 1979 Orchestra
The Legendary 1979 Orchestra - Tropical by 1979 Orchestra
The Legendary 1979 Orchestra - Body Rock by 1979 Orchestra
Jul 29, 2010
Jul 27, 2010
A Hamburg Producer Slithers Between Bygone Eras and Funky Sounds
« Marco Niemerski, the Hamburg, Germany native known musically as Tensnake, doesn't mind when people point out his influences—he is, indeed, trying to make his music sound like the records he loves. "I get really excited when I come close to a point where it sounds like that", he says, and this excitement translates viscerally into the irrepressible joy that his tracks evoke on the dancefloor.
Niemerski's work isn't exactly pop, but the immediacy of what he does is just as important to him as the level of craft. This partly explains why there's no Tensnake album quite yet. At the time of our phone conversation, the affable Niemerski is at home between gigs, soon to complete the last remix he has slated for the year. Until now, he's preferred to release EPs and 12-inches, citing the speed of expression that those formats allow. An album will come—he's worked at it before—but he's too much of a perfectionist to hurry it. "I have to restart again and get some inspiration first", he explains. "I'll wait until I feel it's the right time to do it".
One can't fault him for working at his own pace—his quality control to date has been impeccable. Recreating and reimagining the old, but never recycling wholesale, the Tensnake singles and EPs of the last few years are a happy confluence of warm, vintage disco, boogie, and house sounds filtered through a Larry Levan-like lens of funky eclecticism. That said, Niemerski doesn't self-identify as a DJ. "I used to DJ some years ago, then I quit", he says with a laugh. "There are so many good DJs out there… I don't think the world needs another one".
Even as a producer, Tensnake shuns the idea of playing others' sounds. For instance, it'll occasionally seem like he has employed, say, a keyboard sample from a classic '80s house track, but it's nearly always a sound that he has generated himself. "If you're using samples in a creative way, that's fine, but playing everything and making it sound like a sample is more interesting to me", he explains. This process of reshaping his favorite records' sounds has lately resulted in Coma Cat, an EP that feels fresh yet bears few marks of the present. "Need Your Lovin" has the nostalgic glow of a Chaz Jankel disco cut, while the title track shuns subtlety in favor of tropical-tinged keys and house jubilance. Meanwhile, the warmth of 2008 space-disco track "Congolal" would dovetail nicely with Lindstrøm's most futuristic jams.
While his music often references the past, Tensnake is mostly definitely rooted in the present—next up is a release for Tim Sweeney's Beats in Space label, and Niemerski's own label, Mirau Musik, will be releasing a few records by younger producers this year. As Niemerski observes with delight, clubs everywhere seem to be catching up with his fun-loving mindset. "You find a lot of house music again... there are so many more melodies. People don't care if it's minimal or this or that—they just dance, party, and have fun". »
Jul 21, 2010
Electric Elephant anyone?
Francois K (Deep Space/Wave Music) - Andrew Weatherall - Juan Maclean (DFA) - Todd Terje - Don Letts - Prosumer - Richard Norris & Leo Elstob (The Time & Space Machine Vs WigWam) - The Unabombers - Hunee - Ashley Beedle - Beppe Loda - Ramadanman (Hessle Audio) - Fuck Buttons - Architeq & many more..
Friday 27th - Sunday 29th August 2010
The Garden, Petrçane, Croatia
Tickets: £80
www.electricelephant.co.uk
The Garden Festival 2010 Highlight Mix by Justin Winks (Casio Social Club)
01. Smith & Mudd - Shulme
02. Soul Clap - Between The Edit
03. Robbie Williams - Lovelight (Soul Mekanik Remix)
04. The Revenge - Night Flight
05. Bogdan Irkuk aka Bulgari - All Nite Store
06. Alice Smith - Love Endeavor (Maurice Fulton Remix)
07. Crazy P - Lie Lost (Maurice Fulton Remix)
08. Eddy Meets Yannah - Solid Ground (Crazy P Remix)
09. Hot Toddy - Down To Love (Fred Everything Lazy Days Remix)
10. Tensnake - Coma Cat
11. Nelue - Deconstructed (Crazy P Remix)
12. This Ain't Chicago - Ride The Rhythm (Danny Mekanik 21st Anniversary Mix)
13. A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
Jul 19, 2010
Surrealism Guest Mix for Radio 21 Bucharest
There seem to be many many things ahead for Surrealism, this Bulgarian duo based in Sofia. Here's a guest mix for a local Bucharest radio, from 4 days ago, with only 5 plays on SoundCloud. I find that revolting.
01.Surrealism - Talk [TBA]
02.Surrealism - The Beauty And The Nerd [Einmaleins]
03.Surrealism - Filler A [Burek]
04.BalErik & Vadim Yershov - Everybody (Surrealism Remix) [Discoteca]
05.Surrealism & Yofunk - My Turn [TBA]
06.Surrealism - Dusty Mechanism [Einmaleins]
07.Surrealism - So Much [Liebe*Detail]
08.Stephan Panev - Mishii (Surrealism's We Go Deeper Remix) [Hole]
09.Surrealism - TBA [TBA]
10.Surrealism - Do It Now [TBA]
11.SUrrealism - Filler B [Burek]
12.Surrealism - Tisco [Discoteca]
Jul 18, 2010
fresh mixtape: Freshpot and Popsicles
Freshpot and Popsicles by fonotonic
00:00 :: Marshall Jefferson vs Noosa Heads - Mushrooms (Martin Eyerer Remix)
07:20 :: James Teej - Get Off The Phone (Pezzner West Mix)
13:30 :: Julio Bashmore - Jack Got Macked
18:20 :: Instant Pleasure - Let's Ride
21:20 :: Lewie Day - That's The Thing (Lee Curtiss Remix)
25:30 :: Kruse & Nuernberg - Sliced
29:25 :: Ataneus - Salutary (Mollono.Bass Remix)
33:00 :: Chopstick & Johnjon - Keep On Keepin On (Laberge Dreamz 'n' Stuff Edit)
36:10 :: Instant Pleasure - Feel It
40:10 :: Ali Kuru- Feeling Blue
43:50 :: Nacho Marco - Fearless
48:00 :: Matthias Meyer - Infinity
52:30 :: Mano Le Tough - Started Running
57:50 :: Surrealism - So Much
63:20 :: Stryke - Beautiful
68:30 :: Mano Le Tough - Baby, Lets Love
Jul 16, 2010
K.atou guest mix for Keep It Deep
House and techno lover, inspired by Chicago, Detroit and Perlon, K.atou was born and raised in Athens, Greece, and nowadays she's jet setting and djing all around the globe, from Berlin, one of her homebases.
K.atou - Keep It Deep Guest Mix by keep-it-deep
Derek Dunbar - Space Is The Place mixtape
The first mixtape i got to hear from the deepfunkyhouse american producer Derek Dunbar
Space Is The Place-4.25.2010 by Derek Dunbar+ 2 tracks from his Drippin Wet EP:
Derek Dunbar - Love Of Mine
Derek Dunbar - Played Out
Red Rack'em mix for Home Taping Is Killing Music
02 – Freaks – 2 Please U (Lodsoul Dub) (Playhouse)
03 – Freestyle Man – As The Morning Comes (Wazi Wazi Music)
04 – Moodymann – Track 4 (Planet E)
05 – Melchior Productions & Bruno Pronsato – We Make It Right (Smallville)
06 – International Pony – Pony The Funk (Isolee Remix) (Columbia)
07 – Red Rack’em – Pressure (Hometaping Is Killing Music)
08 – Theo Parrish – Moonlight (Sound Signature)
09 – Atjazz and Christo – Three (Superficially Deep)
10 – STL – Silent State (Smallville)
11 – Sonar Pilot – Osaka (Simbad Remix) (Sonarpilot Audio)
12 – Rick Wade – Deep n Dirty (Harmony Park)
13 – Catalepsia – Green Wing (Area Remix) (Cdr)
14 – Baaz – Peeps (Quintessentials)
15 – Homepark – Beatdown (James Duncan Edit) (Bliq)
16 – Rick Wilhite – What Do You See (Filth)
17 – Steve Bug & Donnacha Costello – Still Music (MCDE Remix) (Pokerflat)
Underground, Red Rack'em from ///Shift on Vimeo.
Jul 15, 2010
Milton Jackson - Dark Energy Radio Show July
Dark Energy Radio Show July 2010 by miltonjackson
00:00 - DJ Linus - Are You Ready
05:46 - Unknown - African Journey
08:30 - GU - Dizco Moog
13:50 - Drum Nuts - Wanna See You Dance
18:50 - Jef K, Chris Carrier & Chez - The Gathering
23:00 - Dean Tyrell - Legacy
27:50 - Ame - Basic Track & Chaton's Bass Traxx (Milton Jackson Edit)
31:50 - Surrealism - So Much
39:45 - 6th Borough Project - Night People
45:00 - Franck Roger - Same Old Beat
48:50 - Ethyl, Huxley - 2YC
53:30 - Hiro - Ruby Likes Dubstep Now
Larse: July Mix
I would say this is the best mix i've heard from the Dortmund producer this year.
LarseMix_07_2010 by Larse
Jul 14, 2010
Glipse live set on boat @ The Garden Festival
DJ Glimpse - Live at The Garden Festival in Petrcane, Croatia (08-07-2010) from Victor Stan on Vimeo.
Glipse (Christopher Spero) and Simon Morell at some point..
Glipse preparing to play live..
..and the recorded live set :) (via electrocutare)
DJ Glimpse - Live at The Garden Festival in Petrcane, Croatia (08-07-2010) by electrocutare
Simon Morell @ The Garden Festival
Simon Morell boat party @ The Garden Festival (8 Jul '10) from Matei Balan on Vimeo.
and a more chill-out performance..
Simon morell june mix by simonmorell
Hunne - La fiebre del amor mix
"Hunee has honestly a very unique way to produce music and this resulted in releases on some of the most respected labels of our time. The young Berliner has developed a truly dedicated way to include all his influences in his tracks. No matter if it's Disco, House or Hip Hop! Check his mix, this is real diggerz shizzle" - Zukunft
HUNEE - La fiebre del amor by Zukunft
Jul 6, 2010
Garden Festival 1st Weekend
So far it seems better than last year: better artists, fewer but good vibe people, stunning weather, friendly staff, good pot, tasty food. Everything is going smoothly. We just need to get some rest to be in maximum shape for the second weekend. Here are some of the acts that really kicked our asses.
MATTY J & BEN TERRY
dOP
CRAZY P: HOT TODDY & RON BASEJAM
JAMIE JONES
ROB DA BANK
THE REVENGE
and of course.. TENSNAKE
and some notable moments
It's been 4 heavy nights in a row. Time to recover..
Jul 1, 2010
Mustang - On Calvi Beach Mix
Mustang On Calvi Beach Mix by Mustang Mixtapes & Tracks
Sébastien Tellier : Le Long De La Riviere Tendre
Kuniyuki : Touch (Peyote Remix)
Tornado Wallace : Swimmin'
Bryan Ferry : Alphaville ( Leo Zero Remix )
Midnight Magic : Beam Me Up (Jacques Renault Remix)
The Chemical Brothers : Swoon (Lindstrom and Prins Thomas Remix)
Morcheeba : Even Though (Mustang Remix)
Justus Kohncke : Timecode
Lio : Sage comme un Bottin edit
An Der Beat : Knuff !
Ali Love : Smoke and Mirrors (Villa Remix)
Robyn : Don't Fucking Tell Me What To Do (Mylo and Sharooz Mix)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)