Music 4 Minds

Music In Mind - "Circle" -[Music 4 Minds] ...Excellent Swedish Tech house

http://www.zshare.net/audio/music-in-mind-_-circle-mp3.html

Familjen, Sankt Göran and Qlint

Continuing with JBH's sun inspired post. Here's more music for people drowning in hot and bright rays from a nearby star.

Familjen - Det snurrar i min skalle [Adrian/Hybris, 2007] (buy)
Familjen is cool electronica with vocals in skånska (a southern swedish accent, sounds a bit like danish - ha ha ha!). Me likes very much. Their debut album 'Det snurrar i min skalle' (roughly translated: My head is spinning) was released a short while ago, and here's the title traxxqck. Happy music, certainly fitting for the spring sun.

Pugh Rogefeldt - Stockholm (Qlint and Sankt Göran edit)
Here we have local Gothenburglar djs and producers Sankt Göran & Qlint refixing Pugh Rogefeldt's old song Stockholm. It's swell new disco. 24:Hours posted this, cheers fellas!

Oh and Lifelike - So electric v2 IS HOOT! instant hit (love to risky biz).

R4.C1

Metope - AR1.1 [Areal, 2007] (buy)
Time for some properness; blazing techno from Metope thank you very much. Sinister!

Summer Is Fast Upon Us .....

With that in mind i thought i would post some tracks that have a nice summer vibe these that i have chosen would sound just as good around 7 at night as the sun is going down,aswell as in the midday sun, Im not really a big fan of listening to cold minimal beats in the sunshine, Minimal with a vibe,which has funk, fair enough, but the likes of barem & jpls on a summer day just dont sound right, so anyway heres some that i have been listening too today, its been a nice sunny afternoon here, So ive been sat out in the garden with my laptop watching the world go by, these would sound just as good on your ipod as on a big stereo system, let these be the soundtrack to your summer.

Air -"All I Need" - (White Label Vocal mix) -[N/A]

http://www.zshare.net/audio/air_-_all_i_need_white_label_vocal_mix-mp3.html

Salif Keita vs Martin Solveig - "Madan" -(Exotic Disco) - [Universal Music Jazz] (France)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/salif_keita_-_madan_martin_solveig-mp3.html

Gui Boratto - "Like You" -(Supermayer Remix) - [Kompakt Pop]

http://www.zshare.net/audio/guiboratto-likeyousupermayerremix-mp3-t7w.html

Julien Jabre - "Swimming Places" - (Sebastian Ingrosso Re -Edit) -[Defected]

http://www.zshare.net/audio/01-julien_jabre-swimming_places__sebastian_ingrosso_re_edit-mp3-87b.html

In The Mix

Essential Mix comes from Denmark based DJ/Producer Trentemoller (full name Anders Trentemoller).
Trentemoller's two hour Essential Mix debut contains mostly his own production and remixes (including his remix of Moby's "Go!") along with tracks from artists such as Thomas Schumacher, The Knife, Franz Ferdinand, Isolee and The Specials.
Trentemoller has recently released his debut artist album The Last Resort on German Poker Flat imprint. You can buy the album here.

Tracklist:
Trentemoller - Small Piano Piece // White Label

Khan - Fantomes // Matador

Trentemoller - The Very Last Resort // Poker Flat

Trentemoller - Miss You // Poker Flat

Lhasa De Sela - De Carla A Pered // Les Disques Audiogrammes

Murcof - Una // Leaf

Trentemoller - Snowflake // Poker Flat

Unknown Artist - Unknown Dub // White Label

Trentemoller - Evil Dub // Poker Flat

The Specials - Ghost Town // EMI old

Chris Isak - Wicked Games (Trentemoller’s Unofficial Remake) // White Label

Trentemoller - Nightwalker // Poker Flat

Trentemoller Feat. Ane Trolle - Moan (Trentemoller Remix) // Poker Flat

The Doors - Break On Through (Disse Bootleg) // White Label

Franz Ferdinand - The Fallen (Justice Remix) // Domino

Le Tigre - Nanny Nanny Boo Boo (Junior Senior Remix) // Chicks On Speed Records

James White And The Blacks - Contort Yourself // ZE Records

Revl9n - Someone Like You // Because Music

Thomas Schumacher - High On You // Spiel-Zeug Schallplatten

Moby - Go! (Trentemoller Remix) // Mute

The Knife - Silent Shout (Trente Short Edit) // Mute

Jokke - Feelin’ Good (Trentemoller Remix) // White Label

Isolee - Beau Mot Plage (Freeform Fve Remix/Trente Edit/Original Version) // Classic

Trentemoller - Always Something Better Feat. Richard Davis (Trentemoller Remix) // Poker Flat

The Knife - We Share Our Mother's Health (Trentemoller Remix) // Mute

This won the best essential mix of 2006 & it beat alot of very worthy mixes, So here it is to keep,put it on your ipod, download it to disc, Do whatever just listen to it,excellent music from trentemoller.

Download: DivShare (192 kbps MP3, ~165 MB)

Da Bump

Taking A break from the classics today, instead im hitting you up with a promo, & a remix from Âme, Who have recently remixed "Da Bump" by (Mr .V) There take on it is a very minimal groovy affair nothing like the original at all ,So if your expecting vocals and a hip house tune your not going to find it here, Other mixes by Fedde le Grande, Kenny Dope, and more is where you will find the vocals, It comes out at the end of the month on [Defected] so be sure to bag a copy.

Mr .V Ft Miss Patty - "Da Bump" -(Âme Remix) -[promo/Defected]

http://www.zshare.net/audio/mr-_v_feat-_miss_patty_-_da_bump_ame_remix-mp3-3hy.html

Drop beats not bombs

RJD2 - Murs beat [XL, 2007] (buy)
The only instrumental piece on RJ's latest output - The Third Hand. And to me it's by far the best track. "Sweet piece" is also good tho.

Anyway I was thinking of changing the description seen in the title to this: "Music: techno, neo submarine pounding, panzer tronik, folk psych polka terror, dirty disco-freak-house, experimental dolphin music, toxic pop, cyborg electro, post dub reggae step hiphop, acid squibble jazz-core and much much more." What do you think?

A friend of mine (yo hansaman!) sent me this link to a pretty damn nice blog...And, it's about...COOKING! I'm getting hungry just reading that stuff. Yum: Anne's Food.

Let The Music Do The Talking

Future Sound of London - "Papau new guinea" - (Original 12"Mix) -[Jumpin & Pumpin 1991]

http://www.zshare.net/audio/future_sound_of_london-papua_new_guinea-mp3.html

Wolf eyes

On the 8th I had a small gathering at my place for some drinks then out to Nef and catch the last songs of Wolf Eyes playing live - heavy and evil death terror noise ambient. After that club Hotet kicked off. Not too crowded but had fun still.

Incidentally my lovely girlfirend gave me the Wolf eyes 12" The Driller as birthday present. It's gruesome and experimental.
Wolf Eyes - The Driller [Sub pop, 2006]

Going to a job interview tomorrow. Got two calls this morning from different consulting frims asking me some questions about two separate positions I applied for during the weekend. Thing is, the job that seems more fun I haven't got an interview for yet...

We Dont Want No Fuss Or No Fight

Dubstep has only been around for a short while, but in that amount of time its caused a massive stir in the underground scene, nothing quite sounds like it it cant really be Tagged to one specific genre, it uses elements of Techno, Garage, D&B & Grime,which forms a sound like nothing ever heard before there are no rules in dubstep,or should i say no formulas,If you were to ask anyone who is into the sound what there top 3 Dubstep records were, 9 out of ten times i reckon this would come up along with Skreams Midnight Request line. This is definatly a dubstep anthem & i reckon people will look back on this record as a "Classic".

Digital Mystikz ft Spen G - "Anti War Dub" - [DMZ]

http://www.zshare.net/audio/05-anti-war-dub-feat-spen-g-mp3-0gr.html

Easter Top Ten

• Luka & Lazo - "Dust No.4" -(Barem remix) -[Mos Ferry Prod]
• Reinhard Voigt - "Charge Your Dreams" - [Kompakt]
• Chromeo - "Fancy Footwork" -(Thomas Barfod Remix) -[Turbo Recordings]
• Adult Napper vs Dan Berkson - "Inner Ear" - (Original mix) -[Intrinsic Design]
• Mr V -"Da Bump" -(Ame Remix) - [Defected/promo]
• Aril Brikha -"To Begin" -[Poker Flat Recordings]
• Jacek Sienkiewicz -"Good Luck" - [Cocoon Recordings]
• Rejected - "For The People" -[Rejected Music]
• Guy Gerber & Chaim - "Beaches" -[Supplement Facts]
• Dominik Eulberg -"Die Grunschelkel im Blauen Priel" - [Traum]

A Week Of Classics Old & New

A new week a new set of music, in recent posts there has been wonderfull classic Acid & Techno ,so i thought this week i would post some of my all time favourites & classics alike, Old & New so lets start of with "The Man With The Red Face" from Laurent Garnier, tbh i reckon this could be my all time number 1 record ,A big statement i know ,but whats not to love about this detroit' ish record with a Shuffling build up like no other a excellent jazzy sax which is proberly one of the best records sampling a sax i have ever heard, A record to play from start to finish 9.08mins of pure delight ,Sublime piece of music from the french man,Check also "Crispy Bacon" for an outstanding piece of techno.

Laurent Garnier -"The Man With The Red Face" - [F Communications]

http://www.zshare.net/audio/laurent-garnier-the-man-with-the-red-face-mp3.html

Storm in time

Wow, the acid post was ridiculously popular. I'm guessing this won't come close, hehe. Anyways I realized I have been sleeping on hiphop for a while. So i browsed around for what's new and exciting or any other quality tunes I've missed out on. Here's what I found.

Cut chemist feat. Edan & Mr Lif - Storm [Warner bros, 2006]
Bionic shit! This is good hiphop, the kind of stuff I appreciate. A bit non-standard, but not too out there either. Had high expectations on this track since it's three names I quite dig, no disappointment.

Evidence - A moment in time (feat. Planet Asia) [ABB, 2007]
Very classic sound to this song, not really ground breaking in any aspect. But it's solid all around, can't help but nod my head to this.

Listened to RJD2's latest output (The third hand) as well, and he still is a top producer, but the vocals..hmm? Took a while to get used to, to be honest. An ok album though.

Anyone out there that want to tip me off about great, 2005-2007 hiphop tracks that I might have missed? Please, I'm so behind on the genre right now it's silly.

Edit: Oh it's my birthday today! Yay :|

We continue

Carrying on from skyphers excellent Acid posts below. Heres another classic this time from another of Richie Hawtins alter ego's, plastikman & The timeless "spastik"

Plastikman - "Spastik" - [Novamute -1993]

http://www.zshare.net/audio/01_spastik-mp3.html

Then to finish in style one of my favourites from Richie Hawtin full on techno here with the wonderfull - "Minus Orange"

Richie Hawtin - "Minus Orange" - [M_nus 1998]

http://www.zshare.net/audio/minusorange-mp3-plastikman-mp3.html

Corrode

As I've mentioned i'm heavily hooked on the acid (again) ... so here's some classics.

Pergon - The Deliverer [Important, 1993]
1993 is the year, ecstatic is the mood. From Pargon's first release '#1'.

F.U.S.E. - Substance Abuse [Plus 8, 1991]
Hawtin on it again, this time "way back" in 91. Freaky acid techno.

Jack it, house it

Hell - Jack Your Body [Resist music, 2006]
Produced by Anthony Rother and Dj Hell. On the compilation "Time Out Presents The Other Side: Paris" from 2006.

Felix Da Housecat feat. P. Diddy - Jack vs I'll House You (Dj Hell rmx) [International deejay gigoglo, 2006]
The version featured on the Housecat mixtape is driving and rough, but way too short. Here Dj Hell sweetens it up and extends it to almost 8 minutes of love. From the International Deejay Gigolos CD Nine.

Just saw Roman Polanski's Repulsion from 1965... wow. Extremely good movie.

My next post will contain some classic acid.

The Dirty Disco

So this Sunday is the 2nd birthday of the North of Englands premier club night the Dirty disco ,unfortunatly it wont be held at its spiritual home which is the Northern light ,a club with 3 different rooms a main room a side room and a very dark basement ,it wont be held here because the police decided to raid it & found nothing apart from a few (e,s) when they should of been concentrating on all the beer boys who go out looking for a fight not 2000 sweaty clubbers all going to the same place for the same thing that being the music ,anyway it will be held in mission a club thats recently had a 1 million pound face lift so im happy.Have a good weekend everybody & remember party hard but dont forget to go home!

John dahlback -"Ooh Oh l E" - (Sebo k Remix) - [Systematic]

http://www.zshare.net/audio/john-dahlback-sebo-k-mp3.html

Grimey Princess

Joker -"Grimey Princess" -[Earwax 2007]

Who fancies a game of "name the hottest new instrumental grime producer?" Here's the first clue: "He's making next level instrumental grime, evoking memories of Detroit's future." Sound like Plastician? It does but you're wrong. How about: "He's a prestigious talent, who stays in to make vast number of beats, began writing on Fruity Loops when he was 14 before graduating to Logic." Sounds like Skream? It does…but it isn't. What about: "As a teenager he watched UK garage implode, seized his moment to combine synths with mental computer game FX to create his own sound." Remind you of a young Dizzee Rascal? It does, but you've still got the wrong guy.

Instead, meet 18-year-old Joker from Easton, Bristol, UK. With a release on dubstep's DJ Pinch's Earwax and another forthcoming on grime's Plastican's Terrorhythm, Joker's making waves in 2007 with a unique sound of his own.

***Words Taken from Pitchfork*** http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/41803-the-month-in-grimedubstep

http://www.zshare.net/audio/grimey-princess-mp3.html

Walls

Shitkatapult co-founder Sascha Ring aka Apparat has a new album in the pipeline - "Walls", due in may.

Quite a few of the tracks feature vocals which mostly fall flat to my ears. Some parts are quite bland, but there are a few standout songs as well: Limelight, Fractales pt1, Arcadia and You don't know me. But we've heard it all before. Perhaps Apparat needs a bit of Ellen Allien to reach full potential?

Apparat - Fractales Pt.1 [Shitkatapult, 2007] (buy)

No, what's really keeping me busy at the moment is oldish acid house. And some classic detroit techno. With a bit of Merck sprinkled on top.

Listen To Your Wet Heart

Adultnapper vs Dan Berkson - "Inner Ear" -(Original mix) -[Intrinsic Design US 2007]

Fresh twist on the minimal sound, adding moody piano riffs, skewed vocal snippets and completely original psychedelic soundscapes. Remix is provided courtesy of Pier Bucci.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/inner_ear__original_mix-mp3.html

The Dream

Dntel -(This Is) The Dream Of Evan & Chan -"Superpitcher Kompakt Remix" - [Plug Research]

http://www.zshare.net/audio/04_this_is_the_dream_of_evan_and_chan_superpitcher_kompakt_remix-mp3.html

Hey!

Michel De Hey, Dutch Techno legend & all round nice guy, partly responsible for bringing Techno to the good people of the Netherlands,Loco Dice see's him as one of his main influences.Heres a nice track released on his own label [Hey! Records]

Michel De Hey - "Catfight" -[Hey! Records]

http://www.zshare.net/audio/01-michel_de_hey-catfight-nyd-mp3.html

Voigt Ripper

A couple of new bits and pieces of music to dance and groove to. This time from the neverending golden stream of records coming out of Kompakt and the smaller Liebe Detail.

Ripperton - 10a [Liebe detail, 2007] (buy)
January release but still pumping in my speakers and brain. Ripperton and Behrenroth splits a 12" and both sides are solid minimalism. Ripperton = Hot. Edit: Track should be available again (changed to ol' trusty zshare).

Reinhard Voigt - Charge Your Dreams [Kompakt, 2007]
Oompf! Voigt steps correct with some new techno. Charge your dreams is a clearcut My Kind Of Track. Wreck yourself.

Can You Relate ?

What happened to the Techno what happened to the music, what happened to the Techno what happened to the Underground, what happened to the fun.Wise words from Samuel L Session in his track "Can You Relate" He goes on about all the minimal producers etc & all the genres i have to agree alot of "Minimal" just dont cut it anymore, it needs something more than 13 mins of a few bleeps & tweeks here and there,Its just becoming another formula it needs change thankfully a few producers are realising this & changing it for the better.

Samuel L Session - "Can You Relate" - [Klap klap]

http://www.zshare.net/audio/a1-can_you_relate-mindtrip-mp3-hea.html

We can make it all come true

I've been catching up on Merck's last releases, what a label. So much quality but too short life span! 40 Winks - Sound Puzzle and Deceptikon - Greater Cascadia has been rotating heavily here at home and in my ipod the last couple of days.
40 Winks is pure mellow instrumental, crunchy, soothing hip-hop - quality beats. Deceptikon (a favorite since his Lost Subject 12") is also hiphopish but more to the electronic(a) side of things, ya'know think Machine drum, a bit of Blamstrain etc.

Deceptikon - Greater Cascadia Unified [Merck, 2007]
40 Winks - Egyptian Love Poems [Merck, 2007]

Into The Sublime

This is possibly one of the most beautiful tracks you will ever here.No wonder why Michael Mayer is regarded as one of the top ten producers in the world,aswell as co -owning one of the most talented labels out there [Kompakt] & all that comes with it. Here he goes to work on a cover version of "Maps" by the (yeah yeah yeahs),Firstly reworked by Ada, then remixed by Michael Mayer & Tobias Thomas on [Areal]

Ada -"Maps" -(Mayer & Thomas Remix) - [Areal]

http://www.zshare.net/audio/05_-_maps_mayer_thomas_rmx_areal_030-mp3.html

***Edit*** It looks like risky bizniz & me shop at the same place for music ;) they beat me to the post by a few hours i just realised.

Blinded By The Lights

Nice new music now from (The Suffragettes) who are a four piece electronic outfit from japan,Remixed by (Marek Bois) Aka (Dapayk & Dapayk solo) etc, its a plinky plonky track with groove & has a nice vibe about it

The Suffragettes - "jokou" -(Marek Bois Remix) -[Rrygular]

http://www.zshare.net/audio/jokou-marek-bois-remix_-mp3.html

Staying with Marek Bois here's another track, this time from last year on [Trapez] ,which was big with alot of the underground dj,s and has recently been remixed by Gabriel Ananda. Same Routine, Minimal beats and a good groove.

Marek Bois - "You Got Good Ash" - [Trapez]

http://www.zshare.net/audio/a1-marek_bois-you_got_good_ash-cmc-mp3-yw9.html

The Cave

Jeff Samuel -"The Cave" - [Trapez]

Not alot of time to do a write up today ,im going to the cinema to see the new 300 film it looks really good a bit like lord of the rings with all the battle scenes ,il post more music later .

http://www.zshare.net/audio/jeff_samuel_-_the_cave_original_mix-mp3.html

Space has never been so bright

On the 8th of April, besides being my birthday (hoorah), it's the 1-day iDEAL Kning Klang festival at Neferititi. Line-up: Wolf eyes (US), Thrones (US), Growing (US), Variam (SE/GBG), Sewer election (SE/GBG), Family battle snake (UK). After this Dimitrios and The Idealist arranges an extra club Hotet. And on the other side of town Andreas Tilliander & Kan3da live at Pustervik. What a day.

Music Worth Your Time aka Listen To This:

• Ellen Allien & Apparat - Red Planets
• Stars - Sleep tonight (junior boys remix)
• Sascha Barth - Petty 7
• Ripperton - Untitled traxx 005
• Agnes & Ripperton - Tchang beers
• Codebreaker - Exiled!
• Dominik Eulberg - Die Grunschenkel Im Blauen Priel
• Yellow power - Hai samurai (pilooski edit)
• Guy gerber - Belly dancing
• Robert Babicz - Sin (Gui Boratto Remix)
  

Last seen movies that I can recommend:

• Little Children
• My neighbour Totoro
• Happiness
• The city of lost children
  
• Hard Eight

Joe Hisaishi - Tonari no Totoro
This is a disgustingly cute movie. Granted its soundtrack matches perfectly. Totoro, to-toro!

Beaches

Fresh Guy gerber now, our friend Guy has been busy in the studio with his first album about to drop on [Cocoon] ,& having just released "The long time coming" (ep) on [Saw recordings] ,hes back & Joined forces With a unknown artist for me Chaim on Guy's own, brand new label [Supplement Facts] with a 2 sider about to drop at the end of the month "Beaches" which im giving you here is a tech house groover,"Myspace" is a little trancey & reminds me alot of aril brikha, productions, be sure to check out all guy's releases & back catalogue Heres what guy had to say with regards to the new label

“I want the label to be about tracks you can remember. Whether you like it or you don’t, I want Supplement Facts’ music to sound like nothing else”

I think you will all agree that Guy is one talented producer,i remember hearing "Sea of Sand" in Ibiza at Amnesia for the first time it was like a dream ,sublime. Be sure to support all the artists & there work.

"Myspace /Beaches" -(Guy gerber & Chaim) is out 23rd April on [Supplement Facts]

http://www.zshare.net/audio/02-guy_gerber_and_chaim_-_beaches-mp3-qm5.html

Limikolen lakes of Stamp

Good morning. This weekend I have moved to a new place again. This time it's for a longer period of time (I hope). A small one bedroom+kitchen corner type of thing located pretty close to the city core.

Dominik Eulberg - Die Grunschenkel Im Blauen Priel [Traum, 2007] (buy)
Mr Eulberg has a new 12" out on Traum - Limikolen. The b-side is the fabolous Die Alpenstrandlaeufer Von Spiekeroog that could also be heard on his album out earlier this year (Heimische Gefilde). The a-side is brand spanking new though and it's eleven minutes of minimal Eulberg beats and blips, without much of a melody. On the sleeve you get a guide to birds.. so a lil' bit of bird techno again :-)


This summer a new festival is being arranged in Göteborg; Way Out West. Some decent bookings like The Go! Team and Primal Scream. Also The Besnard Lakes from Canada are coming, haven't heard them before. So, I checked 'em out and it's alright pop music.
The Besnard Lakes - Ride the Rails [Jagjaguwar, 2007]

New Week New Month ...

Lets start as we mean to go on with a unreleased track from Ripperton ,This guy is at the top of the tree at the moment ,producing fine music time & time again one of my favorite producers.

Ripperton - "untitled traxx"-[n/a]
http://www.zshare.net/audio/untiltled-traxx-005-mp3.html

Ones To Watch In April

• David k -"Boul de Nerf" - [Freak N Chic]


• Davide Squillace -"U Are like Sunray"-[cmyk]


• Guy Gerber - "Belly Dancing" - [Cocoon]


• Robert Babicz - "Sin" -(Gui Boratto remix) - [Systematic]


• Basement Jaxx -"Make Me Sweat"- [Atlantic Jaxx]


• Klaxons - "Gravitys Rainbow" -(Soulwax remix) -[promo]


• Justice -"D.A.N.C.E" - [Ed banger]


• Larry Tee Ft. Princess Superstar - "Licky" (Herve Goes Low Remix) -[Promo]


• Jörg Burger - "Nova check" - [K2]


• Justus Köhncke vs. Prins Thomas - "Elan" - [Kompakt]

Ready For My Love Affair

I forgot to say its the weekend ,so tonight im off out to meet a young lady, go for something to eat then to a few bars ,then on saturday night im going to leeds which is a ten min train ride from me,to see matthias tanzmann ,audio jak ,paul woolford & a few more ,then at 4 am go to another club till 9 for the after party hope everyone has a good weekend heres a bonus for the weekend i play this whilst im getting ready hehe.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/01_noze-love_affair-mp3-qq2.html {circus company}

Ps check out http://www.buzzinfly.com/ all week on listen again ben watt has his own radio show ,i would highly recommend it for upfront house music.

Bird Techno part 3

The last part of "bird techno" is from carsten jost,and the excellent superpitcher remix of you don't need a weatherman check it.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/05_you_dont_need_a_weatherman_superpitcher_remix-mp3.html {ladomat 2000}

Junior Stars

The Pluxus concert was awesome, loud and beautiful - with great visuals to boot. Jeans Team started out with a kraftwerkish touched track that I really liked but then ventured out into the happy-electro-dance-pop-kitsch swamp I'm not too big on.

Stars - Sleep tonight (Junior boys remix)
Hmm, let's do the math here. I like Junior Boys + I like the Stars + I like Sleep tonight, what are the odds that I like Stars - Sleep tonight (Junior boys remix)? According to my extensive research and forrays into mad calculations I've end up with a 98.141569% chance that I'll most definetly digalli dig diggy this. The junior boys turn this track into a slow paced electro ballad in their signature style and sound palette, accompanied by Amy Millan's sweet voice. We don't wanna sleep tonight. We won't hear the morning break. Together just one beating heart.

Tonight Kevin Saunderson aka Inner City is going to dj at The Eye (Nef). Big name. And I'm quite eager to go. We'll see what happens though.
Edit: Apparently Kevin 'Reese' has cancelled, so tonight's off. Boo!

The DC10 Years

Pär Grindvik -"Do us apart" - {Drumcode}

Released as part of a strong 6 track ep (2x vinyl) to celebrate 10 years of Adam Beyers {drum code} label .This is awesome 11 mins of quality, full of shuffled grooves and spacey melodies the other tracks on the ep come from Beyer himself ,Samuel l Session ,Patrik Skoog,Hard Cell & more, the whole ep is 100 % worth your hard earned money.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/par_grindvik-do_us_apart_d1-mp3.html

Bird Techno Part 2

This is a bit different from the eulberg track, here Quiet village aka matt edwards aka radio slave & joel martin, his partner on quiet village productions bring another excellent remix to the table. A remix of the classic "African queen" from Allez Allez it sounds like its been recorded in the jungle until the introduction of the guitar slowly comes in, i like this alot & all the other quiet village tracks be sure to check them all out!

Allez Allez - "African Queen" - (Quiet Village Project Dub) - {Eskimo}

http://www.zshare.net/audio/allez-allez_african-queen-quiet-village-project-dub-mp3.html

The Crazy Circus 2OO7 Opening Party!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmGACZovrp0

Saving The Animals!

I have a bit of a thing for tracks that are made to sound like animals /insects etc. Be it the shuffling of the porcupine in the wild or the sounds of kookabura freaking out in the jungle, a heard of elephants walking in the outback or even a troop of monkeys playing up. It makes me think of how the producer came to get these sounds & where the inspiration came from i mean if you clear you mind you can actually hear why they decided to name the track the porcupine or the gazebo etc especially with the porcupine from latex (aka Loco dice & Martin buttrich) so these are some i like i hope you will too & remember, whilst listening to them you might just think yeah i hear it, it does sound like the particular animal be it a elephant or a set of birds etc .

http://www.zshare.net/audio/a1_sander_van_doorn_-_grasshopper-mp3.html {Oxygen}

http://www.zshare.net/audio/claude-vonstroke-chimps-mp3.html {Dirtybird}

Pluxus live tonight

Tonight Pluxus i performing and I have tickets. Gonne be interesting cause I haven't heard a lot from their latest album Solid State (from 2006) until just now. Funckarma also has an album called just that by the way (but that one is from 2001).

Pluxus - Contrax [Pluxemburg, 2006]

I have always regarded El-p as a talented producer and a fine rapper as well. Now he has dropped his new album and it sure sounds gravy.
El-p - The overly dramatic truth [Def jux, 2007]

Bird Techno Part 1

Dominik eulberg is a genius. Here on Stelldichein Des Westerwalder Vogelchores taken from his new album on Traum "Heimische Gefilde" (Be sure to check the whole album out!) he uses only bird samples which he has recorded himself & the end result is fascinating with some some sharp editing and studio work the end result is a track made up purely of different bird species mixed together to perfection.


http://www.zshare.net/audio/birdtechno-mp3.html

Nothing But Green Lights Ahead

Holy ghost - "Mad monks on zinc" - (Martin buttrich remix) - {flying circus}

First released in 1991 where the likes of andrew weatherall were giving it a huge amount of praise now back for 2007 on a different label & with a tasty remix package to choose from either the man from new york (Adult napper) his take on the remix is a brooding baseline & tripped out vocals with a moody sax or the (Martin buttrich) remix which im giving you here with a more repetative drum pattern & altogether warmer feel.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/02-holy_ghost-mad_monks__martin_buttrich_remix-nvs-mp3.html

Hectica

Jörg Burger - Nova check [K2, 2007] (buy)
Perhaps better known as The Modernist, here the Burgerman releases on K2 a 12" called 'Polyform 1'. It's thick and quality minimal poppy techhouse without any rough edges. Sweet like syrup. Both sides of this record are equal in strength, 'Polyform' leaning more towards the lounge and 'Nova check' slightly dancier.

Event Related Potential

E.R.P. - Lament Subrosa [Frantic flowers, 2007] (buy)
Superb light, floating electroish material almost reminiscent of silicon scally or the like. This is music for chilling out in the early spring sun these last days has offered us in Sweden. B1 of "Alsoran".

My weekend has been terrific. A bit of not too heavy clubbing on friday followed by chilling and a walk in the forest on saturday. Then again on sunday; heavy relaxing, eating ice cream in the sun and just enjoying the company of my girlfriend and walking about town.

As He Faced The Sun He Cast No Shadow

I think its time for some "electro" proper electro mind you none of this tinny sounding electro house nonesense which is flooding the charts with cheesy 8o,s covers.It really does wind me up when "producers" and i use that term lightly will take a classic track from the 90,s or further back and basicly destroy it like the new MAW remixes of work there a disgrace to dance music & kenny dope & lil louie vega.This is just the tip of the iceberg though if you dig deeper there are much more diabolical remixes to be found everything from pink floyd to classics from the likes of civilles and cole - "deeper love" this particular track is a fave of mine. Growing up on a diet of old skool & classic warehouse anthems with huge pianos and acid baselines ,whilst the other kids would be listening to the sounds of the latest chart entry i would be down the local record store buying hardcore & drum & bass 13 years old i have always loved dance music i respect the artists & the sound they gave us be it acid house or classic chicago house or simply a bit of rare groove. So should all the new breed aka fedde le grande & mason etc etc they should stear well clear off tracks from earlier years & concentrate on the 15 -18 year old market who buy there music & those that dont know any better.

This producer has more guises than james bond if your clever you will work out who he is from the first post ,if you have no idea message us & and we will tell you ;)


http://www.zshare.net/audio/01-kaliber-track_01_side_a-hft-mp3-pf2.html - kaliber 11 (A1)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/01-blessure-mp3.html Jetboy - "Blessure" - {electrochoc}

Top Ten For March

• Beanfield - "Tides" (Ripperton Remix) {White}
• Art of tones - "praise"(llorca remix) -{20:20 vision}
• Bushwacka! -"remember" - (original mix) - {olmeto}
• Steve reid & kieran hebden- "People Be Happy" (Audions highlight Mix) - {Domino}
• Dennis Ferrer -"church lady" - (rodamaal dub remix) -(cdr)
• Beck - "Cellphones dead" (Ricardo Villalobos entlebuch Remix) {Interscope}
• Audion - "mouth to mouth" (the remixes) (ep) -{spectral sounds}
• Junior boys - "dead horse" (ep) - {domino}
• Alexander maier - "trip to nebraska" - {buzzin fly}
• High contrast - "everythings different" - {hospital}

http://www.zshare.net/audio/03-like-a-child-carl-craig-remix-mp3-g0n.html

Pang pang

Busy day needs busy music. Purchased some vinyl today (again, sigh); Kraftwerk - Computer world, Bo Hansson - El-Ahrairah (aka Watership down), Williams - Pinball (finally!). Also checked out the "competition" .. you know, other blogs haha. Found some really good stuff for tonights warming up.

Recommended:

• Trentemoller - Timer feat. dj tom
• Daft punk - Around the world (killdahype remix)
• Killers - Bones (tiga remix)
• Justice - D.A.N.C.E (plus move pirate remix)
• Naive new beaters - bang bang (yuksek remix)

Find 'em at risky biz, ohmygosh, discodust, l'amour a trois and music-for-forbots. Oh and also check out the previous post by JBH (scsi track = my fav).

Have a good weekend all.

Dig your own Rave

This weekend is going to be a good one for a start its my birthday on saturday & im going to see dirt crew do there stuff in leeds. Also you happen to be in luck as i keep getting emails telling me i need to delete some files for drive space.So i will be posting a few tracks to share in the coming week instead of deleting them.So its wmc week in miami do people really care anymore? theres been alot of bad press about miami over here about badly organised nights expensive entry prices over heavy security etc.Il give it a miss thankyou & go for sonar instead in june the line up looks very tasty indeed, anyway on with the music.

Israel vich - "el cuco" -{aribica recordings} - i know very little on this artist it was one of them "one of specials" found on beatport has that chilean " wood block /timbale " vibe.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/01-el-cuco-original-mp3.html

Next is a track "ne contsom a coltsom" taken from a highly underated compilation from {kompakt} "the line of nine" from Scsi-9 has to be one of my favourite albums from last year full of ambient electronica beautifull and chilled vibes with a splash of tech here & there. Scsi-9 are a duo from russia they have just released another album for 2007 which i would also highly reccomend.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/12-ne_contsom_a_coltsom-mindtrip-mp3.html

Finally is a unreleased Britney spears "Breathe on me".... remixed by james holden. Had you worried for a while there didnt i.Bet you thought id gone mad and shaved all my hair off, this criminaly never got a proper release she refused holdens remixes so he very kindly put it up on his website for people to download back in 2004, the dub which im giving you is a swirly journey into typical james holden wonderland.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/britney-spears-breathe-on-me-james-holden-dub-mix-mp3.html