At the start of the week, I asked what you wanted to hear from the Interference album recorded at the 1994 Love Parade. The Love Parade was a dance festival that was declared a political demonstration. It has its roots in the spirit of a changing Europe. In 1989, it was first celebrated four months before the demolition of the Berlin Wall. It was started by the Berlin Underground under the initiative of Matthias Roeingh aka "Dr Motte" and his then girlfriend Danielle de Picciotto. It was [...]
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via durchblick Making his way through Chicago following his set tonight (this moment, really..) at Summerfest, Detroit techno legend Richie Hawtin will be spinning at Smartbar on Sunday, July 5th. It's gonna get hot in there. Often times operating under the nomiker Plastikman (among others), Hawtin is known worldwide for his minimal techno sound, and for the record labels he started such as Plus 8 , which he founded with John Acquaviva , and M_Nus that he started in '98. [...]
Mr. Edjotronic is ending June with a mixtape that will keep you moving. Great song selection, enjoy! Tracklisting: 1. Cajmere - Percolator (Original Mix) 2. Afrojack - Polkadots (Original Mix) 3. Tiga - Shoes (Djedjotronic Remix) 4. [...]
The ever-wonderful Castles In Space posted the first System 7 album. As Nolan notes "This comedown classic was a contender for one of my albums of the year circa 1991. The air of loved-up optimism made this a perfect Sunday morning album after many a night out around that time." But Drew reminded me that there is more to System 7 than comedown and that some of their remixes had real punch. The Plastikman remix of Alpha Wave being a perfect example. The reviewer at discogs encapsulates the fervour [...]
i pulled this from the promo version of the 2008 Time Warp compilation, which is by no means a new release, but i think is worth visiting for those of you who may be less inclined to dig for somewhat rarer releases. the official Time Warp comp, mixed by DJ Rush, maintains a BPM that is a little higher than my preferred cruising velocity but i would recommend it nonetheless to fans of high-impact 4AM styles techno. anyway the present offering is about as minimal as it gets, and has a real playfulness to it while still maintaining that certain [...]
This week's edition brings you very very intense tech sounds. Gona be ear splitting at many points, get ready for the speeds. 01. Josh Wink - Thick As Thieves 02. Dusty Kid - Black Reel 03. Style of Eye - Ona 04. DJ Mehdi - Pocket Piano (Brodinski Remix) 05. Thomas Schumacher - Rekorder 06. Popof - My Toyz (Minimal Version) 07. Popof - The Chomper (LSD Version) 08. Plastikman - Spastik 09. Wippenberg - Drumster 10. Ellen Allien - Magma 11. Deadmau5 - The Reward is Cheese/The [...]
Enjoy this lovely trip! Format: Digital Download Mixed: 27 Oct 2008 Genre: Electronic Style: Tech House, Minimal, Minimal House, Techno, Acid Bitrate: 320 kbps Rar-File: 176 mb; mp3, cue, jpg Tracklist: 01 - Sasse-Wrapper 02 - Mikkel Metal-Rain 03 - Plastikman-Marbles 04 - Sascha Funke-We Are Facing The Sun 05 - DJ Mujava-Township Funk 06 - Jorge HIM-Barcelo Neta 07 - John Tejada-Sucre 08 - Dole & Kom-Taking Pictures Of [...]
Antes conhecido como "Plasticman", agora Chris Reed assina simplesmente Plastician. O DJ teve de mudar seu apelido de produção para evitar problemas jurídicos com Richie Hawtin, um dos grandes nomes do Techno mundial. Isso aconteceu quando Chris estava em vias de aportar na BBC Radio 1 para apresentar um novo programa na emissora britânica. Com tudo "legalizado" agora ele segue em frente e faz o sexto CD da Rinse FM, a pirata mais antiga ainda em atividade em Londres. A seleção traz nomes como Crissy Criss, Darkstar, Jakes, Joker, Narrows, entre outros. O CD tem um tracklist com [...]
Guess what... what? I'm awake at stupid o'clock again (ok this whole dj thing must be fucking with my body clock).... right away from dull personal details and back to what is the most important thing in the universe... dance music (who needs love, children or world peace- yuck). Ok so yesterday I posted slightly more chilled music- today it's straight bangers (i must find a new word for a big song- I'm not from bloody Human Traffic) Plastikman- Spastik [...]
The artists on Richie Hawtin's Minus record label are a tightly knit group. Gaiser, Magda, Heartthrob, Marc Houle, Troy Pierce and Hawtin are often called the Minus family, so close is the bond between them all. "All the artists on Minus came to the label through different paths," says Richie. "The funny [...]
Apologies for the lack of recent posts - been recovering from last weekend's Field Day which, despite the rain, was one of the best days/nights out I've had in ages!! We were treated to sets from The Emperor Machine (very good and in a dry tent), Foals (best I've seen them), Caspar C (played all our current favourites), Brodinski (was ok - seen him better) and James Holden (really amazing) as well as the legendary Ritchie Hawtin !!! Hawtin was rumoured to be doing a 6am slot [...]
Richie Hawtin- a name that looms large in the world of techno, but one that many outside of the scene may find unfamiliar. To be clear, we are talking about techno here, not house, not trance, not generic electronic dance music. And more specifically we are talking about pummeling Detroit techno, and then, as Hawtin's style progresses, heady minimal techno. To make this a little more familiar to the uninitiated, techno grew out of the failing economy and racially divided Detroit in the mid Eighties. People like Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, and Derrick May played a huge [...]
yeah ok so loving dubfire at the moment.....!!!!! Spastik (Dubfire Rework) - Plastikman and now presenting Raja ram; the BIGGEST tripper i have ever seen: a must watch.....
Although I didn't attend the first Field Day festival last year and despite the excellent lineup , it certainly appeared to have it's fair share of " teething " troubles -nowhere near the number of bar staff to serve everyone, hour long toilet queues and sound that could be drowned out of quiet conversation seems to be the jist - but the organisers have held their hands up, admitted they screwed up and put things in place so it won't happen again. Thanks to these promises, another stellar bill and the bargainous price (under £30 for [...]
Bomb The Bass (formed 1987, in London, England) is the umbrella title for the output of British musician and DJ, Tim Simenon. After the inital success of "Beat Dis" and Bomb The Bass' first album, things started to go wrong in 1991 when the launch of the second album coincided with the start of the first Gulf War. Over-reacting, the BBC unofficially banned anything controversial, and that included the name Bomb The Bass (and indeed Massive Attack, who temporarily became "Massive"). After the second album failed to take off, it would take [...]
The Bridge and The House...picture taken by TG Thanks to everyone who voted for my quick remix of Nude . My personal favorite was the Spor Remix. I liked the pitch and tempo change and how he kept the overall feel of the song. Martina Topley-Bird - Poison (Downtempo) - one of the most anticipated releases, at least for me, for this year. still waiting for the doves and madvillain. and like the others that have come and gone (lidell, portishead), it disappoints. well, at [...]
It's kind of hard to do a year end round up when I haven't posted anything that was actually from this year other than the Autechre remix of Unique 3 - The Theme , and even then it's a reworking of an old track. So by default I guess that's my track of the year. Maybe that or the Dubfire remix of Plastikman - Spastik . Both of which are very respectful of the originals, but bring them up to date through subtle tweaking. Anyway, other recommendations for tracks that may have been overlooked at the [...]
clarion alley series.2007 in my quest to record my vinyl sources into a digital format, leaving in the hisses and scratches, here are some more treats, i believe that are difficult to find outside of the vinyl medium. Digable Planets - Nickel Bags (Sneak A Beshu Mix) (Hip Hop) - from the 1992 12" of 'nickel bags'. nothing major added or taken away here, maybe a crisper hand clap? Digable Planets - Where I'm From (Aural G. Ride 12") (Hip Hop) - from the 12" in 1993 of [...]
GummiHz, "Temptation" [Mobilee] Jeff Samuel, "Knob" (Jacek Sienkiewicz remix) [Trapez] Denis Karimani, "Realtime Island" (Ndru remix) [Smallville Records] Plastikman, "Hypokondriak" [M_nus]
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