Two Armadillos did the track 'Ronin' as some kind of sense-play to feeling alone within a large group of people. That's the closest I can get to explaining how sweet this is. It's a compliment within depression. A hug in isolation. A metaphor in search of a track. https://www.dropbox.com/s/971n l3v76kafc2n/Ronin.mp3"> https://www.dropbox.com/s/971n l3v76kafc2n/Ronin.mp3 I'll start seeing the psychiatrist. So long as you promise to play it and be nice to people who hate you. Imagine if [...]
The month of May is rather in intense in Berlin. Three solid public holidays, a couple of excellent Kreuzberg street parties and an assortment of bullet-proof line-ups assailing the clubs week in, week out has made my weekends seem very short. I was almost techno-ed out after a few too many long nights, but I'm happy to report that I am fighting my way back to full health. A few more sunny days spent in the intermittent darkness of Panorama Bar should see me back to 100%. [...]
We've been getting some stonking submissions from readers recently. Cheers guys! We really appreciate it. Although there has been a lot of interesting stuff sent through, there were a couple that particularly impressed - coming via Australia and the UK from Flex Cop and Felix Jaehn . These two lad's were both kind enough to turn in EP's which are available for free download in full - so get in while they are hot. Let's kick things off with Felix Jaehn [...]
I've been wondering what happened to Seth Troxler . Did the bats get him? No. He's been eating LSD in some Berlin bunker. I think he made this track 'Aphrika' during the comedowns. It's f-f-funky, juicy. If you like that typical Troxler titular shit, press play.
I heard about the Trevino Fact mix not on a blog, or in a review, or even Fact Mag . I found this thing in the Resident Advisor forums months after it was released. A music curator didn't hand it to me; saying how Trevino's track selection sparkled, the mix was tight or the narrative arc was urgent but not rushed. Some very passionate and lonely EDM consumers sat in their apartments, somewhere in the world, posting about how balls-deep into it they were. And now I'm balls-deep [...]
Rodhad is a Berlin wranger who did a sweet vinyl set for a recent CLR podcast. You should care about this. It's a deep trip through Rodhad's mind. He co-runs the Dystopian label and, according to Chris Liebing, the guy is "amazing". Come on Chris, that isn't saying much! Give this a few minutes and you'll be hooked. If you like dark techno you'll be addicted.
Between all this noise about Daft Punk's new single 'Get Lucky' (Is it real? Is it fake??), it is sometimes easy to forget that there is plenty of other excellent music about. As perfectly nice as 'Get Lucky' is, I think that a suitable audible mind-number is necessary after all of it's shrill collateral. Featured on Ada 's new record ' Paws 1 ' is one such track. Not to say that it is boring, but Superpitcher 's lovelily beatless interpretation of ' Interlude ' does a [...]
We have landed in Berlin. Before many of the upcoming posts begin reflecting my surroundings by descending into techno debauchery, I thought I would share a bunch of upbeat, housey tracks. Let's get the tail end of this week going in the right way shall we? Got a little gushy when I spotted this one.. DJ Sprinkles ' classic ' Brenda's $20 Dilemma ' getting a rub down from Japan's own little maestro Kuniyuki Takahashi . Very exciting stuff. Kuniyuki really added a lot of spice here - buckets of percussion, [...]
Rodhad is a Berlin wranger who did a sweet vinyl set for a recent CLR podcast. You should you care about this. It's a deep trip through Rodhad's mind. He co-runs the Dystopian label and, according to Chris Liebing, the guy is "amazing". Come on Chris, that isn't saying much! Give this a few minutes and you'll be hooked. If you like dark techno you'll be addicted.
I've been made aware that I have been talking about the bitter Winter here in Helsinki a little too much. What can I say? It's tough for an Aussie guy to be living over here in this kind of cold. The good news is that the sun is finally out and Summer is well and truly in the pipeline. Other good pipeline related news is that there is some excellent dub techno in it. Alrighty.. Detroit's Rod Modell (aka DeepChord ) is [...]
Right! Back to it! It has been an looonnng month off. Let's kick things off on a fun note with this new little number from Polish duo Karol VXII & MB Valence . It might seem at first glance to be a politely jazzy deep house track, but trust me - there is a dancefloor killer lurking under there somewhere. With a bassline like that, how could there not be? [...]
Techno Fridays are back. At least for today. It's been a while. A couple of our Swedish readers - better known as the duo Motormännen - recently got in touch to share a project that they have been working on. At first glance, it is an investigative report into the impact of pollution in mid 80's East Germany. It becomes clear pretty quickly though that the video's soundtrack is the real star of this project - a spicy dancefloor bomb that [...]
Monday.. Bah. Today is apparently the start of the Finnish Winter vacation, but I somehow missed the memo. It is very lucky indeed that I have these next two tracks to keep me occupied throughout this lonely week. *sighs* Smallville Records have been super impressive for quite a while now, as top 15 placings in RA 's past two 'Labels of the year' lists will attest. On a personal level, their brand of intelligent, relaxed deep house fits particularly snugly into my tastes - as does their production roster [...]
Gotta love a song with a little bit of bounce. I first heard 'Gemini' during Ben Klock's very tight Fabric 66 mix of 2012. When it plays in my earphones, I see a rainbow robot making Play-Doh pizza. The video clip is pretty sweet too. I don't know if it's an official music video - I'm positive it's not - but how sweet is the retro-time-lapse-mission-contr ol thing?
From what I can tell, my second Winter in Helsinki is slowly starting to come to a close. Temperatures have finally started to rise above 0°, the ice is melting to slush and days are starting to lighten up. Fucking finally. It has been so horribly dark, cold and depressing of late that I have been forced to turn to house jams to toast my chilly lobes. These two tracks have been doing a particularly good job: I first heard the King Street Records ' Classic House Grooves' [...]
Although the weekend is nearly over, my urge to do a little dance on my sofa hasn't diminished one iota. These little ditties could help me get through to Monday rather nicely: I'm not exactly sure how I came across Stefano Infusino 's ' Flux ' EP, but I have been spending some time recently appreciating it's bare-boned, thumping simplicity. The EP's write-up on Beatport describes it as a techno DJ's 'tool' and that is certainly accurate.. It is pretty clear that it was made almost solely for the dance [...]
"When guests are leaving, the mood of being reluctant to say farewell is essential. If this mood is lacking, one will appear bored and the day and evening’s conversation will disappear." - Yamamoto Tsunetomo I came across this sweet little quote yesterday on a techno blog called mnml ssgs . I found it while trawling around for Peter Van Hoesen mixes. I want to taste him a little before his set at One22 in Sydney later this month. Also posted on sausages was a [...]
"When guests are leaving, the mood of being reluctant to say farewell is essential. If this mood is lacking, one will appear bored and the day and evening’s conversation will disappear." - Yamamoto Tsunetomo I came across this sweet little quote yesterday on a techno blog called mnml ssgs . I found it while trawling around for Peter Van Hoesen mixes. I want to taste him a little before his set at One22 in Sydney later this month. Also posted on sausages was a [...]
No moikka! A hungover Sunday feels like as good a time as any to give my Blouse 2013 a decent kick-off. Let's hope that Sascha Funke and Ryan Crosson can help me do just that. When I visited Copenhagen late last year, I had the pleasure of seeing German power couple Saschienne play live - and what an exciting spectacle it was. Saschienne is a project that Berlin techno legend Sascha Funke and wife Julienne Dessagne kicked off early last year with [...]
No moikka! A hungover Sunday feels like as good a time as any to give my Blouse 2013 a decent kick-off. Let's hope that Sascha Funke and Ryan Crosson can help me do just that. When I visited Copenhagen late last year, I had the pleasure of seeing German power couple Saschienne play live - and what an exciting spectacle it was. Saschienne is a project that Berlin techno legend Sascha Funke and wife Julienne Dessagne kicked off early last year with [...]
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