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Wednesday, February 6, 2008

New Sebastien Leger's tracks

06 February 2008

New tracks from The Master - Sebastien Leger!!!

The Return Of The Jaguar

Disc0Techn0

The Diamond Bridge

DJ INTERWIEVS

Gregor Tresher: 5pm Interview

Every weekday we ask one of the hottest names in dance music 5 probing questions and get them to tell us their current Top 5 tunes. Then we post a new one here every day at 5pm UK time. How nice of us!

Germany's Gregor Tresher first made a name for himself in Electro circles long before the genre was adopted by the 'next big thing' brigade.

Now he's busy turning out exemplary cuts that could happily be called Techno, Electro or - dare we even say it - Minimal. However Gregor isn't simply following the latest trendy musical bandwagon, as his releases on Great Stuff, Cocoon and Datapunk earned him recognition as Best Producer 2007 from German dance bible Raveline.

His debut artist LP, A Thousand Nights, has just dropped so we caught up with him to find out how he manages to stay at the crest of the musical wave...

What influences you when you are making records?

"I find it very important to be out in the clubs and listen to new music a lot, this is one of my main influences. Of course, I'm influenced by all kinds of different music ranging from electronica to pop, whether from the past or current music."

Which clubs do you think are the best in the world right now?

"My favorite clubs right now are Watergate in Berlin and Fabric in London. Cocoonclub in Frankfurt is also very good and well worth a visit."

The sort of techno/electro you make has become very popular in more mainstream clubland recently – how do you think this has effected the music?

"Well, my sound changed over the last two years into a slightly different direction, I'm not into so-called Electro at all at the moment, especially not the kind of "Electrohouse" everyone´s talking about. I like Detroit Techno very much right now and there's a lot of great new music coming from that direction."

We hear you are moving into playing live too, how is it going and what do hope to gain from the experience?

"I've only played three live gigs so far, which were all very good. I'm really enjoying playing live, but I want to keep it quite special and will only play live for special occasions. I'm planning not to play more often than just a few times a year. Playing live is completely different from DJing, especially since you can´t really react to the crowd due to the limitation of tracks."

What else are you up to in the coming months?

"In a few weeks there will be a remix 12 inch release from my album A Thousand Nights with remixes by Dubfire and Extrawelt. Then there will be a new 12 inch release on German label Moon Harbour Recordings in March, called Break New Soil. I just did a remix for Dubfire's new label Sci+Tec for an artist from South America called Delete, and I'm working on a few other things right now, I'm planning to do lots of new music in 2008..."

Gregor's Current Top 5

1. Ripperton - Zugunruhe (Daniel Stefanik Remix) - Connaisseur Superieur
2. Gregor Tresher - Black Rain (LP Version) - Great Stuff Recordings
3. Haito & Diringer - Perception (Simon Baker Remix) - Kickboxer
4. GTMK - Panchakarma - Intacto
5. Audio Soul Project - Taking Shape (Samuel L Session Remix Part 2) - Systematic

Retro Cassettes Go USB

Is it a tape? No, it's a USB storage solution!

Check out these two quirky new retro-cool products we've found while wasting a bit too much time on music geek websites...

They both come from ultra cool UK design companies, who have picked up on the fact that although digital music files are great and everything, people are a bit misty-eyed for the days of painstakingly making compilation tapes for their mates, designing the tracklist/artwork by hand and - most importantly - being able to actually give them something physical to be treasured. It's just not the same with a CD-R!

Suck UK have the kitch MixTape USB Stick, which sees a 64MB USB drive slotted into a classic old cassette shell. It stores 1 hour of music, just like a good old C60 tape, which they hope will inspire you to compile a vintage mix, plus an authentic retro inlay card for tracklist. They have proved so popular the've already sold out, but expect more stock on the way soon.

Manchester's MagneticNorth are behind the MIXA, a 1GB USB stick that is actually inside an old cassette, meaning the old meets the new head on for an analogue/digital bastard offspring.

The card design is a bit more hi-tech here, allowing you to import files and Flickr photos to create a sleeve and providing stickers so you can 'pimp your cassette'. They're pushing a valentines design right now for those hoping to use the magic of music to get themselves a shag next week.

For two ultimately fairly ridiculous products, we reckon these are going to do very well. Do you think someone will come up with the same sort of thing for vinyl...

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

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BEATPORT 4 Year Anniversary

4 Years Strong - 16 Free Downloads

To reward all Beatport's users, we have selected four of the hottest tracks from each of the past four years and made them available for free download.
	"The first four years have been amazing." said Jonas Tempel, Beatport's CEO. "The support we have received from the labels, the DJs, the fans, and the industry has humbled our entire team and gives us the motivation to continuously improve. 2008 is going to be our best year yet."

https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/92091/4_years_strong

Saturday, February 2, 2008

Ivan Komlinović: Klupska kultura /

preuzeto sa; muzikanastruju.com

Klupska kultura...Yeah, right...

Jedno od najofucanijih i najčešće postavljanih pitanja svakome DJu prilikom intervjua je: "Da li voliš više velike klubove i partye ili intimnije i manje?". Odgovor najčešće glasi: "Svake na svoj način", no puno ljudi se nekako priklanja manjem prostoru gdje je lakše uspostaviti kontakt i "bond" sa ukupnim auditorijem i ispričati im svoju priču.

Ja spadam definitivno u onaj dio ljudi koji vole velike evente, dobru organizaciju, ultra profesionalizam, crew koji se o svemu brine, savršeno ugođen soundsystem, light i besprijekoran DJ pult. Ali onaj "pravi" moment osjetim uglavnom u malim prostorima bez ventilacije, sa improviziranim DJ pultevima, lightom koji se jedva tako može nazvati i 300-tinjak dobro raspoloženih ljudi.

Ovdje dolazi do izražaja klupska kultura....

Da bih bolje objasnio o čemu pričam, vratimo se na veliki, dobro organizirani event...Nastupam točno u 04:00 na flooru B. Sada je 3 i imam 20 minuta da se na brzinu istuširam i obučem. Hotel je 10 minuta udaljen od partya, a još je 5 potrebno da se probijemo preko odvojenog ulaza za artiste do back stagea. Vozač je točan, trijezan i vrlo profesionalan. Stižemo pred ulaz gdje mi ljubazni dio crewa daje akreditaciju i prati me do back stagea. 04:00. Počinjem. 05:20. Završavam. Za vrijeme seta, tu je i osoba koja se brine da sve bude u redu i osigurava artistima piće koje žele. Pred stepenicama koje vode na stage, nalazi se zaštitar koji niti VIP akreditirane goste ne pušta blizu artista. Još nekolicina se brine da nekome ne bi palo na pamet penjati se na stage s neke druge strane...Svi su sretni i zadovoljni. DJ nesmetano obavlja svoj posao, crew svoj, a publika uživa u glazbi jer je sve pod kontrolom i party se odvija po planu...

Mali klub. Cca 300 ljudi. Na ulazu nadrkani kvartovski štemer sa 15 cm brazgotinom preko cijele, svježe obrijane glave. Pijani frend od organizatora dovozi me u 22 h pred klub jer se ne zna tko bi me mogao skupiti pred sam nastup. Drugi frend od organizatora još nije donio mixer sa jučerašnjeg "aftera", a fali i jedna gramofonska igla. Party počinje sa cca 2 sata zakašnjenja. Treći frend od organizatora je nadobudni DJ sa 3 mjeseca radnog iskustva koji pod svaku cijenu želi ispasti fora, te u svojih sat i pol seta izvrti svaki mogući hit od 2002. do 2006. koji ima. Po mogućnosti "malo tvrđe", jer to ovdje ekipa voli....

Nova techno produkcija je sporija, minimalnija, jednostavnija. Lakše ju je kombinirati sa starijim detroit elementima i ponovo ima smisla razgovarati o terminu "underground" kada govorimo o aktualnoj glazbi...

Nakon takvog warm up-a, krećem iz početka. Klub se smiruje, ali ljudi su se došli zabaviti i vjeruju DJu. Ubrzo se sve pokreće onako kako ja želim i publika odlično prihvaća fuziju novog i starog "underground" sounda. Naizgled sve je OK dok se nije pojavio ON; uz neizbjezni rejverski look i "muha" cvikere, dolazi do mene. Iako je klub rasplesan i sve funkcionira kako spada, samouvjereni znalac nezadovoljno me pokušava uvjeriti kako bih se ja trebao prikloniti njegovoj želji i po narudžbi pustiti nešto žestoko kako mu netom progutani extasy ne bi propao...

Ovdje dolazimo do točke kada me netko ometa na radnome mjestu. Uz sav užitak puštanja glazbe u manjem klubu, neizbježna je i tamna strana priče, a to je moment kada se prekida jedan kreativni flow u setu i kada se na neki način moram posvetiti zalutaloj ovci i upustiti se u diskusiju, reći da samo što nije počela glazba kakvu on želi, ili ga fizički udaljiti iz ionako tijesne kabine kako bih mogao nastaviti s poslom i kako bih uklonio rizik prolijevanja pića kojim mlati iznad opreme (već viđeno)...

U velikim klubovima do takvog razgovora ne dolazi. Ljudi jednostavno ne mogu do DJa. On je izdvojen i na ulazu u njegovo RADNO MJESTO obavezno se nalazi osoba iz zaštitarske službe koja osigurava da set bude neprekinut i da ne dođe do oštećenja skupocjene opreme... U takvim je uvjetima DJ opušteniji, fokusiraniji na svoj rad i automatski ga izvodi kvalitetnije.

Dio klupske kulture je ne prekidati čovjeka dok svira. Ukoliko se nekome ne sviđa određeni artist, neka ne dolazi na partyje gdje taj artist svira. Ukoliko mu se pak ne sviđa glazba na partyu, njegovo pravo je da napusti dvoranu. Iako se kod nekih izdvojenih primjera vidi tendencija naručivanja "one moje pjesme", kao što se to radi u kavanama sa živom glazbom...

Ukratko, (ne)kultura je dio svakodnevice kako DJa tako i posjetitelja. Dijelimo je na kulturu ophođenja na licu mjesta i onu poslije. Nebrojeno puta sam imao priliku pročitati razne reviewe partya koji su jednostavno bili zlonamjerne izmišljotine usmjerene protiv artista o kojem se radilo. Takve stvari vrlo lako mogu naštetiti artistima, ukoliko se negativni publicitet raširi među party populacijom. Neki moji kolege prate što se piše i upuštaju se u diskusiju i obrazlaganje zašto su neke stvari takve kakve jesu. Jedan (namjerno ne imenujem) superstar DJ (radi se o sjajnom glazbeniku, vrhunskom DJu sa fantastičnom tehnikom i uvijek drugačijim zanimljivim i povezanim setom...), je nakon učestalog neutemeljenog pljuvanja od strane osobe sakrivene iza kompjuterskog monitora, otišao i korak dalje; prvo je pokušao saznati što dotični ima protiv njega, a kada se to nastavilo, izvukao ga je pred klub i zalijepio mu nekoliko rasnih šamarčina. Ne opravdavam, ali razumijem.

Spomenuti slučajevi (scene s velikog party-a i iz malog kluba) događali su se nebrojeno puta i zaključak je jedan; velika većina partygoera su kulturni, open minded i tolerantni ljudi, no na 500 posjetitelja, dovoljan je jedan zalutali padobranac da upropasti raspoloženje artistu čije se tada upropašteno raspoloženje vrlo lako projicira (glazbom) na ostatak auditorija. Sam čin uzurpacije DJevog radnog mjesta ili ometanja pri radu, indikator je totalne nekulture, primitivizma i lošeg kućnog odgoja.

Drugi pokazatelj su neutemeljene kritike koje nisu zasnovane na objektivnom reviewu (tehničko - glazbenom opisu seta), nego na mixu predrasuda i osobnog raspoloženja, nerijetko začinjenog nekom krivom supstancom...Drugim riječima, i kritičan je review super ukoliko je potkrijepljen konkretnim informacijama koje ukazuju na loš performance artista, a ne napisan bez ikakvog backgrounda i argumentacije.

Sve u svemu kultura clubbinga je jedan od motora koji sam clubbing pomiču naprijed ili ga vuku u rikverc. Dio underground kulture je želja i tendencija da se čuje i doživi novo, što podrazumjeva dozu povjerenja prema glazbenicima koji eksperimentirajući otkrivaju nove pravce u samoj glazbi ili pristupu... Isključivo inzistiranje na nečem određenom nije dio te kulture i stanja uma koje ide uz moderne i experimentalne stilove glazbe, slikarstva ili bilo koje druge kreativne djelatnosti..

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

DJ Mag izbacio Blackbook

preuzeto sa klubske scene

Britanski DJ Mag nedavno je izbacio prvo izdanje knjige DJ Blackbook, inače adresara sa podacima svih DJa, producenata i promotora. Blackbook sadrži preko 1000 imena s kontaktima, svih važnijih osoba ili tvrtki u glazbenoj industriji. Također tu je i lista top 100 DJa, popis DJ Managementa, noćnih klubova, izdavačkih kuća, digitalnih trgovina bilo opreme ili zvuka, web alata, glazbenih seminara te još 20-tak kategorija.

Npr. ako tražite managera Paul Oakenfolda naći ćete ga tamo, ili recimo sve klubove u Poljskoj isto ćete pronaći. Blackbook zapada 4,95 britanskih funti što je oko 50 kn a može se naručiti i putem interneta s DJ Magove stranice.

Sebastien Leger - Terra (Eric Prydz Remix) LIVE @ Godskitchen

DIRTYY SOUT INTERVIEW

Dirty South’s meteoric rise to become one of the world’s most in demand producers looks set to continue unabated in 2008. Throughout 2007 the Melbourner toured the globe heavily playing countless shows across Europe, North and South America. His rapidly growing profile on the worldwide stage was solidified upon announcement of the 2007 DJ Mag Top 100, with Dirty South’s hard work seeing him squeeze into the poll of who’s who in the DJing community at #98.

House Passion Vol. 6

Artist: VA
Title: House Passion Vol. 6
Label: Atlantis Italy
Released: 14 Jan 2008
Tracks: 024
Format: 2xCD
Genre: Electronic
Style: House
Source: CDDA
Quality: VBRkbps / 44100Hz / Joint Stereo
Playtime: 02:35:15
Size: 211 MB

Tracklist:

CD1:

01. Bob Sinclar & Steve Edwards - Together (Original Club Mix)
02. Pain & Rossini - Let the Music Play (P&r Re Works 2007 Mix)
03. Samuele Sartini - Fly (Pain & Rossini Mix)
04. Pussy Dub Foundation - Foundation (Gambafreaks Vs Baby Bitcher Vs Rudeejay Re Edit)
05. Robbie Rivera - Aye Aye Aye (Rivera & Clivilles Club Mix)
06. Maurizio Gubellini - Tumble (Andrea Bartolini Remix)
07. St Connection - Jingo Chic (Karim vs. Poweredmilk Mix)
08. Amnesia vs. Lory Maiuri - Look into My Eyes (Vocal Mix)
09. Al.Ka. Project - People Get Ready (Club Mix)
10. Mypd feat. Liz - You're Not Alone(Original Mix)
11. Private Zone - Die Hard (Frederik Remix)
12. T Street vs. Classroom - Do it for Yourself (Marchesini & Farina Main Mix)

CD2:

01. House Of Glass - Stone Fox Chase (Original)
02. Punk Deluxe - What I See (Pain & Rossini Vocal Mix)
03. Hardrox - Feel the Hard Rock (Heiko & Maiko Mix)
04. Cat vs. Boyler feat. Dr. Feelx - Clapping(Maurizio Gubellini Remi)
05. DJ Disciple - Rise Up (Jesse Garcia Remix)
06. Kraft - Fixation
07. Peruz vs. Frank Nastri - Absolutribe
08. Cristian Marchi - Let Me Love (Cristian Marchi Instrumental)
09. Bellatrax feat. Sophia May - I Can't Help Myself (Sunfreakz Extended Mix)
10. Outwork feat. Annbee - Out of Time (Vocal Extended Mix)
11. DJ Aron & DJ Tomer Present - At Folies (DJ Aron & DJ Tomer Hightk Brothers Mix)
12. Kevin Duval - This is What it Sounds Like (Instrumental Mix)

http://rapidshare.com/files/87524414/VA_-_House_Passion_Vol._6.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/87539376/VA_-_House_Passion_Vol._6.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/87542648/VA_-_House_Passion_Vol._6.part3.rar

Password: Acid_Boy

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

FEEEL THE VIBE

Monday, January 28, 2008

Richard Dinsdale Interview for Beatportal

28 January 2008

Richard Dinsdale is one of the most respected new producers in the club scene.
In addition to collaborations with Mark Knight and his involvement with the ever-happening Toolroom record label, Richard has become a force to be reckoned with in his own right.

Since 2006, his melange of funk, soul, twisted glitch and hard electro has electrified dancefloors around the globe. Since Richard is a tremendous programmer/musician as well as DJ, we tagged him to kick off our 2008 series of producer interviews.

Read on…

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25 January 2008

To reward all Beatport's users, we have selected four of the hottest tracks from each of the past four years and made them available for free download.

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