record reviews: Boards of Canada the campfire headphase
The Campfire headphase is the third studio album of Boards of Canada released by Warp records in 2005. I was constantly listening again this album last week, rethinking a bit about the style of Boards of Canada in general. Actually the album took the duo 3 years to finish , I think totally understand why. It seems that a long discussion was taking place among these guys about music and life in general. All the tracks of this album are unique , perhaps I would like to remark Dayvan cowboy , Sherbet Head and Hey Saturday sun because was the inspiration for listening the whole album twice 2 days ago. The atmosphere that the music of the album creates can’t really be compared with a lot of other albums, but in the other hand is definitely following the progressive style of warp music. A label which for over 20 years is releasing probably the best albums of intelligent experimental electronic music and beyond. The melodies , the guitars and the feeling i get from the music is like the first time I was in love , listening to some clever music and traveling with my mind ..or when I was rather feeling urbanist and nostalgic walking with my mp3 player in the center of the big metropolis I was born . I feel that this album is highly recommended to those people who gets what I m trying to describe previously. I know that many of my friends forgot currently that this album exists , so this is the right time to listen to it again ..so take your mp3 player and go for a walk in a big city street where ever you are. The campfire headphase will show you the way
DnB 1996 (LolaDaMusica) a rare old documentary of Dutch TV
Ok this is awesome.. Anold documentary about drum n bass by a dutch tv program , I couldn’t resist so I post here in three parts with interviews of Squarepusher , Photek and Source Direct..
Rare Drum & Bass 1996 documentary by Dutch TV program (Lola Da Musica). There are a few Dutch passages, but the interviews are in English.
Dj Sourbi – Back 2 Time (for the shituationist institute January 2011)
This is a new mix by dj sourbi for the shituationist institute coming this month with classic anthems.
Saturday Set : Schlendrian Klimperbeat – Lets get Lioma
January Mix for the Shituationist Instit2te
1. 28th Street Crew – Sex on the Dancefloor
2. Nina Kraviz – Pain in the Ass (Lewis Boardman Mix)
3. Animal Trainer – The First
4. Telephones – Kanal (Prins Thomas Sure Oppstot)
5. Maetrik – Bottom Heavy
6. Eric Borgo vs. Oxia – Another Man ( 07 Mix)
7. Oliver Dahl – Sako
8. Booka Shade – Bad Love (Kaiserdisco Remix)
9. Animal Trainer – Pablo
10. Memet feat. Katerina – Devotion
11. The Timewriter – Room of a Million Rainbows ( Mikael Deltas Elektronized Mix)
12. Tony Lionni – Found a Place
13. Chapeau Claque – Pale Blue ( Enliven Cosmo Remix)
Mix Countdown 6/10
A mix I really appreciated this year, is the first mixtape by Neulich Irgendwo , an uprising DJ-team from Potsdam, the small and apparently underestimated techno-suburb of Berlin. The mix combines a nice blend of discohouse, some acid and lots of timeless afterhour-classics, you normally only would aspect to be played on a sunday-afternoon at Golden Gate. I associate this mix with the A.K.N.E. ‘ s summer-actions, when we always used to play it on our soundsystem Mobile Dufte Mini Anlage (MDMA) , while raving trough the city, taking part in some street-parades and demonstrations.
Saturday Set : Bastian Kurzweil – Der Sommer ging, der Winter kam
For this Saturday-Set we have chosen the “Der Sommer ging, der Winter kam ” (summer has gone, winter came) mix by Bastian Kurzweil ( producer, Dj and member of the Dienstagswelt-Crew ) from Berlin. Its an nice mixture of Minimal and Techhouse, bringing the summer back to the siberian nights of Berlin.
party review : Blake Baxter @ Acid ist Fertig, Suicide Circus
As I think, you all know Blake Baxter, so there is no need for any biographical description. (If you dont know him, shame on you and have a look here
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The Suicide Circus is a very small club in the party centre of Berlin around Warschauer Strasse. Its located in an former industrial area, surrounded by 3 other clubs, usually occupied by tourists. After a proper warm-up by Frank Bean , Blake Baxter started playing from 3-5( actually 2-4, because of this summer/winter time stuff, but thats too confusing now). Due to the Suicide Circus´ nominal size, there was an really intimate and private atmosphere and an great interaction between him and the audience ( as he said afterwards, thats one of the reasons, why he prefers playing in smaller clubs ) . He was playing on 4 decks combing records and CD´s. In the first hour of his set he was using mostly records and has been checking out the mood of the audience, testing different styles and so on, to look how hard he could get later. In the second hour, he started with really hard, banging oldskool acid house and rave classics like “Jesus loves the Acid” and all that stuff, beaming the audience to new dimensions of sound. The people where – even for Berlin-conditions – really going crazy for his set, dancing exstaticly with huge smiles and as I suppose water was the most sold drink that night
For me it was very interesting to watch Lord Baxter operating on the decks, because I didnt suspect he´d be mixing that rough. But it was awesome set, anyways!! ( by the way: keep your eyes peeled for an institute-interview with Blake Baxter about his impressions of the development of the berlin party-/club scene, the set he played this weekend, and differences between american and german mixing, coming up in the next days, weeks, months or years)
Video of the Week : The New Dance Show
Great excerpt from “The New Dance Show”, which has been on television in Detroit from the late 80´s untill the early 90´s , presenting underground dance music.


