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JennifairyThis is an exclusive interview of Scuba and Robotic by the nice project Berlin Mitte institute
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May 10, 2011
featured artists: interview with Local suicide
Q1 Could you tell us something about yourself and your artistic background please.
Our Dj Team consists of Brax Moody and Vamparela. We started producing radio shows in our home towns when we were teenagers. Brax Moody played in hip hop and indie clubs of Bavaria’s exciting Capital, Munich. Vamparela played in indie and electro bars in vibrant Thessaloniki, the second largest city in Greece. We then moved to the colourful German Capital, Berlin, where we met and in 2010 formed the DJ collaboration Local Suicide. Since then we have been playing in some of the best clubs around Europe. We mainly play minimal, house, electro swing and disco.
Q2 Do you work on your own, what collaborations do you participate in (label, musical partners, etc)?
Since now we have been mainly working on our own, but we are flirting with the idea of collaborating with some other musical partners.
Q3 Something you want to share about your local scene, some insights or recommendations?
We have been living in Berlin for some years now and we see how the local musical orientation is changing. It went from minimal to house and now the latest hype is disco.
Q4 What equipment do you use, what is your work process?
When we dj, we usually use a lap top and the Vestax dj controller, but sometimes we also play with vinyl.
Q5 What are your next gigs and where can we preview your works online?
We had a big tour in Europe in April, so now we are taking a small break. The next gig is on the 21st May in one of Cologne’s hypes venues, Stadtgarten and on June 17th at M&D, an open air festival near Brussels.
This is our website: www.localsuicide.com. You can listen to our sets and remixes on www.soundcloud.com/localsuicide and on www.play.fm/artist/localsuicide. And here are some more useful links:
www.myspace.com/localsuzie, www.facebook.com/localsuicide, www.twitter.com/localsuicide, www.residentadvisor.net/dj/localsuicide
Q6 Any plans for the future you want to announce here…?
We are planning on starting producing music on a more professional level, making more remixes and on traveling to even more far away places to play.
Q7 How about some namedropping, do you want to recommend some artists that inspire you?
Daniel Steinberg, Bowski, Alexander Robotnick, Andy Kohlmann, Richie Hawtin, Bottin and so many others.
May 3, 2011
ROLL TV – exclusive interview with big bud
Roll TV – Drum and Bass TV show in New Zealand featuring Charlie B, Billy Fluid and DJ Funkshun. Im posting it today for archive reasons recorded at 2007 actually a quite funny video , they seem pretty wasted 
March 29, 2011
Interview: Robot For Brains
Q1 Could you tell us something about yourself and your artistic background?
Yeah, My name’s Gareth…originally I’m from a small town in Leicestershire… been making a noise since I was about 11… I’m 27 now.
Was well into music from pretty early on because of my two older brothers. Both in bands and they listened to some pretty way out shit I guess.
It was cool to be exposed to stuff like Drexciya and Aphex from a young age…
I started drum tuition when I was 11 because my best mate did… though I was never really content with the normal drum sounds, so did stuff like mic up my mum’s biscuit tins and got a Yamaha drum machine for more weird noises and bass drum sounds. I then started recording stuff down to cassette tape. I used to make tracks out of all sorts, from my mates older sisters rave tapes to mega drive menu sounds. I never used to tell anyone though, just thought people would think I was weird. Especially as all my first shit sounded like horror film music. The direct result of watching too much Stephen King.
It all escalated from there really, it was post rave time around 94′ and a lot of Techno was coming out. I used to listen to that stuff Beltram, Thomas Heckman and AC/DC lol who I love, my first love musically… or just whatever music that was coming out of my brothers room… usually ‘The Cramps’ lol. I’ve been building up my studio since then, strippin it away again etc… I still like to get on the drum kit when I can too!
More notably, I spent some time as assistant sound engineer with the ‘Lo Fidelity Allstars’ in their Brighton studios… I probably gained the most knowledge about making music properly during this time. Now I’m based in trendy East London, haha
Q2 Do you work on your own? What collaborations do you participate in (label, musical partners, etc)?
‘robot for brains’ is me on my own… it’s a name I have stuck with for a while now. When I started out however…I was never really happy with my tunes. Hence me only ever really showing mates, which looking back is perhaps a little dumb of me, as it turns out people quite like a lot of my old shit I’ve got of a lot unheard stuff, some of which will be released now, others I will be posting as and when I feel to my Soundcloud/Facebook page. I’ve only just put it up, you can check it out…
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Robotforbrains/201058283253618
I’m also part of a collective of DJ’s and producers called the ‘FM Press‘. We have started putting on nights in East London, the last one was with Mark Rae, it was great! Here I DJ as ‘Fantastic Damage‘ along side Dave Chambers, the founding member of the ‘FM Press‘. We also produced tracks together, though this stuff is really about a party vibe and having fun… you can hit us up on Soundcloud or Mixcloud… we just did a bootleg of Ramadanman & James Blake which we really like… 
I’m also making some other techno stuff with Dave, It’s the first time in 10 years that I’ve made Techno and we’re both really excited about it. It’s sounding awesome and a lot of fun, but it’s hush hush for now…
Q3 Something you want to share about London music scene, some insights or recommendations?
I’m still getting my head around the London music scene… enough said !
Though I can highly recommend a night called PLEX @ Corsica Studios. I went to the first one back in 2006, the guys there are really dedicated. I now help them out a little, I did the lighting at the last one… which was wicked! So if you’re into electronic music you should get down to Corsica. Oh and not forgetting the ‘FM Press parties’ @ Star of Bethnal Green, a venue which punches well above it’s weight in my opinion… check em’ out !!!
I can also recommend a really nice French restaurant in Angel called Le Mercury… ha ha
Q4 What equipment do you use / what is your favorite piece of equipment?
Hardware & software… I love the Nord Lead 2, for anyone getting into Techno etc just get one… it will not only help you learn hands on synthesis but also provide you with perhaps the only synth you will ever REALLY need ! in my opinion…
I also like the ‘Audio Realism’ Bassline… because it replicates a hardware TB-303.. great for acid on the go!…. oh and Massey do some great free plug-ins… get them all ! This gear is all over ‘The Hard Way‘ EP.
My fave bit of hardware though is the Rokk stereo mixing console… I’m convinced I’m the only one who still actually has one haha!.. I found this weird 8 channel mixing desk in a second hand shop, they let me have it for like a tenner because only the left channel worked…. I fixed it, and it’s now great… love running shit through, that’s probably my favourite, because it looks really nice and was just a tenner
Q5 What is your work process?
With the ‘robot for brains’ stuff, the musical idea or vision is usually inset in my brain first… I see it, and it will over take all my thoughts for a few days until I get the idea down… it’s distracting from real life in a way, consuming. I’m into raw production values I guess, I think ‘robot for brains‘ is a rough sound. In the past I’ve always had my reservations about using pre processed samples, drums & loops etc… So would spend ages recording shit down and then messing with eq’s & compressors till they sounded spicy enough. Having felt like I have gone through a bit of a right of passage with that now, these days I’m not so bothered, and it’s just about doing it, time and shit…
Most of the sounds get put into Ableton first and arranged, maybe a bit of re-amping here and there, a lot of the synth parts on ‘The Hard Way‘ are re-amped or processed with some hardware in someway…then mixed in Protools after. A lot people moan about Protools, but I happen to really like it for mixing tracks.
Q6 What was the last record that you bought?
The piece of Vinyl…Mad Professor dub me crazy pt.3…. last download… ‘Andy Stott – Tell me anything’
Q7 Which artists have influenced you the most over the years?
I hate this question… let’s just say…Luke Vibert and Liam Howlett & leave it at that lol
Q8 Who would be your dream artist to work with?
Probably the GZA ha… ‘I’ve got this little fantasy… I’d quite like to make an Acid Hiphop album one day…GZA on the mic obviously !
Q9What are your next gigs and where can we preview your works online?
I’m Dj’ing as ‘robot for brains’ in Leeds, London And Glasgow over the next coming months, which is pretty bonkers for me…also the next FM Press party is 28th May @ Star of Bethnal Green.
you can check out these links below…
as ‘robot for brains’
http://www.swishco.co.uk/release.php?id=113
http://soundcloud.com/robotforbrains
http://www.mixcloud.com/robotforbrains/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Robotforbrains/201058283253618
http://twitter.com/robotforbrains
as ‘Fantastic Damage’
http://soundcloud.com/fantastic-damage
http://www.mixcloud.com/FantasticDamage/
Q9 Any plans for the future you want to announce here?
If the world makes it past 2012… all I can say is watch out for some jokers that go by the name of CRACK!
Thank you Gareth and all the best! 
(..interview by MNanotek)
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March 1, 2011
featured artists: Zweifuss
Q1 Could you tell us something about yourself and your artistic background please.
Electronic music keeps me going for more than 15 years now. I’m based in the Berlin Techno scene ever since moving here in 2003. First I got involved in organizing parties around the “Rauchhaus” – the first squatted house in Berlin 40 years ago, now a legalized and self-organized youth project. As “Elektrofreaks” we did underground concerts and parties to raise money for communal living or in solidarity with leftist political organizing. This was the beginning of “DJ Zweifuss”. My musical style is constantly evolving, but still I keep that name. It means that music is for dancing.
Q2 Do you work on your own, what collaborations do you participate in (label, musical partners, etc)?
Soon I got booked for parties by other collectives, and I continue to play music in support of social issues. In 2009 the Mixotic – netlabel released my mix “5 Miles Of Walking” and it got some attention. Netlabels promote noncommercial copyrights, based on the idea of “Creative Commons”. The same year I played my first set for Dienstagswelt. I like to go to their parties on Tuesdays and get to DJ for them once in a while. And lately I work with the people from A.K.N.E., a young collective of unconventional artists and party organizers – I’m sure you heard of them
Q3 Something you want to share about your local scene, some insights or recommendations?
Well, I already mentioned some local networks. Of course there is so much more going on here, a variety of scenes, just come and discover by yourself! I prefer to go to parties on the weekdays, like the M.I.K.Z. on Tuesdays. And there are good concerts of electroacoustic music in little venues around Neukölln – sometimes noisy, but very inspiring. It’s fascinating to hear musicians create something new and unique, instead of reproducing an established genre.
Q4 What equipment do you use, what is your work process?
Digital equipment (laptop, controller) facilitates creative processing, like quick access to loops, samples or effects. I buy tracks in high quality on download platforms to support the artists and small labels. My club-setup is simple, using 2 decks only. If you choose the right tracks you don’t need extra layers. Be prepared, and keep the set dynamic, somehow interacting with the dancers on the floor. Over the last few years I did a number of elaborated mixtapes to present the music I like. You can find some on my soundcloud-profile. And here’s a set I played lately:
Q5 What are your next gigs and where can we preview your works online?
I have residencies in Berlin bars, and always some party gigs coming up, like the 21st of May in ://about blank, Berlin. You find all my dates on Myspace or follow DJ Zweifuss on Facebook:
Q6 Any plans for the future you want to announce here…?
Zweifuss is recognized as a House-DJ. But since I like to play different genres, I am working on another profile, located closer to Techno. Check for upcoming mixtapes here: http://soundcloud.com/eftechr
Also I’m in the situation now to spend more time on music. First step will be to seriously start working with Live, a software by Ableton. I intend to perform and produce own music in the future.
Q7 How about some namedropping, do you want to recommend some artists that inspire you?
I went to this concert by Ben Frost at Berghain the other night: Sounds based on electric guitar, with heavy electronic processing. So intense! And you should hear Yann Keller play his e-cello, grinding the waves with pure data software. I just can’t get enough of these noise clusters…
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February 8, 2011
an interview with Marx Trukker
People who follow this blog for some time now already know Marx trukker. Many times we featured live sets , tracks , news etc of noticeable artist from Berlin. I would like to thanks Marx Trukker to give us the oportunity to have this interview today. We also hope to see him in one of our next events as well. You can also listen a live set of Marx Trukker at Hedonismus Hacienda (Forum Stadtpark Graz 25-06-2010) bellow
Q1 Could you tell us something about yourself and your artistic background please.
Hey there,i am Mark “The Marx Trukker” from Berlin.I was born in the mid-eigthies and started with the music when i was about 10 or 12 years old – first with some kind of dj-ing,tape-looping stuff and a punk band (which was really punk,as 3 of 4 members never used an instrument before
When i was around 15 i started using drumcomputers and some other groovemachines to generate some noise from it Later on i got a first computer and had a lot of fun with all the new possibilities of digital music production
Today i work in two stages using preferably analogue hardware to generate sound and then recording that stuff into the computer to extract as much sound as possible from it using mainly Ableton Live- i really like the idea of a strong limited setup to work with and then get the maximum out of it.
All this different plug-in stuff is not my cup of tea for example (although i know that there is a lot of stuff to discover,so maybe sometime in the future i will start using some of that things too, but for now i like my setup as it is and i have a good workflow with it,which is one of the most important things i guess
My musical influences can be found from Kraut to Basic Channel to early Tresor to Electronica and back to Postrock – i like music that speaks to me somehow
Q2 Do you work on your own, what collaborations do you participate in (label, musical partners, etc)?
I had some collaborations in the past with a lot of good friends, but the most time i work on my own, as for me it’s the best way to realize my ideas because i don’t really like to make compromises
Yeah and the labels:
i started to discover the netaudio-scene 4 years ago when i got an internet-access for the first time in my life and maybe it was good that way,as i am very addicted to it now somehow
Then i released three Eps in 2007/2008 and contributed to a few compilations (Thanks Odrex Music,Schall-Netlabel and Deep in Dub).
Also in 2008 i founded my own label “The Studio Stereo” where i released two Cds with some good friends from the netaudio-scene. As i realized that i wasn’t the best man for the label-work i quit TSS and today PierretheMoon from france is the new head of it and i think he does a quite nice job.
In 2009/2010 i released some other songs on Dreiton and Eintakt and some stuff i did in 2010 will be released later this year on this labels too.
I also shorty released some ambient stuff on my own (which can be found here: http://marxtrukker.blogspot.com/2011/01/that-weather-daily-waveform-cycle.html)
I really like this DIY-mentality: if you feel you have to do something,just do it
Q3 Something you want to share about your local scene, some insights or recommendations?
I think the great thing about berlin is that everybody can do everything he wants to if he really wants to
When i started playing liveacts in about 2004/2005 i had no idea of what could happen and when i look back on the last few years it’s pretty amazing what happened just because i did what i did.
Taking part in the Netaudio-Festival in 2009 was one of my highlights for example and also the weekly Killekill-parties in the Berghain Kantine (which sadly were quit last year) i was allowed to play at a few times always had a very special energy and that’s what it’s all about i think.
(Thanks Dj Flush from Killekill and Raimund from Netaudio-Berlin btw
Q4 What equipment do you use, what is your work process?
As i already mentioned i am a fan of analogue hardware which i love for being a little unexact and for the pure sound of course – i like meditating about oscillators
My liveacts always are 50% pre-planned (with some main ideas in my head and in the machines) and 50% are totally random rock n roll with overdrive and headbanging.
For 2011 the plan is to minimize my setup a little and making it even more playable and interactive
and the most important thing: kicking off the laptop from the stage and getting back to a solid hardware-liveact (which are my roots somehow
Q5 What are your next gigs and where can we preview your works online?
I just had a 6 months break from my liveact to think about a lot of stuff and get my head free for new things.
I will be back from march on (26-03-2011 at Theaterkapelle Friedrichshain -//- 21-05-2011 at about:blank) and i’m just looking for some more bookings to get the liveact driven again
My music can be found on Soundcloud ( http://soundcloud.com/the-marx-trukker ) where i also have a lot of stuff (liveacts,netreleases and so on for free download.
Q6 Any plans for the future you want to announce here…?
I just finished a new EP (working title: Breaks and Chords // http://soundcloud.com/the-marx-trukker/sets/the-marx-trukker-breaks-chords/) which i’d like to release very soon but i didn’t find a label yet, so let’s have a look who will be interested after reading this
And of course i will keep on playing the livegame again and again and just keep on making music without compromises
Q7 How about some namedropping, do you want to recommend some artists that inspire you?
Say hello to: Ant:stat:k,Olle2000, Bekeschus,Bob Beebass,160R,Mixkat, Adrian Friedrich
January 18, 2011
featured artists: Scion A/V Presents: Scuba Interview
12th Planet of Roach Coach Radio interviews Scuba for Scion A/V. The motivation to post this external interview of scuba , following a youtube link was the fabulous report of drofnothing from the last sub: stance at Berghain last week. This interview is rather new one and interesting . check this out
January 11, 2011
Featured artists + interview : Reecard Farche “Anklepants”
a picture by ian liddle “berlin” http://ianliddlework.blogspot.com/
Since moving to London “Anklepants” has played at “BANGFACE” alongside acts such as Luke vibert & Bong Ra & “Interakt records CREATURES” alongside acts such as Milanese ,Flint kids and Starkey.
Also has played constantly in Berlin and also in Essen Germany in venues such as Maria , café Zapata , Sameheads , Paris @ Musik Mekanik Cirkus and Lyon @ lé Sonic. named Ankle Pants , with a bio an interview bellow. A special thanks to Ankle Pants for this interview
Q1 Could you tell us something about yourself and your artistic background please.
My-facé-seed grew up in a small town in Australia called Bellingen. head. Mid north coast of Australia… I have been making music since i was 10, and playing guitar since then, and giging since i was 16 . My-facé started making electronic music in 2000 under many different names.= , such as qwerty. Anklepants aka ” Reecard Farché ” has existed since 2008.Reecard Farché is the most imperfect creature know to man or woman. Also i have been working as a creature effects technician on films since 2002.
Q2 Do you work on your own, what collaborations do you participate in (label, musical partners, etc)?
In Anklepants i work alone as Reecard farché. My financial advisor is Dr Krug. Recently i have started musical collaborations with Freeka tet “sgure” and adam “sense” Raisbeck. Also Freeka has been joining me in the live situation , and this will become a more common occurrence. In 2009 i started my own label qwerty records available via addictech , http://qwertyrecords.addictech.com/ here i have released much of my own material and many of my friends back in Australia. I play in other bands in Australia such as squatclub http://www.myspace.com/squatclub and shirlow http://www.myspace.com/shirlow. And in the past have made alot of music with Tim korn “wryteq”
Q3 Something you want to share about your local scene, some insights or recommendations?
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there are so many people back home that work so hard on what they are doing.i would not know where to start… Aside from the ” übergrundé ” Sydneys première socialist brat movement , that prides itself on promoting all music thats not made in Australia.I would have to say…. with “rock band” formation type of stuff.
The birds robe collective would have to be the guys putting gigs on with bands that are really playing alot and doing there own thing http://www.birdsrobe.com/. Also my friends that run there online music store 65 Degrees Music Café http://65degrees.com.au/. There are the ones selling alot of these bands music online to the earth.
As for “electronic” music i would have to say ,from my perspective there is no real hub i could mention to find out whats goin on or to get an insight , alot of the partys are illegal warehouse and open air type things and any of the others are in the same venues as the bands. I mean electronic music dose take a real back seat to rock in Australia. Some warehouse venues i suppose “Dirty shirlows” in marrickville , “the red rattler” in marrickville.
There is always new things popping up and im sure there is alot of new places since i left in april 2010.
Q4 What equipment do you use, what is your work process?
Hosts….. Mainly Ableton live , Renoise and alot of other things, Reaktor a bit of max and myfacé . live i use many different mics , midi guitar , korg nano’s akai apc40 and or novation launchpad. There is alot of other hardware back home in storage and like to bend things also.
There are also many custom built elements within my gear.And always guitar somewhere to.I love guitars. My Animatronic face was build by me and is controlled via midi from ableton , which allows the ” in time movements “. it is rather delightful. Alot of anklepants tracks are quite written , As in they have a plan and i work toward that.Rather than accidental type of stuff , thought there are some elements accidental in there aswell. But there is no real “work process” involved.Other than banging the shit out of the machine till it spits something out. It varys from track to track.
Q5 What are your next gigs and where can we preview your works online?
My next gigs are
Maria Berlin, Germany 15 january 2011
Lé Sonic Lyon, France 22nd january 2011
There are alot of videos of myface here on youtube
work portfolio
free downloads of some of my music
my Anklepants soundcloud
qwerty records
squatclub
Anklepants Facebook
Q6 Any plans for the future you want to announce here…?
The 1st Anklepants Album “Reecard Farché” is near completion and will hopefully be out in early 2011 , im looking for a label at the moment for it.
there is a preview available here
As for the rest of 2011 i plan to complete 3 videos for Anklepants track’s. ILIKEYOURFACEHEADSHOESANDDICK , insideyourfacedubstepbeanstalktoheavenfortheatheist and Fuckin the wild.
The videos are already written and ive begun work on some of the prosthetics for the videos.
Also i have a 12 inch out soon on interakt records uk for insideyourfacedubstepbeanstalktoheavenfortheatheist. a preview can be found here.
also i plan to tour the usa in late 2011
Q7 How about some namedropping, do you want to recommend some artists that inspire you?
at the moment…..
freeka tet “sgure” , A-MAN-TO-PET , adam “sense” Raisbeck , Bad Art ,shitbird or Koro Vacui , Rubbishface , odd studio ,the bass playing of ” lampy” Josh ahearn ,the drumming of evan mc gregor and alon olek orzelek, george tourlas, christian fennesz and anything on touch records, david sylvian ,Captain beefheart who died December 17, 2010 , 911 ,fractional reserve banking , Damian Krug, bloodhound fx.
Joshua head showreel 2011
current discography.
Alias / group name name of release Label
1 Spendthrift Spent on trash e.p None
2 qwertywryteq wells Qwerty
3 Pl-easekill 2000-2004 Qwerty
4 qwertywryteq qwertywryteq Qwerty
5 Lé Bear I took candy from a baby Qwerty
6 Anklepants Icky Wicky lollie pop Cheesetone
7 Calmon-h-salmon Minion Qwerty
8 Anklepants Speakyoulittlefacehead Junkbeats
9 Safety house The date with bate Qwerty
10 Safety house Main Beach comber Qwerty
11 Only red jelly beans Top deck of the titanic Cheesetone
12 Only red jelly beans Jimi Korn Fed Qwerty
13 Lé Bear kuniya kinder surprise Qwerty
14 Pound-tron Sigmond is your father Qwerty
15 öömianté öömianté Qwerty
16 Neopet Side chained like a criminal Qwerty
17 qwerty/inga liljestrom remixes ——- Qwerty-Groovescooter
18 Squat-club - band Corvus Birds robe Records
19 Shirlow - band shirlow un-re
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January 4, 2011
drum n bass TV meets Netsky (interview)
Drum n bass TV met Netsky a Belgian drum n bass producer for an interview concerning his new album , signing to Hospital , inspirations and future plans. Netsky remains one of my favorite drum n bass artists , check it out
December 14, 2010
shituationist interviews best of 2010
We made a couple of nice interviews this year as well. Im going to link here the 4 most impressive interviews for this year check bellow
1. Interview with so Im Jo (Australia). In 2009 drofnothing explored the sounds of a australian electro disco band named So Im jo . I found their music interesting therefore I organized an interview with them.
2. An interview with Dysphemic (Australia) . An other impressive interview with an artist from Australia Dysphemic made by me few weeks ago.
3. an exclusive interview with Kalle Kalectro (Berlin) . Kalle is a young tallented dj from Berlin. He played at a party supported by shituationist institute in Thessaloniki last February.
4. Interview with Slydex (Athens). An interview with a dj from the local Athenean techno scene dynamic
