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March 6, 2012

featuring the best tracks of 2011 (according readers and followers of this blog)

by fancypunk

We would like to apologize once again for the delay of our annual report. We have already announced the results for the best websites of the year and best clubs and now it is the turn of the best tracks of the year. The results concerning the best tracks of the year are rather interesting and thats because many of the tracks people mentioned are actually unexpected.

Tracks from different labels and genres shows once again the variety and the extensive  strength of contemporary electronic music. An other thing that was clearly stated from this little shituationist research was the fact – a lot of different people, a lot of different choices. I was very confused in the end, what tracks to post here. Therefore I will try to be as much as objective as possible and in the other hand to present ten tracks instead of five. The tracks have not any specific order.

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Darko Esser – “clean slate” comes from Curle label  as the 033rd release on February 2011. Darko esser after the success of “absolutely no regrets” releases an other fabulous deep sound techno track. Curle is a great Belgian label launched in 2006 for all things deep techno, house and miminal stuff.

Active Child – I’m in your church at night. This tracks was actually originally released in July 2010. Few people mentioned this track, therefore I decided to post it bellow. You can read a nice review on Active Child’s album released in August 2011 by pitchfork here

Andri – Rock the night feat Hellsongs (URSL 002). This is with no doubt the long awaited, open air – summer hit of the last year.Especially in the parks of Berlin in the various open air parties. The track was included in homonym EP and was released by URSL (a label based in Berlin and Hamburg) in May 2011.

Andy Stott – Dark details: available on Modern Love 2×12″. An interesting dub techno track released on Modern love labelfrom Manchester UK

Scrase – Silo Fin released on Love Love records a label based in UK

Damn Hot Night- daddyKshunn (Berlin Racketeers Mix) – unreleased

Rustie – Ultra Thizz: Very fresh sound with rather oldskool influences in some parts, from the debut Album of Rustie (Glass swords) released on Warp  last October. You can read our review on the album here

wutzlhofer – bad frequencies: A techno track from Berlin also available for free download by us few months ago

oliver schories – wildfang: Most likely, you all know this track, so no further presentment is necessary. A track who totally rocked the Berlin dancefloors last year released by Parquet Recordings . Oliver originally from Hamburg remains one of top listed djs in Germany.

Carlo Lio and  Coyu – Mike Loves The Horn: released on rejected last October by the Spanish duo.

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February 7, 2012

interview with Hiro Kone from New York

by fancypunk

Hiro Kone is an artist from New. A link with some of her tracks on soundcloud http://soundcloud.com/hirokone  and with her gorgeous website here http://www.hirokone.com/. I would like to special thanks Jen and Hiro Kone for this interview.

SI: Could you tell us something about yourself and your artistic background please. 

HK: A constant, unyielding engagement with the break between the worlds.

SI: Do you work on your own, what collaborations do you participate in (label, musical partners, etc)? 

HK: I work mostly by myself but I enjoy collaborating — especially since I’ve become a solo artist. Tim Dewit (formerly of Gang Gang Dance) and I got together late last winter and produced my latest EP out on Bitterroot Records. I’ve also worked with composer Alexis Georgopoulos (Arp, The Alps). I have some new collaborations in their beginning stages that I’m very excited about, but they are a secret.

SI: Something you want to share about your local scene, some insights or recommendations? 

HK: Everything is so over-saturated these days. I recommend that everyone take a break from Facebook. Take a walk and discover something on one’s own. Talk to someone outside of your age/social group… And don’t forget to check the bottom shelf at your local book store.

SI: What equipment do you use, what is your work process? 

HK: I’m a multi-instrumentalist — though my early foundation is in classical and punk music — I work a lot in “synthetic” medium now — challenging myself by using computers, drum machines, and analog modeling synths to create what is currently the Hiro Kone sound. I’ve been hard at work learning a new language the last couple of years.

SI: What are your next gigs and where can we preview your works online? 

HK: I’m performing an entirely original piece for CINEMA 16 in Philadelphia on Feb. 17th. This is an incredibly challenging and exciting show for me to do. (http://ihousephilly.org/events/cinema-16/)  I will do a Hiro Kone show on Feb. 29th (Leap Year!) for the release of latest edition of PERFECT WAVE (http://www.perfectwavemag.com/). They are doing their first ever physical supplement and it will include a 12″ with an exclusive HK track entitled “Fever.”

SI: Any plans for the future you want to announce here…? 

HK: Finish the next record. Read my books and write more.

SI: How about some namedropping, do you want to recommend some artists that inspire you? 

HK: Jorge Luis Borges, Diamanda Galás, Mark E. Smith, Ira Cohen — I’m drawn to people that actually say something.

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January 31, 2012

interview with the Siberian artist “Aleph”

by fancypunk

I have discovered his music recently after exchange couple of emails with King Deluxe label from Canada.His music style is very inspiring and kicking, the passage from experimental to something like post dubstep was the first impression i got by listening. After listening his tracks , I immediately wanted to contact him and arrange and interview. His answers to my questions are as excited as his music. Very honest and passionate. We would love in the near future to give space on this blog  more artists from Russian federation. It seems that a wide variety of great artists live and create music there. Enjoy the interview

Q1 Could you tell us something about yourself and your artistic background please.
For most of my life I spent in Omsk. A Siberian city on the border with Kazakhstan. We can not say that the city itself is fantastic, but I’m still happy to come back because I love the people who live there. Despite the fact that the city is not very big and cold, there still is a considerable amount of music and various movements connected with it. In Omsk, it is almost impossible to earn anything with music , because the city itself is industrial.
But people often organize various parties, knowing that they either remain with nothing, or even become more and need the money.
But it does not bother them, since everything is done for the soul, to support musical movement to develop, for the people. I currently live and study in St. Petersburg. This is a large wonderful city in northern Russia with its strong history, with buildings preserved 18th century and the center of the city resembles a European city. St. Petersburg is called the second capital, cultural capital, so there a lot of different clubs, bars, Festus, events, music, partying, which is very good.

I really do not remember a time when I’m not involved in music. When I was five, I went to music school to play violin and played for 9 years.
In parallel, I had difficulties to create different groups, but I was extremely lively in music. In Omsk I had a progressive methyl team, we have been giving concerts, recorded in the studio and for me it’s the happiest time of my youth. I had a desire to play on anything that came to hand, so at the house had a lot of guitars, keyboards, I was doing vocals. Now left only one drum set, and when I come back from time to time in Omsk, spend two to
three hours at least to play with the drums. I dream in the future to record a full album with live instruments and electronics, build my own ensemble.

I started producing electronic music two years ago, one of my friends showed me a couple of music programs and I began to write without stopping.

Q2 Do you work on your own, what collaborations do you participate in (label, musical partners, etc)?

I have already issued two releases on King Deluxe, I really like this label and music, which is published there. Now I’m busy for the
release of Lowriders. Another is preparing an album of remixes by King Deluxe. But while I can not tell you any exact dates, or that it will be. I think it will be a surprise. Just a lot of different ideas about free collections with my music and my friends’ music, I like my musical entourage. I think a lot of my friends whose music does not go beyond the borders of their native region, deserve attention, especially since in Omsk people write very specific to music, especially outside of any style, and regardless of fashion trends.

Q3 Something you want to share about your local scene, some insights or recommendations?

In St. Petersburg, a lot of really talented people. Name all of them is very difficult, because I do not want anyone to lose sight of, and if you name them all, you get a very long list. Here, there is  very interesting dubstep, and techno as well, instrumental hip-hop, beats, juke. There is nothing that would not have been in St. Petersburg. The same music I am inspired by my friends here. But in Russia, a lot of music is not only in the pivot cities. Across Russia, I like music such as Possible Adress, Damscray, Hmot, Vntgnike, Esoh. But since my soul is filled with Omsk sound, i love the music of my friends. Clonki, Sublowjob, Joska, Chioak, Akue. Of course they all have different music styles, but we walked along the path of the study of musical boundaries. Though we have started with what we have with just taken drugs together. A bit ridiculous, but it’s true. Their music is not always understandable from the first time, it requires attention, the `experienced listener. Those guys are not easy.

Q4 What equipment do you use, what is your work process?

In fact, I wrote my first release,  in bad conditions. My very cheap speakers, built-in sound card and a couple of music programs, even without basic midi keyboard. But I have always practiced inventing melodies on the piano and guitar, rhythm on a drum kit, and then just took notes and embodied in the program. But I have a very long time attached no importance to mastering the sound, the sound quality, for me the main thing was that the structure
of melodies, rhythms, no matter what quality. Recently, I have a SP-404, but I’m not writing music with it , too poor functional for me, I like to have fun with it at a party with friends.

Q5 What are your next gigs and where can we preview your works online?

Online – anywhere any time soon. Well, I think will play at some parties in St. Petersburg, but so far the dates are not confirmed. Maybe I will play at a party with Teebs and Samiyam in march. In general, we stably hold a party in Omsk, our crew cold “leftCoast”, Unpretentious name, since we all live on the left bank of the Irtysh River. Recently went on tour to Novosibirsk, also a great city with its own musical movement. I m also invited to play in Romania, but still do not know, probably just go to the end of spring, there are many things that will not let me out of Russia.

Q6 Any plans for the future you want to announce here…?

I want to earn money and travel in Ukraine is a very attractive place for me and it’s very simple to implement. So I’m thinking to go to work to have at least some money in my pocket.

Q7 How about some namedropping, do you want to recommend some artists that inspire you?

It’s no problem! First and foremost I am a fan of Eglo Records. Floating Points, ARP101, I love their music label. For me it is very deep professional real music. Always verify that the release FriendsOfFriends, Rush Hour, Butterz, Melting Pot and Lowriders. Interested in music from S.Maharba,
Randomer, Blawan, Liar, Verktyget and Sui Zhen. As you can see, I listen to a lot of different music and it’s all on me very strongly affected.

- Aleph on soundcloud

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December 13, 2011

Featured artists by shituationist institute special edition 2011

by fancypunk

The year 2011 was for us a new experimental effort concerning the improvement of this blog.Earlier, last year we have started a new special edition on the blog, featuring impressive artists, djs and beyond. Some of them are good friends already,  involved also with the few events we organized this year as shituationist institute and AKNE in Berlin. Artists and djs such as Marx Trukker and Zweifuss are not missing from this brief year’s evaluation post regarding the artists interviewed etc by us.

Many times people used the word “Berlin-centrism” to describe this blog, which is definitely not true. Besides our interest and involvement with the local Berlin artist-sphere, shituationist institute has friends and contributors worldwide or just lets say – at the occidental part of this world. Good references on this , our friends from Melbourne – Australia (Dysphemic) , Mr Feathers from Miami – US , Anklepants from Australia (relocated in London) , Robot for Brains from London UK. Since a year now , our new contributor from London MNanotek , covered , reported and interviewed - was at couple of great events in London and UK in general as well as established new contacts with some very good artists from the UK.

The artist features made by us this year were 9 plus 1. 9 interviews and artist features plus 1 made by me , in memory of a great artist of the electronic music explosion in the 80s who died early in the middle 90s. Im writing of course for one of my favorite artists ever: Armando Galop. You can read the features by following the links at the list bellow. As always there is no specific order on this list. It would be very nice , the artists featured at this post to comment and express their thoughts , evaluate or whatever ..

Reecard Farche “Anklepants”  (London UK) by Fancypunk

an interview with Marx Trukker  (Berlin) by Fancypunk

Interview: Robot For Brains (London UK) by Nanotek

 interview Zweifuss (Berlin) by Fancypunk

interview with Local suicide (Berlin – Thessaloniki) by Fancypunk

interview with Vj Shoken (Gidon Schocken) (Tel Aviv Israel) by Markoira

Interview : Mr.Feathers (Miami USA) by Nanotek

interview with Ruby My Dear (Paris France) by Fancypunk

Eike Wesenberg interview (Berlin)  by individualusername

and the artist feature in memory of Armando Gallop for the 15 years after his death by Fancypunk

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December 12, 2011

Artist Feature: Eike Wesenberg

by individualusername

For todays artist feature, we have a little interview as well as an exclusive live-set by one of our favourite berlin live-acts Wesenberg.

Q1 Could you tell us something about yourself and your artistic background please.

I have been composing and playing my own music since the age of 12 when I started playing electric guitar. In the following years I had many different rockbands, the most of them very experimental and loud. I think I was nineteen when I discovered electronic music and it became another musical obsession for me. 2 years ago I decided to go to Berlin to focus on making my own music. I founded a Rockband called “Blau Neun” and started to work on my Techno Liveset.
This year my music was ready to be performed in some of Berlin’s smaller Clubs, e.g. LEVEE, about:blank, Ressort, ZMF, Brunnen 70, Insel der Jugend.

My understanding of techno was influenced a lot by the ideas of the two minimal composers Steve Reich and Philip Glass and by older Techno from the year 2000 and 2001. I guess I want my music to be pretty serious and complex, but still emotionally touching. In my liveset I focus a lot on polyrhythmic strucures within the “four to floor”-pulse.
Lately I have been working on some pieces of contemporary classic and I am more and more trying to create a synthesis of these kind of compositions and my idea of what Techno can be.

Q2 Do you work on your own, what collaborations do you participate in (label, musical partners, etc)?

I produce and compose on my own most of the time. Lately I have been playing some Liveset together with a Jazz-baseplayer called Richard Müller. We wanted to try out how a real bass-guitar would work out in a club. I am also working on another Liveset and some tracks together with “Juli N more”, who is resident at the Sysiphos club. This stuff will be more relaxed I guess.

Q3 Something you want to share about your local scene, some insights or recommendations?

Well, yes, I’d like to recommend the “Livingroom generation” (http://www.livingroomgeneration.de/) , a pool of artists, who have just released their first Sampler CD and made a great release party at the ZMF. And especially on of their Liveacts called “Gebrüder Goldstein”. The idea of the Livingroom generation is to mix up handmade with electronic music and provide a platform for this experiment.

Q4 What equipment do you use, what is your work process?

I like to keep my set-up as simple as possible, so I am just using my laptop with ableton and some midi controllers. In my actual liveset I am just using wav files and trying to find different ways to modulate them. Most of the wav files were originally taken from classic or jazz recordings, some are field recordings. Sometimes I work a long time and preproduce a certain part of a loop but some of the loops are still original files from a recording. For example in the liveset for the Shituationist Institute I am looping certain parts of Bachs Goldberg Variations.

Q5 What are your next gigs and where can we preview your works online?

I am now taking a little break from Livegigs to create a new Liveset but I guess one can hear the results in the spring of 2012, maybe earlier.
You can of course find some live recordings on soundcloud (http://soundcloud.com/wesenberg ) and I have just released my first track on the sampler of the Livingroom Generation that I have talked about.

Q6 How about some namedropping, do you want to recommend some artists that inspire you?

My greatest inspiration in electronic music is the album “loudboxer” by Speedy J.

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November 19, 2011

the sound of stefan goldmann’s readers

by dr0fn0thing

stefan goldmann is publishing theory on littlewhiteearbuds, the commentors leave for big parts soundcloud links. i made a compilation:

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October 18, 2011

Featured Artist: interview with Ruby My Dear

by insti2te

exclusive interview with the French artist  Ruby My Dear for the shituationist institute:



Could you tell us something about yourself and your artistic background please.

My first music education was classical guitar and then bass guitar. But the school was very boring for me,  so I continued on my own and with friends, doing collaborations with drummers until my twenties. Then I went to to study sound in college and learned to work on pro tools. There i started to compose electronic music and the same time still played in a band, rock dub style. As I moved again I decided to have my own project. But in the future, I really want to play in a band again, i like this energy.

So at the moment you work on your own? Are there collaborations you participate in ?

I collaborated with Substance B for two free EPs: one release on PEEP record’s “Uncanny Valley” under the name of Doc Colibri and the other one appears on Pavillon36 record: “Agonistes Beta-2″. We choose this EP’s name because we are two asthmatics and agonistes beta 2 is a bronchodilators. Under the name of Doc Colibri I released an EP on Sociopath recordings and LoveLove Records and stopped to release in 2010. Under the Ruby My Dear ‘s name, I have releases on Illphabetik, Peace Off, Acroplane, Braincore and Reconstruction Productions. My remix of “Building steam with a grain of salt” was chosen by Dj Shadow to be featured in a remix album (you can listen to it on my soundcloud page).

Something you want to share about your local scene, some insights or recommendations?
Let me share these French electronic producers and bands: Cellscape, Substance B, Broken toy, Stazma, broken nvep, burglecut, skuge, falcon, klitorix, Larsp, Pierro the moon, Plukx, Sec, Sam Pleater, syndrom…
What equipment do you use, what is your work process?

I use protools and reason in rewire. I start track with a melody or a sample and try to construct something around it . I use a lot of samples of other styles to try to have something with mixed influence. In most of my tracks there is more than 16 audiotracks and 4 aux channels.

What are your next gigs and where can we preview your works online?

My next gig is in London at Bang Face the 14th of October, after that in Poland (Bydgoszcz) with Duran Duran Duran on the 29th of October, and the 25th of November in Toulouse. You can check these sites for more info:
http://rubymydear.bandcamp.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ruby-My-Dear/274747137274
http://soundcloud.com/dearmyruby
http://rubymydear.tumblr.com/

You can preview my work on soundcloud, there are some tracks

Any plans for the future you want to announce here…?
Some projects but nothing sure for now. I just can say that it will be great.
How about some namedropping, do you want to recommend some artists that inspire you?
I am inspired by a lot of styles, not only hard electronic. I am interested when artists try something different, with sound exploration and ambience. Such as Vaetxh, Roots Manuva, Mike Patton, Bjork, Mount Kimbie, The Mars Volta, Techdiff, Igorrr, Krumble, Subjex, Baconhead, Squarepusher, Flying Lotus, Hidden Orchestra
Thx Ruby My Dear!

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October 11, 2011

Feautured artists : Alex Di Stefano | Alex D’elia | Nihil Young @ Goya Plus 15/10/2011

by alexsagan

Syntek Presents @ goya plus : Union label night 

Union Label Night offers an attractive roster of names and brands among the most active and followed at the moment, creating a network rooted in sever countries all over the world.

Alex Di Stefano was born in 1977 in Italy. He has been a dj, producer and musician since 1994.

His first dance tunes (DayDream – Thinkin’ About You (1994), DayDream – Through The Night (1995) have been very successful in all Europe.

In 1998/2000 Alex begins to move towards a more techno-trance sound, releasing tunes such as Mizar EP – Volcano, Mizar EP II, The Brat – Animal Kingdom, Shado – The Flute, Hesperia Ep – Blue Waves and many more.

In 2003 he begins his experience in Digital Team Studio – Altromondo Studios, Rimini (Italy), where he comes to the fore by introducing very innovative sounds and by producing many successful tracks, such as Mash – In Your Arms , Mash – One Day, Mash – Oak Island, Mash – Be My Girl. He is also involved in many other projects under different pseudonyms.

The year 2007 marks a turning point in Alex’s career, as he begins to produce tracks for Gio MBG International’s 9Records and for many other well-known labels.

He rocks the European dancefloors and he’s always in the first positions of the famous Beatport charts with tracks such as Somthing Is Movin’, Who?, Magnolia, One Week, Ogma, Mind The Gap, Portico EP, Green (Alex Di Stefano Remix), Hooker (Alex Di Stefano Remix, My Technique (Alex Di Stefano Remix) and many more. He is supported by international Djs like Umek, Richie Hawtin, Dubfire, Tocadisco, Marco Bailey, Christian Smith, Lissat & Voltaxx, Popof, Manuel De La Mare, James Zabiela, Olivier Giacomotto, Spektre, Jerome Ism-ae, Tomy De Clerque and many more.

Lately, many high-level tracks have been released: Umek – Dementia (Alex Di Stefano & Dyno Remix), Spektre – Harpoon (Alex Di Stefano Remix), Alex Di Stefano – Something Is Movin’, Alex Di Stefano & Simone de Caro – Who?, Anthony Pappa – New Bag (Alex Di Stefano Remix), Phunk Investigation Vs Alex Di Stefano – Warrior, Alex Di Stefano – Multiverse, Interactive – Who Is Elvis (Alex Di Stefano & Simone De Caro Remix)…

In 2009 Alex’s own label – Binary404 – was born, with the contribution of Gio MBG International. Alex takes care of the A&R and of the managerial aspects.

Thanks to Alex’s tracks and remixes, Binary404 immediately stood out.

Alex is always in search of innovative sonorities, but without ever abandoning the sounds of his own past.

You can find Alex playing in the best European clubs.

      Alex d’elia 

Alex D’Elia is born in Riccione, the main center of the italian club scene… He got his passion for music, listening hours and hours to his records, leading him to be a dj at the age of 13, and win his first dj scratch competion prize at the age of 15, while was entertaining people in small clubs around his area.a In the meanwhile Alex’s passion for music got so bigger, that drove him to built his first midi home studio in his own small room, and from this “small world” came the idea of his first cut project in collaboration with a close friend: P.F.Z “Love into the Future”, released on the famous swiss compilation: DJ Energy Parade. Then he knew Andrea Doria and they have begun a collaboration on very different projects, like Avalone One “La onda del ritmo” (The Rhythm Wave) with Ramirez vocals. Another one was Atlantis Ita “See you in the next life”, having a great acknowledgment working with Age One, Dino Lenny’s U.K. based label. These records had a big room in clubs and was also published on the Pete Tong and Fat Boy Slim’s Millenium compilation. Then Alex have produced many other projects, the most famous one is “Isn’t life wonderful?”, released on IDJ. The song it went in a short time a big room anthem (mostly in the english clubs) and was immediately published on the Ministry of Sound compilation. Constant experimental research, passion for every kind of music and curiosity for samples digital manipulation drove him to build a personal project called Loose Headz. In the last few years, he continued to work close to close, cheek to cheek with Andrea Doria, releasing “Jumping Jack” and presenting the first single together called “Arsenico E.P.” both released on BluFin.
September 2008 is the date of birth of his personal techno Label, Frequenza Records. Frequenza is going to release the first projects in these next months, Hi-quality projects including collaborations with friends as Andrea Doria, Nihil Young, Leo Martera (drummer and dj from world famous band Planet Funk), Dandi&Ugo, Piatto, Ragdoll and many others. For this big event the first Frequenza Eps are coming up fully remixed, including powerful remixes by Tobias Lutzenkirchen/LXR, Maetrik and many others… during this period in which the label is coming out, Alex finds the time to make many releases, remixes and a big fresh new project featuring John Acquaviva.

     Nihil young

Nihil Young is a 1987 born producer from Palermo, Italy, with an earlier training in Turntablism art and scratch Djing. His first electronic productions, made with Alex D’elia on BluFin records introduce him to a musical journey in wich he will be involved in a huge series of important projects, such as those released on the label that he collaborated to create with Alex D’elia, Frequenza Records or other hot labels like Paradigma Musik, Autist Records, Malatoid, Evolution Recordings, 3rd Wave Music, Capsula, Kol Mojito, Sleaze, Rekluse, 8 Sided Dice, King Street Sounds (officially remixing Johnny Dangerous big classic hit “Problem #13”).

Being in releases along with important names like Lutzenkirchen and Maetrik, or Dandi & Ugo and Piatto, Andrea Roma and Ramon Tapia, Broombeck, Ahmet Sendil, Simon & Shaker and many others, he debuted on his label Frequenza Records, started in 2009, with his own single Bye Bye my Brain, and he remixed for John Acquaviva & Alex D’elia on Definitive Recordings.

His production already attracted the interest of some world’s most important artists of the scene, such as Bodzin, Acquaviva, Giacomotto, Luciano, Karotte, Fergie, Alan Fitzpatrick, Popof, Richie Hawtin and many others.

Soon he will release on Craft Music by Great Stuff, along with his studio mate Alex D’elia.

Together they are producing a lot, hitting the world’s most important techno charts, both vinyl and digital.

And support from our local dj’s:

Antoni Bios 
V.Rox
Gelt

Goya Plus Club Aristofanous 11 Psiru

Entrance: 15 Euros

Table reservations: 120€ – 5 people

Infos: 6942 782 102

We want Techno , We Give Techno

C U on the Dancefloor ;)

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October 4, 2011

Featured artists: Mark Antonio

by alexsagan

This is a feature concerning Mark Antonio few days before his visit in Athens: Syntek presents MARKANTONIO || SAT. 08 OCT || GOYA plus

Syntek is a Project born in Athens Greece.
Surrounded with experienced people who are whilling to give a unique sence in Techno!
Our idea is the continuation of music and the upgoing feeling in each Techno event!
Presenting Artists that are hot at this time we will work hard for TECHNO cause……..
WE WANT TECHNO…..WE GIVE TECHNO!

This Saturday 8 Oct. Syntek presents :

Markantonio

His name is inseparable from the Neapolitan techno style, of which Markantonio is one of the founders, to whom He gave something new and a personal touch, who made him famous to the electronic music worldwide scene and brought him to play everywhere around the globe. Markantonio created a unique techno sound, associated with an incredible mixing skill, in particular playing on three turntables: groovy vibe, subtle melodic elements and funky bass lines. After years of successes, releasing on renowned labels like, Recycled Loops , Shake rec, Tortured, Conform, Superbra and played with all the best techno wizards of the world, Markantonio has had an artistic evolution in the last years, in particular as a producer, in fact he is always looking for brand new sounds; On 2001 Markantonio created his first label AnalyticTrail, started with a lot of house influences in terms of choosing vocal samples, but already with a personal techno style; his sound has been a first stone to build the Neapolitan techno sound, of which Markantonio represents a Godfather. Nowadays Analytic trail arrived to the 12th release with a sound style more mature; Achieving a great success, Markantonio had the pleasure to host on his label artists like Rino Cerrone, Valentino Kanzyani, The Advent, Danilo Vigorito, Ignition Technician, Davide Squillace, Paco Osuna and many other. Groovy tracks engineered for the dancefloor! On 2005 Markantonio started with a new project, the MKT label: MKT represents the wish to express himself connecting some old music influences to the news, from techno to minimal-house, acid and new electro-funk, just to say a few, reading everything from a new point of view. He is trying to give a shake to the music market with the possibility to listen really something new. Markantonios tracks appear even on the great compilations like I Techno 3 – Dance Club , Essential Underground Vol. 09, U60311 Compilation Techno Division Vol. 5, Amnesia Ibiza Sessions Vol 8, United DJs Vol.3 and many others. Recently Markantonio has been a lot in the studio working on new tracks and new remixes to be released nextly, and He has been on travel during the weekend for gigs around Europe. Markantonio is able to satisfy every kind of clubbers: His great capacity is to observe and catch the music tastes, adapting his sound to the crowds feedback. All his performances are amazing! During his set, Markantonio likes to change the waves of the sound, going from funky techno, to minimal, to the hard style again. Actually Markantonio, showing his eclectic skill again, brilliantly is also playing minimal tech-house, as the new European music scene it s requiring. Thanks to his ability, good creativity and uncompromising production style, Markantonio has drawn on himself the attention of the best djs of the world, and he has become one of technos leading figures.

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September 20, 2011

featured artists: Derrick May

by fancypunk

   Derrick may is part of the first generation of acid house/electronic music , rave producers and djs,  when the free parties movement was rising in  Europe and USA. He is probably one of the most remarkable producers of that age  till our days, therefore I will try to write few information concerning his history as well as publishing bellow some of his dancefloor killers who made under the name Rhythim Is Rhythim in the late 80 s also as mayday in the 90s. 

  May born in Michigan/Belleville , went to the high school with Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson commonly known as the belleville 3. May is credited with developing the futuristic variation on house music that would be dubbed techno by Atkins.In fact May’s career oficially started with the release of a record called “Nude Photo” (co-written by Thomas Barnett) , which was absolutely a great motivation for the Detroit music scene.

 Derrick May counts loads of good releases , most of them still shake the dancefloors around the world. He was releasing his stuff under the pseudonym , (as we also mentioned before) rhythim is rhythim and mayday in the late 80s , beginning of the 90s. Actually you can find many of his tracks available online. 

As Rhythim is Rhythim or Rythim Is Rythim

  • “Nude Photo”, 1987
  • “Strings Of Life”, 1987
  • “It Is What It Is”, 1988
  • “Beyond The Dance”, 1989
  • “The Beginning”, 1990
  • “Icon” / “Kao-tic Harmony”, 1991

As Mayday

  • “Sinister” / “Wiggin”, 1988

As Derrick May

  • Derrick May: Innovator, 1996
  • Derrick May: Mayday Mix, 1997

Next weeks , I will try through this blog to list/archive  some of those infuential artists of the acid house history and why not an article for the whole music scene that time. Actually it seems that the majority of the blogs and electronic music journals today are focusing on the contemporary scene , ignoring all of those great stuff of the past years of electronic music.

 

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August 30, 2011

Featured Artists: Jon Gaiser ( Fraktion ) – Hobo – Fabrizio Maurizi ( Roger )

by alexsagan

Jon Gaiser ( Fraktion )

Jon Gaiser is a Detroit native whose sound was shaped by the Plus8 events of the nineties. He has been releasing minimal techno on Minus and Resopal Red since late 2005.

Growing up in grand rapids,michigan , he started getting interested by music like punk and he was playing drums at many bands. But his music taste change after the experience of a techno party at his early age of 14.Richie Hawtin inspired Jon with his quallity of music and the originality of his sounds.Then Jon emediatly left from the bands and tried to figured out how that music created.He began collecting drum machines, synths and fx units, before finally moving to Detroit after graduating from high school. Music has always been in his blood and his inteligend mind knows how produce delicate melodies and dramatic changes in atmosphere that give his sound such a distinctive edge.Jon allways interest by music since his childhood with punk/rock inspirations.and he allways trying to upgrade his music experiences according to improve his Dj skills.

Now he’s living at Berlin where it all began for him with the rest of MINUS crew and mixing and matching his sounds.He’s a musician who lives off his instincts, channeling his moods and emotions directly into his computer, translating new experiences and sensations into sound. There simply is no other way.

My “bedroom” has always been a room full of gear that happened to have a bed in the corner.’ – Jon Gaiser

Hobo
Hobos are wanderers – migrant work-seekers, constantly on the move. You can tell that he is aware of this fact every time he steps into his studio, because speaking musically, for him the same path is never trodden twice. When asked why he never seems to repeat himself, he will answer without hesitation: “You stay still, you’re more likely to be left behind.” 
      He began somewhere between Canada and Detriot and suddenly appeared to perfomance in some of the world’s best clubs side by side with the most popular dj’s.Fabric(London),Amnesia(Ibiza),Texan(Florence) are some of his stations.Joel Boychuk is always hard at work on his next idea, and yet somehow he makes time to gain extra credits wherever possible, most recently as ‘Assistant Executive Audio Producer” for the acclaimed Plastikman Live tour in store for 2010.
“Just never stop moving.” —-> Hobo allways says.
        After having his 2009 hit, ‘Symptom’ charted as one of Depeche Mode co-founder Martin Gore’s favourite tracks, to having Hugo Boss select his ‘funk jam’ (as Boychuk calls it) ‘Howard Watson’s Jam’ as one of their monthly favourites, to touring along side Richie Hawtin at the biggest events and clubs in Europe, this Hobo is most certainly earning his keep. Boychuk has made it very clear that he doesn’t ever plan on sitting still; so wherever you go, keep your eyes peeled. There’s a good chance he’ll be passing by any day.       
Fabrizio Maurizi ( Roger )
Fabrizio Maurizi (a.k.a Roger on the Italian scene) is a native of Bologna, IT (Italy), a city that has always paid particular attention to the original Detroit Techno movement, making it the perfect place to grow up in terms of music. After a brief spell as part of the city’s militant illegal rave scene, Fabrizio soon graduated to residencies at some of the most important clubs in the country.Fascinated by the Neapolitan techno scene and above all, by the first time he saw Richie Hawtin playing, his sound started moving in a resolutely minimal direction.Fabrizio started producing his own sounds, switching to music software programs after 10 years of studying piano. Completely hooked on very low bassline frequencies, his tracks explore the sometimes dark, sometimes funky side of techno, using completely mad vocal samples to give his music a unique flavour.Fabrizio definitely has DJing in his blood, liking nothing more than to lead the dancefloor out of darkness into light and vice versa, allowing his music to slowly evolve through the interplay of rhythmic analogue elements and jumping basslines.Motivated by dreams of one day being part of the Minus family, he made the decision to only send his music to Richie. Maybe this was too ambitious…but he was convinced it was the right way. 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Source: http://sharemyplaylists.com/artists/Fabrizio+Maurizi 

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July 15, 2011

summer dubstep selection by fancypunk 2011

by fancypunk

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