Charming film by Luke Snellin. Now get your tapes out.
Midnight Express
Last week I went on holiday by night train and listened to a few excellent recordings which I would like to share with you.
While Karin Dreijer was busy creating and promoting one of the best albums of 2009 with her solo project Fever Ray and scaring people with public apperances like this:
… her brother Olof creates music which sounds like “steep, rugged canyons, painted rock minarets, desert vistas framed by blooming wildflowers, soaring raptors and singing canyon wrens on the wildest remaining rivers” under the alias Oni Ayhun. So far, three records have been released,of which all have sold out in a very short time. Fortunately, there is a live recording of one of his live shows over at mnml ssgs.
The same blog also brought us a mix by Levon Vincent, who, in my humble opinion, created the most outstanding house records of 2009. For example this one:
Speaking of outstanding house music, Culoe De Song comes to my mind. There is a review of his debut album on Resident Advisor but taking a closer look at the tracklist it appears to be rather a compilation of released tracks, remixes and forthcoming material. There is a podcast mixed by Culoe De Song which provides an insight into the album which can be downloaded here. Besides two physical releases on Innervisions and Mule there are digital releases on the South African label Soulistic Music that can be bought via the AFROdesiaMP3 web shop.
As I rode deeper into the night I put on a live recording of Miracles Club out of Portland/Oregon. I found this at Linger & Quiets’ blog and if you like Black Meteoric Star you’ll love this! You can download it here. There is a 12″ and an album coming from these two respectively later in the year.
After those tasty synths I was craving for more so I put on Synth Summer by JD Twitch of Optimo. They have recently relaunched their website and it’s definitely worth a look or two or three…
I should have fallen asleep by now but as you might know from your own experience, there’s always someone who snores at night trains. What I was longing for now was machine driven sub-bass to cover those annoying human sounds. Plus, something to match the state of transcendency I was in by now.
This is it! The first mix CD released in conjuction with the SUB:STANCE party at Berghain. Don’t expect classic dubstep though (if that even exists…), to my ears it’s just music. Beautiful bass music. Due to a lack of words describing it more precisely I leave that to the people at Ostgut Ton and hopefully leave you with the urge to preview and buy the mix at Hardwax.
I’m off to Berghain to enjoy Detroit’s sexiest mutha fucka Moodymann tonight. Have a good weekend!
The Future Is Past Vol.6
Welcome to the sixth installment of The Future is Past show after a prolonged hibernation period. Wearily we squint our eyes towards the sky and soberly find it’s still overcast and dismal right as we left it. Add to the misery, rain still reigns and our face is being by chapped by the cold. No one is there to embrace us in our sorrows and we feel a most undesirable sentiment creeping up inside us. Tip Tap. Bit by bit. Weltschmerz is increasing. Asudden solo piano music and films by Ingmar Bergman make sense. Longingly we wrap up warm in our blankets and reminisce about those days in summer, roller skates on our feet and the sun titilating our skin. Oh Melancholia. Dainty sweet sadness taken on lightness. You make us realize why life is worth living for. Now lets wallow in it…
The Future Is Past is a forth-nightly radio show featuring sixty minutes of eclectic and unmixed music from all genres. The next show will take us to France avec Monsieur Phillippe for another popular editon of pop cities, c’est bien ça?
Side A:
1. Sophia – Reprise (Crescendo)
2. The Knife – Colouring of Pigeons
3. Philip Glass – Koyaanisqatsi
4. The XX – Island (Nosaj Thing Remix)
5. Pantha Du Prince – Saturn Strobe (Ingmar Bergman Edit)
6. Joe Goddard – Sour Grapes
Side B:
1. The Books and José González – Cello Song
2. Kings Of Convenience – I Don’t Know What I Can Save You From (Live)
3. Philip Glass – Metamorphosis One
4. Justin Timberlake feat. T.I – Dead And Gone (Instrumental Edit)
5. Matias Aguayo – Rollerskate
6. oOoOO – Sadsumting
MGM07: sven s.x.
Noch ganz begeistert von sven s.x.‘ Set zu Heiligabend in der Galerie Disko (R.I.P.) fasste ich mir ein Herz und bat ihn um einen Guest Mix. Nicht ahnend, dass ich wohl keinen Besseren hätte finden können, um die Kälte da draußen zu vertonen. Grund genug, ihm ein paar Fragen zu stellen.
Seit wann legst du auf?
Seit Sommer 2002. Ich war neugierig. An Auftritte dachte ich da noch nicht aber ein halbes Jahr später fragten mich zwei Freunde, René und René mit denen ich auch manchmal als BitchBrothers auflege, ob ich mit Ihnen zu Silvester spielen möchte. Ab da war’s dann um mich geschehen.
Welche Momente sind dir besonders in Erinnerung geblieben?
Anfang 2004 legte ich mal im Vorprogramm für Sledge im HTO in Bischofswerda auf. Der Club war voll und die Leute gingen gut ab, haben geschrien und sind ausgerastet… da habe ich erstmal begriffen was ich eigentlich mache. [lacht] Im Herbst des gleichen Jahres haben wir mal im Rosi’s in Berlin auf dem kleinen Floor gespielt und irgendwann waren die Wighnomy Brothers (die für den großen Floor gebucht waren und zu meinen großen Helden gehören) auf der Tanzfläche und haben zu unserem Set getanzt. Auch ein krasses Erlebnis. Was noch? Ja, das Set jetzt zu Heiligabend in der Galerie Disko als am Ende alle komplett ausgerastet sind. Geil!
Wo kaufst du deine Platten?
Am Anfang, als ich noch in Ottendorf gewohnt habe, bin ich immer in’s T.O.A.S.T. Records gegangen. Als ich dann nach Dresden gezogen bin und mich besser auskannte, bin ich aber schnell auf’s Fat Fenders gekommen was ich besonders auch als Ort für die Kommunikation über Musik schätze.
Gibt es zu dem Mix eine Geschichte?
Naja, mein letzter Mix ist ja nun schon fast ein Jahr alt und es wurde mal wieder Zeit. Und dann hast du mich gefragt und ich hatte die Zeit und die Muße dazu. Von der Stimmung her spielt sicher die Jahreszeit eine große Rolle, Winter ist nun mal genau mein Ding. Ich freu mich immer total wenn ich vor die Tür gehe, alles ist weiß und es ist bitterkalt. Dann genieß ich die Sonne noch viel mehr, daher auch der Titel.
sven s.x. – Cold but sweet
1. Big Zis – Suure Räge (Robag Wruhme’s “Parabel Ull” Rekksmi) – Nation Music
2. Trentemøller – Evil Dub – Poker Flat Recordings
3. Pawel – Into Pieces 1 – Dial
4. Masafumi Endo – Summer – Millions Of Moments
5. Mathew Jonson – Walking On The Hands That Follow Me – Wagon Repair
6. Steffen Albert – Im Juli (Kollektiv Turmstrasse Remix) – Ferienliebe Tonträger
7. Roberto Bosco – Dub Piano – Be As One Imprint
8. Mod.Civil – Ghost – Rotary Cocktail Recordings
9. V.A. – Paris Is For Lovers (Vocal Version) – Fet Et Moi
10. MRI – Pilgrimage – Resopal Red
11. Tony Lionni – Golden – Left Of The Dial
12. Russ Gabriel – El Juan – We Play House Recordings
13. XDB – My Secret Garden – Wave Music
14. Fairmont – Gazelle Tool – Border Community
15. Marko Fürstenberg – Far Out – Ortloff
16. Aki Latvamäki – Polyethylene Preview For Timo – Budenzauber Recordings
17. Carl Craig – A Wonderful Life – Blanco Y Negro
Download: MGM07 – sven s.x.
Cosmic Listener January 2010
Part 1 with The Moroders:
1. Linkwood – Miles Away – [Firecracker]
2. Session Victim – Landluft [Real Soon]
3. DJ Jus-Ed – Sweetness [Underground Quality]
4. Lerosa – Fags [Uzuri]
5. Culoe De Song feat. Busi Mhlongo – Webasa (Black Coffee Remix) [AfrodesiaMP3]
6. Mr Raoul K – Wind Of Goree [Mule]
7. $tinkworx – MKB [W.T.]
8. James T. Cotton – The Looking Glass [Crème JAK]
9. The Jason Load Experience – Mainline ‘90 (House Dub) [Quark]
10. Oni Ayhun – 003 b [Oni Ayhun]
11. Black Dice – Smiling Off (Luomo Remix) [DFA]
12. Darkstar – Aidy’s Girl Is A Computer (Kyle Hall Oats B So Deep
Remix) [Hyperdub]
13. Iron Curtis – The Ship Sank [Mirau]
14. Deniz Kurtel – Fall [Wolf + Lamb]
15. Autechre – Clipper [Warp]
16. Good Guy Mikesh & Filburt – Milk & Honey (Basket Mix) [Liebe Detail Spezial]
Download part 1
Part 2 with Steffen Bennemann:
17. Pole – Rondell Zwei [Kiff SM]
18. Seefeel – As Link [Warp]
19. Funkstörung – The Zoo [Studio !K7]
20. Lukid – Ice Nine [Werk Discs]
21. Nosaj Thing – Fog [Alpha Pup]
22. 24 Bit Jazz feat. Kid A – broken
23. Lusine – Baffle [Ghostly International]
24. Lukid – Slow Hand Slap [Werk Discs]
25. The National – City Middle [Beggars Banquet]
26. Soap&Skin – Marche Funèbre (DJ Koze Remix) [Couch]
27. The Sight Below – Life’s Fading Light [Ghostly International]
28. The Robocop Kraus – Standing In The Punchline Robohouse Mix by
Map.ache [Alton Village]
29. Floating Points – Vacuum Boogie [Eglo Records]
30. Herbert – Leave Me Now [Studio !K7]
31. Daniel Stefanik – #One [Kann]
31. Theo Parrish – I Can Take It [Sound Signature]
32. Redshape – Globe [Delsin, Present]
33. D5 – Intruders [Delsin]
34. The Middle East – The Darkest Side
Download part 2
The Real Deal: Beppe Loda
Der Mann ist eine Legende. Punkt. Ganz in der Nähe des Gardasees, im Club Typhoon in Gambara, hat Beppe Loda in den Achtziger Jahren Tanzmusikgeschichte geschrieben. In seiner ganz auf ihn zugeschnittenen DJ-Kabine mixte er auf bis dahin ungehörte Weise von Afro/Brasil über Fusion und Prog bis zu New Wave, Synth-Pop und früher Elektronik alles, was seinen persönlichen Geschmackstest überstand und tut dies auch mit über 50 Jahren noch. Dabei hat Beppe das Entstehen von Cosmic bzw. Afro entscheidend mitgeprägt. Oder wie er es lieber nennt: Freestyle, das virtuose Mixen von eklektischer Musik im Sinne eines psychedelischen Erlebnisses und ohne gängige DJ-Eitelkeiten. Nie hat Cosmic Dancer seinem Namen mehr Ehre gemacht!
Freikarten gibt es hier zu gewinnen!
Zum Weiterlesen empfehlen wir das ausfühliche Interview von Discopia.com.
Beppe Loda’s exclusive mix for cosmicdisco.co.uk part 1:
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Beppe Loda @ Beats In Space Radio Show part 1:
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Next up at Cosmic Dancer
Der Sommer kehrt zurück zu Cosmic Dancer im Januar, denn wir haben uns den DJ ins Alte Wettbüro eingeladen, der die Morgenröte am authentischsten vertonen kann. Steffen Bennemann ist einer der Väter des besten Festivals unserer Welt, dem Nachtdigital, macht unter dem Pseudonym Koi dubbigen House für Styrax Leaves und Ortloff und legt hauptamtlich in geschätzten Clubs wie Leipzigs Distillery und Jenas Kassablanca House und Techno auf: Nicht einfach so, sondern gleich dreifach mit Gefühl.
Einerseits ist da die Musik, die er spielt. Er pickt nur Platten mit Esprit heraus, oft bittersüß und doch mit Widerhaken, aber irgendwie immer wunderschön. Die Übergänge sind sanft und ehrfürchtig zugleich, was sein Set zu einer echten Erfahrung macht und einem jegliche bösen Gedanken aus dem Kopf pustet. Bewusstseinserweiterung ohne Nachwirkungen. Dazu das ständige Grinsen, das Lächeln von Einem, der die Musik genießt. Wer seine berauschenden Sets vom Nachtdigital kennt, weiß ohnehin Bescheid.
Egal also, was einem wichtiger ist. Inhalt, Art und Weise oder Form…Steffen Bennemann macht es mit Gefühl.
Zur Einstimmung empfehlen wir sein Set vom letztjährigen Nachtdigital:
Download: Steffen Bennemann @ Nachtdigital 12 (part 1)
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MGM06: Pnk.Discorp
For the first post in 2010 we have asked our good friend Kacper Kapsa aka Pnk.Discorp to provide us with an insight into the rich musical heritage of his native country Poland. And what he came up with is nothing short of amazing!
Czary Mary Polish Grooves Mix selected and mixed by Pnk.Discorp
(czary mary means abracadabra)
1. Akademia Pana Kleksa – Kosmiczny prolog (Cosmic Prologue)
The song originates from the cult film series about Ambroży Kleks and his academy for male youth. The soundtrack was created by Andrzej Korzyński and has many futuristic references. Cosmic Prologue opens the first part of Kleks’s adventures.
2. Papa Dance – Narodziny Szejka (Sheik’s Birthday)
Papa Dance’s career has always been a balancing act between music and kitsch. Except for their debut album, which this song stems from, in which they have represented the second category – kitsch.
3. Alex Band – A w schronisku bal (And at the hotel there’s a ball)
A funk orchestra supported with Zuzu’s vocals. I did the “In a light edit” especially for this set.
4. Lombard – Diamentowa Kula (Diamond Ball)
A song from their debut album – ‘Death to discotheque’. The LP was an incredible success and led to nationwide media attention, mainly thanks to the hits sung by the female vocalist. This one is exceptionally performed by Grzegorz Stróżniak – the founder of the band. The version used here is an edit which you can download from my Soundcloud site.
5. Małgorzata Ostrowska – Meluzyna
Another piece from Mr. Kleks’s collection. This one is from the second part of his adventures. The song is sung by previously mentioned female vocalist of Lombard. Meluzyna is one the most perfect songs in the history of Polish music. If it was released now by e.g. Aeroplane it would certainly be a hit.
6. Arp Life – Baby Bump
Arp Life is the studio Project of Andrzej Korzyński (the author of Mr. Kleks’s Academy soundtrack). It was created at the close of the 70’s. Unfortunately, the band released only one album – Jumbo Jet. Of course, the track is taken from this album but the author of the re-edit is one the most talented Polish producers: Maciej Zambon.
7. Budka Suflera – Noc komety (The Night of the Comet)
Another edit by Zambon, who is a DJ and a member of Kukabara Soundsystem. He also edits, re-mixes and promotes Polish pieces of music. He just does a good job. Here: edit of the piece by Budka Suflera – most likely the ugliest band of the world.
8. Republika – Halucinations
Republic and their charismatic leader Grzegorz Ciechowski were one of the most talented bands of the 80’s. Their music was packed with literary references and association to psychedelic music.
9. Czerwone Gitary – Coda
‘Coda’ closes the LP ‘Rytm Ziemi’ (the Rhythm of the Earth). An regular rhythm, distorted Moog, and everything else exemplary for a band famous for mawkish songs à la the Beatles. This song bears no traces of this mawkish character though.
Download: MGM06 – Pnk.Discorp
Pnk.Discorp is playing our Cosmic Dancer night on February 20 alongside Maximilian Skiba who has just finished a record with Kathy Diamond for Gomma Dance Tracks.
MGM05: #npnk
Wenn ihr nach dem ganzen Weihnachtstrubel etwas Besinnung der etwas anderen Art nötig habt, haben wir hier genau das Richtige für euch. Eine gute Stunde Musik, fachkundig selektiert und gemixt von #npnk. Aber lassen wir den Künstler doch am Besten selbst zu Wort kommen.
Der Mix heißt “Floating in a Lagrange-Point around Uranus”
Die Librations- oder Lagrange-Punkte sind die nach Joseph-Louis Lagrange benannten Gleichgewichtspunkte des eingeschränkten Dreikörperproblems der Himmelsmechanik. An diesen Punkten im Weltraum heben sich die Gravitationskräfte benachbarter Himmelskörper und die Zentrifugalkraft der Bewegung gegenseitig auf, so dass jeder der drei Körper in seinem Bezugssystem kräftefrei ist und bezüglich der anderen beiden Körper immer denselben Ort einnimmt.
Man treibt also kräftefrei im All und bemerkt es nicht einmal.
So ähnlich ging es mir bei dem Mix. Ich wollte einfach mal was anderes machen als ein Happy-House-Disco-Club-Dance-Set. Dieser Mix ist eher was zum Einigeln zuhause, und die Wintertage im warmen Bett zu verbringen.
Er ist ein klein wenig düster geworden, aber auch ein paar lichtere Momente.
Playlist:
01. Einheit Blindflug
02. Cosmic Sapiens
03. Adis Abeba
04. Time Actor
05. A Dirty Edit In The City
06. Dawn
07. Special Brigade #3
08. Les Forêts De Venus Noir
09. Spacepops
10. Stratus Chant
11. Fun Boy 2
12. Faces Drums
13. Magenta Disco
14. Smooth Sun Showers
15. Kismet
16. Pyramid Song
Download: MGM05 – #npnk
Wenn ihr mehr von #npnk hören wollt, besucht sein Soundcloud-Profil und bucht ihn für eure Party: We Like… Booking.
Cosmic Listener December 2009
Part 1 with Norbert Jäger (Stern-Combo Meißen):
1. Stern-Combo Meißen – In den Kosmos [Amiga]
2. Stern-Combo Meißen – Kampf um den Südpol [Amiga]
3. The Temptations – Papa was a Rolling Stone [Motown]
4. Fusion – Ausblick (live)
5. Stern-Combo Meißen – Die Sage [Amiga]
6. Electra Combo – Der Hahn mit dem roten Kamm [Amiga]
7. Trilok Gurtu with Joe Zawinul – The other tune [CMP]
8. Norbert Jäger – Amen und Aufwiedersehen
9. Stern-Combo Meißen – Das kurze Leben des Raimund S. [Overlight]
Part 2 with The Moroders:
10. Puhdys – Jahreszeiten [Amiga]
11. Reinhard Lakomy – Es wächst das Gras nicht über alles [Amiga]
12. Pond – Cassiopeia [Amiga]
13. Gavin Russom – Dawn [DFA]
14. Four Tet – Our Bells [Domino]
15. Outputmessage – Sommeil [Ghostly International]
16. Joe Goddard – Apple Bobbing [Greco-Roman]
17. dOP – Vsop (Bodycode aka Portable Remix) [Eklo]
18. Omar-S – U [FXHE]
19. A Made Up Sound – Rework [A Made Up Sound]
20. Survive – Holographic Landscape
21. Paul McCartney – Temporary Secretary [Parlophone]
22. Gil Scott Heron – Where Did The Night Go [XL Recordings]
23. Get A Room! – Under The Vice
24. John Carpenter & Alan Howarth – The Bank Robbery (Lory D Edit) [Subdance]
25. Scoopy – Scoopy Rap (Jacob Korn Christmas Time Edit)
26. Detroit Emeralds – Feel The Need [Westbound]
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Stern Combo Meißen – Kampf um den Südpol (1971)
Founded 1964 in Meißen (East Germany), Stern Combo Meißen (SCM) is considered one of the seminal bands of the East German rock scene in the 70’s alongside Pudhys, Karat and Electra. “Der Kampf um den Südpol” is a track from their self-titled debut album released in 1971 through state-owned Amiga Records. The song is illustrated with various documentary clips of the South Pole conquest and and a recorded live set for East-German television. Enjoy.
Extraordinaryparapsychologically
Zombocombo conjured up a magical treat on the 18th December 09 at Cosmic Dancer. Parental Advisory. This video features explizzzzit content. 
Cosmic Dancer meets Zombocombo!!!!!!!! 18.12.09 ab 22 Uhr im Alten Wettbüro
Cosmic Dancer-Wiederholungstäter DJ Mooner sowie die Kollegen Kitt Bang, PollYester und DJ Kaput werden in München mit Kult-DJ angesprochen und machen mit der Zombocombo wilde Themenpartys für die ortsansässige Trash-Schickeria. Inklusive durchgeknallter Miniaufführungen wurde dort unter anderem zu den Motti Wrestling, Robotik oder Voodoo gefeiert. Im Dezember werfen sie ein paar der beliebtesten Deko-Items in ihren Transporter, fallen bei Cosmic Dancer ein und feiern mit The Moroders gemeinsam Weihnachten – italienisch, versteht sich.
Zombocombo on TV
ZOMBOCOMBO | MySpace Music Videos
Liegt ja nahe: Einerseits ist München die nördlichste Stadt der Pastarepublik, andererseits protzen die Gastgeber ständig mit ihrer italienischen Herkunft. Klar, dass unten im Süden ein wenig anders gefeiert wird. Erwartet werden unter anderem die spitzhütigen und Triller pfeifenden Pifferari, als auch die Weihnachtshexe La Befana. Der ganze Abend wird im Zeichen der Presepio stehen, dem Krippenspiel, dessen Aufbau Italiens Familien in der Vorweihnachtszeit beherrscht und für Stimmung zwischen den Nachbarn sorgt.
Dompteur Mooner KING Disco Mix by DompteurMooner
Mooner says:
This mix is a bit older (2007 i believe) but sums up quite nicely what i play in a club – I know my other mixes here are quite often too conceptual. This one should make you dance . If not, go home!
hahaha!
Musikalisch passt bei diesem Szenario natürlich nichts besser als die Zombocombo- und The Moroders-eigene Version der heiligen Disco und einem Betonmischer voll mit Beatschmarrn obendrauf, der von den (Durchgezählt!) sieben DJs aufgetischt wird. Zieht euch also warm an und feiert mit uns fröhlich dem Fest der Feste entgegen. Es verspricht eine lange Nacht zu werden.
Und einen hammer noch:
BAVARIAN CLÄSSICKS Part1 by Dompteur Mooner and Kitt Bang by DompteurMooner
Mooner says:
This is a mix to take with humour! We took the worst bavarian 80s so-to-say “Bavaria-Italo” and other weird shit and put it alltogether into a mix.
Lots of fun for everyone, more fun for those of you that speak german, of course!
Kratzen Sie jetzt!
Cosmic Listener November 2009
1. Supermax – Ain’t gonna feel [WEA]
2. Gino Soccio – Dream On [Atlantic]
3. Kid Creole & The Coconuts – Annie I’m Not Your Daddy [Island]
4. Plastic Mode – Mi Amor [ZYX]
5. Suicide – Radiation [Blast First]
6. Holger Czukay – Hollywood Symphonie [EMI]
7. Einzelgänger – Einzelgänger (Beardo Edit)
8. Alan Parsons Project – I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You [Arista]
9. Bo & Ruth – You’re Gonna get next to me [Claridge]
10. Bill Withers – Harlem [ITH]
11. Silent Asylum – Shallow Tears
12. Alphaville – Big In Japan (Demo Version)
13. Ceramic Hello – Geometry
14. Chromeo – Night by Night (Skream Remix)
15. Biggie vs Tupac vs The xx – Runnin With The xx (Quix vs Elliot Blend)
16. Gazebo – Love In Your Eyes [ZYX]
17. New Musik – 24 Hours From Culture (Extended Version) [Supreme]
18. Map.Ache – The Fool [Ortloff]
19. Culoe De Song – Inspiration [Mule Musique]
20. Koi – Home [Ortloff]
21. Jean-Luc Ponty – Computer Incantation For World Peace [Polydor]
22. Eroc – Kleine Eva [Brain]
23. – Boys [Bumrocks]
24. Donna Summer – Lucky (HMD ‘For A Ride’ Edit) [Horse Meat Disco]
25. Franz Ferdinand – Michael (Dompteur Mooner Edit) [Super Tahoe Edits]
26. Sidwho? – Vote Bowie For President
27. Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars (In Flagranti Remix)
28. Padded Cell – Theme From Friday 13th [Mixed Blood]
29. Art Of Tones – Call The Shots (MCDE Remix) [20:20 Vision]
30. Neville Watson – Time To Lose Control [Dissident]
31. Britney Spears – Piece Of Me (Gavin Russom Remix)
32. Beyoncé – Sweet Dreams (Instrumental)
Beardos: Patrick
Loverde & Patrick Cowley – Die Hard Lover
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‘Beardos’ feiert in Vorfreude auf unseren Cosmic Barber am 21.11. Männer mit Bart. Der nächste verrückte Sympathiebartträger kommt bald!
The Future Is Past Vol.5
While the Future is still past, the origin of some pop music is particularly associated with a number of metropolises. Like an eclectic mixtape, urban territory and its diverse population is the perfect base for exploring unexplored sounds and creating unheard music. Nobody will foster any doubt that New York and London aren’t two of the most prolific players on the global playground when it comes to comparing pop history achievements. To prove that we’ll soon play the trump cards on this page…
Meanwhile we leave you in the hands of what is the sound of now and yesterday in both cities. May the battle begin. Make a wise choice. What’s your favourite Pop City?
Side A: NYC
1. Klein & M.B.O. – The Big Apple
2. Bogdan Irkük a.k.a. Bulgari – When I Dream Of New York
3. Miroslav Vitous – New York City
4. Spyder D – Big Apple Rappin’ (National Rappin’ Anthem)
5. Implog – Hollund Tunnel Drive
6. NYC Peech Boys – Life Is Something Special
Side B: LDN
7. Cornershop – The London Radar
8. Chloe Poems – London Is Paranoid
9. LDN is a Victim – LDN is a victim
10. Pulp – Mile End
11. Wbeeza – London My Home
12. London Punkharmonic Orchestra – Sheena Is A Punkrocker
13. Lord Kitchener – London Is The Place For Me
Download: The Future Is Past Vol.5
Straight Up: Terje (28), Editor
This interview with Todd Terje was conducted right after his gig at Sweat Club in Leipzig last Friday where he played to a remarkably young crowd of Nu Rave-socialised dancers. They cheered at the end.
How Do you feel?
I feel sweaty, I’m hot, I’m a little bit tired cause I just had a cold…
MGM04: Club Silencio
Our friend Sebastiano of Club Silencio has just done a gorgeous guest mix for us. Grazie mille! In his own words: “Hey guys, here is a special mix for your blog. I would like to take the opportunity to present a new side project of mine called Robotalco that is solely dedicated to the roots house scene, such as early U.S. house music, garage and deep house. I will be releasing two records soon under that name: One on Mr.Chinn’s (Rongdfa, American Standard) new label called Godwrk and another one on Canyons’ (Dfa/Modular) Hole In The Sky Records.
The mix I have put together is inspired by my first taste of club culture in the 90’s, perhaps the golden age for Italian clubs! I was just a kid back then but my older friends started listening to mix tapes from a club called Ethos Mama Club in Gabicce (one of the most important clubs in the famous ‘riviera romagnola’) and Vae Victis (a very cool afterhour). The resident djs that played there were amongst others: Ralf, Ricky Montanari and Flavio Vecchi and they used to spin this kind of wonderful deep and groovy house music from great labels like Nu Groove, Bottom Line, and many others. Recently this sound has influenced me a lot and and I tried to recreate that kind of mood with a new Club Silencio remix for The Parallels, a Canadian band that will be out soon on Thisisnotanexit recods ( Listen to it here). Enjoy the mix”
01. Ubq Project – Feel My Soul (Soulful Mix)
02. Foremost Poets – Reasons To Be Dismal (Late At Night Blunt Mix)
03. Scrappy Feat. Wet Boxx – Love Motion (Acid Love)
04. A Dose Of Paradise – Dream (Factory Mix)
05. Houz’ Neegroz – All Night Long
06. Sax – Don’t Turn Your Back On Me (Funny Bone Pop)
07. Deja Vu – Move Your Waistline ( Sweat Mix)
08. Underground Mass – Hard Times (Mix 4)
09. Jay Williams – One Step At Time (Club Mix)
10. O.D.C. – My Mind Is Going (Total Insanity Mix)
11. Dreamer G – I Got That Feelin (Original Dub)
12. Lectroluv 2 – Lectroluv Theme ( 909 Joyful Mix)
13. Eve Gallagher – Love Is A Master Of Disguise (Classic Club Mix)
Straight Up: Gavin (35), Magician
This interview with Gavin Russom of Black Meteoric Star was conducted last Saturday at a secret location in Dresden. Turns out it wasn’t such a good idea to do it in a middle of a buzzing club at 4am completely drunk with a respondent feeling terrible and sick with flu. Add to this a recording device that only captured parts of the interview and well….I’m just telling you beforehand, so you don’t get too excited. Thanks to Gavin. Hope you are feeling better by now. Here we go.
Keep it it kind of short. I feel terrible.
[Yeah! Good start for an interview]
Think Pink
Perfect: A beard AND pink trousers. Someone buy him his next beer please!
(From: Eastern Look Blog)
The Future Is Past Vol.4
We continue our studies on anything goes-territory and, yes, we have a change at the controls this time. It’s P-time. But fear not, as usual there is a lot of past and some future(ama) caught on tape. Wrapped by beautiful elegies by two of musics’ gloomiest and most bearded wizards, you get a mixtape full of nasty gals and big men, crazed sounds and rapturing melodies. FYA.
Side A
1. Moondog – Fuyijama 1
2. Florence & The Machine – You’ve Got The Love (The XX Remix)
3. Untold – Anaconda
4. Outkast – Spottieottiedopaliscious
5. Kamasutra – Sugar Step
6. Mondee Oliver – Make Me Want You
7. Joe R. Lewis – Change Reaction
Side B
1. Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra – Big Man
2. Pierre Henry – Psyche Rock
3. Betty Davis – This Is It!
4. Pantha Rei – Finis
5. Robert Wyatt – Sea Song
Download: The Future Is Past Vol.4
Create Don’t Hesitate @ Altes Wettbüro
Aus dem Nichts: Drum-Programming in AbletonLive mit Rainer Beckmann und Soeren Matschiste am 08.11.09
Create Don’t Hesitate, die Workshopreihe zur Produktion elektronischer Musik, geht in die vierte Runde und zeigt diesmal, wie schnell das gehen kann mit dem Trackbasteln.
Dafür wird Dresdens Orgelmeister Soeren Matschiste zusammen mit Elektronik- und Schlagzeugvirtuose Rainer Beckmann eine kleine Lehrstunde zum Einspielen und Bearbeiten externer Klänge in AbletonLive darbieten. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf dem bereitgestellten Drumkit, wobei zusätzlich Vocalsamples und Percussionloops vom Publikum nebst Bassline und Synthiechords aus Soerens Maschinen zusammengefügt werden sollen. Idealerweise entsteht in Interaktion mit dem Publikum am Ende ein kleiner Track. Kompetent und doch einsteigerfreundlich präsentiert sollen die speziellen Fragen der Ableton-Heads natürlich nicht vernachlässigt werden.
Ort: Altes Wettbüro
Datum: Sonntag, 08.11.2009
Beginn: 15 Uhr
Eintritt frei!
In Da Club: Disco Edits T-Shirt
Not a day passes without a new category on our blog. This one is called ‘In Da Club’. And yes, the title is a reference to a rap song. After heated discussion with the head of our marketing department, we are being pushed to broaden our approach in order to attract a wider target audience (and subsequently increase ad revenues). This of course is not uncommon for a business to have to refocus and revisit their targeting, especially if it was not clearly identified in the beginning stages of their launch.
We have been told that it is necessary to find the right balance when defining our target market in a way that causes our audience to recognize that we are talking specifically to them. Therefore introducing references to Hip Hop seems like a super-excellent solution. I mean, seriously. Who is interested in disco edits these days?
That leaves me to conclude this post with a statement of intent for the aforementioned category. To woe the intelligentsia at the other end of our reader demographic I would hereby like to take the opportunity to quote Horace and merely say that we are difficili, queruli, laudatori temporis acti. Se puero, castigator, cesorque minoruri.* (Grumbler, inclined to praise the way of the world when they were boys, to play the critics and to be censors of a new generation). Word!
Emotional Rescue
A mix done in early 2009 to capture my fuzzy feelings on a Sunday afternoon.
1. Kinky Justice – A New Day [iCi]
2. Motor City Drum Ensemble – Lonely One [20:20 Vision]
3. Chloé – I Want You [Kill The DJ]
4. Even Tuell – Untitled [Workshop]
5. Levon Vinvent – Woman Is The Devil [Deconstruct Music]
6. Mark Broom – Bournewood (Sndhck Mix) [Rotary Cocktail]
7. Mood II Swing – Move Me [Music For Your Ears]
8. Jacob Korn – Supakrank [Dolly]
9. DJ Koze – Abudinga [Areal]
10. Runaway – Brooklyn Club Jam [DFA]
11. Spencer Parker – The Improvised Minotaur [REKIDS]
12. Earth, Wind & Fire – System Of Survival (Jerome Derradji Mix) [Stilove4music]
13. DJ Koze – Abudinga [Areal]
Download: The Moroders – Emotional Rescue
Oh Giorgio: NME Interview 1978
Yeah, new category! This one is called ‘Oh, Giorgio’ and focuses, would you have guessed it, on some of the achievements and anecdotes in the life of our all time favorite superhero: Giorgio. Disco Machine. Moroder. For a start we have here an original transcript of an interview he did with NME in 1978. Check, Check it out. He is telling you something very important.
Charts October 2009
L Moroder
Albatros – L’ Albatros: listen
Smith & Mudd – Hvala: listen
Koudlam – Eagles of Africa: listen
Soft Rocks – Leave Your Earth Behind (Roots Unit Goodbye Earth Remix): listen
LCD Soundsystem – 45:33 (Prince Language Remix): listen
Dixon – If I had a heart: listen
Prefab Sprout – Ride: listen
Johanna Billing vs. Arthur Russell – Moon (Bogdan Edit): listen
Lovelock – Don’t Turn Away: listen
Mayer Hawthorne – Green Eyed Love (Classixx Remix): listen
P Moroder
- Jackpot – Brief Encounter: listen
- Rebolledo – Guerrero: listen
- Chamboche – Feverish (The Revenge Remix): listen
- It’s A Fine Line – Never Go With A Hippie… (Allez Allez Remix): listen
- Geoffrey Mugwump & Kolombo – Die Nacht ist Kuhl: listen
- Les Aeroplanes – Ils Disent Que L’Orient Est Rouge: listen
- Cabin Fever 7 – Track 4: listen
- Basic Soul Unit – Things Pass: listen
- Stinkworx – MKB: listen
Linkwood – Robots Parade: listen
C Moroder
This record really sums up October for me so here’s my Top 1:
Brennan Green – My First House/Untitled: listen
(Note: ‘Untitled’ is a remake of Mood II Swing – Do it your way)
