tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16918227995825176102024-03-20T06:42:35.429+02:00BASICSThe Regular Niche ClubnightBASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-60967224599387164322013-08-01T18:38:00.001+03:002013-08-01T18:55:51.908+03:00OUTBOXX (Bristol, UK) @ Terasa Baraka - 10 August 2013<b>Sâmbătă 10 August, 22:00</b><br />
<b>Terasa Baraka</b> – în Parcul Herăstrău, intrarea Charles de Gaulle<br />
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Fără prea multe comentarii, vă lăsăm cu toate coordonatele pentru o adunare prietenoasă într-un weekend de festival în capitală. O ieşire de sâmbătă în „grădină”, conturată în jurul muzicii „de sezon” şi o întâlnire cu unul dintre cele mai reprezentative act-uri de pe scena în continuă schimbare din Bristol, UK. <br />
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<b>OUTBOXX</b> (Idle Hands, BRSTL, Immerse – Bristol, UK)<br />
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Despre ei, câteva cuvinte ceva mai bine alese:<br />
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<i>Operating from the core of Bristol's bottom-heavy 4/4 contingent Outboxx have releases on labels such as Idle Hands, BRSTL, Immerse and Well Rounded. Outboxx are one of the city's most recognisable acts whose work gives colour to a tough bassweight staple with jazz-inflected smokiness and key-driven hooks that defined house music. This hybrid sensibility and respect for the wonder years adds a unique and forgotten authenticity to both their live performances and DJ sets, where dancefloors are seduced by uplifting melodies and pummelled under low-end pressure in equal measure.</i><br />
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<i><a href="http://www.outboxx.co.uk/">www.outboxx.co.uk</a><br /><a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/outboxx">www.soundcloud.com/outboxx</a></i><br />
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Un preview la albumul “Outboxx” lansat în aprilie 2013, se poate face aici: <i><a href="http://boomkat.com/downloads/692350-outboxx-outboxx">http://boomkat.com/downloads/692350-outboxx-outboxx</a></i><br />
„Trimisul” duo-ului Outboxx pentru evenimentul de la Baraka este Hodge – <a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/hodgebristol"><i>www.soundcloud.com/hodgebristol</i></a>.<br />
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Support: <br />
✹ <b>SNYGG</b> (Varme) - www.soundcloud.com/snyggtingz<br />
✹ <b>VRT</b> (BASICS) - www.soundcloud.com/vrt<br />
✹ <b>TONÉ</b> (BASICS) - www.soundcloud.com/toneproduction<br />
✹ <b>AERVERDE</b> (FEM Blog) – www.soundcloud.com/aerverde<br />
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<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicsclubnight.blogspot.ro%2F2013%2F08%2Foutboxx-bristol-uk-terasa-baraka-10.html&width=450&height=35&colorscheme=light&layout=standard&action=recommend&show_faces=false&send=true" style="border: none; height: 35px; overflow: hidden; width: 450px;"></iframe>BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0Bucharest, Romania44.4325 26.10388890000001544.0697015 25.458441900000015 44.795298499999994 26.749335900000016tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-25727619164050449322012-03-12T15:24:00.001+02:002012-03-12T15:26:39.202+02:00BASICS Podcast 015 - RapalaSomething a bit different this time as we adventure in a sound area we haven't really been to before, with this series. The itinerary is <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rapala</span>'s work, one of the <span style="font-style: italic;">go-to-guys </span>when it comes to soulful, laidback vibes and jazzed-up dance grooves as well.<br /><br /><a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89r5FkfoTNPwzeHN_Yc1uDnIJkK1sxNr8dFBRSs0sqrO3nv4PRK0bI6sxFHLqVPy4Kj5BNDMZtk9wX6yrlZC8QhialYfYAWbftBfYTqd0QliiKEvSoLbrR9RSZWkh8Y2lWT0j8y1jMk_F/s320/BASICS+Podcast+015+-+Rapala-320.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718972361252967266" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Needless to say, Rapala is a DJ for almost 10 years now, he's an avid records collector, he comes from Targu Mures, he resides in Timisoara, he is half of LBC Kru - which he runs alongside WRK and he's always made a good appearance playing a wide range of sounds, from Funk & Broken Beats up to Drum & Bass; at the Summer Break, TMBase or AnonimTM 48H stages or with the likes of Jon Kennedy, Fort Knox Five or Ed Royal, amongst others.<br /><br /><a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0bscMEt-DGz6dt9uLCqgxfzrPWRsqbL3S5nu___krYpfvbdHkD873RLbwzz60X6Z9_07VtIlvU7FqBB2Gyu6G37sujLlUsdt_ObOg0sEaEI-74HoD5YkKYIMNhaVCQPyJBe6vGh1WAVN/s320/Rapala.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718975118093422530" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The present audio material <span style="font-style: italic;">"has been built in a rush"</span>, we were told, but I think it's safe to say it doesn't feel like that even a bit. It's all a smoothly put together collection of world-music influenced, percussion-mad, keys & synth-driven electronics with a pinch of Swing and Kwaito here and there, hosting insanely good works from Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra or (the early-days) Freq Nasty, among others. It's brilliant! And since it's got a ridiculous amount of flavours to choose from, we reckon it will make an impression with those of you enjoying a carefully selected world cuisine of sounds.<br /><br /><div><object height="320" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FBASICS%2Fbasics-podcast-015-rapala%2F&embed_uuid=e34a1633-66ee-4b32-ae35-da8ed32eb932&stylecolor=&embed_type=widget_standard"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="opaque"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FBASICS%2Fbasics-podcast-015-rapala%2F&embed_uuid=e34a1633-66ee-4b32-ae35-da8ed32eb932&stylecolor=&embed_type=widget_standard" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="opaque" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="320" width="320"></embed></object><div style="clear:both; height:3px;"></div><p style="display:block; font-size:12px; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin:0; padding: 3px 4px; color:#02a0c7;"></p></div><br />Tracklist:<br /><br />01. Black Dog With Black Sifichi - What Do They Want? [Hydrogen Dukebox]<br />02. Doctor Rockit - Veselka's Diner [Lifelike]<br />03. Floating Points - Shark Chase [Eglo Records]<br />04. Culoe De Song - The Bright Forest [Innervisions]<br />05. Renovation Unlimited feat. Roy Ayers - Antonata (Atjazz Remix) [ObliqSound]<br />06. Henrik Schwarz & Amampondo - I Exist Because Of You (Henrik Schwarz Live Version) [Innervisions]<br />07. Club Des Belugas feat. Brenda - Some Like It Hot [Lola's World]<br />08. Sofi Hellborg - Wouldn't That Be Fun (Señorlobo & Watch TV Remix) [Ajabul]<br />09. The Boogoos - The Journey - Ghana '74 (Dusty Remix) [Jazz & Milk Recordings]<br />10. Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - War Hero (Guajiro) [Anti-]<br />11. Dousk - Gìgi [Klik Records]<br />12. Trüby Trio - Satisfaction (Salzmann & Zech's Slowdown Mix) [Compost Records]<br />13. Freq Nasty - Incredible Acoustic Properties [Botchit & Scarper]<br />14. Repeat - End Up [A13]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/s7jmwp">DOWNLOAD</a> (via Sendspace - available for 30 days)<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="http://i44.tinypic.com/a9so6.png" style="padding: 0pt; -moz-box-shadow: none ! important;" /></div><br />You can catch Rapala playing sort-of on a regular basis at <span style="font-weight: bold;">Al-kimia</span> in Timisoara but for more information <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rploflbc">go directly to the source</a>. A mix archive can be accessed via Soundtracker <a href="http://www.soundtracker.ro/category/download/rapala">here</a>.<br /><br /><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicsclubnight.blogspot.com%2F2012%2F03%2Fbasics-podcast-015-rapala_12.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=35&appId=194275307309118" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-38128165575701451012012-03-06T13:20:00.006+02:002012-03-06T13:56:00.698+02:00Revival: Whistla interview for dubstep.ro - 2008This is the second interview in a series of articles published on dubstep.ro somewhere between 2007-2008. A couple of weeks ago we revived a rather long discussion between Tomasan and Hotflush's A&R at the time - c0p.<br /><br />This time it's <span style="font-weight: bold;">Whistla</span>'s turn. Before we (at that time - dubstep.ro and Yazee) got him to play over for the first time in October 2008, we had a quick chat with him about Sub FM, Dubstep, the potential revival of 2-Step and UK Garage (which actually happened!) and...just about records leaning on a desk.<br /><br /><a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wNTrmEWVcrth1i0Lk2rh4K2Ae7Sc3NWhFPnlOEx5bDDLGI1gctPz6lbsi9s-wrZwWh9iJmZEd4tG-oTxHcTAqeMsZOp9573rNzYhDboJV4N3PEGOw40_iWQVBm3_o4cPVum4s8NllR1a/s320/Whistla.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716749929332720018" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A fun and quite relevant read for those who missed out on some things 4-5 years back, way before L2S Recordings was born and well before the term Future Garage was coined.<br /><br />Interviewing affairs handled by myself - Antonio Nartea.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="http://i44.tinypic.com/a9so6.png" style="padding: 0pt; -moz-box-shadow: none ! important;" /></div><br /><p align="left"><strong>1. Ez mate and loads of thanks for spending your time on this interview. How’s stuff in the UK? </strong></p> <p style="font-style: italic;" align="left">Yeh not bad bro. I’ve been obsessed with the Olympics the last couple of weeks, haha! Been busy with lot of bookings this summer getting out of London for gigs and stuff so everything’s been going nice.</p> <p align="left"><strong>2. First of all, tell us something about yourself and especially, besides DJ-ing and producing, who’s Whistla as a listener, what are your main influences and maybe your favourite artists? </strong></p> <p style="font-style: italic;" align="left">Well I’m from the “hardcore continuum” as people seem to call it. I first started getting properly into music in the late 80s / early 90s. I used to be a regular hardcore raver for many years before actually building or DJing tunes (my fav producers from that time were Satin Storm, the way their tracks would barely hold together is amazing). Then along came Garage…lol.</p><p style="font-style: italic;" align="left"><br />I’m a big big fan of Todd Edwards, I listen to his stuff all the time still and would probably say he is the single biggest influence on me. I am also a massive fan of KMA Productions and recently did a mix of all their released tracks. Something people may not know is I was / am a massive fan of Pavement, the way they carried melodies across instruments, so that no one instrument carries the melody alone, and also their whole approach was really inspiring to me musically.</p><p style="font-style: italic;" align="left">More recent people I am a big fan of include: Dem 2, Sunship, Steve Gurley, Horsepower, The Avalanches, El-B, Mala, Mr. Pud, Burial, M2J, Sully, Martyn, LHF, The Wideboys…there’s honestly so many people I like! People I’m feeling most at any given time are usually in my top friends on my myspace page: www.myspace.com/djwhistla. I could go on listing names forever! Haha.</p><p style="font-style: italic;" align="left">Stuff I have laying on the side next to me right now: my record box that has what I played this week on the radio (tracklist on my blog), a CD of Ratty and MC Robbie Dee Live at Dance Planet in ‘92, Pavement - Brighten The Corners, some new Blackmass Plastics tunes, some LHF tunes and some M2J tunes, Todd Edwards - Odyssey, Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. 1, a Sabrepulse CD, a stack of old mixtapes, a Submerse CD, and a few old Acen and 4 Hero tunes leaning on the desk.</p> <p align="left"><strong>3. Let’s focus a bit on your DJ career. When did the story begin and since when SubFM? What’s the tale of <span style="font-style: italic;">“Warehouse Meditation”</span> after all? </strong></p> <p style="font-style: italic;" align="left">Well I started DJing in about 96/97 and building around the same time. I started playing on Addiction 95.2FM and from that started to get bookings in most of the big raves of the time (Raindance, Dreamscape etc.). After playing the hardcore Breakbeat scene for a few years I decided it was time to go exploring the world and boxed up my tunes and went off travelling over Asia. When I came back I moved up to Sheffield and got involved in a station up there (Rush Radio) and decided that FM and all the OFCOM stuff was getting out of hand and seeing that the net was becoming so prevalent everywhere I thought why not start an online station, no OFCOM to worry about, and be able to make sure the right music was on it. So that I could tune in at anytime and would stay tuned in, rather than keep scanning. And so SubFM was born (May 2004). It was perfect timing really as Dubstep at the time was just getting underway properly and there was no online outlet for it that was reliable and regular. From that the station has grown to what it is now. My path since SubFM is more well known I assume, I moved back to London and have been here 3 years now. Back in my hometown.</p><p style="font-style: italic;" align="left">Well <span style="font-weight: bold;">“Warehouse Meditation”</span> is kind of a an idea of how I go to a night, or how I would want a night to be. People in a “warehouse-type” place, be it a warehouse, cellar, bunker etc. and the “meditation” of just being in a dark room with bass and nothing else, no lasers, no dancers in neon. Like the original raves but with the modern appreciation of sound and quality systems. I guess the whole idea, for me, stems from Garage nights in warehouses were the budgets were tight, and lasers etc. weren’t worth the expenditure, so they would get a system in a place, and let the music fill it out.</p> <p align="left"><strong>4. Your sets are more like a bridge between Dubstep and it’s ancestors. You’re blending in all types of UK Bassline stuff from old Garage tunes, 2-Step to the newest sounds of Dubstep. How did you come up with this style? </strong></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-style: italic;">I didn’t think “I know I will do this…”. I just sort of got to this point by just building tunes that I like and I’ve kind of evolved to making the stuff I make now. I am one of those people that has to build, it’s my creative outlet and meditation in one. When I’m building I enter into my own space where all i’m thinking about is the music and nothing else. The end result is the tunes, but I don’t set out to make a certain type of tune or anything, it just happens. I get influences from what’s around me and what I hear of course, but I never set out to make something sound a certain way, I just go where the tune starts to take me as I’m building it.</span><br /><strong><br />5. Are the <span style="font-style: italic;">“old school sounds”</span> like Garage or 2-Step still catchy for the people out there, in the clubs or on the radio? No one seems to talk that much about these genres nowadays. </strong></p> <p align="left">I would say that Garage and 2-Step are only as <span style="font-style: italic;">“old school”</span> as House and Techno is. Fair enuff the genre name has been around a while, but the excitement to be found in the sounds and melodies is neverending. It depends where you are I think as well, in my area Garage classics are still played in all the club nights. I think that out of London (in my experience) Garage and 2-Step never really had anywhere near the impact that it had in London. London and Garage, I think, will forever be tied together.</p> <p align="left"><strong>6. As a producer also, you’re actually a bit <span style="font-style: italic;">“old school”</span>, influenced a lot by Garage, Speed Garage and so on. Also you’re running a couple of labels hooked up on this sound too. Tell us more about it. </strong></p> <p style="font-style: italic;" align="left">Yeh, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ox Rider</span> is my vinyl releasing label, we have had 4 releases so far “Heaven / Rollerball” being the latest. I’d been wanting to start a new label for a while and managed to get a deal with ST Holdings to distribute my stuff. I have the ethos of “would I buy this?” and running my own label allows me the freedom to put out what I like without having to tame down my music. A lot of label owners are worried about putting out stuff that doesn’t easily fit into “the mould” whatever that may be for the genre you’re talking about. Running my own labels allows me to just go with my instincts and not have to answer to anyone but myself.</p><p style="font-style: italic;" align="left"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Warehouse Meditation</span> is kind of my little digital project, we have only had one release on that so far (”Sacred As Standard / Weed College”). I have another release lined up for it and will be putting other artists out on that one to give exposure to tracks and artists that people otherwise won’t get the chance to own. In the future there will be a Warehouse Meditation EP on Ox Rider featuring some of the most popular tracks, but that’s once we have put more out on it!</p> <p align="left"><strong>7. Considering the fact that you’re actually a main man at SubFM, and you’re also producing and running two labels almost exactly on this profile, have you ever thought about yourself as one of the DJs that kept / keep the 2-Step sound alive? </strong></p> <p style="font-style: italic;" align="left">Difficult question. I wouldn’t have said I was saving it, at least not on my own! I just play the tunes that I get, and find, that I like. I think there was definitely a point where the popularity of Dubstep and a particular trend in Dubstep had a flash point and you would hear a lot of people building with similar beats and sounds, and that did make me re-evaluate what I want to be making and playing. But as for setting out to “keep 2-Step alive” I don’t think it went anywhere, people just stopped paying attention.</p> <p align="left"><strong>8. Switching to the Dubstep scene, stuff’s been a bit divided lately into techy sounds, dancefloor bits and so on. There are producers out there blending Dubstep with lots and lots of other genres from Minimal Techno to Dancehall. Do you have a favourite sound, from all the styles out in the scene?</strong></p> <p style="font-style: italic;" align="left">I don’t really have a preferred sound as such, I like the fact that the scene has so much freedom for experimentation. It’s a testament to the listeners that they are willing to listen to such different stuff in one night. I will like a diff type of tune for a diff reason at a diff time and I love how Dubstep can cater for all these moments.</p> <p align="left"><strong>9. <span style="font-style: italic;">“Warehouse Meditation”</span> also sounds to me like a great name for an event series. And I’m not talking about 200 people sitting in yoga positions in a warehouse. Haha. I mean, huge Garage, 2-Step, Dubstep raves. Have you ever tried building a promoting brand under this name? It could be the long-awaited revival of Garage. </strong></p> <p style="font-style: italic;" align="left">I would love to put a night on and have been chatting to people about it, so watch this space is all I can say for now.</p> <p align="left"><strong>10. Science fiction: If UK Garage and all the related genres never existed in the first place. Would you have chose not to DJ at all or to start with other genres? </strong></p> <p style="font-style: italic;" align="left">Haha. well do you include Hardcore in that? Cos I played Hardcore many many moons ago (and I’m sure someone who has thought about the “hardcore continuum” more than me would have something to say on it! Haha). I don’t know, I would have been doing something in music that’s for sure!</p> <p align="left"><strong>11. <span style="font-style: italic;">„Heaven”</span> was, is and will be, personally, one of my favourite tunes. A scoop on future releases? Future projects? Will there be any new artists signed at your labels? </strong></p> <p style="font-style: italic;" align="left">Well I have a few tunes signed up at the moment: “Larry” - Clandestine Cultivations, “Riot Squad” - Bankai Recordings, “Rain Hits The Sun” - Ringo Records and “River of Tears / N35″ - Warehouse Meditation Music.</p><p style="font-style: italic;" align="left">I’ve got a lot of new material I’m working on at the moment and would like to do an album, I’ve still got to find a label that would be interested. Ox Rider will stay as just Whistla productions but yeh Warehouse Meditation will be taking on new artists in the future. Keep checking the sites.</p> <p align="left"><strong>12. A shout out for the Romanian massive? </strong></p> <p style="font-style: italic;" align="left">Yeh I would like to say a massive big up to everyone in Romania, thanks for your support!!! I will hopefully be over to play for you soon!</p> <p align="left"><strong>13. Thanks for your time again bruv, and wishing you the best of luck in whatever’s next to come.</strong></p> <p style="font-style: italic;" align="left">No worries bro, safe. Take it easy.<br />Swivel!<br /></p><p style="font-style: italic;" align="left">-<br /></p><p align="left">More about Whistla on <a href="http://www.whistla.com/">www.whistla.com.</a> Sub FM is still running, just entered its 8th year online and can be found here: <a href="http://www.sub.fm/">www.sub.fm</a>.</p><br /><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicsclubnight.blogspot.com%2F2012%2F03%2Frevival-whistla-interview-for-dubstepro.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=35&appId=194275307309118" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-40235847420183634432012-02-19T23:13:00.004+02:002012-02-20T00:13:48.722+02:00Revival: c0p interview for dubstep.ro - 2007Back in 2007 and 2008, way before BASICS popped up, I used to handle editorial affairs for dubstep.ro, as some of you may already know. Around that period of time Toma Soare (Tomasan), Silviu Costinescu (Alien Pimp) and myself<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>managed to sort out a couple of interviews with people that at the time being were deeply involved in the Dubstep / current Bass Music scene.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Late 2007</span>, one specific<span style="font-weight: bold;"> interview</span> had Hotflush Records' ex-A&R in the spotlight. A certain gentleman that goes by the name of <span style="font-weight: bold;">c0p</span> and has laid a solid foundation for the Dubstep, Techno and Bass Music scenes in Hungary and the whole Europe as a DJ on Sub FM, as a promoter, as a talent scout back when Hotflush was just another label on the market and as a graphic designer for most relevant events in Budapest and for a couple of well known labels from the UK.<br /><br />Since dubstep.ro took a dive and we are in possesion of what we like to call <span style="font-style: italic;">"timeless material"</span> we took the liberty to re-publish a short novel that even 4 years after it first hit the web, still tells an undeniable truth. A great <span style="font-style: italic;">"early day vs. present thoughts"</span> comparison that could easily spark memories for everyone involved with music or the past and current scenes. A great open discourse (or even monologue at times) reaching issues like: Stereotyp, Dubstep's early days in Hungary, the dubplate culture, Basic Channel, minimalism, Drum & Bass, crowds, the launch of Hessle Audio, El-Sid, predicting the future or simply being busy.<br /><br />Interviewing affairs handled by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Toma Soare</span>.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="http://i44.tinypic.com/a9so6.png" style="padding: 0pt; -moz-box-shadow: none ! important;" /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">c0p says it all!</span><br /><br />c0p? Instead for me to make an introduction to this interview, c0p does it himself…so easy, you can see I didn’t even ask questions, as a rhetorical view, he does it himself again. We could say c0p talks to him with me in the background…so just go through it…Enjoy!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhil_cIyyrFgpOfhc0HkJ7RWYCxyPAI68dRZS4yLTeEuURyqIZlQ0hf_2tg2C2UmxWc1u_69-ZfHqocZJWl07V3gS_ko00q3vbT6zPi9hBemfBEHORRbQv3jeenR668fDkPd5HOm09OWsZi/s1600/c0p.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhil_cIyyrFgpOfhc0HkJ7RWYCxyPAI68dRZS4yLTeEuURyqIZlQ0hf_2tg2C2UmxWc1u_69-ZfHqocZJWl07V3gS_ko00q3vbT6zPi9hBemfBEHORRbQv3jeenR668fDkPd5HOm09OWsZi/s400/c0p.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710972780309035794" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. Hey c0p, how are you doing?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">A bit busy. Okay, lets say freakin’ busy. Luckily I have to execute loads of projects at the moment. Hopefully you will see and hear the issues in 2008. I think I have to learn living without sleeping as looking back in the past years' boredom is an unknown word in my vocabulary. I’m always working on different tasks in different fields which is basically good. So to cut the long story short, I’m fine thanks.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Where does c0p come from? We might get scared, are you a policeman?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Well, I have to draw old memories when my life could have been described by 8 bits. I got my first experience by a Hungarian computer named Primo (pure quality at that time with 1kb memory and 2 colors) and a few years later I hooked up with commodore plus4 and c64. My life was permanently determined by computers. Well, not as much as nowadays but it was enough to jump into the demoscene in the late 80s. There I began using “cop” what was easy to remember, unique (who wanna call himself a cop?), cool to draw because of all the rounded letters and at last short enough to put onto classic 3-bit high score tables. And if you hate cops you’d better think of Robocop hahaha. I still use this nick to all of my activities and at the dawn of the h4ck3r typing I began using zero around 1997. Well, I still use both but zero equalize the word better in typography. So I don’t have anything in common with the police, even my father isn’t a cop as a rumor catched my ears back in the days.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. When did you start Dj-ing and what did you play that time and who are the artists who influenced you over the time?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">My most favorite question as I can start a never-ending tale and everyone gets bored before the end. I’m trying to sacrifice my storyteller side and cut the long story short. I’m trying to live open-minded so I hardly can state that there is just a number of influences reached me during the past decades. I should begin with Kraftwerk's “Boing Boom Tschak”, Herbie Hancock’s “Rockit”, Paul Hardcastle's “19″, Hot Streak’s “Bodywork” or Malcom McLaren’s “Buffalo Gals” just to show what were my grounding hits. Alongside these I melted into the Hip-Hop/B-Boy era with all classic stuff. Honestly I think I’m still on the same aesthetic vibe in a disguise, as only the elements changed during the time. On the other hand I can tell that my very first fave was Boney M, hahaha! Risking of ruining the evolved vision of a progressive c0p I can add Pet Shop Boys to my early 80s influences. I always tell that Rock and me are two different stories but I was listening to EMF, RHCP, Nirvana, Bodycount, Faith No More, Pink Floyd, at least one of their albums. But seriously, I realized that I can’t deny my raw and overwhelming desire of crispy, delicious beats, endless flow of wise minimalism or everlasting flow of bassline driven moods. Maybe that's why I’ve never sticked to any styles too long and ended up as a basshead who just wanna join his forces with others to shape the future.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I can continue counting the influences of my musical background after the late 80s but we wouldn’t finish this. So I just mention that I started asking mixtapes from my German, Dutch and Swiss friends I hooked up with on the Commodore64 demoscene (I used to be on the team Faces). That's how I found all the classic UK Hardcore bits, the very first mayday compilation, the Acid House fever, the Ambient space and even the Jungle fever just before 1993. In 1995 I got my first request to play in a freshly opened club and after a few months we started to organize our first monthly club night what went awesome for a year. That's how it all started and since then I played with several of my former icons (Rhythm & Sound, LTJ Bukem, Kevin Saunderson, etc. …) and we also invited a few heroes and upcoming talents to Pecs (Monolake, Jojo Mayer, Seba & Robert Manos, Doc Scott, Lawgiverz, ASC, Aquasky, Search & Destroy, Hotflush gang, etc. …). Looking back to very early 90s I’ll be always thankful for artists like the Basic Channel camp, the Warp stable, Steve Reich, FSOL, Plastikman, Orbital, Speedy J, Burnt Friedman (& Drome), The Orb, SND, Amon Tobin, Alec Empire or Biochip C. Sooo many names worth to mention. I should stop here haha. I think all the musical eras gave me a lot of inspiration and a pack of names but I’m always in search of new elements, fusions and impressions (maybe because I used to compose tunes?) though the aesthetic and philosophy are the same every time. I never cared what style I play until there are connections between them. That’s why I loved playing 8-9 hours sets covering everything from Dub, Minimal, Nu-Jazz, Dubstep to Broken Beat, Breaks, Electro, Drumfunk or Drum & Bass. Nowadays I prefer playing Dubstep (avoiding wobbler overdose and focusing on new directions), quality Minimal (not the well hyped reshaped Prog-House but the stuff influenced by Basic Channel, Profan, Mosaic, etc. …) and top notch Drum & Bass (mostly deep, spaced out vibes with clever drums) but I still play several other styles…</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. For how long Dubstep and what is your opinion about Dubstep's development as a genre over the last 10 years?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I think like several DJs I also started out with Stereotyp’s Yahman and his album on G-Stone besides the first Tempa plates. Stereotyp is more tagged as part of Vienna sound, there is an awesome 2-Step, Dub, Nu-Jazz, Dancehall mash-up style. One of his earliest was Yahman which was an unique dark Dancehall minimalism. But that wasn’t enough to see the whole movement which has a very limited scene. I’m a journalist at the Hungarian mag “FREEE” since 2000 and they asked me to do a 2-Step / Garage article back in 2003. I was digging deep and I hooked up with the “early” Dubstep movement. My guides were the Garage Pressure pages from Australia alongside Kode9's Hyperdub archives that I visited earlier a few times. Then I realized there is something more going underground and I got involved pretty much. Since 1999 Dubstep has gone far further though it’s still underground. From the early new dark swing and sub low (around the millennium) to the forming Dubstep and its angry bro Breakstep (we can even add Grime) (2003-04), the evolving Halfstep (2005) it has become international and much more diverse. Today it’s subtle with inspirations taken from the Basic Channel minimal Techno, influences by Electronica and all other styles (just like originally). Such a colorful spectrum of sound and I’m afraid what would happen if it keeps on evolving because it won’t stop for sure! On one hand I’m scared positively as Dubstep today is awesome and I don’t know how far can we go. It’s already magnetizing Drum & Bass, Electro-Breaks, Breakcore, Dub, Hip-Hop and even Mainstream acts so it could turn up something very big. Or it can blow up just before reaching its age. It is still in an experiencing phase with just a few elements grounded heavy to the compositions and people don’t like experiments. They don’t want to do the math on the floors. In 2006-07 Dubstep have been noticed worldwide and it is divided to popular, more dance compatible and more complex sides. I just hope everyone will be listening to all aspects just like a few years ago when it was smaller. You were able to hear all angles in an hour from deep meditating minimalism to floorfiller breaksbombs or tectonic wobblers. It’s all good to have ammo for the mind and the feet but look what happened with Drum & Bass when they got rid of the complexity and let Clownstep spread. I hardly find sets where you feel grooves and change of moods. Maybe it’s just a selfish need as for me style doesn’t matter and I always wanna make vibrating, diverse and add deeper cuts too. Maybe I’m wrong when I think we have to feed the heads (and not with E) too. I get easily bored with testosterone-filled wobblers all night long. Don’t give the people what they want, give the people what they need. It’s all about education and balance.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">There is another, maybe even more important riddle for the future. What will happen with the vinyl plats and how long a dubplate culture can exist? Dubplates are very good for quality control but if the dub players are just a small part of the scene they could control the whole movement only in limited directions excluding several other aspects. How long can we go? Where is the balance? Who is trusted? At the digital age the dubs are sometimes leaking out faster than ever what makes the inner circle even smaller. Several artists or labels don’t send out tunes above 128-192 kbit and a lot of DJs outside have to wait to get a proper version released. But dubs are played sometimes years before street date so common DJs have a massive drawback. What will street date mean when mp3 releases will overwhelm the vinyl sells? We are living in a cataclysm when the society’s customing and listening habits are changing a lot so it’s hard to predict anything for real. I’m sure and I hope dubplate culture will stay alongside vinyls but I’m not sure what will happen next. One thing is sure: we have to keep on pushing the right vibes in the right mixture and make our best adding a bit to the scene. And we should never forget the original open minded approach what drove us into. If we stick to our original purposes it will progress ’till the end.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. Who are your favorite Dubstep DJs and producers? How’s the Dubstep movement in Hungary?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">There are way too many to mention. A lot of peeps just don’t get why the others like Dubstep tunes as these are driven by lazy ass, sleepy Trip Hop beats with lame production and boring build up. As a start I think they either don’t catch the word Dub’s meaning or they haven’t heard too much of Dubstep. There are several styles waving outside waiting to get explored especially in 2007. As a guy devoted to minimalism and feeling passion of thrilling beat cuts, energic and tricky, even offbeat rhythms I found Dubstep the most interesting phenomena in years. I can’t roll any electronic music style today that bridges the gap between 70-150 bpm so easily and consistent. I can’t name any other style that is going to make you freak without pace dictating beats in your face and giving the solution with pure bass. This case is similar to the early 90s era when most of us haven’t understood bogus Jungle grooves. Now we don’t understand the “beatless” freedom of surfing on sinewaves. Hah, sorry I turn off the low end theorist. This year I loved the bass driven deep Bristol cuts (labels like Tectonic, Punch Drunk, Mode, Immerse, Inprint, Compound One) who tend to inject a massive dose of the Berlin-based Basic Channel’s legacy to their soundscape. New breed of producers leaked into the scene from Holland (Martyn, 2562), USA (Intex Systems, Vaccine, Roommate, Djunya) who made a huge impact. TRG also produces better and better tunes without any solid identity which is unique I think. The Z Audio crew does it well, Argon rocks the floors, Skull Disco is on fire, Ranking has one of the best starts this year, Hessle Audio, Subway launched well… I have my all time favs every time like Elemental, Scuba, Boxcutter, Reso, 23Hz & Numaestro, Slaughter Mob, Search & Destroy, Hench Crew, Toasty, L-Wiz, Benga, D1… Okay I’ll stop it. There are a lot of good producers so let’s see the DJs… Thinking and his new partner Kidkut are flawless and guys like Scuba, Ben UFO, Plastician and several others doing the rounds too (how sad El Sid - Hotflush left the scene). Hard to pick just a few names as there are dozens of them.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Pecs had its own musical taste and we represent deeper sound. For example some key players in Budapest states that Pecs could have been the capital of Minimal or we are stronger in atmospheric and tricky Drum & Bass. Perhaps the relatively smaller scene allowed us building it up but that's another story. In Hungary we have an evolving Dubstep scene scene though only Budapest and Pecs have regular nights. Budapest has more of the London style wobble fueled anthems while Pecs is like Bristol a bit in Dubstep too. This is maybe because I play deeper or drumwise stuff besides the wobbling basslines and also some UK DJs had the same impression after visiting our parties and city. The Hungarian scene is still very young though we were between the first countries in Europe in 2005 with inviting UK Dubstep DJs. As far as I remember they were only in Spain and Belgium before Hungary. After the award winning Hotflush Records appearance in Pecs things started slowly. DST had been running his 3 weekly show on Tilos Radio, then Chi Recordings brought Pinch to Budapest, Search & Destroy came back alongside Hotflush, Scuba and Dubstep arrived to the enormous Sziget Festival in 2006. Although we could expect a growing scene in fact it's still an underground movement with small achievements. In 2007 the illustrious Bladerunnaz organized Boxcutter, Pinch and Mike Paradinas (Planet Mu Night) and Caspa (alongside the Dub Phase crew). DST, Gumilap & Kebab launched their first weekly club night (Dub Phase) with a pack of regulars what grew slowly and had an impact at the last period of the year after 2000 people witnessed to Benga, Skream & Crazy D (Tempa) on Sziget Festival'07. They have Izc, BunZero (Sub FM), Chef (Rinse) and Tes La Rok (Argon, Noppa) gigs behind. Also Palotai & Cadik are key supporters since 2006 in their radio shows and on the best'n'oldest Hungarian weekly night “Rewind” (last time they booked Martyn - 3024, Revolve:R). I think 2008 will be massive for the scene but I fear we won’t reach the level of a bigger country. We run dubstep.hu, there are a handful radio shows spraying the sound and more new or experienced DJs join the game but we need to build and grow. University and college gigs are inviting key players like Benga or DMZ in the UK, and in Helsinki there are more Dubstep nights than Drum & Bass so we still have a lot to achieve. Thing is that I’m not sure it’s good earning a big mass at the moment as I mentioned earlier… I hope at least other cities will also have regular nights (maybe Szeged will be the next) what would be far enough. Music wise a guy named Boc launched a net label, DST (Digital Distortions, Crater), Ekaros (Combat, DubKraft) and Sollabong (DubKraft) has releases but you’d better watch Madd, Metro etc.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6. What is your connection to Dubstep?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I’m not sure. I still play several styles besides Dubstep and I can’t imagine myself leaving the others behind to become a pure dubstepper. Some DJs are confused because I play different styles, some even more narrow-minded and play just one specific section of a genre. I like mixing the things up if it is possible. For example it’s fun playing some deep Minimal or Dub in Dubstep sets and I play every course in a Dubstep set. It’s very important not to stick anything but aesthetics or philosophy so we can implant as much diversity into our sets as possible. The whole Dubstep and even electronic music meant to be a playground where everything goes. Stealing elements from here melting them with those… If we stick to a strict sound or composition that would end the story. Keepin’ the sound moving, mutating equals living that's how life works isn’t it? So in every style including Dubstep I go for new impulses and stick to old quality pieces. Strange anyway as Dubstep still divides people. This is just another sound what has something more than the actual trends. We saw the situation several times and we can see where Drum & Bass, Breakbeat, Nu-Jazz or Garage are today. I just hope Dubstep won’t end up in a plain scheme and stays innovative and colorful. I’ll give my tiny knowledge to the movement as DJ on air or in clubs, as a writer in articles and reviews and I still have two more connections… I was asked to help Hotflush as international A&R in 2005 and I still help finding new talents and help talents find their home at other labels. Luckily I have a good relationship with several key figures and lots of artists are sending me their unsigned or unfinished tunes as well. I feel really lucky that I was asked to write in 2000 to a magazine because it helped a lot to build relations with all the scenes. One other thing I’m involved is graphics. I was asked to create designs to several Dubstep labels and clubnights. It’s good I can add my bits to last vinyls a bit longer. With the digital sellings personality disappears, you have a bunch of unsorted files in a folder and you lose all material beauties. I think mind and matter are equally important, maybe that's why I studied architecture and do graphics. I wouldn’t be able to live just in digital and forget books, sleeves, hi-q printed graphics, folding tricks, different papers, the smell of it. There is no flash animation or any digital trick that could replace several thousand years of handwork knowledge. Basically I also try to plant and reproduce manual methods in digital. So I was very glad to accept requests from several labels like Runtime (Elemental - London), Argon (Nick - San Francisco), DubKraft (Alien Pimp - Bucharest), Hotflush (Scuba - Berlin, lately), Immerse (Kidkut - Bristol) or even from Renegade Hardware and Santorin (Germany) and there are much more to come… What shocked me is that all happened just in 2 months. I’m not sure if my nomination on Dubstep Awards in the Artwork of the year category helped in reaching out. I was in the top 5 after posting two event flyers. We’ll see what 2008 holds to all of us…</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7. Did you enjoy SummerBreak 07? You played after me and Sinkronize.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Hope you guys liked what you heard. Yeah it was very nice though the whole trip was almost a nightmare. There was a massive traffic so we ended up driving about 11 hours instead of 7-8 and I missed my time around 23:00 as Brains missed theirs too. So the organizers postponed my set 1-2 hours and then another… As a result I haven’t slept a second and jumped (moved slowly) behind the deck around 8 in the morning. I was happy I was still able to mix and concentrate on selection for almost two hours. Then I instantly drove back and hit the bed around 19:00 in Pecs. Wished to stay since we had a nice chat with TRG, Kubiks and several guys. I felt like I’m at home with such hospitality. It’s always good to play out in Romania (props to Dudu, Roli Breaker, Seba, BAU & Timisoara massive!) and many thanks goes to Hazee solving the problems!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8. If it were to give a shout to us… ?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I’ve already written a novel so I just wanna give some strict advices by tracks. “Don’t Believe The Hype”, “Shape The Future” and “Watch Your Bassbins I’m Tellin Ya”! Seriously these are important things. Keep the spirit alive and never stick to any formula, build your own scene that's the most important.<br /><br /></span>More about c0p here: <a href="http://c0pland.blogspot.com/">http://c0pland.blogspot.com/</a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><br /><br /><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicsclubnight.blogspot.com%2F2012%2F02%2Frevival-c0p-interview-for-dubstepro.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=35&appId=194275307309118" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-66741578379895522642012-02-13T14:18:00.018+02:002012-02-19T23:33:55.560+02:00BASICS Podcast 014 - WRKI think it's fair to assume there's never been a specific dance music subgenre that suffered more mutations than UK Garage over the course of the years. Starting off with the progressiveness of US Garage and carrying on through the percussive brilliance of classic UK imports, the posh R&B mixture introduced to the mass audiences by Luck & Neat and Artful Dodger, through Dark Garage, Horsepower, Gurley, Bias and the foundation of Dubstep, through 2-Step and 4/4, through Whistla, Sub FM, L2S and the whole coining process for the term Future Garage, even through Control-S and Hed Kandi, through Blackdown and Keysound, up to date along with Jacques Greene's, Mosca's or DJ Q's revamps and the huge amount of inspiration provided for various Bass Music producers out there - it has been through it all.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIDYPToWcUUb-J8ZfZ9zYQyU98xzcCVvcUIhZcgP2APs2DoAdU8swVqixKbeyWyPk9i6XDETYqVbDC_ZOhzopQ0OkfFrOr_3Md3W9ltcQ6QxENqBZHzEi5deDMzKZjyY4UpSqdc5MD3qf/s1600/BASICS+Podcast+014+-+WRK.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIDYPToWcUUb-J8ZfZ9zYQyU98xzcCVvcUIhZcgP2APs2DoAdU8swVqixKbeyWyPk9i6XDETYqVbDC_ZOhzopQ0OkfFrOr_3Md3W9ltcQ6QxENqBZHzEi5deDMzKZjyY4UpSqdc5MD3qf/s400/BASICS+Podcast+014+-+WRK.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708699211387887266" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So, figured our fourteenth issue should reflect some of the past, current and future forms a chopped, bubbled riddim can take, and to do so we turned to one of the trusted true-school Garage / 2-Step / early-day Dubstep / Broken / Bass Music heads around: <span style="font-weight: bold;">WRK</span>.<br /><br />WRK has been involved literally for ages, pushing all sorts of shuffled and bass-heavy sounds in his home town - Targu Mures, among all sorts of other places. If you were around in 2008 he played a brilliant warm-up set - which we can still remember almost entirely - for Whistla's first visit in Bucharest. If you missed it back then, we shared a couple of line-ups since and it's safe to say he's yet to disappoint!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2-dpQjsXBY0WhanHAsEEM_6X0-nNEORr3GaKEe4OmRLHwWdg82ipKddayVn0m5nzSV5_ufKL4RXjzhBa9Zdo8h8-q6wGLBBfHvG7jr28wNUONDANFa5Va56KQziBR3IrRR5dyw2Q4aa_/s1600/WRK.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2-dpQjsXBY0WhanHAsEEM_6X0-nNEORr3GaKEe4OmRLHwWdg82ipKddayVn0m5nzSV5_ufKL4RXjzhBa9Zdo8h8-q6wGLBBfHvG7jr28wNUONDANFa5Va56KQziBR3IrRR5dyw2Q4aa_/s400/WRK.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708632345224455714" border="0" /></a><br /><br />His contribution for BASICS is a staggering 135+ bpm collection of eighteen carefully selected, properly <span style="font-style: italic;">(!!!)</span> mixed<span style="font-style: italic;"></span> Future Garage, Dubstep and Bass Music tracks. Whether you're looking forward to hear the classics - Kode9, Zed Bias or Goth Trad - at work, whether you're more likely to respond to new blood such as Vessel, Mock The Zuma or Throwing Snow, whether you're in for the hype associated with Distal or Damu - it's all there and the mixtape will deliver!<br /><br />In our own words, we're talking about shuffled chopstick madness with sizeable amounts of bass on the side here. Punchy enough to make you wiggle your chair, smooth enough for some after-work decompression at home and definitely something we'd take along for a laidback nite drive on snowy roads. Believe us, you're in for such a treat this time!<br /><br /><div><object height="320" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FBASICS%2Fbasics-podcast-014-wrk%2F&embed_uuid=b685088b-0ad8-49bc-b834-f7a53c7c3151&stylecolor=&embed_type=widget_standard"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="opaque"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FBASICS%2Fbasics-podcast-014-wrk%2F&embed_uuid=b685088b-0ad8-49bc-b834-f7a53c7c3151&stylecolor=&embed_type=widget_standard" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="opaque" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="320" width="320"></embed></object></div><br />Tracklist:<br /><br />01. King Midas Sound - Meltdown (Kode9 & The Spaceape Rework) [Hyperdub]<br />02. Luska - Autobiography (Original Mix) [Dub Fetish Records]<br />03. Pale - Why'd You Even Say (Original Mix) [Fat! Records]<br />04. Cauto - 35 [Disboot]<br />05. Fontaine - No Cure [Gradient Audio]<br />06. Vessel - Ton [Left Blank]<br />07. Goth Trad - Sublimation [Deep Medi]<br />08. Distal - Space Graffiti [Tube10 Recordings]<br />09. Damu - Ridin' The Hype (feat. Trim) [Keysound Recordings]<br />10. Acre - Ghatt [Embassy Recordings]<br />11. Mock The Zuma - Black Puddle [Fullfridge Music]<br />12. Enigma Dubz - Between Me And You [Four40 Records]<br />13. Zed Bias feat. FaltyDL - Lucid Dreams [Tru Thoughts]<br />14. LPZ - Problems (Ave Blaste & Tom Central Remix) [Keep Up!]<br />15. Aeon - Different Quotes [Area Recordings]<br />16. Throwing Snow - Pyre [Local Action]<br />17. Funk Ethics & Lucid Directions - Together (Original Mix) [Boka Records]<br />18. Aphex Twin - Tha (Stavrogin Remix) [Free Download]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/0grp6b">DOWNLOAD</a> (via Sendspace - available for 30 days)<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="http://i44.tinypic.com/a9so6.png" style="padding: 0pt; -moz-box-shadow: none ! important;" /></div><br /><br />Make sure you rinse it thoroughly and tell someone about it.<br /><br />Also, two more classic mixes signed off by WRK - <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Believe Me Winston</span> and a guest mix for <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Tamaka's Spaecial Beats</span> - are available <a href="http://bit.ly/w9NtEf">here</a>.<br /><br /><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicsclubnight.blogspot.com%2F2012%2F02%2Fbasics-podcast-014-wrk.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=35&appId=194275307309118" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-37900230461698294922012-02-07T20:11:00.010+02:002012-02-09T15:08:56.046+02:00BASICS recommends: CE009 - Morphology - Information Paradox EPIf you take pleasure in spending your weekends in a dungeon here's one for you. Brand new signing for Cultivated Electronics - a rather unknown UK-based label specialized in pushing powerful drum-machine riddims and raw electronics - from the finnish duo <span style="font-weight: bold;">Morphology</span>.<br /><br />If their name sounds a bit unfamiliar to you, their biggest release to date - <span style="font-style: italic;">Euclidean Algorithm</span> - dropped late 2011 on Semantica, via a limited press of 400 12"s and got identified quickly as a darker, more rugged approach to a sound brought to the spotlight by the likes of Boddika or Jon Convex...with a Detroit twist.<br /><br /><a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL0T3KuTYb4qhqUuZalZyZzcixMz0eDCDIP-pKR5kc1ki11uNrVgGE4mSaGruqHuvxXcL6CTCGfPQ2MDRppvWhetb1ow-20Ac998_EQSiUmaHyEosxWk8QjE2oS1oOd3DqDQ-WVmR4onyF/s400/CE009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706474696877750226" border="0" /></a><br /><br />If Morphology managed to prove that Finland's export doesn't only handle rally drivers, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cultivated Electronics</span> on the other hand are yet to break through anonimity. But 2012 seems to have started well enough for them. The label just signed a brand new distribution deal with none other than the guys who brought you a massive Drexciya repress just a couple of months back - Clone Distribution.<br /><br />So...following some simple logic pattern, their 9th release had to be good. And, guess what? To our surprise, it actually is!<br /><br />Analogue four-tracker built exclusively for dancefloors consisting of one 808 vs. 606, spatial-strings construction - <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Escape Velocity</span>; one EBM-infused, twenty-first century Juan Atkins-reviving, Electro-Funk anthem - <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Information Paradox</span>; a laid-back technoid, arp-driven, Marcus Intalex-pleasing mutation - <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Tangent Spaces</span> and the indisputable highlight: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sync 24</span>'s take on<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> Information Paradox</span>. Dark roller<span style="font-style: italic;"> (and by dark we mean pitch fucking dark)</span> set to move the immovable. Simple, not at all pretentious and a banger to play out. The kind of track that gives you the warehouse chills even when played in a pair of headphones.<br /><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F33091301&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=ff000e"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F33091301&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=ff000e" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="81" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/cultivated-electronics/ce009-clips">CE009 - Morphology - Information Paradox EP</a></span><br /><br />In less words brilliant EP and a strong impression from a couple of scene-outsiders, that would fit nicely in a set alongside Jon Convex's <span style="font-style: italic;">Pop That P</span>, Dexter's <span style="font-style: italic;">Space Booty</span> or Mensah's <span style="font-style: italic;">Off The Traxx</span> anytime, anywhere.<br /><br />The only argument against it could relate to its simplicity and to the fact that it seems to be stubborn enough to try and cater for a lost cause in today's dance music, but then again, we wouldn't have it any other way. It scores an A+ on our list and if your main dish is ~130 bpm Bass Music, it should score one in your book as well, without even trying too hard. So yeah, we'd say...buy a copy.<br /><br />Do it via <a href="http://bit.ly/zBBAav">Boomkat</a>.<br /><br /><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicsclubnight.blogspot.com%2F2012%2F02%2Fbasics-recommends-ce009-morphology.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=35&appId=194275307309118" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-38739695179167683862012-02-06T20:52:00.014+02:002012-02-07T00:21:55.916+02:00Preview: HES019 - Objekt - Cactus / PorcupineMuch awaited return for <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hessle Audio</span> - the label everyone's been talking about. It's been a dreary 9 months since Ben Ufo, Ramadanman and Pangaea, last managed to squeeze some record pressing in their overcrowded schedules; 9 months which translated in just enough time to pour the foundation and build up the hype for HES019 - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Objekt</span>'s contribution.<br /><br /><a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrPNIJIMJvJGlfHlEYfjQeI89_qqJLH9-h5WrFbvN8j5_xig5OtUMU3sxu8_919PRcm4OYi6T-fKYu6YzYk0phTkPXpARv74lYTgaO1o43NWISrE7di6qq4paR1aHSTIgahgr2iFWsXIIu/s400/HES019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706136624510204050" border="0" /></a><br /><br />If you live in a cave or you just can't get your head around using the internet properly, you most certainly have no idea who Objekt is. A fella who lives in Germany, DJs in the UK, has remixed SBTRKT's <span style="font-style: italic;">Wildfire</span>, builds tunes somewhere inbetween Techno and Bass Music <span style="font-style: italic;">(yes, we intentionally avoided the use of the term Dubstep)</span> and loves to put them out on limited hand-stamped white labels <span style="font-style: italic;">(which apparently serve a purpose both as records and hipster food plates as well...so we've heard)</span>. Anyway, no diss involved. We've identified him as a meticulous and inspired producer ever since <span style="font-style: italic;">Tinderbox</span> got a release out of nowhere; and apparently so did Hessle's A&R.<br /><br />The two tracks that hit the virtual <span style="font-style: italic;">friday shipping</span> shelves on Feb. 6th however, despite sharing more boldness and freshness than everything on the H.A. catalogue (except for Untold's <span style="font-style: italic;">Anaconda</span> and Joe's <span style="font-style: italic;">Claptrap</span>) and despite being A-class productions, as a whole just don't seem to be raising up to the expectations.<br /><br />For the past couple of months I've made a mission out of understanding the hype surrounding <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Cactus</span>. No result. I tried accepting it and giving it some credit for what it's got: an unbelievably well structured spaced-out percussion, some serious tweaking effort behind the lo-range wobble bass concerto and on-point / on-target breakdowns and drops. All of this even though I'm not really vibing to it.<br /><br />To be honest, I realised it's all a matter of quality. On its own Cactus is a decent track. Well build, has the potential to be a club banger if dropped at the right time, in the right place and for the right people. It's surprising enough, it comes from one of UK's finest labels, it gets air time on Rinse from the likes of Ben Ufo or Oneman, it's broken enough, it's bassy enough and it's made by a guy who owns a weird haircut.<br /><br />To be brutally honest, I also realised it's nothing more than a matter of vibe and how and when you were introduced to this particular sound. If you just came in through the front door <span style="font-style: italic;">(and the front door has James Blake's and Blawan's names written all over it) </span>Cactus will probably deliver a full-on revelation. And it deserves to be appreciated for that. However, if you were buying Pinch's records on Planet Mu and Tempa in 2008-2009 or you've heard Spiders on Brainmath...not so much. Simple as that.<br /><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F35237335&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=00b8ff"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F35237335&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=00b8ff" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="81" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/stholdings/objekt-cactus-porcupine-hessle">Objekt - Cactus / Porcupine</a></span><br /><br />The flipside manages to save some <span style="font-style: italic;">(most of the)</span> interest. <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Porcupine</span> tends to forget about pleasing broken-beats munching, Brainfeeder listening fellas out there and delivers a far more interesting approach to Techno <span style="font-style: italic;">(?!)</span> and the sort-of Drexcyian aquatic Electro derivations that turned the whole Bass Music world upside down last year. Lots of acid synths usage and a punching linear drumline topped by a fully oxigenated Echospaced breakdown that would make Appleblim and the lot shove two fingers in their mouths and whistle their lungs out.<br /><br />A good DJ tool that acts like a riddim transfusion in pretty much any circumstance one could possibly think of.<br /><br />Even though it's part of a sound we've kept hearing for the past 12 months, the track resonates quite well with the direction Hessle adventured in by putting out Pangaea's <span style="font-style: italic;">Inna Daze </span>and Pev's <span style="font-style: italic;">Dance Till The Police Comes</span> last year. Something that sits much closer to Hessle's brand new, post-Joe self-imposed quality standard.<br /><br />So, to draw up a couple of conclusions:<br /><br />- Decent debut outside the white label world for Objekt.<br />- Decent release for Hessle. Not great. Not outstanding. Decent.<br />- If you're a DJ and you're not 16; keep supporting the label. Buy the whole record. Spin just one half <span style="font-style: italic;">(the one that doesn't have Cactus on it)</span>.<br />- I'm probably gonna end up spinning Porcupine out there myself.<br />- And please nod and agree that Hessle needs a new Joe release.<br /><br />Friday shipping for Monday delivery on <a href="http://bit.ly/wf5sIr">Redeye Records</a>.<br /><br /><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicsclubnight.blogspot.com%2F2012%2F02%2Fmuch-awaited-return-for-hessle-audio.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=35&appId=194275307309118" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-62276757611068184562011-11-25T19:37:00.010+02:002011-12-08T15:54:03.552+02:00BASICS - 2011 WRAP-UPNot much chit-chat needed. Wrapping up 2011 on <span style="font-weight: bold;">10th of December</span> this year. A night out where we intend to play whatever it is we played most out there for the past 12 months or so. And also where we would like to see most of you fellas following our activity online.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i43.tinypic.com/2h6akgp.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 594px;" src="http://i43.tinypic.com/2h6akgp.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Same old venue: <span style="font-weight: bold;">BASE Cafe</span> <span class="text_exposed_show">(Str. Sepcari 22, centrul istoric)</span>. We're starting at<span style="font-weight: bold;"> 22</span> sharp and since it's a one-off, there will be <span style="font-weight: bold;">no admission fee</span>.<br /><br />Spinning:<br /><br />✦ <span style="font-weight: bold;">BLACKTEE</span> ✦ <span style="font-style: italic;">(Hsuan Records, No Stranger To Danger)</span><br /><br />BASICS Podcast 009 - Blacktee - <a href="http://bit.ly/qc36gX">http://bit.ly/qc36gX</a><br /><br />✦ <span style="font-weight: bold;">TAZU & ANDREI</span> ✦<br /><br />BASICS Podcast 004 - Tazu - <a href="http://bit.ly/h4vjv2">http://bit.ly/h4vjv2</a><br />Andrei's beats & edits - <a href="http://bit.ly/rP6QF7">http://bit.ly/rP6QF7</a><br /><br />✦ <span style="font-weight: bold;">REASH</span> ✦ <span style="font-style: italic;">(Room Music, DubKraft)</span><br /><br />BASICS Podcast 008 - Reash - <a href="http://bit.ly/lpiOvO">http://bit.ly/lpiOvO</a><br /><br />✦ <span style="font-weight: bold;">TONÉ</span> ✦ <span style="font-style: italic;">(BASICS)</span><br /><br />BASICS Podcast 007 - Toné - <a href="http://bit.ly/jqyVHD">http://bit.ly/jqyVHD</a><br /><br />-<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">RSVP:</span> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/168522263244842/">http://www.facebook.com/events/168522263244842/</a><br /><br />✦ <a href="http://basicsclubnight.blogspot.com/">http://basicsclubnight.blogspot.com/</a> ✦<br /><br />Poster: Oana Cambrea - <a href="http://cutteroz.carbonmade.com/">http://cutteroz.carbonmade.com/</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.facebook.com/events/168522263244842/"></a>Tell a friend!<br /><br /><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicsclubnight.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F11%2Fbasics-2011-wrap-up.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=35&appId=194275307309118" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-92139375949445886172011-11-25T19:22:00.005+02:002011-11-25T19:33:06.020+02:00Preview: WRND012 - Gongon & Bad Autopsy - EP1Any sound produced by the means of an electrical signal may reasonably be called electronic and we've always heard criticism leveled at electronic music that goes something like: <span style="font-style: italic;">"But is it "real music" or something inauthentic and artificial? You're just pressing some buttons man, that's not music!"</span>.<br /><br />I disagree with this criticism on a fundamentally philosophic level - Music is not just a series of sounds, it is a series of feelings. And it might be kind of difficult to express your feelings, making or listening to electronic music. But it seems that one of the hottest up and coming London-based producers - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Gongon </span>- can handle that little problem.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYjL-1pttuxH7CSKSONkC34mjjF5C6OUcAgFJObhztUZt8abChT4GPR27MzyIT-mZ_5AiheqG_kRytndR-GcxNwoMLkh8D2yIL4iEF1QEErrEnI3j9o-ZJp_hsD4gJloNvNkhClJxKraqX/s320/Gongon-BA.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678986061996035058" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Rapidly building a name for himself as a unique figure in an overcrowded pool of producer talent, Gongon comes to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Well Rounded Records</span> with a forthcoming brilliant EP set to be released in early / mid-December.<br /><br />Well Rounded Records is, as you already know, a label based in Brighton, UK, which is run by DJ, producer and passionate music head <span style="font-weight: bold;">Donga</span>, a specialist in pushing new vibes of UK House / UK Garage. Talking about fresh vibes, Gongon's forthcoming EP will be a nice surprise for everyone.<br /><br />Connoisseurs of the uplifting, piano-House vibe - this one’s for you. <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">„Come Around"</span> slowly builds around stabs of percussion, kicks & snares and choppy synths that sound anything but static. These are anchored by a particularly sticky bassline that reminds us of the sound that Well Rounded has become known for. What really makes this track though is Gongon’s unbelievable skill at chopping up vocals, ensuring this tune will not leave your ears for a long, long time. In other words, this is amazing!<br /><br />Gongon & Bad Autopsy go tropical on <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">„Cactus Banger”</span> approaching Kwaito riddims and Soca-ish percussive artwork from a whole different perspective. Spaced out, broken drum patterns, half-rolling „four to the floor” basslines and a catchy theme make for a straight-forward club attraction very much in tone with any „breaking news” experiment going down in the UK Funky sphere at the moment. Something that would get a couple of rewinds anytime.<br /><br />My personal favourite still remains <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">„I Could Be There"</span> which is the most catchy thing I’ve heard since Mosca's <span style="font-style: italic;">„Done Me Wrong"</span>. Even though it has a sample from Ciara’s <span style="font-style: italic;">„Like A Boy”</span>, somehow Gongon made a fantastic vocal line which glides smoothly over light percussion and deep bass stabs. This is a warm and bouncy track that has a real potential to get dancefloors moving.<br /><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F26467960&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=ff3600"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F26467960&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=ff3600" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="81" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/well-rounded-records/wrnd012-gongon-12-ep-clips">WRND012: GONGON (featuring Bad Autopsy) 12" EP</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/well-rounded-records">Well Rounded Records</a></span><br /><br />It is notable how successful he is in combining the warm tones of House beats with the woozy synths and choppy samples of today’s Bass scene. This is that Future-Garage music both for the head and the heart; for the floor and the headphones. I guess it's a stellar debut and also it’s an essential release for any DJs looking for something fresh.<br /><br />Follow Gongon’s production work here: <a href="http://soundcloud.com/gongon">SoundCloud</a> and grab one of his latest tracks, for free, via <a href="http://soundcloud.com/platform/gongon-crush/s-TyyGP">Boiler Room</a>.<br /><br />More from Well Rounded via <a href="http://www.facebook.com/wellroundedrecs">Facebook</a> or their <a href="http://soundcloud.com/well-rounded-records/">SoundCloud</a> account.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Denisa Lazar</span><br /><br /><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicsclubnight.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F11%2Fpreview-wrnd012-gongon-bad-autopsy-ep1.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=35&appId=194275307309118" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-68800793864451612462011-11-17T16:40:00.014+02:002012-02-12T21:39:25.683+02:00BASICS Podcast 013 - Dan BazixWe had our first encounter with <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dan Bazix</span>’s take on House and Techno music a couple of years back. It was in a small club in Bucharest, alongside Cosmin TRG, Seb and his long-term mate – Addo. At the time we were quite mindblown by the fact that he was one of the few DJs around that came from a Drum&Bass background and managed to transpose the influences and energy drawn from 170+ bpm music into sounds at a significantly reduced tempo.<br /><br />We thought – for one of the last two podcasts of this year – it would be a good idea to recreate the soundscape of what proved to be one of the best nights out we ever had, and showcase Dan Bazix’s take on the same genres at another specific point in his evolution as a DJ, regardless of his still-ongoing activity in the Drum&Bass sphere.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKanfwSWmhgNLz5Y0SLz8HvR8lpzRiNYNuXtUbmR5QjHKsgfSCrcXNvkk_vUct9mVarSZd7TUw6fuf4AJkyCzMzvtF15sf39jmjBIWyOuWp6k12j9oBzxQ3GUoulmQHa148Oy3rbIB1y6e/s320/BASICS+Podcast+013+-+Dan+Bazix.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675975458326654162" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Something a bit different (or not really) from himself – curating takes from the geniuses of Maceo Plex, Crazy P, Maya Jane Coles or Waifs & Strays, to name just a few. It should get everyone with a functional pair of ears and a soul, groovin’ out there.<br /><br /><div><object height="320" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FBASICS%2Fbasics-podcast-013-dan-bazix%2F&embed_uuid=9cabe52a-e04b-4fbd-92f7-8080fe309bc5&embed_type=widget_standard"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="opaque"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FBASICS%2Fbasics-podcast-013-dan-bazix%2F&embed_uuid=9cabe52a-e04b-4fbd-92f7-8080fe309bc5&embed_type=widget_standard" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="opaque" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="320" width="320"></embed></object><br /><br />Tracklist:<br /><br />01. Oni Ayhun - OAR001-A [OAR]<br />02. Audiofly - Sunrise BCN [All Day I Dream]<br />03. Love Girls - Black Sand (Original Mix) [Little Mountain]<br />04. Maceo Plex - Your Style (Maceo Plex Re-Visit) [Crosstown Rebels]<br />05. Dekay feat. Nunu - Farewell To Planet Earth [Dirt Crew]<br />06. Elon feat. Maceo Plex - Floating Faces [ReSolute]<br />07. Marquez Ill & Leigh Myles - Control [Voltage Music]<br />08. Maya Jane Coles - Perfect Imperfections [Mobilee]<br />09. Rodriguez Jr. - Bittersweet [Mobilee]<br />10. Johnwaynes - The Yeah Yeah (Original Mix) [Cecille]<br />11. Waifs & Strays - Be Patient [Futureboogie]<br />12. Teva - I Wanna Be (Original Mix) [Off]<br />13. Nick Curly - Green Baize [Cocoon]<br />14. Bicks - Mint (Extended Version) [N/A]<br />15. Terence (Terry) - Time Doesn't Count (Shaun Reeves & Tale Of Us Remix) [Lowpitch]<br />16. Schatrax - Restless Nights [Schatrax]<br />17. Midland - Through Motion [Aus Music]<br />18. Fink - Move On Me (Marcus Worgull Edit) [Philomena]<br />19. Greg Paulus - Nightime (Crazy P Remix) [Wolf+Lamb Music]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/tgmysf">DOWNLOAD</a> (via Sendspace - available for 30 days)<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMa9xiAlibhYImbEYku6NpMh0JKoofz2oNB1VkPKq9X-XZeIBJ3xLVorV2EVcVOGQoYYkVNSUT9gOikr7ZsLz4-JnzgDdmdCYcuezckBc_YEkdbGZbouHCgIjC0WBJer8CRA2M_CnepYP/s320/Separator.png" style="padding: 0pt; -moz-box-shadow: none ! important;" /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Knowing Dan Bazix:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BASICS:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">First of all, I’ve come to learn it’s quite hard to find much about Dan Bazix on the internet or wherever else. You don’t really talk about yourself too much and that makes me think there might be people out there not knowing some crucial facts from your yet-unwritten biography. Tell us who Dan Bazix is, as succint as possible.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dan Bazix:</span> Uh, well, I never tried to promote myself too much. Maybe this is the reason why one cannot find too much information about the so-called “Dan Bazix”. Well, the nickname comes from an early Downtempo / Hip-Hop project that I started at the end of the 90s. I was caught by the vibe of electronic music in 2001, I believe, when I first played in a small club in Tg. Mures (my hometown). To give you a hint of what I was playing back then, see one of my favourite tunes at that moment - Soul Providers feat. Michelle Shellers - Rise (M.A.S. Collective Remix). In the meanwhile I found joy in some higher tempos, listening to Calibre & Marky. Then, soon, came a first 12” order to redeyerecords.co.uk. Bought two belt-drive turntables and did the first mix. First records order consisted of four items, two of them were Marky & Stamina on V, Dillinja on TOV. Nowadays I’m going back to “my roots” playing in the “360 philosophy” – no matter the tempo if the vibe is the same. I think this gives a clue about who I am and what brought me here.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV1JkpA0C6uDKmS2bWs_hbqbruYa9AOZc6hWRTs1yY8bVVtJkB-zgYWJvglqXz1aM3KuGIHwl8dIQ60V0o7G-LC0dYLRyyL8X0tTYTsxw4CB23FZS56WWNfozPvHatre5q-gUo9jPX1xSi/s320/Dan+Bazix+-+01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675977116892189874" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">So...do you remember the night we’ve just mentioned? Cause we’re talking full-on bullshit in the description above. We actually can’t remember much. Refresh our memory please. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D.B.: </span>At that moment, me and Addo, started a new project. Both playing Drum&Bass for a long time, we thought about trying to go in another direction. We did a mix with some tunes around 135 bpm and we received quite good feedback. The Infamous boys (i.e. Seb & TRG), at that moment, invited us to a small club event, somewhere around the old city centre of Bucharest (n.r. The OtherSide). Well, I cannot remember too many things, we had a few drinks, so… You know, that a “DJ” has good days and bad days. That was one of the best, let’s say. I remember that the feedback was good, and even if there were not too many people, they stayed up late. I think we managed to create a cozy, warm, friendly and fuzzy atmosphere.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Ok...it’s been quite a while since then and, in the meantime, you’ve been insanely busy in almost every single way there is. What keeps you preoccupied and how does it reflect in your music?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D.B.:</span> Pff, once you grow up, priorities change. And unfortunately the word “job” comes in front of “hobby”. I must say that music was always connected with the second one, never took it really seriously. Well, besides being DJ I’m now a teaching assistant at TUC-N, working as a freelancer in structural design and recently received my PhD (doctorate) in Civil Engineering (which I’m quite proud of). I think this excuses my very sporadic presence on the DJ scene. To equilibrate, I focused a little bit on producing. I am running the “Dan Bazix” project and started a new one - called “Bicks”. I know, tunes that I produced by now sound a little bit rusty. I haven’t found the patience to stay one full day on a tune to finish it, yet. Even If I was a perfectionist before starting my doctorate studies, now after graduating, is even worse. And, unfortunately, this reflects in my DJ-ing & producing activity.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">There are two areas of sound you feel most at home with as a DJ. There’s Drum&Bass and there’s House music. What’s more likely you’d spin nowadays and why?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D.B:</span> After a few years of DJ-ing, the genre that one plays is probably just a façade for continuing what one has started a long time ago. I am sure that many of the DJs that are well known would try playing some other genres but they are limited because of their already-chosen path. Well, probably just Laurent Garnier has the balls to switch from Deep House to Drum&Bass in the same set. In my case, as a (hobby) DJ, I will continue to play Drum&Bass because I spent many years and it would not be fair to totally lose the connection. Fortunately, in the last month I had two Drum&Bass gigs which went very well. This gave me the strength and energy to continue with 170+ tempos.<br /><br />On the other side, I will play House, but I think I will use the other nickname, so people can know what to expect. Let’s see what the feedback for this mix will be.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">There seems to be common ground between your Drum&Bass and House selections. It’s quite obvious you’re looking for the same elements and reactions in both these genres. What’s that something you always hope to find in a track when you’re digging for fresh music, regardless of its tempo? And more important, how often do you manage to find it?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D.B.: </span>I was always driven by positive, warm and cosy vibes. I like my sets to have, not only funk, soul and the proper amount of deepness, but “a little rate of hooliganism” as well. I think I am looking for the same receipt in both genres. Unfortunately, Drum&Bass (and Dubstep), at a large scale, lost a little bit of this vibe, so maybe this is the explanation for why I changed “roads”.<br /><br />Fortunately, I cannot forget old habits and I am checking online record stores almost on a weekly basis, to see what fresh beats have been released. Of course, as many, I am listening to mixes of the artists that influence me.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Personal favourites at the moment? Drum&Bass tracks and their correspondents in House music or vice-versa.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D.B.:</span> Oh, that’s quite hard, to find a connection. Let’s see!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">170+</span> DBridge – Since We’ve Been Apart [Shogun]<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">120+</span> Daniel Bortz – Boyz 2 Men [Suol]<br />___<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">170+</span> Lenzman – Broken Dreams [MDZ]<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">120+</span> Mano Le Tough – Baby Let’s Love (Midland Remix) [Dirt Crew]<br />___<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">170+</span> Marcus Intalex – Stark [Dispatch]<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">120+</span> Todd Terje – Ragysh [Running Back]<br />___<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">170+</span> LSB – Beep [Demand]<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">120+</span> Pan-Pot – Captain My Captain (Rodriguez Jr. Remix) [Mobilee]<br />___<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">170+</span> Foreign Concept & Kasra – Show You [Critical]<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">120+</span> Jichael Mackson – Gti (Zimbabwe Mix) [Stock 5]<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>Let’s focus on Bicks for a moment here. It’s something new both for yourself and for us. Give us the proper insight.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D.B.:</span> I think Bicks would be Dan Bazix at 110-130 bpm; mainly, at a producing level. I have noticed, it comes much easier for me to put the ideas together at lower bpms. One of the tunes, “Mint”, is on this mix. Thanks to Sergiu Nadasan who actually made an extended / DJ-friendly version of the tune (as I told you before, cannot find the patience to finish tunes). You can take a look on <a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/danbicks">soundcloud.com/danbicks</a> to draw a conclusion – “A tune is worth a thousand words”.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">I’m sure some releases are foreseeable in the future. Did you come to think about what labels might act as the perfect hosts for your productions? Who would you send a demo out to and why?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D.B.:</span> Firstly, I have to finish some of my 80 sketches that I have started. Secondly, the tunes have to sound perfect. Just, then, we can speak about releases and labels. Anyhow, few of my favourite labels are Exit, Soul:R, Metalheadz (on 170+) and Mobilee, 8-bit and maybe Crosstown Rebels (on 120+). Probably Exit & Mobilee are two of the big labels that I dream to reach. But the road is veeeery long…<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">How’s the future gonna split between Dan Bazix and Bicks? Any specific developments planned for these two characters?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D.B.:</span> Regarding the producing part, I can say that always depends on the mood, what I have seen in the last days, where I have partied last night; just leaving my soul & mind to choose the path. It is true most of the tunes that I have started in the past three months are 120+, but I will go back to the 170+ soon.<br /><br />When it comes to the DJ-ing part, well, I will go wherever I am called. I love to play both as much the same way. I like playing Calibre to kids that expect Kill the Noise aka Pendulum and as well to play Deep House to musically “untrained” spontaneous crowd in cafés or small clubs.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Share some thoughts on the mixtape you just recorded for us, please.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D.B.:</span> I have selected a series of vibes put together in a positive mix, that hopefully will be appreciated by listeners. I know that I have changed the tracklist entirely for at least 3-4 times. At the end resulted what you have heard. Don’t know if the tunes are fresh or popular, I tried to create a story “readable” by anyone, as I always tried with the any of the mixes done. I have a theory that a mix has to follow a Gaussian trendline, but this is a discussion that has to take part after a couple of beers… haha. Hope you, all, enjoy it.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Something you’re most looking forward to in the near future? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D.B.:</span> Concisely: a trip back to Barcelona, where I’ve lived for almost one year. Stamina was right when he said: “all I wanna do is go back, back, back” (i.e Marky & Stamina – Barcelona). Luckily I will catch James Blake, Jamie XX & Jamie Woon in a live concert. Since winter is here: snow, snowboard, Christmas, gigs and all things related with this period of time (as they say: “the small things that bring joy”).<br /><br />Professionally speaking, hopefully, I will get funding for an 18 months post-doc scholarship in Switzerland.<br /><br />As for the rest, “go with the flow”.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Thanks for taking some of your time to do this. It’s brilliant that we get to share your first mix after a long waiting period. Cheers for that and best thoughts from our corner!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D.B.:</span> Thanks for asking me to record this mix. If it weren’t for you, probably 2011 would have quite dry from the mixes perspective. I never was a good friend to recording mixes and doing them up to the deadlines. Hope you all enjoy it! Peace and #occupyeverything!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMa9xiAlibhYImbEYku6NpMh0JKoofz2oNB1VkPKq9X-XZeIBJ3xLVorV2EVcVOGQoYYkVNSUT9gOikr7ZsLz4-JnzgDdmdCYcuezckBc_YEkdbGZbouHCgIjC0WBJer8CRA2M_CnepYP/s320/Separator.png" style="padding: 0pt; -moz-box-shadow: none ! important;" /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">As for the next step, keep in touch with Dan's works as Bazix - <a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/danbazix">SoundCloud</a> and Bicks - <a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/danbicks">SoundCloud</a> and keep an eye out there for him on your local Drum&Bass rave or House jam line-up.</div></div><br /><br /><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicsclubnight.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F11%2Fbasics-podcast-013-dan-bazix.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=35&appId=194275307309118" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></div>BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-8497786274195227742011-10-23T21:05:00.005+03:002011-10-23T23:31:18.897+03:00BASICS recommends: LOB003 - NY Transit Authority / Conqueror - Off The Traxx / ConquerorActing a bit obvious this time as we're throwing the brand new <span style="font-style: italic;">"revival"</span> of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lobster Boy</span> into the spotlight; to be more precise, the first release for Redlight's label since 2009.<br /><br />We've been going on and on about these tunes for quite some time now and we're more than excited to see <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Off The Traxx</span> and <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Conqueror</span> finally out there, hitting the shelves, after getting a decent number of months' worth of heavy rotation from the likes of Loefah, Oneman, Pearson Sound, Gilles Peterson, Addison Groove, Boddika, Jackmaster or Moxie, to name just a few of the ones who played it before anyone else. But leaving all the hype and PR work aside, truth is this release is one of the few to actually try and restore a lost standard for dance music in a sort-of pretentious era. Warehouse rave feel and chills down the spine included.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzRRcKCiF3m5QIBgxM8ezpgrTM2iDI5vqo481cejDe1dszm6VYngAhwNKyMYM3wNALmAgb0CGczMNu0P7ucx0r5r_4eJlqFwDvqSpUy2VpY9DPbg463pQQnBWF7KXndEhHXsZSM3MstRnf/s320/NYTA.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666775065796559218" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So, one record, two sides, each acting as a debut for two brand new monikers from Mensah & Redlight - New York Transit Authority, respectively Conqueror; guises they probably came up with while having a quiet cup of tea, dusting their old 808s.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Off The Traxx</span> finds Mensah obsessing over the New York City Subway network and cross-referencing it with the US House giant while connecting one of the biggest 808 riddims of this year with a catchy vocal sample and laying it all on a spacious broken Techno-ish 125 bpm structure. Give this one a room with a properly rigged soundsystem and it will fucking demolish it! No doubt there. Full on <span style="font-style: italic;">"back-to-the-roots"</span> take on drum-machine usage that seems to be backed by more reason than anything out there at the moment (including what Boddika and Bashmore are building).<br /><br />The flipside finds Redlight on a <span style="font-style: italic;">"from bad to outstanding"</span> roll. We have to be honest for a second here and admit we never were huge fans of his works as Redlight or Clipz. We always found his tracks somewhat<span style="font-style: italic;"> "flashy"</span> and pleasing for audiences we never really thought well of. Not anymore! Under his Conqueror quise he managed to finally make us come to terms with believing he is indeed a great producer. Rocking the same bpm area as Mensah on the flip, <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Conqueror</span> aims for the same effect on the crowds but follows a slightly different recipe for building mental rave anthems, mainly focused on more echoed / filtered-out drum machine rolls and synthed stabs. And we think it works just fine!<br /><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F24916575&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=00a7ff"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F24916575&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=00a7ff" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="81" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/stholdings/new-york-transit-authority-off">New York Transit Authority - Off The Traxx / Conqueror - Highest Order</a></span><br /><br />Add everything up along with the fact that this comes only in the form of a limited 12" in a badass sleeve, with no digitals available and it should be enough for you to believe that it could very well become a future classic, getting plays all over the place, both now and in 5 to 10 years' time. Definitely not the tool to impress the girl standing by the bar, but it should transform everything around her in a fucking sweatbox. Tip!<br /><br />Cop the vinyl <a href="http://bit.ly/pcdq8E">via Redeye</a> and all the other good record stores out there, but be quick! It will evaporate pretty soon! We warned you.<br /><br /><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicsclubnight.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F10%2Fbasics-recommends-lob003-ny-transit.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=35&appId=194275307309118" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe>BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-31511638887583224142011-10-17T20:55:00.009+03:002012-02-12T21:44:36.945+02:00BASICS Podcast 012 - Alexandru JijianThere’s a certain gentleman lurking around the local Techno scene, we’ve been taking interest in even before BASICS was born. He’s got quite the interesting performances list so far, alongside the likes of Jeff Mills, Miss Kittin, Chris Liebing, Pantha Du Prince, Lawrence, Alex Under or even the less-conventional Fantastic Mr. Fox & Svetlana Som Sistema and according to himself plays <span style="font-style: italic;">“music for the mind that lives in a dancing body”</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx99NjS5LZNSBEYUvahLFAroN5wsCgo7HAjeyFLr3oOX7UouN8eGSfrsPM2wSQ1Byt_ysZZM4esM_QN3jMhJlegDix2vXae8xJiFGuYZdoxucCDPFjjePZMCrVIN2fojGQuMm-dOQO6vLg/s320/BASICS+Podcast+012+-+Alexandru+Jijian.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664521953310496146" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alexandru Jijian</span> is our 12th guest in the podcast series and believe us, there’s much to learn about what proper deep, dark & deadly 'floor music means from his set. Of course, we’ve also taken the liberty to ask him a couple of questions that aim to sort out some of his views for the wide audience.<br /><br /><div><object height="320" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FBASICS%2Fbasics-podcast-012-alexandru-jijian%2F&embed_uuid=4a3a8f8d-579a-4a68-abaa-942d9062b76e&embed_type=widget_standard"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="opaque"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FBASICS%2Fbasics-podcast-012-alexandru-jijian%2F&embed_uuid=4a3a8f8d-579a-4a68-abaa-942d9062b76e&embed_type=widget_standard" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="opaque" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="320" width="320"></embed></object></div><br />Tracklist:<br /><br />01. Basic Channel - Radiance II [Basic Channel]<br />02. Fatih Tuter - Untitled [Shoreless Recordings]<br />03. Guido Schneider - Moesko [Poker Flat]<br />04. Theorem vs. Swayzak - Devil Of Rotations [M_nus]<br />05. White Label - White Label [Promo]<br />06. White Label - White Label [Elektro Music Department]<br />07. Frozen Border - 4.01 [Frozen Border]<br />08. Horizontal Ground - Thirteen Step [Horizontal Ground]<br />09. Szare - Action Five [Idle Hands]<br />10. Sascha Rydell - SR2 [Fachwerk Records]<br />11. Traversable Wormhole - Superluminal (Sleeparchive Remix) [CLR]<br />12. Gonno - ACDise #2 (Skudge Feels It Version) [International Feel]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/tj04gj"></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/wlxvio">DOWNLOAD</a> (via Sendspace - available for 30 days)<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMa9xiAlibhYImbEYku6NpMh0JKoofz2oNB1VkPKq9X-XZeIBJ3xLVorV2EVcVOGQoYYkVNSUT9gOikr7ZsLz4-JnzgDdmdCYcuezckBc_YEkdbGZbouHCgIjC0WBJer8CRA2M_CnepYP/s320/Separator.png" style="padding: 0pt; -moz-box-shadow: none ! important;" /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Knowing Alexandru Jijian:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BASICS:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">First of all, where did you come from, musicwise? Your sets tend to leave an impression that there’s quite an interesting listener behind your DJ persona. Take us through your history a bit.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alexandru Jijian:</span> I think I’m a regular guy amongst my friends. I just have a taste for electronic music, I’ve always had. I can’t really say how much or what I’ve listened to in particular because I’ve always been open to hearing new sounds, you know, forever searching for something new and all that bla bla. What I can say is that I’m quite the geek when it comes to music history: I’ve been through most of what should be listened to at least once in a lifetime.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYBmi2O6Ge_E2Fj_dWyo6vw2eWPgxbiNkYgkcnwuPl0XkbU0CLSi5kErJPlajoufrgfSWq_D1c4y8SnzqCtZ6BXNHdm_QTFz30HmG-gOFi1F-qiiLg8qgwSbKUPmZTlssA6Yvepqq7rAj/s320/Alexandru+Jijian.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664522554022625826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">I know there is a number of specific sounds you like as a DJ, ranging from experimental bits to quite ambient-ish stuff to synth-driven weird-you-out and serious warehouse Techno. Which one of these are you most at home with?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.J.:</span> All of the above. The last couple of years I’ve been mainly into Techno but I guess that’s what I’ve always been into without really knowing it. (Autechre, Clark and all the other Warp Artists which I love).<br /><br />I am, however, taking the liberty to underline a misconception which I don’t like: people or friends have a tendency to tag me with the Techno stamp and, although that’s what I’m most confortable with, I’ve always considered myself more of a Music Lover more than a Techno Head. This is why I will play House or what not if the time is right.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">A bit of reflective talk. I’m curious about the philosophy behind your sets. Expecially now, at a time when the crowds seem to get moodier and harder to drag in and please each week. Who do you play for and why?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.J.:</span> I play for whoever comes to hear me play. I do it because I don’t feel at ease until I share the music I love with the other music lovers and party goers such as myself. I like longer sets with slow warm-ups. 3,4 hours up. Gives me the time to get to know the people in front of me better (and vice-versa, of course). To infinity and beyond!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">I know you have quite an alternative vision on how a healty electronic music scene should look like. I won’t get into what’s good and what’s bad inside the current state of affairs but I’m quite interesed to see how this ideal of yours looks like. If you’re willing to share.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.J.:</span> I miss The Web Club very much. That’s all I have to say.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">You’re an avid party-goer as well. You’ve always been. I’m curious, besides Techno and sounds you’re familiar with, what gets you dancing in a club?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.J.:</span> I’m actually a very big fan of Drum and Bass. I’ve been to Dub Mafia and LTJ Bukem and MC Conrad recently and had a BLAST! Really good, good times man!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Small club with an intimate vibe and a „close to the people” feel; warehouse, Funktion One and a massive 2000+ crowd going absolutely mental or studio / radio session for some hundred listeners? Which one suits you the best?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.J.: </span>The fun I had at the radio definitely has to happen again. I have to choose massive crowd going mental, who wouldn’t want that?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">From the top of your head: best gig you’ve had so far and a fictional line-up you’d really love to be a part of?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.J.:</span> Best gigs actually: The Closing Set I did for Jeff Mills and Miss Kittin at Arenele Romane in 2010 / The 6 hours set I did in Raum (Cluj) at an afterhours in December 2010.<br /><br />Best fictional line-up: Boards Of Canada, Aphex Twin, Plastikman and in the morning a concert with Sebastien Tellier.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Are there any „most played tracks” for you this year? Fresh stuff you’ve really been vibing to? Both as a DJ and as a listener.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.J.: </span>I’ve played a lot the stuff from Horizontal Ground, Frozen Border, Stroboscopic Artefacts and Prologue. Vlad Caia and Cristi Cons have had a pretty good comeback (producing music wise). I love their stuff a lot!!!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">A couple of words about the mixtape? What is it aiming for?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.J.:</span> I think it’s a really smooth mixtape going through what I like to listen to when it comes to experimental Techno.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">As per usual, it’s been a pleasure. Thank you!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.J.:</span> Thank you! Hope you enjoy it!<br /><br />Thus being said, get connected with Alexandru Jijian for your regular feed of proper beats via <a href="http://on.fb.me/qb7xG0">Facebook</a> or <a href="http://bit.ly/qBD52c">SoundCloud</a>.<br /><br /><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicsclubnight.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F10%2Fbasics-podcast-012-alexandru-jijian.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=35&appId=194275307309118" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-73857158376353854242011-10-10T21:04:00.010+03:002011-10-10T22:34:31.185+03:00BASICS recommends: Wbeeza (Third Ear Recordings - UK) @ Tralala Club - 14 Oct.We wrote <a href="http://basicsclubnight.blogspot.com/2011/01/basics-recomanda-wbeeza-void.html">something</a> about <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wbeeza</span>'s brilliant <span style="font-weight: bold;">Void</span> album a couple of months ago, being quite aware of the fact that, given his reputation as one of UK's most underrated House producers, he wasn't to set foot in a club round our corner of Europe that soon. Fortunately we were wrong. Again!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhL9TV276Di1tDdsLhsiJ8Ccredk3AJsMdDwq0aoWvT0xF-hLC6uu_4JuAurRM1uzkLnBuYzXUZfSAXNyboYpO-LG9NmiIelg9X5LbdjgsEPewbiBh9xZJBmKjPKB43UKg6fJRnUWEayK7/s320/Wbeeza-BASICS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661946657405032770" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The veteran promoters at <span style="font-weight: bold;">Tralala Events</span> worked their magic and sorted out a live performance by this guy due next Friday, on <span style="font-weight: bold;">14th of October</span> in their own <span style="font-weight: bold;">Tralala Club</span> on 43, Lipscani Street right in the historic centre of Bucharest. We're excited as fuck about it and you should act exactly the same. Given the amount of hype building up around this guy after his latest EPs, his strong performance at secretsundaze's birthday bash a couple of months ago - the one that got streamed by Boiler Room - and his Fabric debut at the request of Hessle Audio's Ben UFO, Pangaea and Pearson Sound earlier this summer, this has every chance of settling in as one of the finest events in Bucharest this autumn, we believe!<br /><br />Oh yeah! And as much as we are not very keen on pushing our own buttons, a fact worth knowing is that we're showcasing BASICS in the warm-up slot through <span style="font-weight: bold;">Toné</span>, while <span style="font-weight: bold;">Meewee</span> - you've seen her a couple of times spinning at our own club nights as well - is taking care of what happens after Wbeeza wraps up his set.<br /><br />If you didn't get the chance to go through it yet, here's WB's Boiler Room live set. Including tracks from his latest Bagwag EP and one certain cheeky as fuck Skee-Lo sample use!<br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/27813197?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=00000" webkitallowfullscreen="" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="240" width="440"></iframe><br /><br />With nothing else left to say, we simply URGE you to get downtown for this! Here's the <a href="http://on.fb.me/re10O6">Facebook event</a> as well. RSVP!<br /><br /><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?app_id=194275307309118&href=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicsclubnight.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F10%2Fbasics-recommends-wbeeza-third-ear.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=35" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe>BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-50912597756930299002011-09-16T13:17:00.011+03:002012-02-12T22:03:36.041+02:00BASICS Podcast 009 - BlackteeWe used to strongly believe that when it comes to new talents on the so-called UK Bass scene there aren’t that many people actually living outside of the UK worth taking into consideration.<br /><br />Fortunately, in the past 12 months or so, there have been some names popping up all over Central & Eastern Europe that have shaken those beliefs and managed to make us look like fools. Don’t get us wrong, we’re glad that happened, and we’re absolutely thrilled that one of those guys comes right out of Bucharest. His name is <span style="font-weight: bold;">Blacktee</span> and you may have seen him being mentioned on Boomkat or XLR8R – just to mention a couple of trustworthy proper sound pushers – by now.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXuza8XPr0Yhk08pJbWitQfUzboOFIei30z0A5qszegwtCf789VgI_KZWa2JlSyxqOvz6LBhXdZgAjB-BRzfXBgx5ZyQ-6qkNRhSx8XpFsQrG9Ja1Uj1crA3R0Tvbo4RHy4rwhMZT-4yo/s320/BASICS+Podcast+009+-+Blacktee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652900433613937266" border="0" /></a><br /><br />He’s got a couple of singles out already on <a href="http://bit.ly/r9H7JO">Hsuan Records</a> and the newly founded <a href="http://nostrangertodanger.bandcamp.com/">No Stranger To Danger Records</a>, he is quite the badman selecta when it comes to DJ mixes and he’s agreed to sign our 9th podcast in the BASICS series and tell us something about himself, his background and his plans for the future.<br /><br /><div><object height="320" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FBASICS%2Fbasics-podcast-009-blacktee%2F&embed_uuid=8880ca4d-0790-43c4-a0ce-4e6ce44efaaa&embed_type=widget_standard"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="opaque"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FBASICS%2Fbasics-podcast-009-blacktee%2F&embed_uuid=8880ca4d-0790-43c4-a0ce-4e6ce44efaaa&embed_type=widget_standard" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="opaque" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="320" width="320"></embed></object></div><br />Tracklist:<br /><br />01. Raffertie - Mimetic [Ninja Tune]<br />02. Motor City Drum Ensemble - There's A Truth [Faces Records]<br />03. Kangding Ray - Coracoid Process [Rater-Noton]<br />04. Theo Parrish - Sky Walking [Peacefrog Records]<br />05. Roman Flugel - Bahia Blues Bootcamp [Dial]<br />06. Julio Bashmore - Ribble To Amazon [3024]<br />07. Deadboy - Wish U Were Here [Numbers]<br />08. SBTRKT - Look At Stars [Young Turks]<br />09. 2562 - Fever [When In Doubt]<br />10. SCB - Loss [Aus Music]<br />11. Spectr - Dance 4 Me [Roska Kicks & Snares]<br />12. Roska - Holograph [White]<br />13. Hanuman - Bola (Atki2 Remix) [Idle Hands]<br />14. Unknown (Main Mix) [N/A]<br />15. Blacktee - Software [Unreleased]<br />16. Ben Westbeech - Something For The Weekend (Breach Remix) [Strictly Rhythm]<br />17. Toddska - Cowboy [Girls Music]<br />18. Blacktee - Lunar Love [Unreleased]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/zgam32">DOWNLOAD</a> (via Sendspace - available for 30 days)<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMa9xiAlibhYImbEYku6NpMh0JKoofz2oNB1VkPKq9X-XZeIBJ3xLVorV2EVcVOGQoYYkVNSUT9gOikr7ZsLz4-JnzgDdmdCYcuezckBc_YEkdbGZbouHCgIjC0WBJer8CRA2M_CnepYP/s320/Separator.png" style="padding: 0pt; -moz-box-shadow: none ! important;" /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Knowing Blacktee:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BASICS:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">So, what about you? Presumably everyone who’s an addicted digger on the scene has some information about you and your sounds. The average listener might not know that much tho’. Some basics about yourself?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blacktee:</span> I’m a pale young man, that loves his mother’s cooking and is obsessed with a good bassline.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDs7iRKDGYeBR16KkCl8EDSxMrl6R8Hb7pa786t0duQSRvyCI79d8Vr-nDmUdHakgs0lOr-oKJb5BdvkYCfSVq8Ep0M-TWPgEOEv1_RwQnLdj0tMT_SH5KqgfglqWQ-J1EKZ-zo3uZZ2R/s320/Blacktee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652901236974774690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BS:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Let’s talk about production a bit, cause obviously that’s mainly what you’ve been doing so far. The first thing I’m interested in is your influences and what got you into building beats.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BT:</span> I started producing as a way to pass time, and slowly started to be something I can’t go without. I have a large variety of influences, but the main ones are Techno, 808, UK Funky and Jazz.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BS:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">The classic software / hardware talk. What and why and how do you cope with it?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BT:</span> Software, I use Fruity Loops cuz it’s soothing to my tastes and easy to use, as for the hardware, anything goes as long as you do it properly.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BS:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Taking what you’ve released so far into account, it’s easy to notice that UK Funky is one of the main attractions for you, but I feel that somehow there’s more to it than that. Your productions are not quite the classic approach for this style. I wouldn’t compare them with what people like Crazy Cousins, Paleface, MA1 and the lot are building. There’s more of an Ill Blu / Lil’ Silva feel there. Something like „ok, we’ve got the classic soca-ish drum patterns, let’s take it as far as we can into the limits of the genre”. That’s actually something easy to spot in Plasmid (as seen on <a href="http://bit.ly/kSCssy">XLR8R</a>). How would you describe your sound? Is it something you plan ahead or?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BT:</span> I don’t realy plan anything ahead, it just comes to me. I enjoy sitting alone in a room and trying to find sounds that have that jazzy, futuristic kind of vibe to them. My music gravitates around these types of sounds, which further become melted into a track.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BS:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Also, you’ve been putting together different stuff lately. 128 bpm Techno bits. There are guys like MMM down at Hardwax thinking out of the box and blending UK Funky riddims with classic Techno elements, getting the bpm higher than the usual 125-126 zone. Is that what you have in mind as well for this switch?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BT:</span> Actually it is, I’m trying out new waters, like Techno and Funky and I think they would go well together. I’ve tried to mix them up in my sets and they come along just fine. Maybe someday this could be a new genre, who knows.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BS:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Sticking to your up to date releases. These are definitely a couple of singles that do not lack coherence. While No Stranger To Danger goes for the more agressive, dancefloor-ish Tek Yu Time and the „take it to the next level” Plasmid, Hsuan picked what tends to be more laidback, something you’d groove on both in the club and at home at 5 AM. How was the selection for these two labels made, considering the fact that you / they had and still have a large number of unreleased material to choose from?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BT:</span> Well, Graeme from Hsuan contacted me some time ago via SoundCloud to release an EP - I didn’t really know much about the label back then - and told me he liked the tracks DunKno and Blazin Up, which had that kind of laidback vibe they where looking for. I then listened to the other releases from the label and they kind of matched my style a bit so that was that, we signed up and good things came from that. As for NSTD, it’s the kind of label who can bring you releases with both the clubnight banger vibes and the laidback kick your feet up kind of music.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BS:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">No Stranger To Danger. You have quite a special relationship with this brand new label on the scene and I’m gonna take advantage of that. Care to share more info or insights than what is already well known? Cause I’ve been checking out some of its connections, potential future releases and it kinda has what it takes to be out there with the good ones! Unless it’s classified information, I’m interested!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BT:</span> Haha, yeah you caught me on that. The special relationship comes from the fact that NSTD belongs to my blud brother and mentor, who I dearly love and hate at the same time, but without him I wouldn’t be here doing this. So you guys should watch out for further releases cuz I had a sneak peak on the next one and all I have to say is „oh my days, keep your ears open!”.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BS:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Unreleased stuff. You’ve been busy, there’s loads of it on your <a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/blacktee">SoundCloud</a> and I’ve been through it a lot before writing this set. I know Sweetin’ is getting a release soon on Future Electronic Music’s <a href="http://femrecordings.bandcamp.com/">FEM Picks</a>. Any other plans? I’d personally love to see Romantiques on a 12” along with Spatial Cohabitation. Those two would tell a story together. Also Concrete Jungle is something different and it’s worth checking out. How’s the future settling for you?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BT:</span> I’m always making tunes, finding new ways to hurt my ears with bass music, but right now I’m waiting for that big break, that big record deal.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BS:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">I’ve been talking with lots and lots of people, both newcomers, veterans and label owners and most of them seemed to be complaining about how hard it is to put music out there and get it noticed nowadays. I wanna ask, do you share the same view? Is it actually that big of a problem or is it a matter of quality and that’s all there is to it? How hard was it for you, getting your first tracks released? This could very well act as a bit of advice for other young producers out there.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BT:</span> I have to say, it’s pretty sh*t, spending hours and hours writing emails to DJs and record labels that don’t reply back, but you just have to keep sending them tunes over, you never know who’s gonna stumble upon your track.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BS:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Besides studio work, you’ve been putting together mixes for quite some time as well. Both as promos or for radio shows. You tend to keep it in the 130 bpm / dancefloor lines (sort-of) with what you’re mixing. What’s your DJ-ing philosophy?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BT:</span> I believe they should make you dance in your chair and bob your head, even if it’s home alone whilst your mom is watching and having a laugh or on the streets listening to your iPod.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BS:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">How about some artists / tunes you’re really into at the moment? Small list? As per usual, no genre borders, no age limit.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BT:</span> The artist I’ve realy been into lately is Blacksmif, a fellow SoundClouder that is absolutely an amazing producer, Machinedrum, Boddika, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Scuba as for tunes, I’m really diggin’ Wiley – Link Up at the moment.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BS:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Finally, tell us a couple of words about the mix you’ve just put together for us? Facts worth knowing.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BT: </span>It’s a combination of Techno and UK Funky tracks that I’ve been into lately + some of my own productions.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BS:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Thanks for your time mate and I wish you the best of luck, loads of time to spend on building stuff and keep the proper sounds view going! Cheers!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BT:</span> Pleasure doing this. Big up all the BASICS lot! Cheers!<br /><br />Thus being said, please get in touch with the latest news regarding Blacktee's sounds via his own <a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/blacktee">SoundCloud</a> account or his <a href="http://on.fb.me/mSFdfI">Facebook page</a> and if you're round Bucharest this weekend catch him spin alongside <a href="http://on.fb.me/oSaYZB">Son Of Kick & Dubsidia @ Atelierul de Productie</a> on Sat. 17th of September. Pay attention!<br /><br /><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?app_id=194275307309118&href=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicsclubnight.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F09%2Fbasics-podcast-009-blacktee.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=35" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-32901703983303601302011-09-13T15:20:00.005+03:002012-03-11T20:11:10.050+02:00BASICS Podcast 011 - SnyggWe’re slowly moving on into the double figure podcasts and, for 011 we thought we’d sort out another curator’s edition. Just as before, this serves as a platform for the better understanding of what we and our fellow promoters / DJs / writers on the local scene actually spin and aim for in terms of sound.<br /><br />Since we’ve mentioned <a href="http://www.facebook.com/fem.blog"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Future Electronic Music</span></a> quite frequently for the past year or so, it only seems fair to give its head-honcho – <span style="font-weight: bold;">Snygg</span> – the chance to explain some of the thinking behind what he’s doing at the moment and showcase his personal selection for us through a smart mixtape.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWgssm5zymHfPjEy8av_B2y9k9nkQlMer-pi-e_jsbXfUcksnJQBK198e3fag-moAOZnkKQsavw2jXLEFdd9VTcdtRhxpH2wu3JllvIVpZ4jimamGe3NNPD8IovMRdgpq9rG7AUmSTcfbs/s320/BASICS+Podcast+011+-+Snygg+-+400.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651818878932202322" border="0" /></a><br /><br />For those of you who’ve been off the loop for the past twelve months, Future Electronic Music is a Facebook lurker pushing all sorts of next-level-ish beats ranging from -100 to well over 160 bpm, curating podcasts and reviews from time to time via their blog and releasing fresh unheard-of talents for your listening pleasure via FEM Recordings.<br /><br />Quite the fucking achievements-list, from some guys who are not even in their twenties yet and could have spent their leisure time getting wasted and raving to Jump-up Drum&Bass instead of doing what they’re doing, we think.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 180px;" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/211109_132810030081293_7161021_n.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Add up Snygg’s potential as an upcoming DJ on the scene and his official debut alongside names like Kode9 or Joker a few months back and it should raise enough awareness for you to bookmark everything you find on the web with these fellas’ names on it.<br /><br />But as we don’t like praising anyone THAT much, we figured it would be for the best to let Snygg say a couple of things about FEM and the mixtape he’s put together for us.<br /><br />Comprehensible words and dancefloor-submission Techno included.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMa9xiAlibhYImbEYku6NpMh0JKoofz2oNB1VkPKq9X-XZeIBJ3xLVorV2EVcVOGQoYYkVNSUT9gOikr7ZsLz4-JnzgDdmdCYcuezckBc_YEkdbGZbouHCgIjC0WBJer8CRA2M_CnepYP/s320/Separator.png" style="padding: 0pt; -moz-box-shadow: none ! important;" /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">About FEM:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />I can't really say too much about FEM. It all started in June 2010 as a Facebook fan page. It was actually a wish of mine to promote the music that I love. After a few months, the page increased in terms of its fan base a lot, spreading around the world, especially in the UK, in Romania (where we are based), in the USA & in Germany. After seeing the popularity of the page rise, I was kinda forced to make this project bigger. So we started our blog in June 2011. Basically, the blog will be a platform for our FEM Podcasts series, whose purpose is to promote talented unheard-of artists, plus other stuff like reviews, party chronicles etc. In addition to that, the Facebook page will serve as a daily hub for quality electronic music. In the near future we will try to expand our fresh project called FEM Recordings into a serious label selling 12"s as well as digitals. So far, we've released a free download compilation called <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://femrecordings.bandcamp.com/">FEM Picks</a> with sounds from the likes of Palace, Jackie Dagger, Leibniz and so on. Be sure to check it if you did not! Right now FEM is consisted of Snygg (Paul Popa) - founder, DJ & writer - aerverde (Ion Lazar - DJ, writer, graphic design (helps with the logos, artworks) - & Bateman (Jack Bateman) - DJ (Tight Music Bristol, Dubs.tek) - with who I will try to put a FEM clubnight out when I relocate to Bristol in September.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBeOL81Z-4ReR0CG71qRqjO4uPGmEpGJ0rgkoAeonQmm6X5k1HXcksvORnRgL3gCzG5yq1vUBsNNBtKH5jvFxgXs_rHs0GVFvxJ7nVzyNwLaTbaSdw79JdykX90IW7oKPCrXOdDMuiE9Z/s320/Snygg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651819324539577474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">About the mix:</span><br /><br />The mix is consisted of some sounds that I am into right now. I can't say I have a fixed sound to be honest. Depends of the mood & line-ups I guess. I can mix from Disco, House, Techno, UK Funky to bassy 140 bpm stuff or even Juke. It's not actually a studio mix but more of a club set. So I hope it will move you wherever you are. In my opinion, the most interesting part of the mix is the intro. It is an unreleased tune by Leibniz. Such a talented artist. You really need to <a href="http://soundcloud.com/hohner-melodica"><span style="font-weight: bold;">check him</span></a>. </span><br /><br /><div><object height="320" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FBASICS%2Fbasics-podcast-011-snygg%2F&embed_uuid=7ad404fe-efb8-49a8-a3d2-8c6c6c32c949&embed_type=widget_standard"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="opaque"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FBASICS%2Fbasics-podcast-011-snygg%2F&embed_uuid=7ad404fe-efb8-49a8-a3d2-8c6c6c32c949&embed_type=widget_standard" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="opaque" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="320" width="320"></embed></object></div><br />Tracklist:<br /><br />01. Leibniz - Alle [Unreleased]<br />02. Sigha - Fold [Hotflush]<br />03. Roman Lindau - Lyrica [Fachwerk]<br />04. Vrip - UV [Ostgut Ton]<br />05. Anthony Shake Shakir - Travellers (MRSK Remix) [Rush Hour]<br />06. Wax - Wax30003 B [Wax]<br />07. Francesco Tristano - Idiosynkrasia (Ben Klock Remix) [Infiné]<br />08. Appleblim & Ramadanman - Sous Le Sable [Aus Music]<br />09. Furesshu - Lucid (Shifted Remix) [Project Squared]<br />10. MRSK - Black Keith [Rush Hour]<br />11. Mike Dehnert - Umlaut2 [Clone Basement Series]<br />12. Roman Lindau - Crasse [Fachwerk]<br />13. Mike Dehnert - Teilfolge [Delsin]<br />14. DJ Bone - We Control The Beat [Subject Detroit]<br />15. Cosmin TRG - De Dans [50 Weapons]<br />16. Plastikman - Spastik [NovaMute]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/f9jsi0">DOWNLOAD</a> (via Sendspace - available for 30 days)<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMa9xiAlibhYImbEYku6NpMh0JKoofz2oNB1VkPKq9X-XZeIBJ3xLVorV2EVcVOGQoYYkVNSUT9gOikr7ZsLz4-JnzgDdmdCYcuezckBc_YEkdbGZbouHCgIjC0WBJer8CRA2M_CnepYP/s320/Separator.png" style="padding: 0pt; -moz-box-shadow: none ! important;" /></div><br /><br />Thus being said make sure you check Snygg’s sounds via his SoundCloud account and keep in touch with Future Electronic Music on <a href="http://femblog.posterous.com/">Posterous</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/fem.blog">Facebook</a> and with FEM Recordings via their <a href="http://femrecordings.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp</a>.<br /><br /><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?app_id=242697439075236&href=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicsclubnight.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F09%2Fbasics-podcast-011-snygg.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=35" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-15933241361914204802011-09-06T13:58:00.009+03:002011-09-06T14:19:32.194+03:00BASICS recommends: ECHOCORDCOLOUR016 - Skudge - First Observation EPFew years ago, a series of records appeared out of nowhere under the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Skudge</span> guise. Nothing was known when they appeared about the person or people behind the alias, other than the fact that they had released a <a href="http://bit.ly/r40W3Y">record</a> on <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.alphahousemusic.com/">Alphahouse</a> in 2009. There are just a few underground artists who have made an entrance onto the electronic music scene that strong as Skudge.<br /><br />Skudge are two Swedish guys, Elias Landberg and Gustaf Wallnerstrom. When they were asked about why they initially chose anonymity, one of the members of Skudge told the interviewer: <span style="font-style:italic;">„We choose to be anonymous because we want the listeners to put focus on our music and not our personalities. For us, the music speaks for itself.”</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 312px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2TiN5-tMJSW1DpzhZ_it-pkLITLhmrygh6xUWJhP7eYP2H-uNoBrKNPMApYUNsFeE8tb_becrLx1VLezyDZsi8G-WpXDhPCbeR725D5JODTd_2PKipocwwgwOkxVtvOM9Xmh3SyvnjqyZ/s320/Skudge-Records.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649199992118191762" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Although the duo was only formed a couple of years ago, in the summer of 2009, they have already moved out of near-anonymity of deep, warehouse-styled House and Techno fans. What is so impressive is that all of their releases so far have been strictly vinyl affairs - no digital files at all.<br /><br />Following the 2010 inception of their own imprint, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Skudge Records</span>, the duo has built up quite the cadre of devoted followers, and seeing their work on some a more widely-recognized imprint is well deserved acknowledgement, indeed.<br /><br />This year was a great year for Skudge with a wonderful debut album out this spring and two new releases, first of them named <span style="font-style: italic;">„Below / Phantom”</span> and the second being exactly this one which is also an intersection between House and Techno which seems to be the point where the duo most often find themselves.<br /><br />It’s always been difficult to talk too much about their music.<br /><br />Elias and Gustaf have delivered a lot in a short time under their partnership as Skudge. This may be a bad thing for most if we think about the quality of their music, but the Swedish duo knew how to make a good catchy thing and to maintain a high standard of output since the Autumn of '09.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgojrUf2PHehxmpBszI4LnqVwUywbVOVbEhiFU0ygim7X2AZ6_gTlCNiWiDcz7J8tVIaZYHCcwQcPHa4dqBB-llbk0JslYj1FEhy3f-zNVZjKDkjHpleQRosRvIF8RiY5eWNkRIw5cnlBfs/s320/Skudge-Echocord.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649200297950616722" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">„First Observation”</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> EP</span> is the first release by the Stockholm-based Skudge on <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.echocord.com/">Echocord Colours</a> which is a label that has been pursuing its own style without giving away the headscape of having a solid representation over a selection of crafty artists. For Skudge though, this is a release not so similar to their other tracks on Skudge Records.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">„Surplus”</span> and <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">„Void”</span> both sit at the deeper end of the Techno spectrum with the flip being the marginally more punchy of the two cuts, while dutchman Conforce completes the package with an uncharacteristically dull Dub workout.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">„Surplus”</span> sees agile dubby flexes, immaculately executed and is based around a set of deep Techno chord stabs thrown in with a measure of discrete whistles and driving claps. There’s a certain Dub atmosphere to it, but it’s really rather too busy to call Dub-Techno.<br /><br />Flipping the record over we find <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">„Void”</span> and with it more reasons why this pair have gained the attention of so many people who all seem unable to say exactly why it is they’re so good. This one is a catchy two-note dancefloor driven piece which mutates and intensifies just enough to keep listeners wondering what the next bar will sound like.<br /><br />The ever-reliable <span style="font-weight: bold;">Conforce</span> steps up for a remix of <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">„Void”</span> and flips it in a new direction, reconciling skippy rhythm and Detroitian hi-tech Soul with a heavy sub-bass mixed in with distorted stabs and dreamy synths lines.<br /><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F20310662&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=ffe700"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F20310662&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=ffe700" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="81" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/skudge-1/preview-surplus-first">Skudge - Surplus</a></span><br /><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F20310420&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=ffe700"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F20310420&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=ffe700" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="81" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/skudge-1/preview-void-echocordcolour">Skudge - Void</a></span><br /><br />Although these productions are optimized for maximum dancefloor impact, there’s also another impressive fact about them: sounds and vocal snippets are subtly, selectively employed to imbue each loop with an extra infectious sense of swing or to underline a groove or accentuate an emotion.<br /><br />There is no doubt that this is a supernaturally good EP!!!<br /><br />You can buy the release via Boomkat <a href="http://bit.ly/oiAQSK">in the form of a 12”</a> / <a href="http://bit.ly/ocmtcE">digital download</a>, and if we managed to get you interested into Skudge’s sounds they have <a href="http://www.discogs.com/artist/Skudge">loads of previously released material</a> ready for you to check and add to your record collection.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Denisa Lazar</span><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?app_id=242697439075236&href=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicsclubnight.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F09%2Fbasics-recommends-echocordcolour016.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=35" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-26601976794095535432011-08-30T16:39:00.012+03:002012-02-12T21:58:34.730+02:00BASICS Podcast 010 - Donga - Well Rounded RecordsFor the past four or five years we’ve been given the chance to witness a rather large number of intelligently engineered independent labels spawn all over the world, most of them having the sole purpose of pushing electronic sounds to a whole different level.<br /><br />One of these labels in particular has caught our attention and it is, alongside its two freshly crafted sisters and their owner, the subject of our 10th edition in the podcast series – cover story and Q&A included.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkbPjeYftHzqF0Mpm6_YubSvzfmGSPv-VXVY64KElTM1L42cT3Ctcys5BTiHjNmKUeCOlzcMbnMSuwajP-eAviTWEXzjhPwcW0G_vzzpyFlNZZcR2gY2_tmin2TrGY3KxhP7kklB4gbdxy/s320/BASICS+Podcast+010+-+Donga%2527s+Noizy+Tables+Mix-320.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646643632675656530" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Well Rounded Records</span> has been around for a couple of years now. It is an open-minded label based in Brighton, UK, focused mainly on putting out state-of-the-art productions on acetate support and has been responsible, among other doings, for Deadboy’s discovery and part of his debut on the world stage, for the heavily anticipated <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cash Antics</span> EPs and for housing brilliant, both upcoming & established producers at critical stages in their development process as artists, such as Hackman, Doc Daneeka, C.R.S.T., Submerse, Littlefoot or Kidkut, to name just a few.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL9XFpP6mDR_-cR8YwA_OWUPkGupbj3PfxoEcBZZpxq_Og2a9JRjNTFzXGqEaGGFeHTsik0X8FHpWzzg113YoZk2zF-Mr5fEq2ePOOYLB5My8m-FYmEuKvvnuXCxIz_zYsoxyED9H2laLj/s320/Well+Rounded.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646644015756539730" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Having 10 releases spread across its whole existence so far and a weird-you-out logo, Well Rounded established itself as one of the important experimentalists on the ever-growing UK Bass scene, specializing in House, Techno, Dubstep, R&B and Bass Music fusions and, in almost every single case, packing the results up for the dancefloors. From Deadboy’s heavily rinsed <span style="font-style: italic;">U Cheated</span>, the rare appearance of the House / Funky infused project – Ultrasound and the brilliant Donga & Blake – <span style="font-style: italic;">Grown Ups EP</span> (including a staggering Geiom Remix), to the Future / UK Garage takes of Littlefoot, Submerse or C.R.S.T. and Kidkut’s bangers, this is one label that is not afraid to make a number one priority out of reaching its own maximum potential diversity.<br /><br />And as if its horizons weren’t broad enough, there are now two more personas of it in the game: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Well Rounded Individuals</span> – which has seen two Juke and Post-Dubstep-ish releases from talented young producers like Wheez-ie or Graphics getting pressed – and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Well Rounded Housing Project</span>, mainly focused on putting out classic House takes from the likes of James Fox or Outboxx.<br /><br />To top it all, add up these three labels’ ages, multiply that number by 10 and the result should tell you the approximate amount of time their owner, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Donga</span>, has been around for, spinning and building tunes and getting involved with clubnights, record stores, bands and whatever music-related thing you can possibly think of.<br /><br />We managed to steal some of his time for a smart and personal mix and a rather consistent Q&A that should give you a more in-depth perception of the philosophy behind Well Rounded and its subsidiaries and get you up to date with Donga’s take on music in general, amongst other good-to-know facts.<br /><br />The mixtape itself is a true masterpiece. A complex journey through what Donga’s influences and current musical preferences look like and through what Well Rounded means from a sound showcase point of view.<br /><br />It’s a pleasure, it’s very very clever and we highly recommend it!<br /><br /><div><object height="320" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FBASICS%2Fbasics-podcast-010-dongas-noizy-tables-mix%2F&embed_uuid=48c1951d-9fa4-424f-9e95-5500f82a0d33&embed_type=widget_standard"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="opaque"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FBASICS%2Fbasics-podcast-010-dongas-noizy-tables-mix%2F&embed_uuid=48c1951d-9fa4-424f-9e95-5500f82a0d33&embed_type=widget_standard" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="opaque" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="320" width="320"></embed></object><div style="clear:both; height:3px;"><br /></div></div><br />Tracklist:<br /><br />01. The Haxan Cloak – Hounfour (Temple) [Aurora Borealis]<br />02. 2000 and One – Crystal [100% Pure]<br />03. Deadboy - Heartbreaker (Julio Bashmore 2010 Remix) [forthcoming Well Rounded Housing Project]<br />04. Alex Jones – Romania Pika [Hypercolour]<br />05. Dom – Blakelock (Donga & Blake Dub) [877]<br />06. Donaeo – Party Hard (Instr.) [White]<br />07. Urfali Babi - Disko Kebap [Nublu]<br />08. Malik Alston – Dance Jazz [Soiree]<br />09. Arkist & Kidkut – One Year Later [Hotflush]<br />10. Hackman – Your Face Pulling My Hair [Greco-Roman]<br />11. Kris Wadsworth – Mainline [Hypercolour]<br />12. Dubkasm – There's A Dub (RSD Remix) [Sufferah's Choice]<br />13. West Norwood Cassette Library – Get Lifted [WNCL]<br />14. Presk – Mold [4th Wave]<br />15. Kowton – Show Me [Naked Lunch]<br />16. Skinnz – Get It On [forthcoming Well Rounded]<br />17. E-Dancer – World Of Deep [KMS]<br />18. Ex-Pylon – Hammerfest [Studio Barnhus]<br />19. Monolake – Melting [Imbalance Computer Music]<br />20. Graphics – Adjectival E [Well Rounded Individuals]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/m1tpm2">DOWNLOAD</a> (via Sendspace)<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMa9xiAlibhYImbEYku6NpMh0JKoofz2oNB1VkPKq9X-XZeIBJ3xLVorV2EVcVOGQoYYkVNSUT9gOikr7ZsLz4-JnzgDdmdCYcuezckBc_YEkdbGZbouHCgIjC0WBJer8CRA2M_CnepYP/s320/Separator.png" style="padding: 0pt; -moz-box-shadow: none ! important;" /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Knowing Donga:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BASICS:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">You’ve been in bands, you’re a DJ, you’re a producer, you own three labels, you’re putting nights on, you have a job, a beard and you have a thing for owls?! Anything else we should know about you? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Donga:</span> Yes, I’m utterly mad.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9mkNNNmqSFag_vQ6COi6my7XP8SIJv0_7uMs78FKDxD3HMAyiPtYuf0Vln648MUwXNpe-DbsyQybz89CgdkKo2catI0GrdedHS32QPeIdvh5c-t42ubOZLHj1hiVznRzwAdapWEuFZYm0/s320/Donga.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646645092193412930" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Before getting into more current stuff, I’d like to talk about your history as a musician, producer and DJ. I know there is quite a number of projects you’ve been involved with. You’re a veteran. What are your roots? What did you use to build or spin back in the days and more important, what stayed with you after all these years and what faded away with time?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D:</span> Well my father was a mobile DJ. As a child I used to go with him when he played at the more family orientated functions and he would leave me in charge when he needed a break. I learnt to cue and crossfade aged about 5 I’d say. I’ve stayed on vinyl and turntables to this day - to date I haven’t played any MP3s or CDRs in clubs ever.<br /><br />Production wise I released my first electronic production in 1993. I have released countless records under a large amount of guises. When I started, myself and 2 friends pooled our equipment together and created a basic home studio. We had an Atari computer sequencing our MIDI equipment and a sync-box to keep our analogue sequencers in time. We had a very labour-intensive Casio sampler, guitar FX pedals etc. In fact I made some of my own earliest released material with only a drum machine, one analogue synth and a four track.<br />I think it’s true that if you are keen to express yourself you can do it with very little. The desire, passion and inspiration needs to be there. The equipment is not so important.<br /><br />Anyway, so this is all hardware gear being fed into a physical mixing board which was the most rewarding stage for me. Doing live takes to digital tape, fading things in and out, muting and un-muting, adding live FX. Sometimes random mistakes would provide the highlight of the version - things you couldn’t design or predict in advance.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">That brings us up to date with three names you’ve been associated with lately: Donga, Chirm and Ultrasound. I know two of them – Ultrasound and Chirm – are collab projects and the third one is subject to that as well (Donga & Blake). A short background check on each of these? Any other active moniker I’ve missed out on?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D:</span> Ok, Ultrasound is a vehicle for myself, my cousin Chaos and friend Richter. Myself and Chaos have collaborated since the 90s so we have quite an innate understanding of each other’s strengths and weaknesses. Richter brings in ideas that are more likely to push us into different creative possibilities beyond our established language.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>I think that within collaborations, although the physical input can vary from track to track and person to person, what is invaluable is people’s personalities as catalysts. Everyone approaches an instrument in their own way. And sometimes it needs a person other than yourself to see potential in something you may dismiss.<br /><br />Chirm is just myself and Richter. We live in the same town so we get a chance to meet more easily and often than Ultrasound which does lead to some tracks being made.<br /><br />I produce with Blake quite frequently and this has worked well because we met through DJing where we realised we had a lot of musical taste in common. When we got in the studio we discovered we could combine his ear for texture, production and the technological side of the equation with my ‘give me a midi-keyboard and not a mouse’ approach.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">It’s not easy to narrow your productions down to a certain style, genre or even bpm and I think it’s fair to say your tunes are often quite different from one another. There’s Housey stuff at around 120 bpm, there’s UK Garage / Funky influenced faster stuff, there’s slo-mo, 100 bpm, dubby material – Ultrasound – New Direction on Clandestine Cultivations – and so on. How would you describe what Donga, the producer, actually means in terms of sound?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D:</span> No-one has ever asked me a question like this! Basically, I try to avoid definitions in life. You can’t always tell a book by it’s cover and it’s ignorant of people to think they can. I can’t pinpoint what my aim is with sound - it’s led by instinct and the mood of the moment. I believe it should be reflexive, evolving, open and free. Being over-concerned with style or form as a pre-text to being creative leads me into blind alleys. It’s just electronically realised music.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Obviously some of the stuff you’ve been building found a home on your own main label – Well Rounded Records. Tell us a bit about how this label was born and why?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D: </span>Deadboy has been a long-term friend. He was occasionally sending me his tunes just for some thoughts and feedback. I had the tracks that became the ‘U Cheated’ EP for quite some time. I had no intention of starting a label, but these tunes had started playing in my brain. Eventually I realised that I thought they deserved to be pressed on vinyl and might sell. I contacted Martin & Jackmaster at Rubadub to get their advice and opinions. They were very excited and supportive. So the label began….<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE1UyiHO00pnR8ACIZVNUkRwAU0wM5e-Qiwp0NuSPWslbg1wPzWClcn9YsnxGbKz9zKuSHV7cfQEL6fJONCa34XdUoAYOcqsPHlpgxTAmvo2ZR5h315QsCuHSP1OOad90rsQ3Kvpn16bsF/s320/Donga+%2526+Blake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646648748741223394" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Let’s talk about the material Well Rounded Records has released so far. Diversity seems to be one of the leitmotifs for this label. What are its borders in terms of styles? Where do you think it stands on the scene at the moment?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D:</span> This is tricky. I don’t really like borders but I think there are limits to how diverse you can be with just one label. So I started another 2 haha!<br /><br />I guess Well Rounded is more for cross-fertilisations and hybrids of House, Funky, Garage, R&B and Broken. I would consider releasing any combination within that range that works for me. I guess the releases are mostly around the 130 bpm area.<br /><br />As for where we stand, I find this almost impossible to pinpoint as we kind of exist in a bubble. I don’t necessarily feel too much of a kinship with any one scene or label hence the need to start a broad-minded outlet of our own. Although not an influence, Planet Mu is perhaps the best example I can think of a label where I sometimes have no idea what style the release will be until I put the needle on the record, yet I buy and enjoy a high percentage of what they put out. So props to them.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">When it comes to a varied catalogue, I always believed there’s a thin line between catching people’s attention and alienating them. You’ve managed to keep things well on the bright side so far and gained serious support from both DJs and listeners out there. How are the tracks picked and how is the release calendar put together? Is it a natural progression of things or is it something planned well ahead? Like a matter of putting the right record out at the right time.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D:</span> I discover people in all sorts of ways, sometimes I approach them and sometimes they send things to me. It’s difficult because I now receive so many demos I don’t really have enough spare time to check and respond to them all.<br />I try not to over-think the picking of the material, similar to how I select records to buy in a shop. I pick things based on whether I have a strong emotional or physical reaction to a track. In the best cases I will have both responses. I try not to let the market or current trends taint my outlook on what we should release.<br /><br />Sadly with the production of vinyl there can be difficulties and delays. This means things can take a long-time to come out. I just have to hope that whatever feeling caused me to select the material endures until it’s released.<br />Once I have committed to a release it joins a queue. We are scheduled quite a long way into the future.<br /><br />I hope people appreciate the extra effort of us releasing on vinyl and are prepared to wait a while longer to get it on the sexiest format available.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Cash Antics. A couple of words on the concept behind this EP series, its name and the artist / track choices so far? Are there plans for a 3rd installment?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D: </span>Right, Deadboy had amassed a few tracks based around R&B acapellas and we picked 3 to put out as a cheeky EP - a really fun project. The vocals were either by Cassie or Ashanti so we combined the names to come up with Cash Antics. It also played into a fantasy of us being playas or high rollers.<br /><br />For the second one we knew we wanted to put out ‘Fireworks’ and that our friends Gongon & Bad Autopsy had ‘Mag’ that was a big favourite with us both. So we took the concept further and decided to make it Various Artists EP this time around. Skinnz got in touch with ‘Turn U On’ and Doc Daneeka reminded me of his re-edit of Gatto Viola’s ‘Backstabbin’ Angie’. It’s a pretty sick EP I reckon.<br /><br />We certainly do have plans for a 3rd but we are subverting the formula. We need to extend the concept but take it into a new area. I don’t wanna say too much at this point. It should be out before the end of the year.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Well Rounded Individuals is something I’d like to talk about in extent. You started it back in March to provide for even fresher(!) sounds and artists. Why weren’t Wheez-ie’s or Graphics’ sounds suitable for the main label in your opinion? Is the Individuals name something that states the fact that each record / release is self-sustained, unconnected to past or future stuff on the label?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D:</span> You’re correct, as well as saying these producers are talented Individuals who have their own unique sound, I was also hoping people would view each release as a stand-alone statement that may not link to subsequent projects.<br /><br />I heard Wheez-ie’s Juke material and thought it offered a fresh and exciting take on the style. I fell in love with one track in particular, ‘Leave Her Alone’, which I couldn’t resist asking to release and we started to compile an EP together. I think it’s a quite brilliant selection.<br /><br />However, I felt that putting out something in such a notably different style might be a step too far on Well Rounded so started to conceptualise another outlet for things that didn’t fit on the parent label.<br /><br />We are getting Wheez-ie back on the label. I really rate him. We also have an EP from Distal who produces music in all sorts of directions but often with a vibe that’s really unusual. Check his recent Tectonic and Fortified Audio releases for evidence of that. His EP for us, which includes a track produced with Chicago’s DJ Rashad, is an absolute banger I promise. We also have an EP in the pipeline from a young man called Spare based in Notts, UK. I won’t attempt to categorise his music but there’s a quality to it that’s strange and exhilarating.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Well Rounded Housing Project is the youngest of the three labels under your protective wing and, quite frankly, it has put out two releases that I personally find as being absolutely brilliant. James Fox – New Jack Swing is an amazing take on extensive R&B samples use, while Outboxx are taking on boogied down House and Jazzy influenced stuff like there’s no tomorrow. This label is more limited in terms of what it releases and it has quite a simple philosophy behind it, right? You give it a properly built House track, with lots of groove and a strong personal input from the producer and it basically puts itself out.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D:</span> I feel very at home with House. I had an epiphany when I was younger. I thought dance music should be hard, aggressive and fucked-up. Then one night as an impressionable teenager, I took some acid and ended up at an illegal party where a bunch of guys that looked like football hooligans (the smartly dressed kind) were freaking out to this slower 4/4 music with soulful vocals and messages. It blew my mind. I suddenly saw all these links back to Soul music and Disco. I realised I could finally openly enjoy this music that my peer group often sneered at. I left them to listen to whatever nosebleed nonsense they were into and started buying US imports.<br />I guess the music on Housing Project reflects all the diverse forms I believe House can take, as people will discover across the releases. I am very excited by all the different approaches we have curated to put out on this label. I believe spreading the word of House music should be like a crusade. When a House track hits the spot it is righteous and will last all time.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">There’s common ground between Well Rounded and its sublabels. They all are digital labels as well, but they have acetate at their core. The name itself suggests it. Please expand on that a little bit. How does putting stuff out on wax reflect for a label in 2011? How about the three vinyl only releases so far – Cash Antics Vol.1, Vol.2 and WRHP001? Is it a white label thing or?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D:</span> The vinyl-only projects are for when we feel we are unable to do a high-profile or full release of material based around extensive sample use. To sell digitals of these would take the piss whereas we have to sell a certain amount of vinyl to recover our production costs.<br /><br />The name of the label does have a double-meaning relating to both the physical shape of records as well as when something is said to be ‘well rounded’ which, by my understanding, means having a healthy balance of different qualities.<br />My position is that if we are unable to continue to justify releasing all our material on vinyl then I will close. Digital as the only format does not embody enough achievement for me to bother. I know a lot of my views are unfashionable and our world seems to value convenience over most things but I want something that I can feel - both musically and physically.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Separate topic now for future plans and releases you’d like to mention. There must be something in store for each of these installments. How about some Donga material? Is any of your stuff getting a release soon?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D:</span> I’ve mentioned quite a few things above but the next 2 or 3 things are Skinnz’s ‘Put It On’ EP on Well Rounded, I like to think of this as colourful bruk-Garage. You need to hear it perhaps to understand what I’m trying to express there. That will hit the streets in September. This will be followed by an EP by xxxy who I’m a big admirer of. When we last discussed material he was considering a track he made with us in mind that had big hands in the air potential and brought a massive smile to my face. It’s gonna be wonderful.<br /><br />Next over on the Housing Project we have a 12” of both of Julio Bashmore’s remixes of ’<span style="font-style: italic;">Heartbreaker</span>’ by Deadboy. I’m really proud to have Matt come across to do something with us, I’ve DJed alongside him a couple of times and I’ve been really impressed. I’ve been playing out the white label of this and it’s going down brilliantly! This will also be out in September.<br /><br />I’m gonna drop at least one EP of productions that I have had a hand in before the end of the year. This will include a Donga & Blake re-edit and an Ultrasound original tune on it for sure and possibly a 3rd from another related project. We’re still tinkering with that.<br /><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F19956780&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=0095ff"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F19956780&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=0095ff" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="81" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/donga/dom-blakelock-donga-blake-dub">Dom - Blakelock (Donga & Blake Dub)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/donga">Donga</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Let’s talk about Donga – the DJ for a bit. What are your favourite sounds at the moment? You play out quite a lot and you’re a DJ that knows how to connect deep / smart sounds and dancefloor material in a set. What does your usual club selection consist of, if you have one?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D:</span> If you start playing out regularly you can’t avoid playing some of the same tunes for periods of time but it’s important to me to always mix things up from past to present. I deliberately drop energy down to build things back up and mix across styles and so on because otherwise I don’t feel challenged and that‘s what brings out the inspired stuff in me.<br /><br />I think this can have varying results for crowds if I’m honest depending on what they expect from a night out. There are always plenty of people who are gonna step up and play all the bangers you know and love, or impress with a set of completely unreleased dubs by them and their artist friends, so if that’s what you want, don’t bother checking me. I feel in our mad quest to know what the next hype is we are overlooking so much good material in the present. Our culture is too disposable. I think it’s quite healthy to alternate between the familiar and the challenging. Contrast is where it’s at for me.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">You’re also a huge vinyl enthusiast / vinyl exclusive DJ. How large is your collection and what are some of your most priced possesions?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D:</span> My collection is into the thousands, some at my mother’s home and some at my current flat. People have suggested the floor might collapse which actually made me think! However, I respect people that maintain a tight reign on quality over quantity. Having this many records can make things difficult, I sometimes go through hundreds of records before a gig without finding certain things because I have no filing system in place. I don’t look at market values for records, some things that you can find for pennies are the best records I’ve ever heard. My most prized possessions would probably be records I can imagine I might still want to hear at retirement age, say something like Miles Davis’ ‘In A Silent Way’.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">In relation to that, tell us a couple of words about the mixtape you put together for BASICS. Selection, how it was recorded, etc. And last but not least, why the Noizy Tables thing?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D:</span> Noizy Tables is a reference to my badly set-up Technics. There’s all sorts of rumble and stuff. I look at records that I’ve been feeling recently and without practising put them in an order that I imagine may work. Then press record. If I end up over-rehearsing or thinking out mixes they become a drag to make. I feel as a DJ I’m in a transition at the moment, I sense something around the corner. Maybe this mix reflects my current somewhat confused and unresolved state. Either way, I did my best to make it an entertaining journey through different moods and atmospheres somewhere between dancing and listening material.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">It’s been a pleasure and sincere thanks for taking quite a large amount of your time to do this! Highly appreciated! Cheers and best of luck with whatever the future may hold for you and Well Rounded!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D: </span>Thanks very much for asking. The interest means a lot and it’s really great to reveal more of the thinking behind what we do. Peace. :)<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMa9xiAlibhYImbEYku6NpMh0JKoofz2oNB1VkPKq9X-XZeIBJ3xLVorV2EVcVOGQoYYkVNSUT9gOikr7ZsLz4-JnzgDdmdCYcuezckBc_YEkdbGZbouHCgIjC0WBJer8CRA2M_CnepYP/s320/Separator.png" style="padding: 0pt; -moz-box-shadow: none ! important;" /></div><br /><br />Thus being said, make sure you get your news feed from Donga, Well Rounded Records and its sister labels via <a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/donga">Donga's SoundCloud</a>, <a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/well-rounded-records">WR SoundCloud</a> or on <a href="http://on.fb.me/pHvqui">Facebook</a>.<br /><br />Also, their eleventh release on the mother-label comes from <span style="font-weight: bold;">Skinnz</span> and is now available for pre-order at <a href="http://bit.ly/ntGVLc">Redeye Records</a> and all the other good vinyl stores. Cop it!<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?app_id=242697439075236&href=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicsclubnight.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F08%2Fbasics-podcast-010-donga-well-rounded.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=35" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-46417567308539388342011-08-22T22:47:00.004+03:002011-08-22T23:14:06.177+03:00BASICS recommends: FEM001 - Various - FEM PicksOur fellow future-thinking beats pushers down at <a href="http://femblog.posterous.com/">Future Electronic Music</a> did it again. And this time it's serious. Setting aside their Facebook activism and podcast series for a while, they started a new project called <a href="http://femrecordings.bandcamp.com/">FEM Recordings</a>. Producers were sought after, connections were made, tracks went back and forth and finally on the 20th of August they managed to come up with a definitive form for their first attempt in putting some tracks up for world recognition: <span style="font-weight: bold;">FEM001 - FEM Picks</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">,</span> which they modestly describe as being <span style="font-style: italic;">"a collection of 13 tracks from unheard talented artists"</span>.
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<br />We're gonna expand a bit on that and add <span style="font-style: italic;">"across the board"</span> in that sentence. We're talking about 13 tracks coming from such a different range of producers, from all over Europe / the world, juggling with different styles in a wide bpm area! Different influences are shown, different production techniques are showcased and different results are to be seen / heard.
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<br />From <span style="font-weight: bold;">Gacha</span>'s Nu-Disco takes to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Leibniz</span>'s german Juke engineering, from <span style="font-weight: bold;">Palace</span>'s Future Garage beats to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Blacktee</span>'s mental House / Techno, TRG-ish approach, from <span style="font-weight: bold;">Zoltan</span>'s Funky riddims to <span style="font-weight: bold;">VRT</span>'s bass roller, this compilation has it all and all is something hard to get nowadays. We only mentioned a couple of our favourites but there's more to choose from on the compilation. Whether you are a House, Post-Dubstep, Dubstep, Wonky head and so on, something will suit you!
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<br />That + the fact that this is one of the few attempts of pushing fresh blood orchestrated from Bucharest, should be enough an awareness-raiser for you to go check it out, download it and play it out if you're specializing in that.
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<br />You can get the whole 320 pack from <a href="http://femrecordings.bandcamp.com/">FEM Recordings' Bandcamp</a> for <span>free</span>. Everything sounds good, it's properly mastered and ready for your listening pleasure. Previews are available on <a href="http://bit.ly/oKUsD7">FEM's SoundCloud</a>.
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<br />PS: We don't like to name names but there's definitely something about <span>Palace - Down With You</span> that got us all goosebump-y.
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<br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F19876988&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=00aeff"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F19876988&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=00aeff" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="81" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/fem-blog/palace-down-with-you-clip-fem">Palace - Down With You</a></span>
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<br />PPS: Three Romania-based producers there: VRT, Zoltan & Blacktee (like you didn't know...). Show support!
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<br />PPPS: We won't disclose any crucial information yet but there's a launch event coming soon for this and we're gonna be there as well, showcasing our regular BASICS selection! Watch this space!
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<br />Imaginea de mai sus a fost asociata in ultimii 3 ani cu un brand focusat pe calitate, foarte variat, nu tocmai consistent dar al dracului de inventiv, al carui A&R - Micky - a speculat permanent, absolut superb, momentele de maxim in evolutia sound-urilor artistilor semnati. Noua release-uri in trei ani au oferit ceara, marketing si distributie pentru produceri pe val, ulterior ajunsi aproape de statutul de legende si au marcat momente critice in evolutia sound-ului care conteaza: release-ul de debut al label-ului: TRG - Generations, anthem-ul Instra:mental - Vicodin, release-ul de debut al act-ului solo Boddika, Jus Wan - Submersive, incredibilul Kevin McPhee - Get In With You, o aparitie rara a lui Sherard Ingram (Mystic Tribe, DJ Stingray, Stingray313) si mai nou, un release care ne-a trezit amintiri din perioada in care sound-ul destinat dancefloor-ului era inca simplu, eficient si lipsit de pretentii: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kowton - Keep Walking / Show Me</span>.
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<br />Despre <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kowton</span> (cunoscut celor mai batrani / diggerilor nascuti in epoca Dark Garage sub alias-ul Narcossist) si ale sale calitati in materie de productie am mai povestit acum cateva luni cand am scris un scurt cover story despre label-ul lui Chris Farrell - Idle Hands. Cateva release-uri si o trecere prin roster-ul Livity Sound mai tarziu, Kowton scoate la lumina probabil cel mai bun EP al sau de pana acum sub forma release-ului 009 din discografia [Nakedlunch], intr-o prezentare pe masura sound-ului - clear red vinyl.
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<br />Spre deosebire de trecutul mentionat mai devreme reflectat in release-urile relativ grele / mutatiile Dubstep puse la dispozitie via Keysound sau Clandestine Cultivations, aparitia pe discurile stampilate Idle Hands se pare ca a scos la lumina fata nevazuta, ceva mai slo'-mo' si Techno-influenced a lui Kowton. Urmatorul pas pe scara evolutiei dupa She Don't Jack / Drunk On Sunday.
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Keep Walking</span> ocupa una din fetele discului in cauza si este, simplu si la obiect, o replica la Workshop012 si We Speak To Those, semnate Kassem Mosse, replica argumentata ca la carte printr-un subbass cald, maleabil, un build-up matematic, synth-uri salon, un sample vocal mai mult decat inspirat si o constructie aerisita in care fiecare element isi are locul sau, nimic nu pare sa fie in plus sau in minus. O replica la Kassem darker, heavier, cel putin pe masura cu un avantaj clar la capitolul DJ friendliness. Better!
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<br />In cazul flipside-ului ma declar incapabil de a fi obiectiv. It's personal.
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Show Me</span> surprinde absolut tot ce am apreciat la epoca Dubstep in cei X ani ca ascultator si DJ alaturi de un vibe nealterat specific producerilor "scoliti" in Bristol, vibe pe care, sincer, nu l-am mai intalnit de la lansarea Headhunter - Nomad, candva in 2008. Totul impachetat si livrat la un bpm mult mai accesibil (127) pentru orice DJ care se incapataneaza sa mixeze sound-uri de actualitate.
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<br />Ritm spart, constructie si build-up mecanice (kick-clap-snare-shuffle) dublate de un bass organic care da viata intregii structuri, dezmembrata in breakdown si reasezata pe pattern-ul pad-urilor sintetizate (goosebumps!) . Paradoxal, doua feel-uri radical diferite, separate de un drop.
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<br />Pe scurt, release absolut esential pentru dezvoltarea emotionala a ascultatorului si must have pentru colectionarii care au investit deja in discuri semnate Elgato, Kassem Mosse, Martyn, Arkist, Kidkut sau Appleblim. Go listen to it:
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<br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F9013402&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=ff1000"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F9013402&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=ff1000" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="81" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/nakedlunch/kowton-keep-walking-nakedlunch">Kowton - Keep Walking</a></span>
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<br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F5271767&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=ff1000"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F5271767&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=ff1000" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="81" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/kowton/kowton-show-me-clip">Kowton - Show Me</a></span>
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<br />& go buy it: <a href="http://bit.ly/pqZ5i9">Boomkat 12"</a> / <a href="http://bit.ly/pVsc1d">Boomkat Digi</a>.
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<br />Support <a href="http://bit.ly/nZoC9M">[Nakedlunch] 010. Instra:mental - Vicodin (Skudge Warehouse Mix) / Boddika - Grand Prix</a>.
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<br />BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-53375247740202230322011-07-07T18:53:00.004+03:002011-07-07T23:34:40.226+03:00Toné - FEM Blog MixBaietii de la <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://on.fb.me/iac0dB">Future Electronic Music</a> - provideri de calitate ai muzicilor cu ceva perspectiva, in social-media si supporteri ai clubnight-ului BASICS inca de cand eram in stadiul de idee - si-au inaugurat, nu demult, un spatiu de joaca ceva mai mare si mai primitor aici: <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://femblog.posterous.com/">FEM Blog</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 180px;" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/211109_132810030081293_7161021_n.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Shout out necesar deci, sub forma unui <span style="font-weight: bold;">FEM Blog Mix</span> exclusiv din partea curatorului nostru - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Toné</span>. Aproximativ o ora de showcase<span style="font-weight: bold;"> B</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">ASICS </span>cu track-uri fresh si ceva drumuri inapoi in epoca Acid de la inceputul anilor '90. Tracks we had laying around...<br /><br />Mixul se gaseste la stream via Mixcloud sau download, alaturi de cateva cuvinte despre noi pe blogul FEM.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN7q6TW_N1eZ9QSYmy6pKgb1SNIrCkRbVOBxsh5vS77J5jrJhLqkaGgHpejuGEwGWkJPBTR-6cr462KRcgoMTiREjxaQQoywocC4_eiok2iy4dRHCzoImvhM7nFhTOxomMX-PQZjeuVpgU/s320/FEM_Blog_Mix_-_Tone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626705808184861298" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://bit.ly/rf1Z9h">CLICK!</a><br /><br />Tracklist:<br /><br />01. Model 500 - No UFO’s (Vocal) [Metroplex, reissue 1985]<br />02. Disco Nihilist - Sci-Fi On Tape [Running Back]<br />03. Cosmin TRG - De Dans [50 Weapons]<br />04. Jon Convex - Order Into Chaos [3024]<br />05. Lory D - Acid Prastix [Numbers]<br />06. Lowtek - Looser [Nonplus Records]<br />07. Jamie XX - Far Nearer [Numbers]<br />08. Milyoo - Biogram V2 (WNCL Remix) [West Norwood Cassette Library]<br />09. Outboxx - Bertie’s Groove [Immerse]<br />10. Ossie - Power Of Love [Hyperdub]<br />11. T. Williams feat. Terri Walker - Heartbeat (Paul Woolford Rewurq) [Local Action White]<br />12. Benjamin Damage - 808 Rhythm [Solva]<br />13. Photek - 101 (Boddika’s Drum Machine Mix) [Photek Productions]<br />14. Bernard Badie - Time Reveals (Club Use Only) [Mojuba, reissue 1994]<br />15. Roy Davis Jr. - Acid Bass [Sex Trax US, reissue 1995]<br />16. Steve Poindexter - Work That Mutha Fucker [Trax US / DJ International, reissue 1989]<br /><br />Get on it & bookmark FEM Blog.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?app_id=242697439075236&href=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicsclubnight.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F07%2Ftone-fem-blog-mix.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=35" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-69408000481380171152011-07-01T15:16:00.023+03:002012-02-12T22:08:31.775+02:00BASICS Podcast 008 - ReashRestartam seria de podcasturi dupa o pauza relativ lunga alaturi de un DJ / producer cu o personalitate puternica, cu un trecut interesant si al carui viitor arata din ce in ce mai bine.<br /><br />Showcase House, Disco si Techno in jurul barierei de 120 bpm, influentat de clima calda, din partea lui Reash.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0wQDUIi0u_Lz0i_5tS7ZHbX1TWDIQldLStOUMRp9N3zGeuO7eNPKIao3UuIeSFAeRPNsioBQ-mPpgUlwx6Mi9i3MDzVkByX8mYmsb5JyXv4iiY9EWc8jml5NXR3PuGxFQwdgF15BRDPm/s320/BASICS+Podcast+008+-+Reash+-+320.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624364195272501618" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Stream</span> via Mixcloud, link de <span style="font-weight: bold;">download</span>,<span style="font-weight: bold;"> articol</span> / <span style="font-weight: bold;">interviu</span> in limba engleza se pot gasi la doar cateva scroll-uri mai jos.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMa9xiAlibhYImbEYku6NpMh0JKoofz2oNB1VkPKq9X-XZeIBJ3xLVorV2EVcVOGQoYYkVNSUT9gOikr7ZsLz4-JnzgDdmdCYcuezckBc_YEkdbGZbouHCgIjC0WBJer8CRA2M_CnepYP/s320/Separator.png" style="padding: 0pt; -moz-box-shadow: none ! important;" /></div><br /><br />Born and raised in Bucharest, currently a resident in Palma de Mallorca, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Reash</span> has been lurking around for quite some time now getting involved in pretty much any music-related activity there is, whether it’s producing, DJ-ing, hosting radio shows or throwing club parties in his home town.<br /><br />We found his evolution as an artist in the past months quite interesting, so we asked him to state his current favourites through a podcast and sat down with him for a quick chat about the weather in Spain, a day at the beach, his debut EP that surfaced earlier in June and his plans for the future.<br /><br /><div><object height="320" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FBASICS%2Fbasics-podcast-008-reash%2F&embed_uuid=81d0e853-f509-4ae6-80c2-a7b0a48d7f03&embed_type=widget_standard"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FBASICS%2Fbasics-podcast-008-reash%2F&embed_uuid=81d0e853-f509-4ae6-80c2-a7b0a48d7f03&embed_type=widget_standard" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="320" width="320"></embed></object><div style="clear:both; height:3px;"></div><p style="display:block; font-size:12px; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin:0; padding: 3px 4px; color:#999;"></p></div><br />Tracklist:<br /><br />01. Huxley - Shower Scene (Mic Newman Remix) [ANR002]<br />02. Jin Choi & Walker Barnard - I'm Just The Rain [PG002]<br />03. Lars Leonhard - Atropurpureum [CR008]<br />04. Mason feat. Aqualung - Little Angel (Kolombo Remix) [MOO012]<br />05. Youandewan - 1988 (Jimpster's Second Summer Of Love Remix) [LRISE0051D1]<br />06. Roman Rauch - Bio Rhythm (Erdbeerschintzel Remix) [PHP053]<br />07. Lonely C & Baby Prince - Your Mom's House [WLM14]<br />08. Heiko Laux & Teo Schulte - Sound Hug (Daniel Bortz Remix) [SUOL027]<br />09. Reash - We Know It's Right [CDR]<br />10. Toomy Disco - Since I Feel For You (Golden Bug Remix) [SSR044]<br />11. Girl Unit - Wut (Claude Vonstroke Butt Naked Mix) [NS008R]<br />12. Indie Jules - Tulip Fields Dub [CDR]<br />13. Reash - Total Control Of The Heart [CDR]<br />14. Helge Kuhl - The Rainbow Snake (Florian Meindl Remix) [PAINTWORK06]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/m6r5gd">DOWNLOAD</a> (via Sendspace - available for 30 days)<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMa9xiAlibhYImbEYku6NpMh0JKoofz2oNB1VkPKq9X-XZeIBJ3xLVorV2EVcVOGQoYYkVNSUT9gOikr7ZsLz4-JnzgDdmdCYcuezckBc_YEkdbGZbouHCgIjC0WBJer8CRA2M_CnepYP/s320/Separator.png" style="padding: 0pt; -moz-box-shadow: none ! important;" /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Knowing Reash:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BASICS:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">You’re a bearded guy with black and white glasses. Correct? Anything else you’d like to share about your identity as an artist?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reash:</span> I think a lot and tend to have a rum based diet when I go out. Therefore I’m a weird mixture of deep, rolling grawls and strong lurking concepts. I will change the glasses for some tiger brown-blue ones.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxU4tn9IboOJiZK2agCzm2WG0tastL_9mYlHxZnCihl4BEJ9h28rkEMaG2RNj3cTyqcMVxZnFv5P5cOuUTN-0vmi95PyOfo_Uv5DFXk6DZ3e06RR0a4SUmIuugWEwinN7FDugBamG2huTv/s320/Reash.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624367973112959810" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Since your relocation you’ve been on a creative spree. I’m curious, is it the weather? Or? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">R:</span> It certainly played an important role although I got a terrible flu as a result of the climate change. I guess lately I’m able to arrange the ideas I always had. And yes, free time is a must (...guess I’m lucky).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">You’re a producer for how long? A quick walk through your software and hardware progression over the years? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">R:</span> Tough one... My notion of time is slightly bent. 10 years, I guess, if we count the first time I installed Impulse Tracker (mind-bending at that time, thanks to Mesmer). After that I bought ReBirth. A mutual friend of Roby’s (yes, the one from Livio & Roby) told me he was using it so I played around with it as well for at least a year. Then Reason came along and completely changed everything. I’m still using it since I found it to be the one for me... It offers the freedom and ease of a software DAW but has the hardware way of thinking, if you ask for it. At least that’s the way I use it. I did try out other VST based DAWs but I breathe through Reason.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">You come from a solid Drum&Bass / Breakbeat background both as a producer and as a DJ. That’s quite far away from what you’re doing now in terms of genres. How did the transition occur? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">R:</span> Backwards. I found out that Breakbeat existed by accidentally landing at a party. I thought it was a 4/4 based line-up since my diet consisted of classic House at that time. As for Drum&Bass, I really don’t know why it got me hooked. It’s just that I found the Liquid part close to what I had in mind at that time.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">What’s your production algorythm? Do you focus on a specific genre, tempo, rhythm or you just build a track and it is what it is? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">R:</span> Last option. It starts with an empty rack, drums, melody and so on... I did want to save some patches at some point but I’m glad I forgot to.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Your debut EP - Unfuse got a release in June on Room Music </span>(n.r. <a href="http://bit.ly/kRZzmC">Room Music on Juno Download</a>)<span style="font-style: italic;">. The interesting fact about it is that every single one of the four tracks has a different vibe to it, but without compromising the integrity of the release. You have All At Once – kind of a deep aquatic House experiment, the Tech-House dancefloor tool - Here There Everywhere, Left Side on a Dub-Techno-ish tip and What If, ending the list as a laidback Tech / Deep House hybrid. Practically whatever you’re playing as a DJ in the 120-130 bpm range, you could squeeze something off this EP and get it in your set. Was this your original intention – putting out a first release as diverse as possible? Was it the label’s call? Can we get an inside view?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">R:</span> It was supposed to be a 2-track single but the label and the guys around it belived in all of them. It might have been the diversity that won them. At the time I wrote the tracks I did not have in mind an EP but when the label contacted me I was sure this was the form I wanted for it. The name itself is a statement and a hint for what I’ve been up to.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">You seem to love playing around with vocal samples. I’ve seen it in many of your tracks and it’s a characteristic of Unfuse as well. The thing is, they always sound a bit different than what you usually hear in most tracks out there and there’s a catch about placing them in your tunes as well. They’re never exactly where you’d expect them to be. A word on the procedure? And while we’re at it, what’s your sampling philosophy? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">R: </span>The vocals are present as part of the story behind the tunes, which in most of the cases, you have to listen to in full-length (no fast-forwarding). I don’t ever think them through, just add them wherever I feel the need. Since I loop a lot of the sections I’m never sure I picked the right moment. As for sampling I don’t use it directly (I browse through sample banks, so i can’t be sure). If I don’t achieve what I want through synthesis I start from a preset or a sample and morph it, add as many effects needed or do what they call sample synthesis (the old-school way...load it into the sampler, route that into a synthesiser and so on). But I’m against butchering others work.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Your tunes have a powerful personal touch and you seem to put a lot of soul in each and every one of them, but is it the same when it comes to DJ sets? How hard is it for you to showcase such a personal sound and entertain the crowd at the same time? Flexible selection or no compromise?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">R:</span> It's tough. Every tune of mine starts with a strong emotion, a deep thought I have. It’s part of what shapes my personality as an artist / song writter. As a DJ it’s slightly the same. I never think about the playlist, I always carry most of the music I own with me, since the crowd feeds me the mood I’ll have during a good part of the set. Fitting in something I felt at some point with something I feel while mixing, it’s always surprising.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Frankly we haven’t heard you play out in a while. What does Reash spin nowadays and who are the producers he constantly plays tracks from, in his sets?<br /><br /></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">R:</span> </span><span>I started an irregular podcast (I know, it’s a weird concept) (n.r. <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/reash">Insatiable</a>) so that serves as a showcase. I follow the same impulse as when producing, it’s the sensation you get at the end that I’m after. People like Indie Jules, Steve Mills, Diskjokke, Little Fritter, Forteba, Den Ishu, Jay Bliss, Cosmin TRG and many more that aren’t famous yet make it into the heavy rotation.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">You have the beach practically in front of your house, but we all know a day of sunbathing is nothing without a proper soundtrack. Care to recommend something? </span><br /><br /></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">R:</span> </span><span>Youandewan – 1988 (Jimpster’s Second Summer Of Love Remix) as you walk away and one of my latest called Total Control Of The Heart, once you can feel the sand.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">B: </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">A couple of words about the mixtape you just put together for us?</span><br /><br /></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">R: </span></span><span>It’s on the fly and...take your time with it, let it play along.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Last but not least. Any confirmed gigs or forthcoming releases you’d like to give us a heads-up about? Plans for the rest of 2011?</span><br /><br /></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">R:</span> </span><span>So far it’s been a year filled with studio work (apart from some local gigs), a forthcoming EP (one single and 3 remixes) on FLY Recordings (Italy) and some remixes I must do (including Mesmer’s impressive Stereo Rainbow).</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Nice one! Cheers and thanks both for the mixtape and the time!<br /><br /></span></span><span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">R:</span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span>T</span><span>he pleasure was all mine, I can still reash you everywhere.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><span>You can check Reash's tracks out on <a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/reash">Soundcloud</a>, listen to more of his mixtapes on <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/reash">Mixcloud</a> and download one of his tunes for free <a href="http://official.fm/tracks/215572">here</a> via <a href="http://www.hdmusic.ro/">HDMusic</a>. We'll leave you with the same tune fitted nicely over some footage from Scott Goodson, which we seem to love in a weird way.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kLJH9YnkGhY" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" width="400"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?app_id=242697439075236&href=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicsclubnight.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F07%2Fbasics-podcast-008-reash.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=35" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></span>BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-36794286374209303902011-05-15T16:20:00.002+03:002011-05-15T16:47:38.949+03:00BASICS is in Amsterdam on 26.05Yes we are. Thanks to the good lads at <span style="font-weight: bold;">Trick Track Entertainment</span>, if you're somewhere in Holland or planning a spring trip to Amsterdam, you can get a glimpse of the BASICS sound being showcased in Club Rain - central Amsterdam, on Thursday, May 26th by our curator - Toné, playing alongside DJ Darn Bits.<br /><br />Lower on this page get a hold of a <span style="font-weight: bold;">promo mixtape</span><span> by</span><span style="font-weight:bold;"> Toné</span> for TrickTrackLBL and before doing that make sure to check the event on <a href="http://on.fb.me/fYPB2Y">Facebook</a> and find out everything you need to know and how to purchase your ticket at <a href="http://www.tricktrackent.com/">www.tricktrackent.com</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 490px; height: 502px;" src="http://i51.tinypic.com/34dnapz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606935118195491618" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><object width="100%" height="81"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F15080015&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=a300ff"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F15080015&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=a300ff" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%" height="81"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/trck/trck-podcast-02-tone-amsterdam">TRCK Podcast 02: Toné - Amsterdam X</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/trck">TRCK</a></span><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?app_id=211665345521678&href=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicsclubnight.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fbasics-is-in-amsterdam-on-2605.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=35" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe>BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-25508824484342122332011-05-08T01:15:00.001+03:002011-05-08T02:03:10.764+03:00BASICS recomanda: ECHOCORDCOLOUR014 - Sebastien San - Shades EPSambata seara, 30 litri/m² si un moment in care, noi unii, aspiram la deep rollere. Asadar trecem in revista un release - cel mai recent - din catalogul <a href="http://echocord.com/echocordcolour/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Echocord Colour</span></a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpFF2mWU0k9ymWYQDmNrP4i84t4L0MXPRGDYVUxlqn7C7rQ-FsjpAFXoCthyqrSl2pkdEbu2xlTE8Im9wiheyirtiKH3B-_ycrBtCerttryjncN2MuGnbKjzt5uyQiMANkBb-YRaJ_locT/s320/Echochord+Colour.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604111045344996082" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sublabel-ul cu ajutorul caruia gigantul Dub-Techno: <a href="http://www.echocord.com/">Echocord</a> isi face damblaua pe orice gen muzical patru pe patru in spectrul 120-140 bpm nu se dezminte nici de aceasta data si lanseaza intr-o forma, ca de obicei, al naibii de atragatoare - blue-ish gray vinyl - o contributie semnata de producerul francez Tech-House si Techno: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sebastien San</span>. In cazul sau a patra pentru installment-ul Colour din 14 posibile, pe langa release-uri la label-uri ca Rush Hour si Planet E sau colaborari cu Aaron Carl, San Soda sau Carl Craig.<br /><br />Asa cum va veti da seama, la prima mana, nimic extravagant. Side A lasa loc unui hibrid Tech-House liniar si melodic de peste 10 minute cu variatii superbe ale elementelor secundare din structura piesei: <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Shades</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">,</span> in timp ce pe Side B, <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Darker Shades</span> re-dub-uieste si restructureaza totul pe baza unei formule technoida, organica foarte apropiata de sound-ul specific Echochord, creand in jurul sau o atmosfera mult mai densa. <span style="font-style: italic;">Late night blanks filler</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6CGsfvPwVrTRhRRRQmDkDB-QEP54vnzBw5WQX2SUeICE8Hf3kpxR7mRV1kLbyFqmg5ATx7RiuT_7qMkqiEDVlQICbeqbDVHM7ZpIg9AurBR4NU8galxVxUCiny745nGo2zFHdpVHyJFo/s320/ECHOCHORDCOLOUR014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604111352303535538" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Critica scurta? Nimic special?<br /><br />In oarecare contrast cu sound-urile despre care am vorbit pana acum, <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Shades EP</span> nu este genul de release care sa uimeasca, insa a lasa ascultatorul cu gura cascata de la prima ascultare este si a fost mereu printre ultimele obiective pe lista unui label ca Echocord, extrem de bine si <span style="font-style: italic;">la sange</span> targetat si care pare sa functioneze pe un set de principii de neclintit.<br /><br />Asadar, daca beat-urile sparte fac parte din meniul vostru principal incercati sa nu disperati dupa doar cateva minute. Relax, asezati-va comod, aprindeti o tigara, luati-va ceva de baut si mergeti pe mana lui Sebastien, pentru ca pana la urma, va promitem, release-ul este absolut esential dintr-un punct de vedere rudimentar: al faptului ca face parte din acea specie pe cale de disparitie a moodsetterelor adevarate destinate dancefloor-ului. Genul de piese care fac ceva uimitor folosindu-se de minimul posibil de resurse. Sound-ul simplu si eficient pe care nimeni nu mai pare sa-l bage in seama intr-o epoca in care, in mod eronat, evolutia este sinonima de cele mai multe ori cu complexitatea sound-ului.<br /><br />Pe de alta parte, daca prin gentile voastre de discuri se gasesc 12"-uri semnate Mike Dehnert, Ben Klock, Quantec, Andy Stott, SCB sau Brendon Moeller si printr-un absurd, inca nu aveti discul...stiti care este miscarea obligatorie.<br /><br />Piesele se asculta cap-coada mai jos, 12"-ul se gaseste pe <a href="http://bit.ly/iTM9dD">Juno</a> iar varianta .mp3 se gaseste pe <a href="http://bit.ly/mJuO6x">Boomkat</a>.<br /><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F11966287&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=0097ff"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F11966287&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=0097ff" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="81" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/sebastiensan/shades">Sebastien San - Shades</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/sebastiensan">Sebastien San</a></span><br /><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F11965630&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=0097ff"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F11965630&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=0097ff" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="81" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/sebastiensan/darker-shades">Sebastien San - Darker Shades</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/sebastiensan">Sebastien San</a></span><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicsclubnight.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fbasics-recomanda-echocordcolour014.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=35" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe>BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-58918412852055083462011-05-02T23:50:00.020+03:002012-02-12T22:19:26.970+02:00BASICS Podcast 007 - TonéEditia a 7-a corespunde cu primul <span style="font-style: italic;">spatiu</span> dedicat <span style="font-weight: bold;">curatorilor</span> BASICS. O formula cu care va veti mai intalni pe viitor, mixtape-urile de gen fiind, consideram noi, un pas logic in directia consolidarii perceptiei asupra sound-ului cu care BASICS se identifica intr-un punct sau altul in timp. Pe scurt, ce ne impresioneaza cel mai mult pe parcursul unei perioade de cateva luni isi gaseste locul in podcast-urile <span style="font-style: italic;">Curator's Edition</span>. Nimic mai mult, nimic mai putin.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-UM08rMqm5yAWYo5rygeZegoJsUUklmZJfbrfCFycemKG1a5Y2aEOdkpu_2COWqZoauIv0EungzyzUbf7GxT3VobEFjg55JeulgTueOdlLwaViyYdxUHMXHZJMM4kBG07OVpyZSKJsxz-/s320/BASICS+Podcast+007+-+Ton%25C3%25A9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602240325061501970" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Fara prea multe explicatii adiacente, mai jos se gasesc toate cele necesare - <span style="font-weight: bold;">stream</span>, link de <span style="font-weight: bold;">download</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">tracklist</span> si o scurta dezvoltare a <span style="font-weight: bold;">conceptului</span> din spatele mixtape-ului.<br /><br /><div><object height="320" width="320"><embed src="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?v=106" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="feed=http://www.mixcloud.com/api/1/cloudcast/BASICS/basics-podcast-007-tone.json&embed_uuid=ec5baf54-9359-4b71-9b44-b491215abf85&embed_type=widget_standard" height="320" width="320"></embed></object></div><br />Tracklist:<br /><br />01. Julio Bashmore - Battle For Middle You (Maurice Donovan Dub) [PMR Records]<br />02. SCB - Loss [Aus Music]<br />03. Anthony Shakir - The Floorfiller (Skudge's Floor Killer Remix) [Rush Hour]<br />04. Resoe - Minus & Plus (Sigha Remix) [Echochord]<br />05. Jeff Derringer - Tarantula (Claro Intelecto Remix) [Perc Trax]<br />06. Cosmin TRG - Sirop [Rush Hour]<br />07. Blawan - Bohla [R&S]<br />08. Elgato - Blue [Hessle Audio]<br />09. Boddika - Warehouse [Hotflush]<br />10. Joy O - Wade In [Hotflush]<br />11. Pangaea - Inna Daze [Hessle Audio]<br />12. Boddika - Breezin' [Nonplus Records]<br />13. Scuba - Feel It [Hotflush]<br />14. Wax - Wax10001 2 [Wax]<br />15. DJ Dom - You Can't See Me [Blunted Robots]<br />16. A1 Bassline - 1.4.7 [Tighten Up]<br />17. Julio Bashmore - Batty Knee Dance [3024]<br />18. Hackman - Made Up My Mind [PTN]<br />19. Optimum - Light Year [Hum & Buzz]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/l3x58l">DOWNLOAD</a> (via Sendspace - disponibil 30 de zile)<br /><a href="http://bit.ly/kZnzxh">ALTERNATIVE STREAM / DOWNLOAD</a> (via SoundCloud)<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMa9xiAlibhYImbEYku6NpMh0JKoofz2oNB1VkPKq9X-XZeIBJ3xLVorV2EVcVOGQoYYkVNSUT9gOikr7ZsLz4-JnzgDdmdCYcuezckBc_YEkdbGZbouHCgIjC0WBJer8CRA2M_CnepYP/s320/Separator.png" style="padding: 0pt; -moz-box-shadow: none ! important;" /></div><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Mixtape-ul in cauza reprezinta in proportie de 100% o selectie personala si cu asta cred ca am spus tot. Nu stiu daca are sens sa dezvolt foarte pe larg povestea.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Se jongleaza cu un numar maricel de genuri / stiluri, avand switch-uri din zona Tech-House-ish si pur Techno - in principal primele 5-6 piese - pana la Electro sau House infuzat 808 sau cu percutii Acid si foarte putin spre (nicidecum in) zona UK Funky, pe final, cu diverse inserturi pe parcurs. Daca ar fi sa caracterizez selectia per total as spune "Acid-percussions / drum-machine-influenced new wave sound"...cumva. E greu de categorisit sau impartit in directii ale sound-ului si foarte putin important, sa fiu sincer.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 219px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitWlV9An9m0_eM978kowjAODKgTBh8vCr_5Z1tmYZx93RO8HfCBCl6nDNHUtGOtK8a0JF986ljswNSGUhubNyG3Oo-gA8EZNh9eqL4oL9fMHy_BGGumqugg7d1U9cEdWEnEssZYyXowbZc/s320/Ton%25C3%25A9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602252493643473106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">In esenta, e vorba de un showcase club / warm-up oriented, cu ups and downs, pasaje lungi si double drop-uri, treceri scurte sau cut-uri si treceri lineare sau piesa pe piesa, deopotriva. </span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Daca ascultatorul cauta insa flow-ul perfect si o selectie de 19 piese in aceeasi cheie sau un set care sa se asorteze cu restul materialelor audio de pe iPod, podcastul de fata nu e prima optiune; poate nici macar a 20-a. E vorba strict de o ora si un pic de muzica care tinteste sa fie eficienta si comprehensibila, nu sa dea sau sa arate bine. </span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />Avand lucrurile de mai sus in vedere, totul ar trebui sa functioneze ok. </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Enjoy!</span><br /><br />Mai multe informatii despre Toné via <a href="http://www.facebook.com/toneproduction">Facebook</a>. Pe noi stiti deja unde ne gasiti.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicsclubnight.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fbasics-podcast-007-tone.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=35" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691822799582517610.post-66915248939482068942011-04-25T23:30:00.004+03:002012-02-12T22:44:28.944+02:00BASICS Podcast 006 - Alien PimpDaca ultimele doua-trei editii s-au invartit in zona ceva mai low-bpm, Disco sau House a muzicilor electronice de dans care conteaza in 2011, de la editia a 6-a - asa cum v-am avertizat - facem un mic switch de directie spre zona in care ne simtim cel mai confortabil: peste 128 bpm, fara granite din punct de vedere al genurilor abordate.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9w5bU9W3RGRUxUFSMhihN6Z9d9JhJSBzoHRVRmu2cOSUoHVK56df25zEvrVifZHV8jsSlQKxJQSUUx6Wdj8nUk7xAJB1SDv1ZxbKWxA_ChWAhcuY__yL1OuUAR0f0gm9OVP8VFBLhgTXV/s320/BASICS+Podcast+006+-+Alien+Pimp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599643504368655202" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Din motive pe care speram ca nu mai e cazul sa le explicam articolul va fi de aceasta data publicat aproape integral in limba engleza.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMa9xiAlibhYImbEYku6NpMh0JKoofz2oNB1VkPKq9X-XZeIBJ3xLVorV2EVcVOGQoYYkVNSUT9gOikr7ZsLz4-JnzgDdmdCYcuezckBc_YEkdbGZbouHCgIjC0WBJer8CRA2M_CnepYP/s320/Separator.png" style="padding: 0pt; -moz-box-shadow: none ! important;" /><br /><br /><br /></div>So, we're now proud to say our sixth installment for the series wears the signature of one of the most prolific and active producers Romania ever saw: <a href="http://www.silviucostinescu.info/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alien Pimp</span></a> representing DubKraft and False Flag Operation.<br /><br />For the young ones, Alien Pimp builds tracks for well over fifteen years now and currently owns two labels: <a href="http://www.dubkraftrecords.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">DubKraft</span></a> - which is best known for succesfully experimenting, over the last four-five years, with a rather large palette of dance sounds ranging from House and Techno to Dubstep and Drum&Bass and for discovering amazing fresh talents such as Asusu, Furreshu or HxdB to name just a few of our favourites - and its newly born sister: <a href="http://www.falseflagoperation.org/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">False Flag Operation</span></a> - which is also set to stir some big waves in the open-minded circles out there. You'll see what we mean by that.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sd9wrYIV1aMvshU0p9eOlE9ALb-V12cQiOVH4nnjUsTTjW9WOc7fcHiqrdKoqQs0Lk4Ji9FOsREjhVE6sclZGakAxsOYnMKJEGXw2CXhw_WoUkLhYsBr0oZgkYV9BLf_7vGFJO2Hv_Qu/s320/FFO-DK.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599646238872896290" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The mix you're about to hear acts both as a label showcase for these two music factories and as a producer showcase featuring some (seriously good) unreleased Alien Pimp material. Also there are a couple of unsigned / unlabeled inserts which we like to think of as some of his big favourites as a DJ at the moment plus a very interesting track surfacing from a very interesting producer. See if you can spot it.<br /><br />To sum it up, probably one of the most complex recordings we're ever gonna host. You're in for some serious style juggling this time.<br /><br />Also there's a rather large, highly recommended and self-explanatory interview with Silviu that can be read lower on this page!<br /><br />Even though this time we could easily write a novel, we will stop here because we truly believe that both the audio and lecture materials speak for themselves. Get to know!<br /><br /><div><object height="320" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?v=106"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="flashVars" value="feed=http://www.mixcloud.com/api/1/cloudcast/BASICS/basics-podcast-006-alien-pimp.json&embed_uuid=ad58ee1a-b1e0-49eb-8cb7-ad136d29b4cb&embed_type=widget_standard"><embed src="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?v=106" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="feed=http://www.mixcloud.com/api/1/cloudcast/BASICS/basics-podcast-006-alien-pimp.json&embed_uuid=ad58ee1a-b1e0-49eb-8cb7-ad136d29b4cb&embed_type=widget_standard" height="320" width="320"></embed></object></div><br />Tracklist:<br /><br />01. Edoc - Losing My Emotion [False Flag Operation]<br />02. Alien Pimp + Terry Artovsky - Schoe [False Flag Operation]<br />03. Vlad Onu - Patterns [forthc. DubKraft]<br />04. Adam Kroll - Days At Night [forthc. DubKraft]<br />05. Kelle - Siberia [DubKraft]<br />06. Alien Pimp - Dynautics [N/A]<br />07. Alien Pimp - Destroit [N/A]<br />08. Datacode - Upstream [DubKraft]<br />09. Hector Villanueva - Estamos Bien (Latino-Glitch Treatment by SubJazz) [DubKraft]<br />10. Robot Koch vs. Graciela Maria - Brujeria [N/A]<br />11. HxdB & Self Evident - Hoof Hearted [forthc. Palms Out Sound]<br />12. Alien Pimp - Can't Push A Wave (Can Only Surf It) [forthc. Gradient Audio]<br />13. Volatil - Parallel Worlds [DubKraft]<br />14. Alien Pimp - Another Sunny Day In Barcelona [Subdepth]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/fen9co">DOWNLOAD</a> (via Sendspace - available for 30 days)<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMa9xiAlibhYImbEYku6NpMh0JKoofz2oNB1VkPKq9X-XZeIBJ3xLVorV2EVcVOGQoYYkVNSUT9gOikr7ZsLz4-JnzgDdmdCYcuezckBc_YEkdbGZbouHCgIjC0WBJer8CRA2M_CnepYP/s320/Separator.png" style="padding: 0pt; -moz-box-shadow: none ! important;" /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Knowing Alien Pimp:</span><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);" class="" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Link" class="gl_link" border="0" /></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BASICS:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">First of all cheers and thanks for taking some of your very little available time to do this whole thing! We know you’ve been busy as hell. How are you holding up?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alien Pimp:</span> Cheers! Not easily, this world makes huge efforts to marginalize anyone more concerned with mental and spiritual (in a non-religious sense) development than with profitability.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkJ4fabhzBn6Bm_utwHJibYffa9ppHuMbYgbABdvKPf9oBUWOovOPxl-B3cAJHS6ZvMmuNygXDmq47BqDxZRqnYqCgBLSePqU2zDam9yPfDNfTQP_603sENlxiUrfEpdNCp4KiFZtWJ6c/s320/Alien+Pimp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599581392976191090" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">It’s useless to try and paint your portrait as an artist / producer / label owner etc. again. Anyone fairly in touch with the contemporary Bass Music scene knows who you are and what you do. So, our favorite intro question: what is it that Alien Pimp doesn’t do?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.P.:</span> Ha! I don't do a lot of nice things I wish I did but I don't have the time or the resources for. Provided those, I'd be happy to contribute the world more beauty and quality entertainment. And maybe some reason too; that's missing more than anything.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Ok, let’s get serious. It’s a rough time for labels at the moment with the economy collapsing all over, with issues like piracy and with huge amounts of music (some good, most of it awful) in stores everywhere. Still, DubKraft seems to be rolling smoothly out there and you’ve just launched a subsidiary to it: False Flag Operation. Tell us a bit about the concepts of / differences between these two. How do they manage to stay on the market independently from one another? Is FFO actually DubKraft under a false flag or does it have anything to do with secret military operations?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.P.:</span> I actually took things seriously from the beginning of this.<br /><br />It's simple: DubKraft never had a standard label approach, but it still fits some standards and requirements of the market, obeys some rules, we basically put on a suit to get the job and some acceptance so we can spread a message of change and evolution from inside. And things changed these first five years, that approach became standard business attitude for many other labels, it became an establishment in itself, and we're comfortable there, we don't need a fix now.<br /><br />BUT that doesn't mean there is no next next level (repetition intended). And the new sublabel will be taking care of that. It's like with any serious company: it has its own secretive lab where it cooks the future. Everything we do is a seed but very very few people know how our mature plants will look like. We're capitalizing on the trust we've gained so far to plant these seeds.<br /><br />I can disclose the final target though: self-sustainable total creative freedom for the artists at affordable costs for the impoverished masses. Provided support from a bit more audience than we already have now, I know now we definitely can get there, even in the current context. It's just we need a bit more love than a label of our type gets usually and we gonna earn it!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">DubKraft just released the second volume of Adult Bass Music, a compilation which I personally find to be damn interesting from many points of view. It also got ridiculously good feedback from many guys considered to be living legends on the scene. Let’s talk about the artist choices for this compilation and the split between bpm ranges, into up and midtempo. Who and respectively why? Why the name? And last but not least, where’s the downtempo edition? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.P.:</span> The label/release strategy is like a very flexible and adaptive grid with serious criteria. If a track fits in and pushes things the right direction - it gets in. I don't care who the artist is and his pedigree, I only care about the music and the development. After 5 years of growth, DubKraft is now a pedigree in itself.<br /><br />The split between the bpm ranges is a marketing thing mixed up with my view that genres are irrelevant today, and the tracks should be described only by mood plus bpm plus the predominance of some sounds/techniques (techy, dubby, organic, breakbeat, straight beat etc...). I don't think there's gonna be much downtempo stuff on DubKraft though, for reasons I won't get into because that would mean another page of text. But there will be enough of it on FFO, there are almost no restrictions there.<br /><br />Ah, about the name: it caught your attention, didn't it? Now tell me you're not one of those who forgot the original meaning of the word and you don't read only XXX when "adult" is printed on the paper (n.r. we at BASICS do not acknowledge the existence of porn).<br />Because if you do, and then you listen and you still don't hear "grown up" instead of XXX, then you're not ready for us, sorry. We have to be very selective, a lot of bad audience might feed us more but it's ballast for the good developments. We're very democratic in some ways, but history proved progress came from the best and regress from the rest. Cope with that, I didn't make that rule!<br /><br />And I know It might sound self-contradictory: we need love but we don't take it from everyone. What most people don't realize is that some love can be toxic, people often die from love. I prefer a slower but healthier growth if that's what it takes.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">DubKraft also started out as a Dubstep label and it slowly became what it is today: a house to all great music, no matter the genre and bpm. Also Alien Pimp (and I’m talking about this moniker only and about the after-2000 era) used to produce mostly Drum&Bass and Dubstep and lately has put out some brilliant Techno and House-ish beats on FFO, DubKraft, Micropuncto or Subdepth. Were these transitions something natural, that came along with experimenting, or a logical step in the general scene direction of 2010-2011?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.P.:</span> A bit of a correction: DubKraft has some limitations, it puts out anything good, but stuff that's bassy enough and DJ-able for those who play in the ranges of 120-145 bpm and 170+ bpm. That's it. We made occasional but rare exceptions.<br /><br />As for the transitions: I'm just making tracks like I need to listen at the moment or just trying a new idea. And I have moods, or I get bored with some things for a while, then maybe I come back to them... I just follow the inspiration and the energy of the moment... What comes out afterwards, how people split them into genres and all; that is another story, not the most interesting for me. Today it appears I'm on a Techno spree, but I write everything. Just worked with guys in Indie Rock (The Mono Jacks) or Nu-Jazz (Alain de Laniere). Many of these tracks you hear today were started 2-3-10 years ago and came out today because that was their fate. Due to the market conditions, my work is not exactly synced with the releases and my public perception. Good thing I have these labels, otherwise some of my best and most successful tracks would've never seen the shelves and people would've had an even more distorted image about what I do. Sometimes I think my best material got the most rejections from other labels. Their loss...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Since we are in the labels area, I have a last curiosity and I hope it doesn’t push the wrong buttons or anything: What ever happened to SoundKraft? It had some brilliant releases. Did it get assimilated into DubKraft or...?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.P.:</span> There's no secret, I've explained that in some interviews before, I think, but if you don't know that means more people don't.<br /><br />SoundKraft's main objective was promoting the new wave of Eastern-European Drum&Bass. (n.r. if you don’t know what we’re talking about please Google: „Eastern Sound Architects”) It took very few years before our artists (Sunchase, Cooh, Dissident, Prode to mention but a few) stepped up to a level of biz SoundKraft couldn't provide and Eastern Europe became acknowledged for what it is: one of the main providers of fresh blood (wink at Hospital) for the worldwide scene. Basically the big labels picked up on that pretty fast and made SoundKraft pointless. Then I tried to find a new place for SoundKraft by opening its gates to everyone, but that coincided with those few years when standardization almost killed Drum&Bass and the ideas I had (some of them successfully revamped in Marginal production many years after) found no place and not much support at the moment, so I simply shut it down. But it's all good now and I'm proud to say some of the SoundKraft tunes are for me among the best in Drum&Bass ever, regardless recognition.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">As a producer you have an impressive history behind. You’ve also been involved in a lot of projects and had more than one moniker. I for one did not expect to see those two tracks under WeAreNotSure and Sonic Tonic getting reissues on FFO. What triggered the need to bring them back to life, especially since the original releases were on Bucharest Chills & Thrills – one of the best and most original compilations Romania ever saw?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.P.:</span> They are timeless and very few people know them outside Romania (and even inside). There will be more things coming out from the vault, proving that one day you get some hype, next day it might fade, but eventually that is nothing to worry about when you focus on writing good music, not trendy music, good people will recognize good quality. Those tunes got more appreciation today than back then.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Even though you’ve relocated to BCN, you’re still one of the main promoters of young and talented producers. After Dudawles and Archer, both signed on DubKraft, what Romanian names should we look up to in your opinion?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.P.:</span> These two guys you mentioned, Ion (n.r. the one signed by Local Records as well, not the Dubstep DJ), and a couple more that I will unveil pretty soon but not now. Talking about the new wave only. And I'm sure there's gotta be a few more guys I ignored.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Let’s juggle the topics a little more. You seem to be a bit concerned with social and political issues and generally with the big things happening all over the world. How does that energy get transposed into your work as an artist, into your tunes and into your label concepts? Or are they completely separate things?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.P.:</span> The same way they transpose in everyone's lives and work, I'm just more aware of it than the majority and that makes it more apparent in my work. And if you get attention from people, you have a good message and you don't use the opportunities to make things better and increase awareness, then you deserve your fate. I like to deserve good things before I ask for them. For my self-esteem, deserving is even more important than obtaining, it's the distinction between merit and recognition, recognition is an external thing I can't fully control, but merits are 100% up to me.<br /><br />Bottom line: the key to a smile and a good sleep is being frustrated with the others not with the self. Cause you can't escape frustration in this world. So I'm doing my part as good as I can and it feels good, I recommend it to everyone.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">You’re also a DJ. Let’s not forget that. How does a DJ set look and feel when you’re at the decks? Is it Techno? Dubstep? Drum&Bass? Across the board? Is it a label showcase? Is it a journey through your influences?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.P.:</span> Oh, there is no straight answer to that because each time is different. Most of the times is just about looking at the audience and going with the flow in the most spontaneous way, but sometimes I need to make a point or promote something in particular and then it's more prepared in advance. I can go from 110 bpm to 175 in 2 hours if I have the proper audience for it. Genres matter only for some promoters, I respect the profile of an event I'm booked for, but "Style Is A Cage". (n.r. http://bit.ly/gXjDxN)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">You’ve spent enough time on both BCN and Bucharest electronic music scenes. Each will probably think that the other is better in some way. Is the truth somewhere in the middle? What are the differences in your opinion?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.P.:</span> The main difference I found is the ratio good audience/talents. The situation is almost inverse it the two places, seems like the audience in Bucharest is really big, but on the creative side there's a huge hole that needs to fill up. Barcelona is the other way around, but the creative force here is very much "imported" from other countries or cities, and as Spain is fucked up economically some of these forces are starting to leave. Future developments will be very interesting, hopefully an equilibrium will be reached.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Can we get 5 all-time favourite tracks of yours? No age limit. No genre borders.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.P.:</span> Hardly, I always have issues with these charts, because I've listened to everything, from Debussy to Cradle of Filth, Autechre or Pixies. And loads of these stayed with me even if I forget most titles.<br /><br />So no chart, just some of the classic tracks for me that I never get bored of:<br /><br />Sisters Of Mercy - Black Planet<br />Pixies - Where Is My Mind<br />Goldie - Inner City Life<br />Joy Division - ... (you fill in the blanks)<br />The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds<br /><br />It's frustrating to put these above all the other tracks I love!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">You are put in the situation of explaining a young teenager, or someone round that perceived age, who Alien Pimp is and most important, what your music is. You can only do this by playing him just one of your tracks. Which is it? And why?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.P.:</span> I released many dozens of tunes to be reduced to just one? Impossible... Give me the attention I worked for or leave me alone!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Finally, tell us a couple of words about the mix you’ve put together for BASICS.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.P.:</span> Adult bass.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">And a huge „thank you” once again! Hopefully we’ll hear more and more about you, DubKraft and FFO in the immediate future! Cheers!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.P.:</span> Thanks for the love you and my supporters provide! I'm doing my best to return it twofolded.<br /><br />And as I'm a limited human being with limited resources, no love for the politicians of any sort, for money-focused people, for religions, and for the ignorants by will, you are the dark side!<br /><br />Thus being said...please go to <a href="http://www.dubkraftrecords.com/">www.dubkraftrecords.com</a>, <a href="http://www.falseflagoperation.org/">www.falseflagoperation.org</a> or <a href="http://www.silviucostinescu.info/">www.silviucostinescu.info</a> often to get your news and releases feed and if you want any of the tracks they put out, they're all up at very good prices on <a href="http://dubkraftrecords.ithinkmusic.com/">www.dubkraftrecords.ithinkmusic.com</a>. Show support!<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicsclubnight.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fbasics-podcast-006-alien-pimp.html&send=false&layout=standard&width=450&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=35" style="border: medium none; overflow: hidden; width: 450px; height: 35px;" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>BASICS Clubnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603602164420530863noreply@blogger.com0