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| Kate Manus |
Beyer... apparently playing the minimal-ish biz as expected..
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Remus... the hard biz.
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| quote: | Originally posted by Kate Manus
latest issue of Mixmag declares minimal as 'the next big thing'...
Mixmag Make Minimal Their Next Big Thing
Text by Jonty Skrufff (Skrufff.com)
Mixmag dubbed minimal techno 'the hottest sound in dance' this week in a four page feature asking 'why are we going mad for squeaks and bleeps?'
The UK dance mag raved about 'the rest of the world going spastik to minimal' describing it as 'the catalyst to a resurgence in underground music that's reinvigorated clubbing all over again', just as Time Out staked a claim to be the first magazine to start the 'minimal is dead' inevitable upcoming backlash.
"Minimal: the sublime and stripped back sound of the future or is it just for wasted K (ketamine) kids at silly hours on a Monday morning," asked Time Out. "Will it be the sound of the our summer or will we be so over it be then?"
Riton ('it can be really dull') and Ben Fat Trucker ('it's already starting to look really tired') offered up the sharpest sound bites while Secretsundaze' Giles Smith ('I can see why some refer to it as boring') was more positive complaining instead that the term is already overused.
Scottish minimal maestro Alex Smoke raised the same point chatting to Skrufff last week, declaring 'everything gets called minimal, whether it's techno, electro, house or anything and it's become quite bloated as a genre definition."
"I suppose I've listened to more of what's called minimal in the last year and I've DJed some of it, but already I'm starting to play more electro and techno again,' Alex added.
"Because it's experienced such a rapid expansion it can't help but change just because you've got a lot of DJs out there now all playing the same tunes," he said. |
and there i thought i was one of the few, good to see more people are approaching it. |
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| magikb |
| quote: | Originally posted by Kate Manus
Beyer... apparently playing the minimal-ish biz as expected..
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For the last hour and 45 min I have done nothing but listen to this set... absolutely amazing I tell ya! I really enjoyed it. Thank you Kate :) |
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| Skipper |
| quote: | Originally posted by all-nite-freak
No twisting at all.
I really like Modeselektor and i know im not missing them.
On the minimal thing, I guess i just refused to accept the lower bpm's |
I heard modskeletor in Berlin...that was a treat! Germans really know how to build a sound system...stereo like sound is almost standard over there. |
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| Kate Manus |
a mini-tour instead Speedy J's studio! :)
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| magikb |
looks like some of the Miami sets were recorded and we could see a few more to come.. but for now..
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| Kate Manus |
Valentino Promo mix!
Valentino Kanzyani - easy mix recorded March 06 +tracklist
curious to hear his remixes & release on Intec!
tracklist:
1. Valentino Kanzyani Intro feat. Mc Flasher
2. Trentemoller Serenetti Part 2 Tic Tac Toe Records
3. Joris Voorn MPX309 Green Records
4. Adam Jay & Brian Kage Emergence Monoid Records
5. Coburn Give Me Love Great Stuff Records
6. Lutzenkirchen Counterfunk(original) Great Stuff Records
7. Steve Angelo Teasing Mr. Charlie CDr
8. Valentino Kanzyani Rock Cage In-tec Records
9. Tom Hades Einsamheit V. Kanzyani Remix Rythem Convert Records
10. Rob Mooney Feelin' Electro V. Kanzyani Remix Punch Funk Records
11. Valentino Kanzyani iPray(Let iPray pray 4 you mix) JesusLovedYou
12. Natan Fake Outhouse Marko Nastic Remix Recycled Loops
13. Adam Beyer & Jesper Dahlback Untiteled Med Eye Records |
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| Skipper |
Thought you Mtl-ers would be interested in this set from Alex Under, playing both at Mutek and at DEMF:
Alex Under live @ Fabbrika Club, Italy, April 1 06
Everything this guy touches is hot. Absolutely my favorite producer right now, above Beyer, the dahlbacks, trentemoller, and all of the big minimal artists...this guy is releasing some seriously groovy music.
Interview with Alex:
How did you get into production?
I’ve been into music all my life. When I was a teenager I was playing in metal bands as a drummer. Then in the mid nineties I discovered my brother’s computers and I saw the light.
What are your influences within techno?
Thomas Brinkmann, Richie Hawtin, Carl Craig, Rhythm Maker, Chimo Bayo, Tadeo, and Damian Schwartz.
What are your influences outside techno?
Chet Baker, Coltrane, Primus, Nino Rota, Sinatra, Amorphis, and Criatura.
What do you think of the European techno scene at the moment?
The European scene is good, I think it’s the biggest in the world, but really it’s too big to talk about as one scene. The Spanish scene isn’t so good at the moment, it seems to be growing now, but there aren’t that many good artists here and clubbing is going backwards. In Germany,
Switzerland, Belgium or the UK, for example, everything is totally different. The clubs are
always full of people.
What do you enjoy more: DJing or producing?
It’s a different kind of enjoyment. Maybe DJing is more fun, but producing feeds the soul.
What makes you unique as a producer?
I don’t know if I am. Being different is the most important thing for a producer, though.
Do you try to create an emotional response with your music, or just make people dance? Is home listening more important to you, or use in the club?
Use in the club, of course. It really depends which of my music you mean: my 12"s on Trapez and CMYKmusik I made just for dancing, but my album 'Dispositivos de mi Granja' was created for all kinds of people and all environments.
Are you a perfectionist?
Not at all. I’m always working hard in my head, thinking about combining music, party, art and the avant-garde. I delete hundreds of projects from my computer just because they are nothing special, nothing new. But in the working process, I’m not such a perfectionist.
What's the best thing about being a techno DJ/producer?
For me, everything. I can’t imagine my life without being a musician. To discover new ways of developing music and art is always exciting. Also travelling and knowing people from all over the world is good.
What's your next release?
I’ve got four 12“s coming out over the next seven months. Collage on +8, which is conceptual dancefloor-oriented tracks; part 2 of Multiplicanciones on Apnea, this is my most personal music; and another 12“ on Trapez - this is a new genre, it’s not trance, it’s not techno, it’s not house, but it has things that relate to all those genres; and finally Naranja Monje on CMYKmusik.
What are your plans for the future?
I’ll work as a producer for the next eight years, then I’ll move with my wife and son to Phuket, in south Thailand, and run a stall on the beach selling crepes with fruit and toffee.
http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/da/28444
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| Kate Manus |
after seeing a few threads of messy looking clubber pics, I came across one that features pictures of techno djs not exactly looking their sunday best... I know we've all had unflattering pics taken at some point, but this is just too funny.. hehe :tongue2
no shortage of Ricardo & Sven...
Sven's bum
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a fresh Garnier set... can't wait until his gigs here next week!
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