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2010.11.19 [SF] SPUNDAE | Timo Maas @ Ruby Skye
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Alain
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[b]Spundae welcomes Timo Maas and Alain Octavo to Ruby Skye on Friday, November 19th in San Francisco.
Spundae & Ruby Skye present TIMO MAAS
Friday, November 19, 2010
Main Room: Timo Maas, Alain Octavo
4Fourteen: Gravity, JDub Ya, Moe Moe
Limited Guestlist:
http://www.spundae.com/community/campaign/...19-timomaas.php
Ruby Skye
420 Mason Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
TIMO MAAS has officially turned his back on his old stories and his old ways. “I was stuck on a high level,” muses the electronic icon and DJ from his farmhouse in Germany. “By that I mean that I had a great income and great gigs but really, I needed to express myself. It’s all about taking the experiences from all the years before and watching and learning from the changing music market and that’s what I’m doing: reinvention.”
Of course, Timo Maas is no stranger to reinvention. In a DJ career that he estimates has now spanned “a good 27 years”, Timo’s musical palette has taken in epic breaks for Perfecto (‘Ubik’), the globe-straddling, still-ubiquitous remix for Azzido Da Bass known to the world as ‘Dooms Night’ and a solo artist album for Warner which saw him work with r n b princess Kelis (on ‘Help Me’) and Placebo frontman Brian Molko. But he’s fairly sanguine about the past and he certainly isn’t a man who dwells on it. Last summer, Timo returned to his most natural home – techno – with the masterstroke called ‘Subtellite’ for Cocoon.
Ask Timo where his sound sits and where he is going and the answer will be more lateral than literal, a feeling rather than a carefully-thought out specific answer. “Essentially, what I love is the possibility to experiment. We can work spontaneously and some days we just listen to 70s psychedelic rock – it’s totally open-minded and Santos also has several side projects. Of course, a Timo Maas album is something we will start this Autumn but it needs to be something very special. In 2010, we will release a few albums – a Mutant Clan album and a few collaborations in the pop direction and sophisticated direction. And scores – but that’s the future, that’s the target.”
Timo’s relationship with Cocoon has been key to his new sound and attitude. Cocoon, yes, that’s very interesting,” he grins. “I have a great relationship with them. They put out ‘Subtellite’ – when I came back after 6 years of no club records and then a club record that didn’t fit into anything, they were the best possible platform for me. They always take care of the quality and the track didn’t fit into what is hip, it was just there and this year we have the ‘Jetstream’ which is stuck at number 2 in the techno charts on Beatport and also on the techno platform. Cocoon peak-time energy – that’s the Cocoon thing. And then coming to More Music, that’s a different kind of style again. Bite The Dust and Payback are again something different. I’m looking forward to the release!” John Digweed is set to remix the track for More Music this autumn too.
And then there’s Los Veteranos – another project – and five tracks of Timo & Santos on the new Bedrock compilation. “I live in a bubble!” Luckily, his family are right behind him – literally, since his studio is close to the kitchen so his daughter’s questions are never far from her father’s ear. “It’s a little bit crazy right now!” he giggles. But we also know that little bit of crazy is what helps keep him – and everyone else - sane. |
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| Alain |
CLICK HERE FOR LIMITED GUESTLIST
Spundae welcomes Timo Maas and Alain Octavo to Ruby Skye on Friday, November 19th in San Francisco.
Spundae & Ruby Skye present TIMO MAAS
Friday, November 19, 2010
Main Room: Timo Maas, Alain Octavo
4Fourteen: Gravity, JDub Ya, Moe Moe
Limited Guestlist:
http://www.spundae.com/community/campaign/...19-timomaas.php
Ruby Skye
420 Mason Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
TIMO MAAS has officially turned his back on his old stories and his old ways. “I was stuck on a high level,” muses the electronic icon and DJ from his farmhouse in Germany. “By that I mean that I had a great income and great gigs but really, I needed to express myself. It’s all about taking the experiences from all the years before and watching and learning from the changing music market and that’s what I’m doing: reinvention.”
Of course, Timo Maas is no stranger to reinvention. In a DJ career that he estimates has now spanned “a good 27 years”, Timo’s musical palette has taken in epic breaks for Perfecto (‘Ubik’), the globe-straddling, still-ubiquitous remix for Azzido Da Bass known to the world as ‘Dooms Night’ and a solo artist album for Warner which saw him work with r n b princess Kelis (on ‘Help Me’) and Placebo frontman Brian Molko. But he’s fairly sanguine about the past and he certainly isn’t a man who dwells on it. Last summer, Timo returned to his most natural home – techno – with the masterstroke called ‘Subtellite’ for Cocoon.
Ask Timo where his sound sits and where he is going and the answer will be more lateral than literal, a feeling rather than a carefully-thought out specific answer. “Essentially, what I love is the possibility to experiment. We can work spontaneously and some days we just listen to 70s psychedelic rock – it’s totally open-minded and Santos also has several side projects. Of course, a Timo Maas album is something we will start this Autumn but it needs to be something very special. In 2010, we will release a few albums – a Mutant Clan album and a few collaborations in the pop direction and sophisticated direction. And scores – but that’s the future, that’s the target.”
Timo’s relationship with Cocoon has been key to his new sound and attitude. Cocoon, yes, that’s very interesting,” he grins. “I have a great relationship with them. They put out ‘Subtellite’ – when I came back after 6 years of no club records and then a club record that didn’t fit into anything, they were the best possible platform for me. They always take care of the quality and the track didn’t fit into what is hip, it was just there and this year we have the ‘Jetstream’ which is stuck at number 2 in the techno charts on Beatport and also on the techno platform. Cocoon peak-time energy – that’s the Cocoon thing. And then coming to More Music, that’s a different kind of style again. Bite The Dust and Payback are again something different. I’m looking forward to the release!” John Digweed is set to remix the track for More Music this autumn too.
And then there’s Los Veteranos – another project – and five tracks of Timo & Santos on the new Bedrock compilation. “I live in a bubble!” Luckily, his family are right behind him – literally, since his studio is close to the kitchen so his daughter’s questions are never far from her father’s ear. “It’s a little bit crazy right now!” he giggles. But we also know that little bit of crazy is what helps keep him – and everyone else - sane.
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| Alain |
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| bigherm |
| i miss the old Timo Maas. he played some awsome sets back in the day @Ruby. one of my best nites ever!!! |
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