As a lot of you realised already, last week all the downloadshops offered the new Innervisions by Henrik Schwarz / Âme / Dixon with the wrong content. Due to a problem with the ISRC code (a code that identifies artist, producer, label and artwork of a music file) the tracks that were announced as the IV 26 were actually tracks from Dixon Mix CD “Temporary Secretary”.
The shops are putting up the new files now and here are some with correct links already:
It started in Lissabon probably the most beautiful town in Europe. We as innervisions are doing a kind of residency there from now on at the famous Lux Club which includes 4 nights per year in different cast. Rui Vargas the resident there and a very good friend of us came up with this idea. He is a great dj and head of programming without him Portugal wont be a housenation like it is. Lux Fragil has a great architecture outside and inside too.
Best-of- and end-of-the-year charts are like assholes, everyone’s got one.
And yes, I know that it is almost February and shouldn’t bother because the curtain is drawn. Bla, bla…just take it in the vein of the slow food movement.
Actually, come to think of it, Brooklyn’s cherished Dope Jams record store is a bit like slow food. They don’t order every record, they (usually) love what they sell, could care less about the flavor of the month, take pride in their taste and try to communicate that to their customers. And that is what a record store should do, no? If you don’t think so, go and leave your money on iTunes. Kristian already recommended their store and some of their observations here, which caused a bit of a stir and some commentary here.
And what a read it is. Written in such a witty, entertaining and sometimes unfortunately very true manner, they kill some of their favorites next to holy cows, poke fun at a lot of people and hold up to the saying that you can’t polish a turd.
If you still feel disgusted by the “negativity”, rest assured that they give Pépé Bradock some well-deserved love of the decade, while they also reach fever pitch with ‘Never Forget’ by Hardrive 2000. A record I would rather want to forget about, as it not marks the end of a great era in NYC house, but rather the beginning of its demise. Yes, here we are again. Opinions are like assholes, everyone’s…and always look beyond your own backyard.
Time goes by and the amount of records at home has been seriously increased, it reached the point that i even got into trouble with my wife. But there is a good and a bad side of liking so many different type of music.
In Clubmusic we suffer from an oversupply of releases. But on the other hand a lot of different genres are not really well represented. Thats why i want to focus today on records aside the dancefloor. You might have realised some of our other preferences if you visited a clubnight with us recently.More … »
On my daily “waste of time internet search” I found this really interesting software from “Gleetchplug“. They have rebuild a nearly complete studio environment from the 50ies as a software. It’s called “Berna” and the video they posted on their site speaks for itself … and the price (around 10 Euros only) should prevent nobody to buy and try it! You got virtual oscillators, delays, tapes, mixers, noise generators etc. Looks like fun and (if it sounds good) it could be a very creative tool.
There have been a couple of revivals from that decade in the last years, but most of the times it had been just a very sketchy one. Like I said with “Les Disques du Crepuscule ” it had been one of the most creative moments for popmusic. Dadaism, Performance Art and Minimalism found their way into the mainstream and the subculture was very spirited, too. Nowadays there are a couple of very passionated fans who are reclaiming these vivant undergound. Some years ago i stumbled across the great compilation “Lost Tapes – A Compilation of European Minimal Wave from ‘81-’86 ” at the rushour recordstore in amsterdam.
That’s how it all started … just seen this (maybe already well known) video and having a lot of fun. Starring: Westbam, Jam-El-Mar (from Jam&Spoon and born in Karlsruhe by the way …), Snap, etc. It’s still “kind of” the same than today but see for yourself:
As i am not being a big fan of posting charts our admin really had to use all tricks to convince me to do this. It is a bit the same like posting dj mixes from clubs in the internet as i think there should be some myth left in what music a dj is playing and there should be a uniqueness in the moment to attend a certain clubnight. Anyway here are some current favourites of mine: More … »
Due to some date problems we did our Innervisions Night@Robert Johnson one week before the actual Anniversary. Anyway it is time to congratualte everybody who is involved in that great project and kept the thing alive over the last ten years: Ata,Sebastian Kahrs,Hfg Offenbach,Visualguys,Securityguys,Sonja,Carmen,Booking…there are way too much to mention. More … »
In May we were invited to play at the Dissonanze Festival in Rome with “A Critical Mass”. The festival took place in Palazzo dei Congressi, an elegant example of rationalist architecture admired throughout the world, which combines modern lines with a general classical taste. It was an very interesting event because they like to put focus on the visual art installations too. the programation includes experimental stuff like Coil, Byetone or Daedelus, but also more straight stuff like Francois Kervokian, Laurent Garnier and Kenny Larkin. The festival lasted over two days and we played on the saturday in the impressive salone after Laurent Garnier’s live set. We enjoyed the party a lot and the next day we had a great brunch in town close to the Colosseum and after that we did an impressive promenade. We would like to say thank you to Massimo, Lorenzo, Dissonanze, Cristiana and everybody else who made that possible for us to join this great festival.
