tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227168492012-02-16T05:48:41.050-08:00<b>...at the fall of night this city's made of light...</b>::: hencha a.k.a. neon b. :::http://www.blogger.com/profile/16322807995077520719noreply@blogger.comBlogger1741100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22716849.post-82151419083930727162011-04-29T03:32:00.000-07:002011-04-29T04:14:02.269-07:00

Long time no hear, right? :) No long texts this time either but you're welcome to hear me speaking through music - tomorrow night (30 May) I will play records in two different venues in Riga. Also, the musical concepts will be quite different.Firstly, you can catch me at Skaņu Mežs venue (Miera str. 12) as from 21:30. Expect obscure, minimalistic, avant-garde New Wave music and its different

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Hello dear reader!Finally, I have completed a new mix featuring some of the finest house music around lately. All groovy things that are deep, raw and sexy. You can check it out here. And this is the track-list:1. Nina Kraviz - I'm Gonna Get You2. Reggie Dokes - Dancefloor Spectacle3. Precious System - Voice From The Planet Love (Dixon edit)4. Donnacha Costello - Fathoms Deep5. Omar S. - Foe

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After the 33 selected tracks, now it's turn for 10 best albums of 2009 - see them listed below. More or less, they are from the domain of electronic rhythms, although no surprise that the distinction dancing/listening is very loose in this case, because a proper album, in my opinion, should have certain "listening" qualities to be enjoyed from alpha to omega.> DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues [

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Hello! Here we go again (it's unbelievable how fast time flies!) with 33 dance music tracks that were the most important for me last year. Some of them - like Leave It All Behind, Voices, No Fear, Freaki Mutha F*cker, the Theo Parish's remix of 45:33, Elden St (Sebo K's remix as well as the original) - personally for me were true anthems , whereas the others - just top notch tracks that I enjoyed

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Hello Hello!This year is running out, but there are still some parties ahead. Now a brief information about a couple of events I will be spinning at.Firs of all, this Saturday - 19/12/2009 - "Disco Not Disco" night at our beloved Space:Garage. Seems like it will be a rather deep yet joyful ride. You can always expect a quality disco selection from Homeradio guys, who are the hosts of this event,

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Hello!These are the dance tunes that currently rock my world:> Instramental - Leave It All Behind [Apple Pips]Bristolian dubstep and new wave drum'n'bass producer goes disco, and the result is amazing! The tune is quite simple, but very nicely done - smooth, deep bases, a pitched-up vocal sample and a strong melodic hook is all we sometimes need. > Brendon Moeller - Juice EP [Mule]I've been

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Today a worrysome message pops up around the net - that Panasonic is going to cease the production of the living club culture icon Technics 1200 turntable in 2010. You can read it, for instance, here.However, it looks like a hoax, I would suggest not to believe the hype! The given arguments, even if they seem reasonable at first glance, actually are not very well grounded. Any numbers? I'm quite

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Hello, long time no see... Well, we are having a summer break over here before coming back with something fresh this autumn. There are some new ideas in the air, but let's see what direction they are going to take and what comes out of it eventually.Meanwhile, the summer is coming to its end, and it's the last moment to catch proper sun, have a swim or indulge in an open-air music festival. One

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A weird yet lovely song by our maestro Martinez Gonzalez backed up with quite different remixes by DV5, NGC-5128 and Max Brannslokker. Get your free copy here.

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There’s not a problem that I can’t fix‘Cause I can do it in the mixAnd if your man gives you troubleJust move out on a doubleAnd you don’t let it trouble your brain‘Cause away goes trouble down the drainSaid away goes trouble down the drainYeah, right, that's Indeep about a bloke who's saved someone's life... I've also put together a bunch of tracks in two mixes recently - even if they are not

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Hello, just a quick info! Since I'm heading to Riga today, unfortunately I'll miss a gig at Exit tonight, in which almighty Kevin Blechdom and Tim Exile will be taking part. I've seen both of them in the frame of Skaņu Mežs events in Riga, and I can assure they kick ass, so don't miss this one if you can. Plus, I will be missing out the contemporary jazz riddims monsta Squarepusher as well - he

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I'm happy to announce that this Friday (March 27), at Exit07 there will be a release party of Veste's and Flaaps split 7" "The Stamp" brought by C90 Rules OK! label.The night promises to be quite different than the usual stuff at Exit07 - the guys are into raw sounds and analogue equipment. A live performance by Flaaps & Veste is foreseen, plus DJ sets by Andy b and LFND as well as another live

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Right now I'm sitting on the train from Brussels to Luxemburg - quite wasted but rather inspired after having attended the Brussels Electronic Music Festival which was held for the first - hopefully not the last - time. It was one of those pleasant and digestible mid-size events with a great line-up in just a few halls. Plus, the venue itself - Bozar - was quite special - it's a labyrinth-like

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Recently I have put together a new mix which has been kindly published by ind-ex. Although it contains quite different tracks, there are certain seductive and irrational qualities in them, hence the name. It features a few tracks by Seth Troxler - one of recent discoveries - as well as my all time favorites Guillaume & Coutu Dumonts, My My, DOP and others (see the tracklist below). It all has

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After some period of silence (due to technical and personal reasons), the netlabel netcords is back with a release from Latvian electronic music and counterculture activist Z99. The EP is based on his track "Juusu gruuvs" (which means "Your groove" in Latvian) - a deep, immersive and rather non-standard piece of techno - plus remixes from LXC (Germany), Casual Violence (Germany), Veste (

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Tonight DBX aka Daniel Bell - one of the originators of bleepy, loopy minimal techno - and Bruno Pronsato - one of the best nu skool mnml producers - rock at Fuse. We´ll see how it´s gonna work.UpdateI didn't see much of Pronsato, because he started just shortly before 5 a.m. when I already didn't have much energy and patience left, but from what I saw I enjoyed Daniel Bell more - he had a very

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People are mortal, we all know that. But when somebody, whom you know, dies young and all of sudden, we resist to accept that, it seems to be so wrong and unfair.Sasha Matrosov was a very talanted electronic music artist and a good guy. Besides his solo productions (as Spayer, for instance), he was a half of the famous Alexandroid duo - this project was very well known in Russia, but has also

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Recently there were quite many good performances at our local Exit venue. Hauschka and Felix Kubin were one of the best. Oddly enough, they have performed in Riga some time ago (there was even a rather wild afterparty at my apartment with Kubin) and both remembered the gigs there and wished to visit the city once again some day. Nice guys, great artists.

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Here's my selection of 10 the best e-dance music albums in 2008.> Bruno Pronsato – Why Can't We Be Like Us LP [Hello? Repeat]The year started promising - this outstanding LP is a good example of what minimal can be and once was supposed to be – an abstract and boundaries-pushing form of techno (or house, if you prefer) full of unexpected twists, complex percussion, very detailed work with samples

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Hello, sisters and brothers! The year 2009 has already begun its journey towards its logic end, and, supposedly, the first post should deal with a roundup of the previous year, which, in musical terms, was not bad at all. Although there were no big surprises, the existing branches of what we know as electronic dance music kept growing, thriving and mutating into new exciting forms. So, here we go

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I wish you all a groovy new year full of new thrilling musical discoveries! And all the other goodies too! Happy 2009!!!

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The end of the year is approaching quickly, and it's time to put down 10 records wich were significant for me these last months.> DOP – Horns N Roses [Eklo]A serious groover, tight and funky like no other. If we compare this release to other French jazz-minimal producers, this time they sound closer to Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts than to Noze (as they sounded in their previous outputs). It

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Hello everybody, it's been a while... Brief news this time.Minipower/No Rest guys have created a new online radio - TikTak Radio - with the finest selection of deep, atmospheric and groovy 4 to the floor tracks plus some special mixes by the hosts and guest-DJs. I have a pleasure to spin some records in their studio on Friday 28/11 from 19.00. Don't be shy, tune in.-------------------------------

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Ewan Pearson, as you may probably know, is a well known, respected and demanded producer, remixer and DJ. The list of musicians and bands that he has worked with is impressive and quite long, including many instantly recognizable names from the both electronic and popmusic worlds, such as The Rapture, Gwen Stefani, Tracey Thorn, Ladytron, Chemical Brothers, Depeche Mode etc. But not the

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The American indie music label The Death From Above or simply DFA is undoubtly one of the icons of the modern dance music, especially when it comes to live rock bands playing disco and electronic music influenced stuff. Immediately after releasing the breakthrough albums of the Rapture and James Murphy's own LCD Soundsystem, the DFA established itself as one of the most interesting and original

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It's been a long time. Well, the summer just passed too quickly, and autumn melancholy is already all around. The following are some of my favorite 4/4 tunes currently and lately.> Matias Aguayo - Minimal [Kompakt]A funky and passionate disco-like groover by the Chilean producer and singer Matias Aguayo. First I heard it played by DJ Koze at Kompakt Total party, Marcus Rossknecht's mix though.

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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, freaks and clowns!Exit has been relaunched again. Although the main opening party was on Saturday, there were some events on Thursday and Friday as well. For instance, on Friday Gangpol Und Mit performed (don't ask me why it sounds German, actually they are two guys from Bordaux, France). They own music + they own videos. That was outstanding indeed! Very

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First of all, I would like to say that the extension of Riga Night Brussels in Luxembourg went really well - Martinez Gonzalez had an amazing performance in d:qliq. Thanks to Fred for inviting us over. We even managed to get an extra gig in some private party which was pretty cool as well. You can check some photos here.Now about this week-end. The great news is that Rotondes - a culture site

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I'm just start recovering from the crazy week-end, all can I say is that Riga Night Brussels was amazing. Great music, talented and open-minded freak-friends and suprisingly good response from the other people who were there. I must also add that it wasn't just playing music, dancing and performing, it was definitely much more - in the best FuckForFriendship traditions. I mean, it's not just

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As I've already posted before, this weekend (Saturday, September 6 to be precise) Riga Night Brussels will take place in an abandoned beer brewery (address: Quai du Hainaut 43 à 1080 Bruxelles / Porte de Ninove, that's near the Channel). The event will start at 8 p.m. with a showcase of Latvian documentary, animation and short films.That will be followed by a party from 11 p.m. DJs Ivars Mednis,

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Well, here we go again. This time quite important news. In September 16, Riga party will take place for the first time in Brussels. On this occasion, a bunch of my fellow DJs, associated with Fuck For Friendship / Space:Garage posse and all known in Riga, will spin for a good groove. So, it's gonna be me, ZeDmitry and Ivars Mednis. Furthermore, expect a live performance by Martinez Gonzales,

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I'll be playing an Ableton Live set at Dirty Deal cafe in the frame of "Baltā nakts" (Nuit blanche) in Riga. That will be tomorrow, Saturday 30/08. Expect quite diverse music: from minimal to disco to electro.I'm also eager to see performances by Jan Jelinek and Pole nearby at Space Textures event.Don't sleep!

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I had a great time in Cologne during C/O Pop festival. Lots of gigs, movies and presentations. It seemed that all venues and clubs were taking part in this event in one or another way, so it was imposible to see everything. However, I liked the idea that it was rather a network of parties than a one-spot festival with different stages. So, one can freely stroll around the city and check

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Below is a link to the mix I played on Bloë Baaschtert radioshow, which is hosted by two nice chaps Unki and Claude. The mix features some new stuff that I find interesting as well as some other bit more classic tracks. In fact I've realised that on the tracklist there are many artists whose music I mix quite often, so you can say it's kind of my typical mix. For instance, in almost all my

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Hello funky people! Just a quick notice: I'm kindly invited to do a mix at Bloë Baaschtert radioshow this Monday, August 4, 18.30-20.00. The show is about Luxembourg-based musicians, bands and DJs. Expect moody tech-house/minimal tunes. Those who live in Luxembourg can tune in to radio Ara (103,3 & 105,2 FM), otherwise you can listen to live stream from Ara's website. Anyways, I'll try to record

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Hey folks!A couple of weeks ago I've been to an event called 24 heures electroniques, few words about it.Indeed, it lasted 24 hours non-stop: during the daytime there were some rather useful and interesting workshops concerning producing, DJ-ing, circuit bending and related topics. When the night started, a party in 4 halls kicked off. I must say that with few exceptions all the big names

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Now it's time for some miximal.I've put together a mix for the Minipower installation, which can be downloaded from their site. The mood is quite deep and trippy yet groovy, hence its codename "No Gravity Jack Mix". Don't ask me why listening to this kind of stuff I imagine some interstellar sci-fi shit, could be a bad influence of Polish comic books in my childhood or just my spoiled imagination

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A quick round-up of the records that have been thrilling me in last months.> Ricardo Villalobos - Vasco EP [Perlon]He did it again! Is it techno, dubstep, a kind of futuristic jazz or simply electronica? I think it doesn't really matter if music is so unconventional and inventive as this. Villalobos keeps surprising us. The both remixes are dope too!> Vladislav Delay - Recovery IDea (Andy Stott

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Hey folks! It might be the right time to interrupt the silence which has been lasting over here for some span. On the other hand, there's no many things to tell, apart from: don't be a geek - get out, breath some fresh air and enjoy the sun, visit some open-air festival, the summer is here!So, in general I am at ease now: less DJ-ing, spending less time on smoky dancefloors or dusted vinyl shops.

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While I was in Riga, I had a live mix session on radioshow Signals. In fact, I was supposed to be a guest already around Easter time, however that show got cancelled. So, better later than never, and here you can listen to the recorded show. In the first hour the host Ivars Zaļkalns plays new music, and my mix is in the 2nd hour of the show. Although it was quite improvised and not perfectly

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Good afternoon! I've been travelling for a while: first, Berlin, now still being in Riga.Riga Night in Berlin was pretty cool: relaxed and cosy atmosphere, a lot of booze and back 2 back mixing, but that's how we do that :) I would like specially thank Ivonna and the guys from White label for the warm welcome - it was great! By the way, White002 and particularly Zadak's track seems quite big - I

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I'm already selecting records for the Riga Night in Berlin, which will take place at ZUR Moebelfabrik this Friday (April 25). Other DJs from Riga are Ivars Mednis, DV5 and ZeDmitri, but VJ Linards Kulless will be in charge of videos. Besides, the line-up includes the resident DJ Jackie Treehorn and a live performance by Oskar Offermann from White label. Last but no least - thanks Ivonna N. for

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Here we go again with a round-up of important/played/bought/listened tunes lately.> The House Vectorz - We Bring U Muzik [M>O>S]What a wonderful acid house gem! Makes me think of Larry Heard's and Mr. White's megahit The Sun Can't Compare. > Martin Zadak - Zahara [White]Deep and hypnotic tech-house with interesting voice samples. First I heard it in the set of Till von Sein at Space:garage. I'm

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Traditionally darkness is associated with evil, perilousness and other negative and depressing things - and don't ask me why, because there is no direct reason why dark should equal negative. On the contrary, dark could be beautiful, true and deep, it can be mystic and tempting. Thus dark colours are elegant, for instance, and techno music is sombre in general. And there's nothing wrong with that

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The story goes like this. Some time ago Till von Sein had a great set at Space:Garage (as I've already mentioned that in one of my previous posts). One of the tracks he played was Zahara by Martin Zadak - it's the 2nd release on Berlin's label White. Actually I indentified it later when going through new releases on decks.de. A nice track, I thought, however I didn't realised that it's a name of

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Today is the anniversary of Space:Garage club, it's becoming just a year old, but during this short span it has achieved so much. It's our own little Paradise Garage - one and truly, located in our beloved city of Riga, on the bank of the river Daugava. That's a special place connecting to the space.On this special case there's gonna be a proper party tonight, with the man of many talents who

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Recently these two labels have been of my particular interest. Leftroom imprint comes from Nottingham, UK. Its sound is a sort of bleepy, funky and raw minimalism with a feel that I call "analogue" - imagine Minus gone funkier. Even if not all of their records I would play as a DJ, Leftroom's style is truly original and interesting therefore. It's releasing music from such artists as Marc Ashken,

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Hello folks! Hope you're allright. I'm fine, thanks!It's been some time since last writing here (as always :)). Meanwhile I've been in Riga again, where had a chance to spin at Space:Garage along with Till Von Sein and the local resident jocks. That was a hell good party, the atmosphere was vibrant and uplifting, Till's music - deep and driving. It's rare to see a proper Berlin's DJ using CDs

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Just in brief. I'm heading to Latvia again, and likely will stop at Space:Garage on Friday, but on Sunday, which is the Easter day, I will have a live mix in the radio show Signals. Its hosted by Ivars Zalkalns (a.k.a. DJ Ivarzz) and it's aired every Sunday 22:00 - 24:00 on radiostation Naba 93,1 FM in Riga. You can hopefully listen also to live stream in Naba homepage by clicking on "Tiesraide"(

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-- Friends of mine have set up a new label Regroovable Records - focused on limited and quality minimal/deep techno releases. The first release contains two nice tracks by DV5 - a DJ and producer from Minipower.info project. I wish them good luck in keeping delivering awesome music!-- I've started a new blog Videoritmi, containig my selection of music videos from Youtube. A large spectrum of

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It's time for an overview of tracks that have been somewhat most important for me this year so far.> Bruno Pronsato - Why Can't We Be Like Us LP [Hello? Repeat]This year started with a grand record - a long-player by Bruno Pronsato, which became an instant classic as soon as it appeared. Abstract samples and complex drum patterns - he takes electronic dance music one step further. Looking forward

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Oh it's March already! Although there was no proper winter this time, anyway the arrival of spring makes difference - people are ready for new things, new projects, they become more active... That means we can anticipate good parties and hopefully good records coming out too.I'm just back from Riga - a quick overview. First, I participated in Intelligent Debosch party. My set was rather

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Hello! I’m kindly invited to play records at Intelligent Debosch — it’s a regular night at Space:Garage by the Intelligent Beats radio show and Ksenia Kamikaza if more concretely. The concept behind these events is to present slightly less different stuff than usual that you can regularly hear in this club, something more “intelligent”, abstract, not that straight-forward, as well as presenting

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Selecting the best tracks of a previous year is a tricky business - although the distance gives a kind of better overview, one is tempted to pay more attention to recent tracks not those which were on rotation in first months of that year. Nevertheless I tried to get more or less correct picture by scanning through my charts, mixes and record piles as well as checking other people's the bests of

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Hello! Christmas holidays are over, a new year has started its way, and I'm getting back to work and everyday things, charged with new plans, ideas, hopes and all those things which are natural when a new year takes off... I'd like to wish everybody a groovy and positive year, let it be well disposed for you, filled with love and creativity!Just before Christmas I had a chance to see Claudia aka

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Time is running so fast, it's already the end of the year! Still some things to be done, but tomorrow I'm going home… which means that I will check some parties there too, for example, the one where P.Toile performs on December 21 at Space:Garage. Before looking back at the best tracks this year, now I will make a round-up of the tunes that I've been playing last months or that I've found just

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This year is almost over, which means that the year of Luxemburg being the European Culture capital have come to its end as well. That's quite sad, because during this year there were so many good gigs with great artists, exhibitions and other culture events in the venues like Exit07, LX5, the Rotondes etc. Now it's going to be over, and – what a shame – the government is likely going to close

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Japanese Night at Exit07 brought lots of fun... and good music. DJ Krush, Tatata Moto and Quarta330 rocked the place.Actually, to be honest, DJ Krush - probably the best (the most popular for sure) Japanese hip-hop/trip-hop DJ and producer - wasn't that great as I expected. He was OK, very technical and so on, but the music and beats he played lacked something to grab my attention, well, it was

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Finally here comes another mix of mine, which explores the domain of jazziness, funkiness, grooviness and swinginess in electronic dance music. Who said that computers, robots and machines can't be funky after all?Heincha > Funkya mix1. Nôze - Gaïa 2 [Circus Company]2. Rip Off Artist - Bear Down [Vertical Form]3. Mossa - Caraconara [Milnor Modern]4. Robag Whrume - Ikke's Schlonze [Musik Krause]5.

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Hello, I'm back again, back on-line, so let's get down to the blogging business.Meanwhile, I've done a couple of mixes that I would like to share. First one is kind of special, because contains music which is made by producers from Latvia (or at least related in some way), and unlike my usual sets this one contains more listening music, e.g. ambient, IDM, click-hop etc. I couldn't squeeze all the

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Just a short notice as regards my DJ-ing in Riga (pictured on the left).Tonight, 30.10.2007 -> together with DJ Kone at Pulkvedis. Expect playing out my new records and all-time hits.Fri, 2.11.2007 -> I'm warming up for Kollektiv Turmstrasse at Space:Garage. KT comes from Hamburg, which is very special city for me, and they have scored with such hits as Grillen Im Park, Tristesse and others. You,

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Last Saturday at Brussels' Fuse was totally mind-blowing, the best party I've seen there so far. Actually few things were on agenda: first, lessizmore (a label, promoters and booking agency, promoting quality new techno) celebrated its birthday in the small room with an eclectic yet impressive line-up, starring Nôze with a live performance and DJ sets from Dave Aju and Mathias Kaden, whereas the

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I'm back from Le NAME festival in Lille, where good friend of mine and a member of Fuck For Friendship posse Linards was VJ-ing. Apart from that, the line-up was impressive.I couldn't see everything but here are some acts I enjoyed the most:# Nathan Fake (live)He performed a live set of amazing and up-lifting music, which, in fact, hadn't so much to do with the standard minimal techno - somehow,

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I've put together some tracks that I'd been enjoying recently.Hencha : SkymixTracklist:1. Andre Kraml - Safari [Crosstown Rebels]2. Vinyl - The Weasel [Rebelone]3. Bobby Peru - Heart [Glitter]4. Pier Bucci - Horizont [Crosstown Rebels]5. Gabriel Ananda - Stream Of Conciousness [Karmarouge]6. Canvas - The Cat [Rebelone]7. Simon Baker - Confused [Viva Music]8. Fuckpony - Lady Judy [Bpitch Control]9

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It's time to make a round-up for my favorite tunes at the moment and lately, which is not so easy because lots of good music has been floating around.> Jaxson – Smokemachine [FreakWaves] Smokemachine is a beautiful, dramatic track neatly coupling a minimalistic, pulsating beat with live instruments. Awesome production and mood.> Fuckpony – Lady Judy [Bpitch Control] A sick and extremely groovy

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Here are few my recent mixes.The first one that I've titled Deep & Sensual mix is a journey into the sonic universe of deep and rather soulful tech-house tracks, but I couldn't really avoid incorporating some bleepy and minimal sounds as well :) Hencha : Deep & Sensual mix Tracklist:1. My My – Butterflies & Zebras [Aus]2. Andre Crom - Nightmare On Alm Street [Memo]3. Mike Monday – What Day Is It?

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So called minimal techno is becoming (actually have already become) a hype word, even in Latvia, which is a somewhat good and bad thing at the same time, IMO.In a way it's OK to use this cliché, because "those who know" and are familiar with the history of electronic dance music they know that it is just a label for all that new techno / tech-house, and that even using "minimal" as a description

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Hola! 1) I'm hardly waiting to see Apparat's gig on Saturday - yes, he's coming to Luxemburg. His new album Walls is sweet - he's a master in creation of melodic, uplifting, even pop tunes, yet delivering state-of-art IDM production qualities. You can listen some tunes from this album on Apparat's myspace.2) Few days ago I was experimenting with Ableton, and found out that an accidental loop of

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August was (and still is) hot literally and in terms of great records and excellent parties at Space:Garage (see some photos). OK, some records that make my day:> Samim - Heater [Get Physical]Everybody's praising this funky tune, but I can't help myself resisting its appeal. One of the biggest summer hits for sure. It seems that Get Physical has partly regained its reputation for quality music (

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Sveiki, everybody!Last Saturday spinning together with Veste and Gerald was nice - deep and easy, also trying out a bit weird records that one usually wouldn't play at a big dance party.Then another thing. Despite that summer is being quite lousy regarding the weather, anyway I've got two kind of summer mood mixes to share. Both are mine, quite different tracks, more for chilling and listening

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I'm going to spin some deep and dubby minimal techo/tech-house tonight at Exit07. I'm kindly invited by Veste, who's hosting this soiree. Also Gerald from a grocery store will DJ. Should be a calm and intimate event with a nice music selection. Then, in the first week of August, I will DJ few times in Riga. Netcords002 - a track from Latvian musician Martinez Gonzalez plus remixes - is coming out

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Hello the visitor, I hope you are fine.I've done a new edit/mash-up cutting and blending together Riton's remix of Alter Ego's Tubeaction with an obscure and funky oldschool soviet space-disco tune. It's composed back in 1985 by some guy A.Radionov and it's title is "Electronic jockey" (!). Well, in fact it seems that a horse jockey is meant, but anyway it sounds appropriate.This track comes

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> Kollektiv Turmstrasse – Grillen Im Park [Ostwind]A sweet melancholic piece, the mood is reminiscent of Porcupine, no traces of latino though. The beat rocks.> Tolga Fidan – Venice [Vakant]A subtle track, yet it's percussive and building tension. It sounds like a stripped down version of Gerber's Thousand Nights.> Jeff Samuel – Fire [Poker Flat]Also includes a nice remix by my hero Claude

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Last 2 Thursdays some good things were happening in Luxemburg, so I couldn't help myself but go out and check 'em.1) Black Devil Disco Club @ Fete de la musiqueI didn't know about this project before, so it was a nice surprise. The history of Black Devil is rather unusual and worth telling. Bernard Fevre — the man behind this moniker — together with Jacky Giordano released an record called Black

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Although I like this type of music, when I see that at the moment Justice and all those French distorted house artists (mainly put out by Ed Bangers and Institubes) are featured in stylish fashion magazines and it's called a new hype, I just feel there is something wrong. Apart from the fact that this sound is not so new any more, I'm afraid that it may turn into another short-living trend. You

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As I've already mentioned, in the conference, where I took part, Frederic Galliano presented a new electronic music style from Angola, called kuduro. In fact, it's not so new, but just now it starts getting international recognition, and Monsieur Galliano has taken upon himself the role of "ambassador" of this style. So, what kind of shit is it? Oh, it's the wild one. The core element is a

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Hey!I'm back from Casablanca, where I took part in a conference for indie magazines. It appears that there is an upcoming and thriving hiphop scene in Morocco. While some acts/MCs follow commercial h-hop stirring towards all that fucked-up bling attitude, there is some really interesting and original stuff with references to traditional Mahgreb music. Some of it, which is particularly close to

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Last couple of weeks have been a busy time in terms of travelling, meeting friends and partying.First of all, the festival of avant-garde and contemporary music Skaņu Mežs took place in May 11 & 12. Lots of good music, lots of good people. I'd say that at some moments it was even too crowded to enjoy music properly.My biggest discovery was Planningtorock — a singer with strong, distinctive and

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A little tutorial how to dance at a rave party :)

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Hey ho!Tonight - it's Saturday May 5 - two recommended parties are on.First one is Deadbeat performing at Pulkvedis, Latvia, supported by all my friends DJs - netcords/no rest crew, fuckforfriendship guys and others. Sadly I cannot join them as I'm not in Latvia at the moment, however I will drop another party in Luxembourg (read below).Canadian Deadbeat is probably my favorite

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Before getting down to the chart, a bit of intro. First of all - nice weather finally (pictured on the left). Secondly, I'm back from St.Pauli Hamburg which was great as usually. Riga Party at the legendary Pudel Club was a sweaty and funky business, and great experience in general. Me and my DJ-friends, we fired out different stuff from freaky minimalism to epic melodies to classic oldschool

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Hello! I'm happy to announce that me and my friends from Riga will play at the Golden Pudel Club - probably the best and trashiest venue in Hamburg! RigaGig will be on Friday, 27.04.2007. The line-up: DJ Käpten le Spoink (mfoc/pudel, Hamburg)Live + DJ: OID aka Android (Riga/Moscow) DJ ZeDmitri aka Zagga (fuckforfriendship.com, space:garage, Riga) DJ Hencha aka NeOn B. (netcords.net,

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+++ Smalltown Supersound night at Exit07, Luxembourg, April 21 (that's tomorrow).Line-up: Mental Overdrive (live), Kim Hiorthøy (live), Bjorn Torske (DJ), Joakim Haugland (DJ).Smalltown Supersound is an independent label from Norway which apart from having one of the most original names around is also releasing interesting artists, including such stars as Jaga Jazzist, The Whitest Boy Alive,

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Three saturdays with the deepest, twisted and grooviest records from my box. Everybody's welcome!

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Club culture, particularly regarding electronic music, is indeed rather a cultural phenomenon than just plain entertainment. It has its own codes, habits, infrastructure, community... In this context word "scene" would be even more appropriate, but it doesn't really matter how we call it, I guess you know what I mean. Finally, it's rather experience than just entertainment.Furthermore, time and

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Hey ho!I haven't exposed here anything for a long time due to various reasons, but now it's time for some posting action again. First of all, I was quite offline and quite off-music too, meaning that not checking all the new shit coming out. However, life without music would be hardly bearable, so naturally there were some special records for me during these last couple of months - some new, some

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I'm off to Riga for a week or so. That means: intensive partying, drinking, smoking, and DJ-ing.My DJ-ing dates are as follows:Fri, 16 : Peahen Workshop @ Andrejsala. Also featuring: the "Sriķis" band, DJ Augusts Zarins, DJ Galka Kulio, Virsnieku Balle etc.Sat, 17 : Pulkvedis. Together with ZeDmitry, from smooth minimal to sexually charged electro.Tue, 20 : (possibly) at Maharajah's b-day party @

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This friday's gonna be exciting in terms of musical sensations. Not so many good events are happening in Luxemburg, but this time there will be two outstanding gigs on the same night.First of all, Michael Fakesch, co-founder of now defunct electronic duo Funkstörung, will perform in a small intimate bar d:qliq. Funkstörung is something really special, but I suppose that his solo project shouldn't

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Hey folks! It's time for a monthly resumé.For me the end of last year and the beginning of 2007 as busy and messy time, I was aside from keeping track on new music. Now I'm settled down again, and it's time to look what I've missed worth not missing and to mention those special new tracks that anyway were in my playlist/record box.> Gregor Tresher & Guy Gerber - Open Gates [Great Stuff]Unlike Get

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Last Saturday there was one of the best gigs I’ve ever experienced: Jeff Mills DJ-ed in the big room of Fuse, plus Mobilee night in the small room of the same club. As you could imagine, it wasn’t easy which room to choose.Well, Jeff started the first one, so naturally I checked him first. First impressions were rather mixed: he played really nice tracks, but his style of mixing irritated me a

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It was 1999 or so, when I was playing records in the chill-out room at Metro Club. Monolake was on. Some girl approched me asking whether it was Chain Reaction record. I was positively surprised - yes, it was! (I know, I know, this is a kind of stereotypical attitude from my part, but, girls, perceive this as a compliment.)Some weeks ago I was behind the decks in Pulkvedis, when I noticed a blond

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First of all, briefly about The Clippers performance at Fuse, Brussels. The Clippers are actually Areal's guys Metope + Basteroid. Both were playing live, sounded as using Ableton Live. Honestly, the beginning, except few moments, was nothing spectacular - beats seemed a bit flat and predictable. Furthermore, I wished transitions/mix between tracks have been better. However, gradually they

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Everybody's is doing some round-ups and charts of year 2006, let's also have a look at my faves. Most of them are the usual suspects, and - like it or not - these popular tracks just simply deserve this scale of recognition, because they are just... outstanding productions. In fact, the previous year delivered plenty of interesting records. Let's hope for quality music in 2007, too!5 LPs:+++ The

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Hey, everybody! I'm back from holidays - the end of the previous year was hard in terms of partying, no sleep and amounts of consumed alcohol.Ralf (DJ Ruftata 110) from Hamburg's Pudel Club was playing at Pulkvedis. Obviously because of the Christmas time (it was on December 23) there were very few people, but anyway it turned out to be a nice, intimate party with outstanding music. He played

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I'm throwing a party next Saturday (December 23) in Pulkvedis - the special guest is DJ Ruftata from the legendary Hamburg's Golden Pudel Club. He's a resident-DJ and, as far as I know, also responsible for the artistic programming there. I've heard him couple of times in the Pudel - his music selection was just fucking awesome. I hope it will work the same way nevertheless put in another context

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Pirms uzsākt sarunu, meklēju atkritumu tvertni, kur izmest košļeni. Viena tāda stāv, taču neesmu drošs, vai tā paredzēti šādiem mērķiem, jo iekšā guļ kaut kādi diski un matricas. Taču Tobiass tikai nosmej, lai metot vien, – tie esot izbrāķētie demo diski: “Ja tie ir sūdīgi, trakš un laukā!”Ir kāda atbildīgā persona, kura tos vērtē?Jā, domāju, ka pamatā to dara Volfgangs [Wolgang Voigt], Maikls [

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Finally I've got time to round-up my november faves. The main heroes: R.Villalobos, C.Vonstroke and My My.> Ricardo Villalobos - Smokes Magical Passes [unreleased]I found his Fizheuer Zieheuer superlong tracks rather boring, it seemed that the man was playing and experimenting with form, while substance was nothing extraordinary. Just wondering why P.Sherburne thinks it's the best release in 2006

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Last Sherburne's Month in techno column is a nice and sentimental piece, which sounds a bit like confession. Regarding the context thing, I can just totally agree that it's important to experience techno/e-music on a club sound system, not just on a playlist. To feel how it bangs, how it interacts with a crowd... You'll also find there his summary on the best tracks in 2006. I'll do my own later

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Intervijai atvēlētajā telpā ienāk divi puiši, sasveicinās un iepazīstina ar sevi. Torbjörn Brundtland izskatās skandināvisks – pieri un daļēji acis sedz pagaiši mati, sārta seja, turpretī Svein Berge ir pretmets – melniem matiem, brūnām acīm. Viņi abi kopā ir pazīstami kā Röyksopp – iespējams, pirmā patiesi populārā norvēģu elektroniskās mūzikas grupa. Sākam sarunu, runā galvenokārt Svein, bet

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Here comes my new mix that is 2 hours madness of twisted electronic music, from contemporary classics to less known gems. Including such producers as Pan-Pot, Anders Trentemoller, James Holden, Dominik Eulberg, Santi Xpansul, Stephan Bodzin etc. (see the track-list), as well as an unreleased (yet) remix of The Knife's song (here I should give credit to OhMyGoshParty guys for making it available).

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