NeOn B. presents *Twist and Shout* mix

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). Due to technical reasons the mix is split into two parts.

I hope that you will enjoy it, and feedback is always welcome.

Fasten your seat-belts, and bon voyage!

Neonly yours,
N.B. aka Hencha

NeOn B. - *Twist and Shout* mix part 1

NeOn B. - *Twist and Shout* mix part 2


Part 1:

Pinch - Qawwali [Planet Mu]
Jens Bond & Benno Blome - La Sepia [Sender]
Pan-Pot - Black Currant [Mobilee]
Sweet n Candy - Hit The Points [Opossum]
Alexi Delano & Xpansul - Vegetotherapy [Plus 8]
Extrawelt - Fernweh [Kompass]
Dirt Crew - Largo (Dominik Eulberg rmx) [Dirt Crew]
The Knife - Like a Pen (Stephan Bodzin rmx) [unreleased]
Trentemoller - Take Me Into Your Skin [Poker Flat]

Part 2:

James Holden - 10101 [Border Community]
Alex Smoke - Meany [Soma]
Repeat Repeat - Why Must [Soma]
Jens Bond & Benno Blome - Tentacular [Sender]
Rekorder - Rekorder 6.3 [Rekorder]
Audion - Titty Fuck [Spectral Sound]
Konrad Black - Coma Couch Surfin [Items & Things]
Bill Bolls - Burner (Gauchel rmx) [Schieber]
Heinrichs & Hirtenfellner - You Are I [Supdub]
Xpansul & Daweed - What is it [MSX]
Zombie Nation - Boostar [UKW]
James Holden - Lump [Border Community]

It's gonna be hot!

I've learned great news: on December 9 there will be the European Culture Capital 2007 opening night in Luxembourg, and the line-up on the electronic music hall is just brilliant -- Henrik Schwarz, Ame, Para One, Riton! I guess I don't need to introduce you to these ones of the most hottest producers and DJs at the moment.


Para One - Def Tea Machine

Riton - Square Eyes

Henrik Schwarz and Freestyle Man - Jena

Ame - Rej (A Hundred Birds Beatless Mix)


p.s. A note for friends: I could provide hosting if some of you decided to come to this event.

Всё супергут

Today it feels that yesterday I had a few beers too much, on the other hand, DJ Shantel's balkan beats and Eastern European music and drinking goes hand in hand... Yes, his performance was fantastic despite the strange venue for this kind of music -- the ultra-modern philharmony building in Luxembourg.

He started his set in the foyer right after the concerts of Kocani Orkestar and Mahala Rai Banda (which where good, but wouldn't say that supergut). Can you imagine the mood of an official reception (properly dressed up people of all age wandering around with glasses in their hands) and Shantel firing out a funny but rude Russian song Всё супергут (Everything's supergut -- is it Leningrad btw?) and making some funny comments/jokes on top? So the first impression was wierd, but anyway he succeeded to make the party happen right away -- the stuff he played would make even a deadman dance. Of course, it wasn't just DJing, it was more of making a show, Shantel is just that kind of person (and it didn't even matter that his Russian accent was probably fake, because he is from Frankfurt, and actually that's her mother who comes from Bucovina in Romania/Ukrain). The show elements included, for instance, giving vodka to the crowd, asking girls dance on a DJ-table, and a lot of singing on top of his records. It was lots of fun, I highly recommend seeing him whenever you have a chance.

Said this, I'd like to share a funny song, which is not really gypsies/balkan song, but anyway works well for me. It's a girl from Tatarstan with her project Superalisa.

The link to: Superalisa - EVM-01
http://www.zshare.net/audio/superalisa-evm_01-mp3.html

Gypsies coming to the town

It's a party time! I'm really looking forward to experiencing the concert tonight -- Kočani Orkestar and Mahala Rai Banda are performing, followed by DJ Shantel. Should be loads of enchanting and energetic gypsies/balkan music.

DJ Shantel is the guy who is responsible for two brilliant compilations (on K7 Records) titled as Bucovina Club. He is also doing remixes and production himself, merging ethnical gypsies music with some electronic beats.


See you later, and: Carpe Diem!

NB! Chart -- October/November

Due to travelling and other things that kept me busy I haven't been checking the new releases so much recently. Anyway, there are some fresher and some less fresh things that were of my particular interest last month or so.

It might happen that I'm wrong but Trentemoller's new album is not very very outstanding, I would say. Don't get me wrong, it's a top quality record and I like it, but it is not astonishing. No big surprises for me. And probably I wish there were more dancefloor tracks in it.

> Xpansul & Daweed - Autopsy [MSX]

Sindicato is a Spanish label, one of my recent discoveries, which focuses on deep but groovy tech-house records. The main names behind this imprint are: Daweed (David González), Xpansoul (Santiago Ferrer) and Fernando Gullón as well as Alexi Delano. I remember A.Delano (and his A.D.N.Y. moniker) from the 90s when he got released by such Swedish labels as Hybrid, Svek, Loop Records etc. It was nice surprise to find out that he is involved in this Sindicato Crew nowadays. He together with Xpansul has a new release on Plus8 -- Intelligence Reframed EP, providing 4 twisted techno tracks, a bit in that Alex Under style. Nice, worth to be checked definetely. Here, however, I have chosen Xpansul's and Daweed's track that was released back in summer.

> Audion - Mouth to Mouth [Spectral Sound]

Matthew Dear's latest production offers 12 minutes of a truly minimal craziness.

> Bill Bolls - Burner (Gauchel rmx) [Schieber]

This is not new, but somehow I missed it when it came out. However, not to be missed!

> FSOL - Lifeforms (Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhmes Simetikon 001-06 & 002-06 Re-Edits) [Virgin]
Gabor Schablitzki & Sören Bodner simply adds an up-to-date beat to the all time classic, and it works!

> Ost & Kjex - Milano Model [Dialect]

I really like these funky still freaky Norwegian guys, this time on French label. This track sounds as their another track Kjexterminate, just more "electronic". The duo is just released by Crosstown Rebels too, with even more dance-floor orientated track (How Not To Be A Biscuit).

> DJ Koze - Snauzi Peitsch [Kompakt]

Koze's brilliantness and wierdness on the Stomping at the Clubfoot EP, served by Kompakt.

> The Egg - Walking Away (Dusty Kid Pop Ga-Ga Remix) [Great Stuff]

So sweet, so pop. (See also the previous post.)

> Konrad Black - Coma Couch Surfing [Items & Things]

Amazing track. I'd love to hear this one loudly on a good quality club sound system.

> James Holden - Lump [Border Community]

Holden's album The Idiots Are Winning is out on Border Community. The title track is so fucked up that even Richard James wouldn't be ashamed. Although I must admit that entire album is rather experimental by that meaning profound electronic fx manipulations (sounds like tweaking Ableton Live). Furthermore, it's a conceptual record dealing with polictics. For instance, track called Intentionally Left Blank consists of 2:05 minutes of a pure silence (hello, Mr. Cage!).

> Zombie Nation - Boostar [UKW]

Another intriguing LP - Black Toys by Zombie Nation - has been released on Florian Senfter's (who is the main zombie) label UKW. I've been always thinking that these guys are very interesting producers, in their own original way blending together electro, techno, hip-hop, IDM... This album is no exception - for those who like innovative but still danceable and playful electronic music. Some other reference names that sounds sort of similiar: Remute, Oliver Koletzki and to less extent -- Boys Noize.

Rrrrr....iga!

Hallo out there! I haven't posted anything for a while, so I think it's a time for a new entry.

How am I? - I hear somebody asking. Well, +/- ok, recovered, back to work etc. I had a wonderful time in Riga, actually lots of DJ-ing this time - 5 nights in 10 days. The so called micro-tour, which included spinning with ZeDmitry in 3 different bars/clubs in row, beated all my expactations - so good it was! Tons of a good energy after rocking nights at Pulkvedis and Casablanca, and some deeper excursions at the Golden Bar. Thanks to everybody who came and supported! In fact I was a bit worried before, because it seemed that these venues (first two) had become more pop, less electronic, but eventually everything was perfectly ok, proving that e-music isn't just for nerds, and even "mainstream" people can get into the contemporary electronic dance music groove. And that DJ-ing is not just a technical thing, but, in fact, it's a very subtle and emotional thing.

Some songs turned out to be the unofficial anthems of this "tour". As far as I can remember those include well-known but still not too much played in Latvia: Booka Shade's Mandarine Girl and White Rooms, Ame's Rej, C.Craig's remix of Goldfrapp's Fly Me Away as well as the beautiful e-pop song - Dusty Kid Pop Ga-Ga remix of The Egg's Walking away, and Tobi Neummann's (aka Glove) remix of Miss Kittin's Rippin Kittin. To my surprise apart from these electrohouse anthems some less known, more techy and deeper things had a great response, for instance, all trax on the great Sindicato Crew e.p. (that's a mini-compilation by various artists from the Madrid based Sindicato label, a bit more about it in my chart, which is already on its way) and Sex Drive by Format:B (that's Opossum stuff) to mention few.

Thanks again, and we'll be back!

Golden Boy with Miss Kittin - Rippin Kittin (Glove's Tension Club Mix)

p.s. Photos from these events you can check here

Just a quick note

Me and NeOn B., we are heading to Riga. Probably I'll spin some world/urban/clash tunes at Rīmu nakts. Should be fun. See you there or somewhere else, my friends.

On the (mini) tour

It's always a pleasure to visit my native town Riga, and it's even a bigger pleasure to DJ there in some nice party. This times it's turned out as a small mini-tour -- 3 nights of DJing in 3 different venues, and it's in row! Hey, musique non-stop!

The dates and the locations are:

26.10. The Golden Bar
27.10. Pulkvedis
28.10. Casablanca

All 3 nights I'm spinning together with Dmitry Z. (thanks him for managing all this!).

Music will range from minimal to electro to disco nuveau.

Just one idea came into my mind: you know those product tests in magazines? So we could do the comparison test of venues, and afterwards right a review. Well, if I do this, you'll be the first to read this.

The flyer and more info here.

NeOn B --- EchoLogic mix

I've selected and put together some nice, deep and dubby tracks (circa 2004-2006) for your pleasure. This mix was aired on the Signals radioshow few weeks ago (thanks to Ivarz), and now it's available online. The tracklist and brief comments follow below.

NeOn B - EchoLogic mix



+ Terrestre - Ultra Tumba [Static Discos]

The track is taken from Terrestre's Secondary Inspection LP (2004). Behind Terrestre's name stands Mexican Fernando Corona, who is probably more known for his Murcof project.

+ Anja Schneider - Lily of The Valey [Mobilee]

This superb example of the deep minimalism is produced by the Mobilee's head Anja Schneider, and according to Discogs -- co-produced by Pan Pot's Marco Resmann.

+ Rhythm & Sound w/ Bobbo Shanti - Poor People Must work (Carl Craig remix) [Burial Mix]

Berlin meets Jamaica meets Detroit. Rhythm & Sound imprint itself stands for the quality dub that merges traditional roots vocals with more contemporary approach to dub production. Now it is taken to another level by the techno wizard Carl Craig. This freaky but very interesting track is taken from the seminal See Mi Yah remixes serie.

+ Chelonis R.Jones - Deer in The Headlights (Radioslave remix) [Get Physical]

Get carried away on a psycho highway by Chelonis R.Jones and Matt Edwards.

+ Bulgur Brothers - Cocacolada [Karat] + Plastikman - Spastik

Bulgur Brothers are Scandinavian producers Andreas Tilliander, Johan Skugge and Mikael Stavöstrand, but Karat is a French label focusing on that special French feel microhouse. On top I added some pieces of the legendary Plastikman's track.

+ Dan Curtin - Echozeichen (Someone Else Remix) [District of Corruption]

American Dan Curtin has been around for a while delivering some seriously funked up techno. Another American producer - Sean O'Neal aka Someone Else - is adding a tight metalic grip still keeping the track funky.

+ Dinky - Shake ya booty [Mental Groove]

Chicago's infected tech-house track by Alejandra Iglesias.

+ Dan Berkson & James What - Zig Zag [Poker Flat]

Dan Berkson and James McGarvie-Munn teams up for The Dig EP, which is released on the Steve Bug's label Poker Flat Recordings.

+ Aaron Hedges - Deutsch Lernen (My My Remix) [District of Corruption]

A.Hedges on his on label (which, by the way, hosts another fine tech-house artist - Jambi), and remixed by the heroes of the moment - My My trio.

+ GummiHz - A.A.K.N.Y. [Mobilee]

A Mobilee artist in the Mobilee style (but not German!).

+ Skat - Postcard [Karat]

Another thing from the Karat, this comes from Skat's The Day We Met EP.

+ Egg - Floating Mind [Karat]

Be aware that this is not the same Egg that is the author of Walking Away hit, this one is more minimal French toast.

Peaches

Few days ago I saw Peaches in a concert. In fact, the show and music was better than I had expected. She didn't play alone just with a guitar and a drum-machine as she used to, but with a band including a live drummer, and another two people on synths and bass. She was less hardcore, less rude and provoking as (I suppose) she used to be, so basically the new image is more (electro)pop than lo-fi punk, which isn't a bad thing necessarily. Her new album I like even better than "Fatherfucker", which for my taste was too much into rocky guitars. But what's more important - it seemed that she's still quite honest in what she's doing (baring in mind that there's a lot of parody and irony in general, but her attitude is still ok, for instance, in comparison to Chicks on Speed, who pretend to be mega-artists, suckas). Conclusion: Peaches still rocks and entertains. Shake yer tits, shake yer dix!


Peaches - Downtown

NB! Chart - September

By the way, here's some music that has been on my turntables and my playlist in September:

> Format: B - Sex Drive [Opossum]

A smooth and rather kicking tech-house track from their Cosa Nostra Funk EP. Should go well together with Trentemoller et al.

> Spektrum - Mayday (DJ T. remix) [Nonstop]

The Get Physical guys have nicely treated this freaky track by Spektrum. It's electric, it's funky, it's groovy, ya know. Mayday, Mayday!

> Matthew Jonson - Automatic [Wagon Repair]

What a great track! I cannot figure out whether there is more techno or jazz in it, but it does not matter after all.

> Compuphonic - Placid Corporation [Dirty Dancing]

Another entry from the Belgian producer - a sweet and melodic nu-italo-dico track. It is not anything really revolutionary, extra-ordinary or hyper-fresh, but I'm still like this kind of music. By the way, Spirit Catcher's rmx on the flip-side is nothing special.

> Joel Mull - For Me [Underwater]

It's been out for some while, but I must admit that the AA track is a masterpiece of deep and building-up techno. For me, a bit reminescent of Dark Train.

> Gavin Herlihy - Machine Ate My Homework [Moodmusic]

When it came out I somehow didn't pay due attention to it - the first impression was that it was another pretentious piece in that new Get Physical style. I was wrong, it's a fucking brilliant anthem.

> Heinrichs & Hirtenfeller - Your Are I [Supdub]

Some nicely produced micro-action in a minor key.

> The Knife - Like a Pen (Thomas Schumacher dub) [Brille]

In fact this track is one of my favourite from The Knife's brilliant album, and I must admit that it's hard to beat the original. However, Schumacher has done a good job, this dub version is a really good addition. Again, as a reference Trentemoller's distictive sound might be used to describe this.

> Antena - Camino del Sol (Joakim remix) [Permanent Vacation]

A melodic, dreamy balearic tune yet a bit ackward and spooky. Well, Joakim is scoring once again with this remix. Not bad at all.

> Peaches - Downtown [XL Recordings]

Probably you hadn't been expecting Peaches singing a melodic (electro)pop song in a way Goldfrapp could do, but I sort of like her last album, particularly after seeing her live. She's still kicking, vibrant, and this song is a nice piece of good pop music.


Joel Mull - For Me

2 in 1

Hey folks! I've just done a new mash-up, merging together King Roc's Pressure and Soul Mekanik's 27/5/81.

A bit of splitting and cutting, a bit of mixing, then tweaking some Ableton effects, and here we go:

King Roc vs. Soul Mekanik - Pressure 81 [Hencha's abltn m-up]

http://www.zshare.net/audio/king-roc-vs-soul-mekanik-pressure-81-henchas-abltn-m-up-mp3.html

Tell me what you think.

Output quits

Well, I've never been a hardcore fan of Output Recordings' output yet I liked their music policy and the indie attitude, so it's sad that this label is closing down. No matter what style -- its music ranged from electro-disco to indietronics to dance-punk to some obscure stuff -- but in general the releases delivered in these 10 years were interesting and original, and some of them were really significant for me (Mu and Black Strobe come to my mind). Naturally, life goes on, we can just hope that at least the represented artists will continue producing nice music.

Trevor's statement can be read at the Pitchforkmedia, if you haven't done it yet.

He says, by the way, that starting from October there will be some releases on their site given away for free.

Big respect and thanks for the Output!

Mu - Tiger Bastard

sugar & cane

The last Sug[r]cane's performance at the d:qliq was pretty cool. He's getting better and better, and some his tracks were just amazing. His musical performance from another laptop was accompanied by impressive and immersive videos synced to the clicks... Bitter sweet.

For those who don't know him -- Victor aka Sug[r]cane is probably the best electronica producer from Luxembourg. His music is a melodic, dreamy and spacey electronica with a reference to indierock, e.g., shoegazing, as of Ulrich Schnauss, Boards of Canada, Telefon Tel Aviv, Nathan Fake and the likes.


Sug[r]cane - Listen or Take Care Because

http://www.zshare.net/audio/10-sugrcane-listen-or-take-care-because-mp3.html

NeOn B. - The Dawn mix

As a good-bye for summer I've made a mix that contains melodic, trancey tunes, which, I imagine, would perfectly fit into summertime open-air rave party shortly before the sun comes out. Most of them are known hits, some older, some newer, but there are some gems that you've likely never heard before, particularly the tracks by M.Gonzales and Sirke -- both they are made by Latvian artists and unreleased yet, in fact, this is the first public disclosure. Of course, your feedback is appreciated.


NeOn B. presents THE DAWN MIX:


1. Metope – Second Skin ([T]ékël remix) [Sender]
2. Kiki – Luv Sikk [Bpitch Control]
3. Gabriel Ananda & Cio D'or – Lauschgoldengel [Treibstoff]
4. On/Off – We Are On [All you can beat]
5. Booka Shade – In White Rooms (Shinedoe reimx) [Get Physical]
6. Larsson – Automat [Bpitch Control]
7. The Knife – Like a Pen [Brille]
8. Trentemøller – Polar Shift [Poker Flat]
9. Nathan Fake – The Sky Was Pink (Martinez remix) [Electro-Choc]
10. Martinez Gonzales – Karlina's Song [Unreleased]
11. Björk – Pagan Poetry (Ripperton's remix) [www.ripperton.com]
12. Dirty Hospital – Space Me [Rottenrow]
13. Sirke – Win A Chance To Win A Chance (Andrew Flanger's remix) [Unreleased]
14. Dextro – Do You Need Help (The MFA remix) [Border Community]

Total: 79 min


Furthermore, you are welcome to check my another mix this Sunday, September 24, at the Signals radioshow on RadioNaba (10 p.m. - 12 p.m. Latvian time, www.radionaba.lv). This mix will be deeper and more minimal, containing tracks from labels like Mobilee, Karat, District of Corruption etc.

Disco in the St.Pauli way

Hello, people! It may sound as a paradox, but I'm busy and lazy at the same time, that's why posting so rarely. (Shall I add that song "This is excuse" herewith? No, not this one again -- I hear people shouting:))

Meanwhile I've been to Hamburg -- it's a great city (and St.Pauli neighbourhood in particular). Like Berlin it has an alternative and punkish vibe, but Hamburg is smaller and more compact (Kompakt, but that's Cologne's thing), hence probably cosier than the capital.

One night I was spinning some rather easy e-disco tunes in a lobby lounge at Haus 73 -- a brand new cultural centre, which is located next to the legendary Flora building, a former squat or smth. like that, -- while there was some local street festival going on outdoors. A flea market, some punk/rock bands performing, drinking and stuff like that, which was fun. So far, so good. But then suddenly the peaceful street event turned into a riot: somebody set on fire something there, then fire-fighters arrived, and soon riot police came in, with water guns and barriers pushing people aside from the street. The cops pushed some poeple inside our bar and blocked the entrance thus no-one could leave the lobby. (It looks like forcing somebody to attend a party against his own will -- funny.)

I had never seen something like that before, except on TV. I guess it was the wierdest event I've been DJing at. Music was rather easy and therefore contrasting to what was happening around. If I knew I'd propably had taken some more riotous tunes with me (N.W.A. - Fuck tha police comes to my mind), but the only kind of fitting song that I had was The Clash - This is radio clash. I dropped it in, when the police actually entered our venue seeking for some "rebels". Later, when I finished DJing, I had to use back-doors to leave the place. Oh, that was a night to remember! (The same thing said Felix Kubin after visiting Riga, and he comes from Hamburg, ha ha.)

Morning hours we spent having a great time at the Golden Pudel Club, near the harbour (check also their compilations). Amazing place! Tiny, trashy, run-down, cheap, packed, empty-bottles-everywhere, but great electronic music. The resident DJ Rüftata110 was behind the decks -- he didn't have the best mixing technique, but his selection was just brilliant. Plus he had a funny slogan on his t-shirt: YOU ARE NOW IN HAMBURG, SO WHO FUCKING CARES ABOUT APHEX TWIN (well, maybe it is not exact, but you've got the idea, don't you?). And, indeed, Hamburg has a lot of cool stuff to offer.

The Clash - This is Radio Clash

p.s. This great song might be regarded as an early example of what is currently known as dance-punk / punk-funk, and, as far I know, it is one of James Murphy's most favourite tunes.

NB! Chart - August

August have been a busy month (read: holidays) for me, and I haven't followed music news so much. Anyway, here come some remarkable tracks:

> Trentemoller - Take me into your skin

I remember how I bought his Rykketid ep in year 2004 actually not knowing the guy. Since that time his production skills have become even better, catapulting him to a superproducer's status. The track from his upcoming LP does not resemble his typical dancefloor hits, hence a nice surprise. It's a beautiful, mellow and melodic piece, although having that special compressed rhythm. I'm impatient to hear the whole album.

> Djuma Soundsystem - Les Djinns (Trentemoller rmx) [Get Physical]

Trentemoller again! Well, all three remixes are good (also by My My and Heads).

> Mike Monday - I dream of ducks

A track from his upcoming album. Very epic and melodic -- sometimes there is a need for tracks like this. Thanks Ohmygosh (the best techno blog IMO) for sharing this.

> Lindstrom - Contemporary fix (Serious Syntoms Remix) [Feedelity]

A fantastic track by the space disco hottest producer at the moment. Although it's a one-sided 12", certainly it's worth spendind some $ to get a copy.

> Paul Kalkbrenner - Queer Fellow (Ellen Allien & Apparat rmx) [Bpitch Control]

In brief: if you liked the Ellen's and Apparat's Orchestra of Bubbles album, you should appreciate this remix too. Sophisticated electro rhythmic patterns plus trancey melodies.

> Rekorder - Rekorder 6.1 [Rekorder]

Rekorder serie keeps its high standards. Sounds a bit like Ellen Allien or Anja Schneider, but who knows who's done this.

> Gabriel Ananda - Doppelwhipper [Platzhirsch]

This is not that fresh, but I still haven't given due respect to this amazing techno killer track.

> Contemporary Household - She said [Bomzh]

Another funny record from Tok Tok's label.

> Jona - Blizzard [Resopal Schallware]

His recent Tizia EP on Get Physical is OK, but I prefer his deeper and tougher Moontalka/Blizzard ep, which was released on May.

> Fedde Le Grande - Put your hands up for Detroit (Claude Vonstroke rmx) [C2]

A groovy, funky and a bit freaky remix from Vonstroke -- a guy behind the Dirtybird label from San Francisco -- that should work very well on a dancefloor.


Some other highlights: Kompakt Total 7, Holger Zilske Meets Dave DK - Rainshower EP [Playhouse], Heidi vs. Riton - Vejer EP [Get Physical].

The special one: Max Brannslokker - Loadbang EP [Nomor] - Max is a young and talanted producer from Latvia; it's the first release on Toys for Boys sublabel. Nice!


The new Trentemoller track can be found in some other blogs, but if you haven't heard it yet, you can do it here.

And the track by Jona:

Jona - Blizzard


p.s. Also LP's by My My and The Rapture are coming soon.

Sonic Forest

This w-end in Riga there will be the much awaited festival Skaņu Mežs (The Forest of Sounds) which is the best electronic and avant-garde music festival in the Baltics. It happens for the fourth time, I guess, and every year it gets bigger and more diverse. Many Baltic artists of this kind are going to perform as well as prominent international artists (incl. Jamie Lidell, The Liars, Keiji Haino, but see the programe yourself).

For sure, this is unmissable event, but, sadly enough, I cannot attend it due to the fact that I am booked for DJ-ing at Riga nights in Hamburg. Well, Hamburg rocks too, and of course I am glad to go there, just a pitty that the good things always happen on the same time.

Slovenian post

Have you ever heard any electronic music from Slovenia? I could give you an example. It's a track that comes from Hurt Detal EP on Slovenian label !"@.*!% (what a name! Had to use copy-paste to reproduce it. How is it supposed to be promounced?). Surprisingly they are distributed by no more, no less but Kompakt, which is an indicator of good music itself.

Milos - Broken Crane

The first Latvian astronaut

The Latvian electronic music producer NGC-5128 (pictured on the photo while working) has a new release on Romanian net-label Exposed Audio (again that mysterious Romanian-Latvian connection, recently I've been enjoying some Romanian artists like M.Popaviciu and The Model, and now this comes on my way).

NGC-5128 is a one man project, and he is well known in Latvian underground e-music scene. His cosmic fantasies transformed into nice music, that's why I call him the first Latvian atronaut. Nevertheless the fact of being one of the best Latvian techno producers, this is his first public relese, if I'm not mistaken. So cheers!

Regarding the given release, the drums sound to me slightly too straight, as of typical old-school techno, but the deep basslines and synth melodies are what I dig for. But better have a listen and judge yourself.

Exposedaudio.org