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      <title>Durum Değerlendirmesi Vol. 3</title>
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        <p><br /><br />Eğlence artık daha &lsquo;sıkı fıkı&rsquo; ve i&ccedil; mekan odaklı olacak. Baharın m&uuml;jdecisi cemreler gelene dek bu b&ouml;yle devam eder. Ben payıma d&uuml;şeni aldım diyebilirim. Bir s&uuml;redir nedense hafta sonları dışarı &ccedil;ıkmama tercihindeyim. Hep hafta i&ccedil;i hatta en &ccedil;ok salı ve perşembe geceleri dışarı &ccedil;ıkıyorum. Zaten uzun zamandır fazla dolanmadan nokta atışları yapıyordum, fakat son d&ouml;nemde bu giderek belirginleşti. Bunun sebebi sanırım daha kompakt ve tanıdık bir kitleyle beraber hoş&ccedil;a vakit ge&ccedil;irmek ve yorulmadan yua da sigara kokmadan, balkabağına d&ouml;n&uuml;şmeden eve d&ouml;nmek. Tabii istisnalar kaideyi bozmaz ama şu g&uuml;nlerde o İstiklal enerjisine maruz kalmak pek de hoşuma gitmiyor.<br /><br />&Ccedil;ok yoğun &ccedil;alışmak haricinde ge&ccedil;tiğimiz 1-2 ay yaptığım en belirgin şey, hayatı ertelememeye &ccedil;alışmak ve o anda aklıma d&uuml;şen istekleri, arzuları elimden geldiğince ger&ccedil;eğe d&ouml;n&uuml;şt&uuml;rmek oldu. Daha &ouml;nce hayatımda hi&ccedil; olmadığı kadar &ccedil;ok yaptım bunu. &Ouml;zellikle de bu son bir ka&ccedil; hafta i&ccedil;inde.<br /><br />Sanırım insan zaman ve hayatın cilveleri karşısında bir takım tepkiler veriyor ve farkında olmadan değişimin eşiğine geliyor. 'Değişmeyen tek şey, değişimin kendisidir' d&uuml;sturuyla ge&ccedil;irilen bir ay oldu benim i&ccedil;in. En zevkli kısmı ise final aşamasına gelen y&uuml;ksek lisans derslerim i&ccedil;in yaptığım &ccedil;alışmalar oldu. Her cumartesi sabahı İlhan Bilge'nin ofisinde ge&ccedil;irilen 3-4 saat ve uzun sohbetler, ardından 'eski şehir'de ufak bir gezinti ve lezzet duraklarına ufak yolculuklar. Gedikpaşa, Kumkapı, Mahmutpaşa ile sıkı fıkı oldum bu ay.<br />Bir s&uuml;redir &uuml;zerinde &ccedil;alıştığım 'Kırk Harf' isimli kitapta İstanbul'un &ccedil;eşitli yerlerinde, tabelaların &uuml;zerinde, apartmanların giriş pencerelerinde veya d&uuml;kkanların logotayplarında ve hatta gizemli noktalarda hala hayatlarını s&uuml;rd&uuml;ren kırk şanslı harfi mutlu ettim. <br /><br />&Ccedil;oğumuz İstanbul'un u&ccedil;suz bucaksız sokaklarında y&uuml;r&uuml;rken, her g&uuml;n &ouml;n&uuml;nden ge&ccedil;tiğimiz ve fark etmediğimiz onlarca ayrıntıyı ıskalıyoruz. Hayattaki bir takım şeyleri ıskaladığımız gibi.<br />Ben bu ay İstanbul'da hi&ccedil; gezmediğim kadar &ccedil;ok dolaştım, daha &ouml;nce hi&ccedil; girmediğim sokaklara girdim ve daha &ouml;nce hi&ccedil; bulunmadığım mek&acirc;nlarda bulundum. T&uuml;m bu deneyimden &ccedil;ok b&uuml;y&uuml;k zevk aldım. İnsanın kendi şehrinde turist gibi hissetmesi ne g&uuml;zel şeymiş! Bu turlarıma ve keşiflerime bundan b&ouml;yle aralıksız devam edeceğim. Tabii bu yolculuklarımı ve sokakta gezerken g&ouml;z&uuml;me takılan ayrıntıları belgelemeyi de ihmal etmiyorum. Kalan zamanda ise tahmin edebileceğiniz &uuml;zere m&uuml;zik dinliyorum.<br /><br />Şu aralar en &ccedil;ok Emika ve Ceephax Acid Crew dinliyorum. Ceephax'in yeni alb&uuml;m&uuml;ndeki iki şarkının ismi akıllara zarar: 'Denizlispor' ve 'Trabzonspor'! Yeni alb&uuml;m&uuml;nde ortaya karışık t&uuml;m h&uuml;nerlerini sergilemiş Ceephax. Benim bu ay en &ccedil;ok hoşuma giden alb&uuml;mlerden biri oldu doğrusu. Emika ise Ninja Tune'un son keşfi olan İngiliz vokalist ve m&uuml;zisyen, on parmağında on marifet şahsiyet. Yeni yılda yayınlanacak alb&uuml;m&uuml; bu yılın en iyilerinden biri olacak.<br /><br />Bunların haricinde İtalyan Riva Starr Balkan minimal sound'unu ele ge&ccedil;irdi diyebilirim. Son alb&uuml;m&uuml; 'If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade' t&uuml;r&uuml;nde en iyilerden biri olarak 2010 yılına daha yayımlanmadan damgasını vurdu. En sevdiğim isimlerden biri olan Dan Curtin'in yeni alb&uuml;m&uuml; de beni ger&ccedil;ekten &ccedil;ok heyecanlandırdı. Mobilee etiketiyle yayınlanacak yeni alb&uuml;mde Dan Curtin yine t&uuml;m h&uuml;nerlerini konuşturuyor. Rush Hour misyonunu devam ettirerek Anthony 'Shake' Shakir retrospektifiyle seriyi devam ettirdi harika bir işe daha imza attı. Mart ayında yayınlanacak yeni Autechre alb&uuml;m&uuml;n&uuml; de heyecanla bekliyorum doğrusu. <br /><br /><strong>Conforce - Machine Conspiracy LP [Meanwhile Sounds]</strong><br />Hollanda'nın &uuml;cra bir k&ouml;şesinden &ccedil;ıkan Boris ger&ccedil;ekten harika işler yapıyor ve her yeni EP'siyle yaptıklarının &uuml;zerine biraz daha ekliyor. Şu anda benim i&ccedil;in Jason Fine ile birlikte en sevdiğim isimlerden biri techno m&uuml;zik arenası i&ccedil;in. Hatta Conforce'u tek ge&ccedil;eceğim ve bu alb&uuml;m&uuml; daha yayınlanalı birka&ccedil; hafta olmasına rağmen bu yılın en iyi alb&uuml;mlerinden biri olarak ilan edeceğim. Detroit techno, Drexciya ve Hollanda ekseninde muhteşem bir lezzet fırtınası. Michelin yıldızlarını benden rahatlıkla kaptı!<br /><br /><strong>Pangea - Pangea EP [Hessle Audio]</strong><br />Benim i&ccedil;in Vex'd gibi &ccedil;ok yetenekli pek az prod&uuml;kt&ouml;rden biri olan Pangea bu yeni Hessle Audio kısa&ccedil;arıyla g&ouml;nl&uuml;m&uuml; fethetti. Biraz daha kassa alb&uuml;m yapabilecekken bonk&ouml;rl&uuml;k ederek bir EP olarak yayınlaması haricinde bu alb&uuml;m hakkında s&ouml;yleyebileceğim k&ouml;t&uuml; bir şey yok. Yeni jenerasyon drum&amp;bass sound'undaki değişim r&uuml;zgarları dub step'in akıllı &ccedil;ocuklarına da sı&ccedil;ramış gibi g&ouml;r&uuml;n&uuml;yor şu g&uuml;nlerde. <br /><br /><strong>Orlando Voorn - Nightvision The Remix Album Vol. 1 LP [Nightvision]</strong><br />&Ccedil;ok yakın zaman &ouml;nce r&ouml;portaj yaptığım Orlando Voorn'un gizli dosyaları bir bir su y&uuml;z&uuml;ne &ccedil;ıkıyor. Bu hit'ler kolay kolay bulunacak cinsten değiller. Her biri elmas kadar değerli bu toplama alb&uuml;mde birbirinden iyi remix'ler yer alıyor. Nightvision sound'unu ve ger&ccedil;ek techno'yu dinlemek isteyenlere...<br /><br /><strong>Nick Chacona - Love In The Middle LP [Mood Music]</strong><br />New York'un ger&ccedil;ek disco alemcilerinden ve prod&uuml;kt&ouml;rlerinden olan Nick ger&ccedil;ekten hakira bir alb&uuml;me imza attı. &Ccedil;ok uzun zaman &ouml;nce yaptığı par&ccedil;aların da yer aldığı 'Love In The Middle' alb&uuml;m&uuml; bu yılın en iyi alb&uuml;mlerinden biri olmaya şimdiden aday. Ger&ccedil;ekten groove ve disco seven biraz da electro ve 4/4'l&uuml;k ritim fetişizmine sahip herkesin b&uuml;y&uuml;k zevk alacağı t&uuml;rden bir alb&uuml;m. <br /><br /><strong>Eddy Meets Yannah - Fiction Jar LP [Compost]</strong><br />Bu ikiliyi &ccedil;ok daha easy listening ve hatta leftfield olarak duymaya alışmışken bu alb&uuml;m kışın şu son soğuk g&uuml;nlerinde kanınızı kaynatmaya yeter de artar bile. Bir s&uuml;redir b&uuml;y&uuml;k bir değişim r&uuml;zgarını arkasına alan ve beni &ccedil;ok sevindiren Compost'tan bir bir harika hamleler gelmeye başladı. Bu hamlelerin sonuncusu ise Eddy ve Yannah'ın ritm ve groove dolu bu alb&uuml;m&uuml; oldu. Şaşırmadım desem yalan olur ama bir o kadar da sevindiğimi ve bu alb&uuml;m&uuml; beğendiğimi eklemeliyim. Kesinlikle edinilmesi ve dinlenilmesi gereken bir rare groove ve hatta house alb&uuml;m&uuml;. <br /><br /><strong>Applescal - A Mishmash Of Changing Moods LP [Traum]</strong><br />Belli ki Traum ekibi bu 22 yaşındaki Hollandalı gence fazlasıyla inanıyor. Ama aksini d&uuml;ş&uuml;nmek hata olur zira debut's&uuml; haricinde bu alb&uuml;mdeki par&ccedil;alar da birbirinden orijinal ve g&uuml;zel. Bu adam neredeyse Boards Of Canada'nın doldurduğu boşluğa doğru ilerliyor. Bu adamın insanları dans ettirmek veya meşhur olmak gibi dertleri yok. O sadece sevdiği ve istediğimi m&uuml;zikleri yapmak istiyor. Ger&ccedil;ekten i&ccedil;ten ve melodik olarak &ccedil;ok zengin bir alb&uuml;m daha kotarmış Applescal ve yaşından &ccedil;ok b&uuml;y&uuml;k işler başarmış.<br /><br />Bunların haricinde yazıyı daha fazla uzatmadan kulak kabartmanızın gerekli olduğunu d&uuml;ş&uuml;nd&uuml;ğ&uuml;m alb&uuml;mleri de buraya sıralıyorum, yeni sayıda g&ouml;r&uuml;şmek &uuml;zere...<br /><br />Alex Smoke - Lux LP [Hum+Haw]<br />Jahcoozi - Barefoot Wanderer LP [BPitch Control]<br />Various - Freaks Best Of Times Compilation LP [Musik For Freaks]<br />The Love Supreme - New Millenium Freaks LP [Tirk]<br />Greco-Roman - From Seat Of Mount Olympus LP [Greco-Roman]<br />Various - Nang Presents The Array Vol.1 LP [Nang]<br />Matthew Hawtin / Various - Once Again, Again LP [Plus8]<br /><br />Christopher &Ccedil;olak<br />5 Mart 2010</p> 
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      <title>10 shots from Maayan Nidam</title>
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      <published>2010-02-23T21:32:01Z</published>
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        <p>Maayan Nidam or formerly and still known as Miss Fitz is one of the worlds most talented and unique female producers. Unsurprisingly residing in Berlin and producing the most delicious and filtered minimal house &amp; techo music around, she is also the real gem taster where she everytime blends them in her different sets. <br />We were lucky to have her for nearly a week in İstanbul for her two gigs where she will also be bringing all her secret gems with her and will led us dance and think about good music once more. <br /><br />I was also very lucky to ask her the questions in my mind since I had her debut promo and now I am very pleased that I will be listening to her nice set in 11:11 this thursay night. <br /><br />This was also one of the most interesting interviews I ever did in my editorial history. We were both in the same city and this digital age led us to do this via mail and while I am writing this paragraph, she is probably drinking her 11th shot and playing her 13th best kept secret first time in İstanbul at the Vesvese party in Otto. <br />Here you go with my Maayan Nidam interview before we chat and dance together at 11:11 this thursday. Maybe we add up here later on! <br /><br /><br /><strong>You will come to play in istanbul very soon so, firstly I would like to ask about your knowledge about the city and scene here? What are your expectations?</strong><br /> In recent years Istanbul has a growing image as a cultural on the verge of trendy center. I'm pretty sure the Old still holds the ground well so I plan to visit tea gardens &amp; Turkish baths but I'm also really looking forward to check out the new music scene everyone's talking about and maybe check some contemporary galleries. Just in case I'm bringing 2 batteries for my camera.<strong><br /> <br /> What kind of a set should we expect from you?</strong><br /> As you probably already know I'm pretty diverse in my sets. At times I play straight up techno &amp; House tools, but recently (and more so since the RA podcast) I get booked for parties that offer a variety of styles. The Vesvese party is like the later one so I guess the emphasis would be more on cool cool songs &amp; sweet harmony. From my experience these kind of parties end up having a very laid back vibe and a lot of sexiness in the air. Maybe it's the slow tempo or maybe it's the the soulfulness, I don't know. whatever it is, it's working out nicely.<br /> <br /> <strong>What about you being performing under your real name after a long time reputation as Miss Fitz? I am curious why did you change your stage name?<br /> </strong>Every DJ had kind of a 'teen-name' which is always something kinda silly that fit the rebellious edge but after a few years became a secret you don't want to be mentioned in an interview. MF is my 'teen-name' and as much as I'm a big fan of goofiness, I think it's done &amp; doesn't really represent me anymore.<br /> <br /> <strong>You currently reside in Berlin but you are originally from Tel Aviv right? I think that you are currently one of the best female producers around with a really enhanced and supreme sound. How was your musical path and how did you and are you improving yourself during this lifelong journey?<br /> </strong>I grew up in a music loving home. The radio was always on, my dad had this amazing sound system from the 70's and an elegant collection of Rock records and my older sisters would bring home from school cassettes with 'new underground shit'. We all played guitar &amp; piano and since it was such a natural thing I never considered myself a musician, this was just something I was doing. When I was younger it meant the world to me, I had no doubt there's no life without sound. But now, after giving the dream opportunity to express myself through music and travel the world, sharing my records with loads of people I never met before, I feel like the understanding of what a certain groove can create in a certain space is important but things don't begin &amp; end in the club so there's a need for a deeper understanding of what's going on. This is why I put my time in learning about the world, our planet, people &amp; philosophy as well as exploring new music &amp; all sorts of self expressions you can find on the street or online.<br /> <br /> <strong>And with your forthcoming EP from Freak' n Chic called 'A Turnaround'&nbsp; you are really improving your sound scape further. Could you please talk a little bit about the creation process of the tracks in the EP, especially for my favorite in the EP, 'The Road To Recovery'?</strong><br /> The past year or two I've been experimenting in the studio non stop trying to figure out things more than actually making music so the tracks have a lot of recordings I made (vocals, percussion, bass) as well as my all time favorite sampling. I try not to use too many elements but instead duplicate them and pass them through loopers, filters and other effects. For this I use quirky guitar pedals or classic echo effects. The road to recovery is as it sounds, a track that was written at least 5 times in different versions and eventually stripped down of a bunch of elements to became a more solid techno tool.<br /> <br /> <strong>What inspires you on the writing process?<br /> </strong>Guys. Most times when I go to the studio it's like going to the psychologist, and as romantic as I am, we talk about love till the hour is done. Other than that I guess everything inspires me. People I meet, tracks I hear in a party, an awesome pair of shoes... But I will absorb it, let it sink in &amp; come out when the time is right.<br /> <br /> <strong>What equipments, hardware and software do you use while producing?</strong><br /> Like I mentioned before there's a variety of instruments &amp; machines. The only thing that unifies them (aside for an old synth I got 10 years ago) is the compact size. The percussion I collect as I travel around from markets &amp; street bazars so they fit my backpack if not my pocket. Most my synths were made for bass lines &amp; easy to use (&amp; carry) to live shows. As for the effects, the weirder the better!<br /> <br /> <strong>What other labels and producers do you like these days?</strong><br /> It's been edit-galore year so labels like Jisco &amp; Super Value come to mind as well as everything Rush-Hour has something to do with. That mentioned, Tevo &amp; Rick Howard &amp; Nebraska are ones to take up room on my record shelves. I'm also following Uzuri &amp; artists like Lerosa, Four Tet &amp; Anton Zap on the deep side &amp; Ben Klock on the techno side. On the listening-music side there's The Bad Plus, Fink, Tindersticks, The XX &amp; OK Go.<br /> <br /> <strong>Did you started working for your second LP after your debut, what other plans and releases do you have forthcomingly?<br /> </strong>I would love to make another LP, it's been on my mind since I finished the first one. However, I like taking my time &amp; not rush into a premature album so till then, no news. I just had 2 EPs out at the end of 2009, one as Laverne on Raum..Musik &amp; one under my name on Perlon. This week the aforementioned EP on Freak n Chic will come out &amp; in the spring Wolf+Lamb will release a 4 track carrier called 'Greatest Tits'.<br /> <br /> <strong>Where is your best clubbing spot both personally clubbing and performing?<br /> </strong>For both clubbing &amp; spinning I don't have a real favorite. Good parties happen in fancy clubs as they do in shit holes. Some times it just clicks and no matter what you would do it's gonna be fun &amp; full of good vibes.<br /> <br /> <strong>What ingredient in electronic music is the most indispensable for you?<br /> </strong>Bass. That's what it's about no? I think the groove lives in the bass.<br /> <br /> <strong>Can you tell us a secret of yours?<br /> </strong>Of course! Right after you get me 10 shots of Vodka.<br /> <br /> Interview: Christopher &Ccedil;olak<br /> 23 February 2009</p> 
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      <title>International Music Summit 2010 Ibiza</title>
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<li style="line-height: 120%; text-align: left;"><strong>Keynote      interview with Mark Ronson </strong></li>
<li style="line-height: 120%; text-align: left;"><strong>David Guetta,      Annie Mac, Erick Morillo, DJ Skream, Pedro Winter / Busy P, Arthur Baker,      Robin Millar To Speak </strong></li>
<li style="line-height: 120%; text-align: left;"><strong>Music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas appears at her first dance music event, plus speakers from Sprite, Coca-Cola Group, Ministry of Sound, BBC Radio 1, KCRW, MP7, Beatport, Resident Advisor all confirmed</strong></li>
<li style="line-height: 120%; text-align: left;"><strong>The Grand Finale concert returns to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Dalt Villa, plus 3 nights of musical events all within walking distance of the summit<br /></strong></li>
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</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">C<span style="color: #000000;">reated by BBC Radio 1 DJ&nbsp;Pete Tong</span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> and leading professionals to re-set the agenda for electronic music culture, a host of music industry executives, DJs and artists have descended on Ibiza for the IMS to do business, network and learn about the latest developments. In just two years , IMS has been welcomed for its high level of debate, its agenda setting and the gathering which kickstarts the summer in the global capital of electronic music.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 120%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">In 2010, IMS is set to build on its reputation with leading electronic artists and representatives of some of the world's biggest brands amongst those confirmed to speak, with superstar producer, DJ and artist <span>Mark Ronson</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> to appear in the headline keynote interview, on the eve of his return as a recording artist.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 120%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Pete Tong</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000;"> comments: "</span><em><span style="color: #000000;">It is with great pride that we announce some of the incredible talent already confirmed to be involved in our third International Music Summit in Ibiza. For 2010 we continue to push for the most vital and engaging debates on all the key topics of the day involving the biggest players from every fi</span>eld."</em></span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 120%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Commandeering the entire five-star <span>Ibiza Gran Hotel</span>, IMS creates an intimate atmosphere where artists such as the 2010 Grammy Award winner <span>David Guetta</span> can meet with notable business leaders such as <span>Frank Mertens</span>, Global Director of Creative Development, <span>Sprite / Coca-Cola Group</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">, and <span>Konrad Von Loeheysen</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">, the owner of <span>M</span><span>inistry of Sound Germany / Motor FM</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">. In her first dance music event appearance, the world-renowned music supervisor <span>Alexandra Patsavas</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> will feature in a one-on-one interview about her work and company <span>Chop Shop</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">. Patsavas is supervisor on TV shows <span>The OC, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Mad Men</span> and<span> Gossip Girl,&nbsp;</span> plus the <span>Twilight</span> film.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 120%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Guetta appears on a panel titled <span>Big Dog DJs: F*** You We're Famous</span>, named after his legendary weekly party in Ibiza, alongside <span>Erick Morillo </span>from </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Subliminal </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Records</span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">,and other big names to be announced soon. IMS founder <span>Pete Tong</span> will moderate. </span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 120%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">In <span>Meet The Future</span>, BBC Radio 1 DJ <span>Annie Mac</span>, who recently swapped R1 shows with Tong to open the countdown to the weekend, will outline her vision for electronic music alongside the likes of <span>Pedro Winter</span></span> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">aka <span>Busy P</span>, former manager of Daft Punk and boss of Ed Banger Records. Joining them is <span>DJ Skream</span>, remixer of the moment.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 120%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">In another panel </span></span>USA Today: Boom Boom Now!, IMS will hear from both those behind dance music's recent explosion in the states, including <span>Patrick Moxey</span> from Ultra Records,<span> Eddie Dean</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> from Pacha New York</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> and original American dance architect <span>Arthur Baker</span>,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> and also from dissenting voices like <span>Tommie Sunshine</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> who recently stated: <em>"There is NO room for dance music in America. It will never happen. Not real dance music, anyway"</em></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">. The panel will be moderated by KCRW</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> music director and presenter <span>Jason Bentley</span>, who last year received the first <span>IMS Pioneer Award</span>.<br /></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 120%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">In <span>Ibiza United</span>, IMS will bring together the key players behind <span>Amnesia, Eden, Es Paradis, Pacha, Privilege</span> and <span>Space</span> on one panel for just the second time ever. This panel will be moderated by <span>Juan Suarez</span>, one of the chiefs of the powerful local newspaper, <span>Diario De Ibiza</span>.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 120%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">IMS will hear from legendary producer <span>Robin Millar</span>, responsible for 44 number one hits, who will talk about why just one month after he retired from production duties, electronic music has re-inspired him, and see the return of 19-year old teen promoter <span>Callum Negus Fancey</span> from <span>Let's Go Crazy </span>after stealing the show last year by stating <em>"Who is Paul Oakenfold? My audience have never heard of him."</em></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /><br />In addition, IMS has teamed up with leading consumer portal <span>Resident Advisor</span>, whose audience will select a topic and speakers for the <span>Presidential Debate </span>format which debuted in 2009 to great acclaim.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 120%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Ben Turner</span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">, a founder and partner in the IMS, states: <em>"IMS was never about the artists, more the people behind the curtain who help guide the gifted. In 2010, we've been overwhelmed by approaches from artists to be involved in some way. It's a great testament to our first two years. Watch out for more special names to follow..."</em></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 120%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Following 2009's successful experiment The IMS Vote will return, a session where the audience make decisions on the future of the genre. Indeed, last year, 69% of those present agreed that IMS had 'made them question how their companies work'. In 2010, this is taken one step further then <span>Ted Cohen</span> from TAG Strategic will moderate a one-hour session where the delegates are the audience, and the agenda is not set. Cohen himself was so inspired by IMS:09 that he invited last year's Key Note speaker Richie Hawtin to attend MidemNet after hearing his radical assessment of future music. <br /></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 120%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Finally reprising his 2009 role, electronic pioneer <span>Tom Middleton</span> will blog to the <span>Beatport</span> community what is being debated, who will in turn feedback and pose questions to the speakers.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 120%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Once again the <span>IMS Grand Finale</span> will take place at the <span>UNESCO World Heritage Site</span> in <span>Dalt Vila</span> on Friday May 28. Last year, Basement Jaxx headlined with Pete Tong, Rob da Bank and Filthy Dukes in support. IMS has been inundated with requests from artists to perform at this landmark event. The headline acts will be announced imminently. The event is free to attend for all delegates of the IMS, with some 2,000 tickets available to the public. Tickets are available now from <a style="color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: normal;" rel="nofollow" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103019029652&amp;s=1654&amp;e=001H37dzhTaxoMzAZUrlmFhRhedt6bIdEabP0XkTmMp3ZVXEktP0UFzmYZnWASoYaAoHMmBw5d3guJwLgVsK87snv3c-ew3ijkTKkdKPdXZuPo8hMZK0kxGoBtg5N4_eF_c" target="_blank"><span style="color: #993300;">www.internationalmusicsummit.com</span><br /><br /><br /></a></span></span></p>
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      <title>Greco&#45;Roman: From The Seat Of Mount Olympus</title>
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      <published>2010-02-16T22:31:00Z</published>
      <updated>2010-02-16T22:35:03Z</updated>
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        <p><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span><span>Drawing on the sharp and wide-ranging music policy of their legendary, and largely improvised, London parties, this compilation brings together some of the Greco-Roman artists that made their name playing at them. <br /><br />First up a cult electro banger from <span style="font-weight: bold;">DAVID E SUGAR</span>, who went on to release singles on Bric A Brac and <span id="lw_1266352581_5" class="yshortcuts">Kitsune</span> and now hosts his own weekly show on Ministry Of Sound Radio. Next, a sugary disco gem from <span style="font-weight: bold;">GROVESNOR</span> who releases his album on Lo Recordings this year, and who just scored a Christmas Number 1 in Spain. Next to the wild streets of Angola for a slice of Kuduro ghetto bassquake from <span style="font-weight: bold;">BURAKA SOM SISTEMA</span>, who have since released their <span id="lw_1266352581_6" class="yshortcuts">debut album</span> "Black Diamond", masterminded a Fabric mix CD and wowed festivals all around the globe with their electrifying, percussive live show. Then back in time for some tail-thumping, Neanderthal 2-step pop from <span style="font-weight: bold;">TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS</span>, before journeying into the depths of a mad Scotsman's psyche for the debut EP from the much hyped voodoo rave maestro <span style="font-weight: bold;">DRUMS OF DEATH</span>, who releases his debut full length "Generation Hexed" on Greco-Roman in 2010. <br /><br />Mount Olympus is the roving, wrestIing playground of the Gods situated in the clouds somewhere over East London and East Berlin. Look out for "Return To Mount Olympus" next year. </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Disc 1</span><br />DAVID E SUGAR "Oi New York This Is <span id="lw_1266352581_7" class="yshortcuts">London</span>"<br />1. Original<br />2. Hot Chip vs. Ragga Twins remix<br />3. Skream remix<br />4. Jesse Rose remix<br /><br /><br /> <img src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101258496950/img/650.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="321" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Disc 2 </span><br />GROVESNOR "Drive Your Car"<br />1. Original<br />2. Grovesnor's Rebel Quarter version<br />3. Hot Chip remix<br />4. Oliver $ remix<br /><br /><img src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101258496950/img/651.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="400" height="267" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Disc 3 </span><br />BURAKA SOM SISTEMA "Kalemba"<br />1. Original<br />2. Hot Chip remix<br /><br /><img src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101258496950/img/652.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="268" height="400" /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br />Disc 4 </span><br />DRUMS OF DEATH "Steps Into The Ring" EP<br />1. Breathe<br />2. Breathe (Drop The Lime remix)<br />3. Cursed By Magick<br />4. Midnight Stalker<br /><br /><img src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101258496950/img/653.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="400" height="297" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Disc 5 </span><br />TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS "All In One Sixty Dancehalls" EP<br />1. Bournemouth<br />2. Moon Hits The Mirrorball<br />3. Sickly Child<br />4. Moon Hits The Mirrorball (<span id="lw_1266352581_8" class="yshortcuts">2 Bad Mice</span> remix)<br /><br /><img src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101258496950/img/654.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="267" height="400" /><br /></span></span></p> 
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      <title>Documents Pt. 1 From Spectral Sound</title>
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      <published>2010-01-25T21:30:00Z</published>
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        <p>The first 12&rdquo; release in advance of Spectral&rsquo;s state-of-the-union Document compilation comprises three shades of blistering tech-house from label mainstays Seth Troxler &amp; Matthew Dear, Ryan Crosson, and Lee Curtiss. <br /><br />On Seth Troxler &amp; Matthew Dear&rsquo;s &ldquo;Hurt (Martinez Remix)&rdquo;, the Swedish/Danish producer with the Spanish name gives the 2009 summer jam a full go-`round, turning the once spartan track into a busy rave-up, all congas and anxious energy.</p>
<p>On the flip, Ryan Crosson&rsquo;s &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t Look Further&rdquo; traffics in rickety cosmic soul with a two-ton thump in the low end and Lee Curtiss&rsquo; &ldquo;Life Lessons&rdquo; sees the Detroit producer reign it all in for a muted exercise in claps-and-kicks minimalism.</p>
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<p>NOTE: This artwork is taken from the digital version.  The 12&rdquo; version can be seen in The Ghostly Store soon.</p> 
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      <title>Orlando Voorn: Transit Technocu</title>
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      <published>2010-01-25T21:21:00Z</published>
      <updated>2010-01-26T21:12:11Z</updated>
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        <p>Avrupa ve Amerika hatta daha kesin tabirle Detroit-Amsterdam techno k&ouml;pr&uuml;lerinin kurulmasında b&uuml;y&uuml;k katkısı olan Orlando Voorn Detroit Techno&rsquo;nun saygı duruşu alb&uuml;m&uuml; olan W.A.R.M.T.H&rsquo;ta da bir par&ccedil;asıyla yer alıyor.&nbsp; <br /><br />Sırbistan ve eski doğu bloku &uuml;lkelerde yetenek avına &ccedil;ıkıyor, diğer yandan house m&uuml;ziğin diva&rsquo;ları ve ger&ccedil;ek efsaneleriyle &ccedil;alışıyor. <br /><br />O, Orlano Voorn, techno&rsquo;nun yılmaz iş&ccedil;isi ve ortaya koyduğu &uuml;r&uuml;nler etrafta bulup bulabileceğiniz en iyileri. Artık bir efsane olan underground damarlı Night Vision ve yeni kız kardeş Divine isimli plak şirketiyle Orlando Voorn d&uuml;nya denen gezegenin efsane techno&rsquo;cularından biri. &Ouml;zellikle Obama&rsquo;ya ithaf ettiği ve onun ses kaydını aynen kullandığı &ldquo;Yes We Can!&rdquo; EP&rsquo;si Orlando&rsquo;nun nasıl bir sanat&ccedil;ı olouğunu &ccedil;ok iyi &ouml;zetliyor. İşte Orlando Voorn&rsquo;un geleceğe dair planları ve m&uuml;ziğin gidişatı hakındaki d&uuml;ş&uuml;nceleri.<br /><br /><strong>Şu g&uuml;nlerde neler yapıyorsun? Yakın zamanda yayınlanacak plakların var mı?<br /></strong>Subject Detroit&rsquo;ten yayınlanacak &ldquo;Diverse Similarities&rdquo; adında bir EP&rsquo;im var.<br />&lsquo;Cr&egrave;me de la cr&egrave;me&rsquo; house prod&uuml;kt&ouml;rleriyle &ccedil;alışmış vocal house diva&rdquo;sı Joi Caldwell ile de yeni bir EP&rsquo;miz yayınlanacak. Ayrıca Wallshaker Music&rsquo;ten yayınlanan &ldquo;W.A.R.M.T.H&rdquo; toplamasında &ldquo;Face&rdquo; par&ccedil;asıyla yer aldım, Nice &amp; Nasty&rsquo;den de bir plak yayınlanacak.<br /><br /><strong>Night Vision Records nasıl gidiyor, yeni release&rsquo;ler&nbsp; ile ilgili planların nedir?</strong><br />Bir &ccedil;ok sanat&ccedil;ıyla konuşuyoruz. Şu anda Lee Holman ,Subotic ,Altroy ,Liferecorder&nbsp; ,Stephen Brown, Rennie Foster, Martin Bonds ve Richie Brown gibi isimlerin yayınları olacak. Night Vision&rsquo;ın en &ouml;nemli &ouml;zelliği g&ouml;n&uuml;lden undergrund sanat&ccedil;ılardır zaten. <br /><br /><strong>Bir s&uuml;re once tamamen farklı t&uuml;rlerle &ouml;rneğin hip hop ile haşır neşir olacağın yeni bir label projesini de hayata ge&ccedil;irdin. Bu label konusundaki gelişmeler nedir?</strong><br />Evet bu yeni label&rsquo;ımın adı *Divine*. İlk EP&rsquo;nin ismi &ldquo;The Power of Beauty&rdquo;ydi. İkinci EP ise yolda, ismi &ldquo;Into Your Dream&rdquo; ve Ollie Brooke feat. Nica Brooke imzası taşıyor. Alb&uuml;mde orijinal versiyon haricinde benim ve John Beltran&rsquo;ın remix&rsquo;leri olacak.&nbsp; &ldquo;. Plak ise favori adamım Mr K.Alexi&rsquo;den &ldquo;You R&rdquo;. Şiirbel deep soulfull house m&uuml;zik. Ayrıca efsanevi Maurice Joshua ve bir ka&ccedil; ismin daha remix&rsquo;leri yer alacak.<br /><br /><strong>Techno&rsquo;nun bu sezon daha da belirgin hissedilen geri d&ouml;n&uuml;ş&uuml; hakkında ne d&uuml;ş&uuml;n&uuml;yorsun? Sence bu kalıcı bir durum mu yoksa sadece bir &lsquo;hype&rsquo;tan mı ibaret?</strong><br />Bazıları iyi, bazıları k&ouml;t&uuml; olsa da m&uuml;zik sabit olarak y&uuml;kselmeye devam ediyor. Bence techno&rsquo;nun ve diğer her t&uuml;rl&uuml; m&uuml;ziğin geleceğini, bireylerin&nbsp; aldığı eğitim şekli ve bireysel beğenileri şekillendiriyor. <br /><br /><strong>Peki bir ka&ccedil; ay oncesine kadar sadece bir laptop ve plug-in&rsquo;le minimal techno yapan hemen herkezin artık deep house yapması hakkında ne d&uuml;ş&uuml;n&uuml;yorsun?</strong><br />Bence bu durum &ccedil;oğunlukla yazılım end&uuml;strisini elinde tutan ve şekillendiren yaratıcılarla ilğili. <br /><br />Artık bir &ccedil;ok şen &ouml;nceden proğramlanıyor ve bu insanları fazlasıyla tembelleştiriyor. &Ouml;zellikle bilmiyor ve daha da k&ouml;t&uuml;s&uuml; iyi bir akordun str&uuml;kt&uuml;r&uuml;n&uuml; ve melodileri &ouml;nemsemiyorsan. İnsanlar &uuml;r&uuml;n b&ouml;yle etiketlendiği i&ccedil;in onun deep olduğuna inanıyor, pek &ccedil;oğunun &lsquo;deep&rsquo;le uzaktan yakından alakası yok.<br /><br /><strong>Bu g&uuml;nlerde hangi prod&uuml;kt&ouml;rleri ve label&rsquo;ları beğeniyıorsun?</strong><br />Artık belirli favorilerim yok.Sadece &uuml;r&uuml;n&uuml;n kendisine bakıyorum. Plak şirketleri i&ccedil;in de aynı şey ge&ccedil;erli. Sadece iyi bir ismin olması her zaman aynı sonucu alacağın anlamına gelmiyor.<br /><br /><strong>Genellikle nasıl par&ccedil;a yazarsın, ilerlediğin, izlediğin belirli bir yol var mı?</strong><br />&lsquo;Freestyle&rsquo; &ccedil;alışmayı seviyorum. Par&ccedil;aları tek, tek ve ayrı ayrı yazıp sonu&ccedil;ta heyecanımı taze tutan yollardan ilerliyorum. İzlediğim belirli bir yol yok, &lsquo;go with the flow&rsquo; her şeyi &ouml;zetliyor.&nbsp; <br /><br /><strong>Mastering&rsquo;i de kendin mi yapıyorsun?</strong><br />Mastering&rsquo;i değil ama premastering&rsquo;I kendim yapıyorum<br /><br /><strong>Techno ve elektronik m&uuml;zik haricinde neler dinlersin?</strong><br />G&uuml;zel olan her m&uuml;ziği dinlerim. &Ccedil;ok &ccedil;eşitli m&uuml;zikler dinleyerek b&uuml;y&uuml;d&uuml;m bu y&uuml;zden prod&uuml;ksiyonlarımda da olabildiğine &ccedil;ok y&ouml;nl&uuml;y&uuml;m.<br /><br /><strong>Amsterdam, Berlin ya da diğer metropollari &ccedil;aldığın sahneleri ve bir turist olarak d&uuml;ş&uuml;n&uuml;nce en &ccedil;ok nereyi seviyorsun?</strong><br />İnsanların &ccedil;aldığım m&uuml;ziği anlayacağı yerlerde &ccedil;almak isterim. Her yer olabilir! Etiketlemeyi ve moda trend&rsquo;lerini sevmiyorum.<br /><br /><strong>İstanbul hakkında neler biliyorsun- burada &ccedil;almayı ister misin?</strong><br />Aslında bir kere T&uuml;rkiye&rsquo;ye geldim. Olduk&ccedil;a b&uuml;y&uuml;k bir festivaldi ama ortam fazlasıyla uyuşturucu odaklıydı ve hatta organizat&ouml;rler insanları soğukta bıraktılar. Bird aha gelip d&uuml;zğ&uuml;n bir set &ccedil;ıkarmayı &ccedil;ok isterim.<br /><br /><br />R&ouml;portaj: Christopher &Ccedil;olak<br />26 Ocak 2009</p> 
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    <entry>
      <title>Oversteps by Autechre</title>
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      <published>2010-01-13T21:19:00Z</published>
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        <p>Autechre will release their new album &lsquo;Oversteps&rsquo; on March 22nd on Warp Records.<br /> <br /> The album will be available on CD, and deluxe vinyl edition - both including a free super high quality download version. <br /> <br /> Made in The Designers Republic.<br /> <br /> (THIS ITEM WILL BE SHIPPED FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 22ND)<br /> <br /> <img src="http://bleep.com/site/AE-OVERSTEPS-IMG_3362-Box-and-content_.jpg" alt="" /> <br /> <br /> <img src="http://bleep.com/site/AE-OVERSTEPS-IMG_3377-Poster_.jpg" alt="" /> <br /> <br /> <strong>Deluxe Vinyl Edition: </strong><br /> - Double heavyweight 180gram vinyl, each disc packed in its own printed inner and outer card sleeves <br /> <br /> - 900mm x 600mm double-sided poster printed on Offenbach ultra fine stock, folded within its own card sleeve  <br /> <br /> - Housed in printed and debossed rigid slipcase   <br /> <br /> <strong>Included free with all Vinyl &amp; CD orders on Bleep.com</strong><br /> - 320kbps LAME encoded MP3 version of the album for your portable player <br /> - Your choice of 16bit / 44.1kHz or 24bit / 44.1kHz WAV version of the album<strong></strong><br /> <br /> - These digital versions will be available to download direct from your Bleep account on day of release <br /> <br /> <strong>Tracklisting:</strong><br /> 1. r ess<br /> 2. ilanders<br /> 3. known(1)<br /> 4. pt2ph8<br /> 5. qplay<br /> 6. see on see<br /> 7. Treale<br /> 8. os veix3<br /> 9. O=0<br /> 10. d-sho qub<br /> 11. st epreo<br /> 12. redfall<br /> 13. krYlon<br /> 14. Yuop<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: smaller;">The digital versions of this release will be provided as downloads from Bleep as either *16 bit / 44.1kHz* or *24 bit / 44.1kHz* WAV format. With both these versions we are also providing fully ID3 tagged *320kbps mp3* versions for your mp3 player with track by track artwork. The 16 bit WAV is a lossless format comparable in sound quality to a standard Audio CD. The 24 bit WAV is of a higher quality however please be aware the file size is larger than the 16 bit version and there will be compatibility issues with some music players. (24 bit &ndash; 1.06gb / 16 bit &ndash; 720mb) <br /> <a href="http://www.tweakheadz.com/16_vs_24_bit_audio.htm"></a></span></p> 
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    <entry>
      <title>Seth Troxler Mixes Latest Boogybytes</title>
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      <published>2010-01-05T21:22:00Z</published>
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        <p>&ldquo;Boogybytes - it's about score, about clubs and pubs, about personality and the things that define us...&rdquo; This vocal introduces the next instalment of the Boogybytes mix CD series. Volume 5 is the first CD not to feature a star from the label but to give a surprise appearance to the extremely charismatic and not-so-secret insider tip Seth Troxler. His top-drawer DJ, remixing and production skills, as well as his highly praised releases on labels including the Ghostly International sub-label Spectral Sound, have helped him attract considerable interest and great bookings in his home city of Detroit and his current surroundings in Berlin. BPC aficionados may be familiar with Seth through his collaboration with Ryan Crosson and Sean Reeves. The trio delivered an extremely successful remix for Kiki under the name &ldquo;Visionquest&rdquo; which has been licensed for numerous other releases.<br /><br />After the success of their night at the Berlin club Watergate, the paths of Ellen Allien und Seth Troxler crossed once again. Seth was spontaneously given the honour of making a Boogybytes CD. After agreeing euphorically and without hesitation, Seth took the time to carefully reflect on his new environment in Berlin: &ldquo;I wanted to do something which would set itself apart from all the trends, and yet paint a picture of this city and portray it the way I experience it.&rdquo;<br /><br />The track selection which came out of this process conveys this picture superbly. Its palpable deepness occasionally harbours a touch of melancholy, yet never becomes overwhelming, for at its peaks - which certainly include Seth's Fever Ray mix - the tension is released in the most explosive and unbridled manner. Seth already considers certain tracks as classics. For him, Nicolas Jaar's &ldquo;Time For Us&rdquo; and the epic &ldquo;Birds And Souls&rdquo; are works with a great future.<br /><br />Seth's particular way of combining the most varied of musical elements is shown both in his fitting track selection and in his remarkable mixing technique. Not only are the individual remixes artfully arranged and intertwined, but single elements are also occasionally reemployed as material in a sound montage. Seth merges tracks into one another almost imperceptibly whilst constantly creating new angles in the way they overlap and retreat from one another. Other songs, on the other hand, follow one another abruptly and yet completely seamlessly. Sound elements are dispersed over the tracks, acting as recurring signals. In the case of the dancefloor stormer &ldquo;Stricher&rdquo; by Roman Fl&uuml;gel (one half of the duo Alter Ego), a complete section of the song is remoulded as a transition between tracks. <br /><br />The 4/4 kick drum does not remain fundamentally in the foreground; in the funk-jazz-tinged pieces by Bakara and Dinky its presence is withdrawn, although the compulsion! to dance is never lost. Seth Troxler pays homage both to his Detroit roots and to the minimal house style of his new home, and as a result he moves his hallmark sound beyond the limits of 12&rdquo; releases for the first time. Of course, the Boogybytes trademark wouldn't be complete without another addition to Axl Jansen's &ldquo;Shaking Heads&rdquo; photos as the cover design.<br /><br /><br />TRACKLISTING:<br /><br />01 Seth Troxler - Intro<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ryan Crosson - Amb 1<br />02 The Royal We - Party Guilt (Dinky's Arp-A-Pella)<br />03 Luciano - Fran Left Home<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mike Shannon - Sweet A Pella<br />04 Craig Smith &amp; The Revenge - The Soul Part II<br />05 Baeka - Right At It<br />06 Dinky feat. Update - Westoid<br />07 N/A feat. Rosina - Fables and Fairytales (Deniz Kurtel Remix)<br />08 Spektrum - Freakbox (Richie Hawtin's Uncontrolled Edit)<br />09 Alexi Delano - Molar One<br />10 Jabberjaw - The Connie Shake<br />11 Heartthrob - Signs (Thrill Cosby aka Seth Troxler Remix)<br />12 Birds And Souls - Birds And Souls<br />13 Roman Fl&uuml;gel - Stricher<br />14 Fever Ray - Seven (Seth Troxler Remix)<br />15 Kiki - Cinema Obscura<br />16 Nicolas Jaar - Time For Us</p> 
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      <title>Müzikli Seks: Jimmy Edgar</title>
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      <published>2009-12-20T22:58:00Z</published>
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        <p><br />Sadece m&uuml;zisyen olduğunu s&ouml;ylemek ise b&uuml;y&uuml;k haksızlık olur. Daha sakalı &ccedil;ıkmaya başlamadan &ouml;nce Detroit'in arka sokaklarında en iyilerle plak d&ouml;nd&uuml;rmeye başlayan, sonra ise Warp Records ile yaptığı anlaşma ile t&uuml;m d&uuml;nyaya kendini tanıtan Jimmy Edgar, yeni neslin heyecanla takip edeceği t&uuml;rden bir moda ikonu gibi. Son g&uuml;nlerde moda fotoğraf&ccedil;ılığına soyunan Jimmy Edgar kendi deyimiyle 'F&uuml;t&uuml;ristik bir Prince Makinesi' gibi.<br /><br />M&uuml;zik yapmak i&ccedil;in moda tasarımı eğitimini yarıda bırakan Jimmy Edgar hi&ccedil;bir zaman sanat ve yaratıcılıktan kopmadı. Hacking'ten de. &Ccedil;ok iyi bir programcı olan Jimmy'nin yaptığı şeyler sansasyonel, fazlasıyla kavramsal ve insan &uuml;st&uuml;.<br /><br />2012'de kıyamet koptuktan sonra geride kalanlar i&ccedil;in bir yol &ccedil;izmek ve onlara ilham vermek istediğinden mi başlasam yoksa yeni alb&uuml;m&uuml;ne harcadığı &ccedil;abadan ya da NY'daki jet set partilerde devirdiği &ccedil;amlardan mı&hellip;<br /><br />Jimmy Edgar ger&ccedil;ekten hala ilk Warp g&uuml;nleri kadar ilgin&ccedil; ve &ouml;zellikle yeni denemeye başladığı stiliyle &ccedil;ok b&uuml;y&uuml;k ses getirecek. Vocoder'ıyla klavyesini birleştiren ve şimdiye kadar dinlediklerimizden daha farklı bir m&uuml;zikal formatla yeni alb&uuml;m&uuml;n&uuml; kotaran Jimmy Edgar'ı ilerleyen yıllarda da yeni teknolojiler ve sanat projeleriyle birlikte anacağız. <br /><br />9 Ocak akşamı Ghetto'da canlı olarak sahne alacak bu adamı ka&ccedil;ırmayın. &Ccedil;&uuml;nk&uuml; bir dahaki sefere belki bienal'de bile karşımıza &ccedil;ıkabilir. İnsan Neyle mi yaşar? Bu sorunun cevabını Jimmy Edgar'dan daha iyi kim verebilir?<br /><br /><strong>Bug&uuml;nlerde neler yapıyorsun, yeni release'ler yolda mı?</strong><br />Evet hem de bir &ccedil;oğu! Şu anda bir s&uuml;r&uuml; plak şirketiyle birlikte &ccedil;alışıyorum, en &ouml;nemlisi ise &uuml;zerinde bana ait kan, ter, g&ouml;z yaşı ve spermlerin olduğu &ldquo;Deeper&rdquo; alb&uuml;m&uuml;m i&ccedil;in baharda yayınlayacağım bir label d&uuml;ş&uuml;n&uuml;yorum, belki bedava olarak da yayınlayabilirim! Citinite ve No19 i&ccedil;in yeni plaklar var. Hypercolour'dan &ldquo;Be There&rdquo; EP'si. <br /><br />Items &amp; Colors/Minus benim &ldquo;Funktion&rdquo; isimli single'ımı yayınladı. Magda Fabric mix CD'sinde &ldquo;Beat Squared&rdquo; isimli par&ccedil;amı kullandı. İspanyol iki yeni label Semantica ve Tracy Recordings i&ccedil;in sınırlı sayıda basılacak remix'ler ve par&ccedil;alar yaptım. Ger&ccedil;ekten artık ben bile takip edemez oldum. <br /><br />Unutmadan en &ouml;nemli olaylardan biri de Aux88'in&nbsp; 'Mad Scientist' alb&uuml;m&uuml;nden yeni bir EP benim bir remix'imle yayınlanacak. Şimdiye kadar yaptığım en iyi remix'lerden biri &ccedil;&uuml;nk&uuml; yeni Detroit stilimi g&ouml;zler &ouml;n&uuml;ne seriyorum. M&uuml;zik dışında ise Detroit'te sergilenecek karışık teknik tuvallerim &uuml;zerinde &ccedil;alışıyorum, ayrıca Los Angeles'lı yetenekli tasarımcı Brian Lichtenberg i&ccedil;in moda fotoğrafları &ccedil;ekiyorum. <br /><br /><strong>Citinite'tan, sonra olduk&ccedil;a underground bir electro label'ından, hemen ardından ise Minus'tan bir plak yayınladın. &Ouml;zg&uuml;r olmak ve hi&ccedil; bir plak şirketine bağlı olmak istemediğin i&ccedil;in mi b&ouml;yle bir yol se&ccedil;iyorsun?</strong><br />Bunun sebebi egoist olmam. Aynı anda bir s&uuml;r&uuml; m&uuml;zik &uuml;zerinde &ccedil;alıştığım ve hepsini de yayınlamak istediğim i&ccedil;in. İşlerimle gurur duyuyorum ve yayınlandıkları zaman beni parlatıyorlar. Her zaman bir &ccedil;ok label ile &ccedil;alışacağım. Artık sadece Warp i&ccedil;in &ccedil;alışmıyorum. Label'lar artık benim gelecek planlarımda yoklar &ccedil;&uuml;nk&uuml; artık para kazanamıyorlar. Eskiden b&uuml;t&uuml;n iş olabildiğince par&ccedil;a ve remix yaparak bunları yayınlayıp para kazanmaktan ge&ccedil;iyordu, şimdi ise durum değişti. <br /><br />Artık kimse m&uuml;zik satın almıyor. Takdir edildiğim, saygı g&ouml;rd&uuml;ğ&uuml;m s&uuml;rece bununla bir problemim yok. Bu aşkı ve sevgiyi kesinlikle beni sevenlere geri vereceğim. Hayranlarımı aşığım olarak g&ouml;r&uuml;yorum. Onları m&uuml;ziğimle &acirc;şık ediyorum &ccedil;&uuml;nk&uuml; ger&ccedil;ekten m&uuml;zik bence seks&uuml;el bir &ccedil;ekim ve titreşim barındırıyor i&ccedil;inde.<br /><br /><strong>Moda ve tasarım konusunda hala aktif misin?</strong><br />Sadece fotoğraf. Artık eskisi gibi moda tasarımı ile ilgilenmiyorum. &Ccedil;ok t&uuml;ketim odaklı bir alan ve artık yapacak başka işlerim var. &Ouml;rneğin diğer tasarımcıları benim hi&ccedil; yapamayacağım kadar iyi tasarımlar yapabilecekleri alanlarda faydalı hale getirmeye &ccedil;alışıyorum. Bunu moda fotoğrafıyla yapabileceğimi fark ettim ve bu alana y&ouml;neldim. Şu anda hikayelerin fikirleriyle, mankenlerin y&uuml;zlerindeki ifadelerle ve pozlarıyla oynayabiliyorum ve bu şekilde tasarımcıların yeni şeyler yapmasına yardımcı oluyorum. İşlerim kesinlikle sanatsal. Reklam fotoğrafı &ccedil;ekmiyorum.<br /><br /><strong>M&uuml;zik haricinde neler yapıyorsun?</strong><br />Herşeyi! &Ccedil;&uuml;nk&uuml; uyuyamıyorum. Etrafımdaki pek &ccedil;ok insan gibi hiper aktiviteden muzdaripim. Bunu nasıl kullanacağımı hala bilmiyorum. Son olarak bir filmde &ccedil;alışıyordum mesela, moda fotoğrafından esinlenen bir film. G&uuml;nl&uuml;k hayatta yaptığım her şeyi yapabileceğim bir sanat şekli bulmuş oldum sonunda. Bazı sahnelerde tablolarım var, s&uuml;per modellerle &ccedil;alışıyorum, seks&uuml;el &ccedil;ekim ve senaryo par&ccedil;aları, uyuşturucular, m&uuml;zik ve ses tasarımı, ayrıca diğer grafik tasarım işleri.<br /><br /><strong>Şu g&uuml;nlerde nasıl m&uuml;zikler dinilyorsun peki?</strong><br />M&uuml;zik dinlemiyorum desem? Cadillac'ımda bir Steve B tape'i var, onu dinliyorum. &ldquo;Spring Love&rdquo; ger&ccedil;ekten g&uuml;zel bir par&ccedil;a. Onun dışında &ldquo;Midnight Star&ldquo; kaydı da şu g&uuml;nlerde pikabımdan inmiyor.<br /><br /><strong>Uzun bir s&uuml;re sonra İstanbul'a gelecek olmak seni heyecanlandırıyor mu?&nbsp; Bu sefer biraz daha kalmayı d&uuml;ş&uuml;n&uuml;yor musun, &ccedil;&uuml;nk&uuml; artık burada da sanatsal anlamda heyecan verici gelişmeler oluyor...</strong><br />&Ccedil;ok heyecanlıyım. İstanbul daha &ouml;nce performans sergilediğim yerler arasında beni en &ccedil;ok etkileyenlerden biriydi. İlk ve tek sahne aldığım zaman mek&acirc;ndaki herkesten &ccedil;ok g&uuml;&ccedil;l&uuml; bir seks&uuml;el titreşim aldım. Ayrıca kadınların g&uuml;zelliğine de hayran kaldım. Bu sefer gelişimde bir ka&ccedil;ını kenara &ccedil;ekip fotoğraflarını &ccedil;ekmek ve derin konular hakkında konuşmayı &ccedil;ok isterim! <br /><br />Son sefer geldiğimde ben &ccedil;alarken bir s&uuml;r&uuml; insanın &ouml;p&uuml;şt&uuml;ğ&uuml;n&uuml; hatırlıyorum, bu ger&ccedil;ekten &ccedil;ok ateşliydi. Ayrıca o gece bir kıza da fena halde tutuldum. Sonra &ccedil;ok d&uuml;ş&uuml;nd&uuml;m o kızı. Ben &ccedil;alarken elinde gecenin flyer'ıyla geldi ve benim y&uuml;z&uuml;m&uuml;n olduğu yerden kalp şeklinde bir par&ccedil;a kopartıp bunu ekipmanımın &uuml;zerine bırakıverdi. Kalbim neredeyse eriyecekti! Şimdi bu anıların tekrar yeşerebileceği ve o gece orada olacak t&uuml;m g&uuml;zel kızların kalbinde aşk olacağını d&uuml;ş&uuml;nerek kendimi hazırlıyorum.<br /><br /><strong>Bu sefer canlı &ccedil;alacaksın belki gece ile ilgili ayrıntılar da verebilirsin?</strong><br />Seksi, tempolu, yenilik&ccedil;i, taze, funky, vokalli ve sytnh sololu bir m&uuml;zik. Sanki f&uuml;t&uuml;ristik bir Prince makinesi gibi. Senkronize kalp atışlarının dans edişi gibi.<br /><br /><strong>Yeni disco ve deep revival hakkında ne d&uuml;ş&uuml;n&uuml;yorsun?</strong><br />Aslında neden bahsettiğini bilmiyorum. Trend'leri seviyorum ve takip ediyorum. Birileri &ldquo;-trend&rsquo;leri takip etmeyi sevmiyorum&rdquo; dediğinde bunu &ccedil;ok aptalca buluyorum. Bence bunu s&ouml;yleyen herkes cool g&ouml;r&uuml;nmeye &ccedil;alışan bir idiyott&rsquo;ur. Ger&ccedil;ek&ccedil;i olun biraz! Sevmediğim az şey var, tolere edemediğim az şey var. Her şeye bir şans vermeye meyilliyim ama bunun hakkında en katı fikirlerimi de s&ouml;yleyeceğimden ve bundan hi&ccedil; gocunmayacağımdan da kuşkunuz olmasın!<br /><br /><strong>Gelecek planların nedir?</strong><br />2012'den sonra başlayacak yeni &ccedil;ağda, oluşacak yeni medeniyete hayat vermek istiyorum. Sanatım ve fikirlerimle insanlara ilham vermeyi umuyorum! <br />&nbsp;<br /><br />R&ouml;portaj: Christopher &Ccedil;olak<br />21 Aralık 2009</p>
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    <entry>
      <title>Emika Drops The Other</title>
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      <published>2009-12-20T22:32:00Z</published>
      <updated>2009-12-20T23:16:01Z</updated>
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        <p>Ninja Tune&rsquo;s latest signing Emika warms our hearts with her silky voice and crunchy melodies polished with Paul &lsquo;Scube&rsquo; Rose&rsquo;s dubstep rhymes. <br /><br />&ldquo;Drop The Other&rdquo; is the first single of the new Ninja Tune artist Emika. Already a Berliner and close friend to Ninja tune veteran Fink andA us Music crew MyMy, 2010 seems to be her year because she will release a debut from Ninja Tune and we are going to hear from her very much. <br /><br />She is doing a kind of pop blended with electronic slices, the kind of a music we&nbsp; really were seeking for a long time. And now we have Emika.<br /><br /><strong>Could you please talk about your musical background and explain how you progressed into electronic music production?</strong><br />I have an obsession with wanting to make, design and create. I like to persue the challenge of making my imagination real and tangible for other people. I remember the first moment as a child when I realised music came out of speakers and didn&rsquo;t just exist in the air by itself.<br /><br />This realisation was so captivating, I wanted to know how to make this happen. I began playing the piano age 11 or so, but this didn&rsquo;t answer my questions. I had about how to make beats for example. I ignorantly invested in a mac and Logic and started putting ideas together using GM sounds 10 years ago. I decided to study Creative Music Technology at university so that I could spend 3 self-indulgent years devoted to finding answers to my questions. I wanted to develop the attitude needed to be a successful music producer.<br /><br /><strong>You never concluded your vocalist caption and try it to blend it through your music. Is it a part of Emika's musical vision?</strong><br />Yes totally. &ldquo;Drop The Other&rdquo; is a musing on all those moments when you realise you should have been more careful in making decisions and not made them based on momentary lust. I didn&rsquo;t waste time trying to work out how to represent this with one word, I was too engrossed in making the groove so that I could record the next part and keep the vibe rolling.<br /><br /><strong>There is also a pop influence too. What labels, producers and bands inspired you and which labels, producers do you like these days?</strong><br />Danjahandz, Ben Klock, Mala, Modeselektor, Pinch, Milton Bradley, all inspire me very much. They all have signature production sounds and consistently make sophisticated unique music.<br /><br /><strong>Where do you see or locate yourself in and around the music scene? Let's say can you define the music you do?</strong><br />I choose not to define the music I make with words. I will talk about production techniques if the time is right.&nbsp;&nbsp; make connections with other people connected to music that inspires me. These are the people I choose to work with and share my passions with.<br /><br /><strong>What other stuff do you listen to other than electronic music?</strong><br />The fat lady walking around in the apartment above me every morning, the crowd noise in a packed club over the music being played, the hidden meanings in conversations, the sound in my ears when I swallow. Right in this moment whilst typing this answer, I happen to be at my parents house and my dad is deleting images on his camera which has the most offensive beep sound I&rsquo;ve heard in a long time. There&rsquo;s loads of stuff to listen to other than electronic music, and lots of different ways of hearing.<br /><br /><strong>How does a routine day of yours occur?</strong><br />Caffine, vegetables, running, thinking, techno, software, planning, creating, smoking, working for Native Instruments some days. Making lists of things to do, attempting to learn 5 new German words each day.<br /><br /><strong>You released a very good EP with MyMy on Aus Music. Could you please tell us how you got in touch with the Simple/Aus crew?</strong><br />Fink from Ninja is a close friend of mine, post writing together he introduced me to MyMy who are friends of his. Lee and Nick (MyMy) are my direct music family in Berlin, they're super talented and very supportive.<br /><br /><strong>What other/forthcoming projects will we hear from you?</strong><br />My next ep titled 'Double Edge'.<br /><br /><strong>How does usually an Emika track takes shape? Do you have a systematic way of working? Because I know you play piano too, so you should be good at chords and partitions...</strong><br />It get struck with some form of inspiration, a hook, a riff, a word, a feeling, an idea I had from dancing in a club, a production technique I want to explore, and I go on a creative bender from there. I work obsesively until I feel satisfied. I go a bit coffee mad, and everything else gets put on hold. I don&rsquo;t want to disclose my ways of working, but I can tell you that I never sit in front of my computer without an idea and manage to make anything decent. My time spent in the studio is the last step in realising my ideas.<br /><br /><strong>How did the signing to Ninja Tune happen?</strong><br />I sent them a track and they offered me a contract. I don&rsquo;t think either of us thought it would come this far, it takes a lot of faith and focus to drive the project forward. I need to keep them inspired with new music and they need to invest a lot of time in my development. It was an ambition of mine to work with Ninja Tune as they have such a rich history in marketing unique music.<br /><br /><strong>Are you happy with your first EP and album, Scuba's remix is really excellent and giving it for free is a bonus!</strong><br />Sure, I only release what I like. There is a lot of unfinished rubbish on my HD's and thats where it will stay. Scuba is incredibly talented, I have Scuba days when all I listen to is his music, and I try and work out how its made. Luckily my analytical brain gets distracted by his vibe, it&rsquo;s impossible to resist, and then all I can do is zone out.<br /><br /><strong>Do you play live and what do you know about istanbul, would you like to perform here?</strong><br />I love to play live and make loud sound. Playing a PA is the ultimate instrument for me currently. I use Maschine for playing beats, I sing and control real-time effects which abstract my voice. I have been following the music culture in Istanbul quite closely over the past 8 months as it seems to people like me, outside of the culture, that there is a lot of interesting developments particularly in the clubs. I would love to perform in Istanbul so that I could spend some time there experiencing the underground music culture. <br /><strong><br />Thank you very much!</strong><br />Thank you for supporting my music!<br /><br /><br />Interview: Christopher &Ccedil;olak<br />21 December 2009</p> 
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      <title>[cormix026] Various &#45; Simply Devotion &#45; Cassy in the Mix</title>
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      <published>2009-12-20T21:36:01Z</published>
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        <p>The last but not the least, this gifted lady, Mrs Cassy gave us one of the best house mixes she ever did and the Berlin house scene has ever heard! No this is probably true. After Dixon's Temporary Secretary and Tama Sumo's Ostgut compilations this is just fine for another precious moment in house and techno. <br /><br />She has chosen the best tunes as she plays them in her sets very much, these are the tunes which were all qualified along her Panoroma Bar sessions and sets around Europe. We can name Kez YM, Linkwood and Anton Zap as proving Cassy is the finest digger around if you are talking about deep house and derivatives. <br /><br />The closing is being done with Ralph Falcon's 'Whateva'. Saying that 'whateva' this lady is playing, you should pay attention and lend an ear. This is 'Simply Devotion', one of the best mixtapes of 2009.<br /><br />Christopher &Ccedil;olak</p> 
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      <title>[sp05] Derivate &#45; Lagrange Points I</title>
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      <published>2009-12-20T21:11:00Z</published>
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        <p>Havantepe is İsmail Gen&ccedil;, already a name for the dubby sounscapes either they are techno or ambient. He is on behalf of the Sublime Porte union, a net label project soon to be heard by the most of the top notchs around the electronic music scene. They are already been supported by the foremost dub techno produers around the world and they are in fact the hard working people who really try to keep things intimate and high-end on their side. <br /><br />All the people in the crew are fond of their sounds and equipments. All Sublime Porte releases are being mastered by professional hands. And the best thing about is all releases are under creative commons liscense, in other words they are for free! So go grab it now! Giving away their top quality music for free and try being true to their sound, I think they really need more and more praise than they have gotten already. <br /><br />Havantepe's latest project Derivate is the hommage to break beated dub. I won't call it a 'dubstep' thing cause it is not! This is more than a hype, more than a vibe, this is a principle or a vision. The dubbed break beats in perfect shape. They are also being polished under Beto Narme's talented hands and become real dubstep gems. <br /><br />Beto Narme is also a talented person among the Sublime Porte crew and you must listen to his latest <a href="http://www.sublimeporte.net/blog/?p=83" target="_blank">podcast at Sublime Porte</a>. He was the partner of Kez YM the talented Japanese house producer in RBMA 2007 Toronto and he is gonna release huge dubstep tunes in the forthcoming year. <br /><br />So keep an eye on him and Derivate's new instalment. I can easilty say that these people and this label is one of the best things that İstanbul electronic music scene has ever seen. And this just the start of it! Go check: <a href="http://www.sublimeporte.net" target="_blank">Sublime Porte.</a><br /><br />Christopher &Ccedil;olak</p> 
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      <title>[zen12240] Emika &#45; Drop The Other</title>
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      <published>2009-12-18T13:41:00Z</published>
      <updated>2009-12-20T10:31:31Z</updated>
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        <p>A vocalist, pianist, producer, Emika is Ninja Tunes' big fish for the forthcoming year. While getting ready for the release of her long player, Emika released a very nice EP called "Drop The Other" from Ninja Tune.<br /><br />With remix efforts from the new Berliner dubstep guru Scuba and electro wizard GeRM, she is giving the required dose to every electronic music lover what she/he wants. A real base, more than cinematic atmospheres and a big dose of melody. <br /><br />Scuba's Vulpine remix is getting irresistable with Emika's soft and strong voice. Signing one of the newest and best new comers, Ninja Tune has won the jackpot in my opinion. Emika will be the new star of pop influenced contemporary electronic music in the forthcoming year. We will hear a lot from her in 2010. <br /><br />Wait for her and an interview will follow my review! She promised to answer every question I will ask! And one of the best things is that you can grab the fantastic Scuba remix for a limited time only from the <a href="http://www.ninjatune.net/emika/eflyer.php" target="_blank">Ninja Tune's website</a>. <br /><br />Christopher &Ccedil;olak</p> 
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      <title>[snork24] Syntax Error &#45; Mental Abyss</title>
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      <published>2009-12-14T11:30:00Z</published>
      <updated>2009-12-14T12:27:00Z</updated>
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        <p>Snork Enterprises is the base for German style industrial minimal techno with a real funk and micro aesthetic. We can name it as a mixture of the old style Mosquito techno blended with industrial hard techno and polished with a Force Inc. plaid.<br /><br />Their products are usually very weird and unconventional and they all seem to have the most interested funk you could get in a minimal track. Label boss&nbsp; Christian Schachta aka Syntax Error is the master in this kind of business and with his new EP 'Mental Abyss' he really manages to fulfill his weird funk with a bass heavy groove and a real mood. His other labels Feinwerk and the new sister Relax2000 all keep on releasing very interesting and good music.<br /><br />This EP is one of the best in the label's discography. Two track EP keeps up the label's weirdness and uniqueness in a way that no other label will even try to compete or beat. They are doing a very different and unconventional music if you are considering the current trends and hypes. But this is the thing that keeps labels underground, independent and unique. That's why I love Snork Enterprises and Syntax Error. <br /><br />'Norflop Poseidon' is one of the best tracks Syntax Error ever did. also this is very minimal and less industrial compated to the recent productions. We still hear machinery sampling but less noise. Very well organized funky rhyme. 'Oceanic Amcom' is better than any exact definition which tries to define this label's sound. Yeah this is it! No more words needed. Take a listen and you will love it, if you are a real techno pervet. We do!<br /><br />Christopher &Ccedil;olak</p> 
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      <title>Mini Müzikhol debuts with Tirk Records</title>
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      <published>2009-12-14T09:35:00Z</published>
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<div class="turkce">Here is what they say:<br /><br />We are opening a place called &ldquo;minim&uuml;zikhol&rdquo; to assist those good old deprived souls who want to experience some subculture firsthand. We are also musical wanderers, and would be very excited to be subjected to your take on music, be it recorded or performed. Get in touch!<br />Open Thursday&rsquo;s to Saturday&rsquo;s, <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/maps.google.com');" href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;msa=0&amp;ll=41.032502,28.98461&amp;spn=0.001435,0.002771&amp;z=19&amp;msid=105385749953105659899.00047a889d5b8fd1207a7">check the map</a> for the coordinates.<br /><br />Bu şehirde alt k&uuml;lt&uuml;r olamayıp, kendi k&uuml;lt&uuml;r&uuml;n&uuml; odasında tek başına yaşayan,&nbsp;nereye gideceğim bu akşam, ka&ccedil; yanak &ouml;peceğim, aynı par&ccedil;ayı ka&ccedil; kere daha dinleyeceğim&nbsp;diye d&uuml;ş&uuml;nen herkes i&ccedil;in minim&uuml;zikhol a&ccedil;ılıyor.<br />Minim&uuml;zikhol i&ccedil;eriğiyle &ouml;nerilere ve katılıma a&ccedil;ık.<br /><br />Amacı buradan ya da diğer &uuml;lkelerden&nbsp;iyi m&uuml;ziği bularak,&nbsp;performans, ya da kayıt olarak derlemek ve hayatımıza sokmak. Ses sistemi iyi, daha da iyi olacak. Bazen en g&uuml;zel gecesi Perşembe olacak. Birileriyle sakin bir şekilde bir araya gelip&nbsp;m&uuml;zik dinlemeye de, ge&ccedil; saatlerde g&uuml;r&uuml;lt&uuml; yapmaya da imkan tanıyacak.</div>
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