Heavy Day

April 16, 2008 at 5:30 pm · Filed under Articles

Artist:Falko Brocksieper
Title:Heavy Day
Label:Substatic
Date:24 03 2008
Genre:Techno
Subgenre:Techno, Minimal, Dub

Co-founded the Sub Static label in 2000 with M.I.A., and later the Karloff sub-label in 2003. Now based in Berlin. Frequencies are swines, every audio-autodidact knows about that. Making music is hard work at the analytical front, every bar just a tiny territorial gain, that neverending scramble between wetware and software. And when the exhausted lonesome hero finally stumbles outside, then it was just another day in the coal-mines of techno, a long day, a heavy day, everyday life. But sometimes all the troubles aren‘t for nothing, sometimes the ring-bounded eye can capture a shine and glitter in the dried-out riverbed, a rough diamond in the digged boulders, ready to get rasped and polished like anything. The last bus home is gone? Never mind. Sleep at the studio? Whatever it takes. Sacrifices are being made and not being born. And all are equal before the flow. In all that sense, SUB STATIC boss FALKO BROCKSIEPER has now processed a big issue, after a remarkable number of EPs and remixes: the second-album itch. Nightmare to every musician and conceptual contra on tasty techno in 5-minute-salsa with b-side. All in all not a bed of roses. A real Brocksieper though is always king of the hill in his own track, souvereignly dominating beats and melodies, again and again transferring it all into that airy funky joinin- groove thats his trademark. Unisono to definite floor pushers like Lament and The Whole Story though, HEAVY DAY also features a great portion of organic organ- house, plucked violin-techno and pleasant dub-tronica, only to name a few of the opened drawers. Next to the machines, this time RICHARD DAVIS, BIG BULLY and MIA are in on it, with grammy-like performances of their throat arts, as lyrical as focused, into the blue to the point, spun over the beats by expert hands. What? This doesn‘t sound like hard work? Rather like having an easy good time? Right. Mission accomplished.

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Resident Advisor : 098 Todd Terje

April 15, 2008 at 7:46 pm · Filed under Articles, Media

This week on the RA podcast: a left-field disco mix from Norway’s Todd Terje.

Although he may be best known for his inclusion on Michael Mayer’s Immer 2 compilation, Todd Terje ain’t much of a house and techno guy. Disco is his game. The Norwegian DJ/producer is a compatriot of the Lindstrom/Prins Thomas axis of dance music, a cabal of Scandinavians continuing the Idjut Boys skewed version of disco and Balearic beach sounds. Terje’s specialty is the edit. His official and unofficial reworkings of tunes by artists as diverse as Curtis Mayfield, Paul Simon and KC & The Sunshine Band have gained him a following among adventurous listeners and DJs alike.On his RA podcast, you’ll get to hear some of Terje’s work in the editing arena on tracks new and old. It’s a set that eschews the idea of simply making the easy mix, taking in space disco, reggae, R&B and even some Bruce Springsteen.
01. M.I.A. - Paper Planes (DFA Mix)
02. Sly & Robbie - Triplets
03. Chaz Jankel & Laura Weymouth - Whisper
04. !!! - Must Be The Moon (Emperor Machine Mix)
05. Armand Van Helden - Je T’aime (Simian Mobile Disco Mix)
06. Broke - We Ain’t Got It
07. Mathias Kaden - Rhythma
08. Class Action - Weekend
09. Cole Medina - Red Hot
10. Tron Scott’s Freaks in Space - Prog Rocks And Moon Jocks
11. Mirror Boys - See The Music
12. The Temptations - Law Of The Land (Iskra Edit)
13. Konk - Percussion Jam
14. Mr. Raoul K - Le Cercle Peul
15. Sueno Latino - Luxuria (Cutmaster-G Techno Age Mix)
16. Bruce Springsteen - I’m On Fire (Cousin Cole Mix)

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FHD007 Released!

April 14, 2008 at 7:00 pm · Filed under Articles, Media

FHD Colors Series - BLUE

On “Colors Blue” you will find some huge highlights of Minimal and Tech House, fresh and partially unreleased tracks including productions by Chase Buch, Tala, Dogukan Ires and Didem Suzen and Ugur Project.
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1-Tala-Sera (original mix)
2-Doğukan İres-My Way (original mix)
3-Chase Buch-Shimo (original mix)
4-Didem Süzen-Nowhere (original mix)
5-Uğur Project-The Disorder (original mix)

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FHD005 Released

April 1, 2008 at 6:40 pm · Filed under Articles, Media

Shrimpy - Aufhebung EP

This is electronic dance music at its finest!! Istanbuls finest return with a peaktime mainroom smasher that not only rattles the bass bins but your brain.. with its funky groove, melodic undertones and full on in your face beats!! Don’t sleep on this one, Its HOTT!! Available at Release, Beatport, DjDownload, Junodownload, Dance Records, Beatsdigital and all other stores.
Buy From Here: Shrimpy - Aufhebung EP

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