March 9, 2008 at 4:04 pm · Filed under Articles
Heads up, Minimal House fans. RA is giving away three Family Tree CD and vinyl packs from Ripperton’s Perspectiv label.Perspectiv is a Swiss label run by Ripperton and Sam K, home to 12″s and remixes from the likes of Mark August, Agnès and Lazy Fat People. In January, the label released its first compilation Family Tree featuring brand new cuts from hot properties Quarion and Mark August as well as label regulars Agnès and Masaya. To celebrate Perspectiv’s mini milestone, RA is giving away three Family Tree prize packs. Each bundle contains the 11-track unmixed Family Tree CD as well the two Family Tree vinyl samplers featuring cuts from the likes of Quarion, Mark August and Agnès. As a special bonus for RA readers, Perspectiv have also thrown in an extra 12″: Masaya’s ‘El Choquero EP’. Thanks, Ripperton! Those bumper prize packs again in full:
- 1 x Family Tree CD
- 1 x Family Tree (Sampler A) 12″ feat. Quenum, Daria, Van Hai, Masaya
- 1 x Family Tree (Sampler B) 12″ feat. Quarion, Mark August, Agnès, Laurine Frost
- 1 x El Choquero EP on 12″ by Masaya
To be in the running to take home one of these Family Tree packs from Perspectiv, simply answer the question.
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February 28, 2008 at 6:26 pm · Filed under Reviews
Justus Köhncke’s two previous full-lengths on Kompakt, Was Ist Musik (2002) and Doppelleben (2005), were slightly frustrating affairs. Both albums were filled with clever pop structures, quality sound design and subtle shifts in mood, but somehow they tended to fall short of pure emotional captivation. Partly of course this was due to Köhncke’s notorious vocals, which are at times just too deadpan and at times just too camp (check his destruction of Jürgen Paape’s seminal ‘So Weit Wie Noch Nie’ for the evidence, but the albums were also occasionally marred by Köhncke’s weakness for soft-focus disco, with kitsch rather than glamorous and decadent results. Safe and Sound combines many of these tendencies, but happily, it’s a much more satisfying listen. So much so you’ve got to wonder what inspired the difference. Perhaps this more muscular sound is down to Köhncke spending a lot of time in the clubs, or perhaps it’s a product of his new studio (located in an old butcher shop). The newfound help of the album’s co-writer/producer Fred Heimermann (certainly on ‘Tilda’, but likely more) might also be a contributing factor. But perhaps there was just something in the air? Those leaves on the Pop Ambient-esque cover, after all, do look suspiciously like marijuana.Köhncke’s disco tendency come to the fore on several tracks, but more confidently than on the previous two albums. With its ‘70s strings, ‘Parage’ is downright funky and would, in an ideal world, play on radios in Cadillac cars with whitewall tyres. ‘Molybdän’ lives up to its elemental name (attn non-scientists: ‘molybdenum’ is a heavy metal) and mimics more disco ball glitter than disco sound itself with sparkling stabs of sound and winding analogue washes. More overtly disco is the brilliant opener ‘Yacht’ which pays strong homage to ‘Slave to the Rhythm’, but then develops its own melodic narrative.Grace Jones isn’t the artist from the past to get name-checked. The first single from the album, ‘Feuerland’, is a cover of Krautrocker Michael Rother’s track from his 1977 LP ‘Flammende Herzen.
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February 28, 2008 at 6:15 pm · Filed under Articles, Media
Joris Voorn is a producer, a DJ, a live act and a visual artist. Like many Dutchmen, he makes techno with a nod to Detroit, first pricking up ears in 2004 with the release of the ‘The Lost Memories’ EPs which included the big dancefloor cuts ‘Missing’ and ‘Incident’, the latter of which became one of the most hammered anthems of the year. Since then Voorn has released two full lengths albums, ‘Future History’ and this year’s ‘From a Deep Place’, both of which fused together deep house, old skool Detroit and even some ambient landscapes.Aside from his own bleeps and bloops, Voorn also spins records. Last year his debut mix compilation for Belgian club Fuse headed in a more minimal direction, fusing together Detroit classics from Robert Hood, Carl Craig and Jeff Mills with newer outings from Sleeparchive, Marc Houle and Matthew Dear. Those who’ve heard ‘Fuse’ or one of Voorn’s high energy live shows might be surprised by his RA podcast though: This one is fifty-four minutes of deep house meets ambient with an emphasis on silky synths and even silkier vocals.
Joris Voorn - Resident Advisor Podcast #62 16-07-2007
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February 27, 2008 at 6:44 am · Filed under Media
Dan Curtin - Resident Advisor Podcast #68 3-9-2007
Tracklist:
01. Michal Ho feat. Jonjon - Take Away - Tuning Spork
02. Dennis Ferrer feat. Mia Tuttavilla - Transitions (Sasse Edit) Defected
03. Fuckpony - Cold Slave - Get Physical
04. Innersphere aka Shinedoe - Phunk (Ricardo Villalobos rmx) Intacto
05. Freak 7 vs Critical Phase - Pitch Black (Orlando Voorn rmx) New Religion
06. Einzelkind - Maferefumeco - Kindisch
07. Falko Brocksieper - Black Box - Sub Static
08. Reboot - Clear Motion - Below
09. Bushwacka! - Long Distance - Olmeto
10. Selway+Vincenzo - Dream Stealer (Joe Mull rmx) CSM
11. Sleeper Thief - Vaja de Suba Te - Mobilee
12. Bart Skils & Anton Pieete - The Shining - 100% Pure
13. Gemini - In My Head (Derrick Carter rmx) Classic
14. Gourachandra - Show You The Way (Dan Curtin rmx) It Is What It Is
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