Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Documentary - Locked Off - Britain's illegal rave renaissance

Vice's Clive Martin investigates the 21st century version of UK rave in this extended documentary.


LOCKED OFF
Rave culture is one of Britain's great cultural exports, but after its first wave in the late 1980s and early 1990s it was forced into the underground by stringent new laws and the rise of licensed super clubs.

Fast forward 25 years into the midst of a nationwide purge on the UK's nightlife, where nearly half of all British clubs have shut down in the last decade, and a new kind of scene has emerged: a 21st century version of rave, where young people break into disused spaces with the help of bolt-cutters and complicated squatting laws, to suck on balloons and go hard into the early morning.

But with the police using increasingly extreme tactics to clamp down on these parties, and more than one fatality causing a nationwide media panic, can the scene survive?

Source: Vice

Juan Atkins and Kimyon Huggins Flex Their Lengthy Techno Friendship with a Mind-Bending New Remix

Juan Atkins and Kimyon Huggins Flex Their Lengthy Techno Friendship with a Mind-Bending New Remix




Detroit techno inventor Juan Atkins has been busy lately. Just last week we premiered a tantalizing track from his new Borderland album with Moritz von Oswald.

Huggins, an Ohio native, has had a longstanding presence in the DJ world starting as a promoter in Midwestern hubs like Detroit and Chicago before eventually moving to New York and helping relaunch Atkins' Metroplex label in 2011 where he served as label manager. Occasionally Huggins brings his techno expertise into the studio as he's just done with Atkins on a collaborative remix for a track off Damian Lazarus and The Ancient Moons mind-bending album which we streamed in full on THUMP on 2015.


Proving their chops as a pair who know the intricacies of techno better than most (Atkins is credited as inventing the genre alongside former classmates Kevin Saunderson and Derrick May—so there's that), their remix of "Adventures Of The Ancient Moons" revolves around some spooky bells and sinister synth groans—transporting you to a dystopian techno rave of the past, present, and freakishly weird future. Check it out below.


Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Derrick May @ Jaunt, Cosmic Ballroom, Newcastle 26.02.2016

Derrick May @ Jaunt, Cosmic Ballroom, Newcastle 26.02.2016




Tracklist:

[000] Mr. G - Getting There Detroit [Phoenix G - PG 048]
[003] ?
[005] Kerri Chandler - Rain [Nervous - NE 20434]
[006] ?
...
[015] SIS - Sanura [Crosstown Rebels - CRM 146]
[017] ?
[022] Mr. G - Sunday Blues (Kasper Remix) [Bass Culture - BCRLP 01]
[027] ?
...
[034] DJ Dozia - Pop Culture (KiNK Mix) [Ovum - OVM 260]
[038] Gazeebo - Why'd You Stop Dancing (Bambi & Gazeebo Edit) [Gazeebo International - GZ 056V2]

PIONEER DJ TOUR SYSTEM CDJ-TOUR1 & DJM-TOUR1 OFFICIAL INTRODUCTION

PIONEER DJ TOUR SYSTEM CDJ-TOUR1 & DJM-TOUR1 OFFICIAL INTRODUCTION

The CDJ-TOUR1 multiplayer and DJM-TOUR1 mixer take the professional sound quality of the NXS2 set-up and add the components needed to deliver that performance in large festivals and arenas. Both models have an ESS Technology 32-bit D/A converter to eliminate low noise and distortion and give a clear, crisp sound at scale. The DJM-TOUR1 is the first mixer to have a pro audio grade AES/EBU digital output, so you can connect directly to front of house – even over long distances – with no loss of sound quality.
The 13-inch, full-colour touch screens with built-in CPU give you effortless control: you can browse faster, grasp waveforms more easily, and do it all while keeping the crowd in your line of sight. And back-to-back DJing is a breeze, thanks to the DJM-TOUR1’s two independent headphone sections that let you monitor and cue tracks separately.

Gabriel Ananda - Soulful Techno - 13.05.2016

Gabriel Ananda - Soulful Techno - 13.05.2016


Tracklist:
1. Aquarium - Rainy Night In Shibuya (Deepspace Slow Down Mix)
2. Kinly Estellar - Panorama Channel [Biologic - BIO 021]
3. Sezer Uysal & Coyu - Cygnus (Gabriel Ananda Remix)
4. Roland Klinkenberg - Dusty Horizon Interlude (Electric Calm Mix) [Global Underground - GUEC 4DIG]

Thump mix by Legowelt - 04.05.2016

Thump mix by Legowelt - 04.05.2016




Tracklist:

1. Intro looping/samplerfreaking
2. George Duke - Follow The Rainbow
3. Golden Ivy - Time Out
4. Huerco S
5. Megga - Herbal Essence
6. MGUN - Mask
7. Haf Haf - The Wasabi You Ate
8. Matrixxman - Secret Garden
9. Elektrovolt - Nani
10. DBX - City On The Edge Of Forever
11. Dollkraut - Fire
12. RBM - Latinos In Brooklyn
13. Paranoid London - Light Tunnel
14. Seven Davis Jr. - Welcome Back
15. Yoruba Soul Instrumental
16. Gunnar Haslam - Nevence
17. Lady Blacktronika - Never Everything
18. Jordan Fields - Boxbeater
19. Deo & Z-Man - XTC
20. UFOCUS - Fun With Fractals
21. DJ QU - Loveboxxx
22. Legowelt - Sampling Winter
23. Joey Anderson - Repulsive
24. Austin Ceasar - Cloud Hall

25. Legowelt - Beach Oceano

Sunday, May 22, 2016

DJ Hyperactive @ PAL, Hamburg 09.04.2016

DJ Hyperactive @ PAL, Hamburg 09.04.2016





Tracklist:
1. Lewis Fautzi - Signal [Soma - DA 107]
2. Maan - Trow (Sterac Remix) [Non Series - NON 008]
3. Discrete Circuit - Old Kingdom [Beard Man - BMD 015]
4. Cari Lekebusch - Toad [H-Productions - HPX 89]
5. Bas Amro - Imposter Persona [Wolfskuil - WLTD 028]
6. Alexander Kowalski - The View Of Changes (David Alvarado Remix) [Kanzleramt - KA 164]
7. ?
8. Psyk - Distane [Mote Evolver - MOTE 031D]
9. ?
10. Altinbas - Imminent Probe [Float - 007]
11. DJ 3000 - Take Me Away (Truncate Remix) [Motech - MT 090]
12. Roberto Clementi - Wall Of People (Zenker Brothers Remix) [Soma - 451D]
13. Risc - Sulaco [Impact Mechanics - I'm 077]
14. Bryan Chapman - The Old World [Clutch Trax - CLU 036]
15. Petrichor - State Function [Soma - DA 110]
16. Ben Long - The Solver (DJ Hyperactive Remix) [Bullet:Dodge - BDR 100]
17. Reeko - Barcelona #3:00am [Soma - 439D]
18. Lewis Fautzi - Unconsciousness V2 [Warm Up - WU 45]
19. ?
20. Alberto Pascual - Modeler [CLR - 076]
21. Nina Kraviz - Ghetto Kraviz (Steve Rachmad's Jack Mix) [Rekids - 010CDX]
22. Alberto Pascual - Modifier [CLR - CRLDA 011]
23. Andre Kronert - The Throne Room (Len Faki Remix) [Figure - 71]
24. Dettmann & Klock - Places Like This [Ostgut Ton - O-TON 011]
25. DNGLS - Lannister (DJ Hyperactive Remix) [Anemone - ANEM 0018]
26. ?
27. Nuno Zanga - Bolivia [DSR Digital - DSRD 276]
28. Mark Broom - Sixty Six [Beard Man - BMD 017]
29. Alberto Pascual - Doer [CLR - 076]
30. Reeko - Hearbeat Error [Soma - 439D]
31. Secluded - Feeling (Reeko Remix) [Secluded - 002]

32. Lewis Fautzi - Discharge (Reeko Remix) [Soma - 455D]

Model 500 - No UFO's (Remix)

Model 500 - No UFO's (Remix)

Saturday, May 21, 2016

Omar-S to release new 12-inch on FXHE

Omar-S to release new 12-inch on FXHE

Desert Eagle is likely to land on the Detroit artist's own label in June or July.

Omar-S has a new 12-inch on the way.

Alex O. Smith's latest album, The Best, came out a few weeks back. The Detroit artist has wasted no time in releasing his next effort on his own FXHE Records. Desert Eagle is a two-tracker, and from the sound of the clips over on the FIT Distribution website, they continue Smith's penchant from stripped, melodic house. The record is likely to hit the shelves in June or July.

Tracklist
A1 Desert Eagle
A2 Cry Me A River

FXHE will release Desert Eagle later in 2016.

Friday, May 20, 2016

Audion returns with first album in ten years, Alpha

Audion returns with first album in ten years, Alpha

Matthew Dear will release the LP on !K7 in June.

Matthew Dear's first Audion album in ten years is coming out in June.

Alpha sees Dear signing up to Berlin label !K7. Most of the previous Audion records, including 2005's Suckfish LP, have come out through Spectral Sound. Dear also released an Audion compilation, Audion X, on Spectral in 2013. (Word of a new Audion also first surfaced at that time). The project's techno focus continues on Alpha, which clocks in at 13 tracks. The record sleeve was designed by Dear's longtime collaborator, Will Calcutt. You can hear clips of the LP over at Bandcamp.

Listen to album track "Destroyer."

Tracklist
01. Dem
02. There Was A Button
03. Gut Man Commeth
04. Traanc
05. Celestial Antibody
06. Destroyer
07. Suppa
08. Napkin
09. Bob The Builder
10. Sucker
11. Timewarp
12. Zunk Synth
13. Sicko

!K7 will release Alpha on June 10th, 2016.