Regis & Scorn to perform at the Narcissus Trance Exhibition (26th June 10)

Karl O'Connor AKA Regis and Mick Harris AKA Scorn will collaborate as part of the Narcissus Trance exhibition, which begins at London's E:vent Gallery next week.

The show is based around the ideas that Canadian scholar and philosopher Marshall McLuhan had on the interaction of technology and humanity, and in particular his concept of the Narcissus Trance, which is described by co-curators Paul Purgas and Shama Khanna as "a process that anaesthetises the nervous system in order to allow technological media to merge with the mind." It's not the first time that the O'Connor and Harris have collaborated with Purgas, as they took part in his two We Can Elude Control shows alongside Sleeparchive and Secondo in 2008. Again, a physical product will be released to commemorate the commission; and this time it's 7-inch single bearing text by writer and theorist Mark Fisher AKA K-punk.

Turner prize nominated Mark Titchner, acclaimed New York painter Wade Guyton, author and conceptual artist Tom McCarthy and emerging London based sculptor Ben Washington are amongst the other artists contributing work to the exhibition, which runs from June 26th through to August 8th. The grand opening on Friday 25th June will be anchored around some special live performances, with Rose Kallal doing a new piece with three 16mm projectors and a Roland SH-2000 synthesizer, and O'Connor and Harris showcasing their latest project for the first time in public. The aforementioned artists will also contribute installed pieces to the exhibition that, according to Purgas, "will function as more of an immersive encounter." The exhibition will also host discussion events stemming from McLuhan's theories, and the project will continue into the new year, with a second exhibition at Bristol's Spike Island in January.

Find out more information at the Event Gallery Website

How to use the Pioneer DJM 2000

The DJM 2000 was first unveiled back in March, but since then not much has been said about it, until now.

Pioneer have now released a video which takes you through everything on this feature packed mixer.

For more infomation check out the Pioneer Website

Samuli Kemppi - Live @ Berghain (5th June 10)

I'm a big fan of Samuli Kemppi and I'm also a big fan of Berghain, so putting them together is just excellent. Putting them together and recording it is unbelievable!

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Keep up to date with all of Samuli's info through these two links

Samuli Kemppi Twitter

Samuli Kemppi Myspace

Shake It presents Canada Day with Richie Hawtin @ Village Underground (1st July 10)

The few times Richie Hawtin brings his array of technology to London, there's always something not quite right about it. The last few choices of venues SEOne, The Brixton Academy and Ministry Of Sound have raised a few questions. The Contakt show at SEOne was over crowded beyond belief, poorly run and never got going. I saw the same show a month later at I Love Techno and it was immense. Something about London just didn't work. The idea behind it, and off shoot of the Narod Niki shows, was a great concept and ILT proved how good it could work. The ratio of scene-sters to genuine techno fans was far too high, and the main show started far too late, and by that time it was too late to rescue it. Especially as Hawtin was no where to be seen for the first 90mins after the intro.

At last years Friday night Sonar showcase however, Richie was back to his brilliant best. I put all thoughts of Contakt, Cubes, Clothing Lines and any other hype that was surrounding him at the time, to the back of my mind and, as cliche as it sounds 'just concentrated on the music'. Hawtin put in a tremendous performance that night and convinced me that when it is all the techno, there's few better.

I have a feeling this night is going to be just like that memorable night back in Barcelona, in a considerably smaller space, but all about the Techno. No frills, no spills (although maybe a few Canadian flags), the London crowd cruisers will be kept away by the annoyance of Friday work (don't worry i have the day off) and Richie will serve up his finest to mark the occasion.

Tickets are still available at:

Resident Advisor

Ticketweb

I have mine. And for those of you that might be around the west end in the afternoon of Canada Day, Hawtin will be playing a half hour set at 5:30pm in Traflagar Square as part of the festivities

First names announced for Timewarp Holland 2010

Here are the first names for this years Timewarp Festival in Holland

Sven Vath

Loco Dice

Marco Carola

Karotte

Speedy J

Chris Liebing

Sandwell District

Gui Boratto (Live)

Joris Voorn (Live)

Early reports suggest it will be held on 4th December this year but in 2010 it looks like the event will be held in Amsterdam rather than the previous years where it's been held in Rotterdam. My 2 visits to the Maassilo venue, in Rotterdam, over the last 2 years have made it one of my favourite venues in the world. Timewarp need to have something special to live up to the old converted power station. But it's not often that Timewarp lets us down so I'm fairly confident whatever they dig out will be more than a little bit special!

You can follow Timewarp on Twitter or check out their Official Website for all the info on this event and future events

T Bar closed

The East London venue is the latest in a ever growing line of closed down London venues. It's been a turbulent few months for the London club scene, with the closure of Matter for the summer, and the news that fabric has gone into administration and is up for sale.

You'd think things couldn't get any worse, but it seems the bad news just keeps on coming with the announced closure of T Bar. Originally in it's Shoreditch High Street location the place was buzzing. Playing host to some of the best djs in the world and always for free. It seemed to lose some of it's specialness when it moved away from central Shoreditch to it's new location, hidden away out the back of London's financial district.

It never seemed to spark to life in it's new location and is now thrown out onto the clubland scrap heap. A message from the T Bar facebook group last night, read as follows

"Dear members/fans and friends,

It is with great sadness that I have to announce that T Bar is now closed. After six and a half years of incredible music, outrageously good times and spectacular memories we are calling time on the T Bar rave.

Thanks to you all for your support, loyalty and for making T Bar the special place it has been for so long. Please feel free to upload photos and memories to this page....

Big love

The T Bar boys and girls.

xx"

Mathew Jonson - FACT Mix 155 (Jun 10)

One of my favourite artists of all time. His live set @ fabric's 10th birthday was one of the best live performances i've ever seen. The track listing for this mix looks like it's practically the same set. Unfortunately this time i'll have to listen to without the help of fabric's incredible soundsystem, but it's still very very special. At fabric he finished with 'Marionette' and i was almost in tears. Such a magical moment.

Direct Download (Right click, save as) Link available for 3 weeks

Tracklisting

1. Symphony for the Apocalypse – Wagon Repair – Mathew Jonson
2. After the Bombs Fell – Unreleased – Mathew Jonson
3. Never Say Die Remix – Unreleased – Mathew Jonson
4. Decompression Remix – Unreleased (original on Minus) – Mathew Jonson
5. Ghosts in the A.I. – Wagon Repair – Mathew Jonson
6. Octopus Brains (Mathew Jonson Remix) – Unreleased – Mathew Jonson, Deadbeat
7. Lizards and Dragons (Mathew Jonson Remix) – Unreleased – Mathew Jonson, The Mole, Chris Hreno
8. DMT (Mathew Jonson Remix) – Cobblestone Jazz – Wagon Repair
9. Marionette (Live Version) – Wagon Repair – Mathew Jonson
10. Marionette (the beginning) – Wagon Repair – Mathew Jonson
11. Sunday Disco Romance – Wagon Repair – Mathew Jonson

You can follow Mathew Jonson on Myspace for all the info on his future gigs and releases

Ben Gibson - In A Realized Luck Of Immanence

Here is the first free giveaway from Perc Trax. More will be coming soon including dj mixes, exclusive tracks and unreleased remixes and edits.

This is the mixed version of Ben Gibson's debut album that was released last year on Perc Trax.
Support for the release came from Chris Liebing, Laurent Garnier, Avus, Par Grindvik, Joseph Capriati, October, Drumcell, Xhin and many more.

Ben Gibson - In A Realized Luck Of Immanence (Mixed) - Perc Trax by Perc

The full album and the individual tracks can be bought from

Beatport

Whatpeopleplay

Juno Download

As ever keeping up to date with all the latest Perc Trax info couldn't be easier. Just add them to..

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Ricardo Villalobos cancels DEMF Performances

Due to problems obtaining his US work visa, Ricardo Villalobos has been forced to cancel his two performances this weekend in Detroit.

The celebrated DJ and producer was scheduled to headline Beatport's stage at Movement on Sunday, then play back-to-back with Cassy at the Voyage Royale afterparty on Sunday night. According to a press release sent out early this morning,Richie Hawtin will replace Villalobos at Movement, then DJ alongside Magda at Voyage Royale, in addition to headlining the festival's opening night as Plastikman.

The announcement comes just days before what would have been Villalobos' first Motor City appearance since 2002. Movement's executive director Jason Huvaere said: "We are disappointed Ricardo is not able to make it, especially with it being so close to the festival, but the show must continue."

Slash Dot Dash pres. Sandwell District & Traversable Wormhole (Live) @ The Hub Club (10th July 10)

Slash Dot Dash returns for 2010 to bring you the very best in cutting edge, underground techno. For our first big event in years we're flying in legendary duo Regis & Function from Sandwell District and Chris Liebing's CLR imprints latest signing and techno's next big thing, Traversable Wormhole.

£10 Early bird tickets are now on sale at Resident Adviso r but be quick because there are limited numbers of pre sale tickets. Once the Early Birds are gone then they'll go up to £12.50, then £15 on the door.

Sandwell District
(Regis & Function)
http://www.myspace.com/function_dave

Sandwell District is, without doubt, THE underground Techno label of the moment. With support from all quarters (they count Marcel Dettmann, Ben Klock, Len Faki and the Berghain crew, Laurent Garnier, Miss Kitten, Jeff Mills, Sleeparchive, Speedy J, Troy Pierce, among their many devotees) they have not just blurred the boundaries of techno, but have dissolved them and re-built it in their own unique image...

Function and Regis need little introduction, as stalwarts of the hugely influential Downwards Label they have been breaking down and re-arranging the D.N.A of conventional dance music for over a decade. Sandwell District however is very much it's own animal and although it shares many of it's ideals and energy with the iconic Downwards, it is very much a label of the here and now. As Beatportal recently put it, "Influential British techno label Downwards are causing waves with their new imprint Sandwell District, as is Marcel Dettmann, Shed and Sleeparchive, who have all picked up where Downwards left techno in the late 1990s."

With Function already scoring 2 massive hits this year, with his "ISOLATION AND ANTICIPATION EP'S " and Regis causing major waves on the underground as his alter ego KALON, it seems as if in the past 12 months, Sandwell District can do no wrong. Going from strength to strength with every release, so far this year both Function's mighty 'Isolation' and the Kalon and Function Mixes of Silent Servant's 'Violencia' earned DJ Mag Techno Record of the Month, Function's 'Anticipation' held the #1 Bestselling Techno Record position for 6 weeks on Juno, in June the label earned Resident Advisor's prestigous, Label of the Month, and currently the Kalon and Function mixes of Silent Servant are getting major airplay and DJ Support. And now with mixes from Marcel Dettmann and Troy Pierce in the pipeline for the next sandwell 12"s, as well as Function remixing Miss Kitten, Heartthrob (Minus) and the Richie Hawtin, Joey Beltram and Mundo Muzique +8 classic, Final Exposure 'Vortex', 2009 is already promising to be another major year for SANDWELL DISTRICT.

As you would expect, Function and Regis's approach to live/dj work is forward thinking and challenges convention ... Digital and Analogue equipment is combined to create the maximum creative environment for both ARTISTS to feed off each other during a set.

Traversable Wormhole (CLR - NYC & Berlin)
http://www.myspace.com/traversablewormhole

In 2009 a series of five anonymously produced ink stamped vinyl recorded releases appeared in the global techno scene under the mysterious guise "Traversable Wormhole. The series released exclusively on vinyl. The sound of "Traversable Wormhole is a unique signature of sci-fi laden techno music with gaps of time,space & bass in between sound & rhythm.

Within a month's time of it's conception Volume 2 of the series appeared and a huge buzz was soon amassed on the project. Accusations on who was the artist behind the project ran wild. People all over the techno scene had made theories to who was behind it. The project quickly received huge support from many of the world's most renowned techno shops such as Rub A Dub , Hardwax, Juno & Decks.

Word traveled fast through the wormhole and it was soon reported that globally respected dj’s such as Chris Liebing, Ben Klock, Marcel Dettmann, Mathew Herbert, Ryan Elliot, Andrew Galluzi, Surgeon, Function, Frankie Bones, Surgeon, DJ Deep & Radioslave were all supporting the sound of TW. With the series fast approaching into further galaxies with the appearance of Vol 3. Techno cult blogsite MNMLSSG (http://mnmlssg.blogspot.com/) tracked down TW via Twitter. A sonar ping was sent back to the popular blog and soon a "Traversable Wormhole" mix appeared anonymously on the site, receiving rave reviews. Their were also reports through the anonymous "Traversable Wormhole" Myspace profile that dj's from the dubstep scene were supporting the songs that had more of a broken beat structure in the series. As the series transgressed to Vol 5 by the year end of 2009 the mystique of anonymity continued to grow.

To usher in the very start of 2010 "Traversable Wormhole" would release the sixth volume of the series. At the same time 20 year veteran techno artist/dj Adam X originally from NYC but now residing in Berlin would be invited to partake in a feature called "Playing Favorites" on "Resident Advisor" the worlds biggest electronic music website. As Adam's feature read towards the end he would subtly take claim as the producer behind "Traversable Wormhole".

While traversing the wormhole, Adam has crossed paths with Chris Liebing and his CLR imprint. Forthcoming in Summer 2010 CLR will release "Traversable Wormhole" Vol 1-5 in digital format for the first time ever with all five volumes being digitally remastered in the highest of quality. Also planned for release at the same time period is a massive remix project that maybe the biggest ever in techno. "Traversable Wormhole" has found itself remixed from some of the best in the scene. Surgeon, Marcel Dettmann, Sleeparchive, Function, Chris Liebing , James Ruskin, Peter Van Hoesen, Terence Fixmer, Kevin Gorman, Tommy 247 & Brian Sanhaji have all taken a turn in remixing TW. The remix project will see release on both vinyl and digital format. Then come September 2010 CLR releases on CD "Adam X presents Traversable Wormhole Vol 1-5" a full length mix of all 10 songs, mixed by the artist himself.

In support of the CLR releases "Traversable Wormhole" will traverse the world with a live show tour starting in July 2010.

The Residents

Kicking off the night will be Chris Stanford and XI. Both no strangers to the London Techno scene. Part of the legendary Lost Souls parties at Public Life they've played host to a number of the world's very best underground DJs and will be bringing this party to the boil, setting it up nicely for our guests.
http://www.myspace.com/chrisstanforduk
http://www.myspace.com/andrew_djxi

Marcel Fengler - Thwack [Mote Evolver]

Here's the new release from the excellent Marcel Fengler. I basically want his life. Resident @ Berghain, works at Hardwax, DJs around the world and makes beautiful techno (and occasional house). This time he's took a step away from releasing on his usual label, Ostgut Ton, and instead has crafted some beats for one of London's best Techno Label's, Mote Evolver.

Check out the samples here

Mote017 :: Marcel Fengler - Thwack by Mote-Evolver

Mote017 :: Marcel Fengler - Sculptures by Mote-Evolver

Marcel Fengler Myspace

mote-evolver.com

Mote Evolver Soundcloud

Mote Evolver Twitter

Peter Van Hoesen, Cio D'Or & Hometrainer - Variable Parts @ Harry Klein (1st May 10)

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Harry Klein is one of the worlds clubs that's on my must go to list. Great booking policy and the fact that they record a whole nights music and then make it available for download is great. Rather than just an hour snipet of the headline set, Harry Klein, like to give you an insight to how the night goes down.

Excellent line up too. PVH's reputation has been growing steadily for quite a while now. He was excellent for us down at Rabid Festival last winter. His label, Time To Express, has been going from strength to strength taking in some of the biggest names in techno, Norman Nodge & Samuli Kemppi to name a few.

Peter Van Hoesen Myspace

Time To Express Twitter

Cio D'or is an artist i've discovered recently through the way of a release on the German Prologue label. An excellent producer with previous releases on Treibstoff and the afore mentioned Time To Express. Definitely a name to look out for in the future.

Cio D'or Myspace

Hometrainer is a Harry Klein resident who's been in the game, both as a producer and a DJ. He's scored releases on labels such as Console and Pitchtuner. His sound is more Cologne styled than the technoness of Berlin, but end of the day he's a Bavarian.

Hometrainer Myspace

Free Ellen Allien Track - Sun The Rain

Ellen Allien - Sun The Rain

taken from the album “Dust” (BPC217)

Ellen Allien, owner of the BPitch Control label and Fairy Queen of Berlin’s more delicately woven rave music, has been tinkering with the sound of the city for over a decade now. What has remained from all these years – packed with great releases, highly original remixes and exploratory mix CDs – are her five monolithic albums, each the condensed result of a completely different creative phase – made to stand the test of time. Indeed, looking back, each of them in its own right can be seen as marking a piece of techno history. You just have to think back to the feeling of astonishment upon hearing Stadtkind for the first time. Or being spellbound by Berlinette. Or being pulverised by the ARP in Thrills. And let’s not forget the superb collaboration with Apparat which resulted in Orchestra of Bubbles, perhaps the most beautiful indietronic gem to be produced in recent years. Now it already seems an eternity since Ellen Allien last remodelled her own sound with the sharp-edged diamond Sool in 2008 – a release which opened the gates to a far-off parallel world where minimalist artefacts float through the room with a cool elegance and distanced allure. Yet, just like each of Ellen’s previous albums, this was followed by a cut. A metamorphosis. A reincarnation. With her new album, Dust, Ellen removes the sense of remoteness entirely. A warm immediacy takes centre stage in place of distanced artistic abstraction. As such, what is perhaps Ellen’s most personal album takes the form of a complete spectrum of her creative output to date, a cross-section in time which also looks ahead to previously untrodden paths… The world according to Ellen.

Ellen Allien Myspace

BPitch Twitter

Sandwell District (Function & Regis) - Animal Farm @ The Sub Club, Glasgow (23rd Apr 10)

Sandwell District is easily one of my favourite labels of the moment. I've got Regis & Function both coming over from Berlin in July to play at my Slash Dot Dash party. The night after this recording they both played at fabric and we're absolutely outstanding. A mixture of new and old skool techno perfectly blended together with live elements using drums machines and keyboards. Anyone that brings a 909 with them gets a big thumbs up from me!

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Traversable Wormhole - mnml ssgs mx 32

It's a bit of an old one, but definitely a good one. Been on my ipod for months and got a run out today. Infact it was so good i felt i had to share it all with you.

If you don't know about Traversable Wormhole yet, it wont be long before you do. Recently signed to Chris Liebings CLR label. Set for a release which features remixes from Surgeon, Marcel Dettmann, Sleeparchive, Function. Chris Liebing, James Ruskin, Peter Van Hoesen, Terence Fixmer, Kevin Gorman, Tommy Four Seven & Brian Sanhaji.

Plus in July he'll be embarking on a world tour, with his first dates in Leeds on July 3rd and my own party, Slash Dot Dash, on July 10th at London's Hub Club.

You can download the mix by clicking on the following link. It's a direct link so right click, save as

Traversable Wormhole - mnml ssgs mx 32

Also you can keep track of his future productions and releases by adding him on Myspace

Wax 30003 / Wax

The third installement of tough techno tracks from Hardwax, Berlin! Scant info, limited run and raw, stripped down proper grooves.

Available at the following stores

BM Soho

Hardwax

Decks

Juno

Brendon Moeller - From My Hood To Yours - The Realm DJ Mix

I can think of a lot worse things to arrive at work too than a mix from Brendon Moeller, infact i'd say that's one of the finer things in life! The American, who's living in Europe over the summer, has been in fine form recently with great releases as himself and The Ecologist. We've got a remix he did for us coming out soon on Lost Souls recordings that we're all very excited about. Not to mention his amazing live set at fabric last month.

But with this Brendon flexes his dj muscles to provide 50 mins of what he classes as ' Dub, Beats & Psyhcedelic Hip Hop'

Direct Soundcloud link

Tracklisting

1. microfilm - a journey to the 75th - 04 - inouwali
2. rod modell - Subway
3. Calibre_-_Steptoe
4. disrupt- Berzerk dub
5. slugabed -Pressure
6. beastie boys - Your Sisters Def (acapella)
7. King Tubby - Forever Dub
8. rene roussel - Noctilucque
9. dj collection:dbridge_instramental_and_skream-acacia_avenue
10. dorian concept - When Planets Explode
11. Cluster - Hollywood
12. King Midas Sound - Ting Dub
13. Jacky Murda - Three Piece Suit
14. tussle - Meh-Teh
15. Ratatat - Mirando (Animal Collective remix)
16. Harmonic 313 - Cyclotron
17. Illum_Sphere_-_Go_Killum
18. thomas brinkmann - 10
19. mike slott -Sun_Tan
20. madlib-Open (Space)
21. milton bradley - Somewhere+Beyond+My+Illusion
22. ballistic bros. - Uschi's Groove

You can follow Brendon on Soundcloud and Twitter and add him as a friend on Myspace

Matthew Herbert brings his big band to Matter on the 9th June

Electronic pioneer Matthew Herbert (Bodily Functions and Around The House) comes to matter on Wednesday 9th June, when he'll perform with his Big Band.

Appearing with Herbert and his band will be the extraordinary lead vocalist Eska, and also the Goldsmiths Vocal Ensemble, who'll provide choral backing for the performance.

Eska is currently working on her debut album with Herbert acting as producer and is leader of the Ensemble who performed previously to rave reviews with Herbert's band last year at London's Barbican.

The performance at matter will be only the third time this show has been performed with the choral and visual additions and represents an exciting new exploration of the themes presented on Herbert's album 'There's Me and There's You' - his second with The Matthew Herbert Big Band.

The supporting act for the matter performance will be chosen by Matthew and announced shortly.

Doors open at 7pm and the show is expected to finish at 11pm. Tickets are £18.50 and can be purchased from either Ticketweb or Resident Advisor.

Here's the promo video for the event

Mark Broom - Lost Souls @ Public Life Videos (8th May 10)

Saturday night saw another awesome Lost Souls party down at Public Life. After the massive success of our February Party with UK Techno legend, James Ruskin, we thought we'd keep that trend going by enlisting the services of another UK Techno legend in the shape of Mark Broom.

Mr Broom was on fine form and had the toilet rammed until the very last beats. Here's some videos for those of you that missed it.

Also feel free to check out my Youtube Channel to see the rest of my videos of various djs / live acts from various events / festivals in all sorts of European cities

Lost Souls Pres Mark Broom @ Public Life (8th May 10)

Lost Souls, Public Life and Techno are 3 institutions that go together very very well. As our last party, with James Ruskin, proved in February. We rammed the bog full of techno lovers to witness Ruskin's immense headline set, and Saturday evening we're planning to do it all over again.

This time we're bringing in another UK techno giant, Mark Broom. Over the years he's steadily built up a reputation for solid productions and outstanding dj sets which have seen him release on some of techno's most respected labels and played to some of the best dancefloors across the globe.

Alongside Mr Broom will be a selection of Lost Souls finest residents, providing you with some quality b2b sets. Kicking off the party will be Antony Difrancesco and Lee Hume serving up some deep groovy vibes before Chris Stanford and myself take things up a notch in preparation for Broom to hit the famous Public Life decks!

Full Line Up

Mark Broom (Saved Records / 20 20 Vision / Blueprint)

Antony Difrancesco

Chris Stanford

Lee Hume

XI

Entrance is £10 on the door, or £8 concessions guestlist. To get your names on the list e-mail them to

andrew@lostsoulsrecordings.com

You can check out the event pages on Facebook and Resident Advisor for all the info

And if you want to brush up on all Mark's info or check out his upcoming releases or forthcoming gigs then add him up on Myspace

Redshape - Live @ Liquid, Robert Johnson (19th Dec 09)

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Allen & Heath Vibration testing the new Xone DX

Here's a video of Allen & Heath testing their new midi controller / mixer, the Xone DX, with the largest sub available, connected up to a 1kw Amp, to prove once again why Allen & Heath products are renowned for having amazing build quality.

Check out the official A&H Xone Website for all the specs on the new controller

Jacek Sienkiewicz - Bunker Podcast 67

This set was recorded live at Unsound Festival New York at The Bunker in Brooklyn on February 5, 2010. When it was time for them to pick Polish artists to participate in The Unsound events at The Bunker, Jacek was the first name that came to mind. He totally delivered with a nice primetime mind-bending set

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Find out more about Jacek Sienkiewicz and his Recognition Label at his Myspace Page

Ben Klock - Berghain 04 Tracklisting

Ben Klock has been lined up by the powers that be at Berghain to compile and mix the next series in the Berghain compilations.

As with his DJ sets at the legendary Berlin nightspot, this mix includes a wide range of genres from jacking house, dubstep and the more familiar straight up techno we've got very much used to.

The mix features some unreleased work which will be made available through the 2x12" records and the digital release. Tracks by Martyn, Roman Lindau, James Ruskin and Kevin Gorman make up the vinyls. The digital release will also include the track by Jonas Kopp and Ben Klock's own remix of The Ecologist.

Tracklisting

01. 154 - Apricot
02. DVS1 – Pressure
03. Junior Boys - Work(Marcel Dettmann Remix)
04. Martyn – Miniluv
05. STL - Loop 04
06. Levon Vincent - The Long Life
07. Jonas Kopp - Michigan Lake
08. ACT – RoHd
09. Mikhail Breen – Veracity
10. DVS1 – Confused
11. Rolando - De Cago
12. Kevin Gorman - 7am Stepper
13. Ben Klock - Compression Session 1
14. Roman Lindau – Keppra
15. Tyree - Nuthin Wrong
16. The Echologist - Dirt (Ben Klock Edit)
17. James Ruskin – Graphic
18. Ben Klock feat. Elif Biçer - Elfin Flight
19. Rolando – Junie

Berghain 04 will be released on 28th June 10 with the vinyls and digital extras being released shortly after in June and July.

Ben Klock Myspace

Berghain Myspace

Berghain Website

A Year of Mixtapes: Week 48 - Detroit Techno

Chrissy Murderbot is a Chicago-based DJ/Producer in love with juke-rave-jungle-disco-dubstep-hi-NRG-gangsta-dancehall-ghetto-garage-core. He's embarked on a project called My Year of Mixtapes which basically does what it says on the tin. Every week he's recorded a mix dedicated to a specific genre throughout dance music history. Week 48 sees him turn his attention to Detroit Techno.

Detroit's local brand of techno has some key differences from the countless other types of techno that have evolved from it in the last 25 years—generally speaking it's more "soulful" (whatever that means); it's more in touch with its roots in house and electro; and it's got a heavy tendency toward Black Nationalist and sci-fi themes (although in a primarily instrumental genre, these themes are often conveyed more through song titles and cover art than actual lyrical content).

You can download the mix from this link. It's a direct link so right click, save as

Chrissy Murderbot's Year of Mixtapes: Week 48 - Detroit Techno

Tracklisting

1. Rhythim is Rhythim; Strings of Life (Piano Mix) (Transmat, 1987)
2. K.S. Experience; Electronic Dance (KMS / Ten Records, 1988)
3. Model 500; Sound of Stereo (Metroplex, 1987)
4. Suburban Knight; The Art of Stalking (Transmat, 1990)
5. Paris Grey; Don't Lead Me (Nexus 21 Remix) (Network Records, 1990)
6. Mia Hesterley; Spark (Chrissy Murderbot Instrumental Edit)(Metroplex / Ten Records, 1988)
7. Inner City; Big Fun (Magic Juan Mix) (KMS / Virgin, 1988)
8. Juan Atkins; Techno Music (Ten Records / Metroplex, 1988)
9. Model 500; No UFOs (D-Mix) (Metroplex, 1985)
10. Rhythim is Rhythim; Feel Surreal (Subconscious Mix)(Transmat, 1988)
11. Nexus 21 feat. Donna Black; Still (Life Keeps Moving) (Carl Craig Remix) (Network Records / KMS, 1990)
12. Inner City; Good Life (Magic Juan's Mix) (Virgin, 1988)
13. Blake Baxter; Brothers Gonna Work It Out (Black Planet) (Logic Records, 1992)
14. Cybersonik; Technarchy (Plus 8, 1990)
15. E-Dancer; Pump The Move (KMS, 1991)
16. Alan Oldham; Orietta's Theme (Generator, 1995)
17. Suburban Knight; The Warning (Underground Resistance, 1996)
18. Drexciya; The Journey Home (Warp Records, 1995)
19. Model 500; I Wanna Be There (M500 Remix) (R&S Records, 1996)
20. Aquajazz; Bodyrhythms Bodyfusion (Carl Craig Mix)(Aquarhythms, 1995)
21. DJ Mark Flash; Cachaca (Underground Resistance, 2008)
22. Blake Baxter / Dreamsequence III; Compromised Evolution(Tresor, 2001)
23. Suburban Knight; Shapeshifter (Peacefrog Records, 2003)
24. Underground Resistance; Electronic Warfare (Aux 88's Take Control Mix) (Underground Resistance, 1996)
25. Drexciya; Black Sea (Warp Records, 1995)
26. Underground Resistance; Codebreaker (Underground Resistance, 1997)
27. Robert Hood; Parade (M-Plant / Tresor, 1994)

Check out his blog if you fancy checking out any of the 47 previous weeks mixes

Year Of Mixtapes

Marcel Dettmann - Clubberia Podcast 023 (26th Apr 10)

Marcel Dettmann has been a very busy man of late. What with the release of his debut album 'Dettmann', numerous gigs around the world, including an amazing performance b2b with Ben Klock at the Wetyourself Bank Holiday special at fabric earlier this month. (One of the best sets i've seen for a very long time!)

It's safe to say the man is very much in demand but Clubberia.com managed to nail him down for an addition to their podcast series.

Download the mix by clicking HERE

Tracklisting

1. Martyn - (Seventy Four Redshape Remix)
2. Roman Lindau - Adipeux
3. Knarz - Knurr
4. Milton Bradley - Distorted Reality
5. Scb - 20_4
6. Fine Art 18 (White)
7. Gerd - Arkest’s Blaze
8. Marcel Fengler - Thwack
9. Robert Gorl - Deep Intruder
10. Valmay - Radiated Future
11. A Made Up Sound - Crisis
12. Carl Craig - Mind Of A Machine

Of course don't forget to add Marcel to Myspace to get all the latest info on his future gigs and releases

Seth Troxler @ Fabric On & On... & On (6th Mar 10)

The 2nd of fabric's 30 hour parties (the first being the legendary 10th Birthday) took place on the 6th March and included the likes of Ellen Allien, Dinky, Konrad Black, Onur Ozer, Radio Slave and of course Seth Troxler.

One of Seth's mixes throughout the weekend was recorded and has been released onto t'internet for your listening pleasure. And here it is.

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Bitrate - 128kbps

RIP Guru (1966 - 2010)

Rap morns the death of another legend today. Guru has lost his fight against cancer and sadly passed away yesterday morning (April 19th).

You can read the official statement on the FACT Mag Website

Kode 9 - DJ Kicks Tracklisting

The producer, DJ, lecturer, published author and label boss seems to have compiled a music with a mix that touches on UK funky, broken beat, grime, futuristic soul and R&B.

The mix also features an exclusive Kode9 track entitled You Don’t Wash.

1. Lone Once In A While
2. Aardvarck Revo
3. Kode9 Blood Orange
4. Kode9 You Don’t Wash (DJ-Kicks exclsuive)
5. Cooly G Phat Si
6. Ill Blu Bellion
7. Ikonika Heston
8. Scratcha DVA Jelly Roll
9. Mr Mageeka Different Lekstrix
10. Grievous Angel Move Down Low
11. Sticky feat. Natalie Storm Look Pon Me
12. Sticky Jumeirah Riddim Sequel
13. Mujava Pleaze Mugwanti
14. DVA Natty
15. Aardvaarck Re Spoken (Nubian Mindz Released Mix)
16. Morgan Zarate feat. Sarah Ann Webb M.A.B.
17. Rozzi Daime Dirty Illusions
18. Zomby Spiralz
19. Kode9 It
20. J*DaVeY Mr. Mister
21. Digital Mystikz 2 Much Chat
22. Terror Danjah Stiff
23. Digital Mystikz Mountain Dread March
24. Zomby Godzilla
25. Digital Mystikz Mountain Dread March (Reprise)
26. Addison Groove Footcrab
27. Kode9 vs. LD Bad
28. Maddslinky Cargo
29. Ramadanman Work Them
30. Terror Danjah Bruzin (VIP)
31. The Bug Run (feat. Flo Dan)

The mix will be released on 21st June through K7 Records. Also add Kode 9 on Myspace and on Twitter

Female - Blood Tide (Regis Mix) [Sandwell District] Free Download

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Ahead of Sandwell Districts fabric performance this Saturday, they've teamed up with Clash Music to release some music from one of their foremost producers, Female, with a remix by Regis.

It's dark and moody, with plenty of atmospherics. Synth patterns come and go throughout only adding to the tension, complimented with great percussion programming and a series of clicks and dial tone type sounds to increase the depth of the track. Can't wait to hear it on the monstrous sound system in fabric's room 2.

You can get tickets to Saturday's fabric event from the Resident Advisor Event Page. Line up also includes Cobblestone Jazz (Live), Thomas Brinkman (Live) and Craig Richards in room 1, Terry Francis and Luke Slater joining Function & Regis in room 2 and an Echocord Records Showcase with Kenneth Christiansen, Brendon Moeller (Live) (If he managed to get his flight out of JFK last night, waiting for word back on Twitter), Substance (Live) and Reseo. It's going to be a big night!

Blur 'Fools Day' - Free Download

Ok so it's not dance music related but i feel still worth a mention. Blur are one of my favourite bands ever. I saw them live in Hyde Park last year and it was a hell of an evening.

The track 'Fools Day' was recorded especially for Record Store day and all 1000 limited edition 7" copies sold out across UK record stores. However Blur's manager, Chris Morrison, thought it was import for the song to be made available to fans legally, to stop fans having to turn to illegal download and file sharing sites. So to combat this, Blur have decided to release it as a free download.

Just follow this link to Blur's website, fill in your details and the track is all yours

Surgeon - Wax Treatment Podcast 009 (16th Apr 10)

This is fast becoming one of my favourite podcasts. Excellent earlier additions from DJ Pete, Mackjiggah, Crofton and Fiedel. Now the 9th episode features a mix from Birmingham's techno legend, Surgeon, before his headline appearance at next Sundays Wax Treatment party @ Horst Krzbrg on their infamous Killasan sound system.

You can download the mix from the following links or subscribe to them in iTunes by searching for 'Wax Treatment Podcast' within the iStore

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• 01. Aquarhythms: Warm Seqs (Carl Craig Experience Mix) - Cheap & Deep
• 02. Greena: Tenzado - Apple Pips 010
• 03. Addison Groove: Footcrab - Swamp 81 005
• 04. Sissy Nobby: Lay Me Down (DJ Sega remix) - Mixpak 006
• 05. Subeena: Picture - Opit Records 001
• 06. Instra:Mental: Vicodin - Naked Lunch 005
• 07. Traversable Wormhole: Exiting The Milky Way (Surgeon Remix) - CLR
• 08. Forward Strategy Group: System Divides (Walker Mix) - Unreleased
• 09. Surgeon: Whose Bad Hands Are These? (Autechre Remix) - Dynamic Tension 008
• 10. Apologist: Sorry (Dub) - Apologist In Dub 001
• 11. Distance: Feel Me - Chestplate 002
• 12. Starkey: Spacecraft - Planet Mu 259
• 13. Slugabed: Quantum Leap - Planet Mu 263
• 14. Orphx: Possession - Sonic Groove
• 15. Surgeon: The Crawling Frog Is Torn And Smiles (Unreleased Dub) - Dynamic Tension
• 16. Joker: Digidesign - Hyperdub

As per usual you can follow Surgeon on Twitter or check out his website for all the info you need on forthcoming dates and releases.

Independent Record Store Day 17th April 2010

Tomorrow is Independent Record Store Day so make sure you get involved and support your favourite stores.

Here's some links to a few of mine

Phonica Records

Decks.de

Hardwax

Black Market Soho

Clone Records

Boomkat

It's an age old debate, the whole cd vs. vinyl thing, but however you feel about it, we should all do our bit to protect independent record stores because that's where the true passion for music is maintained. Without that the world would be a wash with bland corporate profit making music, and no one wants that!

Follow Independent Record Store Day on Twitter

Sigha - Reprise Mix (Apr 10) + New Tracks

Forged in the fires of Techno's industrial past, and rising from the flames phoenix, as if to claim his place in the pantheon,Sigha is a different kind of DJ and Producer.

Releases on the fresh-to death Hotflush (Rawww EP) and alongside Spherix on Immerse (Seperation), have got techno and dubstep heads equally excited. With support from the infamous Mary Anne Hobbs and the mighty Marcel Dettmann, there is no stopping Sigha…

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Not only that but he's uploaded some new tracks to his Soundcloud Page including a new remix by Marcel Dettmann no less.

You can follow all of Sigha's forthcoming releases and updates by adding him on Myspace or following him on Twitter

Forward Strategy Group - Combat Code EP [Perc Trax]

Here's the first samples of the new Perc Trax release by Forward Strategy Group with a remix from Donor & Truss.

3 quality no nonsense techno tracks as we've come to expect from PT. Code #01 features relentless highs with a thumping kick underneath. Code #02 is more dubby than #o1 and the Donor & Truss remix is slightly lighter with a haunting stab circling it's way throughout the track.

But don't take my word for it, check out the samples here

Code #01

Code #02

Code #01 (Donor & Truss Remix)

Available to buy on vinyl from Juno.co.uk

For more info on forthcoming releases add them up on the Perc Trax Myspace or follow them on Twitter

You can also check out Forward Strategy Group's Myspace for all their past, present and future releases and appearances

Maayan Nidam - Bodytonic Podcast 77 (14th Apr 10)

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Maayan Nidam aka Miss Fitz delivers the latest Bodytonic Mix. Check out her new track "Greatest Tits" out on Wolf and Lamb in May.

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Chris Stanford - Toilet Escapade (Apr 10)

Here's a heads up on a new mix from my fellow Lost Souler, Chris Stanford. At almost 3 hours long this is a serious journey through techno.

You can download the mix from Chris Stanford's Soundcloud Page

Featuring productions and remixes from:

Adam Beyer // Alan Fitzpatrick // Alex Bau //Alex Smoke // Ben Klock // Dario Zenker // Donor & Truss // Donato Dozzy // Dustin Zahn // DVS1 // Jesper Dahlback // Jerome Sydenham // Joseph Capriati // Maetrik // Marcel Dettmann // Maxime Dangles // Monoloc // Norman Nodge // Oliver Deustchmann // Pan-Pot // Peter Van Hosen // Pfirter // Robert Hood // Sigha // Silent Servant // Xhin

To keep up to date with all his upcoming gigs, you can either join his Facebook Group or buddy him up on Myspace