Electronic music, DJ culture and nerdism
2010 is coming to an end, and I would like to conclude this year with a list of music-related things that were memorable in 2010. Strictly subjective, of course. Swing House / Electro Swing This style really kicked my ass this year. While a lot of the foundations of this sound are not new at ...
I did a little remix with Madame Summit. It is a remix of Ira Atari’s new single “Don’t Wanna Miss You” (Audiolith Records), and it’s really beautiful breakbeat track. We used most of the original vocals, but added some effects, a bass guitar and a different beat. Too bad it didn’t make it onto the ...
Breakbeats, Free Download, Remix Art
I don’t know about you, but it has been a stressful pre-Christmas time for me. There was just so much to do, and the heavy snowfall in Cologne didn’t really make that easier. It rarely snows that much here, and there are two sides to that for me: On the one hand, it’s beautiful to ...
There is a famous phrase stating that “the medium is the message“. According to Wikipedia, this means that “the form of a medium embeds itself in the message, creating a symbiotic relationship by which the medium influences how the message is perceived”. This sounds a bit abstract, but I understood what this can mean about 3 years ...
I’d like to post about new releases I enjoy from time to time, and the newest outing on Beatz for Freakz Recordings, a label run by DJ Zeyhan who’s both a friend and DJ colleague of mine, seems like a good starting point. Last week the label’s fourth release, the Funky Kisses EP, was released digitally ...
