Act Like You Understand [Handicap Records 001]

Breakcore is still alive and according to this 7-track compilation put on the circuit via Handicap Records it's not only alive but lively as fuck. Tracks are provided by Doormouse, Stallio, Roundop Ready vs Rektal Distortion - what a name!!! -, Killjoy, Vala V and Handbag/Abba which is the only one asked to deliver a double feature on this piece that is most likely to be filed under the "Breakcore MashUp"-flag although not all tracks fit in as there are pure Breakcore / Freetekno tunes to be found as well. Honestly the Mashup side of Breakcore is a genre I've never been a big fan of, but I gotta admit that all these tracks are that kind of clever, well crafted and humourous that - at least in this case - I gotta change my mind on this topic. Fully recommended if you wanna smash your local dancefloor.

Playlist: 29.07.2010 baze.djunkiii presents: Technovision @ Byte.FM

Playlist:

29.07.2010 baze.djunkiii presents: Technovision @ Byte.FM

transmission started: 28.07.2010 / 23.59 GMT+1

transmission ended: 29.07.2010 / 03.00 GMT+1


00.00 - 01.00

1. DJ T. - Before Light [Poker Flat Recordings 099 Promo]
2. Tigerskin - Carlswood [Audiomatique Recordings 040 Promo]
3. Maetrik - Relax [Audiomatique Recordings 039 Promo]
4. DJ Seoul - Rapid Transit [Detroit Threads]
5. Stefanowitz - Laterr [Strom Records 005 Promo]
6. Kalle-M - Plapala [Phonocult 001]
7. Pitto - Feelin’ *Joris Voorn Can’t Kick This Feelin’ When It Hits [Rejected 009]
8. Abe Duque [ADR 060]
9. Robert Babicz - Dark Flower *Joris Voorn Magnolia Mix [Audiomatique Recordings 029 Promo]
10.Marmion - Schöneberg *Donnacha Costello Remix [Grand Casino 011 Promo]


01.00 - 02.00

1. [Pom Pom 021]
2. Steve Seuling - Skyline [Drop Bass Network 070]
3. Irwin Leschet - Rem-Fusion 2000 [Shot Division 009]
4. Einklang - Force Four [Shot Division 011]
5. Sven Zalac - Weekender [Shito 001 Promo]
6. Matthias Heilbronn - Do It Right *Matty’s PFR Mix [Poker Flat White 002 Promo]
7. James Nidecker & Roger Valdez - S.E.X. *Original Mix [Strom Records Promo]
8. Marcus Intalex - Red 7 *John Tejada Remix [Dat:Music]
9. A Jackin’ Phreak - Take A Love Break (Disco Is House & House Is Love: Let’s Take A Love Break) [Mental Groove Records Limited]
10.STP - Hard Wax Mix [Subsolo 001]
11.Laurent Garnier - Back To My Roots *Panoramix [Innervisions 016]


02.00 - 03.00

1. Population One - Rush Hour *Original Version [Rush Hour]
2. James Ruskin - Sabre [Blueprint 026]
3. [Traversable Wormhole Vol. 7]
4. James Ruskin - Massk [Blueprint 026]
5. Function - Disaffected [Sandwell District]
6. Jasper [Cytrax 020]
7. G.I.O.N. [Human Race Nation 006]
8. Americhord [D1 Recordings]
9. LostTrax - The Saturiun System [SCSI AV]

07.08.2010 New Horizon @ Strandsalon / Lübeck

file under: Drum'n'Bass / Dubstep / House / NuSkoolBreakz

decks:

baze.djunkiii [Intrauterin Recordings / Byte.FM]
Andy Knight
Smecker
Oxydation
Dr. Woe
Renegater
Syntetic

doors: 4 PM

Strandsalon
Willy-Brandt-Allee 25a
Wallhalbinsel
23554 Lübeck

Ensemble Du Verre - Versions, Vibes & Remixes [Batterie Records 009]

Recently released via Batterie Records as their cat.no. 009 is the newest longplay output of Ensemble Du Verre entitled "Versions, Vibes & Remixes", a ten track album walking the path between Slow Motion Jazz, NuJazz and expert improvisation, most of it played live or at least very live-sounding, a warm cocoon made out of music, recommended for chill late summer nights and one or two bottles of wine.

06.08.2010 Technopunkt! @ Docks / Hamburg

decks:

baze.djunkiii [Intrauterin Recordings / Byte.FM]
Rich.Vom.Dorf
Erkan Etwas
DJ 6000

doors: 11 PM
fee: 5.00 €


Docks
Spielbudenplatz 19
20359 Hamburg St. Pauli

05.08.2010 Beyond House @ Spice / Hamburg

file under: House / ElectroHouse

decks:
baze.djunkiii [Intrauterin Recordings / Byte.FM]

doors: 9 P.M.


Spice
Juliusstrasse 29
22769 Hamburg
Germany

Love Parade Death Toll

It's been allover the news that yesterdays Love Parade ended up with 19 dead and 300+ wounded and injured after panic and hysteria in a tunnel that was meant to be the only - !!! - entrance to the closing party area, big enough for about 350.000 people. Having attended the Love Parade three times in its mid-90's heydays, having been actively involved in running a float at a Fuck Parade - for those who don't know, the Fuck Parade was an alternative parade stemming from the Berlin Hardcore / Gabba underground featuring all kinds of hard, dark or experimental electronic music and was taking place in Berlin at the same weekend as the Love Parade - about ten years ago plus having set up several parties in which way more people than the clubs capacity wanted to get in so the doors had to be closed while a few hundred people were waiting outside, with all that experience plus having seen the desastrous tunnel on TV, seen area plans and read the news throughout the last 24 hours all I can say that I truly think the ones who blame the promoter and his planning team for the catastrophe are absolutely right. They totally underestimated how a mass amount of ravers willing to party, no matter if drunk, drugged or sober, acts or reacts, and one of the planning team even said that no-one could reckon that people are stumbling or even falling down in the tunnel. No-one? I mean there are 1+ million people dancing, drinking and drugging on the street, in the sun, all day long, a lot of them exhausted and/or dehydrated, some overdosed or dead drunk and all of them want to get in to the final party. But the promoters think they're about to behave as thoughtful as retirees on a hiking holiday? Come back to reality and stand in for your mistakes...

The Happy End - Echoes of Jericho [Festplatten]

What a surpise to see the long gone Festplatten-imprint back on track after more than two years of silence. And it's even a bigger surprise to see that label, which was known for its more leftfield view on Minimal Techno and related genres, coming up with an album that is to be filed under the flag of Psychedelic Shoegazing IndieNoise or whatever you wanna name it. It is what it is and it's basicly former members of bands like Beige GT, MioMyo, Seasidestars and Sexo Y Droga gathering under the alias of The Happy End for something new, a kinda artsy, feedback driven interpretation of Rock music that is well influenced by the dirty DIY-aesthetics of Grunge and drugged out vocal harmonics of all those late-60's/ early 70's bands the hippies deeply fell for. Autumnal music for part-time introverted people.

31.07.2010 BETA-ZERFALL @ Schaubude / Kiel

file under: PostPunk, (No)Wave, SynthPop, Electropunk, IndieElectro

decks:
baze.djunkiii [Intrauterin Recordings / Byte.FM]
Herr Brandt [Sonnenbrandt / The Convent]


doors: 11 P.M.


Schaubude
Legienstrasse 40
24103 Kiel
Germany

29.07.2010 Acid House Revolution @ Spice / Hamburg

file under: AcidHouse / HipHouse / Chicago House

decks:
baze.djunkiii [Intrauterin Recordings / Byte.FM]

doors: 9 P.M.


Spice
Juliusstrasse 29
22769 Hamburg
Germany

28.07.2010 baze.djunkiii presents: Technovision @ Byte.FM

file under: TechHouse / Techno

Das Dikat der geraden Bassdrum. Drei Stunden zwischen TechHouse, Techno und artverwandt-elektronischer Musik, den Dancefloor im Sinn und doch offen für Abstraktion und Experiment. Das ist Technovision.

decks: baze.djunkiii [Intrauterin Recordings / Byte.FM]

transmission starts: 23.59 [GMT+1]

transmission runs up to: 03.00 [GMT +1]

tune in @ Byte.FM

Talla 2XLC - The Spirits Within [Tetsuo 116]

Cat.no. 116 of Tetsuo is Talla 2XLC's "The Spirits Within" which is served in two different variations here. The Ummet Ozcan Mix hits the dancefloor crowd with banging bassdrums, a dreamy, slow build up which ends up in a unexpected breakdown building up tension forever until a final snare roll and a change of mood bring relief and joy. The Dito Mix on the flip starts with bassdrums even more compressed and is to be described as a TechTrance-tune for late night use which even Techno jocks can deal with coze the use of melodies is quite decent and the midtune break ain't that epic and string loaden as one might expect in your average Trance piece. Good one.

Talla 2XLC vs Robert Burian - Pro Life [Addicted To Trance 003]

Tetsuo sister label Addicted To Trance have put out their third release recently which is a collaborational work between Talla 2XLC and Robert Burian named "Pro Life". The so-called "Club Mix" is to be found on the A-side, melting a bit of techy attitude and epic Trance with huge breakdowns, the "Tempo Giusto Remix" comes up with more drive, a bigger bassline, ravey attitude and focuses on uplifting melody and string arrangements whilst the final Akira Kayosa Remix speeds up a bit and serves a mixture of Melodic- and HardTrance with huge string arrangements and a commercial, well mid- to late-90s feeling that seems a bit dated in 2010. One for those still sticking to the age of massive street parades and live TV broadcasts of those events allover the world.

22.07.2010 A Freestyle Affair @ Bacana / Hamburg

file under: Downbeat / Headz / Freestyle / Vintage

decks:
baze.djunkiii [Intrauterin Recordings / Byte.FM ]

doors: 8 P.M.

Bacana
Bellealliancestrasse 52
20529 Hamburg
Germany

Playlist: 15.07.2010 baze.djunkiii presents: Mission:Cosmic @ Byte.FM

Playlist:

15.07.2010 baze.djunkiii presents: Mission:Cosmic @ Byte.FM

transmission started: 14.07.2010 / 23.59 GMT+1

transmission ended: 15.07.2010 / 03.00 GMT+1


00.00 - 01.00

1. Klaus Schulze - Satz Exil Sils Maria [Brain]
2. Eyeless In Gaza - The Eyes Of Beautiful Losers [Cherry Red Records]
3. Klaus Schulze - Death Of An Analogue [Brain]
4. Dagobert - Der Mars [Dominance Electricity]
5. Kraftwerk - The Hall Of Mirrors [Capitol Records]
6. Vigo Monroe [WACKED 003 Whitelabel]
7. Hardleft - Missa Pro Defunctis [Das Drehmoment]
8. Kavinsky - Nightcall *Dustin N’Guyen Remix [Record Makers]


01.00 - 02.00

1. Klason - Pulsar II [Das Drehmoment]
2. Dream Disco - Get Away [Das Drehmoment]
3. Dream Disco - In Your Eyes [Das Drehmoment]
4. Peter Jacques Band - Fly With The Wind [Ariola]
5. Sugardaddy - Love Honey *Greg Wilson Extended Version [Tirk]
6. Linkwood Family - Piece Of Mind [Firecracker Recordings 003]
7. Rod -Shake It Up (Do The Bogaloo) *Disco Mix [Prelude Records]
8. Paulinho De Costa - Love Till The End Of Time [Pablo Today]
9. Sangria - To The Beat Ya’ll [GSC-104]
10.40 Thieves feat. Qzen - Don’t Turn It Off *Greg Wilson Version [Tirk]


02.00 - 03.00

1. Curses! - The Deep End *Holy Ghost! Day Old School Dub [Institubes]
2. Acid Washed - General Motors, Detroit, America *Blackstrobe Remix [Record Makers]
3. Ben Rymer - La Trinciatrice *Dream Dub [Arcobaleno Records 013]
4. A Gang Of Crows - The World Is Yours [Diamonds And Pearls Music]
5. Das Lebende Gehirn Simon Wright [Space Disco Ist Schön]
6. Dream Disco - Take Me Home [Das Drehmoment]
7. Laser Dance - Power Run *Vocoder Version [ZYX Records]
8. Kano - Another Life [Teldec]
9. E.T.M.S. - Sounds Of The Humanoid Kind [Musix]
10.Grag Der Roboter [Space Disco Ist Schön]
11.Trans-X - Vivre Sur Video [Unidisc]

Kasper Bjørke - Heaven [Hfn Music 005 Promo]

Taken off his recent album "Standing On Top Of Utopia" is Kasper Bjørke's latest 12" "Heaven" which is due for release via Hfn Music soon. The A-side remix is provided by Prins Thomas, serving a dreamy, hot summer flavored interpretation with characteristic offbeat guitars with his "Diskomiks" that is surely to be well appreciated by all Cosmic jocks around. Muzzle Flash's relick is the first to be found on the flip, coming up with a more housy vibe whilst Nicolas Jaar serves the deepest, most fragile variation here including the nicest piano playing heard on top of a decent 4/4 backing in ages.

Deep. 2.0

Our friends of Mightymonkey Marketing have agreed to help us out in promoting forthcoming DEEP. shows and building up a community around this new party project that'll see a grand opening on August 20th @ Hamburg's Bar Morphine. Please check out and follow these pages below which are providing information, news and gossip revolving around all DEEP. related issues.

DEEP. fan page @ Facebook
DEEP. @ twitter

Larse - I Got A Feeling [We Love This 003 Promo]

We Love This are back with their cat.no. 003, bringing up a 12" for all those who love their serious bit of kitsch invlvd in House music. The original version of "I Got A Feeling" is to be filed under the DiscoHouse flag, providing ecstatic, anthemic vibes underlined by the use of Hi-NRG female vocals. Hamburg's Solumun comes up with a relick on the flip, converting the whole thing into a nice, more stripped-down piece to be loved by those following labels like Innervision or Compost Black, mostly leaving out the vocals and using only a kind of jacking bassline and some strings to create a positive tension released only by short breakdowns seeing all ravers hands up in the air for sure. Having a look at the additional tune "Off The Ground" we've got another piece of - this time slowed down - DiscoHouse rolling out, which is working best at the very end of a long night out, sending people home calm and safely.

Loop Hotel - Room 201 / Room 202 [Loop Hotel 002]

The mysterious Loop Hotel-imprint is back after quite a while of silence, serving serious dancefloor fodder with two new tracks named "Room 201" / "Room 202". Whilst the first one of these two is quite a tense primetime piece slightly referring to Acid-influences as well as to athmospheric jack tracks brought up by Mr. Steve Bug in his very early Raw Influence-era and later on continued on a warmer, more athmospheric level with tracks like "You Make Me Feel", the variation "Room 202" is a kind of slow glitzy but still acidic builder, reduced but pumping House music that keeps late night floors busy with a somewhat sexy vibe.

10.07.2010 Hongkong Elektrobar / Hamburg

file under: Minimal / TechHouse / Techno

decks:
baze.djunkiii [Intrauterin Recordings / Byte.FM]

doors: 9 PM

Hongkong Elektrobar
Paul-Roosen-Str. 31
Hamburg St. Pauli
Germany

Force Intel To Be Launched By Mille Plateaux

More news from the Mille Plateaux-stable which are about to launch another sublabel named Force Intel in september 2010. This promotional video includes snippets from their digital warm up release by Antendex. Enjoy.

15.07.2010 Artificial Memories @ Spice / Hamburg

file under: Minimal / TechHouse / Elektro

decks:
baze.djunkiii [Intrauterin Recordings / Byte.FM]

doors: 9 P.M.


Spice
Juliusstrasse 29
22769 Hamburg
Germany

Hongkong Elektrobar Closing Down

Sad news, but it seems like Hamburg is losing another venue for electronic music very soon. Hongkong Elektrobar is forced to close down in a few weeks time, coze their landlord sent them a cancellation note for their venue. Due to that they're about to cancel all confirmed tuesday - and wednesday as it seems - dates outright, so there won't be any regular baze.djunkiii shows at this place from now.

14.07.2010 baze.djunkiii presents: Mission:Cosmic @ Byte.FM

file under: Cosmic / Synth / (Neo)Disco / ItaloDisco

baze.djunkiii auf kosmischer Mission zwischen spacigen Klangexperimenten eines Klaus Schulze, den neuzeitlichen Entwürfen des Berliner Labels Das Drehmoment, Edits und klassischen Discotunes sowie kitschinduzierten Wirrungen aus der Hochzeit des ItaloDisco. Get ready for take off.

decks: baze.djunkiii [Intrauterin Recordings / Byte.FM]

transmission starts: 23.59 [GMT+1]

transmission runs up to: 03.00 [GMT +1]

tune in @ Byte.FM

Ira Atari & Rampue - Just Fu**in Dance It [Audiolith]

Finally it's here. The long awaited debut album of Ira Atari & Rampue has just been released via Hamburgs finest Audiolith Records under the name of "Just Fu**in Dance It" and it's going to be loved allover. As mentioned before the unique voice of Ira Atari is the next big thing and on top of Rampue's electronic backing it comes out as undenyable Future Pop sensation getting everyone hype - no matter if it's the ElectroPunk youth or those being highly addicted to 80's flavored DancePop or ItaloDisco which clearly influenced Ira Atari in her musical past. Those who've been following, and loving, Ira Atari & Rampue since their first collaborational single "My Name Is Ira" - to be found here alongside other hits like "Lucky", "Doing Our Thing" or "Space Rocket" - are recommended to buy this piece blindfolded, all others should do the same coze there's simply no chance you won't like it.

Deep.

Opening will take place on 20.08.2010 @ Bar Morphine / Hamburg. Watch out for flyers, posters and more info to come soon. We provide intelligent freestyle for mind, body & soul.

BETA-ZERFALL Goes Kiel: Get Free Tickets!!!

Forthcoming on July 31st is the next - and first - BETA-ZERFALL show @ Schaubude in Kiel, which have yet confirmed two more shows for 2010 and more to come soon. If you're fast and smart you're able to win three free double-tickets for that date given away by our partners Mainstage.de - Das Musikmagazin Mit Herz. Just answer their question, be lucky and win.

If you like to party to the sounds of PostPunk, (No)Wave, SynthPop, ElectroPunk and related music there's more BETA-ZERFALL coming atcha very soon. These dates are confirmed for now and I'm pretty sure there'll be another update soon.

28.08.10 BETA-ZERFALL @ Schaubude / Kiel
11.09.10 BETA-ZERFALL @ Honigfabrik / Hamburg
23.10.10 BETA-ZERFALL @ Schaubude / Kiel
27.11.10 BETA-ZERFALL @ Honigfabrik / Hamburg
29.01.11 BETA-ZERFALL @ Volksbad / Flensburg

baze.djunkiii charts 07/2010

01. Clicks And Cuts Five: Paradigm Shift [Mille Plateaux]
It's defo great to see a label like Mille Plateaux being back on track in 2010, a year in which a style as wide ranged as Electronica seems to gain more attention again from all over the electronic music spectrum and even beyond that. Bringing back their groundbreaking "Clicks And Cuts"-series with a new twist plus introducing loads of new names instead of relying on well established artists is meaning a lot and hopefully more than a future forecast. This one will be regarded as relevant compilation piece for years.


02. Wierd presents Cold Waves + Minimal Electronics Volume One [Angular 067]
Another compilation, this one dealing with the sound of Minimal - / Synth- and Cold Wave. Styles quite unknown to the youth of today, or at least most of them. Well known names like Absolute Body Control or The Neon Judgement are to be found alongside underground groups like Land Of Giants, Ausgang Verboten, Nine Circles or Ruth which have their "Polaroid / Roman / Photo" featured on this, a tune also to be found on the highly recommended "BIPPP - French Synth Wave 1979/85" compilation released in 2006 via Born Bad Records. Btw - ItaloDisco fans will pleased by Stereo's uber-hit "Somewhere In The Night".


03. DJ Naughty - Firepower E.P. [Roska Kicks & Snares]
Well, honestly I don't get the point in most of the hype revolving around the UK Funky scene but this one immediately caught my attention due to its decent and universal attitude well fitting into a Phusion / Broken Beatz / BrokenHouse context. Indeed not an obvious banger but quite a timeless piece that grows. One for the DJ's out there.


04. Spooky - Murderer E.P. [Oil Gang 001]
News from the Slew Dem-stable which seem to have a new imprint up an running. Three Future Grime instrumentals plus one Reggae-influenced Dubstep tune.


05. Greg Wilson - Credit To The Edit Volume Two, Vinyl Two [Tirk 059]
There's many Edits floating around these days as Disco / (Neo)Disco seems to be on a new high but Mr. Greg Wilson is the one that provides true quality here. Two pieces fitting well into (Neo)Disco and DeepHouse sets plus a Vintage relick of The Third Degree's "Mercy" originally released via the legendary Acid Jazz label back in 2009.


06. Marmion - Schöneberg 2010 [Grand Casino 011 Promo]
See review for details...


07. Phonique feat. Ian Whitelaw - Our Time Our Chance [Dessous Recordings 096 Promo]
See review for details...


08. Maetrik - Gliding Blind E.P. [Audiomatique Recordings 041 Promo]
See review for details...


09. Martinez - The Paradigm Shift [Moon Harbour Recordings]
A well surprising album provided by Martinez including a bunch of eight tunes that will be loved by each and everyone appreciating classic House music. Imagine bits of NYC House inna Nervous Records stylee, mixed up with some decent DiscoHouse and a modern DeepHouse-twist.


10. [PRCS 007 Whitelabel]
No additional info given on this one. But who cares for names when there's four proper, well functional pieces of pumping House music?

08.07.2010 Platinum Garage @ Bacana / Hamburg

file under: UK Garage

decks:
baze.djunkiii [Intrauterin Recordings / Byte.FM ]

doors: 8 P.M.

Bacana
Bellealliancestrasse 52
20529 Hamburg
Germany

Playlist: 01.07.2010 baze.djunkiii presents: Hör:Elektronik @ Byte.FM

Playlist:

01.07.2010 baze.djunkiii presents: Hör:Elektronik@ Byte.FM

transmission started: 30.06.2010 / 23.59 GMT+1

transmission ended: 01.07.2010 / 03.00 GMT+1


00.00 - 01.00

1. Kabutogani - CXEMA [Mille Plateaux]
2. GradCom
3. Aube - Deglaze [Old Europa Café]
4. Plastikman - Slow Poke *Twilight Zone Mix [Novamute]
5. Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Pattern I [Honest Jons Records]
6. Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Pattern III [Honest Jons Records]
7. Einstürzende Neubauten - Perpetuum Mobile [Mute]


01.00 - 02.00

1. Trentemöller - The Mash And The Fury [In My Room Promo]
2. Village Of Savoonga - Score 2 [Hausmusik / Kollaps]
3. Trentemöller - Tide [In My Room Promo]
4. Aleph-1 - I C A e02 [Ideal Recordings 048]
5. Aleph-1 - I C A a 01x [Ideal Recordings 048]
6. Oval - Schöner Wissen [Thrill Jockey / Mille Plateaux]
7. Ametsub - Repeatedly *Video Edit [Mille Plateaux]
8. Aoki Takamasa - RN4.09 *Short Version [Mille Plateaux]


02.00 - 03.00

1. Q-Bert [OMEGA 001]
2. Eprom - Hendt [Warp Records]
3. Recall - Trap [Actualmusic]
4. dBridge - The Dim Light [Exit Records]
5. Instra:mental - Watching You [Nonplus+ 002]
6. Dopamin - Hemisphäre [Heimelektro Ulm Tonquellen 013]
7. Tied & Tickled Trio - A Rocket Debris Cloud Drifts [Morr Music 013]
8. Einstürzende Neubauten - Die Befindlichkeit Des Landes [Zomba Records]
9. Tied & Tickled Trio - Tamaghis [Morr Music 013]
10.Attention Industries - Attention Disorder [Heimelektro Ulm Tonquellen 011]
11.Being - Sular One [The Spacefrogs]
12.Alinoe - II (Outro) [Mille Plateaux]

Moon 44 - House Is A God EP [Super 6 Records 053.5]

Fresh on Super 6 Records is Moon 44's "House Is A God EP" which contains three variations of the name giving track. The so-called "Oldschool Mix" is quite positive and uplifting and could be described as kind of HardHouse with a trancey edge, the "2010 Mix" comes along as a more Progressive Trance-tune which will be well appreciated by all those following the musical pathways of DJ's like Talla 2XLC these days whilst Sascha Müller provides a raw and uncut Acid with screaming 303 sounds and a totally crushed melodic hook - sick!