TETRIS + RANDOM with BOWSKI

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Pascal
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No one less than BOWSKI is invited on 14 April to play at TETRIS in Basel and the next day on 15 April at FRQNCY’s RANDOM in Zurich.

We are so proud to introduce this shooting star to Switzerland and host his first two gigs outside of the UK. Signed on Blood Musik (Fake Bloods own label), he released a few amazing tracks and remixes for artists from the like of Cassius, Booka Shade and Caribou. But listen for yourself:

Caribou – Sun (Bowski Remix). He first got some attention in the scene with this remix, where he turned a beautifully composed Math-Rock Song into a danceable Club-Track.

Bowski – Leggins. After hearing the above-mentioned track, Fake Blood had an epiphany and directly signed him to his own label, where Bowski released “Leggins/Talkbox”

Cassius – I ♥ U So (Bowski Remix). When Zdar (one part of Cassius) heard “Leggins”, he personally called Bowski to make sure that he would remix his track “I ♥ U So”. And the result is truly amazing! We think that it has the potential to become a summer-track of this year! Released on Ed Banger, the new approach of Bowski will help to keep the Label up to date…

If you’re still not convinced, check out his brand new mix on Official.FM or his other productions on Soundcloud. Already shaking with various body parts? We thought so. Here is all the info you need:

TETRIS, 14.April @ Nordstern, Basel
BOWSKI (Blood Music, UK)
DJ Dierlijk (Amsterdam/NL)
Florian Oberhauser (DKDNZ., ZH)
FREE ENTRY!

RANDOM, 15.April @ Superzero, Zurich
BOWSKI (Blood Music, UK)
DJ Dierlijk (Amsterdam/NL)
Stig (Orange Mouse, BS)
FRQNCY (DKDNZ., ZH/BS)
ENTRY: 15.-, or 10.- w/ Flyer

We sure hope to see you dance!!

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RANDOM #3 w/ EGYPTRIXX (Live)

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Pascal
Posted in Events Tagged egyptrixx, Event, frqncy, night slugs, random

We are honored to host our third Random with noone less than Egyptrixx.

He’s a Canadian Superhero signed to L-Vis 1990′s label Night Slugs, THE label that generated the new funky hype in the last months. Night Slugs will host their Label Night in London on Saturday to celebrate the release of Bible Eyes, the new Night Slugs EP by Egyptrixx himself. And only one night earlier we will celebrate Egyptrixx’ Swiss debut with you in the depths of the Superzero Club in Zurich….. How awesome is that???

You can find the Facebook-Event here.

Here are my three favorite Egyptrixx-tracks:

Drive U Crazy, which is also in my Top20:

Everybody Bleeding:

Battle for North America:

Here is a Liveset from last December
And here his XLR8R-Podcast he did a year ago

Now let’s talk about his new EP. It will be released next week, Liberation Front is already available on the Night Slugs Compilation, everything else is new material that will of course be played on Friday!

1 – “Start From The Beginning”
2 – “Bible Eyes”
3 – “Chrysalis Records (feat. Trust)”
4 – “Liberation Front”
5 – “Naples”
6 – “Rooks Theme”
7 – “Recital (A Version)”
8 – “Fuji Club (feat. Trust)”
9 – “Barely”
10 – “Recital (B Version)”

This is the first Track to the new Bible Eyes EP. Just imagine when Egyptrixx will begin his Liveset with this Banger!

For further information, you should read this Blog Post, written by a guy with a PhD in Music that analyzed all releases of Night Slugs, including the first EP of Egyptrixx. (WARNING: You may need more than 1h to read everything)

Anyway, hope to see you all there!

-p

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MAYHEM #3 w/ Homework & Das Glow

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Funky Monkey
Posted in Events Tagged cryptonites, das glow, frqncy, homework, mayhem, nordstern

Way too much time has passed since the last MAYHEM with DatA, D.I.M. & TAI and the Stereo Youth in October.
But here it is, the next MAYHEM, featuring Homework (Made To Play/Exploited, Amsterdam), Das Glow (Boys Noize/Institubes, Paris), Cryptonites (Freakz Me Out, Basel) and FRQNCY (DKDNZ, Zurich) at good old Nordstern: This Saturday, 5 February 2011, 11pm sharp!

Check out the teaser and the Facebook Event Page – and last, but not least, join us on Saturday! May the MAYHEM be with you!

PS: While I was working on this teaser, Mario got a little bored and tried to magically transform his boredom into creativity. So he tried hard to make a stencil of our Logo out of foamed plastic. Here’s the masterpiece, note the spelling..

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GET WET!

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Nox
Posted in Events, Uncategorized

Listen up night owls! Bring your gumboots with you next Thursday because it’s going to be wet. The young duo of GET WET!, consisting of Edward Ean and Derek Foreal, is surfing on a huge wave. With their Electro and NuRave sound they brought so far the party crowds in Landshut, Augsburg and Berlin to boil. They’ve supported acts like Mr. Flash, Play Paul, Dirty Disco Youth, Maral Salmassi, The Sexinvaders, Joyce Muniz, Saint Pauli, Markus Lange and ACT YO AGE. Last year they got admitted by the Pink Pong family and now they are going to conquer the european party crowds. So prepare yourself to get soaking wet!

GET WET! IN THE MIX FOR SO NOT BERLIN by SONOTBERLIN

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10. Dezember 2010: RANDOM w/ Max Cooper

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Flo
Posted in Events Tagged Event, frqncy, max cooper, random

Nach einem grossartigen Debüt im Oktober mit Lorenz Rhode, laden wir euch herzlich zu Episode zwei von RANDOM im Superzero in Zürich ein!

Diesmal fliegen wir für euch niemand geringeres als Max Cooper mit einem exklusiven Live Set aus London ein.

Ein Electronica-Künstler, der dank seiner Mischung aus Downtempo, sphärischen Synthies und modernem Electro einen unverkennbaren Sound generiert. Mit hypnotisierenden Melodien, die sich langsam entfalten, sich intensivieren bis zum absoluten Höhepunkt, hebt seine Musik sich von den Club-Bangern ab, die nach zwanzig Sekunden ihr Pulver verschiessen.

Macht euch am besten selbst ein Bild:

Max Cooper – Chaotisch Serie (128 kbps AAC)

Und hier seine persönliche Meinung zu seinen Sets:
“Yes, my recent mixes include deep house, modern classical, dubstep, electronica, techno and minimal. I’m all for crossing genres and keeping things interesting.”

Hier ein Live-Mix:

http://soundcloud.com/max-cooper/max-cooper-live-minds-garden-free-download

Support gibt’s von TONWERK und Bagheera von den Suddenly Neighbours aus Basel.

Hier findet ihr den Facebook-Event.

Wir freuen uns!
Flo, Sam & Pascal

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Line-Up:
Max Cooper LIVE (TRAUM, UK)
Tonwerk feat. Bagheera (BS)
FRQNCY (DKDNZ., ZH/BS)

Doors: 23:00
End: 6:00
Entry: 15.-/10.- w/ Flyer

www.myspace.com/maxcoopermax
www.myspace.com/tonwerkbasel
www.myspace.com/theFRQNCY

Flyer designed by dentdelait.net

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30. Oktober 2010: MAYHEM w/ DatA and D.I.M. & TAI

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Funky Monkey
Posted in Events Tagged boysnoize, d.i.m., data, ekler'o'shock, frqncy, mayhem, nordstern, tai, the stereo youth

Das letzte Mal mit Fukkk Offf im rammelvollen Annex, dieses Mal mit einem weitaus grösseren Line-Up in einem bisschen grösseren Club: DKDNZ lädt mehr als 6 Monate später zur zweiten Ausgabe von MAYHEM mit internationalen Stars der Elektro-Szene und einer bombastischen Party ins Nordstern!

Man nehme ein paar eingängige Pop-Phrasen, ergänze sie mit einem Disco-Vibe, ein bisschen schmetterndem Funk-Groove, einem mitreissendem Soundtrack, würze das Ganze mit ein wenig Club-Musik und plötzlich hört man den einzigartigen Sound von DatA’s neuestem Album Skywriter. Der 25-Jährige französische Produzent und Musiker ist einer der ganz grossen Indie-Electro-Künstler der letzten Jahre, ist auf den Tracklists von Justice, Oizo und Daft Punk und spielt nun zum ersten Mal in Basel.
Als wäre das nicht schon heiss genug, spielen die momentan hellsten Sterne aus dem Hause Boys Noize zum ersten Mal gemeinsam bei uns. D.I.M. & TAI sind spätestens seit ihrem Ultra-Hit “Lyposuct”, den sie zusammen mit niemand Geringerem als Steve Aoki produziert haben, ganz gross im Rennen.
Noch nicht überzeugt? Das Zürcher Duo The Stereo Youth präsentiert bei uns zum ersten Mal und ganz exklusiv ihre brandneue, bis dahin unveröffentlichte EP.
Und FRQNCY, längst bekannt für ihre exaktestens abgemischten und perfekt effektierten Sets sorgen mit ihrem legendären Warm-Up dafür, dass auch sicher alle rechtzeitig in Fahrt sind. Nun ja: Am 30. Oktober ins Nordstern zu kommen lohnt sich! (Und den Vorverkauf zu nutzen lohnt sich auch..)

Line Up:

DatA (Ekler’o'shock, Paris)
http://www.myspace.com/0data0
D.I.M. & TAI (Boys Noize, Berlin/Munich)
http://www.myspace.com/dimhh
http://www.myspace.com/taitaitai

The Stereo Youth (Ultraviolence, Zürich)
http://www.myspace.com/thestereoyouth
FRQNCY (DKDNZ, Zürich)
http://www.frqncy.ch/

LIVE Visuals by Les Enfants Terribles
http://www.myspace.com/allezlesenfants

~~Und hier geht’s zum Vorverkauf:~~
Der Vorverkauf ist aus technischen Gründen leider geschlossen! Es hat aber noch mehr als genug Tickets an der Abendkasse – frühzeitig kommen lohnt sich!

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Carte Blanche

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Pascal
Posted in Events, Uncategorized Tagged carte blanche, hot city, jan driver, outlines, PUZIQUe

We (FRQNCY and Monkey Business) played with Carte Blanche last Wednesday in Zurich. Carte Blanche is a House-Duo consisting of French DJ Mehdi and British Riton. Check out their mix on Fairtilizer or download it directly here.

We had a great time playing with them and were all very impressed: They mixed with four Decks and Riton even created beats with a Roland Synthesizer live on stage!

Anyway, here are three amazing tracks they played and also are featured in the mix mentioned above:

Hot City – Hot City Bass
Funny old school house track. Perfect blend of early 90s hardcore rave, garage and fidget-house.

Jan Driver – Tellyfoam
Weird, catchy electro. You can find it on the Miami Noize 2010 Compilation. Buy it here.

PUZIQUe – Don’t Go
D.I.M. & Boys Noize Collab, two electro guys doing house, exactly like Carte Blanche.

Bonus: An Outlines Cover from DJ Mehdi. Had a great time with this one:

DJ Mehdi – Lucky Boy (Outlines Remix)

Enjoy

-p

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Ausklang 2010

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Funky Monkey
Posted in Events, Uncategorized Tagged ausklang, ed banger, future, interna, silly season

Wow, this first half of 2010 really was an intensive time. We’ve thrown a few fantastic parties, had two great label premieres with Mayhem and Moi, Toi et le Roi, featured two articles in 20 Minuten, got the up-and-coming DJs Eric Fox, Roca and the DEVICE crew on board, played with Ed Banger, Coco Machete, Drop da Bomb, Ghetto Hype and many others and got to know so many nice and fresh people. We’re certainly psyched about the past few months. Here’s a big up for all of you who supported us in any way!

Don’t worry, it’s not over yet – we’re already racking our brains for the next things to come. Here’s what’s up for the last days this season:

On May 12 we’ll play with Carte Blanche (DJ Mehdi + Riton, Ed Banger) at Hive in Zurich
Kavinsky (Record Makers) and DJ Feadz (Ed Banger) will rock the X-Tra in Zurich with us on May 23
And last but not least: We’re throwing our first Season End Party on June 5 at Nordstern in Basel: For AUSKLANG we’ve invited DJ legends VNNR from Belgium and DiscoD from Zurich to celebrate the ending of a wonderful season and get ready for the summer. More details on AUSKLANG coming soon!

And of course we are going to host a few nifty open air parties during the summer – but that’s future talk ; )
The DJs and VJs will use the summer break to max out their creativity and you can count with some exciting things coming next season for sure.
And don’t forget to visit this blog during the silly season, we’ll have you entertained.

Party on, see you soon!

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This was Moi, Toi et le Roi

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Funky Monkey
Posted in Events, Uncategorized Tagged interna, party, photos, this was

Dear party people

I feel honored writing this article. And no, that’s not just another flowery phrase. I’m really, really happy that our premiere of Moi, Toi et Le Roi was such a success. We honestly didn’t even plan to break even this time, it was meant as a gift to the scene – and the present has been thankfully embraced.
We’d like to thank all you for making this unbelievable night possible – and kindly ask you to drop us a line if there was anything you didn’t like.
And there’s also a big thank you left for R3SET and STU who played two amazing live sets, the Electric Zombies who succeeded in rocking the lounge floor and of course to our bombastic residents FRQNCY and DEVICE. Last but not least, we’d like to thank B-Movie Diskomurder for trying everything to be at our party – unfortunately he couldn’t play his set because of the volcanic ashes, but we’re sure he’ll do us the honor at a future event.

We’ve prepared a few pictures from last Saturday and will upload them to Facebook in a few days, so you can tag the hell out of them. Big props to Smizzo for the photos!

Again: Thanks a lot for this great night and see you on June 5 at the next MAYHEM!