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 5at 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.
Don’t Know about Minimal. Not sure if people like it or just pretend, to seem sophisticated. Don’t know if it’s something for drugaddicts only. Anyway, stumbled upon Boris Brejcha’s Track “Schaltzentrale”. Guess it’s the first minimal track I like. Can’t wait to play it!
As you can see, we’ve ordered some Chinese food yesterday. Now, we don’t want to talk about our laziness at this point. Because a) we think after such an exhaustive weekend (setting up & Ed Banger on friday, tidying up & Noisia on saturday) it’s just ok to let the pots and pans rest for once and b) there’s something so much more important to talk about with you: The Mystery of the Krupuk Paper Bag
Together with the fried noodles (which were really good, by the way) we got a complimentary bag of Krupuk chips. Nice, was our first thought. Wait a mo!, we thought just an instant later. Printed on the paper bag was an unreasonably huge croissant with a man sitting on it, eating an almost normally sized thing (which we couldn’t definitely identify as a croissant but we think it is one as well). And there was a bird, too.
The question still unanswered at this moment is: What is this print-out doing on a paper bag coming from a Chinese restaurant? I mean, even if there had been croissants inside the bag – what’s the link between a French bakery product and a Chinese paper bag? We don’t know yet, but we promise, we’ll find the answers. And we know that the way to them may lead us to some even darker secrets than wrongly packed Krupuk chips.
Random Story from our VJ’s Funkey Monkey and Schneegestöber (introduction coming soon)…. Here’s my part:
As a start three Dubstep tracks for those quiet and thoughtful moments:
Bonobo – Eyesdown (Floating Points Remix) Some nice stuff coming from this guy who just released his new album “Black Sands” on Warp Records. The Remix improves the original without taking anything away. Just how I like it. Perfect! Don’t miss the video for the original mix at the bottom.
Eskmo – Harmony A real gem. Can’t remember how and when I discovered it. Really like the weird but relaxing vibe. Big new stuff coming from Eskmo on Ninja Tune in collab with Amon Tobin and with a Remix of Spor‘s DNB-Banger “Knock You Down”. Check out the A-Side for a bit more action.
Scuba – Before An especially good track from Scuba’s new Album “Triangulation” on his own label Hotflush Recordings. Very deep and a bit melancholic. Nice warm Vinyl-crackling…
Three Electro-Bangers for the Nu-Rave kids:
Hey Today! – Talk To Me New release by zee Germans Hey Today! on Tiga’s Turbo Recordings. Cut up Boys Noize like sample craziness – nothing new but pretty fun! Massive support by all the big guys…
Boys Noize – Sweet Light (Boris Dlugosch Remix) Most dancefloor-orientated track on Boys Noize Records’ new “Miami Noize 2010″ Compilation. Good feedback by the crowd. Since “Bangkok” everybody should know Boris Dlugosch – made some silly stuff on Peppermint Jam in the Nineties but kinda evolved.
Noisia – Alpha Centauri Seen Noisia @ Rösti last weekend – probably the best DJ’s on three CD decks i’ve ever seen (and it was only one of the guys!). Everybody should see them once just to understand how Drum and Bass reinvented itself in the past years without big attention by the “masses” (…at least outside Great Britain, Russia and eastern Europe). These guys really push the limits by combining Electro, Dubstep, Breaks & Ambient with fat DnB. This one’s a 125 bpm bassline-driven monster with impressive intro and into-your-face drop. Take that, Banger whores! Check out their new Album “Split the Atom” on VISION (it’s “NOISIA” upside down)!
Last weekend we played with Mr. Flash (Ed Banger) and he dropped an absolutely disgusting but awesome nineties techno track. Can’t wait for a revival! Big in 2k11.
Here the “X-Tended Alert” mix by 666, released in 1997 on House Nation…:
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!
DKDNZ’s premiere of “Moi, Toi et le Roi” was a complete success!
We started playing around midnight and the crowd just RUSHED IN when the dancefloor opened. Thanks to everyone for this moment! This and all other great moments can be reexperienced on your iPod, because we recorded our whole set. Get it here:
1. Four Tet – Sing (Floating Points Remix)
2. Neuroxyde – Yebo Yebo (Aki Bergen & Doomwork Dub Mix)
3. Oliver $ – Runnin Low
4. Philip Bader & Sascha Braemer – Bumdidum
5. Tim Green & Emerson Todd – Make Me
6. Super Flu – Bukkake Beyonce
7. Sascha Braemer – Conductor
8. Bill Withers – Who Is He (Henrik Schwarz Edit)
9. Tim Green & Emerson Todd – Nail Clipper
10. Chelonis R. Jones – Pompadour (Gorge Dub)
11. Oliver $ – Lost Arrival
12. M.in – Sing And Blow At The Same Time
13. Minimono – Ratman (Hugo Remix)
14. Bassjackers – Sujo (Bart B More Balkan Edit)
15. Neuroxyde – Yebo Yebo
16. Sebastien Léger – Balkamaniac
17. Sascha Braemer – Dirty Talk
18. Boy 8-Bit – The Keep
19. Beware + Motorpitch – Porococa (Wildlife! Remix)
20. Round Table Knights – On & On
21. Jesse Rose – Morning Would
22. Gossip – Love Long Distance (Riva Starr Vocal Remix)
23. The Faint – Mirror Error (Strip Steve Remix)
24. Apparat – Can’t Computerize It
25. Mr. Oizo – Flat Beat (Computer Club’s Fat Eric Remix)
26. Riva Starr, Balkan Beat Box & Jesse Rose – Bulgarian Chicks (feat. Vlada Tomova)
27. Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup – We No Speak Americano
28. Boys Noize – Sweet Light (Boris Dlugosch Remix)
29. Hey Today! – Talk To Me
30. Popof – Head Cleaner
31. AutoErotique – Gladiator (Torro Torro Remix)
32. Bag Raiders – Turbo Love (Jan Driver Remix)
33. Zombie Nation – Seas of Grease (Harvard Bass Remix)
34. Zombie Disco Squad – Esperanto
35. Idiotproof – Ray Banned
36. Buraka Som Sistema – Restless (Julio Bashmore Remix)
37. Sub Focus – Move Higher
38. Per Hammar – Bang
39. DJ Hell – U Can Dance (Simian Mobile Disco Remix)
40. Solo – Rawmania (BeatauCue Remix)
41. Koen Groeneveld – 1981
42. Popof – Serenity (Noob Remix)
43. Gucci Vump – Sha! Shtil! (L-Vis 1990 Remix)
44. Round Table Knights & Bauchamp – Calypso
45. Danger – 4h30
46. Stephan Bodzin – Luka-Leon
47. Extrawelt – Drehfehler
48. Simian Mobile Disco – Synthesise
49. Beni – Maximus (Harvard Bass Remix)
50. Noisia – Alpha Centauri
51. Boys Noize – Starter
52. Noisia – Machine Gun (16Bit Remix)
We chose three tracks that rock in particular, here is why:
Aki Bergen did it again. We love his work, it’s great to ease up the tension in clubs or just for warm up. Be sure to check out his earlier releases!
Per Hammar is a young producer from Sweden. He got our attention when we got the Munich Disco Tech Volume 6 release from Great Stuff Recordings. Bang is surely one of the best tech house tracks to drop right now.
And of course you know Simian Mobile Disco, and the remix of DJ Hell is what we think their best release in 2010. Techno? Banger? A perfect composition!
If you’re not that into house, here is our last livemix, recorded on the same dancefloor three months earliere in january. More bangers, even some DnB and Dubstep: Hinterhof Liveset – 2:30:11
The Tracklist is visible in the lyric-tag of the mp3. Or you can check it out on our Facebook-Page or on MySpace.
Soooo and now we have to get this blog thing going. Stay tuned for new stuff like an interview of Claude Von Stroke Flo and I did back in Amsterdam, new releases, Kitsuné 9 and our Faily Friday posts where we flame about bad producers….
It all started with three friends from basel who discovered their common passion for electronic music and were driven by the incentive to deliver the tracks they liked in a first-hand professional manner directly to your ears and nervous systems – nothing more, nothing less. DEVICE is what emerged out of this simple idea. Our goal is to share our love for music and entertainment with you. We see ourselves as the connecting link and trigger of emotions. The belief that our tastes enable us to provide you with pleasure, enjoyment and parties which will burn into your memories drives us.
DEVICE stands for Dynamic and Energetic music which is Versatile and Inspiring and is provided and performed by three Creative and Enthusiastic guys from Basel (Switzerland).
We would be honoured to convince you that we are the DEVICE you have been waiting for.
Do the math and enjoy our first (exclusive) DKDNZ Mixtape called “we are…”.
So now it’s official: Monkey Business are MStars Ambassadors! What does this mean? Well, not that much – just that we’ll try to make you buy Migros Merchandise in the future.. But honestly, the fan gear they created is pretty cool, check it out! Oh, and by the way: Here’s our first Showreel. It’s dedicated to MStars and we like it pretty much. You may recognize the sound, it’s Spring Mix 2k10 by FRQNCY. N-joy!
Please forgive the quality of the video. It’s just too long to upload anywhere. The original file size is over 2GB and we had to shrink it down to about a quarter of that. If you’re interested in the original file though, let us know and I’ll upload it to our file server.
The Viennese audio-visual festival sound:frame had its opening this friday. As an interested VJ and fan of weekend trips I just had to be there. And it was totally worth it.
It was my first visit to Vienna and I really might have found a true love. A city as powerful and charming, busy and clean, large and flexible, all at the same time – a place where anything can go but nothing has to.
Besides its reputation as one of the most significant music and art centers in the world, Vienna is also well-known for its vast number of visual artists and projectionists (a tradition which started back in the days of the first famous projectionist Freud). And yes, Vienna really seems to be the ideal city for such a huge project (more than 60 groups, clubs and companies are involved this year).
The first evening took place all around Karlsplatz right in the center of the city. Austrian Public Radio FM4 used the opening as an occasion to launch their new mobile disco with Kristian Davidek and Sebastian Schlachter who played a wide variety of electronic music, from banger to tech house – a nice mix which seemed to get the crowd going. After that, the first visual installation began – a live projection on the Karlskirche. A VJ team from Tagtool presented an interesting combination of live drawing and animation of these drawings; a firework of colours and motion. The only thing bothering me a little was the absence of any integration of this years motif Dimensions – since usually integrating the facade is just about the point when projecting on it.
Sad to say, this discontinuity in the program just kept following us. At both after-parties (Club U and Kunsthalle Project Space) the music really found it’s level and the mood was right – but what honestly confused me was the total lack of any visual artist.
Saturday started with the attempt to visit an untraceable exhibition by Motionlab and Neon Golden, locatable only by geo-coordinates who lead to nowhere. After this slightly disappointing experience we went to the next event: the opening of the world-wide first VJ-only gallery. Exciting. If only the single artwork exhibited (Ambient Cineman) would have been finished in time. Idea and the concept were great but the realization could have been more tingly than a beamer on a moving-head.
A propper opening weekend needs an own closing party – sound:frame 2010 hosted it at FLUC and finally lived up to its name as a visual festival. Johannes Lehner, Alex Dallas and Ron Shiller from Drumpoet Community and many others provided (minimal) techno at its best and VJ wemakevisuals, mimu, super e:v/a and others arranged a bunch of amazing visuals and installations.
And so what’s left to say after all: They eventually got it right. And probably will do even better over the next 4 weeks. So even if there’s just a hint of interests in visual art forms, I suggest going to Vienna during the closing weekend from March 15 to 17.
And here’s a few tips to mastering Vienna:
Take the night train! Tickets are about double the amount of a normal train ride but you save the hotel costs and arrive totally relaxed in the heart of the city. And Austrian night trains rank among the best.
Check in at the K+K Palais Hotel. It’s clean, has a nice design and friendly staff and is situated right in the center of Vienna (but facing a park and therefore very quiet).
Eat a Schnitzel at Figlmüller’s. Forget about any side dishes besides the potato salad but don’t reject the Austrian Riesling they serve.
Be nice to the people even though they’re making faces. That’s just their manner – as a matter of fact they principally like you.
Visit Palais Belvedere, the summer residence of Prince Eugen. Just do it and be blown away by its majesty.
We are Flo, Sam & Pascal aka FRQNCY and this is our first Post for the brand new DKDNZ. Blog!
There would be plenty to tell about us but we Disco-Monkeys are lazy writers. So instead we took our good spring vibes and packed them into this smooth and lofty Mix exclusively for DKDNZ.:
Although you might think so, this post is absolutely not about telling you that I’ve stolen my name from a popular track (since even if it inspired me, it would have had to be subconsciously and somehow forward in time). No, this post is about saying hello and tell you the 5 most important things about me:
I’m one part of Monkey Business, the more-than-famous VJ team
I organize and host parties. Recently “Der Zoo + Die Party” in Zürich, for example
I love everything shiny and nice-looking, especially if it’s interacting in some way
I therefore like to create things that are shiny and look nice, preferably (inter-)active things
I will mainly post about art, nightlife and trends. Be prepared.
And to not have you bored just for the sake of boredom, here’s a funky track by Belgian DJ Twist It. You can listen to and download it in a full 320 kbit/s quality – which will be the standard for music files on this blog, by the way.
But first check out the video to the track, made by Brussels-based Narco Media Vision – a consortium of 3 artists who, amongst other things, do live streams of parties on their site NarcoTV.
See you around – and don’t forget to subscribe to our feed, fan us on Facebook or set DKDNZ as your home page.
