Donnerstag, 21. Oktober 2010

Fritz Kalkbrenner “Here Today Gone Tomorrow”










“Here Today Gone Tomorrow” is a wonderfully silky, sophisticated techno album that need not pick between heads or tails. Like any good pioneer, Fritz Kalkbrenner knows how to mediate between the various musical poles that are in constant need of reconciliation. The instrumental pieces, like the vocal numbers, come across as well-structured little stories, while the vocal tracks adeptly avoid drowning the dancefloor in a flood of self-pitying, melancholy tears. With the two spectacular hits “Facing The Sun” and »Sideways & Avenues«, the dark “Was Right Been Wrong” and the countryesque “Right In The Dark”, Fritz effortlessly pulls enough pop music aces out of his sleeve for the rest to feel right at home in the club world, always finely balanced between techno that equally rocks but also swings; sounds that are unmistakably in the family and that are mildly reminiscent of the opulent, enchanted moments we know from Sascha Funke or Superpitcher.

(Tobias Thomas, Cologne, Germany, July 2010)

Fritz Kalkbrenner - Sideways & Avenues (Snippet) by suol

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Mittwoch, 20. Oktober 2010

The Phenomenal Handclap Band "15 to 20"



from one of the best albums of 2009...

...and some memories of an amazing adriatic boatparty...clap your hands.. you guys rock!!

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Black Thought & J.Period: Live Mixtape

Ein klasse Release welches uns J.Period da vor den Latz haut! Black Thought, allen bekannt als The Roots emcee, performt ausgewählte Roots Cuts, einige Reime über Classic Beats und imitiert einige seiner Lieblings emcee's. Aufgenommen wurde alles am Toronto Manifesto Festival, um uns dann als gut 30 Minütige EP zu beglücken. Hit the Jump.

Montag, 18. Oktober 2010

The KDMS - High Wire

wicked, psychedelic video to one of my favourit tracks....



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Space Ranger - Chocolate Bar EP out now!!!!!!

















SPACE RANGER of Stuttgarts label Grande Buffo dropped another bomb straight out vastness of the universe!!!
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and a some special goodies...

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Space Ranger - Phase Fever (FREEBIE) 320Kbit (downloadable again!) by Space Ranger

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The Invisible - London Girl

nothing new... but defnetly needs to show up in this blog once! so here we go...




Though they're being touted as the British TV On the Radio-- along with the, per usual, ad nauseam Radiohead comparisons-- the immediate contemporary touchstones for the Invisible's debut single "London Girl", a track of disco lineage and techy undercurrents, are more akin to groups like LCD Soundsystem and Hot Chip. The TVOTR comparisons are readily apparent: lead singer Dave Okumu's swooning vocals' often uncanny similarity to that of Tunde Adebimpe, indie-prog atmospherics, and genre-blurring experimentation.

Princess P - Theveryimpatientlikealwaysmix vol.2

enjoy a new dj-mix of our friend princess p! a selection of some deep, soulful stuff!!!


Theveryimpatientlikealwaysmix vol.2 by princesspdj

Hip Hop History


die jungs von the rub - dj ayres, cosmo baker und eleven - haben für jedes jahr von 1979 bis 2009 eine hip hop history gemixt und auf ihrer seite zur verfügung gestellt! kein witz - für jedes jahr entstand ein tape mit über 40 der wichtigsten tracks des jeweiligen jahres.
da der platz fehlt, oder ich einfach zu faul bin jeden einzelnen link hier zu posten, gehts gleich weiter zu den original beiträgen. fangen wir an mit 2009-2000, weiter gehts dann unten mit 'older entries'. wahnsinn!