COMA - Live @ 20 Years of Kompakt, Boiler Room Berlin 04.09.13

Saturday's Set #003





COMA playing a Live Set at Boiler Room Berlin. After their debut album in 2013, on the Kompakt label, they are welcomed by Wolfgang Voigt to play some music.

Broadcasted On Wednesday September 4th

Video available at boilerroom.tv

Tracklist:

00:00 Coma – Fiction 

07:07 Coma – Out Of Control 

11:07 Coma – Fameless 

17:14 Coma – Hoooooray 

21:21 Coma – Missing Piece 

27:30 Coma – Les Dilettantes 

32:05 Coma – The Great Escape 

37:27 Coma – My Orbit 

42:55 Coma – Cycle 

49:23 Coma – Bette Davis' Eyes

Robert Babicz - Dark Flower (Joris Voorn Remix)

Friday's Classic # 002




Five years ago it was a highlight on the Extrema Festival in 2008. Last month, at the ADE 2013, when Robert Babicz dropped the original AND the Joris Voorn remix as well, I went completely mad. This remix by Joris Voorn still rocks very hard.

North Lake - Moonwalker EP

Techno Thursday #002





“Moonwalker” features three analog jams born out of live sessions – three beautiful synth cuts for home and club listening that instantly bring parallels to early Isolee material; melodic and heavy enough to whip up a frenzy on the dancefloor.

“Marlborol Noir” kicks off proceedings, chugging away effortlessly with it's ascending and descending synth riffs, the spawn of a long imprpvised session in the studio. “Suomi Kutsuu” opens the b-side emphatically, a heavy galloping rhythm and an ascending synth riff dominating from the off. It's six minutes of pure analog battle gear. Rounding off the EP, title track “Moonwalker” is a pacy mix of arpeggiated synths, intricate drum programing and eerie melodies that intertwine perfectly with the bass-heavy syncopated kick drum.

Egbert - Warm

Album of the Week #002




Egbert has been dazzling us with the speed at which he has skyrocketed to being one of the world's top players in the techno scene. Within a short period of time he has managed to create a rapidly growing fan base who have all been avidly waiting for him to release an album for some time now. This November Egbert will finally be releasing ‘Warm’ on Secret Cinema's Gem Records.

With powerful pumping main room techno such as ‘Haasten’ and ‘Straktrekken’ under his belt but also melodic and somewhat minimal sounding techno, Egbert creates a broad spectrum of music within his own signature sound. So which direction did he go on Warm?

The album takes you on a trip through Egbert’s vision of melodic techno. Well produced and euphoric but without stepping in to known territory. In his own words: ‘One thing I often miss at techno parties is warmth. I would like to bring that back to techno’. While his live sets are usually filled with percussion and rhythm, this album compiles the tracks that bring warmth to his set. We also get a taste of Egbert’s raw side with the powerful pumping grooves and punishing dark basslines on ‘Tegno’ and ‘Shulgin’. There’s even a new flavour added to the versatile producer’s palate with the trippy ambient sounds of ‘Ondergronds’ and ‘Trip’.

After hearing Egbert’s first EP ‘Stroom’ on Myspace, Jeroen ‘Secret Cinema’ Verheij was quick to snatch up Egbert and take him under his wing. ‘He came walking into my studio with hundreds of brilliant tracks that only needed some polishing up’ says Verheij. After that Egbert released ‘Magie’ which was one of Sven Väth’s favourites for 2009 and made it onto Cocoon’s ‘Sounds of the 10th Season’. Suddenly, Egbert was a new player on the worldwide techno scene. Four years and many huge EPs and remixes later, his album is finally here!

‘Warm’ emerges with the delicate, rolling rhythms and pads of opening track ‘Fonkel’ that stretches out across eight minutes of expansive, emotional landscape before the ‘Magic Night’ tightens up the beats before going deeper into the darkness and the previously mentioned ‘Shulgin’ pulses ever further into the night. ‘Hemelpoort’ brings us back towards the light with shimmering chords as does the more driving yet eloquent ‘Leven’ with ‘Machtig’ proving a slow builder that really hits its stride in the middle. Finally the album disappears into the ether with the atmospheric resonance of ‘Trip’, showcasing another string to Egbert comforting, radiant production.

Release Date: 04 november 2013
Rating: 3.5/5

Lulu Rouge Feat. Fanney Ósk - Sign Me Out (Lulu Rouge Remix)

Techhouse Tuesday #002




Lulu Rouge is one of a kind on the Scandinavian electronic music scene. Not because Lulu Rouge has been around for many years, but because the two young men in Lulu Rouge have both been crashing clubs for the last decade. Lulu Rouge is DJ T.O.M. and Buda, two of the most respected DJs and producers on the Copenhagen scene.
They teamed up together with Fanney Ósk, female vocalist of Kúra. 'Sign me out' was the first single of the second artist album 'The Song Is In The Drum'.
The remix pack of 'Sign me out' contains some excellent remixes, including remixes by Klartraum, Kúra, and of course an own remix that wil bomb any dancefloor!

Xzaltacia - Proton

Melodic Monday #002




Nowadays a lot of melodic techno is coming from Eastern Europe. Xzaltacia, from Ukraine, is one of them. There is not much known about this guy, but he writes some good melodies. The title track Proton reminds me of some old tunes by Dusty Kid & Marascia.
The third track Claustophobia also has some nice melody that will stay in the head for quite some while.

Four Tet - Parallel Jalebi

Sunday's Chillout #002




One of the best tracks of Four Tet's new album 'Beautiful Rewind'. Kieran Hebden delivered an awesome album once again and never disappoints.