In perfect timing for the 10th BPitch Control birthday, Thomas Muller presents his third solo release. Born in Paris, the Berlin-elect has been in this city for about two years. Certainly his current location has left an indelible mark on Thomas’ creations – his deep and highly detailed soundscapes were already evident in the last release, „Seduction“ – a clear idiom into an increasingly dark realm. His current work continues consistently and ambitiously in the same vein. The title track „Rebirth“ hides house fragments in a tight beat, tribal-like percussion patterns come and go in waves, the whole thing spirals in dub echoes with complexity, but the crystal-clear construct is screwed with the help of spooky, deeply colored foghorns – dress warm… Track A2 „String Slap“ is dominated by a similarly heavily-detailed beat- right on point and minimalistic sound effects get it going. Suddenly a super-funky bassline begins, the track-machine is running and steadily evolves into a wild, spiraling house mechanism. If A2 is a beat off from the clockwork, then the flipside opener „Music 98“ is like a musical conversion from Jean Tinguely’s crazy machine art: through a twitching shufflebeat that is interspersed through vocal fragments and ear-decomposing sweeps with all sorts of craziness throughout. Towards the end it calms down just a bit, and there is a method to the madness – but beware – don’t play this at home, kids! B2 heads right towards the goal. „Institute of Shadows“ comes straight out with point-blank, perfectly balanced beats, sensational hihats and a geniusly simple offbeat bass from there. More classic and effective is not possible. In the same shade though, less traditional but equally effective psychotic sweeps that rush past together at a barely melodic level unmistakably remind us of the fact that we’re not here for fun.

Minimaland Feedback: The youngest Bpitch star is already showing a great level of production and this is certainly his best release so far, adapting his creations to the label standards. Typical German electronic techy music, that will suit well to nightclub dancing events.  ”String Slap” is our favorite!

a1 - Rebirth
a2 - String Slap
b1 – Music 98
b2 - Institue of Shadow

BPC#201
Rls Date: 14.09.2009

t’s been nine years since Lucien Nicolet’s first record, and in that time he has earned his place among electronic dance music’s most celebrated names. He’s racked up singles for the likes of Mental Groove, Perlon, Desolat and of course Cadenza. He’s remixed everyone from M83 to Salif Keita, and his mix CDs for Fabric and Soma’s Sci.Fi.Hi.Fi. series have showcased minimal house and techno at their most sensual, supple and jubilant. And Luciano’s DJ sets have become the stuff of legend the world over.

Throughout his career, the Swiss-Chilean musician has experimented liberally with longer formats, including a live album for Thomas Brinkmann’s max.Ernst label and 2004’s groundbreaking No Model No Tool, a recombinant set of groove components. But in all this time he has released only one proper studio album, 2004’s Blind Behaviour, which veered away from the dancefloor in search of more esoteric pleasures. At long last, with Tribute to the Sun, Luciano delivers one of the definitive highlights of his career.

Not merely a “dance” or “electronic” record, Tribute incorporates musical styles from around the globe with Luciano’s inimitable rhythmic sensibility. It draws upon Luciano’s extensive experience as a mover of bodies and a reader of the crowd’s mind. Many of its grooves form an integral part of Luciano’s DJ sets, having been road-tested and continually refined. But it’s very much an album to be listened to front to back. (Most of the album’s cuts will also be made available as extended edits, for vinyl and download alike.)

Tribute to the Sun is above all a highly personal portrait of the artist. Informed by the ups and downs of the artist’s life, and the balancing act between life on the road and the refuge of family life in rural Switzerland, its moods run from the heavenly grace of “Celestial” to the outright madness of “Metodisma.” This is the fullest portrait yet of Luciano as not just an artist but a human being.

Four years in the making, the album finds Luciano collaborating with a cast of musicians as talented as they are diverse. Martina Topley-Bird, of course, is known for her haunting contributions to Tricky’s early classics, as well as for her solo career and collaborations with the likes of Danger Mouse and Mike Patton. Senegal’s Ali Boulo Santo, heir to a long line of griots and nephew of the legendary “King of the Kora” Soundioulou Cissoko, was said to be “born with a Kora in his hands”; he pioneered an electronic fusion of Mandingue Afrobeat in his recordings for Frédéric Galliano’s Frikyiwa label, and here his contributions continue to expand the possibilities for “world” music in new contexts. Switzerland’s Bruno Bieri is the inventor of the Hang, a kind of steel drum with a sound like a mountain stream; “Hang for Bruno” features both his limpid melodies and the contributions of the Israeli percussionist Omri Hason, a student of the Iranian master Djamchid Chemirani. Omri Is also part of Luciano’s live project Aether Nation.

“Los Niños de Fuera”: Fusing tribal singing and nimble handclap patterns with the flickering rhythms and walking basslines he does best, this is dizzyingly gleeful stuff—albeit shot through with sliding, melancholy harmonies—that balances innocence with intensity.”Celestial”: Sampling a portion of the singer-songwriter Keren Ann’s song “Liberty,” Luciano concocts a heady, heavenly song that builds and builds so gently, you’ll never notice your feet leaving the ground.”Sun, Day and Night”: Martina Topley-Bird’s voice nestles in a nest woven from coppery strands. Freeing himself from the tyranny of the 4/4 kick, Luciano explores rippling polyrhythms and basslines that rise to the surface like an underground spring. “Conspirer”: Contemplative and restrained, this one’s all about a flickering keyboard line that changes colors with the light. “Hang for Bruno”: Featuring the contributions of Hang drummer Bruno Bieri and the multi-talented percussionist Omri Hason, “Hang for Bruno” fuses the sounds and traditions of the Caribbean and the Middle East with bleepy electronics and 20th century classical Minimalism. Its ringing harmonics sound like signals from another world. “Fran Left Home”: With its electro-Latino swing and its keening, ambivalent melodies, this is classic Luciano in the vein of his Live @ Weetamix album. “Africa Sweat”: Luciano and Ali Boulo Santo push the definition of “world music” on this thrilling album highlight. Fluid Kora and Senegalese vocals pour like rainwater over a porous rhythmic foundation that branches like the cracks in desert soil. “Pierre for Anni”: A short sketch in which Luciano combines two of his great loves: Field recording and no-holds-barred electronic experimentation. “Metodisma”: The darkest, starkest cut on the album, this sets grinding electronic rhythms against whispers, whoops and screams: Catharsis at 128 BPM. “Oenologue”: Closing out the album, this single-minded groove pays tribute to the pioneers of acid and Detroit techno, a reminder that deep house and electro-acoustic fusions aren’t Luciano’s only stock in trade

- – TRACKLIST – -

01 Los Ninos de Fuera
02 Celestial feat. Liberty by Keren Ann
03 Sun, Day and Night feat. Martina Topley-Bird
04 Conspirer
05 Hang For Bruno
06 Fran Left Home
07 Africa Sweat feat. Ali Boulo Santo
08 Pierre For Anni
09 Metodisma
10 Oenologue

Release Date: 12.10.2009^
Label: Cadenza

Today we present to you a new label, Barraca Music from Spain… I became aware of them when they released “Bank Brotherhood Ep“, their latest work developed by Los Updates and Ricardo Villalobos… but today I’m here to talk about their best work untill now… “El Prologo remixes” headed by Luciano, Villalalobos and Radio Slave. The original tracks were featured in Barraca’s first release and to make it unforgetable nothing could be better than inviting the Chilean crue to perform some remixes. In the A-Side you will listen “Ricardo Villalobos Una Puta Mas Atras Remix”, a 15 minute long length track very typical on his creations where deep percussions, minimal sense and appealing melodies combine perfectly. I promise you won’t get tired of this one in the whole 15 minutes of it. Amazing! In the B-Side there’s “Falto Pepico Luciano remix”, another massive production. If you’re one of the people who believe that “minimal” really does exist among the electronic music movement this is one of it’s best prototypes, 4by4 rhythm, huge percussions, again appealing melodies and some hand picked loops turned this track into a dancefloor turn-on! As I usually say when I listen Luciano or Villalobos productions: “This is minimal!”. If you buy the Ep digitally you’ll have a third track, a “El Prologo” remix by Radio Slave, very groovy with a great deep mnml rhythm where Radio Slave clearly tried to follow the patters of the Chilean producers. El Prologo remixes will be complete when the second delivery sees the light. For that release the chosen artists will be Mathias Kaden and Inxec so… stay tuned!

a1 – Points (Ricardo Villalobos Una Puta Mas Atras remix)

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b1 - Cartas Para Geisha (Falto Pepica Luciano mix)

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BRP#001
Rls Date:  07.08.2009

You could compare GusGus´s (Daníel Ágúst, Veiran and President Bongo) 6th studio album with a whale. An animal that spends most of it´s time under the surface, but when it comes up above sea-level, it usually surfaces with a magnificent speciality – much like the latest GusGus creation. Therefore, you should not glean over this work; every moment of it is laid out with painstaking and elaborate candour. 24/7 is a wet dream…

The spine of the music is original, created in the “intestines” of GusGus. “On the Job” is the working man´s phrenetic song to the unbroken animal called love. The opus “Thin Ice´” describes the bloated donkey dancing on ice. And in “Add This Song” the listener is encouraged to add that particular song to his collection.
The GusGus analogue sound environment has never been better, and Daniel Agust´s vocals take the reigns again and thus opens the group’s variability to new heights. As on previous occasions GusGus performs a song written by Jimi Tenor, the fantastic “Take me Baby” where Jimi Tenor is a guest singer. “Hateful” is a pretty family-type song that GusGus and Aaron-Carl composed together while being on different sides of the Atlantic.

GUSGUS are easily one of the most well known acts in electronic music today with over 5 million albums sold in their illustrious career. Don’t call it a comeback but their signing to KOMPAKT marks a crucial step forward for the band and dare we say their most impressive recordings to date. It also marks the return of Daníel Ágúst as a full member for the first time since the 4AD years. 24/7 is a overwhelming, multifarious, interwoven and braided musical atmosphere where the listener has to surrender to the music and adhere to the conditions that the music demands. For fifty-six minutes.

We’ve interviewed one of the producers – Veiran – to get to know more about them and the upcoming release:

Mnmland: First up, let us congratulate you for the magnificent album you’ve produced. Minimaland listened it and it sounds very good. Kompakt said it sounded like a “wet dream”… How would you describe it to our readers?

Veiran: “Well, the new album might be described as some mixture of Gusgus from the past, the doepfer modularsynth, minimal techno, oldstyle Reggie dub and live performance. But that mixture did not come intentionally. Last two albums, Attention and Forever where girlfull preparties featuring Earth as our main singer and lyric writer. When she left for other projects in late 2007 it was time to go to some new party, take swift turn that is. Daniel Ágúst, our former main singer from the nineties, had sung one track on each of these albums, Desire on Attention and Moss on Forever. We approached him to do the next album with us and he agreed. I also had updated my small Doepfer collection (www.doepfer.com) by almost purcasing all the modules thay have avaliable, and also creating one doepfer live unit that included some secred unheard tricks. With those two elements it we where destined to go deeper than on the two prior albums. After feew turns in the studio we had drafted couple of tracks but stranded on the arrangement. It was getting close to the gigs off the summer 2008, so I had no option but to add the unfinished tracks in the live set and just “figure it out” on the road. In that process I added the Boss chorus echo pedal and small kaoss pad, hence the dub style. The first gig at UAF worked great with all the tracks just brilliant. That summer we played with the tracks live at numerous gigs. In the fall it was obvious that this album had to be recorded live. This was not a studio project. We went with the live rig deep north west into Iceland, to Flateyri, and recorded the album live at Tankurinn.”

Mnmland: Are you totally satisfied with the album?

“Yes, I am satisfied with the album. It captures the vibes off gusgus as it is now and also reflects the direction i wanted to take down to dubland.”

Mnmland: What were your thoughts when recording this cd!?

“There was strict dress code in the studio and the hairdo had to be perfect. So preparing the day the focus was on looking slick. During the day we spent more time cooking than recording. The plot was to create special vibe and togetherness as the recording was basically running the liveset couple of times.”

Mnmland: So can we expect this to be something played by Gus Gus around gigs, or is it something to be appreciated with some kind of different mood?

“We have been playing all the songs on the album from the spring of 2008, and i’ll guess we’ll will play them a couple of times more until we figure out what to do on our next album after 24/7. There are not a lot of old tracks in the set. We have Lust and Moss from Forever, and that is about it, but with all these tracks thrown in the gig is almost two hours.”

Mnmland: We must confess that we follow you from the beginning and it really is a surprise to see such many changes on your productions… can you explain to our readers the main differences between your typical music ten years ago and the nowadays productions?

“Gusgus started out as a collaboration of people with totally different background in music. Me and Buckmaster where in a band called T-World that did kind of ambient driven house music. We we where mixed into the Gusgus project different people had different songs in different genres that needed to be produced as a whole for the Album later called “Polydistortion”. Buckmaster was all about loops at that time so the production was more or less loop based at that time. I think that we were even liked with triphop by some critics. The second album, “This is Normal”, was more the same but further down the pop song road. After the album the band was getting tired as people wanted to go different ways with the project. I was getting tired of this loop based pop stuff and as me, Buckmaster and President Bongo ended with the brand it was time to to something new. While in the makover we released “Gusgus vs Tworld” in 2000 that included some of the Tworlds production from 93 to 95. My love of music started with synth and drum machine driven disco, like Hi-Nrg and Italo disco. Lime and Bobby Orlando were my heros so when reinventing the Gusgus sound in 2002 that was the basics and drum loops were banned. Earth was the new singer and Attention was the album. “Forever” in 2006 was then further down that path but now changes are on the agenda once again.”

Mnmland: Which album/event do you consider to be your biggest achievement up to date?

“24/7″ “is the best album so far but “Forever” will always be close to my heart. All albums contain great tracks though. Purple, Believe, Starlovers, David, Call of the wild, Don’t hide what you feel, Hold you, Need in me and Moss to name a few. As the live set is really fluent all gigs have there charm. Few gigs stand out though. Köln in 1999 at the Palladium and the live set at Viva same year i thing stand out from the past. Melt in 2006 and 2008, the gigs and Benicassim 2001 and 2008 and many more from the first makeover and from the new setup many have been great, Pragh at Roxy for example and last weekend in Köln.”

Mnmland: It’s hard to talk about great influences to some guys that have been producing for 15 years but do you have them? Who are/were they?

“Like i said, Lime, Bobby Orlando, Sylvester, Patrick Cowley and then Soft Cell, Depeche Mode, Ultravox. From the dance scene abstract grooves and deep melodies does the trick for me independent of genres. Carl Craig and Stephan Bodzin i can name for example but many more have done great things”

Mnmland: The fact that you are a trio makes it easier to produce? What are the strongest points of each one of you?

“Me the mind, Daniel the heart and Bongo the will.”

Mnmland: After 15 years, what keeps you going? Do you still get excited when you are producing a new album?

“Making music is always exciting, especially when you don’t have a deadline and none to please but yourself.”

Mnmland: Where do you find all the inspiration? Is it the beautiful landscapes of Iceland?

“Silence, the Doepfer and love of life.”

Mnmland: How would you characterize your sets/live acts? What kind of party vibe do you usually create while spinning?

“The President takes care of the spinning, but drive the arrangements in the live set. The live set is all about luring the listener in with patience and then tearing his soul apart.”

Mnmland: Analog or Digital Technology?

“I have once used softsynth in a track. My Doepfer did not like that. I stick to analog.”

Minimaland: Analog it is! The electronic scene has been in a huge development over the last few years, therefore more demanding in terms of music know-how and software/hardware! How do you stand yourself in this process? How have you been adapting?

“I cant say that i have adapted. Got my Juno 2 in 1986 and it was my only polyphonic synth on all the prior albums. It is responsible for the strings in Purple, Anthem and Call of The wild, Organ in Ladyshave, Piano in Call of the wild and Moss, and synth in Need in Me and David to name some examples. I got my Juno 106 few years back but i’m first using it on the new album. The Monophonic synths i all got in the years 1992 and 1993, the SH-101, CS-30 and the ARP-2600. The Doepfer i first got 1999 and that started me doing most of me drum sounds. I have been adding more Doepver modules to the rig every year. Knowing your gear and getting deep into it is the key to making music, not buying all the latest stuff and patches, that is for producers and i don’t consider me as such.”

Mnmland: Some short questions: Favorite record of all time? Favorite tracks of the moment? Favorite festival?

“Non-stop Erotic Cabaret by Soft Cell. Track at the moment is October – Invitation, Favorite festival are Melt and Benecassim.”

Mnmland: To end this, where do you see yourselves in 15 years?

“Hopefully having a relaxed time enjoying live and teaching my kids on the Doepfer.”

Mnmland: Thanks Veiran for the Interview, we wish you all the best for this and further albums.

———24/7———
Artist: Gus Gus
Release Date: 14.09.2009
Label: Kompakt
Catalog: Kompakt CD #073

- – - Tracklist – - – -
01. Thin Ice
02. Hateful
03. On the job
04. Take me baby (feat. Jimi Tenor)
05. Bremen Cowboy
06. Add this song

buy it here

Despite being the first Lauhaus Ep that we post, we’ve been following his career for a long time, this Dj and Producer creates dedicated music and his Dj sets are some of the best ones you can listen. Laurens Lanting aka Lauhaus is also one of the parts of the duo Polder, highly known by their famous album Poldermodel and this solo Ep proves all his quality. This producer from the Netherlands presents three amazing tracks that will have a tremendous effect among underground crowds. His deepness his something that we definitely appreciate and you will be able to confirm it when you listen this release. The first track “Latenights” is a guaranteed dancefloor igniter with it’s deep beat and incredible tech-house rhythm. A flawless track that will make the dancing people go crazy. Lauhaus bounce it again in the b-side track “Newe Welle” surfing through even more deep dark waves, not as techy as the other but with far more soul… it’s a perfect one for our kind of style and the one that makes us astonished here at the land. If you buy it digitally you’ll have a third track – “Backstage Beauties” a after-hours session bomb, that it’s worth to buy. Released by Intacto Records.

a1 - Latenights

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b1 – Newe Welle

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D.O. - Backstage Beauties

Intacto#020
Release Date: 17.08.2009

And.id is renowned for his live performances in which he integrates both released and unreleased productions, loops, and live use of his trumpet into an incomparably high-energy affair. After hitting his stride in 2008 with his debut for mobilee “One Is Not Enough” followed by his second release, “Sand on the Floor,” the one-man phenomenon is back for a third round for mobilee’s 55th release entitled “First Talk,” an enthralling tech-house release that is as boundless as it is stunning. The A-side “First Talk” is a bouncing techy track that constantly moves forward and progresses without sounding the least bit rushed, continuously teasing the listener with build-ups that stop just short of peaking. Combining vintage synths and reverb-laced loops, And.id meticulously plays with dynamics and atmospherics with the end result being a release that constantly moves forward without sounding the least bit rushed.
B1 “Ephoria” (our favorite) maintains a similar level of compelling restraint, with stuttered house beats and melodic undercurrents that morph and shift until they transform into arpeggiated swells leading the track to its endpoint. On B2 “Lights On” And.id displays his darker, more minimal side, taking advantage of lower frequency ranges and recurrent echoes.

a1 – First Talk
b1 – Ephoria
b2 – Lights On

listen the samples here

Mobilee#055
Release Date: 24.08.2009

From September 16th to 19th, 2009, Berlin is going to be all abuzz with the Berlin Music Days, or BerMuDa for short!

It’s actually hard to believe that Berlin’s electronic music world didn’t get together earlier to launch its own trade show or festival format, allowing it to break free from the outdated structures of the Popkomm and similar music events. As the world capital of electronic music, and considering the artists and labels at home here, Berlin has long had the ability to become a Mecca for music fans from all over the world. All the big names of the electronic music scene moved to Berlin long ago because of the city’s impressive locations and artist- friendly infrastructure.

And now the city’s electronic music scene has the BerMuDa, its own festival with international star power. The city’s most renowned clubs are all participating, such as Berghain, Tresor, Maria, Watergate, Weekend, Icon, Club der Visionäre, and even the Saturday Adventure Club in the Postbahnhof started by M_nus mastermind Richie Hawtin, which means the BerMuDa will be able to offer its international guests a lineup to tell their grandchildren about. But it doesn’t just end there. Plans have already been made for 2010 to set up a number of informal business meetings and scouting camps during the afternoons in central, easy-to-reach locations. And in contrast to the Popkomm, which was designed as a trade fair for industry insiders, the BerMuDa is completely open to the public. The goal is to move the focus back to where the music actually lives and breathes – in Berlin’s clubs and concert locations.

In times of recession and a severely crippled music industry, the BerMuDa sees one of its jobs as taking a stand against those resigning themselves to the current situation. The cancellation of the Popkomm didn’t do much damage to the electronic music world, which functions in a largely independent manner, but it is still a sign of giving up and succumbing to a situation which the music industry, in all its lethargy and corporate inertia, brought about on its own.

BerMuDa is going to be authentic and all about the music, club life, and the related business structures, and will provide newcomers with insight and present old hands in the industry alternative business opportunities. But above all, BerMuDa should be loads of fun!

In the following you will find a detailed program for all the clubs participating in the BerMuDa from September 16th to 19th, 2009. We are looking forward to a week full of highlights in Berlin’s best clubs.

- – - – PROGRAM – - – -

ARENA CLUB

Friday 18.September.2009
LESSIZMORE VS. MINIMAL HOSPITAL
Cesar Merveille (Cadenza / Circus Company)
Pablo Cahn-Speyer (Cadenza)
Cherry (Minimal Hospital)
Luca Castillo (Caprices)

Saturday 19.September.2009
BROUQADE / BARRACA NIGHT
Affkt LIVE (Barraca / Rekids)
Rafa Siles (Barraca)
Dario Zenker (Vakant)
Fank Leicher LIVE (Brouqade)
Benjamin Fehr (Brouqade)

BERGHAIN/PANORAMABAR

Friday 18.September.2009 – Start 24.00
KOMPAKTORAMA
Ada LIVE (Kompakt)
Michael Mayer (Kompakt)
Shumi (Kompakt)
Tobias Schmid (Kompakt)

Saturday 19.September.2009 – Start 24.00
BERGHAIN: KLUBNACHT
Andre Galluzzi (Cadenza)
Len Faki (Ostgut Ton / Podium)
DJ Pete (Scion)
PANORAMA BAR: POKER FLAT NIGHT
Dan Berkson & James What LIVE (Poker Flat)
Sven Tasnadi (Poker Flat)
D’Julz (Poker Flat)
Steve Bug (Poker Flat)
Adultnapper + Mr. C (Sycophant Slags)
Phonique + Vincenzo Back To Back (Poker Flat)
Josh Wink (Ovum)
King Britt

COOKIES

Tuesday 15.September.2009 – Start 23.00
Dave DK (Moodmusic)
Holger Zilske (Playhouse)
Deutschzoo (Randbezirk)

Thursday 17.September.2009 – Start 23.00
Munk (Gomma)
Jeans Team (Louisville)
Pet Conspiracy (China)
Pitchtuner (China)
Salto Mortale (Support Agency)
Hugo Capablanca (Disco Capablanca)

Saturday 19.September.2009 – Start 23.00
WAREHOUSE COOKIE
-Top Secret-

DICE

Friday 18.September.2009
CONNAISSEURS
Alex Flitsch (Connaisseur)
Daso LIVE (Connaisseur)
Franklin De Costa (Connaisseur/ Trapez Ltd.)
Jan Mir (Do Or Don’t)
Matthew Deelay (Dice)

Saturday 19.September.2009
OUTFIELD
Martin Dawson aka King Roc (Mutual Society)
Maetrik LIVE (Mariel Ito / Treibstoff)
Max Cooper (Traum / Autist)
Raw Hedroom (Trapez / Suara)
Jay Shepheard (Compost Black / Diynamic)
Tom Select (Girls and Mathematics)

ICON

Friday 18.September.2009 – Start 23.00
ED BANGER PRESENTS
Vicarious Bliss (Ed Banger)
Mickey Moonlight (Ed Banger)
Marvin Suggs (Duscholux)

Saturday 19.September.2009 – Start 23.00
RECYCLE PRESENTS SANTORIN
Lightwood (Satorin)
Recycle Crew feat. N’dee + Flower + Mc Mace (Recycle)

M-BIA

Friday 18.September.2009
MOO MILK MUSIK KLUBNACHT
Lektor (L(i)ebe zur Musik)
Ixel (MYD / Moo Milk Musik)
Aryc (Moo Milk Musik)
Joyse (Moo Milk Musik)
Midge (Moo Milk Musik)
C.o.r.v.e.X. (Stereo Berlin / Moo Milk Musik)
Atari (Moo Milk Musik)

MARIA

Friday 18.September.2009 – Start 23.00
4 Hero (Raw Canvas)
Appleblim (Skull Disco)
Shackleton LIVE (Skull Disco)
Shut Up And Dance (Shut Up And Dance)
The Ragga Twins (Shut Up And Dance)
A Guy Called Gerald (Perlon)
DJ Bleed (de:bug)
Schoppen Wittes (Frühschoppen Team)
2Krazy (Freak Camp)

Saturday 19.September.2009 – Start 23.00
THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR
Frank Martiniq (Boxer Recordings)
Two em (Rotary Cocktail Rec.)
Ron Flatter (Boxer Recordings)
Haito (Boxer Recordings)
Gianni Vitiello (Bar25)
Diringer (Boxer Recordings)
Jacob Richter (Extrasmart)
Erik Panzer (Barfuss)
Jean Ferré (Barfuss)
Anarki (Barfuss) Triton (Copyriot)

RAW.TEMPEL

Friday 18.September.2009 – Start 15.00
VJ BARCAMP – 21.00 Techdub-Night
Havantepe (Sublimeporte)
Peak (A Quite Bump)
Marko Fürstenberg (Thinner)
P. Laoss (Deepindub)
René Löwe (Global Underground)
Outside (Ambient Floor)
Mogreens (Visual Berlin)
Das Kraftfuttermischwerk LIVE (Thinner)
Josè (Visual Berlin)

Saturday 19.September.2009 – Start 23.00
100% PURE INDUSTRIAL NOISE
Agent Provocateur (Resident)
Eric Van Wonterghem (Sonar)
Daniel Myer (Architect)
Visuals by dekonstruktiv

RECHENZENTRUM

Saturday 19.September.2009 – Start 23.00
RUMSOMMERN – MIDSUMMER BEACH FESTIVAL
In- & Outdoor – 2 Dancefloors + Beach + Boat

SATURDAY ADVENTURE CLUB @ POSTBAHNHOF

Saturday 19.September.2009 – Start 23.00
Richie Hawtin (Minus)
Magda (Minus)
Marco Carola (Minus)
Loco Dice (Desolat)
Martin Buttrich LIVE (Desolat)
tINI (Desolat)
Livio & Roby (Desolat)
Anja Schneider (Mobilee)
Pan-Pot (Mobilee)
Barem (Minus)
Skoozbot (Minus)
Daniel Stefanik (Freude am Tanzen)
Dixon (Innervisions)
Henrik Schwarz LIVE (Innervisions)
Douglas Greed LIVE (Freude am Tanzen)
Guti LIVE
Hector (Phonica)
Ian Simmonds (Freude am Tanzen)
Krause Duo (Freude am Tanzen)
Marcin Czubala LIVE (Mobilee)
Rodriguez Jr. LIVE

SOLAR

Wednesday 16.September.2009
ED2000 (Dangerous Drums)

Thursday 17.September.2009
Rik Verweyen (Solar)

Friday 18.September.2009
Cup Of Jazz (Solar)

Saturday 19.September.2009
Max Bär

STEREO 33

Thursday 17.September.2009
JOUKA + Gast (Electro Mix)

Friday 18.September.2009
REFLOAT Session (Drum & Bass)

Saturday 19.September.2009
HULA HULA REISEGRUPPE (Happy Aua, Shitkatapult)

SUICIDE CIRCUS

Thursday 17.September.2009 – Start 20.00
FREIER FALL OPEN AIR
Various Artists

Friday 18.September.2009 – Start 24.00
GRUPPENZWANG
Basti Grub LIVE (Höhenregler)
Crek&Sirous LIVE (Berlin)
Tomas Fernandez & Lektor (L(i)ebe zur Musik)
Sqim (Berlin)

Saturday 19.September.2009 – Start 24.00
FESTPLATTEN FAMILY AFFAIRS T
ijana T (Abe Duque Rec.)
Gebrüder Teichmann (Festplatten)
Toby Deschamps (Deep Data)
Akira Hawks (Merkur)

TAPE

Friday 18.September.2009 – Start 24.00
UNDERGROUND QUALITY LABELNACHT***
DJ Jus Ed (Underground Quality)
Levon Vincent (Underground Quality)
Anton Zap (Underground Quality)
Black Jazz Consortium aka Fred P.(Underground Quality)
DJ Qu (Underground Quality)
Nina Kraviz (Underground Quality)

TRESOR

Wednesday 16.September.2009 – Start 24.00
BONITO HOUSE CLUB
Globus: Chopstick & Johnjon (Baalsaal Rec.)

Friday 18.September.2009 – Start 24.00
IBIZA REUNION II
Globus:
DJ Spud (Superstar Rec.)
Stefano Noferini (El Devino / Ibiza)
Hintergrundrauschen (Berlin)
Tresor:
Pacou (Cache Rec.)
Erique 47 (Tresor)
+4Bar:
Diskoklub Myti (Berlin)
Prodomo (Messy Household)
Herr Krause (Berlin)

Saturday 19.September.2009 – Start 24.00
KLUBNACHT
Globus:
Daffy (no label no release)
Ralph Ballschuh (Spreeufer Rec.)
Tresor:
Recyver Dogs (Catzilla Rec / Tresor)
T.A.G. (Tresor)
alex i.nsert (Rehabilitatio)
Lex Bale (Rehabilitatio)
Mathias Axt (Rehabilitatio)
Sasch_H (Rehabilitatio)
Sebastian Kremer (Rehabilitatio)
Swerve (Rehabilitatio)

VCF

Wednesday 16.September.2009 – Start 22.00
NACHTBANDITEN
Larsson (Hi Freaks)
Cem Orlow LIVE (White Cube Rec.)

WATERGATE

Wednesday 16.September.2009 – Start 24.00
GET PHYSICAL NIGHT
M.A.N.D.Y. (Get Physical)
DJ T. (Get Physical)
Glimpse LIVE (Kindisch)
Heidi (Get Physical)
Italoboyz (Get Physical)
Catz N´Dogz (Get Physical)
Gavin Herlihy (Kindisch)
Siopis (Get Physical)
Thomas Schumacher (Get Physical)
Einzelkind (Kindisch)
Evan Baggs (Kindisch)

Thursday 17.September.2009 – Start 24.00
HOT CHIP
Felix Martin & Al Doyle (Hot Chip DJ Set)
Ruede Hagelstein (Upon You / Souvenir)

Friday 18.September.2009 – Start 24.00
CYNOSURE VS. WAGON REPAIR
Cobblestone Jazz LIVE (Wagon Repair)
Mike Shannon (Cynosure)
Konrad Black (Wagon Repair)
Seth Troxler (Wagon Repair)
Ernesto Ferreyra (Cynosure)
Andrea Fiorito (Cynosure)

Saturday 19.September.2009 – Start 24.00
SOUVENIR NIGHT
Tiefschwarz (Souvenir)
Matthias Tanzmann (Moon Harbour)
Santé LIVE (Souvenir / Rekids)
elle p. & iftah LIVE (Souvenir)
Rampa (Keinmusic)
Adam Port (Souvenir)
Nikki (Be Chosen)

WEEKEND

Thursday 17.September.2009 – Start 23.00
TERMINAL M
Monika Kruse (Terminal M)
Erman Erim (Terminal M)
Manon (Terminal M)

Friday 18.September.2009 – Start 23.00
N2U
Luke Solomon (Rekids / Music For Freaks)
Sammy Dee (Perlon)

Saturday 19.September.2009 – Start 23.00
JAZZANOVA – DJ-NIGHT
Alex Barck (Jazzanova)
Jürgen von Knoblauch (Jazzanova)
Claas Brieler (Jazzanova)

WMF

Wednesday 16.September.2009 – Start 24.00
GIGOLO VIENNA MASSACRE NIGHT
DJ Hell (Gigolo)
Michael Bleim LIVE (Gigolo)
Christian Prommer (Gigolo)
Crazy (Gigolo)
Makossa & Megablast (Gigolo)
Joel Alter (Gigolo)

Friday 18.September.2009 – Start 24.00
BERLIN INSANE
Ellen Allien (Bpitch Control)
Ryan Elliot (Spectral Sound)
Kiki LIVE (Bpitch Control)
Alexkid (Cadenza)
Zander VT (Bpitch Control)

Roland Appel started producing music and spinning records in the early nineties. He was a member of Fauna Flash ( together with Christian Prommer ) and the Trüby Trio (with rainer trüby + Christian Prommer ). They successfully produced 3 studio albums. In 2002 he released one album with his Peter Kruder and another with Christian Prommer – Voom:Voom .With every project he toured the world and playing clubs and festivals from Montreal Jazz Festival, Sonar Festival to Fabric London, New York, Berlin and Tokyo.
From 2004 to 2006 Roland lived in Paris, France. During this time he started to write music for his solo career which quickly gained an international following. In 2006 returning to Munich / Germany he teamed up with engineer Jan Krause to start recording once again. Whether Roland incorporates an accomplice or is at it solo, there’s hardly a dull moment in the studio or on stage. Roland Appel captivates his audience by combining the integral influences of Detroit techno, folk, disco all the way to soul and house.
One of the most in demand tracks from the ‘All Night Long’ album, ‘Snow…’ gets a full single release as a result of the huge response from disco heavyweights Horse Meat Disco, who took the time to contact us to tell us how much they love it. Old school disco in every way, certainly not ‘space’ and nothing ‘nu’ about it.. DFA darlings Runaway turn it in a slow burning house direction that builds the tension until every last drop is wrung out in a sweaty pool on the dance floor. Nice.

Minimaland Feedback: “Snow in the Spring Time” really deserved a full single release and Aus music didn’t forgget it… this is one of the most exciting tracks of the last years and this Ep marks it as a symbol of the electronic nowadays scene. The runaway remix in the b side add’s it a deeper sensation, turned up to minimal flavours, just as we like it here. Loved it!

a1. Cold Blooded
a2. Snow In Spring Time

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b1. Snow In Spring Time (Runaway Remix)

Aus#023
Release Date: 28.09.2009

Each night before bedtime, Freedarich & Stiggsen turn into two giant, radioactive ants. There they are then, obviously enjoying their facet insect eyes. And sometimes, their own ant’s sound inspires them to produce techno music. When Freedarich & Stiggsen want to go out, they turn back into Bohemians again, in order not have to party all alone due to Berlin’s mean bouncers. With their first release on Areal, Friedrich Greiling & Steph Sandeck have come up with a double-A-side. Both sides do not hesitate, they simply take you on a trip. So we had no option but to let the dice decide.

Minimaland Feedback: What a promising start for this duo, Freedarich and Stiggsen are an incredible mysterious surprise, this Ep is a new breath of fresh air through the scene. “Lago”, the first track is a beautiful combination of different pleasures, a melody that will tear you apart, really well created reminding me some of the best times of trance music, the deep beat will complete it for you, if you like music with feeling this is your best choice for this month… fly, fly away. I must confess I can’t stop listening it…! The other one is “Candide”, a darker deeper track that will lead you into a trip through the most rough sides of electronic music. Maybe the most surprising release I’ve listened in the last times, I’ve already bought it, i just hope some of you will do the same…

a1 - Lago

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b1 - Candide

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Areal#052
Rls Date: 13.08.2009

Gregor Tresher’s second artist album will be released in September. The first single “The Life Wire” can be checked here: www.breaknewsoil.de

Gregor and Break New Soil Recordings are announcing a video contest and the idea is to give a chance to all newcomer video producers out there. It’s all possible, from animated clips to real video – be inspired by the music!
The winner will be awarded with 250,- EUR and a brandnew Sony Ericsson mobile worth EUR 250.- on top, and of course the chance that the video will be broadcasted on television! The 10 best participations will also get a big Break New Soil Package containing all Vinyl releases of the label so far and a handsigned copy of Gregor’s album – even before the official release date!

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Please send your result as download link to info@breaknewsoil.com until August 30, 2009.
You can download the video edit of “The Life Wire” here: www.breaknewsoil.de

When the results get out Minimaland will be posting the video here. Break New Soil – and we – are looking forward to your videoclips!