daze.maxim. – live pa @ arma17 – moscow

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Sven vath – Ten Years Cocoon, Amnesia Ibiza (03.08.2009)
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Luciano – Essential Mix Live @Wonderland Eden – Ibiza (01-08-09)
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tracklist:
25 mins – Santos – Hold Home
35 mins – Rik Lobster – Disco Pussy
40 mins – Analogue People in the Digital World – Rose Rouge
45 mins – Lumidee – Never Leave You (Oh Oh) (Remix)
58 mins – Age of Love – Age of Love (Watch out for Stella Mix?)
78 mins – Michel Cleis – La Mezcla
86 mins – Reboot – Caminando

Nick Curly – YOUFM Clubnight (25-07-2009)
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Maetrik – July 09 DJ Session

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Chris Tietjen b2b Robert Dietz – Live @ Romy S, Stuttgart (17-07-2009)
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Reboot @ Fritz Nightflight (2.8.2009)
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Tiefschwarz – Dissonant Sounds, 09.07.2009
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tracklist:
01 – Rade Hagelstein & Naneci – Semikolon
02 – Tiefschwarz – Deininger
03 – Tiefschwarz – Big Man
04 – Emad Paradian – Kamanche
05 – Tiefschwarz – Voodoo Bus
06 – Santec – White
07 – Adam Port – Boogie Bass
08 – Santec – You
09 – Tiefschwarz – Yeah
10 – Tiefschwarz – Paah
11 – Tiefschwarz – Blow (Radioslave Remix)
12 – Tiefschwarz – Orifinal (Samim Remix)
13 – Steve Lawler & Alex Tepper – Flexwood

DJ T – DJBroadcast Podcast 063, July 2009
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Tracklist
01. Mi Ang – I Got You Under My Skin (Remake Music)
02. Holger Zilske – Metrodancer (Playhouse)
03. Robert Dietz – Faber Mix (Running Back)
04. Gideon – Summer House (Southern Comfort)
05. Collint Eastwood – What You Need (Remake Music)
06. Salvatore Freda & Volta – Patatas Madras (Freerange Records)
07. Fredski – One Nation (Cudony Remix By Catz’N'Dogs) (Get Physical)
08. Hermannstadt Collective – Thirst Day Feat. Alex Modoi (Bandbang!)
09. Tom Flynn – Spaced Out (Dirt Crew Remix) (Anabatic Records)
10. Palm Skin Productions – Done (Shur-I-Kan Mix) (Dark Energy Recordings)
11. DJ T. – Bateria (Dop Remix) (Get Physical)
12. Billy Nasty & Gregor Tresher – Glass A (Raudive Remix) (Systematic Recordings)
13. &ME – +++ (Keinemusik)
14. Darko Esser – Thinking About You (Wolfskuil Records)
15. Jimpster – Sleeper (Freerange)

Boris Brejcha (Live Mix) Arizona Beach Club (25-07-2009)
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Lee Curtiss, US — Louche Podcast 003 / July 2009

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John Tejada – Live At An Tua Nua Boston (26-06-2009)
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Ricardo Tobar – Border Community Mix (July 2009)

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tracklist:
1. Tim Hecker – dungeoneering
2. Polygon window – quoth
3. Pub – summer (arovane amx 4)
4. Tim Hecker – chimeras
5. The boats – on the level
6. Burial – raver
7. Pepe – horizontal
8. Bizarret – el último viaje
9. Boards of canada – eye/ear
10. Brael and tokyo bloodworm – seed
11. Burial – uk
12. G-man – quo vadis
13. Kassem mosse – crown gall
14. Alva noto – haliod xerrox copy 4
15. Sebastian moggia – when no one understand

Raresh – Live at California Dreamin Goa Fabrik – Madrid (12 july 2009)
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Rhythm has always been the string that holds together the vibrant, flowing fabric of John Tejada’s career – even from the age of 8, when he lost himself in a love affair with the drums, or from the age of 12, when he first started DJing. Far too young to DJ at clubs, John spent his youth DJing hip hop (“The stuff that struck me most was always sort of Arthur Baker sound – Planet Rock, Planet Pattrol, Egyptian Lover and the Kraftwerk influence”) at school dances and throughout the backyard party scene in sunny Los Angeles. It’s rather difficult to imagine John Tejada, nothing short of a techno legend – a linchpin in the scene’s development as a seminal producer, DJ, remixer and label owner – being a hip hop DJ.

“The electronic sounds that now would be considered something else were part of hip hop culture; it was those sounds that I latched onto when I first heard acid house and early Chicago stuff. DJing back then, I felt this responsibility to play more mainstream sounds. That’s been a constant battle my whole life: to want to make people get into experimental sounds, but then also having to realize that it’s a party, people want to dance. Finding that middle ground that might make everyone happy is still, to this day, something that I have trouble with.” – John Tejada

John certainly has had no trouble finding a core audience despite his experimental tendencies. Even as a teenager, unable to get into the groove of high school because he was obsessed by the grooves of his records, he got hooked up with a college radio show in LA called Fly ID, which instantly (and unknowingly) became a cult sensation. Upon meeting a kindred spirit named Arian Leviste, John ditched a scholarship for a prestigious art school and instead threw himself straight into the studio world, working at a sound library/post-production music company. The two of them put their hand to collaborative productions in ’91 and the chemistry was absolute: together, the expansive pair has produced over a dozen singles and three immaculate albums.

As a solo artist, John Tejada’s prolific discography is daunting to behold, with 11 albums under his ever-expanding belt (for labels such as Plug Research, Playhouse and Immigrant), in addition to four as I’m Not A Gun with guitarist Takeshi Nishimoto. He’s also unleashed a myriad of EP’s with a mind-boggingly enviable list of labels (Pokerflat, 7th City and ~scape, to name but a very few), not forgetting his endless remix work for the likes of Ghostly, KMS, Buzzin’ Fly, Gigolo Records and Sub Pop. In 1996, John launched his own label, Palette, as a freeing outlet for his own infinite productions. Now celebrating well over 50 releases, Palette has opened its arms to The Rip Off Artist, Pieter K, DJ Abstract, Dominick Martin, Dave Hughes, as well as John’s highly-celebrated collaborations with Justin Maxwell and of course his old friend, Arian (who he still tours with quite regularly).

“My newest project is a band project I do with a friend, ‘I’m Not A Gun,’ which was on a Berlin label called City Centre Offices for 3 albums. It’s almost indie-rock-jazz. I felt like I have a label to branch out the Palette sounds – it doesn’t have to be pinned down to techno or house – so we’ve just released our most recent album on Palette. I’ve created music that people would call up-tempo ambient, techno house, drum and bass or whatever – people get so hung up on genres. Honestly what I’m producing, even if it’s live instrumentation with the band, is all based on rhythm and melody. Some of it’s faster and some of it’s slower. A lot of people don’t like that explanation, but to me it’s a very honest explanation. The process is the same.” – John Tejada

On fabric 44, John Tejada swoops in and swells with a deep, pulsating mix that swallows the listener whole. Breeding energetic beats amongst beautifully woven layers and intricate patterns, the mix hypnotizes and stuns with complex sonic artistry. A dense masterclass in melodic techno, fabric 44 features the driving feel of the Palette All Stars (Tejada with Arian Leviste and Justin Maxwell), the distinct rhythmic stomp of Orbital, slick harmonics from Beatstreet’s Pigeon, and Tejada’s own synth-heavy bleeps, all wrapped in a warm electronic embrace.

“When I finally listened to the mix, I put a lot of attention to detail of the way the tracks came together in and out. I did edit the tracks quite a bit, but it’s really subtle and it just helps with the flowing journey, to take it one step above of what you might hear when a DJ plays out. I wanted the whole track selection to turn into one piece of music: a techno-classical piece that has movements and moods from start to finish, like conducting an electronic symphony.” – John Tejada

Tracklisting:
01 Dave Hughes – Let’s Do It – Palette
02 Pigon – Kamm – Beatstreet
03 Namlook – Subharmonic Atoms – Macro
04 Donnacha Costello – Colorseries Olive B – Minimise
05 WAX – WAX10001 – Hardwax
06 Nekes – Cristal – Oslo Records
07 Alex Cortez – Phlogiston EP – Pal SL
08 Palette All-Stars – Downtown Hotel – Palette
09 Palette All-Stars – After School Special – Palette
10 EQD – Equalized001 – Hardwax
11 John Tejada & Justin Maxwell – Benus Boats – Palette
12 John Tejada & Arian Leviste – M Track 1 – Palette
13 Orbital – Farenheit 303 – FFRR
14 John Tejada – Torque – Palette
15 M-Core – Be Gene – Ifach
16 John Tejada & Arian Leviste – Forbidden Planet – Palette
17 Substance – Relish (Shed Remix) – Scion Versions
18 Spooky – Candy – Spooky
19 John Tejada – The Open – Palette
20 LJ Kruzer – Huba (Plaid’s 15 Years Lost Remix) – Uncharted Audio

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