Category: ABC plays XYZ

DJ:
Neovex

About the concept:
Here is the twenty-second instalment of our series “abc plays xyz”.

The idea behind it is to ask some DJs/mixing artists if they have an artist or label in mind that they love and would like to use for a mix.

So the approach of each mix is clear: the choosen DJ/mixing artist makes a selection of tracks produced by one artist (and her/his monikers) or released on a label (and its sublabels) and creates a nice mix from it.

Find links to all instalments at our overview. Today we present you Neovex’s mix of tracks produced or remixed by Keith Carnal.

About Neovex:
Neovex is a 21-year-old Dj based in Augsburg/GER. He was doing his first steps in electronic music two years ago. With private parties he found his way to the bigger clubs in Augsburg. Now he has his own event-series called Under Current which is based at the Soho Stage / Augsburg. He booked artists like Farrago and The Reason Y and played support for them. He also plays at one of the biggest techno-events in Augsburg called KlangLabor and performed there before/after Victor Ruiz, Egbert, dubspeeka, Hatzler, …

About Keith Carnal:
Amsterdam based Keith Carnal has in recent years become seen as somewhat of a tastemaker in today’s world of techno. It might not then come as a big surprise to you that he has also become a favoured producer among many who are seen as “techno mainstay”, gaining support from numerous of his own musical inspirations and champions. Carnal, who grew up in a very musical home in the northern part of Holland, found techno at an early age when he began sourcing and selecting on his own. Techno was, and very much is, the first music that made a deep impression on Keith. This feeling only went on to become more cemented after a few years of composing on his own. It simply became clearer and clearer that Carnal is exactly where he belongs.

Keith’s own style of techno always has a strong emphasis on melodies and groove – it is made for dancing no doubt. Often the melody creates a rather ominous feeling for the listener, but with a certain melancholy to it. This is weighed up expertly with Keith focusing on the tracks being driven forward by strong percussion elements. His compositions contain a fresh vibe that immerses his audience as much as it does with his fellow producer and DJ colleagues.

Carnal’s own productions very much goes hand in hand with the selections he makes as a DJ. A set of Keith’s always focuses on keeping the tempo and the groove up and going. Classic productions are mixed confidently with more current ones. His sets flourish with tracks that are atmospheric and contain strong melodic segments – tracks where percussion and bass play a major part in why being selected. For Keith Carnal creating the right groove is the main target. This year will see Keith releasing several strong productions as well as continuing his extensive international touring schedule, where he is headlining many of the major festivals and clubs. Keith Carnal is a fresh wind in today’s techno climate.

Text taken from Radiate Booking website

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“Neovex plays Keith Carnal” (download coming soon)

Neovex About His Choice:
One year ago I was trying to find my kind of techno. I tried so many styles but I didn‘t get the „real“ feeling when I mixed the tunes at the club. With his Aluminium EP (released on ARTS) and especially the track ‘Racidence’ I found this feeling.

Tracklist:
01. Keith Carnal – Placid Journey
02. Keith Carnal – Sword Play
03. Ricardo Garduno – Textures (Keith Carnal Remix)
04. Kellener & Marla Singer – Fonction 3 (Keith Carnal Remix)
05. SLV – Gizeh (Keith Carnal Remix)
06. Keith Carnal – Immer
07. Mike Wall – Ingoknito (Keith Carnal Remix)
08. Keith Carnal – Racidence
09. Keith Carnal – False Assumption
10. Keith Carnal – Keep
11. Electric Rescue – Bray (Keith Carnal Remix)
12. Keith Carnal – Numerous
13. Keith Carnal – Untold
14. Keith Carnal – Rijwiel
15. Keith Carnal – Analysis
16. Keith Carnal – Lcuy
17. Keith Carnal – Indemnify

Booking:
Radiate for Keith Carnal

Websites:
Neovex @ Facebook
Keith Carnal

DJ:
Gutter

About the concept:
Here is the twenty-first instalment of our series “abc plays xyz”.

The idea behind it is to ask some DJs/mixing artists if they have an artist or label in mind that they love and would like to use for a mix.

So the approach of each mix is clear: the choosen DJ/mixing artist makes a selection of tracks produced by one artist (and her/his monikers) or released on a label (and its sublabels) and creates a nice mix from it.

Find links to all instalments at our overview. Today we present you Gutter’s mix of tracks released on R&S Records.

About Gutter:
Gutter was born and raised in Berlin and focuses not only on techno or other dance music genres, but also on other music which is not meant for the dance floor, such as ambient experimental or other contemporary music. He is part of the record label called Mandatory Records and a resident DJ of the [selected] collective.

About R&S Records:
Ever since the glory days of disco in the 70s the allure of a record label has often equalled or even eclipsed the artists, not only for the ubiquitous trainspotters but simply devotees looking for a seal of quality, something to take the music forward or simply something guaranteed to blow the roof off. Disco had Salsoul and Prelude, Chicago house was dominated by DJ International and Trax, Detroit techno gained its mystique from labels like Metroplex and Transmat while New York deep house was ruled by Nu Groove and Strictly Rhythm.

Meanwhile in Ghent, Belgium, the distinctive Ferrari-like prancing horse logo of R&S heralded a stream of cutting edge techno gold unleashed as the label corralled more seismic electronic battle-weapons than any in European dance music history. R&S licensed the hottest tunes from all over the world while developing its own formidable stable of producers. It’s catalogue is nothing short of stunning. The roster reads like the who’s who of electronic music, Aphex Twin, Derrick May, Ken Ishi, CJ Bolland, Kenny Larkin, 69 / Carl Craig, Joey Beltram, Model 500, Dave Angel, the list goes on…

The start of 2008 saw the relaunch of R&S, releasing a number of re-mastered classic albums, and remixes of classics from the likes of Audion, Prins Thomas, Tom Middleton, Optimo and Boyz Noise. But the label is not about looking to the past, it’s continuing it’s tradition of releasing brand new, cutting edge music. Since the relaunch the label has re-positioned itself again as one of the most forward thinking electronic labels with the new roster featuring the likes of James Blake, Pariah, Space Dimension Controller, Blawan, Lone, Vondelpark, Model 500, Tessela, Paul White and Airhead.

Text taken from R&S website

Listen & Download:
“Gutter plays R&S Records” (download coming soon)

Gutter About His Choice:
This podcast primarily focuses on the dance music published by R&S. But I chose this label, because, with its 30 year history, R&S released an uncountable number of diverse music reaching from new wave, experimental ambient, techno, drum and bass to pop and jazz funk. This made it quite a challenge to put everything in one podcast, which is why i decided to do for the why i decided to do just the electronic part.

Tracklist:
01. CJ Bolland – The Tower of Naphtali
02. Josh Wink – Meditation Will Manifest
03. The Source Experience – Synaesthesia
04. Aphex Twin – Digeridoo
05. Patrick Pulsinger – Construction Tool
06. CJ Bolland – Ravesignal III Horsepower (Remix)
07. DJ Hell – I Feel Love
08. Blawan – Lavender
09. Tessela – Nancy’s Pantry
10. Unknown Archetype – Tripp
11. Struction – Kreen
12. Benjamin Damage – Drum Computer
13. Lakker – Containing a Thousand
14. Lost Souls Of Saturn, Mashrou’ Leila – Bint El Khandaq (Instrumental)

Recommendations:
Gutter’s “Taiyo” on Mandatory
Lakker’s “Tundra (Remixed)” on R&S Records
Tessela’s “Bottom Out” on R&S Records
Model 500’s “Control” on R&S Records
Alex Smoke’s “Love Over Will” on R&S Records
Alex Smoke’s “RS 1403” on R&S Records

Websites:
Gutter @ Facebook
R&S Records

DJ:
Hórnbęrg

About the concept:
Here is the twentieth instalment of our series “abc plays xyz”.

The idea behind it is to ask some DJs/mixing artists if they have an artist or label in mind that they love and would like to use for a mix.

So the approach of each mix is clear: the choosen DJ/mixing artist makes a selection of tracks produced by one artist (and her/his monikers) or released on a label (and its sublabels) and creates a nice mix from it.

Find links to all instalments at our overview. Today we present you Hórnbęrg’s mix of tracks released on I/Y Music and associated labels/editions.

About Hórnbęrg:
Since nearly 20 years in a relationship with electronic music. He runs the podcast series “Gramofonowa.” Catch him for details.

About I/Y Music:
I/Y (I = Irakli / Y = Yacoub) is a Berlin based duo that met there and delved into techno at the beginning of the millennium. Since its inception, I/Y has tried to go beyond functionality and explore singularity in electronic music. In the abyss of atonal and dystopian soundscapes – never leaving character once and shirking the colorful accoutrements of false hope – they observe everything : “the world is ending, future is a fallacy, we have no choice but to celebrate the dying light of our civilization with mourning and wild dancing.

But not only being artists themselves they run the label of the same name, releasing their own and friends’ stuff plus curating also the vinyl output for STAUB and MOMENTS.

Text mainly based on the text published by their booking agency

Listen & Download:
“Hórnbęrg plays I/Y Music” (download coming soon)

Hórnbęrg About His Choice:
Only few words. The label I/Y and the guys behind are representative for diy quality, realness, friendship and a open mind for something new. It´s not a secret that the beloved [STAUB] partys are also a big point why i chose the label. That’s all.

Tracklist:
01. I/Y – Der Process
02. I/Y – Moments
03. Blind Observatory – Scanning
04. I/Y – 0000.015
05. I/Y – 0000.021
06. Blind Observatory – The Flying Soucer (I/Y Remix)
07. I/Y – 0000.061
08. Tempre – Daybreak
09. Backyard Aliens – Whatever They Say I Am
10. Savas Pascalidis – Flashover
11. I/Y – Spliced Universe
12. unknown artist – STAUB002 B2
13. unknown artist – STAUB001 B2
14. Irakli – Forgotten Melodies

Recommendations:
sampler “დე / DE – Sounds From Georgia”
all releases on I/Y

Websites:
Hórnbęrg @ Facebook
Hórnbęrg @ Soundcloud
I/Y @ Facebook
I/Y @ Soundcloud

DJ:
Take Your Time

About the concept:
Here is the nineteenth instalment of our series “abc plays xyz”.

The idea behind it is to ask some DJs/mixing artists if they have an artist or label in mind that they love and would like to use for a mix.

So the approach of each mix is clear: the choosen DJ/mixing artist makes a selection of tracks produced by one artist (and her/his monikers) or released on a label (and its sublabels) and creates a nice mix from it.

Find links to all instalments at our overview. Today we present you Take Your Time’s mix of tracks released on Aufnahme+Wiedergabe.

About Take Your Time:
Take Your Time grew up in the Parisian suburbs. After graduating he moved to Munich to study engineering in 2013. This coincides with a major shift in his musical affinities as he progressively leaves minimal and tech-house to embrace house and techno completely. This transition was nourished by Blaxad’s two older brothers (see instalment 18 of this series). He is now 22 years old and has had enough insight in the music industry to know that he wants DJing and producing to remain his hobby and not his primary source of income. This way, he wants to separate his passion from any pressure or obligations that come with money.

Aufnahme + Wiedergabe ‘s releases offer a pretty good summary of the direction Take Your Time’s taste have been evolving towards in the past few years.

About Aufnahme+Wiedergabe:
aufnahme + wiedergabe was established in 2011 by Philipp Strobel and Gabriel Brero in Berlin, Germany. Julia Meusel joined the label in 2013. In 2016 label manager Chloé Lula joined aufnahme + wiedergabe and the label built its own booking department taken care of by Alessandra Dalla Palma.

The sound of A+W is located somewhere between Neo Folk, New Wave, EBM & Dark Techno. Well-known for released by Ancient Methods, Phase Fatale and The Horrorist & Sarin. Founder Philipp Strobel is also very active DJ presenting the label of the label.

Listen & Download:
“Take Your Time plays Aufnahme+Wiedergabe” (download coming soon)

Take Your Time About His Choice:
I chose Aufnahme + Wiedergabe because the musical spirit of this label is exactly in line with his industrial affinities. It features some of the dirtiest, raw and noisy techno tracks and producers of the moment as well as a lot of new wave artists that explore combinations of industrial sounds with those of the 80s. It is that last side of the label that gives it its singularity in the techno scene and that influences the more club oriented music released on a+w. Through a+w, I discovered Boy Harsher, a band which I instantaneously fell in love with.

Tracklist:
01. Black Egg – Jesus in Furs (In Death it Ends Remix)
02. La Fete Triste – Lèvres Froides
03. In Death it Ends – Then We Die (Black Egg Remix)
04. Veil Of Light – Trust (Phase Fatale)
05. The Soft Moon – Far (Blush Response Remix)
06. Rendered – Strangerthings
07. Veil Of Light – Medusa (Blush Response Remix)
08. The Soft Moon – Desertion (Phase Fatale Remix)
09. Schwefelgelb – Es Zieht Mich
10. Phase Fatale – Rot
11. Blush Response – Seven Rays
12. Blush Response – Body Artifact
13. Blush Response – Body Artifex
14. Codex Empire – Savage Dispensary
15. Stonith – Mort Vivant
16. Rendered – Rshift
17. Zex Model – Crush
18. La Fete Triste – This Charade
19. Die Selektion – Du Rennst
20. Boy Harsher – Pain
21. Boy Harsher – Lust
22. Lebanon Hanover – Schwarzenegger Tears

Recommendations:
The Horrorist’s “Programmed” on Aufnahme + Wiedergabe
Welt In Scherben’s “Eisen Im Feuer” on Aufnahme + Wiedergabe
Melania.’s “Rimorsum EP” on Aufnahme+Wiedergabe
Schwefelgelb’s “Dahinter Das Gesicht EP” on Aufnahme + Wiedergabe
Codex Empire’s “Cutpurse EP” on Aufnahme + Wiedergabe
The Soft Moon’s “Deeper Remixed Vol. 1” on Aufnahme+Wiedergabe
Blush Response’s “Body Architect” on Aufnahme+Wiedergabe

Websites:
Take Your Time @ Facebook
Take Your Time @ Soundcloud
Aufnahme+Wiedergabe @ Facebook
Aufnahme+Wiedergabe @ Soundcloud

DJ:
Blaxad

About the concept:
Here is the eigthteenth instalment of our series “abc plays xyz”.

The idea behind it is to ask some DJs/mixing artists if they have an artist or label in mind that they love and would like to use for a mix.

So the approach of each mix is clear: the choosen DJ/mixing artist makes a selection of tracks produced by one artist (and her/his monikers) or released on a label (and its sublabels) and creates a nice mix from it.

Find links to all instalments at our overview. Today we present you Blaxad’s mix of tracks from Norman Nodge.

About Blaxad:
Blaxad lives in France, near Paris and got 2 ambitions at the moment, be an actor, be a dj, or be both. He fells in love with music quite soon, thanks to his big brothers and sister who had a big influence on him with music and others stuff. His oldest brother bought himself two turntables and vinyls. So they trained hard together, but Blaxed had more time to exercise so he was spending sometimes the whole day, trying to perform the perfect transition, to find the perfect track to play after the previous one. He was always trying to do better, and he was always waiting for advices. Then he got connections (thanks to his oldest brother) with some people in Berlin, who help him to progress.

About Norman Nodge:
Norman Nodge has been a resident DJ at Berghain since 2005. Being a life-long music lover, DJ and promoter of his own parties during the 90s, Norman achieved his current status as Berlin’s secret weapon for serious techno.

Born in East German Leipzig, raised in Brandenburg, Norman got bitten by the techno bug after the wall came down. In 1994 he started to promote several events and launched his career as a DJ. At these parties, he got to know Marcel Fengler and Marcel Dettmann and literally became their mentor for all things techno.

At the end of the 90s, Nodge backed out of the local nightlife in order to focus on becoming a lawyer and starting a family. Five years ago, Marcel Dettmann pitched him to Berghain’s management and he returned to DJing and became a resident instantaneously. Since then, he plays Berghain once a month, specialising in the almost forgotten art of warming up at the beginning of a night. In 2005 he also started to produce his own tracks. His maturity proved to be very beneficial in terms of his artistic vision, as he made up his mind about what he likes and what not a long time ago already. Unsurprisingly, his outings on Dettmann’s MDR label, as well as his track “Native Rhythm Electric” for Ostgut Ton left a deep impression with headstrong techno lovers. With his dusty funk, static hiss and the rich thump of his kick drums, he managed to get himself recognised as one of techno’s more unique auteurs.

Norman Nodge cites Detroit techno (Jeff Mills, Rob Hood, 430 West), Chicago House (Relief, Dance Mania) and Techno (Luke Slater, Peacefrog, Mark Broom) as his most essential influences. Hence, it is not surprising that he fuses the old with the new and the soft with the tough when he plays out. “It is my goal as a DJ to make people dance without walking on trodden paths of recent trends. I want to sensitize dancers for unusual sounds, old and new.”

Text taken from Ostgut Booking website

Listen & Download:
“Blaxad plays Norman Nodge” (download coming soon)

Blaxad About His Choice:
Norman Nodge has a big influence on me. I know his work since I started listening Techno. I’ve always been listening closely to his sets, because he has this Djing technic that really inspires me. His track choices are always a surprise for me, he always finds the right track to play at the right time, and sometimes it ain’t is techno style. I really enjoyed making this vinyl-only mix for NovaFuture Blog with the tracks of Norman Nodge.

Tracklist:
01. Norman Nodge – The Happenstance
02. Norman Nodge – Beastmode
03. Norman Nodge – Body to body
04. Norman Nodge- Homology
05. Function – Variance (Norman Nodge Mix)
06. Norman – Nodge Adaption
07. Norman Nodge – Signal Response
08. Norman Nodge – Native Rhtythm Electric
09. Marcel Fengler – Thwack (Norman Nodge Remix)
10. Abstract Division – Deformation (Norman Nodge Remix)
11. Marcel Dettmann – Unrest (Norman Nodge Remix)
12. Norman Nodge – NN 7.4
13. Terence Fixer – Aktion Mechanik Theme (Norman Nodge NN Version)
14. Norman Nodge – NN 8.0
15. Norman Nodge – Start Up

Recommendations:
Norman Nodge’s EP “The Happenstance” on Ostgut Ton
Norman Nodge’s mix cd “Berghain 06” on Ostgut Ton

Booking:
Ostgut Booking for Norman Nodge

Websites:
Blaxad
Blaxad @ Facebook
Blaxad @ Soundcloud
Norman Nodge @ Facebook
Norman Nodge @ Soundcloud