by chris
ok, few bits and pieces to cover in this post. first of all, get ready for the fengler ssg mix to drop at the end of this week. we’ve just got it, and all i can say is ‘wow’. and to top it off, next week mx15 will be from the lovely ms eli verveine.

next up, pete is too modest, so i’ll have to do it: if you haven’t already seen it, i strongly recommend heading over to RA and reading his interview with move d. i think RA has had some really excellent features this year, and in my completely biased opinion, this is definitely ranks among the very best.

while on the topic of RA, i have to say something about their latest podcast from some dude called emerson todd. to be honest, i have been participating and involved in the melbourne/australian dance scene since around 1997 and i’ve never heard of the guy (admittedly he is from sydney, but i thought i knew most of the main djs/crews there, obviously not). he might be a nice guy, he might be a nice dj, but the feeling amongst the ssgs is that this was a disappointing choice as the first australian to do an RA’cast. in our opinion, there are a host of djs from down under that would have been much more appropriate. with our ssg mixes, we’ve made an effort not to be the slightest bit parochial. our aim, though, is that at some stage in the near future is to get a mix or two from australian artists that we think are really worth listening to.

speaking of (mis)representing, i am really quite dissatisfied with fact magazine’s list of the supposedly best 20 mixes of 2008. i’ve got two issues with it. first, it strikes me as attempting to present itself as a list which goes across genres and is reasonably inclusive of different styles. i cannot comment on the quality of all the mixes mentioned, as i have not heard many of them, but i do not think it is a particularly broad cross-section. some genres are rather over-represented, while techno has only one clear inclusion, and there are no exemplars of the deep house sound that has been so pervasive this year (the closest they get with house are the metro area and prins thomas mixes, but neither of these fit with the deep house sound of ‘08). my second problem comes down to there being only representative of techno (yeah, optimo is in there but they only 1/2 count) and the inclusion is deetron. if you are going to put a mix in there, you could do much, much better with that. there are so many possibly candidates, but logical places to start would be with the dozzy labyrinth set, the cio d’or modyfier mix, or the berghain 2 cd by herr dettmann. this has been a fantastic year for techno in my books and it is a shame not to see that reflected. anyway, enough complaining. you’ll be getting my list at some stage in the coming weeks.

as for good mixes, i’ve been absolutely drowning in them recently. here is just a small sample:

santiago salazar september 08 mix: santiago is part of the UR crew and lately has a new label, historia y violencia, with ssg favourite silent servant. you can read an interview with them about it here. anyway, like anyone associated with UR, the man can spin.

01. Mad Mike Banks Interview
02. Silent Servant - Violencia (Function Remix) - Sandwell District
03. Silent Servant - Lo Profundo - Historia y Violencia
04. 2 Noisy Heads - String Factory(Noirdegout remix) - Exit Audio
05. Matt Chester - Cut Adrift - Sula Muse
06. Lil Tony - Cosmic Afro Pan - Versatile Records
07. D.P.O.M.B. - VERSION 1 - Innervisions (Ame, Henrik Schwarz, Dixon)
08. Paul Mac - Raw Basics 3 - Stimulus
09. Rolando - Where Were You? - Delsin
10. Underground Resistance - Unreleased
11. M5 - Celestial Highways(the Plan remix) - Unreleased
12. Aroy Dee - Life Of Raw - MOS Recordings
13. Lee Holman - Depart - -Mowar
14. Nomadico - Night Walker - UR
15. C2 - untitled - CDR
16. Stefan Goldmann - Prefecture - Macro
17. Drewsky - Night Games - Nite Life
18. Seldom Seen - Arcade - Macro Promo
19. Scuba - The Upside (Martyn’s down mix) - Hotflush
20. Mad Mike Banks Interview
21. Underground Resistance - Blaxplotation - Unreleased

eric cloutier @ down 20/11/08: it burns! it burns! this is one seriously slow burning affair. eric keeps a close lock on the bpms and builds a very cohesive and consistent vibe throughout the set. i love long sets like these. they can really carry you through a day when need be.

01. kris wadsworth - at 11 [static records]
02. adultnapper - tewa (nick chacona remix) [ransom note footnote]
03. joachim spieth - abi ‘99 b1 [kompakt]
04. round two - new day (dub) [main street records]
05. move.d - lush summer rain [shanti records]
06. edit select - need for more [edit select]
07. samuel l. session - choose one [be as one]
08. lee jones - soon (the mole remix) [aus music]
09. martin landsky - he’s gone [pokerflat recordings]
10. holy ghost - hold on (mock’s mod mix) [dfa records]
11. dj koze - i want to sleep [international records]
12. submania + ekmoah - funkfahrt [background]
13. peace division - in my mind [tsuba records]
14. andy toth - linwood [people mover productions]
15. alex picone - furby [cadenza]
16. superlova - something on my mind [stir15 recordings]
17. sascha dive - midnight blues [love letters from oslo]
18. guillaume & the coutu dumonts - halleluyah yeah [oslo]
19. melchior productions ltd. - different places [perlon]
20. stephane attias - distant planet [neroli]
21. cobblestone jazz - b2 [itiswhatitis]
22. oleg poliakov - midnight vultures [circus company]
23. 2000 and one - bang bang [bang bang]
24. chaton - catch the beat (agnes remix) [sthlmaudio recordings]
25. hans thalau - lassur [moonpool]
26. iron curtis - ass & cash [unreleased]
27. lil’ mark - nonsense [disco 45]
28. sebo k - moved (prosumer stob dub) [mobilee]
29. steve bug - loverboy (reworked by cassy) [pokerflat recordings]
30. arto mwambe - ombala mbembo [brontosaurus]
31. alex picone - floppy [cadenza]
32. johnny d - pako mana [love letters from oslo]
33. seth troxler - love never sleeps (adam marshall’s sedition mix) [crosstown rebels]
34. dj t. - before light [pokerflat recordings]
35. dorian paic + chupacabra - dub 17 [raum...musik]
36. david labiej - choose red [sushitech purple]
37. spencer parker - e lucia (federico molinari mix) [tsuba records]
38. martin madhatter - get in time [mighty rider records]
39. a guy called gerald - voodoo ray [warlock records]
40. tomoki tamura + nono - 3 years (manuel tur remix) [four:twenty recordings]
41. willie graff + tuccillo - when the sun goes down [drumpoet community]
42. gipsy family - strangers in all lands [contexterrior]
43. rhythm plate - lean [mantis recordings]
44. swayzak - so cheap [swayzak]
45. snooze - quiet alone (swag’s hp dub) [ssr records]
46. africanism - les enfants du bled [yellow productions]
47. dj marley marl - beyond [west end records]
48. franck roger - dub life [real tone records]
49. roland clark - family (nick holder vocal mix) [home recordings]
50. slutbox - backseat driver (jason emsley remix) [siteholder]
51. frankie - hunt (mike shannon’s let the hunt begin mix) [frankie]
52. polder - bold orange [intacto]
53. kenlou - the bounce [maw recordings]
54. slam - positive education [soma quality recordings]
55. green velvet - answering machine [music man records]
56. fingers inc. - i’m strong (instrumental mix) [r&s records]

mike huckaby @ betalounge 08/11/08: there are very few things better than a proper betalounge set. unsurprisingly huckaby steps up to the plate and delivers the goods.

i’d also strongly advise paying a visit to infinitestatemachine for their latest guest mix from m50. it’s a beauty.

and last, but most certainly not least, pete was a guest on ‘to and fro’, a show on melbourne’s triple r radio station (yes, these still exist it seems). head over here for the tracklisting and download link. as you’d expect, a quality selection from one of the ssgs. go team!

ok, more links will have to come another night. this ssg has to sleep.

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WANG NYE @ Corsica Studios, Unit 5 Farrel Court, Elephant Road, SE17
Saturday November 1st, 8pm – 6am
£20 adv + b.f. - tickets available from Sounds Of The Universe and Warpmart / Bleep.com
Info: 07590 057204

Line Up:
Squarepusher – live
Radioactive Man – live
Alexander Robotnick
Heartbreak- live [Lex Records]
AGT Rave Cru – live
Cocadisco DJs
No Yeah No and Warlock [Rag&Bone]
Ed Chamberlain – live
Ben Lyford - DJ set
Jakeone [Toob / Process]
Danny Bee
WANG hosts Electro Elvis + Lula
+ More TBC

More info to come…

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A lesson in musical intensity, direct and exclusive from techno music pioneer Anthony Child.
Fresh from remixing Thom Yorke and ripping up club nights in São Paulo, sushi fan and globe-trotting techno legend Surgeon has kindly put together this splendid mix for Spannered.

It’s ‘trippy, mostly broken new stuff and a few old bits’, he tells us. Well, after numerous rotations we can honestly say that it’s deeper than the Mariana Trench and heavier than a swimming pool full of osmium. Enjoy.

Playlist

01 - Ed Chamberlain - Trapese
02 - Go Hiyama - Unreleased
03 - Scion - Emerge (BMB Remix2)
04 - Anstam - Aeto_b
05 - DJ Hell - Totmacher
06 - Add Noise - Handwerk
07 - Basic Channel - Enforcement (Mills Mix)
08 - Inigo Kennedy - Aching To Get Beneath
09 - Kraddy - New World Empire (DiskChordians Remix)
10 - Radial - Premium
11 - Oscar Mulero - Baskerbill’s Dog (Regis Remix)
12 - Blackham - The Crusade
13 - Warlock - TV Controls Your Mind
14 - Ed Chamberlain - Resistant
15 - ScanOne - Trotter
16 - Surgeon - Floorshow 1.1
17 - Makaton - 41_43
18 - Inigo Kennedy - Kaleidoscope
19 - Jeff Mills - Humana
20 - Monolake - Alaska (Substance Remix2)
21 - The DiskChordians - M-329 Class A
22 - Ed Chamberlain - Charley
23 - Go Hiyama - LisB
24 - Anstam - Aeto_a
25 - Ed Chamberlain - Does Ape
26 - Joey Beltram - Drome

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‘that’s the trip into dark atmosphere,, njoy!’ [dg]

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If I Could Do It All Over Again I'd Do It All Over You - This is a light and jazzy song, with an interesting beat with the overlapping vocals.

And I Wish I Were Stoned/Don't Worry - This is one of my favorite songs on the album. It is quite catchy, especially the chorus. It is a simple but relaxing tune.

As I Feel I Die - The song starts out slow and reminiscent of the Beatles song She's Leaving Home. It speeds up into a jazz rock track. The drums are very good on this song.

With An Ear To The Ground You Can Make It/Martinian/Only Cox/Reprise - The keyboards on this track are great. It's not a very memorable track though.

Hello Hello - The rhythm section gets an applause on this track. The harmonies are very nice too.

Asforteri 25 - The background melody in this song combined with the vocals makes it a pleasant short track.

Can't Be Long Now/Francoise/For Richard/Warlock - The beginning is a great flute melody. Then, at a faster tempo, there's the classic Canterbury jazzy sound with organ and guitar. The sax solo is also amazing. When the flute comes back in, it is an excellent combination. For the last part of the track, it's back to the standard Caravan jazz rock.

Limits - A nice little ending track with some flute. Nothing extraordinary, but it's alright.

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Smaug, the Final Formula, Devil Got Five and Black Maria
Friday, September 26, 2008
PT’s Club Inferno, Denver
Better Than: Being an indie rock snob.

PT’s Club Inferno is not my first choice of venues to attend for a show because strip clubs give me the creeps. But when I tried to find parking, the staff was very nice and polite and the girl taking money at the door was cool and even asked about my M.I.A. t-shirt. Going upstairs to the room where the music was being performed I saw the schedule and my heart sank a little because I had just missed Fanatics — one of the greatest hardcore bands Colorado has yet produced. However, there was plenty more music coming up.

The room I found myself in was clearly used for other purposes when shows weren’t happening. Low, circular stages were arranged around the room, a black cage sat in the center and wide couches lined the walls of one wing with a dimly lit bar at the other end next to a well-lit dressing room. As I stepped in front of the expansive stage, the Final Formula started up. The act was a five-piece playing an odd hybrid of nü metal, rap rock and At the Drive-In style hardcore. The frontman put a lot of himself into the performance, while the drummer created fascinating percussive textures and some of the crunchier guitar riffing was excellent. Although the power ballad-esque “Hold on to Me” nearly made me laugh, I have to admit. Formula ended its set with a lively cover of Pennywise’s “The Western World.”

Photo: Tom Murphy

Devil Got Five

Devil Got Five, another five-member ensemble, took the stage next. Fronted by a gothic-punk-looking woman wearing a Mr. Bungle T-shirt, the act played a set of songs weighed down by rhythms that were tad too busy and guitar tones that were often too trebly. Despite those shortcomings, the members clearly had their dynamics down. The music recalled Warlock with a better singer. The set opened with “Can’t Abide,” which at first sounded like one of those obnoxious metal songs that attempt to be epic but fail with too much ambition and too little imagination. That impression faded once Devil got warmed up. In all, Devil is a metal band at its best – fun, a little silly but knowing it, arch but not negative. Its music had energy, bite and good spirit.

Photo: Tom Murphy

Black Maria

Albuquerque’s Black Maria was yet another band with five people (a theme, apparently for the night). Its music was crushing, dark and lumbering yet also somehow energetic. It’s tempting to compare the act to Black Sabbath with its weighty punch, but really it sounded more like Soundgarden, only more psychedelic, heavier and far scarier. The whole band played with the fervor of one of those legendary hardcore bands with the fiery frenzy of activity taking that aesthetic to its final, murderous conclusion. For my money, Black Maria was the best band of the night.

Photo: Tom Murphy

Smaug

Smaug from Colorado Springs, who closed out the night, threw me for a loop at first. At the beginning of its set, I flashed to early Metallica crossed with pre-Turbo Judas Priest. Alton, the band’s frontman, was an unlikely character to be projecting such a soaringly theatrical voice. He was, however, equally skilled at casting forth growly death metal vocals. The guy wore studded bracers, which was pretty amusing, but there was no denying his charisma, energy and talent. As the band’s set progressed, the band mined the same terrain of late ‘80s acts like Fates Warning and Testament.

-- Tom Murphy

Personal Bias: I can’t stand 99% of metal, but when it’s good, I’m the last person to be a snob about it.
Random Detail: Alton used to be in the grindcore band Aberrant.
By the Way: Oddly, a lot of the metal and hardcore crowds I deal with are more polite and less violent than certain groups of people who otherwise look down on that whole thing.

New mix from andy grant at dchousegrooves.com

Tracklist

conjure – pressure release (future vision records)
lars behrenroth – ice on the sun (version remix) (freerange)
junior boys – child like beats (timmy white label)
patrice scott – visions of mantada (aesthetic audio)
kerri chandler – hexadecimal (deeply rooted house)
james curd feat. jdub – buffalo girl (dj sneak’s remix) (greens keepers music)
manuel tur – girardet (freerange)
turntable rocker – all night (club) (compost blacklabel)
faze action – original disco motion (jay shepheard dub mix) (faze action)
halo varga – future (original mix) (siesta music)
+ lil’ louis & the world – i called u (the story continues) (white)
risksoundsystem – the sound is yours (kerri chandler remix) (legato records)
mark knight, adam k & soha – from the speaker (original club mix) (toolroom records)
artist formerly known as… – controversy (purple mix) (white)
tiger stripes – beach buggy (original mix)
western union – around the west (herbal essence)
wheels & disco – funk (white)
mark knight & funkagenda – man with the red face (toolroom records)
+ jungle brothers – i’ll house you (houseappella) (warlock)
dave spoon – 88 (mark knight & funkagenda remix) (toolroom trax)
latour – people are still having sex (lp mix) (smash records)
spincyle – best foot forward (wrong recordings)
finlay quaye – untitled (hoxton whores remix) (white)
tjr – log jamming (catalyst)
tears for fears – shout (karl g mix) (white)
leftfield / lydon – open up (full vocal mix) (hard hands)

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I have always loved Jane their pleasant sound, I got familiar with it when their legendary 2- LP Live At Home was released, late 1976. OK, it’s simple, the lyrics are almost hilarious and the German accent is very obviously but their blend of bluesrock, melodic rock and Heavy Prog often carries me away to a .. ‘Progressive Blues Heaven’, especially because of the unique combination of pleasant keyboard layers, moving electric guitarwork and warm vocals (often with a melancholical undertone). When I heard about the terrible news that Peter Panka had passed away on June 28th 2007 (only 59 years old) I felt very, very sad. It’s great that only a few months later (on November 23rd) friends and fellow musicians organised a Tribute To Peter Panka tour, this concert is from Hannover. The line-up consists of the original members Charly Maucher (bass and vocals) and Werner Nadolny (keyboards), veteran Fritz Randow (drums, once Eloy) and the gitarists/singers Klaus Waltz en Arndt Schultz.

During the concert the emphasis is on the tracks from the Live At Home 2-LP: the opener All My Friends (warm organ sound and wonderful bluesy guitar), Fire Water Earth & Air (beautiful work on keyboards like the string-ensemble sound and Hammond organ and tasteful solos on guitar and synthesizer), Rest Of My Life (very compelling), Daytime (melancholical undertone and strong build-up to an emotional climax with lush keyboards, sensitive guitar and heavy drums), Windows/Spain (Jane at their most progressive including lots of improvisations like an impressive part featuring a kind of ‘guitar wall’ supporting a psychedelic inspired synthesizer solo on the Moog Liberation), Wind (fluent with organ and propulsive guitar and drums), River (featuring former bass player Martin Hess who looks like a cross between Arthur Brown and Keith Richards), Out In The Rain (including acoustic guitar, delicate interplay between bass and a strings-sound and a moving guitar solo) and Hangman (tasteful guitarwork like early Wishbone Ash and a flashy synthesizer solo). Everything during this concert gets musically an extra dimension because of the way the musicians show their appreciation for Peter Panka, very touchy! The song Tomorrow, from the latest album with Peter Panka, sounds as a modern variation on the early Jane sound, very distinctive and tasteful and during So So Long the stage is crowded with all musicians that joined Jane on this concert like Martin Hesse, drummer Nossi Noske (once Birthcontrol), Peter Panka’s daughter Denise Panka (on the socalled ‘Stand-Tom’) and band members of Harlis (2 songs with pleasant bluesrock between the Spencer Davis Group and Eric Clapton), Jon Symon’s Rockballett Warlock (2 songs, once Peter Panka played with them in front of 100.000 spectators!) and the Jutta Weinhold Band (composition Silence, not really my cup of tea).

The Bonus Material on the 2 DVD’s contains backstage footage, tour camera work during the Tribute To Peter Panka Tour 2007 from Germany and Belgium and short interviews with Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker from Scorpions, Martin Hesse and drummer Fritz Randow (Jane, once Eloy).

This is not typical progrock but in my opinion this 2-DVD is a historical German Progressive Rock document and a very impressive tribute to Peter Panka with lots of great musical highlights, not to be missed by the many Jane fans.

by erik neuteboom


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Friends! #60 is a joint production selected by fellow DJ/producer Fattish and me. Starts off funky, delves into some proggy folkrock, then some rock, then some more rock without losing the groovy edge! The Dodos nicked from Earfarm and Ceramic Dog courtesy of our friend Matt @ DL Media.

Baby Charles – Invisible
Saravah Soul – Nao Passo te levar a serio
Abraham and the Metronomes – Party
Jamie Lidell – Another Day
Baris Manco – Yine yol gorundu gurbete
The Ghost – Night of the Warlock
Born Ruffians – Hummingbird
Violent Femmes – Blister in the Sun
Field Music – Working to Work
Bill Calahan – Diamond Dancer
The Dodos – Jodi
Dennis Hopper Choppers – Don’t run from me
Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog – For Malena
Black Mountain – Angels
Queens of the Stone Age – Make it wit chu
Sublime – What I got

Undomondo Radio Show #60