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New Electronic Music: Metronomy

I went to see Coldplay Saturday night at the HP Pavillion here in San Jose, CA and it was a fantastic show. I'm not a huge Coldplay fan but wow, what a show they put with the lights, confetti, balloons falling from the ceiling and the glow in the dark wristbands they handed out to everyone.  It's well worth it if you've never seen them. The main opening act was Metronomy who I hadn't heard of before. If you think 80s mixed in with the lighter side of New Order, maybe even Joy Division, you could imagine the sounds they were producing. One track, in particular, caught my attention. It's about a 4 minute electronic song that's completely void of vocals and is constantly shifting it's direction in a manner that makes the music completely work. It's called "The End of You Too", check it out on iTunes.

Darin Epsilon - Live in Mexico (April 2012)

Darin Epsilon's April 2012 mix (Live in Mexico) is now available for download on SoundCloud.  It's been awhile since I rated a mix 10/10 but this live set is simply outstanding.  Each track is so full of sound and there's a definite progression leading up to the corker at the end by Sound Process called "Traitor's Gate" (Tash Mix).  On a side note, this track is so airy yet would instantly damage any dance floor - such a contrast that works extremely well.  There's a link below to "Traitor's Gate" on the iTunes Store.

Tracklist for this set is below.


Cid Inc & Lank - Emotional Self (Original Mix) - [microCastle]

Cumiks feat. Louder Bays - Infinity (Monaque Remix) - [Manual Music]

Damabiah - Irminsul, Le Pilier Du Monde (Andrew Bayer Remix) - [Natura Sonoris]

Hernan Cattaneo & Soundexile - Japanese Snowbell (Jamie Stevens Remix) - [Sudbeat]

Mike Griego - People Change (Original Mix) - [Replug]

Guy J - Nightstalker (Original Mix) - [Bedrock]

Oliver Schories - Wildfang (Himan Remix) - [Der Turnbeutel]

Pig & Dan and Mark Reeve - Violet (Original Mix) - [Bedrock]

Cid Inc & Lank - Emotional Self (Microtrauma Remix) - [microCastle]

Cid Inc & Lank - Urban Biorhythm (Original Mix) - [microCastle]

P8 & Answer42 - Fragments (Guy J Remix) - [Anjunadeep]

Rodskeez - 22 Dollar Chorus (Original Mix) - [Mesmeric]

Sound Process - Traitor's Gate (Tash Remix) - [Flow Vinyl]

New Discovery: Darin Epsilon

I discovered Darin Epsilon's Perspectives show a few months ago and I'm addicted.  Almost every track on his shows is a high quality production full of excellent synths and an array of sounds.  I highly recommend checking out his sets on SoundCloud here.  I'm listening to his latest April 2012 Perspectives mix which was recorded live from Mexico and it's absolutely fantastic music.

Bad-fucking-ass:

New Digweed album out March 19, a few days before the annual Winter Music Conference....in Miami.

Absolutely outstanding mix of a classic track from Sasha's San Francisco (GU009). Listen to this once and tell me you don't wanna hit the dance floor...

Der Dritte Raum - "Hale Bopp" (Sebastian Leger Mix)

This is over a month coming but my favorite set of 2011 has to be N-Tchbl's July set for Frisky Radio. The music in this set is so driving and fresh and the overall mood of the set is established early on with back-to-back tracks from Stanisha preceded by an upbeat introduction. The first Stanish track, "It's ok" is a robotic, roller coaster ride of tribal and progressive house that leads into another of similar quality called "Hypnotize Me". The set then moves into some minimal/tribal beats and finally into the throws of a beautiful vocal that sounds eerily similar to Polaroid's "So Damn Beautiful" (think Dave Seaman). This final track track is smooth and lush and ends the set perfectly with some dissipating vocals.

I was introduced to N-tchbl via Frisky Radio early last year and ended up buying a monthly subscription to the station which enabled me to download each and every N-tchbl set. While the July 2011 set is my favorite, the December 2011 set by N-tchbl is a close second.

Have a listen yourself to the July 2011 Frisky Radio set yourself:

N-tchbl - Frisky Radio (July 2011)

Nicolas Coronel has delivered another amazing Frisky Radio set (for those that subscribe like me). Part 2 of his December Mestiza set is absolutely brilliant progressive house. The music is high energy towards the end of part 2 and it's the kind of music that makes you want to dance.right.now.

Martin Gore from Depeche Mode and Vincent Clarke from Erasure got together again for the first time in 30 years to produce a new album it's straight up minimal techno. The EP is titled "Spock" and I've got to say it's great. I especially love the Regis Mix as it has some nasty, dark sounds resonating through it.

I just got lost in the last thirty minutes of Nicolas Coronel's November MESTIZA set for Frisky Radio (Part 2). Such amazing, invigorating music.

I remember hearing Carl Cox play Kernkraft 400's "Zombie Nation" for the first time at Twilo in 2000. My initial impression was that it was a catchy tune and it would last a solid six months. A decade and change later it's still played out incessantly but not in the clubs but all kinds of sporting events. Case in point, I was watching LSU and Arkansas last Friday and heard it during a timeout. I'm curious what Kernkraft 400 does in licensing feeds because the track is everywhere when it comes to football games and basketball games, ridiculous! Check out this official link for some prime examples of the track being played in stadiums: http://www.kernkraft-400.zombie-nation.com. I guess the Stadium Remix is a must have if you're heading to the game this weekend. Jam it out on the interstate baby.

And, the original YouTube video (which is janky as all hell but very intriguing at the same time):

Bad-fucking-ass:

Federico Epis' October 2011 Sensations show has some superb, 3am at Twilo moments around the one hour mark. Man, 30 minutes of nasty, dark, chugging house...

This is an interesting music video from Depeche Mode for their recently released Stargate remix of Personal Jesus. You can listen to the single on the Remixes 2: 81-11 album:

This is an absolutely amazing remix of Sasha's "Cut Me Down" by Federico Epis. Once you listen to it and you're blown away then go back and listen to Infusion's 2003 remix of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill". Is there a possible influence there? Listen for yourself. Both are ridiculously moving and 100% invigorating.

N-tcbhl's July 2011 set on Frisky Radio is incredible. I also believe there's a remix of Polaroid's "So Damn Beautiful" in there near the end. Check it out, my rating is 9/10.

N-tchbl - Frisky Radio (July 2011)

I've been listening to a lot of Depeche Mode lately and found this video on YouTube of a dude playing "Never Let Me Down Again" on his keyboards. Very geeky but so fucking badass. He's got almost the entire track down except of Gahan's vocals. Brilliant.

John Digweed's new album "Structures Two" is out as of this past Monday. It includes 43 tracks in total where two of those tracks are continuous mixes. The first continuous mix is titled "Blissed Out Electronica" and is a blend of the tracks on the album and the second is a live set from Avalon in Los Angeles. The rest of the 41 tracks comprise "Structures Two" and the atmospheric direction Digweed has chosen for the second installment in the series. If you're coming back from a late night out and need to unwind or you're en route to work during the week and you need relaxing music this album is for you. The album is artisically strong as it focuses on the elements in the music rather than keeping the attention on the dancefloor. Check it out on iTunes.

I discovered this women's set on Frisky Radio and it's incredibly good music. If you like the old school build up with tribal beats incessantly building to a mellifluous crescendo and all part of a nefarious journey, this set is for you:

N-tchbl - SUBLIMINAL on friskyRadio - 21. March 2011

Bio blurb from SoundCloud:

Marija Nikolic aka. N-tchbl, born in 1984. and raised in Serbia. Through all of her childhood science and music were the main spots of her world, nothing was that interesting and played more of a role in her life. A teacher in primary school spotted her ability to 'catch by ear' and quickly reproduce the solo parts of the songs played on the classes of music education she attended, and soon forced her to start learning piano, but it lasted no longer than a couple of months cuz of the financial inabilities caused by the '90s atmosphere of the country she lived in. But she continued practicing her playing skills on the musical education classes in school and at home on Yamaha keyboards, oftenly playing piano on school celebrations and ceremonials. Then she fell in love with a guitar, again, easily catching the solos and chords from the songs and playing it with no tabs seen, just with a little help of a 'catchy ear'. But the guitar has stayed there in the past being only a hoby and a great love, even nowadays.

Then at the end of 90's she discovered electronic music, thanks to her brother and first rave parties happening in her town at that time. Prodigy and Kraftwerk raised her to the whole new world of something that was not that classical like piano or guitar were at those times. It was a pure inovation in the world of music for her. In the times of revealing the differencies betwen genres, names like Deep Dish, Satoshi Tomiie, John Digweed, Sasha, Dave Seaman and Hernan Cattaneo brought the feeling that progressive house with a soft spots of trance inside was something that suits her the most of all of the music left in this world. Collecting artists and their pieces of that kind, trying to catch every second of it, going to parties to hear how 'big names' are doing it live' she fell in love with it like with nothing else before! Progressive house was something she wanted to live' and love.

In 2006th she decided to try herself out at the first ever party of hers in a small underground club called 'BauHaus' in her hometown. A couple of parties more of that kind followed in next couple of months and then she stopped, being burdened by university duties and striving to finish those ones first. In march 2007th she hitted Belgrade for the first time, playing 5hrs set in an underground Belgrade clubs Infinity and Biro which was a great expirience, seeing people reacting unexpectedly extatic to the music she played. Being listened then by a couple of capital DJs and getting compliments and pursuasions for going forward and climbing the stairs of being a DJ, she gained confidence and continued doing it.

In 2008th she became a part of the "iFACE Agency" crew, together with her friends and collegues DJ Alexandar, Marko Nikolic, Ascaloon, John Deere, Danny Way etc. Played in all of the Serbian capital cities and also internationally in venues like Escape (Bulgaria), Cacao Beach (Bulgaria), Energija, Mamolo, Namaste, Compressor, Soda, Cubo, with names like DJ Tarkan, DJ Alexandar, Keekos, Pete Thompson, John Deere, Life4Funk, Pleta, Danny Way, Straw, Ascaloon, Marko Nikolic etc. In july 2010. she won the "EMC - EXIT Music Conference 2010" competition as one of the chosen DJs by the audience public voting to attend the EMC on EXIT Festival (Serbia) together with fellow DJs and leaded by names like Josh Wink, Tim Exile, Moderat and many more.

Her music was broadcasted on almost all of the worldwide popular radiostations, amongst other less known FriskyRadio, KissFM, PureFM, Proton, 16bit Moscow, Tribalmixes.org, Danceradio.gr, Eilo.org, EnSonic Radio, Insomniafm.com being a guest of many wellknown DJs in this area. In August 2009th she started her second monthly exclusive project called "DEVOTION" on Pure.FM, running also as a monthly podcast of the underground portal Beattunes.com. This has brought her the opportunity to present the whole new side of deep and dark progressive sounds, the female way, progressive sounds that made her fall in love with them back in the previous decade and let that sound never be forgotten

Visit www.n-tchbl.com for being up to date with all of the info.