lee curtiss - live from the dungeon

A Western Michigan native and long-time Detroit resident, Lee Curtiss has been forging his uniquely backwoods, yet avant-garde and primal brand of deep and twisted dance music since the late 1990’s. A constantly changing and ever-eager student to his craft, Lee’s finger has been pressed upon, if not thrust into, the throbbing aorta of underground dance music for quite some time – even if his production skills and brain-demolishing live PA have only recently begun to garner the attention of techno and house music’s elite. Growing up between the two poles of Chicago and Detroit organized Lee’s approach to production squarely between the grooving, deep house sounds of artists like Derrick Carter, and the mindfreaking work of techno producers such as Ricardo Villalobos, Zip (aka Dimbiman), Matthew Dear and Richie Hawtin. Over the past year Lee has begun to tour extensively in America and Europe, notoriously adhering to a 'fuck trends, fuck dance music, and fuck me' approach to producing and performing that only the strongest of stomachs and most iron-clad of minds can withstand. His music’s dark, sexy, and uncompromising singularity have earned him coveted performance slots at the 2007 DEMF and Mutek festivals, preludes to his upcoming summer move to Europe and a new commitment to touring and producing. Curtiss was recently named by Matthew Dear as one of they key figures of emerging talent in URB magazine’s next 100, but Lee would rather you quit reading this bio and either book him, buy his record, or come see him melt you and your friends faces at a club near you.
lee curtiss - the death of me (live pa) - detroit 2005
lee curtiss's first live set in detroit from 2005. this set is a classic already and is filled with twisted funk and dark beats. this link will not be active permanently so get it while it's up. oh, and don't ask for the setlist, this is a live PA, all orig curtiss.

Minitek - NYC september 12 13 14 2008

if you have not heard the place to be in september is NYC. minimoo, who has been throwing parties in NYC and other international locations, is having their first run at a festival format. the line up is massive and will be a fantastic time as NYC is the bomb, especially that time of year. to help promote the event minimoo has been doing a weekly podcast from the artists that are headlining, the first was butane week 8.....this weeks mix is brought to you by Pan-Pot which you can find the dl info and tracklist below. mobilee records, einmaleins musik, true to form recordings
1. The Horrorist, Miro Pajic - Gigabyte Numbers (harry axt rmx)
2. Tony Rohr - Sweep the leg
3. Leon Greenbeam - Train (someone else rmx)
4. Tonco Traxx - walk4me
5. Marcel Dettmann - corebox
6. Bukador& Fishbeck - Decade
7. Trnstrasse - As you like ist (Panorama Dub Edit)
8. Shonky - Time Zero (Matthias Kaden rmx)
9. Lemos - Who do you believe
10. Asem Shama - Kabuki (panpot rmx)
11. Axel Bartsch - You Won't Fall (Dub Version)


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if you can make it to ny on september 12, you should, as this will a weekend to remember. click here for more info on minitek

INSIDEOUT (Clink Recordings, NYC)

Grant Aaron, aka Insideout, is co-owner of and recording artist on Clink Recordings. Grant began DJing in 1997, mainly influenced by the striped down minimal sounds of Daniel Bell,Plastikman and Mike Ink. It didn't take long for those influences to persuade him to move from behind the decks to the studio. His first original sounds came in the form of Ambient and Experimental with a full length album titled, Embrace. This was released on his co-created multimedia net label, Lifeform Project, which he started with several producers from his hometown of Atlanta, but that was just the beginning. With the International response and success of the net label, Grant realized his personal longing to progress his musical ideas even further. He relocated to Brooklyn, New York, and teamed up with close friend, DJ and producer, Camea. Clink Recordings was born in the Fall of 2005. They have since released a catalogue of very successful solo and collaborative EP's from NY artists Afternoon Coffee Boys, Tim Xavier, Tony Rohr, Camea, Insideout, Ambivalent and Elon. His collaborative debut with Camea, Nothing Shocking/Azimuth (Clink 002), was a hit and played by artists such as Richie Hawtin, Magda and Adam Beyer. As a solo artist, Grant's production combines the influences of modern minimal techno and the basic fundamentals of this genre: intricate percussive programming, dark atmospherics and an irresistible cavernous bounce. In recent years, Grant has meticulously created a following and demand for his deep, conceptually minimal DJ sets. He rotates regular gigs in South America, North America and Europe, and is a New York after-hours favorite. An avid music collector, Grant is consistent and explores the new trends and sounds within this genre, and it is guaranteed he will always have the latest and greatest ideas embedded within his performances. His live and dj shows are an array of influences and keep the floor moving from start to finish. BYOB $5 and Ladies FREE Before 10 The Hanger

ricardo villalobos for president

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do nice - mixed by shawn e july 2008

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spacewhitey's dirty 88 intro
H.O.S.H. & Stimming - milkyway dynamic music
bruno pronsato - why can't we be like us - hello? repeat
bluepulp - 3113 - pertin_nce
skylark - saved (massi dl's today is groovey remix) - saved records
martin heyder _ love will tear us apart (orig) - veritas
skylark - escalator - matt trolfrey and inxec's swings and roundabouts remix - saved
matthias schaffhaeuser - knurrpause (carola pisaturo remix) - holy pause
rhythm code - Rise feat simone denney - Popof remix - rising trax
alexi delano - antioxidation - leftroom
danielle papini - church of nonsense - alchemy records
christian smith john selway - total departure (cirez D) - drumcode
oliver dodd - this space
supermayer - two of us - kompakt
burning spear - submerge
pantha du prince - saturn strobe - dial

anja and barclay tear the roof off @ sonar

looks like this was a blast !!! if I find the set I will post it up.

bruno pronsato interview

i was lucky enough to catch bruno pronsato perform at oslo for the temporary tattoo party at demf this year. the party on a whole had an amazing vibe, but I really got a kick out of bruno's set which was the highlight of the evening for me. caught up with bruno before he heads back to europe for upcoming gigs and he was nice enough to answer a few questions for the berlin readers. also, see below for a live performance from harry klein from september 2006. we will post an updated live performance from bruno soon in another post so check back on regular and enjoy the interview !



favorite venue worldwide and most up for it crowd you have encountered lately?


that's a tough one. i'm pretty sure this is gonna be incredibly cliché, but i would have to say panorama bar - mainly because it's the venue i have played more constantly than any other. you can always count on a great crowd and freak show there.


american techno scene vs your experiences oveseas?


it's hard to compare the two. in the u.s. it's more like a small scene - similar to the days when i was traveling around in punk bands. in the u.s., you almost know everyone at every show. it's small and unique, and for the most part, people are amazing. i have very close friends in just about every city i play in the u.s. - like really close people, inspirational people...Europe is entirely different. it's very clubby there. some places are commercial, some places are homey and awesome. i like both, they both have their appeal


top 5 fav producers - any new talents you have discovered in your world travels?


in no particular order.
Sammy Dee
Herbert
Caro aka Randy Jones
Ricardo Villalobos
Thomas Melchior


in the studio are you a hardware or software producer, if hardware do you have a favorite instrument ?



a little of both, really...I am very 'of the moment' sometimes i'm crazy about max/msp other times i want to do everything on my jomox 888. right now i am in machine mode. sammy dee and i are using a lot of machines of live (his idea) and from that i've sort of got back into really using machines again. he and i are always talking about the next machine for our live - studio studio set up. this year will probably be more machine for me. who knows about next year.



you have a background in music way beyond just the types of tunes you are slinging in the clubs.....what is your favorite genre outside of techno and why? i read last year you were on a classical bing, are you still into classical and do you feel like it has shaped or influenced any of your dance productions/sets?




well i have been a classical music fan for a while now. i go thru phases where it's all i listen to. at the moment tho, i am really into early 90s shoegaze stuff, and indie rock. but i think the phase has just about run it's course. i just spent the entire morning listening to Janacek's Along An Overgrown Path. A piece i'm really starting to get my head around. As far as inspiring me, i think it does in a very subtle way. I'm not dividing my music up into movements, but i am thinking about ways to create and evolve themes maybe. i don't want to make it sound complicated, cuz that is far from what i believe i am capable of, but let's just say it pushes me a little more than anything - pushing ideas on how to compose...in house music, or whatever.



best vacation you ever had?


a trip to florence a few months back - getting fat on food from tuscany is about as good as it gets.



you have a very unique style with your productions which is a way that your music stands out from so many of the cookie cutter tracks that are out there now. the loose, organic, gritty feel that you give the tracks is what brings them to life from the digital mire, what are some of the ways you insure that your tracks don't end up sounding overly digital and polished, and how much of that is planned vs. in the moment discovery?



I think my approach is very simple, and it's something that i say a lot. Keep it sexy. No matter what the circumstance is, it's got to be sexy. this is music for the night. I'm more of the lover type and less the vampire. the vampire goes dark and spooky, i kind of want to keep it sexy. when things are clean and overproduced it just sounds sounds like another club product. I think sexiness keeps more of the FEEL and less of the quantize, so it just comes out that way. for me it's not a production 'style', but more of something that just comes out because of a standard that i have set for myself. altho, it would be nice to have a 'sexify' button in logic, or on one of these machines ;)



do you have any projects we can be on the lookout for?



yes. i have a new 2 track ep coming out on Hello?Repeat in August called, 'Where'd You Learn To Kiss That Way.' Also, Sammy Dee and I, under the moniker Half Hawaii, have a track coming out on a compilation on the 'Diamonds And Pearls' label from Berlin called, "Emperors of Venus." Sammy and I are also working on an album that we hope to finish up my Dec/Jan...



before you leave for any of your trips in europe is there a food you try and get your hands on before you leave that you know is unavailable over the pond?



I try to eat AS MUCH mexican food as i can while i am the US. it just does not exist in any palpable form in europe. I am currently in Austin visiting my brother and I think we are just eating as much as possible, getting totally fat. I'm back in Berlin july 3...a few more days to fatten up ;)


Thanks,
B


thank you bruno !!


live at harry klein sept 06