Thursday, July 29, 2010

Traxx throws birthday bash at Smart Bar



Nation Mathematics Night Friday, July 30 Smart Bar Chicago
Nation†Mathematics Nite

Dedicated To The Spirit of the Music Box, Medusa's & Beyond
Celebrating Traxx's Birthday

Featuring:
Hieroglyphic Being
Traxx
Naughty Wood

Dedicated To The Spirit of the Music Box, this party is not to be missed. Get ready for old school style house, chaotic 12-inches on Mathematics and Oliphant with "jakbeat" on the Nation label. Naughty Wood, a Minneapolis-based producer with two releases on Nation will be coming with the deep cuts.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Mike Humphries releases Tactical Recon EP


Mike Humphries has been responsible for supplying some serious vinyls since the early 90's, and over the years has recorded on many labels. Get ready for his latest release, Test Flight / Earth Akr / Tactical Recon on 12" and digital formats. Find your digital copy on iTunes:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CDoQFjAJ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Falbum%2Ftr-3b-ep%2Fid367354597&ei=GOhOTOqmFcWcnAfuhbzEBw&usg=AFQjCNG0VSRJ-8rYXOie9J7hiIFwFBRQ6Q&sig2=y66oaSgq5LaFpFwouXOm2Q

and the 12" on:

http://www.web-records.com/

His first productions were co-written, under the name of D. Kontrol with Jon Nuccle, and were released on the Belgium labels, 2 Thumbs, Mineral and Growth which were all the in-house labels of Frank De Wulf, one of the original creators of the European techno sound at the back end of the 80's)

Since then, mixes have been created for various artists and labels, including Glenn Wilson on Planet Rhythm, Heroes, Aphrohead (aka Felix Da House Cat) on Bush Records (Area 51 mix), Thomas Krome's Bitches from Hell on Corb (Cold Dust mix).

Mike has concentrated more on producing tracks for his own labels.
Punish, the sleazy sounds of dirty Techno, raw and pumping. Together with Glenn Wilson, Mike has created some memorable vinyl, bringing a truly unique label, that for many was the start of a new sound in techno at that point. There will be more from Punish, with Glenn now fully at the controls, new releases will again appear with the Punish imprint.

With the tough and uncompromising label Red Seal in the early daze, recording under the name H, he created the World Downfall series (big hitters on the Fuse presents series for incredible Dave Clarke), 2 Thieves and was responsible for some serious lives PAs as Cold Dust with Nuccle

He was also behind the limited release series, the dark sounds of Black and White records, and was a guilty party for the street beats of Player Records, the in-house label of the Orbit UK (R.I.P.) The one time special resident was firmly rooted in the clubs production seat, along side Nuccle and others, bringing anonymous releases to the Player label that were also remixed by some of the best artists around, to create a truly unique vibe at that time. These projects have been remixed by some of Chicagos finest new skool producers, DJ Bam Bam, DJ Urban and Angel Alanis, as well as the old skool artists such as Joey Beltram, Adam Beyer, Marco Bailey and Mark Broom, Ben Simms on the Player Remixes label.

Mike left all of these projects behind him at the end of 2003 to make way for his most recent project, Mastertraxx, which began in 2004. This again is a label for the techno purists looking for the underground club buzz

Mike has DJ'd and thrown live sets in clubs all around the world and was recently featured on Death Disco Radio.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Love Parade 2010 Condolances - The Art Of Love at Love Parade / Duisburg




Condolances to those lost and to the families. A truly sad day for those lost, and for the world of techno.

Line-up /
Line-Up Closing Party
Tiesto (NL) DJ-Set
David Guetta (F) DJ-Set
Anthony Rother (GER) Live-Act
Booka Shade (GER) Live-Act
Westbam (GER) DJ-Set
ATB (GER) DJ-Set
Fedde Le Grand (NL) DJ-Set
Boys Noize (GER) DJ-Set
Mark Knight (UK) DJ-Set
M.A.N.D.Y.(GER) DJ-Set
Tiefschwarz (GER) DJ-Set
Monika Kruse (GER) DJ-Set
Pan-Pot (GER) DJ-Set
Mathew Jonson (CAN) Live-Act
Dapayk (GER) Live-Act
Gustavo Bravetti (UY) Live-Act
Electro Orchestral by Guido Schneider & Mark Scheibe (GER) Live-Act

Line-Up Love Stage powered by Pioneer DJ
Boris Dlugosch (GER)Tom Novy (GER)Moonbootica (GER)
Alex Bau (GER)Felix Kröcher (GER)Moguai (GER)

1LIVE - Cologne / Germany
Moguai, Phil Fuldner, Mike Litt, DJ Larse Jan-Christian Zeller, Tom Breu
www.einslive.de

DAR Label - Moscow / Russia
Pig & Dan, Denis A, Egor Boss, Mike Spirit, Slava Shelest, Spartaque, Abelle & Beekeeper
www.darlabel.com

Raveline / Elevator / Housekeeper - Cologne / Germany
Tom Novy, ATB, Boogie Pimps, Da Hool (Bottrop),
Eric Sneo, Jean Elan, Josh Gallahan, Raveline Allstars
www.raveline.de

Nature One & Syndicate - Koblenz / Germany
Felix Kröcher, Charlie Lownoise & Mental Theo
Sven Wittekind (Frankfurt), Alex M.O.R.P.H. b2b Woody van Eyden, Arkus P. –live-, BMG aka Brachiale Musikgestalter –live-, Re-Style (NL), Dyprax
www.nature-one.de

Virtualnights.com & Beatport.com feat. Fedde Le Grand & Mark Knight
Fedde Le Grand, Mark Knight, Patric la Funk, Nicky Romero
www.beatport.com
www.toolroomrecords.co.uk

Sensation - Düsseldorf / Deutschland
Binh, Rachid, Dave Kurtis and very special Guests
www.sensation.com/de

Gastenzondergrenzen - Amsterdam / Holland
Robert Powlson, Victor Coral, De Man Zonder Schaduw, Miss Melera
www.gastenzondergrenzen.nl

Dream - Berlin / Germany
Alex Under, Jessy, Yanuka, Wimpy(Tresor), Clint Lee
www.dreamwandering.com
CusCus & Zoo Project Ibiza - Dortmund-Ibiza / Germany-Spain
Nakadia, Hector, Dave FX, Flow & Zoe, Jackus & Santucci
Marcus Sur, Paul Pysik, Chris Count, Herr Lenzmann, Claas Tiwa
www.cuscus.cc
www.thezooproject.com

Ultraschall meets Klub 100 - Duisburg / Germany
Eric Smax, Dan Vegas, Fishi, Dr. H
www.ultraschall.tv

Ship of Fools - Ameland / Holland
Boycott BP, Benny Hill, DJ Kluk Kluk, Marty Feldman
www.shipoffools.me

Tunnel - Hamburg / Germany
DJ Dean, DJ Yanny, Gary D., Deejane Kim, Patrick Bunton
Chris Deelay
www.tunnel.de

Sunshine Live - Mannheim / Germany
DJ Klubbingman, DJ Falk and more Special Guests
www.sunshine-live.de

Pulseradio – Sydney / Australien
Andrew Grant, Emerson Todd, Dana Ruh, Little Fritter
Nick McMartin, Jimmy Posters
www.pulseradio.net

On the 24th of July Duisburg will be the capital of the electronic beats: With the theme „The Art of Love“ a unique gathering of the international DJ Elite will take place at the former goods station area.

This year the anthem of the Loveparade 2010 was created by the DJ and Producer Anthony Rother. In the upcoming years we want to give other stars of the scene the opportunity to bring their creativity into the Loveparade. 16 elaborately designed floats (parade wagons) will fire off the beats and basses of the anthem at 2 pm (14:00 h) as the starting signal to the biggest party in den world.

The stage of the final ceremony is placed directly in front of the former goods station area. Its industrial charm as the setting combined with perfectly adjusted stage and light design guarantee a breathtaking visual experience. For the first time in the history of the Loveparade there will be a second stage – the Love Stage.

The ones who can’t be in Duisburg to celebrate have the possibility to join the party on every media channel. Oliver Pocher will be presenting the official Loveparade Show for the first time, supported by his companion Sandy Meyer-Wölden. You can watch the 3-hours-long show at www.bild.de. At this website you can follow the day of the event all day long. Thanks to the cooperation with the Live-Stream-Portal UStream.tv you can watch the event for the first time in HDTV quality and as worldwide novelty with the opportunity to choose out of 30 cameras to create an individual show with your favorite scenes. The TV station WDR will broadcast live for ca. 6 hours and the radio stations 1 Live and sunshine-live will broadcast several hours from the Loveparade.

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The Love Parade 2010 will take place in Duisburg in Germany.

"The Home Office and the district government have approved a letter dated April 15, 2010 the financing strategy for urban duty tasks for the implementation of the Love Parade 2010. Love Parade 2010, from there on July 24 at Duisburg on the site of the future 'Duisburg freedom' Hauptbahnhof take place, "confirmed today Duisburg's Mayor Adolf Sauerland:" We are delighted that we have solved this problem and get the party can be. "

Due to the difficult budgetary situation, the municipality may not issue municipal funds for the event. Thanks to the support of many partners have managed the city of Duisburg to ensure the services to be provided by it. The main sponsor of the Love Parade, the fitness chain McFit possible, since 2006 the event with a sponsorship sum of 3 million euros per Love Parade. The money will finance the design and implementation of the parade - including, inter alia, costs for cleaning and meeting space for 2,000 employees who are on the day of the parade in use. This year, the fitness chain an additional contribution to the financing concept of the city of Duisburg. The largest line item in the financing approach, the relief of the transport costs of 300,000 euros dar. addition, the city gets a six-figure funding amount of the country for safety and traffic. The Maltese Forum meets the city regarding the provision of emergency services. The soft drink manufacturer Sinalco joins as a sponsor. And finally, a six-figure sum to be generated through merchandising. "I thank all partners for their specific contribution. All have helped to achieve this goal," Duisburg's Mayor Adolf Sauerland said contentedly.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

BASSGASM 2: FRIDAY JULY 23 @ FIRST AVENUE CLUB MINNEAPOLIS

Bassgasm top ten Chart by Nico

The Chemical Brothers – Horse Power
Kraftwerk – Tour de France
Kavinsky- Testarossa Autodrive
Eclectic Method – Robots
Nina Simone, Felix Da Housecat – Sinnerman
Mr. Oizo & Gaspard Auge - Tricycle Express
LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
Massive Attack – United Snakes
The Juan Maclean - Happy House



http://www.first-avenue.com/performer/nico

Twin Cities Video Jockeys Interview on City Pages




Andrew Flanagan interviews vj's Nico Demonte, Mathstatic, Time Squid, Visionquest on City Pages Dressing Room http://bit.ly/aqMNsG

Sunday, July 11, 2010

VIDEODROME: REVENGE OF THE NERDS




The third installment in the Videodrome series: REVENGE OF THE NERDS featuring electro, EBM, and industrial music from Naughtywood, Jobot, Yerik

Live video by 000000000001

Fri July 16 @ Karnak
263 1st Ave N - above Ugly Mug
18+, $5,

MN Original writes about Videodrome: Revenge of the Nerds, "Just like the Croneberg flick, this dance night's first mission is to control your mind. Then, it's headed straight for your body to epically dominate your dance moves and your ear drum's throb spectrum." http://www.mnoriginal.org/art/?page_id=75

000000000001's live video installation with 80s cult classics, Geek films, Goonies, Goolies, 000000000001 cloak & daggee, Tron, War Games, Joshua, Compucolor, VideoGridx7000, Exidy Sorcerer, Cybervision 2001, Sinclair ZX81, IBM System/23, Timex Sinclair 1000, Timex Sinclair 1500, Amiga 1000, Linus Write-Top, Commodore 64, 128, PET, and Amiga, SuperPET, Plus/4, sound on the 6510 Central Processor, GEOS Operating System, C65, SXE MIDI Music composer synthesizer, C-One, Commodore SX-100, Executive 64 with 170 KB floppy, Commodore 264, Commodore C16 / 116, Commodore 364, Commodore 232, SinclairV 3200, Commodore 116 NTSC Prototype, MAX Machine, Commodore 1541C, 7–14 MHz 68000-family CPUs, A4000 and A1200 computers, Commodore KIM-1, Commodore CBM-II range - aka B-range aka 600/700 range, Commodore SX-64, Commodore 900 (the Z-8000), Zilog Z8000 CPU, Amiga Symond 883D, Korg Enhanced Poly Vision 8000, 2000 Motorola 68000 (7.16 MHz NTSC, 7.09 MHz PAL), AmigaOS Workbench 1.3, 2.04, speech synthesis AmigaOS Kickstart ROM, AmigaBasic, AmigaXL, CyberGraphX, Octamed, SVC-350 Roland VP-330 Sennheiser VSM-201 ARP 2600 semi modular synthesiser EMS 2000/3000/5000 series Synton 221 Korg PS-3100 Korg PS-3200 Korg PS-3300 Doepfer A-100 Roland S-770 Vox Percussion King Yamaha TX816 synthesiser, IMSAI 8080, and Kawai K-500 EMS 2000/3000/5000 series, Datapoint 2200, Kenbak-1, Scelbi-8H, Wang 2200, Mark-8, PolyMorphic