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earPIPE’s “Probably Too Late” Off Sonar 2010 Guide
Monday, June 14th, 2010 | Event Preview | No Comments
All pictures from Resident Advisor
Update – Check out the earPIPE Sonar Disco Map Here.
This weekend Barcelona becomes the centre of attention as Sonar festival rolls into town. The festival itself is a jam packed 3 days and 2 nights of music and art featuring the likes of Plastikman, The Chemical Brothers and Roxy Music. However its not just the festival that garners all the attention, as for the same weekend Barcelona turns into a thriving party city with what are now known as the Off Sonar parties. This year we’re spoilt for choice in terms of party venues. We’ve got parties on beaches, on rooftops, on terraces, on boats and at secret villas. There’s even a few parties happening in them there nightclubs. There’s a lot to pick from so here’s what we think is looking pretty hot for the weekend. › Continue reading
Seth Troxler – Boogybytes Vol 5. | Album Review
Friday, February 19th, 2010 | Album Review | No Comments
Detroit is under going a bit of a renaissance at the moment. As the once global dominant motor industry continues to crumble electronic dance music is once again becoming a prime export. Current number one export for Detroit on its third generation of techno models is Seth Troxler. He’s been making some great music over the last few years, injecting his weird and playful character into the house music genre which had become cold and processed in the years prior. Probably the most talked about thing with Troxler are his DJ sets. His hunger for the party and fun transfers directly to his sets taking crowds through musically unexpected but ultimately fun ”journeys”. His ability to read a crowd, react and then send them on an off guard curveball has seen him tear dancefloors up and win the hearts of many across the globe. So the announcement of him doing the next Boogybytes CD, a series that is known to give DJs free reign, has set big expectations from the chattering masses. Could Troxler capture and condense his peculiarities and unpredictability on to a small plastic disc? › Continue reading
Another Masochistic Weekend from Fabric
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 | Event Preview | 1 Comment
Just a heads up for an upcoming mammoth party – Fabric On & On & On & On…. The folks at fabric are going to throw another 30 hour marathon since the 10th Birthday was so well received. The last one was definitely one of the legendary parties of 2009. It had the perfect crowd with the most eye watering of line-ups ever seen and an unbelievable atmosphere that validated why the club has been around for 10 years. We certainly gushed about it in our review the other month.
On the 6th March Fabric › Continue reading
All This Summer Dancing Meant I Forgot to Tell You About These Albums
Sunday, July 12th, 2009 | Album Review | No Comments
June to July has been a particularly lost couple of months. Mainly due to being found on various dancefloors in the UK and abroad. But as I stumble between the parties with that crazed ‘I Need Crack’ look I have been listening to a few good albums that came my way. The moment may have passed for most, but I’m still going to tell you anyway.
Robert Hood – Minimal Nation
When I said the moment might have passed I wasn’t talking about the one back in 1994 when this seminal classic was released. Instead I’m talking about Robert Hood and Planet M’s decision to re-release Minimal Nation to another generation of techno lovers and re-school the kids on where manipulating a minimal set of elements comes from. › Continue reading
EarPipe’s Last Minute, One Page Sonar 2009 Guide
Thursday, June 18th, 2009 | Event Preview | No Comments
Its just gone midnight on Wednesday night… so no time for an in depth Sonar preview. So here it is in a business like bullet point format:
Thursday
Catch Konono No1 blast out some congo riddems. Seen videos and the look fun!
If you’re invited hit the Mobilee rooftop pool party at Hotel Diagonal
AGF/Delay – Symptoms | Album Review
Monday, March 9th, 2009 | Album Review, Music | No Comments
Symptoms is the new album from AGF and Delay on the formidable BPitch Control. You may recall that AGF was the co-producer of Ellen Allien’s Sool album from last year. Here at EarPipe we raved about that album in a length post here. So expectations were high of AGF to combine her poetic talents with the sparse and diverse production skills of her husband Vladislav Delay.
Symptoms has all the similar elements that made Sool a good album. However AGF and Delay fail to make the same recipe rise in the oven. The same raw and industrial electronic sounds found on Sool buzz and whirr through out Symptoms, yet they seem to lack the coherence or direction to formulate a structure to really hit a chord with the listener. The overall experience is pretty blasé with few moments to take notice of.
That’s not to say the whole album is completely throw away. The pulsating track Most Beautiful brilliantly captures the essence of slow motion in sound as AGF repeats the simple lyrics in a softly spoken voice. Bells and drum hits fade in and out in a kind of Doppler effect to paint an illusion of time slowing down which I guess is what happens when you see the “most beautiful thing” according to the lyrics? The other track worth a mention is Connection. Another slow RnB paced number with syncopated percussion and fuzzy yet bright layers of synths create a Bjork like atmosphere.
Apart from that, unfortunately the album just doesn’t strike a chord. Which is a shame as much was expected from AGF since her effort on Ellen’s Sool.
Buy AGF/Delay – Symptoms on CD
Tracklisting:
01. Get Lost
02. Connection
03. Downtown Snow
04. Outbreak
05. Bulletproof
06. Generic
07. Congo Hearts
08. Most Beautiful
09. Symptoms
10. Smileaway
11. Second Life
12. In Cycles
Telefon Tel Aviv – Immolate Yourself | Album Review
Sunday, January 18th, 2009 | Album Review | No Comments
Telefon Tel Aviv a US duo from Chicago, Illinois deliver their third album on the eclectic but very electronic BPitch Control. Coming off the back of supporting Matthew Dear on his US tour, their new album Immolate Yourself looks to redefine Electro/Synth Pop for 2009.
Immolate Yourself is an album of diverse and intelligent textured synth layers which soar and swerve through many emotional states. Opening track The Birds is a bright and breathy track where intertwining synths glide through epic skylines to create a beautiful and warm opener.
The diversity of Telefon Tel Aviv’s range is instantly proven with the following track Your Mouth showing the darker, melancholic side. They use sinister synths layered with melancholic strings through a long chord progression to create a slow and atmospheric movement reminiscent of the darker side of Depeche Mode.
Sascha Funke – Mango Remixes (DJ Koze, Superpitcher & Tobias Thomas) Review
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 | Single Review | No Comments
You may recall Sascha Funke dropped his Mango album a few months back. The title track was a light breathy melodic number which slowly phased through string and guitar harmonies. Now it’s the turn of the remixes. BPitch have brought in a few heavyweights. The first remix comes from DJ Koze. His Pink Moon mix starts with a similar pace retaining much of the original harmonies whilst a UR style spoken word vocal preaches over the top. After the epic intro based mainly on the original, Koze slowly slips the track into his own dream world. A restrained kick drum drops and slowly becomes more and more dominant as metallic percussion and claps scatter across. By this point the harmonies are slowly whittling away into the background becoming a distant blur of what they used to be. The swirl of sound is washed away leaving barely a hint of percussion to tick over. At which point the dream turns into an evil nightmare. A Growling bass roars along with a tougher kick drum and echoed claps. Even the once coherent vocals murmur into an unrecognisable mess. It’s become a dark and twisted shadow of its former self. Like a bad trip Koze has just plunged you into chaos. Brilliant interpretation.
The second remix comes from a Tobias Thomas and Superpitcher collaboration. They bolster the original track with a growling sub bassline and organ skits creating a beefier more club friendly version of the original track. The only bit I’m not sure about is brief mango lyrics sung by Superpitcher himself. But all in all this is a great release.
Sascha Funke – Mango Remixes is available from Beatport now
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