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The Berlin Bus is Coming and Everybody’s Jumping | Weekend Round Up

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 | Event Preview | No Comments

It’s the end of the month… That can mean only one thing – pay day! And don’t the clubs know it. The arse end of the month is so stuffed with nights that it’s actually touching cloth wanting to overspill into December. Consider this the official start to the run down to Christmas and New Years Eve/Day. › Continue reading

Tags: Alex Jones, Anthea, Black Strobe, Cable, Cedric Maison, Corsica Studios, DJ Hell, East Village, Ekstravaganza, Fabric, GetPhysical, Guide Schneider, Hector, Heidi, Horse Meat Disco, Hypercolour, Lindstrom, Luciano, M., M.A.N.D.Y, Magnus International, Mark Henning, matter, Metro Area, Morgan Geist, Mulletover, Pedro, Pete's 50th, Phonica, Prins Thomas, Prosumer, Simon Rigg, Thomas Sch, Thomas Schumacher, Tiefschwarz, Very Very Wrong Indeed, Vitalic, Warehouse Project

Miss dicA – Freak EP | Single Review

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 | Single Review | No Comments

Miss dicA is Barbara Tampiér, an Austrian producer and DJ who now lives in, you guessed it Berlin. Her Freak Out EP is self described as Electro-Techno-Trash and I can’t say I disagree. Freak Out uses trashy synths over high riding percussion and some farty electro basslines giving you a scatty electro-techno-trash workout. Freak’n Proud pines for a techno sound but keeps it intensely trashy with wave after wave of throbbing acid synths; whilst Freak In restrains itself with spindly electronic keys and whirring acid lines. It’s a good release but I can’t help think it sounds a lot like Miss Kitten and DJ Hell. But that’s no bad thing.

Miss dicA – Freak EP is out now
Tracklisting:
A1 Freak In
A2 Freaky Stars
B1 Freak Out
B2 Freak’n Proud

Tags: DJ Hell, Miss dicA, Miss Kitten, Third Ear

DJ Hell – Teufelswerk | Album Review

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Album Review | No Comments

DJ Hell needs no introduction but if you must know the man pioneered the electroclash sound which came out of Berlin during the mid nineties. He runs the infamous DJ Gigolos record label and is a general all round German oddball.

Personally I’ve never been that into DJ Hell’s sound. It was often too industrial and raw. However his latest album Teufelswerk has managed turn my opinion. Teufelswerk in German means “devil’s work” and there is definitely some sinister evil sounds. The album is sixteen tracks split across two CDs. The first CD clearly labelled Night for Hell’s nocturnal stylings is eight tracks of raw, industrial techno beats crossbred with crunchy acid laden synth lines. Electronic Germany has a certain Kraftwerk feel to it with the low bit electronic synth lines and robot vocals. Whilst The Disaster uses an array of slowly unwinding synth layers to produce a purely sinister sound. Friday, Saturday, Sunday closes the CD with a complete mind fuck track with whirring sirens, off beat keys and a punchy rhythm. It sounds mental, but it’s actually restrained with a great flow and is probably the best track on the Night CD. There is also a celebrity cameo from P Diddy who spits his opinion in your face over classic 909 beats and eerie melodies.

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Tags: Berlin, DJ Hell, P Diddy

DJ Hell – The Angst Part 1 & The Angst Part 2 | Single Review

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 | Single Review | No Comments

The first single from DJ Hell’s new album Teufelswerk is to be The Angst & The Angst Part 2 where DJ Hell binds guitar folk melodies with the electronic preciseness of the techno and synth pop genres. The entire track is a massive progression from the folk end of the spectrum to the electronic. It begins with a gently strummed guitar riff which casually unfolds to subtle electronic beats and undertones, which gives it a slight Radiohead feel. As the track progresses, soaring vocal harmonies begin to carry the track away from the guitars towards the electronic end of the spectrum. Come the half way point and The Angst has completely transformed into a pulsating techno track with flashes of white noise and distorted synths. It’s an interesting and quite epic journey but I do wonder whether the full on techno ending is really needed.

Henrik Schwarz on the other hand offers to make The Angst a bit more formal by providing his “Innervision”. From the very beginning Schwarz sets out to create a techno come house track, using the folk elements to add texture to the track. The vocal harmonies are brought in early on to help with the gradual build of the intro. As more and more elements slide into the mix the track finally bursts at the seams with a distorted wall of synths. Whilst it is a little too drawn out it is a good interpretation of the original. However with this being Henrik Schwarz I was expecting a little more from him to make it more epic.

Tracklist (Click for Mp3):
1. The Angst & The Angst Pt. 2 [Original]
2. The Angst [Henrik Schwarz remix]

Tags: DJ Hell, Henrik Schwarz, Innervisions, Teufelswerk