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DJ T: Fabric 51 | Album Review

Monday, March 22nd, 2010 | Album Review | No Comments

Dusseldorf’s DJ T is quite the accomplished man. You may remember him from such endeavors as co-founding Get Physical and being part of that group of Germans that actually took over the world around during 2005. However for ol’ T dawg (that’s what I imagine MANDY and Bookashade might call him) that is just a notch on his extensive music bedpost which spans about 20 odd years. In those 20 years, › Continue reading

Tags: Bookashade, Danton Eeprom, DJ T, Fabric, GetPhysical, Groove Magazine, M.A.N.D.Y, Matias Aguayo, Monza, Nuno Dos Santos, Salax, TJ Kong, Wigald Boning

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

Tags: 8Bit, Ame, Audion, BeCool, Ben Klock, Bloop, BPitch Control, Busy P, Carl Craig, Cassy, City Hall, Club4, Culoe de Song, Dixon, DJ Koze, DJ T, Erol Alkan, Erol Alkan Presents Disco 3000, Grace Jones, Gui Burrato, Huw Stephens, James Murphy, James Ruskin, Jeff Mills, Kanna, Kompakt, Konono No1, Kubicle, La Roux, La Terrazza, Lazarus, Little Boots, Loco Dice, Luciano, Macarena, Marcel Dettmann, Marco Carola, Martin Buttrich, Matthew Dear, Micachu and The Shapes, Minimal Nation, mobilee, Moderat, Nick Curly, Nitsa, Orbital, Paco Osuna, Pat Mahoney, Pier Bucci, Radioslave, Richie Hawtin, Robert Hood, Secretsundaze, Sonar, Sonar 2009, Sugar Beach Club, Superpitcher, Tadeo, The Wizard, Villalo, Villalobos

GPM 100: Happy 100th Release GetPhysical! Review

Thursday, November 20th, 2008 | Music, Single Review | No Comments

It seems like yesterday when GetPhysical first broke onto the scene with MANDY’s Put Put in 2002. So I don’t know where that puts their world takeover with Body Language and Manderine Girl in 2005. That was release 27 and 29 respectively. Since then until now the GetPhysical clan have notched up 100 releases on their bed posts. To mark this century milestone they’ve brought in all their favourites to collaborate with each other on a nine track monster EP.

MANDY rekindle their partnership with Bookashade to come up with a Donut. No that’s not a derogatory term for the track it’s the title. They use some round beats and a bit of healthy wood percussion with whirling synths to create in moody bobbing monster. Its eerie and quirky but with a little funk to get down too. Its no Body Language, this is MANDY Vs Bookashade 2.0.

Two of my favourite producers the Italoboyz and Noze get together on Double Trouble. I’ve loved the way the Italoboyz cleverly sampled old jazz and jive records whilst the quirkiness of Noze is hilarious in a good way, however when they go head to head on Double Trouble its just disturbing. There are jazz drum and sax skits left, right and centre which make for an extremely scatty track. Then add the freaky vocal samples from Noze make for a sample martini shaken to hell. That said I’m sure the silliness of this track will find its niche at some German after after after party.

On Funkshovel, Lopazz and Heidi hit back with some attitude laden grooves. A ghetto tech bassline oozes attitude as basic yet intricate tom toms fidget along with a sporadic vocal sample. Its simple and o so diiiiirty. In a similar vein, Dakar and Siopis’ Dubai has the filthiest saw tooth bassline ever, combined with its big splashing drum hits results in a down and dirty mechanical boogie.

The other efforts from the other collaborations are also worthy, Einzelkind and Meat creates the simple and driving Gin which hums away brilliantly. The Djuma Soundsystem and Raz Ohara take on a slow italo disco form with piercing vocals, twinkling notes and a galloping electro synth. DJ T and Thomas Schumacher produce an intricate bubbling track with round bass and scatty woodblocks. And finally Patric Baumel with Cathlin Devlin and Tiger Stripes with Audiofly both create dark driving numbers.

Tracklisting
A M.A.N.D.Y vs Booka Shade – Donut
B1 Italoboyz vs Nôze – Double Trouble
B2 Dakar vs Siopis – Dubai
C DJ T. vs Thomas Schumacher – May Contain Nuts
D1 LOPAZZ vs Heidi – Funkshovel
D2 Einzelkind vs Meat – Gin

Digital
Patrice Bäumel vs Caitlin Devlin – 7 days
Djuma Soundsystem vs Raz Ohara – Zillion Lights
Tiger Stripes vs Audiofly – Hundra

Tags: Audiofly, Bookashade, Caitlin Devlin, Dakar, DJ T, Djuma Soundsystem, Einzelkind, get physical, Heidi, Italoboyz, Lopazz, M.A.N.D.Y, Meat, Noze, Patrice Baumel, Raz Ohara, Siopis, Thomas Schumacher, Tiger Stripes

DJ T – Outbreak Review

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 | Single Review | No Comments

DJ T, the Monza and Get Physical don is back with Outbreak, his first release in over a year since The Dawn. On Outbreak he serves up a 32oz cut of heavy tribal beats cooked raw. It’s a gutsy track which focuses on percussion, not getting too distracted by those things called melodies. It is quite simply seven minutes of heavy beats and intricate bongo percussion stopping for breath only occasionally. On the flip the True School mix takes a more drawn out Detroit approach. This mix takes its time in introducing the various elements of the track, starting with a Carl Craig Sandstorm-esque synth which then evolves and grows to include the other elements. It all accumulates at the end in a swirl of electronic sound. Both are excellent tracks, but the original mix makes you want to don some war paint and spears which always gets our vote.

DJ T – Outbreak is out now on Beatport

http://www.physical-music.com/

Tags: DJ T, get physical, Monza, outbreak