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Ben Klock – Berghain 04 | Album Review

Sunday, July 11th, 2010 | Album Review | No Comments

People say Berlin and for many walls and sausages spring to mind. However for a growing number of people Berlin means techno and Berghain. The hedonistic club has become synonymous with European clubbing, which has seen people travelling from far and wide to be turned away at the door by its mysterious and sporadic door policy. This adds to the mystic and allure of the place where cameras are forbidden and various urban myths have perpetuated their way through clubbing knitting circles. One thing that isn’t a mystery is the Berghain sound, devised by its two residents Marcel Dettmann and Ben Klock. The dark and subtly punishing sounds of Berghain have become legendary through the magical club but also further afield via the record label Ostgut Ton. It’s on this label where the Berghain mix series has been running for the last five years. The critically acclaimed Berghain 02 was mixed by the club’s first son Dettmann, which really brought the sound to the masses. Two years on and the fourth instalment falls to the club’s second son – Klock. But in a world where the Berghain sound is admired, adored and imitated, how much of an impact can Klock’s mix make? › Continue reading

Tags: Ben Klock, Berghain, Berlin, DVS1, James Ruskin, Junior Boys, Kevin Gorman, Marcel Dettmann, Mikhail Breen, Ostgut Ton, Rolando, STL, Tyree

Jesus Died So We Could Rave for Two Extra Days – Easter Weekend Update!

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 | Event Preview | No Comments

A weekend bookended by bank holidays, don’t you just love Easter. Jesus died so we could rave for four days with out feeling guilty about work. I’m pretty sure that’s what it said in the bible. Plenty of stuff on so I won’t ramble on in this blasphemous theme.

Thursday

Secretsundaze @ Stamford Works (Buy Tickets)

Ooo its nearly time for Secretsundaze to emerge from its winter cocoon and head back out into the great outdoors. I cannie wait. But just to wet your whistle they’re throwing a Bank Holiday warehouse party this Thursday. I remember reading somewhere that its at the great little warehouse called the Stamford Works in Dalston where the recent DDD birthday took place. Its round the back of the Jazz Bar and Kingsland Road station. However I can’t find where I read that, so the official word is its in Dalston and yet to be announced. For the line-up they’ve got a veteran of the New York scene Morgan Geist of Metro Area fame, whilst in support they have new comer Nina Kraviz who’s found breaking fame on Radioslave’s Rekids. › Continue reading

Tags: 93 Feet East, Argy, Bearweasel, Beats in Space, Bedrock, Ben Klock, Carl Cox, Chris Box, Chris Sullivan, Chris Wan, Christian Smith, Cocoon, Craig Richards, Danny Howells, DDD, Derren Smart, DFA, Disco Bloodbath, DJ Pierre, DOP, East Village, Einzelkind, Electric Minds, Fabric, Floating Points, Frank Tope, Fuse, Geddes, Giles Smith, Great Suffolk Street Car Park, Greg Wilson, Guido Schneider, Heidi, Hewett Street Car Park, Holic, Horse and Groom, Horse Meat Disco, James Priestley, John Digweed, Jozif, Lakuti, Layo and Bushwacka, Lean Left, Levon Vincent, Lobster, Loco Dice, Makai, Marcel Dettmann, Marco Bailey, Matt Tolfrey, matter, Metro Area, Morgan Geist, Mulletover, Nina Kravis, Paul Louth, Pete Herbert, Product, Prologue, Radioslave, Rekids, Resident Advisor, Rock Steady, Secretsundaze, Shake It, Shoplifter, Simon Morrell, Sven Vath, Tayo, The Horatia, Tim Sweeney, Tim Xavier, Tommy Four Seven, Transition, Visions Video Bar, Wbeeza, Wet Yourself, Will Saul

The Early Bird Catches the Sonar Worm | Festival Preview

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 | Event Preview | No Comments

We’re barely out of January but thoughts are already turning to summer festival activities. If you were militantly organised you would have booked your Glasto ticket back in October. Crazy, I know. But the early bird catches the worm and all that. Another early bird special on the go is EarPipe favourite Sonar festival. Situated in and around the city of Barcelona over 3 days and 2 nights, Sonar combines forward thinking music and the multimedia arts to create a diverse and fun filled festival to the backdrop of a beautiful city. Ok the night time events in an exhibition hall on an industrial estate do lack that modernist Gaudi finesse you might expect from Barcelona, but the climate and music definitely make up for that. Also, during the day you’re based in the city so you’re free to explore all over as opposed to being penned in some camp site for the whole weekend. That pretty much sums up the whole weekend for Sonar – you get all the delights of a music festival, yet you have the freedom to explore Barcelona itself, and none of this camping bollocks, just festivals, parties and when you need it, beds, showers and running water. › Continue reading

Tags: Air, Barcelona, Grace Jones, Hawtin, Jeff Mills, LCD Soundsystem, Marcel Dettmann, Orbital, Richie Hawtin, Sonar

The Weekend Reprise – Contakt, Ministry Birthday, Aphex Twin, Secretsundaze & WYS!

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 | Event Preview | No Comments

I don’t know why but the last weekend in September always seems to be unnecessarily massive. Maybe because it’s the start of uni and the clubs want to start with a bang to get the kids hooked in? Guess it makes sense. Get em whilst they’re young and all that.

So what does the weekend have installed for all these younguns? Well the question should probably more what doesn’t the weekend have installed.

Contakt with Richie Hawtin

For one more time this year London will be graced with the last Contakt show for the year. It’s been almost a year since they last step foot in London and almost a year and a half since they started doing the show. If you haven’t heard by now the Contakt concept brings the Minus clan together, allowing them to perform as one unit set to the backdrop of some impressive visuals. Basically it’s an elaborate back to back session with all the Minus producers in front of a massive LED display showing some incredible trippy visuals. › Continue reading

Tags: Ali Dem, Ali Demirel, Ambivalent, Aphex Twin, Barem, Brixton Academy, Contakt, Dixon, Fabric, Fabrizio Maurizi, Gaiser, Heartthrob, JPLS, Luke Vibert, Magda, Marc Houle, Marcel Dettmann, matter, Ministry, Ministry of Sound, Minus, Nick Warren, Richie Hawtin, Sasha, Secretsundaze, Troy Pierce, Wet Yourself

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

Tags: Berghain, Black Pearl, Bloody Mary, BPitch Control, Butane, Contexterrior, Crosstown Rebels, Ellen Allien, Endless Forms, Jay Haze, Marcel Dettmann, Minimal Nation, Mutation, Planet M, Robert Hood

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