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Mar 02Lars Behrenroth DJ gigs | Lillet Lounge, Calle Larga y Benigno Malo, Cuenca, EcuadorFriday, 02 March 2012 10:00
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Roger 23, Elemental 7
Since emerging with a Swayzak cosign a decade ago, Roger 23 has maintained a pretty mellow release schedule, sporadically releasing on labels like Meakusma, Playhouse, and Volt Musik. He appears to be the kind of producer who only releases when he feels like it, less concerned about staying in the charts than simply enjoying the process. It absolutely shows on the three-track Elemental 7, his first effort for the fledgling Poisson Chat Musique label.
At nearly 10 minutes, the title track isn’t in a hurry to get anywhere, sunk into a hazy, sedate swirl of dubbed-out chords. It’s underlined by a pattering electro-inflected rhythm; and while the bass is forceful enough, both are there as guides more than anything else. The rhythm is a bit more pronounced on “No solution.” It’s a similarly gloopy dub-techno workout, but it has more momentum and the chords are more foreboding and spaced out. The comparatively brief “Ambient V” closes the record with choked, vibrating patterns. Short ambient pieces can sometimes seem tacked on, but the track is a concise summary of what makes the record worthwhile, a foggy, slow-motion landscape that seems content just subtly modulating. Like the tracks that precede it, it’s immersive without really trying to be.
Read more: http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/review/roger-23-elemental-7/
MP3: Javier Drada February 18, 2012
Javier Drada is back with another deep house installment.
Dan Loftus – Deep House Intro (Original Mix) [SLiCK Records]
David Kassi – Arahova (Marco Grandi Remix) [Ready Mix Records]
Elef – Tales Of 88 (Huxley Remix) [murmur]
Hard Ton – Not Again (Original Mix) [Toy Tonics]
Marcel Fermier – Hazy (Jackin Wez The Groovedoctor Remix) [Pole Position Recordings]
SKAM – Pudja (Original Mix) [Alive Recordings]
Stardust – Music sounds better with you (Dimitri from Paris & Bibi Anthem from Paris Edit)
Alex Sosa – I Love Soul (Tiago Lobo 90s Remix) [Alma Soul Music]
Berardino Sonatore – Special Days (Original Mix) [Ospina Digital]
Haldo – I Cant Wait feat Melanie Gerren (Trufos Rough Edit) [Proceed Records]
London Fm Irregular Synth – Did You Know (Original Mix) [Baile Musik]
DJ GROUCH – TO SHINE (ORIGINAL MIX)
Whitney Houston – Love Will Save The Day (P.Lopez Remix)
Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know (Dj Dino & ChrisIDH rmx)
Depeche Mode – I Feel Loved (DSF REMIX)
Spanky Monkey – Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (Original Mix) [Mighty Moog Records]
Huxley – Shape (Aki Bergen) [Neurotraxx Deluxe]
Waze Odyssey – Feel The Music (Original Mix) [petFood]
Toky – About You (Original Mix) [NM2 Noir Music 2]
Toky – About You (Hot Since 82 Remix) [NM2 Noir Music 2]
Javier Drada February 18, 2012 by javierdrada
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Javier Drada February 18, 2012 by javierdrada
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VIDEO: Juste Debout Judge Performances Amsterdam 2012
House Dancing. 100% flava!
Forever, Openends Productions & Global Nomads Productions present the performances of the four Judges.. CALEAF, KEI, P. LOCK and NIAKO at Juste Debout Amsterdam 2012.
Read more: http://bouncefm.com/video-juste-debout-judge-performances-amsterdam-2012/
Dennis Ferrer: Catch Him If You Can
Resting on your laurels will never be his catch phrase. In fact, Dennis is so ahead of the game, it's impossible to keep up with him. Both blessed and cursed with a monster hit of epic proportions, he's managed to keep true to the philosophy which he has repeated time and time again: You're only as good as your last record ... Read more: http://www.5chicago.com/features/february2012/dennis-ferrer/index.html
Lazer Sword prep second album, Memory
Read more: http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=15915
Max for Live Gems: Easier MIDI Mapping, Automation Recording, and Alternative Sequencing
As Max for Live has matured, this tool for extending the functionality of Ableton Live has played host to a growing wave of brilliant custom tools – enough so that it can be hard to keep track. This month saw a few that deserve special mention. In particular, two tools help make MIDI mapping and automation recording easier in Live, and point the way for what the host itself could implement in a future update. (Live 9, we’re looking at you.) And in a very different vein, from Max for Live regular Protofuse, we see an intriguing alternative approach to sequencing.
Clip Automation does something simple: it patches a limitation in Live itself, by allowing you to record mapped automation controls directly in the Session View clips. (As the developer puts it, it grabs your “knob-twisting craziness in Session View.”) The work of Tête De Son (Jul), it’s an elegant enough solution that I hope the Abletons take note.
Mapulator goes even further, re-conceiving how mapping in general works in Ableton – that is, how Live processes a change in an input (like a knob) with a change in a parameter (like a filter cutoff). Live does allow you to set minimum and maximum mappings, and reverse direction of those mappings. But the interpolation between the two is linear. Mapulator allows you to ramp in curves or even up and down again.
There’s more: you can also control multiple parameters, each at different rates. And that can be a gateway into custom devices, all implemented in control mappings. BentoSan writes:
For example, if you wanted to create a delay effect that morphs into a phaser, then cuts out and finally morphs into a reverb with an awesome freeze effect, you would be able to do this with just a single knob…
Again, this seems to me not just a clever Max for Live hack, but an illustration of how Ableton itself might work all the time, in that it’s a usable and general solution to a need many users have. Sometimes the itch Max for Live patchers scratch is an itch other people have, too.
Lots of additional detail and the full download on the excellent DJ TechTools:
Mapulator: An Advanced MIDI Mapping Tool for Ableton
Protoclidean We’ve seen Euclidean rhythms many times before, but this takes the notion of these evenly-spaced rhythmic devices to a novel sequencer. Developed by Julien Bayle, aka artist Protofuse, the Max for Live device is also a nice use of JavaScript in Max patching. See it in action in the video above. There are custom display options for added visual feedback, and whereas we’ve seen Euclidean notions in use commonly with percussion, the notion here is melodic gestures. Additional features:
- Eight channels
- Independent pitch, velocity, and offset controls
- Scale mapping
- For percussion, map to General MIDI drum maps (Eep – darn you, English, we’re using the word “map” a lot!)
- Randomization
- MIDI thru, transport sync, more…
More information:
http://designthemedia.com/theprotoclidean
Voices From The Lake, Voices From The Lake
[Prologue]
Donato Dozzy cuts a neat line in skewed, after-hours techno that leans toward the twisted and melodic. Championed by Omar-S, his tracks have found an appreciative audience in venues such as Panorama Bar where — unrestrained by traditional notions of time — they provide a perfect soundtrack to messy daytime sessions. On this album, however, Dozzy and engineer Neel provide something rather different. A selection of increasingly hypnotic tracks that immerse the listener in a sultry tribal pulse — and a concept LP of sorts — Voices From The Lake takes inspiration from natural tranquility, but retains a steadying and soothing functionality.
Opener, “Iyo,” sets the scene with a field recording of waterfalls imposed against a collection of scattered hats, synth drones, and delayed rimshots. The humidity is palpable and a pleasing atmosphere of tropical sloth prevails. Continuing with “Vega,” a stronger 4/4 joins the mix, alongside a subtle vignette of echo-enriched piano hits and various layers of percussion. The subtle progression throughout tracks is hypnotic. Each bleeds slowly into the next — tribal workouts that build definitely, but somehow imperceptibly. A sense of release comes in the form of a simple chord progression in “S.T.” (VTFL Rework). This four-chord melody marks the turning point for the record into slightly clearer waters for a scant five minutes before a darker return on “Meikyu,” a 10-minute epic that works the percussive elements from the previous tracks into a peaking maelstrom.
This is a record that has a palpable and enveloping physical presence, inviting you to engage with it in one uninterrupted sitting. Voices From The Lake provides an atmosphere of intense concentration and beautifully renders natural majesty in opposing shades. Dozzy and Neel have created something rather unique here, and prove that the art of the after-hours LP is alive and well in 2012. Give this record the time it so richly deserves, and it will pay back in dividends.
Read more: http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/review/voices-from-the-lake-voices-from-the-lake/
