Posts Tagged ‘minimal’

Sven Väth is a DJ. The turntables are his medium of choice. But his fans and followers rather perceive him as some kind of a magician, a spirit, a shaman. Although Väth’s work transcends into performance art, architecture and design, his preferred way of communication is music. Techno and House are his inborn language, his [...]


For the first time in its history, Sónar, the International Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art, will be split between two venues. As part of the Xacobeo Jubilee Year, Sónar travels along the Way of Saint James, and will take place simultaneously in A Coruña and Barcelona. As a result, there will be a [...]


Germany-based imprint Freude Am Tanzen delivers their first ever CD album in the form of Marek Hemmann’s debut LP “In Between”, continuing the label’s strong pedigree within the wonderful worlds of house and techno.


“Dance Baby” sees Solomun further refine his craft and delivering an album which provides a neat but powerful insight into not just house itself, but his very personal view of the genre and it’s development. Just as early house did, “Dance Baby” distils disco, soul, funk and electronic sounds into a heady mix which flows [...]


Being a key member of the worshipped Minus family, Magda is used to being propelled into the fast moving, cutting whirr of the hype machine, but she doesn’t really pay it any mind. “I’m not really into this hype thing; I think it’s kind of silly. What really matters is to develop your own ideas [...]


After numerous highly acclaimed EP releases, Amsterdam based label Delsin is proud to present the debut album of the mysterious masked producer Redshape. One of techno’s most enigmatic figures, Berlin based Redshape produces timeless analogue techno with a Detroit edge. Rarely interviewed and with his identity kept a well guarded secret, Redshape’s reclusive persona contributes [...]


Celebrating 10 years of refining its highly personal vision of underground electronic dance music, Circus Company presents Snuggle & Slap, a two-CD compilation balancing contemporary house music with more idiosyncratic submissions. It’s more than just a label sampler: many of the artists included here appear two or even three times, having been afforded the opportunity [...]


Ever since 2007’s operatic anthem, “Viktor Casanova”, for Claude Von Stroke’s Mothership imprint, Italoboyz releases have been highly anticipated but none more so than “Bla Bla Bla”, the duo’s debut long player. Otherwise know as Marco Denato and Federico Marton, Italoboyz have used the past two years to tour the world and create outstanding releases. [...]


Known for rocking clubs and releasing a string of killer twelves, Belfast-based Phil has hooked up with German powerhouse Cocoon in recent times. Sven Väth’s label is now about to release “Shh”, a groundbreaking piece of work that will undoubtedly gain Phil plaudits across theboard.


Situated by the river Spree, known for it’s first-rate lineups of international talent and of course it’s famous wall to wall LED dance floor installation, the Watergate Club in Berlin has quickly become one of the world’s leading dance music clubs. Only 5 years after it’s official opening the club now goes a step further [...]