“Old School But Good School” dj set by Franck De Villeneuve

You’re going to like the Podcast #9 on OSBGS blog mixed by French dj/producer Franck De Villeneuve.

At Old School But Good School, as the name of the blog suggests, they like old school tunes from acid to detroit from techno to the whole analogue world.

This time monsieur De Villeneuve digged deep in his vinyl collection and mixed up this great set with lots of undiscussed  gems and new discoveries (to me at least). Dave Clarke, Derrick May, Emmanuel Top, Plastikman, Jeff Mills, Adam Beyer, System 7 they’re all featured on this mix

Here’ the track list and make sure to show Franck some love!

Kraftwerk – Intermission – Capitol (1975)
Teste – Spatialk (5am synaptic) – Probe records (1992)
Plastikman – DRP / Plasticity – Plus 8 (1993)
G-Man – Continue – i220 (1999)
John Creamer & Stephane K – Forget the world – White X (2004)
Paul Rogers – Krafty (GPal pandesia dub mix) – Sumsonic (2002)
Derrick May – To be or not to be (J.Q. public mix) – Sony music (1997)
Dave Clarke – No one’s driving (Chemical brother’s mix) – Bush (1996)
M. Mayer – Pride is weaker than love – Kompakt extra (2002)
Emmanuel Top – Static – Triangle (1995)
Emmanuel Top – Ecsta deal – Attack (1994)
Scanx – Earthquake (dry mix) – FCom (1996)
Dave Clarke – The Storm (vocal) – Re-load (1995)
Fumiya Tanaka – Away go up – Torema records (1998)
777 – Alpha wave (Plastikman acid house mix) – Astralwerks (1995)
Jeff Mills – The purpose maker – Axis (1995)
DJ ESP – One with the Universe (Vocal meditation mix) – Communique records (2005)
Adam Beyer – Compressed (B1) – Drumcode (1996)
System 7 – Rings of fire (Volcaniq mix) – Butterfly records (1998)
Kraftwerk – Radio Stars – Capitol (1975)
Kraftwerk – Uranium – Capitol (1975)




while listening to the set you can take a tour over the pages of this blog… I went directly on their Techno Session with plenty of great 90′s techno tracks.

Franck De Villeneuve official website : www.franckdevilleneuve.com

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Filed under: techno music, detroit techno, dj mix, techno, jeff mills, Derrick May, detroit techno, Franck De Villeneuve, Old School But Good School, OSBGS, podcast, acid, dave clarke, Plastikman, System 7, Emmauel Top

Peter Meatman – DARK SHADOW OF THE BUTTERFLY (Gabe DM remix)

I am very happy to share with you a massive release by Peter Meatman, incuding my remix, released on John Ov3rblast‘s label Spaceal Orbeats Records.

The ep contains two tracks by Peter Meatman and three remixes by Saint Louis, Kaan Koray and me.

“Gabe DM remix it’s a detroit remix, edgy one,acid lines waving across the phones”

Filed under: detroit techno, electronica, GabeDM, techno music, Dark Shadow of the Butterfly, detroit techno, Dj Saint Louis, Gabe DM, John Ov3rblast, kaan koray, Peter Meatman, Progressive House, Spaceal Orbeats Records

Eddie Hu – TAOISM (Gabe DM remix)

yo!

In case you missed it, this is my version of Eddie Hu’s TAOISM, the original track and 4 remixes are out on Revox Records and available at every major web music store.

apart from the wonderful art work, the release includes the original by Eddie Hu, plus the remixes by me, Wanghart (also check his Metamorphosis radio show broadcasted on Intersonik Radio), Chris Carini and Willo Schubarth.

 

regarding my remix, it’s a very slow and dubby track

 

 

 

 

share it and comment it, if you like it

 

 

 

Filed under: electronica, GabeDM, techno music, Chris Carini, Eddie Hu, electronica, Gabe DM, original, remix, Revox records, Taoism, tech house, Wangarth, Willo Schubarth

SUBSEKT Techno Community: an inspiring place.

 

Subsekt is a great forum and a passionate community of techno lovers. In there you will share thoughts and techniques with great and established producers like Mattias Fridell or Voidloss, Aka-Carl plus lots of young and talented ones as Mslwte or Autologic and many others for you to discover (there is a great section about new producers suggestions).

I really enjoy this community as everyone is ready to help and sharing their skills which is the best thing it can happen to a curious techno producer like me and you

In Subsekt you can scroll through geeky posts about hardware and compression techniques or take a break watching photos (I got to say how much I was shocked one day looking through the nice pics section  finding a weird pic of someone’s legs coming out from a thrashcan and realize that pic was taken on the street where I live in Rome…jeeeez) but also you can read about parties all around europe.

 

but most of all you can listen to great contemporary, underground, unique techno in its countless facets.

 

now you are ready to join SUBSEKT.

Filed under: society, techno music, Aka-Carl, Autologic, dj, forum, Gabe DM, mattias fridell, Mslwte, Nomad Spectrum, producer, subsekt, techno, Voidloss

Meet Michael Ballus and his analogue artillery

I am pleased to introduce you a great producer called Michael Ballus.

His love for analogue instruments is enormous and in his bunker in Bad Driburg – it’s the real name, I myself thought it was Michael saying his town was “bad” but… it’s the city’s real name – close to Kassel in Germany, there Michael collects and plays many juicy analog machines.

Michael grew up with friends like Gabriel Ananda (Trapez), Alex Multhaupt (Karmarouge) and Graziano Avitabile (Platzhirsch Schallplatten) all of them transmitted to Michael the love for hardware and djing.

He produces only on hardware synths and boxes, bypassing completely any computer based sequencer or Vst instruments and Vst efx, because he says they sound cold.

I asked him what was his favourite piece of gears he owns and heanswered it’s the analog synth Deep Bass Nine and the 808 clone Mam Adx-1 .

Complementary to his analogue artillery Michael often uses his own field recordings of natural sound processed to get unique hats and snares – this tecnique is nowadys used by many producers as TommyFourSeven, Plastikman and myself (eheheh).

Actually he’s looking for a serious label to release his deep tracks and he’s also working on some new ambient music projects.

I really love Michael’s  webcam video in which he plays live his own tracks in the studio, YouTube is full of such videos, be sure to check them out so to get a taste of his incredibly elegant sound and analogue warmth.

Here’s a couple of links:

so far he released for Rumpfunk Records two deep and experimental lps full of techno, electronica and ambient: Waldgedicht EP (October 2008) and In Weiter Ferne which registers the label’s downloads record: 60.000!!! being Rumpfunk a netlabel you can freely download both of them

Last cool things about Michael, he’s an hardcore gamer, those fps games in which you roam around with a big gun in your hands trying to shoot enemies, actually his web clan is Homefront’s number one in the world . wow! – this is why you can see homefront’s big poster stuck on Michael studio wall.

Now let’s hit play and drown deeply with michael’s warm music.

Filed under: ambient music, art, detroit techno, electronica, live set, net label, techno music, Uncategorized, videoclip, 808, Alex Multhaupt, analog, analog instruments, analog synth, analogue instruments, Ballus, bloefeld, Deep Bass Nine, deep techno, detroit, detroit techno, gabriel ananda, Graziano Avitabile, hardware, homefront, In Weiter Ferne, Karmarouge, live set, Mam Adx-1, Michael ballus, Platzhirsch Schallplatten, Rumpfunk Records, techno, techno electronica, tommy foru seven, Trapez, vst instruments, Waldgedicht EP, waldorf, www youtube

“Twelve Grapes” included in Revox’s TWO, a superb compilation!

Right at the end of 2011 Revox Records released a compilation called TWO featuring many artist from their rooster, including my track called Twelve Grapes.

The compilation is really great with lots of friends featured: Chris Venola, Jesse Oo Roc, Eddie Hu, Eric Reivolp, Chris Carini, Sinus O, so fojust 10 bucks you get 13 original tracks to start the year in a deep and fresh way.

my track is called Twelve Grapes and it’s a deep and slightly dub tech tune. it contains a field recording of my friends at the 2010 new year’s eve party we had at our house during wich we followed the spainsh tradition of the “campanadas” or “uvadas” consisting in eating 12 grapes over the last 12 seconds of the year. Definitely it was fun and we were all mouth fulled with grapes and laughs. I love my friends and I wanted to celebrate them this way

 

here’s Twelve Grapes for you to listen:

 

 

Filed under: detroit techno, electronica, GabeDM, techno music, beatport exclusive, campanadas, Chris Carini, Chris Venola, Eddie Hu, Eric Reivolp, field recording, Gabe DM, House, Jesse Oo Roc, new years' eve, original tracks, Revox records, RVRD019, Sinus O, tech house, techno, twelve grapes, TWO, uvada

Something Leninist included in IPO//030. a superb compilation

Ipoligica Recordings’ guys are back with this excellent compilation featuring many great producers and friends.

IPO//030 is available now only at beatport Exclusive (bhuuuuu) but will be sold on every major web music store shortly, so for all of you who don’t have a beatport account (or just hate beatport) be patient and wait for your favourite web store to sell this compilation in the near future.

the compilation contains “12 tracks by 12 different artists. A concept where the pure electronic music and experimental (Gianluca Angelini – boss at ANG rec, Giulio Maresca – boss at Ipologica Recordings, Miquel Salla) through the deep sounds (Gabe Dm, Alveol, Enrico Sedda, Yuuki Hori, Gabriele Brunno – boss at NGB) and dub-techno sounds (Ness, Gale Talk) ending up in things hybrid, more acid (Kawatin) and mental (Fabio Sestili – also boss at Ipologica Recordings). An image of a beautiful label that has as a common denominator: the love for the sound class and its roots in electronic music”.

I really like the music in this compilation, particularly the first track scored by Alveol, which is a great producer and a very sweet guy.

I would like to make a special mention to the track called Soundtrack by Giulio Maresca who shows here his more intimate and delicate side, he’s not only a fine techno dj but also a great producer with a good taste and strong technique.

personally I also like the track by Miquel Salla, it’s got good synths sounds, sparkling hats and stompig kick. I also like the Ness’ one it’s got his particular dub touch which defines his style.

my track?…it’s just a piece of vintage sounding sovietic dancefloor stomper (or at least this is what I imagine sovietic youth to dance in their uniform when they party on the 23 of february for the day of Indipendence). this is it:

comment or criticize it if you feel like

 

in the end… the compi is great and you should buy it as a christmas gift for your top quality seeker friends I am so proud to be part of it!

Filed under: ambient music, detroit techno, electronica, GabeDM, techno music, Alveol, beatport, beatport exclusive, deep, deep techno, dub, dub techno, Enrico Sedda, experimental, Fabio Sestili, Gabe DM, Gabriele BRunno, Gale Talk, Gianluca Angelini, Giulio Maresca, ipologica recoridings, Kawatin, Miquel Salla, Ness, something leninist, sovietic, techno, vintage, vintage sounding sovietic dancefloor stomper, Yuuki Hori

meet the mysterious RROSE

 

my ears are frying and I am crying out of joy.

this is RROSE

Filed under: ambient music, art, electronica, techno music, Rrose, Sandwell District, techno

MiMi, a record label.

I recently discovered this little but very unique net label called MiMi, a net label which released so far 179 (!!!) albums and eps.

 

Mimi covers many music genres: pop (electronic or acoustic), ambient, electronica, field recordings. Every release is special of his own and if you add the fact that everything (!!!) is downloadable for free you get a very special pack, with lots of goodies, to spend the next 100 hours of your listening-to-new-inspiring-stuff time.

I started from Mi176 a release from N-qia called Sweet Sequence EP, a glitchy/acoustic/electronic pop 4 tracks album from this avant-garde band from Tokyo: it’s unique and really inspiring, every detail is so impressively tidy and so solidly produced that is a joy especially  for my lately over stressed techno abused ears

Randomly you can playlist any of Mimi’s 179 releases, for example Spatial White Noise (Mi 106) which starts with a spoken words intro (some field recordings of a tv and noise in the background) to introduce a hyper relaxed acoustic song, very gentle until crazy noises start to raise along with chorus made of loooong vowels … it seems to be in a dream or in some dilated atmos like The Doors’ psychedelic trips. Very slurpy I must say.

Another aspect of uniqueness of Mimi is the geographic provenience, if you look the graphics and the elegance and sobriety  of the website anyone would undoubtedly say “far east….Japan!” but then, you hit the contact link, and this address pop up:

“MiMi Records
A/C Fernando Ferreira
Bairro António Sérgio, Bloco C1-2esq
3020-078 Coimbra – PORTUGAL”

….yes….Portugal?….yes!.

See, it’s funny but hey it’s Portugal nothing Japanese at all.

This made me reconsider some past roommate’s bad experience I had with Portugueses, definitely I want to meet more Portuguese ppl as Fernando! Cause he’s doing a great great superb job!

the real reason for this strange connection is explained here

Anyway let’s stick to the subject:

Mimi has it all: do you like Ambient? Then check She Sings Sea Songs (Mi115) by Linda Bjalla so comfy and interesting it become my daily working soundtrack since two weeks.

Or you prefer more electronic groovy tunes? Then I suggest you to listen to Hiroshi Hirose a.k.a archidelic’s “Hairline Drawing” (mi007): sweet and smart micro-sampling IDM electronic.

If you are in a mood for some “new wave/electro pop/slow ambient intros” tunes (eheheh…) check Lili Hirakawa’s Spectrum Ep (Mi095) a beauty if his own, or Alektronic’ Birds Ep (Mi135).

Final word for Oporto’s producer ocp, because his 1234 ep is experimental and techno and glitch and noisy (and minimal and contemporary as I like).

Mimi records is what I like from a net label: free to download (of course), experimental, good quality, hidden gems, perfectly run.

Mimi has so many treasures for you to discover that will bring you through a journey of inspiring and quality music for the next winter months.

Filed under: ambient music, art, electronica, net label, techno music, 1234 ep, Alektronic, Birds Ep, free download, Hairline Drawing, Hiroshi Hirose a.k.a archidelic, japan, Lili Hirakawa, Linda Bjalla, MiMi, N-qia, ocp, Portugal, She Sings Sea Songs, Spatial White Noise, Spectrum Ep, Sweet Sequence

IQSV ep out now on Beatport Exclusive plus a gift for you!

IQSV, my newest ep is finally out, at the moment you can download your copy  only @ Beatport Exclusive.

the ep is getting good feedbacks from international djs and radio speakers like Paco Osuna (!), Alex Kennon, Electrosound.tv, Robert Grand (additan radio), Catastrophic (Tunnel FM – Sweden), Steve Parry (Juice FM), Richie Hawtin (!), Klangware, Claude VonStroke, Tsugi magazine, Todd Burns (Resident Advisor), Björn Bender (ClubTime.fm, HouseTime.fm), Joy Kitikonti, and more to come… so I am very excited and hope to get new fans and new contacts.

the ep consist of three tracks of deep tech and tribal techno. I especially love the track called IQSV which I suggest you to check and share comments.

gift for today! the first ten that will share the ep on their facebook wall will get a free donwload of one track of your choiche from the IQSV ep

the ep is inspired by the tragic events that took place in 1878 in Tuscany (in Arcidosso as the first track is titled) you can read all the info in my Facebook Fan Page.

the ep is out for top taiwanese label Revox Records so I suggest you to go to their website and have a look and open your ears!

again the ep is mastered by Sebastian Fishbeck at Arktis Studio in Berlin which did a woderful job on my poor and sucky mixes I want you to listen to his incredibly cool new songs at his Facebook FanPage. please do it you won’t regret it!

 

bye and please partecipate at the contest and win!

 

Filed under: GabeDM, techno music, Arktis Mastering, beatport, Gabe DM, GabeDM, history, In Arcidosso, IQSV, IQSV ep, minimal techno, music, povero prete, Revox records, techno