Art Department_Promo Mix by JazzMostWanted
Everyone’s talking about the induced sound’s coming from the “Art Department”, a new project by Kenny Glasgow & Jonny White. The anticipated releases from this crew will arrive on Crosstown Rebels based in Toronto. Notable tracks on this mix are: Art Department - Without you, Art Department - Vampire Nightclub feat Seth Troxler, Lee Foss - Hot Natured, Jamie Jones ft. Art Department - Our Time In Liberty and smany smore!
Here’s the latest installment from Greta Cottage Workshop,
Rich Jones ~ Components For The Journey E.P (GCW014)
Tracks: Metro Suns, Myriad, Transistor Fudge, Get along
“We at the Cottage feel that the Components For The Journey E.P is a fitting follow up to Mudkids offering from us last time out : Dance Floor Material for Stoners perhaps? Grooves that have got as much significance for your Brain as they have your dancing shoes.”
Greta Cottage Workshop & 240Volts cutting vinyl.
Waking the Dead live by apricot
Influenced by the joy, the pain, the questions, the answers and sometimes even the silliness of life, David Hopper aka Apricot transmits life conduits with his sound. We’ve posted a few tracks, feel free to explore more on his soundcloud… let it rain on you.
“Music is how I process life, each piece is usually influenced by a moment or a feeling. I just create, capture and cope. It’s usually exploratory in nature as well, I’m always searching for the truth of what this life experience is all about. Utilizing the power of creation to hopefully unlock some universal truth’s… especially in age where deception is all around.”
a message from Apricot:
my name is david.
i am a monster.
these are my sketches.
be genuine.
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Sacramento Artist & DJ, Alex Trujillo(ALX-T) has coined this electric painted lady of the night, the VYNX. “I love creating characters, scenes, shapes that play into future retro-ism.” Inspired by electronic music of Giorgio Moroder, the movies Weird Science & Metropolis and the sexy robot girls by Hajime Sorayama.
Coming works include: Italian Cubism, Bondage, ?????? who knows.
“History has spawned hundreds of genius double acts where two minds and talents collide to form something innovative and artistically challenging. Unfortunately, Spirit Catcher are just a pair of European weirdos”. Spirit Catcher is Jean Vanesse (Belgian engineer) and Thomas Sohet (keyboard player). Two guys performing live techno using analogue/digital devices. Together, they take you on a timeless journey, of harmonic sounds… funky and fresh techno… a cosmic boogie.
Visao: Looks like both of you were born to play music, share the same passion in influence and modern music. How did the name Spirit Catcher come about?
SC: The name ‘Spirit Catcher’ came from an art piece in Ontario of the same name. It’s a huge steel “bird looking” spirit catcher, based in the middle nature. We really loved how it looks and how it’s involved in it’s surroundings. It has a real touch with your soul when you watch it, and we wish to have the same kind of feeling when you listen to our music. It’s a mix between modern art and solid techniques from the past. We wish to work in the same vein when we produce music, involving old analogue machines with the latest music production technologies. Our approach is to make the most timeless music we can by giving a true expression of our spirits, more than trying to get involved in the latest hypes.
Visao: Can you tell us what you’re currently doing in your live performances?
SC: Well, we like to mix all the styles we’re inspired or influenced by, it ranges from older funk based elements to techno. We come on stage with all our analogue apps and use our fingers on white and black keys, pads and knobs 
Of course we use laptops to run the basics of the tracks, but most of the things are controlled by analogue devices.
Visao: You guys toured Japan in 08’ and looks like you fell in love with the culture. What were some highlights from that year?
SC: 2008 was indeed a crazy year for us. We were always on the road (or should I say in the sky);-)). Of course we’re fallen in love with Japan. Lots of djs/producers who played there will have the same kind of discourse about the Japanese crowd. With their energy, they’re really able to push you out of any habits you can have when you’re constantly touring. It’s like a ping pong between you and the crowd, if you give more, they do too and nobody knows where it gonna stop So it’s a never ending climb to a climax that stops with the last bit of sound of your set, it’s just the way it is, when the Japanese goes to the clubs!
Now, i must say that we have a lot of other highlights from 2008, or 2007, etc.. Different from Japan, but outstanding too. Actually, we couldn’t really say a place we shouldn’t have been. Each one has it’s own style and that’s what makes this life we live, a real blast!!
Visao: You’re on tour now how’s it going so far?
SC: It’s good man! We had a really nice time in Denver and Smart Bar in Chicago. Some people were expecting us for a long time (it’s not so easy to organize a tour in the US for a live duo), so it was really good to finally get here. For the rest, beginning of this week was a great time in Chicago, visiting the city. Enjoying American culture with architectural stuff and good food! Yesterday, we had the best cheeseburger EVER, in my life!! ;-)))) I’m just wondering who’s gonna make one better than that. You could even feel the SOUL of the cow in the meat. lol
Visao: I completely fell in love with the Sedona E.P. on Systematic, it’s simply fresh and very fashion forward. Tell us your approach on this E.P. and Marc Romboy’s interest with you guys on the label? Also, “Secret Stranger” on Rebirth?
SC: Hmmmm, that’s a huge question. It’s not quite that easy to explain how a track is born and how a relationship with a label can start on good basis. I think it’s a question of a vibe we were able to produce on Sedona, Marc Romboy and us are probably on the same wave length on music. Secret Stranger, was a one off track we did for an album on Rebirth, in then we ended up releasing it as a maxi.
Visao: If you could picture Spirit Catcher as an 80’s game, movie or toy what would it be?
SC: It’s funny that you ask that because before coming in US, we were in Japan (again ;-)) and we visited a vintage video game spot with all the great game boards from 80’s and 90’s. We were super excited and put a lot of pictures of those jewels on our Facebook. Many of those games can really depict our style of music. Now, I’d have to say without a doubt, the movie “Tron”.
Visao: Can you tell us a little about your next album to be released on Systematic?
SC: Like for our live show, we wanted to involve the widest range of our music likes and influences. There’s a lot of down-tempo tracks inspired by the 80’s made for home listening and some uplifting dance floor tracks made for a party and/or fast car listening. It’s a challenge and taking us a longer time to pull all those elements together without a feeling of a ‘compilation CD’, it’s going to vary quite a bit, but in a good way. We hope that now, nobody will be tempted to push skip button when they listen to it! I say this for the people who will make the effort to buy it for the ‘album CD’ which is less and less the case with Beatport, unfortunately. We’ve included a lot of transitions and interludes between tracks which acts as a transit from one universe to another one.
Visao: What are your interests outside of the music?
SC: It quite different for Jean and I. Jean is a really big fan of cinema. It’s awesome to explore his DVD collection because you can choose to follow a director or actor of a certain period. I(Thomas) actually like architecture and interior design and sketching out cities and characters. Check out our Facebook, there are few sketches from me. It’s nothing real serious, but it’s a pleasure when I can free my mind… Maybe one day, we’ll do a comic strip talking about our experience of gigs and travelling. Jean being the director involving his passion for cinema, and me and the drawings. 
Visao: What is your long-term goal or dream with the music you guys create?
SC: Our dream is to be able to continue to do music that really comes from our heart. We wish to continue in this business without starting to do mainstream shitty music just for making money and boost our tours. It’s a big deal nowadays, because with all the changes operated in the music business in the past 5 years, it’s not easy to keep that focus. So in other words, our dream is to keep our spirit free and be able to catch our own one first, before getting other people’s spirits!
Mighty presents Beat Market featuring Spirit Catcher Live (Belgium) - Friday, May 14, 2010
Press Photography by Fred Pauwels and Leslie Artamonow.
Interview by Alex Trujillo.
Robert Babicz - SYSTEMATIC SESSIONS MIX by robbabicz
Cologne, Germany’s Robert Babicz, a well-respected producer with a musical career spanning 2 decades. Babicz blends techno and house music like an avant-garde artists blends concepts & color. Melodic & Organic Techno, Thrusting Basslines, Babiczstyle
Notable Tracks: Dark Flower, Sin, Remote Kiss, Folger Remix
Latest Album: Immortal Changes
ALX-T - Death At The Science Fair by Visao Media
Experimental dark + dreamy tech.
Our first remixer, ‘Body Trip’, Luigi Rocca (Marshall) hits #1 on Beatport with Filtered(Hotfingers). We were first drawn to Marshall’s clean and hard tech beats on myspace(remember those days) on Italo Business, Stereo Seven Plus, 303Lovers now the red hot label, Hotfingers. Props to Marshall for his continued quality beats and contribution to underground music.
Alright “Perculator” dance fans, the Chicago artist, Green Velvet (Cajmere) has some new club heat and has joined up with Kid Sister - “Everybody Wants” and Santiago & Bushido – “Turn It Up”. Notable tracks are “The Percolator”, “La La Land” “Shake & Pop.” “For nearly two decade, Curtis Jones has been one of dance music’s most commanding and intriguing personas.”_URB. Enjoy this jackin, one-hour mix for URB: Interview!
Tracklist:
1. Green Velvet ft. Santiago & Bushido – “Turn It Up”
2. Wolfgang Gartner – “Flashback”
3. Crazy P – “Stop Space Return (Jamie Jones & Simon Baker Remix)”
4. Size – “Koebel ((Nihad Tule Remix)”
5. Afrojack – “Polkadots”
6. Phil Kieran – “Wasps Under a Toy Boat”
7. Salvotor Freda & Volta – “Tiramisu”
8. Audion – “It’s Full Of Blinding Light”
9. Johnny D – “Point Of No Return”
10. Tim Deluxe – “Storm In A Teacup”
11. Felix Cartal- “Salty Lake”
12. Cirez D – “On Off”
13. Green Velvet – “Fake & Phoney
14. Neil Landstrumm – “Navario Suaro”
15. Green Velvet ft. Kid Sister – “Everybody Wants”
16. Pizeta ft. Reagadelica – “Klezmer”
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Green Velvet - Shake and Pop (Cold Blank Remix) by Cold Blank
