Summer is all gone so here we go back to our roots: Studio Martin. The club is reopening on 19th of September with Anyplace.ro 2 Years Anniversary. Guests are Alex Meshkov from Deepmix, Mara and 2 Crazy Bastards, entrance is 20 ron before midnight and 30 ron after. The special night that I'm waiting for so long is the second of the reopening weekend, Saturday 20th of September. Info?
Saturday 20th of September starting 11 pm - ending whenever the party stops so...Let's Get Physical!
Entrace? (now that's a special one!) - free entry for girls all night long; - for guys - 20 ron before midnight | 30 ron after
A new Studio Martin, quality music, new soundsystem. And there you have it! All the reasons to party. Looking back to the Get Physical 6 Years Anniversary at Watergate, I remember I couldn't leave the dance floor while Jona was playing upstairs and happened the same with Einzelkind downstairs. While I have until 25th of October to check Einzelkind at Studio Martin, I can be damn happy to be able to check Jona again tomorrow at Rex and Saturday, 20th of September, home, at Studio Martin. If I wouldn't be the type of girl that comes back from the club with just half of her bag, I would take the camera and record some videos for you to have a preview of a perfect techno night with Jona. Meanwhile, you can always check this out:
And of course, don't you dare miss the Studio Martin party. I'll be back with more info, but you can check out Studio Martin's website and myspace, Wilde or Get Physical for more news. Keep this on your calendar.
Various Artists Volume 1 // FUMAKILLA 027 Autotune: Balou Balou is a deep mental track with funky groove and dark sounds scapes. There is a hypnotic theme with freakier synths to blow up your mind, perfectly suitable for the open air season. Noir: Super skunk ? Livio & Roby Remix We welcome a new member in the Fumakilla family: Livio & Roby from the hot east connection Romania. The two smart guys remixed the Noir Track Super Skunk, which is actually voted for the best Remix in South Eastern Europe. This track is a funky summer groovemonster with soul and deepness while some highly seductive bass slaps with juicy vocal snips create this very spezial gypsy feeling. Review by WordAndSound
Sebo K: "Full Support!" 2000 and one: "The Livio & Roby remix tune is a nice tech housey groove, which I will play. " Dj Misk: "Livio & Roby remix is cool I'll play it quite a lot this summer" Giles Smith: "The Livio and Roby mix is great, bouncy, yet subtle enough...great percussion. Will play fo sho!" Jamie Jones: "Love the Livio and Roby remix here. These guys are doing some great stuff at the moment. Keep it up." Jesse rose: "ALL ABOUT THE LIVIO & ROBY REMIX! GREAT JOB. " Jimpster: "The Superskunk track is a real killer. Proper dancefloor pleasing rolling grooves with plenty of energy for peaktime plays. Lovely Stuff." Karotte: "Superskunk rmx ist super. Full Support." Lee Smith: "Wobbly G-Man vibes on the Livio & Roby mix - good DJ tackle for sure." Marc Schneider: " Excellent! Top EP from Fumakilla! especially the Livio & Roby track is awesome. In my case!" Mike Shannon: "I'll drop both mixes on this one. Excellent! " Mike Monday: "Great menacing groove on the a side on this!!!"
Following on from last month's ATL Dance Podcast with Marc Houle, Mr Hamill has come up trumps yet again with another exclusive mix. This time around from the stars of Steve Lawler's Viva Music with sixty minutes of original material, up this month Livio & Roby in the mix. Enjoy!
Tracklisting:
01. Monochrome - Monkey Bussiness 02. Move - Livio & Roby Rmx 03. Monochrome - Mahalla (Tool) 04. Monochrome - Diverse 05. Monochrome - Bau Bau 06. Livio & Roby - Roata Unu 07. Livio & Roby - Permanent 08. Livio & Roby vs. Hipo - We got E's 09. Monochrome - Atumen 10. Livio & Roby - Solubil 11. Livio & Roby - Return of the Jack
a way of life for a girl? Not only that in the game most of the people don’t even think I am a girl, the ones that do are pretty sure I look like hell, I’m a bloody freak and have no friends. When did MMORPG games became a “boys only”? That’s very frustrating! So dear all, I’m not ashamed to go out on the street, I’m normal enough (depends what this means for any of you) and have loads of friends. So whoever things anything else it’s just as stupid as a level 70 warrior equipped with a staff with +15 spell damage and enchanted with +30 intellect.
I love games and World of Warcraft is already a way of life for me. Played and loved Diablo, Fable, Dreamfall, Black and White and I hate Second Life (kept me in front of the PC for just 30 minutes). As I have already friends that are into WoW as much as I am, so my free weekends sound more like “Hey! How are you? Get your arse online!” and not “Hey! How are you? Let’s grab a beer out”. At the moment my main characters are a warrior called Loredana and a warlock called Lorisica. Since they are on separate accounts and at home we have 2 PCs but 3 WoW addicted players, I usually am “forced” to choose between them. I like the warrior that is level but gotta agree that my favorite is the warlock, except my rogue and my priest, of course. With other words, see you on Aerie Peak. As a friend said, “there is no real life, there is only afk”. Ha!
short presentation of NET28's master piece compilation simply named 1, which features all NET28 stars: alex under, tadeo, damian schwartz, pilas... defo one of the best compilations i heard lately - very deep, dark, but in the same time sexy - looking forward to rock the dance floor while alex and tadeo are spinning this tracks! viva el spanish techno <3 special thanks to jose @ NET28 for the words and the amazing shooting with the boys that made me laugh until i had tears in my eyes:
Tracklist:
01. From Karaoke to Stardom 02. Kevin Gorman 03. Tadeo 04. Damian Schwartz 05. Alex Under 06. Pilas 07. Friendly People 08. Hieroglyphic Being 09. Menisco 10. Circunbalation 11. Nate Fisher
Oh yeah!!! Finally!! The first NET28 compilation, “1”, with all our big stars & friends in a petit reunion. The first release from NET28, the label that embraces the efforts of Apnea, CMYKmusik, Cyclical Tracks and Mupa, in a series of compilations that will not stop, is an incredible collection of unreleased tracks. A project masterminded by the ones who run the business: Alex Under, Damian Schwartz, Tadeo & Imek.
What we have here is a deep journey that begins in Madrid (with all the usual suspects) and lands in France (From Karaoke To Stardom), UK (Kevin Gorman), USA (Hyeroglyphic Being) and Georgia (Nate Fisher). Every track is a must, a hit, a fucking brilliant sum of influences and new horizons. Techno in all its colours and forms, developing from the most atmospheric to the funkiest and darkest, paying due respects to Detroit, Cologne and Berlin, but reemerging as something totally new and fresh, as only our artists know how to do. An statement to celebrate our unique voice & groove.
From Karaoke to Stardom and his futuristic groove to the limit; Kevin Gorman bringing back all the funk in a compulsive rhythm adventure; Tadeo showing his most merciless face with a enormous stomper; Damian Schwartz rethinking the future and discovering new grounds with a massive rocking synth orgy; Alex Under and his unique way of understanding & producing music; Pilas going smooth and dreamy in a classic techno manner; Friendly People (aka Alex Under) turning off the lights and submerging us into a frighting odyssey; Hieroglyphic Being and Detroit is back as innovative as ever; Mensico (Pilas&Sintec) working it in a moody and heartless manner; Circunbalation (aka Tadeo) going eternal and delivering a timeless killer, possibly his biggest track till date; and finally Nate Fisher, with all the sophistication of the best house music.
Anything you want is here, and much more you could ever imagine...
Saturday, July 26
Oups! We did it again! After winning the 4th position on RA Best Clubs as Atmosphere & Vibe, they bring on the Top 100 Clubs in the World. And what do we have here? Studio Martin is on the 17th position, which makes not just the 17th in the world, but the 1st in Romania. For more info click HERE.
Need to say more? Yes - the re-design project was approved and starting on Monday Studio Martin will get on its new cloths, cause it deserves it. Be aware! Great line up coming over! See you on the 20th of September and thank you again for all your votes and for all the amazing nights we spent together and we still will. Don't forget to check Studio Martin's website and myspace.
I know I didn't had much time to post lately even though I had a lot of ideas. The truth is I'm a bit tired after The Mission Dance Weekend. The event was great, we had like 10.000 people on the first night with Trentemoller live in concert, Roger Sanchez, Livio & Roby, Negru and Pagal and 30.000 people on the second one with Fatboy Slim, Timo Maas, Rosario & Eftimie and Negru. And because I'm one little greedy cat, after working so much 3 days in a row, I couldn't miss my dear Philipp and Patrick from M.A.N.D.Y. at La Mania. And neither the beach party next day on Kudos Beach. Greedy, greedy, I'm telling u! Trentemoller was by far the revelation of the year for me, amazing act. And Fatboy was fun, as usual, still have Bob Marley's Could You Be Loved in my mind, the track he end up his set with.
Not only that I'm still half retard (aka sleepy all the time, not in the mood for anything and acting like a little robot), but I'm already working on the new events. Short version is that we're having a new The Mission in October with a trance DJ (can't tell u which one, of course) and Studio Martin is opening its doors on the 20th of September with 2 special guests that I am really looking forward to seeing. Plus we're totally changing the club and it will be amazing! I know it!
The line up for Studio Martin until the end of the year it's so amazing that I really want the summer to pass by faster and faster. In August I'll go check out Booka Shade and Loco Dice at La Mania (won't miss Loco for nothing in the world) and probably the new Romanian Creamfields as we're taking Shlomi Aber there. Hope it will be good fun.
So until Autumn comes with great news from Studio Martin and The Mission I'll keep posting interesting news (for me, of course).
PS: Pictures from The Mission Dance Weekend down here ;)
Take care and rave safe my lovely ones!
* the stage before the madness began *
* with Georgi before the show, getting a bit sun burned, of course *
* Anders Trentemoller, Henrik, Mikael and their fan *
Resident Advisor readers choose the best clubs worldwide as atmosphere & vibe. On the top 10 picks, near DC 10, Amnesia and Space Ibiza, Panorama Bar Berlin and Womb Tokyo, we find Studio Martin, Bucharest. Being on the 4th positions leads us to nothing but saying a HUGE THANK YOU to all the clubbers that contributed to the amazing vibe at our events during all these years.
We can't find the perfect words to describe what this awards means to us, specially considering that the votes come from you. So thank you, thank you, thank you, and keep posted to our events on our website or myspace. Studio Martin Re-Opening Party is on the 19th of September, with, again, some big names that will be announced soon. See you in autumn! Get ready!
For some in Bucharest, Kristal Glam Club's got it all, but in recent years it's been the centrally located Studio Martin that's been pulling in the biggest name DJs to its cozy 400-capacity environs. Whether playing host to Claude VonStroke, Laurent Garnier, or even PVMFD, this weekday cinema has been transformed into a weekend home for some of the world's finest electronic music (just don't tell the Kristal diehards). Sam Louis / Resident Advisor
Bearweasel - Warmer - Tsuba Aldrin, Akien - Everything Else (Ryo Murakami Remix) - One With Music Guillaume & The Cotu Dumonts - The Flying Dutchman - Karat Sascha Dive / Samuel Davis - Street Life - Deep Vibes Marco Carola - Jackpot - Plus One Carlo Lio - No Booth Better - Rawthentic Music Calculus - Loosey Goosey (Reboot Rework) - Hairy Claw Livio & Roby - Roata Unu - Viva Music Monochrome - Les Cercles - CDR Fire Island - The Night Moves On (Livio & Roby Romanian Dub Mix) - JBO Urs Eyebrows - Permanent - CDR Livio & Roby & George G. - Doi Timpi - CDR Livio & Roby - Return Of The Jack - Viva Music Lup Rabbits - Zlana - CDR Datableep - Ghipwe (Andomat 3000 Remix) - Fear Of Flying
There we go! SeeMe Awards Finalists are announced! Livio & Roby are nominee for three categories -> Best Producer, Best Track and Best Remix. Also, The Mission is nominee for Best Promoter and Nights.ro for Best Website covering electronic music. If you would like to vote, please go to the official page. :) Best track DJ Take Me Away/Deep zone feat. Balthazar/ Bulgaria, F**k You/Planet Magic life/Bulgaria, Livio and Roby – Speranta LP (Viva Music) Spiros Kaloumenos – Basement EP Michael Burian - Freakin Umek - Utopia
Best producer Row/Greece/ The Romanian Techno Mafia /Romania/ Livio & Roby /Romania/ Dand G /Harvatska/ Jack Rock /Bulgaria/ Axel Karakasis /Greece/
Best promoter The Mission /Romania/ Metropolis /Bulgaria/ Renesanz/Bulgaria/ Big Sound /Macedonia/ Exit /Serbia/ Blend /Greece/
Best remix Steven and Jassen Petrov for Gravity Co - Mr. No One UMEK for Ralph Falcon - The Dig DJ Doncho for Planet Magic Life – To Fuck Andrez for Tomas Caturla - Water Lab Cristian Paduraru for Green Power – Solar Fun (On The Beach) Livio & Roby for Noir – Super Skunk
Best website covering dance music tilllate.com /Bulgaria/ Nights.ro /Romania/ Clubevents.info Afterparty.ro /Romania/ Klubskascena.com /Croatia/ Djsets.gr /Greece/
Tracklist: 1. Tim Gregor - Enter the Echo - Fear of Flying 2. Xibeca - Dan Drastic - Hairy Claw 3. Ali Nasser - Get Away EP - Derivat 4. Loco Dice - How Do I Know? - Desolat 5. Our Feeling - Unknown 6. David Sense - Lush 7 - Noir 7. Poloma (Ralph Sliwinski Remix) 8. And. Id - One Is Not Enough - Mobilee 9. Ekkohaus - Amoeba - Cargo 10. Johnny D - Orbitallife - Oslo
"The winner takes it all The loser standing small Beside the victory That's her destiny" Yes, I know Abba is not that fun nowadays, but I dedicated its track to RA.
By far the best electronic music related website in the world, RA is rewarded this year with a Webby. I've voted them (of course) and never thought, not even for one second, that they won't be the winners. So congratulations guys and keep it up! Here's RA's way of thanking all of you. :)
Thanks to your votes, RA has won a People's Voice trophy in this year's Webby Awards. The Webbys are the Internet version of the Grammys or the Oscars, so it's a real honour to be nominated, let alone take away a prize. In 2008 the Webbys received 10,000 entries from over 60 countries, of which five were nominated in each category. Resident Advisor managed to beat the competition and take away the People's Voice trophy in the music category, edging out big boys such as BBC Radio 1 and Pink Floyd. All that's left to do now is think of an acceptance speech, which in the Webby tradition is limited to five words. Now you've voted, the only thing left to do is make some suggestions - at the moment all we can think of is "We're gushing like Halle Berry" and "Nobody listens to techno, huh?"
I've discovered Johnny D last year, but really got into his music as soon as Riddim Mood was released. This is a podcast of Get The Curse from 28th of April which had Johnny D as guest. Listen to it or download it here.
And no, I didn't wrote about his mix in the blog cause it has Riddim Mood as well, but the mix is really amazing. It's a mixture of deep house with techno that kicks off with some amazing percussions, a bit tribal I might say. One of the top mixes I have listened to lately, so enjoy it!
Livio & Roby released a new EP on Supernurture called Kalimera which includes two tracks: Kalimera and Moriska. Smooth and groovy house coming straight from Bucharest. You can check them out on Supernurture's myspace here.
Supernurture is Supernature's digital only sub label available exclusively via Beatport. Supernature is Audiofly's label. And it's super! Nature or Nurture. And Audiofly. And Livio & Roby.
Super super boys are attacking with super tracks out on a super label!
Yes, that was one of the highlights of the night for me. The Mission pres Danny Tenaglia was one of the best events of the year by far, and the only reason was the music and the great crowd: no kids, no idiots fooling around and no one that didn't knew who's Danny.
Loved the morning moment when I was in front of the DJ booth with my old school friends dancing and singing Do It Now's lyrics. Oh, great times! Danny played for about 5 or 6 hours, but I had two special moments when I really lost my mind: R.E.M.'s Loosing My Religion which you will see now and the end of the set with Dubtribe Soundsystem's Do it Now.
This is an interview which I took to NicFanciulli back in 2006 that was never published. Use to work that time for a project that was suppose to be launched in Romania and never did - DJ Mag. Just found out that the license was bought meanwhile, but not by the brand I worked for. Was a pleasure doing that, but a pain in the ass the fact that we were suppose to send the same silly short questions to all DJs in the data base. Wanted to ask Nic so much more, but now that I'm back on the track I will soon. Enjoy this since it was never published. :) - How did your DJ career started? - It started off by working in a record shop, and also by bombarding my local club with mix tapes week in week out. - How do you choose your tracks for a live set? - I pick a variation of records across the board, from deep house through to techno. Although some clubs you understand that there is a certain music policy so I always do background checks on the clubs to see what they are into. - What’s your favorite club in the whole world and why? - I think it has to be my residency in my home town. The night is called Club Class, I've grown up playing and going to this club for the last 9 years. Its always good to play at a club in your home town because you get to see all your mates enjoying them selves as well as the regular people that always come along.
- What makes a DJ/production/set being commercial? - Commercial gets confused sometimes. I think there’s two types 1:where the dj or producer just goes down the route of wanting to make big records or to make people have there hands in the air for the whole night. The other is the producer who makes that record which is so good everyone across the board can play it.
- What’s your opinion about the Romanian clubbing scene? - I've only played once and I had a great night.
- What makes a party great? - Great sound, small venue, friendly people and, of course, good music.
- When and where did you make a marathon on the turntables? How many hours? - Space Miami last November I played for 11 hours – 9 in the main room and 3 on the terrace.
- Turntables, CDJs or laptop? Why? - I think all of them, I find it hard to travel with vinyl, but when I'm in the UK I try and use all of the above. DJs shouldn’t be scared about trying new equipment. Special thanks to lovely Beth @ Bullitt Bookings for this.
Freak n'Chic label-head Dan Ghenacia presents 'Eyelights' - a deep, dance-demanding insight into Ghenacia's musical world of today, yesterday and with exclusive tracks for the future.
The overall style of the mix is deep house; deep, groovy and hypnotic, but in a modern way - Dan Ghenacia The idea of the compilation is to 'highlight' what is going on for me as a DJ/producer and with the music I like and play - with the artists I'm working with and the artists I love. For the name, I tried to find something that included the word 'highlights' - in a musical sense - and I also wanted something that 'highlights' the magnifying glass theme on my eye - we found something in between 'Eyelights'. I like it.Dan Ghenacia Tracklisting: 01. David K. feat Opium 'Western Journey' Freak n'Chic 02. DOP feat. Noze 'The Riot' Milnormodern Records 03. Seth Troxler & Patrick Russell 'Doctor of Romance' Circus Company 04. Skat 'Concrete jungle' Karat 05. Shonky 'Bushes' Freak n'Chic 06. Dyed Soundorom 'Remote Cocktail' Freak n'Chic 07. Floppy Sounds 'Ultrasong' (Studio B Mix) Wave Music 08. James Mowbray & D.Ramirez 'Time Fades Away' (Daniel Stefanikremix) 09. Basic Unit 'Fedass' (Gary Beck remix) Fine Art Recordings 10. Johnny D 'Walkman' 8Bit Records 11. Shonky 'Time Zero' Mathias Kaden vas-y gamin remix Freak n'Chic 12. Jus-ed 'Tekno Minimal' / Interlude Jamie Jones 'Still Here?' Acapella Underground Quality / Fn'C 13. Andomat 3000 'BND2' Four:Twenty 14. Chris Carrier 'Sticks & Stones' Freak n'Chic
Usually the after hours parties at Studio Martin kick off at 5 a.m., straight after lights are out at The Mission, and have local DJs to play. But this is an exception, cause this will be a magic night! So say hello to Ozgur Can for the 17th of May!
I have a good news and a bad news. Should I start with the good one? No way, let's try the bad one first: Jona will miss his gig at Studio Martin on Friday, 25th of April. Jona was suppose to play at an event where he was invited alongside DJ T. and Roby. Because he has a flu and his doctor recomended him to stay in bed, we would like to apologize for the inconvenience and publish this message from his side. His show will be re-scheduled for autumn.
I AM VERY SORRY THAT I CANNOT BE IN BUCHAREST AND PLAY FOR YOU TONIGHT. UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE TO STAY IN BED, AS I HAVE A HIGH FEVER. I WISH YOU ALL A GREAT NIGHT WITH DJ T. & WILL SEE YOU ALL VERY SOON!
Good news is that the entrance is now 10 ron before midnight and 20 ron after midnight. So dear all, see you on Friday with DJ T. and Roby. Meanwhile, Jona - Get yourself a hot cup of mint tea from Deejay Tea. :) And get over here fast, got it? We need your beats. But first, you are the one to need this:
DJ T [Get Physical] JONA [Get Physical] ROBY [Viva Music]
Kick off: 11 pm Line up: 11 pm - 01 am Roby 01 am - 03 am Jona 03 am - 05 am DJ T
Entrance: 20 ron before midnight / 30 ron after midnight Special Offer: First 10 clubbers to enter Studio Martin will automatically receive an invitation to the party on Saturday, 26th of April, which brings to you Anthony Collins.
Thomas Koch, co-founder of Get Physical, a well known and respected DJ and producer, came out on the music scene under the name of DJ T many years ago. He is also the co-founder of Monza, which became one of the greatest party brands if you are talking about techno.
Latest mix for You FM is available for download here and you can check out his music on Beatport. Any other information you might need is here or on his myspace.
Jona's sound is shaping from Detroit techno to a more modern sophisticated house feeling. Eclectism is a master-word for him. He's always trying to explore new ways of sounding and takes the advantages of any musical style he listens to. In the past few years, he s released 11 maxis on vinyl, on labels like Get Physical, Resopal, Fumakilla, Toys for Boys, Strobe Music and some remixes for M.A.N.D.Y., Booka Shade, David K, Daso, Soffy O, Junior Boys etc. Amongst them, two on the major record company Virgin-EMI. They both reached number 1 in the official German Dance Charts.
You can listen to an old school techno mix of Jona here , download the latest promo mix here, and read more about him here or on his myspace.
ROBY [Viva Music] Part of Livio & Roby and Monochrome projects, Roby is by far one of the best producers of the moment in Romania. Robert Precup aka Roby is making music since he was 16 years old and nowadays, altogether with Livio managed to get under Steve Lawler's label, Viva Music. Their Monochrome project won both prizes, The Jury's Prize and The People's Choice, at the Global Sessions of Heineken Music Thirst Studio which tool place last year in Las Vegas. And that was just the beggining as thye just came back from WMC, where they were guests at Steve Lawler's Lights Out party at ParkWest and shared the DJ booth with him, Clive Henry, Audiofly and many others.
Livio & Roby's tracks have tracks released under labels like Viva Music, Supernurture, Definitive Records, Organized Nature, Solar Recordings, Whoop which have been featured on compilations released at Global Underground, Ministry of Sound, Azuli and Toolroom by artists like Steve Lawler, Hernan Cattaneo and Gabriel & Dresden. Recently, after remixing U.N.K.L.E.'s Restless, Monochrome launched its first album called Children of House at the label Ido Music and Livio & Roby released the first LP, Speranta, at Viva Music, which includes nine tracks. At the beggining of the year, Roby won the title Best Upcoming DJ of The Year at Nights.ro Awards 2008, after playing alongside names like Laurent Garnier, M.A.N.D.Y. and Steve Lawler, just to name a few. At the moment he's preparing with his colleagues and partners, Livio and George G, for the hottest period of the Romanian clubbing scene - 1st of May Sessions, where they will play as special guests at Club Gossip, alongside Sasha, Audiofly and Gabriel Ananda at La Mania Club and during day time at Kudos Beach. If you think you know enough, just wait and see!
DJ T aka Thomas Koch did an amazing mix for You Fm a couple of months ago. Here you have the first part of it which I find exceptional! DJ T will play tomorrow night @ Studio Martin, so be there or be square! It's time to Get Physical! :)
- You say your work resembles the collage technique in visual art. What kind of sounds do you assemble, in order to create a new whole? - That’s exactly the point, the sounds I use are part of already made tracks, I mean, I first make a basic track or loop, then I use cuts, slices, clicks, and parts of this track as sounds to make a new track. That way every single sound has a whole world of sounds on it. It’s a very complex technique that needs a lot of time to make a track. Unfortunately I don’t have that much time, so I don’t use it always. You can listen to "collaged" tracks in the "Multiplicanciones" series on Apnea Records, some of my early CMYK Musik releases and the "Collage EP" on Plus8. - You say there is something alchemic in your music. What is the purpose of your music? - The purpose of my music is to evocate feelings in the listeners, probably the purpose of all the music, though. It depends in what I’m working on, but right now my aim is to make people dance with an ear-to-ear-smile in their faces.
- What’s the story of you making music? - "When I was seventeen, it was a very good year" do you know that Sinatra’s song? It’s a good one! Anyways, I started when I was a teenager, I used to play in metal bands in my hometown, I spent all my youth in a hole we had rented for play, I played everything, guitars, drums, bass, but I didn’t sing ever, thank God. Then I discovered electronic music and I got amazed with it, firstly I tried to mix it up with the music we were doing with the band, some kind of (ha ha ha) techno-metal, but of course it was a shame. And then I kissed bye bye my band buddies, and started my solo career as a techno kid.
- Where is your studio, what is the sightseeing there? - My new brand studio is in Madrid, we have a new place with 3 studios and the office, it’s a Paradise, we were working on it very hard, doing some handyman’s stuff after the professionals finished the hard work. The sightseeing (ha ha ha again) is not bad, I have a 2x1 meters window that connects my studio with the office, and so every time I see the face of my partner Jose, he is not that ugly, but the sightseeing could’ve been better. So, I have Jose in front and the rest of the guys, Tadeo, Imek and Damian in the other studios. - Do you use any gear? - I don’t use much gear right now, I got into the computer music very quickly because it makes my life easier and it permits me to make music in less time. My vintage favorite is my SH-101 and my brand new favorite is an MBase01 by Jomox, which is a very small analog machine to make only bass drums.
- How many hours per day do you work? How long it takes till a track becomes a good track? - I don’t have a routine, I have a 2 years old kid, and I’m all the weekends out of home, plus the office work with the labels, so its really hard to me to have a fixed schedule, either for work or sleep. I didn’t spend too much time in the studio lately, but I have a good working plan for the next months so I hope I can make it for 5 or 6 hours everyday. Anyway is hard to say how much time needs a track, some of them need weeks, others just hours.
- Does your son react to any type of music? - My son, Cyan is 2 years old, and he is the meaning of my life, he is my world. Cyan loves the music, especially funky; his favorites are Herbie Hancock and Earth Wind and Fire. Is amazing how he reacts with "headhunters" of H. Hancock, since he was 3 months old. I love to watch him dancing in my rear-view mirror when we are in the car.
- You come from Madrid. How was your childhood, what were your musical influences? Do you still have tapes or vinyl from that period? - My childhood was very smooth; thanks to my parents I always had lot of freedom. It was in the old-times, so a 10-year-old boy could go out by night in the summer without any danger, so I loved the street. I was always "having bad ideas" as my mom defines my childhood, this is something nice of being artist, now those bad ideas are named as creativity :))). I have a brother and sister (+4 and +5 years older than me) my brother was very involved in music composition since he was a kid, he had the very firsts synths and computers. The first bands I liked by my own, after listening to my brother’s tapes, was Metallica and Sepultura, followed by a long tail of thrash, gothic or death-metal bands. Shameless I don’t have much tapes or CDs from that period, but I do have a lot of vinyl from my family collection, very miscellaneous collection.
- How is the clubbing scene in Madrid? - I’m afraid I’m not the correct person to answer this. Unfortunately I don’t have a clue of what’s happening in Madrid during the weekends. I live here Monday to Thursday, but I know only the day life here. I can tell you we have great parks to go with the kids, but surely if you ask Richie Hawtin or Ellen Allien, they would know much more than me about the club scene in Madrid. In the last year I played 2 times in Madrid, in the whole year!
- Compare the West European crowd with the East European one. Where did you play in Eastern Europe except Romania and how was it there? - Every club and every city is an absolute different world from each other in terms of crowd, but, in general terms, I think the crowd in Eastern Europe is usually younger, they have much more energy. Two of my favorite countries are in this region of the world, Romania and Georgia. Playing there is always a peak-feelings-time, I don’t need to be so technical as in UK, Germany or US (i.e.) the show is something much more passionate and the contact with the people is more direct and intimate. Something I love when playing in Eastern Europe is that I have the same feeling I used to have when I started clubbing, really cannot explain what the hell it is, but is something that goes up and down in the guts.
- Tell us the importance of a good sound in a club. Did it ever happen to you not to play your set because of a bad sound? What’s a perfect club for you? - The happiness and enjoyment of a DJ is the same as the sound system he is playing on, so you can guess how important it is. I never said I don’t play, but it crossed my mind in a 20% of my gigs I played with so crappy sound systems, but is part of the game, though. A perfect club for me I think in Studio Martin in Bucharest, this is a perfect club for me.
- What is the story behind CMYKmusik. How did the idea appear? Where does it have the headquarters? How does it look there? - CMYKmusik was the first label of the Net28 family. I used to have a record shop, there, it was the very first HQ´s, and I met there all my buddies, all my partners now in Net28. I was new in town, I knew nobody in Madrid, they also didn’t know each other, so we all started meeting at the record shop, and we became a close family. All the shop was handmade with recycled stuff from the streets and it looked very funny, all the record shops in Madrid were like the modern black/silver painting and CMYKmusik shop had colors everywhere, it was very warm. Downstairs we had a cellar, very dark and with lot of humidity, really uncomfortable, but there was the beginning. After 5 years I closed the shop and we formerly moved the net28 office into a flat, nothing special, and now, since February ‘08, we have the best office in the world! It’s big, spacious, we also have the studios there, we play here darts, basketball, ping-pong, and we also do some work, sometimes.
- When did your other three labels come into the story? - After CMYKmusik, I started thinking I needed something else, something like a platform to move with, I was lost with the label, I just made the music, but I didn’t have any distribution, any promotion department, anything else. So it was necessary to create a huge net around everything related with a label, as a manufacturing department, promotion department and booking agency, and of course, some more labels to build a proper musical scene. At that time, each one of my partners started a label.
- What defines each of your labels? - APNEA Records - the word “apnea” refers to diving in the sea without any kind of artificial help, just the human, and that is exactly what Apnea is as a label too, deepness and humanity. CYCLICAL TRACKS is about something complex built from a basic pattern evolved on a loop basis. Bemysheep is the label we use to release weird stuff, as bootlegs or freaky-versions of pop anthems as Shakira’s “Whenever” or Snap´s “I got the power”. MUPA is the youngest of our labels, house music oriented and fine stuff, and CMYKmusik is all about personality, we don’t care what kind of music is released, just need to have the own personality of the artist on it.
- What do you think is unique to the first compilation of Net28? - Is our first release in CD format, this for starters. Then, is also our first compilation of various artists, and we wanted to do it with unreleased tracks, we asked everyone to make a special track for the compilation, so all the artists had a common motivation to make a track. So that’s why the compilation has this "karma", you can feel the community concept when listening to it, all tracks are different, each one with it own style of each artist, but all them are almost-mystically connected to the rest of them. I think its a important break-point in all our careers, as artists and also for the labels, all we were working for some time and the compilation is something that had make us to stop, think and breath. It took around one year since the first email asking for the tracks to the artists till we received the CD at the office, a long walk, but it was worth it!
- How and when did it start Musica Charlista, the project shared with Damian Schwartz? How is working with Damian? I hate working with other people. I just cannot do it. But, one day we were just messing up in the studio and we got into a really good concept, the "conversationalism" between sounds, (“musica charlista” means something like "chatting music") and we made cmyk004 release. It was very fast, smooth working, everything came up almost by itself. It was very funny to do it, but unfortunately we don’t have much time now to work on this project now. - What do you prefer most and why: to make a set as a producer, only with your tracks or to play as a DJ? - I will try to not be too abstract with the answer, but is always complicated to choose one or the other in general terms. I’ve been playing a live set with my own tracks since I was touring with "Dispositivos de mi Granja” LP (listen here), in 2005, and I really feel comfortable with this kind of show, it has a negative thing, I get bored of playing the same tracks every time. Because is not easy to have a new live set every month, I use to add new loops, sketches and arrangements every week, but even with this is easy to get bored with it, and this is highly unrecommended. So, last year I was testing "Loopsi Driver", which basically is a live set but using tracks and loops produced by the artists on NET28 labels. During that time I had the chance to renew my life set in a 80%, and now I’m again playing only my own tracks and I’m enjoying it a lot. So, the bottom line is, the very best is to change things, set up, concepts, whatever that could bring yourself to a new adventure.
- What is the new trend Berlin will set this year? What do you think about new rave? - Is so boring to me, I can’t even debate about it. Waiting for a new trend from Berlin? That’s sooo optimistic! I don’t know what’s this "new rave" you are telling me, but if it’s pumpin´, funny and kicking ass, I like it! Save the rave.
- Debate on this theme: vinyl or Ableton, digital or analog? - About vinyl or Ableton, that’s easy to answer, talking about performance, Ableton is my choice. I love vinyl and I do collect them, I love all the magic surrounding a vinyl, although that has almost disappeared. When I remember the old times, when I had the record shop, and the customers came the day we had news incoming, it was such a great community moment. But times had changed and we must accept it, vinyl is now a collector item. Is not profitable for the labels and is very environment unfriendly. Digital or analog, I don’t have preferences in here. .
- What is your set up for a live set? - My actual set up is: Macbook Pro laptop, RME Fireface 400 soundcard, Evolution UC-33 midi controller, mini-Kaoss pad FX.
- You are a label owner, you make music, and you have a son. When do you find time for everything? - Don’t forget I’m also traveling 3 days per week ;) I was listening to that Japanese woman, 120 years old, the oldest alive person in the world, it was amazing how she looked like 60, walking, speaking fluently… so, she told her secret to the interviewer, she just sleeps 1 night in 2 days, that makes 40 hours awake / 8 hours sleep. Now it could be really cool to tell you I do the same, but... unfortunately I can’t! I did try to, that story amazed me, and I tried it hard, but it does not work with me. I think the only secret to make things successful is to do it with all the senses on it, with the heart, the soul and the brain too.
- How do you see yourself in 20 years? What about music? Will the vinyl disappear completely? - I see myself that kind of old man that doesn’t want to get old, so he wears "young" clothes and speaks the slang people used 20 years ago, drinking beers alone in a crappy bar and trying to get into the disco’s without any hope to achieve his purpose… Neah, I’m kidding. I see myself in my own Caribbean island drinking piña colada and listening Thomas Brinkmann´s "Rosa" in my own Martin audio sound system, placed in the beach. In my point of view, music will be based in frequencies and noises; will be more something about sound than about music. And yes, the vinyl will be out of scene at that time, but also the CDs and DVDs and the kind of hard drives we know today.
- What means techno for you? - Techno means the biggest motor of emotions and feelings known.
brought to you thanks to Special thanks to Jose @ Net28 and Studio Martin ;)
Last Saturday, 19th of April, The Mission invited Danny Tenaglia to play at WTP. It was an amazing night, but for the ones that couldn't make it, pics & videos are the best way to imagine ;)
If you haven't heard about Jona yet, you don't know what you lost. We are talking about an amazing tech house and techno producer that shake the dance floors everywhere in the world with his productions. He went under Get Physical Music label and his music fits there damn perfect. After listening to this promo mix I'm sure you'll go straight to Beatport to check his tunes as well.
You can check him out performing in Bucharest at Studio Martin next Friday - 25th of April with DJ T [Get Physical] and Roby [Livio & Roby / Monochrome]. Oh well, if a discography will make you happy, there you have it.
Enjoy!
Releases:
Altiplano - Planet E (2008) Manta - Get Physical Music (2008) Puppets EP - Toys For Boys (2007) Swamp EP - Fumakilla (2007) Turning Point/Ashes & Dust EP - Resopal (2007) "Fisherman" appears on Get Physical 5 Years compilation (2007) Evidence EP - Get Physical (2007) Tizia EP - Get Physical (2006) Someone EP - Strobe Music (2006) "Crime Scene" appears on Resopal compilation "The Process" (2006) Moontalka EP - Resopal Schallware (2006) "Yellowstone" appears on Get Physical 4th Anniversary mixed cd (2006) Tap Stroke EP - Fumakilla (2006) The Learnings EP- Get Physical (2006) Ask/Use & Abuse EP - Toys For Boys (2005) Smile EP - Strobe Music (2005) Remixes:
Junior Boys - No Kinda Man (Get Physical Music, 2008) Michal Ho - Take Away (Tuning Spork, 2007) Daso - Daybreak (appears on Get Physical "Full Body Workout vol.3") (2006) Ian O’Brien Docker - The Beginning (Virgin/EMI, 2006) M.A.N.D.Y. vs Booka Shade - Body Language (Get Physical, 2006) Soffy O - Everybody’s Darling (Virgin/EMI, 2006) M.A.N.D.Y. - Jah (Get Physical, 2006) Sierra Sam - Perfume (Surprise rec, 2005) David K & Terry - The Munk (Strobe Music, 2004)
This is Heidi's mix recorded live at Studio Martin when she played at the Get Physical night with Philipp from M.A.N.D.Y. and Livio & Roby. As links aren't available for too much time, if you want the set and the link isn't working anymore, write me back.
Without any doubt, Nights.ro Awards are the most important event of the year on the clubbing scene in Romania. All the DJs, VJs, producers, promoters, agents, sponsors, artworkers, club owners work the whole year and they are waiting for the start of the new one so they can see how much love they have from the public side.
It's all about the public in the end of it all. And no matter what are you doing during the year, Nights.ro Awards is about "doing it well". Tonight we are all looking forward for the Nights.ro @ WTP with Special Guest - Samim (live) feat Miguel Toro.
We, The Mission and Studio Martin, as brands, been rewarded many times already at the last year's awards. This is year we are nominee again at many cathegories, but since it's the first time I represent this two brands in front of the clubbers, it's the first time when Nights.ro Awards really matters and I'm very nervous about the results.
Studio Martin is nominee as the Best Club in Romania in 2007 and many parties entered the category Best Club Party in Romania. The Mission is nominee as Best Events Organizer and, as well, its events are included in the Best Event of 2007 - such as The Chemical Brothers @ Sala Polivalenta, Deep Dish @ Arenele Romane etc.
My boys, Livio & Roby, are nominee at the following categories: Livio for Best DJ, Roby for Best Upcoming DJ (since he started to play alone at the end of 2006), Livio & Roby as Biggest Name to Represent Romania outside the country, Monochrome (Livio & Roby feat George G) winning track of Heineken Music Thirst Studio 2007, Pearl, is included as Best Romanian Track of the Year and a couple of their sets - such as Monochrome live @ Nights.ro 6 Years Anniversary Party and Monochrome - Children of House FWD 01 Album Launch @ Studio Martin for the Romanian Set of the Year or Best Club Party. Unfortunately, even if they win or not at any category, Livio & Roby are in Miami playing at the Winter Music Conference, along names like Steve Lawler, Clive Henry, Jamie Jones and Audiofly at the Viva Music party and on the terrace of Stereo Club. So George G will be tonight, at the Awards, waiting for Nights.ro to announce its winners this year.
Good luck everybody, but fingers crossed for the names I represent, mkay? :o)
PR Manager The Mission & Studio Martin.
Press Agent Livio & Roby / Lopazz / Monochrome / The Pimps.
Music Lover.
Clubber.
Clubbing Journalist.
Go Go Dancer.
Promoter.
DJ Guide.
One Day I'll Be A Bodyguard As Well, I Can Feel It!
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