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Fostul club Kado se cheama, uiiii…. CocoLoco. Nici nu vreau sa ma gandesc.

Posted in de-dans, dezbateri on October 16th, 2008 by de-dans | 8 Comments

Andrew Jones – grafica la Fabrica

Cine are chef miercuri seara, la Fabrica, de niste misticism si spiritualitate de la Andrew Jones, pe muzica lui Haute Culture si V, sa se duca, caci reprezentarea grafica este live, este de exceptie. Dupa ora 23, 15 ROn.

Posted in weekend warrior on October 14th, 2008 by fresh good minimal | 12 Comments

After death

Acum cativa ani, toata gasca mergea la after. Era un singur party, intr-un club mereu foarte plin macar vreo doua ore. Era luminat. Acum, dupa club, petrecerea se muta la cineva acasa. Afterurile sunt multe si desi te-ai deplasa pentru un DJ, lumea prezenta la after te tine acasa. In general, predomina barbati transpirati, alcolizati, nemanierati sau mai degraba animalizati de-a lungul noptii – din 10 oameni, doar doua sunt femei. Toti danseaza parca intr-o groapa, caci ringul la after nu e luminat – ca sa nu se vada! Tuturor le place muzica, indiferent de muzica; altfel nu ar fi la after. De-a lungul anilor, ai ajuns sa numeri pe degete petrecerile pe care le-ai vizitat la orele diminetii . Anul acesta ai ajuns numai la Lemon Tree, in vara, pentru ca era in timpul zilei, in aer liber si mai ales, era lumina. Anul trecut a fost mai prosper, in clubul privat al lui Alien Pimp. Desi tot intr-o groapa, intr-un demisol pe Lipscani, lumea era cea care te tinea la after. O lume manierata.

Ce te scoate sambata din casa la after? In primul rand, un eveniment special. Apoi, presupui ca la Martin e lumina din tavan. Iar ca bonus, pune Lutzerkirchen minimale. Te straduiesti sa stai treaz pana la 5 cand s-a anuntat petrecerea si pleci totusi de acasa la 6, caci i-ai mai vazut pe Ok Corral. Intri la Martin, e umezeala, probabil e si condens, miroase a loc in care stau adunati o tona de barbati transpirati, simti hainele cum devin jilave. Bodyguarzii scaneaza cu lanterna pe oricine iese afara, oare ce se vede mai bine? La platane, Vania cu Thornadoo, desi e 6:30. Noise ritmat? O fi, nu poti incadra. Te asezi in spate, pe un scaun, vizavi de boxa, cu coatele pe masa si cu mainile la urechi si astepti Lutzerkirchen…astepti… in timp ce te convingi ca Ok Corral chiar sunt Star Trek. Casti. Te mai duci putin pe hol. Ti se pare muzica prea tare. Astepti minimale. Astepti. Prinzi o melodie agale, te legeni incet, privesti o sticla de bere cum coboara la vale, si ea agale, caci ringul la Martin e-n vale. Iar apoi afli ca Lutzerkirchen a fost de la 4 la 6, desi petrecerea era anuntata de la 5. Ta naaa! Buna dimineata. Si cum te misti asa, in virtutea inertiei, gandindu-te sa pleci acasa, in fata ta…bataie. Capete in gura si bere in aer. Pumni si aburi de alcool, after dupa Paul van Dyk. Batausii ies afara. Apare un bodyguard, face DJilor semn sa opreasca muzica, se aprind luminile, traiesti pentru o clipa un moment nostalgic, te uiti din instinct dupa Vladone, managerul care pe vremuri aprindea la ora sase luminile in Martin. Toata lumea este rugata sa iasa afara, se creaza putina razmerita, unii clubberi refuza sa fie aruncati pe usa prin care se intrezareste tramvaiul precum lumina de la capatul tunelului. Afara…politie, tone de politisti politicosi care te indruma sa treci strada, sa pleci. Pleci. In drum spre casa, te intersectezi cu SPIRul, care goneste la club. Acum, si SPIRul vine la after! A fost ultimul after.

Posted in cum a fost? on October 14th, 2008 by fresh good minimal | 34 Comments

On musical notation

Gyorgy Ligeti – Artikulation

Iannis Xenakis created the music using the UPIC which makes sound based on drawings that Xenakis made.

Posted in academia, de-dans on October 14th, 2008 by de-dans | 1 Comments

Marcin Czubala – Chronicles Of Never

Mobilee / 06.10.2008 / download

Posted in de-dans, download on October 13th, 2008 by de-dans | 5 Comments

The death of minimal, over and over again

The strange, lingering death of minimal techno Guardian, October 7 2008

“People are bored. There is plainly a desire for change […] DJs, producers, bloggers and journalists are moving on […] But, if minimal’s over, what’s next? Well, more of the same. Only different. Subtle shifts, suitably enough […] Logically, this should be boom time for maximal dance music, a la Crookers and Hervé. And it might be, in Britain. But, the German scene and media isn’t prey to the same vicious swings, the same boom-bust, hype-kill cycles. “Evolution not revolution” is Germany’s style and, with Berlin unlikely to cede its position as electronic music’s global centre, that is where the most exciting innovations are still going to come from […] If minimal brought avant-garde electronica to the dancefloor, it’s only natural that it’s more cerebral exponents may now travel the other way.”

Ronan Fitzgerald’s response Octomber 09 2008

“Minimal has declined since a peak of popularity 2 years or so ago but it certainly hasn’t died. I don’t say that as a partisan supporter of the sound either. I say it as someone who noticed a fatigue in the music which the letters “mnml” came to represent grew from around January 2007 but has actually receded a lot since about June 2008. The reason mnml’s “death” is “strange and lingering” is because it isn’t a death at all! Minimal continues to exist. Only in a genre as ephemeral and illogical as dance music in 2008 could I seriously be saying “hold on there Tony, minimal isn’t dead, it’s coming back!

[…] What we’re left with now post-mnml and (sorry Tony) post-deephouserevivalandeverythingelse is just a loose template, a nameless scene where no one word dominates. Maybe the article should have been called “The strange lingering death of dance music’s direction”. Not because the genre is finished or over, but because it doesn’t seem to be travelling forward in time with any coherency. People are looking to every moment and era of the past all at once […] The only question is: where the hell do things go from here?”

Posted in de-dans, dezbateri on October 13th, 2008 by de-dans | 8 Comments

Haute Culture – Ein Tag Mit Mir

[FGM01] Haute Culture – Ein Tag Mit Mir / 08.10.08

Buzz.ro! Avem deosebita placere sa va prezentam sufletul blogului, primul release fresh good minimal, o frumusete de piesa, pentru inimi, de la cel mai bun din blocul turn. Mai vrem!

Haute Culture – Ein Tag Mit Mir

Posted in buzz.RO on October 10th, 2008 by fresh good minimal | 8 Comments