WJH: The sound of Frankfurt today

Posted on 28/01/2007 by Thomas

Just coming back from from two cool parties: Vice magazine with a lot of cool new bands, among these “Yes Boss” and “Ripchord” and the new amazing location of Picknick on Luisenstraße. I took some videos, am going to post them later.

But for now, here’s a new mix for the DJ mixes category, it’s a guy from Frankfurt with the strange name WJ Heinze and he posted a pretty heavy techhouse mix which is not exactly of the minimal kind they like in Berlin, but courageous and forward, without compromises and with lots of balls and guts. It’s called November and for those of you who like a little ravy atmosphere and strobes and such, this is for you. (Actually Heinze is one of the founders of Neuton and has been producing with techno veterans as Oliver Lieb, Toni Rios, Frank Lorber or Pascal FEOS, so he knows what he’s doing)

[audio:http://www.fmam.net/audio/wjh_november_set.mp3]
Download WJ Henze november heavy ravy techhouse mix

(Oh boy and I just got a hit from Google for this!

This friday: Berlin2NYC

Posted on 24/01/2007 by Thomas

Berlin and New York have a lot of things in common. Maybe Berlin is not as big and rich as NYC but it can be as cruel and cold. And as creative!

Find out about other differences and similarities on this friday at Avastar, Nostitzstr. 12 in Kreuzberg.

There will be the European premiere of two mindblowing documentaries about the hazardous life of bike messengers, “Messenger” by Daniel Lieb and “Pedal” by Peter Sutherland. You can watch the trailers on the Berlin2NYC Myspace-site!

Two photographers will present their work, Therese Laub (Denmark) shows urban scenes from the bicyle’s viewpoint and Slomo is one of the most infamous party photographers I have ever met. Expect some pretty wild scenes from Berlin and NY parties on the wall..

Last but not least, Slomo aka CockoftheRock (what a name, it sure sticks to your head..), the party’s organizer Murongue and me will be spinning some records, trying to musically cross the bridge between Berlin and New York. Here’s a special Berlin2NYC snippet mix I made. Come to the party if you wanna hear some more!

[audio:http://www.stylewalker.net/music/stylewalkers_berlin2nycmix.mp3]
Download Stylewalkers Berlin2NYC mix

Finally, it’s Murongue’s goodbye, he is going to.. guess.. New York! So, let’s give hime all a good shot of energy, he’ll need it over there!

Minilogue hitchhikers video

Posted on 23/01/2007 by Thomas

These guys are great, the mix from Panorama bar I posted some weeks ago is still one of the best in the DJ mixes section. I found this video via Roberdo who has some more interesting details about Minilogue’s past in the progressive trance scene. The animation is absolutely loveable and certainly extremely elaborate and artistic. Here’s a video as a snippet from their upcoming DVD:

Stelle reopening with Stylewalker on friday

Posted on 18/01/2007 by Thomas

There are new clubs (re)opening all over Berlin! Not only Cookies restarted this tuesday, also the newformed underground mitte network around ZMF, Z-Café (former Postcafé) and Stella refueld the area with fresh and unconsumed locations like the cellar of an old pizzaplace, and old bunker and a bakery.

So watch out for pink flamingo on friday because Stella is opening its cage and Stylewalker is being part of it. I am playing in the bar from 1am, the adress is Brunnenstr 152, you will also enjoy the Bunny Orchestra (neongoldendiscostuff), Terminal 19 (minimal stuff live) and Max.Effect (minimal / house)
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First dance at Cookies

Posted on 17/01/2007 by Thomas

So yesterday was the big opening again, famous partymaker Cookies debuted the new club at Unter den Linden / Friedrichstraße. And it was sure no dissapointment: Party people, fashion people, international and arty people, lots of hats and style and funky moves and an atmosphere that made you feel that they loved to have their Cookies back. Not only I met old friends I hadn’t seen in a while, I heard many “Good to see YOU again!” all over. The bathrooms are gender-separated this time, the sound could be much better (invest, as soon as you’ve made some cash, Cookie!) there’s a lounge upstairs and a massive big floor that used to be a movie theatre with the typical candelabras and many bars to dance on. And so they did! Enjoy some fotos and a short Continue reading →

New clubs for Berlin

Posted on 16/01/2007 by Thomas

E.g. the famous Cookies opens again tonight, I wrote about more recent developments in the Berlin clubscene on Hauptstadtblog. Expect some pics of the night!

Top 100 Indie Albums in 2006

Posted on 16/01/2007 by Thomas

I took part in an ambitious campaign done by the Italian bloggers who run the musicblog Indieforbunnies.com (formerly known as indiefordummies but they couldn’t have this name anymore for some kind of copyright issue..): They wrote to hundreds of music bloggers, many replied to create another 2006 top 100 list: the best indie albums. And actually, it is a pretty impressive list, from indie rock to electronica to hip hop: Many great albums are featured with, if available, links to mp3s. Have a look, until today No. 100 to 26 are published, the rest follows in the upcoming days:

Top 100 Indie Albums from 50 to 26
Top 100 Indie Albums from 75 to 51
Top 100 Indie Albums from 100 to 76

How to do a Mashup

Posted on 12/01/2007 by Thomas

YouTube star Sue Teller explains how to do a mashup.
My grandma would have liked it, too, I am sure. She was a musician and told me that real artist always bow down deep in front of the audience. Think about it and compare!

[via Miss Glitter]

Survey for a new FU Berlin students portal

Posted on 09/01/2007 by Thomas

I just filled out a survey about the students’ expectations for a new portal and social network for all students of the Freie Universität Berlin. I have to admit, I was quite surprised about the quality of the questions, the whole approach seems very promising to me. Let alone the fact to actually ask the users and recruit them for beta testing through a survey before starting to develop a social network platform is a plus. It seems ironic because this should be the case for all user driven online platforms but sadly enough is seldom the case.

If you are a FU student, take part in the survey until january 15th! Continue reading →

Adventures close to home in Berlin

Posted on 06/01/2007 by Thomas

While Patrick Gräser is playing at Weekend again tonight and later in Kiki Blofeld, my man Shir Khan hosts some London party makers at 103: Adventures close to home.

These two guys just play what they like and already had guests like Maximo Park, Chromeo, Uffie, Adam Green, CSS, Spank Rock or Jamie Lidell, so it’s a pretty eclectic mix. They even host a free party (free! in London!) as they say: “Regular nights occur at the Camden Barfly on the FIRST Friday of every month, and a free-to-get-in party with ACTH DJs and the best brand new bands – at the Old Blue Last (Great Eastern Street, EC1) on the LAST Friday of every month. Yes, FREE to get in. And here’s their new massive, funky, noisy and november mix:
[audio:http://www.adventuresclosetohome.com/media/01%20ACTH%20Mix%20November%202006.mp3]

Tonight: 23.30h / 103 CLUB / FALCKENSTEINSTR.47 / BERLIN X-BERG FUCK THE CA$H: CASHMONEYPARTY NO.2
ADVENTURES CLOSE TO HOME DJTeam (London) & SHIR KHAN (black label/ exploited) vs. VJ Ultramoodem (exploited)