Shir Khan hosts a new weekly radioshow at FRITZ

Excuse me for not having posted that much in the past. But I have been constantly travelling. I was touring Australia, Brazil (support for LCD Soundsystem), Canada (support for Mstrkft), England, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Russia, Ukraine. It has been a good year for me. IDJ reviewed my Mix-Cd SHIR KHAN - MAXIMIZE! as one of their "finest compilations of the year". My remix for Bonde do Role on Domino got amazing airplay and I already saw it in some TOP10 for one of the best remixes for 2007 (Timeout/Tel Aviv). My label EXPLOITED had a good start with artists Surkin, Adam Sky and Siriusmo. Sinden featured the Crookers Remix for Adam Sky as one of the essential club tunes for 2007 in Factmagazine. Diplo also got crazy for it as Gorky told me. Angie Reed made a nice 3D-Comicvideo for this which I am going to post here very soon. Last, but not least, in 2008 I start a weekly radioshow at Fritz. Dont miss it and make sure you tune in. I will probably post playlists and some of the mixes featured on the show here. More info on: www.fritz.de
Check the frequency: 102.6
Here are the dates for January:
01.01.08 / 20.00-22.00 / tuesday / Radio Fritz 102.6 / Soundgarden mit Shir Khan / Best of 2007 / Mash-up-Mix / EDU K-Dj-mix
08.01.08 / 20.00-22.00 / tuesday / Radio Fritz 102.6 / Soundgarden mit Shir Khan / WHOMADEWHO-Album-Preview/ BAILE FUNK Special / MAN RECORDINGS-Feature / Dj-Gast: DANIEL HAAKSMAN
15.01.08 / 20.00-22.00 / tuesday / Radio Fritz 102.6 / Soundgarden mit Shir Khan / EUROCRUNK Special / Dj-Gast: CHRIS DE LUCA VS PHON.O
22.01.08 / 20.00-22.00 / tuesday / Radio Fritz 102.6 / Soundgarden mit Shir Khan / Dj-Gast: BEN MONO
29.01.08 / 20.00-22.00 / tuesday / Radio Fritz 102.6 / Soundgarden mit Shir Khan / Dj-Gast: MODESELEKTOR

Finally, watch out for the New Years eve Party! And watch out for a Berlin Battery party coming in march alongside Zombie Disco Squad. Peace and a happy new year. Shirk

Siriusmo - Allthegirls

Coming soon to a recordshop near you. Check the artwork and get yourself the last 2 issues. Its always famous popartists being painted over with a stamp on saying: EXPLOITED. This time its Donna Summer getting her ripoff.
Here is a little preview for you of the upcoming Siriusmo on my little label Exploited. And in fact, you dont have the old ones....go and get them from Bungalow...since so many people asked me for "meine wunderbare welt"....Supermarkt is in charge of them. Drop him a mail. Anyway - here is a little description: "Imagine Giorgio Moroder and Timberland doing the new soundtrack for Knight Rider and you've got the gist." (Djmag). Supported by BerlinBattery, A-Trak, Tim Paris, Surkin, Boys Noize, Kissy Sellout, Busy P, Makossa, Punks jump up, Bang Gang Deejays, Colette Paris, Modular Records.
EXPLOITED12"(Vinyl+Mp3): Siriusmo - Allthegirls (with Remixes from Yuksek, Tomboy, Modeselektor)
Released: 14.1.08

Jason Sudeikis and Justin Timberlake - Dick in a box

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

FRIENDLY FIRES - PARIS (mp3)

Finally, the new single by Friendly Fires from Nottnigham this time on moshi moshi records. The song is one more reason for me to think they are one of the most promising new bands from UK. A real berlinbattery favorite band for some time now. This is spacey disco pop at it's best, with a lot of extatic percussion, a big hook and you can dance to it... You HAVE to get their two other 10 Inches, if you're not stupid!



http://www.myspace.com/friendlyfires

RUMBLE STRIPS LIVE @ NASTI CLUB MADRID (7th ANNIVERSARY)

Watch two songs from one of my favorite bands from 2007 THE RUMBLE STRIPS playing a special show in Madrid's infamous NASTI CLUB for their 7th anniversary. If you know the Nasti Possee you can recognize a lot of freaks in the audience... Honestly, if you've ever been to Nasti club you will understand, that i am extremly happy, that everybody there is still alive and survived 7 years of utter madness! Party on! Get that Nasti shit! Thanks to Pablo, Chema and Carla (and all you others...) for some of my most remembered dj-nights...

BERLIN BATTERY PRES.: THOMAS BANGALTER, PEACHES & TONE LOC - WILD SCRATCH (A JACK TENNIS MASH UP)

This is a clash of the titans! Peaches and Tone Loc's "Wild Thing" raps over Thomas Bangalters (Daft Punk) "Spinal Scratch", back in the days on Roule records. Thanks Supermarkt for finding this track in your record collection! Listen to this mash up and of course to Tone Loc and Peaches new "Wild Thing" on Delicious Vinyl.

THE HEAVY - THAT KIND OF MAN (LIVE IN BERLIN 5.12)

Enjoy this amazing live performance by -The Heavy- this week in a tiny club in Berlin. They were allready featured in the -Butterfly Collector Mix- by Supermarkt with -Coleen-. Easily the concert of the year, well for this week.

J&K: EGYPTOMANIACS

Exhibition @ Gallery Sparwasser HQ Berlin (until dec. 15th).
Just passed by this exhibition in a small gallery in berlin (Torstrasse 161) and really had a good time. Two european artists (J&K) went to Egypt and brought home a very catchy but disturbing installation about a land between tourism and tradition. The presentation is great, as you can really get "inside" the show.

























two more berlin gallery recommendations:
- "the darkside portraits @ www.pool-gallery.com (tucholskystr. 38)
- "berliner strasse" @ circleculture gallery (gipsstrasse 11)
group-exhibition featuring works of my favorite berlin artists of now "Jaybo aka Monk", who is also the graphic guru of "Style & The Family Tunes"-magazine.

JACK TENNIS - SHORT FINGERS

What should I say? Load the track down, play it in your club and have a freaked out party! don't don't don't do do don't...

SOFT TIGERS - MR. ICE CREAM

Shir Khan is playing in Australia and we listen to bands from Australia. Soft Tigers are from Sydney and they release on Bang Gang 12inches, the label of the incredible Bang Gang DJs.
Do you know DJ Gorky from Bonde Do Role and his favorite t-shirt with the print "Ice cream saved my day"? Maybe he wrote the lyrics...
http://www.myspace.com/softtigers

JUICEBOX & DRE SKULL - SWEAT (XXX CHANGE REMIX)

What a nice remix! A rock-beat meets a house-piano and a disco-bassline. Love it! The original rocks in an 90's Technotronic style. Funny, but a bit too much for me. Listen to it here: www.myspace.com/officialjuiceboxxx.
Or check out their label Vicious Pop Records for more strange (dance?) music: www.myspace.com/viciouspoprecords

AUSSIE CALLIN

Oh. I love Singapore Airlines so much. Markus (Supermarkt) was totally right that this is the best flight agency. I could choose between 98 movie channels and yes - I could also play computer games...just as SPACE INVADERS...classic! However, made my way from Singapore to Australia to give it a bit of Dj-Touring here. Just played at the Bang Gang Deejays Party in Melbourne at 3rd Class. That was brilliant. Met Gameboy/Gamegirl there. Also Sidney got totally crazy. Now I am hanging here around at Bondi Beach trying to bring a toxicated body into motion....Actually I got back into riding the waves....Last time I did this was nearly 18 years ago. Wow! Yesterday I checked out some Koala Bears, Kangoroos and Tasmanian Devils...yeah...Zoo Khan kicked it in the jungle. My reccommendation for today: REVLOVER - CAN'T STAND (ZZT RMX). Thats a standout track which is going to be released in January on RELISH. Just used it in Sidney as my intro and everybody asked what it is. Its all mental and the weird pianolick in the middle is nasty. Actually..its too new...so I am not going to post this. Another funny tune is: JENNIFER ROSTOCK - KOPF ODER ZAHL (DEICKIND RMX)...quite impressed by this one. Funny German lyrics in a dope Deichkind Rmx. Already played it and it rocked! So the track I am going to post is from Yukseks mate Brodinksi from France. This came out on Mental Groove and comes with Remixes from the ones of Radioclit and Crookers. Crookers did the most banging and since I have been playing this tune to death I am gonna post it here for you.

DJ SUPERMARKT: VALLEY OF THE DOLLS-DJ-SET @ NITSA CLUB BARCELONA

Here is a new dj-mix, recorded at Nitsa Club Barcelona last weekend. What you hear is the screaming sound of a dj set at 4.30 in the morning under the influence of around 46 Gin Tonics and too many of theses delicious tapas. Enjoy (too) many songs from electro-funk to Dancehall to French-house to punk-rave to madness, a lot of fucked-up mixes and feel the fun (i had) in the middle of the sweaty club night... Remember: this is about ENERGY!
It's 68 minutes (77mb), and i have no idea, why (and how?) i played so many tracks. The mix will kick off a new K7 mix-compilation series: dj-punks! (well, in my fantasy...)

1. Intro
2. Klaxons - So above (Justice rmx)
3. The Screetch - screetch
4. Strike Boys - The rhyme
5. Operator Please - just a song about ping pong (Kissy Sellouts White Stallion rmx)
6. Knightlife - all systems
7. Hervé - Cheap thrills
8. Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler (armand van helden rmx)
9. Sonny J - can't stop moving (Young Punx rmx)
10. Les Rhythmes Digitales - (Hey You) whats that sound? (JLC rmx)
11. Siriusmo - all the girls (Tomboy rmx)
12. Adam Sky vs Mark Stewart - we are all prostitutes (Crookers rmx)
13. Futureheads vs Morillo - dance about it later (Andy styler rmx)
14. Best of DK - smack my bitch up
15. Thomas Bangalter - spinal scratch
16. Trilogyy - Work it baby
17. Daft Punk vs Van She vs Dangerous Dan - around the world
18. Frederico Franchi vs Boota Shade - cream
19. Kissy Sellout - her (touché rmx)
20. Tim El Le - forward
21. The Teenagers vs Guns'n'Bombs - Homecoming (dj supermarkt edit)
22. Taggy Matcher - Rock it
23. LCD Soundsystem - Get innocuous! (Soulwax rmx)
24. Telex - Moscow Discow
25. Will Bailey - intergalactic
26. Arctic Monkeys - old yellow (Cryptonites rmx)
27. Trevor Loveys - Organ Grinder

TIM EL LE - forward

another club-electro-bomb. It's quite old, but people always ask me about it, when i play it. It's from a 12 Inch on Scream & Shout. It has a great rocking sample of...(ha, won't tell you, you will never find out...) in it, well, thats why i like it, as you know! Actually it was produced by a dj from cologne called Tim Royko. make up your own mind on the stuff he normally does...
http://www.myspace.com/timroyko

EVEL KNIEVEL died yesterday......in bed

rest in peace!

THE SPECIALS - Rat Race

Back by popular demand. There are so many bands influenced by The Specials nowadays. Amy Winehouse has covered the whole catalogue of The Specials, the sound of The Gorillaz/Mr Hudson & The Library/Hard Fi/The Babyshambles a.m.m. would not be possible without "More Specials", the second album. "Rat Race" was originally only released as a 7 Inch single after the first album and showed the way out of the Ska-universe, that The Specials were hating already after their first album. Althoug being one of the few mixed bands (black and white musicians) the right wing Skinhead movement loved and obviously never understood The Specials and most shows ended in big fights between left wing and right wing Skinheads/Mods/Punks...

CHUCK WOOD - seven days too long (as covered by Dexys Midnight Runners)

Dexys Midnight Runners have been one of my major influences when i was young. Their first album "Searching for the young soul rebels" would still end up in my "top5-best-records-ever"-list. Not only because it is brilliant, but especially because it helped me free my mind from the limitations that came along with trying (and failing) to be a punk. For me it opened the doors to the even more exiting world, now called POST-PUNK. "Geno" and "seven days too long" have always been my favorites of that album, and it took ages until i realized that the latter is a coverversion of a 60s Northern Soul-classic by an unknown singer called Chuck Wood. And here is one of the rare moments where the internet ends: no mention in wikipedia, no foto of him, just a few words from fans. The original single was out on roulette records and the b-side "soul shing-a-ling" is amazing, too, in a more wild, almost bluesy sense. Mojo records rereleased the song on 7 inch. I checked for fotos of Chuck wood in the internet: there are no! But I came across this foto and i really liked it. IT IS NOT THE CHUCK WOOD THAT RECORDED THIS SONG. it is a guy also called Chuck Wood, who finished Eisenhower senior high school in 1976. i like the foto, sorry Chuck.

berlinbattery weekend in spain

here are some fotos of the weekend Shir Khan, Malente and Dj Supermarkt had in Barcelona(Nitsa club) and MAdrid (Spain).
the fotos were taken by the mighty Richard Cameron!

Jack Tennis - Night Duty Mix

Can you keep a secret? Here comes a special dj-mix only for BerlinBattery visitors with some of my favorite love'n'soul songs.
Sit back, relax and listen to some music.
Yours,
Jack "Smooth" Tennis

tracklist:
Joe Sample - In all my wildest dreams
William De Vaughn - Be thankful for what you've got
Patrice Rushen - To reach his own
Keil Stouncil - Leroy
Chic - Sao Paulo
Minnie Ripperton - Here we go
Sister Sledge - You're a friend to me
Burt Bacharach and Herb Alpert - This guy's in love with you
Barry White - I'm gonna love you just a little bit more
A taste of honey - I love you
Jones Girls - Midnight at the oasis
Korgis - Everybody's got to learn sometimes
Chapman/Whitney Streetwalkers - My friend the sun
Owen Wilson - Don't give up on us
(60MB, 50min.)

Mana's Multiply

This is a nice one from Nice Up records. Jamie Lidell's smasher "Multiply" in a reggae style. I love the groove and the scatches in the middle. If you like The Dynamics, J*star or just good music than listen to this one . Check out Nice Ups MySpace for more: http://www.myspace.com/niceuprecords

THE FUTUREHEADS vs MORILLO - dance about it later (andy styler rmx)

This is my absolute favorite club-banger for some time now. I was lucky to find a test pressing of it on juno some month ago (and been playing it since everytime i deejayed). And i'm waiting for a proper release since, which somehow is not happening. Andy Styler produced this tune. I checked his myspace and after listening to his cheesy other stuff it looks like he had a sole very bright moment, when he produced this remix (a moment that unfortunately never returned...). It is an illegal remix of a remix, which is very 2007 to me... He added an extra rave-punch to Switch's remix of the Futureheads song. I already liked the original switch mix, but what you get now is a real bomb... Apparently (as the title suggests) there must be some Eric Morillo in it, too, which i do not find or care about, to be honest... This is guaranteed to make any good electro- or nu-ravecrowd go mad! enjoy
http://www.myspace.com/thefutureheads
http://www.myspace.com/djandystyler

berlin battery in spain

ola amigos

really happy to spend a weekend in my two favorite clubs in spain:

23.11. Barcelona. Nitsa club (with Shir khan and MAlente)
24.11. Madrid, Nasti club (with Shir Khan)

see you there, well...maybe

REPUBLIC OF LOOSE - comeback girl

this is my favorite song and my favorite band of the moment. They're from Dublin and just released their second album "Aaaagh!", which sounds like a mix of Outkast, Stones, Beck and Hall&Oates. It's simply brilliant and totally unique. And after watching the video i think i want to meet the two guys personally. They are also part of the "Butterfly collector - mix" i posted some time ago.

http://www.myspace.com/republicofloose

LES RHYTHMES DIGITALES - hey you whats that sound (JLC remix version)

Just found this ace remix JLC did for his own track on the 12 Inch b-side. What else can you say about Stuart Price? For me he is one of the two most influencial pop musicians of recent times (the other is Damon Albarn). On his album "Darkdancer" in 1998 he already took a trip into the eighties, and that was years before people all over the world discovered that the eighties were cool. The album features the Whirlpool Production cover "from disco to disco", the recently commercialised "Jacques Your Body" and Nik Kershaw on guest vocals. And the sprayed cover graphics are miles ahead of the time, too (remember in the 90s you could be stoned to death for only mentioning the eighties). With his alter egos (Thin White Duke, Zoot Woman, Paper Faces etc..) he is constantly releasing only highest quality music and remixes. It is no surprise that Madonna bought his production talents for her music. he just turned 30, so i wonder what he is up to next...

IN FLAGRANTI - emotional R (in flagranti edit)

the discofied "emotional rescue" always was my favorite song of the Rolling Stones. the sampledelic guys from IN FLAGRANTI speed it up, cut the boring parts, loop the rest and here it is: the dance version, i always waited for. Actually there is something else coming in late in the song, which made my mind blow away. Genius... i won't tell you...listen! IN FLAGRANTI released tons of discofied electro 12 Inches on Codek and Mindless Boogie and a really great album called "wronger than anyone else". Alex Gloor (one of the two guys) does the truely amazing graphics for them and used to be in a band called FAMILY OF GOD, which we released on Bungalow ages ago. There is lots more to discover on the IN FLAGRANTI planet. Go to Youtube and watch all their amazing selfmade videos, which they did exactly the same way, like they produce music. Cut and loop softporn movies and other weird films of the late seventies. This song is available on 12 Inch on Mindless Boogie and there are two other crazy tunes on it. Get it!

http://www.myspace.com/inflagranti

DAVID E. SUGAR - Chelsea girls

love this electrofunk-pop track from upcoming british talent DAVID E SUGAR. He looks a bit like Mika, he sounds a bit like Calvin Harris. Stardom guaranteed! Get it on 12 Inch...

SUPERTHRILLER - hairdresser

these guys just released their new smashing album "superthriller 2", which is actually their third album. "Superthriller 1" already was great with its two small underground hits "ahjustwannadance" and "I'm gonna ask to leave at three, so call me", but 2005 (before Radiohead tested the internet (and their fans) with their new album) Superthriller had a revolutionary idea to release "the blank album". For a low prize you could buy an empty CDR with cover and artwork. With a personal code you could choose and download 23 tracks (from 40 tracks) in the internet and burn it on your CDR.
Most famous fan (besides me and Shir Khan..haha) is Beck who invited them on their complete european tour recently. "Superthriller 2 " is their best album up to date, their sound is somewhere between electro, funk, soul and dirty pop... like Prince jamming with Beck...sort of. Love it!

http://www.myspace.com/superthrillertunes

KNIGHTLIFE - ambopop

these guys come from Australia, like so many good electro acts recently. "ambopop" is a slice of strong noisy electro in a Justice way. The 12" is absolutely worth the money, because the b-side "all systems" is amazing and a bit more funky, too. Watch these guys!
http://www.myspace.com/dancewithknightlife

SONNY J - can't stop moving (Young Punx rmx)

you already heard the original (or watched the video...below). But now the Young Punx turn the funky disco track into a piano-lead electromonster. Imagine Technotronic meeting Soulwax... and you're not halfway there. This one really makes dancefloors shake!

Justice & Busy P.

See more videos at Pedestrian.tv

Uffie & Feadz

Living on the fast lane...:

See more videos at Pedestrian.tv

SEVENTEEN EVERGREEN - Music is the wine (joakim remix)

this is a slow builder. it takes 8 minutes to really get going and ends up in a synth-mess. But it's worth to listen to the way it builds up. Absolutely fascinating. electro-disco at it's best. we all know that Joakim is a maestro and has magic fingers (his remix for Clor's "Magic Touch" is one of the best remixes i ever heard), but this also made me discover the band Seventeen Evergreen from California. They have a brilliant psychedelic pop album out now, that is part Flaming Lips, part Beatles... enjoy, your supermarkt

Holy Hail live@Berlin Hilton/NBI

yes.....actually we have 2 parties on the wednesday....so if you have a low pocket here is the option for people who are broke (only 3 Euro entry! Top that)....after MARIA the party still goes on here:

7.11. - 23.00 - NBI - BERLIN HILTON - Schoenhauser Allee 36 - Berlin

Holy Hail (New York/Adventures Close to Home) //// LIVE
+ DJ Gorky (Bonde do Rolê) versus DJ Shir Khan
@ berlin hilton THIS WEDNESDAY

On November 07th, our berlin hilton guests will experience quite a bit of action on Prenzlauer Berg soil. We have an explosive set of guests: a live act with the New York band HOLY HAIL and a DJ battle between two dadaist-party-makers: on one side GORKY, born in Rio de Janeiro, living in Curitiba and frequent guest of every joint on the planet these days, constantly touring with his band Bonde do Rolê, and on the other side the Berlin party monster SHIR KHAN.

HOLY HAIL : NY residents Cat, Michally, Kevin and Alex are a wonderfully mixed bunch; together they create a sound that draws on the honky tonk, the old school, and southern gothic and bring politically charged lyrics to the dance party. Influenced by The Fall, New Order, Fleetwood Mac, The Gossip, The Band, Nas, Leadbelly, June and Johnny, spirituals, southern soul, westward expansion, easterly winds, northern lights and gypsies.They have toured and collaborated with the likes of New Young Pony Club, The Rapture and Bonde do Role, and played everywhere. Time for fun at berlin hilton, we say.

GORKY is the music head behind Bonde do Rolê,

and if you dont know who SHIR KHAN is, you cant possibly be going to parties much in the past decade. He has remixed Bonde do Role and Holy Hail!

Holy Hail (New York) //// LIVE
+ DJ Gorky (Bonde do Rolê) versus DJ Shir Khan (Exploited)
@ berlin hilton on November 7th

MELTKLUB with SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO & berlin battery djs

ola amigos,
in case you are in berlin on wednesday, you should check out the fantastic line-up of the MELTKLUB party at MARIA club. It's SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO (live), PACIFIC! (moshi moshi, Live) and your berlin battery djs like Shir Khan & Dj Supermarkt plus Gorky (from Bonde Do Role, Brasil). What more do you need?
....... and Pablo (Nitsa/Nasti Club/Primavera, Barcelona/Madrid) will be in the audience. Some of you know what this means...

SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO - hustler (2007 version)

this is already the second video for "hustler". I already liked the first one, but this is fascianting and...really bizarre! It starts really conventional with models dancing etc... but ends up in a disturbing, blood vomiting Aphex Twin style finish. Be aware...

Sonny J - can't stop moving

this is fun. And it's 2007. sounds like The Avalanches and Junior Senior playing The Jackson Five. Retro-Disco-Dancing included! summer's back

Jack Tennis vs. Leila K. - Check The Dan

This is the return of the 90's in a 2007 outfit! Do you remember Leila K. and all her hits like "Open Sesame" or the Plastic Bertand cover "Ca plane pour moi"? This is a remake of "Check the dan" originally released on her 1993 album "Carousel". Have fun with this electro-ska booty, it will burn your disco down.
If you wonder what Leila did after her career in the 90's read her tragic story on wikipedia: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leila_K. (sorry: only in german)
I wish you all the best Leila!!!

New Young Pony Club covering Technotronics "Pump up the Jam" live at Studio B Nyc

Pump up the Jam! How often have I heard this song in Dj-sets....but getting New Young Pony Club to interpret that track in a new way sounds fucking awesome! Great!

friday, 2.11., dj supermarkt @ foo club Hamburg

http://www.myspace.com/fooclub

Herve - Cheap Thrills

To me Herve (aka JOSHUA HARVEY,aka part of SPEAKER JUNK, aka THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTAL, aka part of DEAD SOUL BROTHERS aka VOODOO CHILLI)is still the hottest producer and remixer at the moment. This one (CHEAP THRILLS) is from his long awaited CHEAP THRILLS EP on DUBSIDED.....COMING SOON! yes - it uses some kind of a Michael Jackson-Sample....and one of the additional tracks "Rocky Raver" will include a sample you can already expect from its title.....I must confess that CHEAP THRILLS was the strongest track on the weekend when Rob played it in Room3 at Fabric. Everybody going nuts to this one. Lovin that combination of Fidget, Mash-up, Funk and Baltimore....just like lots of songs in one track.

Friendly Fires - on board (nightmoves rmx)

love these guys. It's not the first time, that you can listen to them on berlinbattery. But this time it's a smooth electrofunk rmx of the nightmoves. Top ace! this is taken of their new remix 12 Inch with two other great remixes (a.o. Mock & Toof). buy all their stuff. they are one of the best new bands around!
www.myspace.com/friendlyfires

dj supermarkt - butterfly collector#01-mix (70 min., 60 mb)

this is a special one! there is so much really good pop-music around nowadays, that it happens a lot, that you miss something extraordinary. here are 17 new tracks from bands from all over the planet, that i wish NOT to be missed. These tracks make my life a better place, why shouldn't they mean something to you? musically this is all about...well..twisted pop music. Imagine a land somewhere between Beck, Steely Dan, Blur, Prefab Sprout, Funboy 3, Nick Drake and Flaming Lips. Haven't visited this land, ever? Don't think it exists? Well, try it out. This is pure quality (in my humble ears) and every single band on this Mix deserves stardom in the near future (actually i am quite sure, that some of them will actually make it!). i kinda tried to make this mix sound like music that you listen to in a fantasy supermarket (sorry, yes, it's really stupid). The bits and pieces inbetween the songs are taken from a record with "sounds from berlin in the year 1968". enjoy and discover this collection.

tracklist:
1- republic of loose - comeback girl
2- stuntmen - you're the best find
3- lightspeed champion - galaxy of the lost
4- dylan donkin - make a choice
5- hey hey my my - too much space
6- benny sings - coconut
7- free blood - never hear surf music again
8- leon jean marie - scratch
9- the heavy - coleen
10- elmore judd - we float in time
11- friendly fires - strobelight
12- Olympus mons - ok on my own (fear of theydon rmx)
13- georgie james - need your needs
14- be be see - smart but casual
15- Oh no ono - shock of the real
16- Middleman - when you're in love
17- adele - my hometown

INFADELS - love like semtex (saint pauli rmx)

Hamburg's best kept secret saint pauli did this remix for Wall Of Sound act "The Infadels" some time ago in an official remix contest. And...they won with this electro-funk monster! but then nothing happended. no presents, no cup, no drugs. Well. sounds like wall of sound! this is really great and it won for me, too. it is not released, so quite exclusive, and it is one of my most played tracks for some time now. they have another silly project simply called "Dj Adler Dj Team", and watch out for the mighty "noshitbutgeil"...
http://www.myspace.com/saintpauli

Modular party at cookies berlin (sat. oct. 27th)

hi amigos,

in case you are in berlin tomorrow, there is only one party to go. my two most mindblowing labels of NOW! join for a Berlin party: modular (home of avalanches, presets, cut copy a.o.) & bang gang (Kim, van she a.o.) have left down under to show us what a harke is. I have not deejayed once in the last years without playing at least on e 12 Inch of these two freak-dance-pop-labels. And their partys are infamous... They come with tons of djs from Australia (Bang Gang djs, Ajax, Jaime Doom, Gud da hootrat) and London (Modular DJs, Greco Roman Soundsystem, Raf Daddy). plus Maral Salmassi and Signore Conny COOP himself. we will be there!

Shir Khan@Fabric

If you read this and are in London...come around!

M.I.T.C.H. - Fais Rentrer Les Euros feat. Uffie&Feadz (Audioporno Rmx)

A new Remix from our friends Audioporno from Switzerland. Still unreleased and a Berlin Battery Exclusive, this is for M.I.T.C.H. from Paris featuring guestvocals from Uffie&Feadz.

Daft Hands - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger!!!

le hammond inferno - margret evening fashion

lots of poeple keep asking us about this one. it is really hard to find, so here you go: we did this in 1999 together with the dj-duo Copasetic (Germo Robra and Martin Petersdorf/fritz radio). It's hard to say, what kind of music this is. Kind of Dancehall meets electropop. It actually sounds quite modern nowadays. And it bounces really well and groovy. Holger found this sixties flexi disc of a german fashion company called Margret Evening Fashion, which we sampled!

"when album covers attack"

some of you might have seen this already. But i keep watching it over and over again. It is my favorite youtube video! This is amazing in its true sense. watch what you can do with album covers... if you have shitloads of fantasy. It really surprises me sometimes what people do for fun. this must have taken a year in the making... Thanks www.uglypictures.us

SUPERMAYER - the art of letting go

Kompakt on berlinbattery? ohlala! This is a great song from the Kompakt-maestros themselves. Not minimal at all. Cool but funky, yet full of joy, dirty charm and FUN! Remembers me in the most positive way of the highlights of WHIRLPOOL PRODUCTIONS. The song sounds like the two enjoyed themselves doing this (and the album too, which i really recommend you to BUY!). Enjoy...actually one of the sentiments i am really missing in 99% of Minimal music. Well, i do not play a lot of Kompakt-12 Inches in my set (except maybe Rex The Dog and the mighty Ferenc - yes Sir i can hardcore), but this sounds like the end of minimal dullness. I met Michael Mayer once in Benicassim in a shuttle and he is a really nice guy. we talked about...well deejaying with vinyl, what do you guess! we were both a bit pissed off by other djs playing with CDRs and not supporting artists that they play by buying at least a tiny part of their music. Well.. you know how old people are when they meet, full of idealism etc. In general i am no friend at all of the minimal idea (remember my first dj name was MAXIMAL) but i have shitloads of respect to Kompakt as a trademark in dance music and the empire they built on pure quality.

Shir Khan - Smells like Basement

SHIR KHAN - SMELLS LIKE BASEMENT

"Eurocrunk gadabout Shir Khan indulges listeners' ADD with a dizzy mix of edits, remixes, and mashups that draw together bands like Bonde do Role, Riot in Belgium, Smith 'n Hack, and Simian Mobile Disco. Blog-house this good deserves a better name, stat." (EARPLUG)

TRACKLIST:

1) FUNKSTÖRUNG - MULTIPLE GRAMMY WINERS-SKIT (K7)
2) BONDE DO ROLE - GASOLINA (PEACHES RMX/SHIR KHAN EDIT/DOMINO)
3) DJ EDGAR - FUNK CORACAO (MAN RECORDINGS)
4) DETBOY - JUST CANT HOLD BACK (ON THE BRINK)
5) JACKSON FIVE - I WANT YOU BACK (DRE SKULL EDIT)
6) DUSTY KID - THE CAT (CROOKERS RMX/SOUTHERN FRIED) VS JACKSON FIVE - I WANT YOU BACK (DRE SKULL EDIT) VS CHEMICAL BROTHERS - WOW (CROOKERS RMX/VIRGIN)
7) ADAM SKY VS MARK STEWART - WE ARE ALL PROSTITUTES (CROOKERS RMX/EXPLOITED) VS RUN DMC (ACAPELLA)
8) BART B MORE - BASEMENT BEATS (SECURE RECORDINGS)
9) RIOT IN BELGIUM - LA MUSIQUE (SINDEN RMX/RELISH)
10) RIOT IN BELGIUM - LA MUSIQUE (SINDEN RMX/RELISH) VS SMITH N HACK - SPACE WARRIOR (SMITH N HACK)
11) SMITH N HACK - SPACE WARRIOR (SMITH N HACK) VS SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO - HUSTLER (JESSE ROSE RMX)
12) AUDIOPORNO VS PURPLE CRUSH - THE DISCO ITCH (SHIR KHAN RMX/
YUHZIMI) VS NICKY VANSHE AND DANGEROUS DAN - AROUND THE WORLD (BANG GANG)
13) AUDIOPORNO VS PURPLE CRUSH - THE DISCO ITCH (SHIR KHAN RMX/ YUHZIMI)
14) ADAM SKY VS PRINCESS SUPERSTAR - APES SUPERSTAR
15) MICHAEL JACKSON - BILLIE JEAN (MATHEMATIKAL RE-REBIRTH)
16) BEN MONO - HIT THE BIT (LORENZ RHODE RMX/COMPOST) VS SURKIN - PISTE DE PIMP (ACAPELLA/INSTITUBES)
17) SHIR KHAN - BRANDNEW INTERLUDE
18) SIRIUS MO - ALLTHEGIRLSOUTRO (EXPLOITED)
19) SIRIUS MO - GIRLSROCK (EXPLOITED)
20) PRINCESS SUPERSTAR - BAD BABYSITTER (SHIR KHAN’S PARTYGROOVE RMX/ CENTRAL STATION RECORDS)
21) SWEAT X - POP THAT COOCHIE (EBONYIVORYTRON) VS GOBLIN - TENEBRE (CINEVOX)
22) GOBLIN - TENEBRE (CINEVOX)
23) ZOMBIE NATION & TIGA - LOWER STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS (JUSTICE RMX/ TURBO)
24) SHIR KHAN - AIRPORT INTERLUDE
25) STEREOTYP FEAT. JOYCE MUNIZ - EBOLA
26) SEIJI FEAT. MC DOLORES - TODO MUNDO (MAN RECORDINGS)
27) MR OIZO - LOTUS SUITE KOLN
28) JEAN JAQUES PERRY & LUKE VIBERT - MOOG ACID 138 (JACKSON AND HIS COMPUTER BAND RMX/LO RECORDINGS)
29) RADIOCLIT - NELLY TI PICOU
30) GEORGE KRANZ - DIN DAA DAA (4TH & BROADWAY)
31) CARMEN - SCHLARAFFENLAND

Carmen - Schlaraffenlandcarmen

German Retrofuturism at its best. "Schlaraffenland, Schlaraffenland. Wie süß ist deine starke Hand." Punk Funk somewhere between Pforzheim and Osnabrück in the year of 1982. This is not New York - this is No Wave from the german province. Naive Tom Tom Club Girl-Pop meets Teutonic Clunk-Funk. Taken from her only album "Puppe aus Glas". Carmen Gaspar was a former member of the Marinas and later became the background singer of Andreas Dorau. I love this tune so much. Its on heavy rotation - always! Shir Khan.

MARK RONSON feat. AMY WINEHOUSE - valerie (baby J rmx)

love this one. Baby J gives the original a lovely summer reggae touch. Buy the 10" at www.juno.co.uk
2007: "the year that reggae broke?" probably not, but at least, this year reggae left its hippiebobmarleyspliff-territory for some badly needed fresh air, thanks to guys like J-star.

intergalactic message to rudi (reggae-mashup-mix by dj supermarkt)

ever wondered, what would happen, if scissor sisters, the clash, busta rhymes, the specials, jamie lidell, marvin gaye and snoop dogg (a.o.) would take a "babylon-by-bus"-trip to jamaica? me neither. but if you are interested, here is the soundtrack:



1. Intro
2. Scissor Sisters
3. Snoop Dogg
4. Busta Rhymes - New York Shit
5. Grandmaster Clash
6. Drop it like its shot
7. Chaka Kollektiv
8. Marvin Guy Gay
9. Jurassic Reggae
10. commercial break
11. Stick by me
12. Sister Nancy says Bangbang
13. Girls Town
14. Intergalactic
15. Mc Cay
16. J-Star
17. Don't stop till you reggae
18. J-star - coming up
19. Rhythm n Booze - somebody else's guy
20. Rhythm n Booze - Message to ODB
21. Creezy Hype Gnarls
22. Spliff jingle
23. Jamie Lidell Ska
24. i like to move it