The Disco Itch (Shir Khan Rmx)

Searching deep withing the dephts of the internet I just found a video by some random youtube-dude to one of my remixes (Audioporno vs Purple Crush - The Disco Itch/Shir Khan Rmx) that I thought got completely lost. Check it out!

Purple Crush-Blog

GRAND POPO FOOTBALL CLUB - my territory

Grand Popo Football Club - My Territory
by Phunk_promotion

Where have they been all that 8 years? These two frenchies released a great, eclectic clubpop-album called "shampoo victims" long ago and since then disappeared completely. The music was (and it seems like it still is) a mixture of all kinds of styles, samples, moods and other madness, but very Pop. I came across their album because it was designed by one of my favorite graphic guys of that time: Laurent Fetis.
He became well known with his beautiful design/artwork for fellow frenchies TAHITI 80.
Well, both bands were on french label "Atmospheriques", where he was the "inhouse-graphic-guy" and also responsable for another great band called Mellow. Kinda the "modern" idea of many labels like Ed Banger etc... now (he designed a video for one banger: Dj Mehdi).
there is also a beautiful book on him/his work from berlin's DIE GESTALTEN Verlag.
oh.. back to Grand Popo...
this is the first single to their new album and it is a beautiful electro-disco-pop-song with a girl vocal. And the video (as all their visual stuff) is amazing, too.
There is a 12 Inch (or download) with remixes at Juno. It features lots of mixes, a.o. by Joakim, Putsch 79 and more. I really dig the "Italo version":

>>>GRAND POPO FOOTBALL CLUB - my territory (Italo version)
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"i am my own minority!"

myspace.com/grandpopofootballclub

Robert Boogert - Deserve You (Malente Re-Edit)

Not too long ago I stumbled upon Robert Boogert, producer from the Neatherlands. And today I really wanna share my enthiasm with you. As soon as I heard his definition of bassline driven fidget-house-music some questions crossed my mind. So I conctaced him on sykpe to gain knowledge.

Malente: „Where are you coming from musically? Your production sounds great. You must have done stuff before... any former projects?

Robert Boogert: „Ehm yeah. I'm originally a jazz guitarist. I'm attending conservatory in Amsterdam, which is a great school to study the jazz. Two years ago I heard some awesome basslines which made me into house music. Before then I never would've thought I'd like that style. But I sure do!!! I'm mainly trying to put some originality and music theory into the house. Because I don't often hear that. Anyway, I never produced before, I play in several bigbands and funkbands. I also have a fusion band where we only play instrumental songs that I write

Malente: „I see. That explains a lot. You got the ears. What I found unique about your apporach on fidget stuff is that it's really soulful, musical, funky and positive. Warm but the same time rockin' hard. And it sounds nothing like music theory or dry at all.

Robert Boogert: „Yeah, I really like it when it has a curtain recognizeble sound, not just a bassline. It needs to be an actual song.“

Malente: „So what did you release and what's on your scedule next?

Robert Boogert: „I released three EP's: Phatique EP (Downsouth), The Blizz EP (Hypotron Records) and Problemized EP (SMD Records). Deserve you that track you edited is on The Phatique EP in it’s original version. You should also check out Broke on this EP. It’s one of my personal favourites. Coming soon is Da Hype EP on Prompt Digital wich will be really good!! And there’s an upcoming EP on SMD Records, where im more into the Daft Punk style. Last but not least a Remix of Kynatix is to be out, wich I just uploaded on myspace.

Malente: „As you're from Amsterdam. Do you work with people like Brabe (he uses some sounds quite similar) or Mason or Jesse Voorn?

Robert Boogert: „Barbe, is a dude who makes awesome tracks. Maybe there’ll be a cooperation with him in the future. I hope that somehow we start a new 'Genre' although that might be to ambitious. But it certainly is something people not heard often before I think.“

Malente: „Yeah that's for sure. Barbe did a great remix for my forthcoming 12" on Southern Fried. Dope production! You already released quite a bit, but your name's not out there yet (trying to change that with this post). You feel you need to learn how to DJ? Also because that's where the money's at? I mean you can buy some ice cream with the money you made from your 3 EPs, but playing DJ gigs could get you a Volkswagen.“

Robert Boogert: „Yeah definitely!! I'm working on that right now. A friend of mine who's in the Beesmunt Soundsystem is teaching me now. And what DJ-sets I need to buy, all that stuff. Although it’s hard because the Jazz study needs a lot of time, though I love the Dj world to!! So I think i'm going to lay low on the jazz for a while and focus on djing and producing. I recently bought a 'Mixer' which gives me the oppurtinity to have a great guitar sound. I’m going to use this on my new releases gonna be awesome! More funky soul with crazy basslines.“

Malente: „Yeah man. Keep the musical input coming. As you said before many of the artists don't even know how to play an instrument (me for example).

Robert Boogert: „Haha. For sure adds substance to the music we make, but well fortunately there are no rules in music! Everything is possible right?! I love ur productions though. If you know every single musictheory it’s hard to keep an adventurous sound .“

Malente: „I think it’s just good we have all these different approaches. Sounds like final words...“

Robert Boogert: „Hopefully my name will come into the scene soon, Volkswagen sounds nice.“

Malente: „Fingers crossed! And hey, you should get that "Jazz" tune by the Beatdoctors on Jaimie Fanatics new Label „We Are All Kidz“, it’s on beatport. Could be the soundtrack to this interview... well second track on this soundtrack after my Deserve you Re-Edit.

Robert Boogert: „I’ll check it out!“

And, dear reader, you should check it out too. Plus Robert’s myspace and all the related stuff. There’s so much more than just Justice and Soulwax out there. Explore!

Robert Boogert - Deserve You (Malente Re-Edit)
(yousendit) buy Robert's stuff on beatport

www.myspace.com/robertboogert
www.myspace.com/brabe
www.myspace.com/beesmunt
www.myspace.com/thebeatdoctors
www.myspace.com/jaimiefanatic
weareallkidz blog

MJ vs HC - remember the time (roy boogie's brukup)

I'm so tired of Michael Jackson booties. no, don't need another one! Who does?
Well, that's what i thought until yesterday, but in this weeks Juno package was a 7 Inch that really changed my mind. This is cool. Imagine Michael Jackson with the backing band of PRINCE (or produced by young guys like Calvin Harris, David E Sugar). Kind of true to Michael's roots.
This is pure electrofunk with dirty vintage synths-sounds and reminds of the great times Michael Jackson had musically.
Imagine the next Michael Jackson album would sound like that! Check it out!
And get the 7 Inch quickly at Juno, it has a great b-side, too.

mp3s taken away for copyright reasons...

instead here is the bootleg video version on youtube:

BLIND TERRY - When Prefab Sprout Wrecked My Mind

Nice popmusic from sweden. This song is taken from their first 7" on the american label cloudbuster records, pressed only 100 times. Lucky you if you got a copy!

Blind Terry will play in Berlin at the 21.11.08 (Magnet). For more check their myspace

BLIND TERRY - When Prefab Sprout Wrecked My Mind.mp3

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FILTHY DUKES - tupac robot club rock (video)

We all saw it coming. Desperate Hip Hop acts turning their heads to Electro, because they always follow the money trail and they guess it's now in electro!
But this here is the other way around and therefor really interesting. Filthy Dukes did club/electro stuff for ages and now they add some Rapping flavour from Plastic Little, but in a fresh, unusual style.
They are a duo (live a trio) and run a legendary club night in Fabric/London for ages called "Kill 'em all", where they had literally EVERYBODY playing, that is now seen as the "hot shit" of electro (you know who it is), but always way before they became the "shit". They were the host-djs and got themselves a name for making parties explode in a unique style. Last year they releasd their first single "This rhythm", which sounded a bit like what Talking Heads would do with ESG in 2007.
Next year in february they will finally release their first album and this is a taste of it!

http://www.myspace.com/filthydukes

berlin battery party @ scala last saturday with KNIGHTLIFE

well... it was a another great berlin battery night. Thanks to Mr Knightlife for his great soulful modern disco-dance set, The Interfilms for their festival, the Scalas for their place and YOU!!! for being there and dancing your asses off until 8.30 in the morning.

here are some fotos of us and YOU!!!

Mr Knightlife spreads his "french touch" the Melbourne way!


Knightlife giving an inch of his "french touch" to Shir Khan & Jack Tennis


you...


and you...


oh.. and you!


almost the complete team with Vj Ultramoodem

and here is a video of Knightlife deejaying in front of the amazing visuals of VJ Ultramoodem (sorry sound is not good)



more videos here: youtube berlin battery @ scala

DJ Touché - The Paddle (Malente Re-Edit)

I did this edit in 2003, that time even Tiefschwarz played "The Paddle". Difficult to imagine when you see what they do now. Not so difficult to imagine though what Touché does now, but for those of you who lack imagination, i'll give you something to chew on.

That guy Touché came a long way. First he appeared on my radar when doing downbeat & big beat as Wiseguys with DJ Regal in the mid 90ies, being responsible for "The Sound You Hear" and the legendary/annoying "Ooh La La". There were a lot of rumors back then that, because of "forgetting" to clear some samples, they didn't earn anything on that project. I have no idea if that's the case, but I do know that I loved their "Cowboy '78" track. After the second album they split and around 2000 Wiseguys was over. Till then Touché did some tracks on his own under this moniker.

Finshed with Wiseguys Touché releases under exaclty that name + DJ and got more into house. "Good looking" in 2002 released on Defected was no doubt the biggest success of this more disco housy (in a good way... I know you can't imagine disco house being good.. well try to!) period. His stuff on Heat didn't sound that genius to me.

"The Paddle" was his first release on Southern Fried in 2003 and different from the usual house in many ways. Same time Touché started his own label Body Clap that only survived a few realeses. Here's where he put out the first stuff of foster-son Boy 8-Bit.

Getting a bit tired of producing club stuff all day (I assume) he formed the Black Ghosts in 2006 with the singer of "We Are Your Friends"-Simian. Now you take a look at who remixed their great "Any Way...", listen careflully to all the mixes, compare 'em to my "Paddle" Re-Edit and you'll know what Touché does today, apart from Black Ghosts I mean....

Yes right he's the drummer of Metallica. So don't download anything here go buy DJ Touché stuff on beatport or juno if you're into vinyl.

DJ Touché - The Paddle (Malente Re-Edit)
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www.myspace.com/djtouche
www.myspace.com/bodyclap
www.myspace.com/blackghosts
www.myspace.com/boy 8-bit
www.myspace.com/djregal
www.myspace.com/southernfried

FRIENDLY FIRES - I'm good I'm gone (Lykke Li cover)

one of the most posted bands on bb. Why? well, just listen to this little thing they did for fun... probably in a free minute in the studio. It's a cover version of the great Lykke Li track "I'm good I'm gone", but here the Fires turn it into a beautiful, mellow Piano-House track. This is kinda Indie-House, a thing that's going to get big next year for sure. So watch out for Friendly Fires and buy their great album NOW!

>>>FRIENDLY FIRES - I'm good I'm gone (Lykke Li cover)
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KNIGHTLIFE (from Melbourne to Berlin!!!)

Reposted!!!!
(this complete post was deleted because of copyright problems, which is hard to understand, as all songs i posted are old and already all over other blogs.... For safety reasons i now only give you "all systems" by knightlife himself!)

We have another berlin battery party coming up on saturday and what a guest we have!!!!! Knightlife comes from Melbourne and releases his music on "übercool" label CUTTERS (KIM aka Kim Moyes from the PRESETS and Midnight Juggernauts etc...), owned by none other than the guys from CUT COPY.
His first 12 Inch "ambopop" found it's way in very diverse dj's playlists (from disco - to electro-djs) and never left my recordbag. Side A was a club electro banger, right in time for the rise of the similar early Ed Banger sound. But it was the b-side "all systems" that really made it for me and must be one of my most played songs in clubs for some time (until today).
A funky, catchy electro-club-stormer guaranteed to rock every dancefloor with a breathtaking, surprising, beautiful harmonic synth breakdown in the middle, a trick, which has become KNIGHTLIFE's trademark on all of his work until today.
Reminds a bit of classic French House, which he loves, but it sounds 100% like 2008!!! The unique way he mixes funky synth-harmonies from heaven with banging modern electro-grooves often reminds me of the early stuff that Jacques LuCont did under his LES RHYTHMES DIGITALES alias. And that's one of the biggest compliments i can give out!
Since then the rare remixes he did were all amazing and really stand out in the flood of pure "functional" clubmusic of today.
Here are some (sorry only one...) diamonds of Mr. KNIGHTIFE. There is more Knightlife music, which is worth every second of your attention, just check it out! (he did an amazing remix for "go" from Harris Robotis, which i can only find in shitty 128kbit quality, so i won't post it...)
Watch this talented guy grow and party with us on saturday, his first show in Berlin!

>>>KNIGHTLIFE - all systems
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www.myspace.com/dancewithknightlife

Siriusmo/Exploited Records-Artwork nominated for BEST ART VINYL 2008

Hello everyone. This is great news. So I am gonna spread it.
"Exploited Records" is proud to announce that the artwork for the record "Siriusmo - Allthegirls" has been nominated for "Best Art Vinyl 2008".
The artwork will be featured in exhibitions at the Art Vinyl Gallery in East London and around the country at Snap Galleries in Birmingham, The Fishmarket Gallery in Northampton and The Perfect Pad Gallery in Norwich.To see the artwork of all the nominations for this year, and to vote, please use the following link to:
Art Vinyl Nomination

All Nominations must be received my midnight 6th December 2008. Please vote for Exploited Records and Siriusmo and support us.

Also Best Art Vinyl 2008 was launched this week on BBC 6 Music, and the BBC website.
Art Vinyl@BBC

The artwork has been chosen alongside work for "Santogold", "The Notwist", "Alter Ego, "Liquid Liquid" and some more.
Furthermore - its also a great record. Siriusmo has been getting love from many influential artists such as Mr.Oizo, Jackson&his Computer Band,Soulwax, Justice, Dj Mehdi, Erol Alkan, Boys Noize, A-Trak, Freeform Five, Munk, Sinden. Its a record for Girls&Boys. Its a record for the whole family.

"Exploited Records" artwork has been done by MAREK POLEWSKI from FLOOR5.
Exploited Artwork@Floor5

Btw - "Siriusmo - Allthegirls" Vinyl is sold out and will not be reprinted. But if you need mp3s for your I-Pod, get those at Beatport or I-Tunes:
Siriusmo@Beatport
Siriusmo@I-Tunes
Siriusmo - Allthegirls (Free mp3/320Kbit)

Egotronic - Raven gegen Deutschland (Saint Pauli RMX / MALENTE RE-EDIT)

Every thursday they're doing the FOO. Well if you live in Hamburg you'll know what I'm saying. FOO-Club exists about two years. They had events in different loctions and since this autumn they're bringing "the shit" to Hamburg's finest Baalsaal.

Baalsaal is the little brother of infamous Neidklub (the basement of it to be precise) at the heart of Reeperbahn. I dare to say that they have the best system in town. Artists who played for FOO are Les Petis Pilous, Housemeister, Strip Steve, Mr. Flash, Lars Moston, Robosonic, Surkin, Nhan Solo and Saint Pauli who are also involved in the organization. Rrrrrrespect!

What a great idea to reclaim the thursday. Some years ago parties during the week were quite common in every German city, but then the system succeded in making students work harder and pay more for their education. It Succeeded in exploiting workers far more then some time ago, in stealing everybody's time and brainwashing us in the name of an almighty economy. Fuck that. Strike back. Go dance your ass off and "bang your ed" during the week. Future guest at FOO will be Fukkk Offf, Decalicious and CLP.

Berlin Battery - Saint Pauli - Malente - FOO. The "axis of no evil at all" gives away 3x2 tickets. Contact max@fooclub.de and get to see The Coconut Wireless on thursday 6th of november (this thursday) 11pm.

And you can get my Re-Edit of Saint Pauli's blasting Remix for Egotronic's anthem "Raven gegen Deutschland" only here and now on top. If you live in the Hansestadt you need to go to FOO though to check the mix on the best system in town. Thank god it's thursday soon.

Egotronic - Raven gegen Deutschland
(Saint Pauli RMX / MALENTE RE-EDIT)
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contact max@fooclub.de to win 3x2 tickets for this
thursdays Foo night at Baalsaal/Hamburg starring The Coconut Wireless

buy "Kotzen/Raven gegen Deutschland" by Egotonic

watch people play for FOO:
Saint Pauli live @ FOO
Surkin @ FOO
Les Petits Pilous @ FOO

www.myspace.com/egotronic
www.myspace.com/saintpauli
www.myspace.com/fooclub
www.myspace.com/baalsaal