I had such a good time in Thailand I nearly forgot about blogging for a second. However - if you are in town you could come to Weekendclub today (Me and Digitalism spinning). Tomorrow you can catch Jack Tennis at Cookies and me Djing at Ritterbutzke. See you somewhere on the dancefloor. A good new year to all of you.
What a great new band from iceland! You defenitly have to check out their album "How To Make Friends" (out in february), incl. their next single "Par Avion". Here is the story behind this song : "One very cold winter day there was an article in the newspaper about an Icelandic girl that had moved to the Caribbean and was renting a house on the beach for a small amount of money. At the time it felt almost ridiculous to live on a frozen island and pay high rent for a tiny apartment. We just wanted to move right away. It helps singing this song, then you can go to the Caribbean for 3 minutes and 47 seconds."
This is electro-pop at it's best and the next big thing in 2010. Word!
21 year old wunderkind Jonthan Boulet from Sidney just released his debut album on MODULAR and it is as great as expected. The guy reminds me of the young D.I.Y.- Beck, mixed with some Vampire Weekend, Empire of the Sun and lots of other things. "A Community Service Announcement" is one of my songs of 2009 already, now there is a disturbing video for it. Wonder if this album ever gets a proper release in Germany or drowns somewhere in the basements of Warner like the Cut Copy album.
Normally I dont like if a club makes a liverecording of my DJ-Set - especially if you dont know it before. Suddenly a DJ-set of yours appears online....and you are not happy with it because nobody knew you were fucked up or told you that this particular girl was asking for Paul Kalkbrenner non-stop:( which kind of made you mess up your set. On the other hand sometimes I am glad if there is a recording - because it cant get any realer. Well - at Cubic Club in Salamanca (Spain) my Set was recorded and I didnt know before. It was definetly not my best set and also not my most advanced. But to make a long story short.....as we are already heading to the year 2010 - I thought that this set includes a lot of sureshots from 2009....so here you go. Get your Shir Khan dose. A warm hello to all of you from Bangkok. And make sure you become a fan of Shir Khan on facebook: Shir Khan-Fanpage@Facebook DJ Shir Khan Liverecording at Cubic Club, Salamanca, Spain (20.11.09)
“It is a sad day today but due to low sales globally in analogue turntables a decision to stop production has been made on Technics Turntables,” Panasonic spokesman Ian North explained
Turntable manufacturers Technics will be stopping production on their universally loved Technics 1200s and Technics 1210s. In a statement re-posted on dance board Global Hardstyle, the company behind the production of the Technics turntables Panasonic announced that they would cease the manufacture of Technics turntables in February next year, citing an increasing decline in sales as the motivation behind the line’s demise.
Okay laptop djs! so keep on checking your emails while you are deejaying...
All Hippies on BOARD!!!!!! This is pure disco-funk-rock-heaven. Forbidden? yes, you bet! This is the band i really wished to see live soon! Well, there we go. Come along to our berlin battery party on friday at Ritter Butzke.
No kids, Madonna hasn't invented vogueing, she just stole it from the underground. Watch this awesome documentary of the pioneers of this extraordinary dance style. Unbelivible scenes!
Ever wondered where Tronik Youth found those "Disco Sucks" chants on their new 12 Inch? Here you go. Apparently some people REALLY hated Disco back then. This is a collection of News coverage of this weird "campaign" taking place in a baseball stadium. "Blow it up!"
I just released a new record from Malente&Dex on Exploited. The EP is called "Bangkok". Dont get confused: Boris Dlugosch also released a track under the name of "Bangkok" on Phantasy Sound - which is huge indeed - but sorry to say that - we were first by naming the track "Bangkok":( - we just took longer to release it. "Bangkok" is the follow-up to "Hyperactive". Moving on from the Super Rave Sound the "Bangkok"-EP has a more Tropical-Tech-Thing going on, a ton of trumpets and horns and a great collab with Bonde do Role, Analogik and New Kidz. We gonna give you the bonus download of "Lions" which fingers Dancehall with a sticky house digit, featuring New Kidz (South Rakkas Crew) bashment vocals remixed by Douster (ZZK). Huge support on this record from all global players: Diplo, A-Trak, Jesse Rose, Claude von Stroke, Style of Eye, Untold, Joe Goddart, Renaissance Man, Brodinski and more. Grab it over at XLR8R:MALENTE&DEX-LIONS (DOUSTER Rmx) Buy the whole EP at Beatport featuring dope remixes from Round Table Knights, Freeform Five, dOP, Idiotproof, James Braun&Dan M, Malente&Dex, Douster:Full release@Beatport
In case you want tracks or fotos removed, just e-mail us to berlinbattery(at)gmail(dot)com and we will react immediately! thanks for supporting the future!
