Motormännen

Techno Fridays are back. At least for today. It's been a while.

A couple of our Swedish readers - better known as the duo Motormännen - recently got in touch to share a project that they have been working on.
At first glance, it is an investigative report into the impact of pollution in mid 80's East Germany. 

It becomes clear pretty quickly though that the video's soundtrack is the real star of this project  - a spicy dancefloor bomb that they are humbly calling the 'Summer beach hit of the year'..

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Mike Parker x Donato Dozzy

"When guests are leaving, the mood of being reluctant to say farewell is essential. If this mood is lacking, one will appear bored and the day and evening’s conversation will disappear." -Yamamoto Tsunetomo

I came across this sweet little quote yesterday on a techno blog called mnml ssgs. I found it while trawling around for Peter Van Hoesen mixes. I want to taste him a little before his set at One22 in Sydney later this month.

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Rhadoo & Petre Inspirescu

Everytime I visit London, all I seem to hear about is Romanians... Arpiar this, Rhadoo that. Apparently their brand of abstract, bare bones house and techno is all the rage there at the moment.

I have to admit that I've been a bit behind in regards to the burgeoning Romanian scene - but I decided to make a couple of teeny tiny baby steps to try and rectify that.

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Seth Troxler, Hurt

That feeling when you're about to start a conversation with someone you like. And you don't.

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Fits, Vespertine... Steve

It certainly is getting towards that time of year isn't it? Everything seems to be getting longer.. The grass, the days, the drinking sessions (ugh).. Yup, it seems like there is some real energy floating around again..

On that note - I too have had a little burst of energy of late. Enough to put together a glistening new Summer mixtape..

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German Techno Love

I really have a thing for Prosumer. It's not just his German perfectionism. It's not that he can mould tech house gems as on Panorama Bar 03. It's that he brings life to the artifice of minimal techno.

On the track 'Daybreak', taken from German label Ostgut Ton's Fünf compilation, Prosumer inserts and then strips away rabid hi-hats, syncopated rhythm and a flat kick drum. His light-and-shade approach to building an industrial scaffold is playful.

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They met at Berghain

Her pink cheeks and red mouth were the last parts he saw as she stepped into the cab and out of the cold morning air. He knew he would never see her again. Not in Berlin. Not in London. The streetlights flickered as they turned on. He stood on the curb and watched the cab take her toward a hostel in Mitte. He put his right palm in the air; half-saluting.

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warm butter

Last night at a Darlinghurst bar i told some friends that wearing Calvin Klein underwear is like smearing warm butter on your ass.

Consequently they’re all coming to my place this weekend.

While they’re over i’ll play this song:

The Field – Over The Ice

Swedish minimal tech via Axel Willner.