Cooly G: Oi Dirty

Time for a fat one. Cooly G brings some metallic, rusty beats here on 'Oi Dirty', from her new EP Hold Me.

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Hallöchen! Jonsson/Alter! Justus Köhnke! Paradis!

Ah ha! Hallo! From us! It has been ages. 7 months by my last estimation.. How are you? Did you have a Merry Christmas? Ho ho ho?

There has been radio silence from our end over the last few months. Entschuldigung. Berlin sure is a busy place. 

As Omar was saying in the last post, we have reunited in Berlin recently. Many hugs have been shared - both on and off the Panorama Bar dance arena.

It was actually over the course of several of these nights out that we high fived and decided to get back to business on Blouse. Things will change a little. But it's alright. Let's go into it later. 

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Blouse, Berlin and Drexciya

Blouse lives! Woah: 2013, what a year.

Steve and I have relocated from Sydney to Berlin. I don't think my feet have touched the ground yet. Well, they've touched the Berghain dance floor numerous times. Sizzle.

I miss you - yes, you. But love hurts right? To kick off Blouse - the Berlin remix - have a listen to this cut from the enigmatic Drexciya:

Rødhåd Smoke Machine podcast

Guys, I'll level with you - I'm leaving Sydney. Leaving for good.

I'm moving soon; leaving my sweet middle-class life und moving to Berlin. To the unknown.

Why would I do that, du ask? Well, mein freund, Sydney has the warm climates und the pretty bitches. But sometimes ein mann needs to break out of die komfort zone.

Rødhåd will help me get there. And I rekommend you listen too. His new Smoke Machine podkast is dark and hypnotic. Cavernous.

Two Armadillos 'Ronin'

Two Armadillos did the track 'Ronin' as some kind of sense-play to feeling alone within a large group of people.

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Adultnapper, Roaming & Unbroken Dub

The month of May is rather in intense in Berlin. Three solid public holidays, a couple of excellent Kreuzberg street parties and an assortment of bullet-proof line-ups assailing the clubs week in, week out has made my weekends seem very short. 

I was almost techno-ed out after a few too many long nights, but I'm happy to report that I am fighting my way back to full health. A few more sunny days spent in the intermittent darkness of Panorama Bar should see me back to 100%.

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Felix Jaehn, Flex Cop & Cosgrove

We've been getting some stonking submissions from readers recently. Cheers guys! We really appreciate it.

Although there has been a lot of interesting stuff sent through, there were a couple that particularly impressed - coming via Australia and the UK from Flex Cop and Felix Jaehn.

These two lad's were both kind enough to turn in EP's which are available for free download in full - so get in while they are hot.

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Seth Troxler Aphrika

I've been wondering what happened to Seth Troxler. Did the bats get him?

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Trevino Fact Mag mix rocks

I heard about the Trevino Fact mix not on a blog, or in a review, or even Fact Mag. I found this thing in the Resident Advisor forums months after it was released.

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Superpitcher, Pulshar... Steve

Between all this noise about Daft Punk's new single 'Get Lucky' (Is it real? Is it fake??), it is sometimes easy to forget that there is plenty of other excellent music about.
As perfectly nice as 'Get Lucky' is, I think that a suitable audible mind-number is necessary after all of it's shrill collateral.

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Lawrence, DJ Sprinkles & Pépé Bradock

We have landed in Berlin. Before many of the upcoming posts begin reflecting my surroundings by descending into techno debauchery, I thought I would share a bunch of upbeat, housey tracks. Let's get the tail end of this week going in the right way shall we?

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Rodhad CLR podcast

Rodhad is a Berlin wranger who did a sweet vinyl set for a recent CLR podcast. You should care about this.

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DeepChord, Deadbeat & Basic Channel

I've been made aware that I have been talking about the bitter Winter here in Helsinki a little too much. What can I say? It's tough for an Aussie guy to be

living over here in this kind of cold. The good news is that the sun is finally out and Summer is well and truly in the pipeline. Other good pipeline related news is that there is some excellent dub techno in it. Alrighty..

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Axel Boman, Nicolas Jaar, Karol XVII & MB Valence

Right! Back to it!
It has been an looonnng month off.

Let's kick things off  on a fun note with this new little number from Polish duo Karol VXII & MB Valence.

It might seem at first glance to be a politely jazzy deep house track, but trust me - there is a dancefloor killer lurking under there somewhere.

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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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DJ Sprinkles, Mark Fell & Arnaldo

Monday.. Bah. Today is apparently the start of the Finnish Winter vacation, but I somehow missed the memo.
It is very lucky indeed that I have these next two tracks to keep me occupied throughout this lonely week. *sighs*

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Mood II Swing & Afefe Iku

From what I can tell, my second Winter in Helsinki is slowly starting to come to a close. Temperatures have finally started to rise above 0°, the ice is melting to slush and days are starting to lighten up. Fucking finally.

It has been so horribly dark, cold and depressing of late that I have been forced to turn to house jams to toast my chilly lobes. These two tracks have been doing a particularly good job:

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DJ Bone "Gemini" via Ben Klock

Gotta love a song with a little bit of bounce. I first heard 'Gemini' during Ben Klock's very tight Fabric 66 mix of 2012. When it plays in my earphones, I see a rainbow robot making Play-Doh pizza.

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Sei A, Stefani Infusino & Marshall Jefferson

Although the weekend is nearly over, my urge to do a little dance on my sofa hasn't diminished one iota. These little ditties could help me get through to Monday rather nicely:

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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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