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D-Node 144: Henning Baer | Grounded Theory + K209 DE

Vidal Vargas — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:35:17 +0000

Henning Baer is one of the founders behind Berlin’s leading Grounded Theory parties, and as a producer turned heads last year with his releases on K209 including work with Sawf and Milton Bradley, which he discusses in-depth in an interview with TEA. Coincidentally we ran into Henning during our last European tour. One night while in Berlin, i went out for a late night döner and giant vanilla coke. Upon returning to the lobby of my hotel one of the bar staff told me i could not bring outside food to the lounge. I grumbled off back to my room and finished my dinner. My brother stepped out for a night cap and he was recognized by the bar keep as a member of Raíz. It turns out the bar keep was Henning Baer and he just so happened to be on shift. He apologized and invited us to Grounded Theory that weekend with a special appearance by Ben Klock. We went, we saw, he conquered. Aside from curating the excellent club nights, Henning Baer is heading into a bright 2012 as producer and performer. He presents this mix for D-Node 144, filled with a dark, driving strain of contemporary techno.

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We asked Baer to share a few thoughts about five of the tracks in his mix:

Dario Zenker on Ilian Tape
I really like this dark and gloomy track by Dario on his label Ilian Tape. A very spacial pitch-black dynamic techno track. You can definitively hear another alter ego Dario is producing as.

O/V/R Live in London
This live version is simply a slamming monster.
Bombing kick drum. Intense and very pushing forward. I love the part when the subdued hihat comes in.

Dettmann’s Definition for Morphosis “Too far”
This track reminds me on a conversation I had with my Grounded Theory partner Micha about if Techno can be “sexy”. “Sexy” not in a rude way. More in an attractive way and this interpretation by Marcel Dettmann makes me say that Techno definitely can be sexy!

The Secret Initiative IV
I am a big fan of this Unknown, maybe known artist who is releasing on this label. Very trippy long tracks. Well produced. I like all of the releases so far and I am always pleased about new releases on The Secret Initiative.

Skudge on Ann Aimee
This is the perfect example of a track I could listen to for ever. The way Skudge produced that track attracts me very much. Reduced structures which will never get boring. To me possibly the strongest track on the Ann Aimee compilation “Inertia”.

Tracklist
1. The Exaltics – They Arrive – Crème Organization (Short Intro)
2. Ventress – AVN #002 – Avian
3. Dario Zenker – Farrel EP – Ilian Tape
4. Bleak – Ekko – Deeply Rooted House
5. Shifted – Telic – Our Circular Sound
6. Function – Ember – Sandwell District
7. O/V/R – Live In London – OVR Live
8. Developer – Entrada EP – Modularz
9. Developer – Archive 1 – Modularz
10. Planetary Assault Systems – The Drone Sector – Peace Frog Records
11.Coefficient – Field Transitions – M_Rec Ltd.
12. Morphosis – Too Far (Marcel Dettmann Definition 2) – MOS Recordings
13. Unknown Artist – The Secret Initiative IV – The Secret Initiative
14. P.E.A.R.L – Hideout – Audio Assault
15. Skudge – Pollution – Ann Aimee

D-Node 143: Dean Paul | Droid Behavior

igor — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:11:54 +0000

Dean Paul’s one of Droid’s select resident DJs. Supporting Droid with his photography, video, and other media, Dean is known to most as a DJ for all occasions. A dedicated music head since the early 90s, he’s since played just about every kind of venue and always finds the perfect music for the time, place, and crowd. This set for D-Node was recorded last November at Cause in Minneapolis and features a range of sounds from bass music to deep techno to mid-90s acid. Enjoy.

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1. Developer – Programma (Truncate Remix)
2. Truncate & Raiz – Inertia
3. Android Cartel – Release
4. Raudive – Love Is the Devil
5. Phil Kieran – Rocket Science
6. Josh Wink – Don’t Laugh (Edit)
7. Eric Tarlouf – Higienopolis (Rodriguez Jr. Remix)
8. Pan-Pot – Bad Photocopy Of A Big Saw
9. The Chemical Brothers – It Doesn’t Matter
10. Mike Huckaby – The Tresor Track
11. Joy O – Jels
12. Mini Linking – Losbandigheid
13. Phil Kieran – Church Organ Nightmare
14. Boris Brejcha – We Are Looking For
15. Alejandro Trebor – Bitches
16. Taster Peter – Porno Totale
17. Subfractal – Out Of Control

Droid Behavior presents PRIME: Peter Van Hoesen | 2.9

Vidal Vargas — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:50:24 +0000

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D-Node 142: Arnaud Le Texier | Safari FR

igor — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:56:25 +0000

This week brings another European DJ/producer with a tendency toward the deeper side of house, Arnaud Le Texier. Arnaud got started in 1990 as a record shop manager and soon 5-year resident of Paris club Queen. After running Atcha Recordings with James Warren for five years he founded Safari Electronique in 2005 and soon moved to London to become a regular at places like Secret Sundaze and Fabric. In 2009 he founded digital offshoot Safari Numerique, focusing on the deeper side of house and techno, which is where he takes this mix of contemporary techno heavyweights.

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Next Events:
London – January 28
London – February 4

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Tracklist
01 – Tin Man – Ghost of Techno – Zooloft
02 – Emptyset – Avichi – CLR
03 – Shifted – Telic – Our circula Sound
04 – Jeff Mills – Wait Until He Exhales – Fantastic Voyage
05 – Conrad Van Orton Feng Shui Theory 2 C.R.S.Recordings
06 – Psyk – Repeat – Lowdown and Repeat
07 – Pfirter & Grindvik – Untitled 1 (Skudge Remix) – Untitled
08 – DVS1 – Break Away – Klockworks
09 – Jonas Kopp – Anklad – Krill Music
10 – ROD – Mori One – Balans
11 – Freak Layers – layer 1 – Demo
12 – Francois X – Code Red (Marcel Dettmann Remix) – Deeply Rooted House Records
13 – Antigone – The Mechanists – Construct Reform
14 – Terence Fixmer – The Arrival – Planet Rouge Records
15 – Planetary Assault Systems – Wriss – Osgut Ton
16 – Oscar Mulero – Orbital Resonance – Pole Records
17 – Rrose – Waterfall – Sandwell District
18 – The Housefactors – Play it Loud – Black Market
19 – Mike Huckaby – The Tresor Track – Tersor
20 – Arnaud Le Texier – Ingredients Original – Children Of Tomorrow
21 – Ben Gibson – Implex (Original) – M_REC_LTD
22 – Egal 3 – Time Train (Ryan Elliott Remix) – EDEL
23 – Marcus Mixx – Use Your Mouth 2 Luv Me (Teeth Mix)
24 – Truncate and Raiz – Flux – Droid Recordings
25 – Voiski – Medamothi – Groom Records

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Baseck + FI present 5th Annual Wham Bam

Vidal Vargas — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:24:19 +0000

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FRIDAY 20. JANUARY 2012

FRIENDLY INTEGRATION & BASECK present the 5th Annual WHAM BAM
[[[MUSIC CONVENTION INSPIRED FUTURE SOUND DANCE PARTY 2012]]]

featuring:

:: RICHARD DEVINE
www.richard-devine.com

:: SURACHAI
www.surachai.org

:: DRUMCELL
www.droidbehavior.com

:: HYPERACTIVE
www.soundcloud.com/dj-hyperactive

:: [D]SQUARED (Derek Michael & Baseck)
www.baseck.net

:: THE TLEILAXU MUSIC MACHINE
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:: NERO’S DAY AT DISNEYLAND
www.soundcloud.com/biot13013

:: EEZIR
www.soundcloud.com/eezir

:: MODESTY
www.soundcloud.com/djmodesty

:: HOWIE

*visual & physical interactions

*big sound

info: 323.213.9736

|| Promotional support by Droid Behavior ||

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Droid + Insomniac present Adam Beyer | 1.14

Vidal Vargas — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:46:41 +0000

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Saturday 14 January 2012
Droid Behavior + Insomniac present Adam Beyer / Ida Engberg

9pm – 4am :: $20 – $25 :: 21+

DIM MAK STUDIOS
6356 Hollywood Blvd (enter through Cosmo St)
Los Angeles, CA 90028

**atmosphere by CPU**

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ABOUT ADAM BEYER + IDA ENGBERG:
Adam Beyer has become an emblem of Swedish techno, combining a plethora of techno styles with innovative techniques that have a powerful impact on audiences across the globe. Alongside Ida Engberg, this is sure to be a night laced with uncompromising drum lines and techno funk.

ABOUT DRUMCELL:
Drumcell ‘s constant push into the bleeding edges of music technology has earned him the title of product specialist for Native Instruments. He is out there pushing the limits of what current technology has to offer- developing homebrew software as well as cutting edge hardware solutions to bring a fresh, innovative taste to his production and performances. Innovations that blur the lines between live performance and a traditional DJ set up creating “a thick blend of acidic techno and aggressive but funky minimalist groove”. Drumcell is one of the few artists exploiting the full power of software like Traktor and Ableton run through state-of-the-art Allen & Heath mixer technology. In conjunction, the trinity is used to create a hybrid of flexibility and fidelity for the ultimate in electronic music performance. Drumcell uses this platform to highlight his own needles-in-the-red brand of aggressive, discordant techno. In fact, this summer’s Droid Recordings release “Cell Injection”, with longtime production partner Audio Injection, crystallized this amped up testosterone booster meets Quaalude jack and funk perfectly. In turn, the release captured the attention of many of the world’s top techno jocks in the process – including Speedy J and Richie Hawtin. It’s a sound born of musical menace and the kinds of wickedness that only the poisoned airs of LA can conjure.

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D-Node 141: Kai von Glasow | Terpsiton

Vidal Vargas — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:08:33 +0000

A chance meeting between me and Kai von Glasow at a gig in Essen last year prompted the following connection. His fine blend of deep house and techno, in the manner only germans can do it, impressed my brother and i so much we had to find a way to showcase it. The next logical step was to get him on the Droid podcast for all our network and unfamiliar individuals to share in the deep. 21-year-old Kai has spent these last few years building his name with a residency at Essen, Germany’s Hotel Shanghai and two releases for Terpsiton Records. He’s just made another release appearance with “Spitting It Out” for Mild Pitch, and this week he slows things down with unique techno and some deep house-oriented cuts.

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Tracklist
01.Marieu – Dark Theory – Restoration
02.Kowton – PSQ 007 – Project Squared
03.Mario & Vidis – Love Wars – Best Kept Secret
04.Koss, Henriksson, Mullaert – One (DJ QU Remix) – Mule Electronic
05.A Made Up Sound – Take The Plunge – A Made Up Sound
06.Resoe – Nachhall (Don Williams Remix) – Echocord
07.Stablo – 9996 B – Stablo
08.The Analogue Cops – To The Park ft. Ryan Elliot – Restoration
09.Geeeman – Computer Jackin’ – Clone Jack For Daze
10.Appointment – O1 (003) – Appointment
11.Mike Huckaby – Baseline 87′ – Sushi Tech
12.Parris Mitchell – Follow Me Ghetto – Dance Mania

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Droid at Sublevel NYE / 10 Year Anniversary

Vidal Vargas — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:37:25 +0000

“There will be dozens of parties scattered across Southern California this weekend, but if we had to pick just one it would probably be Sublevel Space Explorer’s New Year’s Eve and 10th anniversary event, featuring three of LA’s best: Doc Martin and Droid Behavior residents Raiz and Drumcell.” - from residentadvisor.net This year’s theme at Sublevel Space Explorer is Unification. LA house don, Doc Martin has asked Droid residents Raiz and Drumcell to join in the sonic cu-ration of his 10th Anniversary event. Also joining the celebration will be Joe Bickle of Animal Club and Charles Fox. This event marks a meeting of the minds with a consolidation of leaders from the underground scenes in Los Angeles.

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IAM01 : I AM Doc Martin ( 6 Hour Set ) – MAY 2010 by Stretford Dogs Club

Doc Martin – Cream (Main Room) – Nation – Liverpool – 1995 by oldskoolpool

D-Node 140: Ascion | Drumcode + Repitch

igor — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:36:52 +0000

Pasquale Ascione, also known as Ascion, was born in Naples Italy and now lives in Berlin. Ascending the ranks with collaborator D. Carbone, he was first discovered by Berlin’s Kiddaz.fm. and released “F*** me” on Micro.fon. Ascion caught the attention of Drumcode’s Adam Beyer and Sci-Tec’s Dubfire, leading up to two major releases, “Kick On” (DC55) and “Muzik Live Drop Be Doing” (TEC025). Ascion’s constantly evolving, and has forthcoming work with producers D.Carbone and Shapednoise as Repitch Recordings. His style’s been called mental and dark, but also powerful and rhythmic.

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Tracklist
Yves De Mey – Particle Match / Sandwell District
Zeal – Voices in Conversation / Z-lab
Ben Gibson – Florentine / M_rec ltd.
P.God – Cosmic Background Radiation / Violet Poison
Bill Youngman – HH3 / Killekill
Ascion – track01.raw / Unreleased
Rrose – Waterfall / Sandwell District
Mike Parker – Elliptical Dissolve (Svreca remix) / Semantica
ASC – Slow Burn / Mote Evolver
Deepbass and Ness – Distance (Ascion remix) / Dynamic Reflection
Basic Soul Unit – Deep Diving A1 / New Kanada
Byetone – Opal / Raster noton
Rigs & Female – Against nature – Track 4 / Downwards
Artist One – BSR 1 A1 / Black sun Records
Gianluca Angelini – Luke Sinewalker / ANG vinyl
Steven Porter – Deed / 10 LABEL
Shapednoise – Das neue reisen / Repitch recordings

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D-Node 139: Zadig | Construct Re-Form

igor — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:50:01 +0000

DJing in France since the early ’90s, Zadig has always focused on selection and technique, crossing lines between hypnotic, deep techno and its more acid-tinged, jacking counterparts. He’s made music for Plastic, Syncrophone, Panam, and Sino, as well as his own Construct Re-Form, which will soon unveil its 3rd release including a Roman Lindau remix. For Droid he presents this mix of deep techno, hard, jacking grooves, and a couple Droid Recordings.

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Tracklist
01. POLAR INERTIA – INDIRECT LIGHT – DEMENT3D 002
02. POLAR INERTIA – INDIRECT LIGHT – DEMENT3D 002
03. PLANETARY ASSAULT SYSTEMS – JAY TRACK ONE – PEACEFROG 07
04. ROMAN LINDAU – ADIPEUX – FACHWERK 011
05. THE VISION – SPECTRAL NOMAD – METROPLEX 025
06. TRUNCATE – FOCUS – TRUNCATE 001
07. JEROEN – CRAWL – SEARCH 419-5
08. MIKE WALL – INITIATE (STAFFAN LINZATTI’S REMIX) – VARIANZ 05
09. MARCEL DETTMANN – SCREEN – OSTGUT TON LP 05
10 .CH-SIGNAL LABORATORIES (8003 LUCERNE) – SCALE 1 – SANDWELL DISTRICT 06
11. TRUNCATE – 21 – TRUNCATE 003
12. LOUIS BELL – DANCE WITH ME – RELIEF 718
13. DAMON WILD – INTO THE BATTLE (JOEY BELTRAM REMIX) – SYNEWAVE 38
14. ZADIG – OO_D – CONSTRUCT RE-FORM 001
15. KEN ISHII – EXTRA (LUKE SLATER REMIX) – THE MEDICINE LABEL
16. SURGEON – MUGGERSCUM OUT – SOMA 037
17. TRUNCATE & RAIZ – FLUX – DROID 013
18. DELTA FUNKTIONEN – TORPOR – INERTIA 1 ANN AIMEE
19. JB3 – LOOSE KICK – NOVAMUTE LP 50

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ZADIG-REFLECTION N-SINO by Zadig-CONSTRUCT RE-FORM