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The Big Pink 2009 UK Tour: April: 15 – Leadmill, Sheffield 16 – King Tuts, Glasgow 17 – Ruby Lounge, Manchester 18 – Crawdaddy, Dublin 20 – Cockpit, Leeds 21 – Academy, Birmingham 22 – Academy 3, Bristol 23 – ICA, London go there and while you do that, throw a Molotov cocktail at any [...]
March 2nd, 2009
Topic: dance on the vulcan, did you know that ?, on tour
Tags: 4AD, Fratellis, Merok Records, Robbie Furze, The Big Pink, The Prodigy
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click to read Patrick Wolf’s interview on new album
March 1st, 2009
Topic: alec empire, did you know that ?, just cool, talking heads, the hellish vortex
Tags: Alec Empire, Patrick Wolf, SATANISM, TILDA SWINTON
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“RAUSCHGOLD: ALEC EMPIRE PLAYS STAUBGOLD” IS OUT NOW! 01-staubgold-dj-mix-1-snippet-1 01-staubgold-dj-mix-1-snippet-2 order here TRACK LISTING: 1. IRMLER/REUBER: Kintopp Lifelike (Alec Empire Remix) originals on staubgold 44/staubgold 48 cd/lp 2. GROENLAND ORCHESTER: Haudura staubgold 7 12″ / staubgold 10 cd 3. KAMMERFLIMMER KOLLEKTIEF: Lichterloh (N?ze Remix) staubgold 63 12″ / staubgold 70 cd 4. MAPSTATION: When You [...]
March 1st, 2009
Topic: alec empire, alec empire's journal, did you know that ?, dj feature, dj sets, just cool, posts with digital audio, the hellish vortex
Tags: Add new tag, Alec Empire, AUTISTIC DAUGHTERS, BETA ERKO, DIE WELTTRAUMFORSCHER, Faust, GROENLAND ORCHESTER, HARALD SACK ZIEGLER, HEAVEN AND FEAT. ALEXANDER HACKE, IRMLER/REUBER, KAMMERFLIMMER KOLLEKTIEF, KLANGWART, MAPSTATION, ORGAN EYE, PAUL WIRKUS, SCHWABINGGRAD BALLETT, Staubgold, THE LOOP ORCHESTRA
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click here check out awesome new video for The Big Pink…. ! http://www.eyho-blog.com
February 28th, 2009
Topic: alec empire's journal, caught on film, dance on the vulcan, did you know that ?, just cool
Tags: Merok Records, Panic DHH, Robbie Furze, The Big Pink
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February 28th, 2009
Topic: alec empire's journal, caught on film, dance on the vulcan, did you know that ?, everything is politics, just cool, strong mind
Tags: Bizzurke Army, David Lynch, Philipp Virus, underground films
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Alec Empire interviews Italian Electro Artist Tying Tiffany photo by Stefano Masselli Alec Empire: “Please describe the Italian music scene for us. Very rarely we hear anything about it. Are you part of a certain scene?” Tying Tiffany: “People often think that Italian music is just that melodic stuff, obviously the Italian music culture comes [...]
February 22nd, 2009
Topic: alec empire's journal, did you know that ?, just cool, talking heads
Tags: Alec Empire, Alexaner Robotnik, Alien Sex Fiend, Angelo Badalamenti, atari teenage riot, ATR, Bauhaus, Bob Moog, EBM, electronic music, Ennio Morricone, Gaznevada, Giorgio Moroder, Goblin, industrial, King Black Acid, Kirlian Camera, Luigi Russolo, Lydia Lunch, Noia, Pankow, Pete Namlook, the Mafia, Tying Tiffany, Vatican, wave, World In Motion
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ENTERTAINMENT AND PAIN. an interview with Miron Zownir regarding his film ‘Phantomanie’. Preview Screening during “Transducers! Festival” in Berlin at Tresor on 12th of February 2009 was a success. We posted a German interview a few days ago. This is the translation by M.A.Littler. After several attempts you have now made your first feature [...]
February 18th, 2009
Topic: alec empire, caught on film, did you know that ?, everything is politics, just cool, strong mind, talking heads, technology, the hellish vortex
Tags: Alec Empire, Bruno S., Chosei Funahara, David Terrifick, Frederic Geay, Geno Lechner, German film, Miron Zownir, Natalia Avelon, Peter Fonda, Phantomanie, Richard Edson, Stranger than Paradise, Tarantino, The Contender, Werner Herzog
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ENTERTAINMENT UND SCHMERZ. Ein Interview mit Regisseur Miron Zownir ?ber seinen Film “Phantomanie” Preview Screening beim “Transducers! Festival” in Berlin im Tresor am 12.Februar 2009 – Start 19 Uhr Du hast nach mehreren Anl?ufen endlich deinen 1. Spielfilm gedreht. Warum hat das solange gedauert? Zownir: “Ich habe bereits in den 80?er Jahren in New York [...]
February 11th, 2009
Topic: alec empire, artikel auf deutsch, caught on film, did you know that ?, everything is politics, just cool, strong mind, talking heads
Tags: Alec Empire, Bruno S., Chosei Funahara, David Terrifick, Frederic Geay, Geno Lechner, German film, Miron Zownir, Natalia Avelon, Parasiten der Ohnmacht, Peter Fonda, Phantomanie, Richard Edson, Stranger than Paradise, Tarantino, The Contender, Werner Herzog
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ANDREW WEATHERALL DELIVERS 2 EXCLUSIVE DJ MIXES Andrew Weatherall gave us these two exclusive DJ mixes as a gift, k? There are for you only! We will throw the most insane party on February 12th in Berlin at Tresor Club – where it ALL started! to me this is important as Andrew’s mix of guitar [...]
February 9th, 2009
Topic: alec empire's journal, dance on the vulcan, did you know that ?, dj feature, dj sets, just cool, posts with digital audio
Tags: A Man Called Adam, Andrew Weatherall, Berlinale, Berlinale Film Festival, DJ Mix, electro, Finitribe, Future Sound of London, Galliano, Happy Mondays, Jah Wobble, James, Johnny Lydon, Leftfield, Manchester, Meat Beat Manifesto, My Bloody Valentine, New Order, Orb, Primal Scream, Psychic TV, rave, Remixes, S'Express, Saint Etienne, Stereo MC's, techno, That Petrol Emotion, The Grid, The Wolfgang Press, Transducers!, Tresor Club
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Genius “Shizuo” covering The Cramps “New Kick” back in 1997 on Beastie Boys Grand Royal label….(and DHR of course) ok, I stop crying now…
February 5th, 2009
Topic: alec empire's journal, did you know that ?, digital hard-core
Tags: digital hardcore, shizuo, The Cramps
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CLICK HERE! Tresor pr?sentiert in Zusammenarbeit mit Alec Empire, Think Sync und Shooting People: “TRANSDUCERS!” BERLIN – LONDON – WIEN Europ?ischer Film trifft auf Elektronische Musik Am 12. Februar im Tresor! (German version) Musikproduzent Alec Empire stellt in Zusammenarbeit mit Tresor und der Britischen Firma Think Sync und Shooting People ein besonderes Programm zusammen, um [...]
February 1st, 2009
Topic: alec empire, alec empire's journal, artikel auf deutsch, caught on film, dance on the vulcan, did you know that ?, everything is politics, just cool, music articles, nic endo, on tour
Tags: Alec Empire, Andrew Weatherall, Berlin, Berlinale, Berlinale Party, biggest Berlinale Party, Bruno S., Chaostage, Claude-Oliver Rudolph, David Holmes, Fidelity Kastrow, Film Festival, Friederike Kempter, Geno Lechner, George Nickel, größte Berlinale Party, Helge Schneider, Henriette Müller, Iain Smith, Martin Semmelrogge, mega Party zur Berlinale, Miron Zownir, Natalia Avelon, nic endo, Phantomanie, Raindance Festival, Ralf Richter, Reznik, Richard Wilhelmer, Robert Stadlober, Rummelsnuff, Shooting People, Stipe Erceg, T Raumschmiere, Tarek Ehlail, The Golden Foretaste of Heaven, Think Sync, Tresor, Vivien Bullert, Werner Herzog
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IT WAS TRUE PUNKROCK! Alec Empire interviews London filmmaker and musician Zan Lyons Alec: “I think most of our readers might only be aware of your music, but you have been almost more active in making films in the last years. Could you please give them a brief introduction to your work…” Zan: “When I [...]
January 27th, 2009
Topic: alec empire's journal, caught on film, did you know that ?, just cool, music articles, strong mind, studio gear, talking heads
Tags: 2001, Alec Empire, Asian film, BBC Radio, blade runner, Bollywood, Christopher Doyle, Final Fantasy, Hollywood, In the Mood for Love, Metal Gear Solid, Philip Virus, punkrock, Star Wars, There Will be Blood, THX1138, video games, Warner Brothers, Warp Films, Who Framed Roger Rabbit', zan lyons
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…we were so busy partying…so HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR! While music journalists in Germany are wondering what happened to pop music (yes, we said it years ago. In a globalized economy national pop music is becoming less relevant every year. Music , after all, is not that different to the rest of the economy.) [...]
January 3rd, 2009
Topic: alec empire, alec empire's journal, atari teenage riot, dance on the vulcan, did you know that ?, digital hard-core, everything is politics, EYHO label, just cool, nic endo, on tour, the hellish vortex
Tags: Alec Empire, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, Andrew Weatherall, atari teenage riot, Aux Raus, bass terror, Brad Pitt, breakcore, Bruno S., Chaostage, David Holmes, digital hardcore, DJ Reznik, drum'n'bass, Futurist, Garagem, Generation Star Wars, George Clooney, hardcore, Indie music, Intelligence & Sacrifice, Miron Zownir, Miss Black America, Natalia Avelon, New YearS EVE, nic endo, Ocean 11, Phantomanie, Portugal, rave, Richard Wilhelmer, Robert Stadlober, Rock'n'Roll, Saarbrücken Film Festival, Scandale, T Raumschmiere, techno, The Destroyer, The Golden Foretaste of Heaven, the hellish vortex, Think Sync, zan lyons
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RJDJ IN BERLIN FRIDAY 12TH!!!!! We assume you already know or at least heard of RJDJ for the iPhone. Like so many apps it’s hard to explain (no. it’s easy to explain), what we are trying to say is that until you experienced it, it’s hard to imagine. Most apps are just fun…not more not [...]
December 9th, 2008
Topic: dance on the vulcan, did you know that ?, just cool, technology
Tags: app, apple, iPhone, Michael Breidenbrücker, Moviepilot, RJDJ, scenes
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? ThinkSync Films launches its 4th annual short film competition on 1st December 2008 ThinkSync Films has established itself as bringing together the independent film and music industries in a unique and innovative way and after three successful years, it now launches its short film competition for the fourth time. Fifty tracks drawn from the [...]
December 1st, 2008
Topic: caught on film, did you know that ?
Tags: 10th Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival, 4AD, Andrew Weatherall, Anton Corbijn, Asthmatic Kitty, BBC3 Comedy Short, Bella Union, Big Dada, British Independent Film Awards, Budweiser, Catskills Records, Channel Four, Chemikal Underground, Danny Dyer, digital hardcore, Eastenders, Human Traffic, Iain Smith, Jo Hartley, Joe Absolom, Little White Lies, MTV2, Mute Song, myspace, Ninja Tune, Nitin Sawhney, Raindance Film Festival, Rotters’ Golf Club, Rough Trade, Saddlecreek, Stirling Gallacher, The Business, The Football Factory, The Leaf Label, The Office, ThinkSync Films, This Is England, Todd Eckert, Turner Prize, Wichita
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JOIN AND WIN THE COMPETITION! click here December 1st Release of superbag Bass Terror 2xCD (20tracks) ! Join the competition now! and win : the full set (including 2xCD, Hoody, dog tag etc.) or the 2xCD plus “Bass Terror” dog tag or limited edition “Bass Terror” dog tag !!!!!!!!!!! To participate just become a myspace [...]
November 22nd, 2008
Topic: alec empire, atari teenage riot, did you know that ?, dj feature, music articles, posts with digital audio
Tags: 2 step, alec empire, anti fascist action, atari teenage riot, bass terror, Bass Terror Soundsystem, Berlin, biochip c, bizzy b, breakcore, breaks, competition, cosmic orgasm, digital hardcore, dj bass dee, dj bleed, dj boom, dj feed, drum'n'bass, Force Inc Music Works, hardcore, hardcore breakbeat, hetzjagd auf nazis, JOHN PEEL, jungle, mc carl crack, Milk club mannheim, noise, Panacea, position chrome, rave, Riot Beats, squarepusher, suEcide, techno, The Destroyer, vinyl, Yobot
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click here to connect to outrageous beatport article electronic music is always pre-programmed to a certain extend….any musician who is not improvising completely has prepared material for a concert. (yes, you rock fools, your idols live pre-programmed rock’n’roll careers. birth/hangover/ too drunk too fuck/ slave record deal/ death) we can only comment…if you give enough [...]
November 21st, 2008
Topic: concert reviews, did you know that ?
Tags: beatport, justice
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“Scylla & Charybdis”: This new release by Christoph de Babalon is dedicated to two unfortunate girls from Greek mythology. Once beautiful nymphs, both were jinxed to live their life as monsters. scylla-charybdis-radio-edit-snippet-1 scylla-charybdis-radio-edit-snippet-2 To describe his melancholic viewpoint of their fate, he chose the long forgotten romantic art of the Symphonic Poem. Influenced by works [...]
October 28th, 2008
Topic: did you know that ?, digital hard-core, just cool
Tags: alec empire, Alexandra von Bolz'n, Arnold Schönberg, Black Dog, Christoph de Babalon, Christoph Schlingensief, Cross Fade Enter Tainment, Digital Hardcore Recordings, DJ Scud, Fat Cat, Fischkopf, GSL, Hanayo, JOHN PEEL, Kai Althoff, Kid606, Low Res Records, Merzbow, Motor Music, Panacea, Peel Sessions, Radiohead, Red Crayola, Richard Strauss, Scylla & Charybdis, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Somatic Responses, Terre Thaemlitz, The Locust, Thom Yorke, Tocotronic, Vapid Dolly, Violent Onsen Geisha, Wooden Veil, Woodman, Übergang, Zbigniew Karkowski, Zhark International
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in berlin we love radio….we just love it… when you watch German TV, it’s like seeing grass grow…so uninspiring, so bad…. DJ Diana Frankovic keeps banging out one great program after the other! while too many radio DJs think too local in this city and hardly use their imagination, she puts together a great selection [...]
October 27th, 2008
Topic: did you know that ?, dj feature, just cool, streams and airwaves
Tags: Add new tag, alec empire, Alter Me, Beni, Berlin Calling, Björk, Bloc Party, Bonaparte, Boys Noise, Britney Spears, Caracho, Cazals, Chairlift, Death Cab For Cutie, Deichkind, Diana Frankovic, Digitalism, DJ, Eugene McGuinness, Fettes Brot, Frankmusik, Frittenbude, fritz, Get Well Soon, internet radio, It's A Musical, Jaques Palminger, Justus Köhncke, Kitsuné Maison Compilation 6, Klez.e, MGMT, Miyagi, Monika Kruse, Morgan Geist, Northern Lite, Onkel Berni, Paul Kalkbrenner, Paul Van Dyke, PeterLicht, Polarkreis 18, Ray, Super 700, The Amber Light, The Magnetic Fields, The Teenagers, Thom Yorke, Tilly And The Wall O, Tocotronic, Tokyo Police Club, Tomte, TTomcraft feat. Tommy Sunshine
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Hey people! For those of you who might be in and or near Washington D.C. I’d like to extend an invitation to check out a show I’m participating in with an old associate, Shep Fairey. We’re doing a 3 person show at Irvine Contemporary Gallery. Many of you know me as DJ Spooky, but I [...]
October 23rd, 2008
Topic: dance on the vulcan, did you know that ?, everything is politics, just cool
Tags: Antarctica, Castillo Theatre, City Lights Bookstore, DJ Spooky, Elevate Festival, Fred Newman, Freedom of Information Law, Irvine Contemporary Gallery, Nectar Lounge, NYC, San Francisco Jazz Festival, Shep Fairey, Sound Unbound, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Vote, Washington D.C., Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
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Welcome to the “Stimmungsbarometer”! The project Stimmungsgasometer is about a smiley on a huge screen from which one can read the average mood of the Berlin citizens. The system allows to read emotions out of random peoples faces. The faces are analyzed by sophisticated software (contributed by the Fraunhofer Institut). The obtained mood data are [...]
October 21st, 2008
Topic: artikel auf deutsch, did you know that ?, everything is politics
Tags: Benjamin Maus, Berlin, Fraunhofer Institut, Julius von Bismarck, Richard Wilhelmer, Schöneberg, smiley, Software, Stimmungsgasometer
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THE ACCELERATED CULTURE OF BROKEN BRITAIN The term “The Soundtrack of your life” might sound a little clich?d but its relevance shouldn’t be underestimated. A tight, perceptive LP can not only predict shifting musical fashions but can also be an astute commentary of the times. Blondie’s new wave masterpiece Parallel Lines was a classic of [...]
October 19th, 2008
Topic: did you know that ?, everything is politics, music articles, neale lytollis
Tags: Accelerated Culture, ASBO culture, Blondie, Buckingham Palace, classless society, Goose, Hadouken, James Smith, Lords Cricket, Margaret Thatcher, new wave, Parallel Lines, social commentary, synth-pop, The Whip, UK
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IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT IN HERE (BERLIN), YOU CAN MAKE IT EVERYWHERE ?Oh man, Crystal Castles played a fucking insane show at Maria last night!? A friend of mine, literally hopping up and down with excitement, more or less screamed this in my face recently. In fact, had he been any more switched on [...]
October 17th, 2008
Topic: concert reviews, dance on the vulcan, did you know that ?, everything is politics, music articles, neale lytollis
Tags: American Apparel, Berlin, CC, crime wave, Crystal Castles, Maria, Mary Poppins, Merok Records, Scanners
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Delia Derbyshire (1937-2001) is a name virtually unheard of in Germany yet in the UK she remains one of the true pioneers of electronic music. Derbyshire was born in Coventry and studied mathematics and music at Cambridge. This curious combination no doubt influenced her work as an innovator in the field of bringing logical, scientific [...]
October 17th, 2008
Topic: caught on film, did you know that ?, music articles, neale lytollis, studio gear, technology
Tags: BBC, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Boosey and Hawkes, Cambridge, Coventry, David Butle, Decca Records, Delia Derbyshire, Desmond Briscoe, Doctor Who, electronic, electronic oscillators, female electronics, Maida Vale, Mark Ayres, Orbital, Paul Hartnoll, Paul McCartney, Royal College of Art, Sound Rave, The Million Volt Light, Unit Delta Plus, Warp Records, Yoko Ono
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Our friends from Halo8 and Kings Mob are throwing a party in New York today! this is for the release of SLUMBER PARTY SLAUGHTERHOUSE: THE GAME !!!! (with Alec Empire’s song “Down Satan Down” as main theme song by the way) Masuimi Max is starring in it…she was probably the only reason why we logged [...]
October 11th, 2008
Topic: alec empire, caught on film, dance on the vulcan, did you know that ?, wargames
Tags: alec empire, alister angel, Backseat Conceptions, Bloodshot Pictures, Burning Angel, Burning Paradise, cali nova, Crystal Castles, daisy sparks, doug sakmann, horror, joanna angel, katie nisa, Kings Mob, kurly tlapoyawa, Masuimi Max, melissa bacelar, morgan mae, movies, Pioneer Theater, ramzi abed, Rocky Horror, satan, sexy, SLUMBER PARTY SLAUGHTERHOUSE: THE GAME, tiffany shepis, UnitShifter, wendy mccolm, whicky lux, zombiegirls
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