Skinnerbox

Being one of the most underrated Berlin electronic acts in my eyes, Skinnerbox have been mealy roaming the Berlin scene and it wasn't until this year that Iftah Gabbai and Olaf Hilgenfeld presented a longer list of upcoming shows on myspace.

Since 2005 they have turned empty dancefloors and lawns into collective outcries and always pressed the button that made me stay for the one last drink and kept me from calling it a night. Fusion visitors might know them from their gigs in the „Bachstelzen“ (i.e. wagtail) area and they are regularly seen at „Bachstelzen“ parties in Berlin (where I first took notice). Beautiful Tech-house composed during live sets through laptop and moog. No turntables. Check it out and give the guys some props, they’ve been dwelling the cellar for too long. Also check out their management at manicmusic.com

Download a live set from Oct. 2008 here

Skinnerbox on Beatport

Kanio

I first heard of Kanio a couple of months ago. This guy is rising up pretty fast. He's a London based producer who has been getting some well deserved critical acclaim lately and was nominated for "Best Minimal Artist of the Year 2009" on Beatport, where he accomplished 5 top ten and another 7 top 20 productions. Claude Von Stroke and Richie Hawtin are among his admirers. Here are a few of my favorites.


Kanio - Happyslap (Oblivion Remix)


Difi - 24 Bit Bleep (Kanio Remix)


Max Cooper - Harmonisch (Kanio Remix)


Spektre - Deal With It (Kanio Remix)


Kanio - The Hitcher

Elia - Kats (Kanio Remix)

Harmonisch - Serie (Kanio Remix)

I'll leave you with a handful of Kanio's mixes to download:

Feb 08 mix

Jan 08 Mix

May Mix

Oct Mix

Feb 09 Mix

Buy Kanio's music on Beatport

Photo Tribute to Uffie

PHONIQUE at RISE BOSTON!!!

Long time favorite of mine, Phonique will be gracing the decks at Rise this Sunday! Get ready for a hell of a Memorial Day weekend!


Phonique (aka Michael Vater) is a staple of Berlin electronic music. He has been releasing minimal and techno tracks since the beginning of the century, mostly with Steve Bug (PokerFlat, Dessous). Here are some Phonique must-haves from back when:

Phonique - The Red Dress (Tiefschwarz Remix)


Phonique feat. Erlend Oye - For The Time Being


DON'T MISS IT!!!

Song of the Day: Subscape - Transaction

Sub-Scape - Transaction (Dub Police)


This track's in Caspa's Fabric Promo Mix. Phenomenal.

MAD DECENT IS MAD FUNNY

Diplo, the outlandish DJ from the Iladelph, has been very busy over the past few years, working with DJ Low Budget, M.I.A., Santo-now-Santi-gold, Spank Rock, Amanda Blank, Andrew Levins, Nina Agzarian, Justice, Switch, and hundreds of other musicians from all over the world. So busy and important that now he's got people making iPhone Apps for him!

Watch Diplo himself give the demo for Mad Decent's first iPhone App:

Mad Decent iPhone App from Mad Decent on Vimeo.

also, on a completely relevant note, check out these tour dates!


Monday 06/01 @ House of Blues - Santigold with Amanda Blank and Trouble Andrew
Thursday 06/18 @ House of Blues - Major Lazer

Moderat feat Busdriver

Finally picked up Moderat's new album 'Moderat' out on Bpitch Control - it's phenomenal. Moderat is a collab between Bpitch's Apparat and Modeselektor.







This track is my favorite upon first listen. FUCK Busdriver is the shit

Moderat - BeatsWaySick [feat Busdriver]


You'd better go see Moderat while they're on tour, cuz you won't see either of these artists on this side of the ATL for a while

Friendly police just...keeping the peace?

Guns and vests? Helicopters? Note to self - never play a live show in Utah