The Rise of MONKEYTOWN and 50 WEAPONS

50 Weapons, run by EDM gurus Modeselektor, has been on the horizon for a while. Its now finally starting to step up with a phatty new release featuring remixes of Modeselektor's gem "Art & Cash", as well as a sweet single from none other than Night Slugs co-founder Bok Bok. Releases 001 and 002 from 50 Weapons were total white labels and still relatively hard to find. The first featured a remix of 50 Cent's "Just a Lil Bit" and the second was a two-sided 12" with tracks from Monkeytown artist Siriusmo and BPitch Control bredren Housemeister. Both were sickness. However you must peep the newness from Monkeytown so as to stay as excited about this stuff as we are. Recently, MDSLKTR's new Monkeytown records released Siriusmo's first full length album "The Plasterer of Love". Now you can be excited for some more upcoming tracks from the likes of SBTRKT, 2562 and Ramadanman to name a few. Here are some tracks from both labels that are worth owning and spinning!

Art & Cash Remixes (50 Weapons):

Modeselektor - Art & Cash (SBTRKT Remix)


Modeselektor - Art & Cash (Phon.o Remix)


Modeselektor - Art & Cash (Roska Remix)
Modeselektor - Art & Cash (Roska remix) by Discotetris

Bok Bok single:

Bok Bok - Say Stupid Things (Monkeytown)
Bok Bok "Say Stupid Things" by Modeselektor

Siriusmo - Einmal In Der Woche Schreien

VIDEO -- Siriusmo - "Die Rockwurst"

Think Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat but...BERLINIZED

Die Rockwurst - Siriusmo

Mdslktr's Szary Ties the Knot

Just a quick note for fans of Modeselektor: Sebastian Szary is getting married. Sorry ladies.

Two of Sweenie's good friends are going (grrrr) and will be having a blast alongside guests like Ellen Allien, Apparat and Siriusmo.

Count yourself lucky in being the very first to hear about this!

Congrats to Basti and future Mrs. Szary!

Modeselektor Makes A Label!!!

Monkeytown Records is the new venture of Berlin Party Gurus Gernot Bronsert and Sebastien Szary, aka Modeselektor. Quote: "Anything Pharell Williams does, we can do better." That is pretty much what these two have been exhibiting for us over the past few years. Their gradual ascent into Music History has been paved with innovation, and there newest feat/adventure/business/hobby is no different.

They've started out with local Berlin funktronica King, Siriusmo. A gem from day one, all of his tracks are unmissable and unforgettable. It's been a long time coming, but he's finally got an album for us and DAMN if its not giving me a hard-on just thinking about it! Here are some keepers that you NEED to hear in order to survive:

Siriusmo - The Uninvited Guest


Siriusmo - High Together


Siriusmo - Nights Off

50 WEAPONS

So here's the skinny on 50 Weapons. It seems that Berlin music gurus Modeselektor have attempted to release something under the radar. In 2006, a track was released anonymously on a fresh new label out of the UK. It didn't garner too much attention but was uploaded to the Modeselektor Myspace soon thereafter with the 50 Cent acapella. The vocal sample at the beginning is featured in BPitch Control's Boogy Bytes Vol. 3 (mixed by Modeselektor).

"Unknown" - 50 Weapons 001 or
50 Cent - Just A Lil Bit (Modeselektor Remix)


No fooling us here. Definitely Modeselektor. However in the past few weeks, I have been reading the odd this and that about a new 50 Weapons release. Fortunately, this is the case. They've changed it up a bit by preparing a 12" double sided single. The duo had some killer material lying around and had local buddies Siriusmo and Housemeister put their own unique touches on them. Here are some snippets.


50 Weapons 002 - Side A (Siriusmo edit)


50 Weapons 002 - Side B (Housemeister edit)


Keep your ears open for these tracks. I'm sure they'll get lots of play in the near future. Plus you might be able to hear them at the Moderat show, coming to a venue near you!

song for today

today's song for today is AWESOME

Siriusmo - "All The Girls"

Berlin doses NYC 01.24.09

It's always excellent news to find out that Modeselektor will be hitting up the East Coast - even though the last time they were here was only 4 months ago at the Highline Ballroom. Fresh off of a night at Igloo Fest in Montreal, Modeselektor came through New York City by means of the Bowery Ballroom, with house master Housemeister.

Venturing from Boston to NYC for a show can be a production. Gotta hype the show and to get a solid crew to head down. Find a place to stay, have enough money to survive and hopefully get hooched-up, and get home all in one piece. Needless to say, the show better be damn good, otherwise it's not worth the effort.

Good thing it's never a debate when trying to decide if Modeselektor will be good enough for the trek. We arrived at the Bowery at around 10:45 I guess? And Housemeister was already into his set. We got our buns up there and enjoyed some tight and heavy house. The crowd knew what was up when he dropped Inordertodance. It's always nice to see a DJ who produces his own stuff simply spinning records live and killing it.

After a couple of drinks, Modeselektor was on stage - relatively early. They killed the dancefloor with staples like Black Block, Hyper Hyper, Deboutonner, The Dark Side of the Sun, and 2000007, and added a few other clutch tracks (Godspeed and Sucker Pin) among some new ones, at least that I've never heard.

Their set was dope, nobody has to ever doubt that. But despite a solid set list, the show was somewhat of a disappointment. So I'll blame it on the venue! The sound was too quiet - we're supposed to feel our liver quiver! Come on Bowery! And what's up with the show being over before 2am in NYC? At least I didn't blow too much money on drinks at your estab.

But who cares! I saw a huge blow-up monkey, a dancing butcher holding a pig's head, and a decked-out chicken blowing his feathers everywhere for the last half the show - and who can ever forget the always enjoyable 2 bottles of champagne splooged all over the crowd?


Overall a trip well worth making. GO SEE MODESELEKTOR WHENEVER YOU GET THE DAMN CHANCE!!!



Recommended tracks (either buy them or scope them out on hypem/beatport/amazon):

The First Rebirth
Deboutonner [feat. Siriusmo]
The Wedding Toccata Theme
Get Wasted In Silence
Dancing Box [feat. TTC]
Ziq Zaq
In Loving Memory
remix of Knifehandchop's Weed Wid da Macka [feat. Ninjaman]
and definitely their 3rd installment to the Boogy Bytes series!