Unreleased Remixes by Daniela La Luz

Berlin Mitte Institut + Florian Meindl + SoundCloud = Wow.

A big hello from this non-heated and rowdy flat near Queens Rd. Peckham, on this non-stop rainy London day. So, the Berlin Mitte Institut für Bessere Elektronische Musik (the Berlin Mitte Institute) got together with Florian Meindl for a four hour long WebTV show to produce a track. We got together with the host Jan Kühn aka Fresh Meat and asked him about this interesting project.

The Berlin Mitte Institut seeks to produce radio and WebTV shows that touches upon new things. The radio landscape in the techno scene mainly focuses on dj mixes, or inviting big names to your radio show. In the end, everybody does the same: One more radio show or dj mix to listen to and download. But we want to take the new democratising technologies a bit further and produce content, which has not been done before and also of special cultural value. You can see this on our shows. We broadcast live track productions, as well as focusing on topics that are normally not covered by the usual techno press. We also produce shows explaining the correlations of booking agencies and the techno scene, along with shows that pin points the relationship between the techno scene and its distributors.

Our next show will be a live broadcast from a Berlin club featuring 8 live interviews, which will be put together as a Youtube Doku playlist. We will interview people from professions go more unnoticed (waiters, technicians, runners, bouncer, night manager etc.), yet are vital to the the club functioning as a whole. We always try to connect the promotion of our guests through our channels with the connection to interesting topics that under the surface concern the techno scene.

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DSNight 35

Nr.35 of the DSNight serie.trippin trolls around the mushrooms in the deep magic forest.peace.dg

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DSNight 35

[Guest Mixer : deepgoa]

1 0:00 Castle In The Blue Sky – Galaxy – Chillcode Records
2 1:36 Yasmin – Astro Pilot – Avatar Records
3 5:24 Aftermath #8 – Aes Dana – Ultimae Records
4 9:34 Semantics – Grey Area – Plusquam Records
5 15:34 Magnetosphere (Star Fruit part 2) – Solar Fields – Ultimae Records
6 17:36 Apelation Down – The Islanders – Short Records
7 20:06 Dulaman – Anúna – Zebra Art
8 20:48 Memories Of A Softling – Moonbeam – Moonbeam Digital
9 26:08 Prague – Xerxes – Cardamar Music
10 32:52 Numbers – Nada – Candyflip Records
11 35:44 Mr. Glowing Oak – Seahorse Transform – Sofa Beats Records
12 39:36 Sleeps In Sand – Chris Zippel – Spirit Zone Records
13 44:27 Star Fruit – Solar Fields – Ultimae Records
14 46:12 500 Seconds – Zero Cult – Chillcode Records
15 52:51 Solar Movement (Paleolithic Edit) – Chronos – Ajana Records
16 55:47 Pekin Mood – Art Sonique – Apricot

The next gTEK Podcast Session will be out in December 2009

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grooveTEK electronica music by Morpheus & BuddhaBoy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W3ywBitcGA

Groove Armada are a electronic music group from Cambridge, England, composed of two members, Andy Cato (real name Andrew Cocup) and Tom Findlay.

They first came to fame with a 1997 limited single release, “At The River”, which sampled “Old Cape Cod” by Patti Page. The song has since been found on numerous chill out compilations.

One of their most popular works is their 2000 international hit “I See You Baby”, remixed by Fatboy Slim in the Big Beat style, with the repeated chorus line “I see you baby….Shakin’ that ass”, as heard in Renault Mégane advertisements.

Vocals were provided by Ibiza-based DJ Gram’Ma Funk. Incidentally, this track was also recorded with the chorus line “Shakin’ that thang” for various conservative markets around the world, most notably the American South.

In addition, some of their other tracks are often featured in television adverts or television promos including “If Everybody Looked The Same” in the 2001 Mercedez-Benz advert.

Their song “Hands of Time”, starring folksinger Richie Havens, is featured in the movie Collateral, and is referred to by one of the characters as a “classic song.”

Another song, “Edge Hill” is featured in the movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, and has been used on Channel 4 promotional adverts for the hit series Lost. “Madder” is featured in the video game Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc as the game introduction.

More… Massive Attack on Moscow – RT.

Source: Russia Today

The majority of this article was originally written for a friend who was interested in making computer music but did not know how exactly to get started. Apparently this was helpful, so I expanded and am posting it here.

This is a great time to learn about music production and recording. Not so long ago, recording a song required a deep pocket. Musicians and/or record labels spent thousands of dollars renting a recording studio, hiring several engineers (tracking, mixing, mastering), and a producer. Fortunately, because of the growing value of computers (ie they are getting both faster and cheaper) and because of the willingness of musical products companies to create recording software, users can make professional sounding recordings in their home under a reasonable budget.

The Necessary Gear

• Computer- If you are just getting started and you are unsure if this is something you want to pursue, I suggest you start with your home computer, whatever that may be. Once you decide this is something you want to spend time, money and energy on you may want to think about buying a new computer. When you are researching the computer think about what applications you are planning on using. There are some that can be extremely CPU intensive (but are fantastic) like Reaktor, where you can build your own synths and you may require a faster machine.
• Audio Interface/Soundcard- Audio Interfaces come in many different forms. They can connect to your computer via firewire, USB, PCI depending on what which one you choose. Your sound card is probably the most important piece of gear you will own. The sound quality of your work largely depends on the quality of your card. The card’s main purpose is to facilitate the translation of signal between your computer and your other gear.
• Monitors/Speakers- You will want them positioned at the ends of your table, facing you on a diagonal. Ideally, you and the two speakers should make a perfect equatorial triangle. This will put you in what we erotically refer to as “the sweet spot.” Be sure you do not depend on headphones for your final mix. It just won’t sound right over speakers (although it is always a good idea to also listen to your final mix on headphones).
• Audio Sequencer/Host- This is where you actually record and build your track. There are a number of hosts on the market and everyone has one that resonates with them best. You may want to consider how some sequencers don’t work on particular Operating Systems. Many pros use Logic Audio, which is one of the hosts I personally use and love. It is extremely tweakable and customizable, ideal for OCD individuals, however Logic is not available on the PC. Ableton Live is another very creative feeling sequencer which is ideal for people who are just getting started. It’s reasonably priced and I like how it allows the user to think of tracks linearly (which is traditional for all sequencers) but also gives the user a “Session View” where he can arrange quickly and on the fly. It is available on both Mac and PC.

The FUN Gear
Pace yourself…

• MIDI Controllers- MIDI was developed in 1983 and was a huge revolution to electronic (and other) music. Rather than an audio signal (think the energy/signal that gets transmitted while recording a guitar) MIDI is a completely different type of signal which generates messages, not “audio.” These messages can be transmitted from an external source (e.g. a controller) to give all sorts of information, like pitch, velocity… Sometimes these controllers look like keyboards but sometimes they can be completely insane.
• Plugins- Software that works within your host, essentially “instruments.” They usually come in 4 flavors.
  • Synthesizer- These are instruments that generate sound from an oscillator. They usually come with many other parameters you can tweek (like filters, tune, resonance etc).
  • Sampler- These are instruments that generate sound from a sample. You can find them as interfaces (like Native Instruments’ Kontakt) where you can bring in your own samples and modulate them within your interface.
  • Sound Library- Sound libraries are primarily used when you need lots of sounds, fast. They are (hopefully) well designed sounds that you don’t need to alter too much (although you usually can).  Sometimes they come within a sample interface, as mentioned above. For example, KREATE by Speedy J, is a techno library which comes with a version on Kontakt, but the value comes from the 4 GB of techno, dance and minimal sounds/samples.
  • Effects- Not all plugins actually generate noise. Many people are married to their favorite reverb plugins, delay etc.

Source: a knol by Jo Ardalan.

See Fixed Noise – Jo’s Co.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL87tiCpOpw

The song is a remix of Robot High School by In Digital Form. The video is directed by Keith Loutit. You can listen to the remix and download it (for free) here. The original song Robot High School is from the album SOFT-CORE. The video was shot at the Monster Trucks: Tour of Destruction rally in Brisbane, Australia. The video was shot using a technique called tilt-shift.

Robot High School - My Robot Friend by myrobotfriend

My Robot Friend - News.

Check out our friends at Nupharmic Dance Music for another great source of music and music news. BB

Nupharmic are Brighton based Phil West and Tony Goldstone, two old-school music-loving party veterans who (occasionally) produce house music.

House Music from Nupharmic Dance Music.

Reactivate by Hugh Byrne

ReActivate

Morpheus and I are reactivating the grooveTEK ideas site.

Our goal remains the same, to present the works of Independent artists, like ourselves, by regularly publishing articles and commentary on music, film, and it’s respective news. In addition we will be producing an electronica music based podcast.

We hope you have enjoyed this grooveTEK compilation.

Please visit us at our new address grooveTEK.net for more artist and show information. grooveTEK.net is powered by many independent and not so independent artists. Please consider supporting our work.

So you say you want a revolution.
All you need do is shake them off!
It’s time!

Morpheus & BuddhaBoy

ReActivate – Watching the World End Again

[Groove Mixer : Buddhaboy]

Tracks/Artists [time]:
1. The Dance Revolution / lee joyes [1:58]
2. PLUR / Ahyun [6:50]
3. Quicksand (Thievery Corp. Remix) / Natalie Walker [15:54]
4. Peace, Love, Dance / Digital Motion [20:27]
5. We Control / Hyper [25:09]
6. Illusion / Bitstream Dream [28:23]
7. No One Else (The Amalgamation Of Soundz Remix) / Natalie Walker [35:28]
8. Touch the Sky (house remix) / Bitstream Dream [40:50]
9. Electric Stars / Dutch Dance Connection [44:49]
10. Razor Sharp / Collide [50:45]
11. Supersonic (2004 remix) / Bitstream Dream [55:22]
12. Fate or Faith / Ror-Shak [59:53]
13. Respected / Kristin Mainhart and the Khromozomes [1:06:35]

Podcast sounds from

http://www.Earthstation1.com

http://www.Military.com

http://www.aviationtrivia.homestead.com/

http://avanimation.avsupport.com/Sound.htm

http://www.helis.com/sounds/

http://www.airraidsirens.com/audiovideo.html

https://www.dugway.army.mil/sites/about/security.asp

http://www.civildefensemuseum.com/sounds/offinstr.wav

The next gTEK Podcast Session will be out in October 2009

Listen Now!

All songs are the sole property of the artists.

grooveTEK electronica music by Morpheus & BuddhaBoy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

Ferry Corsten single: We Belong, with on vocals Maria Nayler. Taken from the Ferry Corsten album “Twice In A Blue Moon, out on Flashover Recordings now!

Ferry Corsten

The Dutch superstar has consistently been voted one of the top 10 DJs in the world (according to DJ magazine’s definitive Top 100 DJ chart) for five years. He’s played for hundreds of thousands of fans – sometimes at once – in amphitheaters, fields and nightclubs from Australia to Russia to white-hot Ibiza. He took the party island’s “Best Trance DJ” prize at the annual DJ Awards ceremony this year and two years ago; got tailed by some road-tripping fans on a Southern Comfort-sponsored, 26-city bus tour of America; and had his life’s work  interpreted in music, video and décor at his annual Masquerade event “Full on Ferry”, at 12,000-capacity arena Ahoy in his hometown, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Maria Nayler

Maria was born on the outbacks of the Ashingdon countryside. As a little girl she could often be found at the bottom of her garden with the fairie folk. It was here where she fell under a spell which would cast it’s magic forever, a gift from them that still remains. In years to follow Maria travelled to India where she found her spirit and love. This has had a huge impact on her life and career. It has been instrumental in developing vocals that have been described as “divine”, “spiritual”, “uplifting” and “purely subliminal”. Her star qualities have shone, performing to the highest possible standard with many known, successful artists and in her own right as a solo performer. Maria has a loyal worldwide fan base and is regarded to the highest accolade. They describe her as “hauntingly beautiful”, “enchanting” and “magical”. She has sold over a million records.