Jeffrey is coming

Jeff Mills is hitting Australia next month and the dates have been confirmed. Now I just wish I had confirmed dates for Kenny Larkin and Claude Young.

From ITM:

Thursday 18th November – Adelaide
Jeff Mills @ Traffic – 58 North Terrace, Adelaide

Friday 19th November – Melbourne
Hardware 313 @ The Metro – 1 Bourke St, Melbourne

Saturday 20th November – Sydney
Hardware @ Space – Level 2, 127 Liverpool St, Sydney

Thursday 25th November – Brisbane
Jeff Mills @ Family – 339 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley

Friday 26th November – Canberra
Fang w/ Jeff Mills @ ANU Refectory, Acton

Saturday 27th November – Perth
Science Fiction @ Belmont Racecourse, Burswood

New Dark Comedy album coming

Dark Comedy - Funk Faker

Update 30/09/2004: Looks like they’re back in again.

Update: Looks like all the copies over at Disk Union are gone

Oh, and it looks like its already available in Japan.

DARK COMEDY-MUSIC SAVES MY SOUL

SELF-OBSESSION, it’s the 21st century epidemic. M-m-my generation has become the me-me-me generation and reality has become a TV show which turns our next door neighbours into stars that flicker and die in the blink of an eye. It’s Warhol’s fifteen minutes reductio ad absurdum, Alice navel-gazing through the looking glass. And while our cathode ray icons relentlessly chant “mirror, mirror on the wall …” the myth of Narcissus – condemned to waste away adoring his own image – seems entirely apposite.
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The Donnie Darko soundtrack you want to buy but can’t

From Art of the Mix via Beta:

  1. Echo & The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon
  2. INXS – Never Tear Us Apart
  3. Tears For Fears – Head Over Heels
  4. Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
  5. Duran Duran – Notorious
  6. Steve Baker & Carmen Daye – For Whom the Bell Tolls
  7. Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
  8. The Church – Under the Milky Way
  9. Tears for Fears – Mad World
  10. Gary Jules – Mad World (cover)

A collection of all the 80’s songs that weren’t on the original Donnie Darko soundtrack.

Imagination – Just an Illusion

Imagination - Just an Illusion

Searching for a destiny that’s mine
There’s another place another time
Touching many hearts along the way
Hoping that I’ll never have to say

It’s just an illusion

Follow your emotion anywhere
Is it really magic in the air
Never let your feeling get you down
Open your eyes and look around

It’s just an illusion

Could it be that it’s just an illusion
Putting me back in all this confusion
Could it be that it’s just an illusion
Now

Could it be a picture in my mind
Never sure exactly what I’ll find
Only in my dreams I turn you on
Here for just a moment then you’re gone

Could it be that it’s just an illusion
Putting me back in all this confusion
Could it be that it’s just an illusion
Now

Panic Zone 3

Should be a fun night electro. Rozie and I went to the last one down at Candy’s Apartment and it was rockin’, and I’m sure this’ll be no different.

Panic Zone Part 3

Date: Fri 13th Aug, 2004
Time: 10:00 pm
Venue: SUZY Qs – Oxford Street, Darlinghurst
City: Sydney
Cost: $10.00

Old school Electro to the latest.
No fashion wank music.
Music from the past for the future.

DJs:
BLAZE, OSC-001, SIMON CALDWELL, THE SENTINEL

Live Acts:
The Sentinel will be playing tracks from his upcoming release on Southern Outpost. The Sentinel is….P…… H.. from 2SER’s Dark Energy.

Tickets available from:
On the door.

Panic Zone 3 Flyer

Kosher Candy Mixx

Another great mix of r’n’b, disco and funk from Yoav B. I’m sure I enjoy this kind of music more these days because Rozie has subjected me to so much of this over the last year or so. Check out the Kosher Candy Mixx

Tracklisting:

  1. INTRO-AUTOMAT-ULTRAVIOLET (HARVEST)
  2. PATRICE RUSHEN-WATCH OUT (ARISTA)
  3. ATMOSPHEAR-WHAT DO WE DO (CHRYSALIS)
  4. MORRISSEY MULLEN-COME AND GET ME (BEGGERS BANQUET)
  5. THE WALKERS-SKY’S THE LIMIT (LONDON)
  6. SHAKATAK-NIGHT BIRDS (POLYDOR)
  7. GINO SOCCIO-DANCE TO DANCE (RFC)
  8. CANDI STATON-LOVE AND BE FREE (SUGARHILL)
  9. THE BREAKFEST BAND-SUCH A FEELING (BREAKFEST MUSIC)
  10. EXTRAS-GET DOWN (DANCEFLOOR)
  11. LEON HAYWOOD-DON’T PUSH IT DON’T FORCE IT (20TH CENTURY FOX)
  12. SHARON BROWN-I SPECIALISE IN LOVE (PROFILE)
  13. LYNX-I CAN’T HELP MYSELF (CHRYSALIS)
  14. FREEZ-ONE TO ONE (BEGGERS BANQUET)
  15. CHERRELLE-I DIDN’T MEAN TO TURN YOU ON (TABU)
  16. CONGAC-DON’T BOTHER TO KNOCK DUB (CARRERE)
  17. RAZE-BRAKE 4 LOVE DUB (CHAMPION)
  18. ALEXANDER O’NEAL-CRITISIZE A CAPPELLA (TABU)
  19. RAZE-BRAKE FOR LOVE (CHAMPION)
  20. RICK JAMES-MONEY TALKS (MOTOWN)
  21. CHIC-REBELS ARE WE (ATLANTIC)
  22. BRASS CONSTRUCTION-NO COMMUNICATION (CAPITOL)
  23. KANO-ANOTHER LIFE (TELDEC)
  24. FIRST LIGHT-EXPLAIN THE REASONS (LONDON)
  25. THE FORCE-IT’S OK (RHYTHM KING)
  26. DENISE MOTTO-MISS DEMEANOR DUB (PLAYHOUSE)
  27. LIME-ON THE GRID (PRISM)
  28. OUTRO-AUTOMAT-ULTRAVIOLET (HARVEST)

Yoav B brings the Bisexual Funk…

A fantastic mix of 80’s funk, r’n’b, disco and soul from Dj Yoav B mix courtesy of Rushhour

Yoav B is from Tel Aviv, Israel, he just dropped his debut ep on Delsin, picked up by Terrence Parker, Aaron Carl, Charles Webster a.o. After summer coming with another ep for Delsin Records, and the first releases on his own new label Wabi Sabi.

Track listing:

  1. INTRO- RONALD SHANNON JACKSON-THEME FOR A PRINCE (ABOUT TIME)
  2. ARNIE’S LOVE- I’M OUT OF YOUR LIFE (RADAR)
  3. MOUZON/CORYELL- OLD FRIENDS (PAUSA)
  4. THE ANTILLES-I’VE GOT TO HAVE YOU (THE HIVE)
  5. GEORGE BENSON-LOVE WILL COME AGAIN (WARNER)
  6. SERIOUS INTENTION-IT’S SERIOUS (LONDON)
  7. LOOSE ENDS-EMERGENCEY DUB (VIRGIN)
  8. PHYLLIS HYMAN- YOU KNOW HOW TO LOVE ME (ARISTA)
  9. THE ISLEY BROTHERS- PASS IT ON (TNECK)
  10. COLONEL ABRAMS- I’M NOT GONNA LET YOU (MCA)
  11. GINO SOCCIO-YOU MOVE ME (ATLANTIC)
  12. CORY DAYE-GREEN LIGHT (RCA)
  13. CLAUDJA BARRY- DOWN AND COUNTING (CBS)
  14. SHALAMAR- TAKE THAT TO THE BANK (SOLAR)
  15. T.C. CURTIS- BODY SHAKE (GROOVE)
  16. POUSSEZ- I’LL ALWAYS BE YOUR FRIEND (VANGUARD)
  17. QUEEN SAMANTHA- SINGING HALLELUJA (MARLIN)
  18. PRINCE CHARLES- BEAT THE BUSH DUB (VIRGIN)
  19. THE SYSTEM- NOW I’M ELECTRIC (POLYDOR)
  20. SUZY Q- GET INTO THE FUNKY MUSIC NOW (ZYX)
  21. YAZOO- STATE FARM (MUTE)
  22. RAWW- DON’T YOU TRY IT DUB (JONATHAN)
  23. ETAT MAJOR- ETAT MAJOR (VIRGIN)
  24. SYLVESTER- DO YA WANNA FUNK (MEGATONE)
  25. AMII STEWART -FEVER LINE (RCA)
  26. IMAGINATION- STATE OF LOVE (R&B)
  27. T.H.P.- HALF AS NICE (BUTTERFLY)

Kraftwerk to release box set

Man, can’t wait for this one:

Kraftwerk “12345678 – The Catalogue” will be available on September…

In a recent interview to italian newspaper La Stampa, Ralf Hutter confirmed release of Kraftwerk remastered albums (12345678 – The Catalogue) on September, 2004.

They will be available in separated pieces and as a box, with the original artwork when they were first published.

The 8 albums (Autobahn, Radioactivity, Trans Europe Express, The Man Machine, Computer World, Electric Cafe, The Mix and Tour de France Soundtracks) will be published in CD and vinyl, and later in Super Audio CD, in both English and German versions.

There will not be unreleased material, only the official material with some known bonus tracks. The only modification will occurs with the album Electric Cafe, renamed as TECHNOPOP, with the original graphics and design from original project.

The first three records (Kraftwerk, Kraftwerk 2 and Ralf & Florian) will be released too, after the Catalogue, but as a separated package. The first three records weren’t released officialy on CD format until today, and only available in bootlegs with material copied from the vinyl versions were available.

The concerts of Kraftwerk Tour 2004 are being registered to production of a DVD, to be released in the beginning of next year…

Now this sounds kinda cool…

PLASTIKMAN LIVE SHOW TO UNVEIL UNPRECEDENTED TECHNOLOGIES AT MUTEK

Windsor, ON May 13, 2004 – Up until now, Richie Hawtin and his production team for the Plastikman Live show at Mutek 2004 have kept a very tight lid on the technology being developed for the show. They have begun lifting the curtain on a set of technological advances that will alter the course of how electronic music can be performed in a live scenario. The performance will involve Hawtin’s manipulation and control of multiple tracks of digital and analog audio, real time generation of a High Definition (HD) visual system, drum machines, synthesizers, effects and lights.
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Movement Festival lineup announced

Well, OK, its only a partial list so far for the Movement Festival in Detroit, but still, WOW! 😯 Great to see NZ headz Fat Freddy’s Drop in there as well. I wish I was going… 😥

Aardvark, Alden Tyrell live, Amp Fiddler live, Barbara Preisinger, Biological Live, Camp Amp DJs, Claude Young, Cloud 9, Danny Krivit, Derek Plaslaiko, DJ Cosmo, DJ Genesis live, DJ Nova, Duplex Live, Ellen Allien, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Francois K, Garth Trinidad, Goldfinger (AML), Greg Mudge, Groove Junkies, Heiroglyphic being, Highfish, Jeannie Hopper, Joris Voorn live, Kai Alce, Kelvin Larkin, Kenny Larkin, Kevin Reynolds, Kevin Saunderson, Language, Legowelt, Louis Haiman, Madlib and PBW ft Jay Dee, Malik Alston, Painted Pictures, Marques Wyatt, McKay, Mike Geiger, Mike Grant, Mike Huckaby, Novamen Live dutch, Osunlade Live, Ramon, Recloose, Red Nose Distrikt, Reel People, Remy, Rockid (DMC Champion), Rolando, Ron Trent, sean deason, Shortround, Stacey Pullen, Tortured Soul Live, Wajeed

Creative Vibes also picking up Peacefrog

Wow, Creative Vibes are really on a roll now. Looks like they’ve also picked up distribution for the awesome UK label Peacefrog in Australia.

PEACEFROG: Peacefrog Records have been one of the leaders of the cutting edge techno/house scene for the past ten years. The UK based label was formed in 1992 by Pete Hutchison and Paul Ballard from the suburbs of London and has nurtured acts in the early years such as Luke Slater, Paul Johnson, Wamdue Kids and more recently the likes of Moodymann, Charles Webster, Theo Parrish and Ian O’Brien, X-Crash, Apogee, Solid State, Dan Curtin, Purveyors Of Fine Funk, Neil Landstrumm, Dusk, Glenn Underground, John Beltran, Placid Angles, Planetary Assault Systems, Roy Davis Jr, Plaid and many more. The first release up is Moodymann’s Black Mahogani, a collection of rare classic 12″s from the Detroit genius with some new tracks thrown in for good measure. Look out for new albums from Kenny Larkin, Lucien & Luciano & Moodymann’s “Black Mahogani Part 2” to come later this year!

Creative Vibes picks up Submerge and Clone

Slightly old news:

The Submerge announcement:

Detroit techno has a home in Detroit at 3000 East Grand Boulevard. A home built on vinyl sweat and percussive dreams. Submerge’s three-story music building is in the heart of Detroit’s cultural center, a short distance from Berry Gordy’s original Motown headquarters. From the beginnings of Detroit techno and house to the latest electro, soul and hip-hop, Submerge is one of the world’s hubs for electronic music. Submerge was established in 1992 by Christa Weatherspoon Robinson and Michael Banks as an administrative hub for Detroit’s independent dance music labels. The company has served as a channel for many labels, who have come and gone and taken on new direction over the years. As Submerge’s casts of characters has changed and evolved, the spirit has remained strong. With support from many of Detroit’s most talented and dedicated producers, label managers, promoters, DJs, writers, booking agents, and vinyl technicians, Submerge has remained afloat beneath the surface. The current line up of Submerge labels includes, Black Nation, Electrofunk, Hipnotech, Hitechfunk, Ignitor, KMS, Los Hermanos, Metroplex, Motech, Red Planet, Renaissance, Submerge Recordings, Transmat/Fragile, Tunnel 7 and Underground Resistance. Creative Vibes are proud to announce the addition to their already reputable roster of labels and look forward to bringing you the very best of Detroit’s finest!

The Clone announcement:

Creative Vibes has another welcome addition to the family in the form of one of the most influential and well respected techno and electro labels from the Netherlands. While the Clone imprint has released techno gems from artists such as Duplex, Drexciya, Cosmic Force, Underground Resistance and Bangkok Impact, their sub-label is also making it’s mark in the music world. Dub Recordings has made a name for itself with quality electronica releases from Funkstorung, Speedy J and a host of other producers, and has become one of the labels that truly specilises in modern electronica and IDM. Also into the CV fold come labels distributed by Clone: Viewlexx, Murder Capital, 4Lux, Bunker and Nature. Stay tuned in 2004 for a swag of the freshest electronica, techno, disco and house releases, direct from Rotterdam!

Good on you guys! The addition of these two labels along with Groovy Gordon’s unstoppable partying power, Creative Vibes can now take on the world! 😉

DJ Orion

He’s, ummm, back

Well after 3years hibernating in Byron Bay I’ve decided to set the record straight. Over the next few weeks I shall try to dispell any myth or rumour about my private life and my life as a promoter dj and at the same time be equally honest about some of my fuck ups along the way. And let’s face it, to those who know me me I certainly made a few wrong decisions along the way but at the same time I had some of the best parties in Sydney happening at the time. It was always about quality and in saying that I always over stepped budgets and as a result cut profits down which maximized risk and when things didnt go as well as planned people didnt get paid.