Le Plaisir EP - Mikael Stavostrand & Cesare vs Disorder (Clink Recordings)

Read my Ibiza Voice review of Le Plaisir here.

Radio, Radio!

RA have just published a feature called "Community Radio." While the article in itself is an interesting appraisal of the non-commercial side of dance music on the airwaves, it doesn't come close to describing the community radio scene I was involved in for over six years, five and a half of them as a show presenter, engineer and selector. I'm aware of how pedantic this is beginning to sound, but I'm not about to let rip with negativity. You've got to have the right conditions though, and live in an environment receptive to such ventures. Sadly, despite the best efforts of all who participated in it, 209 Radio came to an untimely end just over a year ago. Maybe it was better that way.

In any case, the reason this blog was set up, initially at least, was to accompany the show and although the name has changed to Cacophonous Bling, the relics of the radio are evident in the url. I have nothing but wonderful memories of my time presenting but, if I'm honest, things could have been so much better. Apart from a few paid employees everyone was a volunteer and, as well as show organisation, presenting etc, we were expected to also duty manage other shows. This is something that myself and a relatively small number of other presenters complied with, but which the vast majority didn't. In short, it wasn't all about turning up with a bunch of tracks and playing them.

So while it's great to hear anything spontaneous, interesting, passionate and specialist on the radio, the situations described in the RA article are a million miles away from anything I experienced. We broadcast online from February 2003 up to February 2010, and on FM in Cambridge from October 2007. I fondly remember every moment, but I also can't forget what an uphill struggle it was to put shows on, (they had to be broadcast with a Duty Manager present, and it was often not until the last minute that one turned up, often the management as no one else would volunteer), as well as keep the station afloat. Radio is still my preferred medium of choice, but musically it's never been universally listenable; and while they are much appreciated, Anja Schnieder, Tim Sweeney, etc have got it easy.

Gaze EP - Safeword (Paso Music)

Read my review for Ibiza Voice of Safeword's 'Gaze EP' here.

You're Not As Old As You Feel

This article caught my eye when I came across it earlier on. Only in your thirties and already feeling like you're past your sell-by date? I'm forty-eight and although my best clubbing days are probably behind me it's only a lack of people to go out with that's stopping me. Of course this problem is mentioned in said article, as is the dislike of having to stay up for most of the night in the comments; and the lack - except during the summer, depending on where you live - of daytime parties to combat the tyranny of forever being marginalised in the night is something that has always frustrated me. Suffolk, where I live, is hardly a hub of the avant-garde and since I've been living here my days of going out have ground to a halt. Not one that I've given into at all though. I still hanker after going out even though I have no desire to be doing it every week.

Clubbers, along with football fans, must be the two groups that get short-changed the most in this country. Treated like cattle and taken for granted at every turn. This is a bit of a sweeping generalisation but true nevertheless and has made me cynical regarding anything resembling organised clubbing for a while. In the UK, with a few exceptions, I am reluctant to go out to a club. Except for the big cities, there really isn't much going on anyway. We really don't have it as good today as we'd like to think. There's a lack of invention, a conservativism and an awful homogenisation of people going out these days. There's also a reverse eclecticism that is constantly mistaken for diversity. The lack of drama in our political lives is truly depressing and patronising. The Libyan situation is depressing and looks like concluding in another expensive and unnecessary war. George Osborne takes a penny off a litre of petrol and we're supposed to do cartwheels and the digital age means that the market if constantly flooded with crap, nowhere mores than in music, where the mp3 has, for most people, meant the death of quality and the rise of bad journalism.

This won't affect the discerning flaneur who can always languidly detect craftsmanship from an educated standpoint, but it's depressing anyway. As is mentioned in the linked article and comments, family and life have a habit of taking over. I've got three boys of varying ages, from three to twelve to twenty, but I can't imagine a time when I won't be into what I am now. Coming home after a hard days night, battered this way and that, was always a pleasure. Malleable through hedonism I used to engage, and be engaged by, my kids the most natural and empathetic way imaginable. Of course the only thing I was capable of eating was cereal, but I was totally on their level. I would travel down to London regularly to go out all night, but that fizzled out about five years ago when the inhumanity of public transport between London and Cambridge. coupled with the odyssey that had to be undertaken in order to use it and get home in one piece, finally became too much. A typical night would involve me going down to a friends mid-afternoon, getting baked for about five solid hours before going out, taking thirty to sixty minute cab ride across London, probably arriving past midnight, dancing and getting wrecked until six, somehow getting to Kings Cross for seven or maybe eight, train home one hour, unless there were engineering works. This would mean boarding a bus, often with a full bladder and experiencing real discomfort, as well as exercising amazing self-control. I would tumble into bed around four hours after I'd left the club. The kids would leave me alone and when I'd get up I'd still be high as a kite and feel great. I miss that feeling.

I need to go out and listen to music, a lot. I refuse to not be interested in it because of my age. What a ridiculous idea. I'm embarrassed to say that I've only just got around to reading 'England's Dreaming' by Jon Savage. Being someone who is old enough to remember punk the first time around it's very interesting to read about what happened in the most graphic, investigative way. I found "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" very evocative, but I hadn't experienced first hand the majority of what was written about. Punk was different. Savage's book rings a huge host of bells every time I open it, from the cultural and musical angle, to the political. It's quite difficult to explain how drab the seventies really were. Even as a kid, in spite of the long, hot summers and Liverpool constantly winning everything in site, the political penetrated. The power cuts ffs! I remember going to be with candles. I'm not advocating a return to those days, but I see an airbrushed version of them coming back.

As I get older I'm certainly getting more bothered, about music, fashion, art, politics and the shite that I'm forced to put up with. I'm a firm believer that "back in the day" should be left exactly where it is, but that doesn't mean one can't be inspired by the past on all levels. Things change but don't necessarily evolve. I believe the class system in the UK is more apparent than ever before during my lifetime and I've never been more aware of the imbalance between the haves and the have-nots. There isn't even that much more real opportunity nowadays, just a repositioning of incentives and a metamorphic media intent on control.

Track List For Last Weeks Mix . . .

. . .is here.

Rough Mix: 16.3.11

I've just posted a long-overdue new mix over at Cacophonous Mixes. Here's a direct link.

Parameters

To define house is like trying to nail a manifesto to a bubble. Each time you hammer it goes "pop." So where are the parameters? It's a question that nowadays is as far away from being satisfactorily answered as ever. One's definition of house can play an important part here, but if, like me, you adhere to the hoary old chestnut "house is a feeling" it can never be truly pinned down. House is John Coltrane, David Bowie, Sparks, Move D, Jeff Mills, the monologues of William Burroughs and it's musical spirit is nowhere more evident at the moment than in the eclectic, cross-pollinating spirit of dubstep, UK funky and grime, or bass, as is now the common parlance.

I rarely listen to individual tracks or albums on the Ipod, preferring mixes instead. The Last FM scroll on the right reflects home listening exclusively, a lot of which is listened to for reviewing purposes. I listen to mixes through my Ipod classic, which doesn't have scrabbling that registers on the scroll. In any case I'm a serial downloader and cyber hoarder and consume music at an alarming rate. I'm extremely pleased, but not surprised that, as I approach my half-century - not until October next year, so I've got some time to prepare my mid-life crisis - I've lost none of my enthusiasm. Indeed, I will be making some forays into the world of music-making over the next year or so. It has always been a dream of mine to run a label and to make some music. However, being a product first of punk, and then of house, I've maybe appreciated the DIY ethic a bit too much and consequently failed to learn any instrument, acoustic or synthetic. DJing has and will be my preferred form of musical communication, its versatility saving one from the boredom of endlessly rehearsing the same music and being able to spontaneously engage with an audience on a variety of levels. I've always had ideas though, and the ground has never been more fertile, so watch this space.

Anyway, to emphasise how interesting things are at the moment, here's a link to the most recent Essential Mix, courtesy of Kode9. and one that's been around for a few weeks now but I forgot to link to it before; this set from Peter van Hoesen at Berghain. Two guys both at the top of their respective trees and making it all sound very effortless indeed. They are both very much "house" to my ears, even though they defy convention as often as they can. The last three Essential Mixes have been great, and it'll be a nostalgia fest for the next one with Dimitri from Paris. How long before Tiesto comes in to stop the rot?

I hope the videos are all self-explanatory in the context of this piece.

Catz ll Dogz EP - Catz ll Dogz (Glass Table)

Read my RA review of the 'Catz ll Dogz' EP here.

March Chart

Very busy this week doing everything in general and nothing in particular. Here's this months chart, some stuff on here yet to hit the stores. All good. The usual random mixture of single releases and albums.



Hot Waves - V/A (Hot Waves)



Live Your Life - Art Dept (Crosstown Rebels)



Deep Heet Vol 2 - Planetary Assault Systems (Mote-Evolver)



The Panther's Walk - Pherox (Dumb Unit)



Wade In - Joy O (Hotflush)




Refined Textures Vol 1 - Miles Sagnia (Atmospheric Existence Recordings)



Remixes Pt 3 - Skudge (Skudge)



Jack Is Back - V/A (Poker Flat)



Flirt EP - Zumo (Losing Suki)



Utopia - Footprintz (Visionquest)



We're New Here - Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XX (XL)



Analogy - Wandler (Motoguzzi)



Routes Not Roots - K-S.H.E. aka Terre Thaemlitz/DJ Sprinkles (Skylax)



The Achromorphe - V/A (Aconito Records)



Loss/Future Unknown - SCB (Aus Music)

It's Red Wine With Venison Sausages & Mash Tonight!

The title of this post just describes the mood I'm in. Of course it has nothing to do at all with the music I'm linking to; rather the incidents of these afternoon where a Dirk Kuyt hat trick and a relatively faultless to a man performance gave Liverpool a three one win over Manchester United at Anfield. I had a good feeling about this when I found out that, amazingly, England beat South Africa in the cricket World Cup. So far, so tenuous and sporty, so let's crack on with the music.



So, first up it's a Wiggle double header with Terry Francis and Cesar Merveille being the culprits. There's another Terry set doing the rounds at the moment. Part one of a Fabric two parter. The big man can still effortlessly command sound from around his ample girth.






Patrick Walker and Smear do it for the Anatomy podcast series. Expect nothing less than bespoke techno eloquently presented.




ND Baumecker with a three hour journey into the nether regions of after-hours house.




Richy Ahmed with the first in the Kubicle house party podcast series.





The last two Essential Mixes featuring Carl Craig


[00:00] 01. Essential Mix - Intro (03:23)
[03:23] 02. ID - ID (08:08)
[11:30] 03. Martinez - Mzuzu Chant (07:37)
[19:07] 04. ID - ID (05:09)
[24:16] 05. Anthony Shakir - The Floorfiller (Skudge's Floor Killer Version) (03:32)
[27:49] 06. ID - ID (05:31)
[33:20] 07. Strip Steve & Das Glow - Calcium (03:05)
[36:24] 08. Faze Action - In The Trees (Carl Craig C2 Remix #1) (06:39)
[43:03] 09. Robert Hood - The Family (04:44)
[47:48] 10. ID - ID (05:03)
[52:51] 11. ID - ID (04:12)
[57:03] 12. Recloose feat. Dwele - Can't Take It (Carl Craig Remix) (04:39)
[61:42] 13. Kenny Larkin - Glob (Ben Klock Remix 1) (04:40)
[66:21] 14. Agoria feat. Carl Craig & La Scalars - Speechless (05:22)
[71:44] 15. Vozmediano - There's A Light (Rolando Remix) (04:25)
[76:09] 16. Robert Hood - Power to Prophet (05:42)
[81:51] 17. Carl Craig - Angel (Jerome Sydenham Deep Space Dub) (04:31)
[86:22] 18. Ben Klock - Subzero (04:55)
[91:17] 19. Clark - Lofthouse (02:58)
[94:15] 20. Snuff Crew - Kings Cross (04:00)
[98:15] 21. Kenny Larkin - You Are (05:31)
[103:47] 22. ID - ID (05:08)
[108:55] 23. ID - ID (05:12)
[114:07] 24. Moodymann - Dem Young Sconies (03:40)
[117:47] 25. Ramadanman & Appleblim - Void 23 (Carl Craig Re-Edit) (01:37)



and Soul Clap.



The always interesting Roger 23 from Red 313 last month



and the latest Bodytonic podcast featuring Roswell Return . . .there's such a lot about at the moment.



Here's the goat-like Lee Curtiss from Paris a couple of weeks ago . . .



and the Jean-Claude van Damme of techno, Evad Streaklov



That was going to be that, but just a couple more. Bill Patrick has popped up with a new one for the Pulse series



and we close with some dubstep courtesy of Appleblim and his 'Fabric Main Room' mix.


1. Butahn Tiger Rescue - Beginner's Waltz - excerpt (Kompakt)
2. October & Borai - I Didn't Mean To (forthcoming Apple Pips)
3. Kowton - She Don't Jack (Idle Hands)
4. Axel Bowman - Naomi (forthcoming Glass Table)
5. October & Appleblim - NY Fizzzzzz (forthcoming Smorgasbord)
6. George Fitzgerald - We Bilateral (forthcoming Hotflush)
7. Al Tourettes - Badger (forthcoming Bloc / Baselogic)
8. SCB - Loss (forthcoming Aus Music)
9. Pulsar - Coconut Shuffle (unreleased)
10. Sunday Roast - Choices (Soulserious)
11. Arkist & Kidkut - Vanilla Imitate (forthcoming Hotflush)
12. Phat Chex - Can't Stop - (unreleased)
13. Paul Woolford - Let It Go - Komonazmuk & Appleblim Remix (forthcoming Intimacy Music)
14. Gatekeeper - Atmosphere Processor (forthcoming Apple Pips)
15. Gatekeeper - Let Us in (forthcoming Apple Pips)
16. Arkist - Fill My Coffee (forthcoming Apple Pips)
17. Gatekeeper & Kidkut – Alpha Apex (unreleased)
18. Gatekeeper & Kidkut - Code Red (unreleased)
19. Arkist - Rendezvous (forthcoming Apple Pips)

I hope this give those of you who can't be arsed finding these for yourselves, or who are simply inept, many hours of listening pleasure. I'm not scooping anything here, they're all freely available all over the net, but I know that some of you guys out there like them to be corralled, and as I enjoy doing it, everyone's happy. Some will have slipped through the net, but I'll try and remedy that later in the week.

Mind On You - Kate Simko (Hello? Repeat)

Here's my RA review of Kate Simko's 'Mind On You.'

Low Ride EP - Jordan Peak (One Recordings)

Here's a review I did for Ibiza Voice of Jordan Peak's 'Low Ride' EP on One Recordings.

Marcin Czubala Interview For Ibiza Voice

Here's a link to an interview I did with Marcin Czubala for Ibiza Voice.

Here's a link to a mammoth night he appeared at on the 28.2.11 at The Harry Klein in Munich along with Hector and Ana. It's eight hours long and I don't know at which point he comes on as I haven't listened to it yet. It may also be a live set, and not a DJ one.

Here's another to the latest Tsugi magazine podcast, which is Marcin in DJ mode. Tracklist below:


01. Martin Augustin - Bubba (Supra1 rmx)
02. Claude Von Stroke - Aundy (James Zabiela mashup)
03. Gorge - Garuna (Solomun rmx)
04. Russ Yallop - I can't wait
05. Jonny Cade - Sanguine Lamb (Huxley rmx)
06. Taras van de Voorge - 1998 (Deetron rmx)
07. Tony Lionni - Precious (Deetron rmx)
08. Viadrina - Better
09. Wollion - Santa Cruz (Teva rmx)
10. DJ Sprinkles - Grand Central (MCDE Bassline dub)
11. Catz 'n Dogz - I can understand
12. Solomun - Love Recycled

Well, Someone Had To Say It . . .

This reminds me of a famous letter of complaint directed against a certain Internet service provider many moons ago for continual imcompetence coupled with dreadful customer service. All controlled incandescent rage but gradually building to a whirring crescendo. Masterful scribery Sir Tony of Frithshire.

Ah, Fuggit . . .

Because it's been one of those weeks you see. First up I was all ready to see Steffi, even washed my hair and had a shave. I live in Haverhill and, as we have no babysitters and my other half's clubbing days are far behind her, I set out on my own leaving her to do the babysitting and carry on like a solid citizen. I would roll into bed at about 3:30am smelling of sweat and booze, and awake around five hours later to the sound of kids jumping up and down on me to eke my way blearily through the day. It's half-term in responsible adult land you see. She, on the other hand, would be up and out by 7:30 on her way to her job, which is infinitely superior to mine and which she works very hard at. You get the picture. My excesses are tolerated by a superior being. Anyway, I'd arranged to meet a friend in Cambridge at 9 who I would drink with until 11 or so. I had a +1 on the list and, although house isn't really his thing, I'd have asked him if he wanted to continue our session for maybe the first hour of the gig. With a bit of luck he would have realised what he'd been missing all these years and stayed, no problem if not though. I was there anyway.

So, I'm waiting at the top of my road for the hourly, and frequently unreliable, Haverhill-Cambridge connection. It comes right on time, I'm standing half on the pavement, half on the road with my arm out and the fucker drives right past me. He wasn't even looking. I just stand there with my mouth open, gawping like a complete knob in disbelief, looking around me to see if anyone else has noticed but of course there's no one around. As I try to get my head together my mind is filled with the " . . . don't dash between parked cars . . ." catchphrase of sundry seventies public information films on road safety. A quick dash by anyone in front of that bus would have resulted in certain death from a very long distance. The cock who was driving had his eyes on the prize and it wasn't potential passengers or pedestrians.

So, I know what you're thinking. Why didn't you go anyway? Well, once I'd phoned my friend in a rage, my voice getting higher and higher as I recanted my injustice, I'd got home. He didn't seem interested in meeting me at 10 instead of 9 - if he was he didn't say - and it would mean me leaving the house again, getting into Cambridge but this time being on my own for a good hour before the doors opened. Hanging around pubs for an hour on a Monday night, to go to a club, (a pub upstairs actually), where I wasn't sure there'd be anyone I knew (which there was, but of course I wasn't to know that), isn't my cup of tea at all. In any case I was as mad as hell and I wasn't in the mood to take anything any more.

So, pausing for reflection in the cold light of day, I was completely and utterly pissed off, and I should have gone, but didn't. It's my fault but I'm still mad. Why? Because after not having recorded a mix since last May, I finally found the time to get one together today.Why haven't I recorded a mix for such a long time? Well, having kids doesn't help, but it's mainly because in my real downtime, the time I could really be using to play stuff I like and get to know it better, I'm crushed under the promo juggernaut. Don't get me wrong; I'm extremely grateful for everything everybody sends me. No one was more pleased than I was when the free music started rolling in when I started my now-deceased radio show in September 2004 and I'm still really happy to receive it now. Indeed, one of my main goals was to get enough freebies so that I'd never have to buy anymore music ever again, but it doesn't quite work like that, and before you know it you've got an inbox full of stuff that you feel obliged to listen to, you want to listen to, but it's all so predictable. You can tell before you've gone within sniffing distance whether it's good or bad, (thin-slicing). It's also necessary to listen to some tracks much more than once only to give them the full respect they deserve. Two techno albums I was recently sent fall right into that category. They didn't do much for me at all on first listen, but they're growers and I like them now, in fact they're both very good. So I only really like to respond to something once I've downloaded it. Having said that, I realise the value of feedback, which seems to be so valuable that any publicity is indeed good publicity.

I was out of practice anyway. I hadn't done a proper mix for such a long time and they do take some calculating. Having said that, one's best-laid plans often fall away pretty quickly and solid foundations give way to total spontaneity. I was enjoying myself but when I came to save the file the software crashed and that was that. Ninety minutes wasted and I was left with a similar expression on my face to that when the bus sailed past me.

Wolkenreise - Deepak Sharma & Dieter Krause (Hidden Recordings)

Read my RA review of 'Wolkenreise' here.

Agaric Interview

Here's a link to my Ibiza Voice interview with Agaric.

Miles Sagnia In The Mix

Here's a link to mix from Miles Sagnia done a few nights back on DJ Alex Voices Radio Show on Deepfrequency Radio. It's three hours long and I've yet to listen to it, but the track list looks very interesting so I'm sure it's worth the risk.


1.AS ONE – AMALIA – UBIQUITY
2.JEFF MILLS – ACTUAL (AX-009B2) – AXIS RECORDS
3.JAMES DUNCAN-NIGHT TRACKS – LE SYSTEME RECORDS
...4.LARRY HEARD – ROMANTIC SWAY – ALLEVIATED/MECCA
5.SOHO – HOT MUSIC – NOT ON LABEL
6.GADGETS – STRING TONIC II – USER
7.LARRY HEARD – CLOSER (THE DEEP DOWN BASEMENT MIX) - MCA
8.DRAIN PIPE – LOW LIFE – DRIFTWOOD
9.JEREMY – WHERE THE HEART IS – DRIFTWOOD
10. CASSIO – BABY LOVE (MUZIQUE TROPIQUE'S LOVE THE BASS REMIX)-GLASGOW UNDERGROUND
11. MARK E – SCARED – JISCOMUSIC
12. BLAK BEAT NIKS – CHANGES (STUDIO 21 INSTRUMENTAL) – PAN
13. AQUA BASSINO – SPIRITS WITH JIWE – F COMMUNICATIONS
14. IAN SIMMONDS-RETURN TO X (THE MANTA SPACE MIX) - !K7
15. 7-HURTZ – 7-HURTZ THEME – OUTPUT
16. DBX - BABY JUDY - ACCELERATOR RECORDS
17. BILLY LO – IT'S THE LIFE – UNIVERSAL FREQUENCY MODULATION
18. NEW WORLD AQUARIUM – AVON SPARKLE – NEW WORLD AQUARIUM
19. BITTERSUITE – SQUEEZE IN – ATMOSPHERIC EXISTENCE RECORDINGS
20. MILES SAGNIA – MIAPLACIDUS – ATMOSPHERIC EXISTENCE RECORDINGS
21. URBAN SOUND GALLERY - AFRICAN BLUES – CLAIRAUDIENCE
22. MILES SAGNIA – FACE THE MUSIC – ATMOSPHERIC EXISTENCE RECORDINGS
23. PERRO MAGNETICO – LOSFERATU – MEAN
24. JEFF MILLS – HUMANA – AXIS
25. ROBERT HOOD – MOVEABLE PARTS CHAPTER 1(UNTITLED TRACK) –M-PLANT
26. PAUL MAC – BONUS SHUFFLE (CLOSED ACCOUNT EP) – FRAGMENTED
27. PETER VAN HOESEN – FACE OF SMOKE – KOMISCH
28. THE MARTIAN – ULTRAVIOLET IMAGES – RED PLANET
29. STEVE RACHMAD & PETAR DUNDOV – KUNIGI – MUSIC MAN
30. ANDRES ZACCO – DRAWING CLOUDS – GREENER
31. 65D MAVERICKS – NOOR – RODZ KONEZ
32. ECHOSPACE – PHASE90 RESHAPE – ECHOSPACE
33. DAMON WILD – DOWNTOWN WORLD PT.3 – KANZLERAMT
34. MARCO BERNARDI – I FEEL THE LIES (FT.KEITH TUCKER) – DIRTY PLANET
35. MONOLAKE – MELTING – MONOLAKE
36. MILES SAGNIA –CAN WE HEAL THEM?-ATMOSPHERIC EXISTENCE RECORDINGS
37. B12 – PRACTOPIA – B12 RECORDINGS
38. CONFORCE – THE LAND OF THE HIGHWAY – MEANWHILE SOUNDS
39. ULTRAMARINE – SOURCE (CARL CRAIG REMIXES) – REAL SOON RECORDINGS

Steffi At The Fountain

In typically low-key style there will be something relatively momentous happening next week that will hopefully fire the ever embryonic Cambridge underground dance music scene with enthusiasm. Steffi, one of the most in-demand house DJs at the moment, will be playing a set in the unlikely surroundings of The Fountain pub on Regent's Street in the centre of Cambridge.. To say I was more than a little gobsmacked when I found this news out would be an understatement, and of course I came across it very randomly while checking my Facebook news feed. I could so easily have missed it and it would then have slipped quietly under the radar never to be seen again, except in hindsight.

Anyway, hats off to the promoters of Friday Club, which is when it should be, but due to Cambridge city centre having a dislike of clubs with adventurous music policies on Fridays and Saturdays the night is taking place on a Monday. I'm off work next week so I'll be going but due to me living a good drive away, and probably having to take a cab home, it's not something I'd be able to do every month. It'd mean a £30 fare and a day of leave on the Tuesday. My student days are long behind me and I've got a family to support so it's very frustrating to realise that this could be the start of something big. I've just seen that the March night is on the 14th and features Elgato and John Roberts. Well pissed off, but in a good way.

Steffi's debut album 'Yours And Mine' has just been released on Ostgut Ton. It's a fine, accomplished piece of work that wears its influences proudly on its sleeve. A DJ first and foremost, Steffi's taste and instinct have obviously been shaped by where she plays, particularly Berlin's Panorama Bar, where she has been resident for the past five years. She's also a label boss too, for Klakson and Dolly, which has been the focus of most of her recent talent spotting. She's someone who most definitely knows their onions in a variety of fields, (see what I did there?) and is a current must-see. She'll have vocalist Virginia in tow with her which should give her set an interesting, extra dimension. Lets hope she gets the reception she deserves this Monday.

Here's a link to a recent mix and interview from Steffi. Here's her Mnml Ssgs Labyrinth special from September last year, and one to a huge night with Sissi and Ben Klock from January 2009. There's a few more around if you can be arsed.

February Chart

Here we go:



Workshop 12 - Kassem Mosse (Workshop)



Horizontal Ground 8 - Szare (Horizontal Ground)



Mind On You - Kate Simko (Hello Repeat?)



Who Made Up The Rules LP - Agaric (Ovum)



Do Ur Math - Queen Atom/Cesare Vs Disorder (Dumb Unit)



Satori - Laszlo (Lydian Label)



Tribute EP - Gemini (Robsoul)



Clapz ll Dogz EP - Clapz ll Dogz (Glass Table)



Hi-Tech Booty Remix EP - Ahmet Sisman (Slash)



Plangent 001 - Recondite (Unknown Label)