Barbati intre barbati
Cu ceva vreme in urma imaginea barbatului era construita prin exagerarea masculinitatii sale. El mirosea a tutun, a whisky si usor a transpiratie. Mainile sale puternice puteau struni nu numai un cal salbatic, ci si o femeie capricioasa. Nu vorbea mult, insa cuvantul lui plin de intelepciune era lege. Puternic, frumos, cuceritor subjuga inimi, starnea pasiuni fara seaman, pe care distantele sau timpul nu le-ar fi putut stinge. Privindu-l, sugera forta si masculinitate prin mers, vorba, fapta, atitudine, prin toti porii. Starnea in femei dorinta de a fi dominate, de a se abandona in bratele sale fara constiinta, de a suferi pana la isterie. Cu acest gen de barbat ai fi putut fugi in lume. Personajul a fost promovat intens in western-uri.
Tinerii frumosi, usor efeminati, innebuneau adolescentele pe ritmuri romantice. Profilul acesta de barbat atingea coarda sensibila a unei femei si prea putin latura sa animalica. El era cel care jura dragoste vesnica, care se prapadea de dor, care anunta ca viata nu poate fi la fel fara aleasa inimii sale. Cerea o dragoste protectiva. In videoclipuri, devenise deja un laitmotiv o scena in ploaie, care ar fi sporit sexualitatea momentului. Am citit undeva, ca la castingul pentru formarea unei noi trupe de baieti ii selectau in baza a doua criterii: foarte frumosi si urati. Contrastul ajuta si mai mult la promovarea unora dintre ei. Nu stiu daca este adevarat, pentru ca am vazut si formatii in care incercau de fapt sa impace toate gusturile: puneau un profil latino-lover, un afro-american aproape de perfectiune, un blond ingenuu sau un fatal brunet cu ochii verzi. Mai departe, iti propun cateva scenarii.
Intr-unul dintre ele, un barbat inalt, brunet, bine facut coboara dintr-un BMW seria 7. Isi pune ochelarii de soare Armani si sprijinit de masina formeaza un numar de telefon. Se grabeste sa termine conversatia pentru ca apare femeia cu care va merge in Office diseara. Se urca in masina, la fel si ea (sunt un cuplu modern asa ca ea isi deschide singura protiera) si pleaca spre locul de intalnire cu alti prieteni. Merg cu viteza mare si cu muzica electro la maxim. In seara asta or sa bea cateva sticle de whiski sau poate vor lua un “ecstasy” si daca se va mai gasi cineva in stare sa conduca, spre dimineata vor pleca la mare. El este din tipologia “cool”.
Intr-un alt scenariu, va lua cina cu directorul de vanzari al unei companii foarte importante. Citeste pe fuga doua mailuri si coboara in parcare. Arata grozav imbracat in costum, pare ca acest tip de imbracaminte s-a inventat exact pentru el. Are un zambet perfect, este manierat, per ansamblu- teribil de atragator. Este inteligent, cultivat, munceste din greu, cunoaste o gramada de oameni importanti si este omul care ia decizii ce pot afecta sute de salariati. Nu este celibatar pentru ca cu cativa ani in urma a spus “Da” in fata celor de la resurse umane. Pare sa aiba o casnicie fericita cu jobul lui. In weekend isi mai insala sotia cand iese cu femei frumoase, insa nici una nu l-a convins sa divorteze.
Intr-o alta varianta isi indeasa intr-un rucsac doua tricouri, sparge pusculita si cand ajunge in gara le da bip prietenilor sa se stie ca e deja acolo. Pleaca in Vama. E rebel, avid de libertate si cauta orice mod de a evada, inclusiv alcoolul. Nu e niciodata singur. Se considera un neinteles, o victima a lumii in care s-a nascut, un om deosebit, clarvazator in regatul orbilor. Are alte valori decat bunurile materiale si goana si ravna lui nu vor fi niciodata sa stranga avere. El poate fi artist. Femeia care-l iubeste trebuie sa-i accepte toanele, iesirile de personalitate si sa-l urmeze intr-o lume prea putin sofisticata.
La orice tip de barbat visezi, ia in calcul calcul ca printre oameni nu s-a descoperit inca perfectiunea. Imi amintesc de un serial din Ally McBeal in care o femeie si-a imaginat partenerul ideal si l-a dorit cu atata ardoare incat pentru restul vietii s-a intalnit cu el in somn. Cand s-a imbolnavit irecuperabil a cerut inducerea starii de coma pentru a-si petrece timpul ramas, in somn, alaturi de iubitul ei. Frumoasa poveste, insa pentru oameni singuri
Burial compiles DJ Kicks
The latest DJ Kicks from Four Tet, Henrik Schwarz, Booka Shade and Hot Chip have all pushed new limits in eclecticism, making linear genre-specific DJ mixes a thing of past… so who knows where Burial will take it next. We hear whisperings from the studio that he may treat his dearest dubstep, techno and even r’n'b tracks with his unique production style before mixing them with exclusive material and… Well watch this space.
DJ Times Announces 08 American Best DJ Nominees at WMC
For the second consecutive year, Pioneer Pro DJ will serve as title sponsor for the tour, which will culminate with a closing ceremony in Las Vegas. By the end of its 40 events, the tour will have entertained over 100,000 dance music fans throughout the United States.
“Our involvement with America’s Best DJ Tour extends our commitment to the art of DJing, and the experience it has on all it touches. As an industry leader, Pioneer’s success is realized when talented individuals demonstrate their skills using Pioneer Pro DJ equipment – the most advanced players and mixers in the industry,” said Matt Dever, vice president of Pioneer’s Professional Sound and Visual Division.
Over the past two summers, participating fans chose from a panel of America’s Top 100 DJs (nominated by the staff of DJ Times), casting votes both online at www.americasbestdj.net and in-person at 40 tour stops featuring showcased nominees at some of America’s top club venues like Pacha (New York), Ruby Skye (San Francisco), Crobar (Chicago), Space (Miami), Krave (Las Vegas), and Vanguard (Los Angeles).
“We believe that America’s Best DJ—the contest and the tour—will continue to bring visibility for DJ culture and strengthen its lasting foundation in the US,” says DJ Times Editor, Jim Tremayne.
For the full list of 2008 America’s Best DJ nominees and more information on the Pioneer Pro DJ presents America’s Best DJ 2008 Summer Tour including tour cities dates and participating nominees, log on to www.americasbestdj.net. Voting for the 2008 contest begins May 1.
Buzzin Fly Records celebrates Five Golden Years In The Wilderness
Tracklist CD 1:
01 Darkmountaingroup – Lose Control.
02 Ben Watt Feat Estelle – Pop A Cap In Yo’ Ass (Radio Edit)
03 Rodamaal Feat Nicinha – Musica Feliz (Alex S Classic Club Mix)
04 Justin Martin – The Sad Piano (Charles Webster Remix)
05 Ben Watt – Lone Cat
06 Justin Martin – Nightowl
07 Rodamaal Feat Claudia Franco – Insomnia (Ame Remix)
08 Manoo and Francois A – Traffic
09 Mlle Caro and Franck Garcia – Dead Souls (Radio Slave Remix)
10 Ben Watt Feat Sananda Maitreya – A Stronger Man.
Tracklist CD 2:
01 Kayot – One Week On Cuba
02 Unity – I Love You
03 Two Armadillos – Nostalgia
04 Rocco – Thursday Night Friday Morning
05 Lephtee – So Far Back (The Nova Dream Sequence Remix)
06 Mlle Caro and Franck Garcia – Mon Ange
07 Jimpster – Square Up (John Tejada Remix)
08 Automagic – Do You Feel?
09 Barbq – Barbi In Love
10 Manoo and Francois A – A Day in December
Tracklist CD 3:
01 Stimming – Kleine Nachtmusik
02 Barbq – Music From The Great Plains
03 Rodamaal Feat Claudia Franco – Insomnia (Kemistry Remix)
04 Spencer Parker – Chiho
05 Gavin Herlihy – Give Me A Funf
06 Lovebirds – The Beat Goes Boom
07 Here Today – Good News
Loopmasters Artist Series presents Joey Youngman
The owner and A&R of Fetish Recordings, Joey Youngman has been producing house music since the ripe age of 11. Youngman’s unique sound is characterized by bumpy, funky basslines; drums and the “dirty disco” sound that has re-emerged in his production work over the past year. He is credited with helping ignite the “New School Jack” movement that continues its rise on the Midwest and West Coast.
Joey Youngman – ‘Jacked Out Future House’ is a collection of Future House samples created for producers looking to make inspired House tracks, using all of Joey’s expert knowledge and production techniques which until now he has used exclusively to create a succession of clubland hits.
This collection is a tribute to the studio craft and expertise that Joey brings to the table, and has an exhaustive and inspiring collection of some of the funkiest House Beats, Basslines, Keys and Percussion – not to mention the superb selection of Vocals, Filter loops, Live guitars, House Percussion, FX and mutli-samples.
Whatever type of House Music you are producing, from Jackin, Minimal, Funky or Electro, you will not be disappointed with this awesome collection of over 1000 unique and exclusive samples presented here for you to make your own Future Classic House tunes with.
Featuring more than 150 Jackin House Drumloops, 65 Bumpin’ Basslines, 20 Funky Guitar Loops, 40+ FX Sounds, 27 House Vocals, 18 Funky Keys Loops, 175 Percussion Hits, 14 Space Disco Loops and 20+ Instrument samples presented ready to play!
The Artist Series feature exclusive collections of royalty free samples from some of the best-known producers worldwide and with some very exciting artists line up for 2008, these packs are a must for all producers, no matter what genre!
Tech Specs: 1.5GB DVD including over 488 Acidised Wav Samples, 125 RMX friendly Rex2 Loops, 126 Apple Loops, full Reason Refill, plus 50 patches ready for Reason, Kontakt, Halion, EXS24, Emulator X2, Ableton Live.
Ellen Allien releases Sool
“Minimal is just there. Permuting that, shaping this kind of immediacy with my own hands – that was close to my heart. A whiff of positive, but nevertheless abysmal energy creates room for the ears. For yours and mine. What is SOOL? How is SOOL? SOOL is everything, everyone and none – SOOL is a phantasm, a creation, which reflects the album’s atmosphere, and also my person. I am me; but I am also what you made me for, what you do with me and what I do with you. And, SOOL is curiosity, room, and architecture. Sketches; drawing; adhering”, says Ellen Allien.
Track list:
01 Einsteigen
02 Caress
03 Bim
04 Sprung
05 Elphine
06 Zauber
07 Its
08 Ondu
09 Frieda
10 MM
11 Out
Mark Farina in charge for Fabric 40
Reaping the rapt success of Chicagoan productions like ‘Mood,’ DJs from different corners of the country began flying in to the Midwest to see what was bubbling. As a result, the snow-globe mentality of the Chicago house scene finally opened up, allowing the scene to see outside of itself – and Mark, meanwhile, was able to see all the way over to the left coast.
Fusing the laid-back vibes of San Francisco and the jackin’ sounds of Chicago, bringing the Midwest and West coast to some kind of smooth, sunny middle ground, Mark Farina takes fabric 40 by the helm and steers it down an astonishing, picturesque route. Mixed lovingly by hand, this buoyant, essential summer soundtrack swells and melds with the head-nodding sounds of Derrick Carter, JT Donaldson & Uneaq, DJ Sneak and King Kooba.
“When making the mix, I played a sort of fictitious set at fabric on a night that doesn’t exist. Musically, I tried to capture the techy, jackin’ Chicago/SF side of the house spectrum – dubby, chunky tracks. I tried to pick tunes from all over the world. I picked a good variation of underground goodies, a lot of which are unreleased or hopefully not on any other compilations. Tracks that have a good “shelf life” but that aren’t proven hits; hidden gems that might go over looked in this fast paced music era.” – Mark Farina
Track list:
01 Giom – Together – Amenti
02 Chuck Love – Yellow Truth [Atnarko Mix] – Onethirty Recordings
03 JT Donaldson & Uneaq – Why Not Rock ? – Uneaq
04 Ricardo Rae – Lead The Way – So Sound
05 John Larner & Slater Hogan – Gettin’ Ready – Muzique Boutique
06 Inland Knights – Where Ya At ? – Drop Music
07 Homero Espinosa – Got This Feeling (LNS Disco Dub) – Yerba Buena Discos
08 Alexander East – Believe En Me – Nordic Trax
09 Frank Solano – The Blues Line [Tommy Largo Remix] – Kolour Recordings Digital
10 Kris G – Feel My Love [Bobby Valentine Remix] – Union Recordings
11 Non Believers – Stasera – Hudd Traxx
12 Johnny Fiasco – Last Word – Dae Recordings
13 Mood II Swing – Closer [Oliver Desmet & Fred Everything Mix] – King Street Sounds
14 James Curd – Pick Up What I’m Putting Down – A Second Smell
15 Rylan White Ft. Olly Brunton– There Goes The Neighbourhood – All House Music
16 Lawnchair Generals – Broke Acid – LCG Music
17 Jeremy Joshua – Make Dat Shit [Derrick Carter Mix] – Digital Disco
18 DJ Sneak – Mumbler – Blu Funk Productions
19 Prztz – Brutality – Jamanta Crew
20 Mark Farina – Das Shibuya [Cheeba Mix] – Great Lakes Audio
21 King Kooba – Hoose Musik – King Kooba
Loco Dice to release debut album
Dice chose to pursue a career in electronic music, after the German hip hop scene went stale. He was more into the west coast hip hop style and found the German style was very different. He took the next step and started producing electronic music.
After the excellent debut on Cadenza, Mr. Dice is ready to do it again, this time with a proper long player.
Track list:
1 · Breakfast At Nina’s
2 · How Do I Know
3 · Consequently Excentric And Delicate
4 · Black Truffles In The Snow
5 · La Esquina
6 · Tight Laces
7 · Got Leaks In The Roof
8 · Pimp Jackson Is Talkin Now
9 · M Train To Brooklyn
INterviu cu c0p
Abia il cunoscusem. Era cu o fata. Si mai statea cu Hazee. Nici nu stiam cine e. Era pur si simplu o persoana cu un accent stalcit de limba engleza cu care socializam foarte bine si care mai arunca cate un slang in maghiara. Am aflat apoi ca trebuia sa puna de ceva vreme. Dubstep. Si ca a avut probleme cu transportul, era in intarziere. Si ca era headliner. Pana la urma am aranjat scena a doua cu Sinkronize in acea dimineata la Summer Break 2007, pe rasarit de soare in timp ce Rapala si Hazee inca mixau la scena mare si am dat drumul la muzica. A aparut si el, eram atat de obosit, incat am adormit in camera cu usa deschisa spre scena, cu soare in ochi si cu un dubstep aparte in surdina. Sincer, nici nu am adormit. El e c0p. Si ne spune foarte multe lucruri fara macar sa intreb prea mult.
Hey c0p, how are you doing?
A bit busy. Okay, lets say freakin’ busy. Luckily I have to execute loads of projects at the moment. Hopefully you will see and hear the issues in 2008. I think I have to learn living without sleeping as looking back in the past years boredom is an unknown word in my vocabulary. I’m always working on different tasks in different fields which is basically good. So to cut the long story short, I’m fine thanks.
Where does c0p come from? We might get scared, are you a policeman?
Well, I have to draw old memories when my life could have been described by 8 bits. I got my first experience by a Hungarian computer named Primo (pure quality at that time with 1kb memory and 2 colors) and a few years later I hooked up with commodore plus4 and c64. My life was permanently determined by computers. Well, not as much as nowadays but it was enough to jump into the demoscene in the late 80s. There I began using “cop” what was easy to remember, unique (who wanna call himself a cop?), cool to draw because of all the rounded letters and at last short enough to put onto classic 3-bit high score tables. And if you hate cops you’d better think of Robocop hahaha. I still use this nick to all of my activities and at the dawn of the h4ck3r typing I began using zero around 1997. Well, I still use both but zero equalize the word better in typography. So I don’t have anything in common with the police, even my father isn’t a cop as a rumor catched my ears back in the days.
When did you start Dj-ing and what did you play that time and who are the artists who influenced you over the time?
My most favorite question as I can start a never-ending tale and everyone gets bored before the end. I’m trying to sacrifice my storyteller side and cut the long story short. I’m trying to live open-minded so I hardly can state that there is just a number of influences reached me during the past decades. I should begin with Kraftwerk’s “Boing Boom Tschak”, Herbie Hancock’s “Rockit”, Paul Hardcastle “19″, Hot Streak’s “Bodywork” or Malcom McLaren’s “Buffalo Gals” just to show what were my grounding hits. Alongside these I melted into the hip-hop/b-boy era with all classic stuff. Honestly I think I’m still on the same aesthetic vibe in a disguise, as only the elements changed during the time. On the other hand I can tell that my very first fave was Boney M, hahaha! Risking of ruining the evolved vision of a progressive c0p I can add Pet Shop Boys to my early 80s influences. I always tell that rock and me are two different stories but I was listening to EMF, RHCP, Nirvana, Bodycount, Faith No More, Pink Floyd, at least one of their albums. But seriously, I realized that I can’t deny my raw and overwhelming desire of crispy, delicious beats, endless flow of wise minimalism or everlasting flow of bassline driven moods. Maybe that`s why I’ve never sticked to any styles too long and ended up as a basshead who just wanna join his forces with others to shape the future.
I can continue counting the influences of my musical background after the late 80s but we wouldn’t finish this. So I just mention that I started asking mixtapes from my German Dutch and Swiss friends I hooked up with on the Commodore64 demoscene (I used to be on the team Faces). That`s how I found all the classic UK hardcore bits, the very first mayday compilation, the acid house fever, the ambient space and even the jungle fever just before 1993. In 1995 I got my first request to play in a freshly opened club and after a few months we started to organize our first monthly club night what went awesome for a year. That`s how it all started and since then I played with several of my former icons (Rhythm&Sound, LTJ Bukem, Kevin Saunderson, etc…) and we also invited a few heroes and upcoming talents to Pecs (Monolake, Jojo Mayer, Seba & Robert Manos, Doc Scott, Lawgiverz, ASC, Aquasky, Search&Destroy, Hotflush gang, etc…). Looking back to very early 90s I’ll be always thankful for artists like the Basic Channel camp, the Warp stable, Steve Reich, FSOL, Plastikman, Orbital, Speedy J, Burnt Friedman (& Drome), The Orb, SND, Amon Tobin, Alec Empire or Biochip C. Sooo many names worth to mention. I should stop here haha. I think all the musical eras gave me a lot of inspiration and a pack of names but I’m always in search of new elements, fusions and impressions (maybe because i used to compose tunes?) though the aesthetic and philosophy are the same every time . I never cared what style I play until there are connections between them. That’s why I loved playing 8-9 hours sets covering everything from dub, minimal, nujazz, dubstep to broken beat, breaks, electro, drumfunk or dnb. Nowadays I prefer playing dubstep (avoiding wobbler overdose and focusing on new directions), quality minimal (not the well hyped reshaped proghouse but the stuff influenced by Basic Channel, Profan, Mosaic, etc…) and top notch drum and bass (mostly deep, spaced out vibes with clever drums) but I still play several other styles…
For how long dubstep and what is your opinion about the dubstep development over the last 10 years?
I think like several DJs I also started out with Stereotyp’s Yahman and his album on G-Stone besides the first Tempa plates. Stereotyp is more tagged as part of Vienna sound, there is an awesome 2-step, dub, nujazz, dancehall mashup style. one of his earliest was Yahman which was an unique dark dancehall minimalism. But that wasn’t enough to see the whole movement which has a very limited scene. I’m a journalist at the Hungarian mag “FREEE” since 2000 and they asked me doing a 2-step/garage article back in 2003. I was digging deep and I hooked up with the “early” dubstep movement. My guides were the Garage Pressure pages from Australia alongside Kode9`s Hyperdub archives that I visited earlier a few times. Then I realized there is something more going underground and i got involved pretty much. Since 1999 dubstep have gone far further though it’s still underground. From the early new dark swing and sub low (around the millennium) to the forming dubstep and its angry bro breakstep (we can even add grime) (2003-04), the evolving halfstep (2005) it has become international and much more diverse. Today it’s subtle with inspirations taken from the Basic Channel minimal techno, influences by electronica and all other styles (just like originally). Such a colorful spectrum of sound and I’m afraid what would happen if it keeps on evolving because it won’t stop for sure! On one hand I’m scared positively as dubstep today is awesome and I don’t know how far can we go. It’s already magnetizing dnb, electrobreaks, breakcore, dub, hip-hop and even mainstream acts so it could turn up something very big. Or it can blow up just before reaching its age. It is still in an experiencing phase with just a few elements grounded heavy to the compositions and people don’t like experiments. They don’t want to do the math on the floors. In 2006-07 dubstep have been noticed worldwide and it is divided to popular, more dance compatible and more complex sides. I just hope everyone will be listening to all aspects just like a few years ago when it was smaller. You were able to hear all angles in an hour from deep meditating minimalism to floorfiller breaksbombs or tectonic wobblers. It’s all good to have ammo for the mind and the feet but look what happened with drum and bass when they got rid of the complexity and let clownstep spread. I hardly find sets where you feel grooves and change of moods. Maybe it’s just a selfish need as for me style doesn’t matter and i always wanna make vibrating, diverse and add deeper cuts too. Maybe I’m wrong when I think we have to feed the heads (and not with E) too. I get easily bored with testosterone-filled wobblers all night long. Don’t give the people what they want, give the people what they need. It’s all about education and balance.
There is another, maybe even more important riddle for the future. What will happen with the vinyl plats and how long a dubplate culture can exist? Dubplates are very good for quality control but if the dub players are just a small part of the scene they could control the whole movement only in limited directions excluding several other aspects. How long can we go? Where is the balance? Who is trusted? At the digital age the dubs are sometimes leaking out faster than ever what makes the inner circle even smaller. Several artists or labels don’t send out tunes above 128-192 kbit and a lot of DJs outside have to wait to get a proper version released. But dubs are played sometimes years before street date so common DJs have a massive drawback. What will street date mean when mp3 releases will overwhelm the vinyl sells? We are living in a cataclysm when the society’s customing and listening habits are changing a lot so it’s hard to predict anything for real. I’m sure and I hope dubplate culture will stay alongside vinyls but I’m not sure what will happen next. One thing is sure: we have to keep on pushing the right vibes in the right mixture and make our best adding a bit to the scene. And we should never forget the original open minded approach what drove us into. If we stick to our original purposes it will progress ’till the end.
Who are your favorite dubstep DJs and producers? How’s the dubstep movement in Hungary?
There are way too much to mention. A lot of peeps just don’t get why the others like dubstep tunes as these are driven by lazy ass, sleepy trip hop beats with lame production and boring build up. As a start I think they either don’t catch the word dub’s meaning or they haven’t heard too much of dubstep. There are several styles waving outside waiting to get explored especially in 2007. As a guy devoted to minimalism and feeling passion of thrilling beat cuts, energic and tricky, even offbeat rhythms I found dubstep the most interesting phenomena in years. I can’t roll any electronic music styles today what bridges the gap between 70-150 bpm so easily and consistent. I can’t name any other style that is going to make you freak without pace dictating beats in your face and giving the solution with pure bass. This case is similar to the early 90s era when most of us haven’t understood bogus jungle grooves. now we don’t understand the “beatless” freedom of surfing on sinewaves. Hah, sorry I turn of the low end theorist. This year I loved the bass driven deep Bristol cuts (labels like Tectonic, Punch Drunk, Mode, Immerse, Inprint, Compound One) who tend to inject a massive dose of the Berlin-based Basic Channel’s legacy to their soundscape. New breed of producers leaked into the scene from Holland (Martyn, 2562), USA (Intex Systems, Vaccine, Roommate Djunya) who made a huge impact. TRG also produces better and better tunes without any solid identity which is unique I think. The Z Audio crew does it well, Argon rocks the floors, Skull Disco is on fire, Ranking has one of the best starts this year, Hessle Audio, Subway launched well… I have my all time favs every time like Elemental, Scuba, Boxcutter, Reso, 23Hz & Numaestro, Slaughter Mob, Search&Destroy, Hench Crew, Toasty, L-Wiz, Benga, D1… Okay I’ll stop it. There are a lot of good producers so let’s see the DJs… Thinking and his new partner Kidkut are flawless and guys like Scuba, Ben UFO, Plastician and several others doing the rounds too (how sad El Sid – Hotflush left the scene). Hard to pick just a few names as there are dozens of them.
Pecs had its own musical taste and we represent deeper sound. For example some key players in Budapest states that Pecs could have been the capital of minimal or we are stronger in atmospheric and tricky drum&bass. Perhaps the relatively smaller scene allowed us building it up but that`s another story. In Hungary we have an evolving dubstep scene scene though only Budapest and Pecs has regular nights. Budapest has more of the London style wobble fueled anthems while Pecs is like Bristol a bit in dubstep too. This is maybe because I play deeper or drumwise stuff besides the wobbling basslines and also some UK DJs had the same impression after visiting our parties and city.The Hungarian scene is still very young though we were between the first countries in Europe in 2005 with inviting UK dubstep DJs. As far as I remember they were only in Spain and Belgium before Hungary. After the award winning Hotflush Records appearance in Pecs things started slowly. DST had been running his 3 weekly show on Tilos radio, then Chi Recordings brought Pinch to Budapest, Search&Destroy came back alongside Hotflush, Scuba and dubstep arrived to the enormous Sziget Festival in 2006. Although we could expect a growing scene in fact it`s still an underground movement with small achievements. In 2007 the illustrious Bladerunnaz organized Boxcutter, Pinch and Mike Paradinas (Planet Mu Night) and Caspa (alongside the Dub Phase crew). DST, Gumilap & Kebab launched their first weekly club night (Dub Phase) with a pack of regulars what grew slowly and had an impact at the last period of the year after 2000 people witnessed to Benga, Skream & Crazy D (Tempa) on Sziget Festival`07. They have Izc, BunZero (Sub FM), Chef (Rinse) and Tes La Rok (Argon, Noppa) gigs behind. Also Palotai & Cadik are key supporters since 2006 in their radio shows and on the best`n`oldest Hungarian weekly night “Rewind” (last time they booked Martyn – 3024, Revolve:R). I think 2008 will be massive for the scene but I fear we won’t reach the level of a bigger country. We run dubstep.hu, there are a handful radio shows spraying the sound and more new or experienced DJs join the game but we need to build and grow. University and college gigs are inviting key players like Benga or DMZ in the UK, and in Helsinki there are more dubstep nights than drum`n`bass so we still have a lot to achieve. Thing is that I’m not sure it’s good earning a big mass at the moment as I mentioned earlier… I hope at least other cities will also have regular nights (maybe Szeged will be the next) what would be far enough. Music wise a guy named Boc launched a net label, DST (Digital Distortions, Crater), Ekaros (Combat, DubKraft) and Sollabong (DubKraft) has releases but you’d better watch Madd, Metro and Bassbinvisual too.
What is your connection to dubstep?
I’m not sure. I still play several styles besides dubstep and I can’t imagine myself leaving the others behind to become a pure dubstepper. Some DJs are confused because I play different styles, some even more narrow-minded and play just one specific section of a genre. I like mixing the things up if it is possible. For example it’s fun playing some deep minimal or dub in dubstep sets and I play every course in a dubstep set. It’s very important not to stick anything but aesthetics or philosophy so we can implant as much diversity into our sets as possible. The whole dubstep and even electronic music meant to be a playground where everything goes. Stealing elements from here melting them with those… If we stick to a strict sound or composition that would end the story. Keepin’ the sound moving, mutating equals living that`s how life works isn’t it? So in every style including dubstep I go for new impulses and stick to old quality pieces. Strange anyway as dubstep still divides people. This is just another sound what has something more than the actual trends. We saw the situation several times and we can see Where is drum and bass, breakbeat, nujazz or garage today. I just hope dubstep won’t end up in a plain scheme and stays innovative and colorful. I’ll give my tiny knowledge to the movement as DJ on air or in clubs, as a writer in articles and reviews and I still have two more connections… I was asked to help Hotflush as international A&R in 2005 and I still help finding new talents and help talents find their home at other labels. Luckily I have good relationship with several key figures and lots of artists are sending me their unsigned or unfinished tunes as well. I feel really lucky that I was asked to write in 2000 to a magazine because it helped a lot to build relations with all the scenes. One other thing I’m involved is graphics. I was asked to create designs to several dubstep labels and clubnights. It’s good I can add my bits to last vinyls a bit longer. With the digital sellings personality disappears, you have a bunch of unsorted files in a folder and you loose all material beauties. I think mind and matter are equally important, maybe that`s why I studied architecture and do graphics. I wouldn’t be able to live just in digital and forget books, sleeves, hi-q printed graphics, folding tricks, different papers, the smell of it. There is no flash animation or any digital trick that could replace several thousand years of handwork knowledge. Basically I also try to plant and reproduce manual methods in digital. So I was very glad to accept requests from several labels like Runtime (Elemental – London), Argon (Nick – San Francisco), DubKraft (Alien Pimp – Bucharest), Hotflush (Scuba – Berlin, lately), Immerse (Kidkut – Bristol) or even from Renegade Hardware and Santorin (Germany) and there are much more to come… What shocked me is that all happened just in 2 months. I’m not sure if my nomination on Dubstep Awards in the Artwork of the year category helped in reaching out. I was in the top 5 after posting two event flyers. We’ll see what 2008 holds to all of us…
Did you enjoy SummerBreak 07? You played after me and Sinkronize.
Hope you guys liked what you heard. Yeah it was very nice though the whole trip was almost a nightmare. There was a massive traffic so we ended up driving about 11 hours instead of 7-8 and I missed my time around 23:00 as Brains missed theirs too. So the organizers postponed my set 1-2 hours and then another… As a result I haven’t slept a second and jumped (moved slowly) behind the deck around 8 in the morning. I was happy I was still able to mix and concentrate on selection for almost two hours. Then I instantly drove back and hit the bed around 19:00 in Pecs. Wished to stay since we had a nice chat with TRG, Kubiks and several guys. I felt like I’m at home with such hospitality. It’s always good to play out in Romania (props to Dudu, Roly, Seba, BAU & Timisoara massive!) and many thanks goes to Hazee solving the problems!
If it were to give a shout to us?
I’ve already written a novel so I just wanna give some strict advices by tracks. “Don’t Believe The Hype”, “Shape the future” and “Watch Your Bassbins I’m Tellin Ya”! Seriously these are important things. Keep the spirit alive and never stick to any formulas, build your own scene that`s the most important.
