Deep Listening Music For Winter Nights.

Baze.djunkiii presents: Hör:Elektronik @ ByteFM ⁠[⁠22.05.2008 / 00.00 - 01.00 GMT+1⁠]⁠ by Bazedjunkiii on Mixcloud

Dr. NoiseM / eVADE feat. cR-teK - In Strange Fields: A Found Footage Recording 2 [Dr. NoiseM Tapes]

And here it is - the second part of  "In Strange Fields", a collaborational project between the mysterious Dr. NoiseM and the joined forces of eVADE feat. cR-teK which are dealing, again, with a more experimental kind of Ambient / Electronic Listening here. Whilst the first third of the nearly 30 minutes long - sic !!! - opener starts on a quite kitschy, esoteric and sugar-coated piano driven level, more and more disturbing - or at least interfering - distorted bass layers start to build up after an organic, ever embracing introduction. And, although the level of being organic might be debatable to a certain point, this first track sets the controls for what is to follow in the three other tracksfeatured on this album: basicly warm, harmonic repetitions at some points even referring to the music of the Far East contrasted and interrupted by certain amounts of Noise and distortion. A more conceptual way of working in the field of experimental electronic music that might not appeal to many but surely will find its way to those out there interested in this kind of work, although the audience for this very special approach might be a small one. Or is.

Kai Uwe Kohlschmidt - Exodus Namib [Major Label 067 Promo]

Recently released via Major Label, one of the rare imprints out there that deals with music as well as being active in the field of audio books, is Kai Uwe Kohlschmidt's latest work "Exodus Namib" - a piece based on a true story of two German geologists fleeing into the Namib desert in the 1940s and facing a throwback into the life of ancient hunters and gatherers for more than two years. These are the basic conditions for a story tracking down traces of these two men and scientists, their fundamental research works of these days, their insights in philosophical and psychological realms as well as in the field of the human consciousness. Similar to previous audio books released on Major Label once again the listener finds himself switching seamlessly between two narrative levels - the 1940s, taking care of the dialogues and experiences of the two geologists Henno Martin and Hermann Korn or at least giving a clue of what could've happened between these men, and the experiences and field recordings of Kai Uwe Kohlschmidt which, alongside his crew of speakers, went to Windhuk, South Africa to visit all the original sites - and ruins - of their self-imposed journey beyond and back to the very beginnings of civilization. Recommended to those who like their audio books a bit deeper, more complex and different than the rest as this one caters a trip crossing over between novel and documentary which is a rare thing to come across for sure.

Bloodgroup - Mysteries Undone *Com Truise Remix (Official Video)

Cyperkid - These Were Our Days [Flop Beat Disk 0005]

Flop Beat Disk, the Leipzig-based experimental electronics imprint with its highly ambitioned four-digit catalogue numbers, is back on track with a new 10" release these days catering all lovers of distorted underground tracker electronics and dark, grinding Industrial TechnoCore with four tracks by Cyperkid which brings back the good old days in which a group of well-active protagonists ran quite a bunch of tape only labels in the Eastern part of Germany, releasing only ultralimited quantity cassettes for those longing for the harsh, leftfield, weird and Noize-induced part of the electronic spectrum. Call it Rhythm Industrial, pulsating Noize abstractions, TechnoCore or just music for non- (or hardly) existing dancefloors populated only by a few lost kids that are definitely not all right. Music for high speed strobe attacks, aggressive fog machine abuse, abandoned factory sites and cyberpunk parties celebrating the acidic post nuke rain. They're out there. And they need this music. Still. Limited to 200 copies only.

Black Manual - Mordendo [Brigade Commerz Promo]

What an intense album - maybe the most intense longplay piece released in 2013. Mouse On Mars co-founder and longtime music experimentalist Jan St Werner recently discovered the rhythmical and structural magic lying within the afrobrazilian-rooted spiritual way of the Candomblé cult and fuses - with a little help studiowise coming from his longtime partner in mouse which is Andi Toma - its wild, highly fever'ish polyrhythmical patterns and ancient, mystical vocal outtakes with uber-cold, robotic, partly screeching, partly drone'esque electronic pieces seemingly coming from somewhere beyond our regular space-time-continuum. Harsh, alienating drones and pulsatile bass tones meet clearly defined short circuit noises, brain killing alarm tones - see "Grito Das Ras"- and ever intense drum works, no matter if these drums seem to explode like a rattling thunderstorm caught in some dell bouncing back and forth between the rocks or - in opposite - seem to be fading off into near silence, providing only slight and quiet movements before the next heavy attack bursts out of nothing, sucking braincells - and possibly souls - in like an acidic alien maelstrom consisting of grinding, revolving variations of darkness. And not everyone might survive in this.

Black Manual live (Credit: Thomas Knoefel)

 
If any this album can be compared to exactly none of the records, tapes or CDs that's sitting in the reviewers quite eclectic multi-thousands collection of sound carriers and is therefore recommended to all lovers and appreciators of the leftfield, new, demanding and advanced in quality [electronic] music.

Black Manual live (Credit: Thomas Knoefel)

Sascha Müller - Matra EP [Psychocandies 021]

Set for release in January 2014 via the more Acid-flavored Psychocandies label is Sascha Müller's "Matra EP", a three track piece which starts with the nothing less but stunning "Matra 3" - a perfect fusion between deep, spiralling Acid and string-backed, floating Intelligent Techno. Next up is the "Need For Synthetic Destruction", a raw, breakbeat-based piece of Robotic Phonk including trancey 303 lines, unprocessed beat loops plus a few, kinda ritual synth ingredients of unknown origin. Finally "Travel Thru Space" takes us a trip to the deepest realms that Electro can provide with calm ethereal strings and a solemn attitude reaching out to the most advanced dancefloors only. 

Cassettes #1

Just a short video I came across this very minute. Loving cassettes still and keep quite a few bunch of them in my collection - DJ mixes, static noise recordings, self-recorded compilation tapes, promotional street tapes, original copies and obviously stuff coming from the Noize / Drone / Breakcore circuit that still comes flying in promowise. Biggin' up all the keepers of tape culture.

Ghetts - Don't Phone Me *Cassar Remix

Flyin' in via J Cassar on twitter last nite. Tune! #Grime

DJ Rashad - I Don't Give A Fuck (official video)

I'm a sucker for this tune. Original Gangsta Juke. Killer dope.

ujif_notfound - Aneuch [Electroton 015 Promo]

Once again limited to an edition of 100 copies edition of 3" CDrs is the latest release on the great experimental music label Electroton which is expertly crafted by the Kiev based media artist Gregoriy Potopalsky a.k.a. ujif_notfound who - within three tracks and approx. 22 minutes runtime - perfectly merges the beauty of classically floating Ambient and ChillOut structures with the precise, futuristic, algid and surely hyperdigital sounds of the Clicks'n'Cuts genre that seemingly went a bit out of focus throughout the last years. But releases like this one are like a light at the end of the tunnel and especially the partly organ emulating synths and strings on top of rhythmic patterns built of clicks and static noise cutouts served in the closing track "Pain When" prove that there is still room and need for this kind of sound. Recommended.

Supershirt - H.Y.P.E. (official video)

One of the huge anthems featured on "Ten Years From Now: Still Doin' Our Thing #3"

Sascha Müller [Supersix Records Extra 015]

The fifteenth in a series of untitled albums released on Sascha Müller's Supersix Records has been put on the circuit some weeks ago and once again proves the studio capabilities of this remarkable German artist that in fact never embraced one single sub- or microgenre but Electronic Music as a whole whilst serving excellence in way more than 90 % of the releases that are leaving his studio. No matter if it's dry'ish or banging Techno tools for DJ's ("Master" / "Metaplex 1"), Dub heavy echo affairs ("Mr. Dub Delay"), huge Acid Rave anthems ("Murder, Death, Kill"), grinding Digital Noize attacks ("My 808 Eat My Brain"), psyched out alien Techno and much more that makes this one another sweet  lucky bag for all lovers of quality [electronic] music as whole. Fuck genres, this man needs to be a genre defining term himself.

Cernlab - Atomherz [Electroton 014 Promo]

After nearly one and half years of silence the Electroton label is back with the release of "Atomherz", the first physical release of Marek Slipek's project Cernlab following up to the digital album "52.09" the Ukrainian artist released on the same label in 2009. With this release Cernlab serves a quadruple view on highly precise, cold digital Phonk and Electronica that includes not only great bass-driven synth notes but also eerie sounds and great wanderings through the acoustic stereo field alongside rhythmic sawtooth noise patterns quite similar to electrical grounding tones on old p.a. systems. With the third track "Vietnamsugar" Cernlab introduces the ever pumping magic of a straight 4/4 bass drum structure to his musical approach and caters a sweet Minimal Techno vision reminiscing to Cologne classics on labels like Studio or Profan whilst the closing title track is the soundtrack to alien activities in secret, acidic cavern swamps on faraway planets. You don't want to meet what's living in these places... but it makes interesting sounds.

Previously Unreleased: Omsk Information - Bayern 02 *Walking Da Late Nite Mok Version [XXC3 / Liquid Sky Berlin]

The deepest realms of Intelligent Club Techno.  Previously unreleased and first featured on these pages. Same goes for the video which captures some late night Berlin footage... and a huge dog.

Sticker Love & World Domination: Barcelona / Spain

Sticker wall in Barcelona - captured by Marla

Sticker wall closeup - captured by Marla

Another sticker wall finding in Barcelona - captured by Marla

Trentemøller - Gravity [In My Room Promo]

Scheduled for early December is the release of the third single taken Trentemøller's recent album "Lost" which is gonna be "Gravity" featuring Jana Hunter of Lower Dens-fame on vocal duties. Apart from the epic, seductive melody driven Original Version and its shortened Radio Edit we'll find a stretched out eight minutes re-fix provided by the Danish band outfit Pinkunoizu which are switching between echo'ing, analogue heavy (Neo)Cosmic, an obvious PostKraut attitude and partly irritating, clanging anti-groove aesthetics playing around with staggered drum patterns and double time phrases, meandering through time and space with an artschool'ish, quite experimental feel served on sweet 10" vinyl. Also to be found here is the original instrumental cut which - without the vocals - seems likely to be loved by all Indietronica-headz out there. Watch out.    

Dan Wuh - 92-96 Hardcore & Jungle Mix

92-96 Hardcore & Jungle by Dan Wuh. on Mixcloud

A DJ set feature on these pages is quite a rare thing but this classy mix is so packed with bangers, hits and tracks I used to love from day dot that I can't withstand posting it. Listen & learn about the roots of what's named Drum'n'Bass now. 100% street cred, serious beat wizzardry and tons of bass.

Soon To Come: Lisa Morgenstern - Amphibian

Great news have it that Lisa Morgenstern, the untouched mistress of Dark Sonnet and Theatrical Chanson, is about to self-release her crowdfounded debut album "Amphibian" in less than 10 days which means November, 22nd. Having introduced her intense musical magic to the readers of these pages after an impressive show in April we were quite thrilled to see the longplay thing finally happen after her decision to take care of her own releasewise to achieve full and final artistic freedom and as far as we get things from a full length "Amphibian" prelistening session via soundcloud it was this freedom she needed to unfold and shape what was already set and lying within her stunningly intense live performance. Although the heavily commuting dynamic eccentricity of going from near to silence whispers into screaming out the pain and longing that lives deep down in Lisa Morgenstern's soul within a split second seemingly has been cut back a little for reasons of consistency and her songs are now partly backed by additional violins and strings to an alleviating effect the album perfectly reflects the dark beauty, sorrow and deep melancholia filling the internal realms of the artist which is going way beyond the usual boundaries of the album format here. If any, the best way of describing "Amphibian" within only a few words would be to define it as theatromusical tale of eleven acts in which today's affliction is embedded in faraway echoes of medieval fog banks and the undeniable grave elegance of courtly rites and suavities. Recommended.

   

baze.djunkiii Charts 11/2013

01. Mr DNA x DOS4GW - Demon's World / Dos Castle Dos [Hirntrust Grind Media 038 Promo]
See review for details...

02. Plaster - Circular Mechanism [SONUOUS 003 Whitelabel Promo]
Deep Listening Music anyone? Somewhere between Broken Techno and Armchair Techno with a deeply hypnotizing twist that we all know and love from underground artists like Nommo Ogo or Carlito Verde the original cut is easily floating and drifting through coldest areas of space, located somewhere beyond any deep field photography and taking us to - not only literally - other worlds whilst the Substance Remix to be found on the flip provides an excursion into electronic UltraDub from a dark future that defo will be appreciated by Illbient headz and sci-fi freaks alike. Great.

03. Minor Rain - Excavator / Complexity [Sinous Records 022]
Actually it took eleven - sic!!! - long years until the second Sinuous Records release found its way into my collection after I-Rate's double A-sided "Game Over / Droppin' Like Flies" caught my attentention immediately when the whitelabel pressing popped up at the local record store - back in  2002. Same goes now for Minor Rain's razor sharp, hyper tight and stripped down approach of "Excavator" which surely brings back the dark'ish black tunnel funk of the "Wormhole"-era but adds some even more futuristic drum patterns which are meandering around the classic drum, snare, drum, snare focussed beat we're still feeling much love for. On the flip "Complexity" lives up to its name for sure, tricking dancefloors with well minimalistic but twisted and - guess? - complex beats riding a cold, sci-fi vibe with the occasional haunting sample and tense atmosphere popping up here and there. This one's for well advanced floors. Get.

04. Ten Years From Now: Still Doin' Our Thing #3 [Audiolith Promo]
See review for details....

05. Frederic Mercier / Prins Thomas / Pierre Bachelet / Uncle O - Cosmic Machine [Because Music]

"Cosmic Machine - A Voyage Across French Cosmic & Electronic Avantgarde (1970-1980)" is the full title of the longplay compilation this two original  tracks on this 12" are taken which are Frederic Mercier's "Spirit" and Pierre Bachelet's "Motel Show". An additional remix for the first mentioned track is provided by Prins Thomas and Uncle O is at the controls for a re-cut of the latter. Whilst side A caters a trip into the HiNRG infused side of DiscoCosmic - not: CosmicDisco! - with a lot of Moroderes'que synth basslines and epic, if not even kitschy, string layers we find the flip on a classic - as the track in itself is one known to even those who've never been into early SynthDance music - Cosmic tip with its stick-in-you-ear synth line of that kind you'll never ever dare to forget again. Recommended for this fact. And more.

06. Dusky - Careless EP [Aus Music Whitelabel Promo]
As I'm a sucker for Future Garage and related these days this one got an 8/10 review in FAZE Magazine and whenever I put this record on I defo want to move my old white ass on the dancefloor. Bringing the best positive vibes that House music can provide fused with garage'y vibes from the 'ardcore continuum this one is an instant classic that'll never leave my box when I'm out playing that style. Huge.

07. Expension Unit [UNIT 001 Whitelabel Promo]
A 9/10 whitelabel 12" that has already been reviewed in detail in FAZE Magazine but is well worthy to be mentioned again. Not much information given on this copy but all three tracks do fuse electroid elements with Motor City flavors that are to be found regularly on great labels like Viewlexx, Ersatz Audio and the likes of. You know the score.

08. Basic Soul Unit [LAB.OUR 001 Whitelabel Promo]
Another one taken from the FAZE Magazine promo box, rated 8/10 in their November print issue for a reason. The untitled A-side sees Basic Soul Unit branch out into raw uncut House with a jazzy sidekick whilst riding a UK Bass influenced, wobbly bassline that takes punters off on a ride. On the flip we'll find a quite abstract excursion into HighSpeed Electro realms driven by nuff analogue melancholia provided by old and longtime dusted synths as well as a dark'ish trip into the spooky basements of Underground House where pure energy and stoically marching hihats overrule any kind of polish whilst acidic modulations are digging deep into your melted brain.

09. Trentemøller - Lost (Instrumental Version) [In My Room Promo]
Trentemøller's latest longplay joint "Lost" has been introduced and reviewed on these pages quite a while ago and is still as hot as your regular wiener taken off boiling water. For all of his fans who still can't do much with vocals a full on instrumental version of "Lost" will be a available soon'ish as limited 2LP white vinyl pressing which is, to be honest, a pretty thrilling and well haunting affair as it not only naturally comes along in a totally different temper due to the lack of vocals but also is able to divulge way more of Trentemøller's amazing studio skillz than the regular version. Massive!

10. General Vex / Plural Zero [SMGLTD001 Promo]
Reviewed and rated as an 8/10 in the November issue of the german FAZE Magazine this white vinyl split pressing is making a statement for sure with its opening piece "No Fucks" - a stripped down but not necessarily minimalistic tune with explicit, ever modulating vocals that don't - guess what - about whether they cause mayhem on Techno or high octane House floors whilst reminiscing about Ghetto House and Green Velvet's Chicago Basement phase alike. Furthermore we'll find technoid antigrooves on a well reduced level that are flavored with a few 'troity tones, jumpy abstractions in between Techno and Electro causing serious movement amongst advanced dancers and club attendees - "Blank VHS" - and a gnarly, analogue jam alike excursion into deeper undergound Techno realms. Sweet.

Captain Capa - Foxes [Audiolith Promo]

Bad Frankenhausen's finest IndieSynth-outfit Captain Capa just returned to their beloved Audiolith-home with the release of their new and latest longplay album "Foxes". Whilst the anthemic title track has been introduced to the readers of these pages with a sweet little official music video we posted like a few weeks prior to this review the rest of the tunes remained unheard and unchecked up to this date and so curiousity levels rose up when we opened the sealed vinyl piece we lifted from the labels offices some days ago. And one thing is pretty clear after only two songs including the sing-a-long heavy hooklined, cowbell abusing "As Far As It Goes" - this time them boys are going down the Pop-driven alley further than ever, breaking a lot of Indie girls hearts with sweet and catchy melodies, nothing but huge vocals and a special twist that's able to turn even slow, UK Bass-referring intro parts into thrilling uptempo dancefloor fillers within less than a second, replacing threading, maybe even peening beat structures with the positive not yet happy vibe of rocking guitars providing an ultimate drive that's about to turn Indie clubs into moshpits. The flip sides opener "Arsenic" fuses only slightly autotune-induced Pop with midtempo hyperglitz for laseractive lovers of 23rd century CosmoSynth whilst "The False Shepherd" brings out all the glamour and energy of a crowd rocking lifestyle and the epic "Wittgensteins Monster" comes up with the only feature joint on this extraordinary longplay piece as Strizi Hasselhoff of Frittenbude-fame drops some of his cryptically clear trademark rhymes on this one. No more questions. But a recommendation. Banger.

OHRchitekt - Bunker Behaviour [OHRchitekt self-released]

Sitting in today's post box was "Bunker Behaviour", the latest full on bass driven CD album joint put on the circuit via OHRchitekt which some of you might remember from releases popping up on Sascha Müller's Pharmacom Records throughout the past six years or so. On this thirteen track piece that starts with a slightly distorted industrialized version of Dub he fully turns his head into various interpretations of Bass Music from Dubstep and related styles to more French DarkJungle-flavored Drum'n'Bass tunes to - sic!!! - raw and uncut experimental BigBeat / Chemical Beat bangers and shuffling, well splintered halftempo grooves with a doubletime Electronica vs Drill'n'Bass-infused attitude. Other experimentalist and highly floor destroying madness is to be found here and although we can't analyse every track in detail it's very likely that this piece should sit in your collection if you've been or still are diggin' musical works provided by artists and labels like Crackhead Worm, Torsion Records, Bombdogs, Audio Illusion, Deadsilence Syndicate, Zod, Michael Forshaw or early Dexorcist productions. So what's left to be said about OHRchitekt ? He's a purveyor of the deepest underground sounds for those who know,  dancing in run down basements of a decaying post fall-out society.

UK HipHop 1989 Documentary

This one's going out to all the old skool Rap & HipHop fans out there. Stumbled upon this just an hour ago and defo gotta share it. Nearly 25 years ago the UK Street Rap scene seemed to be on fire - just lovely how these kids are into doing what they're doing. Take a seat. Watch!

Some nice Ice-T. live footage is in this, too.

Jammin Unit - Mickey Mouse Is Coming [DJungle Fever / Liquid Sky Berlin]

A sweet killer tune for all lovers of trueskool Acid. This one's.... a trip. Full support.

NTSC Test Card With 1 KHz Test Tone

Posted for the love of test cards and sine waves. Defo miss them on TV.

Johannes Brecht - What's About [Poker Flat Recordings 143]

Johannes Brecht is the next fresh face to join the Poker Flat-stable with his double A-sided 12" "What's About", rolling out and adding up a new and yet unheard, nearly summer'ish vibe to the labels roster with the title track that starts with a kind of DeepHouse-related feel including strangely modulated, organic sounds and progressing into slightly trancey realms after an epic breakdown that hasn't been heard on Steve Bug's label before. "You" on the flip starts out on a similar tip but is less epic and seems to take things down the melancholia driven alley a bit so it turns out to be the fall'ish equivalent to the A-sides euphoria. Not the one you'd necessarily expect on Poker Flat Recordings for a reason but as the label introduced quite a bunch of new names within the last months this branch out into unusual soundscapes might fit well when you look back at it in like a years time.

08.11.2013 Psychedelic Kitchen goes TV (Trailer Video by Uli Sigg)

Mr DNA x DOS4GW - Demon's World / Dos Castle Dos [Hirntrust Grind Media 038 Promo]

The Austrian Hirntrust Grind Media-imprint is back on track for the colder season with it's cat.no. 038, welcoming microphone warrior Mr. DNA, on the flip lyrically supported by NoEmotion GoldMask, and beat wizzard DOS4GW to it's ever growing roster. Sticking to the beloved 7" format again - this time served as orange transparent pressing - the collaborational joint explores the realms of Mutant HipHop and tight raps - especially when it comes to the epic, beatless break in "Dos Castle Dos" that lets every rhyme spitting geezer fall silent forever - on top of stripped-down, hyperclear, nearly scifi'esque and surely Electronica-trained, heavily compressed beats blasting through P.A.'s like wrecking balls through walls. There's no escape but to move whatever you got when this gem is on. Damage will be done. For sure.

Machinedrum - Vapor City [Ninja Tune Promo]

Machinedrum – seit ungefähr 12 Jahren macht Travis Stewart unter diesem Pseudonym vorwiegend dem Bass gewidmete Clubs unsicher, verschreibt sich dabei konsequent dem sogenannten 'ardcore continuum mit all seinen Derivaten und veröffentlicht mit „Vapor City“ dieser Tage sein mittlerweile zehntes Album, das mit dem Opener „Gunshotta“ gleich den ersten Hit im Gepäck hat, vermischt sich hier doch skelettierter Jungle mit der verhallt-romantischen PostStep-Attitude diverser kontemporärer Produzenten. Diese Verortung zwischen den Stühlen behält Machinedrum auch im folgenden Verlauf bei, liefert mit „Don't 1 2 Lose U“ die erste SlowRave-Hymne des Longplayers, während „Rise N Fall“ steppende Dancehall-Riddims mit rollenden Junglebeats kombiniert und athmosphärisch in den den Sonnenaufgang gleitet. Mit „SeeSea“ legt Stewart dann das dieser Tage wohl notwendige, aber nicht minder funktionale Juke-affine Spiel mit auf verschiedenen Geschwindigkeiten gelayerten Vocalfetzen und Crab-artigen Cuts nach, um jene schliesslich mit „Eyesdontlies“ auf Hochgeschwindigkeit gezüchtete Breakbeats, Hallexperimente und vereinzelte Tablas zu schichten. 21^st Century Bass Music. Me likey.

9 Points (of 10)

Another lost review that was originally written for the German FAZE Magazine but remained unpublished for unknown reasons.

Sascha Müller [Super Six Records Extra 014]

The ever active, breathless producer and provider of fine styles named Sascha Müller is releasing albums like others release singles, now pushing out  his fourteenth self-titled longplay ting via Super Six Records Extra which means: another 60 minutes plus runtime eleven track piece to be added to ones collection, starting out with the deep Ambient piece "Draussen Part 1" which recalls very classic memories of what ChillOut floors used to be about - a perfect intro before the hyperspeed Techno mayhem starts with "Droid Festival" which is a banging fest indeed. Later on "Exit Planet 10" is giving me the goosebumps due to four repeatedly jumping synth tones in combination with deeply organic and well-anthemic bassline swells, "Groove Machine" is taking over dancefloors with crisp, crystalline production skills, "Hang The DJ" is vibewise clearly connected to the ancient Tribal feel of Oliver Ho's legendary Meta Recordings, "Heavy Metal" is raw to the core and best played in full on concrete and steel environments, the trancey snippet "Jeder Kann Musik Machen" brings in a kinda comical, tongue-in-cheek twist after all this underground mayhem and the unmentioned tracks on this album piece are darn good, too. Get.

And Now: Let's Get Back To The Classics!

Baze.djunkiii presents: Acid House Revolution @ ByteFM [10.04.2008 / 02.00 - 02.00 GMT+1] by Bazedjunkiii on Mixcloud

AcidHouse! HipHouse! Chicago! Move.... your body!

Some Thoughts From The Mind Of A Geezer.

"Change Of Focus" is a post written on these pages like 20 months ago - at a stage of grief, sorrow and a broken heart and no, the wounds did not heal. Time doesn't heal a thing when you've lost what's most important in your life. It never does and if someone tells a different story just call him a liar straightaway. And I'm not talking music here.

The main focus was about taking a step back from the DJ circuit for a reason explained in all detail and the main points haven't changed as far as I understood from the very few nights out I've spent in night clubs and venues since then - as a guest. The art of vinyl DJ'ing seems to be a rare and forgotten one, the mainstream in electronic music still doesn't bother me and I feel more and more annoyed by drugged out and totally wasted people. And I didn't miss being on stage that much although I had a proper fun time playing an extended eight or ten hours longset to the heart of the Liquid Sky Berlin family in July as well as having a sweet little back 2 back session with Henry at Hamburg's Westwerk just a few weeks ago that totally felt right for being a meeting of two people sharing one musical vision although we never had shared decks before. These two sets and a meeting with gigmit.com throughout this years Berlin Music Week made me think about what's the status quo in October 2013 and where baze.djunkiii is at at this point.

And more important: What does the future hold? What's the role to play and what about the tasks to handle? The position to take on in? The grumpy dinosaur reminiscing about the good old golden days? The teacher and preacher? The keeper and defender of original DJ culture? As the last mentioned option is not the worst ever and seems to suit quite well as I see it - plus: I'm a curious guy and do like their concept - I set up a baze.djunkiii microsite at gigmit.com a few weeks ago. For booking. It's easy to handle, their support is working fast and if it all works out well you might see baze.djunkiii play some selected shows again in future times. On a different level and with a different attitude. And it will not be a full on retirement from retiring.

For me music is still there although it's not the most important thing to me anymore, neither is being on stage. But from the feedbacks I got throughout the last 20 months I feel that there's one message that got through to me - for being shot at me repeatedly by different trusted folks on different occasions over and over again. Within all these years in the biz I seem to have amassed - not my words here - a nearly encylopaedic knowledge about music, it's history and the complex connections in between producers, labels and activists that needs to be shared. That's what the mentioned folks say. Not only in opening my mixes archive on mixcloud or unveiling what's in the crates but also beyond that. Combining the old and the new, building bridges between styles and eras, telling musical tales of the deepest underground has always been important in baze.djunkiii's DJ-sets from day dot but if the aforementioned shows will ever happen this it what they'll be about: spreading knowledge and musical wisdom. No matter if a tune is old or new, no matter if the crowd is young or old - timeless quality will still rule over the latest micro hype of late, breaking down things to their essential core in extended sets is the focus. The selection. The story to be told. My story. Selected places. Selected shows.

I still love to discover new things and to write about them which is pretty obvious as you're reading these pages. I love to hunt down records and still don't feel comfortable with all that digital DJ thing happening. I don't get that and probably never will. I just don't care. If it's not out on vinyl I can't be bothered. Call it oldskool, stubborn, nostalgic. You can't change a dinosaur nor his musical preferences as I'm still rating a rough, rugged and obviously hardly mastered 1988 AcidHouse tune or an unknown 1994 Jungle piece way higher than 98% of todays output although there are great tunes and records out there if you take your time to dig through quadrillions of sub-average tracks. Even listening to the tunes I've been involved in productionwise a decade ago still feels right to me as I still can recall their feeling and vibe within only a few bars. And it seems like they matter to others, too, as a limited repress of a raw and long gone bootleg from the early noughties is nearly out of print again.

Plus: I love to sell music to the likeminded. Quality [electronic] Music. No matter if it's via discogs or at the sales counter of Otaku Records. The chit chat, the transfer of knowledge, the thrill of providing rare pressings and highly limited editions to the people who know, the nice feeling of introducing unknown, new and sometimes even long lost records to new customers, to the occasional vinyl heads who came in from far away places or to those who were looking for something completely different but are totally blown away by that "...weird stuff the guy from the record store took from somewhere behind the counter". Digital stores can't provide that.

Workwise I'm still at the heart of things. A music related daytime job - 9 to 5 ain't matching our office hours though - that's all about working for highly respected labels and globally renowned artists. Freelancing for a similar setting artist- and labelwise, contributing to FAZE Magazine and some other digital blogs and publications, being the connecting link between different folks as well as being involved into promotion and strategic planning of things revolving around the Liquid Sky Berlin arts and music cosmos and - that's off music now - crafting DVD extra transcripts and subtitle translations for the occasional project popping up with a tight deadline there's still a stream of inspiring ideas, concepts and thoughts bouncing on and off me everyday on never ending digital communication stream with creative people all around the globe. That never stopped albeit there have been serious thoughts about leaving the creative field forever but it turned out once you're in it you're glued to it forever.

Not to mention first steps into the field of arts and lyricism with the release of a completely blank 7" which is nearly sold out and the first Intrauterin Recordings Art Card that has been put out in May -  both releases important as statements referring to the new and total freedom that occurred by hindsight after having reached that meta-level of seeing all activities as baze.djunkiii as a gesamtkunstwerk that does include but is by no means limited to music. Conceptual arts, writing are a part of that, too, and so there's all the stickers to be found on walls, lampposts, traffic signs and handrails all over the world spread and captured by friends & the crew.

A while ago I coined the phrase "I used to live and fight for music. But I don't do this anymore." and that's still true to up a certain point. The fighting has stopped and the hunger for being stuck in the full frontal limelight has gone. But as long as people do care about what I've got to say my voice will be out there, my thoughts will be read somewhere, reflecting on what's going on from the point of view of someone who has been around for ages. And if there are vinyl friendly clubs, venues and promoters appreciating deep musical knowledge and classic, original DJ culture coming up with reasonable offers I'm ready to accept the challenge to step up on stage again every once in a while - no matter if it's a public, corporate or art related show. Just for the reason that there's a multi-thousands collection that needs to be heard.

The implication of all that? More work. Beyond music. New projects. Things to pop up on the interwebs. Connecting people. Maybe the occasional DJ set. Pulling strings here and there. Spread the word. Teach. Support. Move forward. Earn. Invoice and cash in. For safety reasons.

But never forget that one person I still miss after all these lonely months. You know who you are.

Dr. NoiseM / eVADe feat. cR-teK - In Strange Fields: A Footage Recording 1 [Dr. NoiseM Tapes]

The next release on the mysterious imprint Dr. NoiseM Tapes is - surprisingly - not a tape but a CD featuring a 45+ minutes long package of five tracks of the most experimental, plunderphonic-related, restless and tense Uneasy Listening we've come across in a while. Metallic, distorted and strident feedback orgies meets echoing delays, cut up vocals and frolicking, ever evolving structures of unknown origin, deep abstract Electronica referring to hypertoxic alien swamps, strange backward loops and random snippets of cheap, lo-fi synthesizers and keyboard rhythm presets - an astoundingly unstructured but structured piece of ultra cacophonia for the headstrong, possibly built of layered and long time lost studio outtakes, sketches and intense febrile delerium that might be uneasy but defo not hard to take, an acoustic labyrinth beyond any musical or timebound matrix. Like to get lost? Try this for a reason.