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Germany Calling Joins Brazil’s Dance Paradise FM (from June 7)

Published May 15, 2012 | By skrufff

Brazil’s number one EDM radio network Dance Paradise FM is adding Germany Calling to their schedule and will be broadcasting the Berlin produced show every Thursday afternoon from June 7 (17.00 local time, 22.00 Berlin time). Continue reading →

Tax Law Threatens Germany’s Creative Classes

Published May 15, 2012 | By skrufff

DJs and artists in Berlin will be amongst hundreds of thousands of self employed people who could soon be forced to pay €350 a month pension contributions on top of mandatory health care costs plus taxes meaning each will have to earn at least €600 before earning one cent. Continue reading →

Skrufff Top 5 (568): Kate Simko & Matt Tolfrey/ Sidney Charles/ Jamie Jones/ Max Cooper/ Zoo Brazil

Published May 3, 2012 | By skrufff

Kate Simko & Matt Tolfrey – No Shame / Left Room TUNE OF THE WEEK Sidney Charles – Karma / Kling Klong Jamie Jones feat. Art Department – Time In Liberty / Crosstown Rebels Max Cooper: Autumn Haze / Traum Zoo Brazil – Selected / Great Stuff Continue reading →

Broken & Uneven- London Rules (interview)

Published April 20, 2012 | By skrufff

“House and techno is the cornerstone of London club-land and is such a broad church that I cannot see that ever really changing. In fact, many of the fleeting new-genre led media obsessions you refer to (dubstep, post-dubstep, drum & bass) broadly fall under that banner anyway.” Continue reading →

We Love’s Mark Broadbent on Pete Tong, EDM & Americans (interview)

Published April 18, 2012 | By skrufff

“I really can’t see ‘hordes’ of Americans coming to Ibiza myself. I do hope a good few thousand come, but come on, the ‘hordes’ you’re suggesting don’t even have passports, mate.” Chatting to Skrufff this week about the upcoming season of Sunday night parties at Space, We Love main-man Mark [...] Continue reading →

Gavin Herlihy- Jesus Chris Poses, Leaving Berlin & Los Vegas (Extended interview)

Published March 28, 2012 | By skrufff

“The idea of playing in a city built on mob money, bad boob jobs and excess greed doesn’t attract me so I’m not exactly on my knees begging to play Vegas.” Admitting bluntly that he’s no fan of Las Vegas, underground tech-house rising star Gavin Herlihy pulls few punches. “I’d like [...] Continue reading →

El Niño Andrés- Balkans Tech-Type’s Spanish Surprise (interview)

Published March 22, 2012 | By skrufff

“There is actually no audience for my music or electronic music community here at all. The scene is very small, and none of the clubs actually play house/techno or anything else similar. Dubstep is like 10 years away.” Though both his artist name El Niño Andrés and record label Hija de Colombia [...] Continue reading →

Nina Kraviz; Ghetto Kraviz (official video)

Published March 1, 2012 | By skrufff

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Nuclear Bomb Maps; find out if you’ll die

Published February 17, 2012 | By skrufff

For the apocalyptically minded out there, check this fantastic new website which reveals radiation damage, blast waves and death rates for a whole range of nuclear devices dropped on your town. As the site says; “”A convenient rule of thumb for estimating the short-term fatalities from all causes due to a nuclear attack [...] Continue reading →

Todd Burns (Resident Advisor): The Key Questions

Published February 5, 2012 | By skrufff

Skrufff chief Jonty Skrufff is also the international representative for the Sochi Winter Music Conference, which takes place next weekend in Russia (February 9-12) Todd Burns (ResidentAdvisor.Net): The Key Questions Todd Burns is editor-in-chief of electronic dance music portal Resident Advisor (RA), overseeing all editorial output created by its team [...] Continue reading →

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