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Berlin DJs Jonty Skrufff and Fidelity Kastrow present and produce ‘Germany Calling’ – a weekly hour long radio show, showcasing cutting-edge upfront house, electro and techno tracks alongside classics and rarities from the vaults of electronic music.
This week, ‘Germany Calling’ digs deep into the vaults, unearthing two seminal drum machine rock classics from Big Black and Sisters Of Mercy. Joining the alternative 80s icons, are upfront future tech and house club cuts from Marco Lys and Ismael Alonso as well as a slamming epic piano house production from UK garage pioneer Tim Deluxe - Tunes You Can Believe In
- • Marco Lys: Kama (Solo Remix)
- • Ismael Alonso, Mikel Ayerra: Pena Capital (Gonzalez & Gonzalo Dub Revolution Remix )
- • Tim Deluxe: Transformation
- • Claptone: Make Me Feel (Exploited)
- • Luca Bacchetti: Tango
- • Sisters of Mercy: Lights
- • Carl Craig: Sandstorms Neve
- • Ramon Zenker & Harada – Rappelkiste (Original Mix)
- • Big Black: Kerosen
Nicolas Jaar Goes Gothic
Critically adored downtempo techno type Nicolaas Jaar outed himself as a Pink Floyd and Rolling Stones fan in an interview with Miami New Times, this week singling out Floyd’s Echoes and the Stones’ Play With Fire as two of his all time favourites.
The 21 year old American/ Chilean also included Peaches sideman Gonzales and Aquarius Heaven in his top 5, plus Bauhaus and their 1979 proto-goth classic Bela Lugosi’s Dead.
“(Bela Lugosi’s Dead is) ‘what I used to listen to when I was younger,” Jaar told the Times, “Dave [Harrington] and I (as Darkside) just covered it and will be playing it live on our first tour.” (Maimi New Times: http://bit.ly/v58DTu )
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His enthusiasm for the hauntingly atmospheric still strikingly contemporary sounding club classic matched that of French electro-tech star Agoria who in 2009 tracked down Bauhus singer Pete Murphy and persuaded him to collaborate on a track for his album the Green Armchair.
“I always loved ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’ and ‘She’s In Parties’ so I sent Pete Murphy an email and in his first answer he told me ‘I’m not into electronic music or techno but send me the track anyway and I’ll give it a listen, but I’m really not promising anything’,” Agoria (aka Sebastian Devaud) told Skrufff in an interview at the time.
“Then after he received it, he was quite the opposite and was really lovely, saying he liked it.
Then a month after we recorded it together, he sent me a message saying ‘Sebastian, I love this track, you have to give me the track for my next album,” he said.
Alisson Gothz’ Sao Paulo Report; Madame Satan Returns
(Video: Tranny show @ Nostromondo 1994)
One of Sao Paulo’s most celebrated and important clubs of all times will soon be re-launched with very a promising atmosphere. After being shut down for many years, the old historical building, hidden in a corner of a gloomy street and which was once a slaughterhouse may soon become a meeting place again for clubbers and art freaks galore.
Life, Death & Danceteria Mash-Ups
Ludlow street, Lower East Side
20 odd years ago, Jonty lived and almost died in New York City, suffering a horrific lift accident at seminal 80s club Danceteria (where he worked at the time). Crushed and literally dragged between the base of the lift and the wall of its shaft, he suffered six normally mortal injuries, receiving the Last Rites some 40 minutes later as he waited outside a hospital operating theatre for the anaesthetic to kick in . . .
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