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T-Bird’s Minimal Finest:

noreply@blogger.com (TroubleT - TroubleT) — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:14:00 +0000

So this week is dedicated to a minimal genius. I am almost embarrassed to not have mentioned him before as he is part of my TOPlist minimal producers and DJ's.

Marek Bois is Niklas Worgt's DJ alias. He is a producer DJ and not unknown on the minimal horizon. His irregular but contagious sound has had many clubbers on their feet for hours.
Marek Bois is the alter ego of Mo’s Ferry’s Dapayk.
His first record under his new guise of Marek Bois, devised to cover his more minimal techno tracks. He’s better known for releasing regularly as Dapayk on his own label Mo´s Ferry productions, as well as for occasional moonlighting jaunts, like the smasher for the Orac label. “You got good ash“ is an exceptionally cool minimal rocker with a slight Chicago note to it, drawing towards evident touchstones the aim is laudable, to strip down music to it´s rhythm essentials. The monster breakdown of the tune is a perfect peak time moment that yanks the track screaming up on the dance floor, and practically guarantees hysteria. His sound is strictly minimal and follows all the rules to producing a lasting minimal ear-worm. He bangs out out one rhythmical groover after next which suit a chilled out night at home as well as a manic night out.

Niklas normally releases his records under Normally releases on Trapez or Rrygular (The Label that represents him right now, great label) two renowned labels with a host of great producers. Below is a musical taster.
Enjoy with Volume!

P.S: I apologize for the unappealing look of the Youtube video. Clearly some idiot thought it would be good to have a weird image covering the song, but its the music that counts in the end. My tip, turn it up and have a little dance rather than looking at it.

Because it’s Wednesday:

noreply@blogger.com (TroubleT - TroubleT) — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:22:00 +0000

So I have read about Nike giving new life to the iconic Trainer 1 first made famous back in 1989 by 2-sport legend Bo Jackson and the always colorful tennis star John McEnroe. The Trainer 1 was a multi-facted training shoe that got the job done across the board whether you were running, lifting weights, shooting hoops, playing baseball or just straight up engaging in almost any physical activity. The shoe is an all-round perfect trainer; works great looks great and is good for your feet.

Still very much desired and admired to this day by sneaker enthusiasts worldwide, Trainer 1 has come back onto the stage 20 years after its birth. Although the shoe has been somewhat updated, it maintains the same look and appeal that collectors and athletes enjoyed the first time round.

The shoe is great on many levels. You really have to try it on and give it a real go. It is lightweight and seriously comfortable, which will make it a great addition to the shoe rotation making for a nice pair of kicks to sport around, or something rugged to really tear it up in the gym with. Be on the lookout come July 1, 2009 when these hit retailers.

T-Birds’ Minimal Finest:

noreply@blogger.com (TroubleT - TroubleT) — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:57:00 +0000

Guten Tag... having spent a fantastic weekend in Berlin, I gave the Bar 25 a visit. Listening to some great German Dj's made me think of another 'Berliner' who has long established himself as a producing genius.

Sebo K has long been a key figure in Berlin's electronic dance music community. Now, thanks to his releases on the Mobilee label, including "Rancho Relaxo", co-produced with Anja Schneider, and "Moved", featuring Prosumer, he's becoming an unstoppable force.

Like so many others, Sebo K began DJing in the early '90s. finding his footing as resident DJ at Alec Empire's Bass Terror, Berlin's first UK breakbeat parties. By the mid '90s he had discovered his love for Chicago house and Detroit techno — a passion that will be evident to anyone that's heard the vintage depths of his 2005 track "Moved"—and at the turn of the decade he began his residency at Berlin's legendary Pogo club. Today, Sebo K is a resident at Berlin's Watergate. He frequently appears at Berlin venues like Weekend, where he shares a regular date with Ewan Pearson.

Sebo K's productions for Mobilee have established him as a frighteningly talented producer and a formidable player in dance music. His collaboration with Anja Schneider, the "Rancho Relaxo"/"Side Leaps" EP, reached no. 9 on Groove's charts, and has gone on to be an enduring staple in the crates of DJs worldwide. With an unparalleled sense of pulse and soul, Sebo K is just beginning to hit his stride.

He frequently plays in London, Fabric, or some smaller venue parties. It is always worth the entrance so get yourselves hooked and enjoy with volume.

Has a Tory MP saved grime?

noreply@blogger.com (PHANZ!!!) — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:52:00 +0000

Could John Whittingdale a Tory MP be the savior of Grime and the wider “Urban” music industry by eradicating the 696 form?

John Whittingdale is the Conservative MP for Maldon and East Chelmsford, president of the Maldon District Chamber of Commerce, he seems like an unlikely candidate, but he may well be the source of common sense the UK urban music sense has been crying out for. But as chair of the House of Commons' cross-party Culture, Media and Sport Committee, he is responsible for a new report that could help free live music from the restriction of excessive bureaucracy and unnecessary police interference.

The committee's "post-legislative scrutiny" of the 2003 Licensing Act began last summer; its findings, quietly made public at 12.01am a few days ago, are encouraging reading for music fans. The committee heard expert witness testimony drawn from everyone from Peter Stringfellow, to the secretary of the Association of Circus Proprietors of Great Britain. Whittingdale's team concluded that live music in the UK is being suffocated by paperwork, with even the smallest of performances encumbered by "draconian" and "absurd" restrictions.

To remedy this, the report recommends that venues with a capacity of less than 200 be exempted from needing a license for live music; it also recommends reintroducing the "two in a bar" exemption, whereby venues of any kind can host one or two musicians playing unamplified music: anytime, anywhere, without having to apply for unnecessary licenses six months in advance, while needing to enclose copies of the musicians' dates of birth, (which in itself can be a task).

One of the huge ramifications of the 2003 Licensing Act was that it reinforced the Metropolitan Police's hard line and some would go as far as saying discriminatory use of "Form 696", a risk assessment form that has become instrumental in shutting down grime and garage nights. Upon hearing evidence on Form 696, Whittingdale's committee were convinced that: "Police authorities are taking an increasingly authoritarian approach, especially the Metropolitan Police … The report concludes that Form 696 goes beyond the Act and its guidance to impose unreasonable conditions on events and recommends that it should be scrapped."

An example of Form 696's use as an instrument of injustice is Project Urban, a major event that had been scheduled to happen at indigO2 on 3 May, this was deemed a "high risk" event by the authorities and cancelled with only weeks to go. The promoters' story bears reading in full – they had booked an all-star cast of performers, headlined by Tinchy Stryder, forked out for tens of thousands of flyers and a cross-media advertising campaign, and were offering to put on £4,500 worth of airport-style security to appease any safety concerns. So why was it cancelled you ask? According to Project Urban's promoters, the only concrete reason for it being a "high risk" event was some missing data from their 696 form: "The only reason the event was 'high risk' was due to an administrative error regarding a missing date of birth for two artists. There was plenty of time to resubmit the form (it requires 14 days' notice), but the venue had already taken the decision upon themselves to cancel, and inform all ticket-holders." By no means is this the only example of the misuse of this form, and consequently hampering the organic growth of the urban music industry. Many artists see the 696 form as a major reason as to why they have failed so scale the heights they had envisioned, which is a fair point given the fact that live performance is the future of industry.

However, following the committee's recommendations that live-music licensing be liberalised without delay, it is now up to the Andy Burnham MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, to act. Let us see if he can become as much of a hero to fans of live music as the president of the Maldon District Chamber of Commerce, John Whittingdale.

Wanna Dance?

noreply@blogger.com (TroubleT - TroubleT) — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:13:00 +0000

So I usually do my two post per week ritual. As I am off to Berlin this weekend I had a little look around as to what is going on over there... and don't get me wrong Berlin's offering is never to be dismissed, but for some reason London seems to have some of Minimal's finest Dj's in town this weekend.
So if any of you guys fancy a good night out, there is two places to go.

Tonight:
Boarder Community night at Corsica Studios. Not much else to say.. great music, great soundsystem and a shame to miss.

Saturday Night:
Claude von Stroke, Ekkohaus, Shaun Reeves, Craig Richards at Fabric. Beautiful line-up.

So if anyone goes let me know how it was.

Because it’s Wednesday:

noreply@blogger.com (TroubleT - TroubleT) — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:40:00 +0000

So I am not a Trekki or actually a fan of Sci-Fi (matter of fact i find it quiet boring) but this remake is visually a great example of excellent retro re-branding.

The new Star Trek film goes back to the original series (the Coke classic if you will), distancing itself from the ever more portly original cast and more recent but less distinctive “new generations” of the brand.

With retro branding still a hot trend, the film’s marketing shows an inspiring approach which breaks with the familiar “dig out the old artwork” retro formula we see applied to revamps of confectionery and perfume brands. Rather than exploiting nostalgia for the original with 60’s inspired art direction, it has taken the core visual equities and brought them bang up to date: thus the potentially kitsch Starfleet badge is being used in the manner of a Nike tick, and the easy on the eye cast are presented photographed like Beckham selling aftershave. The conventional retro approach celebrates the past in a slightly tongue in cheek manner, but this campaign doesn’t play for easy laughs, and the result is something sharper and more relevant.

It is also a decent example of a film which aims for broader appeal than the original, devoted fanbase. As satirical website The Onion has it “Trekkies bash new Star Trek film as fun, watchable”.

T-Bird’s Minimal Finest:

noreply@blogger.com (TroubleT - TroubleT) — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:48:00 +0000

This weeks minimalist is Patrice Bäumel. Another German Legend… and I promise I am not trying to show off how great Germany is, but fact is, that most pertinent minimal artist are from there.

So another guy who never fails to impress. Born in Germany and now living in Amsterdam, Patrice is a Dj/Producer for many years now. He is an artist who devotes all of his energy to the dancefloor, with his dynamic sets as well as his trademark climaxing productions. His music is full of emotion, dynamic and contrasts of cold, warm, soft and hard: “If you can feel it, it’s good music!”(Patrice)

This guy love to break the rules, crossing genres, melting opposed elements, but it always works out to become a homogenous fresh sound. He calls his sound “ Mutant Pop”, ecletic, eccentric, mutated pulp of modern dance music. He made his debut in 2005 with the release of Mutant Pop on Trapez Records.
Raised on a mixture of 80’s synth pop like Yello, Depeche Mode or Cabaret Voltaire and all kinds of other weird stuff ranging from Frank Zappa to John Coltrane (his dad being a music journalist helped in the matter), Patrice got into electronic dance music in the early 90’s. Illegal warehouse parties were held all over Germany, and your normal discotheque had to make way for a completely different order of untamed energy. Djing was the logical step and soon he had a residency secured at the BASE, one of East Germany’s hottest clubs at the time. Playing alongside guys like Richie Hawtin, Laurent Garnier or Claude Young he quickly learned the ropes of quality djing – mixing, track selection, crowd control. (ref:PAT)

The production thing really started taking flight after Patrice was chosen Dutch winner of the Red Bull Music Academy 2002. New school electronic dance music has a new household name.

Voila. Have a listen, and enjoy with Volume.

Because it’s Wednesday:

noreply@blogger.com (TroubleT - TroubleT) — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:46:00 +0000

This delay thing is a bank holiday desease I have....
So today its all about Bauhaus.
Having to look and judge FMCG design all day it is quiet nice to go back and have a look at the foundations of today's designworld. Bauhaus! Clean, Slick, minimalist design... just how I like it.

The city of Dessau, in Germany’s countryside, had had their sucess peak in the 1920’s with the Bauhaus school, created by Walter Gropius. In the same city, Gropius also build houses for people like the painters Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee. But in the beginning of the 1930’s the school was closed by the Nazis with the excuse of producing decadent art.

Now, for the joy of 9 architects in 10, the school was reopened as a type of boutique hostel, that offers accomodations for one night with accessible prices, collective toilets and also uses the school’s canteen, where the students would sit down and enjoy their meals.

Besides the building created by Gropius, who also taught there, the school had amongst their most recognized students, Marcel Breuer. His famous chairs decorate the dorm rooms and the cafeteria. Another good example are the beds, made by the current principal of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Philipp Oswalt.

T-Bird’s Minimal Finest

noreply@blogger.com (TroubleT - TroubleT) — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:06:00 +0000

Repeat Repeat. is the voodoo electro brainchild of Dave Congreve and Mark Rutherford.
These two guys are a bit funky and it is almost a romantic story of how Repeat Repeat became one, and finally signed to Soma.

Two vinyl addicts, their paths crossed amongst the racks of experimental electronica in a Soho record shop. Their mutual love of off-kilter techno and acid house led them to the studio where they have cranked out some raw and dirty floor busters incuding their debut EP ‘Bounce Your Body To The Box’ on Soma which displayed their talent for producing demented machine-funk.

Dave Congreve needs no introduction, without doubt one of the UK’s finest and most respected DJ’s, he is currently the man in control at Stealth in Nottingham and prior to that the long-standing resident at Drop The Bomb. (ref: somarecords)
So to get you going this week, have a listen to this upbeat track, which never fails to put a smile on my face.

Enjoy with volume!

Tuesday's Tracks

noreply@blogger.com (PHANZ!!!) — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:31:00 +0000

This weeks Tuesday’s is distinctly British with a double dose of Bashy. If you haven’t heard Bashy’s mix-tape yet, you NEED to cop it, he’s been slowly but steadily stepping up levels for a while now, and now he’s ‘doin the damn thing’! Shout out to Bashy, your Hustlin Ard!!!

The first one’s Davinche feat. Clea and Bashy, the tunes ALOT, although there’s something not quite right about the video...

Davinche feat. Clea and Bashy – Riding For Love

The second one’s Bashy on his own, I’m feeling the chorus and the more I hear it the more I like it, plus I like the little dance routine, it’s not something you often see from an artist that came from the grime scene.

Bashy - Who wants to be a millionaire

Good morning Mr West

noreply@blogger.com (Ghetto Granny) — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:17:00 +0000

Ahead of his time when it comes to fashion, we spotted Mr Kanye West sporting a trend that is sure to bow you away. Wearing a spiffy red bow tie, Mr West looked dapper after a hard day in London. Being very kind he offered to pose so we could snap pictures of his look. The bow tie is an endangered timepiece of men’s accessories, we hardly see men wearing the bow tie as many are opting for comfort rather then donning the bow. Although, Mr West shows that you can still wear class with swagger. When it comes to fashion Kanye pushes the senses of style to the limit. The unforgettable stronger shutter shades took the Summer 07 by storm. Although making a little faux- pas recently and thinking it was cool to wear the skinniest of skinny jeans - that even Russell Brand would shake his head to- Kanye has now recovered and is bringing back the bow tie and has redeemed himself as top notch on the fashion scale.

Beacuse it's Wednesday!

noreply@blogger.com (TroubleT - TroubleT) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:49:00 +0000

So here I am again a day delayed. Work is keeping me on my feet and networking has been at the forefront of my mind this week. So I am not going to visually stimulate you with fashion or great design but give a little advice on how to use networking properly!

Everyone is talking about how important networking is. I certainly do, and in my experience it helps to maintain and nurture relationships with people you meet.

Now social networking is not a new subject. But is facebook, Twitter, Myspace really a way to get ahead in business? Hmm I doubt it, so which online tools are there that can give you that chance to meet interesting people, or be invited to events that connects you to your desired industry? (apart from Hustleard of course ☺)

Starting off with ‘A small world’. I have been a member for a little while, and its purpose is to give people a chance to connect via events (social, business, and cultural), business ventures, and start nurturing relevant business relationships, that can assist you in you career endeavors.

Then there is LinkedIn. You don’t have an account yet? Get one! It is a business people directory. People have profiles, in which the main information provided is about people’s current and past jobs.

Xing is another business networking website… not as well established as LinkedIn but definitely worth a membership.

We all want to become successful, and sometimes it helps to meet people who can help you on your way. So fill your roladex with relevant contacts and get out there, business ain't that difficult.
It has helped me on numerous occasions to meet interesting people, or just simply to identify potential clients (some of which converted into paying business). The hardest part is to make sure you send them at least a Christmas card. So get networking!

Rapidshare handing over user data to record labels

noreply@blogger.com (PHANZ!!!) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:48:00 +0000

Apparently Rapidshare are providing record labels with details of users accused of uploading pre-release albums to the site.

The labels can then take this IP address data to ISPs to identify the users - with one person already saying he’s been the subject of a police raid after uploading a copy of Metallica’s Death Magnetic to his Rapidshare account a day before its release.

It’s a sign that the music industry is taking the piracy threat posed by sites like Rapidshare seriously, rather than just focusing on P2P. Research indicates that particularly for pre-release leaks, file-hosting sites are increasingly important.

For this to really work though, the majors have to take a hard line stance against everyone, starting off with making examples out of the first few offenders. Whether or not this will work… only time will tell, but if they really do want to take on the world of music piracy, these are the steps that are needed to be taken and this is a starting point.

T-Birds’ Minimal Finest:

noreply@blogger.com (TroubleT - TroubleT) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:30:00 +0000

DJ KOZE. (Or was it Adolf Noise. maybe International Pony) Bit of a weird name I have to say… very nineties… and honestly the first time someone spoke to me about him I was bit baffled as I didn’t get the description of his sounds. He’s got a light, subtle but eccentric approach and feel, keeping his listeners on their toes. You can’t put his music into a box, so he works under three aliases’ to not confuse the world too much with all the genres he dabbles in. One could say it is a delirium of music.

This guy has it all, he knows music and none of his tracks sounds alike, on top of that he is a notoriously talented remixer. Even better, this guy is from the motherland, so I am happy to introduce:

Stefan Kozalla aka DJ Koze lives and works in Hamburg as a club DJ, musician (International PONY, Adolf Noise) and successful producer and KOMPAKT recording artist (Kompakt being a label to know, but we will get to that at later stage). Originally being part of German Hip-Hop Collective Fischmob, he really shines behind the decks. Although he experienced success with Fischmob he has always been interested in experimenting with other forms of electronic music from ambient to break beats to wild sound collages from a range of musical genres.
Under his aka Adolf Noise he has moved into a deeper electronic direction, with more abstract and unusual samples (including football commentary). These tunes have to a big extent nothing to do with the DJ Koze minimal genius. So when checking him out make sure you remember the right alias, or you might end up hearing some pensive relaxing sounds that will take you on a dream wave.

As i couldn't decide what to put on here, you should most definitely investigate yourself a little more...and enjoy with volume!

Kanye West - Amazin' (feat. Young Jeezy)

noreply@blogger.com (PHANZ!!!) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Eminem Uses Album Cover To Tease New "Relapse" Release

noreply@blogger.com (PHANZ!!!) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:13:00 +0000

To hype the release of Eminem’s upcoming his new album "Relapse", the media savvy rapper Eminem has combined the modern self-inflicted leak with a very old school marketing tool, the album cover, and delivered the message to his 39,000 Twitter followers.

"This is getting very real," wrote Marshal Mathers aka Eminem accompanied by a link to a hidden Interscope web page displaying only the new cover which recreates his image using thousands of pills .This morning a new tweet states, "I'm with Angela Yee on Shade45 Thursday morning. Listen carefully." Shade 45 is a satellite hop hip station co-created with Enimem.

In the age of digital downloads, album covers have been relegated to postage stamp size graphics if visible at all. Many complain about the loss, while others have tried to reinvent it. For Eminem’s fans, what was once old is now new again.

Because it’s Wednesday:

noreply@blogger.com (TroubleT - TroubleT) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:40:00 +0000

So the fashion world is hitting me at the moment. Matthew Williamson’s designs for H&M are hitting the stores, and my friend will be having her debut show, both which is going to happen tomorrow. As I still think it is unfair for designers to launch any line so close before payday, I am very excited to see FAJ strutting down the catwalk.
FAJ, Fanny and Jess, two insane but lovely girls who have made it to their mission to conquer the fashion world. They both hibernated somewhere in East London for months in order to sow, cut, and staple their designs to what I shall be seeing tomorrow. They have ambition, and are avant-garde, but what I like most about it, is that they put the effort into the detail.

So here is a little taster:

Will I be wearing it? I’d love to (some of it I would like to think I’d be able to pull off). But as the story goes, these items are practically their portfolio. But I am in line to try and get my fingers on FAJ as soon as I can.

From a marketing and branding perspective, the name is great, the product loud and proud, the story most sale-able. All in all, great foundations to build on for the future FAJ Empire.

AQA launches premium mobile micro-blogging service

noreply@blogger.com (PHANZ!!!) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:32:00 +0000

AQA is one of those SMS Q&A services where you text in questions and it texts you back the answers. But now it’s launched a new service called AQA2U, which lets anyone set up a Twitter-style news feed that sends out the persons thoughts as texts to subscribers at 25p a time, up to a maximum of £3.50 a month.

That’s right, it’s basically getting people to pay for content they could get for free from a Twitter feed. Or, as AQA puts it, “AQA2U is micro-blogging with a business model”.

Grime star Tinchy Stryder is already using the service. I have to ask though, will consumers really pay for this? Considering the majority of people don't really want to pay for music these days, and given that Tinchy tweets lots on Twitter already, what on earth will be in his AQA2U feeds worth paying for? I have been a champion of artists endorsing technology and embracing alternative revenue streams, however, I do have my doubts about this one, but stranger things have happened…

Tuesday's Tracks

noreply@blogger.com (PHANZ!!!) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:48:00 +0000

This week's Tuesday's track is a massive one, and the video's even better. I'm feeling where Dizzie's going with his recent singles, he's going "Ard" with the UK sound party tracks, it's a good look!
Dizzee Rascal - Bonkers

Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow

noreply@blogger.com (CAM) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:54:00 +0000

Hey guys, I know you've all been waiting a good while for this video...so remember you watched it here first at Hustle 'Ard! x

T-Birds Minimal Finest:

noreply@blogger.com (TroubleT - TroubleT) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:37:00 +0000

Lucio Aquilina… even his name sounds promising, when it rolls off your tongue. This is sexy minimal house. It is almost sinfully good. This young Sicilian is one of my latest ‘most listened to’ artists.

‘He is one of the up-and-coming talents from the south of Italy that will most probably take over the older generation of Markantonio, Gaetano Parisio, Danilo Vigorito and Rino Cerrone, all of whom put Naples in the techno scene at the end of the previous century.’ (And this is a hefty but true statement)

Anyway, his influences don’t draw as much from that techno as from Britain’s Nathan Fake and James Holden.
This boy is currently signed to Cocoon and his biggest success to date the release of the twelve inches Magic M. This record included the amazing track My Cube (the one I keep listening to over and over again). This track was also chosen by M.A.N.D.Y. to be part of his mix for Fabric (number 38)
When listening to his tracks one can imagine how the melodies form in his mind are being translated into robust rhythms with a very strong minimal sound palette. His tracks are as fresh as they can get with a whiff of childlike enthusiasm one gets when producing a track.
His production skills are as good as his dj skills and sometimes I ask myself what came first for this boy…?

Who cares, Enjoy with Volume!!

Flashback Fridays

noreply@blogger.com (Solve) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:28:00 +0000

In making up for missing last week i thought I'd bring two genres of music that were huge in the 80's.

Firstly, New Wave from Adam And The Ants - Prince Charming

Then onto Funk with Rick James - Give It To Me Baby

Because it’s Wednesday:

noreply@blogger.com (TroubleT - TroubleT) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:53:00 +0000

I somewhat operate on one day delay this week...That's what a bank holiday does to me. So this is meant for Wednesday.

So last week Wednesday I met up with my friend for some good old free gallery opening drinks.
We ended up in a gallery space, which happened to be the very first gallery I ever visited in London. The entrance consisted of a massive white wall with clean type saying “ A little piece of Mind”.

Walking further into the exhibition we ended up in a massive white room with a ridiculously long list of names of famous artist printed on the wall. On the far wall hung a massive quilt (or duvet in my eyes) and next to it a nice piece of graphic design pattern.

It turned out to be a private auction for this quilt, which was designed through contributions by each and every single designer mentioned on the wall. And honestly it wasn’t that impressive even though contributors were Vivienne Westwood, Stella McCartney and Swarovski.

We stayed for the auction (and some more cocktails) mingled with the PR lady who organized the event and finally chatted to the man who ended up spending nearly 10k on a duvet.

Got new business contacts, had a good hangover and saw the most expensive duvet ever. So all in all successful.

Here is the graphic pattern which I really would like to have on my living room wall:

Forgive the quality of the images, but they were taken on a phone :)

Michael's a Ledge!

noreply@blogger.com (PHANZ!!!) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:03:00 +0000

Whether you love him of hate him there is no mistaking,Michael Jackson is a living legend. Currently we're led to believe that he is going through some financial troubles which almost led to the sale of pretty much all his goods yesterday at an auction house in America, but there's no doubt the man will be performing a bunch on shows at the O2 Arena in London this summer. Personally I’m a massive fan and the man's a natural entertainer, I mean I’d go to the show just to see him put his hip out or something. But if the performance is anything like the clip below, those that got hold of tickets will not be disappointed.

T-Bird’s Minimal finest:

noreply@blogger.com (TroubleT - TroubleT) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:54:00 +0000

A day delayed, here is this weeks minimal finest(but it was a bank holiday). So hope you all had a good weekend.

This weeks’ sound bite is one of my personal favorites. Shlomi Aber, one of Israel's most noted DJ's and producers in the field of minimal techno, Shlomi Aber's star has been constantly on the rise since releasing his 2006 breakthrough hit - the catchy and melodic 'Sea Of Sand', produced together with Guy Gerber (another well noted Israeli artist) and released on Cocoon Records. Aber has cemented his success with releases for Ovum, and London's progressive house imprint Renaissance. The best thing about Aber, is that he is one of the most versatile Dj’s around. Not limiting him to a genre, he once said; that he founded his Label BeAsOne because he couldn’t find enough music that he was really into. His trademark, are stripped back deep techno beats, which he translates into house, and dubstep beats.
No surprise this man is one of the most touted up and coming talents that emerged in today’s scene. His production skills are as good as his dj skills and experiencing him live is absolutely exhilarating. He has gained the respect from names such as Sven Vath, Pete Tong, Danny Tenaglia, and Tiefschwarz.

I found this extract on a website a while ago after seeing him live I have to say it is the best description of his music there is:
“His musical inspirations cannot be defined by one genre, as they draw upon jazz and funk, house and minimal, in addition to acid and techno, all of which contribute to the unique sound and style that Shlomi has slowly been grooming over the last few years. Shlomi’s sets are full with warm and unique sounds that makes you feel like you are going back to the better days of music, it was something I cant define just by one word, If I must I will call it something between house and techno”

Enjoy with volume!