For the month of May 2008, we are re-exploring the vast genre of Glitch. Week 1’s show was produced by PMX DJs from their office using Adobe Audition editing software (and it turned out quite well! Check the podcasts…)

A bit about Glitch, c/o Wiki:

Glitch (also known as clicks and cuts from a representative compilation series by the German record label Mille Plateaux) is a genre of electronic music that became popular in the late 1990s with the increasing use of digital signal processing, particularly on computers. The origins of glitch music are derived from the failure of digital technology. The effects of failure in technology, such as bugs, crashes, system errors, hardware noise, skipping and audio distortion, can be captured on computers and provide the basic building blocks of Glitch music.[1] Often considered a sub-genre of electronica or intelligent dance music, glitch eschews traditional instrumentation, preferring instead the use of mechanized and non-natural sounds. Though rhythm is a central focal point of glitch, the style’s various sub-genres range from the ambient to the dance-oriented.

Glitch is often produced on computers using modern digital production software to splice together small “cuts” (samples) of music from previously recorded works. These cuts are then integrated with the signature of glitch music: beats made up of glitches, clicks, scratches, and otherwise “erroneously” produced or sounding noise. These glitches are often very short, and are typically used in place of traditional percussion or instrumentation. Skipping CDs, scratched vinyl records, circuit bending, and other noise-like distortions figure prominently into the creation of rhythm and feeling in glitch; it is from the use of these digital artifacts that the genre derives its name. However, not all artists of the genre are working with erroneously produced sounds or are even using digital sounds.

Popular software for creating glitch includes trackers, Reaktor, Audiomulch, Bidule, Super Collider, Ableton Live,FLStudio, GleetchLAB, MAX/MSP, Pure Data, Usine, and ChucK. Circuit bending — the intentional short-circuiting of low power electronic devices to create new musical devices — also plays a significant role on the hardware end of glitch music and its creation.

How very interesting!

Now for the goods>>>>

UK Glitch v2 Week 1/Part 1:
1. Bit Meddler - Frustum (4:45)
2. Bit Meddler - Dermetfak (3:20)
3. Eight Frozen Modules - A Chiming Segway (1:49)
4. Eight Frozen Modules - Your Novelistic Career (3:30)
5. Eight Frozen Modules - Randolios Getaway (3:59)
6. Eight Frozen Modules - Drills for Devil Dub (4:07)
7. Eight Frozen Modules - Believe that (3:23)
8. Eight Frozen Modules - Corteme (2:17)
9. Amorph - Home Sweet Home (4:35)
10. Amorph - Statique (4:07)
11. Amorph - Riding (4:55)
12. Amorph - Look Ahead (4:38)
13. Antiguo Automata Mexicano - Fluvial (7:21)
14. Antiguo Automata Mexicano - Detector (6:33)
15. Antiguo Automata Mexicano - Enemy Smashed (7:39)
16. Antiguo Automata Mexicano - Banquet (5:41)
17. Antiguo Automata Mexicano - Florian Fricke (7:40)

UK Glitch v2 Week 1/Part 2:
1. Deru - Recommended (0:23)
2. Deru - Din (4:18)
3. Deru - Soulik (5:30)
4. Deru - Spot (0:23)
5. Deru - You Haunt Me (5:31)
6. Deru - Confused (0:30)
7. Deru - Safemode (3:15)
8. Tipper - Liquid Shoes (3:31)
9. Tipper - Ferlong (Si Begg Mix) (5:01)
10. Tipper - Multiplexus (4:56)
11. Tipper - Dissolve (Si Begg Mix) (7:07)

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 UK Glitch v2 Week 1/Part 1: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
 UK Glitch v2 Week 1/Part 2: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

PMX just got hold of these joints, and we’re making them available to spew forth pon the podcast transmission. These are AMAZING!! The Hawtin mix is brand new. April 2008 c/o Resident Advisor. And both are nothing short of insane. Ricardo Villalobos is one of the undisputed, BEST techno DJs/producers in the industry right now. He’s been known to play sets lasting 6+ hours and he goes waaaaaay deep. Not to be f*cked with! Enjoy Techno Week 5; Ricardo Villalobos - Fabric (2007) and Richie Hawtin - Resident Advisor mix April 2008…

(from wiki):

Ricardo Villalobos is a Chilean-German electronic music producer and DJ. He is well-known for his work in the minimal techno and microhouse genres, and is one of the most significant figures in today’s minimal techno scene.

Villalobos was born in Santiago, Chile in 1970.^[1] In 1973^[1] he moved to Germany with his family to escape the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet,^[2] who had seized power that year.

When Ricardo was around 10 or 11 he started to play conga and bongos. Though he loved music, he could never see himself as a musician.^{[citation needed]} He began making electronic music in the late 80s. From a very young age he has been a big fan of Depeche Mode, even following their tours around Europe to listen to them.

Villalobos takes much of his inspiration from Depeche Mode, as well as other artists such as Daniel Miller, Thomas Melchior, Baby Ford, Daniel Bell and Andrew Weatherall. He has also taken inspiration from rhythmic South American music.

Villalobos began to play his music at parties while he was studying at university, but this was only for his own enjoyment. He started a label, Placid Flavour, in 1993 but this was unsuccessful. His first record was released on the German Playhouse label in 1994 and he began DJing as a professional in 1998.

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tracklistings:

Fabric 36 - Ricardo Villalobos
1 Ricardo Villalobos - Groove 1880 (1:30)
2 Ricardo Villalobos - Perc And Drums (3:22)
3 Ricardo Villalobos - Moongomery (6:07)
4 Ricardo Villalobos - Farenzer House (6:00)
5 Ricardo Villalobos & Patrick Ense - M.Bassy (2:26)
6 Ricardo Villalobos - Mecker (2:33)
7 Ricardo Villalobos & Jorge Gonzales - 4 Wheel Drive (5:30)
8 Ricardo Villalobos & Patrick Ense - Fizpatrick (6:30)
9 Ricardo Villalobos & Andrew Gillings - Andruic & Japan (12:30)
10 Ricardo Villalobos - Organic Tranceplant (1:00)
11 Ricardo Villalobos - Prevorent (2:00)
12 Ricardo Villalobos & Fumiya Tanaka - Fumiyandric 2 (2:30)
13 Ricardo Villalobos - Won’t You Tell Me (6:15)
14 Ricardo Villalobos - Primer Encuentro Latino-Americano (9:45)
15 Ricardo Villalobos - Chropuspel Zündung (6:15)

Richie Hawtin - Resident Advisor 4/08 mix
1- Cassino & Labén / Oliver Dodd - Elevators and Escalators - Addon
2- Dub Kult - Crypt - Curle Recordings
3- Danilo Vigorito - Alnitak (Dark Side) - Inside Orion Minimal Muzik
4- Click Box - Peek a Boo - Items & Things
5- John Conrad - Maxime Dangles
6- Aleph-1 - C A G 08.4s - iDEAL Recordings
7- Alex Under - Gris - CMYK
8- Johnny D - Tramodyssee - Oslo
9- J.Alter - Track 1
10- Gaiser - Ground 1.1
11- Acid Circus - Uncle Jak - Droid Recordings
12- Obtane - Tribute to Mandragora (Damon Wild Remix) - Synewave
13- Heron - Afterhour - Minisome
14- Hugo - Born To Bop - Claque Musique
15- Gel Abril - 200 Grams - Be As One
16- Moritz von Oswald - Watamu Beach - Desolat
17- Seuil - Dance - Minibar
18- Skoozbot - Two Over The Eight - Mindshake Records
19- Dan Berkson & James What - Reflections feat Robert Owens - Poker Flat
20- Rasmus Hedlund - Betoni - Resopal Schallware
21- Alva Noto - Haliod Xerrox Copy 1 - Raster-Noton
22- Nick Curly - On My Way (Ali Nasser Remix) - Supernature Records
23- Heron - The Way Home - Minisome
24- J.Alter - Track 2

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 Ricardo Villalobos - Fabric 36: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
 Richie Hawtin - RA100 4/2008: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Andomat 3000  Bnd2
four :: twenty

The original on this is on a similar tip to  “salvarsan” ( the first release on the indigo raw label )
that means swinging jazz percussion, a live upright bass and little vocal samples.
Halfway through gentle brass rises to give it a wistful atmosphere ( i really like it ).

Kiki delivers the remix he layers handclaps  and introduces some shuffly percussion to take it in a more techno direction.

I think Solomon goes very proper moody on this remix. He does a fair enough job of taking the track to a deeper, more mysterious  territory.

cheers ,
Jubilee

(from the Press Release):
Andomat 3000
“BND2” (& Kiki / Luke Solomun Remixes)
Four Twenty (12” & Digital)
FOUR038

‘BND2’ is released mid-February on Four:Twenty……….

Links:
Andomat 3000 - http://www.myspace.com/andreaswiegand

April 2008 Pulse Sets! Yay!

April 2008 featured sets by B80, Miskate and Someone Else.

B80: http://www.myspace.com/boydmuzik

Miskate: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=79130547

Someone Else: http://www.myspace.com/47584071

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 B80 - Live at Pulse 4/2008: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
 Miskate - Live at Pulse 4/2008: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
 Someone Else - Live at Pulse 4/2008: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Did you really think the PMX Machine would slow down for Week 4 of Techno Month?!? Hell no. We come with more heavy rarities. This week we feature two great artists who have done loads for expanding the Techno genre over the past 10-15 years: Richie Hawtin and Akufen.

Part 1 = Akufen.

Real name: Marc Leclair
Born: in Montreal, Quebec
Performed As: Nefuka, Anna Kaufen, Horror Inc.
Genres: Electronica
Styles: Techno, Microhouse, Club/Dance

Since 1999, Akufen (Montreal’s Marc Leclair) has been amassing a thick stockpile of 12″ releases for labels like Perlon, Background, Traum, Oral, Trapez, and Force Inc. With influences ranging from Bootsy to Mancini to Moroder to Reich, Leclair’s productions veer from challenging experimental techno to pop-oriented micro-house. For most of the tracks on 2002’s My Way, his first full-length album for Force Inc., Leclair employed a technique he referred to as “microsampling.” Leclair would spend hours of each morning recording material from AM/FM dials and a shortwave, and he would then use those recordings as fodder for his productions, splicing seconds into minute fragments (consisting of voices, song snips, acoustic guitar flicks, and all sorts of unidentifiable moments) and applying them to danceable, hook-heavy house tracks. The anticipation for the album was increased significantly by a limited release of the album’s feature cut, “Deck the House,” a dazzling crazy-quilt of short-attention-span house dementia. Leclair has also recorded as Anna Kaufen and Nekufa.

Links:
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Akufen
http://www.forcedexposure.com/artists/akufen.html
http://www.myspace.com/akufenmixes

Part 2 = Richie Hawtin.

(from Resident Advisor)
Although he’s technically a Canadian, Richie Hawtin will forever be associated with putting his beloved Detroit on the dance music map. Along with fellow Detroit pioneer Carl Craig, Hawtin helped break the second wave of Detroit techno. From north of Detroit in Windsor, Ontario, Hawtin has been a DJ, a producer, a record label owner, and a flag-waver for the underground Detroit scene which is only now getting the respect it deserves in the United States. Hawtin started his career DJing at underground parties in clubs like Detroit’s Shelter. There he met his partner, John Acquaviva, and together they launched the influential Plus 8 Recordings label.

Hawtin created a unique techno sound, which is regarded as synonymous with the city of Detroit. That sound, electro house, is very minimal, yet highly danceable. He is known for his use of the Roland TB-303 bass machine and that sound has become inseparable from quality acid house and electro recordings. These days, Hawtin kicks around with a TR-909 drum machine. Hawtin signed a record deal with Nova Mute in 1993, and is considered a star in Europe, where he has enjoyed success with his project, Plastikman.

In 1994, rumor has it that Hawtin was scheduled to perform at a rave held inside the Brooklyn Bridge. Allegedly, while crossing the border from Canada, guards stopped him, assuming he was attempting to work illegally in the US due to the massive amount of equipment in his car. Supposedly he went home and recorded a set to DAT and shipped it to the promoters. To this day, no one can say for certain whether that headlining slot was live or on tape.

Today, he has gained the respect of a larger US audience. In May 2000, Hawtin performed at the first Detroit Electronic Festival alongside Derrick May, Juan Atkins and other techno masterminds. More than 200,000 people attended from all over the world.

Quickfacts:

Born: Banbury, England, June 4, 1970.

Emigrated to Windsor, Canada, aged nine.

Now resident: Berlin, since 2003.

First 12-inch release:’States of Mind’ (1990)

Mix albums: ‘Mixmag Live’ (1993), ‘XMIX3’with John Acquaviva (1994), ‘Decks, EFX & 909’ (1999), ‘DE9: Closer to the Edit’ (2001), ‘DE9: Transitions’ (2005)

Albums as Plastikman: ‘Sheet One’ (1993), ‘Musik’ (1994), ‘Consumed’ (1998), ‘Artifakts’ (1998), ‘Closer’ (2003)
Album as FUSE: ‘Dimension Intrusion’ (1992)

Links:
http://www.richiehawtin.com/
http://www.myspace.com/plasstikmaan
http://www.myspace.com/richiehawtin
http://www.plastikman.com/
http://www.m-nus.com/

Tracklist:

Richie Hawtin - At The After-Party

Bern - ‘Loann 1′ (Traum Music)
Dettinger - ‘Puma’ (Kompakt)
RG25 - ‘Tarism’ (M-Bass-Y Records)
Jeff Samuel - ‘Double Yum’ (Trapez)
Cosili - ‘Arschoppel’ (Statt Musik)
Jon Thomas - ‘Talking Machine’ (DBX vs Cabanne)
Gergestellt von Modomonomusik - ‘Sundesseisser’ (Ringel)
Janovosky vs. Scheben - ‘360 bd’ (Bruchsteucke)
Robag Wruhme - ‘Back 01′ (Musik Krause)
Berkovi vs. Ms. Kitten - ‘A2′ (White Label)
Serve - ‘Netzroller’ (Playmade)
Matthew Johnson - ‘A1′ (It Is What It Is)

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 Akufen - Live at P3P, Belgium: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
 Richie Hawtin - BBC Radio - At the Afterparty: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I finally made it back to Buzz! I really can’t explain what took so long. Well, yes I can…it was a mixture of talent and travelling that kept me away but alas, I made it for one of the stars of my experience at last year’s Mutek and someone I’d been pining to bring to DC for nearly a year, but simply couldn’t afford. Needless to say I was exuberant to see that CVS had made the Buzz roster and that I was going to be in town. Armed with my mates Tanc and Amy we proceeded to enter Fur.

Now, the last time I’d been to Fur was to see Top Cat and all I could remember was how all encompassing the sound system was. Upon entering I saw a good sized crowd having fun and getting down to Worthy, also of Dirty Bird fame. We proceeded to the bar, had some drinks - a shot caught up with some other friends and proceeded to the middle of the dance floor. Upon arrival I soon realized that we were surrounded by…leg humpers. How else can I describe it? Everywhere I looked people were leg humping. Is this what Buzz had become? I hope not and was reassured by other folks that that night was a bit odd. My comrades and I, along with a few others did a pretty good job holding down a leg-humping free zone but got infiltrated quite a few times. The atmosphere obviously infiltrated Mr. VS as he played a remix of 2 Live Crew. Yeah…you read that correctly. While there were certainly bits of his set that I liked, overall I was disappointed which leads to a bigger question that a lot of DJs have to face and deal with.

As a prime time DJ, it’s important to survey the crowd, atmosphere and hold down the dance floor. The result is that a lot of time one isn’t allowed to necessarily go where you’d like to go, based on those in the room, but you’re getting paid to entertain the people in front of you so don’t be a stuck up snob and get the masses moving. I’d say most people in the room were pretty happy and hopefully many of them moved from leg humping on the dance floor to humping in their basements or rooms.  I’m not giving up on Mr. VS as I really like where his labels at and going. I’ll look forward to catching him at another venue or spot.

(photo illustrations c/o Graham Meyer & http://falsedigitalparty.blogspot.com)

-deyv

DJ C & Zulu; “Gods & Robots”

1:  Exhibition Virtues (Hardcore Tonight Remix)
2:  Body Work
3:  Dear John
4:  Soundgun Emergency (DJ C Mix, ft. Aceyalone & Jah Orah)
5:  Gods & Robots
6:  Darling
7:  Animal Attraction
8:  Ransom The Senator (DJ C Mix)
9:  Darling (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
10: Body Work (Chrissy Murderbot’s Body Juke Refix)

A Mashit recording:
http://www.Mashit.com

CC & P (ASCAP) 2008 Jake Trussell (EOSS Music) & Dominique Rowland (303 DRPM)

http://www.DJ-C.com
http://www.ZuluMusic.net

Cover illustration by Bartek Karas:
http://www.Jeekoos.com

About The Album:

Wicked ragga vocalist Zulu comes together with dance-floor dominator DJ C to activate a next level sound you didn’t realize existed yet. The two began producing tracks together across the internet while DJ C was on the East Coast developing his Boston-bounce sound and Zulu was running things in the Chicago area. DJ C’s move to Chicago in 2007 made the duo an unstopable force as they continue to bust out blazing track after track.

This album brings together some of their vinyl singles which have continually sold out of the shops straight away, and have been getting heavy rotation from party DJs the world over. Add to that four brand new, previously unreleased tracks plus remixes by Ghislain Poirier and Chrissy Murderbot and you’ve got “Gods & Robots.”

DJ C:
Beat scholar, party scientist, ragga maniac, and remixer of singers from M.I.A. to Gregory Isaacs, DJ C continues to spread his fiercely eclectic gospel of crunkment, mashstep, ragga-bounce, and grime-hall across the land. HeÕs been pumping out a series of records on U.S., U.K., and Japanese labels including a remix of M.I.A.’s U.R.A.Q.T. for XL Recordings, as well as singles/remixes for Ninja Tune, Soul Jazz, Man Recordings, Shockout, Community Library, and his own Mashit imprint; sharing the groves in those slabs of vinyl with the likes of Sinden, Drop The Lime, Ghislain Poirier, The Bug, Kid606, Serj Tankian and many more. Back in Oct. ‘04 legendary BBC Radio 1 host John Peel chose Mashit as a “label of the month” and featured a DJ C mix of Mashit tracks. Since then his tunes have continued to evolve into ever-more devastating dance-floor monsters.

Zulu:
Producer, engineer and reggae singer, Zulu is an estabished solo artist as well as collaborator with Kool Keith, Aceyalone and more. He got his start as a producer of house and underground hip hop here in Chicago, but his Panamanian/Jamaican roots eventually brought him back to reggae, creating his own riddims from scratch and bringing a distinctly Panamanian perspective (his initial tracks were in both english and spanish, with a strong regaeton influence) but later focusing mainly on the Caribbean patois style and ruff dancehall delivery. Zulu’s international combinations, his timeless-yet-futuristic melodic sensibilities, his experience in all genres of dance music, and his raw talent make him one of the brightest up-and-comers on the dancehall scene today.

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 Body Work (Chrissy Murderbots Body Juke refix: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
 Animal Attraction: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Our friends out west at Giveback have launched their first campaign in support of the Tibetan People’s Uprising Movement. FreQ Nasty and Bassnectar put together a new track, which is available via the Action Campaign site for free download. We’re hoping that folks will read about the cause and want to donate. Check it out here: http://www.giveback.net/freqnectar

Here’s the graphic image:

And a link to Dangermarc’s video portrait illustration to the tune on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y45mg5re_A

UK Techno week 3 ::: we bring you two amazing sets by California’s John Tejada (Palette, Poker Flat, Playhouse). The first set comes from the Families (FR) series of mixes and the second set is JT live at Bent Crayon (Cleveland) from April 2004. Super hot heat.

A bit about Mr. Tejada…

Normally associated with his peers in Techno from Detroit, Europe and elsewhere in the US and the world, John Tejada has embraced electronic music as a personal frontier, expanding on his formidable resume as a Techno recording artist as producer and remixer, DJ, and label owner. With dozens of singles, remixes, some film and TV work and contributions to sample CDs to his credit, this recent expansion has born a slew of tracks deeply informed by his uncompromised aesthetic honed over years of diligent production which finds its roots in Detroit Techno but references a far broader range of music, both in and outside of electronic music. His musically formative years were steeped in Classical music, growing up in family of performing artists–his mother a soprano singer and his father a conductor which then widened to include hip hop, DJing and finally, electronic music. Known for crafting a brand of subtle, musical techno, his recorded output ranges across tempo and genre lines, from chilled out affairs with spacious arrangements to pulsating, densely layered, deeply energetic tracks that work magnificently in the hands of DJs as well as on the home stereo. Earlier on, his music found release on labels such as A13, Multiplex and Generation R&S. Following on to those successes, he established his own imprint, Palette, in Los Angeles, in 1996, and has enjoyed years of steady growth and recognition. The label has served as an exclusive outlet for his own prodigious output but has recently begun to expand its roster. He has also continued to record for other labels such as Plug Research, Seventh City, Pokerflat, Playhouse and others, often in collaboration with 14 year long collaborator Arian Leviste, and alongside these numerous singles, has also produced ten albums; two for A13, three for Palette and one each for deFocus, Plug Research, Immigrant, Moods and Grooves and Playhouse.

And now for the goods!

John Tejada - Families download #5 (2005)

Tracklist:
1 [a]pendics.shuffle - Saw Saw Soup (Robag Wruhme Mix)
2 Ruede Hagelstein - Keep Us Away
3 Nathan Fake - Dinamo (Dominik Eulberg Remix)
4 Extrawelt - Soopertrack
5 Ziggy Kinder - Viel Bass & Wenig Hund
6 Frankie - Storm
7 Phonique - Weapon
8 John Tejada - Voyager
9 Traffic Signs - Infiltrate
10 DJ T. - A Guy Called Jack (Joakim Remix)
11 Stop Disco Mafia - Bodies (Krikor’s Sweat Pony Remix)
12 Dan Curtin - Conduit
13 Mathias Kaden - Circle Pit
14 Dominik Eulberg - Die Invasion Der Taschenkrebse (Justin Maxwell Remix)
15 Fark - Steffi
16 Daniel Bell - Superminimal
17 S-Max - Buddhanath Mindful Dub
18 John Tejada - Mono On Mono

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 John Tejada - Families #5 mix: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
 John Tejada - Live at Bent Crayon 2004: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Label - Vakant (Berlin)

Indubitably talented Tolga Fidan returns for his 3rd EP on Berlin’s fulcrum of funkified tomfoolery, Vakant Heavy Industries. Zee young Frenchman by way of first Istanbul and then London has again taken his varied past to transgress genre and fused flavors to birth a creation that would make even the Iron Chef shiver with inferiority…

(review by Jubilee)

A-side ‘All Pleasure Is Relief’: The first thing caught my attention was the ultra clean pressing sub bass along with the percussion and patterns hinting of the south and east. It sounds like he played a live guitar, then just as you get deep into the track’s grooves, a realy cool ghostly persian vocal enters. That I really liked.

B-side ‘For Our Fathers’: continues the deep multi ethnic feel of the EP, but a touch faster and with straighter rythmic underpinnings. Guitar, synths, wails, and even what sounds like a harmonica, grounded in dance music but freely floating unbound by tradition or convention..

For audio clip of the B-Side “For Our Fathers” - check Tolga’s myspace page here: http://www.myspace.com/tolgafidan