something borrowed, something blue

Tweet I've put my first minimal techno mix (podcast? DJ set?) onto SoundCloud this evening. I cheated with some of the mixing but it's still all new to me so please bear with me if it sounds a bit naff in the mixing. Overall, I'm quite happy with it.

Tracklisting:

Gianluca Meloni & Semi - Magtek (Sisko Electrofantaik Remix)

Deepchild - Backroom (Deepchild Remix)

Alex Loretto - Seleza (Original Mix)

DJ Emerson - Rubberband Man (Brian Sanhaji Remix)

Hernan Bass - De Aca (Original Mix)

M.I.D.I. - Dark Child (Original Mix)

MiniCoolBoyz - Sirene (Original Mix)

That was the borrowed bit (well bought from Beatport) and this is the blues. Beck's version of the Korgi's "Everybody's gotta learn sometime". I think I prefer this to the original. The video is a bit cheesy, the tune is as far from gorgonzola as it is humanly possible to get.

maximum minimal

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It's a minimal techno bonanza this evening. My favourite.

First up is arguably 'the' minimal techno dancefloor filler of last year. No surprise that it's still hitting the Beatport top 10 download charts even now. I have an odd relationship with this tune. Sometimes I absolutely adore it, sort of getting ready to go out music. Other times I think it's too lightweight and poppy but that's just me, too fickle about music.

Next up is something deeper and more moody from Christian and Nico aka Kollektiv Turmstrasse hailing from Germany, the Mecca of minimal techno.

Also from Hamburg is Schalk who played this beautiful set the other night. I wish I'd been there to hear it. He's also got a blog where you can find more of his sets: http://antimaterius.wordpress.com Unfortunately, the blog is in German of which I know only a very little but the music is in the international language of music. Click here to listen: Wuggy... by Schalk