Offaudio 66 : Monokao – I’m Going To Tokyo

Another quality minimal techno release from netlabel Offaudio: Monokao – I’m going to Tokyo

This release’s name makes me very envious: “I’m going to Tokyo”. And as we all know, I wanna go back to Japan ASAP and apparently this guy is going to visit Japan’s fine capitol any time soon. Grrrr! I wanna go too! But, let’s be honest here; I wish him the best possible time, which I’m pretty sure he’ll have. (If the name of the EP is more than just a name, that is.)

I’m gonna be short about this release and let the rest of the deciding and imagination up to you: My favorite track is “Yes”, track number two on this EP. It’s squeaking melody gives it a groove to make the dancefloor bounce. The tracks overall are Beatport quality.

With that out of the way, I’m gonna go back to Smart.FM to work on my knowledge of the Japanese language so my return to Japan next summer will be a little bit more fluent speaking one: “東京に行きます。”

Listen here, or download it at: http://www.offaudio.com/releases.php?rel=66

JordyVision – KIX Arrivals

To celebrate the upcoming first release of Prowess Records and because it’s been a while since I last uploaded a new DJ-mix, JordyVision released a new DJ demo. It’s called “KIX Arrivals” and you can download it here, for free!

The DJ-set consists of the following tracks:

01 : Estado Avanzado – Compressor Coma (mix 2)
02 : Zigarettenpause – Tuesday Arrivals
03 : Paper Details – Voyage Electrique
04 : Doppelclick – Kleng
05 : Toni Latenz – The Hype
06 : Bertech – The Sun
07 : Roderick K. Fox – Splendid (Nidecker Remix)
08 : Thompson Kuhl – Makro
09 : Karla Van Goa (A.K.A. Kill Minimal) – Star Track
10 : Suspect Delivery – Daisy (Soundbalance Trio Minus Remix)
11 : Kill Minimal – Martes De Matanza
12 : Nahfeld – Subworm
13 : Berteck – Blocked
14 : Pable Akaros – Reisepass
15 : Tec Overflow – Deseos
16 : Naifloop – Revenge Of The Casiotones

Download it here, clickety click!

All of these tracks are Net-label releases released under a Creative Commons license. Hench, I release this mix using the same license.

JordyVision – KIX Arrivals by http://prowessrecords.com/ is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.1 Japan License.

Slow, SLOW mass-media…

I’ve been saying it for years. But now, finally, The guardian dares to draw the same (kind of) conclusion. (Go, go Guardian!)

What’s killing CD sales? Are downloads the issue? Or the fact that most artists release half-a**ed albums.
What was the last album you really wanted to buy? And I mean looking forward too. I remember buying multiple CD’s a month, and most of these are still worth my time when I pop them in my CD-drive. So what happened? Did we get spoiled with free (but illegal) downloading, or are most CD’s released nowadays just not worth the money.

My money is on the latter…

Andreas Tilliander – Caught in a Riot remixes

About a month ago Andreas Tilliander dropped his album “show”.
Now, it’s time for some remixes..

The sound of young Malmö (Download page on Adrian Recordings)
I really like the effort that went into the sounds of the Per Hammar and Staffan Lindberg remix’s. Especially the Staffan Lindberg remix really builds tention in the air, similar to Dubfire’s famous tracks. The psychedelic vocals get you tripping. And the driving beats & bass keep you going. The Per Hammar remix features some cool futuristic sounds. But, maybe the two songs I’m not fond of are just too clean. Or, through my listening to techno for years, I’ve gotten spoiled. (I guess that’s why you play so much Tech-house these days – Editor) Most fail to stay interesting after a few minutes. I don’t even know what the hell is up with the Karachi Reduction. Or, I havn’t taken enough drugs yet to digg something this boring.

Adrian Recordings Inhouse Remixes (Download link on Adrian Recordings)
Starts off with some fresh sounding Dub-Techno in the form of Boeoes Kaelstigen’s Flars Remix. I feel right at home with this release thanks to this track which is followed by the Familjen remix of Arlanda. (The only track in this review that’s not a remix of Caught in a Riot) It’s a funny mix of old-school Acid-house sounds with Swedish lyrics. At first I thought: “Oh well, nice tune.” But after three minutes it’s acid feel and rhythm kept me hooked in and I couldn’t skip to the next track. Well played, dear sir. After two minutes I was expecting to skip the last track on this EP.
The Pellarins Ritz mix. Well, yeah, there had to be one track on this EP that wasn’t up to par. I guess it’s this one…

The Pop-Remixes (Link, Adrian Recordings)
To finish of this review, the pop-remixes. And with a name like that I wasn’t expecting much. And the Vapnet remix almost proved me right, but then the Kite remix kicked this release back into gear! A retro/electro feel and mood that wouldn’t look out of place in a DJ-set along with Le Le.
The Data80 remix finishes of this release, and does a hell of a better job, than the last tracks on the other two EP’s did

I must admit that I don’t know these artists well, as it’s been hard to keep track of ALL the new music coming from Scandinavia these days. But thanks to “Acid over the rainbow – おんがく & ビル” I knew about this release. If your Japanese is any good, please check out this weblog about good music, and other good things in life. Like beer!