Colony & Corsica Studios Present Prologue Label Night (23rd Jun 12)

Here at SDD, we're big fans of Prologue, so as you can imagine we were hugely excited (and still are) when we heard that Colony was teaming up with Corsica Studios to host the UK's first Prologue Label Night.


As you can see from the flyer, the line up is first class, across both rooms. Room 1 is all about Prologue and Donato Dozzy will be headlining with a 3 hour DJ set. There will be UK debuts for Voices From The Lake and Slash Dot Dash Podcast contributors, Cassegrain, and finally as part of his Inner State Album Tour, Claudio PRC.


Colony take charge of Room 2 with Sigha, Forward Strategy Group and Isodyne all joining the Colony Residents Tengui and MB & CB.


Tickets for the event are on sale now. You can get yours via the Resident Advisor Event Page. For more info on Prologue head over to their Facebook Fan Page where you can get the scoop on all the upcoming releases and general news about their artists.

Weekend Clubbing Roundup: London, Berlin, Munich, Athens, Brussels & Copenhagen

Here's our pick of the best events Europe has to offer across this weekend


London

Bank Holiday Sundays don't come much bigger than this as VOID takeover Cafe 1001 with Ben Klock (playing a monster 6 hours) and Tommy Four Seven. Tickets are sold out but there's spaces available on the door. Full event info on Resident Advisor

Colony are back at The Rhythm Factory as they team up with Scand to bring you Perc, Phase, AnD and plenty more.


Tickets available on Resident Advisor




Berlin

Fachwerk Label Night & Kinetic @ Tresor (5th May 12)


Globus: Fachwerk Label Night
Mike Dehnert
Roman Lindau
Sascha Rydell


Tresor: Kinetic
Alan Fitzpatrick
Function
Darko Esser
Mack


Info on Resident Advisor




Munich

Staying in Germany we move to Munich for Time To Express at Harry Klein with Samuli Kemppi (Live) and label boss, Peter Van Hoesen.


Event info on Resident Advisor




Athens

Reform #003 - Modal Analysis Launch Party @ 6 Dogs (5th May 12)


Modal Analysis is a new label with it's first release coming up this month in the form of the 'Plate' EP by Cassegrain with a remix of Kangding Ray (check it out on Soundcloud).  To celebrate Reform are throwing a launch party for them at 6 Dogs. You'll notice another SDD Podcast contributer on the line up too with Sawf on the line up too.


The event starts at midnight but before that (at 11pm) they'll be screening a documentary by Amelie Ravalec called 'Paris / Berlin: 20 Years of Underground Techno'.


Full event info and tickets on Resident Advisor




Brussels

Fondation Sonore # X @ Le Plan K / La Raffinerie (5th May 12)


Adam X and Ancient Methods swap Berlin for Brussels on Saturday night as they appear at Fondation Sonore's 10th party. Ancient Methods will be playing live whilst Adam will perform both a DJ set and a live set.


The documentary by Amelie Ravalec that's being shown in Athens will also be screened in Brussels at the same before before the event kicks off.


Full info on Resident Advisor




Copenhagen

Sound Of Berghain @ Culture Box (5th May 12)


We finish our roundup in the Danish capital as the Sound of Berghain makes it's way to Culture Box to continue their regular swap. Efdemin and Marcel Fengler have been handed the task of bringing the sounds of the Berlin superclub to the intimate Copenhagen nightspot.


Full event info on Resident Advisor

Slash Dot Dash Podcast 010: Cassegrain

We’re excited to announce our Slash Dot Dash Podcast series is 10! What started in October 2010 with a mix from XI, reaches it’s 10th episode with a mix from Prologue Records artist, Cassegrain.

After a chance meeting at the Red Bull Music Academy, in Barcelona, Cassegrain was formed.

The project explores the ground between dark, raw techno and UK influenced sounds, trying to find a balance between experimental and club orientated music.

For the A side of their debut 12", on Mikrowave, the pair worked with dubstep luminary, Benga, who provided his vocals for the first time. Following this, Cassegrain signed to Prologue, Dropa EP and later this month, the Coptic EP, which will be their 3rd 12".

Cassegrain perform Live and DJ, their live act includes a mixture of software, hardware and additional elements that change each time.

It's their DJs skills on show for our 10th Podcast. We've been trying to tie the pair down for almost 6 months, but their busy schedule had forced the mix back, but we're finally able to add Cassegrain to our ever expanding Slash Dot Dash Podcast Family.

You can get the mix either by subscribing to the podcast in iTunes or you can download or stream the mix from the Soundcloud player below

Tracklisting

1) Conforce - Timelapse [Delsin Records]
2) Tin Man - Ghost of Techno [Zooloft]
3) Planetary Assault Systems - Motif [Ostgut Ton]
4) Milton Bradley - Echoes From the Past [Do Not Resist the Beat!]
5) Sascha Rydel - Puissant [Fachwerk]
6) John Mitchell - Simple Percussion [Propellant Music]
7) Kevin Gorman - Velvet [Mikrowave]
8) Abstract Division - Floating Point (Delta Funktionen remix) [Dynamic Reflection]
9) Mick Finesse - They Sex Machinas (Perc remix) [Perc Trax]
10) Tracy - Bonk [Ketra Records]
11) Rrose - Shepherds Brine [Sandwell District]
12) Luigi Acid Machine - Deroma [Cannibald Recordings]
13) Coefficient - Vacuum Stability [M_Rec Ltd]
14) Jeff Mills - Microbe [Axis]
15) AnD - DST [Black Sun]
16) Subjected - 008A1 [Vault Series]
17) Oscar Mulero - Orbital Resonance [Pole]
18) Cassegrain - Hyena [Prologue]
19) Mike Parker - Pulse Trader [Prologue]
20) Marcel Dettmann - Landscape (Answer Code Request) [Music Man]
21) Tobias. - Go [Wagon Repair]
22) Eshu - Lunar Farside [Eshu]
23) Xnand - 003A1

More info on Cassegrain can be found on their Facebook Fan Page or you can follow them on Twitter

Cassegrain - Coptic EP [Prologue 025]

Cassegrain kick off 2012 with their second release on SDD favourite, Prologue Records. Their first release on the label 'Dropa EP' [PRG021], for us was one of the best releases of the year and got plays in every corner of the techno world.

Prologue 025 reaches the same heights as the pair demonstrate the skills that have made them a hot new property on the techno scene. Full to the brim with harrowing dub influenced rhythms and down right scary atmospherics which would unsettle those of a slightly nervous disposition. All four track encompass the same ventures into experimental techno and mind altering electronic music, which can be found in everything they do. Check out the samples below.

The release will be in the shops towards the end of the month on both vinyl and digital. The Prologue Facebook Fan Page is where you find all you'll need to know about them. Or follow them on Twitter. The same goes for Cassegrain with their Facebook and Twitter.

Prologue Label Night @ Suicide Circus (27th Jan 12)

If you're in Berlin on Friday we strongly recommend you get yourselves to Suicide Circus to check out the sounds of one of our favourite labels from 2011, Prologue Records. Label boss Tom Bonaty will be joined by Cassegrain (Live) and Neel from 'Voices From The Lake' fame.

Set times for the party go as follows

00:00 - 03:30 - Neel

03:30 - 04:30 - Cassegrain (Live)

04:30 - 07:00 - Tom Bonaty

07:00 - end - All

Some more info on the event can be found via the Resident Advisor Event Page. Social networkers can 'Like' Prologue on Facebook or follow them on Twitter

Mix Of The Day: Smoke Machine Podcast 026 - Cassegrain

After a chance meeting at the Red Bull Music Academy in Barcelona, Cassegrain was formed. With the idea in mind of fusing raw, industrial techno with UK influences to create their signature sound. Their first release on Mikrowave last year saw them team up with UK Dubstep artist, Benga, who's own vocals featured on the release.

It didn't take long for Cassegrain to start getting noticed and they soon found themselves on one of the best labels of the last 12 months, Prologue. We featured their Dropa EP back in July.

The Smoke Machine Podcast series got in touch with the pair to ask them to provide a mix for them, and they duly accepted and below are the results.

Smoke Machine Podcast 026 cassegrain by SMOKE MACHINE

Tracklisting

1. The Haxan Cloak - Burning Torches of Despair - Aurora Borealis
2. AnD - HG09B2 - Horizontal Ground
3. Cio D'or - Magnetkreis - Prologue
4. Raime - This Foundry (Regis version) - Blackest Ever Black
5. Miles - Primer - Modern Love
6. Abdulla Rashim - AsayitaA1 - Abdulla Rashim
7. Dettmann - Translation One - Ostgut Ton
8. Surgeon - Krautrock (Version III) - Tresor
9. Mike Dehnert - Montage - Fachwerk
10. Sawf - Zelo (Radial remix) - Perc Trax
11. Matt O'Brien - Without Warning - Off-Key Industries
12. Deetron - Zircon - Music Man Records
13. Donor / Truss - Endo 3 - Perc Trax
14. Cassegrain - Palette - unreleased
15. Percy X - X-Trak 1 (Regis Remodel) - Soma Quality Recordings
16. Isodyne - Sentinel (TVO ChopCaressa mix) - Broken20
17. John Beltram - Anticipation - Styrax Records

More info on Cassegrain can be found on their Facebook Fan Page or you can follow their updates on Twitter. More Smoke Machine Podcasts can be found on their Soundcloud page. They also have a Facebook Page where you can find plenty of other info too.

You can catch one half of Cassegrain perform live at the Astron Bar in Athens, Greece, on Saturday the 24th September. Full event info available on Resident Advisor

Cassegrain - Dropa EP [Prologue 021]

Here at Slash Dot Dash we're big fans of Prologue, tracks from the label can be found on both of XI's SDD Podcasts, but for some reason we've never covered any of their releases. Until now anyway.

Released last week is the Dropa EP from Cassegrain. A quality 3 tracker of droning minimalist styled techno. All 3 tracks brilliant yet different. Luban is a chugger, Eub is more driving and Lop-Nor is deep and atmospheric. Check out the samples below.

Luban

Eud

Lop-Nor

The release is available in all good record stores now so go get it. More info on Cassegrain can be found on the Facebook Fan Page or you can start following them on Twitter