Coma celebrate their 1st birthday at The Nest tomorrow night and they've assembled a line up packed wall to wall with quality. Headlined by Detroit techno legend, Rolando. He's joined by Blueprint Records boss James Ruskin and the man behind Coma, Doubleffe. Surface Records make it a double birthday celebration as they're celebrating 15 years as one of the UK's driving forces in techno. Surface Records are represented by the 65D Mavericks, Oliver Ho, Voidloss and the Surface DJs. Tickets are still available on Resident Advisor.
After their last party at the Rhythm Factory with saw storming performances from The Black Dog, Andy Stott and Ø Phase, this time around Dystopia have raised the bar. Celebrating some of the best artists that the UK has to offer. Surgeon, Perc and Peverelist make for a hell of a night of music. As with all Dystopia parties there's a pre show exhibition bring visual art together with forward thinking techno. The location of the East London warehouse hasn't been announced as of yet, but we've heard they've lined up something extra special. Head over to Resident Advisor to get the info on the location when it's announced. There's also a few tickets remaining, so don't hang about, otherwise it'll be more on the door.
fabric continue their Room 2 commitment to first class techno. A rare excursion into the dark room for Craig Richards is special enough on it's own, but the fact he's joined by a live set Blawan & Pariah, under their Karenn alias, and the genius of Peter Van Hoesen will make it a real treat. Tickets available on the fabric website.
Making it a Saturday night hat-trick of outstanding events. Not to be outdone, Corsica Studios invite UK label Blackest Ever Black to bring their considerable stable of talented artists featuring most notably the likes of Vatican Shadow (we caught his live set at the Downwards label nacht @ Berghain last week and it made for inspiring stuff), Source Direct, Cut Hands, Russell Haswell and many many more. Tickets are available at Resident Advisor
Berlin
Berghain give the residents of Berlin a pre show to the Ben Klock fabric cd launch party, in 2 weeks time, as he's joined by Truncate at the former power station. The rest of the main floor line up is made up with the exception skills of DJ Deep, Zadig (Live), Marcelus, DJ Bone and Francois X. Full event info, including the Panoramabar and Sonntags line up, and set times head over to Ostgut website
Rotterdam
The Strictly Techno Weekender kicks off in Rotterdam on Friday night at Perron with a couple of stars of the Slash Dot Dash Podcast, the man behind 013, Pfirter and the man who's provided our latest, 015, Charlton. Inbetween them you'll find Bas Mooy and Flink.
Tickets are on sale on the Perron Website. Weekend passes are available, and well worth the 17.50 euros are Saturday night's part two is headlined by Len Faki.
Copenhagen
Just like Rotterdam, it's a serious weekender at Copenhagen's Culture Box. Mathew Jonson is one of our favourite artists around and he'll be performing live on Friday night. For the return journey on Saturday, Stroboscopic Artefacts boss, Lucy, is joined in the Black Box by Droid Behavior's Raiz.
Tomorrow night at Shanti, Jugendkultur / Fragment host the Fullpanda Records combination of Dasha Rush and Lars Hemmerling aka Lada. Supported by Alexey Volkov and another Fullpanda artist in the shape of Yuka. Room 2 sees London based promotion, Lokee, showcasing their infamous party atmosphere.
For today's Mix Of The Day we head to the podcast series of London based promotion, Dystopia. Now on to their 4th edition (which include superb mixes from Dadub and The Black Dog) they welcome a very familiar name to readers of the SDD blog, Perc. The Perc Trax boss puts together an hour of typically solid, forward thinking, industrial techno, like only he can. You can download or stream the mix from the player below
Tracklisting 01) Genesis P-Orridge & Stan Bingo – What's History Pt.2 [Dais Records] 02) Mick Finesse – Mettle Debris (Tengui Mettle Steel Mix) [Broken20] 03) Silent Servant – A Path Eternal [Hospital Productions] 04) Mick Finesse – The Ebb Of Crime (Cassegrain Remix) [Broken20] 05) Secluded – Binded (Sigha Remix) [Enemy] 06) Liss C – LR6 (Attemporal Remix) [LCR Records] 07) Darqwan – Said The Spider (Surgeon Remix) [Texture Ltd.] 08) Damien Schneider – Female (Tadeo Remix) [Micropunto Schallplannen] 09) The Exaltics – Ten Days [Cultivated Electronics] 10) Ghosts On Tape – No Go [Icee Hot] 11) Cleric – Unknown Depths V2 [Sonntag Morgen] 12) Paul Mac – Undoubted [EPM] 13) Alex Cortex – R-Byte [Killekill] 14) Paul Mac – Acid Jam [Balkan Vinyl] 15) Delta Funktionen – Work [Field Records] 16) Planetary Assault Systems – Funtion 4 (Marcel Dettmann Remix) [Mote Evolver] 17) Phuture Pfantasy Club – Spank Spank [Low Fat Vinyl] 18) Joey Beltram – Voyager [Vex/Trax] 19) Motor – The Knife (Peter Van Hoesen Remix) [CLR] 20) Regis – Death Head Said [Downwards] 21) ER & TR – UC [Brothers] 22) Pinion – Grid [Perc Trax] 23) Mick Finesse – Meltdown [Perc Trax] Perc will be one of the guests at Dystopia's next party on the 13th October. He'll be joining Surgeon and Peverelist alongside the Dystopia residents at a secret venue in Hackney, East London. All the info you need on the event can be found on the Facebook Event Page and tickets are currently available on Resident Advisor. More info on Perc can be found on his Facebook Fan Page or you can follow his status updates on Twitter
We've been meaning to post this one for a while and today seemed like just the right occasion. The Dystopia Podcast is now into it's 3rd episode and they welcome their next headliners, The Black Dog, to display their considerable talents. The podcast is a continuation of their Dark Wave collection of mixes and can be streamed or downloaded from the soundcloud player below
Tracklisting 1) Pariah - Among Those Metal Trees [R&S Records] 2) Perc - Boy [Perc Trax] 3) Burial - Etched Headplate [Hyperdub] 4) Orphx - Cut Through [Sonic Groove] 5) Mike Dehnert - Fraction [Fachwerk] 6) Orphx - Preta Loka [Sonic Groove] 7) Orphx - Cut Through [Sonic Groove] 8) Pariah - Rift [R&S Records] 9) Guy Andrews - The Wait [Hotflush] 10) Mike Dehnert - Resize [Fachwerk] 11) Bas Mooy - Kneel [Perc Trax] 12) Konrad Black & Art Department - Graveyard Tan [No 19 Music] 13) Planetary Assault Systems - Function 4 (Marcel Dettmann Bass Dub) [Mote Evolver] 14) Oscar Mulero - Inaccurate Information [Warm Up Records] 15) Oscar Mulero - Instant Widespread Of The Dirt [Warm Up Records] 16) Bandshell - Loop [N/A] 17) Oscar Mulero - The Dirt [Warm Up Recordings] 18) Rrose - Waterfal [Sandwell District] 19) Cobblestone Jazz - Across The Nation [Wagon Repair] 20) Cub 2 - Re Edit [N/A] 21) Mike Dehnert - Modular [Fachwerk] 22) Planetary Assault Systems - Function 4 (Lucy Remix) [Mote Evolver] 23) Oscar Mulero - To Convince For The Untruth [Warm Up Recordings] 24) Ghosting Season - Through Your Teeth [Last Night On Earth] The London party throwers also caught up with the enigmatic UK trio... Describe to us the current line-up for both production and live performance. [TBD] We sit with our machines across six different locations making the music we want, for live work we use less machines and fewer people. Describe to us your approach to both production and live performance. [TBD] There's no real difference, we want to connect and have a good time, it's that simple. In a live setting, we are trying to make sure that people enjoy themselves, and get their money's worth for the ticket price. In the studio we always write to please ourselves, more than other people. That's how we might see any difference, anyway. Explain to us the characteristics of your domicile city and your opinion on the impact that environment imposes on creativity. [Ken] I don't live in a city anymore. London was sucking me dry. Both in my wallet, and in my humanity. City folks can be so cold towards each other. So it was time to move out and find a more natural way to live. Creatively, if you have the money, cities can be great. There are definite heartbeats and energies that you can tap into. But they are not the only places such energy exists. I think if you wish to be creative, you can be creative anywhere. Some places it will be easier, some harder. A person with imagination can just close their eyes, and can be anywhere they choose. To delve on your political standpoint - what does the future outlook of people like Huxley and Orwell mean to you and how relevant are these visions to modernity? [Ken] I think they were men of incredible vision, and we can see many aspects of their writing in the world today. This is obviously a tremendously sad thing, to the people who are still awake, and not skulled out on soma. One thing the modern world possesses, which they did not foresee, is the internet, and the blogosphere. Resistance is not futile, and there are more of us than them! You all seem fairly detached from the scene and the distracting trends that often drives it off course - is this a conscious decision and where do your core influences lie? [Ken] I can't speak for Martin and Rich, but I made the conscious decision to detach, because I believed it's up to the next generation to pick up the vibe and rub with it. After 23 years, I don't have to be at the front anymore. That's not to say that I'm lethargic, lazy, or not experimenting with sound. What I mean is that, I am comfortable and happy with the niche we have carved for ourselves, through diligence and hard work. We don't need to follow trends to become 'popular', because it was never about that. Popularity lasts for one minute, and then people are off for 'the next big thing'. Superficiality and shallowness is all that lies down that road. So I'm really not interested in going there. On the issue of my 'core' influences. Well, those are the same as ever. That humanity doesn't need to be governed, farmed, taxed, squeezed or told what to do. Wise men many millennia ago, said that if left alone, everything will seek and find it's own level, and harmony will ensue. We may still be a thousand years away from that, maybe more, but there is always hope. In the meantime, we can bang drums and dance around without a care in the world. Much like our pagan ancestors did. And that makes me very happy indeed. What are we to expect at your upcoming performance at Dystopia? [TDB] There will mostly likely be beats. And some bass. A few melodies in there too. Some old tunes, and quite possibly some new. What you can expect, is that we will try very hard to make sure that people leave the room with a smile on their face. Where next for TBD? [TBD] Upstream, possibly
The Black Dog will be performing for Dystopia, this Saturday (18th Aug) at the Rhythm Factory, alongside Andy Stott, Ø [Phase] with support from our man, XI, and the Dystopia residents. If you want to get on to the concessions guestlist for the event, please e-mail your names to guestlist@slashdotdash.biz More info on The Black Dog can be found on their Facebook Fan Page, and the same goes for Dystopia
For those of us in London a four day weekend is something a bit special, a four day week at the start of summer is a whole different ball game. There's some big events coming up, not just in the capital but all around Europe.... and here's the best of them
London
We kick off with a new comer to the London techno scene, Dystopia. The project goes beyond the standard format for a club night and pulls together the artistic talents of DJs, musicians, designers, visuals artists and photographer to form an inclusive creative showcase.
fabric are pulling in the big guns for room 2 on Saturday as the Berghain resident and Klockworks Records head honcho, Ben Klock links up with the man from Minneapolis, Berghain regular and Klockworks artist, DVS1.
When Plex and Perc Trax combine at Corsica Studios the outcome is usually pretty special, but Sunday could be the most special to date. 9 hours of first rate techno featuring some of the best names in Underground music. A live set from Kangding Ray, DJ sets from Lone, Perc, Randomer, Truss, AnD, DJ Skirt and many more make this rammed full of quality from start to finish.
From the English capital to the Scottish capital now and Edinburgh is in for a massive treat on Friday as Adam X presents Traversable Wormhole for Unseen at Studio 24. There's no tickets so just get there and pay on the door. Full event info on Facebook
Dublin
And now on to the ROI captial, Dublin, as Fachwerk Records owner, Mike Dehnert, takes to the decks at The Academy. Again there's no presale tickets but head over to Resident Advisor for all the event info.
Italy
Je Ne T'Aime Plus Afterparty @ Studio 2 Club, Vigonovo (Friday 1st June)
The One Festival takes place this weekend at Cocorico in Riccione. Techno highlights come from the legend that is Jeff Mills, Dasha Rush and Tommy Four Seven. All the info you need can be found on the Facebook Event Page
Hannover
TechnoDrivers mit Luke Slater @ Underground Club (Saturday 2nd June)
Our final stop off is in Hannover at the Underground club as TechnoDrivers welcome the man behind the Mote Evolver label, Luke Slater, headlines alongside a host of local talent. Full event info on Facebook
Dystopia is a new edition to the London techno scene. Combining cutting edge electronic music with designers, visual artists and photographers to create an artistic experience and inspire creativity.
Ahead of their first London party next month, Dystopia, have invited one of their guests, Dadub, to take the reigns on their second podcast. So the Stroboscopic Artefacts duo got together at the labels Artefacts Mastering Studio in Berlin to put together this epic live set.
As this is a live set there's no tracklisting, but it shouldn't be too difficult for you to track down any specific tracks which really do the business for you.
The launch will be taking place on the 2nd June and Dadub will be joining Peter Van Hoesen at the event, being held somewhere in East London. Tickets are available from Resident Advisor and you'll find all the event info there too.
