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March 5, 2009

HMC @ Mad Racket – The Interestate Mardi Gras Special – Marrickville Bowlo : 07.03.2009

Filed under: Clubbing & Gigs,decoded_,Music — decoded_ @ 9:02 am

UPDATE : Just a quick follow-up. HMC was excellent at this! I really enjoyed what he played in both his DJ set and live set. I actually felt inspired and excited by the music, something I’ve not felt out for ages. Damien ‘Dames’ Donato helped out with the live set, from behind a mixing desk and racks of hardware samplers, rack-mount synths, effects processors etc. Nice to see a live set with no laptop/Ableton for a change. It didn’t feel like a very well attended Mad Racket though.

Some track-spotting from HMC’s sets…

DJ HMC – 6am
LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver (Carl Craig C2 Remix Rev.3)
Depeche Mode – The Darkest Star (Holden Dub)
Tres Demented – Brain Freeze
DJ HMC – Phreakin’ [Live]
Giorgio Gigli & Donato Dozzy – Real Love EQ – Italy
DJ HMC – I Get Deeper [Live]
Sascha Dive – Deepest America (Moodymann Remix)
Recloose – Cardiology (Isolee Remix)

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Adelaide (my home town) techno/house DJ/producer legend HMC [Dirty House Records, Dirty Acid Trax, Juice Records] plays Sydney this Saturday 7th March, at Mad Racket – Marrickville Bowlo, performing both live and DJ sets! I’m excited!

Time to put your mind in the gutter and you ass on the floor!


HMC @ Mad Racket - The Interestate Mardi Gras Special - Marrickville Bowlo : 07.03.2009

One of my early fave HMC techno tracks, and the first Juice Records release…

DJ HMC & Thee – Life Support System

Some more YouTube clips of early 90’s HMC techno productions…

DJ HMC & Thee – 100%
DJ HMC – Phreakin’
DJ HMC – LSD
DJ HMC – 187
DJ HMC – Acid Trax Three
DJ HMC – Cum on
DJ HMC – Marauder
DJ HMC & ASIO – Tropic Of Capricorn
Dirty House Crew – Internal Affairs
Unknown – Secret Weapon 1 [B1]

Check out this YouTube channel for some more clips of old Adelaide techno classics, releases and faves.
http://www.youtube.com/user/nomisbrown

More data:

http://www.madracket.com.au
http://www.discogs.com/artist/DJ+HMC

Dirty House RecordsJuice Records

I wish they would digitally release their back catalogue. I’d rather give these guys $, than pay $ to strangers for second hand vinyl.

July 21, 2008

Music…

Filed under: Charts,Clubbing & Gigs,decoded_,Music — decoded_ @ 3:55 pm

Some of the minimal, tech-house, deep-house, house, techno type music I’m enjoying listening to and mixing up at the moment, in no particular order…

Bring the warmth…

Kirsch & Dubnitzky – Masala (Marek Hemmann Remix) [Glueckskind Schallplatten]
Patrice Baumel – Clair [Get Physical Music]
Chic Miniature – Escandalo [Crosstown Rebels]
Kollektiv Turmstrasse – Holunderbaum [Musik Gewinnt Freunde]
Stimming – Kleine Nachtmusic [Buzzin’ Fly Records]
Solomun – Small Talk (Jimpster Remix) [Diynamic]
Nick Curly – On My Way (Ali Nasser Remix) [Supernature]
Motorcitysoul & Jimpster – Aura (Jimpster Remix) [Das Modular]
H.O.S.H. – White Elephant [Get Physical Music]
Tiger Stripes – Survivor [Get Physical Music]
Stimming – Getting Out Of Something [Diynamic]
Lee Jones – Aria (Tiger Stripes Remix) [Aus Music]

Bring the noise…

Ilario Alicante & Delete – Going Straight To Caracas [Discos De Lata]
Radio Slave – Grindhouse (Danton Eeprom Vocal Mix) [Rekids]
Maetrik – Sex With Bass [Mothership]
Rodriguez Jr. – Rubbo Swingo [Leena Music]
Danton Eeprom – Face Control [Fondation Records]
Gamal Kabar – The Filth [Poker Flat Recordings]
Kaiser Souzai & Nudisco – Kaiserdisco [Hi-Freaks Ltd.]
Patrice Baumel – Comfortably Uncomfortable [Get Physical Music]
Martin Donath – Akvedukt [Dekadent Schallplatten]
Mike Shannon – The Love Fry (Raw Mix) [Plus 8 Records]
Andrew Technique – Dream On [Circle]
Moscow Fighting – Subb-an [Immigrant]
Daniele Papini – Church Of Nonsense [Alchemy]

You’ll probably hear a few of these this Saturday if you come along to my gig…

MIDI In The City @ UTS (Loft Bar) : Saturday 26.07.08 : I’m playing 12am-1am.

http://www.myspace.com/midiinthecity


MIDI In The City 26.07.2008 Flyer

(Click for bigger/clearer version)

Hope to see you there.

Edit : 03.10.2008

Here’s what I remember playing at the MIDI In The City gig…

Chymera – Umbrella (Beatless)
Lee Jones – Aria (Tiger Stripes Remix)
Patrice Baumel – Clair
Tiger Stripes – Survivor
Joris Vorn – The Deep (Jimpster Remix)
Dub Taylor – Beauty & Beast (Nudisco Remix)
Kaiser Souzai & Nudisco – Kaiserdisco
Gamal Kabar – The Filth
Sani – Long Island (Greenbeam & Leon Remix)
Subb-an – Moscow Fighting
Rodriguez Jr. – Rubbo Swingo
Lucio Aquillina – Magic M
Kollektiv Turmstrasse – Holunderbaum

July 15, 2008

DJ Dave McCann : Coming DJ sets…

Filed under: Clubbing & Gigs,decoded_,Music,Play-List — decoded_ @ 1:55 pm

26.07.2008 : MIDI In The City @ UTS – Loft Bar http://www.myspace.com/midiinthecity
02.08.2008 : Subservice @ The Bunker http://www.subservice.com.au
26.09.2008 : BIG TROUBLE @ Chinese Laundry http://www.myspace.com/chineselaundry

I’ll have Traktor Scratch very shortly too. Let the fun begin!

I hope to have some new mixes up on-line soon. You can check out mp3s (music only mixes) and play-lists from all my decoded_ Internet radio shows from 2005-2007 here…

http://decoded.astarael.co.uk

June 26, 2008

Gamal Kabar – The Filth [Poker Flat (White) Recordings]

Filed under: Charts,Music — decoded_ @ 10:52 am

Gamal Kabar - The Filth [Poker Flat (White) Recordings]

Gamal Kabar – The Filth [Poker Flat (White) Recordings]

I bought this on Beatport the other night, but it seems to have been taken off shortly after. I think I managed to buy something that wasn’t intended to be available for purchase so soon.

The title cut The Filth is a killer track. Totally my favourite track right at this moment. Off-beat hats and ticks, a kick, and a truncated open hi-hat is the simplistic, solid, rigid, beat pattern moved along by a throbbing sub-bass, all creating a hypnotic, deep groove. Melodic type interest comes from a catchy little pattern of layered, stabbing, ripping, modulated, acidic synthetics, rising and falling in pitch, with the lines going against each other, and tripping in pitch during the beatless and bassless break-down, then the beats and bass kick back in. Yum! There are also some clever minimalistic effects bubbling away at the edges, just above the noise floor. It’s all so simple, yet so effective. I would have liked to have heard the top end sizzle of a 909 ride pattern add to the intensity later in the track, but perhaps that’s too old-school/formula these days. In saying all this, it’s a good track, it’s not the best track ever, but I think it works really well. It’s almost something you would expect to hear from the M_nus label/crew. I can’t wait to hear this out on a decent system.

This is the 4th white Poker Flat Recordings release. I have to admit I’ve been a little dissapointed with the last bunch of Poker Flat Recordings releases, and have not bought that many, a track here and there. Still yet to check out the Argy album properly though. I used to buy every Poker Flat Recordings release on vinyl without fail a few years back, it was my favourite label for a while there too. I’m still a big fan of Steve Bug DJ sets though.

More data on this release…

http://www.wordandsound.net/article/54096
http://www.pokerflat-recordings.com

In a way The Filth reminds me a bit of DJ HMC – 6am [Undefined], with it’s repetitive, solid, sub-bass and beats, rigid backing, with a ripping acidic 303 sound on top. One of my all time favourite acid/techno tracks. I was very lucky to grow up in Adelaide’s techno scene in the early-mid 1990’s hearing DJ HMC regularly.

http://www.discogs.com/release/26640

Speaking of music… some other tracks I’m enjoying at the moment…

Chic Miniature – Excandalo [Crosstown Rebels]
Subb-an – Moscow Fighting [Immigrant]
Lauhaus – Downunder [Intacto]
Andrew Technique – Dream On [Circle]
James Unk – Glitch Control (Paco Osuna Remix) [Lessizmore]
Einmusik & Stimming – Magdalena [Diynamic]
Stimming – Kleine Nachmusik [Buzzin’ Fly]
Dakar – I’ve Got That Feeling [Get Physical Music]
Tiger Stripes – Survivior [Get Physical Music]
Ripperton & Alex Attias – The Last Hour (Redshape Laser Mix) [Ann Aimee]
Ellen Allien & Apparat – Rotary [BPitch Control]
Alexi Delano & Tony Rohr – Run 0 [Plus 8]
Manuel Tur – Vabanque (Stimming Remix) [Freerange]
Joris Voorn – The Deep (Jimpster Remix) [Blank]

Quite a mix up of minimal/techno/tech-house and tech/deep-house sounds there. A couple of old/older releases too. Yes, quite a few Stimming works there, I really dig his productions.

I can’t believe I’ve only just come across that Survivior track, a catchy little number! Have heard that out a lot this year. One of those tracks that always sounded familiar, but never knew.

Yes, Tad… I know the I’ve Got That Feeling track has vocals, and I usually complain about vocals in tracks, but for some reason I really like this track.

May 26, 2008

Back to the music…

Filed under: Charts,Clubbing & Gigs,Music — decoded_ @ 10:45 pm

Adding to the tracks I mentioned here a couple of weeks ago, here are some more new tunes I’m enjoying of late, recent Beatport purchases.

Yes, it looks like I’m gravitating to more melodic/deeper (deep-house) sounds of late, probably because I’ve been doing more listening than mixing of late. Lots of stabbing, filtered, minor chord action here.

Lars Behrenroth – Ice On The Sun (Version Remix) [Freerange Records]
Jamie Lloyd – May I (Quarion Remix [Future Classic]
After Tea – My Prerogatives [Hotfingers]
Roberto Rodriguez – Moonraker (Phonique Remix) [Laka]
Sharam Jey – Roxcity (Phonique Remix) [King Kong Records]
Andrew Technique – Dream On [Circle]
Foat & Boddy – Droidnosh [Mule Electronic]
Oliver Klein & Peter Juergens – Scoville [Kling Klong]
James Unk – Glitch Control (Paco Osuna Remix) [Lessizmore]
Joris Voorn – The Deep (Jimpster Remix) [Green]
Dub Taylor – Beauty & Beast (Nudisco Beautycase Got Lost In The Minidisco Mix) [Alpaca]

I was also very happy to finally get my hands on Kenny Larkin – Integration [Plus 8]. I’ve been after that track since the early 1990’s, heard spun numerous times by DJ HMC. It’s finally available for .wav or .mp3 purchase on the http://m-nus.com site.

I’ve bought quite a few Phonique productions over the last year. I really liked that remix of Trickski – Move Me [Sonar Kollektiv] he did too. Trickski played here in Sydney last week, but I’m not really that into their sound. We caught a bit of Phonique playing at a Pokerflat night at Watergate in Berlin last year, great sounds. He’s playing here in Sydney in July (5th) at Chinese Laundry, the same night as someone else I’m keen to see (always the way)… Luca Bacchetti who is playing at a Lost Baggage party at The Cross. Let’s hope the surprise guest playing an early morning set at Spice in the Bunker (under The Cross) the same night/morning is Phonique, may catch him there if that’s the case. I’ve still not made it down to the Bunker yet.

I’m looking forward to seeing Gaiser and Marc Houle both playing live together at the Minus 10th Year Anniversary party at Lost Baggage at The Cross this coming Saturday 31st May. We don’t get to see the cube though. This will be the 4th time I’ve seen Marc Houle live, had a nice chat to him in London at the end of our trip last year too. I’ve wanted to see Gaiser for ages, I couldn’t stop playing his Fraktion records for a long time. Then I’ll be seeing them both again the following w/end at the We Love Sounds festival at The Hordern Pavilion, Forum, Entertainment Quarter etc, along with Dubfire, Ellen Allien, Stephan Bodzin, Lindstrom, Steve Lawler, Mr.Oizo and much more.

Also coming up in Sydney… The Berlin Sessions at the Civic Hotel/Underground on June 21, with Jassanova, Quarion [Live], and Heiko Laux, with support from local Future Classic and Mad Racket crew. Should be a great night of deep music.

http://www.inthemix.com.au/berlinsessions

Looking back over previous weeks… I didn’t make it out to these below due to being sick with some cold/flu bug…

Kazu Kimura @ Break Inn – Chinese Laundry : 09.05.2008

Matthias Tanzmann & Bjorn Wilke @ The Club Club – Chinese Laundry : 10.05.2008

All better now, see you on the dance floor…

May 12, 2008

Food for my ears…

Filed under: Charts,Music — decoded_ @ 1:32 pm

Some new-ish music I’m enjoying at the moment, in no particular order…

Lee Jones – Aria (Tiger Stripes Remix) [Aus Music]
Xpansul & Massi DL – Nerd Soul [Soma]
Quarion – The Workout [Drumpoet Community]
Robert Babicz – Dark Flower (Joris Voorn Magnolia Mix) [Audiomatique]
Phunklarique & Dejonka – Reflections in Plexiglass [Knall Traxx]
Danton Eeprom – Face Control [Foundation Records]
Holger Zilske – The Bees [Playhouse]
Mathew Jonson – Symphony For The Apocalypse [Wagon Repair]
Sei A – March Of The MIDI [Imprime]
Shlomi Aber – Tokyo Shanghai [Ovum]
Rocha & Lewinger – Eco Doppler [SCI+TEC Digital Audio]
Kabale Und Lauhaus – Shaven Monkey [Remote Area]
Truss & Donor – Forethought [Dumb-Unit]
Xpansul & Elesbaan – Casi Perdida [DelBarrio Records]
Claude Von Stroke & Christian Martin – Groundhog Day [Dirty Bird]

April 13, 2008

New Sounds…

Filed under: Charts,Music — decoded_ @ 12:41 pm

Some new (and old) music I’m enjoying muchly, in no particular order, thanks Beatport.

Mathew Jonson - Symphony For The Apocalypse

Mathew Jonson – Symphony For The Apocalypse [Wagon Repair]
Danton Eeprom – Face Control [Foundation Records]
Holger Zilske – The Bees [Playhouse]
Lauhaus & Boris Werner – Revenge Of The Nerds/Bitchslap [Remote Area]
Sascha Funke – Mango [BPitch Control]
Shlomi Aber – Tokyo Shanghai [Ovum]
Lucio Aquilina – Disco Bus (Roland M. Dill Remix) [Trapez Ltd.]
Franck Roger – Mind Illusions [Earthmental Music]
Delete – Flight Schedule (Gregor Tresher Remix) [SCI+TEC]
Popof – Non Sense [Dimmer]
Andomat 3000 – Impertinenz [Einmaleins Musik]
Ryoh Mitomi – Pointe [Immigrant Records]
Chymera – Umbrella (Beatless Mix) [Ovum]
Van Hai – Sentiment [Time Has Changed Records]
Trickski – Move Me (Phonique Remix) [Sonar Kollektiv]
Mr. G – Custom Made [Proof]
Andre Crom – Intensivstation [Veryverywrongindeed Records]
Butch – Botanik [Acid Fuckers Unite Ltd.]
Manuel De Lorenzi – Call Me Please [Dialtone Records]

Speaking of music check this out… Awesome!

Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene : Live In Your Living Room

Jean Michel Jarre has recreated his whole Oxygene album as a live performance, with a CD and a (3D) DVD. I want!

http://www.oxygene3d.com/oxygene3d.php
http://www.oxygene3d.com/media.php <-- Check the teaser video Phwoar! Look at all those beautiful old analogue synths! /me wipes up his drool... There's a fantastic article about it all in the February 2008 Sound On Sound magazine, which I only just picked up.

March 22, 2008

My DJ mixes…

Filed under: decoded_,Music,Play-List — decoded_ @ 9:37 am

decoded_

I’ve had a few people recently ask if I have any of my DJ Dave McCann DJ mixes on line.

Yes… I have 49 of them on-line, you can grab them here: http://decoded.astarael.co.uk/

Big thanks to decoded_ fans IJsbrand and his brother Quirijn (Ryan) from Holland for helping out with on-line space for these.

These are mp3s of decoded_ shows 01-49. These are the master mixes/recordings, pre voice-overs and station IDs, all music. There are full track-listings there too.

decoded_ was the name of my Internet radio show I did with Pulseradio from July 2005 until February 2007, it was focused on more minimal, tech-house sounds.

TechFunked was the name of the show between May 2000 and July 2005, mixing up tribal, funky, percussive, melodic techno sounds, harder, faster stuff.

Wow, I can’t believe it’s been over a year since I’ve posted up a mix. I have been mixing and recording mixes since then, but not been happy enough with them to put any on line, I’ll get one up soon…

February 27, 2008

What am I listening to?

Filed under: Charts,Music — decoded_ @ 11:15 pm

Here’s some recently purchased old and new music that I’m playing a lot currently…

Reboot - Be Tougher/Letters EP [Cadenza]

Paulo Olarte – Solo Tu (Isolee Remix) [Fresh Fish]
Redshape – Unfinished Symmetry (Part 1) [Present]
Mark Ramsey – U Turn (Mix 1) [Noir Music]
Peace Division – Voodoo (Its In The Wall) [Crosstown Rebels]
Marc Antona – Not a Serious Thing [Sender]
Reboot – Be Tougher [Cadenza]
Popof – My Toyz [Skryptom]
Ben Klock – October [BPitch Control]
Gel Abril – Your Face Is A Mess (Itamar Sagi Remix) [Be As One]
Mark August – Bende [Perspectiv]
Par Grindvik – Do Us Part (Len Faki Remix) [Drumcode]
Roland Appel – Dark Soldier [Sonar Kollektiv]
Sebbo – Chunky Fudge (Ripperton Remix) [Trackdown]
Lee Curtiss – Over The Influence [Dumb Unit]

My fave track this week, and probably one of my all time faves…

(James) Holden – A Break In The Clouds (Main Mix) [Border Community]

Holden - A Break In The Clouds [Border Community]

A mix/CD I’ve been listening to regularly since Xmas…

Steve Bug - Fabric 37 Mix CD [Fabric]

Steve Bug – Fabric 37 [Fabric]

Check it out…

http://www.fabriclondon.com/label/release.php?item=fab37/bug

December 9, 2007

Let it spin…

Filed under: Charts,Music — decoded_ @ 7:41 pm

John Tejada - Labyrinth EP [Palette Recordings]

I’ve finally been seeking out and buying some great new music over the last few weeks…

Some of the stuff I’m really enjoying at the moment, in no particular order…

John Tejada – Labyrinth [Palette Recordings]
John Tejada – The Tyranny Of Choice [Palette Recordings]
John Tejada & Arian Leviste – Lost In Thought [Palette Recordings]
John Tejada & Arian Leviste – Half Live [Palette Recordings]
Stimming – Getting Out Of Something [Diynamic]
Kollektiv Turmstrasse – Eskapade [Diynamic]
Dubfire – Emissions [Minus]
Dubfire – I Feel Speed (Audion Remix) [SCI+TEC]
Len Faki – My Black Sheep (L.B. Dub Corp Remix) [Figure]
Red Robin & Jakob Hilden – Lazy Jack [Trapez Ltd.]
Delete – Black Mamba [Frankie Records]
Par Grindvik – World Of Mine [Truesoul]
Agaric – C’est What [Raum…Musik]
The Cheapers – Fog [Upon You]
Alter Ego – Queen Anne’s Revenge [Klang Elektronik]
Martin Buttrich – Hunter [Cocoon]
Slaaf – Black Russian [Kickboxer]
Zander VT – After The Crash [BPitch Control]
Teflon – The Wombat [RebelOne]
Tiefschwarz – The Original (Carl Craig Remix) [Souvenir]
Maetrik – Transform [Regular]
Dennis Ferrer – P 2 Da J (Tiger Stripes Dub) [King Street Sounds]
Sascha Funke – The Acrobat (Efdemin Remix) [BPitch Control]
Sebastian Roya – Cossas De Taza [Sounderground Records]

Can you guess where I’m going on NYE? Hint: First four tracks! Woo! Tejada [Live] Mad Racket

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