Gotten pretty fed up with Jaiku, I decided to give Twitter a try instead. If you’re a user, let’s come together (in sweet harmony) :)
http://www.twitter.com/juska
The host of “Biittinikkarit” program at Radio Moreeni interviewed me a couple of days ago and kindly also sent the interview as an mp3-file. We were chatting about the current state of electronic music in Finland, clubs in Helsinki and Northern Finland, the upcoming One Sunday track and other stuff.
If you feel like listening, get an mp3 copy or download it via podcast.
The Evergreen section is now fully updated. It’s a short.. or actually a bit longer story of the evergreen moments of early Tampere scene, years in Northern Finland and recent times in Helsinki. It includes lots of links to videos, photos, articles and websites, feel free to browse them through.
And – if you happen to have any related memories, photos or videos or if you just want to share the nostalgia, there’s a comment box in the end of the post.
Now – check Evergreen!
MiscBehaving hits RoseGarden for the third time this weekend. The concept is based on an idea, that all the Misc artists bring their chosen artists in, host the night and choose the sound. November’s Miscbehaving is hosted by me and the chosen guests are…
Dave Dresden. The man from the Gabriel&Dresden fame and a very rare sight on a gig in Europe. Truly a master of music and responsible of several classics like As The Rush Comes and remix of Rachel Starr’s Till There Was You. I’m happy to have him finally in Helsinki.
Joonas Hahmo. One of the most promising Finnish acts, Joonas is definitely the man of the moment. Not playing too often in Helsinki, Joonas takes the final slot to end the night with a style. And yes, good news just in – Joonas will soon perform his first live gig at this year’s Pacifique event.
Miscbehaving 01.11.2008
Rose Garden, Helsinki
8EUR // 22-04
www.misc.fi
Jody Wisternoff on tinnitus:
“It was after a gig in Slovenia during the summer of ’06. I DJed at an outdoor party and I distinctly remember removing a piece of gaffer tape that was stopping the master level going any higher. I took it off and boosted the level to the max because I was playing really quiet, un-mastered track that needed some extra power. After that I just left it up and forgot about it, such was my drunken state. The monitors must have been blasting extra loud, not to mention the PA. I went straight to an afterhours club and played another set, where I stayed until the early morning. When I left, I remember thinking my ears were ringing more than usual, but didn’t really care because this was normal after a gig and the ringing always stopped the next day. When I woke the next afternoon I could still hear the ringing, but still assumed it would soon pass, however, the next day it was still there. And the next day… By this stage I was starting to get a little anxious and I was beginning to pay a lot of attention to the sound in my head.”
DJ Orion @ YleX – Tiistain Tanssi-ilta 28.10.2008
Tiistain Tanssi-ilta tracklist
01. Milton Jackson & Sei A – Glasgow Kiss (Jim Rivers remix) (Urbantorque)
02. Sultan – Protection (Harem)
03. Francesco Farfa – Founding Magdalen (First Inspiration Mix) (Audio Esperanto)
*** BIISIVIERAS GATEWAY ***
04. Sebastian Ingrosso & John Dahlbäck – Lick My Deck (Joia)
05. Jaytech – Pyramid (Club mix) (CDr)
06. Lanui – Jennifer (Baroque)
*** DAVE DRESDEN SELECTION ***
07. Unknown – Untitled (CDr)
08. Deadmau5 – Not Exactly (Dave Dresden’s Naught X-Act-Lee Remix) (CDr)
09. Rachel Starr – Till There Was You (Gabriel & Dresden Mix) (Positiva)
10. Motorcycle vs. Ferry Corsten – Beautiful As The Rush Comes (Darude unreleased mashup) (CDr)
11. TyDi – Hide (Andy Moor’s Ecomix) (AVA)
Tiistain Tanssi-ilta links
Metelin musiikkikauppa haistattaa kopiosuojauksille
Twitter is radically changing the way musicians are building communities of supportive fans around them. Are you still resisting it?
News – BLOC 2009: Future Sound Of London To Play Live For First Time In Over Ten Years!
Tom Cosm – Heaps Good Strong Board Ableton Pack
Learn to Profit From Piracy at PopTech
Is the iPod Killing a Generation? More Warnings Surface
You Could Sell 100,000 Records, but You’ll Make More Money Doing This…
Ableton live and serato scratch join forces
10 Mistakes Bands and Musicians Make
Pet Shop Boys release single on Kompakt
Amorphous Androgynous attempt to explode bubbles in your mind
‘In Rainbows’ Stats Released
Why Hasn’t Apple’s iTunes Gone DRM Free?
Quote: Derrick May
Finger Lickin’ turns ten
Sven Väth mixes the sound of his ninth season
A must-read by Larry Lessig: “A Defense of Piracy”
interview: john digweed
Nokia’s Comes With Music Comes With Restrictions
SoundCloud
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Orion @ Neo w/ Infected Mushroom 25.10.2008
01. Spooky – Candy (James Zabiela remix)
02. C-Jay – Shogun (Dirty Disorder remix)
03. Dibby Doherty – Movement (Jay Lumen remix)
04. Vazik – No Fear
05. Glenn Morrison – Cosmic Flight (Nick Warren remix)
06. Desert Dwellers – Stratosphere (Ecliptic Remix)
07. Paolo Mojo, Jim Rivers – Ron Hardy Said (Eric Prydz remix)
08. Sergio Fernandez – Lost In Rio (D-Formation Remix)
09. Blackout – Behain Your Mind
10. Junkie XL – Cities In Dust (King Unique remix)
11. Cid Inc – The Grill (Lank remix)
12. Sensient – Life Involved
13. Cid Inc – Ghost In The Shell (remake)
Jack is back after a short break, turning five and being as nasty and stubborn yet adorable as a five-year-old can be. The fifth anniversary birthday guest is Jody Wisternoff from the Way Out West fame, one of my early musical heroes and a guy who still keeps delivering. His podcast is a great example of his wide music taste and abilities as a DJ, make sure to subscribe :) The domestic sound of the night will be taken care by the long-time Jack residents DJ Orkidea and Lil’Tony.
Check the flyers above and below to get more information or simply click yourself to Klubitus event page.
This is also the last Jack event at Kuudes Linja. In 2009, Redrum will give Jack a new home. Exciting times ahead…
Juha Sompinmäki shot some excellent photos @ One event last weekend. The gallery is now online at ONE website and the final ONE event lineup has also been published.
On Saturday, 20.12. ONE will present SolarStone on his RainStarsEternal tour, DJ Orkidea for the first time in Tampere after his gig break and myself warming up the head honchos.
If you’re not familiar with SolarStone’s music, head to MixTube’s SolarStone playlist and have a listen. In order to say tuned with the upcoming ONE news, join to the ONE Facebook Group.
I’ll take a break for a day or two and prepare for Oulu’s Age of Love event held in Radisson SAS next Saturday. I have great memories from the events held there back in the day and I’ve heard only good of the previous Age of Love events, too so the expectations are high :) If you’re anywhere close to Oulu and into Psy-trance, trance, hard-nrg or techno, this should be something to check. I’ll be playing at 22:45-00:15 in the main room.
Catch you soon!
The second One event is happily behind. 350 people shared the great atmosphere and the Australian guest seemed to enjoy a lot, despite a bitter defeat against the Finnish national techno bowling team on Sunday afternoon ;)
Aki A. warmed up the floor nicely and got the hands in the air with the last uplifting tracks like OneWorld – Isla Blanca. Jaytech continued with his trademark sound, played a superb set and ended it with Hawk – Out Of Nowhere (Joonas Hahmo remix) and Jaytech & Matt Rowan – Tomorrow, which seemed to be the highlights for the crowd, too. I played the last set on a bit more trancey tip and the Tampere audience was once again truly amazing. Moguai – “U Know Y” (Starecase remix) was one of my own favourites, not least because of the fitting “You Are The Lucky ONEs” lyrics. See the full tracklist below.
Thumbs up for the One promoters Uzu & Flight for keeping the quality high and making fresh and bold decisions concerning the lineups. Actually (and partly sadly, too) I can’t remember when a progressive style foreign artist would have visited Tampere last time. Jaytech proved that you don’t need big-room style trance jocks in order to attract melodic electronic music loving crowds and that energetic and intensive music doesn’t go hand-in-hand with high BPMs.
One takes a break until December and returns with Orkidea and Solar Stone on 20.12.2008. See you!
P.S. Good news concerning the One Sunday track. The remixes are now ready and I received the final version from Toni from Syna trio only a couple of minutes before the start of my set at One. Below is the video of very first play of the track, judge it yourself. My apologies for the kiksusormi ;)
Tracklist – DJ Orion, One 11.10.2008, 02:00-03:30
DJ Orion – One Sunday (Syna remix)
DJ Tatana – Spring Breeze (Martin Roth SummerStyle remix)
Claes Rosen – Mystify (Dinka remix)
Synergy – Hello Strings
Chris Reece – The Fall (Daniel Portman Main Hour Dub)
Proff – My Personal Summer
Myon & Shane 54 – The Beach
Andy Moor – Fake Awake (Ecomix)
Kris Benton – Final Race (Flash Brothers remix)
Moguai – U Know Y (Starecase remix)
Andrew Bennett, DJ Tatana – Closer (Than A Heartbeat) (Gareth Emery remix)
Joonas Hahmo – Cocktail Bar
Super8 & Tab – Elektra
Dennis Sheperd – Run Away
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Paul van Dyk – For An Angel
Tiistain Tanssi-illan biisivieraana 14.10.2008 kuullaan Turusta maailmanmaineeseen noussutta Darudea. Darude on valittu heinäkuun lopussa Dance4Life-lähettilääksi ja tällä hetkellä mies majailee Yhdysvalloissa. Viimeisimpien kuulumisten ja Dance4Life-uutisten lisäksi kuullaan myös uusinta soundia Daruden studiolta.
Biisivieras Tiistain Tanssi-illassa joka toinen viikko. DJ Orionin tunnilla klo 21-22 esittäytyvät vieraat kuuluvat Suomen elektronisen musiikin artistien kärkikaartiin ja tuovat ohjelmaan oman musiikillisen antinsa esittelemällä valitsemansa biisin.
Tiistain Tanssi-illassa lisäksi muunmuassa Infected Mushroom, uusin sinkku Anton Sonin & AMX:ltä, tuoretta David Westiä, viikon klassikkoraita ja musauutiset.
Tune in. Nyt tiistaina klo 21-22
Web-stream: http://areena.yle.fi/mediasoitin/ylex/
SenseFM broadcasts my one hour guestmix today at 16:00 Finnish time (GMT+2). The mix is a combination of my current favourite technoish progressive and sunny house tracks, mostly stuff which I would like to hear when listening to the radio.
Here’s the tracklist for the trainspotters. The mix should appear on the podcast during the upcoming days.
01. Sound Scape – LSD (Hernan Cerbello remix)
02. Daniel Portman – Battle Scars
03. Stel – It Only Hurts When I Breathe
04. Cid Inc – The Grill (Lank remix)
05. Oneworld – Isla Blanca
06. Kosmas Epsilon, Somnus Corp – Buenos Tiempos (DJ Orion re-edit)
07. Myon & Shane 54 – The Beach
08. Dinka – Meaningful Story (Jaytech remix)
09. Dennis Sheperd – Run Away
10. Chris Reece, Dinka – Autumn Leaves (Progressive dub)
11. Salt Tank – Dimension (Hybrid’s Audio Candy remix)
DJ Orion @ YleX – Tiistain Tanssi-ilta 30.09.2008
Tiistain Tanssi-ilta tracklist
01. OneWorld – Isla Blanca (Avanti)
02. Claes Rosen – What’s Up Tonight (Add2Basket)
*** BIISIVIERAS AKI A. ***
03. 16 Bit Lolitas – Goodbye Pluto (Bits & Pieces)
04. Komytea – Professional Killers (AnjunaDeep)
05. Cid Inc – The Grill (Lank remix) (Tolerant)
06. The Shapeshifters – Lola’s Theme (2008 Re-Edit) (Nocturnal Groove)
07. David West – Hello Piano (Sebastien Leger remix) (Mistakes Music)
08. Electrobios, Sheeple – Map Quest (Blendbrank remix) (Witty Tunes)
09. Thomas Feijk – Toaster (Richard Davison remix) (Finity)
10. Placebo & David Bowie – Without You I’m Nothing (Brothers In Rhythm remix) (Elevator Music)
11. Hybrid – Formula of Fear (Distinc’ive)
Tiistain Tanssi-ilta links
DJ Aki A.
Competing With Free
Nokia Comes With Reservations
News | Interview with Chris Lake
MySpace Music Hype Begins
MySpace Music – does a 180 on indie artists and abandons one of the greatest opportunities for new music models in exchange for 21st century payola
Guy J – Esperanza (Artist Album)[Bedrock Records]
Spinnin’ Records launch release podcast
Hidden Ambient Music in every Windows XP
Photo: Mr.A @ Danceteria
Tunnelvision ysäribileet
Kovat kotibileet
Moby, Underworld and Dalai Lama team up for Tibet
Reclaim the Streets – Helsinki2002
Ravin’ Remotely
New Luomo album in October
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Tiistain Tanssi-illan biisivieraana 30.9.2008 kuullaan Turun Hernan Cattaneoksi kutsuttua DJ Aki A:ta. Suomen progehouse-DJiden kermaan kuuluva soittoniekka nostaa levylautaselle hieman vanhemman raidan ja kertoo viimeisimmät uutiset Turku-skenen suunnasta.
Biisivieras Tiistain Tanssi-illassa joka toinen viikko. DJ Orionin tunnilla klo 21-22 esittäytyvät vieraat kuuluvat Suomen elektronisen musiikin artistien kärkikaartiin ja tuovat ohjelmaan oman musiikillisen antinsa esittelemällä valitsemansa biisin.
Biisivieraan lisäksi syyskuun viimeisessä Tanssi-illassa mm. Cid Inc, Komytea, Shapeshifters, David West, Hybrid ja viikon klassikkoraita vuodelta ’99.
Tune in. Nyt tiistaina klo 21-22
Web-stream: http://areena.yle.fi/mediasoitin/ylex/
DJ Orion @ YleX – Tiistain Tanssi-ilta 16.09.2008
Tiistain Tanssi-ilta tracklist
01. The Drill ft. Firetruck & Antarctica – Piano Mano (Destined)
02. Disco Te Que – Everytime My Heart (Heikki L & Mr.A Danceteria Mix) (Danceteria)
03. Degrees In Motion – Shine On (EDX Dubai Skyline Dub) (Cayanne)
04. Hernan Cerbello – Breathless (Baroque)
05. Kosmas Epsilon, Somnus Corp – Buenos Tiempos (GrooveCollection Black)
06. Leventina – Nightshift (Unreleased Digital)
07. Joonas Hahmo – Tampere By Night (AnjunaDeep)
08. Orli & Martie – Sheila (Jahawi remix) (Kosmo)
09. Young Parisians – Jump The Next Train (Probspot remix) (Euphonic)
10. Tritonal – Lights Over Austin (AnjunaBeats)
BIISIVIERAS JUSSI SORO
11. Beach X – Sweetest Thing (Jussi Soro remix) (CDr)
12. Andrew Bennett, DJ Tatana – Closer (Than A Heartbeat) ft. Tiff Lacey (Gareth Emery remix) (S2)
Tiistain Tanssi-ilta links
DJ Jussi Soro
Beach X
A State of Trance 2008 Tracklist revealed by Armin
Metallican Death Magnetic vaatii kuplamuovia kaverikseen
Sander van Doorn records with Robbie Williams
Exclusive Paul van Dyk Documentary
Podcasts Growing Slowly
Linkage: September 15, 2008
An iPhone-wielding DJ’s best friend?
Interview: Above & Beyond
How Genius?
Richie Hawtin: “All music is version 1.0”
Above & Beyond announce ‘Anjunabeats Volume 6’ release date and tracklist
80s Music Videos Collection
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The opening night of ONE is happily behind, the only sad thing reminding me from the weekend is this nasty tiredness still following me even after a couple of well slept nights. Am I getting old or what?
Needless to say, I had lots of fun warming up Super8 & Tab who played a superb set with not-too-many techy tracks and more progressive sound what I’ve normally heard from them. The highlight must have been their vocal mash-up of Helsinki Scorchin’ which made the whole Tanssitalo go bonkers.
I was happy to see so many familiar faces there from the good ol’ days and loads of of new people I’ve only recently gotten to know. I really enjoyed chatting with all of you and having a possibility to share the good mood together. There were so many smiles and the original Tampere-fiilis around. Can’t wait for the next event to come.
Here’s the tracklist of the first three hours of the night. Filterheadz’s remix of Massive and a couple of remixes from Fletch kickstarted the party, but the highlight must have been Cocktail Bar from Joonas Hahmo. Joonas really gets the well deserved support from his home town :)
Orion @ ONE Grand Opening, 13.09.2008, 22:00-01:00
Milton Jackson & Sei A – Jinzou (Manuel Tur Remix)
Dana Bergquist & Peder G – Sprint
Slytek – Calyx (Ricky Ryan edit)
Talisman & Hudson – Leaving Planet Earth (Eelke Kleijn Remix)
Chymera – Parelo (Jody Wisternoff Mix)
Blue Room Project – Velo City (Fletch Remix)
Claes Rosen, Add2Basket – Volaris
Yvel & Tristan – Heart & Soul
Sunshine Jones – If You Wouldn’t Mind (Tiger Stripes Remix)
Passenger 10 – Passenger 10
Audionova – Higher (Jay Lumen rmx)
Interplay – Interplay
Jay Lumen – Calypso
Serge Devant – Sweet Harmony (Isma-Ae remix)
Disco Te Que – Everytime My Heart (Heikki L & Mr A Danceteria Mix)
Oppanox – Misdonomer (Fletch remix)
Oceanlab – Miracle (Fletch remix)
Ralphie B – Massive (Filterheadz remix)
Orli & Martie – White Flower (Jerome Isma-Ae Remix)
DJ Orion – One Sunday (Beetseekers remix)
Dinka – Out of Bounds
Perry O’Neil – Wave Force
Richard Durand – Weep (Sundown mix)
Joonas Hahmo – Cocktail Bar
Claes Rosen – Mystify (Dinka remix)
Unknown – Untitled
DJ Orkidea – Metaverse (Gareth Emery remix)
Young Parisians – Jump The Next Train (Probspot remix)
Andy Moor – Fake Awake (Ecomix)
Filterheadz – Yimanya
Tiistain Tanssi-illan biisivieraana 16.9.2008 kuullaan Turun maineikkaan Choon-tranceklubin isäntä Jussi Soroa. Turun viimeisimpien skenekuulumisten lisäksi Jussi pyöräyttää myös uunituoreen uuden koulun tranceremiksinsä Beach X:n uudesta biisistä, jonka nostatusta mies itsekin kuvailee varsin härskiksi.
Biisivieras Tiistain Tanssi-illassa joka toinen viikko. DJ Orionin tunnilla klo 21-22 esittäytyvät vieraat kuuluvat Suomen elektronisen musiikin artistien kärkikaartiin ja tuovat ohjelmaan oman musiikillisen antinsa esittelemällä valitsemansa biisin.
Tanssi-illan ensimmäisellä tunnilla tarjolla katsaus tulevaan AnjunaBeats Volume 6 -kokoelmaan parin biisin voimin, joista toinen on Suomen radioensi-iltansa saava Joonas Hahmon Cocktail Bar -hitin seuraaja Tampere By Night. Lisäksi lautasilla mm. Gareth Emery, Mr.A & Heikki L, Orli & Martie, The Drill sekä viikon klassikkoraita.
Tune in. Nyt tiistaina klo 21-22
Web-stream: http://areena.yle.fi/mediasoitin/ylex/
Happy and just confirmed news. Dave Dresden from the Gabriel & Dresden fame arrives to Miscbehaving event on Saturday 01.11.2008 held in Rose Garden, Helsinki. Let’s Miscbehave!
Here are some videos from last weekend’s fantastic Pinky event, shot by Antti/DJ Lank. For more reference, see also the tracklist of the night and excellent photo sets from Klubitus. Some photos and videos available also on my Facebook site – feel free to join in.
The misassumption of running Tiistain Tanssi-ilta is that it doesn’t take much time. When I started working at YleX in the beginning of the year, Orkidea, OlliS and Leena all told me that running a well planned show bi-weekly is going to take hell an amount of time. I did believe them, but still I was surprised how much work it actually is. Here’s the short anatomy of one Tiistain Tanssi-ilta show:
– Tuesday – one week before the show
Compiling the first version of the tracks selected to the upcoming show. Writing the press announcement about the upcoming featured artist. Making possible interviews. Writing and scheduling a blog post which includes the press release and setting it to go live on Saturday or Sunday.
– Thursday/Friday
Mixing and mastering the final one hour version of the show. Fitting in the pre-recorded parts such as Featured Artist and possible interviews. Archiving an mp3 copy, leaving the .wav file for broadcasting.
– Saturday/Sunday
Releasing the info about the upcoming show all over the web. Sending the tracklist and press announcement to YleX. Listening through the one-hour mix at least once for the manuscript writing purposes. Writing and scheduling the blog post which includes the tracklist and the selected music news from the past weeks. The blog post goes live on Tuesday 21:55.
– Monday
Going through the tracks and gathering the Teosto information. Sending the reminder to the next Featured Artist. Making the manuscript for the next day’s show (I’m pretty used to this already, but it still takes more than one hour to do).
– Tuesday – Tiistain Tanssi-ilta
Heading to Pasila about 1,5h before the show. Writing the Teosto information for every track played in the show: Track name, Artist name, Artist’s real name, Country, Year, Label, Catalog Number, Original Track Length, Played Track Length. Setting the Yle Areena to work correctly and to broadcast Tanssi-ilta on-demand for the next week. Plugging the laptop to the YleX mixer, setting the mics and jingles ready, playing the show, making the voice-overs live. Leaving Pasila about 5 minutes after the show. Checking that the show information has gone live as planned on the blog and on YleX services.
– Wednesday – (two weeks before the next show)
Searching for new music for the next show and sorting out news for the next show start. These two go on daily for the next two weeks and take a pretty significant amount of time. Sending a reminder to the next featured artist, if not gotten a pre-recorded voice-over and the featured track yet. Informing about the past show, posting through the forums and social media. Answering the emails and feedback. Having a couple of days “free” and starting from the beginning again :)
I once counted that you use easily a full work day (8 hours) for the routines mentioned above. If an interview is included, you can count 2-3 hours extra work and all these hours definitely do not include searching and listening through the new music, which easily takes in average 1-2 hours a day.
Work is either fun or drudgery. It depends on your attitude. I like fun.
-Colleen C. Barrett