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Gramex uudisti (=sekoili) DJ-sopimuksensa

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Kauan odotettu Gramexin DJ-sopimuksen uudistus on julkaistu.

Pähkinänkuoressa homma toimii näin:
– Jos soitat kokonaan digitaalisesti (esim. Serato Scratch ja vastaavat), maksat vain Gramexille tietyn listataksan.
– Jos ostat mp3:sia ja poltat ne CDille, maksat Gramexin lisäksi myös Teostolle.
– Jos rippaat vanhat vinyylisi CD:lle tai muuhun muotoon, maksat Gramexin lisäksi myös Teostolle.
– Jos lopetat maksamisen Gramexille, tulee sinun 24h kuluessa tuhota kaikki lisenssin piirissä olleet kappaleet: “Vuosilisenssin voimassaolon päätyttyä ei sen nojalla lisenssoituja ja valmistettuja tallenteita saa enää käyttää ja tallenteet tulee hävittää vuosilisenssin päättymispäivän kuluessa.”
– Jos käytät Seratoa ja sinulla on käytössäsi 3000:n raidan lisenssi, joudut raportoimaan käytössäsi olevat kappaleet Gramexille: “Valittaessa lisenssimalli DJ–D (3000 uraa), tulee käytettävät ja kopioitavat äänitteet ja niiden urat raportoida yksilöidysti Gramexille.”

Alta löytyy listaus mitä jokaisesta 3000 raidasta tulee eritellä:
Gramexin sopimuksen yksityiskohta

Hyvää päivää. Eikö DJ-sopimuksen uudistamisen pitänyt tuoda Gramex 2000-luvulle? Olisi hauska tietää, kuinka moni DJ ryntää nyt tekemään 3000 raidan sopimuksen ja kirjoittaa tarvittavat tiedot kolmestatuhannesta raidasta. En lisäksi löytänyt mistään tietoa, kuinka ko. sopimus päivitetään; Tarvitseeko joka kerta musiikkia ostettaessa eritellä Gramexille ostettujen uusien biisien tiedot?

iTunes ja monet muut digitaaliset musiikkikaupat eivät tarjoa lähellekään tarvittavia tietoja kappaleista, joten homma on melkoinen. Teen aina Tanssi-illan yhteydessä jokseenkin samanlaisen raportoinnin 10-12 kappaleesta, johon kuluu aikaa noin puoli tuntia. Karkeasti arvioituna 3000 kappaletta vaatisi 150 tuntia eli lähes 19 täyttä työpäivää.

Vaikka Gramex ja Teosto ajavatkin eri asioita, on siinä (DJ:n ja musiikin esittäjän mielestä) yksi etujärjestö liikaa. Gramexissa ei näytä olevan oikeasti teknologian ja DJ:n arjen näkökulmasta ajan tasalla olevia päättäjiä ja Teosto kerää jo musiikin esittämisestä tuloja moneen otteeseen. Tällainen käytäntö on ainutlaatuinen ainakin Euroopassa. Yksinkertainen kysymys edelleenkin kuuluu: miksi maksaisin tästä?

Radio Moreeni interview

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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.

Updated Evergreen

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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!

Time to Miscbehave!

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MiscBehaving

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

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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.”

Full interview on MySpace.

YleX Tiistain Tanssi-ilta 28.10.2008

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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

Listen Tiistain Tanssi-ilta again on YleX Areena (works in Finland only):
http://areena.yle.fi/hae?pid=195876

Tiistain Tanssi-ilta @ KLUBITUS
Tiistain Tanssi-ilta @ IRC-GALLERIA
Tiistain Tanssi-ilta @ FACEBOOK
Tiistain Tanssi-ilta @ YLEX

Tracklist: Neo w/ Infected Mushroom

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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)

Gateway ja Dave Dresden Tiistain Tanssi-illassa

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DJ Gateway, promo pic

Tiistain Tanssi-illan biisivieraana 28.10.2008 kuullaan Oulun uuden aallon DJ ja promoottori Gatewayta. Pohjoisessa useita klubiprojekteja luotsannut Gateway luo katsauksen Oulun ja Pohjois-Suomen klubimenoihin ja pyöräyttää biisivierasbiisinään hieman vanhempaa housempaa soundia.

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 Gabriel&Dresden / Dave Dresden -spesiaali. Pian Suomeen saapuva Dave Dresden valitsi Tiistain Tanssi-illan soittoon parhaat ja mielenkiintoisimmat kappaleensa huikealta tuotantouraltaan. Daven lisäksi soitossa muunmuassa Andy Moor, pian Suomeen saapuva Francesco Farfa ja house-hitiksi povattu uusi sinkku Milton Jackson & Sei A:lta.

Tune in. Nyt tiistaina klo 21-22
Web-stream: http://areena.yle.fi/mediasoitin/ylex/

New DJ Orion website

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New DJ Orion website

I’m happy to announce that the new version of my website is now ready. It’s been over two years (equals nearly forever in internet :) since the website got its last major update and I’m very pleased with the new one. I’d also love to hear your comments – and if you find any bugs or things which don’t look good, please let me know.

Infected Mushroom in Helsinki, 25.10.2008

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Infected Mushroom, 25.10.2008, Helsinki, front

Infected Mushroom hits Helsinki for the third time this Saturday. The party will be held at Suvilahden Voimala, which has also been the home of Flow Festival in the past years. The main act will be supported by quite a bunch of domestic DJs including Eliot Ness, Milla Lehto, Indigo, Casper and several more. I’ll be starting up the madness at the main floor with a laid-back prog/psy/technoish set, see you there!

For more information about the event, visit www.neohelsinki.fi
Oh, see a short video clip from IM’s performance in Helsinki 2007.

Jack 5 years with Jody Wisternoff

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Jack, Fifth Anniversary Party, front

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…

Jack - Five Years of Jackin', back, full-res

ONE photos and upcoming…

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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!

Age Of Love, Oulu, 18.10.2008, poster

YleX Tiistain Tanssi-ilta 14.10.2008

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DJ Orion @ YleX – Tiistain Tanssi-ilta 14.10.2008

Tiistain Tanssi-ilta tracklist
01. Sound Scape – LSD (Hernan Cerbello remix) (Beat Code)
02. Daniel Portman – Battle Scars (Dyami)
03. Hideo Kobayashi – No Nothing (Apt. International)
04. Vosk – Night Dreams (Access Denied remix) (Moon Tribal)
05. David West – Illectronics (Tolerant)
06. Proff – My Personal Summer (AnjunaDeep)
07. Dennis Sheperd – Run Away (Euphonic)
08. BT – Godspeed (Renaissance)

*** BIISIVIERAS DARUDE ***
09. Darude – Selfless (Dance4Life)

10. Chris Reece, Dinka – Autumn Leaves (Progressive Dub) (Unreleased Digital)
11. Anton Sonin and AMX feat. Sari – Never Go (High Contrast)
12. Infected Mushroom – Vicious Delicious (BNE)

Tiistain Tanssi-ilta links

Darude
Download: Marko Fürstenberg – Live PA at Panorama Bar, Berlin
Becoming a dj by Chloe Harris
Chris Lake on Influences, Changes and Cream
Pendulum loses drum and bass heads, gains US and rock fans
Make Ambient with your iPhone
Justice – A Cross The Universe (teaser)
Huippuartistit vaativat oikeuksia musiikkiinsa
Radiohead’s “In Raindows” One Year Later
Happy 12th birthday Club Unity!
Frankie Knuckles, godfather of house, recovering after leg amputation
Moby gets album remixed by Kris Menace, D Ramirez and more
Sami Saari launches Wicked Recordings this fall
Monika Kruse talkes about the hype, prejudice, sexism and more…
Vinyylilevyn valmistusta
Moby’s open letter to the people at EMI.
Vinyylikulttuuri
Why the New MySpace Music is So Damned Disappointing
Energy vs. quality

Listen Tiistain Tanssi-ilta again on YleX Areena (works in Finland only):
http://areena.yle.fi/hae?pid=195876

Tiistain Tanssi-ilta @ KLUBITUS
Tiistain Tanssi-ilta @ IRC-GALLERIA
Tiistain Tanssi-ilta @ FACEBOOK
Tiistain Tanssi-ilta @ YLEX

Tracklist & video: One with Jaytech, Tampere

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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

Paul van Dyk – For An Angel

Darude Tiistain Tanssi-illan biisivieraana

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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/

Guestmix on SenseFM

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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)