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Together, Kajaani

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After a one year break it was nice to return to Kajaani’s Club96 with Kaasi. This must have been the third or fourth six hour backtoback session with him, so things went as smoothly as expected. During the years we’ve gotten lots of musical influences from each other and even though the variety of sounds in our sets has remained the same, at the same time it has gotten easier and more relaxed and natural to play together. Kaasi must be one of the very few DJs I really enjoy playing b2b with – normally b2b sets are just full of compromises, but with him things really seem to evolve further.

It was funny to notice that one year ago we both carried full vinyl crates with us and now the amount of vinyls had reduced to ten or less. If we’ll return again in one year – or even earlier, I hope – we might only have USB-sticks with us, who knows.

Kajaani audience was once again very welcoming, it was very nice to meet all the old fellows and some new faces, too. Progressive house spiced with some bootlegs turned out to be an enjoyable mixture for the night. Really looking forward to go back there again.

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Koneeseen kadonneet -artikkeli

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PORE – Keskipohjanmaan viikkolehti 9/2007 – 16.11.2007

Ender oli kertonut innoissaan Jokelle buukanneensa keikan Ylivieskaan. Siihen Jokke oli kysynyt, tiedätkö missä Ylivieska on. Ender oli vastannut, että “eikö se ole sata kilometriä kehä kolmoselta pohjoiseen”.

"Koneeseen kadonneet" 1/3

"Koneeseen kadonneet" 2/3

"Koneeseen kadonneet" 3/3

Iso kiitos Kaasille.

DJ Orion – From Rural To Urban #3

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DJ Orion – From Rural To Urban #3 (chill-out)

Tracklist:
01. Rolfe Kent – Walk To Hitching Post
02. Dream Catcher – High Spirits
03. Flashbaxx – Livingroom Adventures
04. Alpaca Heads – Sushi @ Sydney
05. BT – 1.618
06. Sleepy Town Manufacture – Let A
07. Harold Budd – Flowered Knife Shadows
08. Thomas Newman – Any Other Time
09. Sleepy Town Manufacture – Not A Big Deal
10. Nest – Cad Goddeu
11. Navarro – Future Nature
12. Ulrich Schnauss – Monday – Paracetamol
13. + Bonus Track

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Previous parts available on the Downloads site.

Neljä faktaa tekijänoikeuksista

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Elokuvayhtiö Sandrew Metronome on päättänyt lopettaa elokuvien tuotannon ja sen sijaan keskittyä täysin ansaitsemaan rahaa jo omistamillaan tekijänoikeuksilla. Tämän päivän tekijänoikeuksilla on tullut kannattavammaksi käyttää aikaa oikeusistuimissa kuin elokuvastudiossa.

Neljä suurinta levy-yhtiötä omistavat oikeudet noin 80%:iin koko historian aikana julkaistusta levytetystä musiikista. Näitä oikeuksia käytetään ensisijaisesti kontrolliin; liiketoiminnan kehittäminen niiden avulla on toissijaista.

Kun suuret levy-yhtiöt saavat tekijänoikeusuhkauksillaan YouTuben kaltaisilta yrityksiltä jättikorvauksia, artistit eivät saa näistä korvauksista senttiäkään. Levy-yhtiö pitää itsellään koko korvauksen siitä, että artistin töitä levitetään luvatta.

Kun ihmiset ostavat musiikkikappaleita iTunes-levykaupasta, saa luottokorttiyhtiö kappaleen myyntihinnasta suuremman osuuden kuin itse artisti. Leijonanosan vie luonnollisesti levy-yhtiö.

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Sunday downloads

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Many of you might already know Mercedes Benz Mixed Tape. 18 albums of chill-out, hiphop, leftfield and indie music, perfect stuff for lazy sunny Sundays, all of which were downloadable for free on the website.

After 18 albums the project has ended and Mixed Tape crew has some new plans. Unfortunately the old albums, even the “Best Of” #18, aren’t available on the site anymore. However – you can still download them all at 71 Grad.

19 hours und 22 minutes of new music. Legally and free. That should be enough for this Sunday.

Nokia Music Store

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So, Nokia Music Store opened today. Here are the facts:

– The music has DRM.
– The music is in WMA-format. Yes, Windows Media Audio.
– The music bitrate is 192kbit/s.
– You can play the music only with the latest version of Windows Media Player.
– An album full of DRM and in WMA format costs 8 pounds.
– You can also stream music. Streaming is like listening to a free internet radio or last.fm. Except in Nokia Music Store it costs you 8 pounds a month.

What a kick-ass store!

Ultima Thule Ambient video

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Just when I hyped Ultima Thule podcast in the previous entry, they have started Ultima Thule Ambient video presenting some ambient music video rarities. Some of the them are VERY 80’s, but that’s just the fascinating part :)

I think this is some of the best ways to use YouTube, but I’m sure the copyright controllers won’t agree. I just checked last night my “Oldskool Music Videos” playlist on YouTube and 95% of the videos were removed “due to copyright violations”. I wonder how long Ultima Thule’s channel will last…

Podcast recommendations

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Last weeks have been very interesting what comes to podcasts. Here are some worth checking. If you have any recommended podcasts, feel free to comment.
(The links are mainly direct links to iTunes. If you don’t use iTunes, you’ll find the podcasts by using Google.)

Beatport.com Burners.
If Beatport RSS-feeds are their #1 feature, this is definitely #2.

Discovery News (Video podcast)

Electroforce.no
Large variety of electronic music. Podcast about once a month, site updating nearly daily.

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DJ Orion – From Rural To Urban #2

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A new chill-out mix, From Rural To Urban #2, now available and downloadable.

Orion – From Rural To Urban #2

01. BT – Childhood Montage
02. Aphilas – Blind Matador Techniques
03. Digital Midgets – We Always Have Been
04. Motionfield – More Like Friends
05. Phil Mison – Rain
06. Tom Middleton – Yearning
07. Dale Anderson, Anil Chawla – Pimento Grove
08. Trentemoller – While The Cold Winter Waiting
09. Diatonis – Io Anfos
10. Global Communication – 8 07 (Maiden Voyage)
11. Talisman & Hudson – Leaving Planet Earth
12. Groove Armada – Paris
13. + Bonus Track

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