Now, I know I linked already to this from the latest Tiistain Tanssi-ilta links, but this is worth a re-run.
Film-maker Romuald Karmakar has made a documentary about Ricardo Villalobos and already the trailer is… mmmm-minimal :) Can’t wait for this one.
(And as a sidenote – Ricardo has better dance moves than Paul Oakenfold dancing on the Madonna’s video teaser…;)
Here’s the official video of LOVE – the official Hard Candy Afterparty with Paul Oakenfold.
LOVE with Paul Oakenfold 6.8.2009 – official video from Juska Wendland on Vimeo.
I can’t tell which one is better, the track or the video. Or both put together. View this full screen.
Kuroshio Sea – 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world. The song is Please don’t go by Barcelona. Via Niko.
Here’s the video of the latest LOVE event by Cityvice, including interview with Orkidea & Oded Peled (in Finnish).
LOVE – the official Hard Candy afterparty with Paul Oakenfold
Despite the cloudier and more rainy weather than I expected, the atmosphere in Kalajoki was still the same as every year: Loads of smiling, open-minded people with a good sense for good electronic music. You could still see the last red and orange colours of the sunset above the sea in the horizon from the open windows of the club when I started – really a beautiful, classic view – and an unique one, at least in Finland.
I started with a bit more techier/tech-housier tracks like Mason’s Kippschwinger and Sander Kleinenberg’s This Is Our Night and headed towards more proggy & trancey vibes. Both Ayleon’s and Flight&Jontey’s remix of my upcoming Brotherhood track went down really well, Kyau&Albert’s new track “Grrreat” got a really good response and for the full Sunburn experience some Sun was needed, this time from Slusnik Luna, which was probably the track of the night.
A big hand for the audience and the Dyyni staff, you’re the best – it was really a pleasure visiting Kalajoki again. And biggg thank-yous to DJ Kaasi – it seems to the time spent together never fails to be entertaining and full of fun :)
Last Saturday at Parktheater, Kempten was brilliant. It was good to get to know the whole club staff who were down-to-earth and really nice people. The club seems to be run with a really relaxed mood and the same vibe is also on the dance floor.
Alfredo warmed up the place really nicely and it was easy to get going with a bit more tech-housey vibe, then through melodic and proghouse to a couple electroish house tracks in the end. What comes to the tracks, Mark Mendes’ version of Gypsy Woman rocked the place as well as Chris Lake’s La Tromba, Mason’s Kippschwinger and crazy club edit of Lee Coombs’ Right Now. I was happy to see our remix of Viva La Vida go down really well and Sami Saari’s version’s of One Sunday + our mash-up of Chase the Sun & Where Are You Now got some hands in the air, too :)
Big thanks to Alfredo, Julian, Hannes, Micha, Herbie for all the fun and superb hosting & all the crowd for the awesome party :)
Below are some photos and a very short video (thanks to Michael for shooting the clips:)
Gute Laune.
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A couple of weeks ago YouTube sent me a copyright claim. Content owner, UMG (Universal Music Group) claimed I was infringing their copyright and having illegal content (= music) on my video, called “Flair”.
In this video, filmed back in the day in Kalajoki, after a gig in Dyyni, shows the bartender flairing. It’s 37 seconds long and – indeed – if you listen carefully, there is some music playing in the background. Turn up the volume and you might even recognize the track being performed by Black Eyed Peas.
The Youtube clip is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65EOI3Q6IUE
and if it’s blocked and you can’t see it, feel free to check it here (2,4mb).
Now, judge it yourself – do you think that this amazing piece of video art is fair use of content or copyright infringing?
After my complaint I got a response today from YouTube which can be seen above.
According to the message this video is now blocked everywhere except Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Guam, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Spain, United States, United States Virgin Islands.
And where it’s allowed to be watched, the users will see ads when watching the video.
Just a short final thought – copyright in the form we know it now is dying. Companies trying to “protect” their content is ways like this are not winning the customers to their side but losing them, one by one.
Even though this wasn’t an important video for me at all, this incident pisses me off – a lot.
Other (and much shorter) thoughts about copyright and music business can be read here.
How the time flies… it’s nearly two weeks of this year’s Laserpoint event and I haven’t found a moment to gather all my thoughts. Actually, it’s not only two weeks but a whole year which has passed incredibly fast. One year ago we were equally busy with DJ Orkidea’s Metaverse tour which had its closing moments at Laserpoint 2008.
This year I got a privilege to get into a short chat with Brian Transeau two weeks before the event. Arranging an official interview was a small mess with all the hassle with time differences, phone calls and emails with several managers but I’m happy it finally turned out to be a success and BT’s interview was aired on 14.4.2009 on YleX.
I’m not starting to tell what a great guy he truly is, you can check it out by yourself, the whole interview is listenable here, also including some parts which didn’t fit to the radio show.
The main event was fantastically organized. 3500 people under one roof, but everything from cloackrooms to bars ran smoothly, the lights & visuals were once again superb (thanks for the support, Parker Kane! :), people happily
smiling and atmosphere better than ever. Personally I was happy to see Labyrinth returning – it’s mad that it’s already 10 years ago when Labyrinth met Gatecrasher at the same spot. At that time Merikaapeli hall was the mecca of swedish influenced techno and the main trance stars Matt Hardwick and Scott Bond were playing at Puristamo, which was so packed & hot that one could feel the sweat dripping from the ceiling. Talk about hip and trendy raving! ;)
I joined Flight at the main stage to play before Alex Kunnari, the main act BT and Orkidea. We had been preparing re-edits, mash-ups and especially the remix Coldplay’s Viva La Vida for a couple of months before the gig and personally I was thrilled to see the crowd going mental of Sami Saari’s remix of One Sunday and Chase the Sun/Where Are You Now -combo. If you’re into it, see the full tracklist. The video edit of Viva La Vida ended up also on the Labyrinth // Laserpoint 2009 official video .
Sessions2 also made fantastic work and I was happy to find other official photo galleries, too. All the event galleries are gathered together here, take a look if you’re into seeing a couple of photos.
The night ended to the Illusions afterparty where I played a two hour opening set between 05:00 and 07:00. It was nice to see a fully packed morning party, weird to play happy and melodic music at Rose Garden main floor (normally a very techno influenced place), and again thrilling to see people going wild when the sun was already up. The re-play of AfterFlight, a combo of Prydz’s Aftermath and Tiesto’s Flight 643 was a blast and Dan Stone’s remake of Paul van Dyk’s For An Angel as well as Above&Beyond’s remix of Radiohead’s Reckoner were memorable moments.
Thanks for the all the great people I met during the night and morning, it was amazing to share all those moments with you. Big thanks to Joonas, Lauri, Flight, Orkidea, Jontey, Tumpsi, Parker and Juki who were there when needed and made this all happen. You are the lucky ones.
Now, let’s turn the heads towards the sunny summer and let the good times roll :)
The track on video: Coldplay – Viva La Vida (Flight & Jontey meet DJ Orion bootleg remix)
“Define Perfection
Labyrinth // Laserpoint 18.04.2009 was the biggest club event organized in Finland since the legendary Labyrinth 2000. For the first time in 9 years the cable factory was sold out to it’s full capacity. The event turned out to be an eight-hour experience with over 20 of the finest high-calibre DJs and artists performing on two arenas filled with state-of-the-art lightshows, massive lasers and pyro effects.
We would like to thank all the people who made this event possible. We could not have achieved this without the help from everyone who worked for the event during the last 8 months and at the Cable Factory during the long Labyrinth // Laserpoint weekend. We would also like to thank all the artists and especially all of you 3500 people who made this event the Labyrinth // Laserpoint experience we always dreamed of. It doesn’t get better than this… Or maybe next year…”
–www.labyrinth.fi
Orion & Flight playing Coldplay – Viva La Vida (Flight & Jontey meet DJ Orion bootleg remix)
(watch in HQ)
See also videos of
Planet Funk, Morillo & DLG – Where Are You Sun (Orion & Flight re-edit)
Justice & Rob Mooney – Feelin’ Your Friends (Orion & Flight re-edit)
Video compilation from the Laserpoint 2007 and 2008 events. Featuring Proteus live performance.
