exberliner – the cream of music journalism

i’m reading less and less on a regular basis, and today some phantom coffee has kicked in and left me running around doing nothing getting increasingly stressed. maybe the two things are related. maybe it’s the latent caffeine floating around in the french ether.
either way, i’ve just found my cure. thank you d. strauss. tying [...]

Posted by kiterae on November 29, 2007
dj fink and harry covert @ smarties, nice, december 1

we’re at it again. me and fink getting messy with delectable beats at smarties, nice’s very own electro den of iniquity.
show up, if you dare. bare in mind it is AIDS (SIDA) Awareness Day, so think red.

mix to follow.

Posted by harry covert on November 27, 2007
Shackleton’s Skull Disco causing a stir

this one’s been all over everywhere. xlr8r copies on street corners in the south of france are even slurring frenchly. prob tied to the US release and all those gus van sant heroes sitting in their bedrooms living their teenage angst in gaunt expectation.
but damn, this is good. simmering and seething like a best [...]

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Burial’s latest causing a stir

once again, no sound available here. the mouth is drying up and i’m running out of steam.
ahh, phew – boomkat’s popout player to the rescue.
oh no! i’m thinking craig david meets ltj bukem. actually, it’s working. somebody – get those two in a studio.
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The Bug plus guest remixes

start salivating now.
The Bug’s new ep is out on ninja tunes. electronic dub meets dubstep from this dub=tweaking master.
if anyone can find any sneak previews of this online, let us know.

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Northern Lights VIII – Jan Johansson

When Swedish jazz pianist Jan Johansson died in a car accident on 9 November 1968, at the mere age of 37, he had already released a number of albums with his own unique sound combining traditional folk songs and jazz. Some probably call his music depressing – I’d say it’s melancholic but relaxing, and very beautiful. [...]

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Posted by yari on November 10, 2007
Northern Lights VII

Let’s see if this works.. This one should play for 48 mins and 52 secs and if it doesn’t there’s still something dodgy going on.. It’s a bit of this and a bit of that and in particular there’s Lo Fi Fnk and Promise & the Monster.
Tracks:

Steppin out – Lo Fi Fnk

I used to dance [...]

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Posted by yari on November 1, 2007