SCI+TEC Digital Audio is set to host its first ever Amsterdam Dance Event
showcase on October 21st 2010. The SCI+TEC party, which will take place at
the new AIR nightclub, promises to be one of the standout events of the
annual ADE conference, as label founder Dubfire will play a special extended
set starting at midnight.
What’s more, pioneering UK electronic outfit Global Communication, aka Tom
Middleton and Mark Pritchard, will use the event to reunite for the first
time since their last collaboration almost 15 years ago. The pair chose
SCI+TEC’s ADE event to be their launch pad for the second chapter of Global
Communication after Dubfire expressed to the duo that he was a huge fan of
their work.
"It is with great respect and pleasure that I am able to host this event
during one of the year's most important electronic music conferences. Not
only have we been friends and mutual fans for many years, but Mark and Tom's
76:14 album is one of the greatest pieces of music ever recorded and very
close to my heart. I'm thrilled to be able to witness a reunited Global
Communication. In addition, I will also be joined by a very special guest
and techno icon whose identity cannot be revealed. I eagerly look forward to
our night together in October,” said Dubfire.
Global Communication will play an ambient set in Air’s mainroom before
taking over the second room for an all-night DJ set with the kind of
eclectic, fully warped electronic music that only Tom Middleton and Mark
Pritchard can provide. Full Global Communication shows will return in 2011.
Middleton and Pritchard said, "Our friend Ali has always been a long term
fan and supporter of our work (he notably remixed our seminal house anthem
'The Way' with Sharam as Deep Dish back in the day), so we're delighted and
honoured to have been invited to re-unite and perform again as Global
Communication after well over a decade.
“It will be a great opportunity to celebrate and showcase the classic
pioneering sounds of GC and to share our current tastes in music. Having
honed our DJing and selecting skills over 20 years it should be an
extraordinary and surprising sonic journey for everyone, including
ourselves, as we've not performed together for many years.
“We can tell you this: we will span many genres and eras, and explore our
inspirations from early 90's techno, house, ambient, and electronica right
up to the cutting edge of modern production. So we are very much looking
forward to seeing old fans and meeting new ones at this auspicious ADE
event.”
It’s rumored that the SCI+TEC extravaganza will also feature a very special
guest making an unannounced appearance. Los Angeles’ Mode Studios and
Amsterdam’s Reach Visuals have been drafted in to create the visual experience,
which Dubfire helped direct. In the afternoon before the SCI+TEC showcase party,
Dubfire will also take part in the ‘Disintegrating Genres’ panel at ADE's main venue.
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>Tech Talk sheds light on the ever-evolving technological side of DJing and producing.
Early adopters, look here as our artists show off their latest gadgets and obsessions.
Everyone else - just try to keep up! This month, recent addition to the Bullitt roster and
tech guru Steve Duda invites the Bullittin behind the curtain.
What piece of technology do you find yourself using most during tours,
and why? (This could be an piece of technology: cell phone, e-reader, wireless
charger, etc)
I would have to say that it is my laptop; it’s the brain of my sets. It
makes all the sounds while I’m performing. Not only that, but it’s one of
my main methods of communication – I use it to go on Skype, check emails, post
on forums, etc. I also like to use it on flights to watch movies or just
listen to music and relax.
What is your favorite website to visit when surfing the Internet, and why?
I don’t think I could just pick one. I spend a lot of time on blogs, but one
of my favorites is createdigitalmusic.com. It always has new and interesting
stuff that keeps me informed of new products that are being released and new
concepts in music. I like matrixsynth.blogspot.com: it’s a blog dedicated to
analog synths. I don’t indulge in buying them much, but I do like seeing
what’s new with them. I also check out monome forums on a regular basis;
there are always smart people on those forums that talk about tech- and music-
related news. In a way, it has become a news aggregator for me since people
on there also bring up topics other than music. KVRaudio.com is also another
site I like since its full of plug-in junkies that are always showing off what they know.
What is your favorite piece of gear, and what type of sound does it bring
to your productions?
My favorite piece of gear is definitely my desktop PC, since it generates
most of the sounds in my productions. I feel that there are always new things
to explore. There is always something new to explore with PCs since there is a ton
of freeware out there that people create for doctoral dissertations, during their free
time, or as part of other projects that is available for the public to use for free. I
like my PC over other gear because I’m not a gear snob; I’m much more interested
in software and how far we can take it. Apart from my PC, I really like my Genelec
8250 speakers. They are an industry standard for mixing engineers and have a
sweet sound to them. They have a great low end response that lets me hear every
sound in a track. I had Joel (Deadmau5) at my studio a while back and he
played a track he was working on. As we listened, he paused for a second
and realized that there was a sound in the loop that he had not heard before. He now
uses them in his studio, too.
What got you to start designing software?
It was something of an accident. Artists wanted me to work on their demos, so
I would spend a ton of time in the studio recording drummers. So much hard
disc space was being taken up that I decided that I would find a way to just
take the better pieces of the drummers’ work and use those. I did this over
and over, until I had just the right sounds I wanted. I kept at it, and I mixed
the sounds together until I made something that blew my clients’ minds. I
then thought that if I really knew how to program, I could make some real money
and entertain my whimsical ideas. So I took some time and learned how to
program and released my first commercial project, Lucifer. It was a stutter
and scratch program: I would describe it as beat repeat program on steroids.
I then found that a bunch of DJ’s were using it and thought that if they
could produce music with products like the ones that I’m using, then I can make
music. This is what actually led me to production.
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Shlomi Aber plans to release his second full-length album, Chicago Days, Detroit
Nights this October on Ovum Recordings. In addition to this year’s earlier
releases “Slow Dancer” [Ovum] and “Sketches” featuring Kenny Larkin [Be As
One], the album showcases several of Shlomi’s unreleased original productions.
For a list of dates on his Chicago Days, Detroit Nights album tour, please visit
www.myspace.com/shlomiaber.
Tracklist:
- Taped and Gorgeous
- Tap Order
- Groove Mechanism
- New York Dreamer
- Slow Dancer
- Sketches feat. Kenny Larkin
- Black Funk Hi
- Propaganda
- Create Balance
- Basic Roots
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Tatiana Fontes is a queen of all trades: her versatility as an electronic artist has
brought the notoriety of her musical endeavors to the same heights as her career as
a world-renowned supermodel and actress. Her superb DJ skills and energetic stage
presence have landed her spots alongside some of the world’s greatest house artists,
including Felguk, Cedric Gervais and Erick Morillo. For more information, includingbooking inquiries and press requests, please e-mail info@bullittbookings.com.
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Slovenian techno giant Umek continues to impress the electronic music world with
top-notch original productions. Nearly a dozen of his tracks have broken the overall
Beatport
Top 100 this calendar year, and his most recent release shows the world
that he has no intention of stopping: last week’s “We Are Not Done Yet” [303Lovers]
-- a collaboration with Beltek with remixes by Marshall, Manuel De La Mare & Alex Kenji -- has already found success on international charts. In addition, “OMGWTF”
(Original Mix) [1605], alongside his and Jay Lumen’s remix of “Clouds Across the
Moon” by Rah Band [Great Stuff], continue to occupy Beatport’s Overall Top 10
today, with the former track crowned #1 overall for nearly two weeks last month.
For more information, including booking inquiries and press requests, please e-mail
info@bullittbookings.com.
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