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martedì 27 aprile 2010

That's Funk Art presents BLU




Blu ha iniziato a farsi conoscere a partire dal 1999 attraverso una serie di graffiti illegali eseguiti a Bologna, nel centro storico nelle zone adiacenti alla Accademia di Belle Arti ed in periferia negli spazi occupati del centro sociale Livello 57. La prassi pittorica di questi primi anni di attività, pur esprimendo elementi originalità stilistica, era ancora legata all’uso della bomboletta spray, medium tipico del writing tradizionale. Ma già a partire dal 2001 le opere di Blu iniziano ad essere eseguite con vernici a tempera e con l’uso di rulli montati su bastoni telescopici. Tale tecnica gli ha permesso di ingrandire smisuratamente la superficie pittorica dando una nuova concretezza al suo universo figurativo. Lungo le strade di questa città di provincia iniziano così a comparire grandi figure di umanoidi dai connotati sarcastici o talvolta drammatici il cui immaginario sembra ispirarsi al mondo dei fumetti, e degli arcade games.
Altro aspetto fondamentale che ha caratterizzato i suoi esordi è la prassi dell’azione pittorica condivisa. Artisti quali Dem, Sweza, Run, ma soprattutto Ericailcane erano i compagni privilegiati di incursioni notturne a più mani, in cui l’autografia era sacrificata in nome di una anonima partecipazione creativa. Di quegli anni sono anche le prime sperimentazioni di animazione digitale che l’hanno portato a realizzare brevi clip interattivi, usati come supporto visivo per i concerti del collettivo musicale OK NO. Il sodalizio con Ericailcane ha dato i migliori risultati nel triennio 2003-2006. Le due personalità si sono completate vicendevolmente in una straordinaria armonia compositiva. E se a Blu era spesso lasciato il compito di figurare esseri umani, Ericailcane si cimentava con i suoi tipici soggetti di animali. I due artisti, amici nella vita, continuano a collaborare ancor oggi anche se con meno assiduità. A partire dal 2004 le gallerie d’arte di sono accorte del suo valore ed hanno iniziato ad invitarlo a prendere parte a mostre personali e collettive. Tuttavia Blu nel corso della sua carriera ha cercato di limitare la sua presenza nel recinto delle gallerie d’arte preferendo indirizzare il proprio percorso creativo verso altri territori.






    That's Funk Feeling presents Special Sound: ✮UES✮

    venerdì 23 aprile 2010

    Who's Who presents Dj Sneak

    DJ Sneak - Bio 

    In 1983, Carlos Sosa aka DJ Sneak, moved to the city of Chicago from the island of Puerto Rico, where his early musical experiences and influences were rooted in salsa, meringue and Latin orchestras. Chicago, like Puerto Rico, is a city rich with musical styles and sounds. In Chicago Sneak found inspiration in underground house music, Warehouse parties and "old school" mix tapes from the early pioneers _ Farley Jackmaster Funk, Ralphi Rosario, Steve Hurley and local radio station shows played on WBMX. 

    Sneak earned his nickname rocking graffiti-tags and began working at retail stores as an airbrush artist, which kept him out of trouble and allowed him to make important local industry contacts. Development as a DJ came while working regular mobile DJ jobs and local nightclubs. But, in an already saturated DJ pool, Sneak focused on his music production and started his independent label - Defiant Records. 

    In 1992, using the fundamental studio pieces, Sneak began recording tracks with an unusual new style. In 1994, while still working at local store Gramophone Records, Sneak met Cajmere (Green Velvet) owner of Cajual and Relief Records. Cajmere released three of Sneak's catalyst tracks, which helped to bring Sneak international recognition, and with it, a global DJing career. 

    In 1995, Sneak's new sound revolutionized house music with inspirational sounds and rhythms never heard. The disco filtered house grooves became Sneak's signature sound. Innovator to many, Sneak's love for music inspired others like Daft Punk, Basement Jaxx, Armand Van Helden. 

    In 1996, DJ Sneak's 'You Can't Hide from your Bud', on Derrick Carter's Classic Recordings, ironically became an instant classic itself; a blueprint for funky, filtered disco-influenced house - Sneak Style - redefining Chicago's underground music. From 1996 to present day, DJ Sneak has perfected his remix skills, seizing opportunities to work with world-class talent and fine-tune his sound. His highly anticipated remixes take dance floors around the world to levels of climactic frenzy with his trademark booty-shakin, bass-heavy beats and rhythms. 

    After years of development, DJ Sneak is a familiar name across the world's club circuit playing the very best venues and events. A frequent visitor to Ibiza - the island of spiritual parties and Mecca of dance music culture, Sneak has participated in several events with the best UK production companies - Ministry of Sound, Cream, Manumission, and Miss Moneypenny's to mention a few. 

    A favorite at United Kingdom's summer festivals (Homelands, Creamfields, T in the Park), Sneak shows no mercy on the sound systems and is a guaranteed crowd pleaser. Recognized as the disco filter innovator, his productions and musical style has maintained his status as one of the Top 100 DJs in the world for 5 consecutive years. Dynamic in style - from furious banging Chicago tracks and Latin tribal beats, to disco filtered reworks of retro classics and melodic rhythms to suit your soul. 

    In fall 2001 Sneak launched a new record label Magnetic Recordings, where he has been releasing new music, with compilations to come, along with the introduction of new musical talents. He continues to contribute to the evolution and definitive sound that is Chicago House Music. 





    E per chi fosse interessato a breve suonera all'echoes...beh non ci resta altro che andarlo a sentire!!




    giovedì 8 aprile 2010

    PULPYT-PULP THIS!




    supported by Loco Dice, Livio & Roby, Raresh, Jimpster, Seth Troxler, Robert Dietz,Karotte, Shlomi Aber, Lauhaus, Martinez, Ilario Alicante, Federico Molinari, Deetron, Danny Howells, Kasper, DJ W!LD, Brothers Vibe,.. Today we welcome another fresh Italian duo in the guise of Pulpyt. The Bologna boys, Andrea Grasso (UES) and Lino Pugliese (LINUZ) are the talents behind the act. After several years of friendship, the pair decided, during the summer of 2009, that they would team up and work together on a new project.The first music to be spawned from their debut session was Free People, a track that was immediately picked up by Phil Weeks for his Robsoul label. Whist the pair for now, have returned to concentrate on solo material, All Inn Records prepare to drop their superb Pulp This! EP.





    BUY THE VINYL....!!! LOVE PULPYT AND ALL IN RECORDS...

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    mercoledì 7 aprile 2010

    Cadenza 46












    titleEncantos EP

    cat numberCadenza 46
    release dateMarch 10, 2010
    format12"


    Written and produced by David Ortega for Cadenza Records.
    Mastered by Helmut @ Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin. Published by Cadenza Publishing / (p) & (c) Cadenza Records 2009. Distributed worldwide by www.wordandsound.net

    Mendo’s “Everybody I Got Him (2009 Mix)” and “1992″ (Cadenza 41) helped set the tone of 2009: pumping, percussive old-school attitude with new-school finesse. And no wonder: the Spanish-born, Swiss-based producer has learned a thing or two about rocking crowds in the 15 years since George Morel first gave the budding DJ a leg up. Now he leads us into 2010 with two more tracks sure to be dominating dance floors from now until the closing of the Ibiza season. “Aventuras” is, if anything, even more full-on and immediate than “Everybody.” Pushed ahead by a slippery, shaker-heavy percussive groove and a booming, subbass throb, it’s a no-nonsense command to move. Celebratory, call-and-response cheers draw the dancers together, and African vocal loops increase the intensity level, spinning spellbinding shapes in the air as they gradually unfurl. With rat-a-tat snare fills and tricky blasts of white noise and reverb, the track is one long, extended build-up. DJs beware: anything you play next is bound to sound anticlimactic. “Madrugada,” meaning “early morning” in Spanish, accordingly dials things down a notch—but not too much! The wordless, sing-song chants are perfect for those postdawn hours, their phased tones and elliptical loops dragging you deep into a hypnotic zone. But the groove is powerful enough to keep things moving well past mediodía, with cracking snares, shuffling hi-hats and a smattering of carefully tuned percussion leading you through seven and a half minutes of delicious, delirious tension and release. As these two certified burners prove, back-to-basics house music is alive and thriving. And while he’s been around the block a time or two, this essential double-Aside release confirms Mendo’s status as an artist on the rise. For your next chance to catch him live, just check his artist page at www.cadenzabooking.com




    Mendo - Madrugada  


    Mendo - Aventuras  


    LINKS:  


    http://www.myspace.com/djmendo  


    http://www.myspace.com/cadenzarecords


    martedì 6 aprile 2010

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