DJ night at Live Bar in Deptford, Sunday 8th

Coming Sunday, a few fellow electronic music afficionados and me will host yet another one of our weekly nights at the Live Bar in Deptford, South London. This one is special in terms that we not only will have a long weekend to begin with, Monday is also still a bank holiday so I am looking forward to play some nice tunes and get a good party running on Sunday. I would be happy if everybody who's interested could make their way to Deptford that night in order to celebrate with us! See you there!

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Weekly at The Live Bar in Deptford; 41-42 Deptford Broadway, SE8, London

Starts Sunday 8th April

Nearest Tube: Deptford Bridge, T:020 8469 2121, www.thelivebar.co.uk

Electronica/ Techno/ Electro

With Lipsis, DJ Choccybiccy, Атомск, Crewdson, and guests

FREE ENTRY
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Overkill IV, Corsica Studios

What can I say? LittleBig and Wrong Music did it again! Just coming home from their European Overkill Tour (and kudos to them for actually touring Eastern Europe intensively!), the finishing gig went down last Saturday at Corsica Studios yet again. I probably should consider myself lucky that I live close by.
The different acts and bands are too much to list and describe (better have a look at the links instead), so I will just sum up what I learned on that night:

Saxophones can actually sound like distorted guitars and every doom/drone band should have at least one saxophone player in their ranks.

A Casio keyboard can be an essential asset for a grind core outfit, up to the point that you don't even need a guitarist anymore.

Joysticks can be taken literally if used as a strap-on sound modulator and all of a sudden, what looks like masturbation is actually a creative process and stage performance. And a funny one as well!

Jungle isn't dead, it only smells that way, (I personally got rid of my dreadlocks several years ago, still love the sound, though...) and the 94/95 period was indeed the most creative.

You can actually operate a sound system and a laptop while climbing up the wall that's behind you and try to stagedive at the same time.

Victorian dandy outfits go very well with gabba beats and aural mayhem. It's just one of these strange inventions, you know. Time machines and steam-powered airships belong to this category as well, actually...

Gaybashing still isn't a real crowdpleaser here in Europe even when you pitch down the tone of your voice to a frightening 16rpm and wear geek glasses. You're still as unfunny as Eminem (sorry, Otto!).

Some impressions from the event:








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Staubgold Label Party

Sometimes it really pays off to be in Cologne rather than London!

Due to the occasion of the Art Cologne which seems to be going down right now, Staubgold, one of Cologne's finest labels, throws a party with some exclusive guests:

LEAFCUTTER JOHN (London/Staubgold/Planet Mu) live
feat. Alice Grant und Leo Chadburn
PAUL WIRKUS (Köln/Staubgold/Quecksilber) live
+ special guest
SIMON BOOKISH (London/Tomlab/Use Your Teeth) live
+
DJ Markus Detmer (Berlin/Staubgold)


The venue will be MTC. Small, sweaty but cozy. For those of you who happen to be around, be there. Paul Wirkus is definitely worth a visit.