Electronic music, DJ culture and nerdism
If you haven’t heard about iO before: He is a rising UK artist who is currently introducing his signature sound to the buzzing Garage scene. His official artist page described his sound like this: “Soul samples flow smoothly over precise percussive punctuation, with sweeping synths and bass from the deepest depths.” iO recently teamed up with bass ...
Image: ARScromica Photo - Domenico Stagno // CC-by-nc-nd Most of my musical favorites over the years have been artists that don’t only rely on computers, synths and samples, but also use real instruments in their productions in combination with electronic beats. I have been listening to a lot of Electro Swing lately, and many releases just consist of old Swing records ...
The Electro Swing fever is taking my home city Cologne by storm right now. A few weeks after our own Swing United-party, there is a second party happening that is dedicated to Electro Swing and related genres: Swing League. I am actually happy to see this happen. For me, this is not competition, but rather ...
Even though Riad Michael and his label Geyser Recordings have been around for quite a while now and he even lives in the same city as me, I have to shamefully admit that I hadn’t heard about him until a few weeks ago. He emailed me about his new single “Desire”, and I thought that ...
Jackin MC is a true House music lover from Mainz (Germany). I stumbled over his DJ Blog (German only) and was impressed by his enthusiasm on Jackin House, so I asked him for an interview. First of all, here is a mix by Jacking MC: I have to admit that I am not exactly an ...
