meakusma rss http://www.meakusma.org Copyright 2009 meakusma en-us Sun, 4 Oct 2009 17:45:18 +0200 info@meakusma.org Sun, 4 Oct 2009 17:38:59 +0200 info@meakusma.org FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com Massimiliano Pagliara & Roger 23 // H-EA-L EP Following up on the rüts compilation and DVD manifesto, comes our new release, a collaborative effort of Massimiliano Pagliara (Balihu, Rushhour, Live at Robert Johnson) and Roger 23 (Playhouse, Baud, Swayzak Soundsystem, 240 Volt). Two exceptional tracks, aimed directly at a demanding and sweaty dancefloor. On the A-side, Berlin based band 'Sic!' (with Jules Etienne, Alessandro Tartari from gui.tar and Massimiliano Pagliara) have their track 'H-EA-L' remixed by Roger 23.A 10 minute, moody dub, this track pounds its way gracefully to the center of the dancefloor. Literally out of a thunderstorm, Alessandro Tartari's breathy voice emerges, sprurring on the track. Roaring subbass and an ever increasing amount of little chords, rhythmic elements and effects give the track a profound and dislocating spatial deepness. Right in its middle, the track reconsiders and breaks open into a warm, string-laden soundscape, restarts again but sounds as if reinvented. This is an epic piece of music fusing a relentless robotic structure with a warm sound production. The track on the B-side sees Massimiliano Pagliara and Roger 23 offering an even more dislocating piece of dance music. Filled with contrast and contradiction, this is a disco house track for lovers of dub techno music, a slow motion house track for dj's not afraid to slow things down and take the dancefloor to the next level, a functional track for everyone willing to take it on and twist it around. The dub chords, which sound as if coming out of some gigantic echo chamber, the pounding bass and the piercing and catchy synth line are all mixed completely to the foreground. A track without physical heart that is all about heart. A beautiful contradiction. Something special. http://meakusma.org/?mainCat=5&subCat=1&release=04_mea001 965228E5-9012-4A7F-8562-1D72700CF213 Sun, 4 Oct 2009 17:38:59 +0200 Sub-scape & meakusma at Café Capital November 6th Another collaborative effort, this time between Sub-scape and meakusma, will take place in one of our favorite Belgian clubs, the Café Capital in Antwerp, on Friday November 6th. After astonishing DJ sets at Recyclart and Katakomben in 2007 and 2008, we are pleased to again present Anthony Child, aka Surgeon, accompanied by Jamal Moss, aka Hieroglyphic Being. Since exploding onto the Techno scene in 1995, DJ and producer Anthony Child has been remoulding his version of contemporary techno with a mind- and body-blowing discography of releases on his own Dynamic Tension and Counterbanlance imprints as well as leading techno labels Tresor and Downwards. Oblivious to current trends, his work continues to be deep and expressive, yet equally effective in a club environment. A perfect dynamic tension: balance and counterbalance. Surgeon will again play a DJ Set that will encompass his diverse range of musical styles and influences. Jamal Moss has long been a part of the Chicago underground House/Techno scene as both a producer and DJ. Renowned for his unique raw sounding slow and rough, yet soulful, analogue acid house jams, he has recorded for respected labels such as International DJ Gigolo, Spectral, Crème Oganization and Axis sublabel 6277. He has also worked closely with Techno legend Steve Poindexter and Chicago house pioneer Adonis. Jamal will perform a special live set, mixing analogue drum machines with his own re-edits and samples. Dj support comes from Sub-scape's Escalators team as well as from meakusma soundsystem. http://meakusma.org/?mainCat=1&subCat=1&event=06.11.09_meakusma_surgeon 55AAEF12-92FF-4F68-BBFC-567A2EA29E41 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:38:07 +0200 meakusma pres. Vakula Live & Dj Mix at samurai.fm Some kind of impressionistic stance runs through the music and persona of Vakula. His releases on Quintessentials, Uzuri and Meakusma all shy away from explicit statement and subtly paint out patterns, textures and beats that are deceptively simple, but yet aim to arrive at the heart of any electronic music dancefloor. His take on house music is heavily influenced by the rich history of the genre, with subtle jazz influences floating about and gentle voices pulsing you on. There's more going on beneath the surface though, as Vakula brilliantly uses and abuses the expectation pattern of his audience and twists things around, almost inaudibly. This mix takes the same path and sees Vakula mixing a selection of recent highlights from some of the more adventurous house music producers. Tin Man's brilliant Wasteland track comes in as the second record here and it sets the mood perfectly for what is to come. This 'Narcotic House' masterpiece (where's the time that Chain Reaction releases were depicted as 'Heroin House') twists open the set with its ambiguous 'just relax man' vocal. "Just relax man, I'll get you in the end" Vakula seems to say and he achieves brilliantly. As a special extra, Vakula has come up with a mix of unreleased tracks all produced by himself. Notably more upbeat than the first mix, the same aesthetic applies to it though. Slowly seductive, pristine tracks shuffle in and out of focus. A distinct eclecticism runs through it all, with the voices used, on the one hand, echoing his influences and, on the other hand, giving the mix a strange dislocated multicultural feel. http://www.samurai.fm/meakusma 781DDB98-75C4-4C1C-90C9-1BC58D762EF1 Thu, 3 Sep 2009 17:37:22 +0200 meakusma at esscobar 18.09.09 Together with the drummer of Dizzy Ventilators, Daniel Jodocy, meakusma returns, once again, to their common home turf. Presenting another "party-embedded concert" at esscobar on September 18, Dj support comes from no other then legendary Dj Morpheus. Dizzy Ventilators is the brainchild of Yusuke Yamamoto and Daniel Jodocy. Yamamoto, on keys and dub, is known as one of NYC's finest multinstrumentalists. Jodocy, on drums, is the inventor of the "musical suitcases", built from materials found on the streets of New York, that make the Dizzy Ventilators sound so inimitable. The suitcases have also been featured by John Zorn's finger pocket concierto as well as recorded for Zadic with Kenny Wollesen's band Wollesonic. With their debut album, Service Check In, Dizzy Ventilators are making a name for themselves as a duo both abstract and simple, extraordinary and the same. There is no real genre of music that can define what they play, because each track is composed of many different textures. Morpheus was the lead singer of cult band Minimal Compact, producing a string of 12"s that became anthems in underground clubs in Europe and the United States. In 1994, he took on his Morpheus moniker and started compiling the Freezone series, while also being responsible for projects on SSR such as Carl Craig's legendary More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art album, the Telex remix album, etc. Almost by surprise, he started his DJ career in 1995 when he was invited to play at a big R&S party in Ghent. Since then, Morpheus has been playing major clubs, fashion parties, festivals around Europe and has staged a successful reunion with Minimal Compact. He has built himself a reputation as an eclectic DJ and crate digger, highly respected in many different scenes and subgenres of the electronic music world and beyond. Also, we took inspiration from a Forwart event in Hasselt, where a painter painted live to the music. At esscobar, former flyer painter from "Jazz im Foyer", Boris Nyssen, will be drawing his lines, projected via an overhead projector. Not to be missed!! http://meakusma.org/?mainCat=1&subCat=1&event=18.09.09_meakusma_dizzy 7F264690-011C-4016-B271-DD9D338B6959 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:36:15 +0200 meakusma pres. DJ Morpheus "Summer Chillout Mix" at samurai.fm Legendary Belgian DJ Morpheus contributes a summery mix to the meakusma Samurai roster, referencing his acclaimed Freezone series on SSR both in spirit and selection. Next to compiling this series of electronic listening music in the nineties, Morpheus was the lead singer of cult band Minimal Compact, producing a string of 12\"s that became anthems in underground clubs in Europe and the United States. In 1994, he took on his Morpheus moniker and started compiling the aforementioned Freezone series, while also being responsible for projects on SSR such as Carl Craig's legendary More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art album, the Telex remix album, etc. Almost by surprise, he started his DJ career in 1995 when he was invited to play at a big R&S party in Ghent. Since then, Morpheus has been playing major clubs, fashion parties and festivals around Europe, has staged a successful reunion with Minimal Compact and has built himself a reputation as an eclectic DJ and crate digger, highly respected in many different scenes and subgenres of the electronic music world and beyond. This is his selection for the summer. Open your window. http://www.samurai.fm/meakusma 4BCC3DE7-8ECB-42F6-B776-63B82DD07B41 Mon, 3 Aug 2009 17:35:35 +0200 manna at Café Bota Stereo August 1st Mark the first of August in your calendars, write down 'Midsummer Madness', because that is exactly what manna, our collaborative effort with plain and forwart, is going to offer you with the Belgian debut of Levon Vincent, straight from New York, and our favourite starchild Roger 23. Once again, not to be missed. DJ'ing since 1993, Levon Vincent has had his big break in 2008 with his unique, pumping techno sound. His Invisible Bitchslap EP, released in November 2008, contained about the catchiest bassline techno has seen in a long time. This record is typical for the Levon Vincent sound. It is intense, merciless, it explicitly references techno, but Levon leaves room for interpretation and play, resulting in a sound palette that is open-ended, malleable and edgy. He also runs the Novel Sound label and co-runs the Deconstruct imprint and has recently contributed a mix to the Resident Advisor site. A future classic! Roger 23 needs no introduction. He has played in some of the most famous and cutting edge clubs around Europe, is the tour DJ for Swayzak and has released records and tracks on Playhouse, Volt Musik and Baud. His DJ sets are ecletic, incorporating house, techno and weird 80's stuff. He is a true craftsman when it comes to Dj'ing, having an amazing talent to 'feel' the dancefloor, mixing in stuff from leftfield, being able to always surprise his audience, without ever losing the groove, although the groove in Roger's hands is totally his own unique voice. As a small, special treat, manna members and residents MCK and Sensu will do a ping pong warm up set. Can you dig it? http://meakusma.org/?mainCat=1&subCat=1&event=01.08.09_manna_cbs_levon 754BA018-DAC9-49AF-84F4-62295F88D1B9 Sat, 1 Aug 2009 17:34:45 +0200 Massimiliano Pagliara Dj Mix at samurai.fm 'A dance is the devil's procession, and he that entereth into a dance, entereth into his possession.' St Francis de Sales (as found in 'Turn the Beat Around', Peter Shapiro's excellent book on Disco) Massimiliano Pagliara is a future star, no doubt about it. Few people these days manage to be stellar from the get go, but his first release on Balihu was just that. A perfect mix of everything that moves him, whether disco, house, techno or electro. Call it house perhaps, but Massimiliano has the talent to make his tracks sound futuristic and deep, influenced by elements from the past, while updating them with the present and the future. Digging into pure sound and clubbing at the same time, he has a good shot at arriving once again at the dark side of the moog, or any other tool he might use. The dj-set here is at times melancolic, atmospheric and nostalgic, but never loses forward momentum. Electronic music, and house music in particular, is at its best when it suggests something outerworldly, almost glossy, while keeping in with an underground desire to keep the groove going and to change or update it at the same time. Listen to this dj-mix and find out for yourself that club music can be the most beautiful contradiction. http://www.samurai.fm/meakusma 41F2EACF-E638-4A39-A9F4-2DD962FC8CBC Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:56:53 +0200 manna at Café Bota Stereo June 26th Manna, our collaborative project with forwart and plain, ventures into the night again with guests DJ Sprinkles, aka Terre Thaemlitz, Madteo and Massimiliano Pagliara. DJ Sprinkles is the nom de plume of Terre Thaemlitz, one of the most prolific artists, producers, cultural entrepeneurs, etc, to ever rise from the electronic music underground. His brand a deep and politically charged house music, his releases on Comatonse, Mule Musiq and Mille Plateaux are all classics. Essential!! Massimiliano Pagliara, born in Italy, but these days residing in Berlin, is a star in the making. With a record on Balihu in 2008, an EP on Live at Robert Johnson, Rushhour and an upcoming collaboration with Roger 23 on Meakusma, Massimiliano’s first visit to Belgium will be a memorable one. Madteo’s debut album Memoria was released on Morphine Records in 2008 to great critical acclaim. His sound is a fusion of hiphop and the deep end of house. Unique, deep and beautiful, futuristic stuff, that nods to the past. http://www.manna-bxl.be D047250C-2330-4728-B52C-A4049D47B691 Wed, 3 Jun 2009 21:07:13 +0200 meakusma at Bunker June 20th After last year's promising edition with Shackleton, we are again going back to nature for another music marathon at the unique and intimate bunker location in the heart of the Ardennes, next to the border with Luxembourg. With, amongst many others, special guest Madteo playing his first show in Belgium, one week before his show at the Bota Bar in Brussels. With his Memoria album on Morphine in 2008 and his upcoming release on meakusma, New York based Madteo takes references of Disco, Jazz, Dub, Noise, HipHop and even Detroit Techno to exciting and new extremes. Herrmutt Lobby will present one of their rare & phat electro-hop DJ-sets with scratch and controller madness at its best! The Hague based Walrus, originally from Brussels, is part of the prolific 54kolaktiv stable and is presenting one of his first live shows. Expect an electic mix of Dubstep infected tripping Techno. If the weatherís good, Brussels Manna, Plain and Café Belga resident DJ Sensu will close down the inside part of the night with one of his eclectic, surprising and intense DJ sets. We'll then continue the party outside. During the whole night (and perhaps day as well), a special outside soundsystem will host long DJ sets by Lamadameaveclechien's SoFa, Lalai Drama & Lari Fari, next to Load and Clear's Foton and meakusma soundsystem. There's a lot of camping space, so bring your tent. This is the event to kickstart the summer!!! Back to nature - burning bodies in the sun Back to nature - just like lemmings, every one Back to nature - capitalist aircraft fill the air Back to nature - aerosol sun breaks on air from 'Back To Nature' by Fad Gadge http://www.meakusma.org 497E0939-5682-44F0-9F9D-FFC50018B2F8 Wed, 27 May 2009 21:04:27 +0200 meakusma pres. Madteo w/ Sensational "Naughtica Live set" at samurai.fm 'I'm a bit of a straight kickdrum and bass slut.' Playing around with obvious and less obvious influences, mixing hiphop, house and techno, Madteo delivers a live set of downright future hiphop. Together with MC and his "brother from another mother" Sensational, on the wonky hiphop tracks featured in this set, he uses understatement as his artistic means of expression. Sensational and I go back from when, in the mid 90s, I used to be the one doing the (boring) mailings with his very first few solo LPs from my days helping out at the Wordsound offices in Williamsurg, BK...then he fell into some hard times, a young broken hearted uniquely talented MC with no place to sleep who wandered the streets of NYC 24/7 on the hustle for about 5-6 or even 7 years.....so for a period of a few years he ended up sleeping on my couch a lot and that's how our music collaborations jumpstarted. With a basic set-up, without too much technological trickery, layering or anything like that, he focuses on the few sounds that he thinks work and then indeed makes them work. His acclaimed debut Memoria on Morphine Records is an essential record for anyone interested in the future of club music (we're all supposed to be, aren't we). A self-confessed straight kickdrum and bass slut, this Madteo live set sounds like the past, integrated in some glorious future. http://samurai.fm/meakusma/ 9D5CE5E3-BC76-4698-B225-0DBFE2313BDA Tue, 19 May 2009 17:28:43 +0200 Pictoplasma 2009 The music video "Webs Made Of Nylon" from the rüts compilation will be screened at the furthcoming Pictoplasma festival 2009 in Berlin during the Psychedelic Midnight Mix on the 20th March. http://www.pictopia.festival.pictoplasma.com DE1D8D33-FD47-4848-89D7-D037E0EB7DA6-431-00000329F40ED0C9-FFA Mon, 9 Mar 2009 19:29:51 +0100 Peter Van Hoesen on Mind The Gap Volume 78 Peter van Hoesen's track "Lto mess" from the rüts compilation is featured in a digifile with Gonzo (circus) magazine issue #91, March/April 2009. Check! http://www.gonzocircus.com 6859E76E-C5F7-4912-A892-CF6112FA0F01-372-0000028ACC9556CD-FFA Mon, 9 Mar 2009 19:18:21 +0100 De:Bug Charts We are honoured to announce that our collaborative 'rüts' DVD project is number 1 in the charts of the excellent german De:Bug magazine. http://www.de-bug.de 929EA849-5E53-4931-88A3-743C6B16B727-1240-0000141EC74D2442-FFA Tue, 3 Mar 2009 16:42:34 +0100 meakusma at recyclart Amsterdam based Newworldaquarium stands for grooves without end, slowly changing colour and shape, sneaking their way into your head. His 2008 ‘The Dead Bears’ was hailed as a landmark album by top dj/producers and journalists alike. Newworldaquarium uses the Detroit legacy and gently twists it around, using records, samples, loops and beats to conjure up a low-tempo, deep and subtle disco-like groove.

Of Finnish descent, but born and raised in California, Tin Man has two major musical passions: fragile, deep electronica and acid house. With acclaimed releases on the Finnish record label Sähkö/Keys of Life, Cheap Records from Vienna and his own imprint, Global A, his most recent ‘Wasteland’ E.P. is his most bold so far, fusing chicago house with an opiated version of European electronica and indietronica. This is his first set in Belgium, not to be missed.

For the second time, Swayzak Soundsystem’s renowned DJ, producer and musical magician Roger 23 comes to Recyclart with his sophisticated, spontaneous and energetic mix of electro, house, techno and futuristic ear candy. His magic touch will, yet again, transform the dancefloor into an intergalactic musical adventure.

Last but not least, Brussels’ finest & first electro DJ, Surreal Sound founder, producer for labels such as Nature & Roulette and a resident at the Fuse club's first season, Joost de Lijser will warm up the night with a 3 hour set of rare acid house records.

Visuals by Rüts DVD contributors Zuper! and Kris Klijsters.

Be there and be early!

Note: we will make sure there's a photographer around, covering the event with a set of pictures. These will be made available through our website. Contrary to today's trend of posting pictures on Facebook and other networking websites, we would like to ask you not to bother taking too many pictures and just enjoy the party. Posting pictures on Facebook has the averse effect of people being afraid of an embarrassing picture showing up somewhere. A party can be like a cocoon, protected from the outside, drowned, for a couple of hours, in futuristic music, not futuristic gadgets. Let's party!
]]> http://meakusma.org/?mainCat=1&subCat=1&event=14.03.09_recyclart_nwaq 6EEE1A9F-06BE-44AD-9995-3973CAFE80E4-1620-000013B79664E941-FFA Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:29:34 +0100 rüts DVD After the three rüts vinyl mini compilations, comes the first meakusma DVD. True to the collective's spirit, it functions as a mini-compendium of established artists and debutants of whom many have already been featured on the vinyl releases. 23 tracks by Move D & Benjamin Brunn, Kate Simko, Pub, Subjex, Terrence Dixon, Herrmutt Lobby, Roger 23, Kinora Viewer, Roebin de Freitas, Peter Van Hoesen, Immer.Chic, Trifonic, Rony & Suzy,... get a visual interpretation by, amongst others, man vs magnet, Chris Parks, Defasten, Kris Clijsters, Les agents Myop, Scott Pagano, institut Goetze, Humanstudio, ego, miH, Ewo, Dirk Ignoul... The visual contributions range in style from more straightforward digital visual design to cut-up pieces to short movies, whilst still having a distinctly understated feel. Trying to establish networks between musicians and visual artists, the results are often subtly surprising. The visual artists have been given total freedom in the development of their pieces and in their interpretation of the music. Created with the kind help of the Youth Education & Culture project and compiled together with the Ampoule collective from Scotland (still to become absolutely notorious for their high quality electronic music output), meakusma has chosen quality over shock effect. As bonus you can drag & drop all tracks as wav-files them to your hard drive. The record is distributed by several distributors and can be found in selected physical and digital recordshops around the world, on the ampoule website and in our own webshop. More info and individual snippets can be found in the release section. http://meakusma.org/?mainCat=5&subCat=1&release=03_ruets004 8AFCD13A-C8A3-45A4-9A5C-8B2444E7D6F8-6403-00002DFEBE16E621-FFA Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:41:34 +0100 meakusma presents Immer.Chic 'Midnight Opera 4' mix at samurai.fm The 4th mix in our serie at samurai.fm is presented by Immer.Chic .Midnight Opera Four is not a mix to dance to in the first instance,. Immer.Chic's aim is to move your mind. With this mix he tried to trace his memories of the first time he watched the Russian "fairy tail movie" 'Skazka stranstviy'. It is a very impressing dark and melancholic movie. As dark as the book of Hieronymus Bosch's Collected Works' his parents owned back then. It was always kept in the near of their piano. Hence there has always been a connection between his music and these disturbing but at the same time fascinating pictures. In these times he also learned about the outer space and he mused a lot about things like infinity and the proportions of planets and galaxies. In the nights he would fantasize a lot about all these ascendancies in his dreams. http://www.samurai.fm/meakusma CC2086C9-44DC-4A33-A505-C46190876A1F-6403-00002DE9A9232B02-FFA Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:34:37 +0100 Resonance Ghent 2009 ::: Day 2 ::: in collaboration with meakusma On Saturday 28 February, we are teaming up with Resonance in Ghent to bring you performances and dj sets by Efdemin, Claro Intelecto & Andy Stott, Peter Van Hoesen, Move D & Benjamin Brunn. On this second night of the three day Resonance festival, in the ballroom of Voouit, we will also focus on our recently released audiovisual rüts DVD, a collaboration with Scottish music collective Ampoule. It features video's and short films with music by Peter Van Hoesen, Move D, Benjamin Brunn and many others. This event is a collaborative effort of two collectives, presented as a performance night co-hosted by meakusma http://www.resonanceghent.be Computers/Software/Internet/Site Management/Content Management http://www.feedforall.com/forum EE1D21C4-FBC1-11DB-8D03-000393C28CD4-365-000000092F9CCF7B-FFA Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:43:39 +0100