NEWS
February 17, 2012
UPDATE: AUDIOFLY · DARIUS SYROSSIAN · INXEC · JOHANNES HEIL





A U D I O F L Y


DJ  & Producer Team
Get Physical, Supernature – Spain



NOMINATION


Best Techno/Minimal Track of 2011 from IDMA


Audiofly´s “6 Degrees” has been nominated for best Techno/Minimal Track of 2011 from IDMA (International Dance Music Awards in Miami)

http://wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/nominees/



PODCAST

Flying Circus ep1″ podcast













D A R I U S   S Y R O S S I A N


DJ + Producer
Get Physical / 8 bit / Area Remote / VIVa MUSiC



FORTHCOMING TRACKS


Three Darius Syrossian tracks forthcoming on VIVa MUSiC CD mix compilation.
Tracks will also be avialable as singles on digital





Two Darius Syrossian tracks forthcoming on German label Klangkultur Schallplatten
Vinyl & Digital





Darius Syrossian remix of DJ W!ld









TOP 10 Feb 2012

1 – Cozzy D – Cupid – Lower East
2 – Darius Syrossian – Freaky D – Forthcoming on VIVa MUSiC
3 – Ray Okpara & Nekes – Soul Chant – Forthcoming on VIVa MUSiC
4 – Andrade – Be My Queen – Safari Numerique
5 – DJ W!Ld – I’m Not Human (Darius Syrossian Remix) – Klangkultur Schallplatten
6 – Evans & Waterfall – On & On (Huxley Remix) – Roots & Wings
7 – Todd Terje – Inspector Norse – Smalltown Supersound
8 – Chris James – On & On – Off Recordings
9 – Marc Romboy & Kink – No Sports – OVUM
10 – Luna City Express – Night Life – Forthcoming on VIVa MUSiC




DJ MIXES


Be-At.TV PODCAST (Video & Audio)








Darius Syrossian LIVE in New York Secret Loft Party Aug 2012









Darius Syrossian SWALLOWED TOO MUCH BASS MIX‘ - JAN 2012










GIGS DIARY DARIUS SYROSSIAN



  • FEBRUARY
  • 11/2 – Fear & loathing in Lisbon party – Lisbon, Portugal
  • 18/2 – Sankeys, with Kink,Skudge,Julio Bashmore, Manchester, U.K
  • 23/2 – Teknicolor with Steve Lawler @ Mint cklub, Leeds, U.K
  • MARCH
  • 10/3 – Jackathon with Heidi & Solomun @ Sankeys, Manchester, U.K
  • 17/3 – Mansion, Southend, U.K
  • 17/3 – The FACE, Birmingham, U.K
  • 23/3 – VIVa MUSiC @ Shelborne pool party WMC, Miami, U.S
  • 30/3 – New York, U.S (full details to follow)
  • 31/3 – Rise club, Boston, U.S
  • APRIL
  • 05/4 – Kaluki presents Jackathon with Heidi & Maceo Plex @ Warehouse, Leeds, U.K
  • 07/4 – Sankeys With Steve Lawler, Manchester, U.K
  • MAY
  • 12/5 – Sankeys, Manchester, U.K
  • 19/5 – Yoruba Grooves @ Emporium, Coalville, U.K
  • 26/5 – 1 day festival (details to follow) Sunderland, U.K
  • JUNE
  • 09/6 – The FACE, Birmingham, U.K
  • 30/6 – Camera club, Vienna, Austria









I N X E C



LIVE & DJ
Culprit, Crosstown Rebels, Rekids, Cocoon Rec.

UPCOMING RELEASES

  • Inxec – Twin Shadow – Stock 5 – March
  • Inxec vs Droog – HEAT – No19 -  March
  • Inxec vs Droog – Bad Timing (incl Brett Johnson Remix) – SuperNature – April



INXEC’s FEBRUARY 2012 Top 10

  1. Atapy  · Remember  (Inxec & Droog remix)
  2. Marvin Dash · Untitled    Workshop
  3. Gemini  Do I Go  (1997 Mix) Robsoul Recordings
  4. Raudive  Seven (Light Version) Thema
  5. Mark Chambers  · Dirty little Circle ·Flumo Recordings
  6. Mike Huckaby A_bassline 87 SUSH
  7. Gerd Palm Leaves    Clone Royal Oak
  8. Subb-an  What I Do  (Tom Trago’s Revanche Mix)    Culprit
  9. Inxec Vs Droog  HEAT No19
  10. Thugfucker, Tale of Us, Life and Death Morgana Visionquest




DJ MIX



Inxec’s SAFE FAVS OF 2011

…  a brillant collection of INXEC’s last years favorite tracks – we like!


















J O H A N N E S   H E I L

LIVE
Cocoon Rec., Starkstrom Germany


RECENT RELEASES


NEW BOMB!   Johannes Heil’s Barefoot-Remix of  Dosem “Replicants”


FEEDBACK

  • LAurent Garnier (DJ) Johannes delivers as always —will play
  • Paco Osuna Mister Heil’s remix is the ome for me!
  • STEPHAN BODZIN (Herzblut) johannes heil remix is a massive one!!!!! toptoptop.
  • Timo Maas (Cocoon) Mr Heil`s mix is Top!
  • Luca Bacchetti (Hideout, Ovum, Crosstown R) Boom!!!! Johannes remix is a bomb!
  • Slam (Orde (Soma)) cool mixes – will spin thanx mate
  • Noir (Noir Music) Sikk package…. On 1st listen my fave is Heil’s remix. He delivers driving madness as always.
  • UGLH Johannes Hell Barefoot rmx for us thanks.
  • Kabale Und Liebe (Soweso / Remote Area) cool original & heil rmx
  • Gel Abril (Be As One) johannes mix is great!
  • Uner (Diynamic, Cadenza) Original is massive!!! E&C mix is nice but Johannes’s remix is a bomb!!!
  • Tim Xavier (Clink Recordings) Johannes Heil remix all the way! Heil five!
  • Leon (Cecille / Viva Music / Saved) bomb from Heil!!! i will play
  • Florian Meindl (FLASH) Edu & Coyu + Johannes Heil
  • Patrick Lindsey great ep… and a nice job from joe! ..mach weiter so johannes
January 26, 2012
JOHANNES HEIL (Cocoon) releases new album and joins PLAYKULA

A SOLID AND PURE LIVE ACT

We are very pleased to announce that JOHANNES HEIL joins PLAYKULA for worldwide representation!

We’ve been huge fans of HEIL’s work since we heard his debut masterpiece “PARANOID DANCER (Kanzleramt) hammered by Richie Hawtin at Loveparade in Berlin back in 1998… I still get goose bumps just thinking about it…

Many outstanding, banging, psychedelic and deep tracks followed and catapulted JOHANNES HEIL to the top of his game. He became one of the most influential and respected producers on the international electronic music scene, always keeping his productions on a very high level and consistently staying loyal to techno.

His latest release FROM WITHIN (released on Gregor Treshers label Break New Soil) reached position 8 of the Beatport Charts and position 15 of „Groove Tracks Of The Year 2011“.

JOHANNES HEIL now returns with his 9th album entitled HEILIGER BIMM BAMM.
The album will be released as a series of 4 x 12″ high-end vinyl packages plus CD and digital format on the lately formed Nachtstrom sublabel Starkstrom

[Starkstrom SST001] Johannes Heil – Heiliger Bimm Bamm Pt. 1 (Album Preview) by Nachtstrom Schallplatten


Intelligently produced, deep, funky, innovative and highly psychedelic techno tracks… pure ‘excellence’!



Johannes delivers every time… He doesn’t just repeat his usual live set…. he feels the energy and the vibe on the dance floor and adapts his LIVE SET accordingly



 

 

 





January 23, 2012
PLAYKULA welcomes MATTHEW BURTON & KATE RATHOD live
VISIONQUEST – RETROFIT – ORGANIC ART MOVEMENT
BERLIN


BOOKING ENQUIRIES
danni@playkula.com



PLAYKULA playkula.com/artists/matthew-burton-kate-rathod/
FACEBOOK facebook.com/pages/Matthew-Burton-Kate-Rathod/114558261959706
SOUNDCLOUD soundcloud.com/matthewkate




Over the past year, things have really heated up for MATTHEW BURTON & KATE RATHOD.


After catching everyone’s eye with their RESIDENT ADVISOR PODCAST last May, which received great feedback all round, including being voted number 3 in the TOP 10 MIXES of 2011 on Quitmumbling.com, these guys have also had two well-received EPs out on Jay Shepheard’s label RETROFIT


Matthew also had his debut EP on VISIONQUEST, produced together with Nick Lawson


2012 will see another VISIONQUEST release, this time from Matthew and Kate together, out around Easter time


Other releases are lined up for current label homes ULTRASTRETCH and RETROFIT


The pair will also be setting up their own vinyl only label by spring 2012 to release their own material



I N T E R V I E W

PULSE RADIO (January 2012)

















pulseradio.net/articles/2012/01/matthew-burton-kate-rathod



R E C E N T  R E L E A S E

ORGANIC ART MOVEMENT 002 // The Camp Pirate EP



OAM002 | Matthew Burton and Kate Rathod – The Camp Pirate EP



FEEDBACK: 

www.whatpeopleplay.com/albumdetails/null/id/45416



Ahoy me hearties, swash buckling scally wags and land lubbers! Matthew Burton and Kate Rathod deliver the second release for Organic Art Movement.


The Camp Pirate is the tale of a homosexual pirate with a cross dressing fetish. He goes around from port to port selling diamonds and pearls to the rich women of the towns. The Pirates and The Closet scuttles further into the seedy underworld of this old seadog, with the conclusion of the story battling down the hatches on The Pirate’s Acceptance.


To finish off this ep we have two deep sexual house groovers with The Way It’s Gonna Be and Nigel’s Minky. These two tracks make it onto the vinyl release as well as a special edit of The Camp Pirate.



R A   P O D C A S T

www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=260

R A   R E V I E W

www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=10061






















PLAYKULA welcomes MATTHEW BURTON

VISIONQUEST – ULTRASTRETCH – RETROFIT
BERLIN


BOOKING ENQUIRIES
danni@playkula.com



PLAYKULA            playkula.com/artists/matthew-burton
SOUNDCLOUD    soundcloud.com/matthew-burton
RA                         residentadvisor.net/dj/matthewburton
DISCOGS             discogs.com/artist/Matthew+Burton
BUSTAGROOVE  busta-groove.net



S T U D I O  M I X 

DECEMBER 2011


Matthew’s Double Vision Mix by Matthew Burton



R E C E N T  R E L E A S E

ULTRASTRETCH 001 // Who Loves You EP


Who Loves You Preview by Ultrastretch


Small Winner Preview
by Ultrastretch




D E : B U G   R E V I E W

L O U C H E  P O D C A S T 

DECEMBER 2011


louchemusic.com/podcast/Matthew-Burton/























I N T E R V I E W  BURLINGTON PROJECT








burlingtonproject.co.uk/news/FullStory.aspx?Id=617






BUTANE presents LITTLE HELPERS EDITS

LITTLE HELPERS EDITS PRESS RELEASE:: Little Helpers Edits 01 and 02


Anticipating an ever-growing catalog of deep grooves and handy DJ tools, Little Helpers label co-founder Butane introduces the first in a series of derivative works from the label’s catalog, designed to fully realize the creative possibilities foretold by the label’s mission statement.


In advance of his Little Helpers Mixed: Volume One, a stunning compilation of 43 tracks expertly melded into a single harmonious composition, Butane introduces the Little Helpers “Edits” series. Each EP will showcase a single track, crafted skillfully from material in the label’s catalog.


Aimed squarely at DJs, these Edits will be considerably more elaborate than the reduced tools from which they’re assembled.


Edit 1 is a jackin’ Chicago-style afterhours workout, built from the outstanding original works of Butane, Ryan Crosson, Duky, Someone Else, Mark Henning, Kai Limberger, and Mr. Bizz.







Edit 2 is a ten-minute melodic tech house monster, built from the outstanding original works of Mr. Bizz, Andrew Grant, Lomez, Standard Fair, Beaner, and Limo.




January 20, 2012
PLAYKULA welcomes MIKAEL STAVÖSTRAND
DUMB UNIT – CLINK – AMAM – WE ARE
USA


EUROPEAN TOUR DATES AVAILABLE FOR MAY 2012

danni@playkula.com


20.01  POW!WOW at WEEKEND CLUB, BERLIN
21.01  CASSERO CLUB, BOLOGNA

28.02  NICE, FRANCE

03.02  RITTERBUTZKE, BERLIN

09.02  PROPAGANDA, MOSCOW

11.02  EFIR CLUB, ST PETERSBURG




P L A Y K U L A is pleased to welcome Mikael Stavöstrand for Europe and Asia touring for 2012.


Mikael has been lauded as a important figure of the Swedish electronic music scene for his unique interpretations of minimal club techno as well as for producing some of the most essential experimental electronic music of the past years.


Stavöstrand mixes deconstructed sounds with funky little beats to create minimal dance textures.


He has released over 50 12″ Ep’s and 19 Albums (CD, DLP, LP) so far.


He’s currently releasing on labels such as Clink, Dumb Unit, We Are, Lick My Deck, Amam, Thema, Adjunct, Sunset Diskos.


Recently featured on the GET LOST 4 compilation by Damian Lazarus with a track produced with CESARE vs DISORDER for CLINK – Massive Attack on Le Plaisir EP (see here)



UPCOMING RELEASES
Your Skin EP // Vita // Hallucination Lmt. // January 2011
TBA EP // Mikael Stavöstrand & Cesare Vs Disorder w. Konrad Black Remix // Dumb Unit // January/February 2012
TBA EP // Mikael Stavöstrand & Cesare Vs Disorder // Clink // March/April 2012
TBA EP // Mikael Stavöstrand // Amam // April 2012
V.A. EP // The Clap – Mikael Stavöstrand // Retrospect // TBA 2011



L I N K S

FACEBOOK
SOUNDCLOUD
RA
DISCOGS
MYSPACE
YOU TUBE TRACKS
PLAYKULA ARTIST PAGE



L I V E  S E T


Mikael Stavostrand Live PA Frankfurt 30.04.2011



D J  S E T


Mikael Stavöstrand – Slow Friday Mix Shorter June 3rd 2011



T R A C K S



Track Clippings



R E C E N T  R E L E A S E S


AMAM 014 // Mikael Stavostrand – Nothing More EP (incl. Agaric & Argenis Brito remixes)


AMAM014 – Mikael Stavostrand – Nothing More EP (incl. Agaric & Argenis Brito remixes)
by AMAM


Played & Supported by: Matt John, Marco Carola, Tiefschwarz, Dubfire, Claude Vonstroke, Anja Schneider, Maceo Plex/Maetrik, Tim Green, Oxia, Davide Squillace, Paco Osuna, Butch, Kaiserdisco, Stephan Bodzin, Timo Maas, Popof, Konrad Black, Phil Kieran, Hugo, Camea, Carlo Lio, Luca Bacchetti, Ida Engberg, Federico Molinari, Tim Xavier, Coyu, Cesare vs Disorder, Kabale und Liebe, Alexi Delano, Dirt Crew and many more…  FULL FEEDBACK HERE






WE ARE 021 // Agaric & Mikael Stavostrand – Club Tracks Vol. 7


Agaric & Mikael Stavostrand – Club Tracks Vol. 7 (WRR 021)

Mikael Stavöstrand (Lick My Deck, Clink, Highgrade) spent a few days in Berlin recently, so why not get him over to the We Are HQ and work on some tracks with Agaric, right?


The boys’ first track is a deeper bass driven techno track interchanging grooves and eerie strings and percussion arrangements whereas the flipside on this limited 10” goes more funky and presents a surprising vocal bit where Vealchop out of Los Angeles asks himself why certain things went the way they did!


Already tried and tested to excited crowds in clubs like 1001 London, Rex Paris and Tresor Berlin…



CLINK 027 // Mikael Stavostrand & Cesare vs Disorder – Le Plaisir EP (incl. Camea remix)

Mikael Stavostrand & Cesare Vs Disorder – Massive Attack Rework by Mikael Stavostrand

DJ support from:  Anja Schneider, Ellen Allien, Peter Kruder, Nick Warren, Tiga, Laurent Garnier, Lee Jones, Kiki, Troy Pierce, Len Faki, Konrad Black, Tiefschwarz, Luca Bacchetti, Shinedoe, Loco Dice, Anthony Collins, Dave Mothersole, Hotchip, Damian Lazarus… FULL FEEDBACK HERE









B E A T P O R T   C H A R T  
N O V E M B E R   2 0 1 1

December 23, 2011
MERRY X-MAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

December 2, 2011
FINDLING · a new talent joins our roster!
findling.eins.



PLAYKULA is very happy to welcome FINDLING from Munich to our roster!


Severin Stickel aka FINDLING is a great DJ with a huge collection of high quality dance tunes and he is producing some of the finest deep house. Has been approached by some of the most forward thinking labels on the scene, such as Get Physical, Hifreaks, Soulfooled or Kindisch (his debut release with them reached the Top Ten of the Resident Advisor chart).


2012 promises a number of new releases, with Findling‘s productions skills really beginning to bear the fruit. Most notable was his October 2011 Deep Sea EP, released on Get Physical, a 5 tracker full of techie, dubby house and after hour naughtiness along with a complilation for Kindisch as well as remixes for M.A.N.D.Y., Pitchben (Compost),  DJ T. and Terranova to be released on Kompakt.


Come and see him play at our PLAYKULA X-MAS bash at Club Der Visionäre Friday Dec. 16th in Berlin!  (more infos soon)





UPCOMING FINDLING TRACKS


Drycorn ( Findling-Pele) Kindisch 037 by findling


Soulkitchen (Findling – Pele ) kindisch 037 by findling


201 adultnapper-m.a.n.d.y. (Findling-Pele Rmx) by findling



D E C E M B E R   2011 C H A R T S


01.  DJ T. FEAT. KHAN – LEAVIN’ ME (CLOCKWORK REMIX) – GET PHYSICAL MUSIC

02.  OLIVER – GRANULATED SOUL -

03.  TERRANOVA – SO STRONG ( FINDLING / ZIGON RMX) – KOMPAKT 246

04.  ZAKES BANTWINI – WASTING MY TIME (DAN GHENACIA REMIX) – REAL TONE RECORDS

05.  MACEO PLEX – STAY HIGH BABY – ELLUM AUDIO

06.  PITCHBEN – UNIQUE – COMPOST

07.  MANDY / BOOKASHADE – HOME -

08.  PROMMER AND BARCK – JOURNEY (KINK MIX) – COMPOST RECORDS

09.  SOLOMUN – SEE YOU EVERYDAY ALONE – DIYNAMIC MUSIC

10.  FINDLING & PELE – DRYCORN – KINDISCH RECORDS

http://www.vimeo.com/31370499
November 25, 2011
Darius Syrossian: DJ MAG Weekly Podcast


DJ Weekly Podcast


64: Darius Syrossian

With a summer that saw his tracks grace compilations such as ‘5 years of 8bit’, ‘Cocoon Heroes’and Heidi’s ‘Jackathon’, there’s no doubting the popularity – amongst clubbers and DJs – of Darius Syrossian. Schooled on the dancefloor of the Hacienda, he later worked in some of the finest record shops in Leeds meaning his literacy in house is second to none hence a bi-weekly VIVa Music Radio show which goes out to over 30 countries,  a tireless DJ schedule including this year Sonar, WMC and Kazantip, and his own successful Breakout Audio label. And as his podcast, which ranges from Eats Everything to Murk shows, if it’s got the groove to make you move, Darius is on it.


DJ Weekly Podcast 64: Darius Syrossian by djmag


1 – MurK – Intruder feat. Jei – Amame (Long Ass Mix)
2 – Nick Harris – Sunrise Over Volta (Hector Mix 1) – NRK
3 – Matteo Millieri – The Pad – Original Mix
4 – DZeta & Basile – Through the Ceiling (Moodymanc remix)
5 – Nathan Coles & David coker – Summer acid
6 – Eats Everything – The Size
7 – Huxley & Russo – Reality Check
8 – Anja Schneider – Hello boy
9 – Fabio Giannelli – The scream
10 – Smash TV – Steroids to heaven
11 – 11-11 – Tourist trap (Jamie Jones remix)
12 – Dj W!ld – I’m not human (Darius Syrossian remix) forthcoming jan 2012 Vinyl & Digital
13 – Marc De Vole & Patrick Muschiol – Ein Tag Im Herbst feat. Charly (Rodriguez Jr. Remix)
14 – Darius Syrossian – Ten Miles from Lima – Klangkultur Schallplatten (forthcoming march 2012 Vinyl & digital)
15 – David Garfit – The trouble with this – Love not money

November 15, 2011
MARK HENNING – ‘Stacked’ featured on UPON.YOU’s DIARY N°2 Vinyl

Here comes the already promised vinyl-extraction of the already released Upon.You Diary N°2 Compilation, on which you can find the UY- clan members and artists around the label.


The four most popular titles of the cd were poured onto vinyl.


For the full track selection of the original MP3/CD compilation, you can check out here:
http://soundcloud.com/uponyourecords/sets/diary-n-2/


On A1 a collaboration of Douglas Greed and Delhia de France, who lost gallons of love about their song ‘Sense’.


Mark Henning has also formed a passioned tech-house-mover with his track ‘Stacked’, which complies with his ever cool style.


The B- side has an opener from our number one Dutchman Onno, who got together with our youngest member Marcus Gehring to produce the title ‘Elephant In The Room’.


Of course Marcus Meinhardt, who was responsible for the survey of the tracks cant be left a side. His contribution to this product carries the name ‘Splash’ and is an example for Marcus Meinhardts driving tech-house-sound.



Various Artists ‘A Selection Of The Diary N°2′ by Upon You Records