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In Interview with Recondite

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Next Saturday, May 11th, The Cityfox Experience event purveyors will be presenting Regenerate at the Brooklyn Mirage with Recondite (live), Adriatique, Hot Since 82, Monolink (Live), Anja Schneider and more scheduled to perform.

A longtime collector of music, Recondite had his first experience with drum machines and synthesizers just a few years ago in a small studio right next to the forest in Lower Bavaria. It wasn’t long after that he moved to Berlin to build up Plangent Records, where the artist rapidly established his name. “Plangent #001” was well-received, and with three strong EPs released in 2011, he grabbed the attention of Scuba, who included “Backbone” in his DJ KiCKS mix and quickly put out two Recondite remixes on Hot Flush.

“On Acid”, his full-length debut, was delivered in 2012 via the sleek Los Angeles imprint Acid Test. The Absurd Recordings sublabel had already featured revered releases from Donato Dozzy and Tin Man, and Recondite’s LP garnered a great deal of positive feedback from the press and major producers alike. Continuing to release on his own Plangent series, he also put out the “EC10 EP” on Dystopian in early 2013 – a record that’s as tough as it is experimental. Progressively, this all lead up to his sophomore LP and first release on Ghostly International, “Hinterland”.

The record acknowledges the finest moments in his previous releases, and ultimately creates what he believes is something that captures the personality of Rottal-Inn – a district in southeastern Bavaria, Germany and his hometown. The rest of Recondite’s career is well known, including releases on Innervisions, Afterlife as well as what are now some of his biggest label mainstays: Dystopian, Hotflush Recordings and, of course, his very own Plangent Records.

We took the opportunity to chat with Recondite about his recent releases, his upcoming album and, of course, the upcoming gig in New York City, for which you can find tickets HERE.


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Digging Deeper with Oded Nir

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Oded Nir is a bass player, producer, remixer and electronic live artist based in Amsterdam, who is also the mastermind behind the popular Suntree Records – a hub for all things soulful, house, jazz and lounge.

Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, Oded is never shy of globetrotting. Oded started to discover and experiment with electronic music when he listened to CafĂ© del Mar, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Massive Attack, and Jazzanova, although his first love was actually rock music. With his background as an all-around musician, Oded creates original sounds and blends them together for the first time on his debut album ‘Midnight Snacker’ (Suntree Records) in 2010.

‘Into Your Heart’ feat. Hed Kandi-singer Gia Mellish with Richard Earnshaw & Dutchican Soul reached the Traxsource Top 10 charts and stayed there for over two weeks; it was a 2012 summer house classic. Oded’s singles ‘Again & Again’ ft. American vocalist Chappell and Impossible Love, both hits reached the Traxsource and Itunes Top Dance Charts.

Covering all flavors within the house, lounge & soulful genre combined with productions on his own label Suntree Records as well as Universal, it is obvious that Oded Nir can tackle all dimensions of music with tremendous ease.

As he reveals his second artist album, titled Rooftop Conversations, 6AM digs deeper to find out more about this endearing artist.

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Digging Deeper with Angel Moraes

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Now if there’s a guy who knows how to cut a decent dance track, it’s the legendary Angel Moraes! Having been on the scene for over 25 years and still smashing dance floors with his unique house jams, we dig deeper with the legend about his musical career, his bespoke sound systems and his new EP Dancin’ Wit My Baby


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Julien Jabre: My 5 Key Musical Influences

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After dropping releases on Basic Recordings and Versatile, France’s Julien Jabre decided to launch Elias in 2003 as a platform to release his own music without any constraints. From 2003 to 2005 Julien dropped three records on Elias including the timeless tracks “Swimming Places” that was later released on Defected Records and “War” that went on to pick up support from the likes of Derrick May, Laurent Garnier and many other renowned DJs. After a decade of working behind the scenes with various artists and scoring for film, Julien has decided to make a comeback on Elias following the reissue of the magical record “Stand On The World” by The Jourbert Singers with a remix from Dimitri from Paris in 2016.

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In Interview with Subjected

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Vault Series founder Subjected released his sophomore album entitled Mother on his Subjected Systems label featuring ten ambient, leftfield and techno cuts this March.

An essential figure within Berlin’s techno scene, Subjected has released on ARTS, the enigmatic STOOR and his very own Vault Series. Subjected Systems is a newer project which has so far hosted two releases, one from Transient X4 and another collaborative effort between Subjected and Andrejko.

The label showcases a post-industrial era, that keeps ties to the underground scene that gave birth to it but signals its occupation of a different realm than its predecessor. Subjected now returns with his second album for the label’s third release. Entitled Mother, the longplayer came to fruition after Subjected became a father himself – inspired by processing the changes that were not only happening around him, but to his partner and a new life.

We took the opportunity to speak to Martin, as he is known to friends and family, to talk about the labels, the release of Mother and more.

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Digging Deeper with Julia Govor and her latest project JUJUKA

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Julia Govor is having quite a busy year pushing forward on her latest project, JUJUKA, which is currently picking up steam. With her latest release and a showcase in Los Angeles this weekend, we took the time to chat with her amidst a busy touring and studio schedule to get a glimpse of what JUJUKA is all about

1. Cheers for taking the time to chat with us today. How has your 2019 been coming along?

When I’m preparing for my sets and listening to promos I feel like it’s the 90s. I try not to think about what year it is now and give maximum focus to things which are happening around me.

2. We have been very intrigued about your Jujuka project, first thanks to the eye-catching and honestly hilarious art, and then the releases and event series. While I did my homework on the project, would you be so kind as to share the story behind the original Jujuka concept with our readers?

I really appreciate journalists doing their homework. I see you have done some research.

The project is about music, short narratives, true stories, comics and illustrations where artists behind this project want to go beyond what the conventional record label offers. Jujuka was born from my personal initiative to write short narratives about the electronic dance scene and the experiences I encountered during my journey inside the industry, as DJ, producer and of course, a true raver.

The universe created is a parallel to New York City: the imaginary 909 District. It is a monotone world where color is non-existent, with a high contrast of black and white, and clean broken line.

The anatomy and design of the protagonist, Jujuka, takes inspiration from Amedeo Modigliani’s sculptures. The Italian painter was strongly influenced by African Art and tends to stretch the length of features of the face and body, keeping the eyes black, creating a charming and introspective atmosphere in his paintings.

Sometimes, when I feel lost, I go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and look at the sculpture “Women’s Head”. I hear voices in my head when I look at it but don’t understand the meaning, the language.

 

3. What is the meaning of the word “Jujuka”?

Jujuka means – “dance like nobody watching” on Beja language.

4. From my understanding, Jujuka is a collaboration that brings together your love for music, your experiences in the industry and the artistry of a Le.BLUE, an illustration duo out of London. How did you first meet or discover Matt and Loanne, the duo behind the Le.BLUE project?

I organized an international contest online, there were about 20 participants, but Le Blue’s works caught my eyes the most out of all.

I came to London and we climbed a tree together in Kensington Garden, it was extremely forbidden.  I never forgot how my shoe got stuck so I had to run away from the police without one shoe. We jumped into the River Thames in November.  We survived.

Then, most impressively, when the artists were able to dance 24 hours without any party supplies, and after that crazy test, they went home and drew comics with Jeff Mills!

We made a long-term relationship agreement and promised each other we would be loyal, responsible and respectful.

 

5. How much of your own vision and direction goes into the Jujuka artwork?

I am not gifted like Le.blue with drawings and storyboard but I am imaginative and good with stories.

6. Were you a comic reader as a child?

Russian kids read “War and Peace” darling.

 

7. Why did you choose the comic medium as the art that would accompany these releases and this project?

I like to do things differently plus I like to reach territories where I never been before and there is so much to learn. Contemporary society is dominated by social media, where a need exists to constantly showcase a filtered version of reality.  I felt like Jujuka could bring a completely fresh approach to the techno scene.


8. Jujuka 01 contained 100% Julia Govor work. When can we expect the next release and will future releases feature other artists?

I hope at some point later this year. I would like to release music of others, I would like to do it in a very professional way and be able to offer full label support such as production cost, studio expenses, PR campaigns, tour dates act. It takes time to do it this way.

 

9. Ultimately, what would you say is the goal behind Jujuka and how do you hope it differs from other label offerings?

My goal is very simple to able to keep standing by my ideas, to continuum get people attention, not using sexual or political tools, stay creative and be generous, independent and free.

 

10. You’re bringing Jujuka to Los Angeles on Saturday, April 27th as a party concept/label showcase, with some friends in tow. Can you tell us a little about what fans can expect?

Loud sound system in generally my priority,   it will be very fast and physical music. Gerard, Kamran and Henning are working on very special sets. And of course, it will be fully animated techno rave. Jujuka will move in the same rhythm with others– VJ Blake M Carringtone cooking something.

At the event, people can also purchase the first JUJUKA001 record with my hug on top!       

11. I see that you’re hopping over the pond too, playing alongside some great name at Berlin’s Griessmuehle. Do you plan to spend more time in Europe this summer?

Mostly in and out, not for all summer, as i have so much to do at home, traveling really unbalance self discipline. Also I have so many opportunities to play in America and Latin America lately.  My colleagues always complaining about scene in USA and I was wondering how can I not become the same. We obviously playing in same places. After few years I realized, the problem is that some of artists  see half glass empty, i see half full! Some of them are taking risk, some of them not really. Also, I see how local promoters are pushing hard to new genres and they open to try new things. I respect it and always open for ideas, even sometimes financially it doesn’t make sense. I still doing it.  

12. Jujuka and Julia Govor the artist aside, what else are you looking forward to in 2019 outside of music?

I am working on a environmental friendly project which helps festivals go green and I am looking bring on help:  researchers, managers, team leaders, press, businessmen’s and investors. are welcome too. If you’re interested, let me know!

You can catch the Jujuka party in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 27th
Event Info | Tickets

Julia Govor will also be doing a vinyl-only showcase pre-party at a record store Stellar Remnant in Los Angeles

 

 

In Interview With Junior Sanchez

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Dance music came into the worldwide spotlight for the first time relatively recently and brought an entire population of new fans along with it. What many of those new fans may not realize though is that dance music is a decades-old art-form. The differentiation between disco truly began in the late 1970’s with the full separation beginning in the mid 1980’s, and there are artists from that era, 30 years on, who are still giving everything they have to the scene.

Junior Sanchez is one of those artists. He first stepped up to the decks at the age of 11. Now he’s 41 and his love for the culture has not diminished one bit. He has watched dance music progress through every phase of its history, and we were lucky enough to speak to him about his experiences over the last three decades. Read on to find out about his latest releases, the adjustments he’s had to make as a family man, and more!

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In Interview with Moscoman

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Son of Israel, proprietor of record label Disco Halal and an increasingly influential figure in alternative club culture over the past few years, Moscoman has long been dancing to the beat of his own drum. From his beginnings across the dive bars of Tel Aviv, bridging the myriad sounds of his homeland with alien electronic excursions from much further afield, to his current success doing much of the same to ever-widening audiences, the musical boundaries of Moscoman have long since blurred, evolving only forward, effortlessly bridging the gap between new-wave, house, techno, trance and a sound increasingly all of his own.

For evidence of man like Mosco’s studio prowess, not to mention his seemingly limitless imagination, look to 2017’s ‘Treisar’, an ambitious project that saw no less than eight individual Moscoman EPs arrive on vinyl in less than twelve months. Each showcasing a different idea, tempo and flavour, the still-to-be-completed series provided unexpected anthems that snuck up on dancefloors just as the next edition rolled out of the pressing plant and disappeared from shelves.

In parallel with his restless studio experimentation, a relentless touring schedule has taken Moscoman across the world from his native Israel and current home in Berlin to Asia, America and across Europe, adapting but never altering his sound for festival gigs and impressing with an ambitious live set at Primavera Sound and DGTL. Still, it’s when left alone to orchestrate sweat-drenched, open-minded, open-hearted dancefloors that Moscoman’s musical idealism and years of skill best harmonise into something special.

One of these upcoming special moments is the upcoming Diynamic Festival , which Moscoman has been invited to play for the first time. After the huge success of Diynamic festival 2018 and of course the most recent ADE showcase, the Diynamic family returns to Amsterdam for the seventh Diynamic Festival in 2019.

We caught up with Moscoman to talk about his relationship with Diynamic and to discuss what he has planned for 2019.
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In Interview with Mihalis Safras

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Mihalis Safras has been an extremely consistent and prolific electronic producer and champion of vinyl over the last few years, with various releases on labels such as Saved, Cajual, Repopulate Mars, Relief, 8bit, and of course his own label Material.

His latest release, “Microwave,” is a collab with Green Velvet now out on Relief Records. This is the sixth collab between the two artists – the most Green Velvet has ever worked with another artist on. Mihalis is consistently one of the most charted artists across both Beatport and Resident Advisor, and for good reason. Following “Microwave,” he has further releases on Sola, Circus and a remix for Claptone, all of which will be dropping in the next few months, as well as major headlining events in Europe, the States and South America.

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Digging Deeper with Pat Bedeau

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UK House producer Pat Bedeau is really starting to make waves in the underground scene and is definitely a talent to keep an eye on as he gathers momentum.

We grabbed a quick chat as he releases his debut artist album From The Mind Of on his own Bedfunk label.

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