Welcome to our 14th session!

- FUSION SPECIAL -

We had so much fun on this old Russian airbase in Lärz, 2 hours North of Berlin, at the annual Fusion Festival. About 50.000 people came partying & relaxing during 3-4 days of nonstop “holiday communism”. The sympathetically uncommercial and ‘low-profile’ Fusion Festival happened on various stages, hosting numerous artists who performed on instruments, microphones, computers and turntables. You could also stumble over funky - funny - weirdo theater performances, Aktionskunst of all sorts, and of course the odd Michael Jackson rememberance flashmob (when 500 people did the moonwalk behind the Turmbühne main stage). We played on Saturday 27. June and managed to record our DJ set. You can download it below.

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Download ROBOSONIC @ Fusion Festival 2009 (Turmbühne)

[192kbps / MP3 / 2h30min] -> HERE <-!

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Due to the Fusion Festival Special,
the BKI-14 show is reserved solely to our 2 beloved guests.
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BKI-14

with special guests:

Hipp-E [Nightshift :: Denver]

and:

Mike Monday [OM / Simple :: London]

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In order of appearance:

00:00 - 1:00:02: Hipp-E DJ Mix

1:00:15 - 2:01:27: Mike Monday DJ Mix

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Download the BKI-14 show [192kbps / MP3 / 2h01min]

-> HERE <-

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Welcome, Hipp-E!

[myspace]

[Resident Advisor]

[Discogs]

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“Straight from the Golden West”

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A native of the golden West, Eric Galaviz aka Hipp-E has pushed the envelope of dance music from the tender age of 16. After years of parties and inspiration from other DJ’s and Producers, Hipp-E decided it was time to try his hand at making music that better suit the left-coast of the United States.

Teaming up with partner Halo, the two produced a hybrid sound that paired the jackin’ beats of Chicago with the smoked out sounds of the Pacific. Known as the H-Foundation and 6400 Crew, they produced tracks for Siesta Music in their new home of San Diego, for their new friends at Soma in Glasgow, for the label giant Hooj Choons, and even for the East coast legends at Yoshitoshi. As a result, they drew the attention of house music lovers worldwide to the self-contained music industry of the West coast.

The next phase of Hipp-E’s skyrocketing career saw him able to take his sound abroad in the form of his legendary DJ sets. Playing slots at Fabric (London), Turbo (Toronto), Zouks (Singapore), Soma (Glasgow), Twilo (New York), More (Amsterdam), Pacha (Buenos Aires), and Allenby (Tel-Aviv) turned the heads of the clubbers who thought they had seen and heard it all.
His sets at raves in New Zealand, Montreal, Turkey, Croatia, Spain, Brazil and all over the United States have reintroduced the concept that prime-time doesn’t mean prime-speeds and has the ravers listening for a change.

Even though one might wonder when he finds the time, Hipp-E has continued to push himself in the studio, developing a sound that belongs solely to him. His solo production for labels like NRK, Soma, Product Deluxe, and Tango Recordings has garnered instant reaction from international DJs. In addition to building his studio knowledge, Hipp-E is venturing into more unknown territory. As A&R for San Francisco based Tango, he is able to take his knack for finding amazing records to play out and apply it to finding upcoming producers from around the world who will help to shape the future of dance music.

After the huge success of H-Foundation’s “Environments” album, a concept that he and Halo worked on together with live musicians and represents the fusion of styles that has become their trademark, the boys now feel it is time to move on with their careers. They have amicably agreed to go their separate ways, with Hipp-e representing the H-Foundation moniker, and each of them DJing as solo artists.

With a DJ schedule that shows no signs of slowing down and a resume that puts him at the top of his field, Hipp-E will continue to realise his dreams and inspire the rest of the industry.

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Check out Nightshift Recordings:

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Welcome, Mike Monday!

[myspace]

[Official Website]

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“Songs without words“

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BKI had a little chat with Mike Monday on Skype. To read the full interview, click above!

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Official biography:

It’s been a great last two years for Mike Monday. Long tipped as one of Europe’s most upand-coming producers, in 2005 Monday’s profile exploded with a run of killer productions - experimental, jackin’, and flat-out weird but with both feet on the dancefloor and a real oldschool spirit.

And now? Sasha to Steve Bug, Mylo to MANDY, David Duriez to Freestyle Man, Josh Wink to Pete Tong - from the big names to the deepest underground, everyone’s playing Mike Monday’s records…

The press loves his music as well:

He’s “one of the 100 reasons dance music still rules” - IDJ.
He’s “one of the main players of 2006” - DJ mag.
He’s “the remixers’ remixer” - Mixmag.

And there’s more praise as well for Playtime, the label on which he’s the star act - it’s “the label of the moment” (One Week to Live) and “one of the best labels to come out of 2005” (IDJ).

That’s why 2006 has seen a continuation of Monday’s heady rise. Gigs wordwide from Russia to Australia to the US to everywhere in Europe - and such a high profile in Paris that he plays there more often than most local DJs. Rave reviews for tracks and remixes on European labels like Simple, Freerange, Dirt Crew and Hi-Phen - and of course more tracks on Playtime in preparation for release of his debut artist album, “Smorgasbord” (out September 2006).

The album is a statement about where Monday is at today - one foot in house, one foot in electronica, and a finger in every pie as well. “I wanted,” Monday says, “to make an album - something you could listen to from beginning to end. Too many producers just throw together a collection of their old dance tracks”. So “Smorgasbord” takes in a huge spectrum of electronic music - from Big Chill-style sunset electronica to the funk fuelled rhythm, booty shakin’ basslines and self-effacing sense of humour in the productions for which he first became known.

In Monday’s view, there’s no confusion at all between these disparate genres. He refuses to be boxed into one specific style of dance music. He’s always held that approach, dating his ‘Mondayisms’ from early influences. “I was never a rock or indie kid at school”, he says.

“While my mates were shoe gazing with Morrissey and The Cure, I was shaking my butt to anything from Pfunk to Prince. When I first moved to London in the early 90s, I played saxophone in various funk and jazz bands, including Beat Foundation with Andy Cato from Groove Armada”, he says. “London was a real melting pot then, a really vibrant and exciting time for electronic music. I got hooked on house pretty quickly because it had such a real sense of possibility. Nearly every month a new sound would appear. And there weren’t any strict stylistic boundaries - just great records.”

Now that approach continues at his residency at Playtime, the London club from which the label has sprung. “Playtime is a throwback to the best days of acid house”, Monday says. “It’s the last really mixed night left in London - gay, straight, men, women, geeks, fashionistas - whatever! That’s important to us because it’s the kind of testbed you need for new music: a club where people really care what they hear - but where they want to hear something new. That’s what house music should be. It’s got to be fresh, new, so exciting you can’t help dance to it…”

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Watch out for Mike’s feature “TR LOVE” on “5 Years of Systematic”:


Check out Mike’s release “Salieri Complex / Stargirl” on OM Records:

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BKI-14

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icon for podpress  Robosonic @ Fusion Festival 2009 (Turmbühne) :: DJ mix recorded live: Download
icon for podpress  BKI-14 hosted by Robosonic :: with Hipp-E & Mike Monday: Download