DAY ONE 2012... Madrid, THE place to be !

Teníamos en mente escribir un post sobre los mejores lugares donde celebrar el Año Nuevo en el mundo y después de investigar un poco, es obvio….Este año, hay UNA ciudad donde celebrar el 1 de Enero.

Una ciudad que congregará a los mejores dj´s del mundo para empezar el 2012 por todo lo alto: ¡Madrid!

3 eventos de repercusión global con espectaculares line-ups. Así que podemos proclamar sin duda que el 1 de Enero Madrid es el lugar idóneo para que los amantes de la música electrónica entren en el nuevo año.

We had in mind to write a post about the best places to celebrate the New Year all around the world… After a bit of investigation, it’s obvious…

This year, there is ONE city to party on January 1^st!

One city celebrated by the best DJs in the world to begin 2012 with a bang…

Madrid!

3 events packed with worldwide reknown, spectacular line-ups… We can claim without a doubt that Madrid is The place to be for electro music lovers on the first day of 2012!

Desayunamos a las 8 de la mañana con la segunda edición de DAY ONE MADRID festival en el palacio de Vistalegre. Después del éxito del pasado año, DAY ONE vuelve en 2012 con un cartel tanto o más espectacular que el del año anterior, haciendo de este día el más especial del año gracias a la pedazo de alineación de dj´s:

Cuatro manos para dos platos…casi un clásico del género…Loco Dice y Marco Carola compartirán cabeza de cartel en un set exclusivo de 4 horitas…Un duelo que se prevée muy igualado. Además de ellos, el gran Richie Hawtin también se suma a la fiesta, junto a Luciano, Paco Osuna, Tini, Vitalic, Mar-T…casi casi como estar en Amnesia un dia de verano en Ibiza.

Festivities begin at 8 am with the second edition of the DAY ONE MADRID festival, taking place at Palacio Vistalegre. After the great success of 2011, DAY ONE is back in 2012 with a line-up that is just as spectacular as the previous one, making this day the most special day of the year.

4 hands for 2 decks… It’s become a classic of its kind… Loco Dice and Marco Carola will share the headline for an exclusive 4 hours set. A musical match promised to be very, very tight… The great Richie Hawtin will also join in, as well as Luciano, Paco Osuna, Tini, Vitalic, Mar-T, a permanent feature at Amnesia Ibiza, Reboot or Oscar de Rivera…

Y esto es solo el aperitivo…

And that’s only the beginning…

El menú continúa en uno de los lugares más impresionantes de la capital del reino, La Caja Mágica, que desde las dos del mediodía dará la bienvenida a más de 10.000 personas en la 6ª edición del Space Of Sound Festival, el primer festival que decidió celebrar la llegada del nuevo año en lugar de despedir el anterior.

Aquí el cartel es más underground . De lo bueno, lo mejor, en lo que a electrónica se refiere:
Popof, el francés, flamante fichaje de Coocon, Adam Beyer, Carl Craig, Dub Fire, Henry Saiz, James Holden, Ricardo Villalobos o Sven Väth, entre otros. Canela en rama.

One of the most impressive and spectacular locations of the capital, la Madrid Caja majica, will welcome from 2 pm onwards more than 10.000 people to celebrate the 6^th edition of SPACE OF SOUND festival.

It is the first festival in Spain who decided to celebrate the beginning of the upcoming year rather than the end of the previous one…

Here, the line-up is more underground, challenging all the greatest worldwide events in the field of electro music : Popof, the French musician recently signed by Cocoon rec., Adam Beyer, Carl Craig, Dub Fire, Henry Saiz, James Holden, Ricardo Villalobos, Sven Väth, to name a few…

Y de postre…

This in NOT the end my friends…

La popular GOA ELECTRONIC PARTY se da lugar Madrid una vez al més. La primera edición de 2012 dará el pistoletazo de salida al 2012 como siempre, en FABRIK, a partir de las 12 con más de 12 horas de musicón, locura y buena compañía: Josh Wink, Michael Mayer, Technasia, la familia berlinesa MOBILEE y el equipo de FREERANGE Records desde Londres serán algunos de los encargados de poner la banda sonora.

Por si no puedes ir Ibiza Sonica retransmitirá en directo, a partir de las 3 de la tarde desde el Crystal Club donde estarán nuestros amigos de Freerange y más tarde nos trasladaremos a la Mainroom para traerte a Michael Mayer, Technasia y Josh Wink.

The famous GOA ELECTRONIC PARTY takes place each month in Madrid.
This first edition of 2012 gives the “go-ahead” to a new year of partying, craziness and music…
GOA FIN DEL MUNDO will take place at la FABRIK Madrid this Sunday at 12 am for more than 12 hours of nonstop music, in good company as always…

Josh Wink, Michael Mayer, Technasia, but also the MOBILEE family from Berlin and the FREERANGE Records team, freshly arrived from London…

More informations about GOA FIN DEL MUNDO

Si eres afortunado y te encuentras en Madrid estos días el único problema al que te tendrás que enfrentar es elegir el lugar al que te irás de fiesta...

Well, if you are lucky enough to be in Madrid this weekend, the only problem you could face is to choose the place where you’re going to party…

Te deseamos un maravillos Feliz Año Nuevo

We wish you a wonderful Happy new Year !

Live broadcast from GOA FIN DEL MUNDO / Domingo 1 de Enero

Amigos y amigas, aprovechemos lo poco que le queda al Planeta Tierra, pues, como bien dejaron escrito los Mayas, en 2012 el mundo conocido se acaba.

Punto y final, campana y se acabó, finiquitando que es gerundio… el apocalipsis está a la vuelta de la esquina, y nosotros aquí, tan tranquilos, preocupados y enzarzados en estériles elecciones parlamentarias, malignas primas de riesgo y nimiedades que se olvidarán rápidamente en cuanto el azote de los dioses caiga sobre nosotros.

Pero oigan, como bien decían los R.E.M., “es el fin del mundo conocido, y me siento debutis”. Que si se acaba el mundo, pues que nos coja bailando y echando unas risas. A nosotros nadie nos va a amargar el año nuevo, y menos aún con un detalle tan tonto y tan prescindible como es el fin del mundo.

Mientras el negro cielo se abra, iracundo y rabioso, los edificios se desplomen y nuestra vana esperanza de supervivencia se derrumbe cual castillo de naipes, Goa Electronic Parties estará celebrando la llegada de un nuevo año con una fiesta que durará la friolera de 15 horas: desde las 12 de la mañana del día 1 hasta las 3 de la madrugada del día siguiente. Suficiente tiempo para olvidar, ni que sea por unas horas, lo poco que nos queda a los humanos en esta bonita galaxia.

Y qué mejor manera de dar la bienvenida al cataclismo final que con un cartel como el que ahora mismo os vamos a explicar...

En la Main Room, como siempre y quizá por última vez (si es que los Mayas finalmente tuvieran razón), Marcos In Dub y el flamante dúo Borderline (Gerardo Niva + Álex Guerra) se verán acompañados por los beats todotechreno del veterano Technasia.

No faltará el monarca norteamericano del house más ácido, Josh Wink, ni el amigo de grandes y pequeños, el ya mítico Michael Mayer, siempre dispuesto a partir la pista con una sonrisa a cualquier hora y en cualquier lugar.

En el Upper Floor nos visitarán Anja Schneider, Rodriguez Jr, Dan Curtin, Martin Landsky y Sebastian Radlmeier, es decir, la familia Mobilee, uno de los sellos germanos de más éxito mundial (los Mayas seguramente bailarían sus temas entre sacrificio y sacrificio si hubieran llegado a conocerlos).

Y en el Crystal Club, Freerange Records (sí, la disquera más fantástica de toda Inglaterra) donde sus más gráciles espadachines –Dj Yellow, Shur-i-Kan, Pol_On y Lovebirds- nos deleitarán con su elegancia, sutilidad y savoir faire housero.

Want you in my soul (Original) - Lovebirds feat Stee Downes by Stee Downes

En la sala Satélite, nuestros queridos crápulas del club Araña también darán la bienvenida, o despedida, según se mire, al Año Nuevo y se traerán con ellos a The Warriors, Kaze, Sickboy aka Taramona, Ed is dead y Dano.

Que el fin del mundo nos sorprenda bailando. Amén.

En Ibiza Sonica, retransmitiremos de las 15H00 hasta las 20H00 desde el Crystal Club para las sesiones de Pol_on y Shur-I-Kan.

A partir de las 20H00 y hasta 01H00, estaremos en directo desde la Mainroom con Michael Mayer, Technasia y Josh Wink... A pasarlo bien !

Escucha este programa especial en www.goaclub.es y en Ibiza Sonica, 95.2 fm (Ibiza y Formentera) www.ibizasonica.com

Para darte una idea de la ultima GOA NAKED XVII Anniversario...

FELIZ 2012 !

Loco DICE announces the second UNDER 300 TOUR for 2012

It’s been a while since the first UNDER 300 Tour in 2009, which led Loco Dice to 14 cities playing exclusive extended sets for ecstatic crowds...

In 2012, Loco Dice is coming back with a second european UNDER 300 Tour . The concept is simple – Loco Dice playing vinyl only in a small, intimate club with a capacity of 300 or less.

If you’ve seen Loco Dice perform at his ten-year-long Tribehouse residency in his hometown Düsseldorf, or at DC-10 Ibiza (from ’02-’06), you will have clicked to this. Loco Dice is someone, who can puzzle together intangible moods with a direct approach.
Via his DJ sets or his productions on labels like M_nus, Cadenza, Ovum, Four Twenty and Cocoon, he merges perspectives in his delicate sense for sounds and reflective atmospheres, underpinned with solid, physical grooves inspired by the hip hop that was his early sonic stomping ground in the mid- to late ‘90s. There’s something there for the dreamers, as well as for the 9-to-5ers who just want to lose everything in a moment of abandon on the dancefloor...

The tour will be visiting 12 cities throughout January and February, with the focus this time being on those who educate and shape the taste of dance-floors around the world – the resident DJ’s in each city.

Each night of the tour the event will be hosted by a different resident DJ, Loco Dice with his bag full of vinyl is a guest – a curious one, who will not only play in a traditional way – two turntables and a mic – showing musical facets that are out of place on big stages, but who’ll also use his microphone to interview and introduce each local host, giving the world far beyond the intimacy of a club an insight into UNDER 300.

Discover the dates (and Resident Djs for each) of the UNDER 300 european tour :

20.01. Giesserei – Zurich, CH w/ Manon


21.01. Toffler – Rotterdam, NL w/ Michel De Hey & Jeff Moore


22.01. Trouw – Amsterdam, NL w/ Boris Werner


26.01. Secret location – Turin, IT w/ Lorenzo LSP


27.01. Animal Social Club – Rome, IT w/ Giancarlino


02.02. Mondo – Madrid, ES w/ Eduardo de la Calle


04.02. Suite 191, pres. by RAUM – Barcelona, ES w/ Pablo Bolivar


10.02. Culture Box – Copenhagen, DK w/ Martinez


11.02. Petit Bain – Paris, FR w/ Alex & Laetitia


12.02. Salon des Amateurs – Duesseldorf, GER

w/ Patrick Specke, Pulshar -live- & Vladimir Ivkovic


16.02. Woodstrasse – Brussels, BE w/ Ramon Tapia


18.02. Secret location – London, UK w/ Enzo Siragusa

Tomorrow, december 21th, Desolat records, label founded in 2007 by Loco Dice and Martin Buttrich will release his yearly christmas present : the third X-Sampler "Purple" compilation with among other presence of Guti, Alexkid, David Squillace and Reboot…

Asked, about the idea of a Sampler compilation, Loco Dice quotes his Hip-Hop influences…

« It comes from hip-hop. Growing up, I was a huge Death Row fan. Listening to Snoop Dogg and Suge Knight. I really like the idea that they had of bringing their artists all together on one album. They did this Death Row Christmas edition, and that is where I got my idea because we have so many great tracks that we should be able to do something like this. Martin and I, we are not typically fans of various samplers. But when we decided to do this, we were like, lets do it this way and have our artists on it, and not just foreigners. We wanted to make it a present to the people at Christmas. The cover has all our faces on, we wanted to show people what the Desolat looked like, that we are not so underground, that only a name or a sound is important. It is important for the people to see who they are listening too. »

Read more of this Interview of Loco Dice realized on november, 29th for URB digital magazine.

Desolat X-Sampler "Purple" by Desolat Music Group

« When I started, I was all about hip-hop. Ice-T was my man. I loved his beats, his raps, his voice. I also listened to a lot of NWA, A Tribe Called Quest, and Jay-Z. Then I started moving on into house music and I found myself listening to a whole new group of artists like Lil Louie Vega, Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez, and Armand Van Helden. Then I moved on to DJ Sneak, Danny Tanaglia and Maurizio, Basic Channel. Then over to Richie Hawtin and Plastikman. Now I am all about Loco Dice and Martin Buttrich. »

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TIME WARP Mannheim Saturday December 9th 2011

« As you near the venue, you can hear it. Ever so slightly. There. Yes, It's the bass slowly winding its way out of the venue through the streets and connecting with your heartbeat. You’re about to enter the unknown. About to wake up and reconnect with yourself in a fantastic world of magic, joy and exquisite music. »

Time Warp Holland 2011 - Trailer por Time_Warp_Festival

The who's who of electronic music, the state-of-the-art in video, lighting and laser technology, a magnet for techno fans from all over the world - all of this is Time Warp in Mannheim. But Time Warp is much more than just the pure combination of music and technology. It is also a joyous come-together of the international techno scene and represents a fixed meeting place for the Time Warp community that has been formed across national borders with one thing in common:

an immeasurable great love for electronic music.

Some history…

The Time Warp history began in 1994 when, on the 26th of November, the first Time Warpwas celebrated at the legendary "Walzmühle" in Ludwigshafen. This small but popular venue had a rather compact crowd of 2000 witnessing the dawn of an era. From the beginning, the idea of Timewarp has been to present a high-graded selection of electronic music.

Despite being 17 years old, the Time Warp message has remained the same: To create a unique atmosphere with a state-of-the art line up supported by the finest sound & light equipment in the business.

For this new edition, Time WARP presents a huge line-up, like usual…

In 1995 Time Warp moved to the familiar "Maimarkthalle" in Mannheim and saw the first appearance of Sven Väth. Because of the terrific line up incluiding Richie Hawtin, Laurent Garnier, Carl Cox, Josh Wink, LFO and more, the numbers of visitors grew to 10,000.
In 2005, The festival starts to travel and took residence in Pragues for the first foreign edition. Following the the "colours of rhythm" concept the festival expanded and from now, three event-zones composed the basis of Time Warp as well as subjects like art and media.

On the live-acts side…

Henrik Schwarz is one of the most versatile artists in electronic music. For years, the Berlin producer has been one of the most innovative house producers worldwide and only recently he broke new ground musically by rewriting a few of his pieces for classical orchestras. At the same time, let’s not forget that it has not even been a year since Henrik celebrated the world premiere of his techno live-act at the Time Warp Mannheim!

Bill Withers - Who Is He (Henrik Schwarz Edit) by future classic

With his new remake of classical Detroit techno he raised a storm of enthusiasm from the audience. The GOA Electronic Parties resident just been voted 4th better 2011 Live-act in the Resident Advisor rating.

Underworld is one of the most legendary duos in history of electronic music celebrates their Time Warp premiere! With Trainspotting and “Born Slippy NUXX” Karl Hyde and Rick Smith attracted the attention of the world’s media in 1996. Typically British drum patterns melt seamlessly into euphoric melody parts accompanied by Karl's characteristic vocal shouts – Underworld are certainly a band that you just MUST have seen live! Even after three decades on stage and nine studio albums they still belong to the top headliners in the genre of electronic music. Every year millions of fans around the globe celebrate their shows enthusiastically.

Paris – the city of love, the birthplace of Haute Cuisine and the home of Paul Ritch! The latter is especially appreciated in France as well as the rest of the world for his excellent productions and remixes. “Samba” was the name of the French man’s debut on Reposal and instantly made its way into the record boxes of renowned DJs like Richie Hawtin or Dubfire. Straight minimal techno with a forward drive – this is Paul Ritch’s secret recipe, which also well-known labels seem to savour – from Adam Beyer’s Drumcode, Mathew Jonson’s Wagon Repair to Dubfire’s SCI+Tec. If your mouth is already watering at the thought of a Paul Ritch live-set, be prepared to satisfy your appetite at the Time Warp Holland 2011.

At least since his massive hit “Coma Cat” Tensnake has become the talk of the town.

Coma Cat by Tensnake

Still, Marco Niemerski does not feel like a “Dance Music Poster Boy”, as he told Resident Advisor. And he does not have to – after all, he has been one of the global players in Discohouse for a long time.
This is also his mission for the Time Warp in 's-Hertogenbosch: to be the headliner of the new Disco Floor. His exclusive live-set will surely be a worthy inauguration of the floor. So prepare to hit the dance floor!

Progressive beats complemented by sinister synth arrangements? A crossover between Techno, House and Trance? It might be difficult to describe the sound of Extrawelt but it is surely easy to dance to. The two guys from Hamburg, Wayaan and Arne, have always been known for fat prime time bangers like “Soopertrack” and sinister minimal hymns like “Dark Side of my Room” but they also don’t shy away from adventures in the remote realms of breakbeats. With this rich musical repertoire they carry us of into their own world of sounds, melodies and beats – the Extrawelt.

Let’s Dance !

On the Djs side, like usual some regulars like Sven VATH, who hasn't missed one TIME WARP in 16 years, Loco Dice, Karotte, Marco Carola but also Tommy Four Seven, Michel de Hey and Richie Hawtin talking about some surprise...

Richie Hawtin for Time Warp Holland 2011 por Time_Warp_Festival

Check the complete Line-up here !

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IBIZA MUSIC ACADEMY : distrito técnológico internacional de creación musical

Esta mañana se ha presentado en rueda de prensa la Ibiza Music Academy, un Centro Internacional en Formación e Innovación en Música Avanzada que ofrecerá cursos de formación en música electrónica durante todo el año en el Conservatori de Musica i Dansa d´Eivissa.

Creado por la Agrupación de Empresas Innovadoras Ibiza Music Cluster (de la que Ibiza Sónica es parte) los cursos pretenden generar sinergias entre la música clásica y la música avanzada además de consolidar a Ibiza como punto de referencia de creación de tendencias artístico-musicales durante todo el año.

Los cursos, impartidos por profesionales de trayectoria reconocida, se empezarán el próximo mes de Diciembre. Aquí os los desgranamos brevemente:

Electronic Live Production: De un tiempo a esta parte viene siendo habitual que tanto Dj´s como productores utilicen como recurso la improvisación en directo con laptops y secuenciadores. En el curso, impartido por Lenny ibizarre y Javier Ferrer, se enseñarán técnicas y trucos para la performance en directo de producciones de música electrónica.

Armonía para DJ´s y productores: Jacob Mariscal y Adolfo Vilallonga, dos reputados musicólogos y compositores ibicencos, impartirán este curso que fomenta la aplicación de las técnicas básicas de la armonía aplicadas a las nuevas herramientas de producción musical. Un paso más para la depuración de la técnica de los productores y dj´s electrónicos.
Apple Music Applications: Apple es, desde hace años, la empresa de hardware favorita de los productores de música electrónica. Desde las computadoras más potentes como Imac o MacBook hasta el Iphone pasando por uno de sus más innovadores productos: el Ipad.

Un clásico de la escena madrileña , Luis Cantalapiedra ( o sea Dj Muerto), demostrará como usar esta potente tablet como instrumento, controlador MIDI o secuenciador.

Síntesis Modular: La síntesis modular ya no depende de cables y sintetizadores gigantes. Gracias a softwares como Reaktor los alumnos aprenderán a sintetizar sonidos manipulando envolventes, filtros o LFO´s. Un curso que ofrece a los alumnos llegar al tuétano del sonido y conocer así el origen primitivo de las producciones.

Para quien no lo sepa, el Ibiza Music Cluster es una asociación de empresas de la industria musical de Ibiza con el objetivo de mejorar en competitividad, innovación y creatividad y la Academia es un paso adelante en pos de ese objetivo.

Así que, mentes inquietas, productores, músicos, dj´s…

ya sabéis: en Ibiza ya tenéis un lugar donde seguir cultivando vuestros conocimientos.

Para mas informaciones,

consulta la pagina Web : www.ibizamusiccluster.org

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Ralph LAWSON 2020Vision Special 20 years of Basics Radio Show

Ralph Lawson just celebrated last wednesday 20 years of basics...

« At 9.30pm on November 23rd 1991 I played the first ever record at back to basics club in Leeds, UK. I had no idea it was going to last to be possibly the longest running weekly house music club in the world. Over the coming months I will be mixing my favourite musical memories from the club exclusively for this blog and hoping to build the definitive story of the club through features on the key players and characters as well as hopefully comments and content from yourselves. »

To celebrate this special birthday, Ralph built and put online an exclusive blog devoted to his huge Dj career. He goes back over on his starts, back to the basics, the Music Factory times, the birth of 2020 soundsystem and a very rich list of all his favorites tunes. Just a treasure ! Check this out, its going to feature an abundance of mixes representing his 20 years at backtobasics and more…

Blog Special 20th birthday

Best know as the original resident Dj at the egendary Back To Basics in Leeds, Ralph Lawson has played a pioneering role in electronic underground dance music for the past two decades. Lawson is widely regarded as being one the very best House DJs in the world. He currently holds residencies at Back To Basics Leeds, We Love Space Ibiza and Barcelona’s The Loft as well as regular appearances at Berlin’s Watergate and London’s Fabric.

Ralph Lawson's We Love Space residency mix 2011 by ralphlawson

Always unique, his style has developed over the years to become what is know worldwide as the 2020sound, giving reference to the label he created in 1995 in a country farm which has also gone on to be one of the very best electronic music labels in the world.

« The studio was set up in Hopefield Farm in Rothwell, just south of Leeds. I moved there with Carl Finlow and Fraser Brydson. I’d just lost my girlfriend so I was at a loose end. I picked up a copy of the Yorkshire Post and the first thing I saw was, “Farmhouse for rent, £400 per month”. I thought - no neighbours, it’s going to be an ideal place for a studio. »

Ralph Lawson, about the birth of 2020 Studios.

And, actually it was. This country farm became quickly a creative cell for Ralph and his team. Is in this same house that was born the project of 2020Vision and 2020Soundsystem, a new way of playing, mixing live instruments with electronic Music imagined by Ralph Lawson and his friend Danny D Ward. 2020Soundsystem transformed the clubbing experience into something new by giving the best of both worlds: the continuity and diversity of a DJ mix with the raw energy and excitement of seeing a live band.


“The 2020Soundsystem has its origins in a request from Fat City Records in Manchester to make a mix for their 'Stars on 33' series. I was totally bored of everything at the time and wanted to try something different. I wanted to mix records from 1979-1999 and many weren't done on computers so you couldn't beat match them. I wanted to find a new way to mix them. I spoke about it with Danny 'Dubble D' Ward and he suggested that he played kit over the records and handled any changes in tempo and then made our own 'breaks' coming out of the tracks. I would then mix the next record into the drums that were now tight. Basically the idea worked and I still love the mix we achieved. We left the idea for a while but I became obsessed with putting a band together. It had been a dream since my teenage years and became an itch I still felt I needed to scratch. So when I was sent a demo by two Argentineans called Silver City (Fernando Pulichino and Julian Sanza) that featured live bass and keyboards I put 2 and 2 together and we made 4. Our first gig was at BRB in Leeds in 2003. It was more of a jam over my records as we didn't have any songs. Over time we started to get our own hooks and those then became the basis of original tracks”.

Very ecclectic movement, 2020Vision also became 2020Vision Show, a radio reference for all the electronic music lovers.

Hosted by Ibiza Sonica, 2020Vision is one special hour set every monday and to celebrate 20 years of Basics, Ralph Lawson made a serie of 4 special sets to make you dance all december long.

The Music Factory Years 91-94 part one by ralphlawson

Who said that winter was cold ?

From tomorrow and during 4 weeks, listen those special radio shows on Ibiza Sonica every Monday from 20H00 to 21H00. Don’t miss it, it’s gonna be legendary !

To end this post with a musical note, I let you discover the track that Ralph Lawson presents as his favorite of all his huge career… Enjoy !

« My favourite record is our remix of ‘Lovelee Dae’ by Blaze, which was produced by Carl and myself. It was a peak moment in our relationship. I did the beats and the arrangement and he came with his engineering knowledge and keyboard magic. God knows how many it’s sold now, but ten years ago it had done 25,000. It’s in the Top 100 classic records on RA and Beatport. »

Read more of this very interesting interview conducted by Bill Brewster in october 2011 for DjHistory.com

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