Being the main man for A&R at Great Stuff Records – Rainer Weichhold – knows a thing or two about music; Rainer has guided the creative direction of Great Stuff for many years and is one of the most astute music gurus in Berlin.

After a 2 year hiatus, Rainer Weichhold returned to dance music in late 2009 with his with amazing Flashmobbing EP, with a little help from fellow Berliners Juan Sanchez and Kaiserdisco, it charted all over Europe and has been gaining praise from all four corners of the world.

We got in contact with Great Stuff to see if he would produce a mix for our Podcast series; he said yes, and he hasn’t let us down with an amazing hour mix that showcases the talents of Great Stuff and Berlin in general.

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Bomb the Bass will release their latest album this month and it’s called “Back to the light” and it has been produced in conjuction with Brazilian star Gui Boratto.

The relative speed in which this new album has been created (twelve months, compared to the fourteen-year gestation of Future Chaos) suggests that Simenon’s return to Bomb the Bass is permanent one.

We have the second single called “Up The Mountain” remixed by Gui Boratto.

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Hybrid are giving away  for free the impressive “break your soul” track from their new debut album Disappear Here – it’s the usual blend of high-end cinematic sci-fi breaks. We love it.

All you need to get this morsel of music is a email address.

You can get your free download here

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Baby I’m Yours is Breakbot’s long-awaited debut EP and it follows his fantastic remix of Air’s So light Is Your Football.

His style oozes character and soul – a far cry from the over-bearing drums and high flying technology that is now becoming the norm.

It’s not the usual sound we would expect from Ed Banger, but it has a cheerful charm to it.

The EP features two singles Baby I’m Your & Make You mine – with remixes from Siriusmo and LaFunkMob

Breakbot – Baby I’m Yours (Feat Irfane)

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One of the reason why Delphic’s debut received such high priase was because of the sheer number of releasable tracks within it – and Halycon is the next song to get a release.

We have the bizarre, but equally good dub step/grime/indie (if it’s not, were not sure then) remix from the fairly unknown L-Vis 1990.

Also, listen out for the most overly dramatic pauses we have heard in a while (thought we had lost power for a second).

It’s possibly the work of a 20-year -old judging by the name. Certainly from London, probably East.

Delphic – Halcyon (L-Vis 1990 Remix)

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Hot Chips’s latest album was released a couple of weeks ago and it went down like a lead balloon – we had a listen and read a few reviews and it really was a poor performance.

One review from the BBC said:”Of the ten tracks on this fourth album, five should have been left out on a Monday morning with the bins.” he added:”We once thought Hot Chip could walk on water – but half of the songs on this album sound like a band treading it instead.”

Thankfully Hot Chip has decided to do one thing right and enlisted the help of Joris Voorn for remixing duties,  Joris impressed many last year with his highly impressive residency at Ibiza’s Space.

Called One Life Stand, Joris has added a much needed deep house groove and it sounds fairly similar to his massive hit Chase The Mouse; deep house at its very best then.

Hot Chip – One Life Stand (Joris Voorn Remix)

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We don’t know, like or have a clue who the New Young Pony Club are, but we do like Dekker & Johan. Dekker & Johan had a great 2009 with their massive remix of The Hour’s ‘Can You See The Light’

They have just dropped their remix for the new NYPC single, and it’s called Chaos.

NYPC – Chaos (Dekker & Johan Remix)

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Booka Shade have just announced that their much anticipted new album will be out in May and the first single called ‘Bad Love’ will be out on April 19th.

Arno and Walter will doing their first ever full UK tour which will see them promoting the album across many UK cities.

“The album is called More!. More refined production, more multi-layered atmospheres, more emotion.” Explains Arno Kammermeier. “We wanted this album to be more energetic with strong grooves and of course the typical Booka Shade melodies and atmospheres that we love. The album takes you through every stage of the night out; the excitement before you go out, the party, the late, late night, a bit of paranoia…. and then the sunny morning of a new day.”

“We’re so excited about 2010 and taking the new album on the road. We’ve been working on these songs in the studio for the last 18 months and now is the time to hear them loud!” Arno continues, “The world tour will start in February with us headlining the Future Music Festival in Australia, followed by club shows in key cities throughout Europe and a short trip to the U.S. to introduce the album Stateside. I can safely say we have a big summer of festivals in front of us too!”. Indeed they do, with the full live schedule to be announced very soon, including (for the first time ever) a fully live UK tour, taking in all the major cities across the country.

Free track here

1/ Havanna Sex Dwarf
2/ Donut (interpretation)
3/ Regenerate
4/ The Door
5/ Teenage Spaceman
6/ Divine (feat. Yello)
7/ Scaramanga
8/ L.A.tely
9/ Bad Love (feat. Chelonis R. Jones)
10/ No Difference
11/ This Is Not Time..

You can download an unreleased track from the album called ‘Regenerate’ we haven’t heard it yet because we’re still waiting for the email – if you have let us know.

If you can’t wait until May for your fix, then fear not, you can watch their set at Space’s 25th Anniversary here.

DanceTrippin 139: Booka Shade @ Space Ibiza from DanceTrippin.tv on Vimeo.\

Booka Shade – Regenerate

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Hoaxx are just about to release their latest EP, called Circus, you can buy it from the purveyor of cool Beatport.

They have also managed to find time to complete a remix for Butch Blues Foundation, which is out this month on Dandy Kids records.

Butcher Blues Foundation EP 1 by Dandy Kid Records

We also have a great new remix from them called ‘Tits and Clits Epic Run’ Hoaxx Remix

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Monsieur Breakbot has just sent over a Valentines mixtape and it features a plethora of classic Valentine songs, yes it’s a day late, but it’s definetley worth a listen – look out for tracks from; Chic, Droids, Bob Sinclair and Donna Suumer.

Tracklist
Harvey Scales – Keeps Getting Better
BB and Q Band – It’s Over
Cerrone – Look for Love
Dimples D – Sucker DJs
Bumblebee Unlimited – Lady Bug (John Morales Edit)
Prince – I Wanna be Your Lover
Breakbot feat Irfane – Baby I’m Yours
Breakbot feat Irfane – Baby I’m Yours (Siriusmo Remix)
The Dells – What a Night
Michael Jackson – Johnny Raven
Donna Summer – Bad Girls
Sugarhill Gang – Lover in You
The Escorts – I Can’t Stand to See You Cry (Breakbot Edit)
Chic – Funny Bones
Bob Sinclar – Gym Tonic
Second Image – Is It Me
Change – Miracles
Push – My Heart
Blue Magic – Clean Up Your Act
Joe Bataan – Mestizo
The Bombers – Shake
Cheryl lynn – Got to Be Real
Nice and Nasty 3 – The Ultimate Rap
Lew Kirton – Here’s My Love (Come and Get it)
Mary Clark – Take Me I’m Yours
Droids – Tchoung Fou

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The Gorillaz are about to release their latest single, Stylo, it hasn’t caught our imagination quite like their previous work, but it is early days; the Gorillaz have a habit of making music that gradually seeps into your mind through the process of osmosis and then won’t leave.

There are a few remixes that are floating around around the blogoshpere, many have burned-up during re-entry. Alex Metric’s effort has been rejected for some unknown reason, it’s probably his best remix and deserves a release. So if your listening or reading Mr & Mrs AR you have been told. One remix that did get the go ahead was Yuksek’s, and he has given it away on his blog this morning.

The Stylo video debuts Feb 27th – should be the usual blend of CGI and cartoons.

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You may have come across Peugeot’s new television advert (if not see below) it features a great track from young Parisian Yuksek called ‘Tonight’.

Yuksek produced one of the best debut albums of 2009, Away From The Sea, and wowed audiences across the world with his amazing live performances at I Love Techno and the Kitsune Maision Tour.

Yuksek is following in the footsteps of Jacques Lu Cont and Tocadisco who both featured in a Citroen advert that featured a dancing robotic car.

We have the Kris Menace remix which is fab.

Enjoy.

And if you haven’t seen the video for Tonight you can watch below.

Yuksek – Tonight (Kris Menace Remix)

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Compuphonic had a great 2009 with the creation of his own label, Union Match, and a string of underground successes alongside good friends Spirit Catcher and Kolombo.

And now he has found time to make some new music and it’s a uber-cool deep house number called Sequoia – featuring his usual blend of catchy percussion and deep melodies.

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Anders Trentemoller has just announced that his much anticipated new album will be out in May and the first single coming out in early April.

Trentemoller is a pioneer of dance music and his last album “The Last Resort” was voted album of the year by many people in the know.

The first single, Sycamore Feeling, will be released in April, and you will be glad to know that his amazing live band will return.

Also have a listen to Anders remix of Aphex Twin’s Window Licker.

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Massive Attack courted a shed-load of publicity with the video for Paradise Circus (see here) and now they have handed over remix duties to Brazilian Legend Gui Boratto.

Gui Boratto has infuse a dance-floor edge to what was a rather timid affair; he’s added some much needed dark throbbing beats, and it works really well with Hope Sandoval’s sultry voice. It reminds me of Trentemollers’ forest techno.

Where not going to review their new album, we’ve listened to it and it’s not the best – a bad review doesn’t do anyone any favours.

But we do like this a lot.

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The Lightbox will host Musiq Concrete’s next party on the 13th of February and they have decided to call on zi German’s and book Get Physical’s Thomas Schumacher.

Alongside Schumy will be Leeds supremo Simon Baker who has had a great 2009 with his re-workings of Simian Mobile Disco’s ‘Sleep Deprivation’.

Room 2 will feature experimentalism via Caged Baby, Justin Robertson and David Bevan.

Musiq Concrete
Sat 13 Feb
Lightbox, London
10pm – 6am £10/£8 NUS

Thomas Schumacher was kind enough answer some questions about music, family life and his new album.

Download his latest promo mix here

Do you still get as excited about music as you did when you first got into the scene?

I certainly do. There is a lot of exceptional music available, much more than in the past. But – the downside are the masses of crap music that one has to dig through in times of digital overkill to find the nuggets. That’s frustrating at times. You need to apply all sorts of “filters” to make it work and fun.

What have you heard in the last year that made you want to jump up and dance your face off?

I heard a lot of exciting music in the last year. In fact, despite the flood of (and I quote here my dear colleague Ewan Pearson) “…dull-as-ditchwater-post-minimal-tokenethnicvocalsample-loop-boredom…” 2009 was a great year for club music. If you only looked left and right of the mainstream there was so much good and unique music being released. I think of people like Martyn, Levon Vincent, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Ben Klock, DJ T just to name a few…

And how is the scene different now to when you started?

It is very very different from when I started. For example (apart from a few exceptions) you don’t find this feeling of togetherness and solidarity amongst people in clubs anymore. Instead, it has become a very individual experience. Surely you will still find regulars and groups of friends partying together but that is very different from the way I experienced it in the early 90s. On the other hand, the whole industry has become so much more professional, and that is generally a good thing. I have spent enough time during the 90s in bunkers and other dark holes or old warehouses raving around. As much as it was fun at the time, now I prefer proper clubs like Berghain, Womb or Lightbox.

Do you think your sets and productions are different now? What has influenced those changes?

The changes in technology have been very influential. For example, I am in transition from spinning with CD’s to using a Macbook on stage (I will still mix with timecode cd’s)  and my recording studio has been complete digital for years now. 6 years ago my studio was full of keyboards, synth, drum machines, mixers etc and I was touring with 2 record crates carrying 200 records around the world. When do you ever hear a “live” mix on a dj mix cd anymore? To me, someone who does not beat-match during a set is not a DJ. Period. A performer maybe, but not a DJ. And in times of gazillions of tracks available good taste and the ability to read the crowd and interact have become even more important. And no computer can help you with that.

Having played all round the world, many times, what is it that keeps you motivated and wanting to do it?

There are many factors that keep me motivated. In some countries like Australia, I have been working with the same people for over 10 years now. It is no longer just business. Friendships have developed over the years and I even bring my family. Then you see your kids play together and the whole thing has such a bigger meaning. I love that. Another factor is the constant change in our scene. Clubs come and go, just like new generations of clubbers and that keeps it very exciting. Plus, the music is constantly changing and evolving. And I am a pretty curious person, that helps too.

How did the relationship with Get Physical start?

An anonymus demo cd was sent, the only contact info was a uk yahoo e-mail address. The plan was to make them listen to the music and be open minded, which would have been difficult if they had known that I was involved. So, shortly after DJ T. send an email to this yahoo account and expressed his excitement about the music I gave him a call. I still remember that he did not know what to say for a moment when we spoke on the phone. He did not expect me to be behind it at all. That’s how it started.

Are you going to release more with them this year?

Yes indeed. My new album will be released in May, followed by singles and remixes. It will be the busiest year of our relationship and I will tour all around the world to promote the album. I am pretty excited about this after 4 years of gearing up for it.

How do you balance family and touring?  What rules do you impose on DJing to make sure you fit everything in? Is your studio at home or … ?

To start with the last question. No, my studio is not at home. A studio at home and kids don’t go together. When our daughter is around, she wants to play with me and I want to spend time with her. But the studio is only 10 minutes from home. I walk there and back every day and if possible I try to work from 9-5 so I have the chance to be there for her and for my wife of course. In my experience, fitting it all in is simply a question of good communication and proper organisation. However, it is not always easy to say good bye and leave for a couple of weeks. But the internet has made it much less difficult. We Skype all the time when I am on tour. And as I said before, when it is possible, I will bring my family and we have a little holiday.

What are you most proud of in your career so far?

Amongst others things, I am proud to still be around, happy with myself and my music and to see new generations of people liking my music year after year and that they come to my gigs and have such a good time, especially now that I am often much older than the average clubber. And I am proud of the fact that I have ethics when it comes to treating my fans and promoters. I show people respect when they make an effort to come to see me or book me. Needless to say, I dislike “superstar” DJ divas enormously.

Have you got a pair of sunglasses? The Lightbox is known for being a bit of an onslaught on the senses!

Thanks for you concern but I will be alright, trust me

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Tobias Lutzenkirchen provides us with the first HBF podacst of 2010 – recorded late last year in Munich @ Craftraum.

Featuring only tracks the he has made or remixed this is perfect snap-shot of what Lutzenkirchen is all about; techno beats, house rhythms and big bass.German Style.

Lützenkirchen Remixes & Productions in the Mix 12/2009

1) Lutzenkirchen – Borderline (Great Stuff)

2) Lutzenkirchen – Foxy (Great Stuff)

3) Lutzenkirchen – I House You (Platform B)

4) Lutzenkirchen – Ghost me (Great Stuff)

5) Lutzenkirchen – DTM Champworx (Kling Klong)

6) Lutzenkirchen – Say Say Say (Platform B)

7) Lutzenkirchen – Munich Clubbing Supreme (Great Stuff)

Lutzenkirchen – Slipknot (Great Stuff)

9) Zoltan Kontes & Jerome Robins – Pump it (Lutzenkirchen Remix / Incorrect Music)

10) Lutzenkirchen – Linear Sky (Kling Klong)

11) Lutzenkirchen – Space Pilot (Bonustrack for Juno.uk)

12) Lutzenkirchen – Prolly Relaxed (Kling Klong)

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It hasn’t taken long for the unstoppable studio wizard Tobias Luetzenkirchen to get back into to the studio and produce another amazing release; featuring three massive and diverse tracks.

After the success of “Ghost Me” & “Linear Sky”, Tobias is back with “Body Nation” – featuring the funk disco-tech “Body Nation”, the jackin’ “Yoh-Ka” and the techno monster “Til I Come To Your Rescue”.

Enjoy.

Listen to Body Nation here.

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The New York based Satoshi Tomiie is making his much anticipated return to dance music with a techno monster under new guise MES.

Called “Back to Basics” it’s going to be released through his own Saw Recordings; which he views as a forum for experimentation and creativity regardless of style; just music.

Apart from DJing all over the world and releasing an impressive 80 singles and four artist albums, Tomiie is responsible for all-time dance music classic “Tears” with house legend Frankie Knuckles.

Download “Back To Basics (Satoshi Tomiie MES Original)” for free here

www.satoshitomiie.com
www.myspace.com/satoshi_tomiie
www.facebook.com/satoshi.tomiie.dj
http://twitter.com/sawrec
www.facebook.com/sawrecordings
http://soundcloud.com/sawrec
www.youtube.com/user/sawrecordings1

Buy the whole package here:

www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/216573/Back%20To%20Basics

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After a difficult week at HBF towers it’s good to get back to some credible music, and it comes via French electro producer Danger aka Frank Rivoire from Lyon, France.

Danger takes his music seriously and often tries to interprate visuals in his mind into music, and for his latest EP he said “I imagine myself walking down a dark alley, alone, while a group of cyberpunks dressed in a Madmax style stare at me, I see Harrison Ford investigating [from Blade Runner], and Maurice Dantec [science fiction writer].”

Spooky stuff, but this isn’t the first artist we have come across who take this creative path – Kavinsky is another Frenchist who tries to re-create his minds eye within a track – check this out.

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