Amphibious Thoughts

Let me tell you I am very busy at the moment although I am sometimes not quite sure what I’m doing :)

As always I am trying to make [Diskokugel] happen and I am confident that I will finish it this year. Seriously, I need this off the table. I’ve ordered new [pcbs] (keep you fingers crossed) and am in the process of preparing 200 connector cables to mount the speakers. I am also preparing another [Quäkmonster] workshop, this time at [c-base] on May 11th. 21 aka [picture that sound] will be on display for 96 proposals at the [Marburger Kunstverein] until May 30st. I am also teaming up with two other Felixes to get an electronic prototyping and production business running.

So much for news. While I let you wait for results let me share with you what keeps me entertained. During concentrated work [Solitude] keeps me focused, especially with his ambient dubstep mix vol. 17. Looking for heroes of my past I stumbled over a mix from The Panacea featuring oldschool jungle galore. Also on heavy rotation is [The Nextmens] album “Join the Dots” albeit it is hard to get (only on amazon with their proprietary downloader – WTF?).

[soundcloud width=”450″]http://soundcloud.com/solitude/ambient-dubstep-vol17[/soundcloud]

[soundcloud width=”450″]http://soundcloud.com/positionchrome/the-panacea-80-on-1-80-tracks-in-one-hour[/soundcloud]

Even though this years was by far my best [Fusion Festival] there’s not too much I remember about it musicwise. I’ll leave it up to you to imagine why ;) Anyway, in retrospective, I find two acts worth mentioning, simply because they were exactly as entertaining as I expected them to be:
Be Svendsen had me rocking for two hours straight. He was an heavy rotation already before I got to the festival, but now it’s even worse. My favorite: Black Tower Hotel

[soundcloud width=”450″]http://soundcloud.com/besvendsen/the-crooked-spoke-black-tower-hotel-berigan-remix[/soundcloud]

Douglas Greed did a beautiful opening of the main stage two o’clock noon on saturday. As mentioned before, I do not favor vocal tracks, but his combo did some serious rocking. Here’s a nice podcast of his I found:
[soundcloud width=”450″]http://soundcloud.com/douglasgreed/fatpod-19-douglasgreed[/soundcloud]

To come down, listen to Nicolas Jaars Essential Mix. I spent two hours watching the summer rain from my window listening to it. The man’s a genius…
[soundcloud width=”450″]http://soundcloud.com/r_co/nicolas-jaar-essential-mix-19[/soundcloud]

I do admit I hate vocal house (at least the souly stuff). Douglas Greed really made me laugh with this one:

 
[soundcloud width=”450″]http://soundcloud.com/douglasgreed/when-a-man-sings-on-a-track[/soundcloud]