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[Fr] Fabrice Lig – Purple raw part 1 (versatile)
On avait découvert Fabrice Lig en 2001-2002 avec son excellent album Walking on a little cloud (ah ! que de bons souvenirs à l’écoute du titre Detroit sound), sorti chez F-com sous son pseudo favori : Soul Designer.
[Fr] MMM de retour pour leurs 10 ans
C’est un micro-évènement, mais il a le mérite d’être signalé. En effet, MMM ne vous dit peut-être rien comme ça, mais ce duo est à l’origine de l’un des titres les plus branque et cinglé de la musique électronique avec le morceau Donna. Continue reading
[En] Interview : Bvdub (Quietus Recordings / Styrax Records)
Brock Van Wey alias Bvdub has launched in december 2007 a very intimate label about ambiant and deep mind elevations. Based in San Francisco, Quietus only delivers 100 hand-made cd-r copies for each releases, including artists like Brock himself, Quantec and Remote_. A very talented crew who has already signed amazing stuff for the highly respected Styrax label. Here, Brock talks about his music, the story of Quietus and its releases, the mp3 vs the cd-r distribution, why it’s so important for him to produce hand-made cd-r’s, and the unexpected reactions of the listeners of Quietus. Far away from the techno (or the “minimal”) star-system, all the things you are going to read tends to suggest this guy is just a true music-lover. Continue reading
[En] Mathew Jonson – Symphony for the apocalypse (wagon repair)
The apocalypse of Jonson
Mathew Jonson is back ! After his great album under Cobblestone Jazz (with Danuel Tate and Tyger Dhula) released during the last autumn, he’s returning back to his solo productions. Continue reading
[En] 4 records from netlabels
4 records 4 free
Welcome to the jungle of the netlabels ! Damned, there are too many ! The fact is, that’s so easy now to buy or use cracked softwares, play some shits in few minutes that make you think you are the new Radioslave, and less than one hour for uploading your crappy “work” into the world’s face. That’s the problem with 98 % of the netlabels nowadays. And it’s discouraging people who only want to find good vibes. It’s the Youtube generation, where everybody can make anything (interesting or not), and upload it to tell to the world “hey look at my dumbass face, dude”. Everybody wants (to be) a piece of this globalized cake… Continue reading
Playlist Poum Tchak! – Feb. 08
[En] Interview : Newworldaquarium (NWAQ / delsin)
The guy you’re watching overhead with the strange mexican hat is Jochem Peteri, well known for the international electronic scene under Newworldaquarium. Liked for his unexpected slow-dance groovy tracks, after released 12″ for planet e, peacefrog, or delsin, he plans to release in March the cd version (with bonus tracks) of the acclaimed vinyl-album “The dead bears” few months ago. Let’s try to uncover the secrets of a very talented but so discreet artist from Amsterdam. Our ears are wild open… Continue reading
[En] Monolake – Fragment endlos : Free track of the month
Each months since a while, great Berlin producer and developer of the fantastic Ableton Live software, Monolake dives into his archives to give us a track for free (and sometimes more). Continue reading
[En] The Tuss – Rushup I bank 12 video (rephlex)
The music of this video clip is taken from one of the best – and mysterious – album of 2007 : Rushup edge by The Tuss on the rephlex label. A lot of words have been written about the identity of The Tuss. First, everybody thought The Tuss was Brian Tregaskin, a never-heard-about-him guy, new gifted composer on the prestigious rephlex roster. Maybe too much talented… Continue reading
[En] Interview + Playlist : Ben Klock (bptich control, ostgut ton, memo)
It’s a great pleasure that talented berliner Ben Klock open this new part on Boing Poum Tchak! Continue reading
[Fr] Krill.minima – Nautica (native state)
Big blue(s)
krill.minima, c’est le projet de Marsen Jules (Martin Juhls pour l’Etat civil allemand) que l’on a souvent repéré pour ses effluves aquatiques sur des netlabels comme Thinner, Miasmah, Stadtgruen ou encore quelques apparitions chez les lituaniens de Sutemos. Continue reading
[Fr] STL – Night grooves (something)
Groovy STyLe
Derrière STL se cache le très discret Stephan Laubner, fidèle du label perlon. Pour rappel on lui doit en 2000 l’un des peaks du catalogue : le coup de maître Portside waves et ses incroyables tourbillons marins, repris sur la compilation Groovetechnology de Swayzak, et décortiqué au scalpel dans le mille-feuille minimal DE9 de Richtie Hawtin. Après ce premier morceau, Stephan était presque retombé dans l’anonymat, ne sortant en moyenne qu’une poignée de titres tous les 3 ans sur perlon. Continue reading
Playlist Poum Tchak! – Jan.08
[En] A Number of Names – Sharevari @ The Scene (tv show) – detroit (1982)
The music the dancers perform onto in this amazing video is considered by many as the very first Techno track: it is called Sharevari, played by A Number of Names. Continue reading
[Fr] Interview : Cosmo Vitelli (I’m a cliché records)
Le business du disque n’a jamais été facile, et l’est encore moins aujourd’hui pour un jeune label indépendant. C’est pourtant dans ce créneau que s’est lancé Benjamin Boguet alias Cosmo Vitelli. Après être revenu de l’univers des majors (Virgin) où il a sorti son premier album Clean en 2003, il crée début 2004 sa propre structure : I’m a cliché. Signant des artistes aussi importants que Simian Mobile Disco, Yuksek, Tacteel, Aysam, Bo’tox (son groupe avec Julien Briffaz de Tekel), Dirty 30 et bien sûr lui-même, le label s’est récemment vu récompensé par DFA qui licencie dorénavant quelques titres du catalogue pour le territoire américain. Mais bon sang Cosmo, c’est quoi le secret de la réussite d’I’m a cliché ? Continue reading
[Fr] TSUGI Party 001 @ La Loco
Talkin’ all that Tsugi night
Arrivé vers minuit, la piste de danse semble déjà bien agitée. Qui est responsable de la mouvance ambiante ? Continue reading
[En] Swayzak – 10 years @ Rex Club
October 20th. English duet Swayzak was celebrating their ten years of collaboration at Rex Club, Paris, and also their last album Some Other Country (!K7).
After a great groovy deep / dub (with some little dark oddities) warm-up by Roger 23, and the short concert of Richard Davis, David Brown & James Taylor finally came to the stage. So, what was going on? Just two sweet hours of laptop-live, as usually totally improvised, with some vocal tracks sung by their old friend Richard Davis (Another way back, No sad goodbyes…). Then, Roger and all the crew played nice records until 6 am. A really good night!
[Fr] Will Saul & Tam Cooper – Sequential circus – Konrad Black remix (simple)
Brainwashing
C’est parfois avec soulagement que l’on constate que la tendance minimale du moment n’a pas contaminé toute la production électronique. Pour preuve ce Sequencial circus, délivré par Will Saul, boss du label anglais simple. Continue reading
[Fr] Nico Purman – Lunatique (crosstown rebels)
A la conquête de l’Europe
Nouvelle signature dénichée par l’iconoclaste Damian Lazarus, patron du label crosstown rebels, l’argentin Nico Purman débarque sur l’une des structures les plus respectées de la classe électronique mondiale. Continue reading