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Baffa Jones
Sunday, 8 Aug, 2010 – 19:00 | No Comment
Baffa Jones

Recently Baffa Jones said on facebook he bleeds African, little did he know for the last couple of months we are bleeding Baffa Jones.Eversince we heard ”Sandstorm” on Casamena Radio Hour  we knew that from that very first …

Brian Transeau (BT)
Thursday, 29 Jul, 2010 – 14:24 | No Comment
Brian Transeau (BT)

Brian Wayne Transeau is an American music producer, composer, audio technician, singer and songwriter better known by his stage name, BT. He is an artist in the electronic genre. BT has produced and written for artists such as Peter Gabriel, ‘N Sync, Sting, Blake Lewis, Tori Amos and Tiesto. As a film composer he has worked on films such as The Fast and the Furious and Monster.BT is known for using a technique he calls the stutter edit. This technique consists of taking a micro fragment of sound and then repeating it rhythmically. BT was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for his song Somnambulist. This song was recognized as using the largest number of vocal edits in a song (6,178 edits.) In 2009, he launched his software company Sonik Architects with the company’s first product for iPhone, named Sonifi.

DJ Qness
Thursday, 29 Jul, 2010 – 11:36 | No Comment
DJ Qness

In case you don’t know yet, South Africa is the new Mecca for House Music. Even CNN reported that for clubbers around the world the hottest sound in dance music right now is coming not from New York or London, but from the townships of Pretoria, South Africa. Along with Mzee,Culoe de Song,Shana, ”DJ Qness” is the one to watch for. His unique production skills, ability to transform a live event into an unforgettable, musical experience are his deepest talents. He is an amazing DJ and producer but he also writes for South African dance music magazine BPM and works for Mujava’s record label, Sheer Music.His profile has grown substantially over the years, garnering the attention and being mentored by the likes of Casamena and Osunlade .His first break came through when he did his single Fugama Unamathe, which featured some indigenous African vocals and lots of congas , Afro-beat influenced percussions. The song featured the amazing UK-based vocalist Oluhle and went on to become a critically acclaimed crossover dance hit not only in South Africa, but abroad as well. Small UK stations began pumping the song and other countries like the USA, Australia, and Canada followed and before he knew it, he had an international hit on his hands. The success of his timeless dance classic of 2008-09“Fugama Unamathe” in South Africa has already been followed up by his new single “Uzongilinda” which also features a talented vocalist who goes by the name of Malehloka.

Robert Solheim
Sunday, 27 Jun, 2010 – 16:09 | No Comment
Robert Solheim

Robert Solheim is one of our favourite producers, he is an electronic music composer from Norway. Since his first album back in 1997, he has released 8 critically aclaimed albums as a solo artists on the …

Robyn
Saturday, 5 Jun, 2010 – 17:35 | No Comment
Robyn

If it seems strange that a popstar would release three-albums in today’s current climate, where music lovers are even less inclined to download a whole album than they are to pay for music, you have …

Kate Simko
Thursday, 15 Apr, 2010 – 22:44 | No Comment
Kate Simko

Thanks to our friends at Vesvese Recordings without them it would have been impossible to see Kate Simko in Istanbul. American DJ Kate Simko found her true calling behind the turntable in Chili one year, and pumping up the place to the point of frenzy, quickly became number one on the scene. Returning to the US, she continued to prove that she had what it takes ranking among XL R/R magazine’s Top Ten DJs. These days, Simko finds herself trekking back and forth between London’s Fabrique and Detroit’s Electronic Music Fest and if you have a listen to one of her latest releases, ”Lost in time”, we’re pretty sure she’ll be able to take you wherever she wantsKate spent her childhood years studying piano and music theory. During her teens in Chicago in the mid-nineties, she fell in love with underground dance music, gaining a voracious appetite to hear new sounds and absorbing it all dancing until dawn each weekend in the Midwest. Her passion for electronic music eventually led to her to study music technology and piano at Northwestern University,while also directing the dance and hip-hop format of the respected radio station WNUR.Over the past couple of years, Kate’s style has really evolved amazingly. She has spent time in Santago, Chile which influenced her music to become a hybrid of her Chicago house sound, mixed with more Latin-influenced percussion. She has even produced the score to a major PBS documentary.She is the most promising producer of 2010 and we cant wait for what she will put this year. More to that she will be playing in İstanbul on 21st.She will take us wherever she wants to…