DJ Fez – Hard Dance Addiction EP003

Posted by PlasmaDancer on April 12, 2010
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A slower set this time from Australia’s DJ Fez – it’s actually a re-recording of his FUNERAL set though, and well worth a listen. It starts off with hard trance, but you’ll notice how the tunes get harder towards the end as Fez sets up for ConfigSys PROJECT.

1] Hypernox – To The Moon
2] Lab 4 – Concept of Love (SQ Remix)
3] Manik & Future Resonance – Response (Rob.O.T.T. Remix)
4] Scott Genetik – Higher
5] Hypernox – Desire
6] Steve Hill & Technikal – Can You Dig It?
7] PSR & Scott Genetik – Turn the Heat Up (Jody 6 Remix)
8] Sebastien – Implosive State
9] Hypernox – Shock To The System
10] Hypernox – My Command
11] GULD – Hannya X (Android Lime Remix)
12] Psycho Keaton – Hell Night (Android Lime Remix)

Download here

Alek Szahala @KONEFESTARI 2008

Posted by PlasmaDancer on April 10, 2010
Posted in: Events, Finnish. 5 comments

Always first with the breaking news – here’s a two-year-old video from one of Alek Szahala’s sets. It’s one of the best Alek videos you’ll find, and that was partly the reason for the delay in upping it…you can hear the whole of Astraia here, and I was a bit worried some morally lacking DJs might try ripping the audio to play live (!). Paranoid maybe, but sadly I’ve heard more than one or two low-quality previews of FINRG tracks being played by Japanese DJs in Tokyo, and the less that happens the better…

Anyway, listen out for the last minute and a half or so after Astraia, there’s another really nice trancy track that I don’t know at all…fabulous breakdown, I guess it’s been played in a few Finnish sets since then? If that’s not enough, have even more fun by playing ‘spot the FINRG artist’ among the groups of people chilling in the field.

EXTREMA, 2nd May

Posted by PlasmaDancer on April 8, 2010
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Seems that the next Operation Karma will be held during this event, which will use the main floor of Studio Cube. Fans of this kind of thing will be in their element, but the rest of us will be heading to the 4th floor, where Minagi and MT have managed to book Lunch, Kaz-B, P.R.D and DJ 490 (!). KA-NA will be the main reason I have to get to this one, but I’ve also noticed that scene dance specialist DAIRIN seems to be DJing too.

New releases from ConfigSys PROJECT

Posted by PlasmaDancer on April 5, 2010
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ConfigSys PROJECT – Ode To Charli by FINRG Recordings

Check the FINRG SoundCloud now and you should find three new releases from Australia’s ConfigSys PROJECT. All of them were big hits at FUNERAL, and are definitely up there as some of my favourite ConfigSys tunes so far. The three tracks are the vocal/guitar driven LUST, the dark and twisty Sinews of thy Heart and Ode to Charli (above), a great track that did some serious damage in Nagoya.

Just a quick commercial break to draw your attention to the FINRG Recordings page on Facebook, too – become a fan there and you’ll get a link to SoundCloud the moment a new track is released.

Chanel5 – Never Forget (Alek Szahala Remake) / Alek Szahala – Solar Hive

Posted by PlasmaDancer on April 4, 2010
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Chanel5 – Never Forget (Alek Szahala Remake) by FINRG Recordings

A new release from Alek Szahala is now up on SoundCloud, with his demented hardcore rework of an old Scream Tracker module, Never Forget. Personally I love this one – it’s not the next Iron Squid, but I’d be really keen to hear a few more mod reworks in this style.

edit: What’s more, Alek has also added the amazing Solar Hive to the download section of his site. It might already be six years old, but has all the features of a classic Alek track – eerie chords, lovely breakdown and the crazy attacking synth sections. I’ll definitely be playing this one next month…

ConfigSys PROJECT (This is…)

Posted by PlasmaDancer on April 3, 2010
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ConfigSys PROJECT has just released an awesome promo video, with dark and moody semi-apocalyptic scenes segueing scarily well into footage from FUNERAL in Nagoya and other events. Playing in the background is one of my favourites from CFS, Pariahs Son.

Fans of ConfigSys should keep watching this space during the next day or two for more good news…

ZAMURAI

Posted by PlasmaDancer on April 2, 2010
Posted in: Japanese, Releases. 2 comments

I keep meaning to get more into dark psy, and it looks like ZAMURAI might be a good place to start. Cogi is probably already aware of this one – the sound is almost exactly what he plays these days at Romancer.

I’ve heard of a couple of the Japanese artists here (most obviously Savage Scream), but as you’ll see from the album description there are also tracks from Brazil, Mexico and Macedonia. Here’s a copy/paste of the tracklist (with bpms, handily), and there is a list of places selling the CD (a few with audio samples) at the bottom of the album’s release page.

1. KZ / Zamuraiz / 144BPM
2. SAVAGE SCREAM / Fester / 150BPM
3. NECROPSYCHO / Enjoy for Your Funeral / 151BPM
4. AUDIOPATHIK / Devastation / 156BPM
5. DEMONIAC INSOMNIAC / Atom Eater / 156 BPM
6. PHOBOS AZAZEL / Ad-Da / 149BPM
7. NOISE GUST / Zone / 156BPM
8. FATAL DISCORD / Grome / 160BPM
9. VORTEX / Realize ( Too Fast Too Live RMX by FAR EAST GHOST ) / 162BPM
10. FAR EAST GHOST vs SPEED DEMON feat. DEATHCO from VENT OF AGAINST / The War / XXXBPM

NRGetic Romancer flyer

Posted by PlasmaDancer on April 1, 2010
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The flyer for next month’s NRGetic Romancer is complete, and we’ve got a nice simple design this time – with all the DJ info, that’s maybe no bad thing. Instead of the Live at Creamfields set, it’s looking like the promo CD will be a special BOOTEK mix to mark the Japan tour.