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Huge Halloween Weekend Sale – 50% off All Orders!

News and Events | From the mind of Eddie | 10/30/2009

Halloween Weekend Sale

Halloween weekend is here, and there’s an exciting energy in the air – costumes, trick-or-treaters, and (of course) tons of great dance music parties!

At RV, we’re getting into the Halloween spirit by running a huge Halloween Weekend Sale! We’re offering a 50% discount on all orders in our shop all weekend long.

To take advantage of our 50%-off sale, you simply need to enter the promo code SPOOKYTUNES when you checkout. You can use the code as many times as you want to receive a 50% discount on every order you place from now through Sunday night (November 1st). The SPOOKYTUNES code is valid for purchases of all items.

This sale is our way of helping to make this Halloween weekend special. We know there are loads of great dance music events happening today and tomorrow around the world, and we wanted to make sure you all have great tunes to play!

Let’s face it, Halloween (and life in general) would be a lot less fun without dance music!

Eddie B


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HARD Haunted Mansion 2009 – This Sounds Scary!

News and Events | From the mind of Eddie | 10/29/2009

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This weekend, I fear the city of Los Angeles is going to be turned to the darkside as HARD Haunted Mansion 2009 engulfs its raver community. With an event like this going down, we couldn’t resist bringing you coverage! One look at the talent for the party tells the story. You’ve got Deadmau5, Justice, Basement Jaxx, Modeselektor, The Bloody Beetroots, 2 Many DJs, Crookers, Shinichi Osawa, Steve Aoki, A-Trak, Don Rimini, Mixhell, Zombie Nation, and more! This is obviously going to be an intense, head-pounding experience.

The party is going down this Friday and Saturday (October 30th and 31st) – two days, two stages, and 16 hours of mind/life-altering tunes. The venue is The Shrine in downtown Los Angeles. I would tell you to hurry up and buy a ticket, but (alas) if you don’t have one, you’re probably out of luck because it’s SOLD OUT.

Our plan is to bring you a high-quality, exclusive photo gallery from the event – the idea being to give you a feel for the experience. In anticipation of our coverage of the event, we created a HARD Haunted Mansion profile page in our network, and we added FREE SETS by some of the biggest DJs from the event!

If you’re anywhere near L.A. this weekend, hopefully you’ve already got your ticket so you can go contribute to the madness. If you can’t make it out to the party, stay tuned to our blog for an inside look at the fun!

Eddie B


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EOTO Live at Cosmic Charlie’s in Lexington, KY

Recommendations and Reviews | From the mind of johng |


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Every now and then you get a chance to see an artist doing something so amazing it’s hard to believe, and sometimes you get a chance to see that artist playing at a venue that is just too good to be true. Two nights ago I had the pleasure of seeing that artist in such a venue.

I have mentioned EOTO numerous times now to the Resonant Vibes community (including my original Livetronica blog post), but after the concert they played in Lexington Kentucky on Tuesday October 27th, I feel it would be quite an injustice not to describe my experience. Michael Travis and Jason Hann appear to have consciously avoided mainstream media, sophisticated marketing strategies, and intense promotions in favor of the old fashion “Word of Mouth” method. This choice seems to be working quite well for the former members of The String Cheese Incident. It has also lead them to play what some might consider to be less desirable venues, such as Cosmic Charlie’s, which is tucked away in a small strip mall along side 4 or 5 other retail outlets in the middle of nowhere. Yet this intimate atmosphere is exactly what the band wants and what they thrive on!

An EOTO show can pretty much be described as an intense tribal gathering where the goal is an attempt to connect with a higher consciousness. The music reduces every single person to their utmost primitive behavior in which their is only one thing to do and that is DANCE! There is no structure and no method, just human expression through movement. The music never stops with smoothly orchestrated transitions from one motif to another that mirror the precision of the worlds best DJs. With thick bass lines, monster drums beats, thunderous synth melodies and a whole slew of syncopated glitch sounds, it is damn near impossible not to get lost in the 100% improvised performance that EOTO puts on night after night.

It is obvious that Michael Travis and Jason Hann don’t care about fame or fortune. They simply want to play good music their way and embrace their fans as much as they have embraced EOTO. This was evident when after a solid 3 hours of playing both members jumped off the stage into the crowd and talked to everyone who came up to them. I will say they are some of the nicest musicians I have ever met! The highlight of the show for me was when a fan was holding a glass of bourbon up to Jason Hann, and while still playing drums, he took the glass, shot it back and continued on as if nothing happened.

Simply put EOTO creates live electronic music that can only be described as brilliant. Check out Resonant Vibes Exclusive Audio Interview with Michael Travis to learn more about the band and how they create this form of music! I highly suggest you check them out on tour in a town near you!

John “The Grizz” Grisanti


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rv_cast 012 Mixed by Jim Masters

Mixes | From the mind of Sam | 10/28/2009

Jim Masters | Resonant Vibes Electronic Music PodcastThe twelfth installment of the rv podcast comes courtesy of UK techno don Jim Masters. He recorded the mix to celebrate Hi-Tek-Soul’s 3rd birthday and has been nice enough offer it to us for the rv_cast.
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Jim’s been immersed in the UK dance scene since the mid 80’s. As a DJ and promoter he’s been responsible for some of the most popular nights in the UK – probably most notably for his BASE parties. BASE was one of the strongest and longest running techno nights in the UK which he ran with Carl Cox for 7 years.
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Over the years he’s played to hundreds of thousands of people at some of the biggest venues and events in dance music including Cream, Ministry of Sound, The End, Homelands, Glastonbury, Exit, Glade, Sonar and DEMF. In 2003 he picked up the DJ Award for Best Techno/Electro DJ to a packed house in Pacha, Ibiza. Simply put Jim’s played at a lot of great clubs in a lot of countries and has the air miles to prove it.
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In 2007 Jim teamed up with Detroit legend Derrick May to kick off their Hi-Tek-Soul parties in the UK. You can hear him holding his own alongside other notable Hi-Tek-Soulers like Carl Craig, Stacy Pullen and Lee Mortimer at one of their nights at the Ministry of Sound, or by checking out his podcast below. We hope you enjoy it.
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1. Tony Dax – Train of Thought – Itinerant
2. Sonodab – Somnio – Galaktika
3. Sonodab – Estatico – Galaktika
4. Dualton – Syrah – Weplayminimal
5. CJ Jeff – Danny Forever – Souvenir
6. Sergio Fernandez – Africa Rules (Alex Young mix) – Promo
7. Skwerl – Liron – Gigalo
8. South Union – Stage 1 – Melodika
9. Raudive – Nova – Variance
10. Snuff Crew – Our house – Gigalo)
11. Nitin – Silent Scales (Osunlade mix) – No.19 Music)
12. Detroit Grand Pubahs – Dr Bootygrabber (Samuel L. Session) – Detelefunk
13. Saytek & Ben Gomori – Cobra – Berwick St.
14. Misc. – So Lost – Perc Trax
15. Snuff Crew – Free – Gigalo
16. Detroit Grand Pubahs – Funk All Y’all (Robert Hood) – Detelefunk
17. Abe Duque & Blake Baxter – Lets take it back (Joey Beltram) – Process
18. Deepbass & Roman Toletski – The Orb Theory (Edit-Select) – Dark Beat
19. Cristian Varela – Cuatro Dimension – Pornographic
20. Nonas – Long Wave – Pacemaker
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Amsterdam Dance Event – The Famous Party

News and Events | From the mind of Storyteller | 10/26/2009

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I’m writing to give you (RV blog readers) another update from the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE). Over the weekend, I had a chance to check out the ADE Famous party, and it was definitely worth writing about…
 
Famous had an impressive line-up. Jerome Isma-Ae, Remy, Glenn Morrison, Matthew Dekay, and Ravene Voluz were all on the roster, so the event had progressive written all over it…though, at some point, I noticed Matthew Dekay mysteriously disappeared from the line-up.
 
The party took place at Club Home, a posh venue with plenty of room for sitting and chilling. It was a nice looking spot all the way around. The main room itself had a low ceiling and was very dark; it felt intimate and underground. The second room was small and bright; it also looked great.
 
Glenn Morrison played at the start of the party. Unfortunately, I only had the pleasure of catching the last 10 minutes of his set. He played groovy, melodic, feel-good tunes, which made a good impression on me. The main room was just starting to fill up during the performance by Remy, who was laying down tons of crazy grooves. The crowd was loving it and grooving along.
 
As soon as headliner Jerome Isma-Ae cued up his first record, the roof got blown off. Fueled by his typical Jerome style beats and basslines, everybody started jumping around like primal madmen. Jerome kept this up for about an hour and a half and then changed gears, adding a good deal of variety in his set. It didn’t seem to bother most of the audience (they where having a great time), but I wasn’t a big fan of the change up…so I went upstairs, to the second room.
 
Hearing groovy, carnival-inspired drum rhythms meant only one thing…Ravene Voluz. She’s an outstanding DJ! (…and it doesn’t hurt that she’s hot!) Ravene layered all types of tribal sounding grooves on top of each other, with almost lightning speed. No track seemed to play for more than 2 minutes, (more…)


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Five Questions with AMBIVALENT (Minus/Detroit, USA)

Interview | From the mind of Deepak | 10/24/2009

Many people recognize Ambivalent (aka Kevin McHugh) as the upcoming artist featured on Richie Hawtin’s Minus imprint, and while that is true, there is the side I also remember from his days in New York when he hosted his “Micromini” nights at Filter 14, and was co-host with Camea on The Nerd Tank radio show on East Village Radio.  I know Kevin as a genuine purveyor and lover of techno, and before the craze of minimal, he was there from the early days.

I had a chance to speak with Kevin as he prepares to play in NY and LA Halloween weekend.  Now a Berlin transplant and in-demand artist globally, he still finds time to engage in a small chat.

Here are five questions I asked him. Enjoy.

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Deepak: It seems like you have been working with Richie for a long time.  when, where and how did you relationship develop and how has your relationship evolved now that your a Minus artist?
Ambivalent: I met Rich when I was doing a music festival for an arts organization called Creative Time. We did electronic music and art events under the Brooklyn Bridge. I kept asking Rich to do a show with us, and it never worked out. But we ended up talking about common interests and hung out whenever he was in NY. Eventually we started doing projects together. It wasn’t until a couple of years ago that he asked me to join the label as an artist. That was the beginning of a different phase of my life, but our friendship definitely influenced me tremendously.

Deepak: How has the move to berlin pushed your career along?  did you think twice about it, or was it an easy decision?   why do so many artists flock to Berlin?
Ambivalent: It definitely wasn’t an easy decision. I moved to NY in 1996, so it feels like home. I loved my life there, and would have loved to stay. But ultimately there was no way to make a living on my music and still pay a New York rent. Being in Berlin has made it possible to focus on my music rather than a day job. I also love European audiences and their dedication to this music culture. People recognize your work more clearly and appreciate it differently. There are great audiences in North America, also, but it seems that things take hold more slowly in the US.

Deepak: Do you have a favorite gig from this year you can tell us about?
Ambivalent: There are a few that stand out. I just played with a bunch of other Minus artists in a Contakt show at Brixton Academy in London. Piknik Electronik in Montreal was awesome. A great show at Cocoon club in Frankfurt and also the Monsters of House festival in Munich.
One of my favorite gigs was on a Sunday afternoon in an abandoned warehouse in Hamburg. The guys who do this party are so cool. They made this massive space feel so intimate just by propping these shipping containers around the space, and then they had people in furry animal costumes running around…it just felt like the kind of thing where there’s so much love put into a really underground event. That’s the stuff I keep hoping to see more of…

Deepak: Do you miss NY, and anything in particular about the city?
Ambivalent: My girlfriend still lives in Brooklyn, so I go back pretty often to see her and she comes to Europe pretty often as well. That tends to keep me from getting homesick. Of course there are friends who I miss, and certain things that I rush to when I get back. Namely good mexican food. One thing that you don’t get so often in other cities is the busy streetlife and people watching. I was in Paris this summer and a bus blew smog in my face, and it actually made me miss New York. That sounds so twisted, doesn’t it?

Deepak: What are a few differences and similarities of the scene in Berlin and NY?
Ambivalent: Well, the music scene in Berlin is different than it was a few years ago. I think it’s changed because so many people have heard the legends about certain clubs, etc. So now there seems to be a pressure for things to live up to. There are definitely nice things about being in a city with so many clubs and DJs that you can go out any night of the week and hear someone really good. The flip-side is that you don’t have the same excitement as you’d have in a so-called “smaller” scene. The NY parties I’ve been to since I left have really impressed me with their energy. I think it’s getting better all the time.

Join me in welcoming Ambivalent back to NY as he DJs our final Hidden Recordings Residency Night of 2009 and Halloween Eve Special on Friday October 30th!

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Seth’s Picks of the Week – 24th of October 2009

Recommendations and Reviews | From the mind of Seth |

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I’m happy to report that things are continuing to go well on the content front. Within the next few weeks, we’re going to have deals in place with a few new distributors. I won’t name names yet – counting chickens and what not – but I can say my job of picking the tracks for these posts is about to get much more difficult. I think I’ll make it though…

1. Landscapes (Tim Paris Remix) – Idioma – Marketing. This is one of the better releases to come out this week. The Shit Robot Remix is fantastic.

2. Riffpunk (Original Mix) – Bukaddor & Fishbeck – My Best Friend / MBF. It’s hard to go wrong with anything on MBF. Bonusmeilen is no exception.

3. Escape Run (Original Mix) – St. Plomb – Brut!. Another solid label, BRUT!, with another solid release. For a rather minimalistic track, it has a lot going on. Parts of Escape reminds me of robots under water. That can’t be a bad thing, right? Well, it could be for the robots I suppose.

4. Can’t get No Sleep (Roland Appel Remix) – Subfossil – Best Works Records. I’ve listened to all the tracks on this album several times. As your attorney, I advise you to check it out.

5. OTD (Original Mix) – Toro 2.0 – Malatoid Records. Malatiod – these guys are really good at putting out things I like to hear, and OTD is one of my favorites. The way the bass plays off of the primary melody is great.

6. Intangable (Original Mix) – XU – Mojodojo Media. As I was listening to this (and having just watched an interview with Richie Hawtin in which he discussed having 4 tables going at once and doing all kinds of crazy layering and looping), it struck me that this track could be great layered under something else. Not that it isn’t good enough by itself – I just think it could work quite well.

7. Mamastroficos No Time (Jason Statham Remix) – Luis Trasto – Fairlads Digital Records. Listen to this one and you will hear disco sneaking its way in. It’s quite possible I’m alone in thinking this, or just wrong, but since disco has been making it’s charge, it seems like the tracks I’m hearing are getting more musical regardless of genre. Is nice. I like.

8. Fuschia (Original Mix) – Royce Haven – Sweet Cherry Music. Good groover with just a little bit of grit on the bass – definitely a song to get the people moving.

9. Roller Coaster (Original Mix) – Chriss Ronson – Ambiosphere. Roller Coaster is nice, deep and smooth.

10. The Persian Eye (Pajic Re-work) – Tim Xavier & Miro Pajic – LTD400. I’m a fan of pretty much anything Tim Xavier does. This collaboration with Miro Pajic is no exception. Quality.

 
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Amsterdam Dance Event – Armada Night

News and Events | From the mind of Storyteller | 10/22/2009

Chicane live at the Armada Night event

This week, from Wednesday to Saturday, Amsterdam is the center of the world’s dance music industry.

I’m Storyteller, and it’s my pleasure to bring coverage of the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) to the RV community.

Oddly enough, I wasn’t initially planning to go to ADE because I have so many work-related deadlines this week. I had identified some parties I wanted to check out, but I didn’t get around to actually pulling the trigger. My plans changed about a week ago when RV contacted me to discuss the idea of covering ADE as a guest blogger. This was all the incentive I needed; so I got tickets to some of the events, and I’m looking forward to sharing my experiences with you here on the RV blog! There are tons of parties, taking place in more than 40 locations. ADE is exciting, and I’ve really been looking forward to it!

Last night, I kicked off my ADE week by checking out the Armada Night, featuring Blake Jarrell, Way Out West, Chicane (live), and Armin van Buuren!

I’m a sucker for the old trance/progressive legends. I’ve been an especially big Chicane fan for years. I chose to go to this event just to see Chicane and then I found out, only a couple hours before the party, that Way Out West would be there as well!

When I arrived at the Escape venue in Amsterdam, Way Out West had already started, which meant I was too late to catch Blake Jarrell in action. They played groovy progressive tracks, occasionally sprinkling in Way Out West classics like “Killa” and “Mindcircus,” which are great tunes. I think they also played some tracks from their forthcoming album. The crowd was absolutely loving it, and the atmosphere in general was great.

Next, Chicane stepped up! As expected, this was the highlight of the evening for me. Everybody seemed to reach a state of euphoria as his live act progressed. I sure did, and so did the two girls from Singapore who I met and hung out with for the rest of the night. The roof nearly exploded with every track Chicane performed. Over the course of an hour, I heard all of his big hits like “Bruised Water,” “Offshore,” “Stoned in Love,” and “Don’t Give Up.” I loved every bit of it!

My newly found friends from Singapore kicked it up a notch when Armin started. In fact, the entire audience went mental as Armin took his place in the DJ Booth. After all, he’s still Mixmag’s #1 DJ, and he was probably the DJ most people came to see. Soon, punchy progressive trance was filling the room. The party kept pulsing until the early morning…eventually, it was time to go home.

Until this event, I hadn’t been to any ADE parties, but if this is what the ADE is about, I will be back in the years to come. As I write this article, I can physically feel the excitement as well as the exhaustion from last night. The Armada Night was, without a doubt, one of the best parties I’ve been to in quite some time. It rekindled my love for the music of both Chicane and Way Out West.

Next up for this Friday: Jerome Isma-Ae and Remy – two of my favorite producers – and more…so stay tuned!

Storyteller


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Amsterdam Dance Event – Coverage from Storyteller

News and Events | From the mind of Eddie |

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As many of you no doubt know, the dance music industry has converged on Amsterdam this week for the 2009 Amsterdam Dance Event. Founded fourteen years ago, the event first started as a small conference with a few hundred dance music professionals, three club nights, and 30 DJs. Now, the Amsterdam Dance Event has an audience of 90,000, with thousands of professional attendees and over 700 DJ acts. Clearly, this is one of the dance music events of the year, so we wanted to find a way to bring you coverage…
 
Since we just got back from San Francisco (covering the LovEvolution 2009 Festival), we weren’t able to make it to Amsterdam in person…so we decided to ask one of our guest bloggers to cover the event for you.
 
Allow me to re-introduce Storyteller, a guest blogger who, in the past, has shared some interesting posts with the RV community. At just 25 years old, he’s already amassed more than 14 years of experience producing electronic music. He’s released music on labels like Toes in the Sand, Enhanced, Curvve, and Deep Blue Records.
 
As a Dutch native and respected dance music professional, we figured Storyteller would be able to share a unique and interesting perspective on the Amsterdam Dance Event…so be on the lookout for his posts!
 
Eddie B
 


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Exclusive Audio Interview with Alex B from The Pnuma Trio

Interview | From the mind of johng | 10/20/2009


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Resonant Vibes is very excited to give our readers an exclusive audio interview with Alex B, bass player and producer, for the band The Pnuma Trio. (Click the play button below to have a listen)

I first mentioned The Pnuma Trio to the Resonant Vibes community back in my original Livetronica blog post. The band formed in Memphis Tennessee around 2004 and moved to Boulder Colorado where they now are proud to call STS9’s super hot indie label, 1320 Records, home. The trio is comprised of Alex Botwin on Bass, Ben Hazelgrove on Keys, and Lane Shaw on Drums. They consider themselves to be an electronic band who uses live instrumentation to create forward thinking compositions with a high energy electro feel! Download a free live show of the band performing at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado by going to The Pnuma Trio’s profile page in the Resonant Vibes Network .

Alex B is also a superb DJ, who is heavily involved with the Electronic Music Scene when he is not on the road with The Pnuma Trio. He has made quite a reputation on the live scene for his deep glitch-informed hip-hop sound and recently released a mix called “Brian Food” for Flying Lotus on the Brainfeeder record label which can be downloaded for free right HERE. Also check out several other mixes & tracks by going to Alex B’s profile page in the Resonant Vibes Network.

The Pnuma Trio is a powerful leader in the live electronic movement. They are doing everything they can to bring Electronic Music to the masses by merging the rock/jam culture with that of the DJ club scene. Check out both The Pnuma Trio and Alex B on tour right now!

John “The Grizz” Grisanti

 
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