Here’s a 323 minutes long chill-out mix, made for DJ Orkidea’s 23 hour set on 01.01.2010. The mix was recorded on 23th of December and the compiler (that’s me) has his birthday on the 23.2. Coincidence? ;)
Selected links for the beginning of the year.
DJ Hero 2 coming up, David Guetta confirms
Kleptones present a new album, Uptime/Downtime.
Rumours & confirmations about new Madonna album – Brendan O’Brien producing, David Guetta & Akon collabs.
Again, some news of BT’s upcoming album.
Beatport’s top selling tracks of 2009
Fabric 41: Luciano
Predictions for Music Industry in 2010
The honest 10.000$ spam
Christmas Light Hero
30 Unforgettable Club Tracks of the past decade.
Artist income rising
…and finally – your daily Sven.
Youtube link.
Here’s a tracklist of last Sunday’s “Sunday Fun” chill-out event in Tampere, held on our independence day, 06.12. Not the most underground selection, but the atmosphere was cosy and very friendly – big thanks to Ville & Mika for the invitation :) Why aren’t there more chill-out clubs in Finland?
DJ Orion @ Sunday Fun – 6.12.2009 – 21:00-23:30
Check out the links for YouTube trainspotting goodness.
Jean Sibelius – Finlandia-hymni
Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy (Instrumental)
Mylo – Sunworshipper
Karma – Kon Tiki
Tammetõru – Ajast Ja Arust
Placebo – Pure Morning (Les Rhythmes Digitales remix)
Helios – Velius
All Thieves – Turn And Turn Again
Tepui – Caribu
DJ Orion – One Sunday
Softys – Chordeziks
Aphilas – Blind Matador Techniques
Unknown – James Bond Theme (remix)
Sven Väth – Harlequin Plays Bells (Harlequin Plays Hells-Bells Mix)
FSOL – Translation 2 (Papsico)
Mango, Orion, J.Shore – Raining In Osaka (DJ Orion & J.Shore remix)
The Prodigy – 3 Kilos
Wildach Sonnerkraut – Calypso
Sunscreem – Perfect Motion (remix)
Unknown – Sex and the City Theme (remix)
Ralphie B – Massive (DJ Orion & J.Shore remix)
Jon Hopkins – Light Through The Veins
DJ Orion & J.Shore – Deep Blue
Michael Witness – 18 Days
Flashbaxx – Voodoo Therapy
Nightmares On Wax – You Wish
Feta Kuli – Dusty Road
Ray Parker Jr. – Ghostbusters Theme (instrumental mix)
Today’s crate pick is one of my earliest influences, a long player that still amazes me today, Sven Väth‘s second album The Harlequin – The Robot and the Ballet-Dancer. I can’t remember where I heard this for the first time, but I had a copied C-cassette for four years until I bought a CD copy in 1998 in Essen, Germany for 29.99DM.
Released on Eye-Q in 1994, you can’t help hearing both Sven’s interest in early German trance sound and producer Ralf Hildenbeutel’s influence on the recording process. The booklet has a rather funny computer generated pics of Sven (see below) as well as a weird quote by Erasmus, which can also be heard on the intro track of the record.
But what hit me most when I first heard the LP through was the ending. Ballet-series, a 16 minute journey from Ballet-Romance’s string sections to acid sounds of Ballet-Fusion and finally to chill-out rhythms of Ballet-Dancer must be the first truly epic trance track I’ve ever heard (check the video below). Personally I would say this LP is one of the milestones of German oldskool trance and when looking Sven today you see we’ve come a long, long way from those days :)
Selected links from the past two weeks.
The best tracks of Daft Punk, great selection with good stories.
Sven Väth celebrating his 45th birthday (video)
2 Many DJs to Helsinki, Finland
How the ambient sound at Walt Disney World works
Heavy illegal downloaders buy more music
DJ Orion @ YleX – Tiistain Tanssi-ilta 04.08.2009
Tiistain Tanssi-ilta tracklist
01. Dirty Vegas – Days Go By (Paul Oakenfold remix) (Capitol)
02. DNA – Solarity (Anjunadeep)
03. FBOTI – Piano Player (Edel)
04. Rasmus Faber – Are You Ready (Jerome Isma-Ae remix) (Farplane)
05. Lazy Jay – Hammer Down (Toolroom)
06. Cirez D – On Off (Mouseville)
07. Chris Lake – La Tromba (Rising Music)
08. Mike Shiver, Matias Lehtola – Captured (Timo Juuti remix) (Captured)
09. Ayleon – Glory Silence (Subtraxx)
*** VIIKON VINYYLI ***
10. Grace – Not Over Yet (Perfecto remix) (Kinetic)
11. Kyau&Albert, Marc Marberg – Grrreat (Euphonic)
12. Andy Moor feat. Meighan Nealon – Faces (AVA)
13. Rank 1 – Symfo (High Contrast)
Tiistain Tanssi-ilta links
Solarstone starts Solarswarm – the world’s first social network record label
Swedish House Mafia interview
Sony relaunches classic dance label, Deconstruction
DJ Hell designs underwear line
Charlie May steps out of Sasha’s shadow
Video: Kris Menace’s favourite synths
40,000 remember Jacko at Sensation White in Holland
Video: Sven Väth’s tribute to Michael Jackson
Adam Freeland points the finger at Black Eyed Peas for plagiarism
Beatport’s the best selling tracks of 2009
Sultan preps Nubreed
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DJ Orion @ YleX – Tiistain Tanssi-ilta 19.08.2008
Tiistain Tanssi-ilta tracklist
01. Pin Me Down – Cryptic (Phones Materialisation Mix) (Kitsune)
02. Twocker – Ruffneck (Big&Dirty)
03. Michael Cassette – Winter (AnjunaDeep)
04. Oppanox – Misdonomer (Fletch remix) (cdr)
05. Yvel & Tristan – Heart & Soul (Sick Watona)
06. Bastards of Funk & Sonic Union – Sunrise (Sick Watona)
07. Chris Cargo – Stimulation (Whoop!)
BIISIVIERAS MIIKA KUISMA:
08. Nick Murray – Lost (Miika Kuisma remix) (Bonzai)
09. Sven Väth – L’Esperanza (Paul van Dyk remix) (Club Culture)
10. Andy Moor – Fake Awake (Ecomix) (AVA / AnjunaBeats)
11. Super8 & Tab – Elektra (Anjunabeats)
12. Hertz – Priorities (Pratap remix) (Sway)
Tiistain Tanssi-ilta links
What does it mean to be a ‘professional’ musician.
What’s the loudness war?
Luomo announces Convivial
New Chemical Brothers ‘Midnight Madness’ video unleashed
Unity Mega Raver Group Photo
Burial unveils his identity
YouLicense lisensoi musiikkia halvalla
Acid Symphony Orchestra Oulussa 19.8.2008
Want Some Free ‘n Legal Andy Moor Bootlegs?
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Tiistain Tanssi-ilta @ KLUBITUS
Tiistain Tanssi-ilta @ IRC-GALLERIA
Tiistain Tanssi-ilta @ FACEBOOK
Tiistain Tanssi-ilta @ YLEX