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Dancecult "The Love Parade" edition - call for submissions

This is a general call for contributions to Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture. Entering a new era with a new and expanded editorial and production team, Dancecult is extending its deadline on submissions for its next edition.

New deadline - December 20, 2010.

As the issue is hosting a special section on The Love Parade, submissions on this theme will be welcome, in both From the Floor and Feature article categories.

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BVDUB & SOFIE LOIZOU - "MILLIONS" released on Clone Records

Bvdub and Sofie Loizou are two passioned artists who have a special collaboration on this Southern Outpost offshoot! Sofie Loizou is at the forefront of the electronic music scene in Australia and Brock Van Wey (bvdub) is one of America's most prolific electronical artists known for his excellent deep house and dubby techno releases. The EP is evocative and wistful, enveloping the listener in a dream state.

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Therapy ft Yokoo

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Yokoo is a relatively new face in Brisbane's clubs, though not without experience and a bag full of top shelf deep techno. Productions as well complete the picture, also making good use of an intelligent ear for tonal and tribal deep tech. His sound is evidently a recreation of his deeply spiritual relationship with technology and music.

Originally hailing from Strasbourg, France, Yokoo has made good use of the short time he has been in Australia, hitting up both Family and The Met in Brisbane, Platinum on the Coast, and Spice in Sydney. He also translates to the festival crowd, chosen to set up rooms at the recent Armin van Buuren event, and coming up at Global Gathering.

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Reunion Rave in Brisbane

Reunion Rave @ The MET in Brisbane
10/10/2008

I hadn't been out to a dance club for maybe 4-5 years, about 7 years since being in brisbane, so the Reunion Rave dance party whilst I was up there on holidays was perfect timing. heaps of older crew were there - it was so great to see them all and spend the night dancing as we used to back in the day.

the music was fantastic too - Thief took us back to Magic Roundabout @ Metropolis & the Site (if my memory serves correctly) in the side room & looked like he was enjoying playing the tunes too. "Insomniac - I'm asleep", Moby's "Thousand", Custa knows the rest of the track names - some Rabbit City Records tracks? I remembered that track with the "Reanimator" (movie) sample though I'm not sure what it's called.

Sasha "Injected with a poison - are you listening to me!" later, Paul Holden (is Golden?! :) doing the hand movements to "I kiss your lips and close my eyes - take you away to paradise ... let everybody see that I love you and you love me ..." with the lasers forming whirlpool clouds of different coloured smoke above the dancing crowd in the main room. then "Everybody's Free - to feel love" with starry skies spinning behind him on the screens - reminding me of the Dome and it's starry skies when the retractable ceiling was pulled back (even if the songs were different there)

Rousey & Kesson played heaps of songs towards the end of the night that Dufty & Angus (rip) used to play (which was great but a little sad at the same time). I liked what Rousey said - something like "it's nice to come out to work and see people I know again".

Vision Four 5 played a great live set - hadn't seen them play in years. the videos looked great too - a huge Lolli dancing & singing to Funkify Yourself & Purple Lamp was played later in the set & the block text for Everything You Need. half way through this song I went down the front and after a couple of tracks, some younger people were asking who this great band was, so it's great to see another generation loving the tunes too! Ben & Noel were jumping around like they used to - was so cool to see!

I loved the screens in the different rooms - the videos shown were so crisp & clear & the lasers helped set the mood too.

at the start of the night (I'd gone early to catch Dizzy's set - nice!) I was a little worried as most of the people were wearing really tight clothes and very high stilettos and had trouble finding the beat when dancing but when everyone came later, the tables turned, and some of the younger people dancing seemed to be staring at how the rest of us were dancing - it was almost like they'd never seen it before or been to a dance party ?!?!

I kept forgetting I had the camera as I was too busy talking or dancing (now I remember why I don't have pics from years ago) so there's only a few clips at different parts of the night. the video runs for about 12mins though so is a little long. my camera's not very good in low light, so you can't really see the people - but this video should give you a sample of what the night was like.

thanks to everyone who played & organised the gig and all the people I spoke to & saw out.

can't wait for the next one!!

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IF? Records

artist / project name:
IF? Records Collective

bio:
electronic music label originally based in Melbourne, now located in Tokyo

group members:
Andrez Bergen, Mateusz Sikora, Brian Huber, Damian Stephens, Allan Klinbail, Briony Wright, Marcella Brassett and others

myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/if_records

website:
http://if-records.tripod.com

city:
Tokyo, Melbourne

genre:
Electronic, techno, experimental, glitch, hip hop, house, IDM, disco

Australian artist / project?:
Yes

are you a currently active artist / project?:
yes

releases / projects:
Original Melbourne (Australia) electronic music label IF? Records was set up in this city in 1995, and relocated to Tokyo, Japan, in 2001 - see IF? Records @ Wikipedia

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earthcore global carnival @ goulburn river, undera (Victoria)

OVER 150 ACTS, OVER 11 PLAYGROUNDS!!!

earthcore's annual global carnival brings you a three day bush odyessey of music, dancing, performances, art, local designer and food markets and much more. A place where love, new friendships and creative inspiration blossom! An alternative music and lifestyle celebration outdoors in the beautiful Australian bush landscape, the way mother nature intended! Featuring over 150 artists, including over 30 international and over 100 local/interstate artsists from all corners of the globe - electro, trance, hard dance, techno, breaks, psychedelic, downbeat – across seven stages - no stone will be left un-turned!

Read more or visit http://www.earthcore.com.au for more details

[briz:b:e:a:t:s][29:11:03] Surgeon : Ezmerelda + more

On today's show I'll be stepping back in time to feature SURGEON's 1996 'Balance' album. Being a favourite techno artist of many Pulse crew and regulars, it's time to play the album in full and share it with others. Also on today's show I'll be featuring Sydney band EZMERELDA - just in time for their single and film clip launch 'Moment of weakness' being held at the Annandale Tuesday 9th December.

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http://www.dj-surgeon.com/

DJ and producer, Surgeon aka Anthony Child has released on many of the respected techno labels including Dynamic Tension, Tresor, Counterbalance, Downwards as well as many others. He's remixed for Dave Clarke, Hardfloor, The Advent, Pacou + more. Surgeon also tours as 'British Murder Boys' with Regis - they have released an EP on Counterbalance called 'Don't give way to fear' (out in November) and have been busily touring this year. Keep an eye out for more great things..

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http://www.ezmerelda.com.au

Ezmerelda is a Sydney based independant outfit with female vocals, beautiful guitars and energetic, passionate, well-crafted songs with a social conscience and soul. Two girls (Tammy Ingram - lead vox/guitar and Deb Spinocchia - Drums, two guys (Craig 'Hip' Schablon- bass and Oli Allard - lead guitar) great songs! Think PJ Harvey, Bettie Seveert and Deadstar.

'Moment of weakness' is the follow up single to their debut album '11:11' and was mixed by Jonathan Burnside (Nirvana, Melvins, Grinspoon, Depeche Mode, Oscarlima etc) and promises to be a sonic feast for new listeners and old fans alike. (from MGM release Nov3, 2003)

Ezmerelda has also staged many of their own headline shows at various Sydney venues including The Annandale, The Cat & Fiddle, The Hopetoun & Bar Broadway. No stranger to the road, Ezmerelda toured to Woolongong, Newcastle, Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne and most stops along the way during April/May 2003. They continue to go where some bands fear to tread!

Ezmerelda are playing at The Annandale Hotel (cnr Nelson & Parramatta Roads, Annandale, Sydney) on Tuesday 9th November supported by Amaya with visuals by video artist Kate Murphy. They will be launching the 'Moment of Weakness' single and film clip. Visit http://www.ezmerelda.com.au for more info.


listen to this show via archive.org page

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[briz:b:e:a:t:s][06:09:03] Jandy Rainbow : Paul Abad

briz:b:e:a:t:s ::: today's show features music by Brisbane based artists Jandy Rainbow and Paul Abadtoday's show features music by Brisbane based artists Jandy Rainbow
and Paul Abad

briz:b:e:a:t:s @ www.pulseradio.net
also broadcast via QUT's EMIT radio, http://emit.qut.com
[internet radio show]
[saturdays 10am-midday: brisbane & sydney time]
[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/brizbeats for show details & maillist]

saturday 6th September 2003

Now that Spring has finally made it, it's time to shake off those
winter woolies and hit the dance floor - and to what better
soundtrack than one of my faourites from Brisbane the "Travellers" album by
Jandy Rainbow. http://www.soundhive.com.au/jandy/ for more info as well as
details of her more recent release H.2.Oscillate.

2008 update : Jandy Rainbow is now part of the band illume in essence and can be found @ http://www.myspace.com/illumeinessence

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Oliver Ho @ Tech-ni-kal

Tech-ni-kal
Chinese Laundry, Sydney
Friday July 19th 2002

If you're not familiar with the Sydney techno clubs/nights, Tech-ni-kal is held fortnightly at Chinese Laundry underneath the Slip Inn on Sussex St in Sydney. Tech-ni-kal, as the name suggests is a night of techno, electro and ghetto tech featuring plenty of the techno world's favourite visiting international & national djs as well as live artists and local djs. There are two rooms, the main room and the cave - the comments you're most likely to hear about the venue is that it gets crowded pretty quickly and the ceilings are very low - it creates an intimate vibe, though often it's hard to find a spot to yourself on the dance floor if you like your personal space.

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