TEEP - "GHOST"
This "ghost" mix is one of those rare 'one off' moments for me, when
selection, arrangement, and mixing all comes together on a first and
only attempt to capture it on the decks. The main inspiration for the
mix came immediately after a viewing of the classic 1941 film
rendition of Jack London's story, "The Sea Wolf" starring Edward G.
Robinson. It is a movie that prominently features the fog-enshrouded
vessel, "the Ghost", on which its inhabitants are trapped by the
tyrannical and morally deranged captain, Wolf Larsen.
Here though, instead of the actors and cinematography providing the
emotions and atmospheres, these characteristics come to mind by
presenting compositions by some more recent favorite contemporary
electronic musicians.
So, in "the Ghost" mix, you will hear then, the drama and suspense of
Freak Electrique's "PHASER". The psychosis and dementia of Unit4 and
Alden Tyrell's takes on "Body Dub". The adventurous overtones of
Legowelt's "Congo Zombie" and quintessential moody darkness of
Squadra Blanco's, "The Night Must Fall". From there, the mix moves
through some ideas of valor and romance, at the hands of the Prisoner
Of Love "Spaceship Near My House" and RA-X's latest Mighty Robot
Recording, "the Opium Den". It all comes to a dark and dramatic
conclusion, with the reality that "no one gets out of here
alive" a point literally driven home by the Black Spider Clan's
"Broken Mirror" and the appropriately titled, "Keiner Kommt Hier
Lebend Raus."
Finally, I am proud to say that the mix was especially sonically
seasoned and prepared to be positioned here, as part of the
Simulacron Organization's "darkrooms radio" series on Welt-Am-Draht.
So, grab a box of popcorn and find a comfortable seat in the front
row and prepare yourself to sail off into the fog on "the Ghost"! (playlist here)
SIGNOGRAPH "(DJ) FEATURE"
The second half of the Darkrooms Radioshow is a feature of DJ Signograph from Berlin. Signograph is (electro) DJ (i.e. at Radio Suburbz Berlin) and occasional party organizer (Spreestrom Parties in co-operation with -Das Drehmoment Recordstore-). And he belongs to the DJ armada of Kommando 6 records. First played is one of his "Suburbz" mixes (from May 2004) and then a mix which was recorded at one of the "Spreestrom Parties" (from September 2004). ELECTRO!
darkrooms radioshow is produced by simulacron network / contact: mail-at-simulacron.org