Since Connie’s last episode on AirDrop’s Podcast last March (AirPod Nº5 Connie - Matte on the Beach), the girl has been rocking many dancefloors worldwide. Well, first she came to get it down in Buenos Aires, where in the space of three days she played in three major spots “de la escena porteña”, with Fase Miusic Sender, Sr. Replicante and Nico Purman at our Extracto party!
(Be on the look out, as Piknic goes on til the 28th of September with more goodness coming up - Jennifer Cardini, Pig & Dan, Tony Rohr… - and concludes on a huge fest with the man himself, Claude VonStroke and and and…. Kevin Saunderson !)
In the middle of all her travels, Connie even finds some time to satisfy her NYC home public, like a couple days ago when she opened for Holger Zilske… But no wait ! No time ! She has to leave to Greece to play with Jeremy P. Caulfield, Miss Fitz and K.atou as part of her reSolute residency with Elon… Well I think we all got it by now, Connie is a busy busy lady ! In this edition of AirPod, she gives us a mix entitled Horny Music: an hour of the weird-sounds-filled, jumpy and funky mini-tech that only she has the secret. The mix is full of unreleased gems, some which apparently, might never see the light (such as the opening Alka_Rex track)… Enjoy!
Oh oh oh ! Wait ! I nearly forgot the most important !! We are honored, privileged, walking on air, on a high (…) to officially announce that Connie’s first production will be released as part of the new volume of our Extraction compilation series ! KEEP OUT, all I am allowed to say, is that this ish BURNS!
For all the music fans and producers, we are having a remix competition with Indaba and minitek. Indaba is a cool site for music collaboration, letting musicians from around the world to work on projects together through their site. minitek, which you should know by now is nyc’s first electronic music and innovation festival from Sept 12th to 14th. They are also extremely commited to emerging talents with artists like Monoblock, Format:B, Elon and of course Fase Miusic Sender on their first year line up. Check out the competition and maybe you will win yourself a release with us
and maybe a few other prizes…
There is already a remix up on indaba to check out and rumors of a several more coming!
We are very happy to celebrate our Tenth AirPod with a special guest:
Lunatik has been creating and interpreting electronic music for over a decade. Whether via energetic and diverse DJ sets, or his eclectic live show, the elements of sound and space are translated into a unique sonic signature.
Hailing from the indie-music mecca of Omaha, Aaron utilizes the ethos of independence in relation to his techno compositions. Whether by building custom synth patches or embarking on quests for field recordings, Lunatik’s work can embody concept while maintaining dancefloor functionality.
With a host of releases on forward thinking labels such as Leftroom, Kassette, and Communique along with maintaining his label Wreckless, Lunatik has managed to maintain a constant state of engagement. The culmination of his 2008 work will be released as his first artist album on Leftroom sub-label Leftout.
The color of sound : vibrant and subdued. Analog vintage digital intangibles. Minimal axioms reflection of maximums. Sound found and creations created. Reality debated participation abated. In favor of myriad sonic flavours.
And we are also happy to announce that Lunatik will be playing at our next function!
Its called AIRDROP WARNING SIGN and will be happening on August 8th, at Bar 13 in NYC. RSVP, and come listen to one of the most promising and talented artist this northern part of the continent has to offer. New York City’s Memek will be accompanying Lunatik as well as AirDrop residents Sergio and Paulo
AIRPOD 10 - LUNATIK
PLAYLIST
christoph schindling - redelight - eintakt
rone - spanish breakfast - in fine
bruno pronsato - same faces different names - hello repeat
seuil - detroit candies(lee curtiss remix) - eklo
ricardo villalobos - enfants(tambours)
paul kalkbrenner - bingo bongo - bpitch control
ezio - rivoli - cmyk
sis - orgsa - cecille
todd bodine - back to back - mothership
channel x - dirty laugh(lunatik remix) - kassette
bloddy mary vs sierra sam - black jack - einmaleins
loco dice - tight laces - desolat
marco carola - jackpot - plus8
moritz piske - slipless in seattle(matt stars slipfunk in scattle mashup) - opsm
paco osuna - transheet- plus8
jona - swamp - fumakilla
johnny d - orbitalife- oslo
schneider , galluzzi, schirmacher -albertino - cadenza
andomat 3000 - vertical smile - cecille
broombeck - the clapper - opsm
berovic & leicher - bananerama bar - international freakshow
marco carola - contortionist - plus8
lunatik - alexander supertramp - leftout
suokas - cocktail juice(doudou malicious remix) - multi vitamins
jean claude ades & vincent thomas - shingaling(martin eyerer remix) -
great stuff
stimming & h.o.s.h. - radar -dynamic
donk boys -doozer - frankie
sebo k - far out - mobilee
bukaddor & fishbeck - live is life - my best friend
channel x - freaky pilot - kassette
frankie - stoic - frankie
Now everyone, listen carefully: this is a very special mix we prepared just for you. Our great friend Clip is one of these rare artists that keep their head on their shoulders, remain humble and discreet … but will turn the spot upside-down with perfect selections, flawless style and personal vision.
Clip has been DJing for the last 9 years, he still regularly plays and has opened for some acts such as Superpitcher or Barem in his homeland of Buenos Aires. His productions merge Tech-House with Minimal, creating original, funny and funky grooves, sometimes including dub structures.
After appearing on our Extraction Compilation as Peter Pan Project, Clip will be presenting ‘Dub Etnic’ in a few weeks, it will be his first release on AirDrop Records and features a very special remix act!
Be on the lookout for the very special 10th AirPod episode!
Playlist
1. Sossa - Pinansa
2. Butane - Mute Solo
3. Mike Wall - Hacienda (Niko Schwind Remix)
4. Fusiphorm - Green chocolate (Koljah Remix)
5. Sossa - Jurassik (Davide Squillace Remix)
6. Mathew Jonson - Marionette (Adam Beyer Remix)
7. Matteo Spedicati - Let Agata Talk
8. Smith & Selway - Total Departure
9. Clip - Uiytkiii
Despite having a fever, Loco Dice held everything together and played an all night long set in honor of his latest album release 7 Dunham Place. His productions are dope at least 3 of the tracks are total hits like the joyful “La Esquina,” the dirty “Tight Laces”, or his bouncy dance floor killer that is “Pimp Jackson is talking now.” His album is available on Beatport and pretty much everywhere!
As for the night at Cielo, it is increasingly difficult to find a non-meathead infested place in the meat packing district, so our crew of friends had to spend a bit of time chatting outside in time for all the yuppies to leave us with a semi packed dance floor that we could share exclusively with Loco. We forgave him for a few technical missteps and all in all everyone there had a good time and could only speak highly of Dice’s addictive swinging rhythms.
Loco Dice is coming to NYC, with more hype than ever touring for his 7 Dunham Place release and Gregor Tresher is making his NYC debut after being voted best techno DJ by Beatport. It will be a hard pick between the two and in fact one could do both given the distance between the places Hiro and Cielo. Biatch Corp is presenting a strong line up with Derek Plaslaiko, Giovanni, Pito and Karaskilla and have not had a party in a while, so it will definitely be big, since it’s also their Hiro Ballroom debut!
New York will have to wait a couple months before minimoo strikes again with the minitek festival and maybe another season of moo debauchery. They have just finished their second season of minimoo which travelled beyond its birth place to cities far away from the roof tops and old breweries of New York. London, LA and Miami were thankful to receive the crew for one time shabangs.
As for the closing party, start with the indoor before finishing it off on a roof top after-pre-party for Independence Day. Memek is truly a gem, no matter which headlining artist comes to play, Memek always shines with fresh new tunes and nice finds like Pay For Me by Daniel Steinberg or our newly released Veo Mi Terraza by Fase Miusic Sender (see video below). Butane was explosive, destroying the heated dancefloor till the end before starting up the after with some great tunes, old and new, like Melchior Productions‘ first release on Playhouse, Let’s Go Deep (a real house gem) or Audion’s Billy Says Go. (You can find both on beatport.)
Get ready for a new concept for NYC party people. You are used to partying everywhere but on a “ship without a captain”. The party is also 12 to 12 and from the picture sent out by ReSolute it looks like we may see the sunrise along the river.
July 3rd and Independence Day celebrations are also going to be big so save up for that with Damian Lazarus at Love with BLK/ Market Membership and a 48 hour minimoo independence party. More details will come.
