Ready Made Review

READY MADE 31.05.2010

All our expectations were obviously right. At full capacity, the crowd spread up into the three rooms in a nice and sleazy way. Even though the atmosphere was very warm everywhere, Room 2 was especially vivid. Steexon and Mario Reder cooked the perfect built up for the tech-bomb that was Alex Bau. After him, everything else wave down in gravity as it was meant to. Frino, Boozanthesheep, Pezella and Krikerz just had it on the table already but they followed up the line intelligently. Hooray! For the whole dj crew and the dancers in the sound space who made it unforgettable.

Room one was delicatessen. Luca Genco opened the night with a housey oriented set with Mediterranean touches. Driven warm up spot on, Genco bounced the danced floor away and made everyone ready to go. Fra P and Claudio PRC made it hot for the Highgrade guys, who did not make anyone disappointed. Jens Bond was original and organic, and Daniel Dreier showed us why He’s known as one of the best djs in the electronic scene. His polished technique together with his music choice were bound to be a success. And so it was. Highgrade’s brain, Tom Clark and his back catalogue constituted one of the strongest build ups ever, to finally drop the sound bloom in the hottest moment of the night. Wordless. Our own and loved Etain, was encharged of taking control afterwards. She did the job big time.

Room three kept up the quality on the techno side. Opening was Classic, followed by Alpha Channel who created the perfect audio spectrum for what it was coming later. Ahmet Sendil did not break the development up either, driving the night to the final point. Serious minimal techno coming from the Sub Secret guys sound palette, was the climax that brought the night up to the end.

Gardenwise, the Highgrade crew came into the decks once again in order to complete the after hour delight. Picknik founders Monchhichi Boys were meant to close up the party, but due to unforeseen circumstances the outdoor area needed to be closed. Vey shameful, because this guys had a lot to offer to the dancefloor.

One of the best parties of the year so far. Stay tuned. Stay Codekontrol.

Vicky Horses

Mediakode

Mikolai goes Picknik

PKEP004 - MIKOLAI - Sexual Quality Ep
Picknik Recordings


Nowadays there’s an overload of new producers that work hard (or not necessarily) to get a good spot on the electronic scene. After djing all around London and Paris and having shared the booth with super sized talents (Oxia and Sarah Goldfarb amongst others, Mikolai is definitely entitled to get one of those premium spots. It was two years ago when Mikolai started his production adventure, and soon after he got released in both of the Argentinian labels Mischevious Music and Miniatura. He explores house, techno and deep in a way that no many artists do and remains dramatically unique. Constantly avant-garde, Mikolai’s view on electronic music blooms vibrating and feeding the crowd.

Mikolai is now releasing this Sexual Quality Ep as a fourth instalment on the London based digital label Picknik recordings, with three cuts that give a challenge to gravity. He breaks down the melodies and sounds into thousands of small pieces and creates a beautifully chaotic soundscape. Genuine, fresh and simple, ideally spring oriented, Sexual Quality is a warm experience for your ears.

The first track, I just wanna say that is a fresh and surprising approach to organic house, dressed with jazzy trumpets and groovie vocals that finally result in a genius deconstruction. Old school vocal explosions fill the track all the way up to the end, waving percussions and colourful kicks.

Tum Koné comes next in the row. By means of adding infinity of variably traced bass lines and keyboards, this time Mikolai develops his track towards acid house reminiscences at the final break down. Gentle and ductile, Tum Koné is the perfect soundtrack for an after hour movie.

Last but not least, we come to Sweaty bitch, the cut that closes up the release. Mikolai brings out his cosmic weapons this time to build up the perfect ending for this Sexual Quality Ep. Disco touches and background keyboards that draw a final picture for what is a great job coming from a new electronic promise: Mikolai.

Tracklist:

1. I just wanna say that
2. Tum Koné
3. Sweaty Bitch



Julia Victoria Lozano Campos

Ready Made Preview

READY MADE







People who live in London are used to have big parties on a bank holiday. However, that does not necessarily imply “quality”. I have experienced some dramas by getting excited about a massive bank holiday Saturday night and therefore get really disappointed by: a commercial line up for a touristy crowd and a weird atmosphere. Luckily this time we are gonna be able to enjoy one of the best parties of the year with a massive line up, some “music connoisseur” crowd and a wicked soundsystem. Ready Made is coming from the hands of Codekontrol, one of the most awake promotors in town. Featuring Highgrade records, top label in the electronic scene celebrating its 10th anniversary tour, Ready Made counts on Codekontrol own djs as well to make from this night a very unforgettable one. Heading the line up are the Highgrade main brain and owner Tom Clark and the well renowned Daniel Dreier, who is apparently one of the best djs in the Planet Earth. Jens Bond will be also joining the night, togheter with the Codekontrol crew djs: Etain, Monchhichi Boys, Luca Genco and many more…
The infamous Egg in Kings Cross is the chosen place to host such a superb installation.
As I suppose you don’t wanna miss a night like this, I recommend to get there early in order to get some goodies (doors open at 10 p.m) because is looking very busy in all the networks already and at least two thousand people is expected. For the fair deal of £15 on pre-sale you can enjoy one of the best dance experiences of the year. No disappointment. For real.





SET TIMES

Room 1
10.00 - 12.00 Luca Genco
12.00 - 01.30 Fra P
01.30 - 03.30 Claudio PRC
03.30 - 06.30 Highgrade guys
06.30 - 08.00 Etain

+ Garden
07.30 - 10.30 Highgrade Guys
10.30 - 12.00 Monchhichi Boys


Room 2
11.00 - 12.30 Steexon
12.30 - 02.00 Mario Reder
02.00 - 04.00 Alex Bau
04.00 - 05.30 Frino
05.30 - 07.00 Boozandthesheep
07.00 - 08.30 Renato Pezzella
08.30 - 10.00 Krikerz


Room 3
12.00 - 01.30 Classic
01.30 - 03.00 Alpha Channel
03.00 - 04.30 Ahmet Sendil
04.30 - 06.00 Sub Secret


Vicky Horses
Mediakode

Mario Reder Goes Mad This Summer

MAEP 004 - Cutty Sark Ep

Mario Reder

Originally from Naples, Mario Reader grew up playing piano and discovered electronic music when he was 16. He set up a small analog studio and moved to London in 2004, when he started playing at several parties around the city that never sleeps. In August 2009 Mario released “Frederik”, his first EP on the label Menomale records and In October 2009 He Releases Opposite Forces EP
on Minimal Force Records . Now Reder is on the talk again because of his recently released “Cutty Sark Ep” on the London based label Mind Ability records.

“Cutty Sark Ep” is a very serious piece of work which at the same time contains a big dose of humor. Mario Reder has the gift of creating versatile sounds and orquestrated atmospheres. The magnificence of his tunes balances with the funkyness of his rhythm, and for sure is bound to be a big “YES” on the dance floor this summer. The EP contains the original track from Mario Reder plus two other reamixes from Alex Kenji and Roby Mannarini.


The original Master and Commander is a straight to the businnes track: made for big dance floors the sound gets expanded around and fill up the space with strong beats. Perfectly able to work as a bomb in the after hours set or peak time, Master and Commander sounds like a classic tech house hype already!


Next to follow is the Alex Kenji remix. Keeping the same groove but taking away some of the vocals, Kenji makes a slightly retro approach to the original one. Horns and orquestra sounds seem to take us out for a trip on the Balkan countryside. The synths compress themselves into accordion movements, which give a very dynamic texture to the track.


In contrast to Alex Kinji, Roby goes a very different way by slowing up the tempo and adding out of the blue bass lines that makes you feel warm and tingly inside. It works. Percussions sound much more powerful and sexy, the atmospheric vocals and the synths love each other in harmony… Bravo Mannarini!

Hefty Releases On Solid Tracks Records

Panphobia was formed as an exploration of the darker sounds of techno and minimal, four tracks that fill the room with deep bass and bouncy, hard beats. A perfect way to introduce one of the newest additions to the Codekontrol Crew: Hefty.

Achluophobia:
This dark minimal tech track is driven by its relentless thundering beat and hypnotic rhythm. Dynamic and ever shifting, abstract percussive elements build and build while spooky eerie sounds play tricks on the mind. Deep, dark and deadly.

Myxophobia:
A simple yet effective bassline keeps this track grooving along, while the other almost viscous organic sounds build around it creating a pumping dark minimal track with plenty of bounce.

Monophobia:
Moving into a more raw techno sound while maintaining minimal qualities this evil techno track unleashes wave upon wave of dark and hypnotic sounds to assault the senses. Its grumbling bass and stomping beats build to eerie breakdowns leaving this track completely void of light.

Coulrophobia:
Undulating bass, trippy unnerving sounds and sinister vocals make up this techno track,. Full of menace it drives along with relentless determination only pausing to introduce the next haunting element. A real carnival of darkness.