Um .. nah . different Salmonella Tiki is different
I live in Queenstown .. which is right down south ..
which does not have a techno scene at all .. apart
from my lounge . heh
as for the nationwide scene ..
we have had several visits in the past years ..
um ..
Carl Craig, Sutek, Superpitcher, monoake, Micheal Mayer
Andy Vaz .. .
and a few others . most of which I have missed .. but i did
get to play with Carl last Feb.
https://www.obscure.co.nz/gallery/one_city_with_carl_craig
https://www.obscure.co.nz/gallery/superpitcher
Of course .. Recloose is almost local now .. living up in Wellington
and Fat Freddys Drop . could almost be considered Techno having
played in Detroit two festivals ago ..
on the production front .. Simon Flower from Nurture Recordings
is keeping things alive ..
Most of the scene is based around Auckland .. with some regular
nights and occasional parties .. but attendance is low and motivation
wavering alot of the time ..
Otherwise on a more electronica level .. the impeccable Pitch Black
and global runners Antix ..
Probably the most enduring artist is Son Sine aka. Rotor +, Epsilon Blue
And Alpharythm from feral party roots.
The NZ sound becomes infused very fast with other styles .. which
I think is well represented through current Recloose sounds .. and
the works of Pitch Black which are heavily dub influenced .. while
Antix dissolve into breakbeat trance areas ..
There is a growing laptop scene .. with the usual bleeps and glitch.
Also several young producers on the cusp .. many are absorbed
into Loop recordings .. which have a very broad musical profile.
I guess the most appropriate term from NZ is electronica . and
not Techno ... while we love the synth wash .. we can't avoid
our island roots and return sweetly to the dub infusion ..
Also our experimental history is strongly based on indy guitar rock
and industrial noise .. so the resulting fringe of banging techno
never quite makes it into popular divide.
The most defining and "seminal" techno artist from the NZ scene
Mechanism / Micromnism .. has become a Hari Krishna
Otherwise in the pure Techno sense .. you must visit LRS
creator of Obscure.co.nz and the Fun Poison party brand.
https://www.obscure.co.nz/profiles/lrs
http://funpoison.com/
Have look through the FP site .. as it provides a really good history
to the Wellington Techno scene from all the way back in 1993.
Special love must be given to the Stereonasties ..
https://www.obscure.co.nz/profiles/steronasties
Who are the most continual committed and passionate girls for the
most grinding hair raising techno performances .. playing four deck
carnage to make the hardest player weep in submission.
hmm .. when I write it all up there is an awful lot on our cards .. its
just currently we don't have an audience ' that is connected enough
to provide support.
Action . taken has been to start a NZ specific techno mailing list
called 909 .. and attempt to connect all the NZ producers, promoters
Dj's and supporters in one space ..
This action is supported through Obscure .. which is also driving a
mailing list of a similar nature in Australia.
Touring internationals always share dates with Australia .. so we are
trying to create a more cohesive network to better facilitate visiting
artist reaching all centers ..
Further to this .. FP connections run deep into the Japanese scene
keeping the channel open form Asian scene to interact.
We are also working on direct detriot connections .. and some
infiltration into deepest Europe.
The individual passions are very high in NZ .. with many past
and current players working all over .. Halogen Girl one of the
original Techno DJs from early 90's now works with the Red Bull
Academy.
Flic . one of the perveyors of detriot & chicago sounds in welly,
is now a mover in the London hip & breaks record scene.
.. and the list continues ..
my connections are varied and sporadic . with a terrible ability for
memory so do not consider this definitive . but more a random
thought flow about our scene ..
blah .. simon
Andrew Jackson wrote:
Is that Tiki, ala Salmonella Dub ? if so that would be interesting :)
btw. to Simon Kong, which part of NZ are you talking about ? am
interested in the scene over there atm.
peace.
On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 10:47 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just noticed these minimal details from the Basic Channel website.
Anybody have promos of this one? I'm eager to hear it!
Rhythm & Sound: SMY Remixes #1 12" (BMX-1) 2006
Tracks:
- Let We Go (Villalobos Remix)
- Truly (Vladislav Delay Remix)
- Boss Man (Tiki’s Pure Blue Remix)
release date Feb 06, 2006
info taken from: http://www.basicchannel.com/item/BMX-1
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