Hey Guys, I'm moving the site off of Blogger to Wordpress right now. It's still going to be hosted at www.thevlyhouse.com Should be completed soon! ~Nick
My buddy Jeremy and I will be taking over WNYU Radio's "Elektro Kardiogramm" from 10PM to 12AM ET (NYC Time) this Sunday May 9th. We'll be doing a Techno/Minimal set for the full 2 hours. Expect it to get deeeeeeeeeeep!
Do you ever hear a song with such an insane bassline that you instantly get goose bumps? That you just cringe in excitement of imagining the pulsating waves resonating in you from speakers taller than yourself? And then you lose yourself in your fantasy of sky-scraping speakers until you realize your friend is asking if you're alright?
Either way, you've got to appreciate them somehow. I've been listening to a lot of Len Faki, and I'm definitely falling in love with the (Berghain) Techno sound. When I first started listening to this stuff, all I could think of was a bunch of concrete walls. It just felt so cold and soulless - overwhelmingly mechanical and devoid of any emotion. But as I listened to more, I realized what was so deeply appealing about it. It's pure, but unnaturally so. It's raw and industrial, and self-aware and assertive of this. Its lack of sense and emotion give way to a hedonistic sense of timelessness. That, or I just really love Techno.
Check out some of these bombs right here. Oh, and please listen to these with headphones or real speakers, the tower ones.
Booka Shade's 5th full length album More! will be released in the US on May 3rd. Although since it has already been out in Germany since April 23rd, all the songs are up on YouTube. And all I can say is, I cannot wait to get my hands on this album. The "Interpretation" of "Donut", an already classic tune, shows how much Booka Shade have really perfected a new sound. It's sounding incredible, definitely some of their most solid stuff in the past few years. I'll post more comments on the album once I get a more thorough listen.
Trentemoller has released the single "Sycamore Feeling" off of his second album, "Into The Great Wide Yonder." He's already remixed it as well, "Sycamore Feeling (Trentemoller Remix)". Sounding really promising, cannot wait for the entire album to come out in June!!! The official music video is out, but I'd say listen first.