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Daito Manabe:Direction,programming and compose
Masaki Teruoka and Katsuhiko Harada: device
Taeji Sawai: sound design
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Today the Music World mourns the passing of Reggae-Legend
Alton Ellis, who died last night after a long struggle against the
effects of lymphatic cancer. His talent and influence was immense
and his loss will be felt by all who ever had the pleasure of his
company. A kind and modest man, he always had time for his
family, friends and fans, and his loss is more than a terrible blow
not only to jamaican music, but to the world at large!
Rest in Peace, Big Man!
we´re still in Love with you...
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the site-description-header says all about the target group and what you'll find after hitting the button:: bored? stoned? insomniac? UPL8.tv :: a weird nice selection of youtube videos embeded in a "tv-set" ... worth checkin out if you for example want to find out, how to make a tv-remote control out of an atari 2600 joystick by mistake - didn't know that before. and one more: best of david belle le parkour - you know what to expect.
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Councils are recruiting 'citizen snoopers' to report litter louts, dog foulers and even people who fail to sort out their rubbish properly. The 'environment volunteers' will also be responsible for encouraging neighbours to cut down on waste. The move comes as local authorities dish out £100 fines to householders who leave out too much rubbish or fail to follow recycling rules. (read more) "das leben der anderen" by the way: a must see. welcome back to stasiland
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i'm wondering why bakeries in austria are not able to make that fluffy, amazing croissants and crunchy baguettes, you can get over here in paris... "et en plus": why cant coffee houses in vienna not just invent, the that you can get an espresso for cheaper price if you dont sit but just kick it down at the bar (like dailys in museums quater already did it for some time. don't know why they stopped that, cause i loved it.) greeets from paris my friends.
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after some difficulties on tuesday i have the remaining parts of my brain stitched together again. in the name of all, i allow myself to say thank you to all the people that were showing up and made it the nice-atmosphere, positive-vibe-party we enjoyed together! i'm sorry i lost orientation at some point but anyhow, i was ending up in bed after a little nap outside (but at least i smiled, mognes said)
a big thank you and shout out to julia from susihaus for making this short-termed crazyness possible, bearing us and keeping all the things we have lost until i picked it up the next day. the coca-cola you gave me "saved" my (tues)day eve by the way.
for all the people that missed that one! it was not the last one!
Update: check the picture gallery
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1962 - 2007: Wien – Er hätte diese Zeilen nicht gewollt. Einen Nachruf? Bloß nicht. Werner Geiers Bescheidenheit war sprichwörtlich: nur keine Aufregung um seine Person. Das Fegefeuer der Eitelkeiten, dem er als ORF-Radiojournalist, Labelbetreiber und Musikproduzent schon berufsbedingt permanent nahe war, hat ihn nie erwischt. Dass er für Mark Murphys Song For The Geese, einer Platte seines Labels Uptight, 1998 eine Grammy-Nominierung erhielt, war ihm nachgerade unangenehm.
Werner Geier ist nach langer Krankheit in der Nacht auf Dienstag gestorben. Er war 45 Jahre alt. Mit seiner Arbeit als obsessiv von Musik begeisterter Ö3-"Musicbox"-Journalist hat er eine ganze Generation von heute in diesem Land musikaffinen Menschen geprägt. Die Mischung aus Intellekt und Herzblut, mit der der geborene Steirer Österreich etwa an das Werk seines Helden Nick Cave heranführte oder später an HipHop, hat die Musikkultur in diesem Land nachhaltig beeinflusst und verändert. (Anm.: u.a. mit österreichische Musikgeschichte prägende Sendungen wie "tribe vibes" und "rough mix" als demon flowers)
Auch dabei stellte Geier immer das Werk vor die Person, sah sich selbst nur als Vermittler. Ein Musikproduzent zu sein, also im Hintergrund zu wirken, erschien ihm optimal und erfüllte sich, als ihm mit der Wiener Formation HipHop-Finger und der Sängerin Leena Conquest der internationale Hit Boundaries gelang und er in Folge in New York diverse HipHop-Größen produzierte. Dazu arbeitete er für Massive Attack oder die mit ihm befreundeten Stereo MCs.
Den Übergang von der Ö3-"Musicbox" zu FM4 sah der sich in druckfähigen Formulierungen Mitteilende wesensbedingt kritisch und bemängelte bis zuletzt die affirmativen Belanglosigkeiten des Senders. Seinen Arbeitsansatz beschrieb er als "mit gutem Gefühl hingeschissen". Das war insofern kokett, als es den belesenen, reflexiven Intellektuellen verleugnete, der Geier war und der ihn mit zur Ausnahmeerscheinung machte. Um Werners Liebenswürdigkeit zu beschreiben, dafür reicht der Platz hier nicht aus. (flu / DER STANDARD, Printausgabe, 14.11.2007)
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If You Don't Work You Can't Eat!!!!
R.I.P Bobby Byrd!!!!
1934 - 2007
best known as James Brown's longtime sideman and co-vocalist. Byrd recorded many solo funk tracks, most famously "I Know You Got Soul" (1971), which have been sampled by musicians including Public Enemy, Eric B. & Rakim, Ice Cube, LL Cool J and A Tribe Called Quest. He was the original leader and founder of The Famous Flames, the vocal group with which James Brown first became famous. Byrd is actually the man who discovered James Brown. (textparts taken from wikipedia)
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greetz from toronto. coming back to vienna on tuesday. see you then, either at "kunsthallencafe" on wednesday, or at "planetarium" on thursday - will start spinnin' at 10pm. for about an hour and a half - come early if u wanna hear some minimal, rhythm and sound, burial, dub step and whatever comes into my mind ...
MOUNTAIN TOP SOUND
SO LCH LD CLOTHING
& RADIESCHEN
5BORO SKATE AND SNOW