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Sebastians Voodoo

31. of March, 2009 | Posted in

by clrcdd

YouTube

Joaquin Baldwin is an Annie Award nominee director and animator from Paraguay. Sebastians Voodoo is his latest 3D animation short, about a voodoo doll. for more info and a hd version check:

http://www.pixelnitrate.com

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Understand the Son of Man!

25. of March, 2009 | Posted in

by Kompact

We've been hard at work digesting the Release Tour of SOR002 Return of July / Blessed and are proud to present to you the first Live Cut of Rider Shafique's Son of Man over the Live production of myself, DJ Kompact. Enjoy as we enjoyed having this fabulous evening!

Download the HD *.mov HERE.
Project page HERE.

But that's not all, I've got a couple more news for y'all. Since 215 The Freshest Kidz are showing us Random Love on their Myspace Page, I guess we have to show some back and make you aware of their futuristic collaboration with Berlin based producer Robot Koch. Check it out HERE. There is even a free bonus track available for download HERE. Freshhhhhhh! Try to check back once in a while on our Releases section, since you will be hearing more of 215:TFK later this year on Sonido Ojo Rojo!

Last but not least, Icke&Er, originators of the infamous Richtig Geil, have their own website now and rumor has it that they are planning their comeback as we speak. Furthermore, they're commenting a little bit on the financial crisis in their own geil way, with a free download track called Finanzpolka. Get it HERE.

Blessed

Kompact

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khoda

01. of March, 2009 | Posted in

by clrcdd

YouTube

Graduate film student Reza Dolatabad created the khoda short movie from 6,000 individual paintings shown at a rate of 20 per second. Production took over two years to complete and the result is trippy and from mindblowing quality.

Directors Site
Project Site

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THE WIZ

13. of February, 2009 | Posted in

by Kompact

Lens and me already made you aware a couple of times about the new P.U.T.S. album called Fun DMC. Now I stumbled across a video of their track called The Wiz. Check it out!

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sir LENSalot vinyl favourites 2008

08. of February, 2009 | Posted in

by lens

dear friends. february 2009 has already started and its time for me to announce some of my 2008 released hip hop and related music vinyl favourites and one unexpected banger:

first of all an album i already wrote a review on earlier this year: The Jazzliberatorz "clin d'oeil" (and mainly all last years kif records releases like those from T-Love, The Drumbrothers, Hocus Pocus and Melomaniac); Dday One's "heavy migration" album; Cutchy Hopkins album "walking sdrawkcab"; Dal-Green's crazy and extraordinary album "cut basic"; Busy P's - Pedrophilia picturedisc, Mister Modo & Ugly Mac Beer's track "not afraid" feat. Jessica Fitoussi; Budamunky's wednesday 7"; Othello's "alive at the assembly line" LP; of course People under the Stairs new album "FUN DMC" and Q-Tip's "The Renaissance";... Finders Keepers "Ersen" turkish psychelelic funk album re-release, The Lions "jungle struttin" LP and so on... there would be a lot to write about every single one of them, but as

GZA's 2008 released album "pro tools" was an unexpected banger for me, i will focus and write a little bit more on that one. after multiple spins and intense listening i must say: for me personally - the best wutang members & GZA release since a very, very long time. the RZA produced second track "alphabets" could directly originate from the liquid swords album without a doubt and i had it in a very heavy rotation lately and still - a real wu-banga although it does not define the albums style at all. he has a lot of different producers on the run like Dreddy Kruger, Bronze Nazareth, Mathematics, Black Milk ... defnitelly worth checking this one out ...

as always and everywhere: make yourself your own picture and see what 2009 brings. definitelly don't miss dj kompact's 7" releases and watch out for the obahuba 12" that is coming soon. elevate your mind! peace, da lens

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back from balkan

03. of February, 2009 | Posted in

by lens

i can say it was a great long weekend we (dj kompact, me, our better halves and a bunch of friends) spent in zagreb, the "cab club" and the big brother house you could call "la cage aux folles". zagreb, a mixture of graz and istanbul as - i would say - came up with some great hospitality from beko's and william's side (big thank you for that!!!! on this side), amazing sea food at "korcula restaurant" (if u ever go there try the best sepia-risotto you ever had), the best fast food cevapcici i have ever eaten and "last but definitelly not least" a blazin party with a lot of bottles of "medica" (rakia with honey you can get in hundreds of variations), really nice people in an underground cellar location that was built during tito's leadership and not changed over the last 30!!! years and a guy on the bar (the owner of cab club), who's sitting there for already 30 years, typing the amount he charges for a drink in a calculator to tell you after. he got fast over the years, believe me!

getting to know some really nice and intersting new people, phat phillie from blackout entertainment among them, we enjoyed our stay, made people dance and went to bed "drunk as a skunk". some of us a little bit earlier, some a little bit later. "beko". william. and all of you that joined us. thanx for the weekend and a load of new experiences. it was great and zagreb, we will come back!

some things you should check out: cab club, b-side for dancers, william collins, restaurant korcula (teslina 17), beko's smart shop and his tshirts (ilica 37), radio101, blackouthiphop.com/tv and a nice big daddy kane documentary, zagreb and the hatmaker at the opposite of the big brother house ...

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FEATURED MIX #01 | MANNI MONTANA

28. of January, 2009 | Posted in

by lens

dear friends. time to come up with the first featured mix by our very best friend manni montana from former B.A.S.K duo recorded in a quick session at lenson's crib two days ago. expect a 30 minutes "Dub-Club" style mix of rocking new skool breakz with some "dub and IDM influence", followed by a brand new "fidget house" track straight outta the U.K.; see there, the next genre - a mixture of smashing house beats and dubstep and drum n bass basses - was born, hehe. that's what he plays in a club.

find his own productions in digital form at soulseduction, juno and itunes. watch out for the exhausted copies of former vinyl releases and don't miss his cult-album "the return of the punk-monk" feat. dolli melaine on la place records. en plus - manni montana & sweet susie's alternative radio hit "oxygène" feat. alice schneider on private pleasure recordings. have fun, da lens is out!

mannimontana.net
myspace.com/mannimontana
download the mix (30min, mp3)

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for our 10th anniversary

19. of January, 2009 | Posted in

by lens

lens digitalized one of the most important milestones in ROTAUG HISTORY. the rotaug mixtape #1 called

"ICHIBAN" by DJ CRAAK

which means: the first time our name ROTAUG was officially written on something concrete - like the tape cover of this strictly limited edition of 30 tapes - and since then stands for our connection of friends sharing the same artistic interests.

listen to a part of our musical roots.

the sounds of the beatnuts, masterminds, mos def, dj honda, ..., pete rock and some extreme scratchin and juggeling by dj craak back in 1999.

DIGG THE ROTAUG ARCHIVES! PEACE
dj craak - ichiban (all together, zip)
dj craak - ichiban (side A, mp3)
dj craak - ichiban (side B, mp3)
dj craak - ichiban (side A, jpg)
dj craak - ichiban (side B, jpg)

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HDdj

19. of November, 2008 | Posted in

by clrcdd

Sensoric Researcher Nicolas Villar build quite an awesome device. his latest project called HDdj actually turns an old hard drive into a rotary controller for a digital dj application.

more information
project site
DIY @ instructables
development video

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BUSK in interview

18. of November, 2008 | Posted in

by lens

buddy BUSK talking about his work that - if you don't know, although you see it "writen" everywhere - includes graffiti, streetart and typography ... find the interview on lettercult.com and if you dont know them yet, go to my artist section to find the one or other shortfilm featuring BUSK ... the "view video" button is on the upper left side. and there is one more thing you should not miss. the "Busk-Cmod-Gasse" Vienna. Sad government officials removed this great art in public space. maybe my grandma did get confused by the sudden appearance of a new streetname. anyhow: great project! have fun. spread the word!

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