Electronic Music Events And Me in 2009

Year 2009 is coming to an end, and it's a good time to sum up the events I have visited this year. This year I made my first ever visit to a foreign club, Cocoon in Frankfurt. Here are my top 5 events for this year with some notes, they are in no particular order excluding the best event :)

Tahko-klubi w/ Tom Middleton @ Ahjo, Helsinki

This event grabs the number one spot, Tom Middleton's eclectic DJing style is something everyone should experience. Happy music, some funny tricks (like using Finnish language course samples "Mitä kuuluu? Hauska tavata") and overall cunning planning make Tom Middleton a DJ to see. The last track (before three encore tunes!) sums it up: Cosmos - Take Me With You. Someone bring this man back to Finland ASAP!

Sven Väth World Tour Opening @ Cocoon Club, Frankfurt, Germany

This was the first time I saw Papa Sven live, and I must say he has the certain charm. However, I spent most of the night in lounge area, which was set for a Thinner Label Night (Marko Führstenberg, Sensual Physics & Gabriel Le Mar). The main room was so crowded one couldn't really dance there, the downside of a popular artist. The lounge room had enough space, and the deep hypnotic dub techno kept rolling and rolling until there was no space and time, only the bass. These Thinner guys would make a blast in Finland too, I guess.

Music Got Me! - Jazz Edition @ Out Of Juice, Tampere

This was the surprise event of the year for me. Sampsa Vilhunen owns a wicked collection of old soul/jazz/disco/anything that grooves like Jack records and this was my first proper encounter with this kind of music. Dance music of the gods and something very different, indeed.

Romance w/ Mr.A & DJ Flight @ Laterna, Tampere

Didn't surprise me, Flight is an excellent organizer of events and this was yet another very well managed event. I have grown to a fan of Romance concept, this old Slavic restaurant Laterna gives certain flair. Both Flight and Mr.A played very groovy music, showing once again that a good club night doesn't need big foreign headliners. "Finns do it better!" :)

Cosmic City w/ Ben Klock @ Redrum, Helsinki

A night filled with groovy techno. Lil Tony warmed up the floor with a good selection of tracks. Although the intensity drop between the end of Tony's set and start of Ben's was drastic, the German's selection grew to biblical dimensions, especially the last 45 minutes. One of those precious moments where world around disappears leaving you with bare music.

A few honourable mention to events that just didn't make it to the list:
One w/ Orkidea's 6h set - Wealthy selection of quality prog and trance, iLikes!
AfterFlight Mash-Up - This is just huge!
Danny Howells and the first time hearing "Rushin' To Paradise" on a proper volume pressure level (played by Mr.A)
Kraftwerk - This was my second meeting with these gentlemen from Düsseldorf, so not that extraordinary. Still, a Kraftwerk concert is always a great experience. Wir sind die Roboter…

Sam-El - Une forêt humide de sons

Boyakasha! Here is my birthday party set of tribal and percussive techno/house, straight from the deepest jungle. This is my first proper set with 3 decks™.

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Sam-El - Une forêt humide de sons by Paperino (Sam-El)

1. Cosmic Baby - Hommage 1.1

2. Tom Middleton - Moonbathing

3. Soul Rebels - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Acapella)

4. Minilogue - Jamaica (Dubfire Dreadmill Remix)

5. Marcello Giordani - I'm Not Blade Runner

6. The Machine - Fuse (Dixon Remix)

7. Oxia - Sun Step

8. Michel Cleis - La Metzcla

9. Beat Pharmacy - Velocity

10. Beat Pharmacy - Backwards Never (XDB Remix)

11. The Timewriter - Soul Freak Music (Terry Lee Brown Jr. Remix)

12. Luca Ricci & Redkone - Last Inca Tribe (Extended Mix)

13. Nick Solé - Children

14. Anton Zap - Mon 16:46

15. Tokyo Black Star - Blade Dancer (Dixon Edit)

16. Beat Pharmacy feat. Coppa - Rooftops (Minilogue's Taqsim Remix)

17. Slam - We Doin' This Again?

18. Radio Slave - Koma Koma (Steve Lawler Remix)

19. Fabio Gannelli - Apparlas (Slam Remix)

20. Luciano feat. Ali Boulo Santo - Africa Sweat

21. Dave Seaman - Gobbledygook (Part 3)

22. Eelke Kleijn - Deeper Depths

23. Moshic - Nanok

24. Lostep - Burma (Lostep's Stoned Immaculate Mix)

25. Unknown - Blade Runner End Titles (Replicant Mix - Remake)

26. Vangelis - Tears In Rain

New Mixtape: Avenue Of The Americas

A new Sam-El mixtape has hit the shelves!

New York City. The city that never sleeps. The most vertical city on Earth. The city of too many other superlatives to mention. The city where everything is possible. This is a trip through the glooming, yet cheerful streets of New York City. This is Avenue Of The Americas.

CLICK HERE TO START THE TRIP

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Sam-El - Avenue Of The Americas by Paperino (Sam-El)

Sam-El - Mamá mandó tocar la música groovy

A new dj mix is now available, named Mamá mandó tocar la música groovy ("Mother told to play groovy music"). Groovy, summerish house for 97 minutes, if you're up to it, download HERE.

The Timewriter - Resetting The Clocks

The Timewriter - Zero

Chris Micali - Feel For You (The Timewriter's Relight Mix)

Last Rhythm - Last Rhythm (Tom Middleton Remodel)

Ian Pooley - 900 Degrees (Tom Middleton Cosmos Deep Dub)

Ian Pooley - 900 Degrees (Tom Middleton Cosmos Party Mix)

Derrick May - Strings Of Life (Tom Middleton Remodel)

Dubfire - Roadkill

Chakra - Love Shines Through (Martin Roth's In Electro Love Dub Remix)

Joris Voorn - Deep (Jimpster Mix)

Dosem - Beach Kisses (Rework)

Simon & Shaker feat. Alicia Hawks - Make It

Global Communication - The Way (Secret Ingredients Remix)

Faithless - Emergency

Santiago Niño - Copacabana

Anton Chernikov & Generation X - Generation X (Generation X Mix)

Daft Punk & Cosmos - Take Me Harder (Left Handed Bastard Bootleg Mix)

Cosmos + PQM - Take Me With You (Club Instrumental) + You Are Sleeping (PQM's DJ Tools)

A New Mixtape Online

Hi,

I haven't posted here for ages but the waiting is now over :)

A brand new mixtape made with Ableton Live is now ready to download. More details in the "Mixtape Key" -post and straight link to the file is here.

Sam-El - Inti y Supay

A six-month-break comes to an end with this state-of-art DJ-mix. I used Ableton Live 7 to do things I couldn't have done using classic turntables. All the used tracks are listed here, although some of them are reduced to a couple of loops. There are some small tweaks here and there, all aiming to provide a 67-minute journey through deep melodic soundscapes themed with the Sun and death. I was under heavy influence of the bothInvolvers and Balance 014 while making this one. But of course I can't compare my work to Sasha or Joris Voorn, they are on quite a different level ;)

Âme - Doldrums

Sven Weisemann - Kiss Of Abana

Nina Simone - Here Comes The Sun (François K Remix)

Danny Howells - September

Ohmna - I'm Lost

Gabriel Batz & Nick Pilon - Moments Magiques

Coco Silco, Usual's & JF Bruna - Axel & Mary House (Silvi B Remix)

Somnus Corp - Expo 86

Rex Mundi - Sunrise In Ibiza

Pryda - Wakanapi

Santiago Nino & Giuseppe Ottaviani - Beyond Your Thoughts (Progressive Mix)

Somnus Corp - 26000 Tunes

David Garcet - Ero

Loan Souls - Sun Is Shining (Luca Ricci Lounge Mix)

Mixtape Key

In this post I'm going to give a brief explanation what each of my mixtape includes, so one knows what to download :) I'll edit this post whenever I submit a new mixtape to this site.

Progetto Paperino - Afterhours Competition January 2008

This mixtape was made for a monthly competition that runs on Afterhours.fm web radio. This is a 60-minute journey through deep trance soundscapes, no vocal tunes included. (However, this one didn't succeed in the race)

1. Marc Mitchell & Orkidea - Eternal Love

2. Santiago Nino & Damien Heck feat. Antonia Lucas - Red Sky (Damien Heck Dub Mix)

3. Dennis Sheperd - A Tribute To Life (Robimon Remix)

4. Basic Perspective - Small Step On The Other Side (Elevation Remix)

5. Santiago Niño - Haiku (Gabriel Batz Remix)

6. Maor Levi - Reflect

7. Atlantic Rider - A Trip To Milan (Albert Vorne & Amex Remix)

8. Purple Mood - One Night In Tokyo (DJ Shah's Savanah Remix)

9. Jedidja - Dancing Water

Progetto Paperino - Electro Melodies

This one was my first try on slower, progressive sound after a myriad trance sets played at home. And I'm still on that road, leaving trance more and more behind. This might be my best work to date, technically speaking.

1. Ridgewalkers feat. El - Find (Andy Moor Remix)

2. Deadmau5 - Faxing Berlin (Chris Lake Edit)

3. John Digweed - Gridlock (Digweed & Muir's Stereo Club Mix)

4. Shiloh - Cafe Del Mariachi (Nick Warren Mix)

5. Sasha - Mongoose (Original Mix)

6. Jaytech - Pepe's Garden (Original Mix)

7. Underworld - Beautiful Burnout (Mark Knight Remix)

8. Ferdy & Matt van Wyk - Miami 8:06 (Original Mix)

9. Andy Duguid feat. Leah - Don't Belong (Original Mix)

10. Michael Cassette - Shadows Movement (Original Mix)

Progetto Paperino - Winter Funked Up

Clearly a sequel to 'Electro Melodies'. But this time everything is bigger and louder ;) I think this one has what Spanish people call cojones…

1. Chicane - Arizona pt 2 [Modena]

2. Pryda - Frankfurt [Pryda Recordings]

3. Myers Briggs - Forever [Sentient Sound]

4. Morgan Page feat. Lissie - Longest Road (Deadmau5 Remix) [Nettwerk]

5. Pryda - Pjanoo [Pryda Recordings]

6. Electrobios & Interplay - With You (Jaytech Remix) [AnjunaDeep]

7. Above & Beyond pres. Tranquility Base - Surrender (Jaytech Remix) [Anjunabeats]

8. Sultan & Ned Shepard - Eye Spy (Matthew Dekay Remix) [Harem Records]

9. Jody Wisternoff - Cold Drink, Hot Girl [Distinct’ive Breaks]

10. 16 Bit Lolitas feat. Jennifer Horne - Feel I’m Falling [Cr2 Records]

11. Junkie XL feat. Lauren Rocket - More (Matthew Dekay Remix) [Nettwerk America]

12. Tim Davison - Spark (Jay Lumen Remix) [Baroque Records]

13. Steve Mac & Mark Brown - Bells Of Brighton [Cr2 Records]

14. Ahmet Ertenu - African People [Baroque Records]

15. Super8 & Tab - Helsinki Scorchin’ (Michael Cassette Remix) [Anjunabeats]

Progetto Paperino - Paperino Feels The Vibe

An improvised set mixed in April 2008. I happened to record this one and it turned out to be one of the most consistent sets I have played (at least in my opinion). Summer is all around in this one, combining deep house, progressive, techno and Balearic trance.

1. Nina Simone - Here Comes The Sun (François K Remix)

2. Ferdy & Matt van Wyk - Miami 8:06

3. Michael Cassette - David

4. Pryda - F12

5. Komytea - Soldiers Of Karkadu

6. Solaris Heights - No Trace (Quigley Pacemaker Vox)

7. Mario Più & Alex Catalani & Claudio Maura - High Performance

8. Pagano - My Religion (Andy Allder Balearic Mix)

9. Jaytech - Pepe’s Garden

10. Komytea - Tomb

11. Mike Litt - Hard Times (Lützenkirchen Remix)

12. Jody Wisternoff - Cold Drink, Hot Girl

13. Sunlounger - White Sand

14. Ahmet Ertenu - African People

15. David West - Stuck In Friendsville (Allende Remix)

16. Sultan & Ned Shepard - Eye Spy

17. Andy Moor - Halcyon

18. Francis Davila & Alex Hentze - Visions Of You (Gabriel Batz Mix)

19. Maor Levi - Shapes (Oliver Smith Remix)

20. Maor Levi - Lital (Daniel Kandi Remix)

Progetto Paperino - Pyynikki - It's A State Of Mind

My first set made with computer, because my DJing equipment was malfunctioning at the time. This was made to get me a chance to play at Pyynikki Beach during the summer. Obviously it worked out :)

1. Christos Kessidis feat. Namara - Abre Las Alas (Luca Ricci Summer Breeze Reprise)

2. Melon - Nitzi (In My Mind, So Fine)

3. Global Experience - Madras

4. Ian Pooley - 900 Degrees (Tom Middleton Cosmos Deep Dub Edit)

5. Mango - Handelskai

6. K Lavander - Blue Lividus (16 Bit Lolitas Dancefloor Mix)

7. Sultan, Ned Shepard & Maher Daniel - Itajai Vibes (16 Bit Lolitas Remix)

8. The Whitest Boy Alive - Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)

9. Gat Decor - Passion

10. Mark Knight & Funkagenda - Man With The Red Face

11. Oliver Koletzki - Music From The Heart (Alex Dolby Remix)

12. Orkidea - Metaverse (Gareth Emery Remix)

Progetto Paperino - BBQ

As the name can tell, this was made for a specific barbeque fiesta. It includes rather relaxing house, progressive and "nu-disco". Unfortunately this mixtape never made it to the party :/

1. Daft Punk - Ouverture
2. Marcello Giordani - Respect Yourself
3. Elastic Sound - Moscow After Autumn Rain (Blacksoul Remix)
4. Roddy - Loungedoc (Ian Pooley Remix)
5. Loan Souls - Sun Is Shining (Dirty Souls / Luca Ricci Rework)
6. Henrik Schwartz & Amampondo - I Exist Because Of You (Dixon's Stripped Down Version)
7. Noirdegout - A Frog On The Beach (Marco Passarani Remix)
8. Sven Väth - The Beauty And The Beast (Eric Prydz Re-Edit)
9. Luca Ricci & Ventinesimo Secolo - Tribute To San Francesco D'Assisi (Sultan Remix)
10. Mark Knight & Funkagenda - Man With The Red Face (Original Club Mix)
11. Yves Murasca feat. Kyra - Saxophobic Satisfaction (Yves Murasca 2007 Re-Edit)
12. Simon & Shaker feat. Alicia Hawks - Make It
13. Dinka - Ordinary People

Sam-El - Mosi-oa-Tunya

All right, this is the first mixtape made with my new DJing equipment. And to celebrate it, I chose to do something quite different. This time around we go deep, very deep, into house and melodic techno. It's a jungle out there, but the radio in the nearby German colony station plays jazz ;)

1. Marco Zenker - In Between Seasons

2. Kuniyuki Takahashi - Flying Music (Rhythm And Trumpet Mix)

3. Echologist - Faith (NY Mix)

4. Runaway - Brooklyn Club Jam

5. Sven Weisemann - Amity

6. Oracy - Hold Me

7. The Timewriter - Here Comes The Sun (Stryke’s Sunshine State Of Mind Remix)

8. Hideo Kobayashi & Jerome Sydenham - Climbing Tateshina

9. Dan Berkson & James Priestly - Chariots (Motorcitysoul Remix)

10. Dennis Ferrer & Jerome Sydenham - Sandcastles (Pete Heller Filtered Re-Edit)

11. Sven Weisemann - Slices (Boris Hotton Remix)

Sam-El - Inti y Supay

A six-month-break comes to an end with this state-of-art DJ-mix. I used Ableton Live 7 to do things I couldn't have done using classic turntables. All the used tracks are listed here, although some of them are reduced to a couple of loops. There are some small tweaks here and there, all aiming to provide a 67-minute journey through deep melodic soundscapes themed with the Sun and death. I was under heavy influence of the both Involvers and Balance 014 while making this one. But of course I can't compare my work to Sasha or Joris Voorn, they are on quite a different level ;)

Âme - Doldrums

Sven Weisemann - Kiss Of Abana

Nina Simone - Here Comes The Sun (François K Remix)

Danny Howells - September

Ohmna - I'm Lost

Gabriel Batz & Nick Pilon - Moments Magiques

Coco Silco, Usual's & JF Bruna - Axel & Mary House (Silvi B Remix)

Somnus Corp - Expo 86

Rex Mundi - Sunrise In Ibiza

Pryda - Wakanapi

Santiago Nino & Giuseppe Ottaviani - Beyond Your Thoughts (Progressive Mix)

Somnus Corp - 26000 Tunes

David Garcet - Ero

Loan Souls - Sun Is Shining (Luca Ricci Lounge Mix)