There is a thing with remixes, an almost philosophical question. Shall they eclipse the originals, shall they pay homage to them, or rather totally arbitrarily, like the ol’ Aphex Twin used to do, throw in a random track.
Published July, 2014
Farbwechsel has become a staple and a nurturing umbrella for several up-and-coming Hungarian producers, acting as a catalyst for the diverse and noteworthy Budapest electronic scene of the last two years with Martin Mikolai at its helm, who produces music under his moniker S Olbricht. The Opal Tapes artist has also created a specific sound - hazy, dance-oriented and nostalgic, which have also been translated on the output of his own imprint.
Published October, 2013
“Makunouchi Bento” might be the Japanese phrase for a typical lunchbox, however this dish is served straight from Romania this time. Waka X and Qewza, are no strangers to our ears, their imaginary soundtracks featured at one of our gigs and radio shows.
Published July, 2012
Volkova Sisters are not only the characters from William Gibson’s cyberpunk novel Pattern Recognition, but also a Hungarian DIY band making dark waves with their second record Hope EP released a few days ago. The Hope EP’s five tracks are accompanied by a remix package from electronic producers some of whom you might be familiar with from this very blog.
Published May, 2012
Remember about the call to submit re-edits of Dvorak´s ouevre that we posted a little while ago? The resulting audio versions, which oscillates between ambient, beats and “a random trippy deconstruction of Dvorak” courtesy of Romanian but also Czech producers /Sky to Speak/ can be checked out here.
Published January, 2012
Refashioning classical music by contemporary, often electronic producers, seems to be quite popular these days, with varying results. Austria has done a similar project with recontextualisations of Haydn or Schwanensee and this time, it’s a mutual collaboration between Romania and the Czech Republic.
Published December, 2011
Czech Rep.’s favourite art pranksters and northern Moravia heroes I Love 69 Popgeju have a new remix album out.
Published October, 2011
A new EP by Slovak producer Teapot is due out in July on the Czech label Eclectica with remixes by Slovakia’s prime wonky/post-dubstep producers Stratasoul and Stroon and the Czech producer Blue. Here is a small preview of what to expect: Unrest II [teaser] by _teapot_ ps.
Published June, 2011
Czech producer Moimir Papalescu is one of the most active on the scene with his numerous aliases such as non-existing electroclash band Moimir Papalescu and the Nihilists, legendary EBM project Vanessa, Magnetik or Die Alten Machinen a collaboration with Devo’s Gerald Casal. His latest project is Dioda Boy.
Published June, 2011
The Slovak artist Martina Slovaková, a student at the Bratislava-based Academy of Fine Arts and Design, has dealt with the national conscioussness and identity in her work for some time (and not only because of her surname - Slovak:) Her latest project, her BA graduation work, entitled Slovak National Remix touches upon the controversial patriotism bill courtesy of the Slovak National Party, which required all schools to play the national athem. Slováková´s project creates an alternative sound bank with various versions of the Slovak anthem, which were created by several Slovak producers (Teapot, Foolk, The Uniques, Isobutane, stroon, Kasioboy).
Published May, 2011
Check this new release from Slovak Surreal Madrid netlabel, especially interesting is the remix by the sonic iconoclast Batcha de Mental. karaoketundra: http://surrealmadrid.
Published March, 2011
Planet Svetlana - proudly based in Belgrade - is back with a storming free release, a reworking of her third release Diablo Riddim by Piece of Shh… The remixing duties have been handed to Slovenian, UK-based producer Nightwave (aka 8bitch), Hungarian honchos Headshotboyz and Bunny on Acid. Get the bass-heavy release here.
Published March, 2011