Kosovo Clubbing

 Futja Ngjyre Presents ‘ Nomad Festival ’ being Held at Saxon’s Church in Stan Tërg Futja Ngjyre - Mitrovice will present Nomad Festival , taking place at Saxon’s Church, Stan Tërg on August 28th and 29th, featuring Flekitza , Vegim , Doroci , Altin Boshnjaku , Ang, Mal, Currski, Tokyo, MiM , and Kreshnik B.  Futja Ngjyre is proud to bring Nomad Festival to Mitrovica for the first time in this format. Nomad Festival will bring a new wave of the music genre – Techno in Mitrovica while also showcasing the beautiful church of Saxon which was built in the 13th century.  The Nomad Festival intends to bring people closer through music and showcase one of the most precious historical monuments of Mitrovica. You will be spending two days enjoying the landscape that Stan Tërg has to offer, accompanied by great music. “Nomad festival brings all youth of Mitrovica one more time together with passion and love. Come and be part of unity. Breathe deep and dance hard !” - said promoter of Nomad

K-HAND , the legendary Detroit dj and producer, has reportedly died. News of Kelli Hand's passing broke on social media on Tuesday night, with several dance music figures stating that individuals close to the Detroit artist confirmed her death. The cause of death is currently unknown. K-Hand was officially recognized in 2017 as ‘The First Lady of Detroit’ when she was presented with the city’s Testimonial Resolution certificate, which applauded her “skills within a male-dominated industry.” A pivotal figure across Detroit’s house and techno scenes, Hand developed her love of music from a young age, later going on to study music theory at college in New York, and becoming a regular at NYC’s legendary club Paradise Garage.  Hand went on to set up her own label in 1990 — originally called UK House Records, which she later renamed to Acacia Records after a street in Detroit. She had a blast of performance at the Belgian Boiler Room, then at the Moondance Festival in Croatia, and at

A new documentary by Laurent Garnier: Off the Record exploring the origins and rise of techno music.   The documentary explores these themes from the perspective of Laurent Garnier, French DJ and producer, and is directed by Gabin Rivoire.  Garnier was instrumental in techno’s rise within Paris and Manchester , frequenting the Hacienda and other venues that contributed to the success of techno worldwide. This documentary immerses the audience in the world of techno music by following one of the most emblematic figures of this culture.  The emerging director Gabin Rivoire convinced Laurent Garnier to give him complete and never before seen personal and professional access for the past three years. [ source ] 

Ben Klock, Fadi Mohem & Helmut Breineder present CERN , their first audio-visual collaboration, exploring the new possibilities of blockchain technology.  The digital art piece showcases an exclusive 1 minute track by techno artist Ben Klock & rising producer Fadi Mohem , focusing on the classic TR-909 drum machine, the quintessential techno instrument, chopped and bent to sound like a heavy-hitting bouncing ball.  The futuristic music is being fed into Helmut Breineders audio responsive particle system to generate a fluid digital sculpture with multiple collisions.  Their first NFT is limited to an edition of one and will be auctioned via Foundation – the same marketplace used by the likes of Aphex Twin, Holly Herndon and Edward Snowden. Find out more HERE . [ source ]

 ART21 (Artists Resistance Techno) is an artistic guerrilla on a system that oppresses us.  This unique music collective gathered around the imprint includes some prolific underground names such as Vortex Count, Translate, Pulso, Aural Research, Droneghost, David Bowman, Animatek, and many more.  Now ART21 has a new release created with the goal to raise awareness of certain diseases, and the name of the compiled release is Neurotwin.  In the fight against Alzheimer’s, epilepsy, schizophrenia, and other diseases characterized by an imbalance in neuronal activity, there are chemical weapons, such as those that try to prevent the protein fragments known as b eta-amyloid plaques from developing in the cerebral cortex, and physical, such as electrical stimulation that allow restoring the functionality of brain cells.  This last resort, which has already been shown to be effective in modifying the activity of the cerebral cortex, is today a weapon of general intervention. Converting it

Monika Kruse returns to her Terminal M imprint with Hidden Love EP. Hidden Love is a 3 tracks EP on which she expresses different moods of techno .  “Hidden Love” kicks the EP off with a warm acid groove, deep strings, and trippy vocal snippets.  Equally deep and dancefloor-friendly, a groover for the soulful moments of the dancefloor. „Latex“ presents a trippy and monotone drumming sequence that is screwing into your brain with a big climax.  Finally „Blue Elephant“ is combining a dark atmosphere with an uplifting dreamful break . [ source ]

The whole world is already buzzing about the return of Space to Ibiza , but we will go back 5 years when the popular club brand closed its doors.  The marathon party started on October 2, and ended the day after at exactly 12 o'clock. The club closed with an epic Carl Cox that marked ten seasons there.  Then the owner Pepe Rosello said goodbye:  "Your and our emotions and our love and our friendship here are sealed and signed forever dear friends. Thank you all."  Check out all of this and other impressive moments of Space in Ibiz a in an 40-minute documentary released just two weeks after the clubs closed. Enjoy! 

 Future Scope opened the outdoors season last Saturday, June 5, and despite strict measures, held a party at Jarun during the day and night from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Senno & Sin, Jock & Shipe, te Dax J. performed that night.  And while we look forward to the relaxation and normalization of the situation, Future Scope is announcing, again at Jarun, Jeff Mills for Saturday, July 10th at 5 p.m.  For Jeff Mills , who has stood out a lot in recent years by creating space-inspired music, it is not necessary to say anything too much, because the character and the work speak for themselves.  See you on July 10 at Jarun :) 

 Techno artist from Great Britain, Dax J has announced his third studio album "Utopian Surrealism" Inspired by the book “ Sapiens ” by Yuval Noah Harari , the British techno artist composed his latest album while in quarantine. Its ten strips reflect our transition to the dystopian age.  The album " Utopian Surrealism " will be released by his record label " Monnom Black " in August. Dax J's previous two albums, as well as all of his EP releases in the last three years, arrived through "Monnom Black", the record label he launched in 2013, reports the Klubskascena portal.  Dax J was performing last Saturday 5th June 2021 at Zagreb at Future Scope event.  Watch below the video for "Universal Future Sound" [ source ]

During the pandemic in 2020, when everything changed, including our way of life, Vegim was busy creating a new techno label Alhena where you can dive deeper into pure creativity of new patterns of techno culture.  An Abstract Techno label from Outer Space!  Alhena is the second imprint of Vegim .  Label is focused on dark, hypnotic, raw techno.  Artworks for covers of EPs are always linked with the whole story of that release.  The first release was Kobalt - Structural Abnormalities EP It was released in April 2020. The second one Theory and Motion EP ,was released on 4th June 2021 by Vegim and Flekitza . https://alhenarecords.bandcamp.com/   https://www.facebook.com/alhenarecords https://www.beatport.com/label/alhena-records/44126 Vegim & Flekitza - Theory and Motion EP [Alhena] Artist : Vegim & Flekitza Name EP : Theory and Motion EP Label : Alhena Records Release Dat e: 04. Jun 2021 1. Intro 2. Motion 3. Theory 4. Devils Monologue 5. Awareness The second release on Alh

Whether it’s collaborating with Rødhåd, regularly performing live with Surgeon, releasing on Len Faki’s Figure and Lucy’s Stroboscopic Artefacts, or putting on parties with Lady Gaga, New York based Lady Starlight is an artist in every sense of the word and with no limits to her creativity.  Lady Starlight appears here on the first part of a remix release series for the BPitch label boss and Berlin icon Ellen Allien that follows her AurAA album from August 2020. Also included in the prodigious package are a variety of reworks by Hadone, Keith Carnal and Matrixxman. deathtechno.com · DT:Premiere | Ellen Allien - Hello Planet Earth (Lady Starlight Remix) [BPitch] Staying active and positive through the difficulties of the past year, Ellen has maintained a constant presence, sharing live DJ sets from her balcony, or astonishing settings around Berlin, and a continuous flow of new music, supporting artists through her labels and keeping the spirit of our culture alive. [

 DJ Nastia’s NECHTO label presented the LP ‘006’, taken from the musical project ‘ Scary Beautiful ’, the audiovisual music project has recently concluded the first season and is presenting the first instalment of a 5-part music release. ‘Scary Beautiful’ consisted of five DJ sessions in which Nastia played previously unreleased tracks pre-selected by electronic music producers around the world. For some artists, this was the first opportunity to have their work heard. From there, 49 tracks were selected to be released as 5 digital LPs.  The purpose of the project, which aired in partnership with Ballantine’s, was to support the electronic music industry during this difficult time through discovering aspiring new musicians and promoting their music.  Nastia received hundreds of demos by music producers from countries like Japan, Portugal, Argentina, India, Ukraine, and many others, consequently making it a global-scale initiative.  The first location where Nastia played a mix was f

Zadig kicks off the new Morrocan imprint, Sotor Records featuring remixes from heavyweight techno artists  Perc and Oscar Mulero .  Zadig is a French techno artist who has roots that date back to the 90s. He has played at major festivals and clubs globally and has an enviable discography that takes in vital releases on Deeply Rooted House, Tresor, Syncrophone Recordings and many more. He is also part of the Unforeseen Alliance live project with Voiski, Antigone, and Birth of Frequency, who are label mates on his Construct Re-Form imprint. The first release, Space Time  EP is about the lines of physics and metaphysics.  Zadig kicks off the EP with the hammering ‘Event Horizon’ (Day Is Dying Mix), an all-out assault slammer with wall rattling synths and punchy drums.  Perc has done everything from industrial noise to acerbic techno on his own Perc Trax label and a host of other fine and well-regarded outlets.  Here the UK mainstay remixes ‘ Event Horizon’ into a white knuckle ri

 Over the years, raves have been held in some unusual and unique locations, but we must agree that there is no more unique location than the Chernobyl zone.  “I Invite Everyone to Chernobyl Future Rave”  The host was Igor Oprya , who spent weeks cleaning the abandoned village club building and turning it into a place where a dance floor and bar could be located. The video used for the promotion showed him writing “I Invite Everyone to Chernobyl Future Rave” on a sign at the entrance to the city of Pripyat. However, not everything went smoothly, as some groups condemned him for violating the ban on the contaminated zone. Rave called “Chillnobyl” focused on strong techno, with a long list of local DJs playing until the early hours of the morning. With a well-equipped bar and a great visit, the rave went better than expected. More info and photos about Chernobyl Future Rav e  HERE !  Let's make a techno universe , we are sure we can do it :)  Let's rave! :) 

 The Kosovo clubbing podcast series with  Flekitza  and  Vegim  is supported by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. After the pandemic halted their performances,  Flekitza  and  Vegim  focused on producing in the studio and organizing releases on their imprint  TMM Records.   "Isolated State"  released on their label  TMM Records , prior to the pandemic, is just an entry into what follows from their production.  In order to stay in touch with loyal fans of techno music , Flekitza and Vegim will prepare a music set every Saturday on Radio Kosova from 9 pm.  Get ready for your dancing shoe, every Saturday from NOW  :)

The organization of electronic music events in Croatia, Traum , invites all young and talented DJs from all over EX-YU to an online music competition through which they will choose one of you to perform and open the ” 20th anniversary of Traum ”, an event with mysterious techno artist SNTS .  “ Traum 20 ” event will take place on 29th May in Osijek, Croatia.  The location and conditions of the event, due to co19 situation, will be announced later.  Rules :  1. Record and send a 60-minute mix that will best present your vision of opening this techno night. Traum crew wants to hear how you will manage the warmup slot!  2. Send a 320 kbps MP3 mix via the wetransfer service, along with other information in the Google login form  3. Applications are accepted until 31. march   after which all the mixes will be posted on the youtube channel of Traum  4. The five most listened to mixes will enter the final selection from which the winner of this competition will be chosen  5. The winner of th

  Exactly one year ago, Berlin’s Rave The Planet gGmbH (non-profit) was launched and is therefore celebrating its first small anniversary of existence.  Not a matter of course after a year like 2020.  Rave The Planet has already successfully received over 390,000.00 Euros in donations from over 24,000 people from all over the world. Among other goals, to realise a new parade in Berlin in the spirit of the original Love Parade. The non-profit organisation, which includes techno legend Dr. Motte, focuses on three major goals:  1. To protect, promote and develop the culture of electronic dance music in all its forms. And to develop it further. To promote its own as well as other charitable projects in the long term.  2. To classify the culture of electronic dance music as an Immaterial Cultural Heritage under the UNESCO.  3. To establish an official celebration of electronic dance music culture, with an annual event: A new parade, in the spirit of the Berlin Loveparade, based on its ori

Group of seven Lithuanian electronic music producers have released Re-Xmas, a ‘socially distanced’ Christmas album commemorating the “extraordinary” 2020 festive season. As a video on the Re-Xmas project website explains, the album features reworkings of traditional Christmas songs, including ‘Jingle Bells’, ‘Silent Night and ‘O Christmas Tree’ (‘O Tannenbaum‘), by top local talent.  The ‘ social distancing ’ element sees the composers adding two equal intervals of pause – symbolising two metres’ distance – after each note from the song’s main melody. Every note from a song’s main melody was followed by two equal-length intervals of pause. This gave notes more space and made rhythms much slower, but that was only the beginning.  Contributors include dark-techno DJ Alex Krell, ambient producer Fume and experimental electronic duo Lakeside Culture , with the album’s release supported by Lithuanian DJ collection Antidote Community .  Antidote Community · Re-Xmas The project a

Spanish melodic techno master Dosem releases new album single ‘ Megacities ’, the second single off his upcoming album ‘Dream Decoder’, out September 25.  A driving club hit, ‘ Megacities ’ will be familiar to many as a staple in Dosem‘s sets. Building on the heavy-hitting sound of ‘ Tower ’, ‘ Megacities ’ opens with a filtered riff that soon gives way deep rhythmic drums.  Championed by the likes of Joris Voorn, Maceo Plex, Camelphat, Gorgon City and Solomun and supported on tastemaker stations like BBC Radio 1, Triple J, and KCRW, Dosem has solidified his reputation as one of Spain’s premier dance producers. Composed during long stays in Tokyo , ‘Dream Decoder’ explores the theory “that links dreams to parallel universes and alternative lives”.  Dosem expands on how this theory and the bustling metropolis heavily inspired the album’s forward-facing and diverse sound:  “I have always found the world of dreams a fascinating subject. Not only have they had a strong impact in my lif

Lantern, an 11 year-old nightclub in China’s capital, has a new address.  There's a multi-purpose space, a larger area that will host "the kind of techno events that make up Lantern's core identity" and an intimate room that the club calls a "dark vault." This is the third time Lantern has changed addresses since opening in 2009. Despite enduring "all sorts of trials and tribulations time and time again" throughout the years, Lantern has become "a mainstay of techno culture in China," the club said in August. [ source ]