Kosovo Clubbing

An unforgettable event that will remain forever in our/Kosovo’s clubbers minds & in Kosovo’s Electronic music events history!  September 15,  Next Level  hosted a proper techno night with nowadays  Techno Lady - Rebekah , Rinia Rinia from Macedonia,  Toton ,  Vegim  &  Flekitza  - local support, from Prishtina, on the occasion of it’s 11th anniversary. The event took place at  Teatri ODA  - a private theatre in Prishtina. We went there around 11:00 PM, while Rinia Rinia from Skopje, was opening the night, with his tech house set, until around 00:30 AM. Afterwards,   Toton , took care of warming up the audience for   Rebekah’s  “ Live Hybrid Set ”, with his tech house/techno set. People were so warmed up for Rebekah! Very good set by   Toton ! Rebekah played a   “Live Hybrid”   techno set from 2:30 AM until 4:30 PM.   Rebekah’s “Live Hybrid Set”   was beyond perfect! She was 4 deck mixing, all the time, so maybe some of you can say it was so confusing, with

credits for pic:  Petrit Rrahmani Another weekend!!! And what a weekend! Great artists from Pristina’s underground scene warmed up the dance floor of the  Zone Club  on Bajram. Then the brilliant  Seth Trolex  took away the playful mass with his melodic 7 hour set. credits for pic:  Petrit Rrahmani My friends and I entered  Zone Club  at 2:30AM. We listened to tracks played by  Secret 47  with  Nappy G  on percussions. An interesting performance for the electronic scene but successful. Half an hour later, at exactly 03AM,  Seth Troxler  performed for 4 hours on the enclosed indoor stage. Then the party was moved outside to the open air terrasse of  Zone club. credits for pic:  Petrit Rrahmani Seth Troxler  played a further three hours from sunrise. Phenomenal experience! From 10AM,  Uran B.  (dj from Prishtina) spinned some great tracks for the audience who did not want to leave the sunny terrace of  Zone Club.   However, I did not stay until the end. It was enough danc

Kosovo-born, Switzerland-based DJ & Producer,  Sabb , returns at  Matthias Tanzmann ’s record label ( Moon Harbour Recordings ), after 3 succesful releases (“Don’t kill my vibe EP” w/  Cuartero , remixed by:  Chris Wood  &  Meat , “One of Us” feat.  Forrest , remixed by:  Dennis Ferrer  &  Detlef  & “People of the Sun”), which were massively supported by some of the biggest names of the Electronic Music Industry. by  x This time, he re-debuts with “Daydream”, a track he did in collab with the Spanish DJ & Producer,  Manu Gonzales . It’s been played/being played by the biggest Tech House heads of the industry & it’s creating a unreal/different vibe, every single time. Artists like:  Hot Since 82 ,  Lauren Lane ,  wAFF ,  Pete Tong ,  Paco Oscuna , created top-notch & unreal moments, while playing “Daydream” during their sets at the world’s most famous rave venues ( Tomorrowland ,  Elrow ,  Blue Marlin Ibiza ,  Pacha ). Check out t

The first edition of  Massive Fest , was held at Fshajt Bridge or Saint Bridge (Albanian: Ura e Fshejtë or Ura e Shenjtë) - Djakovica, Kosovo on 19 & 20 May, 2017. With a unique location, spectacular visuals, mint soundsystem & a lineup for every taste in music, including artists like:  Hajdar Berisha ,  MIM , DJ DS, Mali, DJ 69,  Megan , Fidani & Onufri,  Dynamic Man ,  Nita Latifi  & Band, Vibe Honeyz,  Vegim  &  Flekitza , DJ Ace, Duo Deejay’s, Alexose,  Martin B ,  Fatos Çunaku , it was an attractive/long awaited, festival. The variative genres of music, like: rock, house, tech house, deep house & techno, followed by the breeze of the nature & the sound of the river (Drin), that surrounded the festival’s location, made that weekend, unique, unforgettable & non-repeatable. We attended the festival, just so we can give a detailed description of the festival, for all of you festival souls, that weren’t able to attend it. The backstage was open for

The last few years have seen a few regions outside Europe's main clubbing centres become hotspots for purist sounds. There's  Tbilisi , led by Bassiani, pushing no-nonsense techno. Then there's  Montevideo , with Phonotheque and its expert residents who spin electro, house and minimal. Thanks to Closer, you'll also find plenty of killer minimal in Kiev. And if  Vegim's   ' Breaking Point ' is anything to go by, there could be a scene brewing in Kosovo. A student of deep sounds,  Vegim's  output recalls the burrowing aesthetic of labels like Prologue, Semantica and Mote-Evolver, where steady groove meets precision synths and an ethereal touch. Vegim  covers an impressive range across  Breaking Point 's 15 tracks . It's grounded in club-ready techno, with beats that vary from straight and jacking to broken and complex, peppered with the kind of subtle acidic flourishes perfected by artists such as Donato Dozzy and Luke Slater. The track titl

Nowadays, after producing & releasing their first album, every artist of electronic music, wants to share it with the world. After failing to start his  “Breaking Point” - album world tour, due to visa refusal by some of the embassies, here in Kosovo & his bike accident, Kosovo based DJ & producer,  Vegim , finally starts his album world tour, on: Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, Belgium & Lithuania. The album, is released on his own record label,  TMM Records . It includes 15 tracks, all written & produced by  Vegim . In this album,  Vegim  spreaded his inspiration & creativity, into 15 tracks. It’s no surprise that the album, is supported by:  Chris Liebing , Dax J, Slam, Audio Injection aka Truncate,  Pfirter , Dave Miller (Abstract Division), Kr!z, SNTS, Armaud Le Texier, ELECTRIC RESCUE, AnGy KoRe, Lag, Boriqua Tribez. Within approximately 15 years of practising techno,  Vegim  has moved, from a talent to a mastermind. His 1st album tour gig,

After a performance in 2014 at the  Pulse Festival in Pristina ,  Miss Nat H Lee , has spinned for Kosovo clubbers for the second time. This time she played at  BASSTORE , previously MHz, in Pristina on 15th April 2017. Warm up at that night was local  DJ Lilac , fine light techno, followed on the stage by  Tatu , a DJ from Albania. He played tech-house with a combination of dance music, while at the very end, performed  Miss Nat H Lee. With 4 hours of good grooves of  Nat’s  techno, the crowd danced until the early morning hours. You may have noted that some of the audience wasn’t interested in her harder sound, but later they adapted with to the vibrations and dance moves they received from dj booth and  Miss Nat H Lee. During performance  Nat H Lee , supported Kosovar artists, as she included  Vegim  and  Flekitza's  'Rumble in the Jungle"  as well as a couple other of Vegim’s tracks in her list that night. Again, Nathaly delighted the audience w

Italian techno DJ, Producer and label owner of Shout Records (2010) and of Nightmare Factory Records (2011)   - Hi Electrorites, thank you for taking the time to answer our questions. Can you give us a short introduction to you / Shout Records / Nightmare Factory Records?  E: Thanks to you. My passion started 26 years ago. As an Italian techno DJ, i started to play 6 years ago in Europe. Later i also became producer. In 2010, i launched my first label Shout Records and in June 2011 my second label Nightmare Factory Records was born. They are two different labels with different styles of music, but both represent a lot of great artists! Last year was a great year, full of work with my labels, in the clubs, and in the studio. I worked on my first album, Structures, which was released last September on my label Nightmare Factory Records. It was a dream because you know, the first album is always something special.  - Your recently released track, "Spherical Geometry" on MFM Rec

 - Hi Pumio Space, thank you for your time for the interview. Can you give us a short introduction to you & and 99% Robot?  P: Hello! The concept behind my artist name and its philosophy of it is to create and manifest something different. If I’m not surprising myself then everything is super terrible. 99% Robot is a record label mostly focused in techno. At the moment I’m only releasing my own stuff.  - You graduated at SAE Institute for audio engineering, in 2014. What are your impressions about that institute?  P: It was quite a nice experience, meeting new people and sharing knowledge was great but that doesn't make you an artist. I’m anti-school especially when it comes to arts. The most fundamental thing to be an artist is to work on your own and push the imagination somewhere where no one has ever been.  - Your releases on 99% Robot, TMM Records, DSR Digital, and your first release on Credo, were satisfying. What keeps you going?  P: It’s a natural process, all my ene

* Hi Lag, thank you for your time, and for the interview. Can you give us a short introduction to you?  L: Hi, I’m Lag. I’m a Serbian producer of, well, mostly broken techno. I release on MORD, THEM and a few other labels. I also DJ, mostly around Europe, although I just came back from a US tour. Your latest releases on: Mord Records / Unkown Entity / Stale / Soul Notes, were impressive as always.  * What inspires your production?  L: It really varies from track to track. I usually start with a genre or track that I really love and an idea. Most of my original music comes from a concept, a non-musical idea that I want to transfer to the musical form and most of the remixes come from how I've heard the sounds of the original in my head. I sometimes stick hard to what I had envisioned (which often makes the process long and tedious, but pays off in the end) but more often I lay down the original idea and start experimenting, seeing where that takes me.  * What equipment are you cur

* Hi Artil, thank you for your time, for the interview. Can you give us a short introduction to you & Mind+ ?  A: Thank you for inviting me to interview. I found out about electronic music in the early 2000s. For the first time, electronic-underground music here was brought from USA by Baton Domi, who used to be my electronic music lecturer. After a long time, I became interested in producing. In 2014, I launched my own record label (Mind + Records)  mainly focused on house & techno music, influenced by deep, dark & minimal. Mind + Records, it's also meant to be a booking agency for DJ's / Artists. Mind + releases, can be found at all digital stores, like: Beatport, Juno Download, Trackitdown, Itunes, Soundcloud etc.  * Your recent releases, on Mind+, Night and Day Ibiza Music, Patent Skillz, Mask Records, Little Italy Music, were satisfying and unique. What motivates you?  A: My motivation is always linked with my emotional & spiritual state. While producing

Anetha presented her music to Pristina clubbers at one of the events that Hapesira is organized, on 16 February 2017. The party was at the perfect location in Prishtina, the former Rilindja printing factory warehouse. This is the place in Kosovo that serves to organize cultural events with electronic music. This is a real rave warehouse. At this fifth event of Hapesira , Anetha performed immediately after the Ukrainian artist Etapp Kyle and played a perfect techno set. It was a pure techno mix with few acid tracks in it. She created perfect energy and was great at playing.  Below is a brief interview with Anetha.  • Hola Anetha, thanks for your time to answer some of our questions and to present you to Kosovo clubbers. Can you give us a short introduction about Blocaus Series?  A: Blocaus series is a French techno label created in 2016, as the next stage in our evolution after four successful years of hosting parties at various venues in Paris. Blocaus series as a record label is a

Photo credit to  Petrit Rrahmani            After a long journey through Europe, we entered Kosovo. We decided to stop at the capital of Kosovo - Pristina. Surprisingly, we found out about  Next Level’s  “11th Anniversary” Event with the UK-born/Berlin-based DJ -  Rebekah . We decided to attend the event.            That night, the host -  Next level, celebrated it’s 11th anniversary , and hellboy, they know how to do it!!! When we entered the venue (ODA Theatre - in the center of Prishtina), we were welcomed by heavy Techno beats and a large LED video wall. Visualisation was so great and powerful! "Kosovo is on the top of techno scene and they really have very good clubbing life.               We were amazed and shocked, in a positive way of course, as this party was all you want for a night out! The 11 years of experience of “ Next leve l”, certainly showed us how the Electronic Music Scene in Kosovo is growing, in fact, the Techno scene, what we wouldn’t

In a sleek, black colored, the latest SL-1200GR model will appear, team leader, Technics Director Michiko Ogawa, says: "Our goal was to expand our top range for audio enthusiasts as well as professional DJs." The emergence of the SL-1200GR turntable, which comes as an affordable version of its SL-1200G brother, was announced earlier this year at CES 2017 in the all-around desert city of light, shadow, desire, and risk, Las Vegas.  The release of director Ogawa once again confirms the commitment of her company to the DJ culture and marks the change of attitude compared to what Creative Director Hiro Morishita told New York Times the previous month, pushed DJs into the background as a clientele for a new line with a sentence: "Our concept is analogue to hi-fi listening list. DJs are all right, but as a marketing target problematic, we do not want 1200 to sell as the best DJ-ing tool 1200 is 1200. " - directing, of course, like a DJ funnel over some more expe

Later this month, the Kosovao based TMM Records reaches a revered landmark that many can only dream of. Ten years of top draw techno music under it’s belt and championing underground talent, it’s been a stable of creation first and foremost.  In celebration of this will see a twenty-track package of all-new material from new and returning artists. A distinct dancefloor sound can be heard in the spine of their extensive back catalog, where a balance of fun and seriousness which is hard to get right is delivered time and time again in abundance.  We caught up with label boss Vegim to discuss this milestone Q&A with Vegim by Jack! Who? for deathtechno.com  > Hi Vegim, thanks for taking the time to chat, can you give us a little introduction to yourself and TMM Records?  I am Vegim and I like to think that I make techno music , own a label, try to think positive in the most negative way possible and back and I like to watch when somebody fakes himself. TMMR is my home. I like to

It’s the “Zoom” festival organized by TMM records and Radio KFOR  And trust me, I have waited to overcome the bad feelings I had at the start of the party there. But somehow, I can’t get them out of my head. After the successful festival in Mitro “Feel the Peace” where everything was unbelievably super cool, with super young people who want to hang out and listen to music and in the hope that it would be the same in Leposavic, if not better, I was disappointed a little bit. You won’t believe me, but there are still people there that mix up some things, and I expected that in Mitro, but no, it happened in Leposavic. Even though the House of Culture was reserved for the festival, both with an oral and written agreement, and music was supposed to start at 8pm and go on till 4am. But, the karate players had to hold their three hour long training (till 10pm); otherwise they would have practiced karate on us. Then, before the party, a man, dead serious, told me that he is sure