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Ambassador Award 2023 - KUJU Studio from Kosovo for the "Best Art Production of the Year"

Elektron Analog Heat

Stereo processing unit with eight different analog distortion circuits, analog multimode filter, analogue EQ, and digital control, Overbridge and high-grade conversion (2 in / out)! ALL audio circuits are 100% analogous! A company that has so far produced musical instruments exclusively, took its own patented technology from them and constructed what no one expected; the most advanced analog distortion unit ever produced, which is also a sound card, an analog multimode filter, an analog equalizer, a digital LFO. Digital Envelope Generator and full integration into your multitrack software (DAW)! [source]

Maschine Jam with Ableton Live

The Maschine Jam review by Phoenix Kraundler shows the possibilities ... ..Maschine Jam device in his Maschine 2 program. Since this is a versatile device, it is also possible to use it with other programs. In this video you can see how the Maschine Jam can be used with the Ableton Live program and how to create a tape idea in a very simple way. [source]

Mushrooms declared the safest recreational drug!

New information from the Global Drug Survey suggests that mushroom consumption is by far the safest way for recreational changes in the state of consciousness. Mushrooms are probably the safest thing in the market at the moment, much safer for consumers than legal counterfeit drugs, such as modified synthetic cannabis or completely legal stimulants like alcohol or tobacco, which leave much more devastating effect on their users. [source] 

The Student Initiative from California lends free MDMA test kits

One of the key people behind this initiative is Patrick Doheney, a student of the second year of psychology. Giving students the opportunity to test what they intend to consume, and support in creating the sets was made possible by the organization "Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP)". Dohoney notes that the goal is not to justify drug users but to reduce consumption-related disorders because "it is often diluted with other drugs like amphetamine or" bath salts "and we wanted to be sure that if they already use drugs to do it in the safest and most responsible way possible. " The procedure is simple - about 30 sets are available for lending, all interested can send mail to ivtestkits@gmail.com and will get a place and location where they can get their test set, and leave their access card as a guarantee to return it.  The service is, of course, completely anonymous and does not share information about the student. Putting these sets at your

In Germany, 5000 ecstasy tablets seized with Donald Trump

Orange and pink ecstasy tablets formed as the head of US President Donald Trump circulate in Europe. At the beginning of the summer, the tablets arrived from Amsterdam and were sold in orange and pink variants. Last weekend police in Osnabruck in northern Germany seized 5000 tablets ecstasy by the 51-year-old driver from Austria who was in his car with his 17-year-old son. The value of the tablets is estimated at 39 thousand Euros.  Experts warn that the tablets have high concentrations of MDMA.  The police recently issued a public warning for IKEA tablets, due to which several people were hospitalized last month, and an 18-year-old teenager died. IKEA comes in a blue and yellow variant, and the police confirmed that they were much stronger than they expected. [source]

Norway becomes first Scandinavian country to decriminalize drugs

Norway will become the first Scandinavian country to decriminalize drug use. Most lawmakers in the Norwegian parliament voted to support the decriminalization of drugs, in a historic move backed by conservatives, liberals, Labor, and socialists. MPs have called the government on drug policy reform. "We will treat drug addicts and not treat them as criminals" Sveinung Stensland, deputy head of the Storting Health Committee, told local media: "It is important to emphasize that we will not legalize marijuana and other drugs, but decriminalize. The change will take some time, but this means a change of vision: We will treat addicts as patients, and we will not treat them as criminals and punish classical sentences. " Norway will join this decision with the Netherlands, Uruguay, some US states, and Portugal, which has the smallest number of drug-related deaths in the European Union after decriminalizing drug possession. [source]

The US government could approve MDMA for treatment purposes by 2021

A major new study could make MDMA a government-approved drug by 2021, two decades since the untimely death of activist  Nicholas Saunders. Saunders was a prominent member of the UK’s counterculture scene from the 1970s until a fatal car crash in South Africa in 1998. In the final years of his life, he dedicated himself to providing people with accurate data on drugs, particularly MDMA. One of the main goals for his life was to make the information available to everyone. He was one of the first to tell the public details of drug testing from festivals and clubs through the ecstasy.org website. And you must have heard of his book "E is for Ecstasy" , where he dealt with anecdotal evidence on MDMA, which was one of the most integral resources of that time. Two decades after his death, MDMA is a divisive subject in the UK, but its legitimacy as a therapeutic drug in the U.S. is just a couple of years away, thanks to the Multidisciplinary Association for Psyched

Vulkan Fest 30th June and 1st July in Zvecan, Kosovo

"Brodolom" organization, presents the transformation of a musical event into a mini music festival, called " Vulkan Fest ". This will be the  fourth edition  of the event, organized by a group of young artists, with the aim of gathering young people of different interests in one place, who through music will forget everyday problems and focus on themselves. Exchange experiences, find yourself, meet new people and cultures, be more experienced,  raise serotonin levels,  dance, be more creative! Vulkan Fest  was supported by  EXIT festival ,  Sea Dance Festival ,  local government Zvecan  and Trepca combine. Their past events counted over 1.200 people, of which even about 30% of visitors were from neighboring countries. Last year, the star of the night  was the female techno artist from Ukraine,  Marika Rossa. See how it was  HERE . VULKAN FEST - performers Vulkan Fest , a two-day mini-festival will be held at  Zvecan's city stadium, from 30th to the

Viberate - slovenian music platform that allows you to earn VIB tokens

WHAT VIBERATE IS?  This is an excellent Slovenian music platform or database of world musicians, agencies, organizers, promoters as well as all new musicians, giving them a chance to have a successful career.  Founders of Viberate.com are Slovenian techno dj and producer Uroš Umek and his team with whom he has been working together since the beginning of his career, Vasja Veber and Matej Gregorčič. They have been in the music industry for more than 15 years and they wanted to solve the problems they faced during this time.  The project is already supported by the European Commission's "Music Moves Europe" program, so it has been selected as one of 8 startups that will change the music industry, and Viberate its supported by Slovenian Ministry of Economic Development and Technology.  VIBERATE HAS ITS OWN CRYPTO CURRENCY - VIB  A new system that allows music lovers to earn crypto tokens is an open base that allows everyone to add new artists and locations, earning Vibere

Being a raver

Our team member and techno lover Rian Zhubi wrote a beautiful article about the essentials of the rave culture for Monument !  It's beautiful how she explained top picks for being a healthy raver.  BEING A RAVER – A GUIDE TO LIVING THE TECHNO EXPERIENCE RINA ZHUBI JUNE 13, 2018 ...........Being a raver is an exciting emotion which each of us carries with pride. By definition, a rave is a large dance party of electronic music DJs, however if you ask a raver it is much more than that. It is  a culture ,  a community, an experience  to which we belong weekend after weekend. Rave was the word that emerged in the late 1980s to describe the illegal gathering of the techno and acid house subculture.  As these subcultures grew, rave became an important part of electronic music culture around the world................. Read it more at  MNMT.NO  

Dave Clarke returns to ADE with his renowned Friday night party at Melkweg on 19th October

On the line up we will see the likes of Sam Paganini, Rebekah, a live performance by Octave One, Marcel Fengler, Mark Broom, Anetha, B.Traits, Dutch techno veteran Estroe and Mr. Jones Clarke’s djing dexterity is always something to behold and joining him this year is another stellar line up of techno's current biggest names. For 14th edition at ADE , Dave Clarke presents some of the biggest names currently in techno. They will all play Clarke’s multiple room club event at  Melkweg on ADE Friday, October 19th. Many know Dave Clarke as the Baron of Techno, but with his ever expanding encyclopedia on everything dance related, he is also the Lord of Electro, with his popular ‘Whip It’ night being one of his most recent endeavors. Whip It proved just how irresistible the electro genre can be, so watch out for that ADE line up announcement. Headlining this edition of Dave Clarke Presents is Sam Paganini, who built his name in the underground circuit and will

NEWS: "Radiant" - Sabb's first album/new record label

Kosovo's No.1 tech house artist, Sabb is about to launch his new record label/first album, both named “Radiant”  After years of DJing almost all over the world and releasing singles, EP’s and remixes, in many various and well-known record labels of the Electronic Music Industry, incl. his previous record label,  SK Supreme Records ,  Sabb , marks his 10 year anniversary with his debut album, " Radiant " , coming out on APR. 6, 2018, on his new record label  Radiant . The album consists 8 tracks and will be released on a double 12” vinyl and of course, in digital format. Due to his craving for dispersing distinctive music all over the world,  Sabb  designed  Radiant  to be more than just an ordinary record label therefore, last year (December 31, 2017), he launched the very first “ Radiant ” event, in collaboration with  Space Monki , where he hosted  Nick Curly ,  Anthik ,  Murciano ,  Marco Capone ,  David Aurel ,  Nukem , Kantarik and Ceyen. Also, on Febru

PARTY REVIEW: RWIX: Artefakt LIVE + Keith Carnal | Prishtina, KS

The night of MAR. 2, 2018, a once in a lifetime techno experience photo credit:  Adi Beqiri Everything was ready at the abandoned/former Rilindja Printing House, for the 9th Edition of Rilindja Warehouse, and so were we.  That night  we  went to the venue at 10:00 PM. While waiting outside for the doors to open,  we met a clique of techno/rave  enthusiasts from  Prishtina , who we started a conversation with, and asked us if we attended previous Editions of Rilindja Warehouse, as they told us: "This is our first time attending Rilindja Warehouse, so we would like to know what's the events are like here" So,  we  continued our conversation about the event we were about to attend in 30 minutes/ Hapësira  and we told them about the "Rilindja Warehouse" editions we attended in the past. We also informed them about  Hapësira 's concept of presenting techno artists who are actually growing further, to make them famous, and how it's aimin

PARTY REVIEW: Trips & Tics at BASStore Club, Prishtina, KS

Great party at  BASStore Club  on 17th February 2018! Music without exaggeration, objectively speaking, was brutal and concrete. The great techno duo -  Trips & Tics , from  Underground Connection  agency, made the most of it and provided the lovely audience with LOVE & DANCE! photo credit:  Nebojša Cvetković Photography The beautiful club - BASStore, with great sound system and lighting, this time, among 128bpm, shots emotions in such a cruel and tough way. It looked so wonderful for the ears and our bodies that moves in that lively techno rhythm. Techno gives you love! It should have the courage to spin "strong tracks" indoors and make the audience feel comfortable, pleasant and cheerful. Each atom of their dedication to what they do, through music, was radiated to all of us, the audience, who recognized most of the that were chosen and played by  Trips & Tics . It’s nice to feel such good vibrations released by the  techno music  that was going on,

PARTY REVIEW: TKNO at club Basstore, Prishtina, Kosovo

                Pristina is becoming one of the favorite destinations for me!                 If you ask me, why, here's the answer!                 On December 16th, “ Next Level ” organization hosted a very good party at  BASStore club  in Prishtina with one of the most current techno DJs from Serbia,  TKNO !                 Again, a small but selected team of clubbers from Novi Pazar and Pristina gathered at  club Basstore . We got in the club, around 2:30am when  TKNO  already was spinning at dj booth.                 BASStore  is one of the underground club these days. Very good sound system, new one, as far as I could note from the last party, but in my opinion it was too much for that club. The sound was super massive at the dance floor.                Audience at  Basstore Club  that night, was again diverse, which is very interesting for me as a clubber following electronic scene for 20 years. Although, by statistic Kosovo has more women than for men, the boys

PARTY REVIEW: Independence Night with Dj Tennis, David Squillace, Alban Hajdini @ Zone Club, Prishtina, KS

             I was  clubbing in Prishtina  for the first time in 20 years :) I had heard that  clubbing on Kosovo  was very developed and following the world electronic scene. And it was true!              I had the chance to meet and see contemporary cult places of today's underground scene:  Rilindjia ,  Bahnhof ,  BASStore  and all of them have their own story!              But,  Zone Club  is a special place for me! A  club  that is full of emotions and good but odd, energetic. If you are familiar with quality music and all other accompanying elements, in fact, if you're a clubber, then  Zone Club  and its  Electronic Series  is for you!             The first time I visited  Zone Club , last winter, on  December 24th  with  Nastia  and  Hajdar Berisha ... was amazing!             And ... again I wanted to go back to this club, a club that has this strange, odd energy!             Last night was the night! Actually, the  Electronic Series Night of the Zone club