In dieser Woche hat Mobilfunkhersteller Sony Ericsson im Rahmen einer Pressekonferenz in München seinen neuesten Streich vorgestellt, das W800i. Dieses mobile Gerät dient nicht nur zum Telefonieren, sondern bezeichnet sich zudem als erstes Walkman-Handy. Intergiert ist ein Musicplayer für die Formate MP3 und AAC, der mit dem Memory Stick Pro Duo eine Speicherkapaziät von jeweils 500 MB, also insgesamt 1 GB bereit hält. Mit der dazugehörigen Software Disk2Phone kann der User seine Musik auf dem Rechner konvertieren und verwalten, ehe er sie auf sein Mobiltelefon überspielt. Ein qualitativ hochwertiges Headset gehört ebenso zum Lieferumfang, wie das Musikabel MMC-60, das den Anschluss an die Stereoanlage ermöglicht.
Natürlich darf heutzutage auch eine integrierte Digitalkamera nicht fehlen, und die des W800i bietet dann auch gleich satte 2 Megapixel, bisher bei einem Handy einzigartig. Der Akku soll ganze 15 Stunden bei permanenter Musikwiedergabe leisten. Auf den Markt kommen wird das multimediale Gerät voraussichtlich erst im dritten Quartal des laufenden Jahres.
Erste Infos zum Line-Up des Melt Festivals
Hossa! Das wird ein Fest! Die Macher des Melt! Festivals geben auf ihrer Website erste Details zum Line-Up bekannt. So werden in der Zeit vom
15. bis zum 17. Juli Elektronik- und Indie-Acts wie u.a. Wir Sind Helden, Tocotronic, Gus Gus (live), Deichkind, Ellen Allien, Klee, Steve Bug, Michael Mayer, Tiefschwarz, The Robocop Kraus, Wighnomy Brothers, Metope feat. Ada, Krause Duo Nr. 2, Metro Area (Darshan Jesrani/NY), Erobique, Akufen, Sid Le Rock, Jake Fairley, Acid Maria, Kissogram, Justus Köhncke, Chloé, Dominik Eulberg, Jeremy P. Caulfield und
Mathias Kaden in Gräfenhainichen bei Dessau gepflegt aufeinander treffen. Das jetzt schon beachtliche Line-Up ist allerdings noch nicht komplett: weitere 20 Künstler sind noch nicht confirmed, werden aber demnächst auf
http://www.meltfestival.de verkündet.
Nutzt den Ticket-
Frühbucher-Tarif!
Die Preise im Überblick:
Im Vorverkauf:
bis 31. März 2005: EUR 42 inkl. Camping und Parken (zzgl. VVK-Gebühren)
ab 01. April 2005: EUR 45 inkl. Camping und Parken (zzgl. VVK-Gebühren)
Preise an der Tageskasse:
Festival-Ticket inkl. Camping und Parken (Fr. + Sa.): EUR 55
Tagestickets Fr. + Tagesticket Sa.: je EUR 30
Sista Phonk
http://www.meltfestival.de
Rockstar Games, maker of the blockbuster "Grand Theft Auto" series of video games, is about to put Detroit on the map -- the game map, that is.
Detroit is one of just three locations to be featured in its upcoming "Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition," the latest game in the incredibly popular street-racing series that is all about cool cars and even cooler places to be. This is the first time that Detroit will be featured so prominently in an A-list video game. And it's not just the city's streets in a starring role: About 20 songs by artists from Detroit's revered underground electronic music scene are used in the game's soundtrack.
"Since 'Midnight Club 3' captures the current scene in America, we decided to have the game take place in the three cities most important to American street racing: San Diego, Atlanta and Detroit," said Jay Panek, game producer for Rockstar San Diego. "Detroit is the birthplace of the automobile and where this country's love for cars originates. Of all the cities, Detroit has the best appreciation for muscle cars, like the '69 Charger, a personal favorite."
It's unusual for games to feature cities like Detroit in such realistic detail. Most driving games focus on coastal cities, such as Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, New York or San Francisco, or feature swanky overseas locations. And though the "Midnight Club" series focuses on a typically illegal activity -- street racing -- it's been largely controversy-free, thanks mostly to the fact that it doesn't feature the kind of antiestablishment violence (smooshing pedestrians, battling police officers) that has gotten Rockstar Games like "Grand Theft Auto" into trouble.
The "Midnight Club" series has been a consistent best seller, thanks both to the production quality of the game -- it looks and drives so smoothly you really feel like you're hurtling down city streets at 100 m.p.h. -- and the attention to detail in its cityscapes. Rockstar reps spent some quality time in Detroit getting the look and feel of the city and even consulted with top members of Submerge, a Detroit-based company that is known worldwide for producing and distributing electronic music.
That said, don't expect a slavish reproduction of the Motor City.
"We don't re-create exact city layouts," Panek said. "They're architectural caricatures of the cities they represent. The basic street layout and key landmarks are there, but the cities have been modeled to maximize the driving experience.
"For example, in Detroit, you can race through Greektown, but it won't be a street-for-street replica. Unfortunately, real cities don't have the sort of shortcuts and jumps we want to offer gamers. We take the real city and apply imagination to it. For example, we'll make it possible for you to do things like hit a jump and land on an elevated train track, then as you continue to race you might have the train coming up behind you so you have to quickly find a stairwell to drive down."
Detroit's techno music scene is what initially attracted Rockstar Games to the city. The gaming company originally wanted Underground Resistance -- a local collective that has been making electronic music for nearly 20 years -- to be featured on the soundtrack of another game, "State of Emergency."
Rockstar games approached Mike Banks (also known as Mad Mike), who founded Submerge and is a member of Underground Resistance, commonly called UR. Submerge does just about everything: recording, management, distribution, licensing and publishing.
"The founder of Rockstar Games ... came here when Mike Banks was working on construction of the Submerge building. And basically, Mike Banks is not really down for commercial exploitation of his music whatsoever. So he gave him the big Mad Mike UR speech and kicked him out," said Ade Henderson-Mainor, president of Submerge Recordings. "But J.D. Simpson, our general counsel for Submerge, kept the relationship alive for years. When I came on board in 2002, we were able to rekindle that relationship."
"So we said we will do this deal if we have Detroit in the game," said Henderson-Mainor, who also will be a key player in this year's Memorial Day weekend electronic music festival, which was announced Wednesday. "And they said OK, only if you let us use the music."
Among electronic music aficionados, UR is known for its spare and hard-driving beats and strong anticommercial stance. This is the sound of secretive dance parties, not mainstream radio music. And it's not the kind of stuff usually featured in video games.
"It's more mainstream, club and television dance music," Henderson-Mainor said of typical video game fare. "It's not underground dance music. It's not like the stuff that we make. So they get cool points having us being a part of this game."
All of the music was preexisting, not created for the game, with Submerge handling the licensing. Featured artists include Henderson-Mainor (known as Mr. De), UR, B. Calloway, the Suburban Knight, Orlando Moore and the Tek Brothers.
The game's streetscape images made available so far show some familiar Detroit landmarks (such as Comerica Park and some popular downtown businesses) and have a definite Detroit feel. The game features more than 60 real-life cars, including a heavy selection of Detroit muscle, all of which can be customized with real parts.
"Detroit looks great in the game," Henderson-Mainor said. "People will really be impressed. Rockstar Games has a reputation for being risqué and violent. This game isn't. You can't run people over and see blood. It's not that sort of thing. I went out to New York two months ago and played the video game. It's fun. I wasn't any good at it; I was crashing up the cars. But they went and got licenses from all the original manufacturers, all the rims with the real part numbers, too. It's really interesting if you're a real car person."
The game is named "DUB Edition" because of the popular automobile customizing magazine, which acted as a creative consultant on the game. It's due out April 12 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It hasn't been rated yet, but previous installments in the series were rated T for Teen.Rockstar Games, maker of the blockbuster "Grand Theft Auto" series of video games, is about to put Detroit on the map -- the game map, that is.
Detroit is one of just three locations to be featured in its upcoming "Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition," the latest game in the incredibly popular street-racing series that is all about cool cars and even cooler places to be. This is the first time that Detroit will be featured so prominently in an A-list video game. And it's not just the city's streets in a starring role: About 20 songs by artists from Detroit's revered underground electronic music scene are used in the game's soundtrack.
"Since 'Midnight Club 3' captures the current scene in America, we decided to have the game take place in the three cities most important to American street racing: San Diego, Atlanta and Detroit," said Jay Panek, game producer for Rockstar San Diego. "Detroit is the birthplace of the automobile and where this country's love for cars originates. Of all the cities, Detroit has the best appreciation for muscle cars, like the '69 Charger, a personal favorite."
It's unusual for games to feature cities like Detroit in such realistic detail. Most driving games focus on coastal cities, such as Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, New York or San Francisco, or feature swanky overseas locations. And though the "Midnight Club" series focuses on a typically illegal activity -- street racing -- it's been largely controversy-free, thanks mostly to the fact that it doesn't feature the kind of antiestablishment violence (smooshing pedestrians, battling police officers) that has gotten Rockstar Games like "Grand Theft Auto" into trouble.
The "Midnight Club" series has been a consistent best seller, thanks both to the production quality of the game -- it looks and drives so smoothly you really feel like you're hurtling down city streets at 100 m.p.h. -- and the attention to detail in its cityscapes. Rockstar reps spent some quality time in Detroit getting the look and feel of the city and even consulted with top members of Submerge, a Detroit-based company that is known worldwide for producing and distributing electronic music.
That said, don't expect a slavish reproduction of the Motor City.
"We don't re-create exact city layouts," Panek said. "They're architectural caricatures of the cities they represent. The basic street layout and key landmarks are there, but the cities have been modeled to maximize the driving experience.
"For example, in Detroit, you can race through Greektown, but it won't be a street-for-street replica. Unfortunately, real cities don't have the sort of shortcuts and jumps we want to offer gamers. We take the real city and apply imagination to it. For example, we'll make it possible for you to do things like hit a jump and land on an elevated train track, then as you continue to race you might have the train coming up behind you so you have to quickly find a stairwell to drive down."
Detroit's techno music scene is what initially attracted Rockstar Games to the city. The gaming company originally wanted Underground Resistance -- a local collective that has been making electronic music for nearly 20 years -- to be featured on the soundtrack of another game, "State of Emergency."
Rockstar games approached Mike Banks (also known as Mad Mike), who founded Submerge and is a member of Underground Resistance, commonly called UR. Submerge does just about everything: recording, management, distribution, licensing and publishing.
"The founder of Rockstar Games ... came here when Mike Banks was working on construction of the Submerge building. And basically, Mike Banks is not really down for commercial exploitation of his music whatsoever. So he gave him the big Mad Mike UR speech and kicked him out," said Ade Henderson-Mainor, president of Submerge Recordings. "But J.D. Simpson, our general counsel for Submerge, kept the relationship alive for years. When I came on board in 2002, we were able to rekindle that relationship."
"So we said we will do this deal if we have Detroit in the game," said Henderson-Mainor, who also will be a key player in this year's Memorial Day weekend electronic music festival, which was announced Wednesday. "And they said OK, only if you let us use the music."
Among electronic music aficionados, UR is known for its spare and hard-driving beats and strong anticommercial stance. This is the sound of secretive dance parties, not mainstream radio music. And it's not the kind of stuff usually featured in video games.
"It's more mainstream, club and television dance music," Henderson-Mainor said of typical video game fare. "It's not underground dance music. It's not like the stuff that we make. So they get cool points having us being a part of this game."
All of the music was preexisting, not created for the game, with Submerge handling the licensing. Featured artists include Henderson-Mainor (known as Mr. De), UR, B. Calloway, the Suburban Knight, Orlando Moore and the Tek Brothers.
The game's streetscape images made available so far show some familiar Detroit landmarks (such as Comerica Park and some popular downtown businesses) and have a definite Detroit feel. The game features more than 60 real-life cars, including a heavy selection of Detroit muscle, all of which can be customized with real parts.
"Detroit looks great in the game," Henderson-Mainor said. "People will really be impressed. Rockstar Games has a reputation for being risqué and violent. This game isn't. You can't run people over and see blood. It's not that sort of thing. I went out to New York two months ago and played the video game. It's fun. I wasn't any good at it; I was crashing up the cars. But they went and got licenses from all the original manufacturers, all the rims with the real part numbers, too. It's really interesting if you're a real car person."
The game is named "DUB Edition" because of the popular automobile customizing magazine, which acted as a creative consultant on the game. It's due out April 12 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It hasn't been rated yet, but previous installments in the series were rated T for Teen.
By Clone 23 (2005-02-25 08:24:01)
Hinter dem Pseudonym Grand Pianoramax verbirgt sich ein Mann namens Leo Tardin, seines Zeichens Gewinner der International Piano Solo Competition beim Jazz Festival in Montreux. Am 4. April veröffentlicht Tardin sein erstes Soloalbum und hat sich hierfür den Drummer Jojo Mayer dazu geholt, um das Werk gemeinsam mit ihm in New York aufzunehmen.
Entstanden ist eine Mixtur aus Improvisations-Jazz und modernen elektronischen Elementen. Bereits im September des vergangenen Jahres ist die Single "Starlite" mit Remixes von Nuspirit Helsinki und Domu erschienen, die sich schnell in den Plattenkisten von Rainer Trüby, Jazzanova und Laurent Garnier wieder fand. Nuspirit Helsinkis Mix ist auf dem Debütalbum als Bonustrack enthalten, die zweite Single, "Freestyle Figures" erscheint im Frühling auf Vinyl.
http://www.obliqsound.com/artists/grandpianoramax.html
Sista Phonk
Nachdem sich Moby bereits einen Namen im Musikgeschäft gemacht hat, eröffnen sich ihm nun neue Perspektiven...
Gleich zwei Neuigkeiten gibt es in Bezug auf Moby zu berichten: Aus seinem neuem Album 'Hotel' wäre beinahe eine Balladen-CD geworden. Dies, weil er sich neulich dazu bekannte, ein großer Balladen-Fan zu sein und er sich deswegen überlegte, ob man diese Liebe nicht auf eine Scheibe brennen könnte.
Weitere Schlagzeilen machte er, indem er sein neuestes Werk ankündigte. Nein, es ist kein weiteres Album, sondern ein Buch, das er mit seiner Ex-Freundin geschrieben hat. Aber freut euch nicht zu früh, denn es ist kein Enthüllungsbuch, sondern 'ein Buch, das einfach unterhaltsam ist'. Eigentlich soll es eine Mischung aus einem Kochbuch, einer fiktiven Geschichte, Cartoons und Kurzgeschichten sein. Die Verkaufszahlen spielen bei diesem Projekt keine Rolle: 'Ich weiß nicht, ob es jemand kauft, aber es ist auf jeden Fall lustig', meint der Musiker dazu.
carla blank - 27. Feb, 15:43
Ihr letztes Lebenszeichen war 'Baby's Got A Temper' aus dem Jahr 2002, ein dazugehöriges Album blieb aus. Die Rede ist von The Prodigy, der Band, die Anfang der Neunziger mit einer Mixtur aus Breakbeat und gesampelten Punkriffs ordentlich Arsch gekickt hat. Kommerzieller Höhepunkt war das Album 'The Fat Of The Land' (1997), welches an die Spitze der Albumcharts in 27 Ländern schoss.
Magische sieben Jahre sind ins Land gezogen, der neue Longplayer 'Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned' erscheint am 23.08. auf dem bandeigenen Label XL Recordings. Mastermind Liam Howlett ließ sich deshalb so viel Zeit, weil ihm ein aufrichtiges Album am Herzen lag, das seine Persönlichkeit zu 100% repräsentiert. Und das ist ihm gelungen. 'AONO' knüpft an den Vorgänger nahtlos an, einige Tracks sind stark von Electro-Sounds der Breakdance-Welle der frühen Achtziger beeinflusst. Seine alten Mitstreiter Keith Flint und Maxim sind natürlich immer noch feste Mitglieder der Band. Prominente Gastmusiker sind u.a. die Schauspielerin Juliette Lewis, Princess Superstar und HipHop-Mann Kool Keith.
carla blank - 27. Feb, 15:35
Vom 13. bis 16. Mai wird geschwoft bis das Zirkusdach brennt: Die 5. SPUTNIK TURNTABLE DAYS in Halle werfen ihre Schatten voraus!
Wurde letztes Jahr noch in den Messehallen auf der Peißnitzinsel abgerockt, halten dieses Jahr drei große Zirkuszelte ausreichend Platz für die erwarteten 10.000 Partywütigen bereit. Tagsüber sorgt ein abwechslungsreiches Programm für die nötige Kurzweil: aktuelle Kinofilme, ein Volleyball-Feld und die Open Stage stimmen auf die heißesten Sets des Jahres ein.
Die Headliner so far: Turntablerocker, Markus Welby, Miss Mira, Paul Kalkbrenner, Zok Zok, Johannes Heil, Hanson & Schrempf, Sono, Boris Dlugosh, Tiefschwarz, Superstar DJ Team, Tocadisco, Thomas Schumacher, Moguai, Disco Dice, Phil Phuldner, Boogie Pimps.
Vorverkauf läuft bereits über alle CTS-Vorverkaufsstellen.
Festivalticket 30 € + VVK-Gebühr.
carla blank - 27. Feb, 15:30
Winter World After Hour
Gute AfterHours sind in Deutschland zur Seltenheit geworden. Das dachte sich auch das WLM-Team und hat zur offiziellen AFTER HOUR PARTY der WinterWorld einen der besten und härtesten Djs der Welt eingeladen. Dieses einmalige Sonntags-Event findet am 27. Februar ab 8.00 Uhr morgens im Ypsilon in Idar-Oberstein statt. Der Club mit 2 Floors bietet Platz für 2000 – 3000 Feierleute und ist nur 25 Autominuten von der Winter World im neuen Palazzo in Bingen entfernt.
Lineup:
Rush
Misa Salacova
Eric Sneo
Sascha Krohn
Daniel Soave
Sonntag, 27.02.05
08.00 Uhr - 18.00 Uhr (kann auch länger gehen)
YPSILON
Idar-Oberstein
Quelle: Alphabet City
Karotte Burns!
Wie jeder Erdenbürger hat auch Clubnight-Resident DJ Karotte ein Mal im Jahr Geburtstag. Soweit, so normal. Wir würden da an dieser Stelle auch keinen Alarm machen, wenn wir nicht wüssten, dass Karottes Birthday-Partys im U60311 immer ein absolutes Highlight im Kalender der Frankfurter Clubszene sind. Und immer, wenn man denkt, das war jetzt die geilste Party ever, wird im nächsten Jahr garantiert noch eins draufgesetzt. Entsprechend steigt von Tag zu Tag die Vorfreude, denn die Clubnight ist auch diesmal wieder live dabei und sendet Samstagnacht eine
Sondersendung von 23 bis 5 Uhr aus dem U60311!
Karotte hat wieder eine exklusive Gästeliste zusammengestellt. Nicht fehlen darf natürlich John Acquaviva aus Toronto, Kanada. Der Plus 8-Labelgründer und Final Scratch-Erfinder ist ja schon eine Art Dauergast bei Karotte im U60. Als Dritter im DJ-Bunde ist Luciano dabei. Den kennen wir seit dem legendären Track "Orange Mistake" als Großmeister des minimalen Housesounds. Live auf der Bühne steht außerdem Justus Köhncke & Band. Den haben wir an gleicher Stelle vor 2 Jahren schon gehört, jetzt gibt es aber natürlich Songs vom neuen Album "Doppelleben" zu hören. Die U-Bar aufmischen dürfen Maurizio Schmitz, Andi Finnie und Gabor. Hier steigt dann ab 10 Uhr auch die offizielle Afterhour mit den Überlebenden.
Als Warm-Up gibt es auf
YOU FM ab 21 Uhr ein Studio-Set von Karotte. Das gibt´s dann auch ab 1:15 Uhr im hr-fernsehen.
Mehr zu DJ Karotte findet ihr auf seiner Website
http://www.djkarotte.de.
