Keyser & Shuriken (Budapest) - newsletter #52: The Profit Returns to the Subculture

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Date: Tue Apr 03 2001 - 11:45:08 CEST

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    Keyser & Shuriken - newsletter #52: The Profit Returns to the Subculture

    Newsflash 03.04.2001

    Dear friends,

    Hurry, if you still want to listen to our last show while reading the playlist, as we
    are a bit late again with the newsletter. We hope you'll fell better as we send the
    next one in a few days... :)

    We felt lucky to leave the smoky Budapest last weekend for the lovely town of Pecs,
    south of Hungary to celebrate the birthday of a friend of us. The party was held on
    the top of the broadcast tower, about 500 meters high above the city. Watching the
    citylights they just seemed to be a sign for the aliens to land there. The right
    place for the Cukis...

    Last week we returned to our old homebase, the Astro Jazz Lounge - now run by mate
    djs Suhaid & Zotyka - to play two separate sets. Shuriken spinned some old time easy
    favourites: music for lovers! Keyser paid tribute for the afro giants. Fela, Tony
    Allen, Manu Dibango and co. in da mix. Respect for everybody who keeps the vibe
    alive, especially Martin and the Antibalas, plus Manu and Eric of Comet Records.

    Keyser: Afro set I.- III.
    Astro Jazz Lounge - 2001/03/22
    http://tilos.hu/djk/mixek/keyser-afro_szett_1_010322.mp3
    http://tilos.hu/djk/mixek/keyser-afro_szett_2_010322.mp3
    http://tilos.hu/djk/mixek/keyser-afro_szett_3_010322.mp3

    Shuriken: Soft porn set
    Astro Jazz Lounge - 2001/03/23
    http://tilos.hu/djk/mixek/shuriken-porno_szett_010323.mp3

    This week's reading goes out to those who return their hard earned $$$s into guerilla
    biz!

    "[...] Many dance acts work on two levels, releasing their more difficult projects on
    small labels, while the productions with a chance of being a hit are brought out on
    major labels. Directly or indirectly, the profit returns to the subculture. By the
    early 90s the dancefloor underground had become the biggest and most profitable area
    of the independent scene. The spectrum of music extends now from acid jazz via the
    countless variations of hip-hop to all kinds of house music. The meaning of
    underground within the dancefloor movement varies enormously: in hip-hop the
    tradition of black soul and funk rebellion is linked up with all possible political
    and metaphysical ideologies. The black house scene saw itself in the tradition of
    disco culture and insisted on rigid separatism. The white house scene, from acid to
    techno, combined the impetus of punk with the affirmative attitude of disco and pop.
    The acid jazz movement, on the other other hand, saw itself as the avant-garde of
    good taste and thus primarily as a lifestyle guerilla force. [...]"

    Ulf Poschardt in his amazing book about DJ culture, called - surprise, surprise - DJ
    Culture (Quartet Books, 1998), p.29. Those who still believe in the power of the
    written word: go out and get it!

    Keep on doing the guerilla biz till next week!

    Keyser & Shuriken

    Playlist

    Tilos Radio (http://tilos.hu)
    Kristalykert (Crystal Garden - 28.03.2001) - DJs: Keyser, Leengum

    (the show starts about 00:15)

    Listen:

    Lo-fi:< http://tilos.hu/mp3/24/Wednesday/0000.m3u>
    Hi-fi: < http://tilos.hu/mp3/96/Wednesday/0000.m3u>

    1. Ralph MacDonald - The Path (TK Records)
    2. Mum - Miss Defied - Dzihan & Kamien Sad Travolta dub (Klein)
    3. Xaver Fischer Trio - Follow Me - Raw Deal mix (Unique)
    4. Swell Session - Music In Her Eyes (Hollow)
    5. Chateau Flight - Birds (Versatile)
    6. Jazzanova - Coffee Talk - Yukihiro Fukutomi remix (JCR)
    7. The Leo Magic Orchestra - My Gitana - Original Therion mix (People)
    (01:00)
    8. Tweak - Fathorn (Straight Ahead)
    9. Ian Pooley - What's Your Number - Jazzanova Renumber (JCR)
    10. Blissom & Merkin - Tag Team Triangle - Ugly People Need Love Too mix (Spot)
    11. Classen Collective - New Born - Universal Funk Beats (JCR)
    12. Ben Human - The Lawgiver Bleeds (Unique)
    13. Tutto Matto - La Ballata del Funkulo (Tummy Touch)
    (01:30)
    14. Archie Shepp - Hipnosis - Eddy & Dus mix (Mo Smog)
    15. Anagram - Fusion Thang (Millenium Jazz)
    16. Hefner - Fiendish (Inertia)
    17. Desmond Williams - Theme From A Dream (ESL)
    18. Realside - Reality (Goood Looking)
    19. Billy Wright - Summer Love - Beyond There mix (Counterpoint)
    (02:00)
    20. Tutto Matto - Don't Stop (Tummy Touch)
    21. Madrid de los Austrias - Ponte Rosa (Sunshine)
    22. Peace Orchestra - Who Am I (G-Stone)
    23. Psyco On Da Bus - Time To Take a Rest Suite (Comet)
    24. Gabor Szabo - Femme Fatale (Hungaroton)
    (02:30)
    25. Gabor Szabo - Thirteen (CTI)
    26. Cannonball Adderley Quintet - The Other Side (Capitol)
    (end)

    K&S gigs in the near future:

    07.04. Budapest, Muvesz Mozi /w Suefo
    13.04. Szombathely, Keptar: Anima Sound System presents Sweetbeat
    20-21.04. Sopron, Sportcentrum: VOLT Festival /w Jazzanova, Dj Vadim, Yonderboi,
    Palotai a. o.
    28.04. Trieste (I): Electro-Sacher
    29-30.04. Zagreb (CR), Aquarius: Kontrapunkt Festival /w Eddy & Dus; Da Lata; Hefner;
    Gotan Project; Boyz From Brazil; Karl Injex; Paolo Scotti; Tom Wieland; Lil Tony;
    Seiji (tbc) and Domu (tbc)

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    Thanks for the support: Alan Brown (aka Cukipapa); Tom (Les Gammas crew); Anna @ Acid
    Jazz; Martin & Antibalas, Paul @ Afro Art; Paul @ Blow Up; Pat @ Chocolate Fireguard;
    Manu & Eric @ Comet Records, Rainer, Michael, Kaisa & everybody @ Compost Records;
    Zeljko @ Cosmic Sounds London; Vlado & Mario @ Couch Records; Micke @ Diesel Music;
    Ecco Chamber; Paul @ Fenetik; Iain @ Grand Central Records; Christian @ Klein
    Records; Andre @ Jazid Club & Records; Jazzland Records; Jürgen, Barbara & Sonar
    Kollektiv; Nicola & Filippo @ Fez Jazz/Schema; Gak Sato & Rocco @ Right Tempo; Nat @
    RhythmLove; Marcus, Oscar, Reini & Toasta @ Spinning Wheel Records; Oli & Sammy @
    Stereo Deluxe; Alex "Reggie" @ Straight Ahead; Heinzi & Chris @ Sunshine Enterprises;
    Ali @ Switch; Rob @ Tru Thoughts; Hannes & Flow @ Twentysomething Tunes; Laszlo @
    UCMG Hungary; Yonderboi & Trevira Modern, Ambi & Amorf Ördögök; United Future
    Organization & Kaori; Vinnie @ Ubiquity; Nik @ Universal Jazz; Unique Records, Werner
    @ Uptight; Pita @ ParaRadio; Gilb-r & Didier @ Versatile/Future Talk; Rune & Dag @
    Voices of Wonder; Eddy & Dus; Tosha (Pencilbrain); Enrico Riva & everybody else who
    we forgot to mention
    Respect: all people @ Tilos Radio



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