The title of the new, second album of Orientation, the Turkish-German band to Bekir Karaoglan and Andreas Advocado refers perhaps to the time difference of one hour between Istanbul and Berlin, but most likely on the clock shift towards the 9 / 8 clock classical Turkish wedding rhythm. Coupled with funk and jazz influences emerge as cosmopolitan oriental songs danceable beats combine with straightforward melodies rich. (more…)

Garden Festival Flyer Just last year I've even blogged sporadically over Nujazz festivals throughout Europe, but without actually visiting one of them. That should change this year. Since the beginning of June a short vacation on the Croatian Adriatic Sea with a visit to the Garden Music Festival will be combined in the vicinity of Zadar. (more…)

SXSW 2006 in Austin in Austin, Texas, is just one of the largest festivals of music, film and interactivity in the U.S. over the stage. The 2006 SXSW each year attracts thousands of artists in the southern state and makes Austin one week in March for the global music and film capital. From a distance, but you have to take the festival website preferences, but that one may live: for many of the films shown there are the trailers online, and many of the musicians and bands that occur each offer a mp3 file to download. (more…)

Blog 27 are already smart people, creative people in the music industry. The thought is, after the teenage boys of Tokio Hotel thanks to 13-year-old girls have rolled up the charts, why not directly cast the 13-year-old girl and thus generate the next chart topper? Maybe even go there a couple of guys from pubescent on it when the girls come from eastern Europe, Tatu has at that time works only so well. (more…)

Songbird have screenshot probably I've subconsciously something like Songbird wanted for a long time, only me that is until now not been really clear: namely, writes that someone software that works much like iTunes, but unlike Apple's program is open in all directions . iTunes, I have somehow turned instinctively from the start, but this perhaps more in the coming days. (more…)

Sun Tzu Sound From the Pacific Northwest, namely Seattle, is the six-member producer DJ collective Sound Sun Tzu. Giant Step has recently taken her under their wing, and there is also the first Sun Tzu Sound EP appeared. It contains the two tracks from 1LUV ft. Capital A can listen online player. (more…)

The netlabel 12recNicht everything that comes from Dortmund, black and yellow, and who would have thought that the official colors are red and white of the city? With so much variety of colors in any case it is not surprising that the netlabel 12rec it also drives very colorful, zumikndest openness to what musical styles are concerned. (more…)

Conference – KontaktIm Latin means to gather conferre something together bring a point to share. The project Conference by Klaus Jatho, Joachim Krohn and Marc Bornée is described by its name that is pretty good, because the three musicians wear jazzy fan, computer grooving beats, one time driving, sometimes casually grooving bass and the soulful voices of different guest vocalists bring together and this mixture is very casual to the point. (more…)

Nate Harrison's installation melodies haunt some one in your head for weeks, and there are riffs, the more you will not forget his long life. But that a six-second long drum break virtually changed the whole world in that it is the basis for all musical styles, and thus is also used for subcultures, probably a unique phenomenon. (more…)

Comfort Fit aka Boris MezgaTokyo Dawn Records has done it again: The German Netlabelmusikkollektiv offers once again a fine album of completely free for download. Under the alias “Comfort Fit” the Stuttgart Boris Mezga a downbeat record released with many jazz and bleepigen samples.                                                                                                             the current high summer temperatures comes “Forget And Remember” at just the right time. (more…)