Marcel Dettmann[above] makes techno. Heavy-hitting techno.
The kind of heavy-hitting techno that makes you want to lock yourself away in a smoky basement until you’re dehydrated from a night of endless perspiration. Alongside Ben Klock, the other most highly regarded drawcard at Berghain, there’s arguably no bigger name in the game. While he’s released two albums on Ostgut Ton and has remixed the likes of Junior Boys, Fever Ray, Moderat, Commix, Clark and Laibach, in recent times he’s been fostering the next generation on his own imprint MDR (Marcel Dettmann Records). Get schooled by the best in the business – he’s coming to Chinese Laundry on Saturday November 12.
The man with arguably the shittiest haircut (don’t worry, his music makes up for it) in dance music, Green Velvet (or Cajmere), has locked in an Australian tour. A mainstay in the game for well over 25 years, the Chicago house don was a chemistry student before he ditched studying and established the label Cajual. Since then he’s released his own productions on the likes of Circus Recordings, Credence, Great Stuff Recordings, Kraftek, Relief Records and Superstar Recordings, and played basically every goddamn club and festival around the globe. His track from 1992 ‘Coffee Pot (It’s Time For the Percolator)’ still goes hard. Catch him on Saturday October 29 at the Greenwood Hotel.
No plans this weekend? Here are two gigs happening this Saturday August 13 that may pique your interest. The Something Else crew is hosting a man with over 400 production credits, Chris Fortier, at the Burdekin Hotel, while over at Civic Underground, Mantra Collective and C.U. Saturday are teaming up to present Berlin’s Diego Krause.
Bad news: One of Australia’s best festivals, OutsideIn, ain’t happening this year. No explanation has been given other than a post on its Facebook page stating: “OutsideIn Festival will not be taking place in 2016, we hope to see you all again in the near future!” Bummer. Here’s hoping it returns.
Tour rumours:you can lock in visits from Lunice, Hudson Mohawke and Giraffage over the NYE period. I’d also expect to be seeing Jackmaster, Scuba, Matthias Tanzmann, Oscar Mulero and Tin Man during November.
Best releases this week: with 30 goddamn tracks over 52-odd minutes, Delroy Edwards’Hangin’ At The Beach (on L.A. Club Resource) has some Donuts-esque vibes going. I dig it. I’m also spinning Hieroglyphic Being’s The Disco’s Of Imhotep (Technicolour) and Appleblim’sMinus Degree (Tempa). Argenis Brito and Ricardo Villalobos’ Amnesia (Melisma Limited) is so-so, unfortunately. Y’all also need to go to Noise in My Head and listen to the latest mix from Chiara Kickdrum – pure fire.
Recommended:
SATURDAYAUGUST 13
Damiano Von Erckert@Club 77
SATURDAYAUGUST 20
Return To Rio launch party: M.A.N.D.Y. @Manning Bar
Gunnar Haslam@Jam Gallery
Edd Fisher, Otologic@Club 77
SATURDAY AUGUST 27
Darshan Jesrani@Club 77
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8 – SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11
Red Bull Music Academy Weekender: Mr. Fingers, Bok Bok, Peanut Butter Wolf + more@Various venues
SATURDAY September 24
Rebekah@Burdekin Hotel
SUNDAYOCTOBER 2
Bicep@UTS
SATURDAY OCTOBER 29
Green Velvet@Greenwood Hotel
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 11 – SUNDAY NOVEMBER 13
Return To Rio: Carl Cox, De La Soul, Eric Powell, DJ EZ + more@Del Rio, Wisemans Ferry
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12
Marcel Dettman@Chinese Laundry
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 26
Randomer@TBA
FRIDAY DECEMBER 2 – SUNDAY DECEMBER 4
Subsonic Music Festival: Lee Scratch Perry, Mad Professor, Josh Wink, Ben UFO + more@Riverwood Downs Mountain Valley Resort
[Marcel Dettmann photo by Flavien Prioreau]
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