Berlin-based DJ, producer and label owner Oliver Deutschmann announces his debut album, ‘Out of the Dark‘. Released on Vidab Records on February 24, at Panorama Bar, Berlin, he is now undertaking a world tour to promote the album.
Oliver runs Vidab with label partner Stephan Hill, together curating an impressive catalogue of quality, raw and analog-infused house and techno. He also created the Falkplatz label as a further outlet for his energetic A&R tendencies.
Firmly established in the underground, Deutschmann has stood behind his unique brand of 4/4 beats for more than a decade; a permanent resident at Panorama Bar for over 4 years with his dubby, pulsing house vibes, old school drums, intense peaks and driving modern dramatics.
Developing a strong signature sound, Oliver translates real emotion and atmosphere into his productions, with bold, crisp and powerful drums, resonant, textural synthlines and a stylish talent for keeping things locked down to hypnotizing effect.
Oliver’s album tour will reach Hong Kong on Friday 12 April 2013 at Bassment Bar. Support from DJs Wendy Wenn and Miko Van Chong, as well as visuals by Casey Anderson of Humdrum Hong Kong. Presented by Deeper Sounds HK.
@ Bassment
13 Lyndhurst Terrace
Central, Hong Kong
香港中環擺花街13號
Saturday, 6 April 2013 10PM – 6AM (Live music begins early!)
$180 at door
W2 and Humdrum Hong Kong join forces for our third party in a row to feature outstanding Berlin DJs and performers: First is recent Kompakt signee Dave DK, who has enjoyed longtime DJ residencies at Berlin’s legendary clubs like Tresor and Panorama Bar, as well as Glitterbug, a true electronic artist creating melodic, cinematic live techno with a pile of analogue synthesizers alongside his VJ Ronni Shendar for a complete audio-visual experience! Expect experimental, melodic techno and deep house, rounded out with support from three of Hong Kong’s most “outside-the-box” DJs: Wendy Wenn, Ocean Lam, and Casey Anderson.
DJ & producer Dave DK has been making waves in the world’s electronic music capital for more than a decade. First trying his hand at DJing in 1995 at the tender age of 17, by 1999 the Berliner had earned residency at the Tresor/Globus Club, and later at the legendary Panorama Bar. He takes an open-minded approach to DJing and production, resenting musical limits and avoiding being stuck in one style. “I have a passion for the wide range between house and techno as well as pop music and dancefloor stuff of the early 90′s“, says Dave. With 15 years of producing all kinds of house and techno tracks, his diverse releases have found homes on labels like Mood Music, Television Records, Cadeaux, Playhouse, and most recently, Kompakt. Though he’s elegantly juggling a variety of electronic music to create his own style, his tracks often combine tragic melodies with kickin’ grooves that transform your body into a twisting stampede of electricity, with trademark swing and funk.
Glitterbug is a composer, producer, DJ, artist and curator, standing tall in all musical genres he puts his fingers on. Be it deep techno, remixing, ambient works, writing music for films or audio-visual installations, his musical language always resonates with a score-like, visual approach. Though he considers himself a bit of an outsider to the club world, his musical development can be traced back to the late ‘80s illegal acid parties and Cologne’s experimental techno scene of the 90s, as well as a deep love for House, the sound of early Chicago and the late Detroit. His wide range of sounds and flexible improvisation means he is at home whether performing in a gallery or during his recent club show in Tel Aviv opening for Frankie Knuckles. Glitterbug is always found performing next to his longtime VJ, Ronni Shendar, as they silently communicate and each play off the others’ sounds or images. Ronni Shendar is an Israeli visual artist whose works have been presented in exhibitions and festivals internationally (among them the Festival de Cannes and Jewish Museum Frankfurt) and who recently toured with Gold Panda. Together they create very special music somewhere in the epicenter of club music, film soundtracks and live improvisation.
Supported by W2 founder Wendy Wenn, plus Casey Anderson and Ocean Lam of Humdrum Hong Kong.
“FoxTrot is one year old!! Can you believe we’ve had 12 months of solid girl-DJ tech and deep house nights in Hong Kong?! We are so grateful to all of our supporters over the last year! Come and help us celebrate one year of music curated by the best female DJs in HK, and also Ocean Lam’s birthday!”
Humdrum asked nearly 20 of Hong Kong’s house and techno DJs to share their five favorite tracks of 2012. Below are the year’s big tunes, secret weapons and floor-fillers that defined the sound of Hong Kong’s electronic underground in a year that it diversified and accelerated greatly.
Listen and navigate on the embedded YouTube playlist below, or view the full playlist on YouTube.
While browsing, click on the song title or album artwork to listen to any track, starting the playlist at that point.
Matthew Dekay and Lee Burridge Fur Die Liebe
[All Day I Dream] A duo who’ve produced some forward-thinking dancefloor material, and the strings on this track get me every time.
Ry Cumin & Frank Wiedermann Howling (Âme Remix)
[Innervisions] I don’t usually go for big vocal tracks, but there’s something quite stirring about this guy’s singing – plus the track comes to a pretty powerful conclusion.
Barnt Geffen
[Cómeme] It was always fun watching the crowd when dropping this weird little number. Geffen is really nothing more than a beat and a fun little octave-driven synth line, but it drove people crazy every single time.
Maetrik The Poem
[Ellum Audio] I still prefer the stuff Eric Estornel produces as Maetrik over his Maceo Plex guise, and this track really sums up why: rib-shaking beats and simple but devastating basslines. Massive.
Ian Pooley CompuRhythm (Dixon 4/4 Treatment)
[Innervisions] Have such good memories of catching Dixon at Barcelona in Sonar this year, and he’s fast become one of my favourites. This is his best remix yet, maybe after the 2011 Singing rerubs.
“Small & Tall‘s new spin off party extraSMALL launches on Friday 23rd November. We are returning to our original ethos of ‘big sounds in small spaces’ it is going to be an occasional series of pop-up parties where we can showcase a more niche, experimental dance music sound.
The opening night of extraSMALL will take place at our spiritual home Bassment, where the small&TALL journey began.
First up is a live set from Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts. An artist who is hard to pigeonhole, Guillaume Coutu-Dumont’s distinctive sound fuses the sultry allure of jazz, the unquestioned groove of house, and the propulsion of techno to deliver something entirely new, deep and danceable. He will be taking us on a musical journey with a marathon live set.
Joining Guillaume will be small&TALL’s smallest resident, Wendy Wenn, and special guest Casey Anderson from Humdrum Hong Kong. Expect the unexpected!”
Nick Höppner (Ostgut Ton/Panorama Bar) Wendy Wenn (Foxtrot) 2Gweilos (Small & Tall) Casey Anderson (Humdrum) [visual show]
presented by Deeper Sounds HK 15 September 2012
$200 at door
Deeper Sounds HK is proud to present Nick Höppner, one of most relevant figures from Berlin’s iconic club scene today. Nick Höppner is resident DJ at Panorama Bar/Berghain and the manager and producer at influential techno label Ostgut Ton. Mr. Höppner will present in Hong Kong Panorama Bar 04, the newest instalment in a mix CD series that’s already seen gems from fellow residents like Cassy and Tama Sumo.
Oliver runs Vidab with label partner Stephan Hill, together curating an impressive catalogue of quality, raw and analog-infused house and techno. He also created the Falkplatz label as a further outlet for his energetic A&R tendencies.
