Melbourne Techno Collective

Following a year in which he put out a celebrated double mix CD, earned accolades for his live sets and released one of Ibiza’s biggest anthems, Resident Advisor’s Todd L. Burns sat down with the Dutch DJ/producer to take stock.

There’s a lot of words to describe Joris Voorn. But let’s go with unpretentious. From his humble beginnings in a small Dutch town, Voorn’s rise to superstar DJ status has been a measured process. A big remix here, a quality single there, a beloved mix CD, a fantastic live gig: His is not so much the stuff of legend as it is the stuff of hard work and dedication. Nonetheless, 2009 seemed to be the year when it all exploded. His Balance 014 mix has already gone down as one of the finest in the series, “Sweep the Floor” swept Ibiza and he garnered enough of your votes to hit the top 10 in both our live act and DJ poll at the end of the year. We caught up with him in January to speak about the accolades, his start as a DJ and why Ibiza has become credible again.

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In this fantastic interview on Skiddle, Thomas Schumacher speaks openly about the trick he played on Get Physical in order to get them to sign him. He also touches on digital Djing, the music which inspires him and what it’s like to be making music for a new generation of party goers.

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The Melbourne Techno Collective’s Craig McWhinney has rocketed into the Beatport bestsellers charts with his remix of local icon Christian Vance’s Chase the Night. The track which was featured on Carl Cox’s new Global Underground mix is – at the time of writing – number 42 on
Beatport’s Techno Top 100 Downloads. Chase the Night was originally released on Haul Music in 2009 and has received strong international support, with McWhinney’s mix adding extra punch to what was already an epic track.

McWhinney has a string of releases and remixes planned for early 2010; and with support from the likes of Carl Cox and many other big name jocks, 2010 could be a very big year of our Craig.

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Segment 1 – Craig McWhinney [mix-up]
Redshape – Dark & Sticky
Unknown – Unknown
Room 10 – Maxwell (Horacio remix)
Telefon Tel Aviv – Immolate Yourself (Ben Klock remix)
Any Hart + Mike Buhl – Hacienda (Craig McWhinney mix)
Delta Funktonnen – Silhouette (Marcel Dettman remix)

Segment 2 – Sam McEwin [mix-up]
Minilogue – Arb Almub Almoh
Lemos & Kreon – Lookwhoshere (Wighnomy Bros remix)
Butane – Inferno Jack (Anja Schneider remic)
Butane – Mutation (Sety Circus Remix)
Sam Smart – Quarts (Sam McEwin’s Unreleased mix)

Segment 3 – Sam and Craig [Tracks of the week]
The Chain – Geo
Jamie Jones – Summertime
Solomun – Somebody’s Story
Gabry T – Le Blank
Maetrik – Paradigm House (Mike Shannon Remix)
Gaiser – After Colors

Martin Buttrich the silent partner and genius behind the likes of Loco Dice and Timo Maas, will release his debut album Crash Test at the end of next month. The Hanover based studio wizard who is usually content to leave the limelight to others, came out in his own right in 2004 with his Meeting Dave Dish / Mr. Medicine Man 12″ release on Four:Twenty Recordings. This was followed by releases on Pokerflat, Planet E and Cocoon in 2006 and 07, however Buttrich has been anything but prolific under his own name.

The 11 track Crash Test album will be released on Loco Dice’s Desolat label at the end of March and will represent 15 months of production for Buttrich.

Check out this amazing set from Diynamic’s Solomun which featured on Proton Radio on January 22 2010.

01. Ripperton – A Simple Thing [Green]
02. Micro On – Last M. (Dorian Paic Rmx) [Objazz Records]
03. Ripperton – Leonor’s Lanugo [Green]
04. Kink – Bitter Sweet [Liebe Detail]
05. Ripperton – Random Violence [Green]
06. Stimming, Ben Watt & Julia Biel – Bright Star (Sunset Mix) [Buzzin Fly]
07. Ripperton – Ecotone [Green]
08. Hot Chip – One Life Stand (Carl Craig PCPRemix)
09. – Chicago Urban Blues [Circus Company]
10. Audijack – This House [Get Physical]
11. Kollektiv Turmstasse – Last Day [Diynamic]

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Yes music sounds better when it’s hot pink, or at least that is the case when Mike Callander has anything to do with it. Callander’s latest outing on his own Haul Music imprint hit the digital “shelves” today, with the hypnotic tech house bomb arguably Callander’s strongest release to date. Complete with a monster techno reworking from the MTC’s own Craig McWhinney, the latest Haul release only adds to the mounting evidence that Melbourne is set to explode onto the world scene.

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With this years’ Winter Music Conference (WMC) in Miami just over a month away, preparations are being made for the associated International Dance Music Awards (or IDMA). Nominations have been announced and voting is currently underway on the WMC website with some notable inclusions for techno fans. The frenetic Dubfire has received a nomination for best American DJ and Joris Voorn and Gui Boratto have both been nominated for best breakthrough DJ. Also of note are the nominations for best minimal/techno track which includes Luciano and Guy Gerber’s Arcenciel, Marco Carola’s Bloody Cash, Gui Boratto’s No Turning Back, Cirez D’s On Off, Dubfire’s Rabid and Claude Von Stroke’s Vocal Chords – which could possibly have received a nomination for most annoying track in history if such a category did exist.

You can vote in the IDMA by completing the form at www.wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/finalballot/index.php

In this interview with Carl Cox ahead of the upcoming Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in March, Carl Cox discusses among other things, his Frankston retreat. We also learn at least two other important facts. 1. A sufficient number of  people have teased the UK DJ for him to be slightly embarrassed to admit he has a house in Frankston. A job well done. 2. Sydney people have no clue about music. “Hard House DJ” please.

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EQ records recently announced that quirky French electronic producer Agoria will be the man behind the latest Balance compilation. The ever reliable Balance series went up a notch last year with two hugely popular and highly acclaimed compilations care of Joris Voorn and Will Saul. Both were regarded among the albums of the year in 2009 and with the bar raised so high by Voorn and Saul – and with it the profile of the Balance series – big things are expected from the latest 2 disc release. A look at the track listing would suggest that Agoria has done everything possible to reach the near unattainable heights of the last two releases, but we are going to have to wait until March 5 before we know for certain.

CD1 – ALLER RETOUR
1. Gregg Kowalsky – Ashes From Evermore
2. Alva Noto – Xerrox Monophaser 2
++DJ Koze – Lords of Panama
3. Mark Pritchard – ?
4. Manvoy de Saint Sadrill – Soeheniona
5. Tosca – Joe Si Ha
6. Emiliana Torrini – Gun
*contains a sample of Mark Pritchard – ?
7. Agoria – Parasite 2
8. Arandel – In D#5
9. Justin – Columpnam
10. 19.454.18.5.25.5.18 – When I Think Of
11. Pom Pom – 10
12. Agoria – Altre Voci
13. Glimpse – Train in Austria part 2
14. The Field – Over the Ice (Live mix)
15. Olibusta – La Pazz
16. Cubenx – Mis Dias Y Tus Noches
17. Felix Laband – Whisitling in Tongues (Todd Terje remix)
18. jozif – Back 2 My Roots (jozif’s 5o’clock Fabric Shadow edit)
19. Bibio – Jealous of Roses
20. LCD Soundystem – 45:33 (Trus’me remix)
21. Boozoo Bajou feat. Rumer – Same Sun (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)
++ Oxia – Less Time
22. Hatikvah – Synchronicty (Block Barley & Engin Ozturk Holmby Hills Remix)
23. Rio en Medio – The Last Child’s Tear
24. Tipper – Just as the Sun Went Down
25. Gregg Kowalsky – Ashes from Evermore
++Alva Noto – Xerrox Monophaser 2

CD2 – RISING SINE
1. Sylvain Chauveau – Hurlements En Faveur De Serge T.
2. Aphrodite’s Child- Loud Loud Loud
*contains a sample of LCD Soundsystem – 45:33 (Trus’me remix)
*contains a sample of Hauntologists – A1
*contains a sample of Avril – French Kiss
3. Taron Trekka – Shirol
++ Suedmilch – We Were
4. The Same – Szarpiesz Minerwa
*contains a sample of Dorothée & Ben Munyaneza – Mwali we!
5. Ogris Debris – G-Thong (You and Me remix)
6. Francesco Tristano – Knee for thought
*contains a sample of Sylvain Chauveau – Hurlements En Faveur De Serge T.
7. Different Gear – One Thing More (Dub mix)
++Dorothée & Ben Munyaneza – Mwali We!
8. Michael Forzza – Abstractor 2.0
++Rio en Medio – The Last Child’s Tear
9. Chris Carrier and Jef K – Morning
10. DVS1 – Running
11. Drama Society & Vladislav Delay – Almodrama
12. Agoria – Libellules
*contains a sample of Sylvain Chauveau – Hurlements En Faveur De Serge T.
++Gadi Mizrahi – I Know
++Marc Antona – Kipkop
13. Avril – French Kiss
14. Gadi Mizrahi- I Know
15. Jonny Greenwood – Tehellet
++Agoria – Parasite
16. Avril – French Kiss
17. Mark Broom – Twenty Nine (Broom 09 mix)
18. Einmusik – Atlantis
19. Perc & Passarella Death Squad – Temperature’s Rising
20. Aufgang – Sonar (Spitzer remix)
21. Shit Robot – Simple Things (Work it Out) (Serge Santiago remix)
22. Efdemin – Acid bells (Martyn remix)
23. 3 Chairs – No Drum Machine part 2
24. Kid A – Lonely
25. Sylvain Chauveau – Hurlements En Faveur De Serge T.