BERLIN BATTERY

Shir Khan Does it Faster

2009-07-10T16:42:00.005+02:00

A new Mix-Cd of mine is coming in September. Check the videotrailer (thx to Ultramoodem) and the Minimix I did for Vice.
Shir Khan Does it Faster Vicemix

The Jungle Brothers - Straight out the Jungle

2009-07-05T14:11:00.002+02:00

I was supposed to do some serious work yesterday, but instead I got stuck at Youtube.
From watching videos from "Bad Brains", "Andreas Dorau" to "The Sonics", "Kraze" to "Digital Underground" and "Del tha funkee Homosapien" - I got myself the whole repertoire of classic teenage Shir Khan-disco. Here is one of my favourite Hip Hop-Club-Jams: The Jungle Brothers - Straight out the Jungle.

Lorenz Rhode - The Tribute

2009-07-03T22:57:00.004+02:00

Too many partys and a lot of Michael Jackson on each of it - which is good cause we all loved him. I have been hearing Michael Jackson tunes everywhere - in the car to Fusion Festival, at Fusion Festival - seeing ARK playing him - and well - he is all over the Berlin Fashionweek for sure. Also Boys Noize dropped Michael Jackson yesterday. Speaking of yesterday - I got to know Staygold (in the backstage with Jesse Rose, D.I.M, Crookers, Boys Noize, Amanda Blank) who also produced a beat on Amanda Blanks upcoming album. And Staygold asked me about Lorenz Rhode cause he just made a nice remix for Staygolds new single to be released on Magnetron Music.....well - and then I kept in mind that Lorenz sent me his Michael Jackson tribute....and since we still dont have one here in our blog here is one from Lorenz Rhode. BTW - its an original Lorenz Rhode production.
This is what he has to say: "Here's a little tribute I made some days ago, an hommage to one of my favourite records ever: 1991's "Dangerous". To me, the combination of hard hitting New Jack Swing beats and melancholic, sometimes dramatic string/pad chords makes for an intense atmosphere unlike anything he's done before or after. Like in "Why you wanna trip on me", "Who is it" or "In the closet", which might just be my favourite MJ song ever."

Lorenz Rhode - The Tribute

CLUB BERLIN mit: Peaches (live), CSS (DJ Set), Whitey, Frankmusik, Jack Tennis a.m.m.

2009-06-30T22:08:00.002+02:00

Omg, Berlin is going crazy. This week (Fashion Week) is so full of high class parties and bookings that you have to choose only a few, otherwise it will drive you totaly insane. Boys Noize, Peaches, Ladyhawk, Tiefschwarz, The Glimmers, DJ Hell, Shir Khan, Jazzanova...just to name a few. I play at the Club Berlin Party with Peaches (live with Sweet Machine), Shir Khan at the Levis Show with Boys Noize. Ah Yeah!!!!

INSTANT DJs

2009-06-18T01:12:00.000+02:00

Jack had a Groove@WMF Berlin, 20.6.09

2009-06-17T12:42:00.005+02:00

"In the beginning there was Jack, and Jack had a groove. And from this groove came the groove of all grooves."
Dont worry - we didnt come to claim that this is your average house party. But there is something growling under the floorboards. As Lucas from ZDS said: "Gone are the multicoloured New Eras". In come the smart London boys...packed with low end bass tones, conga loops and african rhythms. "Jack had a Groove" presents the "New Wave" of upcoming house producers showcasing artists such as Mowgli&Solo or Lucas Hunter from Zombie Disco Squad.
Mowgli runs the superb digital label Deadfish and currently released under his moniker of Minimow - Bollyhouse - on Exloited Records. Solo is his partner in crime who stepped into the arena with his "Congaloid"-single on Dirty Bird. Zombie Disco Squad are the latest signing on Made to Play and one of the most forward-thinking DJS I have met so far. As some people might have already noticed - I have been pushing this worldbeat-influenced housesound quite a lot in my weekly radioshow on Fritz. Make sure you check out the great minimix from ZDS for Annie Mac. I have included a link at the end of this post.
To give the whole night a bit of a twist we have disco-boy Snax live on stage - with his band The Snackettes. Snax live is always a winner. No wonder he supported Jamie Lidell and The Scissor Sisters. Special Warmup by Reznik from Keine Musik Crew. Floor 2 is the more bleepy floor - fusing everything from IDM to Electronica, Dubstep, Crunk, Basement and Grime. Sasha Perera - singer from Jahcoozi - DJing alongside Robot Koch + debut liveshow from Unsportsmanlike (formerly known as Skate and support DJ for Moderat in the states). Viusual madness as always from Berlin Battery resident VJ Ultramoodem.

ZDS Annie Mac Minimix
Jack had a Groove@Facebook
Exploited@Myspace
Mowgli@Myspace
Solo@Myspace
Shir Khan@Myspace
Snax@Myspace

20. JUNI 2009 @ WMF, Klosterstrasse 44, Berlin
START: 23:00

WMF - Exploited - Jackmode - Vice present:

"JACK HAD A GROOVE"

starring:

Snax & The Snackettes -live- (DefDrive UK/TNT/Mental Groove)
http://www.myspace.com/givemesnax
Mowgli aka Minimow (Deadfish/Exploited)
http://www.myspace.com/mowglimusik
Solo (Dirty Bird/Deadfish)
http://www.myspace.com/thedrunksolo
Shir Khan (Exploited/Berlin Battery)
http://www.myspace.com/djshirkhan
Lucas Hunter (Zombie Disco Squad/Made to Play/Dirty Bird)
http://www.myspace.com/zombiediscosquad
Reznik (Vice/Keine Musik)
http://www.myspace.com/dancetoreznik
+ VJ Ultramoodem (Exploited)

Floor 2:
Unsportsmanlike -live- (Die Allianz/WMF)
http://www.myspace.com/unsportsmanlikedjskate
Robot Koch & Mother Perera (Robots don't Sleep/Jahcoozi)
http://www.myspace.com/robotkoch
Disscoxx (Dense/Stillavailable Rec.)

DJ Supermarkt @ Low Club Madrid.... and then....holidays!

2009-06-12T12:48:00.003+02:00

hola amigos. I am having my last club-dj-sets until late summer, because i need a break. Come on you easyjetters and join me in Madrid's great Low Club. It's one of my few resident clubs, so... you will like it!

actually... don't worry, i will see you this summer at Melt Festival, Berlin Festival and FIB Benicassim Festival... but, hey, that's like holidays, too...

www.myspace.com/lowclub

6.6.: DJ Supermarkt @ Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf

2009-06-04T22:16:00.002+02:00

It's really rare that i play my birth town, since the great UNIQUE club closed down and this time it looks like a cool party...

Come and have an Altbier with me!

AEROPLANE - new disco-pop dj-mix

2009-05-29T18:13:00.005+02:00

AEROPLANE's new dj-mix comes with this month's mixmag magazine and it originally is called "disco balearica", but fortunately it is not very balearic, but more disco-pop and quite danceable. It features some of their amazing remix productions (Friendly Fires, Shortwave Set) plus some very unusual songs (Alphaville...anyone?), but it all fits perfectly and goes down very smoothly...
I really like it cause you can perfectly relax or dance slowly on this one! It would also be nice for a drive through the countryside on a sunday afternoon, but my car just died...

>>>AEROPLANE-DJ-mix

aeroplane myspace

Shir Khan - Bombaklaatlivemix 1

2009-05-28T17:31:00.004+02:00

Long time no sign from me....I have been locked finishing my upcoming Cd, doing some remixes ect. This week I am playing 4 times...exhausting. 2 Partys not to be missed are these here... Fanklub Deejays are cool Djs from Belgium who run the monthly BLAST YOUR GHETTO-Party in Antwerp. Also included on the lineup: Dancemachine who I have already Djed with and I really liked her set last time in Brussels. Saturday is Picknick-time in Berlin....they are opening the outdoor-area which will be nice. Me and the Roundtable Knights taking it to the next level....and you wanna know how next level shit sounds? Here: download my 1 hour live-mix - no editing. Since there is a lot of exclusive material in there I dont post a playlist.
Shir Khan - Bombaklaatlivemix 1

BYE BYE SCALA

2009-05-28T15:40:00.002+02:00

Last weekend we've lost our home. Thank you Scala for all the great parties. Bye bye.
Cry a bit while checking the Scala Blog with lots of photos.

WAKE UP CALL - BEN MONO IN THE MIX

2009-05-26T15:00:00.004+02:00

A 30 minute power workout mix.
Arranged, repitched, tweaked, mashed and edited by Ben Mono.

Tracklisting:

We Fell To Earth - Lights Out
Justice Stress (Auto Remix)
Fatboy Slim - Everybody Needs a 303
Billion Dollar DJs - Sugoi!
CSS - Move Metronomy Remix
Freeland - Under Control
Reiner Mauch - Clap
Tonka - Freeze
Freeland - Under Control Golden Bug Remix
Captain Commodore - eXpress
The Glimmers - Rather Do It With The Boys
Lorenz Rhode - Motor Cortex (Ben Mono remix)
Reiner Mauch - Clap
Kid Kaio - We Don´t Give A Fuck
Hools - Beware and Motorpitch Remix
Fairmont - Gazebo (Joe And Will Ask Remix)
V V Brown - Leave (Style Of Eye Remix)
Bag Raiders - Turbo Love
Scott Cooper & Andy George - Jump &Twist (Jokers Of Science Remix)
Donovan - Breakin (Charlie Fanclub Remix)
rafale - rock it dont stop it
Mr. Oizo. Two Takes It
Peaches Talk To Me
Niyi - Amelia (Ben Mono Remix)
Yuksek Break Ya (Disco Version)
Zombie Nation - Worth It
Fukkk Offf - Love Me Hate Me Kiss Me (Disco OF Doom remix)
Midnight Juggernauts - Road To Recovery

DJ Mix 5-2009 by benmono

KNIGHTLIFE is back with "knightlife II"

2009-05-26T13:08:00.005+02:00

KNIGHTLIFE II - 12" video trailer from Cutters Records on Vimeo.

One of Berlin Battery's favorite producers "KNIGHTLIFE" from Melbourne is back with his second 12 Inch on CUTTERS (the label of Cut Copy). If you like warm modern electro-disco music that gets you shaking on the dancefloor, you will love this one. I still remember his great electro-disco-house set at our bb party @ Scala some time ago. Come back, amigo!

get it on beatport now or soon on vinyl (i guess...)

www.cuttersrecords.net

knightlife myspace

SANTIGOLD - Your Voice

2009-05-22T17:28:00.004+02:00

Reggaesound from the artist formerly known as Santogold. Don't ask me why she changed her name from Santo- into Santigold...This is her new single, perfect for this sunny days.

SANTIGOLD - Your Voice (ysi)

the berlin battery weekender: berlin/scala & Nürnberg/k4-festsaal

2009-05-21T00:34:00.004+02:00

we have two parties for you this weekend, so prepare yourself. Friday the complete berlin battery boys (including VJ Ultramoodem & our designer Dennis Ratzlaff) will play on the last weekend-party of our favorite berlin club SCALA, so be prepared for total mayhem!!! Saturday Jack Tennis and Dj Supermarkt will go to Nuernberg.

friday 22.05; 22UHR! Berlin:

saturday 23.05. Nuernberg

be there!!!!!!!

berlin battery @ POP UP Leipzig

2009-05-16T17:02:00.004+02:00

Catch us on the "berlin battery" mission in Leipzig at the fine Pop Up festival/convention/messe. This is the real ANTI-POPKOMM. A small gathering of people/labels/aliens who try to make quality independent music. And thats why we are there... (besides partying with our friends from the MELT FESTIVAL)

saturday, 16.5.:
MELT KLUB:
Live: TEAM MONSTER
DJs: Jack Tennis & Dj Supermarkt
Ilse's Erika, Leipzig

http://www.leipzig-popup.de/

ZARIF - let me back

2009-05-15T17:03:00.002+02:00

pure funky pop heaven 2009. Imagine this year's M.I.A. or Santogold mixed with Jackson 5, Stakka Bo, Style Council, Matt Bianco, Swing Out Sister, Junior Senior. This should blast out of every ghettoblaster on every beach this summer. in my world...

Next big thing ALARM!!!!!

and here is a nice, dubby, but bouncey club version by Paul Jackson:

>>>ZARIF - let me back (Paul Jackson rmx)
(Yousendit)

www.myspace.com/zarifmusic

Malente - Music Forver

2009-05-14T13:15:00.005+02:00

This summer is gonna be hot: "Music Forever" coming with Remixes by Solo, Dada Life, Freaks, Act Yo Age, The Urchins and too good for B-side track "Feel It". So good by that way, that Alex Gopher after receiving the promo did an Edit of this track...

Listen to some of that now in space and watch the video directed by Leo Von Werhahn of Fourlights. Good. Good.Good.... yes. Advertising myself. 90% of my job. 100% awesome. I love it (as much as McDonalds).

early support by Etienne De Crecy, Lee Mortimer, Kissy Sellout, Don Diabolo, Mikix The Cat, Shir Khan, Midfield General, Groove Armada, Dub Frequency, Acidkids, Sharam Jey, Stereo Mcs, Dave Spoon, Shinichi Osawa, Peter Kruder, Jason Nevins, Aston Shuffle, Maral Salmassi, Nick Catchdubs, Erick Morillo, Aquasky, Mason, Ursula 1000, Azzido Da Bass +++

... oh and DJ Supermarkt loves it too ... and Axwell !? ;)

DENT MAY & HIS MAGNIFICENT UKULELE- meet me in the garden

2009-05-12T20:28:00.004+02:00

ahhhh.... SUMMER!!!
Dent May is from Taylor/Mississippi and just released his catchy, weird debut album with the commercial title "The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele". He sings, looks like a nerd and plays... yes.. the Ukulele! (rust me, 2009, the year of the yukulele!!!!)
Hard to describe the sound, but it has a bit of Pop, Folk, even Country.. Sounds like he will get along well with these fellow weirdos: Jarvis Cocker, James Yuill, Serge Gainsbourg, Pale Fountains, Beck and Lee Hazlewood. Get the spirit...? Enjoy it, the album is amazing and worth checking out!

www.myspace.com/dentmay

DJ BEN MONO & VJ CHANOAR

2009-05-05T17:42:00.002+02:00

Ben Mono in the mix, VJ Chanoar footage-tweaking.
... some mindblowing experience - had to recalibrate brain and eyelids after watching it for the first time.

DJ BEN MONO & VJ CHANOAR

Malente DJ Mix (22/03/09)

2009-05-05T13:35:00.008+02:00

People seem to have problems to distinguish between REMIX and RE-EDIT.

That's one of the reasons I barely do posts anymore. All I got in return was some LOVE and a lot more TROUBLE. From now on I'll keep 99% of my Edits to myself or better: I'll be the only one playing them out on my DJ gigs.

Every once in a while, when I'm sure there will be no GOOGLE taking tracks down or PRODUCERS mad at me I'll let you have a peek of what I edit for my crowd. And maybe if you write me an either friendly or desperate email I'll make an exception and send you a link if I like your haircut.

Generally though I'm fed up with this. Don't get me wrong, I still love Music. Why else would my new 12" on Southern Fried coming in summer be called MUSIC FOREVER? Tracks from this release will be featured in my next DJ Mix.

This Mix done 22nd of March '09 is an oldie in Blog-Time. I did it exclusively to the Mexican Jack Mafia Blog to support my gig in Mexico City some weeks ago. But their link expired... so here you go. feel free to spread, blog, steal, copy and paste.

By the way, the picture on top is a T-shirt design. It incoportates Malente and the Mexican spirit. Dope Dope Dope. They gave away Shirts in Mexico to promote the event. That's how you do it!

Malente DJ Mix (22/03/09)

1. Mephisto – The Beat of the Bee (Malente Re-Edit)
2. Dj Raziek – Wake Up (Zero Cash Remix)
3. Kid Sister – Get Fresh (Alex Gopher Remix)
4. Acidkids – Mad Mahoney (Motor Remix)
5. Acidkids – Mad Mahoney (Zogamin Remix)
6. Gigi Barocco – The Rhythm
7. Fort Knox Five – The Wonder Strikes Again (Malente’s Champion Sound Remix)
8. Dub Frequency – Guy Brutus
9. Dada Life – Happy Hands (Malente’s Wasted Youth & Wacky Mix)
10. Dillinja - Twist `Em Out (Proper Villains Remix)
11. Sidney Samson – Riverside (Dex Edit)
12. Brazilian Girls – Good Time (Diplo Remix)
13. The Rogue Element – Sidewinder
14. Djedjotronic – Dirty & Hard (Boys Noize’s Jump If You’re An Idiot Mix)
15. DJ Rockid – Girlz
16. Armand Van Helden – Illin N Fillin It (Malente’s The Monster’s Lose Remix)
17. Jack Beats – What (Boy 8-Bit Remix)
18. DJ Sneak & Hervé – Droppin’ Kisses (Hervé Club Mix)
19. Mr Miyagi – We Wanna Give You The Lesson
20. Malente – Bring That Lead Back (Destroy Disco Remix)
21. Kelevra – Jak Muzik (Jaimie Fanatic Midnight Mix)
22. Audio Bullys – Dope Fiend (Malente’s 1 Hour Remix)
23. Sound Of Stereo – Evil Panda
24. Crookers – What Up Y’all ?
25. Malente – Music Forever (Intro)

(yousendit)

SUNDAY MORNING NIGHTMARE: brandnew 2-hour dj-mix by dj supermarkt

2009-04-29T17:54:00.003+02:00

hi amigos,
took me ages to finish this exclusive dj-mix for fairtilizer, but it had to be very special because of the amount of - well - average dj-mixes around these days.
This is a full-on club-mix to tear down the dancefloor, but like all my sets all about diversity, crossing over & destroying musical boundaries plus (un)-controlled raw energy and fun!.
The mix will take you from indie-house/disco over electro, fidget-rave-punk to sheer disco hooliganism-heaven!
If you do not start bouncing to these tunes, you must be deaf... or German.. or trying to hard to be cool!?

34 tracks, 110 minutes:

>>>"sunday morning nightmare" dj mix by dj supermarkt (for fairtilizer)

listen, download, enjoy!

tracklist:
1. "ich rocke" intro
2. michael gray - somewhere beyond
3. empire of the sun - we are the people (jimmy2sox rmx)
4. ladyhawke - paris is burning (cut copy rmx)
5. lindstrom & solale - baby i can't stop (aeroplane rmx)
6. white lies - farewell to the underground (rory phillips white horse rmx)
7. royksopp - eple (boris dlugosch rmx)
8. pulp - common people (doggy disco rmx/dj supermarkt edit)
9. telespazio - telemetric (arto mwambe's guitar down rmx)
10. pussy 2000 - it's gonna be alright (hard pussy rmx)
11. the juan maclean - one day (surkin rmx)
12. don diablo - too cool for school
13. basement jaxx - twerk
14. css vs beni - my love needs css (dj supermarkt booty)
15. ze bug - fabulous
16. donovan - breakin' (charlie fanclub rmx)
17. franz ferdinand - no you girls (zodiac cartel extended rmx)
18. christpher just - vienna 5 a.m. (just final mix)
19. sharooz - get off
20. no idea - forgot to give this mp3 a name
21. jak-z & scott cooper - move ya
22. morten breum - on it !
23. electric soulside - boccaccio
24. derbe grasland - we like to play (jesse rose rmx)
25. the yank - we can't be stop'd
26. tjr - sonic chronic (lee mortimer's planet rocking rmx)
27. n.a.s.a. - money (the count of monte cristal "dungeon" rmx)
28. calvin harris - i'm not alone (herve's see you at the festivals rmx)
29. jokers of the scene - baggy bottom boys
30. dub frequency - whoop! whoop!
31. jack beats - get down
32. dizzee rascal - smells like dizzee in rage
33. shame 69 feat. lcd soundsystem - losing no business (special output 7 " version)
34."see you on top of the pops" outro

GOLDEN SILVERS - true romance (true no.9 blues)

2009-04-26T16:49:00.002+02:00

another new british band that makes me jump on tables... Funky pop music with great attitude, hooks, little strange rapping and everything else a song released in april has to have. Their debut album will be out on XL anyday now.

stardom guaranteed!

www.myspace.com/thegoldensilvers

PASSION PIT - The Reeling

2009-04-23T00:12:00.004+02:00

Again: nice track with a nice video. Sounds a bit like MGMT and i would be glad if this is the popsound of 2009 (album "Manners"out may 19). If you are interessted in the making of of "The Reeling" and want to see a sweet child choir in a music studio than watch it on Fader.

BEAUTIFUL SWIMMERS - Oh Yea

2009-04-20T13:03:00.002+02:00

I like dance videos. And this one is really great. So stylish. Pleeeeeeeease visit the Beautiful Swimmers myspace and listen to their 80s disco/funk sound . Oh Yea!!!