Fokko about this weeks podcast: This mix was done at home with a Denon DN-X300 mixer and two Pioneer CDJ800's. I tried to include the best tracks I play a lot lately, as well as some new stuff. Paul Ritch, Smith & Selway, Johnny D and more!
Ondertussen zal het begrip "e-ticket" bij de gemiddelde Beatfreax-bezoeker aardig ingeburgerd zijn. De opmars van deze vernieuwing in ticketingland is niet te stuiten en mede te danken aan bedrijven als onze partner Ticketscript.
From October 22 to 25 our capitol is the stage for its annual Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) again. Beatfreax has created the ultimate online guide to keep you up to speed with the coolest parties and venues during the event.
De stembus van Revu’s Nachttempel Verkiezing 2008 is al iets langer dan een week open en de 25 genomineerde clubs zijn druk bezig om zoveel mogelijk stemmen in de wacht te slepen.
84 First piano contact. Beginning of long classical music studies
89 – 94 Depeche Mode & David Bowie young teenage fan. Discovery of KLF, acid music sounds and Electro rhythmic… Visiting underground and open-air parties all over Switzerland and Germany. Diving into the whirl of electronic music.
95 – 98 Starting to collect records and to spin with friends for fun. Weird parties organizations in several Geneva's squats during 3 years with Mentalgroove people. First professional bookings in 97 (Usine , Weetamix…). Giving up the piano for a new bought Roland R8. Searching for silence.
99 – 00 Dj-ing across Switzerland. Meeting with Miss Kittin - great helpful friend. Meeting with TDK – Graphic designers, video directors and djs/producers collective. Weetamix + Festival du film de Locarno (projections 25 images/sec.) residencies. Member of Electric Indigo's Femalepressure database.
End 00 – 01 Beginning of her residency at Weetamix alongside Luciano. International expansion. Meeting with Dj Hell. Entering the Gigolo family.
End 01 – 02 "Showroom" and her own Internet Radio broadcast Basic. Peak time for parties (including nice shots from Japan to Brazil). After some ethical misunderstandings with the label, she started to go away from gigolo’s politic. Escorteaze becomes her agent. More and more collaborations with several artists (Luciano, Serafin, Dandy Jack…) and crews (Mutek Chile, Soap System Istanbul, Cosmic Chile Zürich).
03 – 05 Starting a new live project named Junction SM alongside DandyJack which consists on an impressive combination of live and dj sessions that lasts for hours. She did several solo-live sets like in august 04 for the Overground festival. Devoted to her studio, continuing to manipulate sounds and silences…
06 Sonja Leaves Escorteaze agency, and it's better like this. The label/collective ruta5cinco is under reconstruction. A bunch of parties will be organized. A remix for legendary band T21 will appear in spring on Le Maquis records. Junction SM first release is cooking, and Sonja's solo one too..
Check her out.. Heard her few weeks ago in the Berghain garden and she blew me away.
She influenced by:
Definitely in love with all Perlon, Karloff, Cynosure, Playhouse, Klang, Cheap, Itiswhatitis, Freunde am tanzen, Foundsound, Logistic, DNH, MFF, Classic, old Kompakt records. Also Contexterior, Karat, Plak, Multicolor, Trapez, old R&S… Troy Pierce, Theo Parrish, Gary Martin, Daniel Wang, Nick Holder, Zip, Sieg über die Sonne, Herbert, Baby Ford, Atom Heart, Daniel Bell, Abe Duque, Sutekh, Mika Vayno, and K Alexi productions. Harder things like Crayhound, the first gigolos, Tension, Bpitch control, Central records, … Old stuffs from K. Sounderson, Todd Terry, Dj Assault, UR, LFO, Cosmic baby… For the quiet moments: plaid, boards of Canada, sun electric, mouse on mars, Yellow magic orchestra, Jimmy Scott, Jorge Ben, Boris Vian. And listening to Bian Eno and King Crimpson at home - Giorgio Moroder's fear of L.A., John Cage’s silence, Simone broken heart, Kiss. Well, it's just a sample!
