Melon is terug met een nieuw concept “Ratio”
Om gelijk goed van start te gaan zal de eerste editie van Ratio bestaan uit een weekend met twee feesten. Op vrijdag 12 augustus hebben we de eer om niemand minder dan Isolée te kunnen presenteren. Na de nu al bona fide classics “Beau mot Plage” en zijn debut album “Rest” (wat een mijlpaal werd in elektronische muziek), wordt door velen zijn nieuwe album “We are Monster” nu al genoemd als album van het jaar. Daarnaast zijn remixen voor gerespecteerde artiesten als Louie Vega en Recloose hoog in de charts beland. Toch heeft hij nog nooit voet op Nederlandsche bodem gezet en zal hij zijn nieuwe album presenteren tijdens een spetterende live show.
Collega en buddy Ark zal na Isolée plaats nemen achter de decks. Deze Parijzenaar speelde zijn hele leven al gitaar in verschillende bands en participeerde daarmee in de ontwikkeling van de Franse fusion scene. Begin jaren 90 was de kennismaking met elektronische muziek onontkoombaar en werd zijn eerste single “Tropikart” gereleased op het bekende Franse Basenotic label. Naast zijn vele samenwerkingen, met onder andere Pepe Bradock met wie hij de underground hit “Escalope de dingue” als Trankilou scoorde, is zijn solo carrière ook niet onopgemerkt voor bij gegaan. Na een aantal succesvolle singles is het dan ook niet vreemd dat zijn rare rokerige atmosferen werden opgemerkt door mensen als Laurent Garnier, Matthew Herbert, Mr Oizo (met wie hij remixen ruilt), Charles Webster en Losoul. Zijn nieuwe album “Caliente”, waar onder andere Jamie Lidell een track op meezingt, ligt nu in de winkels.
Op zaterdag 13 augustus gaan we verder met het 2de deel van het Ratio weekend met een dj set van de uit Berlijn afkomstige Soundhack. Deze man heeft een paar classic underground goodies op zijn naam staan en vormt samen met Errorsmith “Smith-n-Hack”, die vorig jaar de Villalobos hit “Easy Lee” remixten en het tot een hoogtepunt brachten. Zijn overgeproduceerde pompende disco cuts worden op zijn eigen labels, Soundhack en Soundstream, door het befaamde Hardwax wereldwijd verspreid en gewaardeerd. Na de classic Soundstream uit ‘99 is nu het lang verwachte tweede deel verschenen. “Freakin” is wederom een vertrouwd Berlijns groove wapen en is niet bedoeld om thuis te draaien, een absolute dancefloor killer!
Soundhack zal op deze avond vergezeld worden door local hero Aardvarck aka Mike Kivits. Aardvarck is één van de vele gerespecteerde artiesten op de Amsterdamse labels Delsin en Rushhour. Na vier 12inches met melodieuze, Detroit verwarmde broken beats, bracht hij in 2002 als eerste artiest een album op Delsin uit genaamd “Find the Cow”. Geïnspireerd door mensen als Black Dog en Carl Craig bewees hij met dit album een volwaardige techno producer te zijn. Na zijn succesvolle Cultcopy reeks, is zijn laatste single “Just washed that pig” een regelrechte underground clubhit geworden.
Onmisbaar op deze avond is San Proper. San Proper is één van de geheimen die de stad Amsterdam behoort te hebben. Geroemd en berucht om zijn muzikale smaak en sets, organiseert hij onder andere de bekende “Black Disco Bust” en “Choque” avonden.
Op beide avonden zal de organisator van “Ratio” Melon ook achter de decks kruipen om zijn muzikale visie neer te zetten. Melon word een steeds vertrouwder gezicht in het binnen en buitenland en hoopt met dit nieuwe concept en deze line up een volwaardig muzikaal programma neer te zetten.
DETAILS : RATIO WEEKEND
RATIO PART 01
FRIDAY AUGUST 12TH
“FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HOLLAND” ISOLÉE LIVE
WE ARE MONSTER ALBUM TOUR | PLAYHOUSE | FRANKFURT | DE
ARK
CIRCUS COMPANY | KIFF | PERLON | PARIS | FR
MELON
RATIO | AMSTERDAM | NL
OPEN FROM 23.00 TILL 05.00
TICKETS AT THE DOOR 17,50 PRESALE 15 EURO
PRESALE AT AUB, BOUDISQUE & CONCERTO
SUGAR FACTORY
LIJNBAANSGRACHT 238
AMSTERDAM
WWW.SUGARFACTORY.NL
WWW.ISOLEE.DE
WWW.ALLELUYARK.COM
WWW.MELON.NL
RATIO PART 02
SATURDAY AUGUST 13TH
SOUNDHACK
SMITH-N-HACK | SOUNDSTREAM | BERLIN | DE
AARDVARCK
RUSHHOUR | CULTCOPY | AMSTERDAM | NL
SAN PROPER
THE BLACK DISCO BUST | CHOQUE | AMSTERDAM | NL
MELON
RATIO | AMSTERDAM | NL
OPEN FROM 23.00 TILL 06.00
TICKETS 7.50 EURO ONLY AT THE DOOR
STUDIO 80
REMBRANDTPLEIN 17
AMSTERDAM
WWW.STUDIO-80.NL
WWW.SOUNDHACK.DE
WWW.RUSHHOUR.NL
WWW.MELON.NL
ISOLÉE LIVE
1st dutch performance | we are monster album tour | playhouse | frankfurt | de
There were rumours, there were whispers but nothing seemed to be forthcoming. People use the term “long awaited new album” far too flippantly but in Isolée’s case that term doesn’t even begin to do it justice. Five years ago, after a handful of 12’’ singles (including the now bona fide classic “Beau mot Plage”), Rajko Müller released the “Rest” album which blew minds around the world. House music had been stagnant for so long but Rajko found new ways to breathe life into it and made it sound as exciting as the day it was first born in Chicago. He also did something else, he created something entirely new and fresh sounding and made one of the few “dance” albums that stood up to long term listening. To this day it sounds like it came from another world. In the intervening years there have been a few more singles and several acclaimed remixes (for people like: Recloose, Louie Vega, Ark & Blaze) along with a few whispers that the next Isolée album would see Mr. Müller go disco. And now that day has come and “We are Monster” is here.
Rajko Müller, born in Frankfurt/Main. Lived with his family in Algeria at the age of 7 to 12 and went to a French primary school (and on the weekends to a beach called bomo plage). In 1983 he came back to Frankfurt with his family. Around that time his parents bought an organ for Christmas and he tried to do some synth-pop with a school friend and decided to buy a syntheziser and a drumcomputer. Rajko was bored by synth-pop in the end of the 80’s. Friends made him discover housemusic, hip hop and techno in the early 90’s. He started to copy this on his old syntheziser. He gave a tape to his friend Andreas Baum-ecker, owner of Freundinnen records, who worked in a recordstore where the Playhouse guys used to work. That was the beginning of some marvelous music by a guy named Isolée.
Some comments on the “We are Monster” album:
TREVOR JACKSON: “This album is outstanding!”
EWAN PEARSON: “It’s an absolutely stunning record and deserves to be one of the albums of the year!”
TIGA: “This album in incredible!!!!!! I can’t believe how good it is. Holy fck! The record is amazing.”
LAURENT GARNIER: “Definitly wonky - definitely superb - definitely Isolée!”
www.isolee.de | www.ongaku.de
ARK DJ SET
pias | circus company | kompakt | kiff | katapult | perlon | paris | fr
Ark (Guillaume Berroyer) has quite an unusual musical background and is an accomplished musician & producer. Aged 13, he masters the guitar to play his favourite punk and ska tunes. Later he progressively turns to funk and fusion. As a member of the band THC, alongside with other bands like FFF or Sept, he actively participates in the development of French fusion scene. Then, in the early 90’s, came the inevitable encounter with electronic music. This is the time when his first track, “Tropikart” is released by the famous French label Basenotic. Around the same time, he meets Pépé Bradock and forms Trankilou. After their first EP “St Glin Glin” on Basenotic, they make their international break with the underground hit “Escalope de dingue” on Versatile, will be acclaimed all throughout 1995 by the biggest international Dj’s. Following this success, Ark decides to pursue his career as a solo artist. He joins the Brif Records team and releases many successful EP’s. Ark’s weird and smoky atmospheres, floating somewhere between Detroit and Berlin have caught the attention of many renowned artists such as Laurent Garnier, Matthew Herbert, Mr Oizo (with whom he swaps remixes), Jeff Mills, Charles Webster, Mr Scruff or Losoul. Beyond his solo activities a new spell emerged a few months ago, Shalark. It is the duo Shalom and Ark, enriched by the secretly joined Mr. Oizo. Ark’s debut album “Caliente” is out right now on Perlon. On this label he also collaborates with another talent from Paris Cabanne as Copacabannark.
www.alleluyark.com
SOUNDHACK DJ SET
smith-n-hack | soundstream | hardwax | berlin | de
Soundhack was born and is living in Berlin, Germany. He started as a DJ at partys and Berlin clubs in the early 90 s. His favourite styles range from Soul-Funk over Disco to House and Techno music. Spinning inspired him to get into producing music on his own - resulting in the release of “Soundhack 1” in 1997. Being much attracted by his selfmade whitelabel Hard Wax set an exclusive distribution from then on. Equally beside “Soundhack” additional own musical projects emerged. “Soundstream” - as the name indicates - reveals the more flowing side of his music. Collaborating with Errorsmith the latest project “Smith-n-Hack” aims to deliver the whole spectrum of dance music to body and soul. Providing a “Smith-n-Hack” live or dj show with Errorsmith and still spinning solo as Soundhack.
www.soundhack.de
AARDVARCK DJ SET
rushhour | cultcopy | red nose disctrict | amsterdam | nl
Mike Kivits, the man behind Aardvarck, is but one of several respected artists on the Amsterdam-based Delsin label. The producer’s material largely consists of lush, melodic broken beat with the warmth of Detroit techno firmly in mind. Four 12” releases spread across 2000 and 2001 (Non Spoken, Ludiek, Re Spoken, and Nozum) set the table for 2002’s Find the Cow, a 23-track gem of a full-length that vacillates between minute-long interludes and extended mood pieces. Recalling the work of the Black Dog, Sherard Ingram (specifically Urban Tribe’s The Collapse of Modern Culture), and Carl Craig (specifically More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art), Find the Cow - one of the first single-artist LPs released on Delsin - established Kivits as a techno producer worthy of keeping an eye on.
www.rushhour.nl
MELON DJ SET
ratio resident | amsterdam | nl
Melon aka Jeroen Hofer is an Amsterdam based dj/producer with a Swiss nationality. At young age he found out music is his first love. After being the dj at all school parties, melon started to experiment with electronics and to play in several bands. A few years later melon sold all his equipment and started clubbing. going from club to club he realized he missed producing and found a temporary solution with mixing records. After playing at several underground parties , he got offered a residency at club Mazzo. Than things really started to happen. Nowadays melon is a known for his long, eclectic and enthousiastic dj sets. You can find him playing at well known clubs all over europe and he is one of the founders of the minimal scene in holland.
www.melon.nl
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