B12 in Energy Flash

While I do read a lot (250+ books last year), I rarely read about rave culture or techno music. I rather listen to techno than read about it. But some time ago, Jimmy recommended Energy Flash by Simon Reynolds to me, a personal account of a music journalist’s experiences with Britain’s rave scene back in […]

Gert’s Loved Tracks VII

The first artist to appear for a second time on this list is Juan Atkins, with Game One using his Infiniti moniker. Scrobbled four times, which is a record for the time being. Breakbeat jazz track Timing by Innerzone Orchestra aka Carl Craig. Scrobbled two times. Detroit Electro Boogie track Step Into My Groove by […]

A Video Records’ Favorite: Praise You by Fatboy Slim

This is part of a series featuring the personal favorite video clips of Video Records. The Fatboy Slim video-clip of Praise You is great because the dancers are out of tune with song, as it was originally made for the song The Rockafeller Skank. It cost about $800 to produce and won three major awards at […]

GERT’S TOP 100 ARTISTS OF 2018, PART 9/10

This is the last post before we reach the final top 10. Let’s look at the ranks 20 to 11. #20 Brian Eno The father of ambient music. #19 Alec Empire The father of digital hardcore. #18 Hiroki Okano According to last.fm he’s one of the front runner in New Age, Ambient and Ethnic Music  in Japan. […]

Gert’s Loved Tracks VI

Like everybody else, I celebrated to Detroit Grand Pubah‘s super hit Sandwiches. Although I now find the voice a little bit annoying, it is still cool stuff. Scrobbled two times. The first Dutch track on this list is Clear, a dreamy techno song by Amsterdam based producer Joris Voorn. The first netlabel track on this […]