i have not heard such a nice mix since the good old time

FUNK D´VOID

Freshly squeezed on Leena Music. Lee Van Dowski & Dean Demanuele:
http://www.beatport.com/release/branding-you-damned/1267148

http://www.mobilee-records.de/artists/lee-van-dowski

Lee Van Dowski: The very name exudes style and intrigue—a country lord, perhaps, who at night throws open the manor gates to host all-night bacchanals legendary for their wine and song.

And though the French-born, Geneva-based artist may not have a manor to his name, the rest isn't far off the mark. Born Renaud Lewandowski, Lee has earned a reputation as a kind of dark prince of uplifting electronic music—a trickster who spreads his mischief via long, undulating DJ sets and bewilderingly funky releases. And he's done this in a remarkably short span of time. In 2004, he and Philippe Quenum released the well-received "Extension"/"Oregon" single for Luciano's Cadenza label; since then Lee has gone on to unleash a deluge of material on labels like Mental Groove, Bpitch Control, Dumb Unit, Einmaleins, Memo, Plak, Defrag Sound Processing, Mobilee, Leena, Wagon Repair, Soma (where Lee and Quenum also released their collaborative album, As Told On The Eve Of…) and still more. He's a regular fixture at some of the world's most celebrated nightclubs— Panorama Bar, Weetamix, Goa, Rex Club, D edge, The Arches etc…and even more celebrated afters. And as the director of two labels—Num, alongside Quenum, and 60Sec, with Agnès—he's released dozens of records from the likes of Butane, Mike Shannon, Alex Attias, Exercise one, Pan Pot, Dario Zenker and many more.

But while it's been a comparatively rapid ascent, Lee's roots go deep. His musical prehistory may be similar to many of his generation: raised on rock and hip-hop, complete with the obligatory attempt to learn to play guitar followed by short-lived bands with schoolmates. But Lee was the beneficiary of his stepfather's eclectic musical tastes, which spanned classical, jazz, funk, rock and even musique concrete and academic electronic music. "I was fascinated by the metallic sleeves and their geometrical designs," he remembers, suggesting a possible source for the shimmering timbres and clever vectors of his own music.

The pieces first fell together in 1993, when a friend invited Lee to attend a rave in southern France, near where he lived. "That was the shock of my life," says Lee, echoing a sentiment that will be familiar to many. "That was what I was looking for, without really knowing it—thousands of people dancing and sweating in the open air. An amazing soundsystem. And this never-ending kick that drives you to madness… Since that day, I've devoted my life entirely to being a part of this."

Lee got involved with the infamous Dragon Bal raves, where Miss Kittin got her start; he worked mundane jobs, saved money, bought decks and a mixer and taught himself to spin. He came to production the same way, beginning with an MPC2000, but translating the sounds in his head into its fat, blocky pads wasn't as easy as it seemed. His ambitions took Lee to Geneva, where he earned a degree in music engineering, but it may have been his next job, working in a Lausanne music shop, that really signaled his entry into the world of electronic music. "Even if the boss was a crazy guy, the shop was like a goldmine, full of gear and old analog synths, drum machines, all the recording and mixing tools you could dream of," he recalls with awe. He took advantage of his employee discount to build out his studio, and just as importantly, the shop served as a focal point for all the area's musicians. It was here that Lee would meet both Quenum and Luciano—and from there, as they say, the rest is history…

There's no single description for Lee's productions, which have proved unusually malleable in his half-decade of releases; an early interest in the skittish rhythms of labels like Warp and Skam remains evident, but reformatted for the supple grooves of deep house and classic minimal techno. His time in the Lausanne music shop clearly served him well; Lee's tracks immediately stand out for their fine sense of detail, an almost intangible shimmer. Utilizing samples, drum machines and all manner of synthesizer, Lee's music remains open to every possibility. "It's an empirical process," he says of his method. "Each sound or loop brings me to the next one, and so on, until the moment that I feel I have all the elements I need to finish the track. Of course, there are always surprises and accidents—that's what makes the magic in writing music."

Lee's DJ sets are similarly spirited. "Technically, I like to surprise myself," he says. "I like to do a long, smooth mix, and then a radical one… It's important for me to try telling a story, so of course your technique is another way of doing that, along with the music itself. With time and with age, maybe, the tempo really decreased—I think I play a bit deeper now than five or six years ago. But I still love a good, bouncy track if it's not too aggressive, and if the energy serves the groove instead of breaking it." Slowing down also means stretching out. "I like to play long sets," he continues, "when you don't have to rush, and you can really forget yourself and build something different."

2009 finds Lee stretching out as never before. The year began with his Free For All Crash Endeavors, released on his and Quenum's Num label, and The Variable Man (Leena), with one track featuring Lee's longtime colleague Agnes; Lee also collaborated with Anja Schneider for Mobilee's 50th release, "Deseo"/"La Roulette." Further releases are out now, or due soon, on Saf Series, Material Series and Curle Recordings. But the year's biggest development may be Lee's return to Cadenza, the label that helped launch his career five years ago. In May, Lee will appear alongside Luciano, Glimpse and Guy Gerber on a split EP; he also joins Cadenza Booking, joining a family-style roster that includes Luciano, Thomas Melchior, Petre Inspirescu, Rhadoo, Mirko Loko and many more of electronic dance music's most innovative players. Count Lee has returned to his Swiss manor, the gates are wide open, and the beat is beckoning.

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Lee Van Dowski - mobilee promo mix - April 2014

It's amazing that I found this recording. One of the best weekends of my life, playing in some dingy basement in NYC in the summer of 1998, where I was living to record the Chaser LP "Game On" and ended up carrying around my AKAI MPC3000 in it's flight case and bringing it out at any opportune moment for a party. Here's the set, a samplebox mash-up performed with only 32mb of internal memory for the whole set. How did I do it back then? I was young and hungry... ;)
ps Excuse the sound quality, it's from a mini-disc I found!! Remember them?



LIVE! New York City basement party 1998 (MPC3000 show)

Boom tech house forever set...awesome night with awesome people. I had a blast!!

Funk D'Void DJ set @ Truesounds Club Helka 21.05.11

Jamie Woon - Middle (Sis Edit).wmv

Salva (COL), VNUS - Bailamos? (Original Mix)

MONOTONE continues where Echo Schwarz left off — not as a repetition, but as a tightening of focus.
Stripped-down dub techno built on pressure, repetition and subtle movement, glowing red instead of black: warmer, more physical, more direct.
Designed for the space between night and morning, where rhythm becomes a state and monotony turns into power.

Insomnia

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here's the correct link, enjoy...with no talking, just the mix!


Funk D’Void “Danse Macabre” (Outpost)
Villains “Slow Thump (Sian’s insulated mix)” (Octopus)
Alexander Kowalski “Belo Horizonte (Heiko Laux remix) Kanzleramt
Heiko Laux “LGC (Based on an episode by Offshore Funk)” Kanzleramt
Funk D’Void “Diabla (Psycatron remix)” (Unreleased)
Funk D’Void “The Duke (Chymera remix)” (Outpost)
Nebraska “The Cruives” (Rush Hour Recordings)
DZeta N’ Basile “Domino Effect” (Loco Records)
Scuba “Adrenalin” (Hot Flush)
 Francois Dubois “Back 2 Raw (unreleased mix)”
 Tony Lionni “We Should Be Together” (Lo:Rise)
 Vince Watson “3rd Sign” (Headspace)

Funk D'Void Mix for John Digweed's Transitions radio show 17th September 2011

Best of Underground House Music compiled and mixed by DJ Paulo Arruda.

Thank you so much! Muito obrigado!

2016 © http://pauloarruda.com/music/

Paulo Arruda - Mixology Radio Show 107.5 FM Jan/2016

Funk D Void @ Tech & Body - Studio 2016

♫ Download ♫: 
http://www.deephouseamsterdam.com/mix-209-adesse-versions

^tracklist at the link above^

Starting out as a simple re-edit series, Adesse Versions aka Kevin Gorman has reformulated his humble ambitions into a few white label releases. Adopting a typical cut and paste ethos to house music, Adesse Versions curates a theme that exemplifies roughness and raw emotion.

Known for his production of tracks such as Baayi, Pressured and Modall, his music has found its way into the hands of icons such as Derrick May, Larry Heard and Gilles Peterson. Major record companies have also taken notice, resulting in a remix of Henry Krinkle for Sony. Along with his deep root in house-oriented work, he runs as a former mainstay of the techno world. His music graced labels such as Curle, Ostgut Ton and his own imprint Mikrowave.

In light of his talent and keen ear for a range of music, Adesse Versions showcases an exclusive mixtape.

https://soundcloud.com/adesseversions

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Adesse Versions - DHL Mix #209

Fantastic atmosphere &amp; people, I'm glad that there are still clubs like this out there! Viva Studio 80!

Funk D'Void @ Welcome To The Future, Studio 80 (10.12.2011)

Once Slam planted the flag for techno in Glasgow at the start of the ‘90s, the Scottish city’s musical destiny was changed forever. Fostering many a great talent with their Soma imprint, Lars Sandberg – aka Funk D’Void, aka Francois Dubois – remains one of the brightest that they have uncovered. Breaking through on the legendary duo’s label in 1995, he forged a sound that combined techno beats and percussion with soaring melodies and chords to scintillating effect. Continuing to impress with his own Outpost Recordings, this new double mix CD for the acclaimed Balance series sees this enduring talent follow on from his previous compilations for Cocoon and Soma.

“My inspiration for Balance 22 stems from listening to the “Back To Mine” compilation series of the previous decade” he reveals. “A particular memory was imprinted on me from a long car journey back from the beach with friends when we listened to one of the releases without speaking for two hours, completely lost in the whole magic of the day together.” In keeping with the timeless nature of that series and other inspiring mix CDs, he was keen both to clearly mark his own stamp on the compilation and to avoid disposability and transience in its content. “I didn’t want too many of the latest hottest tracks in the mix, so I basically made a selection of moments that have had the biggest impact on me and attempted to weave them into a cohesive structure that might connect on the same level that I had experienced them. Every track has been edited by me so I wasn’t held back by overlong arrangements built for the club, opting instead for the immediate impact that could still be attained as one body of work.”

Disc 1 gets down to serious business with no delay, Sandberg’s way with atmospherics and groove immediately brought to the fore in his remix of Hawkinson’s Introduction. This first set focuses squarely on the myriad flavours of techno and deeper house that permeate a typical Funk D’Void set, with melody served up in a subtle fashion amidst throbbing, inviting rhythms. It’s techno for the heart, head and soul as well as the body – the way its pioneers intended it. Indeed, nods to Detroit come early on through Monty Luke and Underground Resistance mainstays Los Hermanos, those gentle melodies soon building to the unbridled euphoria and old skool breaks of Chris Malinchak’s Razor. He plays with the listener’s emotion across the mix, weaving between dark and joyful, taking things deep with plodding analog basslines and an exclusive cut from rising name Arkist.

John Tejada’s re-rub of Soy Mustafa’s ‘Return Of The Annunaki’ tingles the spine before we head deeper into hypnotic territories courtesy of Moodymanc and Exercise One & Mathew Jonson. Out of the murky depths of the mid-section rise the splashy disco hi-hats and filtered loops of Sam Matters’ hazy Weight Off My Mind and some ethereal beauty from Chymera. Pezzner’s Only With Your Eyes injects some organic instrumentation as a contrast to the electronic textures of the rest of the disc, and Sandberg’s edit of Vince Watson’s A Very Different World brings those sumptuous melodies back to fore as we reach this first disc’s climate. Tony Lionni’s sublime Loving You guides us to a heady crescendo with its bold lead lines and chords, before our host finishes off with an exclusive rolling funk-fuelled remix of his classic Diabla by Ireland’s ever-impressive Psycatron.

The second disc of this stunning selection pulls at that glistening, euphoric thread that teases throughout the first disc and lets it run rampant over a beautiful selection of slo-mo, sun-licked tracks that make for a masterful sunset or sunrise set. Kolombo’s Waiting For sets the charmed Balearic vocals to work, with Italo synth bass and sensual arpeggios resplendent in Lee Webster’s Delve thereafter. We journey through the funk of Lovebirds’ Running Backwards and the sweeping atmospherics of Vince Watson’s epic Celtic Beauty before the tempo suddenly lurches into the prettiest of all dubstep on our DJ’s own exclusive edit of Joash’s Assassin. An exclusive Joris Voorn cut momentarily continues the pacier theme, before Sandberg slips into his Francois Dubois guise to take us into lush deep house territory.

Stunning synth work abounds in Rhythm Maker’s Alles Mainstream, with some Patrice Scott ambience then leading into vintage Rob Acid grit, and next bouncing disco in Soundstream’s Making Love. We have a brilliantly eclectic mix here, all the tracks united by a gentle seductiveness that refrains from ever overpowering. There’s room for some more low-slung bassline grooving as we reach the conclusion, Dennis DeSantis’ wonderfully subtle You Say providing a delectable parting shot which again underlines Funk D’Void’s love of tangible emotion in house and techno music.

Funk D’Void has clearly stamped his identity on the Balance series here, deftly displaying the two distinct ends of his musical spectrum of which he effortlessly finds the happy medium. “Making such a contribution to such a revered physical CD series I felt that I had to offer something that would transcend the constraints of some of the fickle, fashionable sounds of today’s electronic music scene and record something that would be hopefully still be as welcoming as seeing an old friend over the years upon repeated listens. If some of these sounds reach you in the way they have stayed with me, then my purpose in compiling them has been fulfilled.”

Tracklisting:

CD1 
1. Hawkinson “Introduction (Funk D’Void remix)” 
2. Monty Luke “Yesterday & Today” 
3. Los Hermanos “Olmec My Brother” 
4. Chris Malinchak “Razor” 
5. Peter Dildo “Lucky Punch” 
6. Arkist “Effingham PL” ***EXCLUSIVE*** 
7. Tonka “Orca (dub)” 
8. Mike Acetate “Elevate (Shur-I-Kan & Milton Jackson remix)” 
9. Soy Mustafa “Return Of The Annunaki (John Tejada Cinematic Edit)” 
10. Moodymanc “Talker (Drum dub mix)” 
11. Exercise One & Mathew Jonson “Lost Forever In A Happy Crowd” 
12. Guy Andrews “Confuted” ***EXCLUSIVE*** 
13. Delano Smith “Wires” 
14. Sam Matters “Weight Off My Mind” 
15. Chymera “The Chase (Steve Rachmad Edit)” 
16. Jesper Dahlback “Nyhus Part Two” 
17. Pezzner “Only With Your Eyes” 
18. Spirit Catcher “Sedona (Andre Lodemann remix)” 
19. Vince Watson “A Very Different World (Funk D’Void remix)” 
20. Tony Lionni “Loving You” 
21. Funk D’Void “Diabla (Psycatron Unreleased remix)” ***EXCLUSIVE***

CD2 
1. Alucidnation “Suspended On Air” 
2. Kolombo “Waiting For” 
3. Lee Webster “Delve” ***EXCLUSIVE*** 
4. Pat Metheny “Electric Counterpoint (Fast)” 
5. Lovebirds “Running Backwards” 
6. Space Dimension Controller “Journey To The Core Of The Unknown Sphere” 
7. Martin Patino “Hommage a la Sodomie (Joash Remix)” 
8. Outmode “Dark Journey (Toby Tobias’ Journey to the Light Remix)” 
9. Vincent I. Watson “Celtic Beauty” 
10. Joash “Assassin (Funk D’Void Remix)” 
11. Joris Voorn “RE-2001” ***EXCLUSIVE*** 
12. Chaser “Bite The Bullet (Francois DuBois Remix)” 
13. Tom Ellis “Go Through Me” 
14. DJ Profile “Can U Sing” 
15. Rhythm Maker “Alles Mainstream” 
16. Patrice Scott “Tones & Things” 
17. Robert Babicz “Out Of Order (Rob Acid Version)” 
18. Soundstream “Makin Love” 
19. Blackman “Headroom” 
20. Phil Kieran “Prism” 
21. The Reboot Joy Confession “1999” 
22. Wasted Gaze “Untitled State Of Mind” 
23. Francois DuBois “Sweet Spot” 
24. Dennis DeSantis “You Say

Release dates:

Australia – 28th September 2012 
UK/Europe release date – 24th September 2012 
USA release date – 9th October 2012

Released by: Balance Music 
Release/catalogue number: BAL006CD 
Release date: Sep 24, 2012 


Balance 22 disk 1  (Preview edit)

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http://www.fabriclondon.com/blog/view/introducing-edu-imbernon-and-his-fabric-promo-mix

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