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Further information and tracklist: https://bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-249--full-efx

“It's super sludgy psychedelic, ruff & raw in some parts broken and moving around 118 -120 bpm max. This is the anti peak time mix” - Anthony Parasole (@the-corner_brooklyn)

Bleep Mix #249 - FULL EFX

"Inspired by a recent set in Mexico City, which took place in a former women's prison at 4 am, I recorded this mix live in my studio in New York City. Broadcast on Afrodeutche's BBC 6  show The People's Party on Friday, May 27th, 2022."

VERONICA VASICKA'S PHONES DOWN FINALE MIX - BBC6

The mighty Danny Wolfers a.k.a. Legowelt in The Beat Mix deze week!

The Beat is het elektronische muziek programma op NPO 3FM. Gepresenteerd door Justin Verkijk elke zaterdagavond tussen 22:00 en 01:00.

The Beat Mix: Legowelt

I-F's acid project Beverly Hills 808303 recorded live in De Verdieping (Trouw Amsterdam) during Clone Label Night:  Back To The Acid Planet on the 15th of August 2014.

I-F: http://www.octopus-agents.com/artist.php?id=162

Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/591529154279079/

I-F aka Beverly Hills 808303 @ Back To The Acid Planet, Trouw Amsterdam (15-08-14)

This week's mix comes from Silent Servant. His prolific output as a producer and artist has laid the groundwork for much of the most ambitious and forward thinking electronic music of today. As a member of the now defunct Sandwell District, he helped force the hand of change with uncompromising ability. 

LN-CC Store Mix 042 - Silent Servant

New York City’s Veronica Vasicka very much discovered an untapped musical mine when searching for music for her radio show more than a decade ago. That mine was full of rare, overlooked and forgotten DIY synth records from the 70s and 80s and inspired her to start her own label, Minimal Wave. Since then it has become an imprint with a very focussed musical and visual identity, has spawned compilations on Peanut Butter Wolf's Stones Throw Records and has made Veronica an in demand DJ all round the world.

At those gigs, she offers up a sleek musical vision that is mirrored here in the mix she had done for our on going series.  Starting with a poignant monologue about new music, it then drops into a rugged groove that is industrial and machine made, abstract and futuristic. The ensuing hour touches on the robo-techno of Levon Vincent, terse beats and raved-up electro as well as some colourful and trippy disco. A lot is packed in, but a buffed metal sheen ties the whole thing together and subtly oozes the very essence of Minimal Wave. 

Dekmantel Podcast 072 - Veronica Vasicka

Veronica Vasicka will perform at Sónar by Day on Saturday June 17th at SonarDôme.

Tickets: https://sonar.es/en/2017/tickets

Recorded live in NYC.
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Sounds of Sónar by Veronica Vasicka

Recording of an all nighter set for Rhythm Section at Corsica Studios 02.12.2017

Intergalactic Gary for Rhythm Section - Corsica Studios 02.12.2017

Piss yourself.

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Read more: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=610

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Minimal wave meets mutant techno.

Read more here: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=663

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RA.663 Veronica Vasicka

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Veronica Vasicka is possibly one of the most important label owners and DJs in the underground electronic industry. As a woman, the impact of her work and continual influence has positioned Minimal Wave as a repository of assorted auditorial gold. Vasicka’s label and work as a DJ has provided some of the most iconic and memorable tracks the underground which dominated our minds and bodies for nearly two decades. Today, Minimal Wave and its sister label, Cititrax have brought us In Aeternam Vale, Marie Davidson’s Adieux Au Dancefloor, Oppenheimer Analysis, Martin Dupont and Deux to name a few. It is without doubt that Minimal Wave’s Veronica Vasicka is underground royalty and will continue to inspire fans and artists alike in years to come

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This Was Belgium 1987-89 - 2 hours of New Beat favourites

New Beat was born and initially exploded in 1987, went supernova (in Belgium) in 1988 and then the formula morphed a bit and was declared dead in 1989. It was slow and initially all about the atmosphere with industrial strength beats - the main form of rhythmic propulsion being the pounding kick and heavy snare. It was often mainly instrumental and when there was lyrical content it often became more about slogans and giving commands - "Move Your Ass And Feel The Beat!", "Let There Be Brightness!", "Shout Out Loud!". While not really New Beat, it's no surprise Technotronic's "Pump Up Jam" was produced by a crew who had produced a ton of New Beat gems.

In 1989 one of New Beat's founders, Marc Grouls said "New Beat is atmosphere, beats, no lyrics, and sure as hell not commercial!!!!!" But, it was already too late. A zillion bandwagon jumpers had diluted the music and flooded the market with too many sub standard 12" singles. New Beat temple, the legendary Boccaccio nightclub, in Destelbergen, near Ghent, had been closed down and it looked like it was all over, but really, it was just the beginning. New Beat morphed into Hard Beat (many of the tracks on this mix are from the Hard Beat era) which quickly morphed into Belgian Rave, which was huge and hugely influential in the UK and is an often overlooked part of the DNA of UK Hardcore, and all that came after. Then from Ghent, R&S Records established itself as thee European Techno label and a huge wave of incredible Techno records emanated from it and many other mighty Belgian labels, but that is another story. 

New Beat arrived just as I first started DJing and I played a lot of it in my DJ sets and built up connections with several of the leading Belgian labels who would send me 12" singles so I had records nobody else here had any idea even existed. I would compile New Beat charts for the music paper The NME which may have given the impression there was a thriving New Beat scene in Scotland. The reality was very different; people here, many of whom would embrace the rave just a little while later never really took to it in a big way.

This mix is comprised of many of my personal favourites that I have loved since they came out (and two I missed at the time and only heard later). I think the tracks have aged like a fine wine, often sounding as good if not better today as they did then. There is definitely a faint whiff of fromage and a big dollop of stoopid in several of these tracks. Of course, it is not all about the cheese and many of these adhere to the "atmosphere, beats, no lyrics, and sure as hell not commercial" rule mentioned above. Some of the best programmed 303 Acid basslines ever made can be heard here along with transcendental hypno synths and those Belgian beats going on and on....! Slow and low, from under 100bpm up to 116, New Beat doesn't chug, it swings in a very distinct way. If you get to see any videos of Belgian clubs of the era, the way people moved to this music is incredible and so different to any dancing we see today.

Many of these tracks are made by the same people under various aliases, which will perhaps be audibly evident. Most of the names have been forgotten, if they were ever even known outside their native Belgium at all, but all are legends to me. 

This mix isn't any kind of attempt to tell the story of New Beat but rather a mix 33 of my favourite 12" singles from that era showing many of the various strains of the New Beat and Hard Beat sound. A lot of love went into this and I hope someone somewhere discovers this music for the first time and falls in love with it as I did way back when. This was Belgium!

This Was Belgium 1987-89 - 2 hours of New Beat favourites

The Minimal Wave label was founded by Veronica Vasicka in 2005 to create a network for synth wave enthusiasts and promote 80s electronic music via an online archive and vinyl releases. The label specializes in high-quality vinyl pressings of electronic artists from all over the world. Our sub-label Cititrax focuses on modern and experimental electronic dance music. Aside from limited edition vinyl releases, both labels' catalogs are available digitally as well.

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Dekmantel Podcast 072 - Veronica Vasicka

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