MAGDA 
She’s a Dancing Machine

Evolution is a fuzzy thing when it comes to electronic dance music, especially when left in the hands of certain DJ’s. From experimental to disco to pop to house and everything in between and to come, the mutation is the now and new. Known for mutations of her own, MAGDA, the Berlin resident DJ and producer, brings her influences and creations full circle in this runway soundtrack act SHE’S A DANCING MACHINE. Through over thirty tracks of classic and fresh as hell dance burners, the selection and style is reflective yet reactive to what “minimal” music and mix albums ought to create. From robotic hustles to disco house sprinkler moves and electro-tech windmills, Magda turns the years back to phuture.

Equal parts perspiration and inspiration, SHE’S A DANCING MACHINE delivers with micro-edits, custom loops and lofty effects, born out of her DJ ascension from beating the bits out of her Final Scratch in clubs. The mix has the range you’d expect with top shelf artists included such as Metro Area, Ricardo Villalobos, Marc Houle and Robert Babicz and sets up some surprises from decades past by dropping in Larry Heard and Portion Control. Amongst personal favorites from The Persuader (Svek’s Jesper Dahlbäck) she’s not afraid to loop in her own productions from Minus and her new label (along with Marc Houle and Troy Pierce), Items & Things.

SHE’S A DANCING MACHINE paints the experience and attitude from a night with Magda in control at the decks. Since the turn of the millennium she’s been building a steady fan base throughout Europe, North America and Japan with a few residencies built by demand, charming us along the way with a smile. Magda has taken the chosen not given path of a DJ with a mission- searching, finding and carving her own path from being a slave to the rhythm. 

Label: M_nus – MINUS 43 CD
Format: CD, Compilation, Mixed 
Released: 01 Sep 2006
Style: Techno, Minimal

Tracklist
1		 Track 1	4:28	
1.1	Duoteque –	 Lola		
1.2	Magda –	 Black Leather Wonder		
1.3	Ricardo Villalobos –	 Adgam		
1.4	JPLS –	 Twilite 4	
	
2		 Track 2	4:06	
2.1	Ricardo Villalobos –	 Adgam		
2.2	JPLS –	 Twilite 4		
2.3	Ivo Deutschmann –	 Spectrometer		
2.4	Vivianne Projects* –	 Strangers With Canada		
2.5	Bruno Pronsato –	 Wuorinen (Jackmate Mix)
2.6	Lordy –	 The Watchtower (Stevie Kotey Kosmik Dub)
2.7	Tractile –	 The Lost Beach
		
3		 Track 3	4:02	
3.1	Vivianne Project –	 Strangers With Canada		
3.2	Bruno Pronsato –	 Wuorinen (Jackmate Mix)
3.3	Lordy –	 The Watchtower (Stevie Kotey Kosmik Dub)
3.4	Tractile –	 The Lost Beach		
3.5	Marc Houle –	 Chuck Gaydicaca		
3.6	Louderbach –	 Grace (Anxiety)
		
4		 Track 4	5:14	
4.1	Louderbach –	 Grace (Anxiety)		
4.2	Robert Babicz –	 Battlestar		
4.3	Niederflur –	 Drehbrücke		
4.4	Matt John –	 I.O.		
4.5	Marc Houle –	 Suces Mes Graines		
4.6	Tractile –	 Time Vandal		
4.7	Metro Area –	 Honey Circuit	
	
5		 Track 5	4:51	
5.1	Marc Houle –	 Suces Mes Graines		
5.2	Troy Pierce –	 Dark Pearl		
5.3	Ryan Crosson –	 Artists Have Bad Haircuts		
5.4	Magda –	 Oblivicleas		
5.5	Persuader, The –	 Centralbron		
5.6	Marc Houle –	 Analog Road		
5.7	Run Stop Restore –	 Speeder 64		
5.8	JPLS –	 Z Program (Mark Henning Remix)

6		 Track 6	4:59	
6.1	Persuader, The –	 Centralbron		
6.2	JPLS –	 Z Program (Mark Henning Remix)
6.3	Louderbach –	 Reflected		
6.4	Marc Houle –	 Boat		
6.5	Marc Houle –	 Black Jack 13		
6.6	Konrad Black –	 Coma Couch Surfing	
	
7		 Track 7	4:51	
7.1	JPLS –	 Z Program (Mark Henning Remix)
7.2	Konrad Black –	 Coma Couch Surfing		
7.3	JPLS –	 Red 20		
7.4	Plastikman –	 Slow Poke (Twilight Zone Edit)		
7.5	Magda –	 Doctor Secret Tooth		

8		 Track 8	5:28	
8.1	JPLS –	 Red 20		
8.2	Plastikman –	 Slow Poke (Twilight Zone Edit)		
8.3	Magda –	 Doctor Secret Tooth		
8.4	Larry Heard –	 Amnesia		
8.5	Troy Pierce –	 25 Bitches (Berg Nixon's Zig Zag Mix)
8.6	Donnacha Costello –	 Rusty Sticks		
8.7	Glimpse –	 Body Slip Julia		
8.8	Marc Houle –	 Stacks And Stacks	
	
9		 Track 9	5:19	
9.1	Glimpse –	 Body Slip Julia		
9.2	Marc Houle –	 Stacks And Stacks		
9.3	Marc Houle –	 Edamame		
9.4	Slacknoise –	 Discover The Active Crash Hiss		
9.5	Niederflur –	 Kalk-Kapelle		
9.6	Marc Houle –	 Drumathon		
9.7	Tractile –	 Poisoned With Words	
	
10		 Track 10	4:34	
10.1	Slacknoise –	 Discover The Active Crash Hiss		
10.2	Marc Houle –	 Drumathon		
10.3	Pantytec –	 Maybe		
10.4	Niederflur –	 Porz-Wahn		
10.5	Bruno Pronsato –	 Open Your Eyes
		
11		 Track 11	5:03	
11.1	Bruno Pronsato –	 Open Your Eyes		
11.2	Gaiser* –	 Breathe Here		
11.3	Vivianne Project –	 Chicken Bone Charm Bracelet		
11.4	Der Dritte Raum –	 Krank		
11.5	Caro –	 My Little Pony
Remix – Bruno Pronsato

12		 Track 12	4:31	
12.1	Der Dritte Raum –	 Krank		
12.2	Caro –	 My Little Pony
Remix – Bruno Pronsato
12.3	Marc Houle –	 Thirds In Trees		
12.4	Dinky –	 Home On A Sunday		
12.5	Marc Houle –	 Raking It		
12.6	Portion Control –	 Elektrotechnik		
12.7	I. A. Bericochea –	 R2		
12.8	Ryan Crosson –	 Gotham Road	
	
13		 Track 13	5:23	
13.1	Dinky –	 Home On A Sunday		
13.2	Ryan Crosson –	 Gotham Road		
13.3	Onur Özer –	 Lotus		
13.4	From Within –	 Lost		
13.5	Phage & Daniel Dreier –	 Beeswax		
13.6	Plastikman –	 Ekko		
13.7	Concept 1 –	 19:00	
	
14		 Track 14	6:03	
14.1	From Within –	 Lost		
14.2	Phage & Daniel Dreier –	 Beeswax		
14.3	Plastikman –	 Ekko		
14.4	Concept 1 –	 19:00		
14.5	Tractile –	 Warning Light		
14.6	Tractile –	 Ardorant		
14.7	Troy Pierce –	 Louderbach		
14.8	Tractile –	 Paper Tiger		
14.9	Magda –	 Staring Contest (Unreleased Version)		
14.10	Damián Schwartz –	 RYF2	
	
15		 Track 15	5:35	
15.1	Marc Houle –	 Boat		
15.2	Damián Schwartz –	 RYF2		
15.3	Marc Houle –	 Avon		
15.4	From Within –	 Snake Charmer		
15.5	Heartthrob –	 Lunar Park		
15.6	Bruno Pronsato –	 The River		
15.7	DJ Koze –	 Dangernugget	
	
16		 Track 16	3:43	
16.1	Duoteque –	 Lola		
16.2	Bruno Pronsato –	 The River		
16.3	DJ Koze –	 Dangernugget		
16.4	Disco D –	 Beat It		


2006-09 Magda - She's A Dancing Machine (Full Mix)

Magda is amongst the most high-profile and in demand artists, having proven herself as a consistent, adventurous and exceptional performer, with a knack for bringing music together in unexpected ways.
Magda's realm as an artist pans far beyond the typical role of DJ and producer. With an open mind, Magda will try her hand at whatever feels right – from music technology collaborations and events to producing premium Tequila - creating a truly unique, multifaceted expression of herself.
Born in Poland and raised in Detroit, Magda discovered beauty and inspiration in Detroit’s raw urban landscape. In 1998, she joined the Minus label and began touring as Richie Hawtin's main DJ.
Since her first international tour in 2003, Magda established herself globally as an artist known for pushing musical boundaries and expressing her unique style. She released her forward-thinking DJ mix album 'She's A Dancing Machine' in 2006, followed by her debut artist album ‘From The Fallen Page’ in 2010 among other single releases. Magda’s remix work includes Plastikman and Depeche Mode and DJ mix albums for Fabric, Balance, as well as a BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix, among others.
In 2006, Magda established the Items & Things label and booking agency with Troy Pierce and Marc Houle.
In 2017, she launched the Perm event series in Berlin. Sitting pretty at the crossroads between art and club culture, Perm was a collective initiated by Magda and established in the name of artistic cross-pollination with a very strong multimedia aesthetic. Guests included Atom TM, Burnt Friedman, Jan Jelinek, and Cristian Vogel.
Recently, Magda has produced and performed alongside T.B. Arthur as Blotter Trax. The Blotter Trax live show combines modular synthesis, live improvisation and rhythmic exploration. Performance highlights have included live audio- visual duets with video artist Lillevan (Morton Subotnick, Christian Fennesz) and a recent club tour of Japan which saw the duo performing live and transitioning into Magda’s signature DJ sets.

2006-09 Magda - She's A Dancing Machine (Full Mix)

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