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Crosstown Rebels at We Are FSTVL, 25th May 2013 w/ Damian Lazarus, Dixon, Art Department, Mathew Jonson (Live), Amirali (Live), Fur Coat, Subb-An & Clive Henry. 

Soon to be entering its tenth year at the forefront of future-moving dance music, Crosstown Rebels remains the electronic pioneering force of the past decade. View the lineup here > https://apps.facebook.com/fstvllineup

We Are FSTVL Presents: Crosstown Rebels

Kompakt

mathew jonson

Good stuff

nuits sonores

june2013

Mikoki Twat - The Wheely Bin Song - (Feat' Hiroe Takei, Mobster Thermidore & Sean Pubis)

song to annoy Mike_-_down at the quiz

Back in 2006

I Love... That You Know - Disclosure

As the video stream of the show only showed 30 minutes due to technical problems (http://boilerroom.tv/dixons-30-min-mix-2/), here is now the full recording of Dixon's DJ set at Boiler Room Berlin 006, containing many unreleased tracks.

Also follow http://www.soundcloud.com/dixon on Soundcloud.

http://boilerroom.tv/boiler-room-berlin-006-dixon-move-d-midnight-operator-live-jus-ed/

Dixon live at Boiler Room Berlin 006 - Full 60 Minutes!

The new album 'CARACAL' is out now
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Official Store: http://po.st/qO7d9s
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Disclosure Live: http://disclosureofficial.com/live/
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The debut album from Disclosure 'Settle' 
iTunes: http://po.st/Eabal4
Official Store: http://po.st/iaE7o9
Special Edition: http://po.st/viEW5R

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Running - Jessie Ware (Disclosure Remix)

Recorded Live at The Building, Windsor, Canada.

Richie Hawtin (Plastikman): Mixmag Live Vol. 20 (1995)

Oliver Huntemann & Dubfire - Terra

http://www.hummingbird-label.com/

Listen to my last podcast  here !

http://www.sceen.fm/?resident=1721&desc=Friends—H—Hummingbird—Andr%E9s-Bucci

chilean producer andrés bucci returns to hummingbird with mental menthology, a new mini LP packed with six original cuts and three remixes by two labelmates. andrés draws us into his percussive universe of subtle beat elements, playful harmonic energy, and a delicate attention to detail that underlies each production. the overall tone of the LP is balanced between warmth and subtlety one the one hand, and an uneasy sharp edge on the other, alternatively evoking a sense of berlin’s cold, dark winter and its vibrant nightime underglow.

 

two of hummingbird’s residents were enlisted for the remixes. label boss edgar jack etches a deep, broken beat mix of “steps ahead” as well as a jackin’ tech house mix of “stimulation”, while doubtingthomas crafts a haunting deep house mix of “tickling whispers”. both remixers have stayed true to the LP’s overall vibe.

T.R

HUMM006-08 Andres Bucci - Tickling Whispers (DoubtingThomas Remx)

New single 'Holding On' ft. Gregory Porter
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Spotify: http://po.st/HoldingOnSpotify

Taken from the new album 'CARACAL' out 25th September
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Disclosure Live: http://disclosureofficial.com/live/
Official Merch: http://po.st/4iqh1L

The debut album from Disclosure 'Settle' 
iTunes: http://po.st/Eabal4
Official Store: http://po.st/iaE7o9
Special Edition: http://po.st/viEW5R

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http://youtube.com/officialdisclosure
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Settle

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"Dubstep may have a monopoly on wobble, but Tom Demac strikes back on "Critical Distance Pt. 2," a surly brawler of a house track whose shuddering low end recalls Azzido da Bass' 1999 anthem "Doom's Night." It kicks off relatively demurely, with a crisp, shuffling drum groove fleshed out with tuned toms and watery string pads. But that melancholy restraint gives way to something far more primal. That bass has something to do with it, poised somewhere between foghorn blast and the bellow of a wooly mammoth, and a yowling vocal melody drives home the track's essential animal nature—cornered, wounded, and entirely unconcerned with niceties like prettiness and pitch. To the contrary, the way the voice slides between the notes only adds to the drama, reinforcing the sense of being sucked down in quicksand.

That said, it would have been nice to have an instrumental version, for those occasions when you're not feeling quite so Bronze Age hunting-party, although Hrdvsion's remix also does the trick. He keeps his interventions minimal, removing the vocal and giving the drums a faintly garage-y re-shuffle. It's still plenty ominous, suffused in rolling war drums and distant banshee wail."

4/5

taken from: http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=11584

Tom Demac - Critical Distance Pt. 2 (Hrdvsion Remix)

Badman Ras Livity riddim

Day Zero – Sound Of The Mayan Spirit Compiled by Damian Lazarus
Released:  3rd December 2012
Cat No: CRMCD021 

http://dayzerofestival.com

Damian Lazarus, the Crosstown Rebels founder famous for his idiosyncratic style and personality, embarks on a groundbreaking new project with Day Zero. On 20th - 21st	December 2012 he will stage a festival in stunning Playa del Carmen, Mexico that will celebrate the momentous end of this world cycle, as decreed by the ancient Mayan civilisation.

To commemorate this enigmatic event he asked thirteen artists to create a new track for a special Day Zero compilation. His peers and comrades stepped up to the challenge with Rebel’s artist past, present and future contributing to this momentous collection compiled by Damian Lazarus.
Pier Bucci opens with the eerie and captivating ‘Mayas’ full of his Latin-American spirit. He was introduced to the music world by Crosstown, releasing his first two albums on the label. Next up, Quenum shares his ‘Prophecy’ and Mathew Johnson returns to the label with the driving pulses of ‘In Search Of A New Planet With Oxygen’. Johnson delivered a huge remix early in the label’s history from Hiem ‘She’s The One’ and is a pioneer of the underground house movement.

Listen closely to the messages hidden in the knocking drums and trembling tones of ‘Jeel, k'eex’ from Mexican native Metrika. Crosstown’s newest first lady Francesca Lombardo’s contribution ‘Cosmic Dancer’ swells with femininity and allure while Fur Coat, who concocted the last artist album for CR, explain a little more about the significant date in
their cut ‘Greed, Insanity’.

Fosky & Bog and the newcomer to the label Jay Haze both contribute epic dancefloor monsters to the collection. Haze is boss of legendary techno imprint Contexterrior and has been living in South America of late, fascinated by its mystical pull. Supernatural cuts from Eduardo Castillo featuring his baritone opera trained voice and the Israeli Navid Izadi ft KMLN align up with Mike Shannon for his ‘Sunrise’ and the closing
moments from Thugfucker & Shaun Reeves and Acid Pauli & Nu bring this otherworldly assembly to a flourishing close.

The Day Zero album arrives on the dawn of the 24 hour event that brings together the best electronic music and entertainment from some of the world’s finest DJs as they embrace a new moment in time. The occasion will mark the end-date of a 25,625-year- long cycle and the final cycle of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar. At this moment the galactic alignment will occur, the earth will align with the centre of the Milky
Way creating a moment for transformation, renewal and change. 

Joining Damian Lazarus at the event are Massive Attack’s Robert “3D” Del Naja, UNKLE’s James Lavelle, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Jamie Jones, Trentemøller, Art Department, and more alongside artists from the album including Metrika (live), Acid Pauli, Francesca Lombardo, Amirali (live), Fur Coat, Thugfucker, and outstanding alternative performances, workshops, games from Mayan Culture, and jaw-dropping 3D
visuals and projections.

The Crosstown Rebels started their mission in 2003 powered by a modern electronic canon spearheaded by Damian Lazarus. The label has inspired countless unforgettable dance floor moments and nurtured many universally adored music makers. Soon to be entering its tenth year at the forefront of future-moving dance music, Crosstown Rebels remains the electronic pioneering force of the past decade.

Tracklisting
01.	Pier Bucci - Mayas
02. 	Quenum - The Prophecy
03.	Mathew Jonson- In Seach of a New Planet with Oxygen
04.	Metrika - Jeel, k'eex
05.	Francesca Lombardo - Cosmic Dancer
06.	Fur Coat - Greed, Insanity
07. 	Fosky & BOg - Chestionabil
08.	Jay Haze - 2012
09.	Eduardo Castillo - Ahometa Kuyaxi
10.	Navid Izadi ft. KMLN - Kurandero
11.	Mike Shannon - Sunrise
12.	Thugfucker & Shaun Reeves - Timewave Zero 
13.	Acid Pauli & Nu – 12

Day Zero - Sound of the Mayan Spirit Compiled & Mixed by Damian Lazarus


Consisting of Dickie Schubert, Bernd Wand and Torsten Bage, the German trio Fraktus is regarded as the pioneer of Techno music in general and the German techno wave in particular. Alongside contemporaries Kraftwerk they have been the inspiration for many well-known artists such as Yello, Westbam, Trio, Blixa Bargeld or Daft Punk. Their rise to fame in the eighties tragically came to an end after the venue they've been playing burned down to the ground and destroyed all of their selfmade unique equipment. They never got over the shock and dissolved the band. 

After 30 years of silence famous music producer Roger Dettner gathered the old bandmembers and convinced them to reunite Fraktus. They teamed up with film director Lars Jessen whose spectacular documentary "Fraktus - Das letzte Kapitel der Musikgeschichte" (Fraktus - The last Chapter of Music History) is at the movie theatres right now. At the same time Fraktus' impressive comeback album "Millennium Edition" is released on Staatsakt.

The standout track from the album certainly is "Affe sucht Liebe". It goes "Affe sucht Liebe, Affe sucht Halt, Affe sucht Wärme, sonst wird Affe kalt" [Monkey is looking for love, Monkey is looking for ground, Monkey is looking for warmth, otherwise Monkey's getting cold]

The song's orginal version went already high into the charts 30 years ago and now we are glad to release the fresh club-remixes on hafendisko. The package contains brilliant remixes by the wonderful Cologne-based Truffle Shuffle and Hamburg artists Deo & Z-Man and Remute.

Truffle Shuffle, producers and promoters from the Kompakt environment in Cologne deliver an exciting dub version. Kicking out all the pop elements, their "Finderlohn Dub" turns the song into a modern underground shuffle in its own right. Consisting of longstanding Cologne DJs Marc Lansley and Shumi, Truffle Shuffle have been remixing Kasper Bjørke (hfn music), Walls (Kompakt), Barnt and most recently Human Woman (hfn music) on their new remix album.

Deo & Z-Man, the fresh Italian Hamburg-based duo (Compost Black Label) delights us with a dub-version and a remix of "Affe sucht Liebe". Their reworks pick up on the retro-clubsound and combine melodic piano tunes with themes from the eighties club scene. Thanks to the distinctive bassline their versions cut a Donna-Summer-like fine figure on the dancefloor. 

Finally Hamburg-based producer Remute (Tresor, Trapez, Liebe*Detail and many more) adds his very own remix to the package. He is well-known for his electrifying live sets and his affinity for acoustic explosions. Hence his remix is the reincarnation of the classical Techno version of "Affe sucht Liebe". Driven by a fast beat and the recurrent "Oweeeeyoo" chant of Fraktus frontman Dickie Schubert, this is the full on version, reminscent of a true Techno monster tune.

Affe sucht Liebe - The Remixes

Fraktus - Affe sucht Liebe (Truffle Shuffle's Finderlohn Dub)

Art Department, Shaun Reeves, BLUD feat Damian Lazarus - Robot Heart (Full Version)

A1 - Bryan Kessler - The Poem 
A2 - Matteo Luis - Me Against Rising Insecurity 
B1 - Matteo Luis & Bryan Kessler - Yours (Original Mix) 
B2 - Matteo Luis & Bryan Kessler - Yours (Truffle Shuffle Remix)

LIKE 003 by Bryan Kessler & Matteo Luis proves how much music knowledge Cologne's upcoming generation has in petto. Collaborating with the city's oldest newcomers aka Truffle Shuffle (Shumi & Marc Lansley) underlines their fascinating approach to electronic music as well as the capability of creating big sounds without any sorts of limits.

Matteo Luis & Bryan Kessler - Yours (Truffle Shuffle Remix) (Preview)

It's been a while since Freq 10 so I'm delighted to present Freq 11. This one I'd describe a deep dark trippy house & tech or maybe even other worldly. 
As always, it's mixed with vinyl except for the 4 Superfreq tracks which are yet to be released, which is why I had to use CD for those cuts.
I hope you enjoy the mix.

This is the full track list:
1. Years Of The City by Lord Of The Isles on Phonica
2. I'm Gonna Give You Some by Mr.C on Superfreq (Unreleased CD)
3. High Tower by Tomas Svensonn on Vidab
4. Automatic by Jay Tripwire on Superfreq (Unreleased CD)
5. Shimmer by S. Crosbie on DK Arts
6. Switchover by Arnaud Le Trexier on Children Of Tomorrow
7. Momo by David Gooday on Superfreq (Unreleased CD)
8. Moments (Huxley remix) by Shenoda on 1 Trax
9. Rottonfunk by Mutant Beat Dance on Hour House Is Your Rush
10. Your Turn by STL on Smallville
11. Stop Down by Click Box on Items & Things
12. Late (Mr.C's on time remix) by Xo Chic on Superfreq (Unreleased CD)
13. Light & Buttons (Mr.C remix) by Joint Custody on Superfreq (Unreleased CD)
14. Nightwalker (Losoul remix) by Alejandro Mosso on Airdrop
15. Beats In Space by JTC on Shaddock Records
16. Wist 365 by Recondite on Hotflush 
17. 01 by j Velez on MMT Tape Series 3

Mr.C - Freq 11

In the last 12 months, Marco Antonio Spaventi has produced alongside James Priestley on Secretsundaze as well as with Aroy Dee on MOS, and here he returns to said deeper than deep label with two tracks all of his own entitled 'The Jungle' and 'Insanity'.

'Insanity' is, as you'd expect, a mad melange of fizzing electronics, ticking cowbells and swirling atmospheres all pinned to a chugging deep house beat. Raw drum fills and squelchy modulated synth sounds fill nearly every gap, taking you to a place as intense you could imagine for the duration.

On the flip, Spaventi’s lo-fi aesthetic gets even more fucked up as he delves deep into the recess of house music with 'The Jungle'. Crunchy hits, echoing hi hats and a tightly coiled melody all race along next to each other with a slapping drum combination keeping energy levels up down below. Raw and brash yet totally beguiling, it might be some of his best work yet on the ever excellent MOS Deep.

Buy at Delsin Webshop

Ma Spaventi - The Jungle / Insanity [Mos Deep 014]

Free Download

Wild Belle - Its Too Late (Employee Of The Year Remix)

MUTEKESPREVIEW003 - THE MOLE

The Mole live @ ARMA17, Moscow / 2012-12-31

ARMA PODCAST 068: The Mole - live @ NYE Lessizmore

During the 24/7 period much was tried as some transformation was eminent from the album forever.  Here is one in shuffle beat..

Demo 121

Taken from the new album KU:PALM

<b>The long awaited new Photek album, KU:PALM is now available to purchase in a variety of digital formats and on CD. You can<a href="http://photek.fm/store" target="_blank"><strong> buy the CD &amp; Digital Download of KU:PALM&nbsp;now at Photek.FM</a></strong>, or head over to <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009KKLPN2" target="_blank">Amazon</a> / <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/album/ku-palm/id568934061" target="_blank">iTunes</a> /  <a href="http://www.beatport.com/release/ku-palm/981818" target="_blank">Beatport</a> / <a href="http://boomkat.com/downloads/587251-photek-ku-palm" target="_blank">Boomkat</a>.  Selected tracks will be available on vinyl at the end of 2012.

Photek : Signals

A - Neckback
B - Tribal
[MEDI063]

Buy from the MEDi store...
www.surus.co.uk/Deep-Medi-Musik/
This set contains 2 sounds, total time: 04:35

SILKIE - MEDi063 - Neckback [Release date 28-01-13]

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Lace Curtain - Good Intentions

Paskal & Urban Absolutes - Dynamo
Thanks You Freaks (Part 2) V.A. (Quintessentials 33)
Release date: 01.03.2013
with Ben Sun, Andy Hart and Toby Tobias.

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Paskal & Urban Absolutes - Dynamo

For the third year in a row now Monkeytown Records proudly supports Record Store Day with a special limited edition vinyl only release limited to 500 copies. The 5 track 12inch will only be available in the UK and US in independent shops. The record will not be sold digitally and will not be available at Amazon. After Record Store Day we will sell a few saved copies at our Monkeytown webshop for those who simply don´t have access to local record shops.

Otto Von Schirach "Skeleton Search - Modeselektor Edit" (MTRRSD2013) Out April 20

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Ben Klock Boiler Room Berlin DJ Set

Mathew Jonson ‎– Decompression EP
Label: M_nus ‎– MINUS24, M_nus ‎– minus24
Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP 
Country: Canada
Released: 26 Jul 2004

Tracklist:
A. Decompression	
B. Ultraviolet Dream

Decompression

Mathew Jonson ‎-- Dayz
Label: Crosstown Rebels ‎-- CRM085, Crosstown Rebels ‎-- CROSSTOWNREBELS 085
Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM 
Country: UK
Released: 25 Oct 2011
Tracklist:
A. Dayz 
B. Cold Blooded

Dayz

Mathew Jonson ‎-- Walking On The Hands That Follow Me
Label: Wagon Repair ‎-- WAG 050
Format: Vinyl, 12" 
Country: Canada
Released: Jun 2009
Tracklist:
A. Walking On The Hands That Follow Me 
B. When Love Feels Like Crying

When Love Feels Like Crying

Cold Blooded

As the sorely missed sun finally smiles back into our faces, here, on a roof (true!), overlooking the old town of Berne, memories fly back: Of a couple of cold ones drunk in the spring sun in Zürich exactly three years ago. How lovely it was chatting to one of the laid-backest guys the electronic scene has to offer. Dude, I'm speaking about El Molito, the artist known as The Mole. Yes, Colin de la Plante is one of our favourite producers. He should be knighted alone for the disturbingly infectious, cavernous offering "For  the Lost", let alone his fanastic 2009 album "As High As the Sky". We're proud to have Mr. de la Plante in our midst. Sunny greetings from the roof!

Read the interview on Roof.fm

Nr. 62: The Mole (Wagon Repair, 7 Inches of Love)

The Singles

You & Me (feat. Eliza Doolittle)

01 Side 1

02 Side 2

Tracklist: http://www.factmag.com/2013/06/17/fact-mix-387-dj-koze/

FACT mix 387 - DJ Koze (June '13)

Mathew Jonson really is one of a kind.  
 
He's developed one of the most distinctive voices in electronic dance music: when you hear one of Jonson's tracks, you almost immediately know it's his. And yet there's no mistaking any given track for another. 
 
His music offers a rare fusion of populist intensities and nuanced musicality. With a keen understanding for the needs of the dancefloor and the universal laws of house and techno, he's thrown out the rule book time and time again, sneaking tricks learned from electro and even drum'n'bass into minimal clubs, and loading up his B-sides with tracks that do what they damned well please. (No kick drum? No problem.)
 
His standards for sound and presentation are exacting. Both on stage and in the studio, Jonson's fealty to analog equipment and real-time play—as opposed to mere playback—serves as a standardbearer for a kind of electronic music that goes way beyond the drag 'n' drop world of digital composition. Jonson has always been eager to get his hands dirty, and the music reflects that in gnarled bass sequences and long, intuitive lines. His sounds have serious teeth.
 
And despite his quick ascent through the ranks of the techno elite, Jonson hasn't just stayed personally grounded. He's devoted much of his energy to supporting his own close musical family, both in the groups Cobblestone Jazz and the Modern Deep Left Quartet, and with his Wagon Repair label, which he cofounded with Jesse Fisk, Graham and Adam Boothby, Frank Meyerhofer and Konrad Black.
 
He studied classical piano as a kid, plus jazz drumming, and played drums in a marching band —thus laying both the melodic and the rhythmic cornerstones of his music today. (Plenty of musicians claim to be "classically trained," of course, rendering the phrase all but meaningless. But here's something you might not have known about Mathew: he's actually begun studying piano again, which suggests a musical seriousness that's rare in the world of auto-didact button-pushers.
 
Thanks to his father's work with sound technology, he also got his hands on synthesizers at the age of 9. By the time he discovered hip-hop as a young teen, he was recreating its electro-based beats on his own rudimentary setup at home.
 
It was in Victoria, when he was 19, that Jonson met up with the crew that would help guide his musical trajectory: Tyger Dhula, Danuel Tate and Colin de la Plante, who were playing and DJing parties around the area. The four started playing in clubs together, an early version of the group that exists today as Cobblestone Jazz and the Modern Deep Left Quartet. (The Modern Deep Left Quartet was the original name for the foursome; after de la Plante moved to Montreal, the remaining trio carried on as Cobblestone Jazz.)
 
"It was all improvised," says Jonson of the group's early days. "We never really worked in the studio, we would just meet at the nightclub and jam. That's how it started. We did that for quite a while, and then it morphed into a residency at a club, once every two weeks." To keep it interesting, they would invite other musicians—on trumpet, violin, bass, sax, and rhythm sections—to join them.
 
After de la Plante left town, Cobblestone Jazz began focusing its efforts more squarely on the dancefloor, moving away from purely improvised sets to include composed and rehearsed passages. And Jonson gradually began honing in on his own sound, both in his productions and his DJ sets, inspired by a deeper, weirder sound that had begun filtering into the city's techno parties.
 
His first record, in 2001, was the first release on the B.C. label Itiswhatitis, appropritately titled "New Identity." Another followed in 2002, and in 2003. That year, he also made his first appearance on Perlon, "Alpine Rocket"—a track he recorded alongside Luciano during his first trip to Europe. And then, suddenly, Jonson was everywhere: Itiswhatitis, Sub Static, Arbutus, Kompakt, M_nus—and every track an anthem.
 
"I had all that music kind of saved up," says Jonson, "and then, just by chance, released it all at the same time. People criticized me for it, said that it wasn't a good idea. But it worked out for me. All the tracks did well. I wasn't saturating the market with bad music." He's right there.
 
In 2005, Jonson co-founded Wagon Repair, and it's been a blur since, a nonstop series of tours and recordings, solo and with his bandmates. Crucially, he moved to Berlin. Here, he and de la Plante—who moved over at the same time—have set up Cobblestone Jazz' European headquarters, providing not only the launch pad for European tours but, more importantly, the control center for the group's recorded activities. The studio is jawdropping, frankly: a semi-circle full of gear, from old workhorses like the 808 and 909 and SH-101 to unique beasts like their Cwejman and Roland System 100m modular system. Tate's Rhodes piano anchors one corner of the horseshoe, and everything feeds into a massive desk where tracks are mixed and recorded in real-time. Jonson makes his own music essentially the same way—only with two hands instead of eight.
 
Those two hands have come up with some remarkable material. Having perfected his brand of earthshaking epic with tracks like "Marionette," "Return of the Zombie Bikers" and "Symphony for the Apocalypse," Jonson has increasingly turned his efforts towards more personal, introspective music. He hasn't left the clubs behind—his new album, Agents of Time, features a number of tracks that are as hip-windingy wily as anything he's produced yet, full-on tracks like "Girls Got Rhythm" and "Thieves in Digital Land." But he's also taken advantage of the longplayer format to stretch out and indulge darker moods and slower tempos.
 
"I like to have phrases that sound like they're major, but then they go minor when they turn around," explains Jonson. "You think that you're in a happy place, but suddenly you're not. I like playing with that tension. When I look at the music I've made, the best music is always music that can stimulate any kind of emotion. It's more like a key, towards opening up whatever is inside of you -a gateway"
 
You can expect him to be unlocking even more emotions soon—ones you may not have even known you had—when he ramps up with Midnight Operator, a collaboration with his brother Nathan Jonson, aka Hrdvsion. With Nathan also based in Berlin, the two are finding common musical ground, expanding upon the platform they established with their lone, 2007 EP for Wagon Repair as they begin work on an album.
 
"Obviously, you can look at what I do with my label and the bands I have, to see what's important to me," says Jonson of keeping it in the family, so to speak. "I'm lucky because I have so many friends who are strong musicians. We can all feed off of each other.  You know, when you're doing music, it's such a personal thing. To have an outlet with the labels to be able to release our music, and be able to all stay together, I think there's a lot of strength in that. Everybody is stronger as a group." – Philip Sherburne
