Our first K / D feature came from New York based Dj Qu many moons ago on his Fabric London debut alongside Jus Ed and Fred P. Since then Dj Qu has raised his profile and his Strength music label, learnt valuable lessons in the dj box concerning the energy and freedom on the dance floor and now we welcome Qu’s first album Gymnastics on his Strength Music imprint.

Dj Qu used to be a dancer on the other side of the Dj box and Gymnastics is a body off work that represents an artist pushing out ideas,  finishing off some thinking and finishing off a certain chapter that comes with producing and completing an album.  There is definitely a certain tension and rhythm within the works that feed and inspire the fluency, flow, dialogue, and feeling of the album which will reward over several listens. There is a specific vocal ‘I Bet You Can't Right Now’ that will sonically arrest and traverse's your consciousness into thought whilst underpinned by a deadly dark groove. You will also find some subtle piano workouts contrasting the timbre and gritty drum programming that Qu is slowly becoming recognisable for. There is a very special and insightful conversation between two people presented around the middle of the mix which draws some enlightenment and context to the body of work which overall sets a personal benchmark for Qu to build and progress from, and as stated below I too would love to see this album road tested at the Paradise Garage in its hay day just to document the reaction on the dance floor and all that jazz. The heat from the New York House community will become more and more apparent going from strength to strength and Dj Qu’s album reaffirms this distinguished period. 

Full interview below:  
http://keepitdeep.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/dj-qu-special-album-mix-gymnastics/

K / D - DJ QU ALBUM MIX - GYMNASTICS (STRENGTH MUSIC)

Groovy and funky summer podcast i did for the Unofficial Derrick May fanclub 'vuistdikkeramlat' aka De Lat!. 
With works from Samuel L Session, Jel Ford, Davide Squillace, Rino Cerrone, Danilo Vigorito, Marco Carola's Question serie, Adam Jay, Mateo Murphy, Mr Sliff, Slam and more. 
132-134 bpm, all mixed with vinyl.

Accompanied web-log page from De Lat!: 
http://vuistdikkeramlat.web-log.nl/vuistdikkeramlat/2011/05/martyro-de-lat-podcast-14-mei-2011.html


Martyro - De Lat Podcast #14 (May 2011)

Here's a 3 hour set of 90+ of the best pokoes I could find, in anticipation of Awakenings Festival Hilvarenbeek. You can catch me there on Saturday night at Night Village, 0:30-2:00hrs, opening for Secret Cinema.

Anticipationings 2023

Amsterdam based techno-DJ Dimi Angélis played a deep and energetic techno set and rocked area 2 at Darko Esser's Balans-night. 

Check out the releases from Dimi Angélis and his alter-ego ''Counterpart'' with Jeroen Search at http://www.decks.de/.

Dimi Angélis DJ-set at Balans Studio 80 (01-07-2011)

Vegim - Blue Code

Skeptic EP

Skeptic (Jonas Kopp Remix)

Backstage Management EP

Backstage Fridge

Tim Wolff - Backstage Fridge

Stage Manager

Tim Wolff - Stage Manager

artist: Tim Wolff
title: The Straight Story
cat nr.: WOLF019
format: 12” vinyl & digital
release date: 6th of december
file under: Freestyle Techno
tracks: A1 The Straight Story 
           A2 The Straight Story (Estroe Remix)
           B1 The Straight Story (Steve Rachmad Remix)
           B2 The Straight Story (Steve Rachmad Dub 6)

The last Wolfskuil release for 2010 entails a very special package, an early Xmas present if you will. Dutch techno talent Tim Wolff star is on the rise this year. Not surprising, since his fresh take on traditional forms of techno is as recognizable as it is his own. For his first release on Wolfskuil Records we choose The Straight Story. A deep, flowing piece of music with loads of dynamics, climaxes and atmosphere. The arpeggiated hook works seemlessly with classic 909 drumprogramming, expanding and breaking down several times as the track progresses. And let’s be honost: with a last name like that, you have to join our roster at some point.

A stunner like this, deserves the highest quality of remixers. We are very proud that Steve Rachmad and Estroe were keen to do the job and boy did they deliver inspiring and original takes on the original. Steve even came up with 2 deep and highly hypnotic reworks. Production is crispy clean as we have come to expect from him, carefully arranged and taking his time to build his interprations to their full potentials. The result is two tension builders of a level we rarely experience. Watch out for a full 12” EP of the Dutch master on Wolfskuil in spring of 2011.

Estroe delivers a beautiful Tech House groover, with her trademark strings, melodies and drive. She knows like noone how to combine tough and in your face rhythms with a wide array of moody layers, pads and stabs, creating an ambiguous atmosphere wich we have to come to love so much.


Tim Wolff | The Straight Story (incl Steve Rachmad & Estroe Mixes) | WOLF019

Tim Wolff - Snoeien Promomix II - as heard on Dave Clarke's Whitenoise Radio

A couple of weeks ago Dimi Angelis recorded a (vinyl only) Steve Rachmad special during his ANGLS locked live stream. In this six hours during mix you can hear tracks I produced between 1994 until 2006. From STERAC to Tons of Tones, Sterac Electronics to Ignacio and Parallel 9 to Scorp, almost all of my pseudonyms are included. Thank you Dimi for this homage!

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