Sydney, a place famous worldwide for its beautiful harbour, Bondi Beach, Mardi Gras, the Olympic Games, stunning scenery and its vibrant night life, now add to that list its talented pool of DJ’s and producers.

Many years ago Trinity made the trek down south to dj in the techno capital of Australia, Melbourne. Playing at one of Melbourne’s techno institutions right after Pinksilver duo Forty6&Two, she was given a cd from the Pinksilver lads containing their catalogue of music to ponder over. Trinity was profoundly moved by the tracks on that cd, inspiring her to hook up with local producer ‘J’ to create Trinity & Beyond. We welcome them again to the Pinksilver family.

Following in the same vein as their release ‘Beyond Musique’ on Pinksilver Net earlier this year, Trinity & Beyond’s ‘Gone Fission’ uses beautiful flowing atmospherics throughout it’s length. Melodic overtones give the track warmth and fullness that would suit an early-night set, evoking positive energy in any space.

Folds of echoing stabs blanket over the reductive rhythm of ‘Melville Lane’ Giving the track more sense of momentum and purpose to its sister track, ‘Gone Fission’. Deep chords and bit crushing overtones dominate the entirety of the track placing you in a world of lost souls trying to find one another, we are hoping it has found a place in yours.

Deepchild takes Gone Fission and drenches it in warm, atmospheric chords that bounce and slice through the track, giving it a deep and sultry sound. Dark, bit-crushed stabs pierce their way in and out like a broken transmission, possibly sending a message from the depths of space. Melodic pads and intricate percussion play with the flirting low end bass line, giving the track a great sense of balance and familiarity.

A new lease, a new direction, a new life. Markojux incorporates his many influences from Electronica, Dubstep and Minimal Techno in his interpretation of ‘Gone Fission’. Images of a virgin world being constructed conjure up in ones mind listening to the raspy snares smash their way through the intricate, flickering beats. Delicate, luscious pads sweep in and out of the harsh sounds while the twisted, morphing bass plays with the heavy kick drums. A new world is born.

Tracklisting:

01 – Trinity & Beyond – Gone Fission
02 – Trinity & Beyond – Melville Lane
03 – Trinity & Beyond – Gone Fission (Deepchild Remix)
04 – Trinity & Beyond – Gone Fission (Markojux Remix)

Available from Beatport

Continuing Pinksilver’s love affair with some of Italy’s most talented producers, the seventh release on Pinksilver Digital features a heavyweight production combination from the beautiful island of Sardinia.

Joining forces are Renato Figoli & Alessio Mereu with a devastating two-track EP that’s as powerful as it is proficient.

Renato has been producing & releasing music since 2003 on established labels such as LoFi Stereo, Ware, Gumption Records, Trapez & Claque Music, in addition to starting his own label TantoQuanto in 2008.

Alessio has began producing music in 2006 and since then he has released on a cavalcade of all-star labels such as Cocoon, CMYK, Tuning Spork, Contexterrior, Analytic Trail, Toys For Boys & True Type Tracks, also having founded his own labels in Renovatio Records in 2008 & T-Bet in 2009.

Their release on Pinksilver Digital is a heavy-laden bass & groove exercise in dancefloor dynamics. The title track ‘Diagonal’ features the signature keys of Renato, tried and tested on his many live sets throughout Europe including Panoramabar & Cocoon’s “Green & Blue” festival in front of more than 10,000 party goers.

‘Geku’ is a sinister journey into the dark abyss, building and weaving as it steams towards its destination - peak-time dancefloors across the globe. Its characterised by heavy & crisp basslines, delicate keys and a captivating rhythm that carries the journey through to the end.

For connoisseurs of influential techno.

Tracklisting:

01 – Renato Figoli & Alessio Mereu - Diagonal
02 – Renato Figoli & Alessio Mereu - Geku

Available from Beatport

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Pinksilver Podcast 17 - Duke & Duke - Live @ Pinksilver Label Night, My Aeon 31-07-2009

Pinksilver Podcast 17 is brought to you by Duke & Duke.

Don’t be fooled! Newcomers Duke & Duke have been creating music for years as individuals. Now Colin Snape (AKA Scrambler) and Mark Baumann (Markojux) have joined forces to form Duke & Duke.

Colin has been writing, producing and performing original electronic music for years as Scrambler, and in collaborations to numerous to list here. He’s also maintained a healthy pro career as pianist/keys player along with remixing, producing, programming and ghost writing for big name commercial acts.

Mark has been spent the better part of a decade building a reputation as a force within the Australian underground dance scene as producer, label co-owner of Pinksilver Music, DJ and VJ. As Markojux he has had releases on various labels in addition to other collaborative works.

As Duke & Duke this pair produce a sound that ranges from spacious, warm and jazzy to the tight, edgy, techie minimal. This recording is taken from the Pinksilver Label Night in July 2009 at My Aeon, Melbourne. A real collector’s edition and for those promoters saavy enough to know the deal, a perfect calling card to showcase the unique talents of Duke & Duke.

Direct Link: Pinksilver Podcast 17

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Pinksilver Podcast 06 - Matic - Different Shades Of Grey [ Part I ]

Pinksilver Podcast 06 is brought to you by Matic.

Brazilian by birth and having honed his 3-deck skills in Amsterdam & Barcelona, he has settled down in Melbourne and in this podcast mixes up tracks by Seph, Massi DL, Christian Burkhardt, Paco Osuna, Damian Scwarz & Mark Broom.

Direct Link: Pinksilver Podcast 06

Tracklisting:

01.Handycraft - Blaster (Patrick Chardronnet rmx) [Boxer]
02.Nicolas Duvoisin - Grey Keyboard [E Minor]
03.Seph - Arena [Phonocult]
04.Microfunk - The White Room [Remote Area]
05.Lee Van Dowski & Quenum - The Moon Above Mario’s Blast [60 Sec]
06.Massi DL - Spa Del Sa [Frankie]
07.Christian Burkhardt - Dressless [Oslo]
08.Paco Osuna - Alsound [Plus 8]
09.Damian Schwartz - RYF 6 [Apnea]
10.D. Diggler - Bitch Shifter [Gelbes Billet]
11.Beckett & Taylor - Dumb Us Down [Soundslike]
12.Ultrakurt - Dick Reverse [Minibar]
13.Par Grindvik - Casio [Spectral]
14.Miguel Colmenares - Guaguanco in Space [Pinksilver]
15.Mark Broom - Come Down [Cusp]
16.Jason Emsley - P.H.I.A.P.O.S. [Platzhirsch]
17.Rino Cerrone - Burnt It [Rilis]
18.CH-Signal Laboratories (8003 Lucerne) - Scale 1 [Sandwell District]
19.Luca Bacchetti - Rolling Brooklyn [Wagon Repair]
20.Chrom - Cygnet Glace [Sushitech]

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Pinksilver Podcast 16 - Matic - Different Shades Of Grey [ Part II ]

By way of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Matic is one of Melbourne’s most gifted yet underrated deck tehnicians and a favourite of Pinksilver Music.

Returning to the Pinksilver Podcast series with Part II of his “Different Shades Of Grey” series, Matic explores the deepest of dub techno cuts by artists such as Fumiya Tanaka, Donnacha Costello, Mike Dehnert, Peter Van Hoesen & SCB, mixed to clinical precision on 3 decks.

Direct Link: Pinksilver Podcast 16

Tracklisting:

01. Decoside - Reload 1
02. Millie & Andrea - Gunshot
03. Nick Rapaccioli - Klein
04. 7027 - Repaced
05. Fumiya Tanaka - For Set #2b
06. N/A - Variance (Function Edit)
07. Donnacha Costello - Blue B
08. Gery Rydell - Careless
09. Komplex - Modulators (Extra Edit)
10. Quantec - Ray Of Hope (A Made UP Sound Remix)
11. Mike Dehnert - Ke Me
12. Silent Servant - Violencia (Function Mix)
13. Pacou - Plate 18
14. Peter Van Hoesen - Liss 01 (Pendle Coven Remix)
15. Brandon Moeller - Ignition
16. Mark Broom - Runners
17. Perc - BCG (Milton Bradley Critical Level Mix)
18. SCB - 3_5
19. Tadeo - IO
20. Andy Stott - Fine Metallic Dollar

Touring top billing dj set along-side the likes of Richie Hawtin and Green Velvet (at the massive EXIT Festival, Serbia) Jeff Mills (Tribal Sessions in Leeds), Jesse Rose, Dixon and Sebo K (for Jesse’s “Made to Play” monthly at Berlin’s legendary Panorama Bar), M.A.N.D.Y (Watergate, Berlin), Ewan Pearson and Will Saul (SONAR, Barcelona) to remix work for techno superstars Booka Shade, there’s much that can be said for this genre-mashing producer.

Detroit, Berlin, Tokyo, London, Sanfrancisco, Prague, Cologne, Manchester, Leeds, Serbia, and more all feature in a yearly extensive dj/live touring schedule…club institutions Berghain/Panoramabar (Berlin), Watergate (Berlin), Endup (Sanfran), Sankeys (Manchester) all continue to feature on a saturated touring schedule.

From ‘big-label’ original releases for labels like Trapez and Resopal Schallware, remix work for legendary producers Booka Shade (Get Physical), Jimpster (Freerange), Mark Henning and [a]pendics.shuffle, deeper cuts for Affin (German), and Kaato, and serious tech-weapons for BEEF, Om, and SanFrancisco’s Anabatic Records, a steady stream of bouncy, crunked-up tech-house sounds have insured deepchild has remained one of Australia’s most in-demand producers.

Butch, Hipp-e, Robert Babicz, Tigerstripes, Jet Project, Worthy, Jimpster, KiNK and Luomo (amongst others!) have all lent their remix credits to deepchild 12″s….

The journey has been a long and sonically expansive one. Recent dj support from the likes of Stacey Pullen, Troy Peirce (MINUS), Justin Martin (Dirtybird), Ivan Smagghe, Matthias Tanzman (Moon Harbour), and Abe Duque sits solidly against the proclamations of respected music journal, The Wire, who went as far as to proclaim that this sound was “as sexy and addictive as new-dub electronica gets”. From quirky, stripped-back techno to deep dub explorations, deepchild has proven a robust producer and highly respected dj and live-performer.

When Stereo-Heaven (the biggest dj store in Essen, Germany) found that their biggest selling tech-house record was infact written in a small share-house studio in Sydney’s Inner-West (deepchild’s “No Disgrace”, on Future Classic), they took the time to make special mention of what is indicative of deepchild’s head-turning appeal:

“over here in my hometown in Germany, we really love “no disgrace”!! it’s also by far the best selling record in our new local shop, too…from deep or tech house to minimal djs, hiphop and electronica fans - everybody is into that 3-tracker…really an amazing 12″ you’ve created!”.

More recently, deepchild has produced #1-sellers for Anabatic Records and Cologne’s finest - Trapez…

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Pinksilver Podcast 15 - Massi Gee

Massi Gee is a DJ and producer from Ancona, Italy, member of the Gallery Crew and resident DJ at Gallery Parties.

Massi began his career working for a music distribution company called DeeJayMix where he looked after all the electronic and Drum N Bass releases.

His DJ roots began in the Drum n Bass scene and while working at DeeJayMix he began to DJ in Italy & Europe, at the same time creating one of the most important Drum n Bass collectives in Italy known as Hydra (HDR).

In 2008 he started becoming immersed in the Techno scene and began making his own music and special collaborations with Manuel De Lorenzi (8Bit, Immigrant & Highgrade), Giammaria (MonsteRecords & Electronic Pets) and Filippo Del Moro (DMF, Dirty Boots & Highgrade), with his first solo release coming in 2009 on Berlin-based label Highgrade Digital.

His second release on Melbourne-based label Pinksilver Digital is entitled ‘Tales from the Underground’.

Direct Link: Pinksilver Podcast 15

Tracklisting:

01:: Ryan Crosson - Little Hellper 3 -1 [Little Helpers]
02:: Massi Gee - Miss Bold [Cinematic]
03:: Massi Gee ft Crissy - Corrupt [Cinematic]
04:: Massi Gee - Back to Black [Cinematic]
05:: Masomenos ft Curro Savoy - Merci Julie [W.T.M.]
06:: Massi Gee - 3rd Eye [Pinksilver Digital]
07:: Massi Gee - 3rd Eye (Eric Brandy 17 & More Remix) [Pinksilver Digital]
08:: Attemporal - Crashed [Tic Tac Toe]
09:: Masomenos - Juhuu [W.T.M.]
10:: Attemporal - Emociones [Fondation Rec.]
11:: Dirty Boots - Show Me [Highgrade]

Rising Italian DJ and producer Massi Gee, member of the Gallery Crew and resident DJ at the Gallery Parties in Ancona debuts on Pinksilver Digital with ‘Tales from the Underground’ EP.

The EP is a mixture of tech-house grooves balanced by the Latin rhythms of Felipe Venegas and the Gallic arrangements of Eric Brandy on the remix duties.

The opening track “3rd Eye” showcases Massi’s rolling drum rhythms and bass sounds together with his orchestrated hooks, a sound that he is distinctly shaping as his own as evidenced by his previous release on Highgrade Digital.

Eric Brandy’s remix of 3rd Eye is a completely unique and creative take on the original. Known for his intricate drum patterns that was part of his musical education as a member of percussive groups together with Congolese drummers & dancers in Le Havre, he takes the main hook from the original and stamps his own signature on the remix.

“Forgotten Worlds” will draw you in to its grip from the moment you hear the Hells Bell, pulling you in to its hypnotic groove. Just as you try to escape, the xylophonic hook creeps in to the mix and you give in to the sound, letting the track take you over as dark tones, edgy sweeps and disturbing stabs cut and slice their way through the track.

We loved Eric’s remix of “3rd Eye” so much we called him up for an encore to remake “Forgotten Worlds”. Eric takes it to another level again with his elaborate programming and arrangement coupled with deep melodies. Multi layered drum patterns give the track an organic feel while the sub-bassline’s and subtle pads weave their way in and out creating a deep hypnotic electronic masterpiece.

Chilean son Felipe Venegas adds his own flavour to the EP with the sounds that attracted Pinksilver to release his first EP on our Netlabel imprint in 2007. Since then Felipe has gone from strength to strength with records on Immigrant and Luciano’s Cadenza label in 2009. In this remix Felipe goes back to his roots combining Latin percussion, droning vocal stabs and that ever recognisable classic Chilean minimalism.

Tracklisting:

01 – Massi Gee - 3rd Eye
02 – Massi Gee - 3rd Eye (Eric Brandy 17 and More Remix)
03 – Massi Gee – Forgotten Worlds
04 – Massi Gee – Forgotten Worlds (Eric Brandy LBH Remix)
05 – Massi Gee – Forgotten Worlds (Felipe Venegas Remix)

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Pinksilver Podcast 14

V-Sexion & Ntanos

V-Sexion & Ntanos, together also known as Effections, are a promising duo from Athens, Greece, that will initiate you to the depths of house & back.

Effections met in 2004 & started spinning records in 2006 playing alongside internationally known DJ’s such as Gaiser, Ekkohaus & Daso, to name a few. Deeply influenced by Jazz and Funk, they began combining these classic elements by embracing Techno and the more minimal sounds of House music together with rolling percussions, deep basslines and looped, sensual vocals. 2008 was a hard-working year with their debt remix & EP release on Spanish netlabel Flumo followed by a digital release on Chicago-based label Siteholder Uncut.

Individually, V. Sexion released his debut EP on Safari Electronique (U.K) and also signed material on labels such as Catwash Records (France), Diaphan Records (Germany), Time Has Changed (France), Suchtreflex (Germany), Percusa (Germany) and the Athens-based label Rythmetic while Ntanos has offered his tech-house sound to Rhythmetic & Flumo.

Effections are absolutely enjoying working hard to develop their mutual sound and to tease clubs with their upcoming live sets. They are now part of Flumo Booking agency & proudly release their debt offering with Pinksilver Digital in the form of the ‘Fault Day’ EP.

Their podcast mix for Pinksilver brings you the sultriest & low slung grooves that touch on the techier elements of deep house.

Direct Link: Pinksilver Podcast 14

Tracklisting:

01-Cabanne - Keep going (Hello? Repeat Records)
02-Alexkid and Rodriguez Jr - Le Doigt Africain (NRK Sound Division)
03-Taron-Trekka - Radio Fligg (Brut!)
04-Ntanos - Let It Fade (Ekkohaus Remix) (Flumo Recordings)
05-Leonid - Resting II (Statik)
06-Dj Qu - Party People Clap (Deconstruct Music)
07-V.Sexion - Do Your Head (Diaphan)
08-Makam - Hide and Seek (Soweso)
09-Petre Inspirescu - Sakadat (Vinyl Club)
10-Losoul - Time Passes (Freak N Chic)

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Pinksilver Podcast 13

Sandy Sitlani

Sandy, originally from India, has spent the past few years pursuing his musical career. He spent some time in Dubai and it was here that Sandy flourished as a DJ. His versatility soon earned him a number of residencies, one of which was at Enigma, the biggest club in Abu Dhabi, where he played along side the likes of Dave Seaman, James Lavelle, Alex Miles and Matty Wells (Smartie Partie). Other residencies and guest spots included Dubai’s best nightclubs, Trilogy and Chi, as well as being a regular feature at Warped, Dubai’s most famous techno night. Sandy was also part of nights such as Shindig, Cocoon and Global Underground, and supported the likes of M.A.N.D.Y., Scarlett Etienne, Adam Kroll and Aaron Ross. Currently Sandy resides in London while studying the art of audio production while managing Snubb records.

Snubb records is a relative new comer to the music world but in its short time it has made quite an impact. Snubb, based in Germany, is owned by two passionate technicians, Sandy & Jan.Ali. Their aim for this global, independent musical label was to create a space for talented artists to expose themselves to the world with an accent on quality techno, minimal techno and dub techno but not exclusively. Thus far, Snubb has received praise for their weekly snubbcasts and an enthusiastic fan base has developed after their first few releases which included the likes of well known producers Michael Ho and Argenis Brito.

Direct Link: Pinksilver Podcast 13

Tracklisting:

1. Butane - Mutation (SIS Remix) Crosstown Rebels
2. Frank Leicher - Lazy Weather Einmaliens Musik
3. Blind Minded - Clap In Time Trapez Ltd.
4. Hector Pizarro - Quilombo In America Mussen Project Records
5. UES, Mri - You Resopal Schallware
6. Guido Schneider, Florian Shirmacher - Nadel Und Zurin Poker Flat
7. David Keno, Jaxson - Domingo Kindisch
8. Aka Aka - Nightingirl Still Vor Talent Digital
9. Ernesto Ferreyra - Hunted Cadenza Records
10. Kaden, Hemmann - Karacho Freude Am Tanzen Recordings