Tom Waits, George Duke, Fast Eddie, Herbie Hancock, Buddy Guy, John Cage, Medeski-Martin and Wood, Herbert, Khalil Gibran, Jungle Brothers, Manu Dibango, Joachim-Ernst Berendt, Bill Frisell, Eddie Harris, Juan Atkins, Elvin Jones, Pink Floyd, Les McCann, Ravi Shankar, Kraftwerk, George Clinton and his P-Funk Allstars, Bill Doggett, Albert Camus, Mr. Lee, Farley Jack Master Funk, Bootsy Collins, Kevin Saunderson, nature, Fingers Inc, Lee Perry, New Jersey Kings, N.W.A., Miles Davis, Glenn Underground, MC Shan, Digital Underground, Front 242, my friends, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, Billy Cobhan, Carl Craig, The Headhunters, Professor X, Klaus Schulze, LFO, Kurtis Blow, L.A. Williams, Hermann Hesse, The Doors, Denis Chambers, Maurice Joshua, The Meters, Adonis, my family, Grandmaster Flash, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Jonny Lang, Tyree Cooper, John Lee Hooker..... and everything else which influences me in daily life...
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Standing on the Verge of Getting it on!!!
At that Time
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Shaka
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Mental Groove (coming soon...)
Since 1989, Shaka has been the pseudonym for Swiss born DJ and producer Kurt Spichiger. Shaka’s first experiences with music came at the age of 13 when he learned to play the Saxophone. It was then that he realized how to create music out from a mood, an idea, and a feeling. This experience gave birth to his love for improvisational music, from Funk, to Jazz to Indian Raga. Soon after, Shaka discovered the seminal German electronic group Kraftwerk, whose innovative sound production would expand his idea of improvisation. As a young and curious music-lover, he always was looking for and open to innovative and exceptional music. After purchasing a mixer and turntables in 1989, he started to record his first mix tapes. With his steadily growing record collection, and inspiration of films like Beat Street, he initially mixed Hip Hop with Reggae, and Funk. Later, more Acid, Chicago House and the sounds of Detroit made their way onto his mix tapes, the latter having a profound influence on his development.
In the early 1990’s, he began to organize small parties with friends, and was soon after playing at parties throughout Switzerland. In the mid-1990’s, the unique sound of Shaka could be heard at most bigger electronic music events in Switzerland. As his sets were manly made up with the old Detroit soul and Chicago Sounds, and was less built around kick drums and effect attacks, he was mostly booked in the smaller rooms at the big events, which he appreciated for their intimacy and the freedom it gave him to explore more complicated mixes and music. As a result, Shaka has developed a style that sticks out from the normal fair of big room electronic music and continues to astonish his audiences with surprisingly subtle and organic tracks.
In the mid-1990’s Shaka began to express his own ideas of electronic music. He worked at first with, which he now considers restrictive, purely analog equipment. In 1995, his first record was released on the Swiss label D3. After further releases on D3 his first EP was released on the most well known Swiss label of that time, Axodya. Two years later, he put out a double EP on the legendary label of Woody McBride, Communique. Two more releases on D3 and Axodya shortly followed. In year of 2000, Shaka appeared on the debut release of the groundbreaking Canadian label Revolver.
Shaka then took a break from the demands of releases immersing himself in his studio. With singers, funk and jazz musicians friends, he recorded new projects and explored new technologies, ideas, and sounds. He continued work on developing his solo productions and in 2004, began to release records regularly through Morris Audio, Floppy Funk, Revolver and Stattmusik. In 2006, he formed a partnership with his Canadian friend, Breandan Davey, to launch the label Corner Records, which begins distribution in march 2008.
For Shaka, the search for new sounds and ideas will never end. It is difficult to categorize his music, falling somewhere between jazz, electro, funk, and minimal house. He is first and foremost a music-lover, and like all true music-lovers, stylistic barriers are unknown.
ALSO, If you havent, please check out the monster track with Kobbe & mar-C titled "Hypnotic Rhythm".. Supported by DJ VIBE, DJ CHUS, ROGER SANCHEZ, DJ BORIS, CARLOS MANACA, HUGO RIZZO, FRANK MAUREL, KEITH BLACKSTONE
[Crazy Beats 2009] .... type="submit" value="The Apples Live !">.. [On commence les présentations par The APPLES, combo de 9 musiciens (dont 2 dj’s) qui détonnent avec ce que le funk a de plus excitant et frais depuis longtemps ! Véritable melting pot de funk, hip hop, big band jazz, rock et turntablism. ils créent un son festif et original utilisant leurs différents instruments de façon inattendue et non sans humour ! Date unique en France ! Entre boîte à musique et boîte à idées, voici Domu, DJ, producteur. Le britannique mène dans le courant parfois tumultueux de la scène Electro Groove. Son secret : faire tomber les rythmes en syncope avec un effet garanti, puisque le garçon enchaîne les sorties sur des labels aussi prestigieux que Ninja Tune ou Compost. Déjà considéré comme un beat master dans la toute droite lignée de son confrère de L.A. Flying Lotus, Mono/Poly révolutionne le son hip hop, aux antipodes du hip hop west coast "traditionnel" à bases de grosses rythmiques imprévisibles, des sonorités riches et saturées desquelles émane un groove chaleureux et aérien. N’oublions pas la house entraînante des portugais de The Johnwaynes, l’electro-hip hop de Babylon Residence (protégé de Dj Rupture) et le live dub, funky de Caterva !]
The two Sardinian brothers aka Mr Bizz release an new EP on Flying Flowers Records: "Sunshine" - 3 deep tracks where house rhythms meet dubby sounds. The lightness and the strong chords of this EP will put the dancefloors in a deep summer vibe like a hot "Traveling" to the mediterranean island. New modern "Sirtaki" dancers will certainly appear on the loops. This music has been cooked with all the ingredients to take you definitely to a positive hypnotic trip.
We've received also many positive feedbacks from dj/producers as: Alex Attias, Brendon Moeller, Jimpster, Ken Ishii, Hrdvsion, Laurent Garnier, Matt Flores, Nico De Ceglia, Sarrass, Secondo, Shaka, Skwerl, Tedd Patterson, Vince Watson, Yannick Labbé...
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hey am 19. September 2009 ist es wieder soweit: das FREITONGEBIET geht in die nächste runde!
FREITONGEBIET # 27 DJ PUN & SOULINUS (Basel / CH) SAMSTAG / 19. SEPTEMBER 2009 / 22:00 H EINTRITT 5 € / AB 18 JAHREN ALTES WASSERWERK / LÖRRACH
Die DJs Pun & Soulinus beliefern das Freitongebiet im Rahmen der THIS IS DJ’S CHOICE Tour am 19. September 2009 zur Saisoneröffnung mit 100 % Funk, Soul, Breaks und groovigen Leckerbissen. DJ Pun & Soulinus werden klanggewaltig den Spätsommer zelebrieren und mit ultimativem Tanzdynamit aufwarten. Die Koffer sind gepackt mit den unterschiedlichsten Beats und Sounds - Frische Musik, frischer Wind und akute Tanzgefahr werden uns mehr als nur zum Schwitzen bringen!
super trax die du bei soundcloud hochgeladen hast. enterbt records werde ich mir merken!!! "laying in my bed" <---- killa track. Schoenes Wochenende! Tanja
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