As warmup for Mala’s set later that night, DJ Plak from Vienna’s Bounce Crew was joining us in the studio for a little chat & mix - quite turbulent show w/ jumping needles, a broken system and the station’s emergency system triggered by Merzbow LOL!

Tracklist

Hoodz/6 Blocc - Kong (White)
Djunya - Ites (Narcohz)
Nyabingi - Belgium Chocolate (White)
Amp Fidler - Dubstep Remixes (White)
The Bug - Jah War (Ninja Tunes)
Headhunter - Descent (White)
Rusko - Action Dread (Dub Police)
Kromestar - Here We Come (Southside)
Caspa - Tribal Basher (Sub Soldiers)
Scarecrow - Nessecary Evil (White)
Goth Trad - Back To Chill (Skud)
Rossi B & Luca - Nobody Move (Qualifide)
Skream - Chest Boxing (Tempa)

Download interview & mix (mp3 w/ 128kbps / 27 mb)

In case you like to emphasise low-frequencies, you need high frequencies as well, in order to create contrast. Subbass driven music therefore demands sharp hi-heads and high-frequency pads, so that the bass can be perceived perfectly on the dancefloor. However, also high-frequency light, such as blue and ultraviolet, can create a simmilar contrast, underpinning low sound frequencies.

Besides, a recent study shows that a significant increase in alertness and speed of information processing could be achieved by blue light as compared to normal light. Responsible for this effect seems to be a newly discovered system of photoreceptors for circadian rhythms, working non-visual and responding to blue light (460nm).

Two hours of bass mediation, this time with special guests marty and christo FX of El Rakkas Crew from Graz presenting some of their fresh dubs! Plus unheard bits by Metalbox Products, Dashman Productions, MacKoal, Ramadanman, T2R, Underground Dance Loops, IZC, a couple of recent releases by TRG, Caspa and Mala plus a brief politrix update on the G8-summit in Heiligendamm/Germany. We also give away 2×2 tickets for Kode 9 & The Spaceape!! (10-12pm CET, live-stream: http://o94.at/live)

Dates

May 11: Chaos Lounge w/ M.A.C OF MAD (live), Yarrdesh & MC Nekkkrojezis (live), $exy Olgav (live), STP-Crew (live), Wolloff (live), Manucher, Azz (vis) @ Fluc
May 12: Into The City Festival w/ Kode9 & The Spaceape (live), Ekaros (live), Jay-S, Aleatoric @ WUK
May 16: Ladyfest w/ Electric Indigo, Elektra Bregenz, Ravissa, Azz (vis), Nowemba (vis), FreakA (vis) @ Fluc
May 17: Ladyfest w/ Suetoyou (live), Catarina pratter, p.K.one @ Fluc
May 17: Spring Festival/day II w/ Digital Mystikz, Loefah, El Rakkas; Boy Better Know, Focus, Amtrak; 4 Hero @ Graz
May 18: Polariot w/ Eres, Weise, Christoph Prenner, Straker @ Loft16
May 18: Spring Festival/day III w/ Milanese (live), Ceephax Acid Crew (live), Wolloff; Super Super Showcase; Mess.u, Plak; Carl Craig, Kevin Sholar, Derrick May, Kenny Larkin, Stacy Pullen, DJ S2, Clemens Neufeld @ Graz
May 18: The Bug (live), Bluebird @ Fluc
May 19: Commandyoursoul w/ DJ S2 @ Fluc
May 19: Spring Festival/day IV w/ Jake the Rapper (live), Bleed @ Graz
May 25: Dubsquare Radio @ Orange 94.0

Tracklist

Ramadanman - Silent Winner (unreleased)
Mala - Forgive (Deep Medi)
Brklss - Skank! (unreleased)
TRG - Broken Heart (Hessle)
Metalbox Products - Music Of Life (unreleased)
Caspa - Big Headed Slags (Sub Soldiers)
Dashman Productions - Steppaskank (unreleased)
Kode 9 & The Spaceape - 9 Samurai (Hyperdub)
IZC - Deep Sea Oscillator (unreleased)
Kode 9 & The Spaceape - Backward (Hyperdub)
MacKoal - LloaKcaM (unreleased)
Scuba - Aqualing (Abucs)
IZC - Vessel (unfinished)
Caspa - Custard Chucker (Sub Soldiers)
T2R - Drugs (unreleased)
Skream - Colourful (Tempa)
Underground Dance Loops - D4 (unreleased)
*** El Rakkas in the mix ***
Tolcha - Fokus (Metapolyp)
Petr Inspirescu - De Bou (a:rpia:r)
Shackleton - Tin Foiled Sky (Skull Disco)
Basic Channel - Phylyps (Basic Channel)
Shonky - Night Shift (unreleased)
T++ - Space Break (Erosion)
Milanese - Braggin (unreleased)
Niderflur - Din (m_nus)
Stickey - Triplets (Hot Point)
Matt John - Behind The Atoms (Vital)
Jr. Hacksaw - How’s Your Modulation (Trigger)
Dachshund - Watergame (Num Ldt)
Peveralist - The Grind (Punchdrunk)
CH-Signal Laboratories - Scale One (Sandwell District)
El Rakkas - Sonic Space Bubbling (unreleased)

Download the show (mp3 w/ 96kbps / 85 mb)

1) The development of breakbeatscience
2) The promotion of psychoaudiology
3) The mythopoetics of the junglenaut
4) The terrorization of gravity
5) The encouragement of space piracy
6) The destruction of house, capitalism, fascism & NASA
7) Breakdancing in space
8) The glorification of the sub-sonic bassline

(full manifesto here)

Am 9. Mai 2007 durchsuchten deutschlandweit rund 900 BeamtInnen in Zusammenhang mit den geplanten Protesten gegen den G8-Gipfel in Heiligendamm (in der Nähe von Rostock) rund 40 Objekte. Von der Aktion waren vor allem Berlin und Hamburg betroffen, darunter u.a. die Antirassistische Initiative/Dokumentationsstelle im Bethanien, der Verlag Assoziation A/Buchladen Schwarze Risse, das Internet-Projekt so36.net, das Umbruch Bildarchiv, das Autofocus Videoarchiv, die Forschungsstelle Flucht und Migration, die Rote Flora in Hamburg, ein Büro im Schauspielhaus Hamburg, sowie einige Hausprojekte und WGs.

Offizieller Anlass für die Aktion war die Vorbeugung der “Bildung einer terroristischen Vereinigung zur Verhinderung des G8-Gipfels”. Allerdings stellte die Staatsanwaltschaft anschliessend fest: “Die heutigen Untersuchungen sollten Aufschluss bringen über die Strukturen und die personelle Zusammensetzung von diesen Gruppierungen, und dienten nicht in erster Linie zur Verhinderung von konkreten Anschlägen. Dafür gab es keine Anhaltspunkte”. Faktisch war die Massnahme ein willkommer Anlass für die Polizei, die Organisationsstrukturen der Demonstrationen bereits im Vorfeld zu kriminalisieren und durch massive Repression unter Druck zu setzen.

Dazu passt auch gut ins Bild, dass der Sternmarsch rund um das Sperrgebiet offenbar ganz verboten werden soll - unter Berufung auf dubiose “Notwendigkeiten” sollen offenbar Proteste im Umkreis von 10km komplett unterbunden werden, um jegliche mediale Aufmerksamkeit zu verhindern.

Weitere Informationen unter www.gipfelsoli.org und g8wien.blogsport.de.

Around 1500 people attended this year’s Euromayday-protests in Vienna. The manifestation slogan “working precarious, living precarious, fighting together” was emphasised by several sound-systems, such as AXID, EKH and Ladyfest.

A detailed report on the peaceful protest, including a picture-gallery, was published at no-racism.net. More parades are scheduled for June 30 (Rainbow Parade, demanding equal rights for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people) and for July 7 (Free Parade, fighting for self-organisation and opposing the criminalisation of cultural producers outside the cultural mainstream).