Does anyone know where I can find a list of dates for M. Mayer? Info
on the Kompakt site is pretty sparse. I'm specifically wondering if
he's coming to SF or if I already missed him.
On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 09:23:22 -0800, Sean Horton <sean_horton@hotmail.com> wrote:
quoted 92 lines Monday March 7th - Decibel and Chop Suey proudly present:
> Monday March 7th - Decibel and Chop Suey proudly present:
>
> KOMPAKT RECORDS CO-OWNER AND RECORDING ARTIST:
> MICHAEL MAYER (Kompakt, Fabric - Germany)
>
> With very special guests:
> Jake Fairley (Kompakt, Sender, Dumb Unit - Toronto)
> Bruno Pronsato (Orac - Seattle)
> DJ Veins (Data Breaker - Seattle)
>
> Show begins @ 8pm
> 21+
> $10
>
> Chop Suey
> 1325 E. Madison
>
> >>>Data Breaker article by Dave Segal. If you're unfamiliar with Mayer you
> >>>should really check this out (great overview of his world renowned
> >>>talents as a producer, DJ and label owner).
>
> Michael Mayer sits at the epicenter of techno power and coolness. He bears
> the strain with dignity--even thrives at the white-hot core of Kompakt
> Records' empire in Cologne, Germany. A world-renowned DJ, talented producer
> and remixer, and A&R man for arguably the world's most important
> electronic-music company, Mayer has vast influence over the dissemination
> and creation of techno and its myriad mutant subgenres. "We're always
> looking for the personality behind music," Mayer says of Kompakt's ethos.
> "We need to feel somebody behind the machines."
>
> Besides distributing nearly 60 labels worldwide, Kompakt itself is a
> prolific, hydra-headed source of music, spinning off series like a popular
> TV sitcom: Pop Ambient (blissful beatlessness), Schaffelfieber (shuffle
> techno), Total (label overviews), and Speicher (hard, peak-time techno).
> With co-owners (and esteemed producers themselves) Wolfgang Voigt and Jürgen
> Paape, Mayer has elevated Kompakt to the most visible underground-electronic
> label ever.
>
> All of which means squat when he gets behind the decks or the mixing board.
> Mayer's debut as a producer, Touch, abounds with elegant, epic techno
> anthems that seem suspended between the dance floor and the headphoned mind.
> Mayer's goal with Touch was to "keep it as personal as I could. During the
> production period, I was listening to all kinds of favorite records from my
> childhood, teens until today. I tried to distill some kind of fragrance that
> attracts me in an almost sexual way. I wanted to transform this into
> contemporary club music [that] seeks its goal also beyond the dance floor.
> The outcome is a collection of electronic poems or short stories."
> Touch's merits aside, Mayer's DJing prowess is undeniable. People rightly
> speak in hushed tones about his dubby, minimal-techno mix discs Immer and
> Fabric 13. Is there room in Mayer's sets for whimsy, unpredictability, and
> perversity?
> "Watch out! It can happen anytime," Mayer says. "I clearly favor diversity,
> but within certain parameters. There still has to be a kind of red line
> throughout my sets. But I would always mix the old and the new, the populist
> with the understatement, the happy and the sad. There are too many exciting
> micro-genres these days to play with a purist attitude."
>
> An 18-year DJ vet, Mayer waxes hopeful about today's dance-music scene.
> "[D]ance music has never been as fascinating and diverse as today," Mayer
> opines. "Okay, there's no new big thing right now, but it fascinates me how
> everybody is trying his best to contribute something original to the
> history. We're not living in times of big gestures; now it's all about
> subtle variations and improvement. It's more like watching ants building a
> new castle. At the first glimpse it looks like a big black unit but if you
> put some effort to talk to every single ant in person you'll be surprised
> about the rich variety." DAVE SEGAL
>
> Also:
>
> Check out this feature interview with Mayer in this weeks Seattle Weekly:
> http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0509/050302_music_jukebox.php
>
> >>>DECIBEL SHOWS COMING UP THIS SPRING:
>
> May 18th @ Neumo's
> Autechre
> Snd
> Russell Haswell
>
> April @ Neumo's (date tba)
> The Album Leaf
> Aspects of Physics
>
> www.dbfestival.com
>
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