Tag: Jazzanova

  • Hot Coins (Red Rack’em) interview.

    Your album Hot Coins ‘The Damage Is Done’ has just been released on Sonar Kollektiv. Can you tell us about how your relationship with the label happened? I have always been a big fan of both Sonar Kollektiv and Jazzanova. The label and production collective were a massive influence on me as a DJ and…

  • Alex Barck (Jazzanova) interview

    You are releasing a series of four 12” Vinyl singles before the release of your album ‘Reunion’ later in the year. The first is ‘Re-Set’ can you tell us about the process of writing the song and music, and how the tracks guest vocalist Pete Josef came to your attention? I live with my family …

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    Alex Barck Re-Set Reunion There is something delightfully melodic about the way Re-Set develops its loosely structured chords alongside vocalist Pete Josef’s emotive delivery which hints at melancholy and joy all at the same time. An intriguing recipe for sure and the more you listen to this the more impressive and involving it reveals itself…

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    Amirali In Time Crosstown Rebels Even if Amirali played the opening: The Harmonious Song and then left the building you would still be stunned by the collective beauty of the notes spread across the Rhodes. Thankfully the long player continues to revolve developing its journeys through hypnosis that somehow fits the month of May perfectly…

  • Jürgen v. Knoblauch (Sonar Kollektiv/ Jazzanova) interview.

    What is the idea behind the new album Upside Down? The idea for using the methaphor „Upside Down“ is to underline that remixing is a highly creative and thus worthy way to express own musical ideas. Many of the mixes on „Upside Down“ are so different from the original, so upside down, that they are…

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    Jazzanova ‘Upside Down’ Elektrish / Sonar Kollektiv Time to get excited. Upside Down is a selection of favourite remixes for Jazzanova from the last eight years and at the very, very least highlights all the elements which make the collective such a vital piece of our musical jigsaw: good song-writing and forward-thinking musicianship that encompasses both…