glitterbug

Today (Thu. 08.10.) is the „cut and paste“ radio show on Koeln Campus from 18:00-20:00, live in the studio and accessible locally via 100.0 FM and also via online stream onwww.koelncampus.com

In the radio show, i will be introducing my next EP as well as discussing issues regarding cultural policies and politics in Cologne (well, not much good to say about it) and art, electronic music and social and political responsibility in general.

I also promise to play a bunch of a-ma-zing tracks… surprise!!

I played at the really super mega nice Dancity Festival in Foligno/ Italy this Summer, met amazing people and had a wonderful time. (My previous post regarding the festival can be found here). Yesterday, i found this sweet video in my inbox. Thank you so much everybody at Dancity!!!

“New release from Germany’s best preserved  techno secret, although we assume it won’t be for much longer. ‘Dim Flares’ is another hit, aimed directly at the heart even. This four tracker is full of  emo-techno, with smooth strings and  stylized beats that are chasing each other as the sun goes down. Glitterbug does his name more than honor. Magnificent EP.” (Rene Passet)

“Nieuw werk van het best bewaarde technogeheim uit Duitsland, al kan dat nooit lang meer duren. Want Dim Flares is opnieuw raak. Recht in het hart zelfs, deze viertracker vol met emo-techno waarin vloeiende strings en gestyleerde beats elkaar achterna terwijl de zon ondergaat. Glitterbug doet z’n naam meer dan eer aan.  Schitterende EP.” (René Passet)

Wow. I am speechless. And soooo happy!!!

You can download the issue as PDF here. You find the vinyl charts on page 81.

For our dear Cologne friends: two dates are coming up. One is the „cut and paste“ radio show on Koeln Campus on Thu. 08.10. 18:00-20:00, live in the studio and accessible locally via 100.0 FM and also via online stream on www.koelncampus.com

In the radio show, i will be introducing my next EP as well as discussing issues regarding cultural policies and politics in Cologne (well, not much good to say about it) and art, electronic music and social and political responsibility in general.

Two days after that, the nice re:fugium people asked me to play records at their new line at the Ouest Bar in Cologne, formally known as Westpol. The evening starts at 7pm with an open discussion regarding the same topics as were discussed in the radio show, and will continue at 11pm with a nice, slow, deep party. And don’t worry: there will be a large sound system that replaces the usual (crappy, sorry…) setup. Come along!!!

Also, there will be a special deal for the c.sides005, with its official launch date only two days later.

Thanks to Ronni Shendar: the amazing video for ‘Be Content’, one of the 4 tracks of my upcoming ‘Dim Flares EP’, is online, and with it the microsite for the EP:

http://www.dimflares.csides.net

The EP will be released on the 12th of October.

More info on the EP:

Following the great international success of Glitterbug’s album “Supershelter”, everyone has been curious to hear what this unique and unmatched producer will bring us next. And truth is, there is a lot! Glitterbug has been working on piles of new enchanting materials, tracks, projects and remixes.

As a first release in a series that will lead to his next (double CD) album, is the “Dim Flares EP”: a dream-like, intense and deep moody EP that carries that very special Glitterbug sound to a whole new level, touching on deep emotional techno with a utopian 4/4 perspective.

This beautiful EP opens with “So much More”, an epic track that releases its melancholic-euphoric mood slowly over the course of 9 minutes, turning itself into a beautiful, hopeful, hand-raising screamer that floods the dance floor with overwhelming warmth and heartfelt love. Side A ends with “Deadpan”, an intense dark ambient miniature that lets us peak at Glitterbug’s world of score-like ambient compositions.

The B-Side begins with “Daubed Beams”, a Deephouse track all Glitterbug. “Daubed Beams” feels like what mid 90’s Detroit techno released on Warp would have sounded like: unbelievably deep, pensive, warm, divine and pumping.

c.sides’ latest emotive EP culminates with “Be Content”, a warm track with a deep drive of warped pads, a dark bass-line, airy percussion and unforgettable arpeggios. This exhilarating dance track is layered with bottomless emotions, the kind you want to close your eyes to, hug the person dancing next to you and wish it would never ever end.

The “Dim Flares EP” is the first in a series of 3 magnificently moving EP’s (by Glitterbug, Christian Löffler, and a collaboration between Glitterbug & Ostgut Ton’s Murat Tepeli) to be released on the c.sides Label in 2009-2010, all leading up to Glitterbug’s extraordinary next double album which is currently in the making and will be released in spring 2010.