Showing posts with label Surkin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Surkin. Show all posts

11.10.2013

HIDDEN TREASURE :: Symphony Hall - Metal Arrives

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Symphony Hall - Metal Arrives

I devour music ... yes I eat and eat and eat - I am an addict. It's all an attempt to find the best tracks out there. It does pay off, however. Symphony Hall is a one time collaboration between Riton and Canblaster - brought about through Surkin's Marble Music label. This bipolar gem has got it all - hard electro beats + oh so groovy piano chords and female vocals. It's a musical orgasm!



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8.20.2013

Surkin Boiler Room Paris DJ Set

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French phenomena Surkin will eternally look like he's 16, but his style and technical skills tell a different story. Benoit Heitz, who is actually 28 launched the record label Marble along with Para One and Bobmo in 2011. He's also been releasing fast moving, hi-energy tracks that have gained the attention of M.I.A., Chromeo, Justice, Kavinsky and more.

In this special Boiler Room set, Surkin plays all the classics. He is known for setting the room on fire wherever he plays. Indeed, one of my best club memories was in Chicago at a Surkin and Para One show.



PLAYLIST:
0.) Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814 (Interludes)
1.) Canblaster - I Think About U3
2.) Wildlife-Armageddon times (sam tiba remix)
3.) MikeQ-let it all out
4.) Lone - Airglow Fires
5.) Surkin - Tiger Rhythm (Boston Bun & Myd remix) acapella daft punk-revolution 909
6.) Id acapella Mr G Blessed
7.) Id
8.) Id
9.) Iamamiwhoami - Y (Brodinski Remix)
10.) Para one-compute mr oizo remix/Acapella lay it down claude von stroke
11.) Id
12.) Robert Hood-clash
13.) dj class - tear the club up
14.) Outlander-the vamp
15.) Bobmo-hotspot
16.) X-101-Sonic Destroyer
17.) Errorsmith-in a sweat (live version)
18.) Jackson and his computer band-vista (hudmo remix)
19.) Thomas Bangalter - Turbo

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10.13.2011

Surkin - USA (Album Teaser)

I must be psychic! Surkin's been on my mind for days and here he is getting ready to drop an album .. called USA, no less. I'll quote directly from the source after the teaser ~

Surkin - USA (Album Teaser) by Marble Music

SURKIN - USA (Out November 7th)

Hi. We at Marble are proud to announce that we’ll be releasing the debut full length by Surkin, called USA on November 7th. Originally designed to be out on Institubes, we immediately thought of Marble as the perfect platform to release it after the demise of our former label. It’ll feature 16 tracks, with guest vocals by Detroit’s Ann Saunderson and Chicago’s Kevin Irving (the voice of house blueprint « Move Your Body » by Marshall Jefferson), and two collaborations with longtime friend and labelmate Bobmo, whom with Surkin works as High Powered Boys.

It’s a joyous, juvenile, body-moving record, based on the idea of a radio station called Fireworks FM, set up in Silver Springs. The whole vibe exhales a fantasized eighties soundscape, infused with dance subgenres from that era but dramatically edited by Surkin’s own imaginary memories. Club tracks galore, but also expect more melodic, emotional mid-tempo cuts, but definitely not in a filler way. Mastery all over the place, yet infused with a tremendous feeling of exuberance and freedom. Needless to say it’s an instant classic.

Tracklist :

1. Intro 2. Lose Yourself (ft. Ann Saunderson) 3. Love Shot 4. I.N.Y.N 5. Fireworks Hotmix 6. Silver Island 7. White Knight Two 8. Rock It 9. Harry (ft. Bobmo) 10. Never Let Go (ft. Kevin Irving) 11. Fan Out 12. Gold Island 13. Ultra Light 14. Quattro (ft. Bobmo) 15. Silver Springs Anthem 16. End Morning

Released by: Marble Release/catalogue number: MRBL LP001

8.23.2011

OMG - Surkin is the shit!

A couple of months in and I have yet to post Surkin. WTF is wrong with me? Surkin is everything good about dance music these days ... driving beat, old school samples, and the guy looks like he is 12. I saw him a few years back with Para One at Darkroom, here in Chicago ... one of the best shows of my life! Here's a few pics from that show.




Now check out the music ~

Surkin - White Knight Two


Surkin - Silver Island


and last, but definitely not least...

Surkin - Easy Action