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Post by pieter on Jan 31, 2020 17:43:47 GMT -7
I just found out Poland has good electronic music too. I like Reni Jusis. Reni Jusis (born March 29, 1974 in Konin, raised in Mielno) is a Polish pop singer, songwriter and producer. At first, Jusis recorded R&B music, which evolved into electronic dance style in later albums. After ten years of her career, she recorded piano pop music.HistoryBeginningsReni JusisReni Jusis began performing on stage early as a child. Her first success was winning a local vacation song contest. Later she performed in one of the most popular child groups in Poland, Gawęda.
Jusis is musically educated. First she took piano lessons in music elementary school and music high school. In 1993, she performed in the musical Fatamorgana ("Mirage") with the music of her school friend Adam Sztaba at the Baltycki Teatr Dramatyczny in Koszalin. It was the first step in her career, because there she was discovered by music producer and later rapper Yaro.
Yaro offered Reni the chance to be a backing vocalist in his rock band and later he toured with her. They also were a couple. Finally Yaro changed the band's line-up and style. He began making rap music and Reni sang refrains in his songs. They were a support act for the most popular rapper in Poland, Liroy. Thanks to him they met world-famous Polish jazz musician Michal Urbaniak who took them under his artistic care. Together they even created a few songs, but they never were released. Still, Urbaniak recommended Jusis to Polish record companies which brought about her record contract with Polish division of EMI Music. In 1997 Yaro and Reni published the album Yazzda, with smash hit Rowery dwa ("Two Bikes").Solo debutAfter that success Yaro began work on Reni's solo debut album, which was released next year. The first effect was massive hit Zakrecona ("Twisted"), which gave title for her album. It was released with a mixture of R&B, funk and hip-hop music. All songs were written by Reni mainly with Yaro. In that year Jusis also graduated in choir conducting from the Academy of Music in Poznań. In 1999 the album Zakrecona earned 3 awards of Polish Music Industry Fryderyk Awards for: Best Debut Of The Year, Best Song Of The Year and Best Rap/Hip-Hop Album Of The Year. Reni gained fame and respect of the music industry. Unfortunately artistic and private conflicts caused the end of the collaboration and relationship between Yaro and Reni.
Her second album Era Renifera ("Era of the Reindeer" – a play on words, because word "reindeer" in Polish contains Reni's name) from 1999 also was a mixture of black rhythms, but this time with the addition of reggae. She produced the whole album herself, and also composed and wrote most of the songs. This album contained the very popular cover of 10CC hit Dreadlock Holiday.Music metamorphosisAnother album Elektrenika ("Electrenic" – mix of words "electronic" and "Reni") was released after a two-year break and was the breakthrough turn in Jusis' sound for electronic music based on club rhythms, 2-step and house, inspired by the music from the 80's. Almost all lyrics were written by Reni, just like half of the compositions. Another half was composed by her with Michal Przytula, who also produced the whole album with her. Przytula earlier worked with Reni on her previous albums as a record engineer. Elektrenika was promoted by "Electrenic Night Tour" which helped her to gain popularity among the fans of club music. The album brought two big hits, Nic o mnie nie wiecie ("You Don't Know Anything About Me") and Nigdy Ciebie nie zapomnę ("I Never Forget You") known on the record as Jakby przez sen ("Like Through A Dream").
Jusis' fourth album Trans Misja ("Trance Mission" – a play on the words "trance", "mission" and "transmission"), released after another two-year break in 2003, continued the music direction from the previous album, but offered different styles – including songs in the electro-pop style. This time Jusis produced and composed the whole album and wrote almost all lyrics. Michal Przytula remained record engineer and even became Reni's manager. Trans Misja achieved more success than previous albums thanks to three huge hits Kiedyś Cię znajdę ("Someday I Find You"), Ostatni raz (nim zniknę) ("The Last Time Before I Disappear"), It's Not Enough and still more popular club tournee "Top Secret Tour". The completion of this success was another Fryderyk Award, this time for Best Dance/Electronic/Club Album of the Year.Club iconFor Reni Jusis' fifth album Magnes ("Magnet"), her fans had to wait three years, until 2006. In the meantime, Reni left her record label and established her own, named Pink Pong Records, connected with Polish division of Universal Music. In the beginning of 2006, EMI released the 5-disc box set Dyskografia ("Discography") containing Reni Jusis' first four albums and a DVD featuring all her solo music videos.
The album Magnes was produced and almost entirely composed by Jusis and Przytuła (as Mic Microphone). Reni also penned almost all the lyrics. The lead single, Kilka prostych prawd ("A Few Simple Truths"), was released in late 2005, nine months before the album. The electro-pop song outwardly signaled that the sound of the new material would be the same as on the previous record. Still, Magnes turned out to be a radical dance album; additionally, all songs were merged into each other, like one continuous club set. This album consolidated Reni Jusis' position as an icon of Polish club music. The release of the album was accompanied by the second single, the eponymous title track Magnes ("Magnet"). Apart from seven new tracks, the album also featured new English language versions of three older hit songs (Leniviec, Nigdy Ciebie nie zapomnę (as How Can I Ever Forget You) and Kto pokocha (as Single Bite Lover) and remixes of album's first two singles. The next singles released from the album were Mixtura ("Mixture") and Niemy krzyk ("Mute Shout").
Magnes also won another Fryderyk Award in 2007 for Best Club Album of the Year. The album was supported by a major club tour, the "Magnes Live Tour". The tour was promoted by a brand new single, Motyle ("Butterflies").Acoustic turnAfter a nearly two-year break, Reni Jusis announced the release of an album of acoustic music. The album got released in 2009 under the title Iluzjon cz. I ("Iluzjon, Part I") and was promoted by the single A mogło być tak pięknie ("It Could Have Been So Lovely"). It was released by Jusis' own new record label, Amfibia Records. The new project wasn't only a stylistic turning point in her career but also a turn in the way of performing. This time the artist planned to perform in old theatres instead of clubs, because of the album's title, which is the name of the old cinema Jusis used to go to when she was young. Unfortunately sales of this album were so poor that Jusis didn't go on tour. Jusis explained that the sudden turn in her style is caused by the aim of going back to her first musical fascinations. 'The concert of Soyka & Yanina impressed me of all concerts the most,' she spoke. 'It was after this particular concert that I started to think of my own music career and founding a band consisting of eminent musicians. Not until today, after ten-year-long career, I had been ready to take up this challenge', she confessed.
While working on this album she married the vocalist and composer Tomek Makowiecki, on August 8, 2008. On January 1, 2010 Jusis gave birth to their son, Teofil.
On July 2010 Jusis recorded the song Twoją wiarę mam ("I Have Your Faith") for the Polish version of the soundtrack to Walt Disney's Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue. On February 2011 she dubbed a Polish version of the computer game Test Drive Unlimited 2.
On November 2011 Jusis released her first book, written with Magda Targosz, Poradnik dla zielonych rodziców ("A Guide For Green Parents"), promoting the raising of children in accordance with ecology.Return to dance musicIn 2016, almost seven years after her last album, Jusis released her new one with dance music, called Bang!. It was released by the Polish division of Sony Music. Her new avant-garde electronic sound was almost entirely created by producer Stendek. Jusis penned all the lyrics. The album was promoted by singles Bejbi Siter ("Babysitter"), Zombi świat ("Zombie World") and Delta, followed by club tournee "Bang! Tour".
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Post by pieter on Jan 31, 2020 17:55:30 GMT -7
Moloko
Moloko /məˈloʊkoʊ/ were an English-Irish electronic music duo formed in Sheffield, England, consisting of vocalist Róisín Murphy and producer Mark Brydon. Blending elements of trip hop, electronica, and dance, they are best known for UK top 10 hits such as "The Time Is Now" (2000) and "Familiar Feeling" (2003), as well as the 1999 Boris Dlugosch remix of "Sing It Back" which became an international hit.
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Post by pieter on Jan 31, 2020 18:09:15 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Jan 31, 2020 18:14:28 GMT -7
I love this video, because I like dancing.
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Post by pieter on Jan 31, 2020 18:32:03 GMT -7
The Chemical Brothers are a British electronic music duo composed of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, originating in Manchester in 1989.[3] Along with the Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, and other fellow acts, they were pioneers at bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture. They achieved widespread success when their second album Dig Your Own Hole topped the UK charts in 1997. In the United Kingdom they have had six number one albums and thirteen Top Twenty singles, including two number ones. In the United States they have won six Grammy Awards including "Best Rock Instrumental Performance", "Best Dance Recording" and "Best Dance/Electronic Album" of the year as recently as 2020.
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Post by Jaga on Feb 1, 2020 5:13:05 GMT -7
Pieter,
cool video of The Chemical Brothers !
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Post by pieter on Feb 1, 2020 19:20:51 GMT -7
Jaga,
What do you think of Reni Jusis Jaga? Do you like her or is her music not your cup of tea?
Listen from 1:48:00
For me as a Western-European she has a typical Slavic style, look and way of singing. I have compared Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovenian, Serb, Ukrainian and Russian music last years and you can say that there is some authentic typical Western-Slavic, Eastern-Slavic and Southern-Slavic pop music with Western musical influences. Reni Jusis combines her Polish vocals with a sophisticated German style of electronic music, comparable to the Cologne-based electronic music independent record label and vinyl/CD distributor Kompakt, owned by Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer and Jürgen Paape. I remember from the past years of the 2 Polish culture forums on Pro-Boards (Jaga's and Bonobo's Forum), from discussions with Pawian, Aadam, Bunjo, Jerzy, Tuftabis and others that Yugoslavian popular music was popular in Poland during the Polish Peoples Republic, and that in the same time Czech music and illegal imported Western-European music and American music was popular too. Sometimes copied from Radio Luxemburg, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, BBC world service. I wonder if there is a slavic world pop culture today. I was amazed and surprised when I went out in Kraków in April 2004 that there was a very lively, Polish student, Underground, New Wave/Gothic like going out scene in the Kazimierz district of Kraków.
Jaga,
I like Reni Jusis, because I get warm vibes from going out in Amsterdam in House music temples like RoXY and the IT (a famous Gay discotheque, where I smuggled myself in by going inside as a fake Gay couple with a straight friend of mine, while my girlfriend and my sister went in at the back side of the row as a Lesbian couple). That It discotheque was a happening for us, because you had very good dj's there and the extravert, colorful and expressive Amsterdam Gay scene with colorful Drag Queens, masculine guys, androgyn gays, femine gays, masculine Lesbians -dykes, butch, tomboys-, Fashion queers, Gay skins, leather gays and all kind of other subgroups. And we infiltrated as straight people into that Gay discotheque, because the best dj's and music was there. RoXY was a mix of straight, Gay and Bi-sexual people. These were the high days of House music and techno, the roaring nineties of electronic music.
But Reni Jusis reminds me also of other Amsterdam famous discotheques and dance nights of these days in the student discotheques of Odeon, Dansen bij Jansen (Dancing at Jansen), the Escape discotheque at the Leidse square, the Sleep In (today Arena), Paradiso, de Melkweg (the Milky Way), the Mazzo, Korsakoff, Soulkitchen, student disco de Dolfijn in the Pijp neighbourhood, the Westergas fabriek (Westergas factory) and Hotel Winston in the Red light district Warmoestreet.
Different times that returned with a flashback when I saw Reni Jusis performing at that Wiosna party meeting. Her style reminds me of the Progressive house music of the nineties.
Cheers, Pieter
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Post by Jaga on Feb 3, 2020 6:08:08 GMT -7
Pieter, I had to look online and yourtube since I was not familiar with her music, but I liked it. I wish I had more time in Amsterdam and I was able to mix like you in the famous gay discotheque. It seems that they have their own bias, they don't accept straight people
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Post by pieter on Feb 3, 2020 12:44:04 GMT -7
The last thing I want to say is that this electronic music thread largely exist due to the influence and the world of Gay DJs, Gay producers, Gay clubs and Gay discotheques. House music and techno probably wouldn't exist without their role in it, their influence, their authentic music and clubgoers scene.
One of the main influences of house was disco; house music has been defined as a genre which "...picked up where disco left off in the late 1970's." Like disco DJs, house DJs used a "slow mix" to "lin[k] records together" into a mix. In the post-disco club culture during the early 1980s, DJs from the gay scene made their tracks "less pop-oriented," with a more mechanical, repetitive beat and deeper basslines, and many tracks were made without vocals, or with wordless melodies. Disco became so popular by the late 1970s that record companies pushed even non-disco artists (R&B bands, for example) to produce disco songs. When the backlash against disco started, known as "Disco sucks" the dance music scene went from being produced by major label studios to being created in the underground club DJ and dance club scene.
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Post by pieter on Feb 3, 2020 14:10:13 GMT -7
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Post by Jaga on Feb 5, 2020 5:03:43 GMT -7
Hello Pieter, I wish I coul see Abba on live concert, Maybe one timewhen I would be bak in Euope we could do that :_
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Post by pieter on Feb 8, 2020 3:28:51 GMT -7
That would be a good idea Jaga.
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Post by pieter on Mar 6, 2020 20:14:19 GMT -7
Very intense, deep, multi-layered, melancholic and abstract music is this. I like it, find it interesting and fascinating to listen too.Autechre (/ɔːˈtɛkər/) are an English electronic music duo consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, both from Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1987, they are one of the best known acts signed to UK electronic label Warp Records, through which all of Autechre's full-length albums have been released beginning with their 1993 debut Incunabula. They gained initial recognition when they were featured on Warp's 1992 compilation Artificial Intelligence.
Influenced by styles such as electro and acid house, the music of Autechre has evolved throughout their career from early, melodic techno recordings to later works often considered abstract and experimental, featuring complex algorithm-generated production and few stylistic conventions. Their work has been associated with the 1990s electronic genre known as intelligent dance music (IDM), though Booth has dismissed the label as "silly."
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Post by pieter on Apr 11, 2020 18:42:19 GMT -7
Ellen AllienEllen Fraatz (born September 16, 1968), known professionally as Ellen Allien, is a German electronic musician, music producer, and the founder of BPitch Control music label. Her album Stadtkind was dedicated to the city of Berlin, and she cites the culture of reunified Berlin as one of the main inspirations for her music. She sings in both German and English. Her music is best described as a blend of IDM and Techno music, which is dance-floor oriented and has noticeable experimental elements. She lives in Berlin.HistoryEllen Allien was born and grew up in West Berlin. During 1989, she lived in London where she first came into contact with electronic music. When she later returned to Berlin, electronic music had become increasingly popular in Germany. In 1992, she became resident DJ at the Bunker, Tresor, and E-Werk. She started her own show on the Berlin radio station Kiss FM and created her own record label, calling them both "Braincandy". Due to problems with distribution, she gave the Braincandy label up in 1997 and instead began organizing parties with the name, "Pitch Control". Allien created the label BPitch Control in 1999.
She released her first album, Stadtkind, in 2001, and her second album, Berlinette, in 2003. In 2005, after releasing the album Thrills, Allien created a BPitch sublabel called "Memo Musik" for minimal tech and minimal house. Orchestra of Bubbles, a collaboration with Apparat, was released in 2006. During the same year, Allien launched her own fashion line, "Ellen Allien Fashion".
After the minimalistic Sool in 2008, she released her fifth solo album, Dust, in 2010.
Allien made a brief appearance in the 2009 electronic music documentary Speaking In Code. Then she worked on the music for the dance performance "Drama Per Musica", which has been premiered in Paris in March 2011 under the direction of Alexandre Roccoli and Sevérine Rième. The accompanying album "LISm" was released in 2013 and, like her DJ sets, unites different musical styles into a homogenous whole.
Also the successor "Nost" sets on variety, however within the electronic spectrum. Thus she returns to her technoid underground roots and stays true to her dancefloor principles after about three decades.
In 2019 Ellen Allien launched her UFO Inc. label with an EP that features the epic »UFO« which has been on heavy rotation in her DJ sets all summer long. Between »UFO« and the hard-hitting Berlin acid belter »Körpermaschine« on the flipside, the »UFO« EP perfectly captures the energetic hardware sound of Allien’s new imprint, which will be dedicated to a rough and raw approach to techno.
Ellen Allien holds residencies in the clubs Nitsa, Barcelona and Circoloco at DC10, Ibiza and is a regular in clubs such as Madrid’s Mondo. She started her already infamous bi-monthly ‘We Are Not Alone’ raves at Griessmühle in her beloved and vibrant native town Berlin that will guest in other cities around the globe too – just as her in-store record shop happenings under the name Vinylism. You will find her frequently performing festivals i. e. Germany’s MELT, N.A.M.E. Festival in France.I've seen everything from the beginning in this city and I guess Berlin helps me to feel whole.www.exberliner.com/whats-on/music-nightlife/ellen-allien/
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Post by pieter on Apr 11, 2020 19:22:49 GMT -7
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