Ketoloco Podcast Series

Mario Basanov's plastic has been firmly in our record bags for months here at Ketoloco.  His forward thinking take on the current disco-tinged house vibe is refreshing to say the least.  With high profile release's on Needwant and a superb remix of Hercules & Love Affair's hit 'Falling' last summer, Mario is flying and 2012 will be his.

We're really pleased to have secured Mario for a performance at lour Ketoloco Polar Party on Friday 3rd February at The Basing House, London.  Funktion One, exposed brick, intimate vibes, 400 people raving in ski gear, leg warmers and stupid hats. Perfect.

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Ketoloco Polar Party
Friday 3rd February
Basing House, London

SASSE (15 Years Of Moodmusic Record)
MARIO BASANOV(Needwant Records)

Event Info:http://www.facebook.com/events/346086005401550/

£5 Early Bird Tickets (sold out)
£8 Advance

E-Tickets:
http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?328597

Ketoloco's OO7 is Mr. Alex Niggemann and this podcast is definately a secret weapon. Alex leaves behind his trademark deeper grooves and gives us a highly charged dance floor orientated house mix. This should raise a few eyebrows and keep many feet a tapping. It spans various forms of underground house music with shades of acid, tech, deep & jackin' all nicely broken up with soulful vocal cuts. Enjoy!

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Ketoloco Polar Party
Friday 3rd February
Basing House, London

SASSE (15 Years Of Moodmusic Record)
MARIO BASANOV(Needwant Records)

Event Info:http://www.facebook.com/events/346086005401550/

£5 Early Bird Tickets (sold out)
£8 Advance

E-Tickets:
http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?328597

We are super proud to announce that our 6th podcast comes from Parisian house legend Jef K.  Head honcho of deep house imprint Silver Network, Jef K is a man constantly striving to push great deep house music to the masses.  This podcast, however, is a step in different direction from his usual deep house sound and delves expertly into the realms underground disco house.

Ketoloco caught up with Jef K for a chin wag...

1) What have you been up to lately?

Been touring a lot and working a lot on music lately, a lot of new releases are coming up including a new one on my label silver network with two originals from Death on the Balcony.  Remixes by myself & gwen maze, robert james, and valentin from paris will also be onn that EP.  There is also an original track and a remix for a very nice track from yakine on One Records - Birmingham, two original tunes by myself, gwen & alex murak on Italian label Rebirth and finally a remix for 2020 vision ... and so on!

2) You were born and raised in the suburbs of Paris.  How did this influence you musically?

i was raised with all kinds of 'black music', reggae, funk dico, hip hop ... everything with huge basslines so i went naturally to house music after that ...
 

3) A lot of people tend to say the French house scene was stronger back in the 90's, what are your thoughts on this?

I think it's true, bak in the days we were really lucky to have all big dj's fighting to play in paris, then it went a bit down for a few years  but it's really changing now and paris is getting bigger and bigger nowadays partywise and musicwise ... a lot of new talents are coming up as well as new partypeople .... Paris is back bébé !!

4) Silver Network has become a classic deep house label. Can Tell us about your ethos with the label?  Have you always led it in the same musical direction as you do now?

My brother and i built the label back in 1999 and we have 30 releases so far, we always tried to have a certain quality ... As big fans of US house music here are a lot of american artists but we opened it a lot to all kinds of artists from europe also .... Not really caring about names but defintly caring about quality music ...

5) What are your past experiences of Ketoloco? Did you think about those when you were planning your mix? 

I played ketoloco for easter bank holiday in london this year and had a real blast ... it was a beautiful sunny day and i only have great memories of it ... Of course i thought about it when doing this mix but it's not really what I play for you guys, it's takes a more disco journey.

6) The podcast takes a more laid back route through disco house music. Do you prefer playing at slower tempos?

Actually i love basslines and the slowest the better to enjoy them ... Also i like podcasts that are made for homelistening, i also like proper club sets, but i thought i should give you this one as i had a lot of beautiful tracks that are not always possible to play in clubs ...  

7) How was the podcast produced?

Did it this week end at home with my girlfriend as only audience ... She's really into music and gives me the good vibes i need to make a proper podcast ...

8) When your not touring or in the studio, what do you do to relax?

me and my girlfriend have two kids, no better way to relax than hanging with them ...

9) What's on the horizon for Jef K in 2011?

More and more music more and more parties ... stay tuned !!

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Ketoloco Polar Party
Friday 3rd February
Basing House, London

SASSE (15 Years Of Moodmusic Record)
MARIO BASANOV(Needwant Records)

Event Info:http://www.facebook.com/events/346086005401550/

£5 Early Bird Tickets (sold out)
£8 Advance

E-Tickets:
http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?328597

Nico Purman has kindly taken the time to create this wonderful two hour mix for our podcast ahead of his set at Ketoloco on Sunday 29th May. It's a real musical journey through all things house. You'll hear deeper grooves, electro vibes and acid sounds, separated by waves of layed back atmospheric bliss. Nico also throws in several of his own on-point productions.

Born and raised in Rosario Argentina, Nico Purman has been roasting the proverbial marshmallows since he first started collecting records at 12 years old. Those days of innocence were filled with not-yet-freaky Michael Jackson, soon after tainted with the New Beat sound coming out of Belgium (with bands like Jade 4 U and Erotic Dissidents), before being completely corrupted by the fabled late 1980's Chicago Acid House movement. Once debased, Depeche Mode, Joy Division, and The Cure quickly followed all leaving their influences on Nico.

At 17, Nico started to study percussion and played drums in local indie bands, recording in some of Buenos Aires' biggest studios. The experience left him with the taste of live performance and a deep understanding of rhythm, syncopation, and independence that only drumming can provide. With this classical insight into time and beat, Nico transitioned to vinyl and became one of Argentina's most respected DJ's. Armed with an expansive collection of music, he winds his audience through long hypnotizing sets of tough mood and movement, interlaced with selected loops and samples accentuating his motivational transfer.

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KETOLOCO DAYTIME TERRACE PARTY
SUNDAY 29TH MAY // THE LIGHT BAR, LONDON
12midday -11pm

Martinez, Sasse, Nico Purman, Craig Torrance

Info/Tickets - http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?254438

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It's been a while since our last offering but this podcast episode is definately worth the wait. Ed Kane has been part of the loco crew for years now with several Ketoloco performances under his belt both as "Kanio" and more recently as "Dexter Kane". His astonishing progression, musicality and versatility as a producer and DJ is reflected in his varying guises over the years. We caught up with Ed via skype while he's nearing the end of his current South Americas tour...

1) Tell us about your latest moniker; “Dexter Kane” and the musical direction you are taking with it.

Ed: My music taste has changed drastically over the last few years and this project is a reflection of where I'm at right now. I guess the main influences would be deep house and nu-disco at this stage in time.

2) Recently, you’ve been commenting a lot on the issues with Traktor Scratch and praising the advatages of CD’s & vinyls over the programme.

Ed: Yeah Tracktor hasn't worked out too well for me sadly. Just when I get over one problem another seems to pop up. I think I've probably been more unlucky than most, but I've seen a few other DJ's have issues while using it in a club. At the end of the day DJ'ing is my livelihood so I need something I can 100% rely on. The whole Traktor concept is just so fraught with potential for error, I've decided enough is enough. Now for the fun task of burning 9 months of CD's! Can't wait!!!

3) How was the mix recorded and does this vary from how you perform live?

Ed: I can only work during the day in the studio because of neighbours and what with being away a lot my studio time is scarce. Because of this I do mix mixes in Ableton in headphones at times when I can't use my studio. As I've got 2 projects going at the moment I need to use all my studio time for making music, so don't record my mixes live right now. Ableton is great for this but I personally find the program too basic and fiddly in certain areas to use for production, so I use Logic.

4) What are your past experiences of Ketoloco? Did they influence the vibe of your podcast?

Ed: I've had some great experiences playing at Ketoloco, most notably The Light Bar (London) and Kerbcrawler (Leeds). I did give some thought to those gigs when I was doing the mix, definitely.

5) How do you feel about acts that don’t make their own music and become successful by paying ghost writers to produce their records?

Ed: To be honest it's been a big part of the scene since day one and always will. It's a little frustrating at times but I think it's important to just get on with your own stuff and not worry too much about what everyone else is doing. Plus I can get paid to be one of those writers which is useful if I never need an extra few quid!

6) You’re often touring the globe and regularly pop-up in places such as South America. Do you like/dislike the hectic schedule and are there any tricks to surviving it?

Ed: I love DJing and making music but the travel is worst side of it. It sounds glamourous but it's basically just sitting around on your own for a lot of the time. On the plus it's made me appreciate certain things in my life a lot more, mainly how important your friends and family are.

7) What have you got coming up production wise in 2011?

Ed: I've just finished a couple of new EP's which I'm just about to send out to some labels so keep you eyes out for those. Also just done a remix with Lee Brinx for our label 'Lower East' we run with Cozzy D, it's called Wildkats - Addict for You (Dexter Kane and Lee Brinx mix). There's loads of wicked releases coming up on the Label we've got remixes coming up from Lee Foss, Robert James, Richy Ahmed and Pezzner among others so really looking forward to getting those out.

On the Kanio side of things I'm going back to a more techno-y sound with an EP on Blufin and a remix for Boris Brejcha on Harthouse, both will be out shortly.

8) Any special gigs on the horizon?

Ed: I'm playing Paris in a few weeks which is always great. Such a beautiful city, may even take my girl and stay a bit!

Cheers Lads x

3rd time lucky? We certainly are because for this installment of the Ketoloco Podcast we welcome Solomun. Founder of Diynamic Records and one of the most saught after producers on the scene right now, this podcast is rare! Below “Mladen” talks about how he approaches podcasts in comparison to live DJ sets.

“First I check what new upcoming stuff I have and then I try to include it with tracks I know and like. It’s not important to make a mix like you will play in the clubs, cause the law and vibe in the clubs is different. I tried to recreate a touch of the vibe perhaps! I recorded this mix at home through ableton. I played mostly CDs with some vinyls in there, but the new stuff I have is only on CD.

With a live DJ set the “how” is not so important, but the audience need the feeling that they can see what the DJ is doing. They prefer to see the DJ mixing a CD or a record. Honestly, I never prepare my set. Sure, I have tracks that I know fit very well together, but I’m never totally prepared. Cause every night is different. The city, people, sound system, small club, big club and and…it’s always a new adventure and I try to swim with the flow.”

1) Can you tell us a bit about the mix - how did you approach it?

This is just a mix up of some of my favourite tracks at the moment. It also gives a good indication of the vibe that i'm playing out. Looking back at the tracklist it's actually pretty upfront for me. I normally play more of a mixture of old and new stuff.

2) How and where was the mix recorded?

I just recorded the mix in my studio at home, just on some CDJs and a pioneer 600 . Nothing really that special to mention i'm afraid. However, I do often edit the tracks I play a bit before hand, to make them more to how i feel they will work when i play them. Especially for studio mixes when you have more time to think about how you want to piece things together.

3) Is the 'how' important? IE are you strictly vinyl, digital only, a keen fan of gadgets like FX boxes etc etc?

For me, personally, I'm not that fussed. Right now i just play out using CDs and a tiny bit of vinyl, sometimes. I think everyone has their own way of working, and if it works for them, then that's great. People get too caught up about the 'how' sometimes and forget about the music, which is the most important part for me. Saying this, i'm looking to get into ableton or traktor soon though, as they both look like pretty cool programs.

4) And for a normal set in a club - how much preparation goes into each one? How much planning do you do or are most of your sets done on the fly?

I'd love to say i'm one of those people who meticulously plans everything before hand, but i'm very much a 'on the fly' type of person. I also find that if you have this approach you can adapt to the crowd/situation easier. I mean you could have planned the best set in the world, but if the crowd isn't feeling it, then you're not doing your job.

5) You’re playing a set for Ketoloco @ The Light Bar on Sunday 29th August - what can people expect from you?

More of the same with a few surprises and maybe some more exclusives!

The new Ketoloco podcast series launches with an exclusive mix from one of our favourites; Julien Chaptal. Here's a few words from Julien...

"I often listen to podcasts when coming back from a party with friends or driving somewhere, so i thought I'd put together some tunes I like to listen to at these moments of the day. Mostly easy going vibes but also more dancefloor oriented tracks. Some of the tracks in this mix I have played in sets for a year or more and I just can't stop playing them. I also found a lot of great new tracks recently that i wanted to fit in this set as well. Its a sort of snapshot of what i'm enjoying listening to and playing at the moment.

It was recorded at the studio where I produce, after coming back from a beach party last weekend. I used Traktor going straight into 2 channels on an Allen & Heath mixer. I knew more or less which tracks I wanted to include but I decided to do it on the fly as it mimics more what I do when I play. After that I added some vocal samples here and there and made a couple of edits to shorten the set in Ableton Live. Often I make podcasts entirely in Ableton Live because i enjoy making edits of the tracks I play and add loops etc on top but i thought i'd try another way this time."

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