Sat.Dec.3rd [KONTROL] w/ Cosmin TRG, Daniel Bell, & Julietta

[blinke]

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

[ K O N T R O L ]

minimal techno + avant house

every 1st Saturday at The Endup

featuring three international headliners,

each playing extended two hour sets:

*** COSMIN TRG ***

US exclusive ~ SF Debut!

(Rush Hour, Fifty Weapons, BPitch / Bucharest)

one of Europe's hottest rising talents,

Cosmin's been making (and playing) some of

the most head-turning techno of recent years.

http://www.cosmintrg.com/

*** DANIEL BELL ***

(Accellerate, Tresor, Perlon, Klang / Berlin)

the minimalist icon and [KONTROL] all-star

returns for an unprecedented SEVENTH session!

http://daniel-bell.com/

*** JULIETTA ***

(Harry Klein, Sushitech / Munich)

Harry Klein resident and label boss, Julietta's

heady, sexy blend of house and techno have made

her a favorite all across Europe and beyond.

http://www.facebook.com/Juliettamusic

with [KONTROL] residents:

* NIKOLA BAYTALA *

(S.W.A.T., Robsoul, Junior Boys Own)

* CRAIG KUNA *

(Mothership, Platform, ESDJCO)

* SAMMY D *

(Pillow Talk, Dirtybird, Classic)

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The ENDUP

401 6th St @ Harrison, SF

10pm - 6am / 21+ / $20

http://www.theendup.com/

FREE before 11pm!

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COSMIN TRG

There are those who imitate, and those who innovate: Romanian born, Berlin based producer Cosmin Nicolae is unquestionably the latter. At this point in time you’ll find him honing a ghostly, sketchy techno blueprint that fuses shuffling drums with eerie synths, snatched vocals-as-instruments and strains of Detroit and Chicago classicism. These analogue sounds arrive on labels like connoisseur Dutch imprint Rush Hour as well as Modeselektor’s 50 Weapons and Untold’s hotter-than-hot Hemlock, but are a stylistic mile away from the sound with which the man first emerged.

Back in 2007, when known simply as TRG, a breakthrough came courtesy of “Put You Down”/”Broken Hearts” – the track which launched Ramadanman, Panagea and Ben UFO’s now much lauded label Hessle Audio. The ensuing years have seen Cosmin’s sound in a state of constant flux, ever shifting through previously undefined sonic territory.

Although they say certain styles of music are native to certain cities, this producer is proving otherwise in the way his music draws distant parallels with 90s Warp, naughties London and du jour Berlin imprints like Fachwerk. “There is no template in mind” he says of his idiosyncratic sounds, “we all have our own little strategies, but for me it’s just about making it personal.” A simple but effective approach, it’s one that’s working wonders for Cosmin who is now found DJing everywhere from Fabric to Sonar to Berghain on any given weekend.

As well as a debut album is coming late August 2011 on 50 Weapons, the restless creative’s live setup is also evolving, endeavouring to create an ever more immersive and unpredictable soundtrack in the club. Though impossible to pin down, there’s a distinguished and distinguishable sonic personality about all to that which bares Cosmin’s name, and it’s that which makes him the essential electronic talent that he is.

WEB:

http://www.cosmintrg.com/

http://www.teshno.co...-interview.html

AUDIO:

http://soundcloud.co...-from-rush-hour

http://soundcloud.com/trg

VIDEO:

http://boilerroom.tv...trg-50-min-mix/

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DANIEL BELL

Daniel Bell has been a top minimalist Detroit producer from his beginnings as a critical member of Richie Hawtin's Plus 8 Records to his recording of an all-time classic, 1994's "Losing Control" (as DBX) to the foundation of his own Seventh City and Accelerate labels. Born in Sacramento, he grew up near Detroit and was influenced by the sound of techno on Motor City radio during the 1980s. Bell began DJing, bought recording equipment, and entered the production world with a job at a recording studio while attending Niagara College near Toronto. Though the work was mostly for hip-hop groups, Bell often worked overtime and produced his own tracks.

He had a few productions of his own by 1991, when he moved back to Detroit and met Richie Hawtin. Bell joined Hawtin's new Plus 8 label, and produced several of the imprint's famed early singles ("Technarchy," "Cabaret Seven"), recording with Hawtin and John Acquaviva as Cybersonik. His back-to-basics approach to hard minimalistic techno fit in well with Hawtin's aesthetic. After leaving Plus 8 to form his own Accelerate Records in 1992, Bell began recording as DBX. Singles like "Blip," "Flying Saucer," and "Electric Shock" became hot with DJs from Chicago as well as Detroit. In 1994, Peacefrog released two DBX EPs ("Alien," "Losing Control"). Though "Losing Control" became one of the biggest underground smashes of the decade, Bell's move into the distribution game (by rejuvenating Seventh City as a record distributor) took away valuable production time. Even while the venture soon became one of the main worldwide distributors for Detroit techno, it grew so successful that Bell was forced to put his recording career on hold. He was back on wax by 1996, recording for DS and Klang Electron as well as Accelerate. Also working on projects with Theo Parrish on Elevate records, and taking Claude Young on to start Seventh City records. Unfortunately, Seventh City distribution folded and in 1998 Bell returned his concentration to production with the single "Subterranean/The Wild Life/Beserk." Two years later he followed with a mix CD, The Button Down Mind of Daniel Bell, released on Tresor Records, and one of the most superb mixes of a decade.

WEB:

http://daniel-bell.com/

http://www.residenta...eature.aspx?914

AUDIO:

http://soundcloud.co...rlin-14-01-2010

VIDEO:

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JULIETTA

When Julietta discovered the first House parties in the early nineties, Moodymann and Maurizio were two of the producers who captivated her so strongly that she began digging for electronic music by herself. Regularly she remained in miscellaneous record shops, always in search for some new Chicago house and Detroit records – at that time still without any DJ ambitions. She did an interstation at the radio, where she moderated one of the first shows for electronic music throughout south Germany. At the end of the nineties she had her first gig at the legendary Ultraschall in Munich, where she was offered a residency straight away.

She always was an activist in Munich nightlife and over the years she already gained an excellent reputation far beyond the German borders – at renowned venues like for instance Panoramabar (Berlin), Watergate (Berlin), Robert Johnson (Frankfurt), Rex (Paris), Fabric (London), Colors Studio (Tokyo), Arma17 (Moscow), Flex (Vienna), Club 11 (Amsterdam), Bar13 (New York), Cocoliche (Buenos Aires), Cocoon (Frankfurt) as well as festivals like Love Parade or Sonnemondsterne. In the meantime, after almost 100 gigs worldwide in the year 2007, she counts besides the famous Harry Klein an increasing number of resident clubs in Europe.

Her style varies somewhere between House and Techno with all its facets and stands out with a mind-blowing mixture of rare old and modern tracks. She has a specific intuition for the right record on the dancefloor, where she manages to build a set that hooks the listener until the last record.

2009 she founded the in-house label Harry Klein Records, together with the rest of the residents of the club. The first record was released beginning of 2010. The same year she was asked to become part of the eminently respected label Sushitech, one of her favourites for a long time. Watch out for common projects to be announced soon!

WEB:

http://www.facebook.com/Juliettamusic

http://www.residenta...net/dj/julietta

AUDIO:

http://soundcloud.co...at-ade-studio-k

VIDEO:

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http://www.kontrolsf.com/

http://www.facebook....?gid=6631032340