Special. Awesome. Dark and edgy. You definitely need more than one word to describe what it sounds like when Jeff Pils is spinning records as a DJ or releases music under his alias Bogger.
Since the early 90s he is programming soundscapes in several projects as well as hosting radio-shows, such as „Digital Gadget“ and „Zum Alpharaver“ (Herbstradio, Berlin). The Berlin based Oliver Kiesow is also co-running digital-gadget/front, a label for independent electronic music. Known for his fierce DJ-sets at his residency in the berlin institution for rotating meat called Dönerlounge, in recent times he turned his moniker Jeff Pils also into an artist name, signifying tracks that act as open counterparts to the rather hermetical music of Bogger. Since five years Pils is a member of the interactive live performance group “Endliche Automaten” last year touring with an instant composition through eastern europe.
Today we are proud to continue our Dusty Cabinets series with a brandnew, technoid dubstep mix by Jeff Pils — growling and bubbling with that certain groove. Great!
Jeff Pils’ labelmate Helvetikone just released a new free mini album which is available through the digital-gadget website, right here.
(Thanks: text by Cantürk)
Better late than never … To finally finish this two-thousand-and-nine thing, I owe this list of some “appealing” dance tracks from last year, limited to a number of ten, maybe eleven. There have been some more solid dance tracks than before, it was a proper year, some fresher productions and even some real exceptional artists plus some great recoveries too. Admittedly I was more open again to this kind of stuff, it was more fun to explore all these beats. I will keep it short. Not so much gossip, more tunes … and a good preview of what will happen this year. Read more …
The Dusty Cabinets are going live this Friday with a massive line-up. We host a club night at WMF Berlin with some good friends, a very special constellation for this night and this city and a rather rare live performance by dub-techno ambassadors Scion Versions (of Chain Reaction fame), although all artists live in Berlin.
See you all there!
Friday 19.12.2010 | 11 pm | WMF, Klosterstr. 44 Berlin, 10179 Berlin
THE DUSTY CABINETS
Substance & Vainqueur pres.
SCION VERSIONS LIVE (Chain Reaction / Hard Wax)
ERRORSMITH dj set (Smith n Hack / MMM)
JENNE GRABOWSKI (JB. / DNP Music)
JOHN OSBORN (Jackson)
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VJ: DIVERSES (Berlin)
“Where Do We Go From Here?”
That’s what British editorial designer Jeremy Leslie asked in his lecture about the future of magazines, of independent publishing, of print. “It’s the end of print as we know it. So where do we go from here?” was the question to discuss and to be answered.
That was during Colophon 2009 festival (March 12-15, 2009) in Luxembourg, festival for independent publishers, editorial designers, editors, creatives or just magazine lovers who are into any kind of (independent) publications. It was actually the crucial moment for me to restart JB. Magazine soon, which still had been more like a vague plan to that date. And with the energy from this weekend it was for sure it would happen pretty fast. Read more …
Stepping up with a mix of House with a light touch of ghetto. And as you hum along the basslines, you get cooled down with that stuff we call “dub” and a huge, conspiratorial piano at last. Find some compelling tracks by Tevo Howard, Levon Vincent, Roska, Joy Orbison, Anthony ‘Shake’ Shakir …
The next mix has just arrived: The Dusty Cabinets continues with Jeff Pils aka Bogger from Berlin, co-running the small label Digital Gadget / Front. He made a superb technoid Dupstep mix, growling and bubbling with that certain groove. Nice! I will keep you informed when it’s available.
Even more music: a recording of my set during the Watergate night with Nick Höppner and Lee Jones in December 2009 has to be cut. Stay tuned!
Save this date when you are in Berlin: The Dusty Cabinets will happen live at WMF Club on February, 19th. With Scion Versions live (aka Substance & Vainqueur), Errorsmith, John Osborn and me! This is only the beginning, some more events will follow this year. More on this soon. Hope to see you all there!
The year started very calm and smooth. I never expected it to turn out so hectic but it’s packed with a lot of good news that also give JB. some little changes this year. Not to trigger some rumours, but something is on the way and to already realize some of the ideas soon, I would pay some good money for more useful hours added to my day. It’s already February, and the last year seems far away now. But I try to end my short round-up of 2009 quickly.
Normally I wouldn’t review art shows or galleries, but there was one spot that I constantly went that gets a gold medal. Pool Gallery, Berlin. They started the last year with that great guy, one of my favourite artists: Mike Mills. In this exhibition, Mills dealt with is own youth displaying pictures e.g. from LIFE Magazine issues of 1971. His black and white drawings about the history of bears – from California bears to German’s Bruno (remember the “Problem-Bär” in 2006?) – or “Men that My Mother Said She Was Going to Marry in Her Next Life” including Harry Dean Anderson aka McGyver have just been amazingly funny. Read more …
A sad day in 2009 was the closing of the best indoor skatepark that Berlin has seen in a while. This cosy place near the main station was fully covered and perfectly shaped with wood from the bottom up to the roof. “Bernd’s Wohnzimmer” opened the doors for the last session in October. Once built up with much love by the Berlin skateboard legend Till Kemner some years ago, it instantly became the spot for the core of the scene. Such a great place to hang out, right at a channel of the Spree river. Had some really good sessions there, loved the miniramp, people have always been nice, I remember some sweet injuries and muscle soreness … I already miss it really bad!
But with everything that comes to an end there is a new beginning … parts of the wood will find a new home, a new skatepark is being built, with indoor and outdoor space somewhere in the eastern part of Berlin. Hopefully it has something special to offer like “Bernd’s Wohnzimmer”. See you soon!
12.03. @ WMF — Remember The Future with Loefah, Mack Jiggah, TWRA Sun, Hops & Jenne Grabowski
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23.03. @ Cookies — Jackson with Nick Höppner, Jenne Grabowski & John Osborn
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23./24.04. @ WMF tbc.
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THE DUSTY CABINETS… live!
Next date: 18.06.2010 @ WMF Club
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The Dusty Cabinets Show — the DJ Mixshow of JB. with great music by various DJs and artists. Get all episodes on our Soundcloud Archive
