July 4th, 2007
Talking with Tim from Pinacolada Records
Pinacolada is a contemporary NZ label that blew me away in the 90’s by releasing a House record from Christchurch! Nowadays the label is picking up the sound of indy bands that play the blur between electro and rock. (Rockotronica!)
Before downloads existed (and a return to Uni) I used to see Label Manager Tim pushing wares at Galaxy Records. He has also worked at RDU for an aeon, been a groupie, dabbled as a Dj and is generally a no holds barred advocate of the Christchurch music scene.
The discussion flows around what’s going on with the NZ music scene, some history, some futures, some opinions and even takes some time to come up new genres. Otherwise we are generally doing the beat up!
Check out: Pig Out ‘ Tiger Tones ‘ Shocking Pinks


Beat Up Rx04 [40:37m]:
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June 27th, 2007
About this: Turnstyle & Suln seep back for another squeak on Speakeasy. Jangled and jagged the tracks simmer up into little melting piles of data. Are you going to take me again on a disco with your geek toys?
Dial now for sounds crunched in soft teeth and spun on laser beams. This here disco is burning up the mainline. Wet wires make cold heat, beats make fusion of tone waved sine’s, systems stay sweet running bleeps.
As Turnstyle tucks the tempo. Suln says “we want to tell you the truth!”
This is freebase homebake, digital glitched up woop woop hitting your deck.
Tracklist::
la sangre llego al rio - pablo akaros / la sangre llego al rio
schwungseltaninin - bikini machine / the schwingsultaninen remixes
diseases - litze rakuten rmx for sr.click / trittbretter
la farandula - soraka la / farandula
My girlfriend is a cephalopod - sr.click / Things of a surrealist city
Auf das gute folgt das bose - Musik Durch Technick / Xjacking
Los Hermanos Arbusto - Pablo Akaros / Los Hermanos Arbusto
Lunken - Strumplästen / Lunken / Labanmph
just a testa - taron-trekka / burn phisto smeik
5 Sseptiembre - Pablo Akaros / Spermatozombie
Elebe13 - Stobbert / Litze Rakuten
On the Discotech - Lander Ground / Chamaissance
Visit::
intoxik.de
archive.org
strumplasten
minimalnet.org

Speakeasy 0X9 [60:00m]:
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May 14th, 2007
Finding out about White Elephant Trust.
White Elephant is a charitable trust making a real difference in the dance scene in Christchurch. Providing all sorts of services to the dance community, skill sharing, mentoring, event health. Presenting a positive sustainable method of supporting dance culture in the broader community.
Trustees Ants & Muz beat up about histories, actions, organic process.Big shouts out to the WE crew. Love and respect for your style and attitude.
ps. thanks matt for running your IM beeps in the background .. !


Beat Up Rx03 [26:03m]:
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April 29th, 2007
Catching up with Pig Out @ the Dux De Lux.
Pig Out are cool, the sound is rad! I was a bit nervous about talking to the band and kinda managed to insult both Kit & Marie . However these kids know what they are doing and kept the connection.
I did find out that Marie has histories with ChCh Hardcore, so perhaps more to investigate there.
I also talk to some Pig Out fans and as per usual get Beat Up!


Beat Up Rx02 [24:33m]:
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April 17th, 2007
Playlisted for the Massive Equinox 2007. A sample from
one layer of input into the 3rd Space. Lookout for dubs
from the 3rd Resistance.
The sounds & tracks are all from Creative Commons.
The voice bites are from a talk given by Fraser Clark
~ circa in 1995.
My My Sound System is deep in your future!


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April 17th, 2007
Kicking off new series in Netcast for Psurkit, Beat Up gets on the street to find out what is actually happening inside electronic culture, NZ. Talking to people at the scene of the scene.
This episode we are hanging out at Cartel, South of Lichfield in Christchurch. Gina, Jules and Turnstyle are playing Minimal Techno to a Thursday.
Check out the pictures @ Obscure


Beat Up rx01 [17:04m]:
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March 19th, 2007
Andi Numan has had a passion for electronic music since his early teens. Taken in by the electric vibe of Auckland’s early underground rave scene he quickly got into djing. In the mid 90’s
Numan played out at events such as the 1st Gathering and a regular techno night at the Box. Then wanting to go further, Numan moved his lifelong study of music in the direction of all things electronica. Moving away from the public dj scene, he continued to develop his production and find his own sound.
Now Numan risks his title as NZ’s most widely unknown producer/dj to bring you “Fat is Fun”, an mix of his favorite party tracks from the last year. This mix, done with use of Ableton Live, is full of live tricks and nob twisting that goes beyond what is possible with just a mixer.
Track List
- Booka Shade - Mandarine Girl
- Booka Shade - Trespass 06
- D-Nox - Seven Hours(Martinez Apocalypse Mix)
- Bodzin & Huntemann - Rubin
- Anthony Rother - Compression(Wet Baby Mix)
- Cirez-D - Punch Drunk
- Tahiti 80 - Bigday(BShade Rmx)
- Moby - Dream About Me(BShade Rmx)
- Cirez-D - Copy Rat
- Coburn - Razorblade
- Adam Marshall - Magnum
- Elektrochemie - You-e My Kind
- Afrilounge - Night Watch
- Adam Beyer & Jasper Dahlbaeck - Track B
- Technasia - A thing of beauty is a joy forever
- Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch (Tom Neville Mix)
- Booka Shade - Darko
For a taste of some of andi numan’s own creations check out www.myspace.com/andinuman

Andi Numan - Fat is Fun [48:38m]:
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March 2nd, 2007
1. Jaja - DJ Delicious and Rutte (Claude von Stroke’s 126 Bleeps Per Serving
Remix) [Alphabet City]
2. Organic (Original Mix) - Jochen Trappe [Connoisseur]
3. Lose Control - Darkmountaingroup [Buzzin Fly]
4. True (Born Tricky Remix) - Outmode [Rebirth]
5. Din Da Da - Solid Groove and Sinden [Counterfeet]
6. Red Hot - Solid Groove and Sinden [Atlantic Jaxx]
7. Front 2 Back (Switch Remix) - Playgroup [Defected]
8. Yeah Yeah (D. Ramirez Mix) - Bodyrox [Paradise France]
9. Electric Disco (D. Ramirez Remix) - Plump DJs [Finger Lickin’]
10. Exceeder (Original Remix) - Mason [Great Stuff]
11. Only You (Elektro Remix) = Terranova & Austin Leeds [Terratraxx]
12. Put Your hands Up For Detroit (Claude von Stroke’s Packard Plant Remix)
- [Net’s Work Italy]
13. Positive Education - Eric Prydz vs. Floyd [Data]
14. Unknown - ‘One In The Back’ [White]
15. Dust (Induceve Remix) - Recloose [Peacefrog]
Check for more via Munt FM

Da Mix Plate live mix [70:42m]:
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February 14th, 2007
Somewhere inside the divide, Turnstyle & Suln discover directions towards a new form. Descending under a mechanical sky, the exploration reveals electronic patterns of construction, massive data pools, the feral spirals of situations and outcomes. A city.
Curious of free forming logic that exploits all frequency in range ‘ they decide to remain a while. Softly seeking placement amongst the indigenous energies that flux with an organic rhythm.
Tracklist ::
November 6, 2006 - Christian Cochran / One-Minute Vacation
Flamingo’s in the Night - Legowelt / Elefanten Boots Soundtrack
Tec.butterfly - Igor O. Vlasov / Acid Scienceb - [COM16]
Nosologie - Dataman / Noetik Pt.2 - [COM07]
igloo - barem + dilo / aires buenos - [unfound 15]
Gelbe Ecke - Ambitronic / Minimale Momente - [IDEAL004]
Gallop - Dublee / Deviation EP - [EPS21]
December 4, 2006 - Dannt Meltzer / One-Minute Vacation
Veins-tu - Alexandre Bilodeau / Veins-tu - [EPS22]
Do I Play - Mike Steele / Steele Toe Boots Vol. 1 [bump013]
dance you down - gusgus / attention
Dead Land Boogie - Legowelt / Rolf Sebastian
i can ride - thor / blues for a grey planet e.p - [stmnet007]
Bobby Baby - Bobby Ruperts / High Voltage Disco Remix - [corpidex007]
My:Stificity - Monoide / Periodt - [ratc001]
La foire aux monstres - Pheek / Épisodes - [EPS10]
Pahnost - Raganova / Pitka EP - [Clever Music 011]
Near Madness - Miles Moore / Tales From the Invisible Man - [EPS23]
Visit ::
quietamerican.org Legowelt comatronic.net epsilonlab.com
unfoundsoundrecords.com idealtechno.de bumpfoot.net
gusgus.com corpid-label.de realaudio.ch clevermusic.net

Speakeasy 0X8 [60:30m]:
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February 11th, 2007
Well it’s been nearly a year so time for another live set innit.
This was recorded at Fu bar (fu.co.nz) at an Innersound gig (innersound.co.nz), which was nice because Fu and the Innersound boys and me go waaaay back bro…
Anyhoo, well compared to the ‘live at minim’ set (also kindly hosted by the good peeps at psurkit) this is most definitely a club set. It also includes some very fresh material - thrice as nice, late night, send in the clowns, beat street, distance learning and meeting the minutes were all made in a rather productive post-holiday/batteries recharged splurge in the 2 weeks preceding the gig.
Normally I stew on tracks for ages, ditch them, come back to them, ditch them again, have a bit more of a stew and then maaaaaybe get around to recording them – but I decided here to post this set with the new, and as yet un-stewed/ditched/re-ditched/re-stewed tracks.
Hope you enjoy it!
Simon
www.myspace.com/simonflower
Tracklisting:
- pay the machine
- thrice as nice
- shinjuku skyline
- late night
- send in the clowns!
- disinter (remix)
- hoodisms
- mr.clock
- beat street
- distance learning
- meeting the minutes
- a faraway room

Simon Flower Live at Fu, 20 Jan 2007 [74:17m]:
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