Sonar 2009 ~ Barcelona International Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art


It seems with the growing number of festivals each year, Barcelona has grown tremendously as an International center for music, design and experimental media. The video shows Sonar by day and Sonar by night. We highly recommend keeping this show on your radar, now and years to come.

What is Sonar? Sonar is a music and digital art festival held in the heart of the city of Barcelona for three days every June.

At last year’s festival, more than 80 thousand people enjoyed a musical line-up that combined major names in today’s electronica with ideas for minority interests.

Sonar is a meeting point both for an audience from all over the world eager for new ideas, and for professionals, who find that the festival atmosphere is the ideal place to display their products and make contacts. This year the festival will take place on 18, 19 and 20 June. Check the line-up here.

Space Opening Fiesta 2009 ~ Ibiza

Space Opening Fiesta 2009

Session’s in!!
Ibiza Sonica is an electronic music site based in Ibiza, Spain. They broad casted the Space Opening Fiesta 2009, on May 31, 2009, which we got to relax to after our night in San Francisco with Danny Tenaglia. DJs: Deadmau5, Steve Lawler, Carl Cox were playing when we got on. We could only imagine, sitting on the private beaches, sipping Sangria enjoying life’s splendor on the Spanish island. You can still listen to streamed sets from various clubs and djs this season from Ibiza.

You can also download the 2008 Space Closing Fiesta sets by Ibiza Sonica’s Elio Riso and Dan Genacia.

We hope the International Music Summit, back to business, went well this year.

Munk One ~ Nature’s Curse // Upper Playground Shirt

Upper Playground ~ Munk One

DJ Alex T ~ Upper Playground

MUNK ONE ~ UPPER PLAYGROUND

Visao on the hunt again, we stopped into Upper Playground after our Paasche airbrush purchase, to see what’s new. Remember going into your local T-shirt store to buy the newest Cypress Hill or Beastie Boys shirt, but saw these crazy Slayer, Megadeth or Anthrax rocker shirts too? Munk One is the designer behind the Nature’s Curse shirts and many more at Upper Playground. We love the concept, vibrant colors and coverage across the shirt’s front. Great shirt for the DJ on the go.

Autistic Interview ~ Italy

We found a young duo from Macerata, Italy, called Autistic. The Italians have a good sound, similar in taste, punchy and defined we would like to share their sound with you. To name a few: Italo Business, 303Lovers, Stereo Seven Records, Dandi & Ugo, Marshall, Libex, Jova, Piatto, Alex Kenji, Tractor Records, Hot Fingers and more.

Autistic is Stefano Valentini & Marco Massucci.

VM: How did you come up with the name “Autistic”?
A: The name was created in a strange situation, (better not to dicuss) then it seemed to be catchy name, so it stuck.

VM: You are young producers in electronic music. What got you interested in it?
A: We started djing first about 10 years old. Like most kids out here, our music is dance music, old techno, groovy & hard kicks, definitely makes us all happy.

VM: Describe what you like to hear in sound.
A: We really like vocals, in the last few months, strange melodies, various grooves with lots of rhythm.

VM: What software do you use?
A: We use logic 8.

VM: How do you approach each track you produce?
A: We approach and search for something new with each track, when we have found it, we start to think of the rest of the track. Cigarettes, bubble gum, and sandwiches helps. :)

4) Explain the Italian sound? 303Lovers, Stereo Seven, Italo Business, etc…
A: Each of these labels has a different side to them, they are all open to new artists, in fact in the last couple of months their style has varied. In Italy, there are only a few people that keep a high standard of the Italian sound, many artists use the same sound which becomes boring, like anything overused. We really respect Alex Kenji, Sara Galli, Marshall from 303lovers, Bertolini, Spartaque from Stereo Seven, there are so many talented artists, so many. :)

VM: Which of you tracks gets the best reaction from crowds at a party?
A: The one that gets best reaction is always Muse Ottuse” people like the powerful melody of the song.

VM: Do you have any hobbies outside of music?
A: Yes, we do but sometimes we spend too much time on music and we forget that there is a life outside the studio.

VM: What particular styles gets people moving in the clubs you play?
A: Marco really likes “kanio”, which is what people want, it’s easy to dance to and very rhythmic. Stefano likes “butch” which means less easy to dance to, we respect Stefano because his music is really difficult to make….good melodies…and a groove perfect for those melodies.

VM: Macerata, Italy is your hometown, a medieval historic country, if you guys were living back in old times what would be your profession?
A: We would like to be 2 solitary musicians along the road in the countryside, playing only with a guitar and a percussion.

Look out for their upcoming tracks: Indian Snake, Minimal Polizei with Kanio, Remixes with Steve Nocerino on Airbus.

Autistic 2009 Mix
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Autistic May 2009 Mix

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The INTENTIONAL EXPERIMENT ~ LIVE EDITION!!

The INTENTIONAL EXPERIMENT, is a San Francisco evolutionary new collective uniting the collaboration of ELECTRONIC MUSIC, FASHION, FREESTYLE VOCALS/MUSICIANS, DYNAMIC VISUALS, PROGRESSIVE ART and MEDIA PAPARAZZI all under one roof. Each month we fuse together all SIX ELEMENTS to put together an unorthodox and entertaining show!!

The INTENTIONAL EXPERIMENT is going LIVE! Every show will now include a LIVE, STREAMING BROADCAST over the internet from (3) different camera angles!! Visit the IntentionalExperiment.com website for more details.

Resident musicians will be electrifying the house with live, improvisational vocal and instrumentals to create some charged remixes in collaboration with beats from DJ’s PUNCHJUNKIE, GILLES, ALEX and QUINN.

Artists will be performing a live painting of models! In addition, several artists garnishing the walls with a variety of art that will be showcased in the downstairs\VIP rooms!

DJ’s PUNCHJUNKIE, GILLES, QUINN and ALEX TRUJILLO have prepared some power-packed sets pressing the envelope with new varieties of electro, dubstep, funk, house, & techno.

Live Instrumentals & Vocals:,MadMax Fiddler, (www.fatmagic.cc), Tara Vel, Mathew Brock, Progressive Art:– Paolo Salazar, (www.paolosalazar.com)
Dynamic Visuals:– VJ Cosmo Ray (3D Animations /visuals)

Armani Exchange – Silver Foil Type

Armani Exchange
We picked up a new Men’s V-Neck T-Shirt at Armani Exchange. We like the silver foil lettering patterned words: Armani Exhange, New York City, Milan, and 1991 with missing lettering. It has technical and modern look, and embodies the “street-chic culture, fashionable dance music and everything that signifies freedom and personal style. Armani Exchange is the youthful label created by Italian designer and entrepreneur Giorgio Armani.”

Style: K6X506
$32

Kimchi Blue – exclusive Urban Outfitter’s Brand

Kimchi Blue

Kimchi Blue
We went shopping today and found ourselves in Urban Outfitters, hoping to buy a trendy little outfit for a lovely lady. The hipster nostalgia style ranges from laid back to hot lunch date. We came across this nicely designed top by Kimchi Blue an exclusive Urban Outfitters brand. It’s detailed pattern and retro young professional cut will give any girl that extra boost while designing. We will post full image with model, soon.

Thanks, Alex for letting us use your painting as a backdrop….lol!