Artist Talk with Khan Of Finland @ Ulme35/Berlin

Pünktlich zu Halloween starten wir unsere Reihe von Salonabenden mit wechselnden Gästen aus der queeren migrantischen Community. Als ersten Gast haben wir den Komponisten, Produzenten und visuellen Künstler Khan Of Finland (www.khanoffinland.com) im Salon der Ulme35. Khan ist in Frankfurt am Main geboren mit türkisch-finnischen Wurzeln. Ab 1992 lebte er in New York City wo er unter anderem Temple Records-NYC gründete und Gastgeber der berühmten queeren Parties „KILLER“ im legendären "Save The Robots“ war. Seit 2002 lebt Khan in Berlin. Hier gründete er mehrere Labels, macht Musik und hostet eigene Partyreihen, darunter im Berghain und aktuell in der Palomabar in Kreuzberg.

In der Ulme35 wird er sein Buch “Angels Of Disguise” (Fantome Verlag 2013) über queeres Leben in sozialen Medien präsentieren, aus seinem Leben erzählen und vielleicht ein Lied für uns performen. Wir freuen uns riesig!

Die Abende werden kuratiert von Ramin Pravin und werden gefördert vom Integrationsfonds Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf

"Lo Personal es Político" An exhibition by Eugenia Martínez with a comissioned sound installation by Khan Of Finland at Gallery EGOHEART Monterrey/MX

On view now!

En lo personal es politico de la artista visual Eugenia Martinez, el trabajo doméstico remunerado y no remunerado que por lo regular llevamos a cabo las mujeres en hogares propios y ajenos, es incómodo, es doloroso y es el punto de partida de una instalación que recupera la disposición de un tendedero de lienzos negros sostenidos por pinzas para colgar ropa que contienen consignas escuchadas y leídas en diversas protestas feministas, y que han sido clavadas con alfileres: estos como una micro-síntesis del trabajo doméstico, pero también como metáfora de un proyecto inacabado que es la presunción de igualdad entre géneros que no se ha concretado en ningún ámbito.

A diferencia de la pieza de Mayer, hay aquí un paisaje instituido: es la línea de horizonte que conforman las cuerdas de tendido con las consignas recuperadas por Eugenia Martínez en un largo proceso de investigación sobre la protesta pública feminista. Las cuerdas aluden a la horizontalidad del feminismo que busca derribar también la verticalidad de las estructuras de poder que rigen al capitalismo y al patriarcado. Del Yo sí te creo al #MeToo, los lienzos en luto buscan deliberadamente incomodar con su disposición en la sala y con el contenido de frases como: Capitalismo y patriarcado dependen de nuestro trabajo doméstico.

A tiempo que van leyendo consignas como esta, los visitantes a la exposición tienen que encorvarse, mover el cuerpo, sentir la opresión y verse afectados para poder recorrer el laberinto de tendederos que los increpan mientras están en potencia de pincharse con los alfileres que prenden la tela negra a la palabra. A los tendederos los acompaña la pieza sonora del artista turco-finlandés Khan of Finland, que reverbera dentro de toda la sala con diversas frases incluidas en el contexto de esta exposición. Mi cuerpo, mi decisión. Vivas nos queremos. Nos matan y nos violan. Ni una más.

La incomodidad del desplazamiento en la sala es también una metáfora de las pedagogías de la crueldad que se inscriben diariamente en el cuerpo de las mujeres: campos de guerra en donde permanece indeleble la impronta de la violencia patriarcal y machista del acoso, del hostigamiento, de la violación y del feminicidio (Cfr. Segato, González Rodríguez). El aniquilamiento deja su huella también en el cuerpo femenino en un país de más de 40,000 desaparecidos 4.

El laberinto que estamos por recorrer, nos confrontará físicamente con una pieza escultórica de gran formato que encontraremos eventualmente a nuestro paso: un hombre ataviado con un traje que porta una máscara de toro mientras permanece encerrado, contenido en un capelo de acrílico esgrafiado con la frase Son sólo alfileres, repetida al infinito. Es una alusión al laberinto construido por Dédalo para contener la fuerza y la furia del Minotauro, aquel engendro mítico, mitad hombre, mitad toro que engullía seres humanos. La referencia al minotauro como epítome del patriarcado relacionada con la figura de artistas como Picasso, el macho ideal del arte encumbrado por la propia historia como un genio que exploró y asimiló al minotauro y al toro como una especie de alter ego. ¿Cómo desmontar aquellas figuras de autoridad perpetuadas para poder pensar en la horizontalidad, como propone Eugenia con este proyecto?

Khan to play Sziget Festival/Hu on August 11th with Ed Sheeran & The Killekill Krew

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Khan’s DJ residency since May 2018 is his own monthly tea dance party called the “T” at Paloma Bar/Berlin including international DJ and live guests. Otherwise known for multiple collaborations and projects. Khan is the acid legend himself that is still hard to pin down.

Berlin is the hub of the queer cultural and nightlife in Eurpe. Killekill label and booking agency gives the best example of blending queer culture and straight universe in Berlin where differentiating the two is almost obsolete. Krake Festival, organized by Killekill, teamed up with the Magic Mirror and curated Sunday’s program to bring a little Berlin to us.

The "Krake Berlin Night" programme is supported by Initiative Musik gGmbH with project funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

See you Sunday August 11th at Sziget Festival/Hu 1:30am in the Magic Mirror Tent.

Bizz O.D., Khan's stompin' house monicker to be featured on Varvet X. OUT NOW!

A1. Facket Strejkar - a fairly newer duo with Body Karin and Cynthia Stern. During the two years this day has existed they have released an EP on Xtras in a manic studio collaboration with Subhead and Dave Tarrida. Later the same year the released their first solo EP on Varvet (Varvet004) and also a track on then NYC based label Tropical Goth.

A2. Neil Landstrum - No introduction needed. Scottish bass garage!!!

B1. John Selway - The return of the magnificent New York electro/techno legend. The man who discovered Fischerspooner and was the key player in the Rancho Relaxo All Stars with Abe Duque. Recorded in 97 this track has got that powerful techno-funk Selway style.

B2. Bizz O.D - “Bizz Iz In The House”, acid legend from Temple Records, Temple Traxx, Force Inc. etc provides us with another one of his recordings from when she used to run the Temple records store in New York in the mid 90s. Acid galore.

C1. Ben Pest - This Bristol maniac returns to Varvet with one of his nutty bangers. After coming from doing music with Vogel back in the days he is now on fire again with releases on Varvet and his own OverworX. Boom.

C2. Hooverian Blur - Blooming fresh from the veteran Hooverian Blur also known as Warlock!!! Under his new name he is doing some utterly amazing stuff. Just check out Varvet009.

C3. Dave Tarrida - The very talented and amazing Tarrida who was one of the founders of the whole UK rave scene by running the legendary Scottish club Sativa. From the club Dave together with Steve Glencross formed the labels Sativa, Drought and Penalty to name a few. Excpect banging funky techno from the past with a new twist.

D1. SC-164 - A name new to the scene but yet another old timer and almost legend. Behind the name SC-164 is no less than Brooklyn based killer producer Doner. Under the name he releases his electro projects and has already remixed masterminds like our dear Berlin friend SDX.

D2. Secret State - No one know who this persona really is but after the much acclaimed EP on Central Processing Unit and the Pink EP (which is actually pink) on Varvet006. We are proud to have Secret State back.

D3. The Wee Djs - Grumpy and old but not forgotten. The Wee one is a legend, being the frontier of electro music since the early 90s doing music with Two Lone Swordsmen to releasing on Carl Finlows Scsi-Av label and running both Spacebar Sentiments and Gassoline. This Machine Is Kinda Broken.

Khan invited by Zafer Aracagök to contribute to: DECOMPOSITION DESONANCE

FULL VIDEO+SOUND (7' 45")

DESONANCE is a term that I coined in 2012 (“Desonance”, Resonance(s): Deleuze and Guattari, Parallax, ed. by Z. Aracagök, Vol 18, no.1, issue 62, London: Routledge, 2012) in relationship to and also as a critique of Deleuze's use of "resonance" in his works. It was actually a strategy that I developed so as to cut accross the possibility of Hegel's return to Deleuze's discourse. On sonic level, it meant a withdrawal to a zero state of sound where any possibility of resonance is abstained from, hence a critique of rhythm, of the pulse as the operating principle of sound production and composition.

DECOMPOSITION, that I composed as DESONANCE, was made with more than a hundred participants from all over the world who volunteered to record their own voice reading the following sentence: "Perhaps, rhtyhm is an ancient concept these days that should be replaced by desonance". No high quality recording equipment was required, participants were simply asked to record their voice on mobile phones and send it via messenger or any similar medium.

Although I have its higher versions, while decomposing I preferred to use FL Studio v. 9 due to its technical limitations that I enjoy. As for the video I used one of the most simple video editing programmes, that is, Windows Movie Maker.

Hereby, I should thank everyone who participated in the project and my special thanks go to Umur Çelikyay for his photography:

Achim Szepanski, Alaz Akdoğan, Ali Bedouin, Ali Can Dilek, Alice Lagaay, Amelia Groom, Andrew Culp, Anna Dzierzgowska, Anna Powell, Anthony Donovan, Antonis Moras, Ari Alpert, Arzu İkiz, Aslı Söyler, Atlan Frédéric, Atlan Frédéric’s friend, Aylime Aslı Demir, Aylin Doğan, Banu Cennetoğlu, Berna Göl, Berrak Çolak, Bill Bogard, Bora Başkan, Bryan Lewis Saunders, Çağrı Erdem, Can Batukan, Can Khan Oral, Carol Siegel, Ceren Oykut, Dave Griffiths, Deniz Çift, Deniz Özlü, Deniz Yılmazlar, Didem Dağkıran, Didem Görceğiz, Dina Salem, Ece Özey, Eda Gecikmez, Eileen A. Fradenburg Joy, Elçin Sümerkan, Elisabeth Celle, Elisabeth’s son, Enea Cinzia Rustichelli, Engin Sustam, Engin Ümer, Erdal Bilici, Eser Selen, Ezgi Mutlu, Federica Kent and Ateş Bebek, Federica Kent, Felicity Colman, Ferhat Özgür, Fırat Uran, Francis Lyons, Gabriel MacCormack, Gökay Atabek, Görkem Şen, Gül Çağın, Gülşah Özgen, İlkay Kılınç, İnan Mayıs Aru, İpek Odabaşı, Jacopo Valli, Juan Sosa, Kamila Calabrese, Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu, Lino Tomas Molina, Mahmut Mutman, Marietta Radomska, Mehmet Ali Taşlı, Melis Basmacı, Metehan Yıldız, Metin Bozkurt, Michelle Ty and Umut Yıldırım, Michelle Ty, Mübecel Aracagök, Murat Ertel, Murat Köylü, Mustafa Erden Kahveci, Onur Böle, Onur Karagöz, Özge Ejder, Patricia MacCormack, Şafak Uysal, Scott Crow, Sean Smith, Seda Ergül, Sena Başöz, Sertaç Haznedaroğlu, Shawna Vesco, Sofia Labropoulou, Steve Cammack, Süreyyya Evren, Susan Gambill, Suzan Elif Selçuk, Theodoros Chiotis, Timur Çelikyay, Tuna Erdem, Umur Çelikyay, Umut Yıldırım, Vanina Kutelas, Wenda Koyuncu, Yasemin Nur, Zafer Aracagök.

KHAN LIVE IN MEXICO!

Khan en la nueva serie de fiestas Orbital

Khan of Finland (o Khan a secas…) será el dj invitado de la tercera entrega de las fiestas Orbital, prueba de que se toman muy en serio el baile.

¿Qué es Orbital? ¿Quién es Khan? Espero que el desconocimiento no les haya hecho interrumpir la lectura, porque se perderán la oportunidad de conocer una muy buena fiesta y a un muy buen artista en la más reciente de una nueva serie de fiestas. Porque eso es Orbital, si las vemos de manera muy superficial. Fiestas que sucederán mes a mes en Galera (Doctor Carmona y Valle 147, Col. Doctores).

Digo que si las vemos de manera superficial, porque en realidad Orbital se ha propuesto ser un espacio inclusivo y plural. No quieren segmentar más la noche por género u orientación sexual.

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“En México, muchas fiestas tienden a segmentar, y lo que buscamos es celebrar la diversidad”, asegura Raquel Bañón, integrante de Flat Heels Crew, el equipo detrás de Orbital, y previamente, de GBAY. “Ya seas gay, hetero, bi, trans, travesti…, queremos unir bajo el credo del baile. Sin pose, bailar y conectar”.

Y Khan of Finland, el invitado para su próxima entrega —la tercera—, evidencia que se toman en serio el asunto de estimular el baile. Para esta ocasión, es el dj invitado, pero vale la pena citar fragmentos de su extenso e influyente currículum para que nos demos una idea de lo que nos espera.

Entre 19992 y 2002 tuvo una tienda de discos en Nueva York que, además de estimular oídos, fue responsable de organizar actividades artísticas y una célebre fiesta queer —Killer— en Save The Robots, un club del East Village que se tomaba muy en serio el asunto de bailar y enfiestar por horas.

Ha producido a montones de artistas —se cuenta que ha metido mano en más de 300 álbumes— y colaborado con otro tanto —Julee Cruise, Kid Congo Powers, Brigitte Fontaine, Diamanda Galas, Hanin Elias, Little Annie…—, además de sus propios proyectos y de conducir tres sellos (en uno de ellos, I’m Single Records, publicó hace poco más de tres años una colaboración más ruidosa, lejos de la pista de baile, con J Mascis y Kim Gordon).

Su trabajo visual y musical ha sido presentado en el Sónar, en PS1 (NY), en el CTM Festival de Berlín… Y en documenta 13 presentó su libro de foto Angels of Disguise. Pero ya nos estamos alejando de la música.

Para comenzar a conocer su trabajo más bailable recomiendo tres posibles inicios: 1) escuchar el álbum Left, de los alemanes Tiefschwarz, en el que colaboró con su voz, 2) ir a buscar “Say Goodbye”, la canción que escribió para Julee Cruise —colaboradora de Badalamenti y de David Lynch y la voz de “Falling”, el tema de Twin Peaks— y sus geniales remixes, o 3) su podcast para el bar berlinés Paloma, una muestra de los rumbos por los que puede transitar un dj set suyo, como el que probablemente hará en Galera.

“Además”, dice Raquel, “sus presentaciones están llenas de alegría y conecta como pocos con el público”. He estado en varias fiestas musicalizadas por él y lo confirmo.

BIZZ O.D: out now on Varvet XI "Rubber Dub O.D." Three track vinyl e.p. plus one Bandcamp digital bonus track.

MRS Bizz O.D. found a few more acid tapes under her king size bed. Recorded in NYC in the mid-90s. Still smoking any global dancefloor. Ghetto acid techno for ya'll.

GO BIZZ GO

A1 Rubber O.D.
A2 Smoke Me (Bandcamp exclusive)
B1 Spanked
B2 Come Down Ambient Mix

written, produces & performed by BIZZ O.D.
released February 27, 2019

Khan talkes to BIG SHOT Magazine about 2018!

How was 2018 for you?

Khan (Of Finland): 2018 was a great year for me. I live in Berlin and the local techno all-stars Killekill and Metabanana.airforce invited me to curate a new 12” label for them. So I started Temple Traxx specializing in sleazy drum machine music. It is also directly connected to Temple Records, my record shop and label back [which I ran] in the ’90s out of NYC. I started with a few re-issues but also dug out some unreleased material by Bizz O.D., 4E or Jammin’ Unit and Kerosene as Izmir Acid (out 2019). I have tons of acid tracks in my archive including unreleased mixes by Air Liquide, Alec Empire, Gusgus, and endless more. I think I transferred something like 150 hours of electronic music from DAT (digital audio tape) to my computer. I guess that is enough material to keep Temple Traxx going until 2099.

Highlights?

I started a tea dance party with Eric D. Clark here in Berlin called the T, every last Sunday of the month at Paloma. It’s a house-music party with a bit of disco sprinkled in. The party starts at 3pm during the day and is over by 11pm. The promotion was only word of mouth and some business cards we handed out personally. It brought me back into DJing house and disco music, and I totally love it. People only come for the music and the amazing chill vibe. It’s a party with no zombie factor and non of that elite Berlin door bullshit. It’s 100 percent how I want a party to be like: deep!

Lowlights?

I think the lowlights of 2018 is the rise of right-wing and conservatives all over the world. I grew up in Germany with a Turkish passport. I lived in NYC on a Turkish passport until 9/11. Life changed after that date, and I left the United States. I realized how fragile a society is and how important it is to keep everybody’s rights equal. The club has always been a utopian place for me. There is no race, religion or gender in the disco lights.

Song of the year?

Childish Gambino – This Is America

What’s your New Year’s resolution?

Don’t get sour in this acidic environment!

<3 Khan Of Finland

Free download - Bizz O.D. "The New York Push Live Mix" on XLR8R Magazine

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Last month, Temple Traxx returned with Bizz O.D.'s The New York Push EP.

The New York Push is the fourth release on Temple Traxx, which launched late last year with Cube 40's Bad Computa, shining a light on yet another forgotten gem from the depths of techno's sweat-covered underground. You'd be forgiven for not knowing who Bizz O.D. is; with only a string of noisy acid-house tracks dropping on Force Inc. and Smile Communications from 1993 to 1998, she is undoubtedly an unknown force from a begone era. On The New York Push, Temple Traxx uncover and present two previously unreleased tracks from her vault, a gritty, raw, and uncompromising live hardware jam ("The New York Push") and its tribal counterpart ("New York Tribal Push").

In support of the release, which you can grab here, Temple Traxx has offered up a 20-minute live jam titled "NY Push Live Mix" as today's XLR8R download, available via WeTransfer below.
download the track here.

Lüftung #3 Public Listening Nov. 14th 2018 at NGBK Gallery

> Mittwoch, 14. November 2018, 18 Uhr 
In der Ausstellung TOUCH 
Lüftung #3 Public Listening

Mit ultrakurzen Flash-Hörstücken streichelt, kitzelt und kratzt die dritte Ausgabe der Lüftung an den Ohrmuscheln – von und mit Kim Bode, Manfred Bojaschewski, Chiara Dazi, Viola Götz, Eunah Hong, Constanze Kaul, Kallia Kefala, Gabriela Monroy, Can Khan Oral, Laura Raveling und Kerstin Weßlau. Zu hören in der nGbK-Ausstellung TOUCH.

Khan to play premiere of Leonard Berstein's "Candide" at Komische Oper/Berlin Nov. 24th

Leonard Bernstein “Candide”
Musical in two acts [1956/1999]

Khan will play a special 70s disco set of New York classics as an homage to Leonard Berstein’s work right after the premiere.

Nach dem durchschlagenden Erfolg seiner von aller Patina befreiten West Side Story präsentiert Barrie Kosky mit Candide ein weniger bekanntes Werk Leonard Bernsteins und wird darin unterstützt von einer ganzen Reihe außergewöhnlicher Sängerdarsteller*innen.

Knall auf Fall muss der nicht ganz so wohlgeborene Candide nach der Enthüllung seiner Liebe zur edlen Baronesse Kunigunde die geliebte Heimat Westfalen verlassen. Ebenso wie Peer Gynt oder Hans im Glück macht er sich auf eine Reise durch die Welt, angetrieben vom Credo seines Lehrers Pangloss, das da lautet: Die Welt, wie sie ist, ist die einzige, die ist, und folglich auch die bestmögliche. Und obgleich Candide von Westfalen bis Lissabon, von Brasilien bis Venedig nichts begegnet als die haarsträubende Grausamkeit von Natur und Mensch, lässt er sich nicht beirren in seinem Glauben an das Gute und an die Liebe zu Kunigunde. Schließlich darf er sein Herzblatt in die Arme schließen – Ende gut, alles gut?

In deutscher Sprache
Deutsche Fassung von Martin G. Berger [2017]

#KOBCandide

https://www.komische-oper-berlin.de/programm/a-z/candide/

Khan live at opening celebration for "November 1918" by Alfred Döblin at Deutsches National Theater Weimar

Premiere 03.11.2018 · by Alfred Döblin

November 1918 //

Cooperation with Schauspiel, Musiktheater and Staatskapelle Weimar. Directed by André Bücker and Beate Seidel with music composed by Stefan Lano and a special DJ & Live performance by Khan Of Finland.

Khan's Acid Mix for KissFM Australia

This exclusive DJ mix for Brain Food/KissFM Australia is a 30min acid mix including my own material but also some great tracks by my dear friends Housemeister and Rodion. Turkish Bath was just released on the amazing compilation Gatto Fritto on CD and vinyl and “Mantra” came out on a 2x12” with some other unreleased tracks via Libertine Records or digital on my own I’m Single imprint. You can always find my music on Bandcamp. Thanks to Rob Zile for the kind invitation and enjoy the playlist:

Turkish Bath (Original Version) – Khan
One By One – Alien Alien (Rodion Mix)
In My House – Bruno Furlan
Prism – Housemeister
Muppet Ride – Kleep
Wit Da Cup – Shigeto
Mantra – Khan
Simple Things – Shit Robot (Todd Terje Version)
777-Acid – John Joseph

ONKYO RIEGEL by Matthias Mayer & Khan Of Finland at KRAKE FESTIVAL July 27th 2018

The ONKYO RIEGEL is a battery of 30 tapedecks starting at the same time with all channels up to full volume. They auto-reverse after 20 min, the length of one C40 side, just to play all 30 tapes all over again. The only exception this time: the fader will be down and building up the composition as it plays again.

The performance was recorded live on cassette tape and copied right after the show to be available to the public as a limited & hand numbered edition of 20 red C20 tapes. This is the same time the launch of Temple Tapes a division of Temple Traxx and has the cat# TTPS0001.

Please contact Metabanana.airforce if you are interested in purchasing your personal signed copy of ONKYO RIEGEL on red C20 tape with hand printed cardbord cover.

Onkyo Riegel installaion view at Urban Spree/Krake Festival 2018 Berlin.

Khan - "Lost Acid Tapes 1994-1996" out now on Traditions 08 (Libertine Records, 2x Vinyl)

Artist: Khan
Title: Libertine Traditions 08
Label: Libertine Records
Cat No: TRAD08
Format: 2x12” Vinyl Only Hand-stamped

release expected July 16th 2018

Tracklist:
A1. 9 Volt Soul
A2. Slow Stepper
B1. Nylon Spacer
B2. Mutama
C1. 20.02.94
C2. The T Dub
D1. Mantra
D2. Acid Lemon Bits

Khan’s “Lost acid tapes” is a collection of previously unreleased acid gems originaly recorded between 1994-96. Taken and hand picked from the newly recovered archive by the master of noisy acid himself. 200 limited copies 2x12". Underground anthem alert for these 8 tracks on black magick vinyl.

the "T" tea dance party every last Sunday of the month at Paloma/Berlin

ACHTUNG: THIS IS NOT AN AFTER HOURS!

The "T" is a monthly tea dance party starting 3PM to 11PM @ Paloma with your hosts and DJ's Eric D. Clark & Khan Of Finland. Cakes & Cocktails by mama will be served. Frequent special guests to be announced. House music all day long with a splash of disco.

Some of you may remember: Paris' “Le Tea Dance au BATACLAN”, New York's legendary “Body & Soul”, San Francisco's “I-Beam Tea-Dance" on Haight Street?
Whatever it is you remember or in turn assuming you’re too young to know what this is all about? We will gladly dance you through it!

Ultimately the “T” will be the only party in Berlin where one can go on a Sunday afternoon without the zombie facto

Khan will present and perform his photo book "Angels Of Disguise" live at the Istanbul Photo Book Festival May 6th 2018

Khan will perform "Angels Of Disguise" as a photo book reading for the Istanbul Photo Book Festival on May 6th, 2018, 6pm.

The 2014 released and at dokumenta13 premiered photo-book/box-set for Fantome Verlag/Berlin is now projected behind Khan as a slide show and video mix while Khan is talking and singing about the process of collecting and organizing the profile pictures of men taken from dating and cruising sites off the internet. Angels Of Disguise is a social study seen through artistic eyes and presented in a musical fashion.

4E "The Gentle Killer" out now on WAS/IS Records

Resident Advisor review

Few artists convincingly swerve between acid, abstract dub and quirky minimal techno. Under aliases such as 4E, Khan, Bizz O.D. and Gizz TV, Can Oral spent most of the '90s doing just that. For someone who released such a huge quantity of music, his strike rate is remarkably high. His sound has also influenced today's nebulous post-minimal scene. With straight drums, an oddball sensibility and acid lines that don't scream "acid," it's a combination that has also been heard on more recent releases. Chunks of his catalog have become prohibitively expensive, but was / is has stepped in by reissuing The Gentle Killer, originally out on Sockett in 1996.

"Gentle Killer" sounds like it could have been released on Binh's Time Passages label last week. The drums are crunchy and the programming is robotic, but the groove is supple and inviting. This combination is one of Oral's defining traits as a producer, and the bassline is typically mint. "Mind Frame" is also classic 4E. The drums are crusty and the syncopated patterns bring it into line with the broken grooves of the superb Blue Note LP, while resonant squelches provide dripping textures that contrast nicely with the bone-dry percussion. "Next (Who's Dead?)" shows Oral's humorous side, placing what sounds like a disgruntled fast food employee groaning "Next!" atop a brittle electro beat. Like much of his work, it doesn't slam so much as creep and scurry, and the extended length makes it a treat for DJs who like weaving syncopated tracks between straighter tunes.

Khan to perform opening of the 1st Manila Biennale Feb. 21st 2018

Khan teams up with Bolivian video artist Jo Ta for the first Manila Biennale "Open City 2018"
with their site-specific audio & video installation "Phone Cue"

Phone Cue describes the line of actors, activists or participants waiting to enter the scene, the magic circle, the state of action.

It is an archaic space, the one that used to be the fireplace.  Here, people gathered and stories were told. Magic and music were the phone line to the gods. The beat of the drum synchronized our minds and bodies with the stars in the sky.
Today we barely see the stars. Bright city lights bleach the skies. We rather look at the glow on our cell phones. Today's stories are told on our Facebook walls. The gods we evoke come as shiny electronic gadgets. We dance in line on eBay, we leave our marks on Instagram.
The modern city is the place of desire. We come to meet our dreams. A dream that seems to expand endlessly and is shared by millions. Still we feel isolated.

Phone Cue would like to propose that we have a choice and there is an alternative to a normative, commercialized life, were citizens are seen as “purchasing power”. We do not stand in line for the summer sale, we stand in line to dance and celebrate life in the city.

“Before we had to believe it, now we have to pay for it”

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Helena Hauff - BBC Radio 1's Residency charts CUBE 40's "Bad Computa"

Tracklist :
01. Helena Hauff - Nothing Is What I Know [Ninja Tune]
02. Hieroglyphica - Biorhythm [Acidicted]
03. Roberto Auser - Do You Want To Believe? [Pinkman]
04. Developer - The Hallways of Always [Out Of Place]
05. One Day In Metropia - The Unknown Soldier [Rat Life]
06. Cube 40 - Bad Computa [Temple Traxx]
07. Hellboii ? - Darkest Hour – Part II [Panzerkreuz Holland]
08. Fallbeil - Delta Current [Terminal Operations]
09. Retrograde Youth - Swimming Into A Big Sea Of Fake Emotions [Pinkman]
10. Unknown - Punk002
11. Faster Action - Soki Loka [LIES]
12. Mirror Man - Blood Is Truth (Leaders Of The Wild Hunt Remix) [Bio Rhythm]
13. Franck Kartell - Nord Magnétique [Bass Agenda Recordings]