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title: "Catching up"
abstract: "Looking at some great events"
authors: ["nikomas.md"]

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# Ceephax Acid in the house!  
Ceephax Acid Crew [Live]  
ᴋʟᴜʙᴅ 05.01.19  

A lot of people were really excited about this booking; a huge start to the year. Ceephax has a big reputation in the world of Acid Techno, dating back to 1997, and has a lot of experience using his collection of vintage machines.

He brought with him, amongst many other gadgets, his trusty TR-303, accompanied by a TR-707, and frankly it was worth it just to listen to the Roland gear through the ᴋʟᴜʙᴅ system.

ꜱᴏᴄʀᴀᴛᴇꜱ had fun warming up the room because in general people were excited by the synthesisers and drum machines set up waiting. It was worth the wait because the first thing Ceephax did was let off a kick drum loop from the 707 and it was shaking the room, it was basically the golden kick. It's hard to say what the secret is, except that when you have 20 years practice using a machine, you learn how to make it work.

For most of the set he would play 20-30 minutes of darker acidic techno, then break-out into something warm and euphoric, like deeper acid house; these break-out moments were emotional and rewarding.


# Colazione 03  
ᴊᴀɴɪꜱ ᴘʟᴀꜱᴍᴀᴛɪᴋ, ᴍɪɴᴜᴛ, and ᴋʟᴀʀᴀ  
Location N/A 06.01.19  

ᴄᴏʟᴀᴢɪᴏɴᴇ is shaping up to be a really solid entity in the Underground Techno scene here. At the beginning of the series, there was a bit of confusion about what ᴄᴏʟᴀᴢɪᴏɴᴇ was supposed to be: is it a rave? Is it an afterparty to ᴋʟᴜʙᴅ? is it casual? Are people bringing stuff? are the DJs playing chill-out or full on? There are no official answers or statements about this yet, but so far its being treated like a ‘proper rave' by both the audience and the performers; a rave that permits both a) a chance to rest after ᴋʟᴜʙᴅ, and b) a good night sleep before work on Monday. Pretty much perfect actually.
The sound-system was expanded this time, with a pair of tops added to the main stereo towers, to help push the sound down the long hall.

As always none of the acts were announced, which can be frustrating, but when you have some faith and show up early to the party to find ᴊᴀɴɪꜱ ᴘʟᴀꜱᴍᴀᴛɪᴋ playing the warm up set, it makes for a huge reward.

It was an admirable warm up too: The Warehouse is not the easiest place to make a warm up. The sound-system is great, but as it is fully-analogue, it takes a while to warm up, which has a big effect on the bass in particular. The warehouse also needs a lot of people in it to help hold the sound, so the artist who is warming up has these acoustic problems to fight against whilst trying to work up a vibe and set the mood. Things started slow but about an hour into the set Janis pulled off a mix which seemed to bring the atmosphere to life almost seemed to bring the atmosphere to life almost instantly – it's easy to exaggerate, but it was like the momentum of the entire evening blossomed out of that one perfect mix.

This was then followed by a live-set from ᴍɪɴᴜᴛ, a Cypriot artist living in Berlin. The set had a good flow, a strong beat, and it continued the momentum set by Janis very well.

Then entered the 'headliner', ᴋʟᴀʀᴀ, the young DJ from Macedonia.

Stylistically and conceptually, ᴋʟᴀʀᴀ takes an interest in the shamanic side of DJing, using her performance as a way of guiding everyone in the room on a collective trip. In order to achieve this flow, she taps into a varied repertoire of deep music, from deep minimal house (Minilogue for example), to darker deep Techno that is more similar to ᴀʟᴇx ᴛᴏᴍʙ's style. It was a really tasteful set, melodic, but laced with tribal elements, and in many ways, very consistent with Essé's set from the previous ᴄᴏʟᴀᴢɪᴏɴᴇ. This is the kind of artistic consistency which can take ᴄᴏʟᴀᴢɪᴏɴᴇ from just something to do on a Sunday, to something anticipate as part of their weekly or monthly rave plans.
