izborn

VOLT reports

kispál és a borz live (zero*):
boring, boring, boring, boring...

kosheen live ****
they know what it means to play at festivals. fast songs, drum and bass and hard rock in one, a witch on the stage, pierced dog-collars, great gig

yonderboi live set *****
started with the same old hip-hop beats, followed by some "funnybreak, bunnyfreak" tunes like ericsumo's mix of amorf ördögök, moloko, and some other 80's stuff (i did once klf 3 AM eternal, now he did it as well.. i was thinkin... he-he-he, mine's been earlier... well, jerkwater) and then some f*n great breaks. this boy can. this is high quality hungarian product. KÁF.

dzihan and kamien live set ****
my icons. the only problem was the had to play 3 hours, so they played their cheap-trick gig. maybe they thought 'aaaight, this's just a small town in hungary where we will play, so the classic cuts will be enough' so they played the SAME TRACKS IN THE SAME ORDER as they did in 2001 and 2002. (download here: 2001 part one 2001 part two 2002 part one 2002 part two) i was standing there like give me your BLÖKSHARDT, i can do it too. (o.k, not, but, well, so... ehmm..) during the 3 hours set they played only 10 new tracks. Nope, not some new D&K, but average tunes, i didn't know that they've got (like malente-we came to party, slide-slipperly slide, war-galaxy2000) Somebody should give them a record-token to buy some new plates. Not all the mixes were professional, but at the end, they seemed to be more easier, when they were playing their favorite jazztracks from the 70's. vlado was dancing in the background with his happy smile, and mario was doing his hocus-pocus: 'a sprinkle of the high's a smack of the low's, now it can be crossfaded'.

VOLT special report
rain, rain, piercings and metal music. suxxx. cant wait til 1AM

VOLT
july 2003

Zagar
Kosheen
Dzihan and Kamien
Dj Ludmilla

Vlado and Mario are coming. And as always I'll be there. They're the wizzards. I must see them again.

bill wells and isobel campbell - ghost of yesterday ****
classic june 2002

1. All Alone  
2. Ghost Of Yesterday
3. Who Needs You
4. Please Don't Do It In Here
5. Preacher Boy
6. Tell Me More And More (And Then Some)
7. Somebody's On My Mind

19 minutes of sweet loneliness. A piano, some quiet noise, and a magical veiled voice is all you've got. If you're depressed, this is the cure. It works fast.

greens keepers - the ziggy franklen radio show ***
classic march 2003

Upgrades
Fluid
Dark Sky
Smoke Daddy
Mesoptamian
Low And Sweet
Dixie Gan
Should I Sing Like This?
DC Minor
Big Noise
Andy Woman
Daughter Of The Sun
Upgrades Outro

Work it! Got something to do but nothing to listen to in the background? This is it. It's Swing, jazz, afrobeat and house in one, Django Reinhardt goes to a Tommyboy party, with some easy listening tunes. Nice one, nothing special, very similar to Rudolf Steiner. (I probably would play Low And Sweet sometime. I know that Crska'll go mad. )

mixes
I'm listening now to mixes made by tmnk, bdi, dpmin, and other friends. nice easy tunes in the background.
hot discothek
nice gesture
jazzy kermit
shy bear

un cut - the un-calculated some*****
warner july 2003

1. Midnight
2. Skin 2 Skin
3. Things U Do
4. Fallin'
5. No Way
6. Lost In Music
7. Loveless
8. Chinese Silk
9. Off Key Bass
10. Music is M
11. Obsession (Part 2)

meaning of a dnb fan
... It's probably not what you'd expect,... the album incorporates Motown, R&B, Hip-Hop, Northern Soul, Jazz, Funk as well as D&B. The concept is superb - an album of all different musical genres but with a unified sound throughout; and they nearly pulled it off to a tee. Tracks like the Lauryn Hill like 'Fallin'; the Bullit-esque funk flavour of 'Off Key', or the soulful spoken word style of 'Music Is M' are all beautifully executed, as is 80% of the album. However I would suggest there are a few tracks here that are a bit cynically aimed at the charts, and stray towards a more commercial, slightly cheesier vibe. You can't be too critical with albums like these as it takes a lot of bottle to do something different; and this is a groundbreaking, genre-bending album that smacks of genuine talent. The production is excellent throughout, and Jenna G's vocal ability is absolutely unquestionable.

This is a must have album for any broadminded music lover, although its eminently missable if you only like drum & bass.

I do agree. Thatswhy I cry
Album of the year.

un cut - midnight *****
wea, march 2003

A1 midnight
A2 midnight (waiwan remix)
AA midnight (marcus intalex & st files 2003 remix)

She likes it, I like it, we like this song. In march 2002 this song appeared on Mixmag CD Drum and Bass Reborn by Kosheen, it became a party anthem during the summer and I still don't know, why this song's been released just in 2003 in England. That was my fortune, so I bought this LP. Every single track is 10 out of 10. The original version jenna g her magical black voice and the mild breaks are just like a title song of a james bond movie, the waiwan mix (my fave) is the greatest rabbit-jazz song of the year, and the MIST mix and the hc party drum and bass... kosheen is a past, it's un-cut time.

why i'm writing this log now? on monday un-cut's album The Un-Calculated Some will be released. They are walking on a thin line between the popchart/hit-world and the sweet underground dance tunes. I bet this'll be one of the greatest records of the year. turn your speakers on and take a look at www.un-cut.co.uk

status1 : ogged

boys and girls here it comes, the mix of 15th june made by dj mandibule and dj maxille. download and rate it yourself here. or email me to izborn at hotmail dot com .

status2: done

yeah we made the party at the opening of the photoexhibition on tuesday. a lot of friends were there, and we played our fave tunes like chaka khan, fused, un-cut, lgt (if you don't like them, well, i'm sorry, but you'll hear them again), stevie wonder, pmt, malente, hardkandy, dzihan and kamien, jazzanova, coldcut, sigur r?s, and many more, i don't remember. best hint: eat well, drink slight, then dj.