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Amy Winehouse - He Can Only Hold Her
Playa - Together
Bilal - MILF
Jay-Z - Following The Girl
Teedra Moses - Be Your Girl [Remix] [Live from Stanford, CA]
Janelle Monae - You
Gemini-We On ft Lupe Fiasco, Pooh Bear
Anthony Hamilton - Do You Feel Me
Jamie Lidell - A Little Bit More
Raheem DeVaughn - Try Again
Jazzanova - Look What You're Doin' To Me
SWV - When This Feeling
Jazmine Sullivan -Lions, Tigers and Bears
Little Brother - Slow It Down Ft Darien Brockington
J Dilla - Time: The Donut of the Heart
Slum Village - Call Me
Amy Winehouse - Take The Box
H-Town - They Like It Slow
John Legend -Another Again
Kevin Michael -Love Letter
Val Young - If You Should Ever Be Lonely
Amy Winehouse - You're Wondering Now
Big Boi - Royal Flush ft Raekwon & Andre 3000
International Pony - Blow Your Mind
Mark Ronson- Stop Me ft Daniel Merriweather

International Pony


Gothic Funk!!! :D

One electronic band whose album seems to shine through promo boxes is Marbert Rocel- a trio, electronic band as it were, hailing from Germany (don’t all electronic band do?).
Marcel Aue , Robert Krause and Antje Seifarth consist this latest addition to the Compost family, somewhat of a milestone for the German imprint.
The label is firmly rooted in the organic spheres of house and leftfield jazz and now has shifted into a more electronic sound, noticeable both here and in the coming Future Sound of Jazz.
Back to Marbel, The three met in the Milk and Honey club in Germany and has started working in Marcel’s studio in an old train station in Erfurt, indeed a proper scenario for their obscure beats and imaginative music.
“The taste of coffee, tight jeans and the smell of the future” are their pivotal moments in musical development.
Marcel is the DJ and producer of the group, who, we have been told, releases high profile tracks under his Clueso (http://www.clueso.de) moniker. Antje is the singer in the group. Robert is the third part of the group and besides joining the studio effort he is also in charge of the illustrated artworks.
Alongside electronic outfits such as International Pony, Marbert Rocel seemed to adopt a freestyle approach hardly defined by genres; bass drums are rarely compulsory in their productions although it might be files under dance music.


“We just make the kind of music we love. We listen to Rap music, love the velvet of French accordion and we shake to the groove of House music. We make collages of feelings, if its´ a Düsenjet or is it the sound of a pillow. So you can say for sure, that we are eclectic by nature.”

Antje voice is truly a lifting torque for the group sound, bringing a soft touch to minimal rhythms and by minimal I full heatedly reject the over chewed minimal techno but Herbert style sounds if you may.
“Vocals can touch a part of you, that –tracks- sometimes cant´ affect. You can reach another level with a voice cause it’s something natural. “

But the vocals are only half what makes ‘Speed Emotions’ a great album, the group seemed to balance nicely soft melodies and build-up choruses. Songs like ‘Eleanor Birdbath’ sound like they were conceived on a synthesizer but instead they are played on guitars and use live sounding drums, which only kick in 2 min into the song.

Speed emotions is a fun ride that really grows on you, ‘Cornflakeboy’ is a true highlight in the album along side songs like Purple Bass which completely throws you off base 4 minutes in the song with Lemon Jelly-like.
A great album, expect more magic form this group.

100 more stunners and 1 for the pot!

101 MORE GREAT ALBUMS OF 2006!
Compiled at MAC.



Aborym - Generator
Amon Amarth - With Oden on Our Side
Amusement Parks on Fire - Out of the Angeles
And One - Bodypop
Azam Ali - Elysium for the Brave
B. Fleischmann - The Humbucking Coil
Barbara Morgenstern - The Grass Is Always Greener
Beck - The Information
Bob Dylan - Modern times
Bonobo - Days to come
Caroline - Murmurs
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Etiquette
Charalambides - A Vintage Burden
Charlotte Gainsbourg - 5:55
Clogs - Lantern
Clutchy Hopkins - The Life Of Clutchy Hopkins
Coldcut - Sound Mirrors
DANdadaDAN - Sen Bana Birini Android
Dandelion Wine - An Inexact Science
The Dears - Gang of Losers
Deathstars - Termination Bliss
Deichkind - Aufstand im Schlaraffenland
Dhafer Youssef - Divine Shadows
Dilated Peoples - 20/20
Dioxyde - Social Phobia
Dog Fashion Disco - Adultery
Elane - Lore of Nen
Espers - Espers II
FGFC820 - Urban Audio Warfare
The Flashbulb - Flexing Habitual
FMTA - In The End You Don't Exist
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
Ghostigital - In Cod We Trust
The Goslings - Grandeur of Hair
Hellogoodbye - Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!
Hot Chip - The Warning
Hybrid - I Choose Noise
I - Between Two Worlds
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - Fear is on our side
The Ian Fays - The Damon Lessons
In Strict Confidence - Where Sun And Moon Unite
Inga Liljestrom - Sprawling Fawns
Infekktion - Suffering Spirits
International Pony - Mit dir sind wir vier
Íon - Madre, Protégenos
Inure - Disillusion
Jackie-O Motherfucker - Candyland
Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat
Jetone - Sundown
Joanna Newsom - Ys
John Zorn - Astronome
John Zorn - Moonchild: Songs Without Words
Kasabian - Empire
Khoma - The Second Wave
Lady Sovereign - Public Warning
Laura - Radio Swan Is Down
Lily Allen - Alright, Still
The Long Blondes - Someone to Drive You Home
The Longcut - A Call & Response
Loreena McKennitt - An Ancient Muse
Luke Haines - Off My Rocker at the Art School Bop
Max Richter - Songs From Before
Minimum Chips - Lady Grey
Monotract - Xprmntl Lvrs
MSTRKRFT - The Looks
Murder by Death - In Bocca al Lupo
MV & EE with the Bummer Road - Mother of Thousands
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
Narsilion - Arcadia
NoMeansNo - All Roads Lead to Ausfahrt
OM - Conference of the Birds
Orval Carlos Sibelius - Orval Carlos Sibelius
O.S.T.R. - 7
Peaches - Impeach My Bush
Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block
Pet Shop Boys - Fundamental
Qntal - Silver Swan
The Radio Dept. - Pet Grief
Rattlesnake Remedy - Magic Man
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
The Retrosic - Nightcrawler
Robin Guthrie - Continental
The Roots - Game Theory
Saltillo - Ganglion
Saosin - Saosin
Sarah Slean - Orphan Music
Shiny Toy Guns - We Are Pilots
Sissy - All under
Siva Six - Black will
Skoyz - Hologram
Sleepthief - The Dawnseeker
Songs of Green Pheasant - Aerial Days
Thea Gilmore - Harpos Ghost
Tomte - Buchstaben über der Stadt
Trentemøller - The Last Resort
Trespassers William - Having
The Twilight Singers - Powder Burns
Underoath - Define the Great Line
Urlaub in Polen - Health and Welfare
White Rose Movement - Kick
Xiu Xiu - The Air Force

Thanks to everyone at the 2000's Hotesk.

will be edited within the next weeks. maybe a little help too remind me of all the bands i've seen live and all the money i've spent. let' start with a few old festivals in wiesen

grooveQuake 2004
Goldfrapp
Massive Attack

alpha 2003
MIA.
Blackmail

jazzfest 2003
Moloko
International Pony
Calexico
Kosheen
Aqualung
Cafe Drechsler

jazzfest 2002
Gotan Project
Air
Attwenger
Sofa Surfers
Sneaker Pimps


forestglade 2002
Mercury Rev
Faithless
Heather Nova
John Spencer Blues Explosion
Cake (i don't like the band anymore since that concert http://fm4.orf.at/borisjordan/91136/main)

forestglade 2001
P.J. Harvey
Placebo
Fantomas
Ash
Blackmail
Cortizone
Shy

two days a week 2000
Muse
Deftones
K's Choice

forestglade 2000
Nine Inch Nails
Tocotronic
Eels
Keith Caputo
Nina Hagen

are we under attack?

Pony, International Pony, New Young Pony Club, Fuck Pony, Peppermint Pony, Dead Pony, Pony Club, Ghetto Pony, Tricky Pony

And, of course, an extensive pony list on discogs.



listening to Dig a Pony

Some tags are self-explanatory, others need a word or two. Dive in.
If you’re not a blue member, you can still have a listen via the global tags.


electronic: music produced or altered by electronic means. Expect Thom Yorke, Aphex Twin & Rösykopp.

homosexual intifada: welcome to a very special Raspberry Reich. Stuff for the queer elite and their straight admirers. Expect Siouxsie and the Banshees, Futon & Daniel Wang.

maschinenmusik: beats seasoned with Germanic bits. Expect Zoot Woman, Tarwater & Feadz.

achingly intelligent : music far away from any charts. No Beyonce, no Arcade Fire. Expect Dictaphone, Phantom/Ghost & Schlammpeitziger.

sommer: songs for unforgettable summer days. Expect Richard Davis, Placebo & International Pony.

minimal: the stuff with the cute clicks and planar structures. Expect Bruno Sanfilippo, Ritchie Hawtin & Crowdpleaser & St. Plomb.

we love the 80s: an exhilarating fusion of songs from back then - and their contemporary counterparts. Expect Yazoo, Tom Tom Club & Robots in Disguise.

le kiff: a soundtrack for long evenings with your bong. Expect Ekkehard Ehlers, Arve Henriksen & Pan•American.

makes me bounce: … any body part, really. It's not all electronic, though. Expect Benjamin Wild, Ricardo Villalobos & Faithless.

66: the soundtrack for extensive driving. Expect Ronny Jordan, Maximilian Hecker & Talking Heads.

klickklack: minimal with a German twist, once again. Expect Dominik Eulberg, Kollektiv Turmstrasse & Dapayk & Padberg.

andrzej: music for a cool friend of mine in Hamburg. Expect Michael Nyman, The Conet Project & Ludovico Einaudi.

minipark: music for a friend of mine in Berlin. Expect Feist, Luomo & The Field.

dorschenanner: a Hessian expression perfectly reflecting this happy melange. Expect Britta Porter, Kit Clayton & Frankie Patella.

farangstar: some think I have a questionable taste in music and force me to listen to the following list. Expect Wolke, Klaus Kinski & Foyer des Arts.

ambient: it doesn’t get much more tranquil. Expect Sigur Rós, Explosions in the Sky & Autechre.

absolute classics: stuff you’ll have heard before – and if you haven’t, you’ll fall for it at once. Expect Joy Division, First Choice & Prince.

sexy sexy : music with a certain something. Expect Bangkok Impact, Shakedown & Metro Area.

chef-martin : music for a good friend of mine in Bangkok. Expect Audion, Grungerman & Peaches.

sickening soundtrack : songs and sounds from all the screens. Expect Thomas Bangalter, Giorgio Moroder & Angelo Badalamenti.

scoogee: music for a friend of mine in Karlsruhe. Expect Swayzak, DJ Koze & Roisin Murphy.

soundscape : for some serious snoozing. Or some smooth work. Expect Loscil, Steve Reich & lectronice.

missmoonlight : music for a sexy friend of mine in Berlin. Expect Angus & Julia Stone, Razorlight & Nine Inch Nails.

ruhepuls : music for a friend in Berlin. Expect Kreidler, Xiu Xiu & ISAN.

kompakt : tracks and artists connected to one of the planet’s finest electronic labels. Expect Michael Mayer, Jonas Bering & Mikkel Metal.

cindus: for my best friend from Bochum, unfortunately unplugged. Expect Jochen Distelmeyer, Fünf Sterne Deluxe & 2raumwohnung.

party : in case you’re too dense to do it by yourself. Expect Whirlpool Productions, Michael Jackson & Franz Ferdinand.

vicious disco: disco rebranded to fit this millennium. Expect Loleatta Holloway, Grace Jones & Musique.

minimal techno : Expect Plastikman, Alex Smoke & John Tejada.

highly underrated: artists we all should be listening more to. Expect Nathan Kowald, Decoder Ring & ZVUKBRODA.

liebe: music for hearts, even broken ones. Expect Element of Crime, Roy Orbison & Damien Rice.

house: Expect Daft Punk, Eric Prydz & Roger Sanchez.

chic channel: catwalk candy! Expect Blue Six, Moodyman & Pecheur.

minipark: chill: heavily droning music for a hip friend of mine in Berlin. Expect William Basinski, Vatnajökull & French Teen Idol.

chillout: for those blue hours. Expect Zero 7, Massive Attack & St Germain.

nur jens: for Jens only. Expect Efterklang, Flowers From the Man Who Shot Your Cousin & Ben Folds.

julestunez: music I learned to love, thanks to my cool friend. Expect Eels, Lady GaGa & DeVotchKa.

dj9: Stuff I love to play when I play. Expect Madonna, Robyn & Etienne de Crécy.

microhouse: one of my favorite pigeonholes. Expect Ekkohaus, Akufen & Matthew Dear.

punk funk: righteyo. Expect !!!, Gang of Four & Shitdisco.

french: all things sung, written or produced by those assiduous people. Expect Air, Yann Tiersen & Jacques Brel.

schnubbel: Snow white hours. Expect Miskate, Efdemin & Chakachas.

club: 50 cents here, a buck there. Expect Bob Sinclair, David Guetta & Fatboy Slim.

let’s assume you understand the concept of irony: … don’t tune in if you don’t. Expect Hildegard Knef, Vanity 6 & Sophie Ellis-Bextor.

durty: …mind, body and beats. Expect Cirez D, Safety Scissors & Wighnomy Brothers.

berlin: a lengthy, intense set dedicated to one treasured city. Expect Ellen Allien, Modeselektor & Peer.

michael mayer: stuff connected to, reminiscent of, mixed by and honoring this minimal maniac. Expect Karri O., Farben & Tobias Thomas.

perlen deutschsprachiger popmusik: my very own Pearls of German Pop. This name is stolen from Franz Dobler’s great samplers of German music. Expect Nina Hagen, Joint Venture & Deutsch Amerikanische FreundschaftThomas.

daft punk: stuff connected to, reminiscent of and honoring this mad duo. Expect Cerrone, Mr. Oizo & Crash Course in Science.

hamburg: one playful assortment dedicated to one darling city. Expect ClickClickDecker, Tocotronic & Deichkind.

play this at my funeral: the wistful result of several people thinking of the far future. Expect Sia, Simple Minds & Gary Jules.

judenluemmel: music for a buddy in Hamburg. Expect Welle:Erdball, Anne Clark & 808 State.

polish: Chopin has been in the grave for ages. Expect Myslovitz, Pidżama Porno & Jacek Sienkiewicz.

French house: this does manage to grab you by the balls occasionally. Expect Cassius, Dimitri from Paris & Alex Gopher.

hometrip: a chilling tag for some very special friends and me, perfect for our gatherings. Expect Clara Moto, Matias Aguayo & Kabale Und Liebe.

martina: a collection for a very good friend here in Zurich. Expect Xavier Naidoo, Rosenstolz & Herbert Grönemeyer.


The following tags belong to the cool hase76 - he can tell you more about them.

In heiner blum, expect Rhythm & Sound, Oval & Dani Siciliano.
In deep and dark , expect Sleeparchive, Fad Gadget & Von Spar.
In d a l, expect Kenny Larkin, Gas & Bern.
In danz till eternity, expect Arpanet, Ada & Keinzweiter.
In deep shit ton the bottom, expect Deltron 3030, Gnarls Barkley & Abe Duque.

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