Posted by: Søren
in Music on Dec 03, 2011
Parisian Guillaume Berroyer aka Ark is a well known figure in the electronic music business with several releases on the mighty record label, Perlon. I bought his latest "Arkpocalypse Now" on vinyl a year ago, and it has been on repeat ever since.
"Old Chariot Feat. Madd Vibe" is just one track on the album which is absolutely recommendable.
Posted by: Søren
in Music on Oct 02, 2011
Holtoug is a Danish music producer and DJ and he has quickly gained a reputation as one to watch on the Danish electronic music scene. I became aware of his skills listening to his excellent remix of Dusty Springfield’s old classic refamed by Quentin Tarrantino: Son Of A Preacher Man - (Holtoug bootleg).
And that's a nice remix!
Posted by: Søren
in Music on Jun 30, 2011
You may all be aware of the fact that Danish electronic/rock superstar Anders Trentemøller makes nice music. But those of you who dig deeper in the sphere of electronic music may also be aware of the English electronic/rock icon Andrew Weatherall has made some outstanding records.
And back in 2010 Weatherall remixed Trentemøller's Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider Go.
Posted by: Søren
in Music on Sep 03, 2010
One of the most talented producers and dj's within the electronic sphere is the american ex-drummer - Steven Ford aka Bruno Pronsato. He recently gave it up for Residentadvisor with an excellent live set (download here) and some years ago he released the much respected album "Why Can't We Be Like Us" which is quite a journey into minimal electronic music with a twist of percussion and hand claps instruments. Lovely.
Besides working as a producer and dj he also runs a label named "Thesongsays". On this label he releases some really nice stuff - three EP's so far. For quite some time I been diggin Benoit & Sergio - What I've Lost. The EP is described as "romantic techno" and is featuring some beautiful vocals combined with a pop influenced beat. Cool!
Posted by: Søren
in Music on Jun 03, 2010
Superpitcher is one of my alltime favourites DJs from Germany. Rumours says that his new album released on Kompakt records, which is coming out shortly, is truly amazing. If you cannot wait you can catch Superpitcher and his partner in crime - Michael Mayer at this year Distortion Festival in Copenhagen. They are going to rock the entire place!
Anyways. Superpitcher is also a great remixer - and his newest remix is not a long shot. It is a really cool interpretation of Charlotte Gainsbourg's track The Operation. Pretty cool.
Posted by: Søren
in CMS on May 24, 2010
Joomla! CMS has in many ways been outperformed by Wordpress and Drupal when it comes to the amount of minimal and aesthetic websites found on the internet. Joomla! CMS is mainly used for communities and website portals - where the website works as an information portal whereas you see many Wordpress based websites in categories like fashion, design and lifestyle magasins and blogs. I believe Joomla! has more functionality and outperforms Drupal if we are talking an user-friendly backend and easy learning curve, but when it comes to beautiful front end and design Joomla! seems to be the loser - because there is a not a lot of beautiful Joomla! based websites out there.
Designers and people working with aesthetic normally choose another platform than Joomla!. And I guess it is because you experience so many bad designed and "more is more" Joomla! websites out there. Keeping things simple and clean is not a first priority for many Joomla! programmers and designers - which is of course a big mistake.
Posted by: Søren
in Design on May 17, 2010
It is no secret I rather live in a hipster home than a no hipster home. But according to the very satirical blog Unhappy Hipsters - hipsters are not happy. The blog, Unhappy Hipsters underline their point taking images from the architecture and design magazine Dwell, and interpret the emotional states of the people in the photos.
The point is: Why are these hipsters so unhappy when they live in fancy modern design houses and apartments - which is supposed to make them happy? Anyways - the blog is great fun and the houses pretty cool. Visit the blog here and read more about why hipsters are unhappy in modern houses here.
Posted by: Søren
in Uncategorized on Apr 12, 2010
My approach towards art is the same as to music. It changes slightly over time - but the main ingredients has to be the same. It has to give you an amount of value - some kind of inspiration. Due to this fact I ordered a new paintings from my girlfriend. For the last 5 years or so we had the same paintings decorating the biggest wall in our apartment and I felt it was time to change.
Inspired by a great musician - Ricardo Villalobos and his debut album from 2003 - Alchachofa - I wanted a painting based on one of the tracks named - I Try To Live (Can I Live). First I wanted the text on the paintings - but it was kind of akward and it was almost left out. But in the right corner the text is slightly visible.
Posted by: Søren
in CMS on Apr 03, 2010
During the last couple of days I worked on a fresh new look for my website. Again and again. I guess it is difficult to see big changes here, but actually I am quite happy with the result - because the new look is based on a completely new template framework named Zen Grid developed by Joomlabamboo. The Zen Grid template gives you a great flexibility and functionality when you work with Joomla and design websites.
The 960 CSS Grid framework Zen Grid is an elegant, easy to use template scaffold that gives you complete control over all aspects of layout and styling. Zen grid is the perfect starting point for developing your own Joomla template. And thats what I did really. The template gives you completely freedom to make what you want and like. Below I posted a picture of the Zen Grid template as it came - and a picture of my website - the result.
Posted by: Søren
in Music on Mar 21, 2010
Sasu Ripatt aka Luomo is just a great musician. The finish born producer/musician has been making danceable, but also "home listening" music for more than a decade - and he is still going strong.
The track "Tessio" from his Vocalcity album (2000) is not an exception. Easy going electronic music with a great vocal. Take a listen below:
