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dune even...
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is that rubik?
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Night Rider said:
is that rubik?


http://contakt-events.com/contakt.html

"What is apparent is that the Cube is a highly advanced communications device that responds positively to the presence of humans and interacts accordingly.

By acting as a central hub it seems to allow us to direct our thoughts, collect and share ideas, transcend language and interconnect musically in ways previously not possible. We’re still in the early stages of research but it seems our destinies have somehow become interlinked.

The global Contakt events are the next phase of our research. The Cube’s technology will strengthen the connection between the performers but it will to go further, bringing together the people who share and support our music, giving them the chance to interact personally with the Cube and in doing so, gain access to the Cube Network.

That’s why we’re holding these events, to create a unique, interactive environment that offers a new, closer form of communication. After
all that’s what makes us human... and if technology can increase that, we should embrace it.“
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is it just me or does ritchie hawtin have pretty big feet?
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M_nus.... Where is the irony?
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I'm, honestly not sure what to say about that whole, erm, campaign?
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Tanner said:
M_nus.... Where is the irony?


i think the irony is here mate!:

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Serious business.

Neutral

I'd rather listen to someone who has fun on the agenda tbh.
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fuck thats awesome

Laughing


it is meant to be funny - right?
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All I can hear that 'cube' communicating to me is...

'I have come for your emails'

Sigh... is it really just me, am I really just overly cynical now?

Crying or Very sad
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Irony huh?!? Hawtin has all of a sudden done a massive landslide into plot lossage. His Traktor set loop-to-noise-drop-bass-high-five-everyone-for-10minutes-and-jump around-like-a-trance-dj-sets are becoming annoying.
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All packaging, no content.

Where has this freak of nature gone?



Imagine the shit he could be up to now...
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Keeping in theme though...

This is the face of the man championing 'Stadium Minimal' (his words)...



Reow... like a tiger!
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that is pretty funny. Almost reminiscent of the old TV ads for Gatecrasher.

Cube Nation. Join the movement.
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Tanner said:
a massive landslide into plot lossage...
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Someone should photoshop the cube into a bum or something.

Dick in a box even.
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yeah richie's lost the plot aight

what plot was that again?
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Laughing
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Proof said:
All packaging, no content.

Where has this freak of nature gone?



Imagine the shit he could be up to now...


Yeah, seems a shame..

Around the time of consumed / Dex efx&909 dude was mindblowing - I'd be hard pressed to think of any set or piece of music from him in the past few years that have acheived the same thing for me.

Then again I am much more cynical now Smile
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fuck, that set is awwwesome!!! when abouts was that? def. never heard anything from ritchie coming close to that when i was in berlin
Sad
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it says 1999 minus orange on the link
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great thread here

http://www.inthemix.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=223618

scroll down for hilarious picture review Laughing Laughing
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yeah man, thats fucking funny!!!! Mr. Green
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they look like goth trekkies!! possibly visiting a futuristic bi/swingers club..

"create a unique, interactive environment that offers a new, closer form of communication" - i think they are going to launch a facebookesq web site so we can all go poke each others cubes.

i dont know if its a joke or not. looks stupid.
aside from the radio show i havent been involved much woth music for the last few months so i dont know whats up. it looks to me like minus has fallen victem to itself!
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that pic review is awesome.
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first thing im doing when i get home is shaving of my beard!
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yeah, i love how marc houle has that "blue steel" pose goin' on!!!
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Sorted.
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The spice extends life, the spice expands consciousness, the spice is vital to space travel...

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they look like these guys but not as cool.
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did any of you guys hear that RA100 podcast? actually i think its pretty cool. its definitely not as boring as the picture review would suggest..
but yeah, that whole campaign looks so pretentious!!!
i like to think gaiser got roped into it... he's not posing as enthusiastically as the others...
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from what i can tell, their sets at DEMF will be the first with this new cube gadget. I'll throw something their way if they try pull off this uber cool bullshit and don't let loose.

found the RA podcast a little underwhelming. Too samey after a while. Not enough jackin'.....

I sort of admire Richie for trying to push the technology boundaries. But fuck mate, go write computer programs to help the world in some way and just stick to playing records because, from the dance floor, people can't tell and don't care what the fuck you're doing differently.

Saying that will be interesting to see if it makes the music sound better. Will report back from DEMF. ciao
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Er, but it sounds like he's just using a mixer to sub-mix everyone else?

Maybe even sending timecode to sync? Oh... cutting edge.

I don't actually even see the 'technology' aspect of it being that new...

Where is the continuation of his live audio and video project? That looked like it could actually push boundaries.
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yeah from what i can tell theres very little boundry pushing going on at all. its all repackaging. i think more effort has gone into marketing. and scoring k..
the cube looks kinda cool and all and they have made it so it has no ugly bottom that shows screws and leads. and at least they have a nice big dice to play drinking games and craps with.

however, in saying all of that it is still a show i would love to see.
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sander said:
yeah from what i can tell theres very little boundry pushing going on at all. its all repackaging. i think more effort has gone into marketing. and scoring k..
the cube looks kinda cool and all and they have made it so it has no ugly bottom that shows screws and leads. and at least they have a nice big dice to play drinking games and craps with.

however, in saying all of that it is still a show i would love to see.


Personally, I would like to see all that shit stripped back and two turntables/flux capacitor in a dingy little club with an absurdly overspec'ed PA.

But im sure you wont move as many units that way.
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Proof said:
Er, but it sounds like he's just using a mixer to sub-mix everyone else?

Maybe even sending timecode to sync? Oh... cutting edge.

but is it really supposed to be 'cutting edge'? he's not using the cube thing for the mix is he? isnt it just a plain old promo mix for RA? and while he is submixing everyone else, well, wasnt that what transitions and de9 were? ... not really building to anything huge, just keeping on the groove...different strokes for different folks though i guess. Smile
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articsnowfoxes said:
but is it really supposed to be 'cutting edge'? he's not using the cube thing for the mix is he? isnt it just a plain old promo mix for RA? and while he is submixing everyone else, well, wasnt that what transitions and de9 were? ... not really building to anything huge, just keeping on the groove...different strokes for different folks though i guess. Smile


Well, yeah. Just watch his endorsement video for Traktor Scratch. Now he is able to take DJ to places he never could before. And where exactly would that be? I think the phrase he uses is actually bleeding edge...
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His traktor scratch sets are horrible compared to a year ago when he was on serato etc. He doesnt take the dj set anywhere else. He just ruins any kind of flow. Its not like he seems to be doing anything massively cutting edge with it either. Amazing as I thought he would be using the timecode record control but wasnt at fabric, yet he seems to be doing less cool stuff/inventive mixing than he was when he was messing around with turntables. I'm giving him another go next month at a festival to see if he has come to terms with it(his new set up) and stops going as nuts on echos, delays, looping (in particular) and perhaps he need to lay off the coke to. His nose seems constantly blocked now.
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to much coke certainly would explain that stupid monkey suite he is wearing.. he looks like a corporate puppet in those photos.
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i ment suit
Monkey
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I completely understand deciding to do certain things to fund other, less profitable or experimental projects.

Lets just see if those less profitable or experimental projects actually exist.

Or is this now it?
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Tanner said:


His nose seems constantly blocked now.





haha, paul cokenfold also suffers this problem.

neither of them are the djs they were 10 years ago.
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did i really write that!?!?!?!






(*waits to get banned from techno forum)
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i dont think ive ever heard a paul cokeknob mix..
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neither
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sander said:
i dont think ive ever heard a paul cokeknob mix..


I heard one recently.

I seriously hope it was a joke.
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i seriously doubt it was
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Last night at the Minus afterparty in Detroit at St. Andrews Hall, Beatportal spotted Richie Hawtin hanging out by the bar.

So we grabbed the famous techno DJ and asked him about the mysterious Cube, which he and Minus crew are promoting as a new club concept.

Here’s what Richie Hawtin had to say about The Cube.

Richie Hawtin at St. Andrews, Detroit

What is The Cube?

“It’s an interactive cube structure covered by LEDs that recognizes people who’ve signed up for Contakt membership.

“If you join Contakt as a member you get a special card which is embedded with a microchip.

“The Cube can detect when a member is in the club.

“It also broadcasts messages via bluetooth and LAN.

“So when you come to a Contakt event, anyone who has their bluetooth turned on will receive a message.

“Anyone who has LAN connectivity on their mobile will also receive a message.


When Richie Hawtin played, The Cube changed colour

“Sometimes that message might contain a picture, or music.”

How do you and the rest of the Minus artists interact with The Cube?

“From the DJ booth or stage, we can trigger The Cube into various states.

“Usually it’s blue and white, but I can make it turn red or green when I play.

“We can control its intensity and more.”

Who built The Cube?

“A team of about six of us built it. I came up with the idea, and then we worked with lighting experts and technicians to build it.”


Phenomenal.
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awesome Neutral
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Bleeding edge.
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wow, that is so shit. i cant believe all it does is change colour and fart texts... so lame
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I think they really are in danger of disappearing up their teutonic asses
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Marc Houle and Gaiser tomorrow, think I may have to hurl drunken nerd abuse wooo
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Night Rider said:
it says 1999 minus orange on the link


Yeaaaaah. That's the one which samples Yello. Got it right here listening to it now. My favourite tune on M_Nus.

R
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Mc Bean said:
Marc Houle and Gaiser tomorrow, think I may have to hurl drunken nerd abuse wooo


take it your in Sydney?

yeah i was going to do that, but decided on a four hour Hybrid set instead of a couple of guys playing with a cube!!@!

however Dubfire and Bodzin next week, the Godfathers of Screaming Trance!!!!!!!!!
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Marc Houle and Gaiser tomorrow, think I may have to hurl drunken nerd abuse wooo


Supported by Emerson Todd no less! That's going to be kinda weird...
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I can't believe how shit that cube thing sounds. They may as well have just stuck a mobile phone in the middle of the dance floor. When I go to the london gig I'm gonna smash the cube into Hawtins face, thus destroying it and maybe making hawtin realise he is being a diddle. I think he needs to move away from Berlin and give himself some distance from the 'scene'. Some place where he doesn't have people following him round all the time blowing hot air up his arse.
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wow! this thread is still going....
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yeah I reckon Emerson will be the highlight, think Antix are in town too..
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Tanner said:
Some place where he doesn't have people following him round all the time blowing hot air up his arse.



Haha this may well have been happening in Detroit!
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Who built The Cube?

“A team of about six of us built it. I came up with the idea, and then we worked with lighting experts and technicians to build it.”




cut the crap and just make us another 'spastik' or 'alpha wave'.

'spastik' is like the 'smells like teen spirit' or 'paradise city' of techno.
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Wow Emerson just rinsed the shit so hard. And Gaiser/Houle too not a tap drip in sight, sooo heavy Razz

145bpm up it Car
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It gets better!

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Houle and Gaiser freaking awesome. Loved Emerson Todd as well.
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oh man, that disco invaders video... ridiculous.
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"Proof" said:
It gets better!

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Shocked wow
i actualy quite like dress ups but that aside, i cant make out (i dont have sound though) if thats for real or not..
disco invader!
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i might sign up on the contakt list just so i can text the cube and tell it to go suck itself
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sander said:
Shocked wow
i actualy quite like dress ups but that aside, i cant make out (i dont have sound though) if thats for real or not..
disco invader!


Well, that's the thing. Its almost like Sven has taken the Star Wars Chic concept, but camped it up to take the piss out of itself.

They cant be serious though?

Can they?
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heres an interview of gaiser and troy pierce...not sure about troy... gaiser seems cool and down to earth though... so was his set not so minimal McBean?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLOLMPp3LFU
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Yeah for sure he played minimal techno. But it was a lot harder, more relentless and faster than I had expected - hopefuly a sign of the times. Houle a bit more bleepy quirky..

It was cocaine party music not dissapear up your own K hole plinky plonk Smile
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articsnowfoxes said:
..not sure about troy...


ha yeah, seems like he is talking to the spanish exchange student at highschool.

Spotted these over the nite:

Bang - Phonique
Techno Vocals - Houle
Extreme - Houle
Listen to the drums - Outlines
Sebo K - Far out
Albertino - Galuzzi/Schneider
Missp - Phil Kieran
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Mc Bean said:
It was cocaine party music not dissapear up your own K hole plinky plonk Smile

awww.... i liiike plinky plonk Fishy
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HA i love the look on Gaiser's face in the above photo...he's got a,
"is this really f%$#ing happening?" look on his face...he's got to be above all that delusional hype.

but i like the disco invaders vid - it's fun good times dressup...
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Misskitten said:
Houle and Gaiser freaking awesome. Loved Emerson Todd as well.


Emerson Todd has just had one of his tracks signed to Claude VonStroke's Dirty Bird label as well!
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im reckoning this guy's sphere would beat hawtin's cube any day of the week...
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6iC3b5JnSIE&locale=en_GB&persist_locale=1
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http://bb.4four.org/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=31382

Laughing
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Mr. Green
yeah, screw that minimalist cube, the Rhombicosidodecahedron is the only way forward
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here is Sydney's version:

http://www.glitch.net.au/index.htm

Laughing
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thats great Mr. Green
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Hah!! Thats pretty good.

Akufen is here on sunday w/ deadbeat Music
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ha - that IS impressive.
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hah!
thanks for a very entertaining thread
xo