Although not every Dutch music lover will instantly recognize the name Dion, the dedicated follower of Dutch hiphop will surely remember the name from classic beats on the albums of Jawat!, DuvelDuvel and A&C… and ofcourse some really, really obscure tracks on esc.rec.…

Dion seemingly appeared from out of nowhere with Jawat!’s well-known internetrelease “Heel Goed” in 2004 and kept coming back with hard-hitting productions for years on, all the while maintaining a low-profile for himself in the media.
Meanwhile, he and painter/musician 47 had already met in 2002, a short while after the latter had graduated from art school. They immediately teamed up, sharing a love for crafting electronic beats in dark attic rooms at ungodly hours. Although their collaboration initially was a side-project for the both of them and neither of them really intended it to become anything more than that, when they started joining forces on the creation of dubstep beats, magic occurred. Ever since then, they’ve been obsessively busy, producing track after track, but never putting anything out in the open.

In 2009 everything changed. DION47 decided it was time to become heard. They started performing their live DJ-sets at parties and festivals and put out their first release “Strokebooks/That’s What (ft. Gomes)” through the internet. In 2010 their first official releases will be on Oi! Recordings, so stay tuned!

In the mean time all you dubsteppers can listen to DION47’s smashing 140BPM mix:

On October 1st 1984 the very first piece of music by Kapotte Muziek appeared on a compilation cassette. And now, 25 years later, Kapotte Muziek still exists, with a sheer endless list of releases on cassette, vinyl, CD and MP3. Untill 1993 Kapotte Muziek was mainly Frans de Waard, but after that it evolved in more of a live thing with Peter Duimelinks and Roel Meelkop. Since 2003 the Kapotte Muziek name is used by this trio only. Kapotte Muziek played everywhere in Europe, Russia, two long tours in the USA and one in Japan, playing as both Kapotte Muziek and as Goem, their techno music alter ego. They were remixed by Troum, Asmus Tietchens, Peter Rehberg, Illusion Of Safety and many others. A 25 years of existence well worth celebrating!

And now we can, because Extrapool is hosting an event next Friday to do just that. Featuring an impressive line-up (with a lot of artists who released some of their music through esc.rec.): Howard Stelzer (USA), Radboud Mens (NL), Asmus Tietchens (D), Jos Smolders (NL), Kapotte Muziek (NL) and DJ DMDN (NL).

Also check this blog for plenty of history lessons and free downloads.

Poke 20 keeps spreading further and further over the internets, with well over 37.000 downloads and counting! Only the ones we can track that is, because it has also been picked up by a massive load of additional (torrent)sites. So actually it’s probably a bit more by now…

There are still some rad limited edition silkscreened POKE 20 packages/A1 posters with blank silkscreened cd-r available. For only 10(!) flipping euro’s. Get them while they last!

February 16, 20 and 21, two performances a night, 19:30 and 20:45 hrs. in Stadsgehoorzaal Kampen, Vestzaktheater.

Twan has an interesting personality to say the least, so it should definitely be worth the listen, I think. I hope this proves to be a way to get me listening to the radio again, even if it’s once a week.

Further news about Yoshimi! mentions he has some all new transformed Yoshimi! 2.0(?) gigs lined up for which he has written some Dutch(!) songs. Should be interesting. And there are T-shirts. Check it all out in the news section overhere.

Robert Witt recorded his liveset last saturday at Elektrisch Kafe in Paraplufabriek Nijmegen. This is it. Free listen and/or download. Thanks Robert!

Elektrisch Kafe #4 was great. Good live performances, visual art and dj’s. The place was packed. Paraplufabriek Nijmegen is a very nice location. And I even sold some of the merch in the picture above. Some more photo’s here.

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