Age of Love XXL

"Ken uw houseklassiekers", onder dat motto neemt Age of Love je terug naar de tijd dat langs menig Vlaamse steenweg tot in de vroege uurtjes werd gedanst op stevige house beats.

De tijd waarin mensen nog van einde en verre afzakten naar het Pajottenland om een dansje te placeren in de legendarische Extreme club bijvoorbeeld. Die bevond zich op een boogscheut van het ouderlijk huis, maar mijn ietwat prille leeftijd en de kwalijke reputatie in het dorp, zorgden dat ik er nooit een stap binnen mocht zetten. De mythe werd desalniettemin gevoed door de verhalen van oudere generatiegenoten en de talloze cassetjes met de dj sets.

Sinds 2008 halen DJ Quincy (Soulphonic, Extreme) en Nik Vandenberghe (Charlatan) met  met Age of Love parties die klassiekers van onder het stof en brengen ze met de 'club glamour' van weleer. Denk dance acts, lasers en confettikanonnen. In het verzorgde kader van de Vooruit zorgde dat laatst alweer voor het feestje van het jaar (waarvoor dank).

The Bike Thief Test in Brussels

Indifference is a killer.

Travel Impressions of Berlin

Berlin boosts quite some amazing street art and graffiti. So rather than boring you with Tourie pictures I bundled some shots of pieces that caught my eye during my last visit.

Top location for street art lovers are  Kreuzberg, the area around Ostbahnhof (incl. East Side Gallery) and the 'Mauerpark' in the north of the city. You could also try out the Hidden Path tour.

Fabulous wall at the Gleisdreieck Metro station in Kreuzberg.

I LOVE YOU - Am Ostbahnhof  

Paradise Circus - Massive Attack (Gui Boratto remix)

A Gui Boratto remix of a Massive Attack song. Something I needed to share.

On the Road

“the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road 



Recommended.

Press Pause Play

Presspauseplay (2011) is a great documentary about how disruptive the internet is for the creative industry.

A variety of artists (Moby, Lykke Li,...), internet personalities (Seth Godin, Sean Parker,...) and critics (Andrew Keen) shed a light on how the internet changed the way business is done....and will be done.

I had seen a part of it on tv (V!rus on Canvas to be specific ) but only discovered recently that the documentary is freely available on presspauseplay.com both in a normal version as an interactive version.

It's interesting, well made, funny sometimes and for some probably eye-opening.
Recommended.

Major Lazer on tour in Brussels

For those who like a little bounce, eclectic drums and beats in a range from 50 to 150 bpm Major Lazer is probably no stranger. Diplo and Dj Switch, the original team behind the imaginary Jamaican bountykiller, made their debut in 2009 with 'Guns don't kill people...lazers do". A unique mix of dancehall, reggea, hip-hop and fidget house.

Now 3 years later, Diplo and Jillionaire came down to Brussels to show us some major musical magic. In no time the duo and their dancers got the Botanique in their pocket, taking everybody on a journey filled with fat beats, laser sounds and a gazillion samples.