Zwei Tage Strom

21./22. Juni 2013 | EXIL und Kunsthalle Zürich

MIT:
Emptyset | Maja Ratkje | Pomassl | Shrubbn!! | Ginger Ensemble | Miki Yui | Thomas Rehnert | Petra Ronner & Annette Schmucki | Thomas Peter | Strosster Inst. & Jorge Sanchez-Chiong | Gaspard de la Montagne | Nik!

LINK: http://2tagestrom.blogspot.ch/ | Eventpage

2 Tage Strom leiht in seiner ersten Ausgabe den  Formen zeitgenössischer elektronischer Musik, wie sie in den unscharfen Zonen zwischen experimenteller Clubmusik und akademisch geprägter elektroakustischer Musik entstehen, ein Ohr. An zwei Abenden und einem Nachmittag bespielen MusikerInnen aus dem In- und Ausland die Räumlichkeiten des EXILS und des Löwenbräu-Gebäudes – mal tanzbar, mal kaum hörbar, knisternd und dröhnend, beschaulich oder bedrohlich, anregend und aufregend.

thanks for riding with us!

the Hula Honeys China and Japan Tour 2013 is over - we’ve played the shows, brought this thing called *emotronic sunshine* to cities across China and Japan - and to a worldwide audience via dommune.com

it was a pleasure to let it break and shine with you at our side, and we’ve had an amazing ride ourselves. so thanks for coming out, thanks for sharing this ride with us.

special thanks to all who made the tour possible: Kohei Matsunaga, Junichi Saichi, Miro China , IOIC , Pro Helvetia , Popkredit Zürich , Aargauer Kuratorium , Etat de Fribourg and Fondation Suisa   - along with all promoters, curators, artists and guests who set up shows, came to shows, played with us, went on the ride and shared their love with us.

we’ll be uploading some more videos, fotos and hugs in the next while, so this blog isn’t quite done yet…

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with love from all the honeys!

hon12 - IOKOI - Growing Young - ready

It's been quite a ride with this lovely 7-inch. Having been doing what we do, it was only a question of time until this would happen - and it has happened.

We've just released our 12th release, coming from Zurich and Milano based singer and composer IOKOI , and it just happened to turn out to be just about the most elaborate release to date. The single "Growing Young" comes on transparent vinyl with an "inside out" cut on the flip side. The folder cover is placed in a hand sewn, screen printed fabric packaging - from Nonna with Koi.

Be sure to get your copy of this little beauty:

Right now, it's physically available via our Bandcamp Store , and it'll be in shops all over quite soon. Also, you can download the digital release (incase you prefer files only) on our Bandcamp Store , Beatport , iTunes or mighty Amazon .

IOKOI - Growing Young: April 23rd

We're proud to announce the release of hon12! IOKOI is making her debut on Hula Honeys with a wonderful, transparent 7" single called "Growing Young".

The first physical release for 2013 will be a single by Zurich and Milano based singer & songwriter IOKOI :  „Growing Young“ is a mature piece of music by IOKOI, based on a reduced and gloomy bass figure and the singer’s pure, hypnotical and haunting vocals. IOKOI sings impulsively, still quietly insisting and powerful: „we are not young enough to know everything“ and „turn back time forwards“ remind the listener of the circle of life – and for a moment, IOKOI lets time run backwards with „Growing Young“.

The release will be distributed by Godbrain Distribution - the digital download is available via our Bandcamp Store as also iTunes, Beatport, Amazon and all other stores of your choice...

Release Show:

The single will be available for the first time on April 22nd: Hula Honeys are teaming up with Quiet Records to bring you the "Black Market Tape Exchange - a Flash Goran Live Radio Show" at Boschbar. There will be a live concert by IOKOI, as well as DJ sets by Nik! , Soult , Fred Hystère, P-Tess, Reggae Riot Sound and La Bombe. Additionally, Sarah, Tika and Pozzo will draw tape covers live and Down by Concept will host the night.

Check the Events section for details.

FELL live

We can now confirm: FELL are Simon Berz and Tom "Toktek" Verbruggen - and they DO battle it out in those supercharged sessions.

We've been touring around the country together with FELL for two weeks now, we've witnessed wonderfully inspiring concerts at Bad Bonn Düdingen, Kunsthalle Luzern, Royal Baden and Helsinki Klub Zürich, for which we'd like to thank all visitors, organizers and helpers once more. We're awfully happy, thankful and pround to come and present ourselves at such lovely venues.
FELL have been transforming their material into a monster of a live show, tearing down the borders of genres and expectations as they play. They are able to take their music to the extremes of groove, of noise, of dub, of nervously flying sounds - and still elegantly manage to stay in touch with the ground.

If you have any chance: be sure to come to one (or both) of the last shows of the tour:

On Friday, April 19th, FELL will be at Dampfzentrale Bern , together with Martin Rev (USA, of the legendary band Suicide) and Bit-Tuner .
On Saturday, April 20th, FELL will be opening up the night at Hirscheneck Basel , before P-Tess and Nik! rip up the soundsystem for another Fidelio Bass Night.

Check out the pictures in the News Article or on the Facebook Page .

FELL: Switzerland Tour - April 2013

We're happy to announce an extended Switzerland Tour of FELL (CH/NL) in April 2013.

The tour will feature shows in Düdingen, Lucerne, Baden, Berne, Zürich and Basel between April 5th and April 20th:

DATES (infos, details and links on the project page ):

FR 05.04.13 - Bad Bonn, Düdingen
SA 06.04.13 - Kunsthalle Luzern
THU 11.04.13 - Royal, Baden
FR 12.04.13 - Helsinki, Zürich
FR 19.04.13 - Dampfzentrale Bern
SA 20.04.13 - Hirscheneck, Basel

Find all the Infos here!

[March 2013] Honeys Mix 04:

Nik! - Crawling in Craters

"Crawling in Craters" is what happens when you close your eyes, imagining the depths and hidden corners of your archives.

Stripped down rhythms, melodies, instrumental tracks and deepest bass lines. It's a hommage to the hours spent in bed on Sunday mornings, and it's a pledge to the dance floor.
The mix was recorded in January 2013 on two turntables and a mixer. It includes tracks by Sub, Burnt Friedman, FELL , Zomby, Sven Weisemann, Airhead, Shlomo and many others...

Listen to the mix on the Hula Honeys Mixcloud channel.
Listen to the mix on Nik!'s Soundcloud account

Introducing:
Hula Bytes

Airplane Friendship Clip by Simon Wannaz

Coming from the very productive music scene in Vevey, Switzerland, Buvette has developed a very singular style with his music. With his new track Airplane Friendship, he follows the same path of hypnotic electronic music with outlandish sonorities.

With his film,  Simon Wannaz brilliantly mirrors the particular atmosphere of the music with odd and retro aesthetics. The cinematography supports the melancholic and mysterious mood that was already set up by the characters. Regarding the rhythm and style, Airplane Friendship could be considered as a short movie as much as a music video.

Follow the blind kid and see where he leads you!
http://vimeo.com/simonwannaz/buvette

Links:

making of pictures: airplanefriendship.tumblr.com/
Simon Wannaz Portfolio  
Full credits: News Article

Soult - Mercury Head Explosion

Mercury head explosions can be dangerous, but they can be beautiful as well.

From all the gazillion influences lying around, soult picks some and sets them in an order wich is in harmony with the planets out there. This can lead to the merging of an accapella by MF Doom with the synth orgy by Mind Over Mirrors.
Or Bogdan Raczinsky singing after Transformer Di Roboter.

The swiss musician "Welttraumforscher" may give an explenation for all this:

where your luck is stranded in the north
and your gold lies beaten in the bed
the days are gone and the cards mixed
hundred years, thousand days and a sad fish

listen to Honeys Mix 03 on Mixcloud

Vandalizm Podcast 006: Nik! - Within Noise

There's a new mix out there exploring the deepness, noise and heavy weight slow motion beats. 

For the monthly Bassvandalizm Podcast, Nik! recorded an 80-minute DJ mix on three turntables, a mixer and a Kaoss Pad. Somewhere between Dub, Techno, Electronica and Hip Hop, with a proper amount of drones and noise. The mix can be found via the Bassvandalizm Podcast on iTunes or on Nik!'s Soundcloud account .

Honeys Mix 02 by Phucking Happyend

Some good things actually DO come around twice: Phucking Happyend recorded his DJ-set at the record release party of the [hon09] Bitter Sweet Remix EP - and it's here to make you jump and shout!

Mixing in various blends of Bass Music, Trap Music, Dance Music, Phucking Happyend takes listeners and dancers on a mental trip. Hitting the floor with bass heavy and snare loaded tracks, this mix is nothing other than a megamix of current and future club slammers. Enjoy!

Honeys Mix 02: Phucking Happyend - Evil Rave on Mixcloud .

Honeys Mix 01: Somtek - Enter the Dust

Here we go, this is the first exclusive artist DJ mix for the Hula Honeys mix channel: a dark ambient bass mix by Somtek aka Schnauz.

As Somtek, this guy made the excellent Phaser Edit from Phucking Happyend's track Bitter Sweet, which was released on Korsett and Hula Honeys in October 2012. Somtek and Demegy have also been the driving forces behind the label Korsett in the past years, which took off with the Breakshake Remix Compilation, and featured remixes of artists like Partikel, Jools, AZ-Rotator or DJ Donna Summer.

But there is a lot more. Besides other releases as Somtek or with the Gipsy Syndicate, his alter ego Schnauz created the 5 track [hon04] Stars EP for Hula Honeys in 2011. And rumors are going strong that there will be a Somtek release sometime next year - so be ready for the news regarding Somtek / Schnauz.

Also, keep your eyes and ears open for more news on the Hula Honeys Mix Channel, there's a lot more to come. We'll be featuring exclusive DJ-mixes from our artists - with a strong focus on personally selected music - this channel is another place for musical knowledge and love, history and future:

Honeys Mix 01: Somtek - Enter the Dust: www.mixcloud.com/HulaHoneys/honeys-mix-01-somtek-enter-the-dust/
Follow the Hula Honeys Mixcloud Channel: www.mixcloud.com/hulahoneys
A nice review by BP: bprodukt.wordpress.com

Hula Honeys x Korsett Kollektiv = hon09/krst05

Our 9th record is OUT NOW! This time, we're teaming up with Lucerne based Korsett Kollektiv to bring you another bass heavy 4-track EP! Order the 12" vinyl / digital release on Bandcamp .

Our first split release comes out on October 25th, 2012! Again, the record is available as a 12" vinyl and digitally via Bandcamp , Beatport,  iTunes ,  Junodownload , etc...
Phucking Happyend 's  [hon09] Bitter Sweet Remix EP is a collection of four versions of the original track, Bitter Sweet, all at home somewhere in the field of bass-heavy, boom-friendly dance floors. We're happy to present another quality record - that features a bunch of talented and emerging artists: alongside Phucking Happyend, who played in Hardcore bands before crossing over to electronic music, there are remixes by Kackmusikk, who was Switzerland's Red Bull Music Academy participant in 2011, Nik! and Somtek - who was responsible for the [hon04] Stars EP under his alter ego, Schnauz .

Hula Honeys on Beatport

[cheese-mode on] Hula Honeys stands for LOVE - love of music, love of sound, time and space. We put our time and effort in making things happen, supporting musicians, produces and djs to get their ideas out to the public. We love and collect vinyl and believe in the power of the black gold. But we also believe in the power of the music itself - that's why we try to get our releases out there - to you - wherever you are. [cheese-mode off]

Hula Honeys Releases are now available via Beatport - find our releases here: http://www.beatport.com/label/hula-honeys/