We have been podcasted
For a while last night our file server has not been able to handle the traffic. Since 2 pm on Sunday the traffic increased and since then we have been transferring more than 300GB. It all started with the podcast on starfrosch but obviously Nappunk’s mix has also been mentioned on other sites and feeds [...]
Czech freetekno party ended by police assault
In an series of hostile and irrational actions the Czech police ended the Czechtek 2005 freetekno festival last Friday. Indymedia has a detailed report. According to the German Spiegel magazine, more than 100 people have been injured.
Flashbacks – A Journey Into Thinner [swm002]
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The second Sonic Walker Mix comes from Timo Winkmann aka Nappunk. Timo is 25 years old and lives in the city of Dresden in Germany, where he studies at the Technical University. In his 1 1/2 hour mix he shares his favourite Thinner releases with us. Thinner is a German electronic music netlabel, which [...]
funque reboot
Christian Bloch, artist known from releases on labels such as Thinner, relaunched his label funque droppings as a netlabel. Next to two brand new releases, he also presents the original 4 releases which have only been available on vinyl until now.
Sonic Walker Mix 2005-07-21 [swm001]
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Welcome to the first edtion of Sonic Walker Radio – a postcast with new netlabel releases. In this edition we present some of the finest house, dubhouse and microhouse releases from the first half of 2005 (and a few from 2004) in a non-stop mix.
The mix was created with Traktor and has not been edited [...]
Numark announces IDJ mixing console for Apple iPod
The Numark iDJ is a 2-channel mixer that enables mobile DJs and iPod enthusiasts to seamlessly integrate their portable music libraries with other music and sound reinforcement systems—transforming the iPod from a personal music player into a source playback device.
A press release revealed today, that the suggested retail price will be $399. The Numark iDJ [...]
Release Candidate Ableton Live 5.0b17 is online!
the next beta version of Live 5 beta version is online.
This version is marked as Release Candidate 2 indicating
we come closer to the final release.
Furthermore from now the Beta is totally public, meaning
everybody can try it out.
www.ableton.com/beta
Comment: I just tested it for one hour and it is working good. For a beta preview it [...]
ARTcessories Presents the USB Phono Plus Audio Interface
PRESS RELEASE
Joing the ARTcessories line is the USB Phono Plus, a USB audio interface with a standalone Phono preamplifier.
Formerly named the “USB Micro PRE,” he USB Phono Plus acts as an interface between your computer and a wide variety of analog and digital sources. The analog inputs are switchable between Phono and Line level [...]
Amen Break – Can I Get An Amen?, 2004
“Can I Get An Amen?” is another essay by Nate Harrison about probably one of the most famous breaks used in hip-hop, jungle and drum & bass.
Can I Get An Amen? is an audio installation that unfolds a critical perspective of perhaps the most sampled drums beat in the history of recorded music, the Amen [...]
Roland TB-303 – Bassline Baseline, 2005
Bassline Baseline is a 21 minute documentary by Nate Harrison about the legendary Roland TB-303 bass line sequencer.
Bassline Baseline is a video essay that investigates the invention, failure and subsequent resurrection of the mythic Roland TB-303 Bass Line music machine in the last two decades of the 20th century. The narrative seeks to invite thoughts [...]
iPod Flea
Scott Kelby, editor of the Photoshop User Magazine and Mac Design Magazine has published an exclusive video of the new iPod Flea – the smallest iPod the world has ever seen. The video has been produced by the slightly unstable minds of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals staff.
Click here for the Quicktime video (28MB).
K-oZ Collective promos
K-oZ Collective, a hip hop band with Dutch lyrics, has release some promo tracks (unfortunately only 128kbps mp3). Their music is a fusion of jazz, funk and hip hop.
Lieve Woorden
Check da Sound
Fozz dropt de bom
Fozzyvostra en de Davidido
Nieuwe Ronden, Nieuwe Kansen
You can also listen to a radio show with rapper Fozz in the studio.
Pete Philly & Perquisite live at the Vodelpark Openluchttheater
Pete Philly & Perquisite were the act before our Roller Disco party at the Vondelpark Openluchttheater in Amsterdam last Saturday. Pete Philly & Perquisite merge hip hop with jazz, broken beats and even some classical music. Just one day before they perfomed at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague.
Click here to see [...]
Openair Roller Disco, Amsterdam
Let’s groove on your roller or inline skates. DJ Mimo and DJ Sonic Walker will surprise you with a combination of disco classic and new beats.
Location: Vondelpark, Amsterdam
When: July 9, 2005 – 21:30
More information:
Openluchttheater
Update:
Unfortunately only a few skaters showed up and it didn’t really seem to matter what kind of music we played. I [...]
iTunes and podcasting – the big hoo ha
As you might have read, Apple introduced some proprietary RSS podcasting tags with their podcasting support in iTunes. Because of this, podcasters around the globe started to adjust their applications, but a nicer solution might be there, as reported by techbasedmarketing.com:
Feedburner has finalized it’s iTunes support. In a nutshell that means your podcasts will be [...]
Cyan Recs – a new netlabel from Mexico
More music from Mexico:
Cyan Recs is a Mexicali, Mexico based netlabel for digital contemporary electronic music. This new portal is mainly for creative sound compositions like minimal dub, glitch jazz experiments, techno, microhouse music, and everything in between. All this of course is for FREE and available on high quality MP3, encoded in 192 [...]
iTunes podcasting
With version 4.9 Apple has introduced podcasting into their popular iTunes application. Apple has released their official specifications on what you need to do in order to publish your podcast in the iTunes Music Store. Dave Winer has more on his Really Simple Syndication site.
Apple has defined a namespace for podcast information. Just took a [...]
Weekend in Chapala
The European summer is getting cold and wet again. How about some Mexican music to get us warm from the inside again? Ed Fladung is offering a nice compilation on his site. Just click on the cover for the tracklisting and download.
No summer road trip is complete without a hand-picked mix. This is the soundtrack [...]
V.A. – Trabant Chai (Soulseekrecords, slsk007)
Soulseek records has published its 7th release, a compilation for their grand opening of the Trabant Chai is a lounge in Seattle.
DJ equipment prices – Holland vs Germany
At the moment I have Mimo’s set of two Pioneer CDJ-1000MK2 with the Pioneer DJM-500 mixer at home to prepare for the gig in 2 weeks. The last time I have been behind the decks has been more than 6 years ago and back then first DJ CD-Players didn’t convince me at all. But those [...]
Trigger Finger
Today I received Trigger Finger and FireWire Audiophile, both from M-Audio. Trigger Finger is a 16-pad USB MIDI drum control surface. The pads are velocity and pressure-sensitive and there are also 8 assignable knobs as well as 4 assignable faders.
The Trigger Finger joins the Evoltion UC-33 USB MIDI controler, which I am already using with [...]
Welcome
Welcome to the new Sonic Walker weblog. Unlike our other websites, we are using Wordpress as CMS system. What can you expect on Sonic Walker? Well, it’s all about music – that’s all I can say right now.
