House Is A Feeling

(EDIT:Links are fixed, if you downloaded before 18.00GMT on Monday then maybe re-download the mixes to get the full versions. If not ignore this and read on! The first mix should be 1 hour 38 minutes, the second 1 hour 11 minutes.)

Right then! After deciding to do some guest mixes I started by asking some people I’ve dealt with before. And from here who knows where things will go.

One of the first names I thought of who fits this bracket, is a good DJ, and doesn’t have mixes all over the net was Ralf Kollmann, who runs Mobilee Records (hence my lame “behind the music” title above).

Ralf has given us two mixes which is quite a lot of music, but that’s necessary to get us through these depressing winter months. The first is a mix with none of his own artists included, and the second shows off some interesting upcoming Mobilee/Leena stuff including a new Sebo K single due in December. I asked him a few questions about the mixes and what is going on at Mobilee lately:

Can you tell me a bit about the first mix? It says “Ralf Kollmann@Berlin Mitte Institute fur Bessere Elektronische Musik”?

“First of all thanks Ronan for choosing to present this mix on your site. House Is A Feeling and Philip Sherburne’s blog are some of my essentials! Berlin Mitte Institut is a Berlin local radio show and we decided to do a live session in our Mobilee office and studios. Everything was set up in the Pan-Pot studio and it was a very private and nice atmosphere. Some beers and a joint later I started the mix in front of 6-7 relaxed people and I wanted them to stay relaxed. That’s it.”

What records are in there that you are particularly excited about lately?

“I am a big fan of Gulliaume & The Counto Dumonts. He just released an album on Canada’s Musique Risquée (Akufen´s Label) and a 12″ on Circus Company is coming up in the next weeks. Kabale & Liebe is someone to watch for the future. He is not only very talented producer - he is also a very nice and friendly guy and a good DJ. Mikael Stavöstrand is in a very good groove at the moment and the Romanian Petre Inspirescu is too of course. There is a very interesting club scene in Bukarest/Romania. We also get more and more demos from there sent to us at Mobilee.”

What about the second mix?

“I finished this mix today. It features a lot of new and upcoming stuff from Mobilee, Leena and other labels including the new Sebo K.”

What is the latest news from Mobilee/Leena?

“We just released the first Artists Album on Mobilee from Pan-Pot and it’s going very well. The guys are touring every weekend and got requests from Japan, Australia and Columbia right now. Anja is producing her first Album to be released April/May 2008. She is producing it together with Paul Brtschitsch who is also responsible for the next Leena, which is called “Hoop Up”. Next Mobilee is coming from GummiHz in two weeks and I just got the master for the new Sebo K “Far Out” coming in December. For the start of 2008 the second installment of the Back To Back Series is coming out - mixed and compiled by GummiHz. He mixed together 27 mobilee tracks and put some exclusive stuff of his own productions in it. Very interesting!”

Any plans to make music yourself?

“I have been doing it for years more or less but there are too many professional and talented producers around me and even if it would be easy to do it, to release something is a big challenge for me. Also I have a lot of work to do with Mobilee and don’t find enough time to really concentrate on production. But I have a new flat and have set up my small studio again so we will see what happens in the future. I have a lot of time and I even get some DJ bookings from time to time without having a release on Mobilee!”

Mix 1: Ralf Kollmann@Berlin Mitte Institute fur Bessere Elektronische Musik: Download/Subscribe

1. DOP - All Boom Boom - Circus Company
2. Tiefschwarz - Original (Samim) - Souvenir
3. Half Hawaii - Into You - Perlon
4. Half Hawaii - MIr Nichts - Hello Repeat
5. Luciano - Solomon´s Prayer - Cadenza
6. Kabale & Liebe feat. Daniel Sanchez - Mumbling Yeah - Area Remote
7. Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts - Unisex - Hartchef
   
8. Sascha Dive - Down Edit - Raum Musik
9. Dan Berkson - The Hollow - Crosstown Rebels
10. Phonique - Bang - Dessous ltd
11. Serafin - Vallemaggia - Mountain People 02
12. Kreon & Lemos - Nice Day - Resopal Red 017
13. Stefan Tretau - Ellis Perry Mikael Stavöstrand Mix - Sounderground
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14. Petre Inspirescu - Skadat - Vinyl Club
15. Blue Arsed Fly - In the Bag Russ Gabriel Mix - Ferox Classics
16. We can do it - Ghost in The Shall - We can do it 001

Mix 2: Hot Shit Not Chip: Download/Subscribe

1. GummiHz - Tool
2. GummiHz - Desire - mobilee 031 (Nov 07)
3. Marcin Czubala - I Am You - mobilee 033 (Jan 08)
4. Stefan Tretau - Ellis Perry (Mikael Stavöstrand Mix) - Sounderground
5. Onur Özer - Red Cabaret (2000 And One Remix) - Vakant
6. Petre Inspirescu - Skadat - Vinyl Club
7. Matt John - Olga Dancekowski - Bar 25
8. JPLS - activatroy - minus
9. Rodriguez jr. - Rubbo Swingo - Leena 04 (Feb 08)
10. Paul Brtschitsch - Hook Up - Leena 03 (Nov 07)
11. Sebo K - Far Out - mobilee 032 (Dec 07)
12. Hoger Zilske - Enduro Disco - Leena 01
13. Rodriguez jr - Soledad - Leena 04 (Feb 08)

I’m going to add these mixes to the regular podcast, I hope that’s okay with people. That’ll mean, once I begin podcasting the radio show again, that there will be 2 mixes most weeks (3 this week is an exception!) If anyone feels that’s too much then let me know. I guess you can always cancel a download even if you are subscribed to the podcast.

The guest mix should be a regular Monday feature. Coming up, some Canadians, an Englishman, and a Frenchman. Oh and this Irishman should be back with the usual Friday podcast just as soon as I decide what new gadget to record things onto.

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 Ralf Kollmann-Hotshitnotchipmix November 2007 [71:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Ralf Kollmann-Berlin Mitte Institut: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download