School Of Life – Friday 20.3. Redrum

SCHOOL OF LIFE & KEYS OF LIFE present
VILLA NAH Record Release Party
Friday 20.3. Redrum

VILLA NAH (LIVE)
JORI HULKKONEN
POIKA JA HIRVIÖ
KATERINA

22-04 // K20 // 10 € // VIP 5 € inc. drink

LINKS:
https://schooloflifeclub.wordpress.com/
http://www.sahkorecordings.com/keysoflife.php
http://www.myspace.com/villanah
http://www.myspace.com/jorihulkkonen
http://www.myspace.com/poikajahirvio
http://www.myspace.com/katiandonov
http://www.redrum.fi

Villa Nah – VN EP
A-side Ways To Be
B-side Envelope Daylight
3 tracks 12 inch/cd ep
Record Label: Keys of Life Records
Release date: late April 2009

Distribution:
www.grooveattack.de DE
www.kudosrecords.co.uk UK
www.differ-ant.fr FRA
www.toolonmusiikkitukku.com FI

all songs written & produced by Villa Nah
co-produced by Jori Hulkkonen
mixed by Villa Nah & Jori Hulkkonen @ alppIVhouz, 2009
mastered by Pete Salone @ Silencio
graphic design by Antti Uotila

Villa Nah, a duo of Juho Paalosmaa and Tomi Hyyppä, makes pure electronic pop with plenty of emphasis on catchy melodies and meticulously crafted soundscapes reminiscent of the 1980’s.

Stylewise, Villa Nah is related to 80’s bands like Heaven 17 or New Order, but that is only the tip of the iceberg. Once you’ve heard their debut single, you’ll know that Villa Nah is about nothing else but their own style and sound.

The single opener ”Ways To Be” is built around a synth bassline, handclaps and the kind of irresistible melody that you can’t shake out of your head once you’ve heard it. ”Envelope” is a tad more dark with an uplifting synth melody serving as a hook. “Daytime”, in contrast to it’s title, evokes a strong sense of night time.

Villa Nah’s vocalist Juho Paalosmaa is a very charismatic performer, whose great sense of stage drama brings to mind a young Glenn Gregory or Philip Oakey. Indeed, Villa Nah is not merely a production duo but an actual band with a live show that is not to be missed.

Simian Mobile Disco feat. Todd Rundgren – Synthesise

Simply amazing. 12″ should be out soonish!

Osunlade – Momma’s Groove

One of the biggest House records in 2008! What a groove!

SOUL SOUL SOUL!

Osunlade – Momma’s Groove (Jimpster’s Hip Replacement Mix)

CIRCLE CHILDREN

I have always loved Armand Van Helden and lately have been digging into old stuff such as Circle Children releases on Strictly Rhythm in the early 90’s. Oldschool but so fresh!

Circle Children – Zulu (Change Mix)

Circle Children – Mamba Mama (Passion Mix)

I actually prefer Armand’s New School Mix but could not find it on youtube.

“THE ONLY WAY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE IS TO INVENT IT”
(Armand Van Helden)

🙂

GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE!

Since I’m having a great morning and the sun is up I decided to post this song for you. The song has a happy vibe and I’m keen on the lyrics. Enjoy!

a bit from the lyrics…

Thought I’d never see
The love you found in me
Now it’s changing all the time
Living in a rhythm where the minutes working overtime

We are always running for the thrill of it, thrill of it
Always pushing up the hill
Searching for the thrill of it
On and on and on we are calling out and out again
Never looking down I’m just in awe of what’s in front of me

and so on…..

BERLIN CALLING!

It was ever so nice to be back in Berlin.

Lil’ Tony rocked Panorama bar and I have to say, Tony’s brand new track was one of the highlight of his set – not too bad! The word on the dance floor was Lil’ Tony = Small Man, Big Heart – Big Music!

Our French friend Cyril DJ Deep Etienne was once again flawless even though he was feeling sick – that didn’t stop him for laying down some of my favourite house classics. Jack!

Ben Klock and Marcel Dettmann ruled Berghain like always!  Ben started with the vocal tracks on his album and Elif was great on the vocals. Elif it was so nice to finally meet you!

Big thanks to the Ostgut crew for such a nice dinner and for taking such good care of us!

Also, once again congratulations to Ben Klock for his brilliant album on Ostgut. It was great to celebrate this with you! See you soon in Helsinki for an other night to remember.

BEN KLOCK @ COSMIC CITY – REDRUM HELSINKI

this was nutz!!

And here’s BEN KLOCK – SUBZERO for you – I’m loving it!

Begone Dull Care

Can’t wait for the new Junior Boys album release! Only one month to go to the US release date. The album already leaked few weeks ago and straight link was posted to my facebook wall so i just couldn’t avoid downloading it (even though i would prefer hearing new music from vinyl, not as bad quality mp3’s). Too bad! 😦

Their previous album “So This Is Goodbye” was such a big thing for me couple years ago that i think the new one won’t be my new favorite album from them, but anyway, it’s amazing how these guys keep on sounding so fresh and so good year after year. My favorites from the album were the first two songs, “Parallel Lines” and “Work”, but since they weren’t on youtube, i decided to post “The Animator”:

Too bad that they rarely do any remixes, but luckily there’s quite a few nice remixes of their songs. Tensnake‘s remix of “FM” has been probably the most travelling remix of Junior Boys in my dj bag so here’s a link to that one as well. Enjoy!

SCHOOL OF LIFE OPENING WAS THE TOP!

So very happy about the opening night at Redrum.
Great crowd and such a good vibe throughout the night.

I warmed up the night with the following stuff…
(not in order)

Amon Duul II – Kismet (Pilooski Edit)
Chez Damier – Forever Monna
Moodymann – Freeki Mutha F cker
Dear Africa Sky – Henrik Schwarz Remix
Nina Simone – Here Comes The Sun (Francois K Remix)
Equinox – Henrik Schwarz Dub
Justin Martin – My Angelic Demons
James Brown – It’s A Man’s World The Henrik Schwarz Remix
Jimpster – Dangly Panther
Alex Picone – Floppy
Omar S – Psychotic Photosynthesis
Moodymann – Shine
Gang Gang Dance – House Jam
Cosmo Vitelli – Converted
Armand Van Helden – Nrongo Ra Mrongo
Omar S – Day
Moodymann – Roberta Jean Machine

..at the end of the night played Cosmo Vitelli – Party Day …of course!

and finished the night with Caribou – Melody day
what an amazing piece of music (Downtown’s tip, thanks!)

Thanks to our guest DJ Downtown, you made us shake it! Your mix of MixHell’s Boom Da was the one for me – you know it!

Thanks to Poika ja Hirviö, the residents. You had the floor on fire from the beginning till the end.

And last but not least Big Thanks to Jouni for fantastic lights, redrum is just not the same without you!

GOOD AS GOLD!

CARIBOU – MELODY DAY

Cosmo Vitelli – Party Day

Love this one but what’s up with the video? 🙂

Hirviö – School Of Life Promo Minimix

Word the fuck up, better late than never, here’s a sneak peek what i might be boosting from those funktion ones tomorrow at Redrum.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/5588233570c2e24a/

Whirlpool Productions – From Disco To Disco [Ladomat]
Moby – I Love To Move In Here (Holy Ghost! Remix) [Turbo Recordings]
Prinzhorn Dance School – You Are The Space Invader (An Optimo (Espacio) Mix) [DFA]
In Flagranti – Business Acumen [Kitsuné]
Boards Of Canada – Trapped (Hell Interface Remix) [unofficial release]
Magnus International – Kosmetisk [Full Pupp]
Gorillaz – Dare (Soulwax Remix) [Promo]
Lost Valentinos – The Bismarck (Knife Machine Remix) [BangGang]
Lo-Fi-Fnk – Want U [Kitsuné]