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Sabato 1 aprile 2006
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Led presenta
Âme (Sonar Kollektiv, Berlino)
Luca Mauro (Mainstreet rec., Bologna)

Il Sonar Kollektiv di Berlino, creato dal gruppo Jazzanova, è un network che comprende musicisti, dj's, graphic artists e promoters. L’idea principale è quella di raggiungere un alto grado di qualità nelle produzioni (almeno dal loro punto di vista) e sviluppare il tutto come collettivo. Il progetto Âme nasce dalla collaborazione tra i produttori tedeschi Kristian Beyer e Frank Wiedemann, entrambi nati nel 1973 a Karlsruhe dove vivono. Sono saliti alla ribalta, dopo una collaborazione durata 5 anni, alla fine del 2005 con l'ep Innervision dove è contenuta la traccia Rej, ormai nelle playlist dei maggiori djs mondiali. Grove, l’autorevole magazine musicale tedesco, li ha messi in copertina nel primo numero del 2006. di Il loro stile varia tra la Deephouse e Detroit, trovano ispirazione in artisti come Moodymann, MAW, Blaze, Morgan Geist, UR, Seiji e subiscono le influenze di Stevie Wonder, WestEnd Rec., Transmat, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock. Il loro percorso precedente li ha visti così impegnati: Frank ha suonato le tastiere in diverse bands (dal Jazzrock all’easy listening), Soul; Kristian ha sempre coltivato la pass -

ione del djing. Attualmente Frank oltre produrre musica fa il graphic-design, mentre Kristian lavora in un negozio di dischi. Si definiscono con un certo orgoglio un po’ al di fuori del solco techno-electro germanico, anche se ovviamente finiscono per subirne le influenze.

Can you tell me about Sonar Kollektiv?
Kristian: It’s a record label based in Berlin, Germany which was founded by Jazzanova. They decided to invest their money into a label that will release music they like. Half of the money that Jazzanova makes they invest in the label to release artists and the money comes back when the artists have released.

How long has the label been running for?
Kristian: It started about four years ago…

You played at the Berlin Nights at Carfax in Newtown, the event was part of German cultural week, celebrating 10 years of democracy in South Africa, How do you think the scene is here compared to Germany?
Kristian: The music we like (Deep House) is more popular here than in Germany. In Germany it’s more Techno, Electro and more harder stuff. The soulful side of House is more popular in England and France, that’s were we get most our gigs

What are you guys well for as AME?
Kristi -

an: Deep Soulful, Detroit type of House.

How did you and Frank meet? ( the other half of AME)
Kristian: We live in the same town and I run a record shop there called Plattentasche which means Record Bag in German, we met at the shop, we played together at clubs since then we’ve been inseparable.

How did you get into the industry?
Kristian: Dixon who was also playing at the Berlin Nights is a good friend of mine, we’ve known each other since the early 90’s. We produced our first track and gave it to him and he signed us for his own label which he was run by Sonar Kollektiv at that time and that’s how it happened.

Did you guys know anything about the South African House scene?
Yeah we met all these guys at the Miami Winter Conference; Vinnie Da Vinci, Fresh, Monde, Oskido. We knew that House is big here, Charles Webster also came down here and he told us how great it is here. I’ve got some records from Mafikizolo and BOP

What can we expect from your set at the 115 birthday party?
It depends on the crowd, we played last week at Carfax and 115, we had a good time at 115, Carfax was too big which was not good for the music that we play. I think we will play Deep Tribal House.