Jonty Skrufff News
2012-02-05 21:15
Skrufff Top 5 (555): Meda, Hellomonkey,, Sidney Charles, Kling Klong, Spektre, Christian Cambas, Krenzlin,
Meda, Curtain Call Hellomonkey, Yes, 1605, Sidney Charles, Big Bada Boom, Kling Klong, Spektre & Christian Cambas, Rebel Without A Cause, Incorrect Music, Krenzlin, Infusion (Sebastian Bayne Remix), IF Records Meda: Curtain Call (Neverending) Hellomonkey, Yes, (1605) Sidney [...]
Jonty Skrufff News
2012-02-05 10:00
Duncan Dick (Mixmag) The Key Questions
Skrufff chief Jonty Skrufff is also the international representative for the Sochi Winter Music Conference, which takes place next weekend in Russia (February 9-12) Duncan Dick (Mixmag Deputy Editor) The Key Questions Duncan Dick joined British magazine Mixmag as a freelance writer in 2003, becoming clubs editor in 2005, features [...]
Jonty Skrufff News
2012-02-05 09:15
Todd Burns (Resident Advisor): The Key Questions
Skrufff chief Jonty Skrufff is also the international representative for the Sochi Winter Music Conference, which takes place next weekend in Russia (February 9-12) Todd Burns (ResidentAdvisor.Net): The Key Questions Todd Burns is editor-in-chief of electronic dance music portal Resident Advisor (RA), overseeing all editorial output created by its team [...]
Jonty Skrufff News
2012-02-05 09:15
Tim Metz (Dancetrippin) The Key Questions
Skrufff chief Jonty Skrufff is also the international representative for the Sochi Winter Music Conference, which takes place next weekend in Russia (February 9-12) Tim Metz (Dancetrippin) The Key Questions Tim Metz (30) is co-owner and Director Marketing & Operations of DanceTrippin, the only dance-music content platform to [...]
Jonty Skrufff News
2012-02-05 08:30
Carl Loben (DJ Magazine): The Key Questions
Skrufff chief Jonty Skrufff is also the international representative for the Sochi Winter Music Conference, which takes place next weekend in Russia (February 9-12) Carl Loben (DJ Magazine): The Key Questions Carl Loben is a Contributing Editor for DJ Magazine (UK), manages Liverpool electro-blues act Killaflaw, produces and DJs and also [...]
Jonty Skrufff News
2012-02-04 13:00
World to End (Again) On March 7
Family Radio sister organization eBible Fellowship appear to have set a new date for the much delayed Rapture, revealing that Armageddon will now happen around March 7. Posting on their website a banner poster asking Will the World End in March 2012? the Bible studies group declared yes, suggesting that 21st [...]
Jonty Skrufff News
2012-02-03 10:00
Droog’s Andrei Osyka: From LA With Love (SWMC) (Interview)
One of the more prominent and international events taking place at next weekend’s Sochi Music Winter Conference 2012 will be the showcase of LA’s stellar label — Culprit. The showcase will feature Ukrainian expat Andrei Osyka, leader of the mighty Droog collective and label owner of acclaimed underground tech-house label Culprit. Also [...]
Jonty Skrufff News
2012-02-02 14:30
Dancetrippin Live DJ mix
Acapellas by Marlon Brandon, Bonnie Raitt Jet Project: Alright (Snatch Records) 6.07 Mark Holmes – Coming Home (MUM) 12.13 Solo: The Flea Circus (Kling Klong) 17.39 Red Snapper: Jack (V2) 23.47 Harvey Mackay: Want You (Soma Records) 28.58 Zenbi; Double Trouble (Great Stuff): 32.49 Graphics: Mama Grizzlies (Made To Play) 39.43 Mick Finesse: Sex [...]
Jonty Skrufff News
2012-02-02 09:15
Global Festivals’ Bubble Bursts
30 British music festivals went bankrupt last year, the Independent newspaper noted last week, in a feature which asked the question ‘are our field days over?’
Citing ‘an increasing feeling that festivals have shifted too far from their original hippie-spirited ethos’, writer Lena Corner blamed corporate sponsors for diluting many events’ sense of ‘alternative reality’ ...
Jonty Skrufff News
2012-02-01 15:54
Jamie Jones Remix (Storm Queen; Look Right Through)
Sure every man and his dog adores Jamie Jones right now which as a rule would make us run a mile, but in Jamie's case, he really is the exception that proves the rule.
This new remix ( click HERE or on the picture to listen to it) is out on Defected so it's unashamedly ...
Jonty Skrufff News
2012-02-01 12:09
Push Enters the Simon Cowell/ Superstar DJ Debate
Sure, we're going overboard a little this week on the Simon Cowell story but it's sparking debate all over the pass. Skrufff contributor Push (famed as the man who founded seminal EDM magazine Muzik) is curiously ambiguous.....
Push; "I’m both disturbed and intrigued by the news that Simon Cowell is preparing an “X Factor”-style TV ...
Jonty Skrufff News
2012-02-01 09:00
Cowell To Compete With ‘Superstar DJ’ Show
Producers for an upcoming European DJ talent show ‘Superstar DJ’ reacted angrily to the news that Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment is planning a rival DJ talent show, suggesting this week that the karaoke king’s version will be inauthentic.
Show creator Gilly Da Silva said she’d been working on her series’ concept for over 11 months ...
Jonty Skrufff News
2012-01-31 17:15
Sochi Conference on Resident Advisor
Resident Advisor are coming to the Sochi Winter Music Conference next week and they've just posted full details of the party line-ups on their site. Click HERE for full details (I'm Djing with Perc at the Elite Showcase after-hours party on Saturday February 11.
Jonty Skrufff News
2012-01-31 14:15
Russia’s Special Case: The Concept is Simple- Dance Music for Orgies (interview)
“Basically Russia is a large country with tremendous resources and almost unlimited opportunities. If the majority of the club industry stops striving for the lowest possible denominator with which to earn money, we will have a music scene to rival that of any other big electronic scene in the world.”
Growing up listening to Mid-western ...
Jonty Skrufff News
2012-01-30 09:00
Barefoot Doctor Bit: When Should You Decide to Settle for Less?
Barefoot Doctor: “It's not that you have to settle for second best at any time. You have to trust that what manifests for you is the best on offer at that time and while it may fall short of long-held dreams, accept it graciously as a step along the way to their fulfillment.
http://vimeo.com/32786273
Never relinquish ...
Jonty Skrufff News
2012-01-29 18:45
3 of the Best: Tom Robinson Band
Despite being one of the most talented bands of the entire punk/ new wave era Tom Robinson Band (TRB) have largely been written out of punk's history, perhaps because their fiercely political genuinely radical lyrics were too prescient and indeed powerful for safe retro consumption.
25 years on, they remain as powerful, prescient and inspiring ...
Jonty Skrufff News
2012-01-29 13:30
Jason Brooks: Control the World (Very strange video!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5kr7kposg0&list=UUr6RlNcM2bTzHW20QDJGYrA&index=1&feature=plcp
New York DJ Jason Brooks sets off on a fantasy stroll, sorting out bad guys and generally puttting the world to rights, before ending up in a club where everybody suddenly starts formation dancing. Only in America.... (though a good solid house track...., well worth checking....
Jonty Skrufff News
2012-01-29 09:45
London Mayor Moves Against Ministry
Ministry Of Sound faced an uncertain future this week after the South London club warned that property developers and politicians are continuing to threaten their Elephant & Castle home.
“London Mayor Boris Johnson is about to grant planning permission for luxury flats opposite Ministry of Sound,” the club warned in a statement calling for clubbers’ ...
Jonty Skrufff News
2012-01-27 07:30
I’m DJing at Moscow’s Arma 17 tonight (January 27)
I'm DJing again in Moscow tonight, making my debut at Arma 17. Click HERE to listen to my latest DJ mix (or on the Mixcloud players on the right for recent Germany Calling radio shows).
Jonty Skrufff News
2012-01-27 06:45
Deadmau5 Supports Simon Cowell
US rave star Deadmau5 predicted Simon Cowell’s X Factor superstar DJ show will ‘catapult the awareness of EDM through the roof’, in a lengthy diatribe posted on his blog.
“Theres just no way in hell im going to come out guns blazing with an attitude like "fuck this, this isnt real DJ'ing, or has nothing ...